A () The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.

A () The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.

A () An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.

A () In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.

A (prep.) In; on; at; by.

A (prep.) In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.

A () Of.

A () A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.

A () An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter

A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

A 1 () A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.

Aam (n.) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.

Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

Aard-wolf (n.) A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

Aaronic (a.) Alt. of Aaronical

Aaronical (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

Aaron's rod () A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

Ab- () A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).

Ab (n.) The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

Abaca (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

Abacinate (v. t.) To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.

Abacination (n.) The act of abacinating.

Abaciscus (n.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

Abacist (n.) One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.

Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

Aback (adv.) Behind; in the rear.

Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

Aback (n.) An abacus.

Abactinal (a.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

Abaction (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

Abactor (n.) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

Abaculi (pl. ) of Abaculus

Abaculus (n.) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

Abacuses (pl. ) of Abacus

Abaci (pl. ) of Abacus

Abacus (n.) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.

Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

Abacus (n.) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

Abacus (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.

Abacus (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.

Abada (n.) The rhinoceros.

Abaddon (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

Abaddon (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.

Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

Abaft (adv.) Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.

Abaisance (n.) Obeisance.

Abaiser (n.) Ivory black or animal charcoal.

Abaist (p. p.) Abashed; confounded; discomfited.

Abalienate (v. t.) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

Abalienate (v. t.) To estrange; to withdraw.

Abalienate (v. t.) To cause alienation of (mind).

Abalienation (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

Abalone (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

Aband (v. t.) To abandon.

Aband (v. t.) To banish; to expel.

Abandoned (imp. & p. p.) of Abandon

Abandoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abandon

Abandon (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

Abandon (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.

Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Abandon (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

Abandon (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.

Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Abandoned (a.) Forsaken, deserted.

Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

Abandonedly (adv.) Unrestrainedly.

Abandonee (n.) One to whom anything is legally abandoned.

Abandoner (n.) One who abandons.

Abandonment (n.) The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc.

Abandonment (n.) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

Abandonment (n.) Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

Abandum (n.) Anything forfeited or confiscated.

Abanet (n.) See Abnet.

Abanga (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

Abannation (n.) Alt. of Abannition

Abannition (n.) Banishment.

Abarticulation (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

Abased (imp. & p. p.) of Abase

Abasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abase

Abase (a.) To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.

Abase (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.

Abased (a.) Lowered; humbled.

Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

Abasedly (adv.) Abjectly; downcastly.

Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Abaser (n.) He who, or that which, abases.

Abashed (imp. & p. p.) of Abash

Abashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abash

Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.

Abashedly (adv.) In an abashed manner.

Abashment (n.) The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Abassi (n.) Alt. of Abassis

Abassis (n.) A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

Abatable (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abate

Abating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abate

Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

Abate (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.

Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

Abate (v. t.) To blunt.

Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.

Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

Abate (n.) Abatement.

Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates.

Abatis (n.) Alt. of Abattis

Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

Abatised (a.) Provided with an abatis.

Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.

Abator (n.) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

Abattoirs (pl. ) of Abattoir

Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

Abawed (p. p.) Astonished; abashed.

Abaxial (a.) Alt. of Abaxile

Abaxile (a.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

Abay (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.

Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

Abbacies (pl. ) of Abbacy

Abbacy (n.) The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

Abbatial (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

Abbatical (a.) Abbatial.

Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

Abbeys (pl. ) of Abbey

Abbey (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

Abbey (n.) The church of a monastery.

Abbot (n.) The superior or head of an abbey.

Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Abbotship (n.) The state or office of an abbot.

Abbreviated (imp. & p. p.) of Abbreviate

Abbreviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abbreviate

Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.

Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing.

Abbreviation (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.

Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

Abbreviatory (a.) Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

Abb wool () See Abb.

A B C () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

A B C () The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.

Abdal (n.) A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

Abderian (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

Abderite (n.) An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.

Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

Abdicable (a.) Capable of being abdicated.

Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.

Abdicant (n.) One who abdicates.

Abdicated (imp. & p. p.) of Abdicate

Abdicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abdicate

Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.

Abdicate (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.

Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Abdicate (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

Abdicative (a.) Causing, or implying, abdication.

Abdicator (n.) One who abdicates.

Abditive (a.) Having the quality of hiding.

Abditory (n.) A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.

Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Abdominal (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

Abdominal (a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.

Abdominals (pl. ) of Abdominal

Abdominales (pl. ) of Abdominal

Abdominal (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.

Abdominales (n. pl.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.

Abdominalia (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

Abdominoscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

Abdominothoracic (a.) Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

Abduced (imp. & p. p.) of Abduce

Abducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduce

Abduce (v. t.) To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

Abducted (imp. & p. p.) of Abduct

Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduct

Abduct (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

Abduction (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

Abduction (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abduction (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

Abduction (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

Abductor (n.) One who abducts.

Abductor (n.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

Abeam (adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Abear (v. t.) To bear; to behave.

Abear (v. t.) To put up with; to endure.

Abearance (n.) Behavior.

Abearing (n.) Behavior.

Abecedarian (n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

Abecedarian (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.

Abecedarian (a.) Alt. of Abecedary

Abecedary (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.

Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

Abed (adv.) In bed, or on the bed.

Abed (adv.) To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).

Abegge () Same as Aby.

Abele (n.) The white poplar (Populus alba).

Abelian (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

Abelite (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

Abelonian (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

Abelmosk (n.) An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.

Aber-de-vine (n.) The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

Aberr (v. i.) To wander; to stray.

Aberrance (n.) Alt. of Aberrancy

Aberrancy (n.) State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

Aberrant (a.) Wandering; straying from the right way.

Aberrant (a.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.

Aberration (n.) The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.

Aberration (n.) A partial alienation of reason.

Aberration (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.

Aberration (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.

Aberration (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.

Aberration (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

Aberrational (a.) Characterized by aberration.

Aberuncate (v. t.) To weed out.

Aberuncator (n.) A weeding machine.

Abetted (imp. & p. p.) of Abet

Abetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abet

Abet (v. t.) To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.

Abet (v. t.) To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.

Abet (v. t.) To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

Abet (n.) Act of abetting; aid.

Abetment (n.) The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.

Abettal (n.) Abetment.

Abetter (n.) Alt. of Abettor

Abettor (n.) One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

Abevacuation (n.) A partial evacuation.

Abeyance (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

Abeyance (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.

Abeyancy (n.) Abeyance.

Abeyant (a.) Being in a state of abeyance.

Abhal (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

Abhominable (a.) Abominable.

Abhominal (a.) Inhuman.

Abhorred (imp. & p. p.) of Abhor

Abhorring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abhor

Abhor (v. t.) To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Abhor (v. t.) To fill with horror or disgust.

Abhor (v. t.) To protest against; to reject solemnly.

Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with

Abhorrence (n.) Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

Abhorrency (n.) Abhorrence.

Abhorrent (a.) Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.

Abhorrent (a.) Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.

Abhorrent (a.) Detestable.

Abhorrently (adv.) With abhorrence.

Abhorrer (n.) One who abhors.

Abhorrible (a.) Detestable.

Abhorring (n.) Detestation.

Abhorring (n.) Object of abhorrence.

Abib (n.) The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.

Abidance (n.) The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

Abode (imp. & p. p.) of Abide

Abid () of Abide

Abiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abide

Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.

Abide (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.

Abide (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.

Abide (v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.

Abide (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

Abide (v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

Abide (v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

Abider (n.) One who abides, or continues.

Abider (n.) One who dwells; a resident.

Abiding (a.) Continuing; lasting.

Abidingly (adv.) Permanently.

Abies (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

Abietene (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

Abietic (a.) Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.

Abietin (n.) Alt. of Abietine

Abietine (n.) A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

Abietinic (a.) Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

Abietite (n.) A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).

Abigail (n.) A lady's waiting-maid.

Abiliment (n.) Habiliment.

Abilities (pl. ) of Ability

Ability (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.

Abime (n.) Alt. of Abyme

Abyme (n.) A abyss.

Abiogenesis (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

Abiogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.

Abiogenist (n.) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

Abiogenous (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation.

Abiogeny (n.) Same as Abiogenesis.

Abiological (a.) Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

Abirritant (n.) A medicine that diminishes irritation.

Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.

Abirritation (n.) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

Abirritative (a.) Characterized by abirritation or debility.

Abit () 3d sing. pres. of Abide.

Abject (a.) Cast down; low-lying.

Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.

Abject (a.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.

Abject (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.

Abjectedness (n.) A very abject or low condition; abjectness.

Abjection (n.) The act of bringing down or humbling.

Abjection (n.) The state of being rejected or cast out.

Abjection (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

Abjectly (adv.) Meanly; servilely.

Abjectness (n.) The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

Abjudge (v. t.) To take away by judicial decision.

Abjudicate (v. t.) To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.

Abjudication (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence.

Abjugate (v. t.) To unyoke.

Abjunctive (a.) Exceptional.

Abjuration (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

Abjuration (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

Abjuratory (a.) Containing abjuration.

Abjured (imp. & p. p.) of Abjure

Abjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abjure

Abjure (v. t.) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

Abjure (v. t.) To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.

Abjure (v. i.) To renounce on oath.

Abjurement (n.) Renunciation.

Abjurer (n.) One who abjures.

Ablactate (v. t.) To wean.

Ablactation (n.) The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.

Ablactation (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

Ablaqueate (v. t.) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree.

Ablaqueation (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

Ablastemic (a.) Non-germinal.

Ablation (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal.

Ablation (n.) Extirpation.

Ablation (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.

Ablatitious (a.) Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.

Ablative (a.) Taking away or removing.

Ablative (a.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.

Ablative () The ablative case.

Ablaut (n.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.

Ablaze (adv. & a.) On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.

Ablaze (adv. & a.) In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

Able (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable.

Able (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Able (superl.) Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

Able (a.) To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

Able (a.) To vouch for.

-able () An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

Able-bodied (a.) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.

Ablegate (v. t.) To send abroad.

Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

Ablegation (n.) The act of sending abroad.

Able-minded (a.) Having much intellectual power.

Ableness (n.) Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

Ablepsy (n.) Blindness.

Abler (a.) comp. of Able.

Abler (a.) superl. of Able.

Ablet () Alt. of Ablen

Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

Abligate (v. t.) To tie up so as to hinder from.

Abligurition (n.) Prodigal expense for food.

Ablins (adv.) Perhaps.

Abloom (adv.) In or into bloom; in a blooming state.

Ablude (v. t.) To be unlike; to differ.

Abluent (a.) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

Abluent (n.) A detergent.

Ablush (adv. & a.) Blushing; ruddy.

Ablution (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

Ablution (n.) The water used in cleansing.

Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

Ablutionary (a.) Pertaining to ablution.

Abluvion (n.) That which is washed off.

Ably (adv.) In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.

-ably () A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.

Abnegated (imp. & p. p.) of Abnegate

Abnegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abnegate

Abnegate (v. t.) To deny and reject; to abjure.

Abnegation (n.) a denial; a renunciation.

Abnegative (a.) Denying; renouncing; negative.

Abnegator (n.) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.

Abnet (n.) The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

Abnodate (v. t.) To clear (tress) from knots.

Abnodation (n.) The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

Abnormal (a.) Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

Abnormalities (pl. ) of Abnormality

Abnormality (n.) The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

Abnormality (n.) Something abnormal.

Abnormally (adv.) In an abnormal manner; irregularly.

Abnormities (pl. ) of Abnormity

Abnormity (n.) Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.

Abnormous (a.) Abnormal; irregular.

Aboard (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

Aboard (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard.

Aboard (prep.) On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.

Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart.

Abodance (n.) An omen; a portending.

Abode () pret. of Abide.

Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.

Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

Abode (n.) Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.

Abode (v. t.) An omen.

Abode (v. t.) To bode; to foreshow.

Abode (v. i.) To be ominous.

Abodement (n.) A foreboding; an omen.

Aboding (n.) A foreboding.

Abolished (imp. & p. p.) of Abolish

Abolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abolish

Abolish (v. t.) To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

Abolish (v. t.) To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.

Abolishable (a.) Capable of being abolished.

Abolisher (n.) One who abolishes.

Abolishment (n.) The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

Abolitionism (n.) The principles or measures of abolitionists.

Abolitionist (n.) A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

Abolitionize (v. t.) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.

Aboma (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

Abomasum (n.) Alt. of Abomasus

Abomasus (n.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

Abominable (a.) Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

Abominable (a.) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.

Abominableness (n.) The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

Abominably (adv.) In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

Abominated (imp. & p. p.) of Abominate

Abominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abominate

Abominate (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

Abomination (n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

Abomination (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.

Abomination (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.

Aboon (prep.) and adv. Above.

Aboral (a.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

Abord (n.) Manner of approaching or accosting; address.

Abord (v. t.) To approach; to accost.

Aboriginal (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

Aboriginal (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

Aboriginal (n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

Aboriginal (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.

Aboriginality (n.) The quality of being aboriginal.

Aboriginally (adv.) Primarily.

Aborigines (n. pl.) The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.

Aborigines (n. pl.) The original fauna and flora of a geographical area

Aborsement (n.) Abortment; abortion.

Aborsive (a.) Abortive.

Abort (v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

Abort (n.) An untimely birth.

Abort (n.) An aborted offspring.

Aborted (a.) Brought forth prematurely.

Aborted (a.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.

Aborticide (n.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

Abortifacient (v.) Producing miscarriage.

Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

Abortion (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Abortion (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.

Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

Abortional (a.) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.

Abortionist (n.) One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Abortive (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.

Abortive (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.

Abortive (v.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.

Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.

Abortive (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.

Abortive (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.

Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.

Abortive (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.

Abortive (n.) A fruitless effort or issue.

Abortive (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.

Abortively (adv.) In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.

Abortiveness (n.) The quality of being abortive.

Abortment (n.) Abortion.

Abought () imp. & p. p. of Aby.

Abounded (imp. & p. p.) of Abound

Abounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abound

Abound (v. i.) To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

Abound (v. i.) To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.

About (prep.) Around; all round; on every side of.

About (prep.) In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).

About (prep.) Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

About (prep.) Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.

About (prep.) In concern with; engaged in; intent on.

About (prep.) On the point or verge of; going; in act of.

About (prep.) Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.

About (adv.) On all sides; around.

About (adv.) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.

About (adv.) Here and there; around; in one place and another.

About (adv.) Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.

About (adv.) To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.

About-sledge (n.) The largest hammer used by smiths.

Above (prep.) In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.

Above (prep.) Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.

Above (prep.) Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)

Above (adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.

Above (adv.) Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.

Above (adv.) Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

Above (adv.) More than; as, above five hundred were present.

Aboveboard (adv.) Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.

Above-cited (a.) Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

Abovedeck (a.) On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.

Above-mentioned (a.) Alt. of Above-named

Above-named (a.) Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Abovesaid (a.) Mentioned or recited before.

Abox (adv. & a.) Braced aback.

Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Abradant (n.) A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

Abraded (imp. & p. p.) of Abrade

Abrading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrade

Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.

Abrade (v. t.) Same as Abraid.

Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

Abrahamitic (a.) Alt. of ical

ical (a.) Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Abraham-man (n.) Alt. of Abram-man

Abram-man (n.) One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.

Abraid (v. t. & i.) To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.

Abranchial (a.) Abranchiate.

Abranchiata (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

Abranchiate (a.) Without gills.

Abrase (a.) Rubbed smooth.

Abrasion (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

Abrasion (n.) The substance rubbed off.

Abrasion (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

Abrasive (a.) Producing abrasion.

Abraum (n.) Alt. of Abraum salts

Abraum salts (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

Abraxas (n.) A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

Abray (v.) See Abraid.

Abreast (adv.) Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast."

Abreast (adv.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.

Abreast (adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

Abreast (adv.) At the same time; simultaneously.

Abregge (v. t.) See Abridge.

Abrenounce (v. t.) To renounce.

Abrenunciation (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

Abreption (n.) A snatching away.

Abreuvoir (n.) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.

Abricock (n.) See Apricot.

Abridged (imp. & p. p.) of Abridge

Abridging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abridge

Abridge (v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

Abridge (v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

Abridge (v. t.) To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.

Abridger (n.) One who abridges.

Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

Abridgment (n.) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

Abroach (v. t.) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.

Abroach (adv.) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.

Abroach (adv.) Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.

Abroad (adv.) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.

Abroad (adv.) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

Abroad (adv.) Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.

Abroad (adv.) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

Abrogable (a.) Capable of being abrogated.

Abrogate (a.) Abrogated; abolished.

Abrogated (imp. & p. p.) of Abrogate

Abrogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrogate

Abrogate (v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

Abrogate (v. t.) To put an end to; to do away with.

Abrogation (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

Abrogative (a.) Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

Abrogator (n.) One who repeals by authority.

Abrood (adv.) In the act of brooding.

Abrook (v. t.) To brook; to endure.

Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

Abrupt (a.) Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.

Abrupt (a.) Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.

Abrupt (a.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.

Abrupt (n.) An abrupt place.

Abrupt (v. t.) To tear off or asunder.

Abruption (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

Abruptly (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.

Abruptly (adv.) Precipitously.

Abruptness (n.) The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

Abruptness (n.) Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

Abscesses (pl. ) of Abscess

Abscess (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

Abscession (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

Abscind (v. t.) To cut off.

Abscision (n.) See Abscission.

Abscisses (pl. ) of Absciss

Absciss (n.) See Abscissa.

Abscissas (pl. ) of Abscissa

Abscissae (pl. ) of Abscissa

Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

Abscission (n.) The act or process of cutting off.

Abscission (n.) The state of being cut off.

Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

Absconded (imp. & p. p.) of Abscond

Absconding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abscond

Abscond (v. i.) To hide, withdraw, or be concealed.

Abscond (v. i.) To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal process; as, an absconding debtor.

Abscond (v. t.) To hide; to conceal.

Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.

Absconder (n.) One who absconds.

Absence (n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

Absence (n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.

Absence (n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

Absent (a.) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.

Absent (a.) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.

Absented (imp. & p. p.) of Absent

Absenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absent

Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.

Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.

Absentaneous (a.) Pertaining to absence.

Absentation (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.

Absenteeism (n.) The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

Absenter (n.) One who absents one's self.

Absently (adv.) In an absent or abstracted manner.

Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.

Absent-minded (a.) Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.

Absentness (n.) The quality of being absent-minded.

Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.

Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

Absinth (n.) Alt. of Absinthe

Absinthe (n.) The plant absinthium or common wormwood.

Absinthe (n.) A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

Absinthial (a.) Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

Absinthian (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

Absinthiate (v. t.) To impregnate with wormwood.

Absinthiated (a.) Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine.

Absinthic (a.) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

Absinthin (n.) The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).

Absinthism (n.) The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.

Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

Absis (n.) See Apsis.

Absist (v. i.) To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.

Absistence (n.) A standing aloof.

Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

Absolute (a.) Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.

Absolute (a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Absolute (a.) Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

Absolute (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

Absolute (a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.

Absolute (a.) Authoritative; peremptory.

Absolute (a.) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

Absolute (a.) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.

Absolute (n.) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Absolutely (adv.) In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

Absoluteness (n.) The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

Absolution (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

Absolution (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.

Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

Absolution (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.

Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Absolution (n.) Delivery, in speech.

Absolutism (n.) The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutism (n.) Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Absolutist (n.) One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

Absolutist (n.) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute.

Absolutist (a.) Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.

Absolutistic (a.) Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.

Absolvable (a.) That may be absolved.

Absolvatory (a.) Conferring absolution; absolutory.

Absolved (imp. & p. p.) of Absolve

Absolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absolve

Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.

Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

Absolve (v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.

Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.

Absolvent (a.) Absolving.

Absolvent (n.) An absolver.

Absolver (n.) One who absolves.

Absonant (a.) Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant.

Absonous (a.) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.

Absorbed (imp. & p. p.) of Absorb

Absorbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Absorb

Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Absorb (v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

Absorb (v. t.) To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.

Absorbability (n.) The state or quality of being absorbable.

Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Absorbedly (adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Absorbency (n.) Absorptiveness.

Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Absorbent (n.) Anything which absorbs.

Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

Absorbent (n.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

Absorber (n.) One who, or that which, absorbs.

Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.

Absorbition (n.) Absorption.

Absorpt (a.) Absorbed.

Absorption (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Absorption (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

Absorption (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

Absorptive (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

Absorptiveness (n.) The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Absorptivity (n.) Absorptiveness.

Absquatulate (v. i.) To take one's self off; to decamp.

Absque hoc () The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

Abstained (imp. & p. p.) of Abstain

Abstaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstain

Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

Abstainer (n.) One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

Abstemious (a.) Abstaining from wine.

Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

Abstemious (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.

Abstemious (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.

Abstemious (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness.

Abstemiousness (n.) The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

Abstention (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

Abstentious (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

Absterge (v. t.) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

Abstergent (a.) Serving to cleanse, detergent.

Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.

Absterse (v. t.) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.

Abstersion (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

Abstersive (a.) Cleansing; purging.

Abstersive (n.) Something cleansing.

Abstersiveness (n.) The quality of being abstersive.

Abstinence (n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.

Abstinence (n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

Abstinency (n.) Abstinence.

Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.

Abstinent (n.) One who abstains.

Abstinent (n.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

Abstinently (adv.) With abstinence.

Abstorted (a.) Wrested away.

Abstract (a.) Withdraw; separate.

Abstract (a.) Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstract (a.) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.

Abstract (a.) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name.

Abstract (a.) Abstracted; absent in mind.

Abstracted (imp. & p. p.) of Abstract

Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstract

Abstract (a.) To withdraw; to separate; to take away.

Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects.

Abstract (a.) To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute.

Abstract (a.) To epitomize; to abridge.

Abstract (a.) To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.

Abstract (a.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.

Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.

Abstract (a.) A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

Abstract (a.) An abstract term.

Abstract (a.) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

Abstracted (a.) Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

Abstracted (a.) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal.

Abstracted (a.) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.

Abstracted (a.) Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind.

Abstractedly (adv.) In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

Abstractedness (n.) The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

Abstracter (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

Abstraction (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

Abstraction (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

Abstraction (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.

Abstraction (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.

Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.

Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.

Abstraction (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

Abstractional (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

Abstractionist (n.) An idealist.

Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation.

Abstractive (a.) Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

Abstractively (adv.) In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself.

Abstractiveness (n.) The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

Abstractly (adv.) In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

Abstractness (n.) The quality of being abstract.

Abstringe (v. t.) To unbind.

Abstrude (v. t.) To thrust away.

Abstruse (a.) Concealed or hidden out of the way.

Abstruse (a.) Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

Abstrusely (adv.) In an abstruse manner.

Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

Abstrusion (n.) The act of thrusting away.

Abstrusity (n.) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.

Absume (v. t.) To consume gradually; to waste away.

Absumption (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.

Absurd (n.) An absurdity.

Absurdities (pl. ) of Absurdity

Absurdity (n.) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

Absurdity (n.) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

Absurdly (adv.) In an absurd manner.

Absurdness (n.) Absurdity.

Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.

Abundant (a.) Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.

Abundantly (adv.) In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

Aburst (adv.) In a bursting condition.

Abusable (a.) That may be abused.

Abusage (n.) Abuse.

Abused (imp. & p. p.) of Abuse

Abusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abuse

Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.

Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.

Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.

Abuse (v. t.) To dishonor.

Abuse (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

Abuse (v. t.) To deceive; to impose on.

Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.

Abuse (v. t.) Physical ill treatment; injury.

Abuse (v. t.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.

Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

Abuse (v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive.

Abuser (n.) One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].

Abusion (v. t.) Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

Abusive (a.) Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.

Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

Abusive (a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

Abusively (adv.) In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

Abusiveness (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of Abut

Abutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abut

Abut (v. i.) To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

Abutment (n.) State of abutting.

Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presses

Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.

Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.

Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

Abuttal (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.

Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

Abuzz (a.) In a buzz; buzzing.

Abought (imp. & p. p.) of Abye

Aby (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Abye

Abye (v. t. & i.) To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.

Abye (v. t. & i.) To endure; to abide.

Abysm (n.) An abyss; a gulf.

Abysmal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

Abysmally (adv.) To a fathomless depth; profoundly.

Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

Abyss (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

Abyss (n.) The center of an escutcheon.

Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

Abyssinian (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

Abyssinian (n.) A native of Abyssinia.

Abyssinian (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.

Acacia (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

Acacias (pl. ) of Acacia

Acaciae (pl. ) of Acacia

Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

Acacia (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

Acacin (n.) Alt. of Acacine

Acacine (n.) Gum arabic.

Academe (n.) An academy.

Academial (a.) Academic.

Academian (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.

Academic (a.) Alt. of Academical

Academical (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

Academic (n.) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

Academic (n.) A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Academically (adv.) In an academical manner.

Academicals (n. pl.) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

Academician (n.) A collegian.

Academicism (n.) A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

Academicism (n.) A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

Academism (n.) The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.

Academist (n.) An Academic philosopher.

Academist (n.) An academician.

Academies (pl. ) of Academy

Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.

Academy (n.) An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

Academy (n.) A place of training; a school.

Academy (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

Academy (n.) A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.

Acadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

Acadian (n.) A native of Acadie.

Acajou (n.) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.

Acajou (n.) The mahogany tree; also, its timber.

Acalephs (pl. ) of Acalephan

Acalephans (pl. ) of Acalephan

Acaleph (n.) Alt. of Acalephan

Acalephan (n.) One of the Acalephae.

Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.

Acalephoid (a.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes.

Acalycine (a.) Alt. of Acalysinous

Acalysinous (a.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.

Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.

Acantha (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant.

Acanthaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.

Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.

Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.

Acanthopodious (a.) Having spinous petioles.

Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

Acanthopterous (a.) Spiny-winged.

Acanthopterous (a.) Acanthopterygious.

Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.

Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

Acanthuses (pl. ) of Acanthus

Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthus

Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.

Acanthus (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

A cappella () In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

A cappella () A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.

Acapsular (a.) Having no capsule.

Acardiac (a.) Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.

Acaridan (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

Acarina (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Acarine (a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

Acaroid (a.) Shaped like or resembling a mite.

Acarpellous (a.) Having no carpels.

Acarpous (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Acari (pl. ) of Acarus

Acarus (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

Acatalectic (a.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse.

Acatalectic (n.) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Acataleptic (a.) Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Acater (n.) See Caterer.

Acates (n. pl.) See Cates.

Acaudate (a.) Tailless.

Acaulescent (a.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

Acauline (a.) Same as Acaulescent.

Acaulose (a.) Alt. of Acaulous

Acaulous (a.) Same as Acaulescent.

Accadian (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.

Acceded (imp. & p. p.) of Accede

Acceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accede

Accede (v. i.) To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.

Accede (v. i.) To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.

Accede (v. i.) To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.

Accedence (n.) The act of acceding.

Acceder (n.) One who accedes.

Accelerando (a.) Gradually accelerating the movement.

Accelerated (imp. & p. p.) of Accelerate

Accelerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accelerate

Accelerate (v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

Accelerate (v. t.) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

Accelerate (v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.

Acceleration (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

Accelerative (a.) Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.

Accelerator (n.) One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

Acceleratory (a.) Accelerative.

Accelerograph (n.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

Accelerometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

Accend (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle.

Accendibility (n.) Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

Accendible (a.) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.

Accension (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

Accensor (n.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

Accent (n.) A word; a significant tone

Accent (n.) expressions in general; speech.

Accent (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

Accent (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

Accent (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

Accent (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

Accent (n.) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

Accent (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

Accent (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

Accented (imp. & p. p.) of Accent

Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accent

Accent (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

Accent (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

Accentless (a.) Without accent.

Accentor (n.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

Accentuable (a.) Capable of being accented.

Accentual (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

Accentuality (n.) The quality of being accentual.

Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Accentuated (imp. & p. p.) of Accentuate

Accentuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accentuate

Accentuate (v. t.) To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

Accentuate (v. t.) To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

Accentuate (v. t.) To mark with the written accent.

Accentuation (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

Accentuation (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Accepted (imp. & p. p.) of Accept

Accepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accept

Accept (v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

Accept (v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.

Accept (v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

Accept (v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?

Accept (v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

Accept (v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

Accept (a.) Accepted.

Acceptability (n.) The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

Acceptable (a.) Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

Acceptableness (n.) The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Acceptably (adv.) In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Acceptance (n.) The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

Acceptance (n.) State of being accepted; acceptableness.

Acceptance (n.) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

Acceptance (n.) The bill itself when accepted.

Acceptance (n.) An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

Acceptance (n.) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

Acceptance (n.) Meaning; acceptation.

Acceptancy (n.) Acceptance.

Acceptant (a.) Accepting; receiving.

Acceptant (n.) An accepter.

Acceptation (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

Acceptation (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

Acceptedly (adv.) In a accepted manner; admittedly.

Accepter (n.) A person who accepts; a taker.

Accepter (n.) A respecter; a viewer with partiality.

Accepter (n.) An acceptor.

Acceptilation (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

Acception (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning.

Acceptive (a.) Fit for acceptance.

Acceptive (a.) Ready to accept.

Acceptor (n.) One who accepts

Acceptor (n.) one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Access (n.) A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

Access (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.

Access (n.) Admission to sexual intercourse.

Access (n.) Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

Access (n.) An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

Access (n.) A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.

Accessarily (adv.) In the manner of an accessary.

Accessariness (n.) The state of being accessary.

Accessary (a.) Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.

Accessaries (pl. ) of Accessary

Accessary (n.) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

Accessibility (n.) The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.

Accessible (a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

Accessible (a.) Open to the influence of; -- with to.

Accessible (a.) Obtainable; to be got at.

Accessibly (adv.) In an accessible manner.

Accession (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

Accession (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.

Accession (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.

Accession (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.

Accession (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.

Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

Accessional (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional.

Accessive (a.) Additional.

Accessorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

Accessorily (adv.) In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.

Accessoriness (n.) The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

Accessories (pl. ) of Accessory

Accessory (n.) That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.

Accessory (n.) Same as Accessary, n.

Accessory (n.) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.

Acciaccatura (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

Accidence (n.) The rudiments of any subject.

Accident (n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.

Accident (n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.

Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Accident (n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.

Accident (n.) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

Accident (n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.

Accident (n.) Unusual appearance or effect.

Accidental (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

Accidental (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.

Accidental (n.) A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

Accidental (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

Accidentalism (n.) Accidental character or effect.

Accidentality (n.) The quality of being accidental; accidentalness.

Accidentally (adv.) In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

Accidentalness (n.) The quality of being accidental; casualness.

Accidie (n.) Sloth; torpor.

Accipenser (n.) See Acipenser.

Accipient (n.) A receiver.

Accipiters (pl. ) of Accipiter

Accipitres (pl. ) of Accipiter

Accipiter (n.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.

Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

Accipitral (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.

Accipitres (n. pl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Accipitrine (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Accismus (n.) Affected refusal; coyness.

Accite (v. t.) To cite; to summon.

Acclaim (v. t.) To applaud.

Acclaim (v. t.) To declare by acclamations.

Acclaim (v. t.) To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.

Acclaim (v. i.) To shout applause.

Acclaim (n.) Acclamation.

Acclaimer (n.) One who acclaims.

Acclamation (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.

Acclamation (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.

Acclamatory (a.) Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

Acclimatable (a.) Capable of being acclimated.

Acclimatation (n.) Acclimatization.

Acclimated (imp. & p. p.) of Acclimate

Acclimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acclimate

Acclimate (v. t.) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

Acclimatement (n.) Acclimation.

Acclimation (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

Acclimatizable (a.) Capable of being acclimatized.

Acclimatization (n.) The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

Acclimatized (imp. & p. p.) of Acclimatize

Acclimatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acclimatize

Acclimatize (v. t.) To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

Acclimature (n.) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.

Acclive (a.) Acclivous.

Acclivitous (a.) Acclivous.

Acclivities (pl. ) of Acclivity

Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

Accloy (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.

Accoast (v. t. & i.) To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.

Accoil (v. t.) To gather together; to collect.

Accoil (v. t.) To coil together.

Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.

Accombination (n.) A combining together.

Accommodable (a.) That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.

Accommodableness (n.) The quality or condition of being accommodable.

Accommodated (imp. & p. p.) of Accommodate

Accommodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accommodate

Accommodate (v. t.) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

Accommodate (v. t.) To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

Accommodate (v. t.) To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.

Accommodate (v. t.) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

Accommodate (v. i.) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.

Accommodate (a.) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

Accommodately (adv.) Suitably; fitly.

Accommodateness (n.) Fitness.

Accommodating (a.) Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

Accommodation (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

Accommodation (n.) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.

Accommodation (n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.

Accommodation (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.

Accommodation (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.

Accommodation (n.) A loan of money.

Accommodation (n.) An accommodation bill or note.

Accommodator (n.) He who, or that which, accommodates.

Accompanable (a.) Sociable.

Accompanier (n.) He who, or that which, accompanies.

Accompaniment (n.) That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

Accompaniment (n.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

Accompanist (n.) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

Accompanied (imp. & p. p.) of Accompany

Accompanying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accompany

Accompany (v. t.) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.

Accompany (v. t.) To cohabit with.

Accompany (v. i.) To associate in a company; to keep company.

Accompany (v. i.) To cohabit (with).

Accompany (v. i.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

Accompletive (a.) Tending to accomplish.

Accomplice (n.) A cooperator.

Accomplice (n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

Accompliceship (n.) The state of being an accomplice.

Accomplicity (n.) The act or state of being an accomplice.

Accomplished (imp. & p. p.) of Accomplish

Accomplishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accomplish

Accomplish (v. t.) To complete, as time or distance.

Accomplish (v. t.) To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.

Accomplish (v. t.) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.

Accomplish (v. t.) To gain; to obtain.

Accomplishable (a.) Capable of being accomplished; practicable.

Accomplished (a.) Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.

Accomplished (a.) Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.

Accomplisher (n.) One who accomplishes.

Accomplishment (n.) The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

Accomplishment (n.) That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.

Accompt (n.) See Account.

Accomptable (a.) See Accountable.

Accomptant (n.) See Accountant.

Accord (v. t.) Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

Accord (v. t.) Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.

Accord (v. t.) Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.

Accord (v. t.) Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.

Accord (v. t.) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.

Accorded (imp. & p. p.) of Accord

According (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accord

Accord (v. t.) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.

Accord (v. t.) To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.

Accord (v. t.) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.

Accord (v. i.) To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.

Accord (v. i.) To agree in pitch and tone.

Accordable (a.) Agreeing.

Accordable (a.) Reconcilable; in accordance.

Accordance (n.) Agreement; harmony; conformity.

Accordancy (n.) Accordance.

Accordant (a.) Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.

Accordantly (adv.) In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.

Accorder (n.) One who accords, assents, or concedes.

According (p. a.) Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

According (adv.) Accordingly; correspondingly.

Accordingly (adv.) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.

Accordingly (adv.) In natural sequence; consequently; so.

Accordion (n.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

Accordionist (n.) A player on the accordion.

Accordment (v.) Agreement; reconcilement.

Accorporate (v. t.) To unite; to attach; to incorporate.

Accosted (imp. & p. p.) of Accost

Accosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accost

Accost (v. t.) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

Accost (v. t.) To approach; to make up to.

Accost (v. t.) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

Accost (v. i.) To adjoin; to lie alongside.

Accost (n.) Address; greeting.

Accostable (a.) Approachable; affable.

Accosted (a.) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

Accouchement (n.) Delivery in childbed

Accoucheur (n.) A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

Accoucheuse (n.) A midwife.

Account (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

Account (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.

Account (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.

Account (n.) A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.

Account (n.) An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.

Account (n.) Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.

Accounted (imp. & p. p.) of Account

Accounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Account

Account (v. t.) To reckon; to compute; to count.

Account (v. t.) To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.

Account (v. t.) To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.

Account (v. t.) To recount; to relate.

Account (v. i.) To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

Account (v. i.) To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.

Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.

Accountability (n.) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

Accountable (a.) Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

Accountable (a.) Capable of being accounted for; explicable.

Accountable ness (n.) The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.

Accountably (adv.) In an accountable manner.

Accountancy (n.) The art or employment of an accountant.

Accountant (n.) One who renders account; one accountable.

Accountant (n.) A reckoner.

Accountant (n.) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.

Accountant (a.) Accountable.

Accountantship (n.) The office or employment of an accountant.

Account book () A book in which accounts are kept.

Accouple (v. t.) To join; to couple.

Accouplement (n.) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.

Accouplement (n.) That which couples, as a tie or brace.

Accourage (v. t.) To encourage.

Accourt (v. t.) To treat courteously; to court.

Accoutered (imp. & p. p.) of Accoutre

Accoutred () of Accoutre

Accoutering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accoutre

Accoutring () of Accoutre

Accouter (v. t.) Alt. of Accoutre

Accoutre (v. t.) To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.

Accouterments (n. pl.) Alt. of Accoutrements

Accoutrements (n. pl.) Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers.

Accoy (v. t.) To render quiet; to soothe.

Accoy (v. t.) To subdue; to tame; to daunt.

Accredited (imp. & p. p.) of Accredit

Accrediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accredit

Accredit (v. t.) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

Accredit (v. t.) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

Accredit (v. t.) To believe; to credit; to put trust in.

Accredit (v. t.) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.

Accreditation (n.) The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

Accrementitial (a.) Pertaining to accremention.

Accrementition (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

Accresce (v. i.) To accrue.

Accresce (v. i.) To increase; to grow.

Accrescence (n.) Continuous growth; an accretion.

Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.

Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

Accrete (v. i.) To grow together.

Accrete (v. i.) To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.

Accrete (v. t.) To make adhere; to add.

Accrete (a.) Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.

Accrete (a.) Grown together.

Accretion (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

Accretion (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

Accretion (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

Accretion (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.

Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

Accretive (a.) Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.

Accriminate (v. t.) To accuse of a crime.

Accroach (v. t.) To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.

Accroach (v. t.) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.

Accroachment (n.) An encroachment; usurpation.

Accrual (n.) Accrument.

Accrued (imp. & p. p.) of Accrue

Accruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accrue

Accrue (n.) To increase; to augment.

Accrue (n.) To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.

Accrue (n.) Something that accrues; advantage accruing.

Accruer (n.) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.

Accrument (n.) The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.

Accubation (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

Accumb (v. i.) To recline, as at table.

Accumbency (n.) The state of being accumbent or reclining.

Accumbent (a.) Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.

Accumbent (a.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.

Accumbent (n.) One who reclines at table.

Accumber (v. t.) To encumber.

Accumulated (imp. & p. p.) of Accumulate

Accumulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accumulate

Accumulate (v. t.) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

Accumulate (v. i.) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

Accumulate (a.) Collected; accumulated.

Accumulation (n.) The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.

Accumulation (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

Accumulative (a.) Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

Accumulator (n.) One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.

Accumulator (n.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

Accumulator (n.) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

Accuracy (n.) The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.

Accurate (a.) In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

Accurate (a.) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Accurately (adv.) In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

Accurateness (n.) The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

Accurse (v. t.) To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

Accursed (p. p. & a.) Alt. of Accurst

Accurst (p. p. & a.) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed.

Accusable (a.) Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

Accusal (n.) Accusation.

Accusant (n.) An accuser.

Accusation (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

Accusation (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

Accusatival (a.) Pertaining to the accusative case.

Accusative (a.) Producing accusations; accusatory.

Accusative (a.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.

Accusative (n.) The accusative case.

Accusatively (adv.) In an accusative manner.

Accusatively (adv.) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

Accusatorial (a.) Accusatory.

Accusatorially (adv.) By way accusation.

Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel.

Accuse (n.) Accusation.

Accused (imp. & p. p.) of Accuse

Accusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accuse

Accuse (v. t.) To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense

Accuse (v. t.) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.

Accuse (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.

Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L.]

Accused (a.) Charged with offense; as, an accused person.

Accusement (n.) Accusation.

Accuser (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Accusingly (adv.) In an accusing manner.

Accustomed (imp. & p. p.) of Accustom

Accustoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accustom

Accustom (v. t.) To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.

Accustom (v. i.) To be wont.

Accustom (v. i.) To cohabit.

Accustom (n.) Custom.

Accustomable (a.) Habitual; customary; wonted.

Accustomably (adv.) According to custom; ordinarily; customarily.

Accustomance (n.) Custom; habitual use.

Accustomarily (adv.) Customarily.

Accustomary (a.) Usual; customary.

Accustomed (a.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.

Accustomed (a.) Frequented by customers.

Accustomedness (n.) Habituation.

Aces (pl. ) of Ace

Ace (n.) A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

Ace (n.) Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

Acentric (a.) Not centered; without a center.

Acephal (n.) One of the Acephala.

Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.

Acephalan (n.) Same as Acephal.

Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.

Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

Acephali (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

Acephalous (a.) Headless.

Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.

Acerate (n.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

Acerate (a.) Acerose; needle-shaped.

Acerb (a.) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

Acerbate (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.

Acerbic (a.) Sour or severe.

Acerbitude (n.) Sourness and harshness.

Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.

Aceric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.

Acerose (a.) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

Acerose (a.) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Acerous (a.) Same as Acerose.

Acerous (a.) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

Acerous (a.) Without antennae, as some insects.

Acerval (a.) Pertaining to a heap.

Acervate (v. t.) To heap up.

Acervate (a.) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

Acervation (n.) A heaping up; accumulation.

Acervative (a.) Heaped up; tending to heap up.

Acervose (a.) Full of heaps.

Acervuline (a.) Resembling little heaps.

Acescence (n.) Alt. of Acescency

Acescency (n.) The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

Acescent (a.) Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Acescent (n.) A substance liable to become sour.

Acetable (n.) An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.

Acetabular (a.) Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

Acetabulifera (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx.

Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Acetabulum (n.) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

Acetabulum (n.) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Acetabulum (n.) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

Acetal (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

Acetaldehyde (n.) Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.

Acetamide (n.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

Acetarious (a.) Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.

Acetary (n.) An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.

Acetate (n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

Acetated (a.) Combined with acetic acid.

Acetic (a.) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Acetic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

Acetification (n.) The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

Acetifier (n.) An apparatus for hastening acetification.

Acetified (imp. & p. p.) of Acetify

Acetifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acetify

Acetify (v. t.) To convert into acid or vinegar.

Acetify (v. i.) To turn acid.

Acetimeter (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

Acetimetry (n.) The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.

Acetin (n.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.

Acetize (v. i.) To acetify.

Acetometer (n.) Same as Acetimeter.

Acetone (n.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Acetonic (a.) Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.

Acetose (a.) Sour like vinegar; acetous.

Acetosity (n.) The quality of being acetous; sourness.

Acetous (a.) Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

Acetous (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.

Acetyl (n.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.

Acetylene (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.

Ach (n.) Alt. of Ache

Ache (n.) A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

Achaean (a.) Alt. of Achaian

Achaian (a.) Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

Achaian (n.) A native of Achaia; a Greek.

Acharnement (n.) Savage fierceness; ferocity.

Achate (n.) An agate.

Achate (n.) Purchase; bargaining.

Achate (n.) Provisions. Same as Cates.

Achatina (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

Achatour (n.) Purveyor; acater.

Ache (v. i.) Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones."

Ached (imp. & p. p.) of Ache

Aching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ache

Ache (v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

Achean (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

Achene (n.) Alt. of Achenium

Achenium (n.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

Achenial (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

Acheron (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

Acherontic (a.) Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.

Achievable (a.) Capable of being achieved.

Achievance (n.) Achievement.

Achieved (imp. & p. p.) of Achieve

Achieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Achieve

Achieve (v. t.) To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

Achieve (v. t.) To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

Achieve (v. t.) To finish; to kill.

Achievement (n.) The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

Achievement (n.) A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.

Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

Achiever (n.) One who achieves; a winner.

Achillean (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

Achilles' tendon (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

Achilous (a.) Without a lip.

Aching (a.) That aches; continuously painful. See Ache.

Achiote (n.) Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.

Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

Achlamydeous (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

Acholia (n.) Deficiency or want of bile.

Acholous (a.) Lacking bile.

Achromatic (a.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

Achromatic (a.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.

Achromatically (adv.) In an achromatic manner.

Achromaticity (n.) Achromatism.

Achromatin (n.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

Achromatism (n.) The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity.

Achromatization (n.) The act or process of achromatizing.

Achromatized (imp. & p. p.) of Achromatize

Achromatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Achromatize

Achromatize (v. t.) To deprive of color; to make achromatic.

Achromatopsy (n.) Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.

Achronic (a.) See Acronyc.

Achroodextrin (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

Achroous (a.) Colorless; achromatic.

Achylous (a.) Without chyle.

Achymous (a.) Without chyme.

Aciculae (pl. ) of Acicula

Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

Aciculate (a.) Alt. of Aciculated

Aciculated (a.) Furnished with aciculae.

Aciculated (a.) Acicular.

Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

Aciculiform (a.) Needle-shaped; acicular.

Aciculite (n.) Needle ore.

Acid (a.) Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.

Acid (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.

Acid (n.) A sour substance.

Acid (n.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.

Acidic (a.) Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.

Acidiferous (a.) Containing or yielding an acid.

Acidifiable (a.) Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.

Acidific (a.) Producing acidity; converting into an acid.

Acidification (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

Acidifier (n.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

Acidified (imp. & p. p.) of Acidify

Acidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acidify

Acidify (v. t.) To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.

Acidify (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter.

Acidimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.

Acidimetry (n.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.

Acidity (n.) The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.

Acidly (adv.) Sourly; tartly.

Acidness (n.) Acidity; sourness.

Acidulated (imp. & p. p.) of Acidulate

Acidulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acidulate

Acidulate (v. t.) To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

Acidulent (a.) Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.

Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.

Acierage (n.) The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

Aciform (a.) Shaped like a needle.

Acinaceous (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

Acinaces (n.) A short sword or saber.

Acinaciform (a.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.

Acinesia (n.) Same as Akinesia.

Acinetae (n. pl.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.

Acinetiform (a.) Resembling the Acinetae.

Aciniform (a.) Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.

Aciniform (a.) Full of small kernels like a grape.

Acinose (a.) Alt. of Acinous

Acinous (a.) Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

Acini (pl. ) of Acinus

Acinus (n.) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

Acinus (n.) A grapestone.

Acinus (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.

Acipenser (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.

Aciurgy (n.) Operative surgery.

Acknow (v. t.) To recognize.

Acknow (v. t.) To acknowledge; to confess.

Acknowledged (imp. & p. p.) of Acknowledge

Acknowledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acknowledge

Acknowledge (v. t.) To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

Acknowledge (v. t.) To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

Acknowledge (v. t.) To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.

Acknowledge (v. t.) To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.

Acknowledgedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Acknowledger (n.) One who acknowledges.

Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

Acknowledgment (n.) The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

Acknowledgment (n.) The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.

Acknowledgment (n.) Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.

Acknowledgment (n.) A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.

Aclinic (a.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.

Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.

Acme (n.) The crisis or height of a disease.

Acme (n.) Mature age; full bloom of life.

Acne (n.) A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.

Acnodal (a.) Pertaining to acnodes.

Acnode (n.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

Acock (adv.) In a cocked or turned up fashion.

Acockbill (adv.) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.

Acockbill (adv.) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

Acold (a.) Cold.

Acologic (a.) Pertaining to acology.

Acology (n.) Materia medica; the science of remedies.

Acolothist (n.) See Acolythist.

Acolyctine (n.) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.

Acolyte (n.) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.

Acolyte (n.) One who attends; an assistant.

Acolyth (n.) Same as Acolyte.

Acolythist (n.) An acolyte.

Aconddylose (a.) Alt. of Acondylous

Acondylous (a.) Being without joints; jointless.

Aconital (a.) Of the nature of aconite.

Aconite (n.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

Aconite (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.

Aconitia (n.) Same as Aconitine.

Aconitic (a.) Of or pertaining to aconite.

Aconitine (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

Aconitum (n.) The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.

Acontia (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

Acontias (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

Acopic (a.) Relieving weariness; restorative.

Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Acorn (n.) See Acorn-shell.

Acorn cup () The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.

Acorned (a.) Furnished or loaded with acorns.

Acorned (a.) Fed or filled with acorns.

Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

Acosmism (n.) A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.

Acosmist (n.) One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.

Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

Acouchy (n.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).

Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.

Acoumetry (n.) The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

Acoustic (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.

Acoustic (n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

Acoustical (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics.

Acoustically (adv.) In relation to sound or to hearing.

Acoustician (n.) One versed in acoustics.

Acoustics (n.) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.

Acquaint (v. t.) Acquainted.

Acquainted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquaint

Acquainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquaint

Acquaint (v. t.) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.

Acquaint (v. t.) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.

Acquaint (v. t.) To familiarize; to accustom.

Acquaintable (a.) Easy to be acquainted with; affable.

Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Acquaintanceship (n.) A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.

Acquaintant (n.) An acquaintance.

Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.

Acquaintedness (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.

Acquest (n.) Acquisition; the thing gained.

Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.

Acquiesced (imp. & p. p.) of Acquiesce

Acquiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquiesce

Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.

Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

Acquiescence (n.) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

Acquiescence (n.) Submission to an injury by the party injured.

Acquiescence (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.

Acquiescency (n.) The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.

Acquiescent (a.) Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

Acquiescently (adv.) In an acquiescent manner.

Acquiet (v. t.) To quiet.

Acquirability (n.) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.

Acquirable (a.) Capable of being acquired.

Acquired (imp. & p. p.) of Acquire

Acquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquire

Acquire (v. t.) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

Acquirement (n.) The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

Acquirer (n.) A person who acquires.

Acquiry (n.) Acquirement.

Acquisite (a.) Acquired.

Acquisition (n.) The act or process of acquiring.

Acquisition (n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

Acquisitive (a.) Acquired.

Acquisitive (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.

Acquisitively (adv.) In the way of acquisition.

Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

Acquisitiveness (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

Acquisitor (n.) One who acquires.

Acquist (n.) Acquisition; gain.

Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.

Acquitted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquit

Acquitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquit

Acquit (v. t.) To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

Acquit (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.

Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

Acquit (v. t.) To clear one's self.

Acquit (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.

Acquitment (n.) Acquittal.

Acquittal (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

Acquittal (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

Acquittance (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

Acquittance (n.) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.

Acquittance (v. t.) To acquit.

Acquitter (n.) One who acquits or releases.

Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.

Acrania (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.

Acrase (v. t.) Alt. of Acraze

Acraze (v. t.) To craze.

Acraze (v. t.) To impair; to destroy.

Acrasia (n.) Alt. of Acrasy

Acrasy (n.) Excess; intemperance.

Acraspeda (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

Acre (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land.

Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

Acreable (a.) Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.

Acreage (n.) Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

Acred (a.) Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

Acrid (a.) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.

Acrid (a.) Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.

Acrid (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.

Acridity (n.) Alt. of Acridness

Acridness (n.) The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

Acridly (adv.) In an acid manner.

Acrimonious (a.) Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.

Acrimonious (a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

Acrimoniously (adv.) In an acrimonious manner.

Acrimoniousness (n.) The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

Acrimonies (pl. ) of Acrimony

Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.

Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.

Acrisia (n.) Alt. of Acrisy

Acrisy (n.) Inability to judge.

Acrisy (n.) Undecided character of a disease.

Acrita (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

Acritan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Acrita.

Acritan (n.) An individual of the Acrita.

Acrite (a.) Acritan.

Acritical (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.

Acritochromacy (n.) Color blindness; achromatopsy.

Acritude (n.) Acridity; pungency joined with heat.

Acrity (n.) Sharpness; keenness.

Acroamatic (a.) Alt. of Acroamatical

Acroamatical (a.) Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

Acroatic (a.) Same as Acroamatic.

Acrobat (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Acrobatic (a.) Pertaining to an acrobat.

Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

Acrocephalic (a.) Characterized by a high skull.

Acrocephaly (n.) Loftiness of skull.

Acroceraunian (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.

Acrodactylum (n.) The upper surface of the toes, individually.

Acrodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.

Acrodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

Acrogen (n.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.

Acrogenous (a.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.

Acrolein (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.

Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.

Acrolithan (a.) Alt. of Acrolithic

Acrolithic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.

Acromegaly (n.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

Acromial (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion.

Acromion (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

Acromonogrammatic (a.) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

Acronyc (a.) Alt. of Acronychal

Acronychal (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

Acronycally (adv.) In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.

Acronyctous (a.) Acronycal.

Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.

Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

Acrophony (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

Acropodium (n.) The entire upper surface of the foot.

Acropolis (n.) The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

Acropolitan (a.) Pertaining to an acropolis.

Acrospire (n.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

Acrospire (v. i.) To put forth the first sprout.

Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Acrosporous (a.) Having acrospores.

Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

Across (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Acrostic (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.

Acrostic (n.) Alt. of Acrostical

Acrostical (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Acrostically (adv.) After the manner of an acrostic.

Acrotarsium (n.) The instep or front of the tarsus.

Acroteleutic (n.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

Acroter (n.) Same as Acroterium.

Acroterial (a.) Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.

Acroteria (pl. ) of Acroterium

Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.

Acroterium (n.) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

Acrotic (a.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

Acrotism (n.) Lack or defect of pulsation.

Acrotomous (a.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base.

Acrylic (a.) Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.

Act (n.) That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

Act (n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.

Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.

Act (n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

Act (n.) A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.

Act (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).

Acted (imp. & p. p.) of Act

Acting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Act

Act (v. t.) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

Act (v. t.) To perform; to execute; to do.

Act (v. t.) To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.

Act (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.

Act (v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.

Act (v. i.) To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.

Act (v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.

Act (v. i.) To perform on the stage; to represent a character.

Actable (a.) Capable of being acted.

Actinal (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

Actinaria (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

Acting (a.) Operating in any way.

Acting (a.) Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.

Actiniae (pl. ) of Actinia

Actinias (pl. ) of Actinia

Actinia (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

Actinia (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

Actinic (a.) Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.

Actiniform (a.) Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.

Actinism (n.) The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

Actinium (n.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

Actino-chemistry (n.) Chemistry in its relations to actinism.

Actinograph (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.

Actinoid (a.) Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.

Actinolite (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

Actinolitic (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.

Actinology (n.) The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.

Actinomere (n.) One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.

Actinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.

Actinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.

Actinometric (a.) Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the force of solar radiation.

Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.

Actinophorous (a.) Having straight projecting spines.

Actinosome (n.) The entire body of a coelenterate.

Actinost (n.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.

Actinostome (n.) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

Actinotrocha (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

Actinozoa (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

Actinozoal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

Actinozoon (n.) One of the Actinozoa.

Actinula (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

Action (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.

Action (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.

Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.

Action (n.) Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.

Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.

Action (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.

Action (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.

Action (n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.

Action (n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

Action (n.) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.

Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.

Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

Action (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.

Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

Actionably (adv.) In an actionable manner.

Actionary (n.) Alt. of Actionist

Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.

Actionless (a.) Void of action.

Activate (v. t.) To make active.

Active (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

Active (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.

Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.

Active (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

Active (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.

Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.

Active (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.

Active (a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.

Active (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.

Actively (adv.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively.

Activeness (n.) The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

Activities (pl. ) of Activity

Activity (n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

Actless (a.) Without action or spirit.

Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

Actor (n.) One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

Actor (n.) A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.

Actor (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.

Actor (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Actress (n.) A female actor or doer.

Actress (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

Actual (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.

Actual (a.) Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Actual (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Actual (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

Actualist (n.) One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.

Actualities (pl. ) of Actuality

Actuality (n.) The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.

Actualization (n.) A making actual or really existent.

Actualize (v. t.) To make actual; to realize in action.

Actually (adv.) Actively.

Actually (adv.) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Actualness (n.) Quality of being actual; actuality.

Actuarial (a.) Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

Actuaries (pl. ) of Actuary

Actuary (n.) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.

Actuary (n.) The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

Actuated (imp. & p. p.) of Actuate

Actuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Actuate

Actuate (v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

Actuate (v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.

Actuate (a.) Put in action; actuated.

Actuation (n.) A bringing into action; movement.

Actuator (n.) One who actuates, or puts into action.

Actuose (a.) Very active.

Actuosity (n.) Abundant activity.

Acture (n.) Action.

Acturience (n.) Tendency or impulse to act.

Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Acuation (n.) Act of sharpening.

Acuition (n.) The act of sharpening.

Acuity (n.) Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.

Aculeate (a.) Severe or stinging; incisive.

Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.

Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Aculeous (a.) Aculeate.

Aculei (pl. ) of Aculeus

Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

Aculeus (n.) A sting.

Acumen (n.) Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

Acuminate (a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

Acuminate (v. t.) To render sharp or keen.

Acuminate (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point.

Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Acuminose (a.) Terminating in a flat, narrow end.

Acuminous (a.) Characterized by acumen; keen.

Acupressure (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.

Acupuncturation (n.) See Acupuncture.

Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Acupuncture (v. t.) To treat with acupuncture.

Acustumaunce (n.) See Accustomance.

Acutangular (a.) Acute-angled.

Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.

Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

Acutely (adv.) In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

Acuteness (n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.

Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.

Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Acutilobate (a.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves.

Ad- () As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.

Adact (v. t.) To compel; to drive.

Adactyl (a.) Alt. of Adactylous

Adactylous (a.) Without fingers or without toes.

Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

Adage (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.

Adagial (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.

Adagio (a. & adv.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

Adagio (n.) A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Adam (n.) The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.

Adam (n.) "Original sin;" human frailty.

Adamant (n.) A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

Adamant (n.) Lodestone; magnet.

Adamantean (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.

Adamantine (a.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Adambulacral (a.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.

Adamic (a.) Alt. of Adamical

Adamical (a.) Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him.

Adamite (n.) A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Adamite (n.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

Adam's apple () See under Adam.

Adance (adv.) Dancing.

Adangle (adv.) Dangling.

Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

Adapt (a.) Fitted; suited.

Adapted (imp. & p. p.) of Adapt

Adapting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adapt

Adapt (v. t.) To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.

Adaptability (n.) Alt. of Adaptableness

Adaptableness (n.) The quality of being adaptable; suitableness.

Adaptable (a.) Capable of being adapted.

Adaptation (n.) The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

Adaptation (n.) The result of adapting; an adapted form.

Adaptative (a.) Adaptive.

Adaptedness (n.) The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

Adapter (n.) One who adapts.

Adapter (n.) A connecting tube; an adopter.

Adaption (n.) Adaptation.

Adaptive (a.) Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.

Adaptiveness (n.) The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

Adaptly (adv.) In a suitable manner.

Adaptness (n.) Adaptedness.

Adaptorial (a.) Adaptive.

Adar (n.) The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.

Adatis (n.) A fine cotton cloth of India.

Adaunt (v. t.) To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate.

Adaw (v. t.) To subdue; to daunt.

Adaw (v. t. & i.) To awaken; to arouse.

Adays (adv.) By day, or every day; in the daytime.

Ad captandum () A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

Added (imp. & p. p.) of Add

Adding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Add

Add (v. t.) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

Add (v. t.) To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column.

Add (v. t.) To append, as a statement; to say further.

Add (v. i.) To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.

Add (v. i.) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

Addable (a.) Addible.

Addax (n.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).

Addeem (v. t.) To award; to adjudge.

Addenda (pl. ) of Addendum

Addendum (n.) A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

Adder (n.) One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

Adder (n.) A serpent.

Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

Adder (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.

Adder (n.) Same as Sea Adder.

Adder fly/ () A dragon fly.

Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet.

Adderwort (n.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

Addibility (n.) The quantity of being addible; capability of addition.

Addible (a.) Capable of being added.

Addice (n.) See Adze.

Addict (p. p.) Addicted; devoted.

Addicted (imp. & p. p.) of Addict

Addicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Addict

Addict (v. t.) To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.

Addict (v. t.) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

Addictedness (n.) The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

Addiction (n.) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

Addison's disease () A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

Additament (n.) An addition, or a thing added.

Addition (n.) The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

Addition (n.) Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.

Addition (n.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.

Addition (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

Addition (n.) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.

Additional (a.) Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

Additional (n.) Something added.

Additionally (adv.) By way of addition.

Additionary (a.) Additional.

Addititious (a.) Additive.

Additive (a.) Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Additory (a.) Tending to add; making some addition.

Addle (n.) Liquid filth; mire.

Addle (n.) Lees; dregs.

Addle (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

Addled (imp. & p. p.) of Addle

Addling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Addle

Addle (v. t. & i.) To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

Addle (v. t. & i.) To earn by labor.

Addle (v. t. & i.) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Addle-brain (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate

Addle-head (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate

Addle-pate (n.) A foolish or dull-witted fellow.

Addle-brained (a.) Alt. of Addle-pated

Addle-headed (a.) Alt. of Addle-pated

Addle-pated (a.) Dull-witted; stupid.

Addle-patedness (n.) Stupidity.

Addlings (n. pl.) Earnings.

Addoom (v. t.) To adjudge.

Addorsed (a.) Set or turned back to back.

Addressed (imp. & p. p.) of Address

Addressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Address

Address (v.) To aim; to direct.

Address (v.) To prepare or make ready.

Address (v.) Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

Address (v.) To clothe or array; to dress.

Address (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

Address (v.) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

Address (v.) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.

Address (v.) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

Address (v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

Address (v. i.) To prepare one's self.

Address (v. i.) To direct speech.

Address (v. t.) Act of preparing one's self.

Address (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.

Address (v. t.) Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

Address (v. t.) Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

Address (v. t.) Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.

Address (v. t.) Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

Addressee (n.) One to whom anything is addressed.

Addression (n.) The act of addressing or directing one's course.

Adduced (imp. & p. p.) of Adduce

Adducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adduce

Adduce (v. t.) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Adducer (n.) One who adduces.

Adducible (a.) Capable of being adduced.

Adduct (v. t.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line.

Adduction (n.) The act of adducing or bringing forward.

Adduction (n.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.

Adductive (a.) Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

Adductor (n.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.

Addulce (v. t.) To sweeten; to soothe.

Adeem (v. t.) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

Adelantadillo (n.) A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

Adelantado (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.

Adelaster (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Adeling (n.) Same as Atheling.

Adelocodonic (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

Adelopod (n.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

Adelphia (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

Adelphous (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

Adempt (p. p.) Takes away.

Ademption (n.) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.

Aden- () Alt. of Adeno-

Adeno- () Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

Adenalgia (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

Adenalgy (n.) Pain in a gland.

Adeniform (a.) Shaped like a gland; adenoid.

Adenitis (n.) Glandular inflammation.

Adenographic (a.) Pertaining to adenography.

Adenography (n.) That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

Adenoid (a.) Alt. of Adenoidal

Adenoidal (a.) Glandlike; glandular.

Adenological (a.) Pertaining to adenology.

Adenology (n.) The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

Adenophorous (a.) Producing glands.

Adenophyllous (a.) Having glands on the leaves.

Adenose (a.) Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

Adenotomic (a.) Pertaining to adenotomy.

Adenotomy (n.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

Adenous (a.) Same as Adenose.

Adeps (n.) Animal fat; lard.

Adept (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

Adept (a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

Adeption (a.) An obtaining; attainment.

Adeptist (n.) A skilled alchemist.

Adeptness (n.) The quality of being adept; skill.

Adequacy (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

Adequate (a.) Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

Adequate (a.) To equalize; to make adequate.

Adequate (a.) To equal.

Adequately (adv.) In an adequate manner.

Adequateness (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

Adequation (n.) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

Adesmy (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

Adessenarian (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

Adfected (v.) See Affected, 5.

Adfiliated (a.) See Affiliated.

Adfiliation (n.) See Affiliation.

Adfluxion (n.) See Affluxion.

Adhamant (a.) Clinging, as by hooks.

Adhered (imp. & p. p.) of Adhere

Adhering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adhere

Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

Adhere (v. i.) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

Adhere (v. i.) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

Adherence (n.) The quality or state of adhering.

Adherence (n.) The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.

Adherency (n.) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.

Adherency (n.) That which adheres.

Adherent (a.) Sticking; clinging; adhering.

Adherent (a.) Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

Adherent (a.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

Adherent (n.) That which adheres; an appendage.

Adherently (adv.) In an adherent manner.

Adherer (n.) One who adheres; an adherent.

Adhesion (n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.

Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.

Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

Adhesive (a.) Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

Adhesively (adv.) In an adhesive manner.

Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

Adhibit (v. t.) To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.

Adhibit (v. t.) To use or apply; to administer.

Adhibit (v. t.) To attach; to affix.

Adhibition (n.) The act of adhibiting; application; use.

Ad hominem () A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

Adhort (v. t.) To exhort; to advise.

Adhortation (n.) Advice; exhortation.

Adhortatory (a.) Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.

Adiabatic (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat.

Adiactinic (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.

Adiantum (n.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

Adiaphorism (n.) Religious indifference.

Adiaphorist (n.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical.

Adiaphoristic (a.) Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.

Adiaphorite (n.) Same as Adiaphorist.

Adiaphorous (a.) Indifferent or neutral.

Adiaphorous (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.

Adiaphory (n.) Indifference.

Adiathermic (a.) Not pervious to heat.

Adieu (interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Adieus (pl. ) of Adieu

Adieu (n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.

Adight (p. p.) of Adight

Adight (v. t.) To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.

Ad infinitum () Without limit; endlessly.

Ad interim () Meanwhile; temporary.

Adipescent (a.) Becoming fatty.

Adipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Adipocerate (v. t.) To convert into adipocere.

Adipoceration (n.) The act or process of changing into adipocere.

Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

Adipoceriform (a.) Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

Adipocerous (a.) Like adipocere.

Adipose (a.) Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

Adiposeness (n.) Alt. of Adiposity

Adiposity (n.) The state of being fat; fatness.

Adipous (a.) Fatty; adipose.

Adipsous (a.) Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

Adipsy (n.) Absence of thirst.

Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

Adit (n.) Admission; approach; access.

Adjacence () Alt. of Adjacency

Adjacency () The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.

Adjacency () That which is adjacent.

Adjacent (a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

Adjacent (n.) That which is adjacent.

Adjacently (adv.) So as to be adjacent.

Adject (v. t.) To add or annex; to join.

Adjection (n.) The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added.

Adjectional (a.) Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.

Adjectitious () Added; additional.

Adjectival (a.) Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

Adjectivally (adv.) As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.

Adjective (n.) Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.

Adjective (n.) Not standing by itself; dependent.

Adjective (n.) Relating to procedure.

Adjective (n.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

Adjective (n.) A dependent; an accessory.

Adjectived (imp. & p. p.) of Adjective

Adjectiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjective

Adjective (v. t.) To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.

Adjectively (adv.) In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.

Adjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Adjoin

Adjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjoin

Adjoin (v. t.) To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

Adjoin (v. i.) To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.

Adjoin (v. i.) To join one's self.

Adjoinant (a.) Contiguous.

Adjoining (a.) Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.

Adjoint (n.) An adjunct; a helper.

Adjourned (imp. & p. p.) of Adjourn

Adjourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjourn

Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.

Adjourn (v. i.) To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

Adjournal (n.) Adjournment; postponement.

Adjournment (n.) The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Adjudged (imp. & p. p.) of Adjudge

Adjudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjudge

Adjudge (v. t.) To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

Adjudge (v. t.) To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.

Adjudge (v. t.) To sentence; to condemn.

Adjudge (v. t.) To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

Adjudger (n.) One who adjudges.

Adjudgment (n.) The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication.

Adjudicated (imp. & p. p.) of Adjudicate

Adjudicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjudicate

Adjudicate (v. t.) To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

Adjudicate (v. i.) To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

Adjudication (n.) The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

Adjudication (n.) A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.

Adjudication (n.) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.

Adjudication (n.) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Adjudicative (a.) Adjudicating.

Adjudicator (n.) One who adjudicates.

Adjudicature (n.) Adjudication.

Adjugate (v. t.) To yoke to.

Adjument (n.) Help; support; also, a helper.

Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.

Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.

Adjunct (a.) Conjoined; attending; consequent.

Adjunct (n.) Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

Adjunct (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

Adjunct (n.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."

Adjunct (n.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

Adjunct (n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

Adjunction (n.) The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

Adjunctive (a.) Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

Adjunctive (n.) One who, or that which, is joined.

Adjunctively (adv.) In an adjunctive manner.

Adjunctly (adv.) By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.

Adjuration (n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

Adjuration (n.) The form of oath or appeal.

Adjuratory (a.) Containing an adjuration.

Adjured (imp. & p. p.) of Adjure

Adjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjure

Adjure (v. t.) To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.

Adjurer (n.) One who adjures.

Adjusted (imp. & p. p.) of Adjust

Adjusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjust

Adjust (v. t.) To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

Adjust (v. t.) To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.

Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

Adjust (v. t.) To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.

Adjustable (a.) Capable of being adjusted.

Adjustage (n.) Adjustment.

Adjuster (n.) One who, or that which, adjusts.

Adjustive (a.) Tending to adjust.

Adjustment (n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

Adjustment (n.) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.

Adjustment (n.) The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.

Adjutage (n.) Same as Ajutage.

Adjutancy (n.) The office of an adjutant.

Adjutancy (n.) Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.

Adjutant (n.) A helper; an assistant.

Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty.

Adjutant (n.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

Adjutator (n.) A corruption of Agitator.

Adjute (v. t.) To add.

Adjutor (n.) A helper or assistant.

Adjutory (a.) Serving to help or assist; helping.

Adjutrix (n.) A female helper or assistant.

Adjuvant (a.) Helping; helpful; assisting.

Adjuvant (n.) An assistant.

Adjuvant (n.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Adlegation (n.) A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.

Ad libitum () At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

Adlocution (n.) See Allocution.

Admarginate (v. t.) To write in the margin.

Admaxillary (a.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

Admeasure (v. t.) To measure.

Admeasure (v. t.) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.

Admeasure (v. t.) The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

Admeasure (v. t.) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.

Admeasurer (n.) One who admeasures.

Admensuration (n.) Same as Admeasurement.

Adminicle (n.) Help or support; an auxiliary.

Adminicle (n.) Corroborative or explanatory proof.

Adminicular (a.) Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence.

Adminiculary (a.) Adminicular.

Administered (imp. & p. p.) of Administer

Administering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Administer

Administer (v. t.) To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.

Administer (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.

Administer (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.

Administer (v. t.) To tender, as an oath.

Administer (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

Administer (v. i.) To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.

Administer (v. i.) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

Administer (n.) Administrator.

Administerial (a.) Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.

Administrable (a.) Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.

Administrant (a.) Executive; acting; managing affairs.

Administrant (n.) One who administers.

Administrate (v. t.) To administer.

Administration (n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.

Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

Administration (n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

Administration (n.) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.

Administration (n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.

Administrative (a.) Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy.

Administrator (n.) One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Administrator (n.) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.

Administratorship (n.) The position or office of an administrator.

Administratrix (n.) A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.

Admirability (n.) Admirableness.

Admirable (a.) Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.

Admirable (a.) Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.

Admirableness (n.) The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.

Admirably (adv.) In an admirable manner.

Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.

Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

Admiralship (n.) The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralty

Admiralty (n.) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.

Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.

Admiralty (n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

Admirance (n.) Admiration.

Admiration (n.) Wonder; astonishment.

Admiration (n.) Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.

Admiration (n.) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.

Admirative (a.) Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder.

Admired (imp. & p. p.) of Admire

Admiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Admire

Admire (v. t.) To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

Admire (v. t.) To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

Admire (v. i.) To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.

Admired (a.) Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.

Admired (a.) Wonderful; also, admirable.

Admirer (n.) One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

Admiring (a.) Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance.

Admissibility (n.) The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.

Admissible (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible.

Admission (n.) The act or practice of admitting.

Admission (n.) Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

Admission (n.) The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession.

Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

Admission (n.) A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.

Admission (n.) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Admissive (a.) Implying an admission; tending to admit.

Admissory (a.) Pertaining to admission.

Admitted (imp. & p. p.) of Admit

Admitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Admit

Admit (v. t.) To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

Admit (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

Admit (v. t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Admit (v. t.) To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

Admittable (a.) Admissible.

Admittance (n.) The act of admitting.

Admittance (n.) Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.

Admittance (n.) Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument.

Admittance (n.) Admissibility.

Admittance (n.) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.

Admittatur (n.) The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.

Admitted (a.) Received as true or valid; acknowledged.

Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Admitter (n.) One who admits.

Admix (v. t.) To mingle with something else; to mix.

Admixtion (n.) A mingling of different things; admixture.

Admixture (n.) The act of mixing; mixture.

Admixture (n.) The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

Admixture (n.) That which is mixed with anything.

Admonished (imp. & p. p.) of Admonish

Admonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Admonish

Admonish (v. t.) To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

Admonish (v. t.) To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.

Admonish (v. t.) To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

Admonisher (n.) One who admonishes.

Admonishment (n.) Admonition.

Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Admonitioner (n.) Admonisher.

Admonitive (a.) Admonitory.

Admonitor (n.) Admonisher; monitor.

Admonitorial (a.) Admonitory.

Admonitory (a.) That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.

Admonitrix (n.) A female admonitor.

Admortization (n.) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.

Admove (v. t.) To move or conduct to or toward.

Adnascent (a.) Growing to or on something else.

Adnate (a.) Grown to congenitally.

Adnate (a.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.

Adnate (a.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Adnation (n.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

Adnominal (a.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.

Adnoun (n.) An adjective, or attribute.

Adnubilated (a.) Clouded; obscured.

Ado (n.) To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.

Ado (n.) Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

Adobe (n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

Adolescence (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

Adolescency (n.) The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.

Adolescent (a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

Adolescent (n.) A youth.

Adonean (a.) Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.

Adonic (a.) Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty.

Adonic (n.) An Adonic verse.

Adonis (n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

Adonis (n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

Adonis (n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

Adonist (n.) One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.

Adonize (v. t.) To beautify; to dandify.

Adoor () Alt. of Adoors

Adoors () At the door; of the door; as, out adoors.

Adopted (imp. & p. p.) of Adopt

Adopting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adopt

Adopt (v. t.) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Adopt (v. t.) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

Adoptable (a.) Capable of being adopted.

Adopted (a.) Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

Adopter (n.) One who adopts.

Adopter (n.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.

Adoption (n.) The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

Adoption (n.) Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.

Adoption (n.) The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.

Adoptionist (n.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

Adoptious (a.) Adopted.

Adoptive (a.) Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

Adorability (n.) Adorableness.

Adorable (a.) Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.

Adorable (a.) Worthy of the utmost love or respect.

Adorableness (n.) The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.

Adorably (adv.) In an adorable manner.

Adoration (n.) The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.

Adoration (n.) Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

Adoration (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.

Adoring (imp. & p. p. Adored (/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adore

Adore (v. t.) To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.

Adore (v. t.) To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.

Adore (v. t.) To adorn.

Adorement (n.) The act of adoring; adoration.

Adorer (n.) One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer.

Adoringly (adv.) With adoration.

Adorned (imp. & p. p.) of Adorn

Adorning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adorn

Adorn (v. t.) To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

Adorn (n.) Adornment.

Adorn (a.) Adorned; decorated.

Adornation (n.) Adornment.

Adorner (n.) He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.

Adorningly (adv.) By adorning; decoratively.

Adornment (n.) An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

Adosculation (n.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Adown (adv.) From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.

Adown (prep.) Down.

Adpress (v. t.) See Appressed.

Adrad (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

Adragant (n.) Gum tragacanth.

Adread (v. t. & i.) To dread.

Adreamed (p. p.) Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream.

Adrenal (a.) Suprarenal.

Adrian (a.) Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

Adriatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Adrip (adv. & a.) In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip.

Adrogate (v. t.) To adopt (a person who is his own master).

Adrogation (n.) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.

Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.

Adroitly (adv.) In an adroit manner.

Adroitness (n.) The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.

Adry (a.) In a dry or thirsty condition.

Adscititious (a.) Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.

Adscript (a.) Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

Adscript (n.) One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.

Adscriptive (a.) Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.

Adsignification (n.) Additional signification.

Adsignify (v. t.) To denote additionally.

Adstrict (n.) See Astrict, and Astriction.

Adstrictory (a.) See Astrictory.

Adstringent (a.) See Astringent.

Adularia (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

Adulate (v. t.) To flatter in a servile way.

Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.

Adulator (n.) A servile or hypocritical flatterer.

Adulatory (a.) Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.

Adulatress (n.) A woman who flatters with servility.

Adult (a.) Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

Adult (n.) A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.

Adulter (v. i.) To commit adultery; to pollute.

Adulterant (n.) That which is used to adulterate anything.

Adulterant (a.) Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.

Adulterated (imp. & p. p.) of Adulterate

Adulterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adulterate

Adulterate (v. t.) To defile by adultery.

Adulterate (v. t.) To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.

Adulterate (v. i.) To commit adultery.

Adulterate (a.) Tainted with adultery.

Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.

Adulteration (n.) The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

Adulteration (n.) An adulterated state or product.

Adulterator (n.) One who adulterates or corrupts.

Adulterer (n.) A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.

Adulterer (n.) A man who violates his religious covenant.

Adulteress (n.) A woman who commits adultery.

Adulteress (n.) A woman who violates her religious engagements.

Adulterine (a.) Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

Adulterine (n.) An illegitimate child.

Adulterize (v. i.) To commit adultery.

Adulterous (a.) Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit.

Adulterous (a.) Characterized by adulteration; spurious.

Adulterously (adv.) In an adulterous manner.

Adulteries (pl. ) of Adultery

Adultery (n.) The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

Adultery (n.) Adulteration; corruption.

Adultery (n.) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

Adultery (n.) Faithlessness in religion.

Adultery (n.) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

Adultery (n.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

Adultery (n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.

Adultness (n.) The state of being adult.

Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.

Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.

Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

Adunation (n.) A uniting; union.

Adunc (a.) Alt. of Adunque

Adunque (a.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.

Aduncity (n.) Curvature inwards; hookedness.

Aduncous (a.) Curved inwards; hooked.

Adure (v. t.) To burn up.

Adust (a.) Inflamed or scorched; fiery.

Adust (a.) Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.

Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

Adusted (a.) Burnt; adust.

Adustible (a.) That may be burnt.

Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.

Adustion (n.) Cauterization.

Ad valorem () A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

Advanced (imp. & p. p.) of Advance

Advancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advance

Advance (v. t.) To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

Advance (v. t.) To raise; to elevate.

Advance (v. t.) To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

Advance (v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

Advance (v. t.) To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.

Advance (v. t.) To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

Advance (v. t.) To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.

Advance (v. t.) To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

Advance (v. t.) To extol; to laud.

Advance (v. i.) To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

Advance (v. i.) To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

Advance (v. i.) To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

Advance (v.) The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.

Advance (v.) Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.

Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.

Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.

Advance (a.) Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

Advanced (a.) In the van or front.

Advanced (a.) In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.

Advanced (a.) Far on in life or time.

Advancement (v. t.) The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.

Advancement (v. t.) An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.

Advancement (v. t.) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure.

Advancer (n.) One who advances; a promoter.

Advancer (n.) A second branch of a buck's antler.

Advancive (a.) Tending to advance.

Advantage (n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.

Advantage (n.) Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.

Advantage (n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

Advantage (n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Advantaged (imp. & p. p.) of Advantage

Advantaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advantage

Advantage (v. t.) To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

Advantageable (a.) Advantageous.

Advantageous (a.) Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

Advantageously (adv.) Profitably; with advantage.

Advantageousness (n.) Profitableness.

Advene (v. i.) To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential.

Advenient (a.) Coming from outward causes; superadded.

Advent (n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

Advent (n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.

Advent (n.) Coming; any important arrival; approach.

Adventist (n.) One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.

Adventitious (a.) Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

Adventitious (a.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.

Adventitious (a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

Adventitious (a.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental.

Adventive (a.) Accidental.

Adventive (a.) Adventitious.

Adventive (n.) A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.

Adventual (a.) Relating to the season of advent.

Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

Adventure (n.) Risk; danger; peril.

Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

Adventure (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.

Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Adventured (imp. & p. p.) of Adventure

Adventuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adventure

Adventure (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

Adventure (n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

Adventureful (a.) Given to adventure.

Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Adventuresome (a.) Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

Adventurous (n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.

Adventurously (adv.) In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

Adventurousness (n.) The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

Adverb (n.) A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

Adverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

Adverbiality (n.) The quality of being adverbial.

Adverbialize (v. t.) To give the force or form of an adverb to.

Adverbially (adv.) In the manner of an adverb.

Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

Adversarious (a.) Hostile.

Adversaries (pl. ) of Adversary

Adversary (n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

Adversary (a.) Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.

Adversary (a.) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.

Adversative (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.

Adversative (n.) An adversative word.

Adverse (a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

Adverse (a.) Opposite.

Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.

Adverse (v. t.) To oppose; to resist.

Adversely (adv.) In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.

Adverseness (n.) The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

Adversifoliate (a.) Alt. of Adversifolious

Adversifolious (a.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.

Adversion (n.) A turning towards; attention.

Adversities (pl. ) of Adversity

Adversity (n.) Opposition; contrariety.

Adverted (imp. & p. p.) of Advert

Adverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advert

Advert (v. i.) To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

Advertence () Alt. of Advertency

Advertency () The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.

Advertent (a.) Attentive; heedful; regardful.

Advertised (imp. & p. p.) of Advertise

Advertising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advertise

Advertise (v. t.) To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.

Advertise (v. t.) To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

Advertisement (n.) The act of informing or notifying; notification.

Advertisement (n.) Admonition; advice; warning.

Advertisement (n.) A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.

Advertiser (n.) One who, or that which, advertises.

Advice (n.) An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

Advice (n.) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

Advice (n.) Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.

Advice (n.) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

Advisability (n.) The quality of being advisable; advisableness.

Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

Advisable (a.) Ready to receive advice.

Advisable-ness (n.) The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

Advisably (adv.) With advice; wisely.

Advised (imp. & p. p.) of Advise

Advising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advise

Advise (v. t.) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

Advise (v. t.) To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk.

Advise (v. t.) To consider; to deliberate.

Advise (v. t.) To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.

Advisedly (adv.) Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.

Advisedly (adv.) With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design.

Advisedness (n.) Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

Advisement (n.) Counsel; advice; information.

Advisement (n.) Consideration; deliberation; consultation.

Adviser (n.) One who advises.

Advisership (n.) The office of an adviser.

Adviso (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.

Advisory (a.) Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

Advocacy (n.) The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

Advocate (n.) One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

Advocate (n.) One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

Advocate (n.) Christ, considered as an intercessor.

Advocated (imp. & p. p.) of Advocate

Advocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advocate

Advocate (n.) To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

Advocate (v. i.) To act as advocate.

Advocateship (n.) Office or duty of an advocate.

Advocation (n.) The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

Advocation (n.) Advowson.

Advocation (n.) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

Advocatory (a.) Of or pertaining to an advocate.

Advoke (v. t.) To summon; to call.

Advolution (n.) A rolling toward something.

Advoutrer (n.) An adulterer.

Advoutress (n.) An adulteress.

Advoutry (n.) Alt. of Advowtry

Advowtry (n.) Adultery.

Advowee (n.) One who has an advowson.

Advowson (n.) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

Advoyer (n.) See Avoyer.

Adward (n.) Award.

Adynamia (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.

Adynamic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.

Adynamic (a.) Characterized by the absence of power or force.

Adynamy (n.) Adynamia.

Adyta (pl. ) of Adytum

Adytum (n.) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

Adz (n.) Alt. of Adze

Adze (n.) A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Adz (v. t.) To cut with an adz.

Ae () Alt. of Ae

Ae () A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

Aecidia (pl. ) of Aecidium

Aecidium (n.) A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

Aedile (n.) A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

Aedileship (n.) The office of an aedile.

Aegean (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

Aegilops (n.) The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.

Aegilops (n.) A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.

Aegis (n.) A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Aegophony (n.) Same as Egophony.

Aegrotat (n.) A medical certificate that a student is ill.

Aeneid (n.) The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.

Aeneous (a.) Colored like bronze.

Aeolian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.

Aeolian (a.) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.

Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode.

Aeolipile (n.) Alt. of Aeolipyle

Aeolipyle (n.) An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.

Aeolotropic (a.) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic.

Aeolotropy (n.) Difference of quality or property in different directions.

Aeolus (n.) The god of the winds.

Aeon (n.) A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.

Aeonian (a.) Eternal; everlasting.

Aepyornis (n.) A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

Aerated (imp. & p. p.) of Aerate

Aerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aerate

Aerate (v. t.) To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

Aerate (v. t.) To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

Aerate (v. t.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

Aeration (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.

Aeration (n.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

Aeration (n.) The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

Aerator (n.) That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.

Aerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.

Aerial (a.) Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

Aerial (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.

Aerial (a.) Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.

Aerial (a.) Light as air; ethereal.

Aeriality (n.) The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.

Aerially (adv.) Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner.

Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

Aeriferous (a.) Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.

Aerification (n.) The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

Aerification (n.) The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.

Aeriform (a.) Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

Aerify (v. t.) To infuse air into; to combine air with.

Aerify (v. t.) To change into an aeriform state.

Aero- () The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

Aerobies (n. pl.) Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

Aerobiotic (a.) Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.

Aerodynamic (a.) Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

Aerodynamics (n.) The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.

Aerognosy (n.) The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.

Aerographer (n.) One versed in aeography: an aerologist.

Aerographic (a.) Alt. of Aerographical

Aerographical (a.) Pertaining to aerography; aerological.

Aerography (n.) A description of the air or atmosphere; aerology.

Aerohydrodynamic (a.) Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.

Aerolite (n.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

Aerolith (n.) Same as A/rolite.

Aerolithology (n.) The science of aerolites.

Aerolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron.

Aerologic (a.) Alt. of Aerological

Aerological (a.) Of or pertaining to aerology.

Aerologist (n.) One versed in aerology.

Aerology (n.) That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

Aeromancy (n.) Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

Aerometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.

Aerometric (a.) Of or pertaining to aerometry; as, aerometric investigations.

Aerometry (n.) The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.

Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

Aeronautic (a.) Alt. of Aeronautical

Aeronautical (a.) Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing.

Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.

Aerophobia (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby

Aerophoby (n.) Dread of a current of air.

Aerophyte (n.) A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.

Aeroplane (n.) A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

Aeroscope (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.

Aeroscopy (n.) The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

Aerose (a.) Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy.

Aerosiderite (n.) A mass of meteoric iron.

Aerosphere (n.) The atmosphere.

Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.

Aerostatic (a.) Alt. of Aerostatical

Aerostatical (a.) Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.

Aerostatical (a.) Aeronautic; as, an aerostatic voyage.

Aerostatics (n.) The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aeronautics.

Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

Aerostation (n.) The science of weighing air; aerostatics.

Aeruginous (a.) Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.

Aerugo (n.) The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.

Aery (n.) An aerie.

Aery (a.) Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.

Aesculapian (a.) Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

Aesculapius (n.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

Aesculin (n.) Same as Esculin.

Esopian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.

Aesopic (a.) Alt. of Esopic

Esopic (a.) Same as Aesopian.

Aesthesia (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

Aesthesiometer (n.) Alt. of Esthesiometer

Esthesiometer (n.) An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Aesthesis (n.) Sensuous perception.

Aesthesodic (a.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

Aesthete (n.) One who makes much or overmuch of aesthetics.

Aesthetic (a.) Alt. of Aesthetical

Aesthetical (a.) Of or Pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.

Aesthetican (n.) One versed in aesthetics.

Aestheticism (n.) The doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.

Aesthetics (n.) Alt. of Esthetics

Esthetics (n.) The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.

Aestho-physiology (n.) The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.

Aestival (a.) Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases.

Aestivate (v. i.) To spend the summer.

Aestivate (v. i.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.

Aestivation (n.) The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.

Aestuary (n. & a.) See Estuary.

Aestuous (a.) Glowing; agitated, as with heat.

Aetheogamous (a.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.

Aether (n.) See Ether.

Aethiops mineral () Same as Ethiops mineral.

Aethogen (n.) A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.

Aethrioscope (n.) An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

Aetiological (a.) Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.

Aetiology (n.) The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.

Aetiology (n.) The assignment of a cause.

Aetites (n.) See Eaglestone.

Afar (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

Afeard (p. a.) Afraid.

Afer (n.) The southwest wind.

Affability (n.) The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

Affable (a.) Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.

Affable (a.) Gracious; mild; benign.

Affableness (n.) Affability.

Affably (adv.) In an affable manner; courteously.

Affabrous (a.) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.

Affair (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.

Affair (n.) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

Affair (n.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affair (n.) Action; endeavor.

Affair (n.) A material object (vaguely designated).

Affamish (v. t. & i.) To afflict with, or perish from, hunger.

Affamishment (n.) Starvation.

Affatuate (v. t.) To infatuate.

Affear (v. t.) To frighten.

Affected (imp. & p. p.) of Affect

Affecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affect

Affect (v. t.) To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

Affect (v. t.) To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.

Affect (v. t.) To love; to regard with affection.

Affect (v. t.) To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.

Affect (v. t.) To dispose or incline.

Affect (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

Affect (v. t.) To tend to by affinity or disposition.

Affect (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.

Affect (v. t.) To assign; to appoint.

Affect (n.) Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Affectation (n.) A striving after.

Affectation (n.) Fondness; affection.

Affectationist (n.) One who exhibits affectation.

Affected (p. p. & a.) Regarded with affection; beloved.

Affected (p. p. & a.) Inclined; disposed; attached.

Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

Affected (p. p. & a.) Assumed artificially; not natural.

Affected (p. p. & a.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.

Affectedly (adv.) In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Affectedly (adv.) Lovingly; with tender care.

Affectedness (n.) Affectation.

Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.

Affectibility (n.) The quality or state of being affectible.

Affectible (a.) That may be affected.

Affecting (a.) Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.

Affecting (a.) Affected; given to false show.

Affectingly (adv.) In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

Affection (n.) The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

Affection (n.) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.

Affection (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.

Affection (n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.

Affection (n.) Prejudice; bias.

Affection (n.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.

Affection (n.) The lively representation of any emotion.

Affection (n.) Affectation.

Affection (n.) Passion; violent emotion.

Affectional (a.) Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Affectionate (a.) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Affectionate (a.) Kindly inclined; zealous.

Affectionate (a.) Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Affectionate (a.) Strongly inclined; -- with to.

Affectionated (a.) Disposed; inclined.

Affectionately (adv.) With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

Affectionateness (n.) The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

Affectioned (a.) Disposed.

Affectioned (a.) Affected; conceited.

Affective (a.) Tending to affect; affecting.

Affective (a.) Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.

Affectively (adv.) In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

Affectuous (a.) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.

Affeer (v. t.) To confirm; to assure.

Affeer (v. t.) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.

Affeerer (n.) Alt. of Affeeror

Affeeror (n.) One who affeers.

Affeerment (n.) The act of affeering.

Afferent (a.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

Affettuoso (adv.) With feeling.

Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

Affiance (n.) Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.

Affianced (imp. / p. p.) of Affiance

Affiancing (p. pr. / vb. n.) of Affiance

Affiance (v. t.) To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

Affiance (v. t.) To assure by promise.

Affiancer (n.) One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Affiant (n.) One who makes an affidavit.

Affidavit (n.) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

Affile (v. t.) To polish.

Affiliable (a.) Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

Affiliated (imp. & p. p.) of Affiliate

Affiliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affiliate

Affiliate (v. t.) To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

Affiliate (v. t.) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

Affiliate (v. t.) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.

Affiliate (v. i.) To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

Affiliation (n.) Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

Affiliation (n.) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

Affiliation (n.) Connection in the way of descent.

Affinal (a.) Related by marriage; from the same source.

Affine (v. t.) To refine.

Affined (a.) Joined in affinity or by any tie.

Affinitative (a.) Of the nature of affinity.

Affinitive (a.) Closely connected, as by affinity.

Affinities (pl. ) of Affinity

Affinity (n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.

Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

Affinity (n.) Companionship; acquaintance.

Affinity (n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

Affinity (n.) A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

Affinity (n.) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Affirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Affirm

Affirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affirm

Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

Affirm (v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.

Affirm (v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

Affirm (v. i.) To declare or assert positively.

Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

Affirmable (a.) Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Affirmance (n.) Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

Affirmance (n.) A strong declaration; affirmation.

Affirmant (n.) One who affirms or asserts.

Affirmant (n.) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.

Affirmation (n.) Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

Affirmation (n.) That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.

Affirmative (a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.

Affirmative (a.) Positive; dogmatic.

Affirmative (a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

Affirmative (n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.

Affirmative (n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

Affirmatively (adv.) In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

Affirmatory (a.) Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.

Affirmer (n.) One who affirms.

Affixed (imp. & p. p.) of Affix

Affixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affix

Affix (v. t.) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Affix (v. t.) To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.

Affix (v. t.) To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.

Affix (v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.

Affixes (pl. ) of Affix

Affix (n.) That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Affixion (n.) Affixture.

Affixture (n.) The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

Afflation (n.) A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.

Afflatus (n.) A breath or blast of wind.

Afflatus (n.) A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.

Afflicted (imp. & p. p.) of Afflict

Afflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afflict

Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.

Afflict (v. t.) To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.

Afflict (v. t.) To make low or humble.

Afflict (p. p. & a.) Afflicted.

Afflictedness (n.) The state of being afflicted; affliction.

Afflicter (n.) One who afflicts.

Afflicting (a.) Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.

Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.

Afflictionless (a.) Free from affliction.

Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Afflictively (adv.) In an afflictive manner.

Affluence (n.) A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.

Affluence (n.) An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.

Affluency (n.) Affluence.

Affluent (a.) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Affluent (a.) Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.

Affluent (n.) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Affluently (adv.) Abundantly; copiously.

Affluentness (n.) Great plenty.

Afflux (n.) A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

Affluxion (n.) The act of flowing towards; afflux.

Affodill (n.) Asphodel.

Afforce (v. t.) To reenforce; to strengthen.

Afforcement (n.) A fortress; a fortification for defense.

Afforcement (n.) A reenforcement; a strengthening.

Afforciament (n.) See Afforcement.

Afforded (imp. & p. p.) of Afford

Affording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afford

Afford (v. t.) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

Afford (v. t.) To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.

Afford (v. t.) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.

Afford (v. t.) To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.

Affordable (a.) That may be afforded.

Affordment (n.) Anything given as a help; bestowal.

Afforest (v. t.) To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

Afforestation (n.) The act of converting into forest or woodland.

Afformative (n.) An affix.

Affranchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise.

Affranchisement (n.) The act of making free; enfranchisement.

Affrap (v. t. & i.) To strike, or strike down.

Affrayed (p. p.) of Affray

Affray (v. t.) To startle from quiet; to alarm.

Affray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

Affray (v. t.) The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.

Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.

Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.

Affray (v. t.) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.

Affrayer (n.) One engaged in an affray.

Affrayment (n.) Affray.

Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

Affreighter (n.) One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.

Affriction (n.) The act of rubbing against.

Affriended (p. p.) Made friends; reconciled.

Affrighted (imp. & p. p.) of Affright

Affrighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affright

Affright (v. t.) To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

Affright (p. a.) Affrighted.

Affright (n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.

Affrightedly (adv.) With fright.

Affrighten (v. t.) To frighten.

Affrighter (n.) One who frightens.

Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.

Affrightment (n.) Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.

Affronted (imp. & p. p.) of Affront

Affronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affront

Affront (v. t.) To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.

Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

Affront (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Affront (n.) An offense to one's self-respect; shame.

Affronte (a.) Face to face, or front to front; facing.

Affrontedly (adv.) Shamelessly.

Affrontee (n.) One who receives an affront.

Affronter (n.) One who affronts, or insults to the face.

Affrontingly (adv.) In an affronting manner.

Affrontive (a.) Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.

Affrontiveness (n.) The quality that gives an affront or offense.

Affused (imp. & p. p.) of Affuse

Affusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affuse

Affuse (v. t.) To pour out or upon.

Affusion (n.) The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.

Affusion (n.) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.

Affied (imp. & p. p.) of Affy

Affying (p. pr.) of Affy

Affy (v. t.) To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.

Affy (v. t.) To betroth or espouse; to affiance.

Affy (v. t.) To bind in faith.

Affy (v. i.) To trust or confide.

Afghan (a.) Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

Afghan (n.) A native of Afghanistan.

Afghan (n.) A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.

Afield (adv.) To, in, or on the field.

Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.

Afire (adv. & a.) On fire.

Aflame (adv. & a.) Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

Aflat (adv.) Level with the ground; flat.

Aflaunt (adv. & a.) In a flaunting state or position.

Aflicker (adv. & a.) In a flickering state.

Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Afloat (adv. & a.) Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.

Aflow (adv. & a.) Flowing.

Aflush (adv. & a.) In a flushed or blushing state.

Aflush (adv. & a.) On a level.

Aflutter (adv. & a.) In a flutter; agitated.

Afoam (adv. & a.) In a foaming state; as, the sea is all afoam.

Afoot (adv.) On foot.

Afoot (adv.) Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.

Afore (adv.) Before.

Afore (adv.) In the fore part of a vessel.

Afore (prep.) Before (in all its senses).

Afore (prep.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.

Aforecited (a.) Named or quoted before.

Aforegoing (a.) Going before; foregoing.

Aforehand (adv.) Beforehand; in anticipation.

Aforehand (a.) Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.

Aforementioned (a.) Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.

Aforenamed (a.) Named before.

Aforesaid (a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Aforethought (a.) Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.

Aforethought (n.) Premeditation.

Aforetime (adv.) In time past; formerly.

A fortiori () With stronger reason.

Afoul (adv. & a.) In collision; entangled.

Afraid (p. a.) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

Afreet (n.) Same as Afrit.

Afresh (adv.) Anew; again; once more; newly.

Afric (a.) African.

Afric (n.) Africa.

African (a.) Of or pertaining to Africa.

African (n.) A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

Africander (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

Africanism (n.) A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.

Africanize (v. t.) To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

Afrit (n.) Alt. of Afreet

Afrite (n.) Alt. of Afreet

Afreet (n.) A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

Afront (adv.) In front; face to face.

Afront (prep.) In front of.

Aft (adv. & a.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

After (a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.

After (a.) Hinder; nearer the rear.

After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

After (prep.) Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.

After (prep.) Below in rank; next to in order.

After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.

After (prep.) Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.

After (prep.) Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.

After (prep.) Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.

After (prep.) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.

After (prep.) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.

After (prep.) According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.

After (prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.

After (adv.) Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.

Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

Aftercast (n.) A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Aftercrop (n.) A second crop or harvest in the same year.

After damp () An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.

After-dinner (n.) The time just after dinner.

After-dinner (a.) Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.

After-eatage (n.) Aftergrass.

Aftereye (v. t.) To look after.

Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.

After-glow (n.) A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

Aftergrass (n.) The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.

Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.

After-image (n.) The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

Afterings (n. pl.) The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.

Aftermath (n.) A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

After-mentioned (a.) Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

Aftermost (a. superl.) Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.

Aftermost (a. superl.) Nearest the stern; most aft.

Afternoon (n.) The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

After-note (n.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

Afterpains (n. pl.) The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.

Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.

After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.

Aftershaft (n.) The hypoptilum.

Aftertaste (n.) A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

Afterwards (adv.) Alt. of Afterward

Afterward (adv.) At a later or succeeding time.

Afterwise (a.) Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.

After-wit (n.) Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

After-witted (a.) Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.

Aftmost (a.) Nearest the stern.

Aftward (adv.) Toward the stern.

Aga (n.) Alt. of Agha

Agha (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

Again (adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again.

Again (adv.) Another time; once more; anew.

Again (adv.) Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

Again (adv.) In any other place.

Again (adv.) On the other hand.

Again (adv.) Moreover; besides; further.

Again (prep.) Alt. of Agains

Agains (prep.) Against; also, towards (in order to meet).

Againbuy (v. t.) To redeem.

Againsay (v. t.) To gainsay.

Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.

Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

Against (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.

Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.

Againstand (v. t.) To withstand.

Againward (adv.) Back again.

Agalactia (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy

Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Agalactous (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with.

Agal-agal (n.) Same as Agar-agar.

Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochum

Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

Agama (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

Agamis (pl. ) of Agami

Agami (n.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

Agamic (a.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.

Agamic (a.) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

Agamically (adv.) In an agamic manner.

Agamist (n.) An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.

Agamogenesis (n.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Agamogenetic (n.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union.

Agamous (a.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.

Agamous (a.) cryptogamous.

Aganglionic (a.) Without ganglia.

Agape (adv. & a.) Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.

Agapae (pl. ) of Agape

Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

Agaric (n.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.

Agaric (n.) An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.

Agasp (adv. & a.) In a state of gasping.

Agast (v. t.) Alt. of Aghast

Aghast (v. t.) To affright; to terrify.

Agast (p. p. & a.) See Aghast.

Agastric (a.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

Agate (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

Agate (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Agatiferous (a.) Containing or producing agates.

Agatine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, agate.

Agatize (v. t.) To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.

Agaty (a.) Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.

Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

Agazed (p. p.) Gazing with astonishment; amazed.

Age (n.) The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

Age (n.) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?

Age (n.) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.

Age (n.) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.

Age (n.) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.

Age (n.) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.

Age (n.) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.

Age (n.) A great period in the history of the Earth.

Age (n.) A century; the period of one hundred years.

Age (n.) The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.

Age (n.) A long time.

Aged (imp. & p. p.) of Age

Aging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Age

Age (v. i.) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.

Age (v. t.) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.

Aged (a.) Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

Aged (a.) Belonging to old age.

Aged (a.) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

Agedly (adv.) In the manner of an aged person.

Agedness (n.) The quality of being aged; oldness.

Ageless (a.) Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.

Agen (adv. & prep.) See Again.

Agencies (pl. ) of Agency

Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

Agency (n.) The place of business of am agent.

Agend (n.) See Agendum.

Agenda (pl. ) of Agendum

Agendum (n.) Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.

Agendum (n.) A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

Agenesic (a.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Agenesis (n.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Agennesis (n.) Impotence; sterility.

Agent (a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

Agent (n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Agent (n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

Agent (n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

Agential (a.) Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.

Agentship (n.) Agency.

Ageratum (n.) A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.

Aggeneration (n.) The act of producing in addition.

Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.

Aggerate (v. t.) To heap up.

Aggeration (n.) A heaping up; accumulation; as, aggerations of sand.

Aggerose (a.) In heaps; full of heaps.

Aggest (v. t.) To heap up.

Agglomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Agglomerate

Agglomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agglomerate

Agglomerate (v. t.) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Agglomerate (v. i.) To collect in a mass.

Agglomerate (a.) Alt. of Agglomerated

Agglomerated (a.) Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

Agglomerated (a.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers.

Agglomerate (n.) A collection or mass.

Agglomerate (n.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

Agglomeration (n.) The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

Agglomeration (n.) State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.

Agglomerative (a.) Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.

Agglutinant (a.) Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.

Agglutinant (n.) Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.

Agglutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Agglutinate

Agglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agglutinate

Agglutinate (v. t.) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

Agglutinate (a.) United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

Agglutinate (a.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.

Agglutination (n.) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Agglutination (n.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.

Agglutinative (a.) Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

Agglutinative (a.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.

Aggrace (v. t.) To favor; to grace.

Aggrace (n.) Grace; favor.

Aggrandizable (a.) Capable of being aggrandized.

Aggrandization (n.) Aggrandizement.

Aggrandized (imp. & p. p.) of Aggrandize

Aggrandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrandize

Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

Aggrandize (v. t.) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

Aggrandize (v. i.) To increase or become great.

Aggrandizement (n.) The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

Aggrandizer (n.) One who aggrandizes, or makes great.

Aggrate (a.) To please.

Aggravated (imp. & p. p.) of Aggravate

Aggravating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggravate

Aggravate (v. t.) To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

Aggravate (v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

Aggravate (v. t.) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.

Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

Aggravating (a.) Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.

Aggravating (a.) Exasperating; provoking; irritating.

Aggravatingly (adv.) In an aggravating manner.

Aggravation (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

Aggravation (n.) Exaggerated representation.

Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

Aggravation (n.) Provocation; irritation.

Aggravative (a.) Tending to aggravate.

Aggravative (n.) That which aggravates.

Aggregated (imp. & p. p.) of Aggregate

Aggregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggregate

Aggregate (v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

Aggregate (v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

Aggregate (v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Aggregate (a.) Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Aggregate (a.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Aggregate (a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Aggregate (a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Aggregate (a.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

Aggregate (n.) A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

Aggregate (n.) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Aggregately (adv.) Collectively; in mass.

Aggregation (n.) The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

Aggregative (a.) Taken together; collective.

Aggregative (a.) Gregarious; social.

Aggregator (n.) One who aggregates.

Aggrege (v. t.) To make heavy; to aggravate.

Aggressed (imp. & p. p.) of Aggress

Aggressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggress

Aggress (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

Aggress (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.

Aggress (n.) Aggression.

Aggression (n.) The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."

Aggressive (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

Aggressor (n.) The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Aggrievance (n.) Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.

Aggrieved (imp. & p. p.) of Aggrieve

Aggrieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggrieve

Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.

Aggrieve (v. i.) To grieve; to lament.

Aggrouped (imp. & p. p.) of Aggroup

Aggrouping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggroup

Aggroup (v. t.) To bring together in a group; to group.

Aggroupment (n.) Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.

Aggry (a.) Alt. of Aggri

Aggri (a.) Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

Aghast (v. t.) See Agast, v. t.

Aghast (a & p. p.) Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

Agible (a.) Possible to be done; practicable.

Agile (a.) Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

Agilely (adv.) In an agile manner; nimbly.

Agileness (n.) Agility; nimbleness.

Agility (n.) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.

Agility (n.) Activity; powerful agency.

Agios (pl. ) of Agio

Agio (n.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

Agiotage (n.) Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.

Agist (v. t.) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.

Agistator (n.) See Agister.

Agister (n.) Alt. of Agistor

Agistor (n.) Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

Agistor (n.) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.

Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.

Agistment (n.) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.

Agistment (n.) The price paid for such feeding.

Agistment (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.

Agitable (a.) Capable of being agitated, or easily moved.

Agitated (imp. & p. p.) of Agitate

Agitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agitate

Agitate (v. t.) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

Agitate (v. t.) To move or actuate.

Agitate (v. t.) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.

Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.

Agitatedly (adv.) In an agitated manner.

Agitation (n.) The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.

Agitation (n.) A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

Agitation (n.) Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.

Agitation (n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

Agitative (a.) Tending to agitate.

Agitato (a.) Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.

Agitator (n.) One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.

Agitator (n.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.

Agitator (n.) An implement for shaking or mixing.

Agleam (adv. & a.) Gleaming; as, faces agleam.

Aglet (n.) Alt. of Aiglet

Aiglet (n.) A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.

Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.

Agley (adv.) Aside; askew.

Aglimmer (adv. & a.) In a glimmering state.

Aglitter (adv. & a.) Glittering; in a glitter.

Aglossal (a.) Without tongue; tongueless.

Aglow (adv. & a.) In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.

Agminal (a.) Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train.

Agminate (a.) Alt. of Agminated

Agminated (a.) Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine.

Agnail (n.) A corn on the toe or foot.

Agnail (n.) An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

Agnate (a.) Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

Agnate (a.) Allied; akin.

Agnate (n.) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.

Agnatic (a.) Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors.

Agnation (n.) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.

Agnition (n.) Acknowledgment.

Agnize (v. t.) To recognize; to acknowledge.

Agnoiology (n.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.

Agnomen (n.) An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

Agnomen (n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

Agnominate (v. t.) To name.

Agnomination (n.) A surname.

Agnomination (n.) Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

Agnostic (a.) Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.

Agnostic (n.) One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.

Agnosticism (n.) That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.

Agnosticism (n.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.

Agnuses (pl. ) of Agnus

Agni (pl. ) of Agnus

Agnus (n.) Agnus Dei.

Agnus castus () A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree.

Agnus Dei () A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.

Agnus Dei () A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

Ago (a. & adv.) Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.

Agog (a. & adv.) In eager desire; eager; astir.

Agoing (adv.) In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.

Agones (pl. ) of Agon

Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.

Agone (a. & adv.) Ago.

Agone (n.) Agonic line.

Agonic (a.) Not forming an angle.

Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.

Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.

Agonistic (a.) Alt. of Agonistical

Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

Agonistically (adv.) In an agonistic manner.

Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

Agonized (imp. & p. p.) of Agonize

Agonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agonize

Agonize (v. i.) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.

Agonize (v. i.) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

Agonizingly (adv.) With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

Agonothete (n.) An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Agonothetic (a.) Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.

Agonies (pl. ) of Agony

Agony (n.) Violent contest or striving.

Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

Agony (n.) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.

Agony (n.) The last struggle of life; death struggle.

Agood (adv.) In earnest; heartily.

Agora (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

Agouara (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

Agouta (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

Agouti (n.) Alt. of Agouty

Agouty (n.) A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

Agrace (n. & v.) See Aggrace.

Agraffe (n.) A hook or clasp.

Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.

Agrammatist (n.) A illiterate person.

Agraphia (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

Agraphic (a.) Characterized by agraphia.

Agrappes (n. pl.) Hooks and eyes for armor, etc.

Agrarian (a.) Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.

Agrarian (a.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

Agrarian (n.) One in favor of an equal division of landed property.

Agrarian (n.) An agrarian law.

Agrarianism (n.) An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

Agrarianize (v. t.) To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.

Agre (adv.) Alt. of Agree

Agree (adv.) In good part; kindly.

Agreed (imp. & p. p.) of Agree

Agreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Agree

Agree (v. i.) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

Agree (v. i.) To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

Agree (v. i.) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

Agree (v. i.) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

Agree (v. i.) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

Agree (v. i.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

Agree (v. t.) To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.

Agree (v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.

Agreeability (n.) Easiness of disposition.

Agreeability (n.) The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness.

Agreeable (a.) Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

Agreeable (a.) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

Agreeable (a.) Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.

Agreeable (a.) In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Agreeableness (n.) The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

Agreeableness (n.) The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.

Agreeableness (n.) Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between.

Agreeably (adv.) In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.

Agreeably (adv.) In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; -- followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.

Agreeably (adv.) Alike; similarly.

Agreeingly (adv.) In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably.

Agreement (n.) State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.

Agreement (n.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.

Agreement (n.) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.

Agreement (n.) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.

Agreer (n.) One who agrees.

Agrestic (a.) Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.

Agrestical (a.) Agrestic.

Agricolation (n.) Agriculture.

Agricolist (n.) A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.

Agricultor (n.) An agriculturist; a farmer.

Agricultural (a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.

Agriculturalist (n.) An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

Agriculture (n.) The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Agriculturism (n.) Agriculture.

Agriculturist (n.) One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.

Agrief (adv.) In grief; amiss.

Agrimony (n.) A genus of plants of the Rose family.

Agrimony (n.) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).

Agrin (adv. & a.) In the act of grinning.

Agriologist (n.) One versed or engaged in agriology.

Agriology (n.) Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

Agrise (v. i.) To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.

Agrise (v. t.) To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.

Agrise (v. t.) To terrify; to affright.

Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

Agronomic () Alt. of Agronomical

Agronomical () Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.

Agronomics (n.) The science of the distribution and management of land.

Agronomist (n.) One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

Agronomy (n.) The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Agrope (adv. & a.) In the act of groping.

Agrostis (n.) A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.

Agrostographic (a.) Alt. of Agrostographical

Agrostographical (a.) Pertaining to agrostography.

Agrostography (n.) A description of the grasses.

Agrostologic (a.) Alt. of Agrostological

Agrostological (a.) Pertaining to agrostology.

Agrostologist (n.) One skilled in agrostology.

Agrostology (n.) That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

Agroupment (n.) See Aggroupment.

Agrypnotic (n.) Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

Aguardiente (n.) A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.

Aguardiente (n.) A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque.

Ague (n.) An acute fever.

Ague (n.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

Ague (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.

Ague (n.) A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

Agued (imp. & p. p.) of Ague

Ague (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Aguilt (v. t.) To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.

Aguise (n.) Dress.

Aguise (v. t.) To dress; to attire; to adorn.

Aguish (a.) Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.

Aguish (a.) Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England.

Agush (adv. & a.) In a gushing state.

Agynous (a.) Without female organs; male.

Ah (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Aha (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

Aha (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.

Ahead (adv.) In or to the front; in advance; onward.

Ahead (adv.) Headlong; without restraint.

Aheap (adv.) In a heap; huddled together.

Aheight (adv.) Aloft; on high.

Ahem (interj.) An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

Ahey (interj.) Hey; ho.

Ahigh (adv.) On high.

Ahold (adv.) Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.

Ahorseback (adv.) On horseback.

Ahoy (interj.) A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

Ahriman (n.) The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

Ahu (n.) The Asiatic gazelle.

Ahull (adv.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.

Ais (pl. ) of Ai

Ai (n.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

Aiblins (adv.) Alt. of Ablins

Ablins (adv.) Perhaps; possibly.

Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

Aided (imp. & p. p.) of Aid

Aiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aid

Aid (v. t.) To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

Aid (v. t.) Help; succor; assistance; relief.

Aid (v. t.) The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.

Aid (v. t.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

Aid (v. t.) An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.

Aidance (n.) Aid.

Aidant (a.) Helping; helpful; supplying aid.

Aids-de-camp (pl. ) of Aid-de-camp

Aid-de-camp (n.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

Aider (n.) One who, or that which, aids.

Aidful (a.) Helpful.

Aidless (a.) Helpless; without aid.

Aid-major (n.) The adjutant of a regiment.

Aiel (n.) See Ayle.

Aiglet (n.) Same as Aglet.

Aigre (a.) Sour.

Aigremore (n.) Charcoal prepared for making powder.

Aigret (n.) Alt. of Aigrette

Aigrette (n.) The small white European heron. See Egret.

Aigrette (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.

Aigrette (n.) A tuft like that of the egret.

Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

Aiguille (n.) A needle-shaped peak.

Aiguille (n.) An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.

Aiguillette (n.) A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

Aiguillette (n.) One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

Aigulet (n.) See Aglet.

Ailed (imp. & p. p.) of Ail

Ailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ail

Ail (v. t.) To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.

Ail (v. i.) To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.

Ail (n.) Indisposition or morbid affection.

Ailanthus (n.) Same as Ailantus.

Ailantus (n.) A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.

Ailette (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.

Ailment (n.) Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

Ailuroidea (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

Aimed (imp. & p. p.) of Aim

Aiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aim

Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.

Aim (v. i.) To guess or conjecture.

Aim (v. t.) To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).

Aim (v. i.) The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

Aim (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

Aim (v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.

Aim (v. i.) Conjecture; guess.

Aimer (n.) One who aims, directs, or points.

Aimless (a.) Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life.

Aino (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

Ain't () A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.

Air (n.) The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.

Air (n.) Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.

Air (n.) A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

Air (n.) Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.

Air (n.) Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.

Air (n.) Odoriferous or contaminated air.

Air (n.) That which surrounds and influences.

Air (n.) Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.

Air (n.) Intelligence; information.

Air (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

Air (n.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.

Air (n.) The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.

Air (n.) Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.

Air (n.) An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs.

Air (n.) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.

Air (n.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air.

Air (n.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.

Aired (imp. & p. p.) of Air

Airing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Air

Air (n.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.

Air (n.) To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.

Air (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.

Air bed () A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.

Air bladder () An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

Air bladder () A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.

Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

Air cell () A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.

Air cell () A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.

Air chamber () A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.

Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.

Air-drawn (a.) Drawn in air; imaginary.

Air drill () A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.

Air engine () An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.

Airer (n.) One who exposes to the air.

Airer (n.) A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

Air gas () See under Gas.

Air gun () A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.

Air hole () A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.

Air hole () A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.

Airily (adv.) In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.

Airiness (n.) The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

Airiness (n.) Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.

Airing (n.) A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.

Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.

Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.

Airless (a.) Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

Air level () Spirit level. See Level.

Airlike (a.) Resembling air.

Airling (n.) A thoughtless, gay person.

Airometer (n.) A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.

Air pipe () A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.

Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.

Air poise () An instrument to measure the weight of air.

Air pump () A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.

Air pump () A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.

Air sac () One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.

Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.

Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.

Air stove () A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.

Air-tight (a.) So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.

Air vessel () A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.

Airward (adv.) Alt. of Airwards

Airwards (adv.) Toward the air; upward.

Airy (a.) Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

Airy (a.) Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.

Airy (a.) Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.

Airy (a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.

Airy (a.) Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.

Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.

Airy (a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.

Airy (a.) Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.

Airy (a.) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

Aisle (n.) A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.

Aisle (n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.

Aisle (n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

Aisled (a.) Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

Aisless (a.) Without an aisle.

Ait (n.) An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.

Ait (n.) Oat.

Aitch (n.) The letter h or H.

Aitchbone (n.) The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.

Aitiology (n.) See Aetiology.

Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.

Ajar (adv.) In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

Ajog (adv.) On the jog.

Ajutage (n.) A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.

Ake (n. & v.) See Ache.

Akene (n.) Same as Achene.

Aketon (n.) See Acton.

Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Akin (a.) Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

Akin (a.) Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

Akinesic (a.) Pertaining to akinesia.

Aknee (adv.) On the knee.

Aknow () Earlier form of Acknow.

Al (a.) All.

Al- (A prefix.) All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.

Al- (A prefix.) To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-.

Al- (A prefix.) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

Al (conj.) Although; if.

Alae (pl. ) of Ala

Ala (n.) A winglike organ, or part.

Alabama period () A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

Alabaster (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.

Alabaster (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.

Alabastrian (a.) Alabastrine.

Alabastrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Alabastra (pl. ) of Alabastrum

Alabastrum (n.) A flower bud.

Alack (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

Alackaday (interj.) An exclamation expressing sorrow.

Alacrify (v. t.) To rouse to action; to inspirit.

Alacrious (a.) Brisk; joyously active; lively.

Alacriously (adv.) With alacrity; briskly.

Alacriousness (n.) Alacrity.

Alacrity (n.) A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.

Aladinist (n.) One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

Alalonga (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi

Alilonghi (n.) The tunny. See Albicore.

Alamire (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

Alamodality (n.) The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

Alamode (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.

Alamode (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.

Alamort (a.) To the death; mortally.

Alan (n.) A wolfhound.

Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.

Alanine (n.) A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

Alantin (n.) See Inulin.

Alar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, wings.

Alar (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.

Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Alarm (n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Alarm (n.) A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.

Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

Alarm (n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

Alarmed (imp. & p. p.) of Alarm

Alarming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alarm

Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

Alarm (v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Alarmable (a.) Easily alarmed or disturbed.

Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.

Alarmedly (adv.) In an alarmed manner.

Alarming (a.) Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larm"ing*ly, adv.

Alarmist (n.) One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.

Alarum (n.) See Alarm.

Alary (a.) Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped.

Alas (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

Alate (adv.) Lately; of late.

Alate (a.) Alt. of Alated

Alated (a.) Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

Alatern (n.) Alt. of Alaternus

Alaternus (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

Alation (n.) The state of being winged.

Alaunt (n.) See Alan.

Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

Albacore (n.) See Albicore.

Alban (n.) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Albanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

Albanian (n.) A native of Albania.

Albata (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

Albatross (n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

Albe (conj.) Alt. of Albee

Albee (conj.) Although; albeit.

Albedo (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.

Albeit (conj.) Even though; although; notwithstanding.

Albertite (n.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. /bert, New Brunswick.

Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

Albescence (n.) The act of becoming white; whitishness.

Albescent (a.) Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.

Albicant (a.) Growing or becoming white.

Albication (n.) The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.

Albicore (n.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.

Albification (n.) The act or process of making white.

Albigenses (n. pl.) Alt. of Albigeois

Albigeois (n. pl.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

Albigensian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

Albiness (n.) A female albino.

Albinism (n.) The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

Albinistic (a.) Affected with albinism.

Albinos (pl. ) of Albino

Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.

Albinoism (n.) The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

Albinotic (a.) Affected with albinism.

Albion (n.) An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry.

Albite (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

Albolith (n.) A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.

Alborak (n.) The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

Albugineous (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

Albugines (pl. ) of Albugo

Albugo (n.) Same as Leucoma.

Album (n.) A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.

Album (n.) A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.

Album (n.) A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

Albumen (n.) The white of an egg.

Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.

Albumen (n.) Same as Albumin.

Albumenized (imp. & p. p.) of Albumenize

Albumenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Albumenize

Albumenize (v. t.) To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.

Album Graecum () Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

Albumin (n.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.

Albuminate (n.) A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Albuminiferous (a.) Supplying albumen.

Albuminimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.

Albuminin (n.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.

Albuminiparous (a.) Producing albumin.

Albuminoid (a.) Resembling albumin.

Albuminoid (n.) One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.

Albuminoidal (a.) Of the nature of an albuminoid.

Albuminose (n.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

Albuminous (a.) Alt. of Albuminose

Albuminose (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.

Albuminuria (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

Albumose (n.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

Alburn (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

Alburnous (a.) Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.

Alburnum (n.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

Albyn (n.) Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.

Alcade (n.) Same as Alcaid.

Alcahest (n.) Same as Alkahest.

Alcaic (a.) Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.

Alcaic (n.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

Alcaid (n.) Alt. of Alcayde

Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail.

Alcalde (n.) A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.

Alcalimeter (n.) See Alkalimeter.

Alcanna (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

Alcarrazas (pl. ) of Alcarraza

Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

Alcayde (n.) Same as Alcaid.

Alcazar (n.) A fortress; also, a royal palace.

Alcedo (n.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

Alchemic (a.) Alt. of Alchemical

Alchemical (a.) Of or relating to alchemy.

Alchemically (adv.) In the manner of alchemy.

Alchemist (n.) One who practices alchemy.

Alchemistic (a.) Alt. of Alchemistical

Alchemistical (a.) Relating to or practicing alchemy.

Alchemistry (n.) Alchemy.

Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.

Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

Alchemy (n.) A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.

Alchemy (n.) Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

Alchymic (n.) Alt. of Alchymy

Alchymist (n.) Alt. of Alchymy

Alchymistic (n.) Alt. of Alchymy

Alchymy (n.) See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy.

Alco (n.) A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.

Alcoate (n.) Alt. of Alcohate

Alcohate (n.) Shortened forms of Alcoholate.

Alcohol (n.) An impalpable powder.

Alcohol (n.) The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.

Alcohol (n.) Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.

Alcohol (n.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.

Alcoholate (n.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.

Alcoholature (n.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.

Alcoholic (a.) Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

Alcoholic (n.) A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.

Alcoholic (n.) Alcoholic liquors.

Alcoholism (n.) A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

Alcoholization (n.) The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.

Alcoholization (n.) The act rectifying spirit.

Alcoholization (n.) Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.

Alcoholized (imp. & p. p.) of Alcoholize

Alcoholizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alcoholize

Alcoholize (v. t.) To reduce to a fine powder.

Alcoholize (v. t.) To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.

Alcoholometer (n.) Alt. of Alcoholmeter

Alcoholmeter (n.) An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.

Alcoholometric (a.) Alt. of Alcoholmetrical

Alcoholometrical (a.) Alt. of Alcoholmetrical

Alcoholmetrical (a.) Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry.

Alcoholometry (n.) The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

Alcohometer (a.) Alt. of Alcohometric

Alcohometric (a.) Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.

Alcoometry (n.) See Alcoholometry.

Alcoran (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).

Alcoranic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Koran.

Alcoranist (n.) One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

Alcove (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

Alcove (n.) A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

Alcove (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

Alcyon (n.) See Halcyon.

Alcyonacea (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

Alcyonaria (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

Alcyones (n. pl.) The kingfishers.

Alcyonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

Alcyonium (n.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

Alcyonoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

Alcyonoid (n.) A zoophyte of the order Alcyonaria.

Alday (adv.) Continually.

Aldebaran (n.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.

Aldehyde (n.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.

Aldehydic (a.) Of or pertaining to aldehyde; as, aldehydic acid.

Alder (n.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.

Alder (a.) Alt. of Aller

Aller (a.) Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.

Alder-liefest (a.) Most beloved.

Aldermen (pl. ) of Alderman

Alderman (n.) A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.

Alderman (n.) One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

Aldermancy (n.) The office of an alderman.

Aldermanic (a.) Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

Aldermanity (n.) Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.

Aldermanity (n.) The state of being an alderman.

Aldermanlike (a.) Like or suited to an alderman.

Aldermanly (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

Aldermanly (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an alderman.

Aldermanry (n.) The district or ward of an alderman.

Aldermanry (n.) The office or rank of an alderman.

Aldermanship (n.) The condition, position, or office of an alderman.

Aldern (a.) Made of alder.

Alderney (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.

Ale (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

Ale (n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.

Aleak (adv. & a.) In a leaking condition.

Aleatory (a.) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.

Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.

Aleberry (n.) A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.

Alecithal (a.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.

Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]

Alecost (n.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

Alectorides (n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Alectoromachy (n.) Cockfighting.

Alectoromancy (n.) See Alectryomancy.

Alectryom'achy (n.) Cockfighting.

Alectryomancy (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.

Alee (adv.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.

Alegar (n.) Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.

Aleger (a.) Gay; cheerful; sprightly.

Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.

Alehoof (n.) Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

Alehouse (n.) A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.

Ale-knight (n.) A pot companion.

Alemannic (a.) Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.

Alemannic (n.) The language of the Alemanni.

Alembic (n.) An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.

Alembroth (n.) The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant.

Alen/on lace () See under Lace.

Alength (adv.) At full length; lengthwise.

Alepidote (a.) Not having scales.

Alepidote (n.) A fish without scales.

Alepole (n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.

Alert (a.) Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

Alert (a.) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

Alert (n.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

Alertly (adv.) In an alert manner; nimbly.

Alertness (n.) The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

Ale silver () A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."

Aletaster (n.) See Aleconner.

Alethiology (n.) The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence.

Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

Aleuromancy (n.) Divination by means of flour.

Aleurometer (n.) An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.

Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

Aleuronic (a.) Having the nature of aleurone.

Aleutian (a.) Alt. of Aleutic

Aleutic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Alevin (n.) Young fish; fry.

Alew (n.) Halloo.

Alewives (pl. ) of Alewife

Alewife (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.

Alewives (pl. ) of Alewife

Alewife (n.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

Alexanders (n.) Alt. of Alisanders

Alisanders (n.) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.

Alexandrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.

Alexandrian (a.) Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.

Alexandrine (a.) Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.

Alexandrine (n.) A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.

Alexipharmac (a. & n.) Alt. of Alexipharmacal

Alexipharmacal (a. & n.) Alexipharmic.

Alexipharmic (a.) Alt. of Alexipharmical

Alexipharmical (a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.

Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

Alexipyretic (a.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.

Alexipyretic (n.) A febrifuge.

Alexiteric (a.) Alt. of Alexiterical

Alexiterical (a.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.

Alfa (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass

Alfa grass (n.) A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.

Alfalfa (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

Alfenide (n.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.

Alferes (n.) An ensign; a standard bearer.

Alfet (n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

Alfilaria (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

Alfione (n.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).

Alfresco (adv. & a.) In the open-air.

Algae (pl. ) of Alga

Alga (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.

Algal (a.) Pertaining to, or like, algae.

Algaroba (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.

Algaroba (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.

Algarot (n.) Alt. of Algaroth

Algaroth (n.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.

Algarovilla (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

Algate (adv.) Alt. of Algates

Algates (adv.) Always; wholly; everywhere.

Algates (adv.) By any or means; at all events.

Algates (adv.) Notwithstanding; yet.

Algazel (n.) The true gazelle.

Algebra (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

Algebra (n.) A treatise on this science.

Algebraic (a.) Alt. of Algebraical

Algebraical (a.) Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.

Algebraically (adv.) By algebraic process.

Algebraist (n.) One versed in algebra.

Algebraize (v. t.) To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Algerian (a.) Of or pertaining to Algeria.

Algerian (n.) A native of Algeria.

Algerine (a.) Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Algerine (n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Algid (a.) Cold; chilly.

Algidity (n.) Chilliness; coldness

Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.

Algidness (n.) Algidity.

Algific (a.) Producing cold.

Algoid (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

Algol (n.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Algological (a.) Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

Algologist (n.) One learned about algae; a student of algology.

Algology (n.) The study or science of algae or seaweeds.

Algonquin (n.) Alt. of Algonkin

Algonkin (n.) One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

Algor (n.) Cold; chilliness.

Algorism (n.) Alt. of Algorithm

Algorithm (n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.

Algorithm (n.) The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

Algous (a.) Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.

Alguazil (n.) An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.

Algum (n.) Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable).

Alhambra (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

Alhambraic (a.) Alt. of Alhambresque

Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

Alhenna (n.) See Henna.

Alias (adv.) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

Alias (adv.) At another time.

Aliases (pl. ) of Alias

Alias (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

Alias (n.) Another name; an assumed name.

Alibi (n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

Alibility (n.) Quality of being alible.

Alible (a.) Nutritive; nourishing.

Alicant (n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.

Alidade (n.) The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument

Alien (a.) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

Alien (a.) Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.

Alien (n.) A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

Alien (n.) One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.

Alien (v. t.) To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.

Alienability (n.) Capability of being alienated.

Alienable (a.) Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

Alienage (n.) The state or legal condition of being an alien.

Alienage (n.) The state of being alienated or transferred to another.

Alienate (a.) Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

Alienated (imp. & p. p.) of Alienate

Alienating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alienate

Alienate (v. t.) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

Alienate (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.

Alienate (n.) A stranger; an alien.

Alienation (n.) The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

Alienation (n.) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.

Alienation (n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.

Alienation (n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.

Alienator (n.) One who alienates.

Aliene (v. t.) To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.

Alienee (n.) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.

Alienism (n.) The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.

Alienism (n.) The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.

Alienist (n.) One who treats diseases of the mind.

Alienor (n.) One who alienates or transfers property to another.

Aliethmoid (a.) Alt. of Aliethmoidal

Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

Alife (adv.) On my life; dearly.

Aliferous (a.) Having wings, winged; aligerous.

Aliform (a.) Wing-shaped; winglike.

Aligerous (a.) Having wings; winged.

Alighted (imp. & p. p.) of Alight

Alit () of Alight

Alighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alight

Alight (v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

Alight (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

Alight (v. i.) To come or chance (upon).

Alight (a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.

Align (v. t.) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

Align (v. t.) To form in line; to fall into line.

Alignment (n.) The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

Alignment (n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

Alike (a.) Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Alike (adv.) In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.

Alike-minded (a.) Like-minded.

Aliment (n.) That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.

Aliment (n.) An allowance for maintenance.

Aliment (v. t.) To nourish; to support.

Aliment (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.

Alimental (a.) Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

Alimentally (adv.) So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.

Alimentariness (n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.

Alimentary (a.) Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.

Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

Alimentation (n.) State or mode of being nourished.

Alimentiveness (n.) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.

Alimonious (a.) Affording food; nourishing.

Alimony (n.) Maintenance; means of living.

Alimony (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.

Alinasal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

Aline (v. t.) To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

Alineation (n.) See Allineation.

Alinement (n.) Same as Alignment.

Aliner (n.) One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.

Alioth (n.) A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.

Aliped (a.) Wing-footed, as the bat.

Aliped (n.) An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.

Aliquant (a.) An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.

Aliquot (a.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.

Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Alish (a.) Like ale; as, an alish taste.

Alisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Alisphenoidal

Alisphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

Alisphenoid (n.) The alisphenoid bone.

Alitrunk (n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.

Aliturgical (a.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.

Aliunde (adv. & a.) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

Alive (a.) Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

Alive (a.) In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.

Alive (a.) Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.

Alive (a.) Sprightly; lively; brisk.

Alive (a.) Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.

Alive (a.) Of all living (by way of emphasis).

Alizari (n.) The madder of the Levant.

Alizarin (n.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

Alkahest (n.) The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.

Alkalamide (n.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

Alkalescence (n.) Alt. of Alkalescency

Alkalescency (n.) A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

Alkalescent (a.) Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

Alkalis (pl. ) of Alkali

Alkalies (pl. ) of Alkali

Alkali (n.) Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.

Alkali (n.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

Alkalifiable (a.) Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

Alkalified (imp. & p. p.) of Alkalify

Alkalifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalify

Alkalify (v. t.) To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

Alkalify (v. i.) To become changed into an alkali.

Alkalimeter (n.) An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

Alkalimetric (a.) Alt. of Alkalimetrical

Alkalimetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

Alkalimetry (n.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.

Alkaline (a.) Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

Alkalinity (n.) The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

Alkalious (a.) Alkaline.

Alkalizate (a.) Alkaline.

Alkalizate (v. t.) To alkalizate.

Alkalization (n.) The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

Alkalized (imp. & p. p.) of Alkalize

Alkalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alkalize

Alkalize (v. t.) To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

Alkaloid (a.) Alt. of Alkaloidal

Alkaloidal (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

Alkaloid (n.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.

Alkanet (n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

Alkanet (n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.

Alkanet (n.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

Alkargen (n.) Same as Cacodylic acid.

Alkarsin (n.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

Alkazar () See Alcazar.

Alkekengi (n.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.

Alkermes (n.) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

Alkoran (n.) The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

Alkoranic (a.) Same as Alcoranic.

Alkoranist (n.) Same as Alcoranist.

All (a.) The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).

All (a.) Any.

All (a.) Only; alone; nothing but.

All (adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.

All (adv.) Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.)

All (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.

All (conj.) Although; albeit.

Alla breve () With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.

Allah (n.) The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

All-a-mort (a.) See Alamort.

Allanite (n.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

Allantoic (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois.

Allantoid (a.) Alt. of Allantoidal

Allantoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the allantois.

Allantoidea (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Allantoin (n.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

Allantois (n.) Alt. of Allantoid

Allantoid (n.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Allatrate (v. i.) To bark as a dog.

Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Allay

Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allay

Allay (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.

Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

Allay (n.) Alloy.

Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays.

Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.

Allecret (n.) A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.

Allect (v. t.) To allure; to entice.

Allectation (n.) Enticement; allurement.

Allective (a.) Alluring.

Allective (n.) Allurement.

Alledge (v. t.) See Allege.

Allegation (n.) The act of alleging or positively asserting.

Allegation (n.) That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

Allegation (n.) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

Alleged (imp. & p. p.) of Allege

Alleging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allege

Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

Allege (v. t.) To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.

Allege (v. t.) To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

Allegeable (a.) Capable of being alleged or affirmed.

Allegeance (n.) Allegation.

Allegement (n.) Allegation.

Alleger (n.) One who affirms or declares.

Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.

Allegiance (n.) The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

Allegiance (n.) Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.

Allegiant (a.) Loyal.

Allegoric (a.) Alt. of Allegorical

Allegorical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

Allegorist (n.) One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

Allegorized (imp. & p. p.) of Allegorize

Allegorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allegorize

Allegorize (v. t.) To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.

Allegorize (v. t.) To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

Allegorize (v. t.) To use allegory.

Allegorizer (n.) One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

Allegories (pl. ) of Allegory

Allegory (n.) A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.

Allegory (n.) Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

Allegory (n.) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

Allegresse (n.) Joy; gladsomeness.

Allegretto (a.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

Allegretto (n.) A movement in this time.

Allegro (a.) Brisk, lively.

Allegro (n.) An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

Alleluia (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah

Alleluiah (n.) An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.

Allemande (n.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

Allemande (n.) A figure in dancing.

Allemannic (a.) See Alemannic.

Allenarly (adv.) Solely; only.

Aller (a.) Same as Alder, of all.

Allerion (n.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.

Alleviated (imp. & p. p.) of Alleviate

Alleviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alleviate

Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.

Alleviate (v. t.) To extenuate; to palliate.

Alleviation (n.) The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

Alleviation (n.) That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

Alleviative (a.) Tending to alleviate.

Alleviative (n.) That which alleviates.

Alleviator (n.) One who, or that which, alleviates.

Alleviatory (a.) Alleviative.

Alleys (pl. ) of Alley

Alley (n.) A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

Alley (n.) A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.

Alley (n.) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

Alley (n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

Alley (n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Alleys (pl. ) of Alley

Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble.

Alleyed (a.) Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.

Alleyway (n.) An alley.

All Fools' Day () The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.

Allfours () A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."

All fours () All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

All hail (interj.) All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

All-hail (v. t.) To salute; to greet.

Allhallond (n.) Allhallows.

Allhallow (n.) Alt. of Allhallows

Allhallows (n.) All the saints (in heaven).

Allhallows (n.) All Saints' Day, November 1st.

Allhallow eve () The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.

Allhallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints.

Allhallown (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

Allhallowtide (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

Allheal (n.) A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

Alliable (a.) Able to enter into alliance.

Alliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

Alliance (n.) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

Alliance (n.) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

Alliance (n.) The persons or parties allied.

Alliance (v. t.) To connect by alliance; to ally.

Alliant (n.) An ally; a confederate.

Allice (n.) Alt. of Allis

Allis (n.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

Alliciency (n.) Attractive power; attractiveness.

Allicient (a.) That attracts; attracting.

Allicient (n.) That attracts.

Allied (a.) United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

Alligate (v. t.) To tie; to unite by some tie.

Alligation (n.) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.

Alligation (n.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

Alligator (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator

Alligator (n.) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball

Alligator (n.) a rock breaker

Alligator (n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press.

Allignment (n.) See Alignment.

Allineate (v. t.) To align.

Allineation (n.) Alt. of Alineation

Alineation (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.

Allision (n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon.

Alliteral (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

Alliterate (v. t.) To employ or place so as to make alliteration.

Alliterate (v. i.) To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

Alliterative (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.

Alliterator (n.) One who alliterates.

Allium (n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

Allmouth (n.) The angler.

Allness (n.) Totality; completeness.

Allnight (n.) Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.

Allocate (v. t.) To distribute or assign; to allot.

Allocate (v. t.) To localize.

Allocation (n.) The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

Allocation (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.

Allocation (n.) The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.

Allocatur (n.) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Allochroic (a.) Changeable in color.

Allochroite (n.) See Garnet.

Allochroous (a.) Changing color.

Allocution (n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Allod (n.) See Allodium.

Allodial (a.) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system.

Allodial (a.) Anything held allodially.

Allodialism (n.) The allodial system.

Allodialist (n.) One who holds allodial land.

Allodially (adv.) By allodial tenure.

Allodiary (n.) One who holds an allodium.

Allodium (n.) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud.

Allogamous (a.) Characterized by allogamy.

Allogamy (n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Allogeneous (a.) Different in nature or kind.

Allograph (n.) A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.

Allomerism (n.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Allomerous (a.) Characterized by allomerism.

Allomorph (n.) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

Allomorph (n.) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.

Allomorphic (a.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Allomorphism (n.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

Allonge (v.) A thrust or pass; a lunge.

Allonge (v.) A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.

Allonge (v. i.) To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

Allonym (n.) The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.

Allonym (n.) A work published under the name of some one other than the author.

Allonymous (a.) Published under the name of some one other than the author.

Alloo (v. t. / i.) To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.

Allopath (n.) An allopathist.

Allopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to allopathy.

Allopathically (adv.) In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.

Allopathist (n.) One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.

Allopathy (n.) That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

Allophylic (a.) Alt. of Allophylian

Allophylian (a.) Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.

Alloquy (n.) A speaking to another; an address.

Allotted (imp. & p. p.) of Allot

Allotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allot

Allot (v. t.) To distribute by lot.

Allot (v. t.) To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.

Allotheism (n.) The worship of strange gods.

Allotment (n.) The act of allotting; assignment.

Allotment (n.) That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.

Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

Allotriophagy (n.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

Allotropic (a.) Alt. of Allotropical

Allotropical (a.) Of or pertaining to allotropism.

Allotropicity (n.) Allotropic property or nature.

Allotropism (n.) Alt. of Allotropy

Allotropy (n.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

Allotropize (v. t.) To change in physical properties but not in substance.

Allottable (a.) Capable of being allotted.

Allottee (n.) One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

Allotter (n.) One who allots.

Allottery (n.) Allotment.

Allowed (imp. & p. p.) of Allow

Allowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allow

Allow (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

Allow (v. t.) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Allow (v. t.) To sanction; to invest; to intrust.

Allow (v. t.) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.

Allow (v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.

Allow (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Allowable (a.) Praiseworthy; laudable.

Allowable (a.) Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

Allowably (adv.) In an allowable manner.

Allowance (n.) Approval; approbation.

Allowance (n.) The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.

Allowance (n.) Acknowledgment.

Allowance (n.) License; indulgence.

Allowance (n.) That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.

Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.

Allowancing (imp. & p. p.) of Allowance

Allowance (n.) To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.

Allowedly (adv.) By allowance; admittedly.

Allower (n.) An approver or abettor.

Allower (n.) One who allows or permits.

Alloxan (n.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

Alloxanate (n.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Alloxanic (a.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Alloxantin (n.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Alloy (v. t.) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

Alloy (v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

Alloy (v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Alloy (v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

Alloyed (imp. & p. p.) of Alloy

Alloying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alloy

Alloy (v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

Alloy (v. t.) To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloy (v. t.) To form a metallic compound.

Alloyage (n.) The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

All-possessed (a.) Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

All Saints () Alt. of All Saints'

All Saints' () The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

All Souls' Day () The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

Allthing (adv.) Altogether.

Alluded (imp. & p. p.) of Allude

Alluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allude

Allude (v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.

Allude (v. t.) To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.

Allumette (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

Alluminor (n.) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.

Allurance (n.) Allurement.

Alluded (imp. & p. p.) of Allure

Alluring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allure

Allure (v. t.) To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.

Allure (n.) Allurement.

Allure (n.) Gait; bearing.

Allurement (n.) The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

Allurement (n.) That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

Allurer (n.) One who, or that which, allures.

Alluring (a.) That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

Allusion (n.) A figurative or symbolical reference.

Allusion (n.) A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

Allusive (a.) Figurative; symbolical.

Allusive (a.) Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

Allusively (adv.) Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

Allusiveness (n.) The quality of being allusive.

Allusory (a.) Allusive.

Alluvial (a.) Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

Alluvion (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Alluvion (n.) Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.

Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

Alluvious (n.) Alluvial.

Alluviums (pl. ) of Alluvium

Alluvia (pl. ) of Alluvium

Alluvium (n.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

Allwhere (adv.) Everywhere.

Allwork (n.) Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

Allied (imp. & p. p.) of Ally

Allying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ally

Ally (v. t.) To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

Ally (v. t.) To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

Allies (pl. ) of Ally

Ally (v.) A relative; a kinsman.

Ally (v.) One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

Ally (v.) Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.

Ally (v.) Anything akin to another by structure, etc.

Ally (n.) See Alley, a marble or taw.

Allyl (n.) An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

Allylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.

Alma (n.) Alt. of Almah

Almah (n.) Same as Alme.

Almacantar (n.) Same as Almucantar.

Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Almadia (n.) Alt. of Almadie

Almadie (n.) A bark canoe used by the Africans.

Almadie (n.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

Almagest (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

Almagra (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

Almain (n.) Alt. of Alman

Almayne (n.) Alt. of Alman

Alman (n.) A German.

Alman (adj.) German.

Alman (adj.) The German language.

Alman (adj.) A kind of dance. See Allemande.

Alma Mater () A college or seminary where one is educated.

Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.

Almandine (n.) The common red variety of garnet.

Alme (n.) Alt. of Almeh

Almeh (n.) An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.

Almendron (n.) The lofty Brazil-nut tree.

Almery (n.) See Ambry.

Almesse (n.) See Alms.

Almightful (a.) Alt. of Almightiful

Almightiful (a.) All-powerful; almighty.

Almightily (adv.) With almighty power.

Almightiness (n.) Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.

Almighty (a.) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

Almighty (a.) Great; extreme; terrible.

Almner (n.) An almoner.

Almond (n.) The fruit of the almond tree.

Almond (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.

Almond (n.) Anything shaped like an almond.

Almond (n.) One of the tonsils.

Almond furnace () A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.

Almondine (n.) See Almandine

Almoner (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.

Almonership (n.) The office of an almoner.

Almonries (pl. ) of Almonry

Almonry (n.) The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

Almose (n.) Alms.

Almost (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Almry (n.) See Almonry.

Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.

Almsdeed (n.) An act of charity.

Almsfolk (n.) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.

Almsgiver (n.) A giver of alms.

Almsgiving (n.) The giving of alms.

Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

Almsman (n.) A recipient of alms.

Almsman (n.) A giver of alms.

Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

Almuce (n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

Almude (n.) A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.

Almug (n.) Alt. of Algum

Algum (n.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).

Alnage (n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

Alnager (n.) A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

Aloes (pl. ) of Aloe

Aloe (n.) The wood of the agalloch.

Aloe (n.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.

Aloes wood () See Agalloch.

Aloetic (a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.

Aloetic (n.) A medicine containing chiefly aloes.

Aloft (adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.

Aloft (adv.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.

Aloft (prep.) Above; on top of.

Alogian (n.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.

Alogy (n.) Unreasonableness; absurdity.

Aloin (n.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.

Alomancy (n.) Divination by means of salt.

Alone (a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.

Alone (a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.

Alone (a.) Sole; only; exclusive.

Alone (a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.

Alone (adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.

Alonely (adv.) Only; merely; singly.

Alonely (a.) Exclusive.

Aloneness (n.) A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.

Along (adv.) By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

Along (adv.) In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.

Along (adv.) In company; together.

Along (prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across.

Along () (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)

Alongshore (adv.) Along the shore or coast.

Alongshoreman (n.) See Longshoreman.

Alongside (adv.) Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

Alongst (prep. & adv.) Along.

Aloof (n.) Same as Alewife.

Aloof (adv.) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Aloof (prep.) Away from; clear from.

Aloofness (n.) State of being aloof.

Alopecia (n.) Alt. of Alopecy

Alopecy (n.) Loss of the hair; baldness.

Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

Alose (v. t.) To praise.

Alose (n.) The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

Alouatte (n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

Aloud (adv.) With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

Alow (adv.) Below; in a lower part.

Alp (n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.

Alp (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.

Alp (n.) A bullfinch.

Alpaca (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

Alpaca (n.) Wool of the alpaca.

Alpaca (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

Alpen (a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps.

Alpenstock (n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.

Alpestrine (a.) Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

Alpha (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

Alphabet (n.) The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

Alphabet (n.) The simplest rudiments; elements.

Alphabet (v. t.) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Alphabetarian (n.) A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.

Alphabetic (a.) Alt. of Alphabetical

Alphabetical (a.) Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Alphabetical (a.) Literal.

Alphabetically (adv.) In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Alphabetics (n.) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

Alphabetism (n.) The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.

Alphabetize (v. t.) To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.

Alphabetize (v. t.) To furnish with an alphabet.

Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.

Alphonsine (a.) Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).

Alpigene (a.) Growing in Alpine regions.

Alpine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

Alpine (a.) Like the Alps; lofty.

Alpinist (n.) A climber of the Alps.

Alpist (n.) Alt. of Alpia

Alpia (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

Alquifou (n.) A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.

Already (adv.) Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

Als (adv.) Also.

Als (adv.) As.

Alsatian (a.) Pertaining to Alsatia.

Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.

Al segno () A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.

Alsike (n.) A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

Also (adv. & conj.) In like manner; likewise.

Also (adv. & conj.) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Also (adv. & conj.) Even as; as; so.

Alt (a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.

Altaian (a.) Alt. of Altaic

Altaic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

Altar (n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.

Altar (n.) In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.

Altarage (n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.

Altarage (n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.

Altarist (n.) A chaplain.

Altarist (n.) A vicar of a church.

Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

Altarwise (adv.) In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.

Altazimuth (n.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

Altered (imp. & p. p.) of Alter

Altering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alter

Alter (v. t.) To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

Alter (v. t.) To agitate; to affect mentally.

Alter (v. t.) To geld.

Alter (v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.

Alterability (n.) The quality of being alterable; alterableness.

Alterable (a.) Capable of being altered.

Alterableness (n.) The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.

Alterably (adv.) In an alterable manner.

Alterant (a.) Altering; gradually changing.

Alterant (n.) An alterative.

Alteration (n.) The act of altering or making different.

Alteration (n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

Alterative (a.) Causing ateration.

Alterative (a.) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.

Alterative (n.) A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

Altercated (imp. & p. p.) of Altercate

Altercating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Altercate

Altercate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

Altercative (a.) Characterized by wrangling; scolding.

Alterity (n.) The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.

Altern (a.) Acting by turns; alternate.

Alternacy (n.) Alternateness; alternation.

Alternant (v. t.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.

Alternate (a.) Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

Alternate (a.) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.

Alternate (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.

Alternate (n.) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

Alternate (n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

Alternate (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

Alternated (imp. & p. p.) of Alternate

Alternating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alternate

Alternate (v. t.) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.

Alternate (v. i.) To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

Alternately (adv.) In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

Alternateness (n.) The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

Alternation (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

Alternation (n.) Permutation.

Alternation (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Alternative (a.) Offering a choice of two things.

Alternative (a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

Alternative (a.) Alternate; reciprocal.

Alternative (n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.

Alternative (n.) Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.

Alternative (n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

Alternative (n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

Alternatively (adv.) In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.

Alternativeness (n.) The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.

Alternity (n.) Succession by turns; alternation.

Althaea (n.) Alt. of Althea

Althea (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

Althea (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

Altheine (n.) Asparagine.

Altho (conj.) Although.

Althorn (n.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.

Although (conj.) Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though.

Altiloquence (n.) Lofty speech; pompous language.

Altiloquent (a.) High-sounding; pompous in speech.

Altimeter (n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.

Altimetry (n.) The art of measuring altitudes, or heights.

Altincar (n.) See Tincal.

Altiscope (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

Altisonant (a.) High-sounding; lofty or pompous.

Altisonous (a.) Altisonant.

Altissimo (n.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.

Altitude (n.) Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.

Altitude (n.) The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.

Altitude (n.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.

Altitude (n.) Height of degree; highest point or degree.

Altitude (n.) Height of rank or excellence; superiority.

Altitude (n.) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.

Altitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Altitudinarian (a.) Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.

Altivolant (a.) Flying high.

Altos (pl. ) of Alto

Alto (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.

Alto (n.) An alto singer.

Altogether (adv.) All together; conjointly.

Altogether (adv.) Without exception; wholly; completely.

Altometer (n.) A theodolite.

Alto-relievo (n.) Alto-rilievo.

Alto-rilievos (pl. ) of Alto-rilievo

Alto-rilievo (n.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.

Altrical (a.) Like the articles.

Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.

Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.

Altruist (n.) One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.

Altruistic (a.) Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.

Aludel (n.) One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation.

Alula (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

Alular (a.) Pertaining to the alula.

Alum (n.) A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.

Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

Alumen (n.) Alum.

Alumina (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

Aluminate (n.) A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

Aluminated (a.) Combined with alumina.

Alumine (n.) Alumina.

Aluminic (a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate.

Aluminiferous (a.) Containing alum.

Aluminiform (a.) Having the form of alumina.

Aluminium (n.) The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.

Aluminize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with alum; to alum.

Aluminous (a.) Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution.

Aluminum (n.) See Aluminium.

Alumish (a.) Somewhat like alum.

Alumnae (pl. ) of Alumna

Alumna (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

Alumni (pl. ) of Alumnus

Alumnus (n.) A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.

Alum root () A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

Alum schist () Alt. of Alum shale

Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

Alunite (n.) Alum stone.

Alunogen (n.) A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

Alure (n.) A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.

Alutaceous (a.) Leathery.

Alutaceous (a.) Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.

Alutation (n.) The tanning or dressing of leather.

Alvearies (pl. ) of Alveary

Alveary (n.) A beehive, or something resembling a beehive.

Alveary (n.) The hollow of the external ear.

Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Alveolar (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.

Alveolary (a.) Alveolar.

Alveolate (a.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

Alveole (n.) Same as Alveolus.

Alveoliform (a.) Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.

Alveoli (pl. ) of Alveolus

Alveolus (n.) A cell in a honeycomb.

Alveolus (n.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil

Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.

Alvei (pl. ) of Alveus

Alveus (n.) The channel of a river.

Alvine (a.) Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

Alway (adv.) Always.

Always (adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.

Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.

Alyssum (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers.

Am () The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.

Amability (n.) Lovableness.

Amacratic (a.) Amasthenic.

Amadavat (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.

Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.

Amain (n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.

Amain (n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.

Amain (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

Amain (v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

Amalgam (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

Amalgam (n.) A mixture or compound of different things.

Amalgam (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.

Amalgam (v. t. / i.) To amalgamate.

Amalgama (n.) Same as Amalgam.

Amalgamated (imp. & p. p.) of Amalgamate

Amalgamating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amalgamate

Amalgamate (v. t.) To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

Amalgamate (v. t.) To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.

Amalgamate (v. i.) To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

Amalgamate (v. i.) To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

Amalgamate (a.) Alt. of Amalgamated

Amalgamated (a.) Coalesced; united; combined.

Amalgamation (n.) The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.

Amalgamation (n.) The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.

Amalgamative (a.) Characterized by amalgamation.

Amalgamator (n.) One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

Amalgamize (v. t.) To amalgamate.

Amandine (n.) The vegetable casein of almonds.

Amandine (n.) A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

Amanitine (n.) The poisonous principle of some fungi.

Amanuenses (pl. ) of Amanuensis

Amanuensis (n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

Amaracus (n.) A fragrant flower.

Amarant (n.) Amaranth, 1.

Amarantaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

Amaranth (n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.

Amaranth (n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.

Amaranth (n.) A color inclining to purple.

Amaranthine (a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.

Amaranthine (a.) Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.

Amaranthine (a.) Of a purplish color.

Amaranthus (n.) Alt. of Amarantus

Amarantus (n.) Same as Amaranth.

Amarine (n.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

Amaritude (n.) Bitterness.

Amaryllidaceous (a.) Alt. of Amaryllideous

Amaryllideous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.

Amaryllis (n.) A pastoral sweetheart.

Amaryllis (n.) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

Amaryllis (n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.

Amassed (imp. & p. p.) of Amass

Amassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amass

Amass (v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

Amass (n.) A mass; a heap.

Amassable (a.) Capable of being amassed.

Amasser (n.) One who amasses.

Amassette (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

Amassment (n.) An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.

Amasthenic (a.) Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic.

Amate (v. t.) To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.

Amate (v. t.) To be a mate to; to match.

Amateur (n.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

Amateurish (a.) In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.

Amateurism (n.) The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

Amateurship (n.) The quality or character of an amateur.

Amative (a.) Full of love; amatory.

Amativeness (n.) The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.

Amatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses.

Amatorially (adv.) In an amatorial manner.

Amatorian (a.) Amatory.

Amatorious (a.) Amatory.

Amatory (a.) Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

Amaurosis (n.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

Amaurotic (a.) Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

Amazed (imp. & p. p.) of Amaze

Amazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amaze

Amaze (v. t.) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.

Amaze (v. i.) To be astounded.

Amaze (v. t.) Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.

Amazedly (adv.) In amazement; with confusion or astonishment.

Amazedness (n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.

Amazeful (a.) Full of amazement.

Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

Amazement (n.) Frenzy; madness.

Amazing (a.) Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.

Amazon (n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

Amazon (n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

Amazon (n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis

Amazonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.

Amazonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

Amazonite (n.) Alt. of Amazon stone

Amazon stone (n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

Amb- () Alt. of Ambi-

Ambi- () A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.

Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

Ambaginous (a.) Ambagious.

Ambagious (a.) Circumlocutory; circuitous.

Ambagitory (a.) Ambagious.

Ambassade (ambassade.) Alt. of Embassade

Embassade (ambassade.) The mission of an ambassador.

Embassade (ambassade.) An embassy.

Ambassador (n.) Alt. of Embassador

Embassador (n.) A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Embassador (n.) An official messenger and representative.

Ambassadorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ambassador.

Ambassadorship (n.) The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.

Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.

Ambassage (n.) Same as Embassage.

Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling.

Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

Amber (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Amber (n.) Ambergris.

Amber (n.) The balsam, liquidambar.

Amber (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Amber (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

Ambered (p. p. & p. a.) of Amber

Amber (v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

Amber (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)

Ambergrease (n.) See Ambergris.

Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.

Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.

Amber seed () Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.

Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.

Ambes-as (n.) Ambs-ace.

Ambidexter (a.) Using both hands with equal ease.

Ambidexter (n.) A person who uses both hands with equal facility.

Ambidexter (n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.

Ambidexter (n.) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict.

Ambidexterity (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.

Ambidexterity (n.) Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.

Ambidexterity (n.) Double-dealing.

Ambidexterity (n.) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.

Ambidextral (a.) Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.

Ambidextrous (a.) Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.

Ambidextrous (a.) Practicing or siding with both parties.

Ambidextrously (adv.) In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.

Ambidextrousness (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.

Ambient (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

Ambient (n.) Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.

Ambigenous (a.) Of two kinds.

Ambigenous (a.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

Ambigu (n.) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.

Ambiguities (pl. ) of Ambiguity

Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.

Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.

Ambiguously (adv.) In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

Ambiguousness (n.) Ambiguity.

Ambilevous (a.) Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.

Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.

Ambiparous (a.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.

Ambit (n.) Circuit or compass.

Ambition (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.

Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Ambitionist (n.) One excessively ambitious.

Ambitionless (a.) Devoid of ambition.

Ambitious (a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

Ambitious (a.) Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.

Ambitious (a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.

Ambitiously (adv.) In an ambitious manner.

Ambitiousness (n.) The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.

Ambitus (n.) A canvassing for votes.

Ambled (imp. & p. p.) of Amble

Ambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amble

Amble (v. i.) To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

Amble (v. i.) To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.

Amble (n.) A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.

Amble (n.) A movement like the amble of a horse.

Ambler (n.) A horse or a person that ambles.

Amblingly (adv.) With an ambling gait.

Amblotic (a.) Tending to cause abortion.

Amblygon (n.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.

Amblygonal (a.) Obtuse-angled.

Amblyopia (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy

Amblyopy (n.) Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

Amblyopic (a.) Of or pertaining to amblyopy.

Amblypoda (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

Ambos (pl. ) of Ambo

Ambo (n.) A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.

Ambon (n.) Same as Ambo.

Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

Ambreate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.

Ambreic (a.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

Ambrein (n.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

Ambrite (n.) A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

Ambrose (n.) A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.

Ambrosia (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

Ambrosia (n.) An unguent of the gods.

Ambrosia (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

Ambrosia (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.

Ambrosiac (a.) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.

Ambrosial (a.) Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.

Ambrosial (a.) Divinely excellent or beautiful.

Ambrosially (adv.) After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.

Ambrosian (a.) Ambrosial.

Ambrosian (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.

Ambrosin (n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

Ambrotype (n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

Ambries (pl. ) of Ambry

Ambry (n.) In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.

Ambry (n.) A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.

Ambry (n.) Almonry.

Ambs-ace (n.) Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

Ambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

Ambulacriform (a.) Having the form of ambulacra.

Ambulacra (pl. ) of Ambulacrum

Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.

Ambulacrum (n.) One of the suckers on the feet of mites.

Ambulance (n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

Ambulance (n.) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

Ambulant (a.) Walking; moving from place to place.

Ambulate (v. i.) To walk; to move about.

Ambulation (n.) The act of walking.

Ambulative (a.) Walking.

Ambulator (n.) One who walks about; a walker.

Ambulator (n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.

Ambulator (n.) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.

Ambulator (n.) An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator.

Ambulatorial (a.) Ambulatory; fitted for walking.

Ambulatory (a.) Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.

Ambulatory (a.) Pertaining to a walk.

Ambulatory (a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

Ambulatories (pl. ) of Ambulatory

Ambulatory (n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.

Amburry (n.) Same as Anbury.

Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

Ambuscade (v. t.) A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly.

Ambuscade (v. t.) The body of troops lying in ambush.

Ambuscaded (imp. & p. p.) of Ambuscade

Ambuscading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambuscade

Ambuscade (v. t.) To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.

Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Ambuscade (v. i.) To lie in ambush.

Ambuscado (n.) Ambuscade.

Ambuscadoed (p. p.) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.

Ambush (v. t.) A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.

Ambush (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.

Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait.

Ambushed (imp. & p. p.) of Ambush

Ambushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ambush

Ambush (v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.

Ambush (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Ambush (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk.

Ambusher (n.) One lying in ambush.

Ambushment (v. t.) An ambush.

Ambustion (n.) A burn or scald.

Amebean (a.) See Am/bean.

Ameer (n.) Alt. of Amir

Amir (n.) Emir.

Amir (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.

Amel (v. t.) Enamel.

Amel (v. t.) To enamel.

Amelcorn (n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

Ameliorable (a.) Capable of being ameliorated.

Ameliorated (imp. & p. p.) of Ameliorate

Ameliorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ameliorate

Ameliorate (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.

Amelioration (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

Ameliorative (a.) Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

Ameliorator (n.) One who ameliorates.

Amen (interj., adv., & n.) An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.

Amen (v. t.) To say Amen to; to sanction fully.

Amenability (n.) The quality of being amenable; amenableness.

Amenable (a.) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

Amenable (a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.

Amenable (a.) Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.

Amenable (a.) Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.

Amenableness (n.) The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

Amenably (adv.) In an amenable manner.

Amenage (v. t.) To manage.

Amenance (n.) Behavior; bearing.

Amended (imp. & p. p.) of Amend

Amending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amend

Amend (v. t.) To change or modify in any way for the better

Amend (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

Amend (v. t.) by supplying deficiencies;

Amend (v. t.) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.

Amend (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Amendable (a.) Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

Amendatory (a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.

Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

Amender (n.) One who amends.

Amendful (a.) Much improving.

Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

Amendment (n.) In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.

Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.

Amends (n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

Amenities (pl. ) of Amenity

Amenity (n.) The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.

Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

Amenorrhoeal (a.) Pertaining to amenorrhoea.

A mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.

Ament (n.) A species of inflorescence; a catkin.

Amentaceous (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.

Amentaceous (a.) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.

Amentia (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.

Amentiferous (a.) Bearing catkins.

Amentiform (a.) Shaped like a catkin.

Amenta (pl. ) of Amentum

Amentum (n.) Same as Ament.

Amenuse (v. t.) To lessen.

Amerced (imp. & p. p.) of Amerce

Amercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amerce

Amerce (v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

Amerce (v. t.) To punish, in general; to mulct.

Amerceable (a.) Liable to be amerced.

Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]

Amercer (n.) One who amerces.

Amerciament (n.) Same as Amercement.

American (a.) Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

American (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States.

American (n.) A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.

Americanism (n.) Attachment to the United States.

Americanism (n.) A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.

Americanism (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

Americanization (n.) The process of Americanizing.

Americanizer (imp. & p. p.) of Americanize

Americanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Americanize

Americanize (v. t.) To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.

Ames-ace (n.) Same as Ambs-ace.

Amess (n.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.

Ametabola (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.

Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

Ametabolic (a.) Alt. of Ametabolous

Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects.

Amethodist (n.) One without method; a quack.

Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.

Amethyst () A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

Amethystine (a.) Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.

Amethystine (a.) Composed of, or containing, amethyst.

Ametropia (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

Amharic (a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.

Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

Amiability (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

Amiable (a.) Lovable; lovely; pleasing.

Amiable (a.) Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.

Amiable (a.) Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.

Amiable (a.) Done out of love.

Amiableness (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiability.

Amiably (adv.) In an amiable manner.

Amianth (n.) See Amianthus.

Amianthiform (a.) Resembling amianthus in form.

Amianthoid (a.) Resembling amianthus.

Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

Amic (a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.

Amicability (n.) The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.

Amicable (a.) Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement.

Amicableness (n.) The quality of being amicable; amicability.

Amicably (adv.) In an amicable manner.

Amice (n.) A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

Amice (n.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

Amid (prep.) See Amidst.

Amide (n.) A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.

Amidin (n.) Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Amido (a.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen.

Amidogen (n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

Amidships (adv.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth.

Amidst (prep.) Alt. of Amid

Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

Amine (n.) One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.

Amioid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Amioidei.

Amioid (n.) One of the Amioidei.

Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

Amir (n.) Same as Ameer.

Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.

Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.

Amissibility () The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost.

Amissible (a.) Liable to be lost.

Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.

Amit (v. t.) To lose.

Amities (pl. ) of Amity

Amity (n.) Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.

Amma (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.

Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.

Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.

Ammite (n.) Oolite or roestone; -- written also hammite.

Ammodyte (n.) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.

Ammodyte (n.) A kind of viper in southern Europe.

Ammonia (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

Ammoniac (a.) Alt. of Ammoniacal

Ammoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

Ammoniac (n.) Alt. of Gum ammoniac

Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

Ammoniated (a.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.

Ammonic (a.) Of or pertaining to ammonia.

Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

Ammonitiferous (a.) Containing fossil ammonites.

Ammonitoidea (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

Ammonium (n.) A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.

Ammunitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Ammunition

Ammunitioning (p pr. & vb. n.) of Ammunition

Ammunition (v. t.) To provide with ammunition.

Amnesia (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.

Amnesic (a.) Of or pertaining to amnesia.

Amnestic (a.) Causing loss of memory.

Amnesty (v.) Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Amnesty (v.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnestied (imp. p. p.) of Amnesty

Amnestying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amnesty

Amnesty (v. t.) To grant amnesty to.

Amnicolist (n.) One who lives near a river.

Amnigenous (a.) Born or bred in, of, or near a river.

Amnion (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Amnios (n.) Same as Amnion.

Amniota (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Amniotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.

Amoebae (pl. ) of Amoeba

Amoebas (pl. ) of Amoeba

Amoeba (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

Amoebea (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

Amoebean (a.) Alternately answering.

Amoebian (n.) One of the Amoebea.

Amoebiform (a.) Alt. of Amoeboid

Amoeboid (a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.

Amoebous (a.) Like an amoeba in structure.

Amolition (n.) Removal; a putting away.

Amomum (n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

Amoneste (v. t.) To admonish.

Among (prep.) Alt. of Amongst

Amongst (prep.) Mixed or mingled; surrounded by.

Amongst (prep.) Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of.

Amongst (prep.) Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

Amontillado (n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color.

Amoret (n.) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.

Amoret (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks.

Amoret (n.) A petty love affair or amour.

Amorette (n.) An amoret.

Amorist (n.) A lover; a gallant.

A-mornings (adv.) In the morning; every morning.

Amorosa (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.

Amorosity (n.) The quality of being amorous; lovingness.

Amoroso (n.) A lover; a man enamored.

Amoroso (adv.) In a soft, tender, amatory style.

Amorous (a.) Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

Amorous (a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.

Amorous (a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

Amorously (adv.) In an amorous manner; fondly.

Amorousness (n.) The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

Amorphas (pl. ) of Amorpha

Amorpha (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

Amorphism (n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Amorphous (a.) Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.

Amorphous (a.) Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.

Amorphous (a.) Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.

Amorphozoa (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

Amorphozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa.

Amorphy (n.) Shapelessness.

Amort (a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.

Amortise (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisation (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisable (n.) Alt. of Amortisement

Amortisement (n.) Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Amortizable (a.) Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.

Amortize (v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.

Amortize (v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.

Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

Amortizement (n.) Same as Amortization.

Amorwe (adv.) In the morning.

Amorwe (adv.) On the following morning.

Amotion (n.) Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.

Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.

Amotus (a.) Elevated, -- as a toe, when raised so high that the tip does not touch the ground.

Amounted (imp. & p. p.) of Amount

Amounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amount

Amount (n.) To go up; to ascend.

Amount (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.

Amount (n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.

Amount (v. t.) To signify; to amount to.

Amount (n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.

Amount (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

Amour (n.) Love; affection.

Amour (n.) Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.

Amour propre () Self-love; self-esteem.

Amovability (n.) Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.

Amovable (a.) Removable.

Amove (v. t.) To remove, as a person or thing, from a position.

Amove (v. t.) To dismiss from an office or station.

Amove (v. t. & i.) To move or be moved; to excite.

Ampelite (n.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist.

Ampere (n.) Alt. of Ampere

Ampere (n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere.

Amperemeter (n.) Alt. of Amperometer

Amperometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.

Ampersand (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &.

Amphi- () A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.

Amphiarthrodial (a.) Characterized by amphiarthrosis.

Amphiarthrosis (n.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

Amphiaster (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.

Amphibia (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.

Amphibial (a. & n.) Amphibian.

Amphibian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

Amphibian (n.) One of the Amphibia.

Amphibiological (a.) Pertaining to amphibiology.

Amphibiology (n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

Amphibiotica (n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.

Amphibious (a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

Amphibious (a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.

Amphibious (a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.

Amphibiously (adv.) Like an amphibious being.

Amphibia (pl. ) of Amphibium

Amphibiums (pl. ) of Amphibium

Amphibium (n.) An amphibian.

Amphiblastic (a.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

Amphibolic (a.) Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.

Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Amphibological (a.) Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.

Amphibologies (pl. ) of Amphibology

Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Amphibolous (a.) Ambiguous; doubtful.

Amphibolous (a.) Capable of two meanings.

Amphibolies (pl. ) of Amphiboly

Amphiboly (n.) Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.

Amphibrach (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

Amphicarpic (a.) Alt. of Amphicarpous

Amphicarpous (a.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

Amphichroic (a.) Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

Amphicoelian (a.) Alt. of Amphicoelous

Amphicoelous (a.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.

Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.

Amphictyonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.

Amphictyons (n. pl.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

Amphictyonies (pl. ) of Amphictyony

Amphictyony (n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.

Amphid (n.) A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.

Amphidisc (n.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.

Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

Amphigamous (a.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.

Amphigean (a.) Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

Amphigen (n.) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.

Amphigene (n.) Leucite.

Amphigenesis (n.) Sexual generation; amphigony.

Amphigenous (a.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.

Amphigonic (a.) Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation.

Amphigonous (a.) Relating to both parents.

Amphigony (n.) Sexual propagation.

Amphigoric (a.) Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

Amphigory (n.) A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.

Amphilogism (n.) Alt. of Amphilogy

Amphilogy (n.) Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.

Amphimacer (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.

Amphineura (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.

Amphipneust (n.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

Amphipod (n.) One of the Amphipoda.

Amphipod (a.) Alt. of Amphipodan

Amphipodan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

Amphipodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

Amphiprostyle (a.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.

Amphiprostyle (n.) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.

Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

Amphisbaena (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.

Amphisbaena (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.

Amphisbaenoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.

Amphiscii (n. pl.) Alt. of Amphiscians

Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.

Amphistomous (a.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

Amphitheater (n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre

Amphitheatre (n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.

Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

Amphitheatral (a.) Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

Amphitheatric (a.) Alt. of Amphitheatrical

Amphitheatrical (a.) Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

Amphitheatrically (adv.) In the form or manner of an amphitheater.

Amphitrocha (n.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.

Amphitropal (a.) Alt. of Amphitropous

Amphitropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.

Amphiuma (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.

Amphopeptone (n.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.

Amophorae (pl. ) of Amphora

Amphora (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

Amphoral (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

Amphoric (a.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

Amphoteric (a.) Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.

Ample (a.) Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

Ample (a.) Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.

Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.

Amplectant (a.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils.

Ampleness (n.) The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.

Amplexation (n.) An embrace.

Amplexicaul (a.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves.

Ampliate (v. t.) To enlarge.

Ampliate (a.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

Ampliation (n.) Enlargement; amplification.

Ampliation (n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.

Ampliative (a.) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.

Amplificate (v. t.) To amplify.

Amplification (n.) The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

Amplification (n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.

Amplification (n.) The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

Amplificative (a.) Amplificatory.

Amplificatory (a.) Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.

Amplifier (n.) One who or that which amplifies.

Amplified (imp. & p. p.) of Amplify

Amplifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amplify

Amplify (v. t.) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

Amplify (v. t.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.

Amplify (v. i.) To become larger.

Amplify (v. i.) To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.

Amplitude (n.) State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.

Amplitude (n.) Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.

Amplitude (n.) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers.

Amplitude (n.) Of extent of means or resources.

Amplitude (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

Amplitude (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.

Amplitude (n.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

Amplitude (n.) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.

Amplitude (n.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.

Amply (adv.) In an ample manner.

Ampul (n.) Same as Ampulla, 2.

Ampullae (pl. ) of Ampulla

Ampulla (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

Ampulla (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.

Ampulla (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.

Ampulla (n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.

Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.

Ampullar (a.) Alt. of Ampullary

Ampullary (a.) Resembling an ampulla.

Ampullate (a.) Alt. of Ampullated

Ampullated (a.) Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.

Ampulliform (a.) Flask-shaped; dilated.

Amputated (imp. & p. p.) of Amputate

Amputating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amputate

Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

Amputate (v. t.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)

Amputation (n.) The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

Amputator (n.) One who amputates.

Ampyx (n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.

Amrita (n.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality.

Amrita (a.) Ambrosial; immortal.

Amsel (n.) Alt. of Amzel

Amzel (n.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

Amuck (a. & adv.) In a frenzied and reckless manner.

Amulet (n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]

Amuletic (a.) Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

Amurcous (a.) Full off dregs; foul.

Amusable (a.) Capable of being amused.

Amused (imp. & p. p.) of Amuse

Amusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amuse

Amuse (v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

Amuse (v.) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.

Amuse (v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

Amuse (v. i.) To muse; to mediate.

Amused (a.) Diverted.

Amused (a.) Expressing amusement; as, an amused look.

Amusement (n.) Deep thought; muse.

Amusement (n.) The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.

Amuser (n.) One who amuses.

Amusette (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

Amusing (a.) Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story.

Amusive (a.) Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.

Amy (n.) A friend.

Amyelous (a.) Wanting the spinal cord.

Amygdalaceous (a.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.

Amygdalate (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.

Amygdalate (n.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.

Amygdalate (n.) A salt amygdalic acid.

Amygdalic (a.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid.

Amygdaliferous (a.) Almond-bearing.

Amygdalin (n.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

Amygdaline (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

Amygdaloid (n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Amygdaloid (a.) Alt. of Amygdaloidal

Amygdaloidal (a.) Almond-shaped.

Amygdaloidal (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

Amyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

Amylaceous (a.) Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

Amylate (n.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.

Amylene (n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.

Amylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.

Amylobacter (n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

Amyloid (a.) Alt. of Amyloidal

Amyloidal (a.) Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

Amyloid (n.) A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.

Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

Amylolytic (a.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment.

Amylose (n.) One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

Amyous (a.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

Amyss (n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

An () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.

An (conj.) If; -- a word used by old English authors.

Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

Ana (adv.) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.

-ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

Anabaptism (n.) The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

Anabaptist (n.) A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

Anabaptistic (a.) Alt. of Anabaptistical

Anabaptistical (a.) Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.

Anabaptistry (n.) The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.

Anabaptize (v. t.) To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.

Anabas (n.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.

Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."

Anabasis (n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.

Anabatic (a.) Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.

Anabolic (a.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Anabolism (n.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

Anacamptic (a.) Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

Anacamptically (adv.) By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.

Anacamptics (n.) The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.

Anacamptics (n.) The science of reflected sounds.

Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanths

Anacanths (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

Anacanthous (a.) Spineless, as certain fishes.

Anacardiaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

Anacardic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

Anacardium (n.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

Anacathartic (a.) Producing vomiting or expectoration.

Anacathartic (n.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.

Anacharis (n.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.

Anachoret (a.) Alt. of Anachoretical

Anachoretical (a.) See Anchoret, Anchoretic.

Anachorism (n.) An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place.

Anachronic (a.) Alt. of Anachronical

Anachronical (a.) Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic.

Anachronism (n.) A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Anachronistic (a.) Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.

Anachronize (v. t.) To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.

Anachronous (a.) Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.

Anaclastic (a.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

Anaclastic (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.

Anaclastics (n.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.

Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

Anacoluthic (a.) Lacking grammatical sequence.

Anacoluthon (n.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Anaconda (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Anacreontic (a.) Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.

Anacreontic (n.) A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Anacrotic (a.) Pertaining to anachronism.

Anacrotism (n.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

Anacrusis (n.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

Anadem (n.) A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.

Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Anadrom (n.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous (a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

Anadromous (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

Anaemia (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

Anaemic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaemia.

Anaerobic (a.) Relating to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic.

Anaerobies (n. pl.) Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.

Anaerobiotic (a.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies.

Anaesthesia (n.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

Anaesthesis (n.) See Anaesthesia.

Anaesthetic (a.) Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

Anaesthetic (a.) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.

Anaesthetic (n.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

Anaesthetization (n.) The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.

Anaesthetize (v. t.) To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Anaglyphic (a.) Alt. of Anaglyphical

Anaglyphical (a.) Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Anaglyphic (n.) Work chased or embossed relief.

Anaglyptic (a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

Anaglyptics (n.) The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

Anaglyptograph (n.) An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.

Anaglyptographic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.

Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.

Anagoge (n.) An elevation of mind to things celestial.

Anagoge (n.) The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Anagogic (a.) Alt. of Anagogical

Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.

Anagogics (n. pl.) Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.

Anagogy (n.) Same as Anagoge.

Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

Anagram (v. t.) To anagrammatize.

Anagrammatic (a.) Alt. of Anagrammatical

Anagrammatical (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram.

Anagrammatism (n.) The act or practice of making anagrams.

Anagrammatist (n.) A maker anagrams.

Anagrammatize (v. t.) To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.

Anagraph (n.) An inventory; a record.

Anakim (n. pl.) Alt. of Anaks

Anaks (n. pl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.

Anal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.

Analcime (n.) A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

Analcite (n.) Analcime.

Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.

Analects (n. pl.) Alt. of Analecta

Analecta (n. pl.) A collection of literary fragments.

Analemma (n.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.

Analemma (n.) An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.

Analemma (n.) A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.

Analepsis () Alt. of Analepsy

Analepsy () Recovery of strength after sickness.

Analepsy () A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Analeptic (a.) Restorative; giving strength after disease.

Analeptic (n.) A restorative.

Analgesia (n.) Absence of sensibility to pain.

Anallagmatic (a.) Not changed in form by inversion.

Anallantoic (a.) Without, or not developing, an allantois.

Anallantoidea (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

Analogal (a.) Analogous.

Analogic (a.) Of or belonging to analogy.

Analogical (a.) Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.

Analogical (a.) Having analogy; analogous.

Analogically (adv.) In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.

Analogicalness (n.) Quality of being analogical.

Analogism (n.) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.

Analogism (n.) Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

Analogist (n.) One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.

Analogize (v. i.) To employ, or reason by, analogy.

Analogon (n.) Analogue.

Analogous (a.) Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.

Analogue (n.) That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.

Analogue (n.) A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."

Analogue (n.) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.

Analogue (n.) A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.

Analogue (n.) A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera.

Analogies (pl. ) of Analogy

Analogy (n.) A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

Analogy (n.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.

Analogy (n.) Proportion; equality of ratios.

Analogy (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.

Analyse (n.) Alt. of Analyser

Analyser (n.) Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.

Analyses (pl. ) of Analysis

Analysis (n.) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

Analysis (n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

Analysis (n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

Analysis (n.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.

Analysis (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

Analysis (n.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.

Analyst (n.) One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Analytic (a.) Alt. of Analytical

Analytical (a.) Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.

Analytically (adv.) In an analytical manner.

Analytics (n.) The science of analysis.

Analyzable (a.) That may be analyzed.

Analyzation (n.) The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.

Analyzed (imp. & p. p.) of Analyze

Analyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Analyze

Analyze (v. t.) To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Analyzer (n.) One who, or that which, analyzes.

Analyzer (n.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.

Anamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia.

Anamese (n.) A native of Anam.

Anamnesis (n.) A recalling to mind; recollection.

Anamnestic (a.) Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.

Anamniotic (a.) Without, or not developing, an amnion.

Anamorphism (n.) A distorted image.

Anamorphism (n.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending.

Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

Anamorphosis (n.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.

Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.

Anamorphosy (n.) Same as Anamorphosis.

Anan (interj.) An expression equivalent to What did you say? Sir? Eh?

Ananas (n.) The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).

Anandrous (a.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.

Anangular (a.) Containing no angle.

Anantherous (a.) Destitute of anthers.

Ananthous (a.) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.

Anapaest () Alt. of Anapaestic

Anapaestic () Same as Anapest, Anapestic.

Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.

Anapest (n.) A verse composed of such feet.

Anapestic (a.) Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.

Anapestic (n.) Anapestic measure or verse.

Anapestical (a.) Anapestic.

Anaphora (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Anaphrodisia (n.) Absence of sexual appetite.

Anaphrodisiac (a. & n.) Same as Antaphrodisiac.

Anaphroditic (a.) Produced without concourse of sexes.

Anaplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

Anaplasty (n.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

Anaplerotic (a.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.

Anaplerotic (n.) A remedy which promotes such granulation.

Anapnograph (n.) A form of spirometer.

Anapnoic (a.) Relating to respiration.

Anapodeictic (a.) Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.

Anapophysis (n.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.

Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

Anaptichi (pl. ) of Anaptychus

Anaptychus (n.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

Anarch (n.) The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.

Anarchal (a.) Lawless; anarchical.

Anarchic (a.) Alt. of Anarchical

Anarchical (a.) Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

Anarchism (n.) The doctrine or practice of anarchists.

Anarchist (n.) An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

Anarchize (v. t.) To reduce to anarchy.

Anarchy (n.) Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.

Anarchy (n.) Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.

Anarthropoda (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Anarthropodous (a.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.

Anarthrous (a.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.

Anarthrous (a.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.

Anas (n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

Anasarcous (a.) Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

Anastaltic (a. & n.) Styptic.

Anastate (n.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.

Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

Anastomozed (imp. p. p.) of Anastomose

Anastomosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anastomose

Anastomose (v. i.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

Anastomoses (pl. ) of Anastomosis

Anastomosis (n.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

Anastomotic (a.) Of or pertaining to anastomosis.

Anastrophe (n.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Anathemas (pl. ) of Anathema

Anathema (n.) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.

Anathema (n.) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

Anathema (n.) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.

Anathematic (a.) Alt. of Anathematical

Anathematical (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema.

Anathematism (n.) Anathematization.

Anathematization (n.) The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.

Anathematized (imp. & p. p.) of Anathematize

Anathematizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anathematize

Anathematize (v. t.) To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed.

Anathematizer (n.) One who pronounces an anathema.

Anatifae (pl. ) of Anatifa

Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

Anatifer (n.) Same as Anatifa.

Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

Anatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.

Anatocism (n.) Compound interest.

Anatomic (a.) Alt. of Anatomical

Anatomical (a.) Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations.

Anatomically (adv.) In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.

Anatomism (n.) The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.

Anatomism (n.) The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

Anatomist (n.) One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.

Anatomization (n.) The act of anatomizing.

Anatomized (imp. & p. p.) of Anatomize

Anatomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anatomize

Anatomize (v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.

Anatomize (v. t.) To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.

Anatomizer (n.) A dissector.

Anatomies (pl. ) of Anatomy

Anatomy (n.) The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.

Anatomy (n.) The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

Anatomy (n.) A treatise or book on anatomy.

Anatomy (n.) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.

Anatomy (n.) A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.

Anatreptic (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

Anatron (n.) Native carbonate of soda; natron.

Anatron (n.) Glass gall or sandiver.

Anatron (n.) Saltpeter.

Anatropal (a.) Alt. of Anatropous

Anatropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous.

Anatto (n.) Same as Annotto.

Anbury (n.) Alt. of Ambury

Ambury (n.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.

Ambury (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.

-ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.

Ancestor (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

Ancestor (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

Ancestor (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Ancestorial (a.) Ancestral.

Ancestorially (adv.) With regard to ancestors.

Ancestral (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

Ancestress (n.) A female ancestor.

Ancestry (n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

Ancestry (n.) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.

Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope.

Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

Anchor (n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

Anchored (imp. & p. p.) of Anchor

Anchoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchor

Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.

Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.

Anchor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.

Anchor (n.) An anchoret.

Anchorable (a.) Fit for anchorage.

Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

Anchorage (n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

Anchorage (n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.

Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Anchorage (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.

Anchorage (n.) Abode of an anchoret.

Anchorate (a.) Anchor-shaped.

Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

Anchored (a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross.

Anchoress (n.) A female anchoret.

Anchoret (n.) Alt. of Anchorite

Anchorite (n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.

Anchoretic (a.) Alt. of Anchoretical

Anchoretical (a.) Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

Anchoretish (a.) Hermitlike.

Anchoretism (n.) The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.

Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security.

Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.

Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.

Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Anchovy (n.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

Anchovy pear () A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.

Anchusin (n.) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.

Anchylosed (imp. & p. p.) of Anchylose

Anchylosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchylose

Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.

Anchylosis (n.) Alt. of Ankylosis

Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Anchylotic (a.) Of or pertaining to anchylosis.

Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.

Ancient (a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.

Ancient (a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.

Ancient (a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.

Ancient (a.) Experienced; versed.

Ancient (a.) Former; sometime.

Ancient (n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.

Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

Ancient (n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.

Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.

Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.

Anciently (adv.) In ancient times.

Anciently (adv.) In an ancient manner.

Ancientness (n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Ancientry (n.) Antiquity; what is ancient.

Ancientry (n.) Old age; also, old people.

Ancientry (n.) Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.

Ancienty (n.) Age; antiquity.

Ancienty (n.) Seniority.

Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Ancillary (a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.

Ancille (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid.

Ancipital (a.) Alt. of Ancipitous

Ancipitous (a.) Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.

Ancle (n.) See Ankle.

Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.

Ancones (pl. ) of Ancon

Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow.

Ancon (n.) Alt. of Ancone

Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.

Ancone (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

Anconal (a.) Alt. of Anconeal

Anconeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.

Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Anconoid (a.) Elbowlike; anconal.

Ancony (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

-ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.

And (conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.

And (conj.) In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.

And (conj.) It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.

And (conj.) If; though. See An, conj.

Andabatism (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.

Andalusite (n.) A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Andante (a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.

Andante (n.) A movement or piece in andante time.

Andantino (a.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

Andarac (n.) Red orpiment.

Andean (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.

Andesine (n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

Andesite (n.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

Andine (a.) Andean; as, Andine flora.

Andiron (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

Andranatomy (n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.

Androecium (n.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

Androgyne (n.) An hermaphrodite.

Androgyne (n.) An androgynous plant.

Androgynous (a.) Alt. of Androgynal

Androgynal (a.) Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.

Androgynal (a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Androgyny (n.) Alt. of Androgynism

Androgynism (n.) Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Android (n.) Alt. of Androides

Androides (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Android (a.) Resembling a man.

Andromeda (n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

Andromeda (n.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

Andron (n.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.

Androphagi (n. pl.) Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.

Androphagous (a.) Anthropophagous.

Androphore (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.

Androphore (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

Androsphinx (n.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Androspore (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.

Androtomous (a.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.

androus () A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

Anear (prep. & adv.) Near.

Anear (v. t. & i.) To near; to approach.

Aneath (prep. & adv.) Beneath.

Anecdotage (n.) Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

Anecdotal (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.

Anecdote (n.) Unpublished narratives.

Anecdote (n.) A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

Anecdotic (a.) Alt. of Anecdotical

Anecdotical (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.

Anecdotist (n.) One who relates or collects anecdotes.

Anelace (n.) Same as Anlace.

Anele (v. t.) To anoint.

Anele (v. t.) To give extreme unction to.

Anelectric (a.) Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.

Anelectric (n.) A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.

Anelectrode (n.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

Anelectrotonus (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

Anemogram (n.) A record made by an anemograph.

Anemograph (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.

Anemographic (a.) Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

Anemography (n.) A description of the winds.

Anemography (n.) The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.

Anemology (n.) The science of the wind.

Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Anemometric (a.) Alt. of Anemometrical

Anemometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to anemometry.

Anemometrograph (n.) An anemograph.

Anemometry (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

Anemone (n.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.

Anemone (n.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.

Anemonic (a.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

Anemonin (n.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

Anemony (n.) See Anemone.

Anemorphilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

Anemoscope (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

Anencephalic (a.) Alt. of Anencephalous

Anencephalous (a.) Without a brain; brainless.

Anenst (a.) Alt. of Anent

Anent (a.) Over against; as, he lives anent the church.

Anent (a.) About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

Anenterous (a.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine.

Aneroid (a.) Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.

Aneroid (n.) An aneroid barometer.

Anes (adv.) Once.

Anesthesia (a.) Alt. of Anesthetic

Anesthetic (a.) Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

Anet (n.) The herb dill, or dillseed.

Anethol (n.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.

Anetic (a.) Soothing.

Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.

Aneurismal (a.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.

Anew (adv.) Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.

Anfractuose (a.) Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.

Anfractuosities (pl. ) of Anfractuosity

Anfractuosity (n.) A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.

Anfractuosity (n.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.

Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.

Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.

Angariation (n.) Exaction of forced service; compulsion.

Angeiology () Alt. of Angeiotomy

Angeiotomy () Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.

Angel (n.) A messenger.

Angel (n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.

Angel (n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.

Angel (n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.

Angel (n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.

Angel (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.

Angel (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.

Angelage (n.) Existence or state of angels.

Angelet (n.) A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.

Angel fish () See under Angel.

Angelhood (n.) The state of being an angel; angelic nature.

Angelic (a.) Alt. of Angelical

Angelical (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

Angelic (a.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.

Angelica (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

Angelica (n.) The candied leaf stalks of angelica.

Angelically (adv.) Like an angel.

Angelicalness (n.) The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

Angelify (v. t.) To make like an angel; to angelize.

Angelize (v. t.) To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.

Angellike (a. & adv.) Resembling an angel.

Angelolatry (n.) Worship paid to angels.

Angelology (n.) A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.

Angelophany (n.) The actual appearance of an angel to man.

Angelot (n.) A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.

Angelot (n.) An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.

Angelot (n.) A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.

Angelus (n.) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.

Angelus (n.) The Angelus bell.

Anger (n.) Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

Anger (n.) A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.

Angered (imp. & p. p.) of Anger

Angering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anger

Anger (v. t.) To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.

Anger (v. t.) To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.

Angerly (adv.) Angrily.

Angevine (a.) Of or pertaining to Anjou in France.

Angevine (n.) A native of Anjou.

Angienchyma (n.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.

Angina (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.

Anginous (a.) Alt. of Anginose

Anginose (a.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.

Angio- () A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.

Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.

Angiocarpous (a.) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.

Angiography (n.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angiology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angioma (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

Angiomonospermous (a.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Angioscope (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Angiosperm (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Angiospermatous (a.) Same as Angiospermous.

Angiospermous (a.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.

Angiostomous (a.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Angiotomy (n.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.

Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Angle (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet.

Angle (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Angle (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."

Angle (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Angled (imp. & p. p.) of Angle

Angling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Angle

Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.

Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.

Angle (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

Angled (a.) Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.

Anglemeter (n.) An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

Angler (n.) One who angles.

Angler (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Angles (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

Anglesite (n.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

Anglewise (adv.) In an angular manner; angularly.

Angleworm (n.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Anglian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Angles.

Anglian (n.) One of the Angles.

Anglic (a.) Anglian.

Anglican (a.) English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.

Anglican (a.) Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

Anglican (n.) A member of the Church of England.

Anglican (n.) In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.

Anglicanism (n.) Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.

Anglicanism (n.) The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

Anglicanism (n.) Attachment to England or English institutions.

Anglice (adv.) In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.

Anglicify (v. t.) To anglicize.

Anglicism (n.) An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.

Anglicism (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.

Anglicity (n.) The state or quality of being English.

Anglicization (n.) The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Anglicized (imp. & p. p.) of Anglicize

Anglicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglicize

Anglicize (v. t.) To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

Anglified (imp. & p. p.) of Anglify

Anglifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglify

Anglify (v. t.) To convert into English; to anglicize.

Angling (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.

Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish.

Anglo-Catholic (a.) Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

Anglo-Catholic (n.) A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

Anglomania (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

Anglomaniac (n.) One affected with Anglomania.

Anglophobia (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

Anglo-Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.

Anglo-Saxondom (n.) The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.

Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

Anglo-Saxonism (n.) The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.

Angola (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.

Angola pea () A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

Angora (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

Angostura bark () An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis).

Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Angrily (adv.) In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Angriness (n.) The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.

Angry (superl.) Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

Angry (superl.) Inflamed and painful, as a sore.

Angry (superl.) Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.

Angry (superl.) Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.

Angry (superl.) Red.

Angry (superl.) Sharp; keen; stimulated.

Anguiform (a.) Snake-shaped.

Anguilliform (a.) Eel-shaped.

Anguine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.

Anguineal (a.) Anguineous.

Anguineous (a.) Snakelike.

Anguish (n.) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

Angular (a.) Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

Angular (a.) Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.

Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

Angular (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angularity (n.) The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

Angularly (adv.) In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.

Angularness (n.) The quality of being angular.

Angulate (a.) Alt. of Angulated

Angulated (a.) Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angulate (v. t.) To make angular.

Angulation (n.) A making angular; angular formation.

Angulo-dentate (a.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

Angulometer (n.) An instrument for measuring external angles.

Angulose (a.) Angulous.

Angulosity (n.) A state of being angulous or angular.

Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.

Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.

Angustate (a.) Narrowed.

Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

Angustifoliate (a.) Alt. of Angustifolious

Angustifolious (a.) Having narrow leaves.

Angustura bark () See Angostura bark.

Angwantibo (n.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

Anhang (v. t.) To hang.

Anharmonic (a.) Not harmonic.

Anhelation (n.) Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.

Anhele (v. i.) To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).

Anhelose (a.) Anhelous; panting.

Anhelous (a.) Short of breath; panting.

Anhima (n.) A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

Anhinga (n.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.

Anhistous (a.) Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.

Anhungered (a.) Ahungered; longing.

Anhydride (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Anhydrite (n.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

Anhydrous (a.) Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.

Ani (n.) Alt. of Ano

Ano (n.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

Anicut (n.) Alt. of Annicut

Annicut (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

Anidiomatical (a.) Not idiomatic.

Anient (v. t.) Alt. of Anientise

Anientise (v. t.) To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate.

Anigh (prep. & adv.) Nigh.

Anight (adv.) Alt. of Anights

Anights (adv.) In the night time; at night.

Anil (n.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

Anile (a.) Old-womanish; imbecile.

Anileness (n.) Anility.

Anilic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.

Anilide (n.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.

Aniline (n.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

Aniline (a.) Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

Anility (n.) The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.

Animadversal (n.) The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.

Animadversion (n.) The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.

Animadversion (n.) Monition; warning.

Animadversion (n.) Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.

Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

Animadversive (a.) Having the power of perceiving; percipient.

Animadverted (imp. & p. p.) of Animadvert

Animadverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animadvert

Animadvert (v. i.) To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.

Animadvert (v. i.) To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.

Animadvert (v. i.) To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

Animadverter (n.) One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

Animal (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

Animal (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

Animal (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

Animal (a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Animal (a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

Animalcular (a.) Alt. of Animalculine

Animalculine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.

Animalcule (n.) A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.

Animalcule (n.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.

Animalculism (n.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.

Animalculist (n.) One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.

Animalculist (n.) A believer in the theory of animalculism.

Animalcula (pl. ) of Animalculum

Animalculum (n.) An animalcule.

Animalish (a.) Like an animal.

Animalism (n.) The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

Animality (n.) Animal existence or nature.

Animalization (n.) The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.

Animalization (n.) Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.

Animalized (imp. & p. p.) of Animalize

Animalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animalize

Animalize (v. t.) To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.

Animalize (v. t.) To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.

Animalize (v. t.) To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.

Animally (adv.) Physically.

Animalness (n.) Animality.

Animastic (a.) Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.

Animastic (n.) Psychology.

Animated (imp. & p. p.) of Animate

Animating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animate

Animate (v. t.) To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

Animate (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.

Animate (v. t.) To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.

Animate (a.) Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

Animated (a.) Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.

Animatedly (adv.) With animation.

Animater (n.) One who animates.

Animating (a.) Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing.

Animation (n.) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

Animation (n.) The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.

Animative (a.) Having the power of giving life or spirit.

Animator (n.) One who, or that which, animates; an animater.

Anime (a.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

Anime (n.) A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.

Animism (n.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

Animism (n.) The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.

Animist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of animism.

Animistic (a.) Of or pertaining to animism.

Animose (a.) Alt. of Animous

Animous (a.) Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute.

Animoseness (n.) Vehemence of temper.

Animosities (pl. ) of Animosity

Animosity (v. t.) Mere spiritedness or courage.

Animosity (v. t.) Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

Animi (pl. ) of Animus

Animus (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper.

Anion (n.) An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.

Anise (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

Anise (n.) The fruit or seeds of this plant.

Aniseed (n.) The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.

Anisette (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

Anisic (a.) Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.

Anisodactyla (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls

Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

Anisodactylous (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

Anisomeric (a.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.

Anisomerous (a.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

Anisometric (a.) Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.

Anisopetalous (a.) Having unequal petals.

Anisophyllous (a.) Having unequal leaves.

Anisopleura (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

Anisopoda (n. pl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Anisostemonous (a.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Anisosthenic (a.) Of unequal strength.

Anisotrope (a.) Alt. of Anisotropic

Anisotropic (a.) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

Anisotropous (a.) Anisotropic.

Anker (n.) A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.

Ankerite (n.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

Ankle (n.) The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.

Ankled (a.) Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled.

Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

Ankylose (v. t. & i.) Same as Anchylose.

Ankylosis (n.) Same as Anchylosis.

Anlace (n.) A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.

Ann (n.) Alt. of Annat

Annat (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

Anna (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.

Annal (n.) See Annals.

Annalist (n.) A writer of annals.

Annalistic (a.) Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.

Annalize (v. t.) To record in annals.

Annals (n. pl.) A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

Annals (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history.

Annals (n. pl.) The record of a single event or item.

Annals (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."

Annats (n. pl.) Alt. of Annates

Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

Annealed (imp. & p. p.) of Anneal

Annealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anneal

Anneal (v. t.) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Anneal (v. t.) To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

Annealer (n.) One who, or that which, anneals.

Annealing (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

Annealing (n.) The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

Annectent (a.) Connecting; annexing.

Annelid (a.) Alt. of Annelidan

Annelidan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida.

Annelidan (n.) One of the Annelida.

Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda.

Annelidous (a.) Of the nature of an annelid.

Annellata (n. pl.) See Annelida.

Anneloid (n.) An animal resembling an annelid.

Annexed (imp. & p. p.) of Annex

Annexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annex

Annex (v. t.) To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

Annex (v. t.) To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

Annex (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

Annex (v. i.) To join; to be united.

Annex (n.) Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

Annexation (v. t.) The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

Annexation (v. t.) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.

Annexationist (n.) One who favors annexation.

Annexer (n.) One who annexes.

Annexion (n.) Annexation.

Annexionist (n.) An annexationist.

Annexment (n.) The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.

Annihilable (a.) Capable of being annihilated.

Annihilated (imp. & p. p.) of Annihilate

Annihilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annihilate

Annihilate (v. t.) To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.

Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

Annihilate (a.) Annihilated.

Annihilation (n.) The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.

Annihilation (n.) The state of being annihilated.

Annihilationist (n.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

Annihilative (a.) Serving to annihilate; destructive.

Annihilator (n.) One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

Annihilatory (a.) Annihilative.

Anniversarily (adv.) Annually.

Anniversary (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

Anniversaries (pl. ) of Anniversary

Anniversary (n.) The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Anniversary (n.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

Anniversary (n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.

Anniverse (n.) Anniversary.

Annodated (a.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.

Anno Domini () In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.

Annominate (v. t.) To name.

Annomination (n.) Paronomasia; punning.

Annomination (n.) Alliteration.

Annotated (imp. & p. p.) of Annotate

Annotating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annotate

Annotate (n.) To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

Annotate (v. i.) To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

Annotation (n.) A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

Annotationist (n.) An annotator.

Annotative (a.) Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

Annotator (n.) A writer of annotations; a commentator.

Annotatory (a.) Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations.

Annotine (n.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

Annotinous (a.) A year old; in Yearly growths.

Annotto (n.) Alt. of Arnotto

Arnotto (n.) A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.

Announced (imp. & p. p.) of Announce

Announcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Announce

Announce (v. t.) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

Announce (v. t.) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Announcement (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

Announcer (n.) One who announces.

Annoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Annoy

Annoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annoy

Annoy (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

Annoy (n.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

Annoy (n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

Annoyance (n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

Annoyance (n.) That which annoys.

Annoyer (n.) One who, or that which, annoys.

Annoyful (a.) Annoying.

Annoying (a.) That annoys; molesting; vexatious.

Annoyous (a.) Troublesome; annoying.

Annual (a.) Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

Annual (a.) Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.

Annual (a.) Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.

Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.

Annual (n.) Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.

Annual (n.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

Annualist (n.) One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.

Annually (adv.) Yearly; year by year.

Annuary (a.) Annual.

Annuary (n.) A yearbook.

Annueler (n.) A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.

Annuent (a.) Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

Annuitant (n.) One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.

Annuities (pl. ) of Annuity

Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

Annulled (imp. & p. p.) of Annul

Annulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annul

Annul (a.) To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

Annul (a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

Annular (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

Annular (a.) Banded or marked with circles.

Annularity (n.) Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula.

Annularry (adv.) In an annular manner.

Annulary (a.) Having the form of a ring; annular.

Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.

Annulate (n.) One of the Annulata.

Annulate (a.) Alt. of Annulated

Annulated (a.) Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

Annulated (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.

Annulation (n.) A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.

Annulet (n.) A little ring.

Annulet (n.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

Annulet (n.) A little circle borne as a charge.

Annulet (n.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

Annullable (a.) That may be Annulled.

Annuller (n.) One who annuls.

Annulment (n.) The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

Annuloid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.

Annuloida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.

Annulosa (n. pl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only.

Annulosan (n.) One of the Annulosa.

Annulose (a.) Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.

Annulose (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.

Annuli (pl. ) of Annulus

Annulus (n.) A ring; a ringlike part or space.

Annulus (n.) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.

Annulus (n.) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

Annulus (n.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.

Annumerate (v. t.) To add on; to count in.

Annumeration (n.) Addition to a former number.

Annunciable (a.) That may be announced or declared; declarable.

Annunciated (imp. & p. p.) of Annunciate

Annunciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annunciate

Annunciate (v. t.) To announce.

Annunciate (p. p. & a.) Foretold; preannounced.

Annunciation (n.) The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

Annunciation (n.) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.

Annunciation (n.) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.

Annunciative (a.) Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.

Annunciator (n.) One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

Annunciator (n.) An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.

Annunciatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known.

Anoa (n.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

Anode (n.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge.

Anodyne (a.) Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

Anodyne (a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

Anodynous (a.) Anodyne.

Anoil (v. t.) To anoint with oil.

Anointed (imp. & p. p.) of Anoint

Anointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anoint

Anoint (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

Anoint (v. t.) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

Anoint (p. p.) Anointed.

Anointer (n.) One who anoints.

Anointment (n.) The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.

Anolis (n.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

Anomal (n.) Anything anomalous.

Anomaliped (a.) Alt. of Anomalipede

Anomalipede (a.) Having anomalous feet.

Anomaliped (n.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Anomalism (n.) An anomaly; a deviation from rule.

Anomalistic (a.) Alt. of Anomalistical

Anomalistical (a.) Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

Anomalistical (a.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.

Anomalistically (adv.) With irregularity.

Anomaloflorous (a.) Having anomalous flowers.

Anomalous (a.) Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

Anomalously (adv.) In an anomalous manner.

Anomalousness (n.) Quality of being anomalous.

Anomalies (pl. ) of Anomaly

Anomaly (n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.

Anomaly (n.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.

Anomaly (n.) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

Anomaly (n.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

Anomia (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

Anomophyllous (a.) Having leaves irregularly placed.

Anomura (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

Anomoura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

Anomural (a.) Alt. of Anomuran

Anomuran (a.) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.

Anomuran (n.) One of the Anomura.

Anomy (n.) Disregard or violation of law.

Anon (adv.) Straightway; at once.

Anon (adv.) Soon; in a little while.

Anon (adv.) At another time; then; again.

Anona (n.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.

Anonaceous (a.) Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

Anonym (n.) One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

Anonym (n.) A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word.

Anonymity (n.) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.

Anonymous (a.) Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

Anonymously (adv.) In an anonymous manner; without a name.

Anonymousness (n.) The state or quality of being anonymous.

Anophyte (n.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

Anopla (n. pl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.

Anoplothere (n.) Alt. of Anoplotherium

Anoplotherium (n.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

Anoplura (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

Anopsia (a.) Alt. of Anopsy

Anopsy (a.) Want or defect of sight; blindness.

Anorexia (n.) Alt. of Anorexy

Anorexy (n.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food.

Anormal (a.) Not according to rule; abnormal.

Anorn (v. t.) To adorn.

Anorthic (a.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

Anorthite (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

Anorthoscope (n.) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

Anosmia (n.) Loss of the sense of smell.

Another (pron. & a.) One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Another (pron. & a.) Not the same; different.

Another (pron. & a.) Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

Another-gaines (a.) Of another kind.

Another-gates (a.) Of another sort.

Another-guess (a.) Of another sort.

Anotta (n.) See Annotto.

Anoura (n.) See Anura.

Anourous (a.) See Anurous.

Ansae (pl. ) of Ansa

Ansa (n.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.

Ansated (a.) Having a handle.

Anserated (a.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.

Anseres (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

Anseriformes (n. pl.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

Anserine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

Anserine (a.) Pertaining to the Anseres.

Anserous (a.) Resembling a goose; silly; simple.

Answered (imp. & p. p.) of Answer

Answering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Answer

Answer (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

Answer (n.) To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.

Answer (n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.

Answer (n.) To be or act in return or response to.

Answer (n.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.

Answer (n.) To render account to or for.

Answer (n.) To atone; to be punished for.

Answer (n.) To be opposite to; to face.

Answer (n.) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

Answer (n.) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.

Answer (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.

Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.

Answer (v. i.) To be or act in return.

Answer (v. i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.

Answer (v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

Answer (v. i.) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.

Answer (v. i.) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.

Answer (n.) A reply to a change; a defense.

Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.

Answer (n.) Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.

Answer (n.) A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.

Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.

Answerable (a.) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.

Answerable (a.) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

Answerable (a.) Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.

Answerable (a.) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Answerable (a.) Equal; equivalent; adequate.

Answerableness (n.) The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

Answerably (adv.) In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.

Answerer (n.) One who answers.

Answerless (a.) Having no answer, or impossible to be answered.

An 't () An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj.

An't () A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't.

Ant- () See Anti-, prefix.

-ant () A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.

Ant (n.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

Antae (pl. ) of Anta

Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Antacid (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.

Antacid (a.) Counteractive of acidity.

Antacrid (a.) Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

Antaean (a.) Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Antagonist (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

Antagonistic (a.) Alt. of Antagonistical

Antagonistical (a.) Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

Antagonized (imp. & p. p.) of Antagonize

Antagonozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Antagonize

Antagonize (v. t.) To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Antagonize (v. i.) To act in opposition.

Antagony (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.

Antalgic (a.) Alleviating pain.

Antalgic (n.) A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.

Antalkali (n.) Alt. of Antalkaline

Antalkaline (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system.

Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.

Antambulacral (a.) Away from the ambulacral region.

Antanaclasis (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

Antanagoge (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

Antaphrodisiac (a.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.

Antaphrodisiac (n.) Anything that quells the venereal appetite.

Antaphroditic (a.) Antaphrodisiac.

Antaphroditic (a.) Antisyphilitic.

Antaphroditic (n.) An antaphroditic medicine.

Antapoplectic (a.) Good against apoplexy.

Antapoplectic (n.) A medicine used against apoplexy.

Antarchism (n.) Opposition to government in general.

Antarchist (n.) One who opposes all government.

Antarchistic (a.) Alt. of Antarchistical

Antarchistical (a.) Opposed to all human government.

Antarctic (a.) Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.

Antares (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

Antarthritic (a.) Counteracting or alleviating gout.

Antarthritic (n.) A remedy against gout.

Antasthmatic (a.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.

Antasthmatic (n.) A remedy for asthma.

Ant-bear (n.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

Ant bird () See Ant bird, under Ant, n.

Ant-cattle (n.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

Ante- () A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.

Ante (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

Ante (v. t. & i.) To put up (an ante).

Anteact (n.) A preceding act.

Anteal (a.) Being before, or in front.

Ant-eater (n.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

Antecedaneous (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time.

Antecede (v. t. & i.) To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

Antecedence (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Antecedency (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Antecedent (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.

Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.

Antecedent (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

Antecedent (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.

Antecessor (n.) One who goes before; a predecessor.

Antecessor (n.) An ancestor; a progenitor.

Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

Antechamber (n.) A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

Antechapel (n.) The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.

Antecians (n. pl.) See Ant/cians.

Antecommunion (n.) A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

Antecursor (n.) A forerunner; a precursor.

Antedate (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Antedate (n.) Anticipation.

Antedated (imp. & p. p.) of Antedate

Antedating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Antedate

Antedate (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.

Antedate (v. t.) To precede in time.

Antedate (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.

Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

Antediluvian (a.) Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.

Antediluvian (n.) One who lived before the Deluge.

Antefact (n.) Something done before another act.

Antefixes (pl. ) of Antefix

Antefixa (pl. ) of Antefix

Antefix (n.) An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

Antefix (n.) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

Anteflexion (n.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.

Ant egg () One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

Antelope (n.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.

Antelucan (a.) Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.

Antemeridian (a.) Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

Antemetic (a.) Tending to check vomiting.

Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.

Antemosaic (a.) Being before the time of Moses.

Antemundane (a.) Being or occurring before the creation of the world.

Antemural (n.) An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

Antenatal (a.) Before birth.

Antenicene (a.) Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.

Antennae (pl. ) of Antenna

Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

Antennal (a.) Belonging to the antennae.

Antenniferous (a.) Bearing or having antennae.

Antenniform (a.) Shaped like antennae.

Antennule (n.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.

Antenumber (n.) A number that precedes another.

Antenuptial (a.) Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.

Anteorbital (a. & n.) Same as Antorbital.

Antepaschal (a.) Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

Antepast (n.) A foretaste.

Antependium (n.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

Antepenult (n.) Alt. of Antepenultima

Antepenultima (n.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.

Antepenultimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.

Antepenultimate (n.) The antepenult.

Antephialtic (a.) Good against nightmare.

Antephialtic (n.) A remedy nightmare.

Antepileptic (a.) Good against epilepsy.

Antepileptic (n.) A medicine for epilepsy.

Antepone (v. t.) To put before; to prefer.

Anteport (n.) An outer port, gate, or door.

Anteportico (n.) An outer porch or vestibule.

Anteposition (n.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Anteprandial (a.) Preceding dinner.

Antepredicament (n.) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.

Anterior (a.) Before in time; antecedent.

Anterior (a.) Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

Anteriority (n.) The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

Anteriorly (adv.) In an anterior manner; before.

Anteroom (n.) A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

Antero- () A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

Antes (n. pl.) Antae. See Anta.

Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.

Antestomach (n.) A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds.

Antetemple (n.) The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

Anteversion (n.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

Antevert (v. t.) To prevent.

Antevert (v. t.) To displace by anteversion.

Anthelia (pl. ) of Anthelion

Anthelion (n.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

Anthelix (n.) Same as Antihelix.

Anthelmintic (a.) Good against intestinal worms.

Anthelmintic (n.) An anthelmintic remedy.

Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

Anthem (n.) A song or hymn of praise.

Anthem (v. t.) To celebrate with anthems.

Anthemion () A floral ornament. See Palmette

Anthemis (n.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

Anthemwise (adv.) Alternately.

Anther (n.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.

Antheridia (pl. ) of Antheridium

Antheridium (n.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.

Antheriferous (a.) Producing anthers, as plants.

Antheriferous (a.) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower.

Antheriform (a.) Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.

Antherogenous (a.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

Antheroid (a.) Resembling an anther.

Antherozoid (n.) Alt. of Antherozooid

Antherozooid (n.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

Ant-hill (n.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

Anthobian (n.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.

Anthobranchia (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

Anthocyanin (n.) Same as Anthokyan.

Anthodium (n.) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

Anthography (n.) A description of flowers.

Anthoid (a.) Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

Anthokyan (n.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

Antholite (n.) A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

Anthological (a.) Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.

Anthologist (n.) One who compiles an anthology.

Anthology (n.) A discourse on flowers.

Anthology (n.) A collection of flowers; a garland.

Anthology (n.) A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.

Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

Anthomania (n.) A extravagant fondness for flowers.

Anthony's Fire () See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

Anthophagous (a.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Anthophore (n.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.

Anthophorous (a.) Flower bearing; supporting the flower.

Anthophyllite (n.) A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.

Anthorism (n.) A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.

Anthotaxy (n.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

Anthozoa (n. pl.) The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

Anthozoan (a.) Pertaining to the Anthozoa.

Anthozoan (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Anthozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.

Anthracene (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.

Anthracic (a.) Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.

Anthraciferous (a.) Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.

Anthracite (n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Anthracitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.

Anthracoid (a.) Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

Anthracomancy (n.) Divination by inspecting a burning coal.

Anthracometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

Anthracometric (a.) Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

Anthraconite (n.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

Anthraquinone (n.) A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

Anthrax (n.) A carbuncle.

Anthrax (n.) A malignant pustule.

Anthrax (n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.

Anthropic (a.) Alt. of Anthropical

Anthropical (a.) Like or related to man; human.

Anthropidae (n. pl.) The group that includes man only.

Anthropocentric (a.) Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.

Anthropogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.

Anthropogeny (n.) The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

Anthropoglot (n.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

Anthropography (n.) That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.

Anthropoid (a.) Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.

Anthropoid (n.) An anthropoid ape.

Anthropoidal (a.) Anthropoid.

Anthropoidea (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

Anthropolatry (n.) Man worship.

Anthropolite (n.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.

Anthropologic (a.) Alt. of Anthropological

Anthropological (a.) Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.

Anthropologist (n.) One who is versed in anthropology.

Anthropology (n.) The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

Anthropology (n.) The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.

Anthropology (n.) That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.

Anthropomancy (n.) Divination by the entrails of human being.

Anthropometric (a.) Alt. of Anthropometrical

Anthropometrical (a.) Pertaining to anthropometry.

Anthropometry (n.) Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.

Anthropomorpha (n. pl.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

Anthropomorphic (a.) Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.

Anthropomorphism (n.) The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

Anthropomorphism (n.) The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

Anthropomorphist (n.) One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

Anthropomorphite (n.) One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

Anthropomorphitic (a.) to anthropomorphism.

Anthropomorphitism (n.) Anthropomorphism.

Anthropomorphize (v. t. & i.) To attribute a human form or personality to.

Anthropomorphology (n.) The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Anthropomorphosis (n.) Transformation into the form of a human being.

Anthropomorphous (a.) Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant.

Anthropopathic (a.) Alt. of Anthropopathical

Anthropopathical (a.) Of or pertaining to anthropopathy.

Anthropopathism (n.) Alt. of Anthropopathy

Anthropopathy (n.) The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.

Anthropophagi (n. pl.) Man eaters; cannibals.

Anthropophagic (a.) Alt. of Anthropophagical

Anthropophagical (a.) Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

Anthropophaginian (n.) One who east human flesh.

Anthropophagite (n.) A cannibal.

Anthropophagous (a.) Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

Anthropophagy (n.) The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Anthropophuism (n.) Human nature.

Anthroposcopy (n.) The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features.

Anthroposophy (n.) Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

Anthropotomical (a.) Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

Anthropotomist (n.) One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

Anthropotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.

Anthypnotic () See Antihypnotic.

Anthypochondriac (a. & n.) See Antihypochondriac.

Anthysteric (a. & n.) See Antihysteric.

Anti () A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

Antiae (n. pl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

Antialbumid (n.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

Antialbumose (n.) See Albumose.

Anti-American (a.) Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.

Antiaphrodisiac (a. & n.) Same as Antaphrodisiac.

Antiapoplectic (a. & n.) Same as Antapoplectic.

Antiar (n.) A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

Antiarin (n.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.

Antiasthmatic (a. & n.) Same as Antasthmatic.

Antiattrition (n.) Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

Antibacchius (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

Antibrachial (a.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

Antibrachium (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

Antibromic (n.) An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

Antiburgher (n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

Antic (a.) Old; antique.

Antic (a.)

Antic (a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

Antic (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

Antic (n.) An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.

Antic (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.

Antic (n.) A grotesque representation.

Antic (n.) An antimask.

Anticked (imp. & p. p.) of Antic

Antickt () of Antic

Antic (v. t.) To make appear like a buffoon.

Antic (v. i.) To perform antics.

Anticatarrhal (a.) Efficacious against catarrh.

Anticatarrhal (n.) An anticatarrhal remedy.

Anticathode (n.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

Anticausodic (a. & n.) Same as Anticausotic.

Anticausotic (a.) Good against an inflammatory fever.

Anticausotic (n.) A remedy for such a fever.

Antichamber (n.) See Antechamber.

Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

Antichrist (n.) A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

Antichristian (a.) Opposed to the Christian religion.

Antichristianism (n.) Alt. of Antichristianity

Antichristianity (n.) Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.

Antichristianly (adv.) In an antichristian manner.

Antichronical (a.) Deviating from the proper order of time.

Antichronism (n.) Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.

Antichthones (pl. ) of Antichthon

Antichthon (n.) A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.

Antichthon (n.) Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.

Anticipant (a.) Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

Anticipated (imp. & p. p.) of Anticipate

Anticipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anticipate

Anticipate (v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

Anticipate (v. t.) To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.

Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.

Anticipate (v. t.) To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

Anticipation (n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

Anticipation (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.

Anticipation (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

Anticipative (a.) Anticipating, or containing anticipation.

Anticipator (n.) One who anticipates.

Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

Anticivic (n.) Opposed to citizenship.

Anticivism (n.) Opposition to the body politic of citizens.

Anticlastic (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

Anticlimax (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

Anticlinal (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Anticlinoria (pl. ) of Anticlinorium

Anticlinorium (n.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Anticly (adv.) Oddly; grotesquely.

Antic-mask (n.) An antimask.

Anticness (n.) The quality of being antic.

Anticonstitutional (a.) Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Anticontagious (a.) Opposing or destroying contagion.

Anticonvulsive (a.) Good against convulsions.

Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

Anticous (a.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

Anticyclone (n.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.

Antidotal (a.) Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.

Antidotary (a.) Antidotal.

Antidote (n.) A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

Antidote (v. t.) To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.

Antidote (v. t.) To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

Antidotical (a.) Serving as an antidote.

Antidromous (a.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.

Antidysenteric (a.) Good against dysentery.

Antidysenteric (n.) A medicine for dysentery.

Antiemetic (a. / n.) Same as Antemetic.

Antiephialtic (a. & n.) Same as Antephialtic.

Antiepileptic (a. & n.) Same as Antepileptic.

Antifebrile (a. & n.) Febrifuge.

Antifebrine (n.) Acetanilide.

Anti-federalist (n.) One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.

Antifriction (n.) Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.

Antifriction (a.) Tending to lessen friction.

Antigalastic (a.) Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

Anti-Gallican (a.) Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Antigraph (n.) A copy or transcript.

Antiguggler (n.) A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

Antihelix (n.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.

Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.

Antihemorrhagic (n.) A remedy for hemorrhage.

Antihydrophobic (a.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.

Antihydrophobic (n.) A remedy for hydrophobia.

Antihydropic (a.) Good against dropsy.

Antihydropic (n.) A remedy for dropsy.

Antihypnotic (a.) Tending to prevent sleep.

Antihypnotic (n.) An antihypnotic agent.

Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.

Antihypochondriac (n.) A remedy for hypochondria.

Antihysteric (a.) Counteracting hysteria.

Antihysteric (n.) A remedy for hysteria.

Antiicteric (a.) Good against jaundice.

Antiicteric (n.) A remedy for jaundice.

Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.

Antilithic (a.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.

Antilithic (n.) An antilithic medicine.

Antilogarithm (n.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine.

Antilogous (a.) Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.

Antilogies (pl. ) of Antilogy

Antilogy (n.) A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.

Antiloimic (n.) A remedy against the plague.

Antilopine (a.) Of or relating to the antelope.

Antiloquist (n.) A contradicter.

Antiloquy (n.) Contradiction.

Antilyssic (a. & n.) Antihydrophobic.

Antimacassar (n.) A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

Antimagistrical (a.) Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates.

Antimalarial (a.) Good against malaria.

Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask.

Antimason (n.) One opposed to Freemasonry.

Antimasonry (n.) Opposition to Freemasonry.

Antimephitic (a.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases.

Antimephitic (n.) A remedy against mephitic gases.

Antimere (n.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

Antimetabole (n.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

Antimetathesis (n.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

Antimeter (n.) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.

Antimonarchic () Alt. of Antimonarchical

Antimonarchical () Opposed to monarchial government.

Antimonarchist (n.) An enemy to monarchial government.

Antimonate (n.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.

Antimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to antimony.

Antimonial (n.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.

Antimoniated (a.) Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.

Antimonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.

Antimonious (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

Antimonite (n.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.

Antimonite (n.) Stibnite.

Antimoniureted (a.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen.

Antimony (n.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

Antinational (a.) Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.

Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.

Antinephritic (n.) An antinephritic remedy.

Antinomian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.

Antinomian (n.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.

Antinomianism (n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians.

Antinomist (n.) An Antinomian.

Antinomies (pl. ) of Antinomy

Antinomy (n.) Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

Antinomy (n.) An opposing law or rule of any kind.

Antinomy (n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

Antiochian (a.) Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

Antiochian (a.) Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.

Antiodontalgic (a.) Efficacious in curing toothache.

Antiodontalgic (n.) A remedy for toothache.

Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

Antipapal (a.) Opposed to the pope or to popery.

Antiparallel (a.) Running in a contrary direction.

Antiparallels (n. pl.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

Antiparalytic (a.) Good against paralysis.

Antiparalytic (n.) A medicine for paralysis.

Antiparalytical (a.) Antiparalytic.

Antipathetic (a.) Alt. of Antipathetical

Antipathetical (a.) Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to.

Antipathic (a.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.

Antipathist (n.) One who has an antipathy.

Antipathize (v. i.) To feel or show antipathy.

Antipathous (a.) Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic.

Antipathies (pl. ) of Antipathy

Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

Antipathy (n.) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

Antipeptone (n.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.

Antiperistasis (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

Antiperistatic (a.) Pertaining to antiperistasis.

Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.

Antipharmic (a.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.

Antiphlogistian (n.) An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

Antiphlogistic (a.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.

Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.

Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.

Antiphon (n.) A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

Antiphon (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms.

Antiphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

Antiphonal (n.) A book of antiphons or anthems.

Antiphonary (n.) A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

Antiphone (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Antiphoner (n.) A book of antiphons.

Antiphonic (a.) Antiphonal.

Antiphonies (pl. ) of Antiphony

Antiphony (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

Antiphony (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.

Antiphrasis (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Antiphrastic (a.) Alt. of Antiphrastical

Antiphrastical (a.) Pertaining to antiphrasis.

Antiphthisic (a.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.

Antiphthisic (n.) A medicine for phthisis.

Antiphysical (a.) Contrary to nature; unnatural.

Antiphysical (a.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.

Antiplastic (a.) Diminishing plasticity.

Antiplastic (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

Antipodagric (a.) Good against gout.

Antipodagric (n.) A medicine for gout.

Antipodal (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.

Antipodal (a.) Diametrically opposite.

Antipode (n.) One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.

Antipodean (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

Antipodes (n.) Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.

Antipodes (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.

Antipodes (n.) Anything exactly opposite or contrary.

Antipole (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.

Antipope (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

Antipsoric (a.) Of use in curing the itch.

Antipsoric (n.) An antipsoric remedy.

Antiptosis (n.) The putting of one case for another.

Antiputrefactive (a.) Alt. of Antiputrescent

Antiputrescent (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.

Antipyic (n.) An antipyic medicine.

Antipyresis (n.) The condition or state of being free from fever.

Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

Antipyretic (n.) A febrifuge.

Antipyrine (n.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.

Antipyrotic (a.) Good against burns or pyrosis.

Antipyrotic (n.) Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.

Antiquarian (a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.

Antiquarian (n.) An antiquary.

Antiquarian (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.

Antiquarianism (n.) Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.

Antiquarianize (v. i.) To act the part of an antiquary.

Antiquary (a.) Pertaining to antiquity.

Antiquaries (pl. ) of Antiquary

Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.

Antiquate (v. t.) To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.

Antiquated (a.) Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.

Antiquatedness (n.) Quality of being antiquated.

Antiquateness (n.) Antiquatedness.

Antiquation (n.) The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.

Antique (a.) Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

Antique (a.) Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.

Antique (a.) Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

Antique (a.) Odd; fantastic.

Antique (a.) In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.

Antiquely (adv.) In an antique manner.

Antiqueness (n.) The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.

Antiquist (n.) An antiquary; a collector of antiques.

Antiquitarian (n.) An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]

Antiquities (pl. ) of Antiquity

Antiquity (n.) The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

Antiquity (n.) Old age.

Antiquity (n.) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

Antiquity (n.) The ancients; the people of ancient times.

Antiquity (n.) An old gentleman.

Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

Antirachitic (a.) Good against the rickets.

Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.

Antisabbatarian (n.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.

Antisacerdotal (a.) Hostile to priests or the priesthood.

Antiscians (n. pl.) Alt. of Antiscii

Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.

Antiscoletic (a.) Alt. of Antiscolic

Antiscolic (a.) Anthelmintic.

Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.

Antiscorbutic (n.) A remedy for scurvy.

Antiscorbutical (a.) Antiscorbutic.

Antiscriptural (a.) Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.

Antisepalous (a.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.

Antiseptic (a.) Alt. of Antiseptical

Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.

Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

Antiseptically (adv.) By means of antiseptics.

Antislavery (a.) Opposed to slavery.

Antislavery (n.) Opposition to slavery.

Antisocial (a.) Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

Antisocialist (n.) One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.

Antisolar (a.) Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180¡ distant from the sun.

Antispasmodic (a.) Good against spasms.

Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.

Antispast (n.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).

Antispastic (a.) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.

Antispastic (a.) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.

Antispastic (n.) An antispastic agent.

Antisplenetic (a.) Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.

Antisplenetic (n.) An antisplenetic medicine.

Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.

Antistrophe (n.) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

Antistrophe (n.) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Antistrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

Antistrophon (n.) An argument retorted on an opponent.

Antistrumatic (a.) Antistrumous.

Antistrumatic (n.) A medicine for scrofula.

Antistrumous (a.) Good against scrofulous disorders.

Antisyphilitic (a.) Efficacious against syphilis.

Antisyphilitic (n.) A medicine for syphilis.

Antitheism (n.) The doctrine of antitheists.

Antitheist (n.) A disbeliever in the existence of God.

Antitheses (pl. ) of Antithesis

Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

Antithesis (n.) The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

Antithesis (n.) Opposition; contrast.

Antithet (n.) An antithetic or contrasted statement.

Antithetic (a.) Alt. of Antithetical

Antithetical (a.) Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

Antithetically (adv.) By way antithesis.

Antitoxin (n.) Alt. of Antitoxine

Antitoxine (n.) A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

Anti-trade (n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

Antitragus (n.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.

Antitrochanter (n.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

Antitropal (a.) Alt. of Antitropous

Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.

Antitypal (a.) Antitypical.

Antitype (n.) That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

Antitypical (a.) Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.

Antitypous (a.) Resisting blows; hard.

Antitypy (n.) Opposition or resistance of matter to force.

Antivaccination (n.) Opposition to vaccination.

Antivaccinationist (n.) An antivaccinist.

Antivaccinist (n.) One opposed to vaccination.

Antivariolous (a.) Preventing the contagion of smallpox.

Antivenereal (a.) Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.

Antivivisection (n.) Opposition to vivisection.

Antivivisectionist (n.) One opposed to vivisection

Antizymic (a.) Preventing fermentation.

Antizymotic (a.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition.

Antizymotic (n.) An agent so used.

Antler (n.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.

Antlered (a.) Furnished with antlers.

Antilae (pl. ) of Antlia

Antlia (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

Antoeci (n. pl) Alt. of Antoecians

Antoecians (n. pl) Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.

Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

Antonomastic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.

Antonomasy (n.) Antonomasia.

Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.

Antorbital (a.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.

Antorbital (n.) The antorbital bone.

Antorgastic (a.) See Antiorgastic.

Antozone (n.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

Antral (a.) Relating to an antrum.

Antre (n.) A cavern.

Antrorse (a.) Forward or upward in direction.

Antrovert (v. t.) To bend forward.

Antra (pl. ) of Antrum

Antrum (n.) A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus

Antrustion (n.) A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises

Ant thrush () One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

Ant thrush () See Ant bird, under Ant.

Anubis (n.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.

Anura (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

Anurous (a.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

Anury (n.) Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.

Anus (n.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.

Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

Anvil (n.) Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.

Anvil (n.) the incus. See Incus.

Anvil (v. t.) To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.

Anxietude (n.) The state of being anxious; anxiety.

Anxieties (pl. ) of Anxiety

Anxiety (n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

Anxiety (n.) Eager desire.

Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.

Anxious (a.) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

Anxious (a.) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.

Anxious (a.) Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.

Anxiously (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

Anxiousness (n.) The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

Any (a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.

Any (a. & pron.) Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?

Any (adv.) To any extent; in any degree; at all.

Anybody (n.) Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

Anybody (n.) A person of consideration or standing.

Anyhow (adv.) In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.

Anyone (n.) One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]

Anything (n.) Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.

Anything (n.) Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.

Anything (adv.) In any measure; anywise; at all.

Anythingarian (n.) One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

Anyway (adv.) Alt. of Anyways

Anyways (adv.) Anywise; at all.

Anywhere (adv.) In any place.

Anywhither (adv.) To or towards any place.

Anywise (adv.) In any wise or way; at all.

Aonian (a.) Pertaining to Aonia, in B/otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.

Aorist (n.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

Aoristic (a.) Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.

Aorta (n.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

Aortic (a.) Of or pertaining to the aorta.

Aortitis (n.) Inflammation of the aorta.

Aoudad (n.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

Apace (adv.) With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.

Apaches (n. pl.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

Apagoge (n.) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Apagogic (a.) Alt. of Apagogical

Apagogical (a.) Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.

Apaid (a.) Paid; pleased.

Apair (v. t. & i.) To impair or become impaired; to injure.

Apalachian (a.) See Appalachian.

Apanage (n.) Same as Appanage.

Apanthropy (n.) An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

Apar (n.) Alt. of Apara

Apara (n.) See Mataco.

Aparejo (n.) A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

Aparithmesis (n.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.

Apart (adv.) Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

Apart (adv.) In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

Apart (adv.) Aside; away.

Apart (adv.) In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

Apartment (n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

Apartment (n.) A set or suite of rooms.

Apartment (n.) A compartment.

Apartness (n.) The quality of standing apart.

Apastron (n.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Apathetic (a.) Alt. of Apathetical

Apathetical (a.) Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

Apathetically (adv.) In an apathetic manner.

Apathist (n.) One who is destitute of feeling.

Apathistical (a.) Apathetic; une motional.

Apathies (pl. ) of Apathy

Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.

Apatite (n.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

Apaume (n.) See Appaume.

Ape (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

Ape (n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.

Ape (n.) A dupe.

Aped (imp. & p. p.) of Ape

Aping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ape

Ape (v. t.) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

Apeak (adv. & a.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.

Apehood (n.) The state of being an ape.

Apellous (a.) Destitute of skin.

Apennine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

Apepsy (n.) Defective digestion, indigestion.

Aper (n.) One who apes.

Aperea (n.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).

Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Aperient (n.) An aperient medicine or food.

Aperitive (a.) Serving to open; aperient.

Apert (a.) Open; evident; undisguised.

Apert (adv.) Openly.

Apertion (n.) The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.

Apertly (adv.) Openly; clearly.

Apertness (n.) Openness; frankness.

Aperture (n.) The act of opening.

Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

Aperture (n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

Aperies (pl. ) of Apery

Apery (n.) A place where apes are kept.

Apery (n.) The practice of aping; an apish action.

Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

Apetalousness (n.) The state of being apetalous.

Apexes (pl. ) of Apex

Apices (pl. ) of Apex

Apex (n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Apex (n.) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

Aphaeresis (n.) Same as Apheresis.

Aphakia (n.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.

Aphakial (a.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

Aphaniptera (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

Aphanipterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.

Aphanite (n.) A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.

Aphanitic (a.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.

Aphasia (n.) Alt. of Aphasy

Aphasy (n.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

Aphasic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

Aphelia (pl. ) of Aphelion

Aphelion (n.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

Apheliotropic (a.) Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.

Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

Apheresis (n.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.

Apheresis (n.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.

Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.

Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.

Aphetism (n.) An aphetized form of a word.

Aphetize (v. t.) To shorten by aphesis.

Aphid (n.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.

Aphides (n. pl.) See Aphis.

Aphidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidae.

Aphidian (n.) One of the aphides; an aphid.

Aphidivorous () Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

Aphidophagous (a.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

Aphilanthropy (n.) Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy.

Aphides (pl. ) of Aphis

Aphis (n.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.

Aphis lion () The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

Aphlogistic (a.) Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.

Aphonia (n.) Alt. of Aphony

Aphony (n.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

Aphonic (a.) Alt. of Aphonous

Aphonous (a.) Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

Aphorism (n.) A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.

Aphorismatic (a.) Alt. of Aphorismic

Aphorismic (a.) Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

Aphorismer (n.) A dealer in aphorisms.

Aphorist (n.) A writer or utterer of aphorisms.

Aphoristic (a.) Alt. of Aphoristical

Aphoristical (a.) In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.

Aphoristically (adv.) In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

Aphorize (v. i.) To make aphorisms.

Aphrite (n.) See under Calcite.

Aphrodisiac (a.) Alt. of Aphrodisiacal

Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.

Aphrodisiac (n.) That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.

Aphrodisian (a.) Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].

Aphrodite (n.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

Aphrodite (n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.

Aphrodite (n.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Aphroditic (a.) Venereal.

Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.

Aphtha (n.) The disease, also called thrush.

Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Aphthoid (a.) Of the nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.

Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.

Aphthous (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Aphyllous (a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

Apiaceous (a.) Umbelliferous.

Apian (a.) Belonging to bees.

Apiarian (a.) Of or relating to bees.

Apiarist (n.) One who keeps an apiary.

Apiary (n.) A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

Apical (a.) At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.

Apices (n. pl.) See Apex.

Apician (a.) Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.

Apicular (a.) Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

Apiculate (a.) Alt. of Apiculated

Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Apiculture (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

Apiece (adv.) Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.

Apieces (adv.) In pieces or to pieces.

Apiked (a.) Trimmed.

Apiol (n.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.

Apiologist (n.) A student of bees.

Apis (n.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.

Apishly (adv.) In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

Apishness (n.) The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.

Aplacental (a.) Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Aplacentata (n. pl.) Mammals which have no placenta.

Aplacophora (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

Aplanatic (a.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.

Aplanatism (n.) Freedom from spherical aberration.

Aplastic (a.) Not plastic or easily molded.

Aplomb (n.) Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

Aplotomy (n.) Simple incision.

Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

Aplysia (n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

Apneumona (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

Apo () A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

Apocalypse (n.) The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

Apocalypse (n.) Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.

Apocalyptic (a.) Alt. of Apocalyptical

Apocalyptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.

Apocalyptic (n.) Alt. of Apocalyptist

Apocalyptist (n.) The writer of the Apocalypse.

Apocalyptically (adv.) By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Apocarpous (a.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.

Apocopate (v. t.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Apocopate (a.) Alt. of Apocopated

Apocopated (a.) Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

Apocopation (n.) Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Apocope (n.) A cutting off; abscission.

Apocrisiary (n.) Alt. of Apocrisiarius

Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.

Apocrustic (n.) An apocrustic medicine.

Apocryphas (pl. ) of Apocrypha

Apocrypha (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.

Apocrypha (n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

Apocryphal (a.) Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha.

Apocryphally (adv.) In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

Apocynaceous (a.) Alt. of Apocyneous

Apocyneous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.

Apocynin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).

Apod (n.) Alt. of Apodal

Apodal (n.) Without feet; footless.

Apodal (n.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

Apods (pl. ) of Apode

Apodes (pl. ) of Apode

Apod (n.) Alt. of Apode

Apode (n.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

Apoda (n.) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.

Apoda (n.) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.

Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.

Apodan (a.) Apodal.

Apodeictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical

Apodictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical

Apodeictical (a.) Alt. of Apodictical

Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.

Apodeictically (adv.) Alt. of Apodictically

Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Apodeme (n.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

Apodes (n. pl.) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.

Apodes (n. pl.) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.

Apodictic (a.) Same as Apodeictic.

Apodixis (n.) Full demonstration.

Apodosis (n.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

Apodous (a.) Apodal; apod.

Apodyterium (n.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

Apogaic (a.) Apogean.

Apogamic (a.) Relating to apogamy.

Apogamy (n.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

Apogeal (a.) Apogean.

Apogean (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

Apogee (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.

Apogeotropism (n.) The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

Apograph (n.) A copy or transcript.

Apohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

Apolar (a.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Apolaustic (a.) Devoted to enjoyment.

Apollinarian (a.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

Apollinarian (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.

Apollo (n.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus.

Apollonian (a.) Alt. of Apollonic

Apollonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

Apollyon (n.) The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Apologer (n.) A teller of apologues.

Apologetic (a.) Alt. of Apologetical

Apologetical (a.) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.

Apologetically (adv.) By way of apology.

Apologetics (n.) That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Apologist (n.) One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

Apologized (imp. & p. p.) of Apologize

Apologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apologize

Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or defense.

Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.

Apologize (v. t.) To defend.

Apologizer (n.) One who makes an apology; an apologist.

Apologue (n.) A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

Apologies (pl. ) of Apology

Apology (n.) Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.

Apology (n.) An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

Apology (n.) Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

Apology (v. i.) To offer an apology.

Apomecometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the height of objects.

Apomecometry (n.) The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.

Apomorphia (n.) Alt. of Apomorphine

Apomorphine (n.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

Aponeuroses (pl. ) of Aponeurosis

Aponeurosis (n.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

Aponeurotic (a.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

Aponeurotomy (n.) Dissection of aponeuroses.

Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]

Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.

Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.

Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.

Apophlegmatism (n.) An apophlegmatic.

Apophlegmatizant (n.) An apophlegmatic.

Apophthegm (n.) See Apothegm.

Apophthegmatic (a.) Alt. of Apophthegmatical

Apophthegmatical (a.) Same as Apothegmatic.

Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.

Apophyllite (n.) A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

-ses (pl. ) of Apophysis

Apophysis (n.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

Apophysis (n.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

Apoplectic (a.) Alt. of Apoplectical

Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Apoplectic (n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Apoplectiform (a.) Alt. of Apoplectoid

Apoplectoid (a.) Resembling apoplexy.

Apoplex (n.) Apoplexy.

Apoplexed (a.) Affected with apoplexy.

Apoplexy (n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

Aporetical (a.) Doubting; skeptical.

Aporias (pl. ) of Aporia

Aporia (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.

Aporosa (n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

Aporose (a.) Without pores.

Aport (adv.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."

Apositic (a.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

Apostasies (pl. ) of Apostasy

Apostasy (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

Apostate (n.) One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.

Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

Apostate (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.

Apostate (v. i.) To apostatize.

Apostatic (a.) Apostatical.

Apostatical (a.) Apostate.

Apostatized (imp. & p. p.) of Apostatize

Apostatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apostatize

Apostatize (v. i.) To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.

Apostemate (v. i.) To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

Apostemation (n.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.

Apostematous (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

A posteriori () Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.

Apostil (n.) Alt. of Apostille

Apostille (n.) A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.

Apostle (n.) Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.

Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.

Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.

Apostleship (n.) The office or dignity of an apostle.

Apostolate (n.) The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.

Apostolate (n.) The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

Apostolic (a.) Alt. of Apostolical

Apostolical (a.) Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

Apostolical (a.) According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

Apostolical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.

Apostolic (n.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

Apostolically (adv.) In an apostolic manner.

Apostolicalness (n.) Apostolicity.

Apostolicism (n.) Alt. of Apostolicity

Apostolicity (n.) The state or quality of being apostolical.

Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

Apostrophe (n.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.

Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.

Apostrophic (a.) Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To address by apostrophe.

Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.

Apostrophize (v. i.) To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

Apostume (n.) See Aposteme.

Apotactite (n.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

Apotelesm (n.) The result or issue.

Apotelesm (n.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity.

Apotelesmatic (a.) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.

Apotelesmatic (a.) Relating to an issue of fulfillment.

Apothecaries (pl. ) of Apothecary

Apothecary (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

Apothecia (pl. ) of Apothecium

Apothecium (n.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

Apothegm (n.) Alt. of Apophthegm

Apophthegm (n.) A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

Apothegmatic (a.) Alt. of Apothegmatical

Apothegmatical (a.) Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.

Apothegmatist (n.) A collector or maker of apothegms.

Apothegmatize (v. i.) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

Apothem (n.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

Apothem (n.) A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.

Apotheoses (pl. ) of Apotheosis

Apotheosis (n. pl.) The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

Apotheosis (n. pl.) Glorification; exaltation.

Apotheosize (v. t.) To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.

Apothesis (n.) A dressing room connected with a public bath.

Apotome (n.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

Apotome (n.) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.

Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.

Apozemical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.

Appair (v. t. & i.) To impair; to grow worse.

Appalachian (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

Appalled (imp. & p. p.) of Appall

Appalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appall

Appall (a.) To make pale; to blanch.

Appall (a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.

Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Appall (v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.

Appall (n.) Terror; dismay.

Appalling (a.) Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

Appallment (n.) Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.

Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

Appanage (n.) A dependency; a dependent territory.

Appanage (n.) That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.

Appanagist (n.) A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

Apparaillyng (v.) Preparation.

Apparatus (pl. ) of Apparatus

Apparatuses (pl. ) of Apparatus

Apparatus (n.) Things provided as means to some end.

Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

Apparatus (n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

Apparel (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

Apparel (n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

Apparel (n.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Appareled (imp. & p. p.) of Apparel

Apparelled () of Apparel

Appareling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apparel

Apparelling () of Apparel

Apparel (v. t.) To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.

Apparel (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Apparel (v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.

Apparel (v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Apparence (n.) Appearance.

Apparency (n.) Appearance.

Apparency (n.) Apparentness; state of being apparent.

Apparency (n.) The position of being heir apparent.

Apparent (a.) Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

Apparent (a.) Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

Apparent (a.) Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

Apparent (n.) An heir apparent.

Apparently (adv.) Visibly.

Apparently (adv.) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

Apparently (adv.) Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

Apparentness (n.) Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.

Apparition (n.) The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

Apparition (n.) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

Apparition (n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.

Apparition (n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.

Apparitional (a.) Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

Apparitor (n.) Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.

Apparitor (n.) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.

Appaume (n.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

Appay (v. t.) To pay; to satisfy or appease.

Appeach (v. t.) To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.

Appeacher (n.) An accuser.

Appeachment (n.) Accusation.

Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of Appeal

Appealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appeal

Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.

Appeal (v. t.) To summon; to challenge.

Appeal (v. t.) To invoke.

Appeal (v. t.) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.

Appeal (v. t.) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.

Appeal (v. t.) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.

Appeal (v. t.) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.

Appeal (v. t.) The right of appeal.

Appeal (v. t.) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.

Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement.

Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.

Appeal (v. t.) A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.

Appeal (v. t.) Resort to physical means; recourse.

Appealable (a.) Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.

Appealant (n.) An appellant.

Appealer (n.) One who makes an appeal.

Appealing (a.) That appeals; imploring.

Appeared (imp. & p. p.) of Appear

Appearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appear

Appear (v. i.) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

Appear (v. i.) To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

Appear (v. i.) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

Appear (v. i.) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

Appear (v. i.) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

Appear (n.) Appearance.

Appearance (n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

Appearance (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

Appearance (n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

Appearance (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.

Appearance (n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

Appearance (n.) Probability; likelihood.

Appearance (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

Appearer (n.) One who appears.

Appearingly (adv.) Apparently.

Appeasable (a.) Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

Appealed (imp. & p. p.) of Appease

Appeasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appease

Appease (v. t.) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

Appeasement (n.) The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.

Appeaser (n.) One who appeases; a pacifier.

Appeasive (a.) Tending to appease.

Appellable (a.) Appealable.

Appellancy (n.) Capability of appeal.

Appellant (a.) Relating to an appeal; appellate.

Appellant (n.) One who accuses another of felony or treason.

Appellant (n.) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.

Appellant (n.) A challenger.

Appellant (n.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.

Appellant (n.) One who appeals or entreats.

Appellate (a.) Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.

Appellate (n.) A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

Appellation (n.) The act of appealing; appeal.

Appellation (n.) The act of calling by a name.

Appellation (n.) The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

Appellative (a.) Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

Appellative (a.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.

Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.

Appellative (n.) An appellation or title; a descriptive name.

Appellatively (adv.) After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

Appellativeness (n.) The quality of being appellative.

Appellatory (a.) Containing an appeal.

Appellee (n.) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.

Appellee (n.) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor.

Appellor (n.) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.

Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.

Appenage (n.) See Appanage.

Appended (imp. & p. p.) of Append

Appending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Append

Append (v. t.) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

Append (v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.

Appendage (n.) Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

Appendage (n.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

Appendaged (a.) Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.

Appendance (n.) Something appendant.

Appendant (v. t.) Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.

Appendant (v. t.) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.

Appendant (n.) Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

Appendant (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

Appendence (n.) Alt. of Appendency

Appendency (n.) State of being appendant; appendance.

Appendical (a.) Of or like an appendix.

Appendicate (v. t.) To append.

Appendication (n.) An appendage.

Appendicitis (n.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

Appendicle (n.) A small appendage.

Appendicular (a.) Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.

Appendicularia (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.

Appendiculata (n. pl.) An order of annelids; the Polych/ta.

Appendiculate (a.) Having small appendages; forming an appendage.

Appendixes (pl. ) of Appendix

Appendices (pl. ) of Appendix

Appendix (n.) Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.

Appendix (n.) Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

Appension (n.) The act of appending.

Apperceive (v. t.) To perceive; to comprehend.

Apperception (n.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.

Apperil (n.) Peril.

Appertained (imp. & p. p.) of Appertain

Appertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appertain

Appertain (v. i.) To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

Appertainment (n.) That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.

Appertinance (n.) Alt. of Appertinence

Appertinence (n.) See Appurtenance.

Appertinent (a.) Belonging; appertaining.

Appertinent (n.) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.

Appete (v. t.) To seek for; to desire.

Appetence (n.) A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Appetencies (pl. ) of Appetency

Appetency (n.) Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

Appetency (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.

Appetency (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

Appetent (a.) Desiring; eagerly desirous.

Appetibility (n.) The quality of being desirable.

Appetible (a.) Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

Appetite (n.) The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

Appetite (n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

Appetite (n.) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

Appetite (n.) Tendency; appetency.

Appetite (n.) The thing desired.

Appetition (n.) Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.

Appetitive (a.) Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.

Appetize (v. t.) To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.

Appetizer (n.) Something which creates or whets an appetite.

Appetizing (a.) Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.

Appetizing (adv.) So as to excite appetite.

Appian (a.) Of or pertaining to Appius.

Applauded (imp. & p. p.) of Applaud

Applauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Applaud

Applaud (v. t.) To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.

Applaud (v. t.) To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.

Applaud (v. i.) To express approbation loudly or significantly.

Applauder (n.) One who applauds.

Applausable (a.) Worthy of applause; praiseworthy.

Applause (n.) The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

Applausive (a.) Expressing applause; approbative.

Apple (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.

Apple (n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

Apple (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.

Apple (n.) Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

Apple (v. i.) To grow like an apple; to bear apples.

Apple-faced (a.) Having a round, broad face, like an apple.

Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy.

Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple.

Apple pie () A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.

Apple-squire (n.) A pimp; a kept gallant.

Appliable (a.) Applicable; also, compliant.

Appliance (n.) The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.

Appliance (n.) The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

Applicability (n.) The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.

Applicable (a.) Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

Applicancy (n.) The quality or state of being applicable.

Applicant (n.) One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

Applicate (a.) Applied or put to some use.

Applicate (v. i.) To apply.

Application (n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Application (n.) The thing applied.

Application (n.) The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

Application (n.) The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

Application (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.

Application (n.) The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

Application (n.) The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Application (n.) The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

Application (n.) A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

Applicative (a.) Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

Applicatorily (adv.) By way of application.

Applicatory (a.) Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

Applicatory (n.) That which applies.

Appliedly (adv.) By application.

Applier (n.) He who, or that which, applies.

Appliment (n.) Application.

Applique (a.) Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.

Applotted (imp. & p. p.) of Applot

Applotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Applot

Applot (v. t.) To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.

Applotment (n.) Apportionment.

Applied (imp. & p. p.) of Apply

Applying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apply

Apply (v. t.) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

Apply (v. t.) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

Apply (v. t.) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

Apply (v. t.) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

Apply (v. t.) To direct or address.

Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.

Apply (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

Apply (v. t.) To visit.

Apply (v. i.) To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

Apply (v. i.) To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

Apply (v. i.) To ply; to move.

Apply (v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

Appointed (imp. & p. p.) of Appoint

Appointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appoint

Appoint (v. t.) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

Appoint (v. t.) To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.

Appoint (v. t.) To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

Appoint (v. t.) To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

Appoint (v. t.) To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.

Appoint (v. t.) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.

Appoint (v. i.) To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

Appointable (a.) Capable of being appointed or constituted.

Appointee (v. t.) A person appointed.

Appointee (v. t.) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.

Appointer (n.) One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.

Appointive (a.) Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.

Appointment (n.) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

Appointment (n.) The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.

Appointment (n.) Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.

Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.

Appointment (n.) The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

Appointment (n.) Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.

Appointment (n.) An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.

Appointment (n.) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Appointor (n.) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.

Apporter (n.) A bringer in; an importer.

Apportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Apportion

Apportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apportion

Apportion (v. t.) To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

Apportionateness (n.) The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.

Apportioner (n.) One who apportions.

Apportionment (n.) The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.

Appose (v. t.) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

Appose (v. t.) To place in juxtaposition or proximity.

Appose (v. t.) To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.

Apposed (a.) Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.

Apposer (n.) An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

Apposite (a.) Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.

Apposition (n.) The act of adding; application; accretion.

Apposition (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.

Apposition (n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.

Appositional (a.) Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Appositive (a.) Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.

Appositive (n.) A noun in apposition.

Appraisable (a.) Capable of being appraised.

Appraisal (n.) A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

Appraised (imp. & p. p.) of Appraise

Appraising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appraise

Appraise (v. t.) To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

Appraise (v. t.) To estimate; to conjecture.

Appraise (v. t.) To praise; to commend.

Appraisement (n.) The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

Appraiser (n.) One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Apprecation (n.) Earnest prayer; devout wish.

Apprecatory (a.) Praying or wishing good.

Appreciable (a.) Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.

Appreciant (a.) Appreciative.

Appreciated (imp. & p. p.) of Appreciate

Appreciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appreciate

Appreciate (v. t.) To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

Appreciate (v. t.) To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.

Appreciate (v. t.) To be sensible of; to distinguish.

Appreciate (v. i.) To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]

Appreciatingly (adv.) In an appreciating manner; with appreciation.

Appreciation (n.) A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

Appreciation (n.) Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.

Appreciation (n.) A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.

Appreciative (a.) Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.

Appreciativeness (n.) The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

Appreciator (n.) One who appreciates.

Appreciatory (a.) Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.

Apprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Apprehend

Apprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apprehend

Apprehend (v. t.) To take or seize; to take hold of.

Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

Apprehend (v. t.) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

Apprehend (v. t.) To know or learn with certainty.

Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

Apprehend (v. i.) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

Apprehend (v. i.) To be apprehensive; to fear.

Apprehender (n.) One who apprehends.

Apprehensibiity (n.) The quality of being apprehensible.

Apprehensible (a.) Capable of being apprehended or conceived.

Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

Apprehension (n.) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

Apprehension (n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Apprehensive (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

Apprehensive (a.) Knowing; conscious; cognizant.

Apprehensive (a.) Relating to the faculty of apprehension.

Apprehensive (a.) Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.

Apprehensive (a.) Sensible; feeling; perceptive.

Apprehensively (adv.) In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.

Apprehensiveness (n.) The quality or state of being apprehensive.

Apprentice (n.) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

Apprentice (n.) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.

Apprentice (n.) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.

Apprenticed (imp. & p. p.) of Apprentice

Apprenticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apprentice

Apprentice (v. t.) To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Apprenticeage (n.) Apprenticeship.

Apprenticehood (n.) Apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship (n.) The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

Apprenticeship (n.) The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).

Appressed (a.) Alt. of Apprest

Apprest (a.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,

Apprised (imp. & p. p.) of Apprise

Apprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apprise

Apprise (v. t.) To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

Apprise (n.) Notice; information.

Apprizal (n.) See Appraisal.

Apprize (v. t.) To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Apprizement (n.) Appraisement.

Apprizer (n.) An appraiser.

Apprizer (n.) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.

Approached (imp. & p. p.) of Approach

Approaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approach

Approach (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

Approach (v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.

Approach (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.

Approach (v. t.) To take approaches to.

Approach (v. i.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

Approach (v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

Approach (v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.

Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

Approach (v. i.) See Approaching.

Approachability (n.) The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

Approachable (a.) Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

Approachableness (n.) The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

Approacher (n.) One who approaches.

Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

Approachless (a.) Impossible to be approached.

Approachment (n.) Approach.

Approbate (a.) Approved.

Approbate (v. t.) To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

Approbation (n.) Proof; attestation.

Approbation (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Approbation (n.) Probation or novitiate.

Approbative (a.) Approving, or implying approbation.

Approbativeness (n.) The quality of being approbative.

Approbativeness (n.) Love of approbation.

Approbator (n.) One who approves.

Approbatory (a.) Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.

Appromt (v. t.) To quicken; to prompt.

Approof (n.) Trial; proof.

Approof (n.) Approval; commendation.

Appropinquate (v. i.) To approach.

Appropinquation (n.) A drawing nigh; approach.

Appropinquity (n.) Nearness; propinquity.

Appropre (v. t.) To appropriate.

Appropriable (a.) Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.

Appropriament (n.) What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.

Appropriate (a.) Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

Appropriated (imp. & p. p.) of Appropriate

Appropriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appropriate

Appropriate (v. t.) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Appropriate (v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

Appropriate (v. t.) To make suitable; to suit.

Appropriate (v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Appropriate (n.) A property; attribute.

Appropriately (adv.) In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

Appropriateness (n.) The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.

Appropriation (n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

Appropriation (n.) Anything, especially money, thus set apart.

Appropriation (n.) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

Appropriation (n.) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.

Appropriative (a.) Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.

Appropriator (n.) One who appropriates.

Appropriator (n.) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

Approvable (a.) Worthy of being approved; meritorious.

Approval (n.) Approbation; sanction.

Approvance (n.) Approval.

Approved (imp. & p. p.) of Approve

Approving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approve

Approve (v. t.) To show to be real or true; to prove.

Approve (v. t.) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Approve (v. t.) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.

Approve (v. t.) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.

Approve (v. t.) To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

Approve (v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approvedly (adv.) So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

Approvement (n.) Approbation.

Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.

Approvement (n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.

Approver (n.) One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

Approver (n.) An informer; an accuser.

Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Approving (a.) Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.

Approximate (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Approximate (a.) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Approximated (imp. & p. p.) of Approximate

Approximating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approximate

Approximate (v. t.) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Approximate (v. t.) To come near to; to approach.

Approximate (v. i.) To draw; to approach.

Approximately (adv.) With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Approximation (n.) The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

Approximation (n.) An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

Approximation (n.) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.

Approximation (n.) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

Approximative (a.) Approaching; approximate.

Approximator (n.) One who, or that which, approximates.

Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.

Appulse (n.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.

Appulsion (n.) A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Appulsive (a.) Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.

Appulsively (adv.) By appulsion.

Appurtenance (n.) That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.

Appurtenant (a.) Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.

Appurtenant (n.) Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.

Apricate (v. t. & i.) To bask in the sun.

Aprication (n.) Basking in the sun.

Apricot (n.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

April (n.) The fourth month of the year.

April (n.) Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.

A priori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

A priori () Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.

Apriorism (n.) An a priori principle.

Apriority (n.) The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

Aprocta (n. pl.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

Aproctous (a.) Without an anal office.

Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

Apron (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;

Apron (n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.

Apron (n.) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot.

Apron (n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.

Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.

Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

Apron (n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.

Apron (n.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.

Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.

Apron (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

Aproned (a.) Wearing an apron.

Apronfuls (pl. ) of Apronful

Apronful (n.) The quantity an apron can hold.

Apronless (a.) Without an apron.

Apron man () A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.

Apron string () The string of an apron.

Aprosos (a. & adv.) Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.

Aprosos (a. & adv.) By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

Apse (n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.

Apse (n.) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.

Apse (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.

Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

Apsides (n. pl.) See Apsis.

Apsides (pl. ) of Apsis

Apsis (n.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.

Apsis (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.

Apsis (n.) Same as Apse.

Apt (a.) Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

Apt (a.) Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.

Apt (a.) Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.

Apt (a.) Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

Apt (v. t.) To fit; to suit; to adapt.

Aptable (a.) Capable of being adapted.

Aptate (v. t.) To make fit.

Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

Apteral (a.) Apterous.

Apteral (a.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.

Apteran (n.) One of the Aptera.

Apteria (n. pl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.

Apterous (a.) Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.

Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.

Apteryges (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

Aptitude (n.) A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

Aptitude (n.) A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

Aptitude (n.) Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

Aptitudinal (a.) Suitable; fit.

Aptly (adv.) In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

Aptness (n.) Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.

Aptness (n.) Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.

Aptness (n.) Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

Aptness (n.) Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

Aptote (n.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

Aptotic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

Aptychus (n.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

Apus (n.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

Apyretic (a.) Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.

Apyrexia (n.) Alt. of Apyrexy

Apyrexy (n.) The absence or intermission of fever.

Apyrexial (a.) Relating to apyrexy.

Apyrous (a.) Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.

Aqua (n.) Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.

Aqua fortis () Nitric acid.

Aquamarine (n.) A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.

Aquapuncture (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

Aquarelle (n.) A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.

Aquarellist (n.) A painter in thin transparent water colors.

Aquarial (a.) Alt. of Aquarian

Aquarian (a.) Of or pertaining to an aquarium.

Aquarian (n.) One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.

Aquariums (pl. ) of Aquarium

Aquaria (pl. ) of Aquarium

Aquarium (n.) An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.

Aquarius (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.

Aquarius (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.

Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.

Aquatic (n.) An aquatic animal or plant.

Aquatic (n.) Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.

Aquatical (a.) Aquatic.

Aquatile (a.) Inhabiting the water.

Aquatint (n.) Alt. of Aquatinta

Aquatinta (n.) A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

Aqueduct (n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

Aqueduct (n.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.

Aqueity (n.) Wateriness.

Aqueous (a.) Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.

Aqueous (a.) Made from, or by means of, water.

Aqueousness (n.) Wateriness.

Aquiferous (a.) Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.

Aquiform (a.) Having the form of water.

Aquilae (pl. ) of Aquila

Aquila (n.) A genus of eagles.

Aquila (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

Aquilated (a.) Adorned with eagles' heads.

Aquiline (a.) Belonging to or like an eagle.

Aquiline (a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Aquilon (n.) The north wind.

Aquiparous (a.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.

Aquitanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.

Aquose (a.) Watery; aqueous.

Aquosity (n.) The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.

Ar (conj.) Ere; before.

Ara (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

Ara (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

Arab (n.) One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

Arabesque (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.

Arabesque (a.) Arabian.

Arabesque (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

Arabesqued (a.) Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

Arabian (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

Arabian (n.) A native of Arabia; an Arab.

Arabic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

Arabic (n.) The language of the Arabians.

Arabical (a.) Relating to Arabia; Arabic.

Arabin (n.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

Arabin (n.) Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.

Arabinose (n.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.

Arabism (n.) An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.

Arabist (n.) One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

Arable (a.) Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

Arable (n.) Arable land; plow land.

Araby (n.) The country of Arabia.

Aracanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.

Aracanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aracan.

Aracari (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

Arace (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.

Araceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

Arachnid (n.) An arachnidan.

Arachnida (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.

Arachnidan (n.) One of the Arachnida.

Arachnidial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.

Arachnidial (a.) Pertaining to the arachnidium.

Arachnidium (n.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

Arachnitis (n.) Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

Arachnoid (a.) Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

Arachnoid (a.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

Arachnoid (a.) Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.

Arachnoid (n.) The arachnoid membrane.

Arachnoid (n.) One of the Arachnoidea.

Arachnoidal (a.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

Arachnoidea (n. pl.) Same as Arachnida.

Arachnological (a.) Of or pertaining to arachnology.

Arachnologist (n.) One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology.

Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

Araeometer () See Areometer.

Araeostyle (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation.

Araeosystyle (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation.

Aragonese (a.) Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.

Aragonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.

Aragonite (n.) A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

Araguato (n.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

Araise (v. t.) To raise.

Arak (n.) Same as Arrack.

Aramaean (a.) Alt. of Aramean

Aramean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.

Aramean (n.) A native of Aram.

Aramaic (a.) Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.

Aramaic (n.) The Aramaic language.

Aramaism (n.) An idiom of the Aramaic.

Araneida (n. pl.) Alt. of Araneoidea

Araneoidea (n. pl.) See Araneina.

Araneidan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.

Araneidan (n.) One of the Araneina; a spider.

Araneiform (a.) Having the form of a spider.

Araneina (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

Araneose (a.) Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

Araneous (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.

Arangoes (pl. ) of Arango

Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

Arapaima (n.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America.

Arara (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

Aration (n.) Plowing; tillage.

Aratory (a.) Contributing to tillage.

Araucaria (n.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.

Araucarian (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.

Arbalest (n.) Alt. of Arbalist

Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.

Arbalester (n.) Alt. of Arbalister

Arbalister (n.) A crossbowman.

Arbiter (n.) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.

Arbiter (n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

Arbiter (v. t.) To act as arbiter between.

Arbitrable (v. t.) Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

Arbitrage (n.) Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

Arbitrage (n.) A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.

Arbitral (a.) Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.

Arbitrament (n.) Determination; decision; arbitration.

Arbitrament (n.) The award of arbitrators.

Arbitrarily (adv.) In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.

Arbitrariness (n.) The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

Arbitrarious (a.) Arbitrary; despotic.

Arbitrary (a.) Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

Arbitrary (a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.

Arbitrary (a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

Arbitrated (imp. & p. p.) of Arbitrate

Arbitrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arbitrate

Arbitrate (v. t.) To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

Arbitrate (v. t.) To decide, or determine generally.

Arbitrate (v. i.) To decide; to determine.

Arbitrate (v. i.) To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

Arbitration (n.) The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

Arbitrator (n.) A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.

Arbitrator (n.) One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

Arbitratrix (n.) A female who arbitrates or judges.

Arbitress (n.) A female arbiter; an arbitratrix.

Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

Arbor (n.) A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.

Arbor (n.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.

Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Arbor (n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.

Arborary (a.) Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

Arborator (n.) One who plants or who prunes trees.

Arbor Dianae () A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.

Arboreal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.

Arboreal (a.) Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.

Arbored (a.) Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.

Arboreous (a.) Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.

Arboreous (a.) Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.

Arborescence (n.) The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

Arborescent (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

Arboret (n.) A small tree or shrub.

Arboreta (pl. ) of Arboretum

Arboretum (n.) A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

Arborical (a.) Relating to trees.

Arboricole (a.) Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

Arboricultural (a.) Pertaining to arboriculture.

Arboriculture (n.) The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

Arboriculturist (n.) One who cultivates trees.

Arboriform (a.) Treelike in shape.

Arborist (n.) One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.

Arborization (n.) The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.

Arborized (a.) Having a treelike appearance.

Arborous (a.) Formed by trees.

Arbor vine () A species of bindweed.

Arbor vitae () An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

Arbor vitae () The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

Arbuscle (n.) A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.

Arbuscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.

Arbustive (a.) Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.

Arbutus (n.) Alt. of Arbute

Arbute (n.) The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.

Arc (n.) A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

Arc (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

Arc (n.) An arch.

Arc (n.) The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.

Arcade (n.) A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

Arcade (n.) A long, arched building or gallery.

Arcade (n.) An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

Arcaded (a.) Furnished with an arcade.

Arcadia (n.) A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

Arcadia (n.) Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

Arcadian (a.) Alt. of Arcadic

Arcadic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.

Arcane (a.) Hidden; secret.

Arcana (pl. ) of Arcanum

Arcanum (n.) A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

Arcanum (n.) A secret remedy; an elixir.

Arcboutant (n.) A flying buttress.

Arch (n.) Any part of a curved line.

Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Arch (n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

Arch (n.) Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

Arch (n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.

Arched (imp. & p. p.) of Arch

Arching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arch

Arch (v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.

Arch (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

Arch (v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.

Arch- () A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.

Arch (a.) Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

Arch (a.) Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

Arch (n.) A chief.

-arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

Archaean (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

Archaean (n.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.

Archaeography (n.) A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

Archaeolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.

Archaeologian (n.) An archaeologist.

Archaeologic () Alt. of Archaeological

Archaeological () Relating to archaeology, or antiquities; as, archaeological researches.

Archaeologist (n.) One versed in archaeology; an antiquary.

Archaeology (n.) The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

Archaeostomatous (a.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.

Archaeozoic (a.) Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.

Archaic (a.) Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Archaical (a.) Archaic.

Archaism (a.) An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

Archaism (a.) Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.

Archaist (n.) Am antiquary.

Archaist (n.) One who uses archaisms.

Archaistic (a.) Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.

Archaized (imp. & p. p.) of Archaize

Archaizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Archaize

Archaize (v. t.) To make appear archaic or antique.

Archangel (n.) A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.

Archangel (n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

Archangelic (a.) Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.

Archbishop (n.) A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

Archbishopric (n.) The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

Archbutler (n.) A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.

Archchamberlain (n.) A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

Archchemic (a.) Of supreme chemical powers.

Archdeacon (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.

Archdeaconry (n.) The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

Archdeaconship (n.) The office of an archdeacon.

Archdiocese (n.) The diocese of an archbishop.

Archducal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

Archduchess (n.) The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

Archduchy (n.) The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

Archduke (n.) A prince of the imperial family of Austria.

Archdukedom (n.) An archduchy.

Archebiosis (n.) The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis.

Arched (a.) Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

Archegonial (a.) Relating to the archegonium.

Archegonium (n.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

Archegony (n.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

Archelogy (n.) The science of, or a treatise on, first principles.

Archencephala (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone.

Archenemy (n.) A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.

Archenteric (a.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.

Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

Archeology (a.) Alt. of Archeological

Archeological (a.) Same as Archaeology, etc.

Archer (n.) A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.

Archeress (n.) A female archer.

Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus.

Archership (n.) The art or skill of an archer.

Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

Archery (n.) Archers, or bowmen, collectively.

Arches () pl. of Arch, n.

Archetypal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.

Archetypally (adv.) With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct."

Archetype (n.) The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.

Archetype (n.) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.

Archetype (n.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.

Archetypical (a.) Relating to an archetype; archetypal.

Archeus (n.) The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.

Archi- () A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.

Archiannelida (n. pl.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

Archiater (n.) Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.

Archiblastula (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula.

Archical (pref.) Chief; primary; primordial.

Archidiaconal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

Archiepiscopacy (n.) That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.

Archiepiscopacy (n.) The state or dignity of an archbishop.

Archiepiscopal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

Archiepiscopality (n.) The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.

Archiepiscopate (n.) The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

Archierey (n.) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.

Archil (n.) A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.

Archil (n.) The plant from which the dye is obtained.

Archilochian (a.) Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

Archimage (n.) Alt. of Archimagus

Archimagus (n.) The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

Archimagus (n.) A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.

Archimandrite (n.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

Archimandrite (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

Archimedean (a.) Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Arching (n.) The arched part of a structure.

Arching (n.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.

Archipelagic (a.) Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

-goes (pl. ) of Archipelago

-gos (pl. ) of Archipelago

Archipelago (n.) The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

Archipelago (n.) Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

Archipterygium (n.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.

Architect (n.) A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

Architect (n.) A contriver, designer, or maker.

Architective (a.) Used in building; proper for building.

Architectonic (a.) Alt. of Architectonical

Architectonical (a.) Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.

Architectonical (a.) Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.

Architectonic (n.) The science of architecture.

Architectonic (n.) The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

Architectonics (n.) The science of architecture.

Architector (n.) An architect.

Architectress (n.) A female architect.

Architectural (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.

Architecture (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.

Architecture (n.) Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.

Architeuthis (n.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

Architrave (n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

Architrave (n.) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

Architraved (a.) Furnished with an architrave.

Archival (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records.

Archives (pl. ) of Archive

Archive (n.) The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.

Archive (n.) Public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.

Archivist (n.) A keeper of archives or records.

Archivolt (n.) The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

Archivolt (n.) More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.

Archlute (n.) Alt. of Archilute

Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.

Archly (adv.) In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.

Archmarshal (n.) The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.

Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.

Archon (n.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.

Archonship (n.) The office of an archon.

Archontate (n.) An archon's term of office.

Archonts (p. pr.) The group including man alone.

Archprelate (n.) An archbishop or other chief prelate.

Archpresbyter (n.) Same as Archpriest.

Archpresbytery (n.) The absolute dominion of presbytery.

Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.

Archprimate (n.) The chief primate.

Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

Archtraitor (n.) A chief or transcendent traitor.

Archtreasurer (n.) A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.

Archway (n.) A way or passage under an arch.

Archwife (n.) A big, masculine wife.

Archwise (adv.) Arch-shaped.

Archy (a.) Arched; as, archy brows.

archy () A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.

Arciform (a.) Having the form of an arch; curved.

Arcograph (n.) An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.

Arctation (n.) Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

Arctic (a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

Arctic (n.) The arctic circle.

Arctic (n.) A warm waterproof overshoe.

Arctisca (n. pl.) A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.

Arctogeal (a.) Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.

Arctoidea (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.

Arcturus (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.

Arcual (a.) Of or pertaining to an arc.

Arcuate (a.) Alt. of Arcuated

Arcuated (a.) Bent or curved in the form of a bow.

Arcuately (adv.) In the form of a bow.

Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.

Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.

Arcubalist (n.) A crossbow.

Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.

Arcubus (n.) See Arquebus.

-ard () Alt. of -art

-art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.

Ardassine (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.

Ardency (n.) Heat.

Ardency (n.) Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.

Ardent (a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

Ardent (a.) Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.

Ardent (a.) Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

Ardently (adv.) In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.

Ardentness (n.) Ardency.

Ardor (n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

Ardor (n.) Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

Ardor (n.) Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.

Arduous (a.) Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.

Arduous (a.) Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.

Arduously (adv.) In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.

Arduousness (n.) The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.

Are () The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.

Are (n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.

Areas (pl. ) of Area

Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

Area (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.

Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

Area (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

Area (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

Area (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

Aread (v. t.) Alt. of Areed

Areed (v. t.) To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.

Areed (v. t.) To read.

Areed (v. t.) To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.

Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.

Areal (a.) Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

Arear (v. t. & i.) To raise; to set up; to stir up.

Arear (adv.) Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.

Areca (n.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

Areek (adv. & a.) In a reeking condition.

Arefaction (n.) The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

Arefy (v. t.) To dry, or make dry.

Arenas (pl. ) of Arena

Arenae (pl. ) of Arena

Arena (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.

Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

Arena (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

Arenaceous (a.) Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

Arenarious (a.) Sandy; as, arenarious soil.

Arenation (n.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.

Arendator (n.) In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

Areng (n.) Alt. of Arenga

Arenga (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

Arenicolite (n.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.

Arenilitic (a.) Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.

Arenose (a.) Sandy; full of sand.

Arenulous (a.) Full of fine sand; like sand.

Areolae (pl. ) of Areola

Areola (n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

Areola (n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

Areolar (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

Areolate (a.) Alt. of Areolated

Areolated (a.) Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

Areolation (n.) Division into areolae.

Areolation (n.) Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

Areole (n.) Same as Areola.

Areolet (n.) A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

Areometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.

Areometric (a.) Alt. of Areometrical

Areometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.

Areometry (n.) The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.

Areopagist (n.) See Areopagite.

Areopagite (n.) A member of the Areopagus.

Areopagitic (a.) Pertaining to the Areopagus.

Areopagus (n.) The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal

Areostyle (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation, and Araeostyle.

Areosystyle (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle.

Arere (v. t. & i.) See Arear.

Arest (n.) A support for the spear when couched for the attack.

Aret (v. t.) To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.

Aretaics (n.) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.

Aretology (n.) That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

Arew (adv.) In a row.

Argal (n.) Crude tartar. See Argol.

Argal (adv.) A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.

Argal (n.) Alt. of Argali

Argali (n.) A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

Argala (n.) The adjutant bird.

Argand lamp () A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.

Argas (n.) A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.

Argean (a.) Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.

Argent (n.) Silver, or money.

Argent (n.) Whiteness; anything that is white.

Argent (n.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.

Argent (a.) Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

Argental (a.) Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.

Argentan (n.) An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.

Argentate (a.) Silvery white.

Argentation (n.) A coating or overlaying with silver.

Argentic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

Argentiferous (a.) Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.

Argentine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.

Argentine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Argentine (n.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

Argentine (n.) White metal coated with silver.

Argentine (n.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

Argentine (n.) A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

Argentite (n.) Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.

Argentous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.

Argentry (n.) Silver plate or vessels.

Argil (n.) Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Argillaceous (a.) Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

Argilliferous (a.) Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.

Argillite (n.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.

Argillo-areenaceous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Argillo-calcareous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

Argillo-ferruginous (a.) Containing clay and iron.

Argillous (a.) Argillaceous; clayey.

Argive (a.) Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece.

Argive (n.) A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

Argo (n.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Argo (n.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

Argoan (a.) Pertaining to the ship Argo.

Argoile (n.) Potter's clay.

Argol (n.) Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks.

Argolic (a.) Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.

Argon (n.) A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.

Argonaut (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Argonaut (n.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

Argonauta (n.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Argonautic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

Argosies (pl. ) of Argosy

Argosy (n.) A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.

Argot (n.) A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

Arguable (a.) Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

Argued (imp. & p. p.) of Argue

Arguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Argue

Argue (v. i.) To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

Argue (v. i.) To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.

Argue (v. t.) To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

Argue (v. t.) To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.

Argue (v. t.) To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.

Argue (v. t.) To blame; to accuse; to charge with.

Arguer (n.) One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

Argufy (v. t. & i.) To argue pertinaciously.

Argufy (v. t. & i.) To signify.

Argulus (n.) A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.

Argument (n.) Proof; evidence.

Argument (n.) A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

Argument (n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.

Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.

Argument (n.) Matter for question; business in hand.

Argument (n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.

Argument (n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

Argument (v. i.) To make an argument; to argue.

Argumentable (a.) Admitting of argument.

Argumental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.

Argumentation (n.) The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.

Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.

Argumentative (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

Argumentative (a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.

Argumentative (a.) Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.

Argumentize (v. i.) To argue or discuss.

Argus (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.

Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.

Argus (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

Argus-eyed (a.) Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.

Argus shell () A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.

Argute (a.) Sharp; shrill.

Argute (a.) Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.

Argutely (adv.) In a subtle; shrewdly.

Arguteness (n.) Acuteness.

Arhizal (a.) Alt. of Arhythmous

Arhizous (a.) Alt. of Arhythmous

Arhythmic (a.) Alt. of Arhythmous

Arhythmous (a.) See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous.

Aria (n.) An air or song; a melody; a tune.

Arian (a. & n.) See Aryan.

Arian (a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.

Arian (n.) One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.

Arianism (n.) The doctrines of the Arians.

Arianize (v. i.) To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.

Arianize (v. t.) To convert to Arianism.

Aricine (n.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.

Arid (a.) Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.

Aridities (pl. ) of Aridity

Aridity (n.) The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

Aridity (n.) Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

Aridness (n.) Aridity; dryness.

Ariel () Alt. of Ariel gazelle

Ariel gazelle () A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, / Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.

Ariel gazelle () A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.

Ariel gazelle () A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

Aries (n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.

Aries (n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

Aries (n.) A battering-ram.

Arietate (v. i.) To butt, as a ram.

Arietation (n.) The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.

Arietation (n.) Act of striking or conflicting.

Arietta (n.) Alt. of Ariette

Ariette (n.) A short aria, or air.

Aright (adv.) Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

Aril (n.) Alt. of Arillus

Arillus (n.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.

Arillate (a.) Alt. of Ariled

Arllated (a.) Alt. of Ariled

Ariled (a.) Having an aril.

Ariman (n.) See Ahriman.

Ariolation (n.) A soothsaying; a foretelling.

Ariose (a.) Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.

Arioso (adv. & a.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

Arose (imp.) of Arise

Arising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arise

Arisen (p. p.) of Arise

Arise (v. i.) To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

Arise (v. i.) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.

Arise (v. i.) To proceed; to issue; to spring.

Arise (n.) Rising.

Arist () 3d sing. pres. of Arise, for ariseth.

Arista (n.) An awn.

Aristarch (n.) A severe critic.

Aristarchian (a.) Severely critical.

Aristarchy (n.) Severely criticism.

Aristarchy (n.) Severe criticism.

Aristate (a.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.

Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.

Aristocracies (pl. ) of Aristocracy

Aristocracy (n.) Government by the best citizens.

Aristocracy (n.) A ruling body composed of the best citizens.

Aristocracy (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.

Aristocracy (n.) The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

Aristocrat (n.) One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

Aristocrat (n.) One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.

Aristocrat (n.) One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.

Aristocratic (a.) Alt. of Aristocratical

Aristocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

Aristocratical (a.) Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.

Aristocratism (n.) The principles of aristocrats.

Aristocratism (n.) Aristocrats, collectively.

Aristology (n.) The science of dining.

Aristophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

Aristotelian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).

Aristotelian (n.) A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.

Aristotelianism () The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

Aristotelic (a.) Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.

Aristotle's lantern () The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

Aristulate (a.) Having a short beard or awn.

Arithmancy (n.) Divination by means of numbers.

Arithmetic (n.) The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

Arithmetic (n.) A book containing the principles of this science.

Arithmetical (a.) Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.

Arithmetically (adv.) Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

Arithmetician (n.) One skilled in arithmetic.

Arithmomancy (n.) Arithmancy.

Arithmometer (n.) A calculating machine.

Ark (n.) A chest, or coffer.

Ark (n.) The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

Ark (n.) The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

Ark (n.) A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.

Arkite (a.) Belonging to the ark.

Ark shell () A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.

Arles (n. pl.) An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

Arm (n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

Arm (n.) Anything resembling an arm

Arm (n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.

Arm (n.) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

Arm (n.) A branch of a tree.

Arm (n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.

Arm (n.) An inlet of water from the sea.

Arm (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

Arm (n.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

Arm (n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.

Armed (imp. & p. p.) of Arm

Arming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arm

Arm (v. t.) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Arm (v. t.) To furnish with arms or limbs.

Arm (v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.

Arm (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

Arm (v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Arm (v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.

Armadillos (pl. ) of Armadillo

Armadillo (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.

Armadillo (n.) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.

Armado (n.) Armada.

Armament (n.) A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

Armament (n.) Any equipment for resistance.

Armamentary (n.) An armory; a magazine or arsenal.

Armature (n.) Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.

Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.

Armchair (n.) A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.

Armed (a.) Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.

Armed (a.) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.

Armed (a.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.

Armenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Armenia.

Armenian (n.) A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.

Armenian (n.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.

Armet (n.) A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

Armfulus (pl. ) of Armful

Armful (n.) As much as the arm can hold.

Armgaunt (a.) With gaunt or slender legs. (?)

Arm-gret (a.) Great as a man's arm.

Armhole (n.) The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.

Armhole (n.) A hole for the arm in a garment.

Armiferous (a.) Bearing arms or weapons.

Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.

Armigerous (a.) Bearing arms.

Armil (n.) A bracelet.

Armil (n.) An ancient astronomical instrument.

Armillas (pl. ) of Armilla

Armillae (pl. ) of Armilla

Armilla (n.) An armil.

Armilla (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

Armillary (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

Arming (n.) The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.

Arming (n.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

Arminian (a.) Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

Arminian (n.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

Arminianism (n.) The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

Armipotence (n.) Power in arms.

Armipotent (a.) Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.

Armisonant (a.) Alt. of Armisonous

Armisonous (a.) Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.

Armistice (n.) A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

Armless (a.) Without any arm or branch.

Armless (a.) Destitute of arms or weapons.

Armlet (n.) A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.

Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.

Armlet (n.) Armor for the arm.

Armoniac (a.) Ammoniac.

Armor (n.) Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

Armor (n.) Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.

Armor-bearer (n.) One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.

Armored (a.) Clad with armor.

Armorer (n.) One who makes or repairs armor or arms.

Armorer (n.) Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.

Armorer (n.) One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.

Armorial (a.) Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

Armoric (a.) Alt. of Armorican

Armorican (a.) Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.

Armorican (n.) The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.

Armorican (n.) A native of Armorica.

Armorist (n.) One skilled in coat armor or heraldry.

Armor-plated (a.) Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.

Armories (pl. ) of Armory

Armory (n.) A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.

Armory (n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms.

Armory (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.

Armory (n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.

Armory (n.) That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.

Armozeen (n.) Alt. of Armozine

Armozine (n.) A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.

Armpit (n.) The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

Armrack (n.) A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

Arms (n.) Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

Arms (n.) The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.

Arms (n.) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.

Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

Armure (n.) Armor.

Armure (n.) A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

Army (n.) A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

Army (n.) A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

Army (n.) A great number; a vast multitude; a host.

Army worm () A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

Army worm () The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.

Arna (n.) Alt. of Arnee

Arnee (n.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

Arnatto (n.) See Annotto.

Arnica (n.) A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

Arnicin (n.) An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.

Arnicine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

Arnot (n.) Alt. of Arnut

Arnut (n.) The earthnut.

Arnotto (n.) Same as Annotto.

Aroid (a.) Alt. of Aroideous

Aroideous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.

Aroint (interj.) Stand off, or begone.

Aroint (v. t.) To drive or scare off by some exclamation.

Aroma (n.) The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

Aroma (n.) Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

Aromatic (a.) Alt. of Aromatical

Aromatical (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.

Aromatic (n.) A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.

Aromatization (n.) The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.

Aromatized (imp. & p. p.) of Aromatize

Aromatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aromatize

Aromatize (v. t.) To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

Aromatizer (n.) One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.

Aromatous (a.) Aromatic.

Aroph (n.) A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.

Arose () The past or preterit tense of Arise.

Around (adv.) In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

Around (adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.

Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

Around (prep.) From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.

Arousal (n.) The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

Aroused (imp. & p. p.) of Arouse

Arousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arouse

Arouse (v. t.) To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

Arow (adv.) In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order.

Aroynt (interj.) See Aroint.

Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

Arpent (n.) Alt. of Arpen

Arpen (n.) Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

Arpentator (n.) The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.

Arpine (n.) An arpent.

Arquated (a.) Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.

Arquebus (n.) Alt. of Arquebuse

Arquebuse (n.) A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.

Arquebusade (n.) The shot of an arquebus.

Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

Arquebusier (n.) A soldier armed with an arquebus.

Arquifoux (n.) Same as Alquifou.

Arrach (n.) See Orach.

Arrack (n.) A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.

Arragonite (n.) See Aragonite.

Arraigned (imp. & p. p.) of Arraign

Arraigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arraign

Arraign (v. t.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

Arraign (v. t.) To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

Arraign (n.) Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.

Arraign (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.

Arraigner (n.) One who arraigns.

Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

Arraignment (n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

Arraiment (v. t.) Alt. of Arrayment

Arrayment (v. t.) Clothes; raiment.

Arranged (imp. & p. p.) of Arrange

Arranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrange

Arrange (v. t.) To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

Arrange (v. t.) To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

Arrangement (n.) The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

Arrangement (n.) The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnaean arrangement of plants.

Arrangement (n.) Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.

Arrangement (n.) Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

Arrangement (n.) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.

Arrangement (n.) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

Arranger (n.) One who arranges.

Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

Arrant (a.) Thorough or downright, in a good sense.

Arrantly (adv.) Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.

Arras (n.) Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

Arras (v. t.) To furnish with an arras.

Arrasene (n.) A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

Arrastre (n.) A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.

Arraswise (adv.) Alt. of Arrasways

Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.

Arraught () Obtained; seized.

Array (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

Array (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

Array (n.) An imposing series of things.

Array (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.

Array (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.

Array (n.) The panel itself.

Array (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

Arrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Array

Arraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Array

Array (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.

Array (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

Array (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

Arrayer (n.) One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

Arrear (adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

Arrear (n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.

Arrearage (n.) That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.

Arrect (a.) Alt. of Arrected

Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.

Arrected (a.) Attentive, as a person listening.

Arrect (v. t.) To direct.

Arrect (v. t.) To impute.

Arrectary (n.) An upright beam.

Arrenotokous (a.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

Arreption (n.) The act of taking away.

Arreptitious (a.) Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.

Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arrest

Arresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrest

Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Arrest (v. t.) To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.

Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

Arrest (v. i.) To tarry; to rest.

Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

Arrestation (n.) Arrest.

Arrestee (v.) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Arrester (n.) One who arrests.

Arrester (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.

Arresting (a.) Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.

Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.

Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.

Arret (n.) A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.

Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Arret (v. t.) Same as Aret.

Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.

Arrhizal (a.) Alt. of Arrhizous

Arrhizous (a.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

Arrhythmic (a.) Alt. of Arrhythmous

Arrhythmous (a.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse.

Arrhytmy (n.) Want of rhythm.

Arride (v. t.) To please; to gratify.

Arriere (n.) "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.

Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.

Arris (n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.

Arrish (n.) The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.

Arriswise (adv.) Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.

Arrival (n.) The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

Arrival (n.) The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.

Arrival (n.) The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.

Arrival (n.) An approach.

Arrivance (n.) Arrival.

Arrived (imp. & p. p.) of Arrive

Arriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrive

Arrive (v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.

Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.

Arrive (v. i.) To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.

Arrive (v. i.) To happen or occur.

Arrive (v. t.) To bring to shore.

Arrive (v. t.) To reach; to come to.

Arrive (n.) Arrival.

Arriver (n.) One who arrives.

Arroba (n.) A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

Arroba (n.) A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.

Arrogance (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

Arrogancy (n.) Arrogance.

Arrogant (a.) Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.

Arrogant (a.) Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

Arrogantly (adv.) In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.

Arrogantness (n.) Arrogance.

Arrogated (imp. & p. p.) of Arrogate

Arrogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arrogate

Arrogate (v. t.) To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.

Arrogation (n.) The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

Arrogation (n.) Adoption of a person of full age.

Arrogative (a.) Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.

Arrondissement (n.) A subdivision of a department.

Arrose (v. t.) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.

Arrosion (n.) A gnawing.

Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

Arrowhead (n.) The head of an arrow.

Arrowhead (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

Arrowheaded (a.) Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.

Arrowroot (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma.

Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.

Arrowworm (n.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.

Arrowy (a.) Consisting of arrows.

Arrowy (a.) Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing.

Arroyos (pl. ) of Arroyo

Arroyo (n.) A water course; a rivulet.

Arroyo (n.) The dry bed of a small stream.

Arschin (n.) See Arshine.

Arse (n.) The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

Arsenal (n.) A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

Arsenate (n.) A salt of arsenic acid.

Arseniate (n.) See Arsenate.

Arsenic (n.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.

Arsenic (n.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.

Arsenic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.

Arsenical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.

Arsenicated (imp. & p. p.) of Arsenicate

Arsenicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arsenicate

Arsenicate (v. t.) To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

Arsenicism (n.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

Arsenide (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.

Arseniferous (a.) Containing or producing arsenic.

Arsenious (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

Arsenious (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid.

Arsenite (n.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.

Arseniuret (n.) See Arsenide.

Arseniureted (a.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen.

Arsenopyrite (n.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel.

Arsesmart (n.) Smartweed; water pepper.

Arshine (n.) A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

Arsine (n.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.

Arsis (n.) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.

Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

Arsis (n.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.

Arsmetrike (n.) Arithmetic.

Arson (n.) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.

Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

Art (n.) The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.

Art (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.

Art (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.

Art (n.) The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

Art (n.) Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.

Art (n.) Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.

Art (n.) Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

Art (n.) Skillful plan; device.

Art (n.) Cunning; artifice; craft.

Art (n.) The black art; magic.

Artemia (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

Arteriac (a.) Of or pertaining to the windpipe.

Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.

Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad.

Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis.

Arterialized (imp. & p. p.) of Arterialize

Arterializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arterialize

Arterialize (v. t.) To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

Arteriography (n.) A systematic description of the arteries.

Arteriole (n.) A small artery.

Arteriology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

Arteriotomy (n.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

Arteriotomy (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

Arteritis (n.) Inflammation of an artery or arteries.

Arteries (pl. ) of Artery

Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.

Artery (n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.

Artery (n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

Artesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.

Artful (a.) Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

Artful (a.) Artificial; imitative.

Artful (a.) Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.

Artful (a.) Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

Artfully (adv.) In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

Artfulness (n.) The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

Arthen (a.) Same as

Arthritic (a.) Alt. of Arthritical

Arthritical (a.) Pertaining to the joints.

Arthritical (a.) Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty.

Arthritis (n.) Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout.

Arthroderm (n.) The external covering of an Arthropod.

Arthrodia (n.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket.

Arthrodial (a.) Alt. of Arthrodic

Arthrodic (a.) Of or pertaining to arthrodia.

Arthrodynia (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

Arthrodynic (a.) Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic.

Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

Arthrography (n.) The description of joints.

Arthrology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of joints.

Arthromere (n.) One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.

Arthropleura (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

Arthropod (n.) One of the Arthropoda.

Arthropoda (n. pl.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.

Arthropomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.

Arthrosis (n.) Articulation.

Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Arthrozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate.

Artiad (a.) Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.

Artichoke (n.) See Jerusalem artichoke.

Article (n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

Article (n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Article (n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

Article (n.) A distinct part.

Article (n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.

Article (n.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

Article (n.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Articled (imp. & p. p.) of Article

Articling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Article

Article (n.) To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Article (n.) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

Article (n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

Article (v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Articled (a.) Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.

Articular (n.) Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.

Articular (n.) Alt. of Articulary

Articulary (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Articularly (adv.) In an articular or an articulate manner.

Articulata (v.) One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

Articulata (v.) One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.

Articulata (v.) A subdivision of the Crinoidea.

Articulate (a.) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

Articulate (a.) Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

Articulate (a.) Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

Articulate (n.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Articulated (imp. & p. p.) of Articulate

Articulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Articulate

Articulate (v. i.) To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

Articulate (v. i.) To treat or make terms.

Articulate (v. i.) To join or be connected by articulation.

Articulate (v. t.) To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

Articulate (v. t.) To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.

Articulate (v. t.) To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

Articulate (v. t.) To express distinctly; to give utterance to.

Articulated (a.) United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.

Articulated (a.) Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.

Articulately (adv.) After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.

Articulately (adv.) Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.

Articulately (adv.) With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.

Articulateness (n.) Quality of being articulate.

Articulation (n.) A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

Articulation (n.) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

Articulation (n.) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.

Articulation (n.) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.

Articulation (n.) The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

Articulation (n.) The state of being jointed; connection of parts.

Articulation (n.) The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

Articulation (n.) A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

Articulative (a.) Of or pertaining to articulation.

Articulator (n.) One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

Articuli (pl. ) of Articulus

Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

Artifice (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

Artificer (n.) An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.

Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.

Artificer (n.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.

Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.

Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.

Artificial (a.) Artful; cunning; crafty.

Artificial (a.) Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

Artificiality (n.) The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

Artificialize (v. t.) To render artificial.

Artificially (adv.) In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.

Artificially (adv.) Ingeniously; skillfully.

Artificially (adv.) Craftily; artfully.

Artificialness (n.) The quality of being artificial.

Artificious (a.) Artificial.

Artilize (v. t.) To make resemble.

Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.

Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

Artillery (n.) The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

Artillery (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.

Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla.

Artiodactyle (n.) One of the Artiodactyla.

Artiodactylous (a.) Even-toed.

Artisan (n.) One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.

Artisan (n.) One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

Artist (n.) One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

Artist (n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

Artist (n.) One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.

Artist (n.) An artful person; a schemer.

Artiste (n.) One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Artistic (a.) Alt. of Artistical

Artistical (a.) Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.

Artistry (n.) Works of art collectively.

Artistry (n.) Artistic effect or quality.

Artistry (n.) Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.

Artless (a.) Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.

Artless (a.) Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.

Artless (a.) Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.

Artlessly (adv.) In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.

Artlessness (n.) The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

Artly (adv.) With art or skill.

Artocarpeous (a.) Alt. of Artocarpous

Artocarpous (a.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus.

Artotype (n.) A kind of autotype.

Artotyrite (n.) One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]

Artow () A contraction of art thou.

Artsman (n.) A man skilled in an art or in arts.

Art union () An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

Arum (n.) A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.

Arundelian (a.) Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

Arundiferous (a.) Producing reeds or canes.

Arundinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

Arundineous (a.) Abounding with reeds; reedy.

Aruspices (pl. ) of Aruspex

Aruspex (n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.

Aruspicy (n.) Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

Arval (n.) A funeral feast.

Arvicole (n.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

Aryan (n.) One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.

Aryan (n.) The language of the original Aryans.

Aryan (a.) Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

Aryanize (v. t.) To make Aryan (a language, or in language).

Arytenoid (a.) Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.

As (adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.

As (adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.

As (adv. & conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.

As (adv. & conj.) Because; since; it being the case that.

As (adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).

As (adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.

As (adv. & conj.) As if; as though.

As (adv. & conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.

As (adv. & conj.) Than.

As (adv. & conj.) Expressing a wish.

As (n.) An ace.

Asses (pl. ) of As

As (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

As (n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.

Asa (n.) An ancient name of a gum.

Asafetida (n.) Alt. of Asafoetida

Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Asaphus (n.) A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.

Asarabacca (n.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

Asarone (n.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.

Asbestic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.

Asbestiform (a.) Having the form or structure of asbestus.

Asbestine (a.) Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

Asbestous (a.) Asbestic.

Asbestus (n.) Alt. of Asbestos

Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

Asbolin (n.) A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.

Ascarides (pl. ) of Ascarid

Ascarid (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

Ascended (imp. & p. p.) of Ascend

Ascending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascend

Ascend (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.

Ascend (v. t.) To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.

Ascendable (a.) Capable of being ascended.

Ascendancy (n.) Alt. of Ascendance

Ascendance (n.) Same as Ascendency.

Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.

Ascendant (n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

Ascendant (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.

Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.

Ascendant (a.) Alt. of Ascendent

Ascendent (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

Ascendent (a.) Rising; ascending.

Ascendent (a.) Superior; surpassing; ruling.

Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Ascendible (a.) Capable of being ascended; climbable.

Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.

Ascension (n.) The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

Ascension (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

Ascension (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.

Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.

Ascensive (a.) Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

Ascensive (a.) Augmentative; intensive.

Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

Ascent () The way or means by which one ascends.

Ascent () An eminence, hill, or high place.

Ascent () The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

Ascertained (imp. & p. p.) of Ascertain

Ascertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascertain

Ascertain (v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

Ascertain (v. t.) To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.

Ascertain (v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.

Ascertainable (a.) That may be ascertained.

Ascertainer (n.) One who ascertains.

Ascertainment (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.

Ascessancy (a.) Alt. of Ascessant

Ascessant (a.) See Acescency, Acescent.

Ascetic (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.

Ascetic (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

Asceticism (n.) The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

Ascham (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.

Asci (n. pl.) See Ascus.

Ascian (n.) One of the Ascii.

Ascidian (n.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.

Ascidiarium (n.) The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.

Ascidiform (a.) Shaped like an ascidian.

Ascidioidea (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.

Ascidiozooid (n.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.

Ascidia (pl. ) of Ascidium

Ascidium (n.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).

Ascidium (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.

Ascigerous (a.) Having asci.

Ascii (n. pl.) Alt. of Ascians

Ascians (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.

Ascites (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

Ascitic (a.) Alt. of Ascitical

Ascitical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.

Ascititious (a.) Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.

Asclepiad (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

Asclepiadaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.

Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

Ascococci (pl. ) of Ascococcus

Ascococcus (n.) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

Ascospore (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]

Ascribable (a.) Capable of being ascribed; attributable.

Ascribed (imp. & p. p.) of Ascribe

Ascribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascribe

Ascribe (v. t.) To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.

Ascribe (v. t.) To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.

Ascript (a.) See Adscript.

Ascription (n.) The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.

Ascriptitious (a.) Ascribed.

Ascriptitious (a.) Added; additional.

Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

A-sea (adv.) On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.

Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

Aseptic (n.) An aseptic substance.

Asexual (a.) Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

Asexually (adv.) In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.

Ash (n.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).

Ash (n.) The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

Ash (n.) sing. of Ashes.

Ash (v. t.) To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

Ashame (v. t.) To shame.

Ashamed (a.) Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.

Ashamedly (adv.) Bashfully.

Ashantees (pl. ) of Ashantee

Ashantee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

Ashantee (a.) Of or pertaining to Ashantee.

Ash-colored (a.) Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.

Ashen (a.) Of or pertaining to the ash tree.

Ashen (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.

Ashen (n.) obs. pl. for Ashes.

Ashery (n.) A depository for ashes.

Ashery (n.) A place where potash is made.

Ashes (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.

Ashes (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

Ash-fire (n.) A low fire used in chemical operations.

Ash-furnace (n.) Alt. of Ash-oven

Ash-oven (n.) A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.

Ashine (a.) Shining; radiant.

Ashlar (n.) Alt. of Ashler

Ashler (n.) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.

Ashler (n.) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.

Ashlaring (n.) Alt. of Ashlering

Ashlering (n.) The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.

Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.

Ashore (adv.) On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

Ashtaroth (pl. ) of Ashtoreth

Ashtoreth (n.) The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.

Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

Ashweed (n.) Goutweed.

Ashy (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.

Ashy (a.) Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.

Asian (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.

Asian (n.) An Asiatic.

Asiarch (n.) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.

Asiatic (a.) Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.

Asiatic (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Asia.

Asiaticism (n.) Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.

Aside (adv.) On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

Aside (adv.) Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.

Aside (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.

Aside (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

Asilus (n.) A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.

Asinego (n.) Alt. of Assinego

Assinego (n.) A stupid fellow.

Asinine (a.) Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.

Asininity (n.) The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.

Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.

Asiphonate (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.

Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida

Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida

Asiphonida (n. pl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.

Asitia (n.) Want of appetite; loathing of food.

Asked (imp. & p. p.) of Ask

Asking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ask

Ask (v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

Ask (v. t.) To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

Ask (v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

Ask (v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

Ask (v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.

Ask (v. i.) To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

Ask (v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.

Ask (n.) A water newt.

Askance (adv.) Alt. of Askant

Askant (adv.) Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

Askance (v. t.) To turn aside.

Asker (n.) One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.

Asker (n.) An ask; a water newt.

Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Asking (n.) The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.

Asking (n.) The publishing of banns.

Aslake (v. t. & i.) To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.

Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

Aslant (prep.) In a slanting direction over; athwart.

Asleep (a. & adv.) In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Asleep (a. & adv.) In the sleep of the grave; dead.

Asleep (a. & adv.) Numbed, and, usually, tingling.

Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.

Aslug (adv.) Sluggishly.

Asmear (a.) Smeared over.

Asmonean (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

Asmonean (n.) One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.

Asoak (a.) Soaking.

Asomatous (a.) Without a material body; incorporeal.

Asonant (a.) Not sounding or sounded.

Asp (n.) Same as Aspen.

Asp (n.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.

Aspalathus (n.) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

Aspalathus (n.) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

Asparagine (n.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.

Asparagus (n.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.

Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.

Aspartic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.

Aspect (n.) The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

Aspect (n.) Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.

Aspect (n.) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

Aspect (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.

Aspect (n.) Prospect; outlook.

Aspect (n.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.

Aspect (n.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.

Aspect (n.) To behold; to look at.

Aspectable (a.) Capable of being; visible.

Aspectant (a.) Facing each other.

Aspected (a.) Having an aspect.

Aspection (n.) The act of viewing; a look.

Aspen (n.) Alt. of Asp

Asp (n.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.

Aspen (a.) Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.

Asper (a.) Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.

Asper (n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

Asperated (imp. & p. p.) of Asperate

Asperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asperate

Asperate (v. t.) To make rough or uneven.

Asperation (n.) The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.

Asperges (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

Asperges (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Aspergill (n.) Alt. of Aspergillum

Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

Aspergillum (n.) See Wateringpot shell.

Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.

Asperifoliate (a.) Alt. of Asperifolious

Asperifolious (a.) Having rough leaves.

Asperities (pl. ) of Asperity

Asperity (n.) Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.

Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.

Asperity (n.) Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.

Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

Asperity (n.) Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.

Aspermatous (a.) Aspermous.

Aspermous (a.) Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.

Asperne (v. t.) To spurn; to despise.

Asperous (a.) Rough; uneven.

Aspersed (imp. & p. p.) of Asperse

Aspersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asperse

Asperse (v. t.) To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

Asperse (v. t.) To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.

Aspersed (a.) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.

Aspersed (a.) Bespattered; slandered; calumniated.

Asperser (n.) One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.

Aspersion (n.) A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

Aspersion (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.

Aspersive (a.) Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.

Aspersoir (n.) An aspergill.

Aspersoria (pl. ) of Aspersorium

Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

Aspersorium (n.) A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Asphalt (n.) Alt. of Asphaltum

Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.

Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.

Asphalt (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.

Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.

Asphaltic (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.

Asphaltite (a.) Asphaltic.

Asphaltite (a.) Asphaltic.

Asphaltus (n.) See Asphalt.

Asphodel (n.) A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

Asphyctic (a.) Pertaining to asphyxia.

Asphyxia (n.) Alt. of Asphyxy

Asphyxy (n.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

Asphyxial (a.) Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.

Asphyxiate (v. t.) To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

Asphyxiated (p. p. ) Alt. of Asphyxied

Asphyxied (p. p. ) In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.

Asphyxiation (n.) The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

Aspic (n.) The venomous asp.

Aspic (n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.

Aspic (n.) A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

Aspic (n.) A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.

Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

Aspirant (a.) Aspiring.

Aspirant (n.) One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.

Aspirated (imp. & p. p.) of Aspirate

Aspirating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aspirate

Aspirate (v. t.) To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.

Aspirate (n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

Aspirate (a.) Alt. of Aspirated

Aspirated (a.) Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.

Aspiration (n.) The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

Aspiration (n.) The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.

Aspiration (n.) The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.

Aspirator (n.) An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

Aspirator (n.) An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.

Aspiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air

Aspired (imp. & p. p.) of Aspire

Aspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aspire

Aspire (v. t.) To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.

Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Aspire (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

Aspire (n.) Aspiration.

Aspirement (n.) Aspiration.

Aspirer (n.) One who aspires.

Aspiring (a.) That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind.

Aspish (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an asp.

Asportation (n.) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

Asprawl (adv. & a.) Sprawling.

Asquat (adv. & a.) Squatting.

Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

Ass (n.) A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.

Ass (n.) A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.

Assaf/tida (n.) Same as Asafetida.

Assagai (n.) Alt. of Assegai

Assegai (n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Assai () A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

Assailed (imp. & p. p.) of Assail

Assailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assail

Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.

Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.

Assailable (a.) Capable of being assailed.

Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.

Assailant (n.) One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.

Assailer (n.) One who assails.

Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

Assamar (n.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.

Assamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.

Assamese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Assam.

Assapan (n.) Alt. of Assapanic

Assapanic (n.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).

Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

Assart (n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.

Assassin (n.) One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

Assassin (v. t.) To assassinate.

Assassinated (imp. & p. p.) of Assassinate

Assassinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assassinate

Assassinate (v. t.) To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

Assassinate (v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.

Assassinate (n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.

Assassinate (n.) An assassin.

Assassination (n.) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

Assassinator (n.) An assassin.

Assassinous (a.) Murderous.

Assastion (n.) Roasting.

Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.

Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.

Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.

Assaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Assault

Assaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assault

Assault (n.) To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

Assault (n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.

Assaultable (a.) Capable of being assaulted.

Assaulter (n.) One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

Assay (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.

Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.

Assay (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

Assay (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

Assayed (imp. & p. p.) of Assay

Assaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assay

Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.

Assay (v.) To affect.

Assay (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.

Assay (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.

Assay (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.

Assayable (a.) That may be assayed.

Assayer (n.) One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

Assaying (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.

Asse (n.) A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

Assecuration (n.) Assurance; certainty.

Assecure (v. t.) To make sure or safe; to assure.

Assecution (n.) An obtaining or acquiring.

Assegai (n.) Same as Assagai.

Assemblage (n.) The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

Assemblage (n.) A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

Assemblance (n.) Resemblance; likeness; appearance.

Assemblance (n.) An assembling; assemblage.

Assembled (imp. & p. p.) of Assemble

Assembling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assemble

Assemble (v. t.) To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

Assemble (v. i.) To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.

Assemble (v. i.) To liken; to compare.

Assembler (n.) One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

Assemblies (pl. ) of Assembly

Assembly (n.) A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

Assembly (n.) A collection of inanimate objects.

Assembly (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

Assemblymen (pl. ) of Assemblyman

Assemblyman (n.) A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

Assented (imp. & p. p.) of Assent

Assenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assent

Assent (v. t.) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

Assent (v.) The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Assentator (n.) An obsequious; a flatterer.

Assentatory (a.) Flattering; obsequious.

Assenter (n.) One who assents.

Assentient (a.) Assenting.

Assenting (a.) Giving or implying assent.

Assentive (a.) Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.

Assentment (n.) Assent; agreement.

Asserted (imp. & p. p.) of Assert

Asserting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assert

Assert (v. t.) To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

Assert (v. t.) To maintain; to defend.

Assert (v. t.) To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

Asserter (n.) One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

Assertion (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

Assertion (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Assertive (a.) Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

Assertor (n.) One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.

Assertorial (a.) Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.

Assertory (a.) Affirming; maintaining.

Assessed (imp. & p. p.) of Assess

Assessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assess

Assess (v.) To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

Assess (v.) To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.

Assess (v.) To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.

Assess (v.) To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

Assessable (a.) Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

Assessee (n.) One who is assessed.

Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.

Assessment (n.) The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

Assessment (n.) A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.

Assessment (n.) The specific sum levied or assessed.

Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call").

Assessor (v.) One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.

Assessor (v.) One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.

Assessor (v.) One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.

Assessorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.

Assessorship (n.) The office or function of an assessor.

Asset (n.) Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Assets (n. pl.) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.

Assets (n. pl.) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.

Assets (n. pl.) The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities.

Assever (v. t.) See Asseverate.

Asseverated (imp. & p. p.) of Asseverate

Asseverating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asseverate

Asseverate (v. t.) To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

Asseveration (n.) The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

Asseverative (a.) Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.

Asseveratory (a.) Asseverative.

Assibilate (v. t.) To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.

Assibilation (n.) Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

Assidean (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

Assident (a.) Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms.

Assiduate (a.) Unremitting; assiduous.

Assiduities (pl. ) of Assiduity

Assiduity (n.) Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.

Assiduity (n.) Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural.

Assiduous (a.) Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.

Assiduous (a.) Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor.

Assiege (v. t.) To besiege.

Assiege (n.) A siege.

Assientist (n.) A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract.

Assiento (n.) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Assigned (imp. & p. p.) of Assign

Assigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assign

Assign (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

Assign (v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.

Assign (v. t.) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.

Assign (v.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

Assign (n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.

Assignability (n.) The quality of being assignable.

Assignable (a.) Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.

Assignat (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.

Assignation (n.) The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

Assignation (n.) An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.

Assignation (n.) A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

Assignee (v.) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.

Assignee (v.) In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

Assigner (n.) One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.

Assignment (n.) An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

Assignment (n.) A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

Assignment (n.) The writing by which an interest is transferred.

Assignment (n.) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.

Assignor (n.) An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.

Assimilability (n.) The quality of being assimilable.

Assimilable (a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

Assimilated (imp. & p. p.) of Assimilate

Assimilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assimilate

Assimilate (v. t.) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

Assimilate (v. t.) To liken; to compa/e.

Assimilate (v. t.) To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

Assimilate (v. i.) To become similar or like something else.

Assimilate (v. i.) To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

Assimilate (v. i.) To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.

Assimilation (n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

Assimilation (n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.

Assimilative (a.) Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

Assimilatory (a.) Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.

Assimulate (v. t.) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble.

Assimulate (v. t.) To assimilate.

Assimulation (n.) Assimilation.

Assinego (n.) See Asinego.

Assish (a.) Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.

Assisted (imp. & p. p.) of Assist

Assisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assist

Assist (v. t.) To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

Assist (v. i.) To lend aid; to help.

Assist (v. i.) To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting.

Assistance (n.) The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

Assistance (n.) An assistant or helper; a body of helpers.

Assistance (n.) Persons present.

Assistant (a.) Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Assistant (a.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

Assistant (n.) One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.

Assistant (n.) An attendant; one who is present.

Assistantly (adv.) In a manner to give aid.

Assister (n.) An assistant; a helper.

Assistful (a.) Helpful.

Assistive (a.) Lending aid, helping.

Assistless (a.) Without aid or help.

Assistor (n.) A assister.

Assithment (n.) See Assythment.

Assize (n.) An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.

Assize (n.) A special kind of jury or inquest.

Assize (n.) A kind of writ or real action.

Assize (n.) A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.

Assize (n.) A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures.

Assize (n.) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.

Assize (n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.

Assize (n.) The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural.

Assize (n.) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes.

Assize (n.) Measure; dimension; size.

Assized (imp. & p. p.) of Assize

Assizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assize

Assize (v.) To assess; to value; to rate.

Assize (v.) To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority.

Assizer (n.) An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc.

Assizor (n.) A juror.

Assober (v. t.) To make or keep sober.

Associability (n.) The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness.

Associable (a.) Capable of being associated or joined.

Associable (a.) Sociable; companionable.

Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.

Associableness (n.) Associability.

Associated (imp. & p. p.) of Associate

Associating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Associate

Associate (v. t.) To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

Associate (v. t.) To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.

Associate (v. t.) To connect or place together in thought.

Associate (v. t.) To accompany; to keep company with.

Associate (v. i.) To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.

Associate (v. i.) To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.

Associate (a.) Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.

Associate (a.) Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.

Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.

Associate (n.) A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.

Associate (n.) A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.

Associate (n.) One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.

Associate (n.) Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.

Associated (a.) Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.

Associateship (n.) The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.

Association (n.) The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

Association (n.) Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

Association (n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Associational (a.) Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.

Associational (a.) Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.

Associationism (n.) The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

Associationist (n.) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.

Associative (a.) Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty.

Associator (n.) An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.

Assoil (v. t.) To set free; to release.

Assoil (v. t.) To solve; to clear up.

Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve.

Assoil (v. t.) To expiate; to atone for.

Assoil (v. t.) To remove; to put off.

Assoil (v. t.) To soil; to stain.

Assoilment (n.) Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.

Assoilment (n.) A soiling; defilement.

Assoilzie (v. t.) Alt. of Assoilyie

Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.

Assonance (n.) Resemblance of sound.

Assonance (n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.

Assonance (n.) Incomplete correspondence.

Assonant (a.) Having a resemblance of sounds.

Assonant (a.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.

Assonantal (a.) Assonant.

Assonate (v. i.) To correspond in sound.

Assorted (imp. & p. p.) of Assort

Assorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assort

Assort (v. t.) To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]

Assort (v. t.) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.

Assort (v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.

Assorted (a.) Selected; culled.

Assortment (n.) Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

Assortment (n.) A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.

Assortment (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.

Assot (v. t.) To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate.

Assot (a.) Dazed; foolish; infatuated.

Assuaged (imp. & p. p.) of Assuage

Assuaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assuage

Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

Assuage (v. i.) To abate or subside.

Assuagement (n.) Mitigation; abatement.

Assuager (n.) One who, or that which, assuages.

Assuasive (a.) Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing.

Assubjugate (v. t.) To bring into subjection.

Assuefaction (n.) The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.

Assuetude (n.) Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.

Assumable (a.) That may be assumed.

Assumably (adv.) By way of assumption.

Assumed (imp. & p. p.) of Assume

Assuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assume

Assume (v. t.) To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

Assume (v. t.) To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.

Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

Assume (v. t.) To receive or adopt.

Assume (v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.

Assume (v. i.) To undertake, as by a promise.

Assumed (a.) Supposed.

Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.

Assumedly (adv.) By assumption.

Assument (n.) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.

Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes.

Assuming (a.) Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous.

Assumpsit (n.) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.

Assumpsit (n.) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking.

Assumpt (v. t.) To take up; to elevate; to assume.

Assumpt (n.) That which is assumed; an assumption.

Assumption (n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.

Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

Assumption (n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.

Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Assumptive (a.) Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.

Assurance (n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

Assurance (n.) The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

Assurance (n.) Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

Assurance (n.) Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

Assurance (n.) Betrothal; affiance.

Assurance (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

Assurance (n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

Assured (imp. & p. p.) of Assure

Assuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assure

Assure (v. t.) To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

Assure (v. t.) To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.

Assure (v. t.) To confirm; to make certain or secure.

Assure (v. t.) To affiance; to betroth.

Assure (v. t.) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Assured (a.) Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

Assured (n.) One whose life or property is insured.

Assuredly (adv.) Certainly; indubitably.

Assuredness (n.) The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.

Assurer (n.) One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

Assurer (n.) One who takes out a life assurance policy.

Assurgency (n.) Act of rising.

Assurgent (a.) Ascending

Assurgent (a.) rising obliquely; curving upward.

Assuring (a.) That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.

Asswage (v.) See Assuage.

Assyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.

Assyrian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

Assyriological (a.) Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.

Assyriologist (n.) One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archaeology.

Assyriology (n.) The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.

Assythment (n.) Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.

Astacus (n.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

Astarboard (adv.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

Astart (v. t. & i.) Same as Astert.

Astarte (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

Astate (n.) Estate; state.

Astatic (a.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.

Astatically (adv.) In an astatic manner.

Astaticism (n.) The state of being astatic.

Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

Asteism (n.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Astel (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.

Aster (n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.

Aster (n.) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.

Asterias (n.) A genus of echinoderms.

Asteriated (a.) Radiated, with diverging rays; as, asteriated sapphire.

Asteridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea.

Asteridian (n.) A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.

Asterioidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asteridea

Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

Asteriscus (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.

Asterism (n.) A constellation.

Asterism (n.) A small cluster of stars.

Asterism (n.) An asterisk, or mark of reference.

Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage.

Asterism (n.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

Astern (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.

Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Asteroid (n.) A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

Asteroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.

Asterolepis (n.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.

Asterophyllite (n.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.

Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.

Astert (v. i.) To escape.

Asthenia (n.) Alt. of Astheny

Astheny (n.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

Asthenic (a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Asthenopia (n.) Weakness of sight.

Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.

Asthmatic (a.) Alt. of Asthmatical

Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.

Asthmatic (n.) A person affected with asthma.

Astigmatic (a.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.

Astipulate (v. i.) To assent.

Astipulation (n.) Stipulation; agreement.

Astir (adv. & a.) Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.

Astomatous (a.) Alt. of Astomous

Astomous (a.) Not possessing a mouth.

Astoned (imp. & p. p.) of Astone

Astond () of Astone

Astound () of Astone

Aston (v. t.) Alt. of Astone

Astone (v. t.) To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.

Astonied (p. p.) Stunned; astonished. See Astony.

Astonished (imp. & p. p.) of Astonish

Astonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astonish

Astonish (v. t.) To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.

Astonish (v. t.) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion.

Astonishedly (adv.) In an astonished manner.

Astonishing (a.) Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.

Astonishment (n.) The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

Astonishment (n.) Dismay; consternation.

Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.

Astonishment (n.) The object causing such an emotion.

Astonied (imp. & p. p.) of Astony

Astonying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astony

Astony (v. t.) To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.

Astoop (adv.) In a stooping or inclined position.

Astound (a.) Stunned; astounded; astonished.

Astounded (imp. & p. p.) of Astound

Astound () of Astound

Astounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astound

Astound (a.) To stun; to stupefy.

Astound (a.) To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.

Astounding (a.) Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.

Astoundment (n.) Amazement.

Astrachan (a. & n.) See Astrakhan.

Astraddle (adv.) In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.

Astraean (a.) Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.

Astraean (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.

Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

Astragal (n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

Astragalar (a.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Astragaloid (a.) Resembling the astragalus in form.

Astragalomancy (n.) Divination by means of small bones or dice.

Astragalus (n.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

Astragalus (n.) See Astragal, 1.

Astrakhan (a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.

Astrakhan (n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.

Astral (a.) Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.

Astrand (adv. & a.) Stranded.

Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.

Astricted (imp. & p. p.) of Astrict

Astricting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astrict

Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.

Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.

Astrict (a.) Concise; contracted.

Astriction (n.) The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.

Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

Astriction (n.) Constipation.

Astriction (n.) Astringency.

Astriction (n.) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.

Astrictive (a.) Binding; astringent.

Astrictive (n.) An astringent.

Astrictory (a.) Astrictive.

Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.

Astriferous (a.) Bearing stars.

Astringed (imp. & p. p.) of Astringe

Astringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astringe

Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

Astringe (v. t.) To bind by moral or legal obligation.

Astringency (n.) The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.

Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.

Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.

Astringently (adv.) In an astringent manner.

Astringer (n.) A falconer who keeps a goshawk.

Astro- () The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.

Astrofel (n.) Alt. of Astrofell

Astrofell (n.) A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.

Astrogeny (n.) The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.

Astrognosy (n.) The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.

Astrogony (n.) Same as Astrogeny.

Astrography (n.) The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.

Astroite (n.) A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.

Astrolabe (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.

Astrolabe (n.) A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.

Astrolater (n.) A worshiper of the stars.

Astrolatry (n.) The worship of the stars.

Astrolithology (n.) The science of aerolites.

Astrologer (n.) One who studies the stars; an astronomer.

Astrologer (n.) One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

Astrologian (n.) An astrologer.

Astrologic (a.) Alt. of Astrological

Astrological (a.) Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.

Astrologize (v. t. & i.) To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.

Astrology (n.) In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.

Astromantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.

Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.

Astrometer (n.) An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.

Astrometry (n.) The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.

Astronomer (n.) An astrologer.

Astronomer (n.) One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.

Astronomian (n.) An astrologer.

Astronomic (a.) Astronomical.

Astronomical (a.) Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.

Astronomize (v. i.) To study or to talk astronomy.

Astronomy (n.) Astrology.

Astronomy (n.) The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.

Astronomy (n.) A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.

Astrophel (n.) See Astrofel.

Astrophotography (n.) The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.

Astrophysical (a.) Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.

Astrophyton (n.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

Astroscope (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

Astroscopy (n.) Observation of the stars.

Astrotheology (n.) Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.

Astructive (a.) Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.

Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.

Astrut (a. & adv.) In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.

Astucious (a.) Subtle; cunning; astute.

Astucity (n.) Craftiness; astuteness.

Astun (v. t.) To stun.

Asturian (a.) Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.

Asturian (n.) A native of Asturias.

Astute (a.) Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

Astylar (a.) Without columns or pilasters.

Astyllen (n.) A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.

Asunder (adv.) Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.

Asura (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

Aswail (n.) The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.

Asweve (v. t.) To stupefy.

Aswing (adv.) In a state of swinging.

Aswoon (adv.) In a swoon.

Aswooned (adv.) In a swoon.

Asylums (pl. ) of Asylum

Asyla (pl. ) of Asylum

Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.

Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.

Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.

Asymmetral (a.) Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.

Asymmetric (a.) Alt. of Asymmetrical

Asymmetrical (a.) Incommensurable.

Asymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical.

Asymmetrous (a.) Asymmetrical.

Asymmetry (n.) Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.

Asymmetry (n.) Incommensurability.

Asymptote (n.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.

Asynartete (a.) Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.

Asyndetic (a.) Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.

Asyndeton (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.

Asystole (n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.

Asystolism (n.) The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.

At (prep.) Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at.

At (prep.) A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.

At (prep.) The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.

At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.

At (prep.) The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80¡; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

At (prep.) The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.

At (prep.) The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.

At (prep.) Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.

Atabal (n.) A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.

Atacamite (n.) An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

Atafter (prep.) After.

Ataghan (n.) See Yataghan.

Atake (v. t.) To overtake.

Ataman (n.) A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.

Ataraxia (n.) Alt. of Ataraxy

Ataraxy (n.) Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

Ataunt (adv.) Alt. of Ataunto

Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

Atavic (a.) Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

Atavism (n.) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.

Atavism (n.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.

Ataxia (n.) Alt. of Ataxy

Ataxy (n.) Disorder; irregularity.

Ataxy (n.) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions.

Ataxy (n.) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.

Ataxic (a.) Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements.

Atazir (n.) The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men.

Ate () the preterit of Eat.

Ate (n.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

-ate () As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.

-ate () As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).

-ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.

-ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.

Atechnic (a.) Without technical or artistic knowledge.

Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

Atelier (n.) A workshop; a studio.

Atellan (a.) Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald.

Atellan (n.) A farcical drama performed at Atella.

Athalamous (a.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Athamaunt (n.) Adamant.

Athanasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.

Athanor (n.) A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.

Athecata (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

Atheism (n.) The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

Atheism (n.) Godlessness.

Atheist (n.) One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

Atheist (n.) A godless person.

Atheistic (a.) Alt. of Atheistical

Atheistical (a.) Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.

Atheistical (a.) Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer.

Atheize (v. t.) To render atheistic or godless.

Atheize (v. i.) To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist.

Atheling (n.) An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family.

Atheneums (pl. ) of Athenaeum

Athenaea (pl. ) of Athenaeum

Atheneum (n.) Alt. of Athenaeum

Athenaeum (n.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

Athenaeum (n.) A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.

Athenaeum (n.) A literary or scientific association or club.

Athenaeum (n.) A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.

Athenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.

Athenian (n.) A native or citizen of Athens.

Atheological (a.) Opposed to theology; atheistic.

Atheology (n.) Antagonism to theology.

Atheous (a.) Atheistic; impious.

Atheous (a.) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.

Atherine (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.

Athermancy (n.) Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.

Athermanous (a.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.

Athermous (a.) Athermanous.

Atheroid (a.) Shaped like an ear of grain.

Atheroma (n.) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.

Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

Atheromatous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma.

Athetosis (n.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.

Athink (v. t.) To repent; to displease; to disgust.

Athirst (a.) Wanting drink; thirsty.

Athirst (a.) Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing.

Athlete (n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

Athlete (n.) Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

Athlete (n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

Athletic (a.) Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

Athletic (a.) Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.

Athleticism (n.) The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.

Athletics (n.) The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

Athletism (n.) The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.

Athwart (prep.) Across; from side to side of.

Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.

Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.

Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

Atilt (adv.) In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.

Atilt (adv.) In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]

Atimy (n.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.

-ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.

A-tiptoe (adv.) On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.

Atlanta (n.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.

Atlantal (a.) Relating to the atlas.

Atlantal (a.) Anterior; cephalic.

Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.

Atlantean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.

Atlantes (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.

Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.

Atlantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.

Atlantic (a.) Descended from Atlas.

Atlantides (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.

Atlases (pl. ) of Atlas

Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.

Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.

Atlas (n.) A collection of maps in a volume

Atlas (n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject.

Atlas (n.) A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.

Atlas (n.) A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.

Atlas (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.

Atlas (n.) A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.

Atmidometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.

Atmo (n.) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.

Atmologic (a.) Alt. of Atmological

Atmological (a.) Of or pertaining to atmology.

Atmologist (n.) One who is versed in atmology.

Atmology (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.

Atmolysis (n.) The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

Atmolyzation (n.) Separation by atmolysis.

Atmolyze (v. t.) To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.

Atmolyzer (n.) An apparatus for effecting atmolysis.

Atmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.

Atmosphere (n.) The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.

Atmosphere (n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.

Atmosphere (n.) A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

Atmosphere (n.) The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.

Atmosphere (n.) Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.

Atmosphere (n.) The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.

Atmospheric (a.) Alt. of Atmospherical

Atmospherical (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.

Atmospherical (a.) Existing in the atmosphere.

Atmospherical (a.) Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.

Atmospherical (a.) Dependent on the atmosphere.

Atmospherically (adv.) In relation to the atmosphere.

Atmospherology (n.) The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.

Atokous (a.) Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.

Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.

Atom (n.) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

Atom (n.) An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.

Atom (n.) A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.

Atom (n.) The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

Atom (n.) Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.

Atom (v. t.) To reduce to atoms.

Atomic (a.) Alt. of Atomical

Atomical (a.) Of or pertaining to atoms.

Atomical (a.) Extremely minute; tiny.

Atomically (adv.) In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.

Atomician (n.) An atomist.

Atomicism (n.) Atomism.

Atomicity (n.) Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

Atomism (n.) The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

Atomist (n.) One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.

Atomistic (a.) Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.

Atomization (n.) The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.

Atomization (n.) The reduction of fluids into fine spray.

Atomize (v. t.) To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.

Atomizer (n.) One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

Atomology (n.) The doctrine of atoms.

Atomy (n.) An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

Atomy (n.) A skeleton.

Atonable (a.) Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.

At one () In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.

At one () Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.

At one () Together.

Atoned (imp. & p. p.) of Atone

Atoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Atone

Atone (v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

Atone (v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.

Atone (v. t.) To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.

Atone (v. t.) To unite in making.

Atone (v. t.) To make satisfaction for; to expiate.

Atonement (n.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

Atonement (n.) Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ.

Atoner (n.) One who makes atonement.

Atonic (a.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.

Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.

Atonic (a.) Destitute of tone vocality; surd.

Atonic (n.) A word that has no accent.

Atonic (n.) An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing.

Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.

Atony (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

Atop (adv.) On or at the top.

Atrabilarian (a.) Alt. of Atrabilarious

Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.

Atrabilarian (n.) A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.

Atrabiliar (a.) Melancholy; atrabilious.

Atrabiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.

Atrabiliary (a.) Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania.

Atrabilious (a.) Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary.

Atramentaceous (a.) Black, like ink; inky; atramental.

Atramental (a.) Alt. of Atramentous

Atramentous (a.) Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

Atramentarious (a.) Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

Atrede (v. t.) To surpass in council.

Atrenne (v. t.) To outrun.

Atresia (n.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

Atrial (a.) Of or pertaining to an atrium.

Atrip (adv.) Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.

Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.

Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Atria (pl. ) of Atrium

Atrium (n.) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

Atrium (n.) An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.

Atrium (n.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

Atrium (n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.

Atrocha (n.) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

Atrocious (a.) Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

Atrocious (a.) Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.

Atrocious (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.

Atrocities (pl. ) of Atrocity

Atrocity (n.) Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

Atrocity (n.) An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.

Atrophic (a.) Relating to atrophy.

Atrophied (p. a.) Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.

Atrophy (n.) A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

Atrophied (p. p.) of Atrophy

Atrophy (v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

Atrophy (v. i.) To waste away; to dwindle.

Atropia (n.) Same as Atropine.

Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

Atropism (n.) A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.

Atropous (a.) Not inverted; orthotropous.

Atrous (a.) Coal-black; very black.

Atrypa (n.) A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.

Attabal (n.) See Atabal.

Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.

Attached (imp. & p. p.) of Attach

Attaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attach

Attach (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

Attach (v. t.) To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.

Attach (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.

Attach (v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.

Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.

Attach (v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.

Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.

Attach (n.) An attachment.

Attachable (a.) Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

Attachment (n.) The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

Attachment (n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.

Attachment (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).

Attachment (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

Attacked (imp. & p. p.) of Attack

Attacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attack

Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

Attack (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.

Attack (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.

Attack (v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

Attack (v. i.) To make an onset or attack.

Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.

Attack (n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.

Attack (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc.

Attack (n.) An access of disease; a fit of sickness.

Attack (n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.

Attackable (a.) Capable of being attacked.

Attacker (n.) One who attacks.

Attagas (n.) Alt. of Attagen

Attagen (n.) A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.

Attaghan (n.) See Yataghan.

Attained (imp. & p. p.) of Attain

Attaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain

Attain (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

Attain (v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.

Attain (v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

Attain (v. t.) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.

Attain (v. t.) To overtake.

Attain (v. t.) To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

Attain (v. i.) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

Attain (v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.

Attain (n.) Attainment.

Attainability (n.) The quality of being attainable; attainableness.

Attainable (a.) Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.

Attainable (a.) Obtainable.

Attainableness (n.) The quality of being attainable; attainability.

Attainder (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.

Attainder (n.) A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.

Attainment (n.) The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

Attainment (n.) That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

Attainted (imp. & p. p.) of Attaint

Attainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attaint

Attaint (v. t.) To attain; to get act; to hit.

Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.

Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.

Attaint (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.

Attaint (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.

Attaint (v. t.) To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

Attaint (p. p.) Attainted; corrupted.

Attaint (v.) A touch or hit.

Attaint (v.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.

Attaint (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.

Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.

Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.

Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.

Attainture (n.) Attainder; disgrace.

Attal (n.) Same as Attle.

Attame (v. t.) To pierce; to attack.

Attame (v. t.) To broach; to begin.

Attaminate (v. t.) To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.

Attar (n.) A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.

Attask (v. t.) To take to task; to blame.

Attaste (v. t.) To taste or cause to taste.

Atte () At the.

Attempered (imp. & p. p.) of Attemper

Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attemper

Attemper (v. t.) To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.

Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.

Attemper (v. t.) To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.

Attemper (v. t.) To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.

Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.

Attemperate (a.) Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

Attemperate (v. t.) To attemper.

Attemperation (n.) The act of attempering or regulating.

Attemperly (adv.) Temperately.

Attemperment (n.) Attemperament.

Attempted (imp. & p. p.) of Attempt

Attempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attempt

Attempt (v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

Attempt (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.

Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.

Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.

Attempt (v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon.

Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.

Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.

Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.

Attempter (n.) An assailant; also, a temper.

Attemptive (a.) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.

Attended (imp. & p. p.) of Attend

Attending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attend

Attend (v. t.) To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

Attend (v. t.) To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.

Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.

Attend (v. t.) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.

Attend (v. t.) To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.

Attend (v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.

Attend (v. i.) To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.

Attend (v. i.) To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.

Attend (v. i.) (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.

Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

Attendance (v. t.) Attention; regard; careful application.

Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.

Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.

Attendance (v. t.) The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.

Attendancy (n.) The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.

Attendant (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.

Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.

Attendant (n.) One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.

Attendant (n.) One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.

Attendant (n.) That which accompanies; a concomitant.

Attendant (n.) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.

Attendement (n.) Intent.

Attender (n.) One who, or that which, attends.

Attendment (n.) An attendant circumstance.

Attent (v. t.) Attentive; heedful.

Attent (n.) Attention; heed.

Attentate (n.) Alt. of Attentat

Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.

Attentat (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

Attentat (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.

Attention (n.) The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.

Attention (n.) An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

Attentive (a.) Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

Attentive (a.) Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.

Attently (adv.) Attentively.

Attenuant (a.) Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.

Attenuant (n.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

Attenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Attenuate

Attenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attenuate

Attenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.

Attenuate (v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.

Attenuate (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.

Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.

Attenuate (a.) Alt. of Attenuated

Attenuated (a.) Made thin or slender.

Attenuated (a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.

Attenuation (n.) The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.

Attenuation (n.) The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.

Attenuation (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.

Atter (n.) Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore.

Attercop (n.) A spider.

Attercop (n.) A peevish, ill-natured person.

Atterrate (v. t.) To fill up with alluvial earth.

Atterration (n.) The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.

Attested (imp. & p. p.) of Attest

Attesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attest

Attest (v. t.) To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

Attest (v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.

Attest (v. t.) To call to witness; to invoke.

Attest (n.) Witness; testimony; attestation.

Attestation (n.) The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

Attestative (a.) Of the nature of attestation.

Attester (n.) Alt. of Attestor

Attestor (n.) One who attests.

Attestive (a.) Attesting; furnishing evidence.

Attic (a.) Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.

Attic (a.) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:

Attic (a.) A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

Attic (a.) An Athenian; an Athenian author.

Attical (a.) Attic.

Atticism (n.) A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.

Atticism (n.) The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.

Atticize (v. t.) To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.

Atticize (v. i.) To side with the Athenians.

Atticize (v. i.) To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

Attiguous (a.) Touching; bordering; contiguous.

Attinge (v. t.) To touch lightly.

Attired (imp. & p. p.) of Attire

Attiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attire

Attire (v. t.) To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

Attire (n.) Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.

Attire (n.) The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

Attire (n.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.

Attired (p. p.) Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attirement (n.) Attire; adornment.

Attirer (n.) One who attires.

Attitude (n.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

Attitude (n.) The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.

Attitude (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.

Attitudinal (a.) Relating to attitude.

Attitudinarian (n.) One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

Attitudinarianism (n.) A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

Attitudinize (v. i.) To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.

Attitudinizer (n.) One who practices attitudes.

Attle (n.) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.

Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle.

Attonce (adv.) At once; together.

Attone (adv.) See At one.

Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.

Attorn (v. t.) To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.

Attorneys (pl. ) of Attorney

Attorney (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

Attorney (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

Attorney (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

Attorney (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.

Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required.

Attorneyism (n.) The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

Attorneyship (n.) The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another.

Attornment (n.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord.

Attracted (imp. & p. p.) of Attract

Attracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attract

Attract (v. t.) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

Attract (v. t.) To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.

Attract (n.) Attraction.

Attractability (n.) The quality or fact of being attractable.

Attractable (a.) Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction.

Attracter (n.) One who, or that which, attracts.

Attractile (a.) Having power to attract.

Attracting (a.) That attracts.

Attraction (n.) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Attraction (n.) The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.

Attraction (n.) The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.

Attraction (n.) That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

Attractive (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

Attractive (a.) Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.

Attractive (n.) That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

Attractivity (n.) The quality or degree of attractive power.

Attractor (n.) One who, or that which, attracts.

Attrahent (v. t.) Attracting; drawing; attractive.

Attrahent (n.) That which attracts, as a magnet.

Attrahent (n.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.

Attrap (v. t.) To entrap; to insnare.

Attrap (v. t.) To adorn with trapping; to array.

Attrectation (n.) Frequent handling or touching.

Attributable (a.) Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.

Attributed (imp. & p. p.) of Attribute

Attributing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attribute

Attribute (v. t.) To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).

Attribute (n.) That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.

Attribute (n.) Reputation.

Attribute (n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

Attribute (n.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

Attribution (n.) The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

Attribution (n.) That which is ascribed or attributed.

Attributive (a.) Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

Attributive (n.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Attributively (adv.) In an attributive manner.

Attrite (a.) Rubbed; worn by friction.

Attrite (a.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

Attrition (n.) The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.

Attrition (n.) The state of being worn.

Attrition (n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.

Attry (a.) Poisonous; malignant; malicious.

Attuned (imp. & p. p.) of Attune

Attuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attune

Attune (v. t.) To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

Attune (v. t.) To arrange fitly; to make accordant.

Atwain (adv.) In twain; asunder.

Atween (adv. or prep.) Between.

Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.

Atwite (v. t.) To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid.

Atwixt (adv.) Betwixt.

Atwo (adv.) In two; in twain; asunder.

Atypic (a.) Alt. of Atypical

Atypical (a.) That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.

Aubade (n.) An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.

Aubaine (n.) Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized.

Aube (n.) An alb.

Auberge (n.) An inn.

Aubin (n.) A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop.

Auburn (a.) Flaxen-colored.

Auburn (a.) Reddish brown.

Auchenium (n.) The part of the neck nearest the back.

Auctary (n.) That which is superadded; augmentation.

Auction (n.) A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

Auction (n.) The things sold by auction or put up to auction.

Auction (v. t.) To sell by auction.

Auctionary (a.) Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer.

Auctioneer (n.) A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

Auctioneer (v. t.) To sell by auction; to auction.

Aucupation (n.) Birdcatching; fowling.

Audacious (a.) Daring; spirited; adventurous.

Audacious (a.) Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.

Audacious (a.) Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.

Audaciously (adv.) In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

Audaciousness (n.) The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

Audacity (n.) Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

Audacity (n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

Audibility (n.) The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

Audible (a.) Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.

Audible (n.) That which may be heard.

Audibleness (n.) The quality of being audible.

Audibly (adv.) So as to be heard.

Audience (a.) The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

Audience (a.) Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.

Audience (a.) An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.

Audient (a.) Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls.

Audient (n.) A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church.

Audiometer (n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

Audiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

Audit (a.) An audience; a hearing.

Audit (a.) An examination in general; a judicial examination.

Audit (a.) The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

Audit (a.) A general receptacle or receiver.

Audited (imp. & p. p.) of Audit

Auditing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Audit

Audit (v. t.) To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.

Audit (v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.

Audita querela () A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.

Audition (n.) The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

Auditive (a.) Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory.

Auditor (a.) A hearer or listener.

Auditor (a.) A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

Auditor (a.) One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

Auditorial (a.) Auditory.

Auditorium (n.) The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

Auditorship (n.) The office or function of auditor.

Auditory (a.) Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.

Auditory (n.) An assembly of hearers; an audience.

Auditory (n.) An auditorium.

Auditress (n.) A female hearer.

Auditual (a.) Auditory.

Auf (n.) A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.

Au fait () Expert; skillful; well instructed.

Augean (a.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.

Augean (a.) Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.

Auger (n.) An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.

Auget (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.

Aught (n.) Alt. of Aucht

Aucht (n.) Property; possession.

Aught (n.) Anything; any part.

Aught (adv.) At all; in any degree.

Augite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.

Augitic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks.

Augmented (imp. & p. p.) of Augment

Augmenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Augment

Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.

Augment (v. t.) To add an augment to.

Augment (v. i.) To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.

Augment (n.) Enlargement by addition; increase.

Augment (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

Augmentable (a.) Capable of augmentation.

Augmentation (n.) The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

Augmentation (n.) The state of being augmented; enlargement.

Augmentation (n.) The thing added by way of enlargement.

Augmentation (n.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.

Augmentation (n.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.

Augmentation (n.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.

Augmentative (a.) Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

Augmentative (n.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive.

Augmenter (n.) One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

Augrim (n.) See Algorism.

Augur (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

Augur (n.) One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.

Augured (imp. & p. p.) of Augur

Auguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Augur

Augur (v. i.) To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.

Augur (v. i.) To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.

Augur (v. t.) To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.

Augural (a.) Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books.

Augurate (v. t. & i.) To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.

Augurate (n.) The office of an augur.

Auguration (n.) The practice of augury.

Augurer (n.) An augur.

Augurial (a.) Relating to augurs or to augury.

Augurist (n.) An augur.

Angurize (v. t.) To augur.

Augurous (a.) Full of augury; foreboding.

Augurship (n.) The office, or period of office, of an augur.

Auguries (pl. ) of Augury

Augury (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

Augury (n.) An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.

Augury (n.) A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

August (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.

August (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times.

Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.

Augustine (n.) Alt. of Augustinian

Augustinian (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

Augustinian (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.

Augustinian (n.) One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.

Augustinianism (n.) Alt. of Augustinism

Augustinism (n.) The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.

Augustly (adv.) In an august manner.

Augustness (n.) The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.

Aukward (a.) See Awkward.

Aularian (a.) Relating to a hall.

Aularian (n.) At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.

Auld (a.) Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh.

Auld lang syne () A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.

Auletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.

Aulic (a.) Pertaining to a royal court.

Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).

Auln (n.) An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.

Aulnage (n.) Alt. of Aulnager

Aulnager (n.) See Alnage and Alnager.

Aum (n.) Same as Aam.

Aumail (v. t.) To figure or variegate.

Aumbry (n.) Same as Ambry.

Aumery (n.) A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

Auncel (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.

Auncetry (n.) Ancestry.

Aune (n.) A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.

Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

Aunt (n.) An old woman; and old gossip.

Aunt (n.) A bawd, or a prostitute.

Auntter (n.) Adventure; hap.

Aunter (v. t.) Alt. of Auntre

Auntre (v. t.) To venture; to dare.

Auntie (n.) Alt. of Aunty

Aunty (n.) A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Auntrous (a.) Adventurous.

Aurae (pl. ) of Aura

Aura (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.

Aura (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

Aural (a.) Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.

Aural (a.) Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.

Aurantiaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceae, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.

Aurate (n.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.

Aurated (a.) Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.

Aurated (a.) Combined with auric acid.

Aurated (a.) Having ears. See Aurited.

Aureate (a.) Golden; gilded.

Aurelia (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

Aurelia (n.) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.

Aurelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

Aurelian (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

Aureola (n.) Alt. of Aureole

Aureole (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.

Aureole (n.) A halo, actual or figurative.

Aureole (n.) See Areola, 2.

Auric (a.) Of or pertaining to gold.

Auric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.

Aurichalceous (a.) Brass-colored.

Aurichalcite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

Auricle (n.) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.

Auricle (n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.

Auricle (n.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.

Auricle (n.) An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.

Auricled (a.) Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.

Auriculae (pl. ) of Auricula

Auriculas (pl. ) of Auricula

Auricula (n.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.

Auricula (n.) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.

Auricula (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish

Auricula (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

Auricular (a.) Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.

Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.

Auricular (a.) Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.

Auricular (a.) Received by the ear; known by report.

Auricular (a.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.

Auricularia (n. pl.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

Auricularly (adv.) In an auricular manner.

Auriculars (n. pl.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

Auriculate (a.) Alt. of Auriculated

Auriculated (a.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.

Auriferous (a.) Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

Auriflamme (n.) See Oriflamme.

Auriform (a.) Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

Auriga (n.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

Aurigal (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.

Aurigation (n.) The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.

Aurigraphy (n.) The art of writing with or in gold.

Aurin (n.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

Auriphrygiate (a.) Embroidered or decorated with gold.

Auripigment (n.) See Orpiment.

Auriscalp (n.) An earpick.

Auriscope (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Auriscopy (n.) Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

Aurist (n.) One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

Aurited (a.) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.

Aurivorous (a.) Gold-devouring.

Aurocephalous (a.) Having a gold-colored head.

Aurochloride (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

Aurochs (n.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, / Europaeus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Caesar, with which it has often been confused.

Aurocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

Auroras (pl. ) of Aurora

Aurorae (pl. ) of Aurora

Aurora (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

Aurora (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.

Aurora (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.

Aurora (n.) A species of crowfoot.

Aurora (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

Auroral (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.

Aurous (a.) Containing gold.

Aurous (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.

Aurum (n.) Gold.

Auscult (v. i. & t.) To auscultate.

Auscultate (v. i. & t.) To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Auscultation (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.

Auscultation (n.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

Auscultator (n.) One who practices auscultation.

Auscultatory (a.) Of or pertaining to auscultation.

Ausonian (a.) Italian.

Auspicate (a.) Auspicious.

Auspicate (v. t.) To foreshow; to foretoken.

Auspicate (v. t.) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.

Auspices (pl. ) of Auspice

Auspice (a.) A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.

Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Auspicial (a.) Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious.

Auspicious (a.) Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

Auspicious (a.) Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.

Auspicious (a.) Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.

Auster (n.) The south wind.

Austere () Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.

Austere () Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Austerely (adv.) Severely; rigidly; sternly.

Austereness (n.) Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

Austereness (n.) Severity; strictness; austerity.

Austerities (pl. ) of Austerity

Austerity (n.) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Austerity (n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

Austerity (n.) Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.

Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars.

Austral (a.) Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.

Australasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.

Australasian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.

Australian (a.) Of or pertaining to Australia.

Australian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Australia.

Australize (v. i.) To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet.

Austrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.

Austrian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Austria.

Austrine (n.) Southern; southerly; austral.

Austro-Hungarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.

Austromancy (n.) Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

Autarchy (n.) Self-sufficiency.

Authentic (n.) Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.

Authentic (n.) Authoritative.

Authentic (n.) Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

Authentic (n.) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

Authentic (n.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.

Authentic (n.) An original (book or document).

Authentical (a.) Authentic.

Authentically (adv.) In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.

Authenticalness (n.) The quality of being authentic; authenticity.

Authenticated (imp. & p. p.) of Authenticate

Authenticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Authenticate

Authenticate (v. t.) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

Authenticate (v. t.) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.

Authenticity (n.) The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

Authenticity (n.) Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.

Authenticly (adv.) Authentically.

Authenticness (n.) The quality of being authentic; authenticity.

Authentics (n.) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity.

Author (n.) The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

Author (n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

Author (n.) The editor of a periodical.

Author (n.) An informant.

Author (v. t.) To occasion; to originate.

Author (v. t.) To tell; to say; to declare.

Authoress (n.) A female author.

Authorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an author.

Authorism (n.) Authorship.

Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.

Authoritative (a.) Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.

Authorities (pl. ) of Authority

Authority (n.) Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.

Authority (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.

Authority (n.) The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.

Authority (n.) That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.

Authority (n.) Testimony; witness.

Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.

Authority (n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.

Authority (n.) Justification; warrant.

Authorizable (a.) Capable of being authorized.

Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

Authorized (imp. & p. p.) of Authorize

Authorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Authorize

Authorize (v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

Authorize (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

Authorize (v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.

Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.

Authorized (a.) Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

Authorized (a.) Sanctioned by authority.

Authorizer (n.) One who authorizes.

Authorless (a.) Without an author; without authority; anonymous.

Authorly (a.) Authorial.

Authorship (n.) The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

Authorship (n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.

Authotype (n.) A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.

Auto- () A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.

Autobiographer (n.) One who writers his own life or biography.

Autobiographic (a.) Alt. of Autobiographical

Autobiographical (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch.

Autobiographist (n.) One who writes his own life; an autobiographer.

Autobiographies (pl. ) of Autobiography

Autobiography (n.) A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

Autocarpous (a.) Alt. of Autocarpian

Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Autochronograph (n.) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.

Authochthons (pl. ) of Autochthon

Autochthones (pl. ) of Autochthon

Autochthon (n.) One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

Autochthon (n.) That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.

Autochthonal (a.) Alt. of Autochthonous

Authochthonic (a.) Alt. of Autochthonous

Autochthonous (a.) Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

Autochthonism (n.) The state of being autochthonal.

Autochthony (n.) An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

Autoclave (n.) A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

Autocracies (pl. ) of Autocracy

Autocracy (n.) Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Autocracy (n.) Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.

Autocracy (n.) Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.

Autocracy (n.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

Autocrat (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

Autocratic (a.) Alt. of Autocratical

Autocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocrator (n.) An autocrat.

Autocratorical (a.) Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute.

Autocratrix (n.) A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

Autocratship (n.) The office or dignity of an autocrat.

Autos-da-fe (pl. ) of Auto-da-fe

Auto-da-fe (n.) A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.

Auto-da-fe (n.) A session of the court of Inquisition.

Autos-de-fe (pl. ) of Auto-de-fe

Auto-de-fe (n.) Same as Auto-da-fe.

Autodidact (n.) One who is self-taught; an automath.

Autodynamic (a.) Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

Autofecundation (n.) Self-impregnation.

Autogamous (a.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.

Autogamy (n.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Autogeneal (a.) Self-produced; autogenous.

Autogenesis (n.) Spontaneous generation.

Autogenetic (a.) Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.

Autogenous (a.) Self-generated; produced independently.

Autogenous (a.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.

Autogenously (adv.) In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.

Autograph (n.) That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

Autograph (a.) In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.

Autographal (a.) Autographic.

Autographic (a.) Alt. of Autographical

Autographical (a.) Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.

Autographical (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.

Autography (n.) The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.

Autography (n.) A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.

Autolatry (n.) Self-worship.

Automath (n.) One who is self-taught.

Automatic (a.) Alt. of Automatical

Automatical (a.) Having an inherent power of action or motion.

Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.

Automatical (a.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions.

Automatically (adv.) In an automatic manner.

Automatism (n.) The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

Automata (pl. ) of Automaton

Automatons (pl. ) of Automaton

Automaton (v. i.) Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

Automaton (v. i.) A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.

Automatous (a.) Automatic.

Automorphic (a.) Patterned after one's self.

Automorphism (n.) Automorphic characterization.

Autonomasy (n.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

Autonomic (a.) Having the power of self-government; autonomous.

Autoomist (n.) One who advocates autonomy.

Autonomous (a.) Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Autonomous (a.) Having independent existence or laws.

Autonomy (n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

Autonomy (n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.

Autophagi (n. pl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

Autophoby (n.) Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.

Autophony (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.

Autoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

Autoplasty (n.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

Autopsic (a.) Alt. of Autopsical

Autopsical (a.) Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical.

Autopsorin (n.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

Autopsy (a.) Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.

Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

Autoptic (a.) Alt. of Autoptical

Autoptical (a.) Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

Autoptically (adv.) By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.

Autoschediastic (a.) Alt. of Autoschediastical

Autoschediastical (a.) Extemporary; offhand.

Autostylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.

Autotheism (n.) The doctrine of God's self-existence.

Autotheism (n.) Deification of one's self; self-worship.

Autotheist (n.) One given to self-worship.

Autotype (n.) A facsimile.

Autotype (n.) A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.

Autotypography (n.) A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.

Autotypy (n.) The art or process of making autotypes.

Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.

Autumn (n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn.

Autumn (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.

Autumnal (a.) Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.

Autumnal (a.) Past the middle of life; in the third stage.

Auxanometer (n.) An instrument to measure the growth of plants.

Auxesis (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Auxetic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.

Auxiliar (a.) Auxiliary.

Auxiliar (n.) An auxiliary.

Auxiliarly (adv.) By way of help.

Auxiliary (a.) Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.

Auxiliaries (pl. ) of Auxiliary

Auxiliary (n.) A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.

Auxiliary (n.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.

Auxiliary (sing.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.

Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae.

Auxiliatory (a.) Auxiliary; helping.

Ava (n.) Same as Kava.

Avadavat (n.) Same as Amadavat.

Availed (imp. & p. p.) of Avail

Availing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avail

Avail (v. t.) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

Avail (v. t.) To promote; to assist.

Avail (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.

Avail (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

Avail (n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

Avail (v. t. & i.) See Avale, v.

Availabilities (pl. ) of Availability

Availability (n.) The quality of being available; availableness.

Availability (n.) That which is available.

Available (a.) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

Available (a.) Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate.

Availableness (n.) Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.

Availableness (n.) Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended.

Avaiably (adv.) In an available manner; profitably; advantageously; efficaciously.

Availment (n.) Profit; advantage.

Avalanche (n.) A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

Avalanche (n.) A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

Avalanche (n.) A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.

Avale (v. t. & i.) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.

Avale (v. t. & i.) To bring low; to abase.

Avale (v. t. & i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount.

Avant (n.) The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.

Avant-courier (n.) A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Avarice (n.) An inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Avaricious (a.) Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Avarous (a.) Avaricious.

Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.

Avatar (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

Avatar (n.) Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.

Avaunce (v. t. & i.) To advance; to profit.

Avaunt (interj.) Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.

Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To depart; to move away.

Avaunt (v. t. & i.) To vaunt; to boast.

Avaunt (n.) A vaunt; to boast.

Avauntour (n.) A boaster.

Ave (n.) An ave Maria.

Ave (n.) A reverential salutation.

Avel (v. t.) To pull away.

Avellane (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.

Ave Maria () Alt. of Ave Mary

Ave Mary () A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.

Ave Mary () A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.

Avena (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Avenaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

Avenage (n.) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.

Avener (n.) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.

Avenged (imp. & p. p.) of Avenge

Avenging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avenge

Avenge (v. t.) To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

Avenge (v. t.) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

Avenge (v. i.) To take vengeance.

Avenge (n.) Vengeance; revenge.

Avengeance (n.) Vengeance.

Avengeful (a.) Vengeful.

Avengement (n.) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.

Avenger (n.) One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.

Avenger (n.) One who takes vengeance.

Avengeress (n.) A female avenger.

Avenious (a.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.

Avenor (n.) See Avener.

Avens (n.) A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.

Aventail (n.) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

Aventine (a.) Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.

Aventine (n.) A post of security or defense.

Aventre (v. t.) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.

Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.

Aventure (n.) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.

Aventurine (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.

Aventurine (n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Avenue (n.) A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.

Avenue (n.) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

Avenue (n.) A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.

Aver (n.) A work horse, or working ox.

Averred (imp. & p. p.) of Aver

Averring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver

Aver (v. t.) To assert, or prove, the truth of.

Aver (v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.

Aver (v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.

Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.

Average (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Average (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.

Average (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

Averaged (imp. & p. p.) of Average

Averaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Average

Average (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

Average (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.

Avercorn (n.) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.

Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

Averment (v. t.) Verification; establishment by evidence.

Averment (v. t.) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

Avernal (a.) Alt. of Avernian

Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.

Averpenny (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Averroism (n.) The tenets of the Averroists.

Averroist (n.) One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.

Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.

Averruncate (v. t.) To root up.

Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.

Averruncation (n.) Eradication.

Averruncator (n.) An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

Aversation (n.) A turning from with dislike; aversion.

Averse (a.) Turned away or backward.

Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.

Averse (v. t. & i.) To turn away.

Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

Aversely (adv.) With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.

Averseness (n.) The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.

Aversion (n.) A turning away.

Aversion (n.) Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.

Aversion (n.) The object of dislike or repugnance.

Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Avert

Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avert

Avert (n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."

Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.

Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts.

Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.

Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.

Aves (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.

Avesta (n.) The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.

Avian (a.) Of or instrument to birds.

Aviaries (pl. ) of Aviary

Aviary (n.) A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.

Aviation (n.) The art or science of flying.

Aviator (n.) An experimenter in aviation.

Aviator (n.) A flying machine.

Avicula (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

Avicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.

Avicularia (n. pl.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

Aviculture (n.) Rearing and care of birds.

Avid (a.) Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.

Avidious (a.) Avid.

Avidiously (adv.) Eagerly; greedily.

Avidity (n.) Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

Avie (adv.) Emulously.

Avifauna (n.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

Avigato (n.) See Avocado.

Avignon berry () The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.

Avile (v. t.) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.

Avis (n.) Advice; opinion; deliberation.

Avise (v. t.) To look at; to view; to think of.

Avise (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.

Avise (v. i.) To consider; to reflect.

Aviseful (a.) Watchful; circumspect.

Avisely (adv.) Advisedly.

Avisement (n.) Advisement; observation; deliberation.

Avision (n.) Vision.

Aviso (n.) Information; advice.

Aviso (n.) An advice boat, or dispatch boat.

Avocado (n.) The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

Avocat (n.) An advocate.

Avocate (a.) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.

Avocation (n.) A calling away; a diversion.

Avocation (n.) That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.

Avocation (n.) Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

Avocative (a.) Calling off.

Avocative (n.) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

Avocet (n.) Alt. of Avoset

Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana.

Avoided (imp. & p. p.) of Avoid

Avoiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avoid

Avoid (a.) To empty.

Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.

Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.

Avoid (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

Avoid (a.) To get rid of.

Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.

Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.

Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant.

Avoidable (a.) Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Avoidance (n.) The act of annulling; annulment.

Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.

Avoidance (n.) A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

Avoidance (n.) The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.

Avoidance (n.) The courts by which anything is carried off.

Avoider (n.) The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.

Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.

Avoidless (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Avoirdupois (n.) Goods sold by weight.

Avoirdupois (n.) Avoirdupois weight.

Avoirdupois (n.) Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois.

Avoke (v. t.) To call from or back again.

Avolate (v. i.) To fly away; to escape; to exhale.

Avolation (n.) The act of flying; flight; evaporation.

Avoset (n.) Same as Avocet.

Avouched (imp. & p. p.) of Avouch

Avouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avouch

Avouch (v. t.) To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.

Avouch (v. t.) To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

Avouch (v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.

Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Avouch (n.) Evidence; declaration.

Avouchable (a.) Capable of being avouched.

Avoucher (n.) One who avouches.

Avouchment (n.) The act of avouching; positive declaration.

Avoutrer (n.) See Advoutrer.

Avoutrie (n.) Adultery.

Avowed (imp. & p. p.) of Avow

Avowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avow

Avow (v. t.) To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

Avow (v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.

Avow (n.) Avowal.

Avow (n.) To bind, or to devote, by a vow.

Avow (n.) A vow or determination.

Avowable (a.) Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence.

Avowal (n.) An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

Avowance (n.) Act of avowing; avowal.

Avowance (n.) Upholding; defense; vindication.

Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.

Avowed (a.) Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.

Avowee (n.) The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

Avower (n.) One who avows or asserts.

Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.

Avowtry (v. t.) Adultery. See Advoutry.

Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.

Avulse (v. t.) To pluck or pull off.

Avulsion (n.) A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

Avulsion (n.) A fragment torn off.

Avulsion (n.) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.

Avuncular (a.) Of or pertaining to an uncle.

Awaited (imp. & p. p.) of Await

Awaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Await

Await (v. t.) To watch for; to look out for.

Await (v. t.) To wait on, serve, or attend.

Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

Await (v. t.) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.

Await (v. i.) To watch.

Await (v. i.) To wait (on or upon).

Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.

Await (n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.

Awoke (imp.) of Awake

Awaked () of Awake

Awaked (p. p.) of Awake

Awaken () of Awake

Awoken () of Awake

Awaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awake

Awoke () of Awake

Awake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

Awake (v. t.) To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

Awake (v. i.) To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

Awake (a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Awakened (imp. & p. p.) of Awaken

Awakening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awaken

Awaken (v. t.) To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

Awakener (n.) One who, or that which, awakens.

Awakening (a.) Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.

Awakening (n.) The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

Awakenment (n.) An awakening.

Awanting (a.) Missing; wanting.

Awarded (imp. & p. p.) of Award

Awarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Award

Award (v. t.) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

Award (v. i.) To determine; to make an award.

Award (v. t.) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

Award (v. t.) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

Awarder (n.) One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Aware (a.) Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.

Awarn (v. t.) To warn.

Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Away (adv.) From a place; hence.

Away (adv.) Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

Away (adv.) Aside; off; in another direction.

Away (adv.) From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

Away (adv.) By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.

Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.

Away-going (a.) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops.

Awayward (adv.) Turned away; away.

Awe (n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

Awed (imp. & p. p.) of Awe

Awing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awe

Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

Awearied (p. p.) Wearied.

Aweary (a.) Weary.

Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!

Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.

Aweless (a.) See Awless.

Awesome (a.) Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.

Awesome (a.) Expressive of awe or terror.

Awesomeness (n.) The quality of being awesome.

Awe-stricken (a.) Awe-struck.

Awe-struck (a.) Struck with awe.

Awful (a.) Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

Awful (a.) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

Awful (a.) Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.

Awful (a.) Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

Awfully (adv.) In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.

Awfully (adv.) Very; excessively.

Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.

Awfulness (n.) The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

Awhape (v. t.) To confound; to terrify; to amaze.

Awhile (adv.) For a while; for some time; for a short time.

Awing (adv.) On the wing; flying; fluttering.

Awk (a.) Odd; out of order; perverse.

Awk (a.) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).

Awk (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.

Awk (adv.) Perversely; in the wrong way.

Awkly (adv.) In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner.

Awkly (adv.) Awkwardly.

Awkward (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.

Awkward (a.) Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

Awkward (a.) Perverse; adverse; untoward.

Awl (n.) A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

Awless (a.) Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear.

Awless (a.) Inspiring no awe.

Awlessness (n.) The quality of being awless.

Awl-shaped (a.) Shaped like an awl.

Awl-shaped (a.) Subulate. See Subulate.

Awlwort (n.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.

Awm (n.) See Aam.

Awn (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.

Awning (n.) A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

Awning (n.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Awninged (a.) Furnished with an awning.

Awnless (a.) Without awns or beard.

Awny (a.) Having awns; bearded.

Awork (adv.) At work; in action.

Aworking (adv.) At work; in action.

Awreak (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Awreke

Awreke (v. t. & i.) To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

Awrong (adv.) Wrongly.

Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.

Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.

Awsome (a.) Same as Awesome.

Ax (n.) Alt. of Axe

Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.

Ax (v. t. & i.) To ask; to inquire or inquire of.

Axal (a.) [See Axial.]

Axe () Alt. of Axeman

Axeman () See Ax, Axman.

Axial (a.) Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.

Axial (a.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.

Axially (adv.) In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.

Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

Axile (a.) Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.

Axillae (pl. ) of Axilla

Axilla (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

Axilla (n.) An axil.

Axillar (a.) Axillary.

Axillaries (n. pl.) Alt. of Axillars

Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

Axillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

Axillary (a.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.

Axinite (n.) A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

Axinomancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.

Axiom (a.) A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."

Axiom (a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

Axiomatic (a.) Alt. of Axiomatical

Axiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.

Axiomatically (adv.) By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.

Axis (n.) The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

Axes (pl. ) of Axis

Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.

Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.

Axis (n.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.

Axis (n.) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.

Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.

Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.

Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design.

Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

Axle (n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle.

Axle box () A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.

Axle box () The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.

Axled (a.) Having an axle; -- used in composition.

Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.

Axletree (n.) A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.

Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.

Axmen (pl. ) of Axman

Axman (n.) One who wields an ax.

Axminster (n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.

Axolotl (n.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.

Axstone (n.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

Axtree (n.) Axle or axletree.

Axunge (n.) Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.

Ay (interj.) Ah! alas!

Ay (adv.) Same as Aye.

Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.

Aye (adv.) Alt. of Ay

Ay (adv.) Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.

Aye (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."

Aye (a.) Alt. of Ay

Ay (a.) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.

Aye-aye (n.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

Ayegreen (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).

Ayen (adv. & prep.) Alt. of Ayeins

Ayein (adv. & prep.) Alt. of Ayeins

Ayeins (adv. & prep.) Again; back against.

Ayenward (adv.) Backward.

Ayle (n.) A grandfather.

Ayme (n.) The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj.

Ayond (prep. & adv.) Beyond.

Ayont (prep. & adv.) Beyond.

Ayrie (n.) Alt. of Ayry

Ayry (n.) See Aerie.

Ayrshire (n.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.

Ayuntamiento (n.) In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.

Azaleas (pl. ) of Azalea

Azalea (n.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

Azarole (n.) The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.

Azedarach (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.

Azedarach (n.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.

Azimuth (n.) The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

Azimuth (n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.

Azimuthal (a.) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.

Azo- () A combining form of azote

Azo- () Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.

Azo- () Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.

Azobenzene (n.) A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.

Azoic (a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.

Azoleic (a.) Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.

Azonic (a.) Confined to no zone or region; not local.

Azorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Azores.

Azorian (n.) A native of the Azores.

Azote (n.) Same as Nitrogen.

Azoth (n.) The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.

Azoth (n.) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.

Azotic (a.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.

Azotite (n.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.

Azotized (imp. & p. p.) of Azotize

Azotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Azotize

Azotize (v. t.) To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

Azotometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.

Azotous (a.) Nitrous; as, azotous acid.

Aztec (a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.

Aztec (n.) One of the Aztec race or people.

Azure (a.) Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

Azure (n.) The lapis lazuli.

Azure (n.) The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.

Azure (n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Azure (n.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Azure (v. t.) To color blue.

Azured (a.) Of an azure color; sky-blue.

Azureous (a.) Of a fine blue color; azure.

Azurine (a.) Azure.

Azurine (n.) The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so called from its color.

Azurite (n.) Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

Azurn (a.) Azure.

Azygous (a.) Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.

Azym (n.) Alt. of Azyme

Azyme (n.) Unleavened bread.

Azymic (a.) Azymous.

Azymite (n.) One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Azymous (a.) Unleavened; unfermented.

B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

Ba (v. i.) To kiss.

Baa (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.

Baas (pl. ) of Baa

Baa (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.

Baaing (n.) The bleating of a sheep.

Baalim (pl. ) of Baal

Baal (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

Baal (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.

Baalism (n.) Worship of Baal; idolatry.

Baalist (n.) Alt. of Baalite

Baalite (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.

Baba (n.) A kind of plum cake.

Babbitt (v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.

Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.

Babbled (imp. & p. p.) of Babble

Babbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Babble

Babble (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

Babble (v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

Babble (v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

Babble (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.

Babble (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.

Babble (v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

Babble (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

Babblement (n.) Babble.

Babbler (n.) An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

Babbler (n.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

Babblery (n.) Babble.

Babe (n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.

Babe (n.) A doll for children.

Babehood (n.) Babyhood.

Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.

Babel (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

Babery (n.) Finery of a kind to please a child.

Babian (n.) Alt. of Babion

Babion (n.) A baboon.

Babillard (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

Babingtonite (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.

Babiroussa (n.) Alt. of Babirussa

Babirussa (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.

Babish (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.

Babism (n.) The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.

Babist (n.) A believer in Babism.

Bablah (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Baboo (n.) Alt. of Babu

Babu (n.) A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.

Baboon (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

Baboonery (n.) Baboonish behavior.

Baboonish (a.) Like a baboon.

Babies (pl. ) of Baby

Baby (n.) An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

Baby (n.) A small image of an infant; a doll.

Baby (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans.

Babied (imp. & p. p.) of Baby

Babying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baby

Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.

Baby farm () A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.

Baby farmer () One who keeps a baby farm.

Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.

Babyhood (n.) The state or period of infancy.

Babyhouse (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.

Babyish (a.) Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

Babyism (n.) The state of being a baby.

Babyism (n.) A babyish manner of acting or speaking.

Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

Babylonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

Babylonian (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.

Babylonian (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

Babylonic (a.) Alt. of Babylonical

Babylonical (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.

Babylonical (a.) Tumultuous; disorderly.

Babylonish (n.) Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.

Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.

Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.

Babylonish (n.) Confused; Babel-like.

Babyroussa (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa

Babyrussa (n.) See Babyroussa.

Babyship (n.) The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

Bac (n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

Bac (n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.

Baccalaureate (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

Baccalaureate (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.

Baccalaureate (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

Baccara (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

Baccarat (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

Baccare (interj.) Alt. of Backare

Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.

Baccate (a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.

Baccated (a.) Having many berries.

Baccated (a.) Set or adorned with pearls.

Bacchanal (a.) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

Bacchanal (a.) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.

Bacchanal (n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

Bacchanal (n.) Drunken revelry; an orgy.

Bacchanal (n.) A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

Bacchanalia (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

Bacchanalia (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.

Bacchanalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

Bacchanalian (n.) A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

Bacchanalianism (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

Bacchants (pl. ) of Bacchant

Bacchantes (pl. ) of Bacchant

Bacchant (n.) A priest of Bacchus.

Bacchant (n.) A bacchanal; a reveler.

Bacchant (a.) Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

Bacchantes (pl. ) of Bacchante

Bacchante (n.) A priestess of Bacchus.

Bacchante (n.) A female bacchanal.

Bacchantic (a.) Bacchanalian.

Bacchic (a.) Alt. of Bacchical

Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.

Bacchii (pl. ) of Bacchius

Bacchius (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Bacchus (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

Bacciferous (a.) Producing berries.

Bacciform (a.) Having the form of a berry.

Baccivorous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

Bace (n., a., & v.) See Base.

Bacharach (n.) Alt. of Backarack

Backarack (n.) A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.

Bachelor (n.) A man of any age who has not been married.

Bachelor (n.) An unmarried woman.

Bachelor (n.) A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

Bachelor (n.) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

Bachelor (n.) In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.

Bachelor (n.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

Bachelordom (n.) The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

Bachelorhood (n.) The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

Bachelorism (n.) Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.

Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

Bachelorship (n.) The state of being a bachelor.

Bachelry (n.) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.

Bacillar (a.) Shaped like a rod or staff.

Bacillariae (n. pl.) See Diatom.

Bacillary (a.) Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

Bacilliform (a.) Rod-shaped.

Bacilli (pl. ) of Bacillus

Bacillus (n.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Back (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.

Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

Back (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

Back (n.) A support or resource in reserve.

Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

Back (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing.

Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

Back (a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

Back (a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action.

Backed (imp. & p. p.) of Back

Backing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Back

Back (v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.

Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.

Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

Back (v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

Back (v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

Back (v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.

Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.

Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.

Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.

Back (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.

Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

Back (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

Back (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.

Back (adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.

Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.

Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital.

Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.

Back (adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

Backarack (n.) See Bacharach.

Backare (interj.) Same as Baccare.

Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

Backbite (v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.

Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.

Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;

Backboard (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.

Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.

Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.

Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

Backbond (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

Backbone (n.) Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.

Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.

Backboned (a.) Vertebrate.

Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

Back door () A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.

Backdoor (a.) Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues.

Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.

Backed (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.

Backer (n.) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.

Backfriend (n.) A secret enemy.

Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.

Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

Backhand (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

Backhanded (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

Backhanded (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.

Backhanded (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

Backhandedness (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

Backhander (n.) A backhanded blow.

Backhouse (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.

Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

Backing (n.) That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.

Backing (n.) Support or aid given to a person or cause.

Backing (n.) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.

Backjoint (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Backless (a.) Without a back.

Backlog (n.) A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.

Backpiece (n.) Alt. of Backplate

Backplate (n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

Backrack (n.) Alt. of Backrag

Backrag (n.) See Bacharach.

Backs (n. pl.) Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Backset (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.

Backset (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

Backsettler (n.) One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

Backsheesh (n.) Alt. of Backshish

Backshish (n.) In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".

Backside (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

Backslid (imp.) of Backslide

Backslidden (p. p.) of Backslide

Backslid () of Backslide

Backsliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Backslide

Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

Backslider (n.) One who backslides.

Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Backsliding (n.) The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

Backstairs (a.) Alt. of Backstair

Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.

Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

Backster (n.) A backer.

Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

Backstitch (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Backstress (n.) A female baker.

Backsword (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.

Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backwards

Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.

Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

Backwards (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.

Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.

Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.

Backward (n.) The state behind or past.

Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.

Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.

Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.

Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

Backwoods (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

Backwoodsmen (pl. ) of Backwoodsman

Backwoodsman (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.

Backworm (n.) A disease of hawks. See Filanders.

Bacon (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

Baconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

Bacteria (n.p.) See Bacterium.

Bacterial (a.) Of or pertaining to bacteria.

Bactericidal (a.) Destructive of bacteria.

Bactericide (n.) Same as Germicide.

Bacteriological (a.) Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies.

Bacteriologist (n.) One skilled in bacteriology.

Bacteriology (n.) The science relating to bacteria.

Bacterioscopic (a.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination.

Bacterioscopist (n.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.

Bacterioscopy (n.) The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

Bacteria (pl. ) of Bacterium

Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus.

Bacteroid (a.) Alt. of Bacteroidal

Bacteroidal (a.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Bactrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.

Bactrian (n.) A native of Bactria.

Bacule (n.) See Bascule.

Baculine (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.

Baculometry (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

Bad (imp.) Bade.

Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

Badder () compar. of Bad, a.

Badderlocks (n.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

Baddish (a.) Somewhat bad; inferior.

Bade () A form of the pat tense of Bid.

Badge (n.) A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.

Badge (n.) Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

Badge (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

Badge (v. t.) To mark or distinguish with a badge.

Badgeless (a.) Having no badge.

Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Badger (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

Badger (n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

Badgered (imp. & p. p.) of Badger

Badgering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Badger

Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Badgerer (n.) One who badgers.

Badgerer (n.) A kind of dog used in badger baiting.

Badgering (n.) The act of one who badgers.

Badgering (n.) The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.

Badger-legged (a.) Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have.

Badiaga (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

Badian (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

Badigeon (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

Badinage (n.) Playful raillery; banter.

Bad lands () Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by ca–ons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

Badly (adv.) In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

Badminton (n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

Badness (n.) The state of being bad.

Baenomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods.

Baenopod (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

Baenosome (n.) The thorax of Arthropods.

Baff (n.) A blow; a stroke.

Baffled (imp. & p. p.) of Baffle

Baffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baffle

Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.

Baffle (v. i.) To practice deceit.

Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds.

Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.

Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

Baffler (n.) One who, or that which, baffles.

Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks.

Baft (n.) Same as Bafta.

Bafta (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

Bag (n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

Bag (n.) A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.

Bag (n.) The quantity of game bagged.

Bag (n.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.

Bagged (imp. & p. p.) of Bag

Bagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bag

Bag (v. t.) To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.

Bag (v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.

Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.

Bag (v. i.) To become pregnant.

Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

Bagatelle (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.

Bagatelle (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.

Baggage (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

Baggage (n.) The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage.

Baggage (n.) Purulent matter.

Baggage (n.) Trashy talk.

Baggage (n.) A man of bad character.

Baggage (n.) A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.

Baggage (n.) A romping, saucy girl.

Baggage master () One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.

Baggager (n.) One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.

Baggala (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.

Baggily (adv.) In a loose, baggy way.

Bagging (n.) Cloth or other material for bags.

Bagging (n.) The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.

Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.

Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

Bagmen (pl. ) of Bagman

Bagman (n.) A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

Bag net () A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.

Bagnio (n.) A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.

Bagpipe (n.) A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

Bagpipe (v. t.) To make to look like a bagpipe.

Bagpiper (n.) One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.

Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

Baguet (n.) Alt. of Baguette

Baguette (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

Baguette (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

Bagwig (n.) A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

Bagworm (n.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

Bah (interj.) An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.

Bahar (n.) A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

Baigne (v. i.) To soak or drench.

Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bail

Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bail

Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.

Bail (v./t.) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.

Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.

Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court.

Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.

Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.

Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.

Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.

Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.

Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.

Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.

Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.

Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.

Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

Bailer (n.) See Bailor.

Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.

Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.

Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.

Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.

Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.

Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.

Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Baillie (n.) Bailiff.

Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.

Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.

Bailment (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.

Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

Bain (n.) A bath; a bagnio.

Bain-marie (n.) A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

Bairn (n.) A child.

Baisemains (n. pl.) Respects; compliments.

Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

Bait (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.

Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

Bait (v. i.) A light or hasty luncheon.

Baited (imp. & p. p.) of Bait

Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bait

Bait (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

Bait (v. t.) To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.

Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.

Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.

Bait (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

Baiter (n.) One who baits; a tormentor.

Baize (n.) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

Bajocco (n.) A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

Baked (imp. & p. p.) of Bake

Baking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bake

Bake (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

Bake (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

Bake (v. t.) To harden by cold.

Bake (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.

Bake (v. i.) To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

Bake (n.) The process, or result, of baking.

Bakehouse (v. t.) A house for baking; a bakery.

Bakemeat (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat

Baked-meat (n.) A pie; baked food.

Baken () p. p. of Bake.

Baker (v. i.) One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Baker (v. i.) A portable oven in which baking is done.

Baker-legged (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

Bakery (n.) The trade of a baker.

Bakery (n.) The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.

Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

Baking (n.) The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.

Bakingly (adv.) In a hot or baking manner.

Bakistre (n.) A baker.

Baksheesh (n.) Alt. of Bakshish

Bakshish (n.) Same as Backsheesh.

Balaam (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

Balachong (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

Balaenoidea (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.

Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.

Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Balance (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.

Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).

Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.

Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.

Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balance

Balancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balance

Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.

Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.

Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.

Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.

Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.

Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.

Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.

Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.

Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.

Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back.

Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.

Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance.

Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.

Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.

Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).

Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.

Balaniferous (a.) Bearing or producing acorns.

Balanite (n.) A fossil balanoid shell.

Balanoglossus (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

Balanoid (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

Balas ruby () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.

Balaustine (n.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.

Balbutiate (v. i.) Alt. of Balbucinate

Balbucinate (v. i.) To stammer.

Balbuties (n.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.

Balcon (n.) A balcony.

Balconied (a.) Having balconies.

Balconies (pl. ) of Balcony

Balcony (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

Balcony (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

Bald (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

Bald (a.) Undisguised.

Bald (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.

Bald (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.

Bald (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

Baldachin (n.) A rich brocade; baudekin.

Baldachin (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.

Baldachin (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.

Bald eagle () The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

Balder (n.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya.

Balderdash (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.

Balderdash (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

Balderdash (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors.

Bald-faced (a.) Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

Baldhead (n.) A person whose head is bald.

Baldhead (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

Baldheaded (a.) Having a bald head.

Baldly (adv.) Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.

Baldness (n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.

Baldpate (n.) A baldheaded person.

Baldpate (n.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana).

Baldpate (a.) Alt. of Baldpated

Baldpated (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.

Baldrib (n.) A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.

Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.

Baldwin (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.

Bale (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.

Baled (imp. & p. p.) of Bale

Baling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bale

Bale (v. t.) To make up in a bale.

Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade.

Bale (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Bale (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.

Balearic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.

Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

Balefire (n.) A signal fire; an alarm fire.

Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.

Baleful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.

Balefully (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously.

Balefulness (n.) The quality or state of being baleful.

Balisaur (n.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).

Balister (n.) A crossbow.

Balistoid (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.

Balistraria (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.

Balize (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.

Balk (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."

Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.

Balked (imp. & p. p.) of Balk

Balking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balk

Balk (v. t.) To leave or make balks in.

Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balk (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.

Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Balker (n.) One who, or that which balks.

Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.

Balkingly (adv.) In a manner to balk or frustrate.

Balkish (a.) Uneven; ridgy.

Balky (a.) Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

Ball (n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.

Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.

Ball (n.) The globe or earth.

Balled (imp. & p. p.) of Ball

Balling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ball

Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ball (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.

Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.

Ballad (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.

Ballader (n.) A writer of ballads.

Ballad monger () A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.

Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

Ballahoo (n.) Alt. of Ballahou

Ballahou (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.

Ballarag (v. i.) To bully; to threaten.

Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.

Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.

Ballast (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Ballasted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballast

Ballasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballast

Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.

Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.

Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally.

Ballastage (n.) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

Ballasting (n.) That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

Ballatry (n.) See Balladry.

Ballet (n.) An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

Ballet (n.) The company of persons who perform the ballet.

Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

Ballet (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

Ballist/ (pl. ) of Ballista

Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

Ballister (n.) A crossbow.

Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.

Ballistic (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.

Ballistics (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

Ballium (n.) See Bailey.

Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.

Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.

Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.

Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.

Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.

Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.

Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.

Ballot (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

Ballot (n.) The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.

Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

Balloted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballot

Balloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballot

Ballot (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

Ballot (v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to.

Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

Ballotation (n.) Voting by ballot.

Balloter (n.) One who votes by ballot.

Ballotin (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot box.

Ballow (n.) A cudgel.

Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

Ballroom (n.) A room for balls or dancing.

Balm (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.

Balm (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.

Balm (n.) Any fragrant ointment.

Balm (n.) Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.

Balm (v. i.) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.

Balmify (v. t.) To render balmy.

Balmily (adv.) In a balmy manner.

Balmoral (n.) A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.

Balmoral (n.) A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.

Balmy (a.) Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.

Balmy (a.) Producing balm.

Balneal (a.) Of or pertaining to a bath.

Balneary (n.) A bathing room.

Balneation (n.) The act of bathing.

Balneatory (a.) Belonging to a bath.

Balneography (n.) A description of baths.

Balneology (n.) A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.

Balneotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by baths.

Balotade (n.) See Ballotade.

Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Balsam (n.) A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.

Balsam (n.) A species of tree (Abies balsamea).

Balsam (n.) An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.

Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.

Balsam (v. t.) To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.

Balsamation (n.) The act of imparting balsamic properties.

Balsamation (n.) The art or process of embalming.

Balsamic (a.) Alt. of Balsamical

Balsamical (a.) Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.

Balsamiferous (a.) Producing balsam.

Balsamine (n.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.

Balsamous (a.) Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.

Balter (v. t.) To stick together.

Baltic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.

Baltimore bird () Alt. of Baltimore oriole

Baltimore oriole () A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.

Baluster (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade.

Balustered (a.) Having balusters.

Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

Bam (v. t.) To cheat; to wheedle.

Bambino (n.) A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Bambino (n.) Babe Ruth.

Bambocciade (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.

Bamboo (n.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

Bamboo (v. t.) To flog with the bamboo.

Bamboozled (imp. & p. p.) of Bamboozle

Bamboozling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bamboozle

Bamboozle (v. t.) To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.

Bamboozler (n.) A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.

Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

Ban (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).

Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.

Ban (n.) A curse or anathema.

Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Banned (imp. & p. p.) of Ban

Banning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ban

Ban (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.

Ban (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.

Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.

Ban (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Banal (a.) Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.

Banalities (pl. ) of Banality

Banality (n.) Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.

Banana (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

Banat (n.) The territory governed by a ban.

Banc (n.) Alt. of Bank

Bancus (n.) Alt. of Bank

Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

Banco (n.) A bank, especially that of Venice.

Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.

Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

Band (v. t.) A belt or strap.

Band (v. t.) A bond

Band (v. t.) Pledge; security.

Banded (imp. & p. p.) of Band

Banding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Band

Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.

Band (v. t.) To mark with a band.

Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Band (v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.

Band () imp. of Bind.

Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

Bandage (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.

Bandaged (imp. & p. p.) of Bandage

Bandaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandage

Bandage (v. t.) To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

Bandala (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

Bandanna (n.) Alt. of Bandana

Bandana (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

Bandana (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

Bandeaux (pl. ) of Bandeau

Bandeau (n.) A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.

Bandelet (n.) Alt. of Bandlet

Bandlet (n.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.

Bander (n.) One banded with others.

Banderole (n.) Alt. of Bandrol

Bandrol (n.) A little banner, flag, or streamer.

Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.

Bandicoot (n.) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.

Bandicoot (n.) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.

Banding plane () A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.

Bandits (pl. ) of Bandit

Banditti (pl. ) of Bandit

Bandit (n.) An outlaw; a brigand.

Bandle (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length.

Bandlet (n.) Same as Bandelet.

Bandmaster (n.) The conductor of a musical band.

Bandog (n.) A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.

Bandoleer (n.) Alt. of Bandolier

Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

Bandolier (n.) One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried.

Bandoline (n.) A glutinous pomatum for the fair.

Bandon (n.) Disposal; control; license.

Bandore (n.) A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

Bandrol (n.) Same as Banderole.

Bandy (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

Bandies (pl. ) of Bandy

Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

Bandy (n.) The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.

Bandied (imp. & p. p.) of Bandy

Bandying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandy

Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.

Bandy (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

Bandy (v. t.) To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.

Bandy (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.

Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.

Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.

Bane (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.

Bane (n.) Destruction; death.

Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.

Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.

Bane (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin.

Baneberry (n.) A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.

Banged (imp. & p. p.) of Bang

Banging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bang

Bang (v. t.) To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

Bang (v. i.) To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

Bang (n.) A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

Bang (n.) The sound produced by a sudden concussion.

Bang (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

Bang (n.) Alt. of Bangue

Bangue (n.) See Bhang.

Banging (a.) Huge; great in size.

Bangle (v. t.) To waste by little and little; to fritter away.

Bangle (n.) An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet.

Banian (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.

Banian (n.) A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.

Banian (n.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.

Banished (imp. & p. p.) of Banish

Banishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banish

Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

Banish (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.

Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.

Banisher (n.) One who banishes.

Banishment (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

Banister (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.

Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.

Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.

Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.

Banked (imp. & p. p.) of Bank

Banking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bank

Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

Bank (v. t.) To pass by the banks of.

Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.

Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers.

Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.

Bank (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.

Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.

Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

Bank (v. t.) To deposit in a bank.

Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.

Bankable (a.) Receivable at a bank.

Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

Bank bill () In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.

Bank book () A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

Banker (n.) One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

Banker (n.) A money changer.

Banker (n.) The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.

Banker (n.) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.

Banker (n.) A ditcher; a drain digger.

Banker (n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.

Bankeress (n.) A female banker.

Banking (n.) The business of a bank or of a banker.

Bank note () A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.

Bank note () Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2.

Bank note () A promissory note payable at a bank.

Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

Bankrupt (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.

Bankrupt (n.) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

Bankrupt (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

Bankrupt (a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.

Bankrupt (a.) Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

Bankrupt (a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

Bankrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Bankrupt

Bankrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bankrupt

Bankrupt (v. t.) To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

Bankruptcies (pl. ) of Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy (n.) The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

Bankruptcy (n.) The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

Bankruptcy (n.) Complete loss; -- followed by of.

Bankside (n.) The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.

Bank-sided (a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.

Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n.

Banlieue (n.) The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.

Banner (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Banner (n.) A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Banner (n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

Bannered (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners.

Banneret (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

Banneret (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.

Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

Banneret (n.) A small banner.

Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.

Bannition (n.) The act of expulsion.

Bannock (n.) A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.

Banns (n. pl.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.

Banquet (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

Banquet (n.) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.

Banqueted (imp. & p. p.) of Banquet

Banqueting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banquet

Banquet (v. t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

Banquet (v. i.) To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.

Banquet (v. i.) To partake of a dessert after a feast.

Banquetter (n.) One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.

Banquette (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.

Banshee (n.) Alt. of Banshie

Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

Banstickle (n.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

Banteng (n.) The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).

Bantered (imp. & p. p.) of Banter

Bantering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banter

Banter (v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.

Banter (v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

Banter (v. t.) To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.

Banter (v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.

Banter (n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

Banterer (n.) One who banters or rallies.

Bantingism (n.) A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]

Banxring (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.

Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

Baobab (n.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.

Baphomet (n.) An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

Baptism (v. i.) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.

Baptismal (a.) Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows.

Baptismally (adv.) In a baptismal manner.

Baptist (n.) One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

Baptist (n.) One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.

Baptisteries (pl. ) of Baptistry

-tries (pl. ) of Baptistry

Baptistery (n.) Alt. of Baptistry

Baptistry (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near.

Baptistry (n.) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.

Baptistic (a.) Of or for baptism; baptismal.

Baptistical (a.) Baptistic.

Baptizable (a.) Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized.

Baptization (n.) Baptism.

Baptized (imp. & p. p.) of Baptize

Baptizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baptize

Baptize (v. t.) To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

Baptize (v. t.) To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

Baptize (v. t.) To sanctify; to consecrate.

Baptizement (n.) The act of baptizing.

Baptizer (n.) One who baptizes.

Bar (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

Bar (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

Bar (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

Bar (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

Bar (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

Bar (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.

Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.

Bar (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.

Bar (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

Bar (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

Bar (n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

Bar (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

Bar (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

Bar (n.) A drilling or tamping rod.

Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Bar (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Bar (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.

Barred (imp. & p. p.) of Bar

Barring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar

Bar (n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

Bar (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.

Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.

Bar (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

Barb (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

Barb (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.

Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.

Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

Barb (n.) A bit for a horse.

Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.

Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

Barbed (imp. & p. p.) of Barb

Barbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barb

Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.

Barb (v. t.) To clip; to mow.

Barb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

Barb (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.

Barbacan (n.) See Barbican.

Barbacanage (n.) See Barbicanage.

Barbadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.

Barbadian (n.) A native of Barbados.

Barbados (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes

Barbadoes (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.

Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

Barbaresque (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.

Barbarian (n.) A foreigner.

Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.

Barbarian (n.) A person destitute of culture.

Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.

Barbarian (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

Barbaic (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.

Barbaic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.

Barbarism (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

Barbarism (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.

Barbarism (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.

Barbarities (pl. ) of Barbarity

Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.

Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.

Barbarity (n.) Barbarism; impurity of speech.

Barbarized (imp. & p. p.) of Barbarize

Barbarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbarize

Barbarize (v. i.) To become barbarous.

Barbarize (v. i.) To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.

Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.

Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.

Barbarous (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.

Barbarous (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

Barbarously (adv.) In a barbarous manner.

Barbarousness (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

Barbary (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.

Barbastel (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

Barbated (a.) Having barbed points.

Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

Barbecue (n.) A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.

Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Barbecued (imp. & p. p.) of Barbecue

Barbecuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbecue

Barbecue (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

Barbecue (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)

Barbed (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.

Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.

Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.

Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.

Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.

Barbered (imp. & p. p.) of Barber

Barbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barber

Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.

Barber fish () See Surgeon fish.

Barbermonger (n.) A fop.

Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.

Barbet (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.

Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.

Barbet (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.

Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

Barbican (n.) Alt. of Barbacan

Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.

Barbacan (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

Barbicanage (n.) Alt. of Barbacanage

Barbacanage (n.) Money paid for the support of a barbican.

Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

Barbiers (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

Barbigerous (a.) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

Barbituric acid () A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.

Barble (n.) See Barbel.

Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

Barbre (a.) Barbarian.

Barbule (n.) A very minute barb or beard.

Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

Barcarolle (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

Barcarolle (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

Barcon (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

Bard (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Bard (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Bard (n.) Alt. of Barde

Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

Barde (pl.) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

Barde (pl.) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Bard (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Barded (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.

Barded (p.a.) Wearing rich caparisons.

Bardic (a.) Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry.

Bardish (a.) Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.

Bardism (n.) The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.

Bardling (n.) An inferior bard.

Bardship (n.) The state of being a bard.

Bare (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

Bare (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded.

Bare (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

Bare (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.

Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.

Bare (a.) Threadbare; much worn.

Bare (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.

Bare (n.) Surface; body; substance.

Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Bared (imp. & p. p.) of Bare

Baring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bare

Bare (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.

Bare () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

Bareback (adv.) On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.

Barebacked (a.) Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

Barebone (n.) A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.

Barefaced (a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.

Barefaced (a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.

Barefacedly (adv.) Openly; shamelessly.

Barefacedness (n.) The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

Barefooted (a.) Having the feet bare.

Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.

Barehanded (n.) Having bare hands.

Bareheaded (a. & adv.) Alt. of Barehead

Barehead (a. & adv.) Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

Barelegged (a.) Having the legs bare.

Barely (adv.) Without covering; nakedly.

Barely (adv.) Without concealment or disguise.

Barely (adv.) Merely; only.

Barely (adv.) But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.

Barenecked (a.) Having the neck bare.

Bareness (n.) The state of being bare.

Baresark (n.) A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.

Barfish (n.) Same as Calico bass.

Barful (a.) Full of obstructions.

Bargain (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

Bargain (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.

Bargain (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.

Bargain (n.) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.

Bargained (imp. & p. p.) of Bargain

Bargaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bargain

Bargain (v. t.) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

Bargainee (v. i.) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold.

Bargainer (n.) One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.

Bargainor (n.) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another.

Barge (n.) A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

Barge (n.) A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

Barge (n.) A large boat used by flag officers.

Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Barge (n.) A large omnibus used for excursions.

Bargeboard (n.) A vergeboard.

Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable.

Bargee (n.) A bargeman.

Bargeman (n.) The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

Bargemastter (n.) The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

Barger (n.) The manager of a barge.

Barghest (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.

Baria (n.) Baryta.

Baric (a.) Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide.

Baric (a.) Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.

Barilla (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.

Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.

Barillet (n.) A little cask, or something resembling one.

Bar iron () See under Iron.

Barite (n.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

Baritone (a. & n.) See Barytone.

Barium (n.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta.

Bard (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Bard (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Barked (imp. & p. p.) of Bark

Barking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bark

Bark (v. t.) To strip the bark from; to peel.

Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

Bark (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

Bark (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

Bark (v. i.) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

Bark (n.) Alt. of Barque

Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

Barque (n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Barkantine (n.) Same as Barkentine.

Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.

Barkbound (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

Barkeeper (n.) One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.

Barken (a.) Made of bark.

Barkentine (n.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

Barker (n.) An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.

Barker (n.) One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.

Barker (n.) A pistol.

Barker (n.) The spotted redshank.

Barker (n.) One who strips trees of their bark.

Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

Barkery (n.) A tanhouse.

Barking irons () Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.

Barking irons () A pair of pistols.

Barkless (a.) Destitute of bark.

Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.

Barky (a.) Covered with, or containing, bark.

Barley (n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak

Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

Barley-bree (n.) Liquor made from barley; strong ale.

Barleycorn (n.) A grain or "corn" of barley.

Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

Barm (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.

Barm (n.) The lap or bosom.

Barmaid (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.

Barmaster (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.

Barmcloth (n.) Apron.

Barmecidal (a.) Unreal; illusory.

Barmecide (n.) One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.

Barmote (n.) A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.

Balmy (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.

Barn (n.) A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.

Barn (v. t.) To lay up in a barn.

Barn (n.) A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.

Barnabite (n.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.

Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.

Barnacle (n.) A bernicle goose.

Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.

Barnacle (sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.

Barnyard (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.

Barocco (a.) See Baroque.

Barograph (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

Baroko (n.) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.

Barology (n.) The science of weight or gravity.

Baromacrometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.

Barometer (n.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.

Barometric (a.) Alt. of Barometrical

Barometrical (a.) Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.

Barometrically (adv.) By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations.

Barometrograph (n.) A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

Barometry (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

Barometz (n.) The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.

Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.

Baronage (n.) The whole body of barons or peers.

Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.

Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to a baron.

Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.

Baronetage (n.) The collective body of baronets.

Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

Baronial (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

Baronies (pl. ) of Barony

Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.

Baroque (a.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.

Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.

Baroscopic (a.) Alt. of Baroscopical

Baroscopical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.

Barouche (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.

Barouchet (n.) A kind of light barouche.

Barpost (n.) A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.

Barque (n.) Same as 3d Bark, n.

Barracan (n.) A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

Barrack (n.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

Barrack (n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

Barrack (v. t.) To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Barrack (v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks.

Barraclade (n.) A home-made woolen blanket without nap.

Barracoon (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.

Barracuda (n.) Alt. of Barracouata

Barracouata (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food.

Barracouata (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

Barrage (n.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

Barranca (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.

Barras (n.) A resin, called also galipot.

Barrator (v. i.) One guilty of barratry.

Barratrous (/) Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.

Barratry (n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.

Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.

Barratry (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.

Barred owl () A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.

Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

Barrel (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.

Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Barrel (n.) A jar.

Barrel (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.

Barreled (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel

Barrelled () of Barrel

Barreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barrel

Barrelling () of Barrel

Barrel (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelled

Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.

Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

Barren (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.

Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

Barren (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.

Barren (n.) A tract of barren land.

Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.

Barrenly (adv.) Unfruitfully; unproductively.

Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

Barret (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.

Barricade (n.) Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.

Barricaded (imp. & p. p.) of Barricade

Barricading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barricade

Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.

Barricader (n.) One who constructs barricades.

Barricado (n. & v. t.) See Barricade.

Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.

Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.

Barrier (n.) Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

Barrigudo (n.) A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.

Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.

Barrister (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.

Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.

Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.

Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.

Barrow (n.) A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.

Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

Barrow (n.) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.

Barrowist (n.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.

Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.

Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.

Barry (a.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.

Barse (n.) The common perch. See 1st Bass.

Bartender (n.) A barkeeper.

Bartered (imp. & p. p.) of Barter

Bartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter

Barter (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.

Barter (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

Barter (n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.

Barter (n.) The thing given in exchange.

Barterer (n.) One who barters.

Bartery (n.) Barter.

Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.

Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th.

Bartizan (n.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

Bartlett (n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Barton (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.

Barton (n.) A farmyard.

Bartram (n.) See Bertram.

Barway (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

Barwise (adv.) Horizontally.

Barwood (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Barycentric (a.) Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Baryphony (n.) Difficulty of speech.

Baryta (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.

Barytes (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

Barytic (a.) Of or pertaining to baryta.

Baryto-calcite (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

Barytone (a.) Alt. of Baritone

Baritone (a.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

Baritone (a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Barytone (n.) Alt. of Baritone

Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.

Baritone (n.) A person having a voice of such range.

Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

Baritone (n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Barytum (n.) The metal barium. See Barium.

Basal (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base.

Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

Basalt (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.

Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.

Basaltic (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.

Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

Basan (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.

Bascinet (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.

Bascule (n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.

Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

Base (a.) Low in place or position.

Base (a.) Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.

Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.

Base (a.) Not classical or correct.

Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin.

Base (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.

Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue.

Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.

Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.

Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

Base (n.) The chief ingredient in a compound.

Base (n.) A substance used as a mordant.

Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.

Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

Base (n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

Base (n.) A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.

Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

Base (n.) The smallest kind of cannon.

Base (n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.

Base (n.) The basal plane of a crystal.

Base (n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.

Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

Base (n.) The housing of a horse.

Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

Base (n.) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

Base (n.) An apron.

Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.

Base (n.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

Base (n.) A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars.

Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

Based (imp. & p. p.) of Base

Basing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Base

Base (n.) To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.

Base (a.) To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.

Base (a.) To reduce the value of; to debase.

Baseball (n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

Baseball (n.) The ball used in this game.

Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

Baseborn (a.) Born out of wedlock.

Baseborn (a.) Born of low parentage.

Baseborn (a.) Vile; mean.

Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed.

Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.

Base-court (n.) An inferior court of law, not of record.

Based (a.) Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.

Based (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases.

Basedow's disease () A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter.

Baselard (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.

Baseless (a.) Without a base; having no foundation or support.

Basely (adv.) In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.

Basely (adv.) Illegitimately; in bastardy.

Basement (a.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.

Baseness (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

Basenet (n.) See Bascinet.

Base viol () See Bass viol.

Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Bashaw (n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

Bashaw (n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.

Bashaw (n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

Bashful (a.) Abashed; daunted; dismayed.

Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

Bashfully (adv.) In a bashful manner.

Bashfulness (n.) The quality of being bashful.

Bashi-bazouk (n.) A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

Bashless (a.) Shameless; unblushing.

Bashyle (n.) See Basyle.

Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.

Basic (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

Basic (a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

Basic (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

Basic (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.

Basicerite (n.) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.

Basicity (n.) The quality or state of being a base.

Basicity (n.) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.

Basidiospore (n.) A spore borne by a basidium.

Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

Basifier (n.) That which converts into a salifiable base.

Basifugal (n.) Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth.

Basify (v. t.) To convert into a salifiable base.

Basigynium (n.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.

Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.

Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.

Basiled (imp. & p. p.) of Basil

Basiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basil

Basil (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.

Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum).

Basil (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Basilar (n.) Alt. of Basilary

Basilary (n.) Relating to, or situated at, the base.

Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

Basilic (n.) Basilica.

Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilical

Basilical (a.) Royal; kingly; also, basilican.

Basilical (a.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

Basilicas (pl. ) of Basilica

Basilic/ (pl. ) of Basilica

Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Basilica (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.

Basilica (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.

Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

Basilican (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.

Basilicok (n.) The basilisk.

Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.

Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae.

Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.

Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.

Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.

Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.

Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young.

Basioccipital (n.) The basioccipital bone.

Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

Bases (pl. ) of Basis

Basis (n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

Basis (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.

Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.

Basis (n.) The principal component part of a thing.

Basisolute (a.) Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.

Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal

Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.

Basked (imp. & p. p.) of Bask

Basking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bask

Bask (v. t.) To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.

Bask (v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

Basket (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.

Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

Basket (v. t.) To put into a basket.

Basketfuls (pl. ) of Basketful

Basketful (n.) As much as a basket will contain.

Basketry (n.) The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

Basking shark () One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

Basnet (n.) Same as Bascinet.

Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

Bason (n.) A basin.

Basque (a.) Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

Basque (n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Basque (n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.

Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

Basquish (a.) Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque

Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

Bass (pl. ) of Bass

Basses (pl. ) of Bass

Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

Bass (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

Bass (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

Bass (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.

Bass (n.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

Bass (n.) A hassock or thick mat.

Bass (a.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

Bass (a.) The lowest part in a musical composition.

Bass (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.

Bass (a.) Deep or grave in tone.

Bass (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone.

Bassa (n.) Alt. of Bassaw

Bassaw (n.) See Bashaw.

Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Basseted (imp. & p. p.) of Basset

Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basset

Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.

Bass horn () A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

Bassinet (n.) See Bascinet.

Basso (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.

Basso (a.) One who sings the lowest part.

Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso.

Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

Bassoonist (n.) A performer on the bassoon.

Basso-rilievo (n.) Alt. of Basso-relievo

Basso-relievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.

Bassorin (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

Bass-relief (n.) Some as Bas-relief.

Bass viol () A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.

Basswood (n.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.

Bast (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.

Bast (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

Basta (interj.) Enough; stop.

Bastard (n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

Bastard (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.

Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

Bastard (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.

Bastard (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

Bastard (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.

Bastard (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

Bastard (v. t.) To bastardize.

Bastardism (n.) The state of being a bastard; bastardy.

Bastardized (imp. & p. p.) of Bastardize

Bastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bastardize

Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

Bastardize (v. t.) To beget out of wedlock.

Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.

Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.

Bastardy (n.) The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.

Bastardy (n.) The procreation of a bastard child.

Basted (imp. & p. p.) of Baste

Basting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baste

Baste (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

Baste (v. t.) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

Baste (v. t.) To mark with tar, as sheep.

Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.

Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

Bastile Bastille (n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.

Bastinade (n.) See Bastinado, n.

Bastinade (v. t.) To bastinado.

Bastinadoes (pl. ) of Bastinado

Bastinado (n.) A blow with a stick or cudgel.

Bastinado (n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.

Bastinadoes (imp. & p. p.) of Bastinado

Bastinadoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bastinado

Bastinado (v. t.) To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

Bastioned (a.) Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

Basto (n.) The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.

Baston (n.) A staff or cudgel.

Baston (n.) See Baton.

Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

Basyle (n.) A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

Basylous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.

Bat (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

Bat (n.) Shale or bituminous shale.

Bat (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Bat (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.

Batted (imp. & p. p.) of Bat

Batting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bat

Bat (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

Bat (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.

Batable (a.) Disputable.

Batailled (a.) Embattled.

Batardeau (n.) A cofferdam.

Batardeau (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.

Batatas (n.) Alt. of Batata

Batata (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).

Batavian (a.) Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.

Batavian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.

Batch (v. t.) The quantity of bread baked at one time.

Batch (v. t.) A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business.

Bate (n.) Strife; contention.

Bated (imp. & p. p.) of Bate

Bating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bate

Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Bate (v. t.) To leave out; to except.

Bate (v. t.) To remove.

Bate (v. t.) To deprive of.

Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

Bate (v. i.) To waste away.

Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.

Bate () imp. of Bite.

Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

Bate (n.) See 2d Bath.

Bate (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.

Bate (v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

Bateaux (pl. ) of Bateau

Bateau (n.) A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.

Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.

Bateless (a.) Not to be abated.

Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.

Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

Batfowler (n.) One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

Batful (v. i.) Rich; fertile.

Baths (pl. ) of Bath

Bath (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

Bath (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.

Bath (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.

Bath (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

Bath (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.

Bath (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.

Bath (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

Bath (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

Bathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bathe

Bathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bathe

Bathe (v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

Bathe (v. t.) To lave; to wet.

Bathe (v. t.) To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

Bathe (v. t.) To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.

Bathe (v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.

Bathe (v. i.) To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.

Bathe (v. i.) To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.

Bathe (v. i.) To bask in the sun.

Bathe (n.) The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual bathe.

Bather (n.) One who bathes.

Bathetic (a.) Having the character of bathos.

Bathing (n.) Act of taking a bath or baths.

Bathmism (n.) See Vital force.

Bathometer (n.) An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

Bathorse (n.) A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.

Bathos (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

Bathymetric (a.) Alt. of Bathymetrical

Bathymetrical (a.) Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.

Bathymetry (n.) The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.

Bating (prep.) With the exception of; excepting.

Batiste (n.) Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

Batman (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.

Batmen (pl. ) of Batman

Batman (n.) A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

Batoidei (n. pl.) The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

Baton (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

Batoon (n.) See Baton, and Baston.

Bat printing () A mode of printing on glazed ware.

Batrachia (n. pl.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.

Batrachian (a.) Pertaining to the Batrachia.

Batrachian (n.) One of the Batrachia.

Batrachoid (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

Batrachomyomachy (n.) The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Batrachophagous (a.) Feeding on frogs.

Batsmen (pl. ) of Batsman

Batsman (n.) The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.

Bat's-wing (a.) Alt. of Batwing

Batwing (a.) Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.

Batta (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.

Batta (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.

Battable (a.) Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening.

Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.

Battailant (n.) A combatant.

Battailous (n.) Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

Battalia (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

Battalia (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.

Battalion (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

Battalion (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

Battalion (v. t.) To form into battalions.

Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.

Battel (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.

Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.

Battel (v. i.) To make fertile.

Battel (a.) Fertile; fruitful; productive.

Batteler (n.) Alt. of Battler

Battler (n.) A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.

Battened (imp. & p. p.) of Batten

Battening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batten

Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

Batten (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land.

Batten (v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.

Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.

Batten (v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens.

Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Battening (n.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

Battered (imp. & p. p.) of Batter

Battering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batter

Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

Batter (v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

Batter (v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

Batter (v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

Batter (v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.

Batter (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Batter (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Batterer (n.) One who, or that which, batters.

Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Battering-ram (n.) A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.

Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.

Batteries (pl. ) of Battery

Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.

Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.

Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.

Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.

Battery (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.

Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.

Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.

Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.

Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.

Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.

Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.

Batting (n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.

Batting (n.) Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.

Battle (a.) Fertile. See Battel, a.

Battle (v. t.) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

Battle (v. t.) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

Battle (v. t.) A division of an army; a battalion.

Battle (v. t.) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

Battled (imp. & p. p.) of Battle

Battling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Battle

Battle (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.

Battle-ax (n.) Alt. of Battle-axe

Battle-axe (n.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

Battled (p. p.) Embattled.

Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.

Battledoor (n.) A child's hornbook.

Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.

Battlemented (a.) Having battlements.

Battologist (n.) One who battologizes.

Battologize (v. t.) To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.

Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Batton (n.) See Batten, and Baton.

Battue (v. t.) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.

Battue (v. t.) The game itself.

Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.

Batture (n.) An elevated river bed or sea bed.

Battuta (n.) The measuring of time by beating.

Batty (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat.

Batule (n.) A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board.

Batzen (pl. ) of Batz

Batz (n.) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

Baubee (n.) Same as Bawbee.

Bauble (n.) A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

Bauble (n.) The fool's club.

Baubling (a.) See Bawbling.

Baudekin (n.) The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad.

Baudrick (n.) A belt. See Baldric.

Bauk (n. & v.) Alt. of Baulk

Baulk (n. & v.) See Balk.

Baunscheidtism (n.) A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid.

Bauxite (n.) Alt. of Beauxite

Beauxite (n.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.

Bavarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bavaria.

Bavarian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.

Bavaroy (n.) A kind of cloak or surtout.

Bavian (n.) A baboon.

Bavin (n.) A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.

Bavin (n.) Impure limestone.

Bawbee (n.) A halfpenny.

Bawble (n.) A trinket. See Bauble.

Bawbling (a.) Insignificant; contemptible.

Bawcock (n.) A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment.

Bawd (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.

Bawd (v. i.) To procure women for lewd purposes.

Bawdily (adv.) Obscenely; lewdly.

Bawdiness (n.) Obscenity; lewdness.

Bawdrick (n.) A belt. See Baldric.

Bawdry (n.) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

Bawdry (n.) Illicit intercourse; fornication.

Bawdry (n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.

Bawdy (a.) Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

Bawdy (a.) Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

Bawdyhouse (n.) A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

Bawhorse (n.) Same as Bathorse.

Bawled (imp. & p. p.) of Bawl

Bawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bawl

Bawl (v. i.) To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

Bawl (v. i.) To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

Bawl (v. t.) To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.

Bawl (n.) A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

Bawler (n.) One who bawls.

Bawn (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure.

Bawn (n.) A large house.

Bawrel (n.) A kind of hawk.

Bawsin (n.) Alt. of Bawson

Bawson (n.) A badger.

Bawson (n.) A large, unwieldy person.

Baxter (n.) A baker; originally, a female baker.

Bay (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

Bay (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

Bay (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.

Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.

Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

Bay (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.

Bay (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.

Bay (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.

Bayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bay

Baying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bay

Bay (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

Bay (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

Bay (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

Bay (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

Bay (v. t.) To bathe.

Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.

Bay (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

Baya (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

Bayad (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

Bayatte (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).

Bayadere (n.) A female dancer in the East Indies.

Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.

Bayard (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

Bayard (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow.

Bayardly (a.) Blind; stupid.

Bayberry (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.

Bayberry (n.) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).

Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

Bayed (a.) Having a bay or bays.

Bay ice () See under Ice.

Bay leaf () See under 3d Bay.

Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Bayoneted (imp. & p. p.) of Bayonet

Bayoneting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bayonet

Bayonet (v. t.) To stab with a bayonet.

Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Bayous (pl. ) of Bayou

Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.

Bay rum () A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.

Bays (n.) Alt. of Bayze

Bayze (n.) See Baize.

Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.

Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

Bay yarn () Woolen yarn.

Bazaar (n.) Alt. of Bazar

Bazar (n.) In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

Bazar (n.) A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.

Bazar (n.) A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects.

Bdellium (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.

Bdellium (n.) A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.

Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

Bdellometer (n.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.

Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

Was (imp.) of Be

Been (p. p.) of Be

Being (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Be

Be (v. i.) To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

Be (v. i.) To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.

Be (v. i.) To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

Be (v. i.) To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.

Be- () A prefix, originally the same word as by;

Be- () To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.

Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

Beaches (pl. ) of Beach

Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

Beached (imp. & p. p.) of Beach

Beaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beach

Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.

Beached (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.

Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.

Beachy (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.

Beacon (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.

Beacon (n.) A high hill near the shore.

Beacon (n.) That which gives notice of danger.

Beaconed (imp. & p. p.) of Beacon

Beaconing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beacon

Beacon (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.

Beacon (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

Beaconage (n.) Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

Beaconless (a.) Having no beacon.

Bead (n.) A prayer.

Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

Bead (n.) Any small globular body

Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.

Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.

Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).

Bead (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.

Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.

Beaded (imp. & p. p.) of Bead

Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead

Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.

Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehouse

Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.

Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.

Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.

Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.

Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.

Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.

Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken.

Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.

-men (pl. ) of Bedesman

Beadsman (n.) Alt. of Bedesman

Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.

Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.

-women (pl. ) of Bedeswoman

Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoman

Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

Beadwork (n.) Ornamental work in beads.

Beady (a.) Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.

Beady (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.

Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.

Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.

Beak (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.

Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.

Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.

Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.

Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

Beak (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

Beak (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).

Beak (n.) A magistrate or policeman.

Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

Beaker (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.

Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.

Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.

Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.

Beakhead (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.

Bealed (imp. & p. p.) of Beal

Bealing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Beal

Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.

Be-all (n.) The whole; all that is to be.

Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.

Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.

Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.

Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.

Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.

Beam (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Beamed (imp. & p. p.) of Beam

Beaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beam

Beam (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light.

Beambird (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

Beamed (a.) Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.

Beamful (a.) Beamy; radiant.

Beamily (adv.) In a beaming manner.

Beaminess (n.) The state of being beamy.

Beaming (a.) Emitting beams; radiant.

Beamingly (adv.) In a beaming manner; radiantly.

Beamless (a.) Not having a beam.

Beamless (a.) Not emitting light.

Beamlet (n.) A small beam of light.

Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

Beamy (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.

Beamy (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

Beamy (a.) Having horns, or antlers.

Bean (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

Bean (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

Bean caper () A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

Bore (imp.) of Bear

Bare () of Bear

Born (p. p.) of Bear

Borne () of Bear

Bearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear

Bear (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.

Bear (v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.

Bear (v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.

Bear (v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

Bear (v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

Bear (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor

Bear (v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.

Bear (v. t.) To gain or win.

Bear (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

Bear (v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.

Bear (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have.

Bear (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

Bear (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct.

Bear (v. t.) To behave; to conduct.

Bear (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.

Bear (v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.

Bear (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.

Bear (v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.

Bear (v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against.

Bear (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.

Bear (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

Bear (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.

Bear (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.

Bear (n.) A bier.

Bear (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.

Bear (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

Bear (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.

Bear (n.) A portable punching machine.

Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

Bear (n.) Alt. of Bere

Bere (n.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare).

Bearable (a.) Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.

Bearberry (n.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

Bearbind (n.) The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

Beard (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.

Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds

Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.

Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.

Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.

Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.

Bearded (imp. & p. p.) of Beard

Bearding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beard

Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.

Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Bearded (a.) Having a beard.

Beardie (n.) The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.

Beardless (a.) Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.

Beardless (a.) Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.

Beardlessness (n.) The state or quality of being destitute of beard.

Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

Bearer (n.) Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.

Bearer (n.) A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.

Bearer (n.) A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

Bearer (n.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Bearherd (n.) A man who tends a bear.

Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

Bearing (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.

Bearing (n.) Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.

Bearing (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.

Bearing (n.) Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

Bearing (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.

Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

Bearing (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests.

Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

Bearing (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.

Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.

Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.

Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.

Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.

Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

Bearish (a.) Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.

Bearishness (n.) Behavior like that of a bear.

Bearn (n.) See Bairn.

Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1.

Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)

Bear's-ear (n.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

Bearskin (n.) The skin of a bear.

Bearskin (n.) A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.

Bearskin (n.) A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.

Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

Bearward (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.

Beast (n.) Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

Beast (n.) Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.

Beast (n.) As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.

Beast (n.) Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.

Beast (n.) A game at cards similar to loo.

Beast (n.) A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

Beasthood (n.) State or nature of a beast.

Beastings (n. pl.) See Biestings.

Beastlihead (n.) Beastliness.

Beastlike (a.) Like a beast.

Beastliness (n.) The state or quality of being beastly.

Beastly (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.

Beastly (a.) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.

Beastly (a.) Abominable; as, beastly weather.

Beat (imp.) of Beat

Beat (p. p.) of Beat

Beaten () of Beat

Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beat

Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.

Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.

Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.

Beat (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.

Beat (v. t.) To tread, as a path.

Beat (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.

Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.

Beat (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.

Beat (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

Beat (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing.

Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.

Beat (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt.

Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.

Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

Beat (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.

Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.

Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.

Beat (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.

Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.

Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

Beat (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.

Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.

Beaten (a.) Exhausted; tired out.

Beaten (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.

Beaten (a.) Tried; practiced.

Beater (n.) One who, or that which, beats.

Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.

Beath (v. t.) To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood.

Beatific (a.) Alt. of Beatifical

Beatifical (a.) Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful.

Beatificate (v. t.) To beatify.

Beatification (n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization.

Beatified (imp. & p. p.) of Beatify

Beatifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beatify

Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.

Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.

Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

Beating (n.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.

Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Beatitude (n.) Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.

Beatitude (n.) Beatification.

Beaux (pl. ) of Beau

Beaus (pl. ) of Beau

Beau (n.) A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

Beau (n.) A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.

Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.

Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.

Beaufin (n.) See Biffin.

Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.

Beauish (n.) Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.

Beau monde () The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.

Beaupere (n.) A father.

Beaupere (n.) A companion.

Beauseant (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

Beauship (n.) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.

Beauteous (a.) Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.

Beautied (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.

Beautifier (n.) One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.

Beautiful (a.) Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

Beautified (imp. & p. p.) of Beautify

Beautifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beautify

Beautify (v. t.) To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

Beautify (v. i.) To become beautiful; to advance in beauty.

Beautiless (a.) Destitute of beauty.

Beautie (pl. ) of Beauty

Beauty (n.) An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

Beauty (n.) A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.

Beauty (n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.

Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

Beaux (n.) pl. of Beau.

Beauxite (n.) See Bauxite.

Beaver (n.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

Beaver (n.) The fur of the beaver.

Beaver (n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.

Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

Beavered (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.

Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.

Bebeerine (n.) Alt. of Bebirine

Bebirine (n.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine.

Bebleed (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.

Beblood (v. t.) Alt. of Bebloody

Bebloody (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood.

Beblot (v. t.) To blot; to stain.

Beblubber (v. t.) To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.

Becalmed (imp. & p. p.) of Becalm

Becalming (n.) of Becalm

Becalm (v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

Became () imp. of Become.

Becard (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

Because (conj.) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

Because (conj.) In order that; that.

Beccabunga (n.) See Brooklime.

Beccaficos (pl. ) of Beccafico

Beccafico (n.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.

Bechamel (n.) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

Bechance (adv.) By chance; by accident.

Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.

Becharm (v. t.) To charm; to captivate.

Beche de mer () The trepang.

Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough.

Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.

Beck (n.) See Beak.

Beck (n.) A small brook.

Beck (n.) A vat. See Back.

Becked (imp. & p. p.) of Beck

Becking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beck

Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.

Beck (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

Becker (n.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.

Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.

Becket (n.) A spade for digging turf.

Beckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Beckon

Beckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beckon

Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.

Beckon (n.) A sign made without words; a beck.

Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.

Beclipped (imp. & p. p.) of Beclip

Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.

Beclouded (imp. & p. p.) of Becloud

Beclouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Becloud

Becloud (v. t.) To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.

Became (imp.) of Become

Become (p. p.) of Become

Becoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Become

Become (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.

Become (v. i.) To come; to get.

Become (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.

Becomed (a.) Proper; decorous.

Becoming (a.) Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

Becoming (n.) That which is becoming or appropriate.

Becomingly (adv.) In a becoming manner.

Becomingness (n.) The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

Becripple (v. t.) To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.

Becuna (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

Becurl (v. t.) To curl; to adorn with curls.

Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

Bed (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

Bed (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

Bed (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

Bed (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

Bed (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

Bed (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

Bed (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

Bed (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

Bed (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

Bed (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Bed (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Bedded (imp. & p. p.) of Bed

Bedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bed

Bed (v. t.) To place in a bed.

Bed (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

Bed (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.

Bed (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

Bed (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

Bed (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

Bed (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Bed (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.

Bedabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedabble

Bedabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedabble

Bedabble (v. t.) To dabble; to sprinkle or wet.

Bedaff (v. t.) To make a daff or fool of.

Bedagat (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.

Bedaggle (v. t.) To daggle.

Bedashed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedash

Bedashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedash

Bedash (v. t.) To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.

Bedaubed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedaub

Bedaubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedaub

Bedaub (v. t.) To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

Bedazzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedazzle

Bedazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedazzle

Bedazzle (v. t.) To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.

Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.

Bedclothes (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed.

Bedcord (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

Bedded (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.

Bedding (n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.

Bedding (n.) The state or position of beds and layers.

Bede (v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.

Bede (n.) A kind of pickax.

Bedecked (imp. & p. p.) of Bedeck

Bedecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedeck

Bedeck (v. t.) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

Bedeguar (n.) Alt. of Bedegar

Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.

Bedel (n.) Alt. of Bedell

Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.

Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.

Beden (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.

Bedevilled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedevil

Bedeviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedevil

Bedevilling () of Bedevil

Bedevil (v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.

Bedevilment (n.) The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.

Bedewed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedew

Bedewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedew

Bedew (v. t.) To moisten with dew, or as with dew.

Bedewer (n.) One who, or that which, bedews.

Bedewy (a.) Moist with dew; dewy.

Bedfellow (n.) One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

Bedfere Bedphere (n.) A bedfellow.

Bedgown (n.) A nightgown.

Bedight (p. p.) of Bedight

Bedighted () of Bedight

Bedight (v. t.) To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn.

Bedimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedim

Bedimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedim

Bedim (v. t.) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

Bedizen (v. t.) To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.

Bedizenment (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

Bedkey (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

Bedlam (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

Bedlam (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

Bedlam (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

Bedlam (a.) Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.

Bedlamite (n.) An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

Bedmaker (n.) One who makes beds.

Bed-molding (n.) Alt. of Bed-moulding

Bed-moulding (n.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona.

Bedote (v. t.) To cause to dote; to deceive.

Bedouin (n.) One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.

Bedouin (a.) Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

Bedpan (n.) A pan for warming beds.

Bedpan (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.

Bedphere (n.) See Bedfere.

Bedpiece (n.) Alt. of Bedplate

Bedplate (n.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

Bedpost (n.) One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.

Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.

Bedquilt (n.) A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.

Bedrabble (v. t.) To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble.

Bedraggled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedraggle

Bedraggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedraggle

Bedraggle (v. t.) To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc.

Bedrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Bedrench

Bedrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedrench

Bedrench (v. t.) To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak.

Bedribble (v. t.) To dribble upon.

Bedrid (v. i.) Alt. of Bedridden

Bedridden (v. i.) Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.

Bedright Bedrite (n.) The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.

Bedrizzle (v. t.) To drizzle upon.

Bed rock () The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.

Bedroom (n.) A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

Bedroom (n.) Room in a bed.

Bedrop (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with drops.

Bedrug (v. t.) To drug abundantly or excessively.

Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.

Bed screw () A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.

Bedside (n.) The side of a bed.

Bedsite (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.

Bedsore (n.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.

Bedspread (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaff

Bedstaff (n.) "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."

Bedstead (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

Bed steps () Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.

Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.

Bedstraw (n.) Straw put into a bed.

Bedstraw (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers.

Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.

Bedtick (n.) A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.

Bedtime (n.) The time to go to bed.

Beducked (imp. & p. p.) of Beduck

Beduck (v. t.) To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.

Beduin (n.) See Bedouin.

Bedunged (imp. & p. p.) of Bedung

Bedung (v. t.) To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.

Bedust (v. t.) To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust.

Bedward (adv.) Towards bed.

Bedwarfed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedwarf

Bedwarf (v. t.) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.

Bedyed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedye

Bedyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedye

Bedye (v. t.) To dye or stain.

Bee () p. p. of Be; -- used for been.

Bee (n.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.

Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.

Beebread (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

Beeches (pl. ) of Beech

Beech (n.) A tree of the genus Fagus.

Beechen (a.) Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.

Beechnut (n.) The nut of the beech tree.

Beech tree () The beech.

Beechy (a.) Of or relating to beeches.

Bee-eater (n.) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

Bee-eater (n.) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.

Beef (n.) An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

Beef (n.) Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Beef (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Beefeater (n.) One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

Beefeater (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.

Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

Beefsteak (n.) A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

Beef-witted (n.) Stupid; dull.

Beefwood (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

Beefy (a.) Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

Beehive (n.) A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

Beehouse (n.) A house for bees; an apiary.

Bee larkspur () (Bot.) See Larkspur.

Beeld (n.) Same as Beild.

Bee line () The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line.

Beelzebub (n.) The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.

Beem (n.) A trumpet.

Beemaster (n.) One who keeps bees.

Been () The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.

Beer (n.) A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

Beer (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

Beeregar (n.) Sour beer.

Beerhouse (n.) A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.

Beeriness (n.) Beery condition.

Beery (a.) Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.

Beestings (n.) Same as Biestings.

Beeswax (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.

Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.

Beet (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.

Beet (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.

Beete (v. t.) Alt. of Bete

Bete (v. t.) To mend; to repair.

Bete (v. t.) To renew or enkindle (a fire).

Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.

Beetled (imp. & p. p.) of Beetle

Beetling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beetle

Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.

Beetle (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.

Beetle (v. i.) To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

Beetle brow () An overhanging brow.

Beetle-browed () Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.

Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.

Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

Beetle-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.

Beetlestock (n.) The handle of a beetle.

Beet radish () Same as Beetrave.

Beetrave (n.) The common beet (Beta vulgaris).

Beeve (n.) A beef; a beef creature.

Beeves (n.) plural of Beef, the animal.

Befell (imp.) of Befall

Befallen (p. p.) of Befall

Befalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befall

Befall (v. t.) To happen to.

Befall (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen.

Befitted (imp. & p. p.) of Befit

Befitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befit

Befit (v. t.) To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

Befitting (a.) Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

Befittingly (adv.) In a befitting manner; suitably.

Beflatter (v. t.) To flatter excessively.

Beflower (v. t.) To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers.

Befogged (imp. & p. p.) of Befog

Befogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befog

Befog (v. t.) To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part. adj.

Befog (v. t.) Hence: To confuse; to mystify.

Befooled (imp. & p. p.) of Befool

Befooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befool

Befool (v. t.) To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

Befool (v. t.) To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish.

Before (prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.

Before (prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.

Before (prep.) An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.

Before (prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.

Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.

Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.

Before (prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.

Before (adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.

Before (adv.) In advance.

Before (adv.) In time past; previously; already.

Before (adv.) Earlier; sooner than; until then.

Beforehand (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.

Beforehand (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

Beforehand (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

Beforetime (adv.) Formerly; aforetime.

Befortune (v. t.) To befall.

Befouled (imp. & p. p.) of Befoul

Befouling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befoul

Befoul (a.) To make foul; to soil.

Befoul (a.) To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

Befriended (imp. & p. p.) of Befriend

Befriending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befriend

Befriend (v. t.) To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

Befriendment (n.) Act of befriending.

Befrill (v. t.) To furnish or deck with a frill.

Befringe (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe.

Befuddled (imp. & p. p.) of Befuddle

Befuddle (v. t.) To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

Beg (n.) A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

Begged (imp. & p. p.) of Beg

Begging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beg

Beg (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.

Beg (v. t.) To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.

Beg (v. t.) To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.

Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.

Beg (v. t.) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.

Beg (v. i.) To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.

Bega (n.) See Bigha.

Begemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Begem

Begemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begem

Begem (v. t.) To adorn with gems, or as with gems.

Begot (imp.) of Beget

Begat () of Beget

Begot (p. p.) of Beget

Begotten () of Beget

Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beget

Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

Beget (v. t.) To get (with child.)

Beget (v. t.) To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.

Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.

Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.

Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.

Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.

Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Beggar

Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beggar

Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.

Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

Beggarhood (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

Beggarism (n.) Beggary.

Beggarliness (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

Beggarly (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.

Beggarly (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

Beggary (n.) The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

Beggary (n.) Beggarly appearance.

Beggary (a.) Beggarly.

Beggestere (n.) A beggar.

Beghard (n.) Alt. of Beguard

Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

Begilded (imp. & p. p.) of Begild

Begilt () of Begild

Begild (v. t.) To gild.

Began (imp. & p. p.) of Begin

Begun () of Begin

Beginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begin

Begin (v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.

Begin (v. t.) To enter on; to commence.

Begin (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

Begin (n.) Beginning.

Beginner (n.) One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.

Beginning (n.) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

Beginning (n.) That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.

Beginning (n.) That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

Beginning (n.) Enterprise.

Begirt (imp.) of Begird

Begirded () of Begird

Begirt (p. p.) of Begird

Begirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begird

Begird (v. t.) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.

Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Begirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle.

Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Beglerbeg (n.) The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

Begnawed (p. p.) of Begnaw

Begnawn () of Begnaw

Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.

Begodded (imp. & p. p.) of Begod

Begod (v. t.) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.

Begone (interj.) Go away; depart; get you gone.

Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).

Begonia (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

Begore (v. t.) To besmear with gore.

Begot () imp. & p. p. of Beget.

Begotten () p. p. of Beget.

Begrave (v. t.) To bury; also, to engrave.

Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

Begrimed (imp. & p. p.) of Begrime

Begriming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrime

Begrime (v. t.) To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

Begrimer (n.) One who, or that which, begrimes.

Begrudged (imp. & p. p.) of Begrudge

Begrudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begrudge

Begrudge (v. t.) To grudge; to envy the possession of.

Beguiled (imp. & p. p.) of Beguile

Beguiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beguile

Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.

Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.

Beguilement (n.) The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

Beguiler (n.) One who, or that which, beguiles.

Beguiling (a.) Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.

Beguin (n.) See Beghard.

Beguinage (n.) A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

Beguine (n.) A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

Begum (n.) In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank.

Begun () p. p. of Begin.

Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

Behappen (v. t.) To happen to.

Behaved (imp. & p. p.) of Behave

Behaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behave

Behave (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.

Behave (v. i.) To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.

Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.

Beheaded (imp. & p. p.) of Behead

Beheading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behead

Behead (v. t.) To sever the head from; to take off the head of.

Beheadal (n.) Beheading.

Beheld () imp. & p. p. of Behold.

Behemoth (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.

Behen (n.) Alt. of Behn

Behn (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.

Behn (n.) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.

Behn (n.) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.

Behest (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.

Behest (n.) A vow; a promise.

Behest (v. t.) To vow.

Behete (v. t.) See Behight.

Behight (imp.) of Behight

Behight (p. p.) of Behight

Behoten () of Behight

Behight (v.) To promise; to vow.

Behight (v.) To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.

Behight (v.) To adjudge; to assign by authority.

Behight (v.) To mean, or intend.

Behight (v.) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.

Behight (v.) To call; to name; to address.

Behight (v.) To command; to order.

Behight (n.) A vow; a promise.

Behind (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

Behind (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.

Behind (a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.

Behind (adv.) At the back part; in the rear.

Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

Behind (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.

Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.

Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

Behind (n.) The backside; the rump.

Behindhand (adv. & a.) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.

Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.

Behither (prep.) On this side of.

Beheld (imp. & p. p.) of Behold

Beholden (p. p.) of Behold

Beholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behold

Behold (v. t.) To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

Behold (v. i.) To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

Beholden (p. a.) Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.

Beholder (n.) One who beholds; a spectator.

Beholding (a.) Obliged; beholden.

Beholding (n.) The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld.

Beholdingness (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden.

Behoof (v. t.) Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.

Behoovable (a.) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.

Behooved (imp. & p. p.) of Behoove

Behooving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behoove

Behoove (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.

Behoove (v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.

Behoove (n.) Advantage; behoof.

Behooveful (a.) Advantageous; useful; profitable.

Behove (v.) and derivatives. See Behoove, &c.

Behovely (a. & adv.) Useful, or usefully.

Behowl (v. t.) To howl at.

Beige (n.) Debeige.

Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

Being (p. pr.) Existing.

Being (n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.

Being (n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.

Being (n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.

Being (n.) An abode; a cottage.

Being (adv.) Since; inasmuch as.

Bejade (v. t.) To jade or tire.

Bejape (v. t.) To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.

Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.

Bejeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bejewel

Bejewelled () of Bejewel

Bejeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bejewel

Bejewelling () of Bejewel

Bejewel (v. t.) To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.

Bejumble (v. t.) To jumble together.

Bekah (n.) Half a shekel.

Beknave (v. t.) To call knave.

Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.

Bel (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal.

Belabored (imp. & p. p.) of Belabor

Belaboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belabor

Belabor (v. t.) To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.

Belabor (v. t.) To beat soundly; to cudgel.

Bel-accoyle (n.) A kind or favorable reception or salutation.

Belaced (imp. & p. p.) of Belace

Belace (v. t.) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.

Belace (v. t.) To cover or adorn with lace.

Belace (v. t.) To beat with a strap. See Lace.

Belam (v. t.) To beat or bang.

Belamour (n.) A lover.

Belamour (n.) A flower, but of what kind is unknown.

Belamy (n.) Good friend; dear friend.

Belated (imp. & p. p.) of Belate

Belating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belate

Belate (v. t.) To retard or make too late.

Belated (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.

Belaud (v. t.) To laud or praise greatly.

Belaid (imp. & p. p.) of Belay

Belayed () of Belay

Belaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belay

Belay (v. t.) To lay on or cover; to adorn.

Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.

Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Belaying pin () A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

Belched (imp. & p. p.) of Belch

Belching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belch

Belch (v. i.) To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

Belch (v. i.) To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.

Belch (v. i.) To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.

Belch (v. i.) To issue with spasmodic force or noise.

Belch (n.) The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.

Belch (n.) Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.

Belcher (n.) One who, or that which, belches.

Beldam (n.) Alt. of Beldame

Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.

Beldame (n.) An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.

Beleaguered (imp. & p. p.) of Beleaguer

Beleaguering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beleaguer

Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

Beleaguerer (n.) One who beleaguers.

Beleft (imp. & p. p.) of Beleave

Beleave (v. t. & i.) To leave or to be left.

Belectured (imp. & p. p.) of Belecture

Belecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belecture

Belecture (v. t.) To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.

Belee (v. t.) To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind.

Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages.

Belepered (imp. & p. p.) of Beleper

Beleper (v. t.) To infect with leprosy.

Beaux (pl. ) of Bel-esprit

-esprits (pl. ) of Bel-esprit

Bel-esprit (n.) A fine genius, or man of wit.

Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.

Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

Belfry (n.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

Belgard (n.) A sweet or loving look.

Belgian (a.) Of or pertaining to Belgium.

Belgian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

Belgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.

Belgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.

Belgravian (a.) Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.

Belial (n.) An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.

Belibel (v. t.) To libel or traduce; to calumniate.

Belied (imp. & p. p.) of Belie

Belying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belie

Belie (n.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

Belie (n.) To give a false representation or account of.

Belie (n.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.

Belie (n.) To mimic; to counterfeit.

Belie (n.) To fill with lies.

Belief (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.

Belief (n.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.

Belief (n.) The thing believed; the object of belief.

Belief (n.) A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.

Beliefful (a.) Having belief or faith.

Believable (a.) Capable of being believed; credible.

Believed (imp. & p. p.) of Believe

Believing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Believe

Believe (n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.

Believe (v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.

Believe (v. i.) To think; to suppose.

Believer (n.) One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

Believer (n.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel.

Believer (n.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

Believing (a.) That believes; having belief.

Belight (v. t.) To illuminate.

Belike (adv.) It is likely or probably; perhaps.

Belimed (imp. & p. p.) of Belime

Belime (v. t.) To besmear or insnare with birdlime.

Belittled (imp. & p. p.) of Belittle

Belittling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belittle

Belittle (v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

Belive (a.) Forthwith; speedily; quickly.

Belk (v. t.) To vomit.

Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.

Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.

Bell (n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.

Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.

Belled (imp. & p. p.) of Bell

Belling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bell

Bell (v. t.) To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.

Bell (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

Bell (v. i.) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.

Bell (v. t.) To utter by bellowing.

Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.

Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.

Belladonna (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

Bell animalcule () An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.

Bell bearer () A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

Bellbird (n.) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero.

Bellbird (n.) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.

Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.

Belle (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

Belled (a.) Hung with a bell or bells.

Belle-lettrist (n.) One versed in belles-lettres.

Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Belletristic (a.) Alt. of Belletristical

Belletristical (a.) Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres.

Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

Bellflower (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower (n.) A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.

Bellibone (n.) A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.

Bellic (a.) Alt. of Bellical

Bellical (a.) Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial.

Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Bellicosely (adv.) In a bellicose manner.

Bellicous (a.) Bellicose.

Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.

Belligerence (n.) Alt. of Belligerency

Belligerency (n.) The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

Belligerent (p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.

Belligerent (p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

Belligerent (n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Belligerently (adv.) In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

Belling (n.) A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time.

Bellipotent (p. pr.) Mighty in war; armipotent.

Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

Bellman (n.) A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours.

Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells.

Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.

Bellon (n.) Lead colic.

Bellona (n.) The goddess of war.

Bellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bellow

Bellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bellow

Bellow (v.) To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.

Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

Bellow (v. t.) To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.

Bellow (n.) A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Bellower (n.) One who, or that which, bellows.

Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.

Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.

Bell pepper () A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.

Belluine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal.

Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.

Bellwether (n.) Hence: A leader.

Bellwort (n.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

Bellies (pl. ) of Belly

Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

Belly (n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.

Belly (n.) The womb.

Belly (n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.

Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

Bellied (imp. & p. p.) of Belly

Bellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belly

Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.

Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

Bellyache (n.) Pain in the bowels; colic.

Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

Bellyband (n.) A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.

Bellyband (n.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.

Bellybound (a.) Costive; constipated.

Bellycheat (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person.

Bellycheer (n.) Good cheer; viands.

Bellycheer (v. i.) To revel; to feast.

Bellyful (n.) As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.

Belly-god (n.) One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.

Belocked (imp. & p. p.) of Belock

Belock (v. t.) To lock, or fasten as with a lock.

Belomancy (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.

Belonged (imp. & p. p.) of Belong

Belonging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belong

Belong (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

Belong (v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.

Belong (v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.

Belong (v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.

Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.

Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.

Belonging (n.) That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects.

Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.

Belonite (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

Belooche Beloochee (a.) Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants.

Belooche Beloochee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

Belord (v. t.) To act the lord over.

Belord (v. t.) To address by the title of "lord".

Beloved (imp. & p. p.) of Belove

Belove (v. t.) To love.

Beloved (p. p. & a.) Greatly loved; dear to the heart.

Beloved (n.) One greatly loved.

Below (prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.

Below (prep.) Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.

Below (prep.) Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.

Below (adv.) In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.

Below (adv.) On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.

Below (adv.) In hell, or the regions of the dead.

Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.

Below (adv.) In some part or page following.

Belowt (v. t.) To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to.

Belsire (n.) A grandfather, or ancestor.

Belswagger (n.) A lewd man; also, a bully.

Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Belt (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

Belt (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

Belt (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.

Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

Belt (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

Belted (imp. & p. p.) of Belt

Belting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belt

Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

Beltane (n.) The first day of May (Old Style).

Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.

Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.

Belted (a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.

Beltein (n.) Alt. of Beltin

Beltin (n.) See Beltane.

Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

Beluted (imp. & p. p.) of Belute

Beluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belute

Belute (v. t.) To bespatter, as with mud.

Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

Bema (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.

Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

Bema (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.

Bemad (v. t.) To make mad.

Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.

Bemask (v. t.) To mask; to conceal.

Bemaster (v. t.) To master thoroughly.

Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.

Bemaze (v. t.) To bewilder.

Bemean (v. t.) To make mean; to lower.

Bemet (imp. & p. p.) of Bemeet

Bemeeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemeet

Bemeet (v. t.) To meet.

Bemete (v. t.) To mete.

Bemingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix.

Bemired (imp. & p. p.) of Bemire

Bemiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemire

Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

Bemist (v. t.) To envelop in mist.

Bemoaned (imp. & p. p.) of Bemoan

Bemoaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemoan

Bemoan (v. t.) To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

Bemoaner (n.) One who bemoans.

Bemock (v. t.) To mock; to ridicule.

Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.

Bemol (n.) The sign /; the same as B flat.

Bemonster (v. t.) To make monstrous or like a monster.

Bemourn (v. t.) To mourn over.

Bemuddle (v. t.) To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.

Bemuffle (v. t.) To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.

Bemuse (v. t.) To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.

Ben () Alt. of Ben nut

Ben nut () The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.

Ben (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.

Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.

Ben () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.

Benamed (p. p.) of Bename

Benempt () of Bename

Bename (v. t.) To promise; to name.

Benches (pl. ) of Bench

Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.

Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.

Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.

Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.

Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Bench

Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bench

Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches.

Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.

Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.

Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.

Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.

Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.

Bended (imp. & p. p.) of Bend

Bent () of Bend

Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend

Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.

Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.

Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

Bend (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

Bend (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind.

Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

Bend (n.) A band.

Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

Bendable (a.) Capable of being bent.

Bender (n.) One who, or that which, bends.

Bender (n.) An instrument used for bending.

Bender (n.) A drunken spree.

Bender (n.) A sixpence.

Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.

Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Bendwise (adv.) Diagonally.

Bendy (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Bene (n.) See Benne.

Bene (n.) A prayer; boon.

Bene (n.) Alt. of Ben

Ben (n.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

Beneaped (a.) See Neaped.

Beneath (prep.) Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.

Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.

Beneath (prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.

Beneath (adv.) In a lower place; underneath.

Beneath (adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.

Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

Benedicite (n.) An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.

Benedict (n.) Alt. of Benedick

Benedick (n.) A married man, or a man newly married.

Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.

Benedictine (a.) Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.

Benediction (n.) The act of blessing.

Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.

Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.

Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop.

Benediction (n.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.

Benedictional (n.) A book of benedictions.

Benedictionary (n.) A collected series of benedictions.

Benedictive (a.) Tending to bless.

Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.

Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

Benedight (a.) Blessed.

Benefaction (n.) The act of conferring a benefit.

Benefaction (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.

Benefactor (n.) One who confers a benefit or benefits.

Benefactress (n.) A woman who confers a benefit.

Benefic (a.) Favorable; beneficent.

Benefice (n.) A favor or benefit.

Benefice (n.) An estate in lands; a fief.

Benefice (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.

Beneficed (imp. & p. p.) of Benefice

Benefice (v. t.) To endow with a benefice.

Beneficed (a.) Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.

Beneficeless (a.) Having no benefice.

Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

Beneficent (a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

Beneficential (a.) Relating to beneficence.

Beneficently (adv.) In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

Beneficial (a.) Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.

Beneficial (a.) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.

Beneficial (a.) King.

Beneficially (adv.) In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.

Beneficialness (n.) The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.

Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

Beneficiary (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.

Beneficiaries (pl. ) of Beneficiary

Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.

Beneficiary (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.

Beneficiate (v. t.) To reduce (ores).

Beneficient (a.) Beneficent.

Benefit (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

Benefit (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.

Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

Benefit (n.) Beneficence; liberality.

Benefit (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.

Benefited (imp. & p. p.) of Benefit

Benefitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benefit

Benefit (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.

Benefit (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

Benefiter (n.) One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

Beneme (v. t.) To deprive (of), or take away (from).

Benempt (p. p.) Promised; vowed.

Benempt (p. p.) Named; styled.

Bene placito () At or during pleasure.

Bene placito () At pleasure; ad libitum.

Benetted (imp. & p. p.) of Benet

Benet (v. t.) To catch in a net; to insnare.

Benevolence (n.) The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.

Benevolence (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given.

Benevolence (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.

Benevolent (a.) Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.

Benevolous (a.) Kind; benevolent.

Bengal (n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

Bengal (n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.

Bengal (n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.

Bengalee (n.) Alt. of Bengali

Bengali (n.) The language spoken in Bengal.

Bengalese (a.) Of or pertaining to Bengal.

Bengalese (n. sing. & pl) A native or natives of Bengal.

Bengola (n.) A Bengal light.

Benighted (imp. & p. p.) of Benight

Benighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benight

Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.

Benight (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.

Benightment (n.) The condition of being benighted.

Benign (a.) Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

Benign (a.) Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.

Benign (a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.

Benignancy (n.) Benignant quality; kindliness.

Benignant (a.) Kind; gracious; favorable.

Benignity (n.) The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

Benignity (n.) Mildness; gentleness.

Benignity (n.) Salubrity; wholesome quality.

Benignly (adv.) In a benign manner.

Benim (v. t.) To take away.

Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.

Benitier (n.) A holy-water stoup.

Benjamin (n.) See Benzoin.

Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.

Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.

Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.

Benshee (n.) See Banshee.

Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.

Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.

Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.

Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.

Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

Bent (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.

Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.

Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.

Bent (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.

Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.

Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass.

Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.

Benthamic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.

Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.

Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.

Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields.

Benty (a.) Resembling bent.

Benumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Benumb

Benumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benumb

Benumb (a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.

Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind.

Benumbment (n.) Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.

Benzal (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination.

Benzamide (n.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum.

Benzile (n.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.

Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.

Benzine (n.) Same as Benzene.

Benzoate (n.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.

Benzoic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.

Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.

Benzoin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.

Benzoin (n.) The spicebush (Lindera benzoin).

Benzoinated (a.) Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.

Benzole (n.) Alt. of Benzol

Benzol (n.) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.

Benzoline (n.) Same as Benzole.

Benzoline (n.) Same as Amarine.

Benzoyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.

Benzyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.

Bepaint (v. t.) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.

Bepelt (v. t.) To pelt roundly.

Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinch

Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches.

Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaster

Beplastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beplaster

Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.

Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.

Bepommeled (imp. & p. p.) of Bepommel

Bepommeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bepommel

Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.

Bepowder (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.

Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly.

Beprose (v. t.) To reduce to prose.

Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.

Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.

Bequeathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bequeath

Bequeathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bequeath

Bequeath (v. t.) To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.

Bequeath (v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.

Bequeath (v. t.) To give; to offer; to commit.

Bequeathable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed.

Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.

Bequeathment (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

Bequest (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.

Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.

Bequest (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.

Bequethen () old p. p. of Bequeath.

Bequote (v. t.) To quote constantly or with great frequency.

Berained (imp. & p. p.) of Berain

Beraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berain

Berain (v. t.) To rain upon; to wet with rain.

Berated (imp. & p. p.) of Berate

Berating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berate

Berate (v. t.) To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

Berattle (v. t.) To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.

Beray (v. t.) To make foul; to soil; to defile.

Berbe (n.) An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.

Berber (n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

Berberine (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

Berberry (n.) See Barberry.

Berdash (n.) A kind of neckcloth.

Bere (v. t.) To pierce.

Bere (n.) See Bear, barley.

Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereave

Bereft () of Bereave

Bereaving. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bereave

Bereave (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

Bereave (v. t.) To take away from.

Bereave (v. t.) To take away.

Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

Bereaver (n.) One who bereaves.

Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.

Beretta (n.) Same as Berretta.

Berg (n.) A large mass or hill, as of ice.

Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.

Bergamot (n.) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

Bergamot (n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

Bergamot (n.) A variety of pear.

Bergamot (n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

Bergamot (n.) A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.

Bergander (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.

Bergh (n.) A hill.

Bergmaster (n.) See Barmaster.

Bergmeal (n.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite.

Bergmote (n.) See Barmote.

Bergomask (n.) A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.

Bergylt (n.) The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.

Berhymed (imp. & p. p.) of Berhyme

Berhyming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berhyme

Berhyme (v. t.) To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.

Beriberi (n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.

Berime (v. t.) To berhyme.

Berkeleian (a.) Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.

Berlin (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.

Berlin (n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.

Berm (n.) Alt. of Berme

Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.

Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

Bernacle (n.) See Barnacle.

Berna fly () A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury.

Bernardine (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.

Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.

Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants.

Bernese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Bern.

Bernicle (n.) A bernicle goose.

Bernouse (n.) Same as Burnoose.

Berob (v. t.) To rob; to plunder.

Beroe (n.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.

Berried (a.) Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.

Berries (pl. ) of Berry

Berry (n.) Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

Berry (n.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.

Berry (n.) The coffee bean.

Berry (n.) One of the ova or eggs of a fish.

Berried (imp. & p. p.) of Berry

Berrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berry

Berry (v. i.) To bear or produce berries.

Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.

Berrying (n.) A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild.

Berserk (n.) Alt. of Berserker

Berserker (n.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.

Berserker (n.) One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.

Berstle (n.) See Bristle.

Berth (n.) Convenient sea room.

Berth (n.) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.

Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.

Berth (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.

Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.

Berthed (imp. & p. p.) of Berth

Berthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berth

Berth (v. t.) To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.

Berth (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.

Bertha (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

Berthage (n.) A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

Berthierite (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.

Bertram (n.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Berycoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.

Beryl (n.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.

Berylline (a.) Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

Beryllium (n.) A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.

Berylloid (n.) A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

Besaiel (n.) Alt. of Besayle

Besaile (n.) Alt. of Besayle

Besayle (n.) A great-grandfather.

Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.

Besaint (v. t.) To make a saint of.

Besant (n.) See Bezant.

Bes-antler (n.) Same as Bez-antler.

Bescatter (v. t.) To scatter over.

Bescatter (v. t.) To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew.

Bescorn (v. t.) To treat with scorn.

Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

Bescrawl (v. t.) To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.

Bescreen (v. t.) To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal.

Bescribble (v. t.) To scribble over.

Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescummer

Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.

Besee (v. t. & i.) To see; to look; to mind.

Besought (imp. & p. p.) of Beseech

Beseeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseech

Beseech (v. t.) To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

Beseech (n.) Solicitation; supplication.

Beseecher (n.) One who beseeches.

Beseeching (a.) Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look.

Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.

Beseek (v. t.) To beseech.

Beseemed (imp. & p. p.) of Beseem

Beseeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseem

Beseem (v. t.) Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit.

Beseem (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to be fitting.

Beseeming (n.) Appearance; look; garb.

Beseeming (n.) Comeliness.

Beseeming (a.) Becoming; suitable.

Beseemly (a.) Fit; suitable; becoming.

Beseen (a.) Seen; appearing.

Beseen (a.) Decked or adorned; clad.

Beseen (a.) Accomplished; versed.

Beset (imp. & p. p.) of Beset

Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beset

Beset (v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.

Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.

Besetment (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.

Besetter (n.) One who, or that which, besets.

Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

Beshone (imp. & p. p.) of Beshine

Beshining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beshine

Beshine (v. t.) To shine upon; to illumine.

Beshow (n.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

Beshrew (v. t.) To curse; to execrate.

Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen.

Beshut (v. t.) To shut up or out.

Beside (n.) At the side of; on one side of.

Beside (n.) Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.

Beside (n.) Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.

Besides (adv.) Alt. of Beside

Beside (adv.) On one side.

Beside (adv.) More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.

Besides (prep.) Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.

Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besiege

Besieging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besiege

Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.

Besieger (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

Besieging (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

Besit (v. t.) To suit; to fit; to become.

Beslabber (v. t.) To beslobber.

Beslave (v. t.) To enslave.

Beslavered (imp. & p. p.) of Beslaver

Beslavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beslaver

Beslaver (v. t.) To defile with slaver; to beslobber.

Beslime (v. t.) To daub with slime; to soil.

Beslobber (v. t.) To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.

Beslubber (v. t.) To beslobber.

Besmeared (imp. & p. p.) of Besmear

Besmearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmear

Besmear (v. t.) To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.

Besmearer (n.) One that besmears.

Besmirched (imp. & p. p.) of Besmirch

Besmirching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmirch

Besmirch (v. t.) To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

Besmoke (v. t.) To foul with smoke.

Besmoke (v. t.) To harden or dry in smoke.

Besmutted (imp. & p. p.) of Besmut

Besmutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmut

Besmut (v. t.) To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

Besnowed (imp. & p. p.) of Besnow

Besnow (v. t.) To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.

Besnow (v. t.) To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

Besnuff (v. t.) To befoul with snuff.

Besogne (n.) A worthless fellow; a bezonian.

Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.

Besomed (imp. & p. p.) of Besom

Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom.

Besomer (n.) One who uses a besom.

Besort (v. t.) To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become.

Besort (n.) Befitting associates or attendants.

Besotted (imp. & p. p.) of Besot

Besotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besot

Besot (v. t.) To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.

Besotted (a.) Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied.

Besottingly (adv.) In a besotting manner.

Besought () p. p. of Beseech.

Bespangled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespangle

Bespangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespangle

Bespangle (v. t.) To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering.

Bespattered (imp. & p. p.) of Bespatter

Bespattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespatter

Bespatter (v. t.) To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.

Bespatter (v. t.) To asperse with calumny or reproach.

Bespawl (v. t.) To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle.

Bespoke (imp.) of Bespeak

Bespake () of Bespeak

Bespoke (p. p.) of Bespeak

Bespoken () of Bespeak

Bespeaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeak

Bespeak (v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

Bespeak (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.

Bespeak (v. t.) To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.

Bespeak (v. t.) To speak to; to address.

Bespeak (v. i.) To speak.

Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)

Bespeaker (n.) One who bespeaks.

Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckle

Bespeckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckle

Bespeckle (v. t.) To mark with speckles or spots.

Bespew (v. t.) To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.

Bespice (v. t.) To season with spice, or with some spicy drug.

Bespirt (v. t.) Same as Bespurt.

Bespit (imp.) of Bespit

Bespit (p. p.) of Bespit

Bespitten () of Bespit

Bespitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespit

Bespit (v. t.) To daub or soil with spittle.

Bespoke () imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.

Bespotted (imp. & p. p.) of Bespot

Bespotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespot

Bespot (v. t.) To mark with spots, or as with spots.

Bespread (imp. & p. p.) of Bespread

Bespreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespread

Bespread (v. t.) To spread or cover over.

Besprent (p. p.) Sprinkled over; strewed.

Besprinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Besprinkle

Besprinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besprinkle

Besprinkle (v. t.) To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

Besprinkler (n.) One who, or that which, besprinkles.

Besprinkling (n.) The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.

Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.

Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.

Best (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.

Best (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.

Best (a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.

Best (n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.

Best (superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.

Best (superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.

Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

Best (v. t.) To get the better of.

Bestad (imp. & p. p.) Beset; put in peril.

Bestain (v. t.) To stain.

Bestarred (imp. & p. p.) of Bestar

Bestar (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud.

Bestead (imp. & p. p.) of Bestead

Bested () of Bestead

Bestad () of Bestead

Besteaded () of Bestead

Bestead (v. t.) To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place.

Bestead (v. t.) To put in peril; to beset.

Bestead (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.

Bestial (a.) Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.

Bestial (a.) Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.

Bestial (n.) A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.

Bestiality (n.) The state or quality of being bestial.

Bestiality (n.) Unnatural connection with a beast.

Bestialized (imp. & p. p.) of Bestialize

Bestializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestialize

Bestialize (v. t.) To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.

Bestially (adv.) In a bestial manner.

Bestuck (imp. & p. p.) of Bestick

Besticking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestick

Bestick (v. t.) To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.

Bestill (v. t.) To make still.

Bestirred (imp. & p. p.) of Bestir

Bestirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestir

Bestir (v. t.) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.

Bestorm (v. i. & t.) To storm.

Bestowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bestow

Bestowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestow

Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

Bestow (v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.

Bestow (v. t.) To expend, as money.

Bestow (v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.

Bestow (v. t.) To give in marriage.

Bestow (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.

Bestowal (n.) The act of bestowing; disposal.

Bestower (n.) One that bestows.

Bestowment (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

Bestowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed.

Bestraddle (v. t.) To bestride.

Bestraught (a.) Out of one's senses; distracted; mad.

Bestreak (v. t.) To streak.

Bestrewed (imp.) of Bestrew

Bestrewed (p. p.) of Bestrew

Bestrown () of Bestrew

Bestrewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestrew

Bestrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.

Bestrode (imp.) of Bestride

Bestrid () of Bestride

Bestridden (p. p.) of Bestride

Bestrid () of Bestride

Bestrode () of Bestride

Bestriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestride

Bestride (v. t.) To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.

Bestrode () imp. & p. p. of Bestride.

Bestrown () p. p. of Bestrew.

Bestuck () imp. & p. p. Bestick.

Bestudded (imp. & p. p.) of Bestud

Bestudding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bestud

Bestud (v. t.) To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars.

Beswike (v. t.) To lure; to cheat.

Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.

Bet (imp. & p. p.) of Bet

Betted () of Bet

Betting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet

Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

Bet () imp. & p. p. of Beat.

Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.

Betaine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

Betook (imp.) of Betake

Betaken (p. p.) of Betake

Betaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betake

Betake (v. t.) To take or seize.

Betake (v. t.) To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

Betake (v. t.) To commend or intrust to; to commit to.

Betaught (a.) Delivered; committed in trust.

Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.

Beteela (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.

Beteem (a.) To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.

Beteem (a.) To allow; to permit; to suffer.

Betel (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

Betelguese (n.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.

Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

Bete noire () Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.

Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.

Bethel (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.

Bethel (n.) A chapel for dissenters.

Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

Bethought (imp. & p. p.) of Bethink

Bethinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethink

Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.

Bethink (v. i.) To think; to recollect; to consider.

Bethlehem (n.) A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.

Bethlehem (n.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.

Bethlehemite (n.) Alt. of Bethlemite

Bethlemite (n.) An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.

Bethlemite (n.) An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.

Bethlemite (n.) One of an extinct English order of monks.

Bethought () imp. & p. p. of Bethink.

Bethrall (v. t.) To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall.

Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.

Bethumped (imp. & p. p.) of Bethump

Bethumpt () of Bethump

Bethumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethump

Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.

Betided (imp. & p. p.) of Betide

Betid (Obs) of Betide

Betiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betide

Betide (v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.

Betide (v. i.) To come to pass; to happen; to occur.

Betime (adv.) Alt. of Betimes

Betimes (adv.) In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.

Betimes (adv.) In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.

Betitle (v. t.) To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle.

Betokened (imp. & p. p.) of Betoken

Betokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betoken

Betoken (v. t.) To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

Betoken (v. t.) To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

Beton (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

Betonies (pl. ) of Betony

Betony (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

Betook () imp. of Betake.

Betorn (a.) Torn in pieces; tattered.

Betossed (imp. & p. p.) of Betoss

Betoss (v. t.) To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.

Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betrap

Betrap (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent.

Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.

Betrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Betray

Betraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betray

Betray (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.

Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.

Betray (v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

Betray (v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

Betray (v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

Betray (v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

Betrayal (n.) The act or the result of betraying.

Betrayer (n.) One who, or that which, betrays.

Betrayment (n.) Betrayal.

Betrimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Betrim

Betrimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betrim

Betrim (v. t.) To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim.

Betrothed (imp. & p. p.) of Betroth

Betrothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betroth

Betroth (v. t.) To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.

Betroth (v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.

Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.

Betrothment (n.) The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.

Betrust (v. t.) To trust or intrust.

Betrustment (n.) The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted.

Betso (n.) A small brass Venetian coin.

Better (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.

Better (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.

Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.

Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.

Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.

Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.

Better (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.

Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.

Better (compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.

Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.

Bettered (imp. & p. p.) of Better

Bettering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better

Better (a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.

Better (a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.

Better (a.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.

Better (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.

Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.

Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.

Betterment (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.

Betterment (n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.

Bettermost (a.) Best.

Betterness (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.

Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.

Bettong (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.

Bettor (n.) One who bets; a better.

Betty (n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.

Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

Betty (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.

Betulin (n.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.

Betumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Betumble

Betumble (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to tumble.

Betutored (imp. & p. p.) of Betutor

Betutor (v. t.) To tutor; to instruct.

Between (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

Between (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.

Between (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.

Between (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.

Between (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.

Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

Between (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.

Betwixt (prep.) In the space which separates; between.

Betwixt (prep.) From one to another of; mutually affecting.

Beurre (n.) A beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre d'Anjou; Beurre Clairgeau.

Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.

Bevel (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.

Bevel (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.

Beveled (imp. & p. p.) of Bevel

Bevelled () of Bevel

Beveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bevel

Bevelling () of Bevel

Bevel (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.

Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.

Beveled (a.) Alt. of Bevelled

Bevelled (a.) Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table.

Bevelled (a.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid.

Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

Bevelment (n.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

Bever (n.) A light repast between meals; a lunch.

Bevered (imp. & p. p.) of Bever

Bever (v. i.) To take a light repast between meals.

Beverage (v. t.) Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.

Beverage (v. t.) Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.

Beverage (v. t.) A treat, or drink money.

Bevile (n.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel.

Beviled (a.) Alt. of Bevilled

Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Bevies (pl. ) of Bevy

Bevy (n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.

Bevy (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

Bewailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewail

Bewailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewail

Bewail (v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

Bewail (v. i.) To express grief; to lament.

Bewailable (a.) Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.

Bewailer (n.) One who bewails or laments.

Bewailing (a.) Wailing over; lamenting.

Bewailment (n.) The act of bewailing.

Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.

Beware (v. i.) To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.

Beware (v. i.) To have a special regard; to heed.

Beware (v. t.) To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.

Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.

Bewept (imp. & p. p.) of Beweep

Beweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beweep

Beweep (v. t.) To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.

Beweep (v. i.) To weep.

Bewet (imp. & p. p.) of Bewet

Bewetted () of Bewet

Bewet (v. t.) To wet or moisten.

Bewhore (v. t.) To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of.

Bewhore (v. t.) To pronounce or characterize as a whore.

Bewigged (imp. & p. p.) of Bewig

Bewig (v. t.) To cover (the head) with a wig.

Bewildered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewilder

Bewildering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewilder

Bewilder (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

Bewildered (a.) Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.

Bewilderedness (n.) The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.

Bewildering (a.) Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties.

Bewilderment (n.) The state of being bewildered.

Bewilderment (n.) A bewildering tangle or confusion.

Bewinter (v. t.) To make wintry.

Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Bewitched (imp. & p. p.) of Bewitch

Bewitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewitch

Bewitch (v. t.) To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

Bewitch (v. t.) To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.

Bewitchedness (n.) The state of being bewitched.

Bewitcher (n.) One who bewitches.

Bewitchery (n.) The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.

Bewitching (a.) Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.

Bewitchment (n.) The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.

Bewitchment (n.) The power of bewitching or charming.

Bewondered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewonder

Bewonder (v. t.) To fill with wonder.

Bewonder (v. t.) To wonder at; to admire.

Bewrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Bewrap

Bewrap (v. t.) To wrap up; to cover.

Bewray (v. t.) To soil. See Beray.

Bewrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewray

Bewraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewray

Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.

Bewrayer (n.) One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer.

Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.

Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.

Bewreke (v. t.) To wreak; to avenge.

Bewrought (a.) Embroidered.

Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

Beylic (n.) The territory ruled by a bey.

Beyond (prep.) On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.

Beyond (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached; before.

Beyond (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

Beyond (prep.) In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.

Beyond (adv.) Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Bezant (n.) A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants.

Bezant (n.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.

Bezant (n.) A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Bez-antler (n.) The second branch of a stag's horn.

Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

Bezoardic (a.) Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.

Bezoardic (n.) A medicine containing bezoar.

Bezoartic (a.) Alt. of Bezoartical

Bezoartical (a.) Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing.

Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.

Bezzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bezzle

Bezzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bezzle

Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.

Bezzle (v. i.) To drink to excess; to revel.

Bhang (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.

Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.

Biacid (a.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.

Biacuminate (a.) Having points in two directions.

Biangular (a.) Having two angles or corners.

Biangulate (a.) Alt. of Biangulated

Biangulated (a.) Biangular.

Biangulous (a.) Biangular.

Biantheriferous (a.) Having two anthers.

Biarticulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints.

Biases (pl. ) of Bias

Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Biased (imp. & p. p.) of Bias

Biasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bias

Bias (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Biauriculate (a.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Biauriculate (a.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

Biaxal (a.) Alt. of Biaxial

Biaxial (a.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.

Bib (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

Bib (n.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.

Bib (n.) A bibcock.

Bib (v. t.) Alt. of Bibbe

Bibbe (v. t.) To drink; to tipple.

Bib (v. i.) To drink; to sip; to tipple.

Bibacious (a.) Addicted to drinking.

Bibacity (n.) The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.

Bibasic (a.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.

Bibb (n.) A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.

Bibber (n.) One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.

Bibble-babble (n.) Idle talk; babble.

Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

Bibcock (n.) A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

Bibirine (n.) See Bebeerine.

Bibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

Bible (n.) A book.

Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.

Bible (n.) A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.

Bible (n.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.

Bibler (v. t.) A great drinker; a tippler.

Biblical (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

Biblicality (n.) The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject.

Biblically (adv.) According to the Bible.

Biblicism (n.) Learning or literature relating to the Bible.

Biblicist (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.

Bibliograph (n.) Bibliographer.

Bibliographer (n.) One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.

Bibliographic (a.) Alt. of Bibliographical

Bibliographical (a.) Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books.

Bibliographies (pl. ) of Bibliography

Bibliography (n.) A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

Bibliolater (n.) Alt. of Bibliolatrist

Bibliolatrist (n.) A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.

Bibliolatry (n.) Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.

Bibliological (a.) Relating to bibliology.

Bibliology (n.) An account of books; book lore; bibliography.

Bibliology (n.) The literature or doctrine of the Bible.

Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

Bibliomania (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

Bibliomaniac (n.) One who has a mania for books.

Bibliomaniac (a.) Relating to a bibliomaniac.

Bibliomaniacal (a.) Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

Bibliopegic (a.) Relating to the binding of books.

Bibliopegist (n.) A bookbinder.

Bibliopegistic (a.) Pertaining to the art of binding books.

Bibliopegy (n.) The art of binding books.

Bibliophile (n.) A lover of books.

Bibliophilism (n.) Love of books.

Bibliophilist (n.) A lover of books.

Bibliophobia (n.) A dread of books.

Bibliopole (n.) One who sells books.

Bibliopolic (a.) Alt. of Bibliopolar

Bibliopolar (a.) Of or pertaining to the sale of books.

Bibliopolism (n.) The trade or business of selling books.

Bibliopolist (n.) Same as Bibliopole.

Bibliopolistic (a.) Of or pertaining to bibliopolism.

Bibliotaph (n.) Alt. of Bibliotaphist

Bibliotaphist (n.) One who hides away books, as in a tomb.

Bibliothec (n.) A librarian.

Bibliotheca (n.) A library.

Bibliothecal (a.) Belonging to a library.

Bibliothecary (n.) A librarian.

Bibliotheke (n.) A library.

Biblist (n.) One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.

Biblist (n.) A biblical scholar; a biblicist.

Bibracteate (a.) Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

Bibulous (v. t.) Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.

Bibulous (v. t.) Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

Bibulously (adv.) In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.

Bicalcarate (a.) Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

Bicallose (a.) Alt. of Bicallous

Bicallous (a.) Having two callosities or hard spots.

Bicameral (a.) Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.

Bicapsular (a.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.

Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

Bicarbureted (a.) Alt. of -retted

-retted (a.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.

Bicarinate (a.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

Bicaudal (a.) Having, or terminating in, two tails.

Bicaudate (a.) Two-tailed; bicaudal.

Bicched (a.) Pecked; pitted; notched.

Bice (n.) Alt. of Bise

Bise (n.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

Bicentenary (a.) Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.

Bicentenary (n.) The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.

Bicentennial (a.) Consisting of two hundred years.

Bicentennial (a.) Occurring every two hundred years.

Bicentennial (n.) The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

Bicephalous (a.) Having two heads.

Biceps (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

Bichir (n.) A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

Bichloride (n.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Bicho (n.) See Jigger.

Bichromate (n.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

Bichromatize (v. t.) To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

Bicipital (a.) Having two heads or origins, as a muscle.

Bicipital (a.) Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.

Bicipital (a.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

Bicipitous (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.

Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.

Bickered (imp. & p. p.) of Bicker

Bickering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bicker

Bicker (v. i.) To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.

Bicker (v. i.) To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.

Bicker (v. i.) To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.

Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.

Bicker (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.

Bicker (n.) A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.

Bickerer (n.) One who bickers.

Bickering (n.) A skirmishing.

Bickering (n.) Altercation; wrangling.

Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Bickern (n.) An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

Bicolligate (v. t.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

Bicolor (a.) Alt. of Bicolored

Bicolored (a.) Of two colors.

Biconcave (a.) Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebrae.

Biconjugate (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice.

Biconvex (a.) Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

Bicorn (a.) Alt. of Bicornous

Bicorned (a.) Alt. of Bicornous

Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Bicorporal (a.) Having two bodies.

Bicorporate (a.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

Bicostate (a.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

Bicrenate (a.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.

Bicrural (a.) Having two legs.

Bicuspid (a.) Alt. of Bicuspidate

Bicuspidate (a.) Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

Bicuspid (n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n.

Bicyanide (n.) See Dicyanide.

Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Bicycler (n.) One who rides a bicycle.

Bicyclic (a.) Relating to bicycles.

Bicycling (n.) The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.

Bicyclism (n.) The art of riding a bicycle.

Bicyclist (n.) A bicycler.

Bicycular (a.) Relating to bicycling.

Bade (imp.) of Bid

Bid () of Bid

Bad () of Bid

Bidden (p. p.) of Bid

Bid () of Bid

Bidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bid

Bid (v. t.) To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).

Bid (v. t.) To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.

Bid (v. t.) To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.

Bid (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

Bid (v. t.) To invite; to call in; to request to come.

Bid () imp. & p. p. of Bid.

Bid (n.) An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.

Bid (v. t.) To pray.

Bid (v. t.) To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Bidale (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.

Biddable (a.) Obedient; docile.

Bidden () p. p. of Bid.

Bidder (n.) One who bids or offers a price.

Biddery ware () A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened.

Bidding (n.) Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.

Bidding (n.) The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

Biddy (n.) A name used in calling a hen or chicken.

Biddy (n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.

Bided (imp. & p. p.) of Bide

Biding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bide

Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

Bide (v. t.) To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.

Bide (v. t.) To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.

Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Bident (n.) An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

Bidental (a.) Having two teeth.

Bidentate (a.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.

Bidet (n.) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.

Bidet (n.) A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

Bidigitate (a.) Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

Biding (n.) Residence; habitation.

Bield (n.) A shelter. Same as Beild.

Bield (v. t.) To shelter.

Biennial (a.) Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

Biennial (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

Biennial (n.) Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

Biennial (n.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

Biennially (adv.) Once in two years.

Bier (n.) A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.

Biestings (n. pl.) Alt. of Beestings

Beestings (n. pl.) The first milk given by a cow after calving.

Bifacial (a.) Having the opposite surfaces alike.

Bifarious (a.) Twofold; arranged in two rows.

Bifarious (a.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

Bifariously (adv.) In a bifarious manner.

Biferous (a.) Bearing fruit twice a year.

Biffin (n.) A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.

Biffin (n.) A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.

Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.

Bifidate (a.) See Bifid.

Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance.

Biflabellate (a.) Flabellate on both sides.

Biflagellate (a.) Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.

Biflorate (a.) Alt. of Biflorous

Biflorous (a.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

Bifold (a.) Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

Bifoliate (a.) Having two leaves; two-leaved.

Bifoliolate (a.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.

Biforate (a.) Having two perforations.

Biforine (n.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

Biforked (a.) Bifurcate.

Biform (a.) Having two forms, bodies, or shapes.

Biformed (a.) Having two forms.

Biformity (n.) A double form.

Biforn (prep. & adv.) Before.

Biforous (a.) See Biforate.

Bifronted (a.) Having two fronts.

Bifurcate (a.) Alt. of Bifurcated

Bifurcated (a.) Two-pronged; forked.

Bifurcate (v. i.) To divide into two branches.

Bifurcation (n.) A forking, or division into two branches.

Bifurcous (a.) See Bifurcate, a.

Big (superl.) Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

Big (superl.) Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.

Big (n.) Alt. of Bigg

Bigg (n.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.

Big (v. t.) Alt. of Bigg

Bigg (v. t.) To build.

Biga (n.) A two-horse chariot.

Bigam (n.) A bigamist.

Bigamist (n.) One who is guilty of bigamy.

Bigamous (a.) Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

Bigamy (n.) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.

Bigarreau (n.) Alt. of Bigaroon

Bigaroon (n.) The large white-heart cherry.

Big-bellied (a.) Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

Bigeminate (a.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

Bigential (a.) Including two tribes or races of men.

Bigeye (n.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

Bigg (n. & v.) See Big, n. & v.

Biggen (v. t. & i.) To make or become big; to enlarge.

Bigger (a.) compar. of Big.

Biggest (a.) superl. of Big.

Biggin (n.) A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.

Biggin (n.) A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.

Biggin (v. t.) Alt. of Bigging

Bigging (v. t.) A building.

Biggon (n.) Alt. of Biggonnet

Biggonnet (n.) A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.

Bigha (n.) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.

Bighorn (n.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).

Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.

Bight (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

Biglandular (a.) Having two glands, as a plant.

Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.

Bigness (n.) The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

Bignonia (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

Bignoniaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

Bigot (n.) A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.

Bigot (n.) A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.

Bigot (a.) Bigoted.

Bigoted (a.) Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.

Bigotedly (adv.) In the manner of a bigot.

Bigotry (n.) The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.

Bigotry (n.) The practice or tenets of a bigot.

Bigwig (a.) A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.

Big-wigged (a.) characterized by pomposity of manner.

Bihydroguret (n.) A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance.

Bijoux (pl. ) of Bijou

Bijou (n.) A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.

Bijoutry (n.) Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.

Bijugate (a.) Having two pairs, as of leaflets.

Bijugous (a.) Bijugate.

Bike (n.) A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

Bikh (n.) The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

Bilabiate (a.) Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.

Bilaciniate (a.) Doubly fringed.

Bilalo (n.) A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

Bilamellate (a.) Alt. of Bilamellated

Bilamellated (a.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

Bilaminar (a.) Alt. of Bilaminate

Bilaminate (a.) Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

Biland (n.) A byland.

Bilander (n.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.

Bilateral (a.) Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.

Bilateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body.

Bilaterality (n.) State of being bilateral.

Bilberries (pl. ) of Bilberry

Bilberry (n.) The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.

Bilberry (n.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.

Bilboes (pl. ) of Bilbo

Bilbo (n.) A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.

Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.

Bilboquet (n.) The toy called cup and ball.

Bilcock (n.) The European water rail.

Bildstein (n.) Same as Agalmatolite.

Bile (n.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile.

Bile (n.) A boil.

Bilection (n.) That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

Bilestone (n.) A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary.

Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.

Bilge (n.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.

Bilge (n.) Bilge water.

Bilged (imp. & p. p.) of Bilge

Bilging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bilge

Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

Bilge (v. i.) To bulge.

Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).

Bilge (v. t.) To cause to bulge.

Bilgy (a.) Having the smell of bilge water.

Biliary (a.) Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.

Biliation (n.) The production and excretion of bile.

Biliferous (a.) Generating bile.

Bilifuscin (n.) A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.

Bilimbi (n.) Alt. of Bilimbing

Bilimbing (n.) The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases.

Biliment (n.) A woman's ornament; habiliment.

Bilin (n.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

Bilinear (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates.

Bilingual (a.) Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

Bilingualism (n.) Quality of being bilingual.

Bilinguar (a.) See Bilingual.

Bilinguist (n.) One versed in two languages.

Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.

Bilious (a.) Of or pertaining to the bile.

Bilious (a.) Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.

Bilious (a.) Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

Biliousness (n.) The state of being bilious.

Biliprasin (n.) A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.

Bilirubin (n.) A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.

Biliteral (a.) Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskrit verb.

Biliteral (n.) A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters.

Biliteralism (n.) The property or state of being biliteral.

Biliverdin (n.) A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

Bilked (imp. & p. p.) of Bilk

Bilking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bilk

Bilk (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.

Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

Bilk (n.) A cheat; a trick; a hoax.

Bilk (n.) Nonsense; vain words.

Bilk (n.) A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person.

Bill (n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

Billed (imp. & p. p.) of Bill

Billing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bill

Bill (v. i.) To strike; to peck.

Bill (v. i.) To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.

Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern

Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.

Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

Bill (n.) One who wields a bill; a billman.

Bill (n.) A pickax, or mattock.

Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

Bill (v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

Bill (n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

Bill (n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document.

Bill (n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

Bill (n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.

Bill (n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

Bill (n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.

Bill (v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

Bill (v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.

Billage (n. / v. t. & i.) Same as Bilge.

Billard (n.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish.

Billbeetle (n.) Alt. of Billbug

Billbug (n.) A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio.

Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.

Billboard (n.) A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

Bill book () A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives.

Bill broker () One who negotiates the discount of bills.

Billed (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.

Billet (n.) A small paper; a note; a short letter.

Billet (n.) A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.

Billeted (imp. & p. p.) of Billet

Billeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Billet

Billet (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.

Billet (n.) A small stick of wood, as for firewood.

Billet (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.

Billet (n.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.

Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.

Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

Billet (n.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

Billets-doux (pl. ) of Billet-doux

Billet-doux (n.) A love letter or note.

Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

Billfish (n.) A name applied to several distinct fishes

Billfish (n.) The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

Billfish (n.) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

Billfish (n.) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

Billfish (n.) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

Billhead (n.) A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

Bill holder () A person who holds a bill or acceptance.

Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.

Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.

Billiard (a.) Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.

Billiards (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

Billing (a. & n.) Caressing; kissing.

Billingsgate (n.) A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

Billingsgate (n.) Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

Billion (n.) According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

Billmen (pl. ) of Billman

Billman (n.) One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax.

Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

Billot (n.) Bullion in the bar or mass.

Billow (n.) A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

Billow (n.) A great wave or flood of anything.

Billowed (imp. & p. p.) of Billow

Billowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Billow

Billow (v. i.) To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.

Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

Billposter (n.) Alt. of Billsticker

Billsticker (n.) One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

Billy (n.) A club; esp., a policeman's club.

Billy (n.) A slubbing or roving machine.

Billyboy (n.) A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.

Billy goat () A male goat.

Bilobate (a.) Divided into two lobes or segments.

Bilobed (a.) Bilobate.

Bilocation (n.) Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.

Bilocular (a.) Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.

Bilsted (n.) See Sweet gum.

Biltong (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.

Bimaculate (a.) Having, or marked with, two spots.

Bimana (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Bimanous (a.) Having two hands; two-handed.

Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells.

Bimastism (n.) The condition of having two mammae or teats.

Bimedial (a.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Bimembral (a.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence.

Bimensal (a.) See Bimonthly, a.

Bimestrial (a.) Continuing two months.

Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.

Bimetallism (n.) The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism.

Bimetallist (n.) An advocate of bimetallism.

Bimonthly (a.) Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.

Bimonthly (n.) A bimonthly publication.

Bimonthly (adv.) Once in two months.

Bimuscular (a.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

Bin (n.) A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

Binned (imp. & p. p.) of Bin

Binning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bin

Bin (v. t.) To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

Bin () An old form of Be and Been.

Bin- () A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Binal (a.) Twofold; double.

Binarseniate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.

Binary (a.) Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).

Binary (n.) That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.

Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.

Binaural (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

Bound (imp.) of Bind

Bound (p. p.) of Bind

Bounden () of Bind

Binding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bind

Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.

Bind (v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

Bind (v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

Bind (v. t.) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

Bind (v. t.) To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

Bind (v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.

Bind (v. t.) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.

Bind (v. i.) To tie; to confine by any ligature.

Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.

Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

Bind (n.) That which binds or ties.

Bind (n.) Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

Bind (n.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.

Bind (n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

Binder (n.) One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.

Binder (n.) Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.

Bindery (n.) A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.

Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

Binding (a.) That binds; obligatory.

Binding (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.

Binding (n.) Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

Bindingly (adv.) So as to bind.

Bindingness (n.) The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.

Bindweed (n.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.

Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

Binervate (a.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.

Binervate (a.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.

Bing (n.) A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood.

Biniodide (n.) Same as Diiodide.

Bink (n.) A bench.

Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.

Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

Binocle (n.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.

Binocular (a.) Having two eyes.

Binocular (a.) Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.

Binocular (a.) Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope.

Binocular (n.) A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

Binocularly (adv.) In a binocular manner.

Binoculate (a.) Having two eyes.

Binomial (n.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.

Binomial (a.) Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.

Binomial (a.) Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs.

Binominal (a.) Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

Binominous (a.) Binominal.

Binotonous (a.) Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.

Binous (a.) Same as Binate.

Binoxalate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

Binoxide (n.) Same as Dioxide.

Binturong (n.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleate

Binucleate (a.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.

Binucleolate (a.) Having two nucleoli.

Bioblast (n.) Same as Bioplast.

Biocellate (a.) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.

Biochemistry (n.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

Biodynamics (n.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.

Biogen (n.) Bioplasm.

Biogenesis (n.) Alt. of Biogeny

Biogeny (n.) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

Biogeny (n.) Life development generally.

Biogenetic (a.) Pertaining to biogenesis.

Biogenist (n.) A believer in the theory of biogenesis.

Biognosis (n.) The investigation of life.

Biographer (n.) One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

Biographic (a.) Alt. of Biographical

Biographical (a.) Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

Biographize (v. t.) To write a history of the life of.

Biographies (pl. ) of Biography

Biography (n.) The written history of a person's life.

Biography (n.) Biographical writings in general.

Biologic (a.) Alt. of Biological

Biological (a.) Of or relating to biology.

Biologist (n.) A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Biology (n.) The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

Biolysis (n.) The destruction of life.

Biolytic (a.) Relating to the destruction of life.

Biomagnetic (a.) Relating to biomagnetism.

Biomagnetism (n.) Animal magnetism.

Biometry (n.) Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

Bion (p. pr.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.

Bionomy (n.) Physiology.

Biophor Biophore (n.) One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.

Bioplasm (n.) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.

Bioplasmic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.

Bioplast (n.) A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.

Bioplastic (a.) Bioplasmic.

Biorgan (n.) A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

Biostatics (n.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

Biostatistics (n.) Vital statistics.

Biotaxy (n.) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.

Biotic (a.) Relating to life; as, the biotic principle.

Biotite (n.) Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.

Bipalmate (a.) Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.

Biparietal (a.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.

Biparous (a.) Bringing forth two at a birth.

Bipartible (a.) Capable of being divided into two parts.

Bipartient (p. pr.) Dividing into two parts.

Bipartient (n.) A number that divides another into two equal parts without a remainder.

Bipartile (a.) Divisible into two parts.

Bipartite (a.) Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.

Bipartite (a.) Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions.

Bipartition (n.) The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.

Bipectinate (a.) Alt. of Bipectinated

Bipectinated (a.) Having two margins toothed like a comb.

Biped (n.) A two-footed animal, as man.

Biped (a.) Having two feet; two-footed.

Bipedal (n.) Having two feet; biped.

Bipedal (n.) Pertaining to a biped.

Bipeltate (a.) Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Bipennate (a.) Alt. of Bipennated

Bipennated (a.) Having two wings.

Bipennis (n.) An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

Bipetalous (a.) Having two petals.

Bipinnaria (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.

Bipinnate (a.) Alt. of Bipinnated

Bipinnated (a.) Twice pinnate.

Bipinnatifid (a.) Doubly pinnatifid.

Biplicate (a.) Twice folded together.

Biplicity (n.) The state of being twice folded; reduplication.

Bipolar (a.) Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

Bipolarity (n.) Bipolar quality.

Bipont (a.) Alt. of Bipontine

Bipontine (a.) Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrucken), in Bavaria.

Bipunctate (a.) Having two punctures, or spots.

Bipunctual (a.) Having two points.

Bipupillate (a.) Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.

Bipyramidal (a.) Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

Biquadrate (n.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

Biquadratic (a.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.

Biquadratic (n.) A biquadrate.

Biquadratic (n.) A biquadratic equation.

Biquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees.

Biradiate (a.) Alt. of Biradiated

Biradiated (a.) Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.

Biramous (a.) Having, or consisting of, two branches.

Birches (pl. ) of Birch

Birch (n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

Birch (n.) The wood or timber of the birch.

Birch (n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.

Birch (n.) A birch-bark canoe.

Birch (a.) Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

Birched (imp. & p. p.) of Birch

Birching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Birch

Birch (v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

Birchen (a.) Of or relating to birch.

Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

Bird (n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.

Bird (n.) Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.

Bird (n.) Fig.: A girl; a maiden.

Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.

Bird (v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Birdbolt (n.) Anything which smites without penetrating.

Bird cage (n.) Alt. of Birdcage

Birdcage (n.) A cage for confining birds.

Birdcall (n.) A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.

Birdcall (n.) An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.

Birdcatcher (n.) One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.

Birdcatching (n.) The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.

Bird cherry () A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

Birder (n.) A birdcatcher.

Bird-eyed (a.) Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

Bird fancier () One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.

Bird fancier () One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.

Birdie (n.) A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.

Birdikin (n.) A young bird.

Birding (n.) Birdcatching or fowling.

Birdlet (n.) A little bird; a nestling.

Birdlike (a.) Resembling a bird.

Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares.

Birdlime (v. t.) To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare.

Birdling (n.) A little bird; a nestling.

Birdman (n.) A fowler or birdcatcher.

Bird of paradise () The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

Bird pepper () A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

Bird's-beak (n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

Birdseed (n.) Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

Bird's-eye (a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view.

Bird's-eye (a.) Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

Bird's-eye (n.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.

Bird's-eye maple () See under Maple.

Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.

Bird's nest (n.) Alt. of Bird's-nest

Bird's-nest (n.) The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.

Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

Bird's-nest (n.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)

Bird's-nesting (n.) Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

Bird-witted (a.) Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.

Birectangular (a.) Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.

Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

Biretta (n.) Same as Berretta.

Birgander (n.) See Bergander.

Birk (n.) A birch tree.

Birk (n.) A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).

Birken (v. t.) To whip with a birch or rod.

Birken (a.) Birchen; as, birken groves.

Birkie (n.) A lively or mettlesome fellow.

Birl (v. t. & i.) To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

Birl (v. t. & i.) To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse.

Birlaw (n.) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law.

Birostrate (a.) Alt. of Birostrated

Birostrated (a.) Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.

Birred (imp. & p. p.) of Birr

Birring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Birr

Birr (v. i.) To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.

Birr (n.) A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

Birr (n.) A rush or impetus; force.

Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.

Birt (n.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

Birth (n.) The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

Birth (n.) Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.

Birth (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.

Birth (n.) The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

Birth (n.) That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

Birth (n.) Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

Birth (n.) See Berth.

Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.

Birthday (n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.

Birthday (a.) Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

Birthdom (n.) The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.

Birthing (n.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

Birthless (a.) Of mean extraction.

Birthmark (n.) Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.

Birthnight (n.) The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

Birthplace (n.) The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.

Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.

Birthroot (n.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

Birthwort (n.) A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties.

Bis (adv.) Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

Bis- (pref.) A form of Bi-, sometimes used before s, c, or a vowel.

Bisa antelope () See Oryx.

Bisaccate (a.) Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.

Biscayan (a.) Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain.

Biscayan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Biscay.

Biscotin (n.) A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit.

Biscuit (n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.

Biscuit (n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

Biscuit (n.) Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.

Biscuit (n.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.

Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

Bise (n.) A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

Bise (n.) See Bice.

Bisected (imp. & p. p.) of Bisect

Bisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bisect

Bisect (v. t.) To cut or divide into two parts.

Bisect (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.

Bisection (n.) Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts.

Bisector (n.) One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle.

Bisectrix (n.) The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

Bisegment (n.) One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.

Biseptate (a.) With two partitions or septa.

Biserial (a.) Alt. of Biseriate

Biseriate (a.) In two rows or series.

Biserrate (a.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves.

Biserrate (a.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennae.

Bisetose (a.) Alt. of Bisetous

Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.

Bisexous (a.) Bisexual.

Bisexual (a.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

Bisexuous (a.) Bisexual.

Biseye () p. p. of Besee.

Bish (n.) Same as Bikh.

Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.

Bishop (n.) In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.

Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.

Bishop (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.

Bishop (n.) An old name for a woman's bustle.

Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bishop

Bishoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bishop

Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bishop

Bishoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bishop

Bishop (v. t.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

Bishopdom (n.) Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.

Bishoplike (a.) Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.

Bishoply (a.) Bishoplike; episcopal.

Bishoply (adv.) In the manner of a bishop.

Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

Bishopric (n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

Bishop's cap () A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.

Bishop sleeve () A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

Bishop-stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see.

Bishop's-weed (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.

Bishop's-weed (n.) Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).

Bishop's-wort (n.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.

Bisie (v. t.) To busy; to employ.

Bisilicate (n.) A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

Bisk (n.) Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.

Bisk (n.) See Bisque.

Bismare (n.) Alt. of Bismer

Bismer (n.) Shame; abuse.

Bismer (n.) A rule steelyard.

Bismer (n.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).

Bismillah (interj.) An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.

Bismite (n.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.

Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.

Bismuthal (a.) Containing bismuth.

Bismuthic (a.) Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.

Bismuthiferous (a.) Containing bismuth.

Bismuthine (n.) Alt. of Bismuthinite

Bismuthinite (n.) Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.

Bismuthous (a.) Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.

Bismuthyl (n.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.

Bison (n.) The aurochs or European bison.

Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

Bispinose (a.) Having two spines.

Bisque (n.) Unglazed white porcelain.

Bisque (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.

Bisque (n.) A white soup made of crayfish.

Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.

Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.

Bisson (a.) Purblind; blinding.

Bister (n.) Alt. of Bistre

Bistre (n.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

Bistipuled (a.) Having two stipules.

Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.

Bistouries (pl. ) of Bistoury

Bistoury (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.

Bistre (n.) See Bister.

Bisulcate (a.) Having two grooves or furrows.

Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

Bisulcous (a.) Bisulcate.

Bisulphate (n.) A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.

Bisulphide (n.) A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.

Bisulphite (n.) A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

Bisulphuret (n.) See Bisulphide.

Bit (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

Bit (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

Bitted (imp. & p. p.) of Bit

Bitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bit

Bit (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.

Bit () imp. & p. p. of Bite.

Bit (v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.

Bit (v.) Somewhat; something, but not very great.

Bit (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.

Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

Bit (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.

Bit (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.

Bit () 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.

Bitake (v. t.) To commend; to commit.

Bitangent (a.) Possessing the property of touching at two points.

Bitangent (n.) A line that touches a curve in two points.

Bitartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

Bitch (n.) The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

Bitch (n.) An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.

Bit (imp.) of Bite

Bitten (p. p.) of Bite

Bit () of Bite

Biting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bite

Bite (v. t.) To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.

Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

Bite (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

Bite (v. t.) To cheat; to trick; to take in.

Bite (v. t.) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

Bite (v. i.) To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

Bite (v. i.) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

Bite (v. i.) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Bite (v. i.) To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

Bite (v.) The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.

Bite (v.) The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.

Bite (v.) The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

Bite (v.) A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Bite (v.) The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Bite (v.) A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bite (v.) A sharper; one who cheats.

Bite (v.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Biter (n.) One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.

Biter (n.) One who cheats; a sharper.

Biternate (a.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.

Bitheism (n.) Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism.

Biting (a.) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

Biting in () The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch.

Bitingly (adv.) In a biting manner.

Bitless (a.) Not having a bit or bridle.

Bitstock (n.) A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

Bitt (n.) See Bitts.

Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.

Bittacle (n.) A binnacle.

Bitten () p. p. of Bite.

Bitten (a.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

Bitter (n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

Bitter (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

Bitter (v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Bitter (n.) Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

Bitter (v. t.) To make bitter.

Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.

Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.

Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

Bitterish (a.) Somewhat bitter.

Bitterling (n.) A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus).

Bitterly (adv.) In a bitter manner.

Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.

Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.

Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.

Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.

Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

Bitterroot (n.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum.

Bitters (n. pl.) A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.

Bitter spar () A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.

Bittersweet (a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

Bittersweet (n.) Anything which is bittersweet.

Bittersweet (n.) A kind of apple so called.

Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara.

Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork.

Bitterweed (n.) A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiaefolia); Roman worm wood.

Bitterwood (n.) A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

Bitterwort (n.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.

Bittock (n.) A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance.

Bittor Bittour (n.) The bittern.

Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.

Bitume (n.) Bitumen.

Bitumed (a.) Smeared with bitumen.

Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

Bitumen (n.) By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

Bituminated (imp. & p. p.) of Bituminate

Bituminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bituminate

Bituminate (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen.

Bituminiferous (a.) Producing bitumen.

Bituminization (n.) The process of bituminizing.

Bituminized (imp. & p. p.) of Bituminize

Bituminizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bituminize

Bituminize (v. t.) To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

Bituminous (a.) Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.

Biuret (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.

Bivalency (n.) The quality of being bivalent.

Bivalent (p. pr.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.

Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.

Bivalved (a.) Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.

Bivalvous (a.) Bivalvular.

Bivalvular (a.) Having two valves.

Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.

Bivector (n.) A term made up of the two parts / + /1 /-1, where / and /1 are vectors.

Biventral (a.) Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.

Bivial (a.) Of or relating to the bivium.

Bivious (a.) Having, or leading, two ways.

Bivium (n.) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.

Bivouac (n.) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

Bivouac (n.) An encampment for the night without tents or covering.

Bivouacked (imp. & p. p.) of Bivouac

Bivouacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bivouac

Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.

Bivouac (v. i.) To encamp for the night without tents or covering.

Biweekly (a.) Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

Biweekly (n.) A publication issued every two weeks.

Biwreye (v. t.) To bewray; to reveal.

Bizantine () See Byzantine.

Bizarre (a.) Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.

Bizet (n.) The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n.

Blabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Blab

Blabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blab

Blab (v.) To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

Blab (v. i.) To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.

Blab (n.) One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale.

Blabber (n.) A tattler; a telltale.

Black (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.

Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

Black (adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

Black (n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

Black (n.) A black pigment or dye.

Black (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

Black (n.) A black garment or dress; as, she wears black

Black (n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

Black (n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

Black (n.) A stain; a spot; a smooch.

Blacked (imp. & p. p.) of Black

Blacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Black

Black (a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.

Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

Blackamoor (n.) A negro or negress.

Black art () The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.

Black-a-vised (a.) Dark-visaged; swart.

Blackball (n.) A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

Blackball (n.) A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.

Blackballed (imp. & p. p.) of Blackball

Blackballing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackball

Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.

Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.

Blackband (n.) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.

Black bass () An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides.

Black bass () The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

Blackberry (n.) The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

Blackbird (n.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Blackboard (n.) A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

Black book () One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc.

Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution.

Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III.

Black book () A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies.

Black book () Any book which treats of necromancy.

Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.

Blackburnian warbler () A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniae). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.

Blackcap (n.) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

Blackcap (n.) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.

Blackcap (n.) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.

Blackcap (n.) The black raspberry.

Blackcoat (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.

Blackcock (n.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.

Black death () A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.

Blackened (imp. & p. p.) of Blacken

Blackening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blacken

Blacken (v. t.) To make or render black.

Blacken (v. t.) To make dark; to darken; to cloud.

Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.

Blacken (v. i.) To grow black or dark.

Blackener (n.) One who blackens.

Black-eyed (a.) Having black eyes.

Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.

Blackfeet (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.

Blackfin (n.) See Bluefin.

Blackfish (n.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.

Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).

Blackfish (n.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.

Blackfish (n.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.

Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.

Blackfoot (a.) Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian.

Blackfoot (n.) A Blackfoot Indian.

Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

Blackguard (n.) The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the "black guard"; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army.

Blackguard (n.) The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively.

Blackguard (n.) A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough.

Blackguard (n.) A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin.

Blackguarded (imp. & p. p.) of Blackguard

Blackguarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackguard

Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

Blackguard (a.) Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language.

Blackguardism (n.) The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.

Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.

Blackhead (n.) The scaup duck.

Blackheart (n.) A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.

Black-hearted (a.) Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air.

Blacking (n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.

Blacking (n.) The act or process of making black.

Blackish (a.) Somewhat black.

Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.

Black-jack (n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.

Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc.

Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.

Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate.

Black lead () Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.

Blacklead (v. t.) To coat or to polish with black lead.

Blackleg (n.) A notorious gambler.

Blackleg (n.) A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck.

Black letter () The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.

Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.

Black-letter (a.) Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date.

Black-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious.

Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a.

Blackly (adv.) In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly; atrociously.

Blackmail (n.) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.

Blackmail (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.

Blackmail (n.) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver.

Blackmailed (imp. & p. p.) of Blackmail

Blackmailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackmail

Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

Blackmailer (n.) One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.

Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.

Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold.

Black Monday () The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.

Black monk () A Benedictine monk.

Blackmoor (n.) See Blackamoor.

Black-mouthed (a.) Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

Blackness (n.) The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.

Blackpoll (n.) A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).

Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.

Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords.

Black Rod () An usher in the legislature of British colonies.

Blackroot (n.) See Colicroot.

Blacks (n. pl.) The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press.

Blacks (n. pl.) Soot flying in the air.

Blacks (n. pl.) Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.

Blacksalter (n.) One who makes crude potash, or black salts.

Black salts () Crude potash.

Blacksmith (n.) A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.

Blacksmith (n.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

Black snake (n.) Alt. of Blacksnake

Blacksnake (n.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.

Blackstrap (n.) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.

Blackstrap (n.) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

Blacktail (n.) A fish; the ruff or pope.

Blacktail (n.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus / Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.

Blackthorn (n.) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.

Blackthorn (n.) A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.

Black vomit () A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.

Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwash

Blackwash (n.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.

Blackwash (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.

Blackwood (n.) A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia.

Blackwork (n.) Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.

Bladder (n.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.

Bladder (n.) Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.

Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.

Bladder (n.) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.

Bladdered (imp. & p. p.) of Bladder

Bladdering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bladder

Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

Bladder (v. t.) To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard.

Bladderwort (n.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium.

Bladdery (a.) Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder.

Blade (n.) Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

Blade (n.) The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.

Blade (n.) The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.

Blade (n.) The scapula or shoulder blade.

Blade (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.

Blade (n.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.

Blade (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.

Blade (v. t.) To furnish with a blade.

Blade (v. i.) To put forth or have a blade.

Bladebone (n.) The scapula. See Blade, 4.

Bladed (a.) Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife.

Bladed (a.) Divested of blades; as, bladed corn.

Bladed (a.) Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife.

Bladefish (n.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish.

Bladesmith (n.) A sword cutler.

Blady (a.) Consisting of blades.

Blae (a.) Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored.

Blaeberry (n.) The bilberry.

Blague (n.) Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.

Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.

Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.

Blamable (a.) Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

Blamed (imp. & p. p.) of Blame

Blaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blame

Blame (v. t.) To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

Blame (v. t.) To bring reproach upon; to blemish.

Blame (v.) An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.

Blame (v.) That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin.

Blame (v.) Hurt; injury.

Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.

Blameful (a.) Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.

Blameless (a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.

Blamelessly (adv.) In a blameless manner.

Blamelessness (n.) The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

Blamer (n.) One who blames.

Blameworthy (a.) Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

Blancard (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.

Blanched (imp. & p. p.) of Blanch

Blanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blanch

Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

Blanch (a.) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.

Blanch (a.) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.

Blanch (a.) To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).

Blanch (a.) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.

Blanch (a.) Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.

Blanch (v. i.) To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.

Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

Blanch (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.

Blanch (v. i.) To use evasion.

Blanch (n.) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.

Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.

Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.

Blanch holding () A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.

Blancmange (n.) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.

Blancmanger (n.) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc.

Bland (a.) Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.

Bland (a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.

Blandation (n.) Flattery.

Blandiloquence (n.) Mild, flattering speech.

Blandiloquous (a.) Alt. of Blandiloquious

Blandiloquious (a.) Fair-spoken; flattering.

Blandise (v. i.) To blandish any one.

Blandished (imp. & p. p.) of Blandish

Blandishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blandish

Blandish (v. t.) To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

Blandish (v. t.) To make agreeable and enticing.

Blandisher (n.) One who uses blandishments.

Blandishment (n.) The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.

Blandly (adv.) In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.

Blandness (n.) The state or quality of being bland.

Blank (a.) Of a white or pale color; without color.

Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

Blank (a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited.

Blank (a.) Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.

Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.

Blank (a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.

Blank (a.) Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.

Blank (n.) Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.

Blank (n.) A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

Blank (n.) A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.

Blank (n.) A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.

Blank (n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.

Blank (n.) Aim; shot; range.

Blank (n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.

Blank (n.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.

Blank (n.) A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."

Blanked (imp. & p. p.) of Blank

Blanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blank

Blank (v. t.) To make void; to annul.

Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.

Blanket (a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.

Blanket (a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.

Blanket (a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Blanketed (imp. & p. p.) of Blanket

Blanketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blanket

Blanket (v. t.) To cover with a blanket.

Blanket (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Blanketing (n.) Cloth for blankets.

Blanketing (n.) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.

Blankly (adv.) In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly.

Blankly (adv.) Directly; flatly; point blank.

Blankness (n.) The state of being blank.

Blanquette (n.) A white fricassee.

Blanquillo (n.) A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.

Blared (imp. & p. p.) of Blare

Blaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blare

Blare (v. i.) To sound loudly and somewhat harshly.

Blare (v. t.) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.

Blare (n.) The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

Blarney (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.

Blarneyed (imp. & p. p.) of Blarney

Blarneying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blarney

Blarney (v. t.) To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.

Blase (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.

Blasphemed (imp. & p. p.) of Blaspheme

Blaspheming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blaspheme

Blaspheme (v.) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

Blaspheme (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

Blaspheme (v. i.) To utter blasphemy.

Blasphemer (n.) One who blasphemes.

Blasphemous (a.) Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature.

Blasphemously (adv.) In a blasphemous manner.

Blasphemy (n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.

Blasphemy (n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.

-blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.

Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind.

Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

Blast (n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.

Blasted (imp. & p. p.) of Blast

Blasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blast

Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.

Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.

Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.

Blast (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.

Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

Blast (v. i.) To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

Blasted (a.) Blighted; withered.

Blasted (a.) Confounded; accursed; detestable.

Blasted (a.) Rent open by an explosive.

Blastemata (pl. ) of Blastema

Blastema (n.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

Blastemal (a.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

Blastematic (a.) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.

Blaster (n.) One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.

Blastide (n.) A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.

Blasting (n.) A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.

Blasting (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts.

Blastment (n.) A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.

Blastocarpous (a.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove.

Blastocoele (n.) The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.

Blastocyst (n.) The germinal vesicle.

Blastoderm (n.) The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed.

Blastodermatic (a.) Alt. of Blastodermic

Blastodermic (a.) Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.

Blastogenesis (n.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

Blastoid (n.) One of the Blastoidea.

Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

Blastomere (n.) One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.

Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophoric

Blastophoric (a.) Relating to the blastophore.

Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

Blastopore (n.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.

Blastosphere (n.) The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

Blastostyle (n.) In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata.

Blast pipe () The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.

Blastula (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.

Blastule (n.) Same as Blastula.

Blasty (a.) Affected by blasts; gusty.

Blasty (a.) Causing blast or injury.

Blat (v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately.

Blat (v. t.) To utter inconsiderately.

Blatancy (n.) Blatant quality.

Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

Blatantly (adv.) In a blatant manner.

Blatherskite (n.) A blustering, talkative fellow.

Blattered (imp. & p. p.) of Blatter

Blatter (v. i.) To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter.

Blatteration (n.) Blattering.

Blatterer (n.) One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster.

Blattering (n.) Senseless babble or boasting.

Blatteroon (n.) A senseless babbler or boaster.

Blaubok (n.) The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

Blay (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n.

Blaze (n.) A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

Blaze (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.

Blaze (n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.

Blaze (n.) A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

Blaze (n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

Blazed (imp. & p. p.) of Blaze

Blazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blaze

Blaze (v. i.) To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.

Blaze (v. i.) To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.

Blaze (v. i.) To be resplendent.

Blaze (v. t.) To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.

Blaze (v. t.) To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.

Blaze (v. i.) To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.

Blaze (v. i.) To blazon.

Blazer (n.) One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.

Blazing (a.) Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.

Blazon (n.) A shield.

Blazon (n.) An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

Blazon (n.) The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.

Blazon (n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.

Blazoned (imp. & p. p.) of Blazon

Blazoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blazon

Blazon (v. t.) To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.

Blazon (v. t.) To deck; to embellish; to adorn.

Blazon (v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.

Blazon (v. i.) To shine; to be conspicuous.

Blazoner (n.) One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald.

Blazonment (n.) The act of blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.

Blazonry (n.) Same as Blazon, 3.

Blazonry (n.) A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.

Blazonry (n.) Artistic representation or display.

Blea (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

Bleaberry (n.) See Blaeberry.

Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleach

Bleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleach

Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.

Bleacher (n.) One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleachery

Bleachery (n.) A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.

Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.

Bleak (a.) Without color; pale; pallid.

Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Bleak (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.

Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.

Bleaky (a.) Bleak.

Blear (v.) Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.

Blear (v.) Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.

Bleared (imp. & p. p.) of Blear

Blearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blear

Blear (v. t.) To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.

Bleared (a.) Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum.

Bleareye (n.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.

Blear-eyed (a.) Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.

Blear-eyed (a.) Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot.

Bleareyedness (n.) The state of being blear-eyed.

Bleary (a.) Somewhat blear.

Bleated (imp. & p. p.) of Bleat

Bleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleat

Bleat (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

Bleat (n.) A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.

Bleater (n.) One who bleats; a sheep.

Bleating (a.) Crying as a sheep does.

Bleating (n.) The cry of, or as of, a sheep.

Bleb (n.) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.

Blebby (a.) Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.

Bleck (v. t.) Alt. of Blek

Blek (v. t.) To blacken; also, to defile.

Bled () imp. & p. p. of Bleed.

Blee (n.) Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form.

Bled (imp. & p. p.) of Bleed

Bleeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleed

Bleed (v. i.) To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

Bleed (v. i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.

Bleed (v. i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.

Bleed (v. i.) To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.

Bleed (v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.

Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

Bleed (v. t.) To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.

Bleed (v. t.) To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.

Bleeder (n.) One who, or that which, draws blood.

Bleeder (n.) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.

Bleeding (a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

Bleeding (n.) A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

Blemished (imp. & p. p.) of Blemish

Blemishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blemish

Blemish (v. t.) To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

Blemish (v. t.) To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.

Blemishes (pl. ) of Blemish

Blemish (n.) Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.

Blemishless (a.) Without blemish; spotless.

Blemishment (n.) The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment.

Blenched (imp. & p. p.) of Blench

Blenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blench

Blench (v. i.) To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

Blench (v. i.) To fly off; to turn aside.

Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.

Blench (v. t.) To draw back from; to deny from fear.

Blench (n.) A looking aside or askance.

Blench (v. i. & t.) To grow or make pale.

Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher.

Blencher (n.) One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back.

Blench holding () See Blanch holding.

Blended (imp. & p. p.) of Blend

Blent () of Blend

Blending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blend

Blend (v. t.) To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.

Blend (v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

Blend (v. i.) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.

Blend (n.) A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.

Blend (a.) To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.

Blende (n.) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.

Blende (n.) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.

Blender (n.) One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending.

Blending (n.) The act of mingling.

Blending (n.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly.

Blendous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende.

Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected.

Blenheim spaniel () A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet.

Blenk (v. i.) To blink; to shine; to look.

Blennioid (a.) Alt. of Blenniid

Blenniid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.

Blennogenous (a.) Generating mucus.

Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.

Blennorrhea (n.) Gonorrhea.

Blennies (pl. ) of Blenny

Blenny (n.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidae; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Blent (imp. & p. p.) Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.

Blent (imp. & p. p.) Blinded. Also (Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth.

Blesbok (n.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

Blessed (imp. & p. p.) of Bless

Blest () of Bless

Blessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bless

Bless (v. t.) To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

Bless (v. t.) To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

Bless (v. t.) To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

Bless (v. t.) To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.

Bless (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).

Bless (v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.

Bless (v. t.) To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

Bless (v. t.) To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

Bless (v. t.) To wave; to brandish.

Blessed (a.) Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.

Blessed (a.) Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.

Blessed (a.) Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful.

Blessed (a.) Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.

Blessed (a.) Beatified.

Blessed (a.) Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.

Blessedly (adv.) Happily; fortunately; joyfully.

Blessedness (n.) The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

Blessed thistle () See under Thistle.

Blesser (n.) One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.

Blessing (v. t.) The act of one who blesses.

Blessing (v. t.) A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.

Blessing (v. t.) A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.

Blessing (v. t.) A gift.

Blessing (v. t.) Grateful praise or worship.

Blest (a.) Blessed.

Blet (n.) A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

Bletonism (n.) The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.

Bletting (n.) A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit.

Blew () imp. of Blow.

Bleyme (n.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.

Bleynte () imp. of Blench.

Blickey (n.) A tin dinner pail.

Blighted (imp. & p. p.) of Blight

Blighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blight

Blight (v. t.) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.

Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.

Blight (v. i.) To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.

Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.

Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.

Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.

Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.

Blight (n.) A rashlike eruption on the human skin.

Blighting (a.) Causing blight.

Blightingly (adv.) So as to cause blight.

Blimbi (n.) Alt. of Blimbing

Blimbing (n.) See Bilimbi, etc.

Blin (v. t. & i.) To stop; to cease; to desist.

Blin (n.) Cessation; end.

Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

Blind (a.) Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.

Blind (a.) Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.

Blind (a.) Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.

Blind (a.) Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.

Blind (a.) Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

Blind (a.) Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.

Blind (a.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.

Blinded (imp. & p. p.) of Blind

Blinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blind

Blind (v. t.) To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.

Blind (v. t.) To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

Blind (v. t.) To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.

Blind (v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

Blind (n.) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

Blind (n.) A blindage. See Blindage.

Blind (n.) A halting place.

Blind (n.) Alt. of Blinde

Blinde (n.) See Blende.

Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.

Blinder (n.) One who, or that which, blinds.

Blinder (n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.

Blindfish (n.) A small fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.

Blindfolded (imp. & p. p.) of Blindfold

Blindfolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blindfold

Blindfold (v. t.) To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.

Blindfold (a.) Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury.

Blinding (a.) Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

Blinding (n.) A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.

Blindly (adv.) Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.

Blindman's buff () A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is.

Blindman's holiday () The time between daylight and candle light.

Blindness (n.) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.

Blindstory (n.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.

Blindworm (n.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.

Blinked (imp. & p. p.) of Blink

Blinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blink

Blink (v. i.) To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Blink (v. i.) To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Blink (v. i.) To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Blink (v. i.) To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

Blink (v. t.) To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

Blink (v. t.) To trick; to deceive.

Blink (v. i.) A glimpse or glance.

Blink (v. i.) Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

Blink (v. i.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

Blink (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

Blinkard (n.) One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.

Blinkard (n.) That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.

Blink beer () Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp.

Blinker (n.) One who, or that which, blinks.

Blinker (n.) A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment.

Blinker (pl.) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.

Blink-eyed (a.) Habitually winking.

Blirt (n.) A gust of wind and rain.

Blisses (pl. ) of Bliss

Bliss (n.) Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.

Blissful (a.) Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.

Blissless (a.) Destitute of bliss.

Blissom (v. i.) To be lustful; to be lascivious.

Blissom (a.) Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes.

Blister (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

Blister (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.

Blistered (imp. & p. p.) of Blister

Blistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blister

Blister (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

Blister (v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon.

Blister (v. t.) To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.

Blistery (a.) Full of blisters.

Blite (n.) A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.

Blithe (a.) Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.

Blitheful (a.) Gay; full of gayety; joyous.

Blithely (adv.) In a blithe manner.

Blitheness (n.) The state of being blithe.

Blithesome (a.) Cheery; gay; merry.

Blive (adv.) Quickly; forthwith.

Blizzard (n.) A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

Bloated (imp. & p. p.) of Bloat

Bloating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloat

Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.

Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

Bloat (a.) Bloated.

Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.

Bloat (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.

Bloatedness (n.) The state of being bloated.

Bloater (n.) The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

Blob (n.) Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

Blob (n.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

Blobber (n.) A bubble; blubber.

Blobber-lipped (a.) Having thick lips.

Blocage (n.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.

Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.

Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.

Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.

Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.

Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.

Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Block (v. t.) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.

Blocked (imp. & p. p.) of Block

Blocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Block

Block (n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.

Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.

Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.

Blockaded (imp. & p. p.) of Blockade

Blockading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blockade

Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.

Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.

Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

Blockader (n.) A vessel employed in blockading.

Blockage (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

Blockheaded (a.) Stupid; dull.

Blockheadism (n.) That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity.

Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany.

Blockhouse (n.) A house of squared logs.

Blocking (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.

Blocking (n.) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.

Blocking course () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.

Blocklike (a.) Like a block; stupid.

Block tin () See under Tin.

Bloedite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.

Blomary (n.) See Bloomery.

Bloncket (a.) Alt. of Blonket

Blonket (a.) Gray; bluish gray.

Blond (v. t.) Alt. of Blonde

Blonde (v. t.) Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.

Blonde (n.) A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.

Blonde (n.) A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.

Blondness (n.) The state of being blond.

Blood (n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.

Blood (n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.

Blood (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.

Blood (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

Blood (n.) The fleshy nature of man.

Blood (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.

Blood (n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.

Blood (n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.

Blood (n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.

Blood (n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.

Blooded (imp. & p. p.) of Blood

Blooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blood

Blood (v. t.) To bleed.

Blood (v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.

Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.

Blood (v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.

Bloodbird (n.) An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.

Blood-boltered (a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood.

Blooded (a.) Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.

Bloodflower (n.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

Bloodguilty (a.) Guilty of murder or bloodshed.

Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

Bloodily (adv.) In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.

Bloodiness (n.) The state of being bloody.

Bloodiness (n.) Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.

Bloodless (a.) Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.

Bloodless (a.) Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory.

Bloodless (a.) Without spirit or activity.

Bloodlet (v. t. ) bleed; to let blood.

Bloodletter (n.) One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.

Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

Blood money () Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

Bloodshedder (n.) One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.

Bloodshedding (n.) Bloodshed.

Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.

Blood-shotten (a.) Bloodshot.

Bloodstick (n.) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein.

Bloodstone (n.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.

Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."

Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.

Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.

Bloodsucker (n.) One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer.

Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

Bloodthirsty (a.) Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.

Bloodulf (n.) The European bullfinch.

Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

Bloodwite (n.) Alt. of Bloodwit

Bloodwit (n.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

Bloodwood (n.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.

Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.

Bloody (a.) Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

Bloody (a.) Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

Bloody (a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.

Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.

Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

Bloodied (imp. & p. p.) of Bloody

Bloodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloody

Bloody (v. t.) To stain with blood.

Bloodybones (n.) A terrible bugbear.

Bloody flux () The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood.

Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison.

Bloody hand () A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.

Bloody-minded (a.) Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.

Bloody sweat () A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.

Bloom (n.) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

Bloom (n.) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

Bloom (n.) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.

Bloom (n.) The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Bloom (n.) A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

Bloom (n.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

Bloomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bloom

Blooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloom

Bloom (v. i.) To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

Bloom (v. i.) To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.

Bloom (v. t.) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

Bloom (v. t.) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.

Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.

Bloomary (n.) See Bloomery.

Bloomer (n.) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

Bloomer (n.) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

Bloomery (n.) A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.

Blooming (n.) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

Blooming (a.) Opening in blossoms; flowering.

Blooming (a.) Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

Bloomingly (adv.) In a blooming manner.

Bloomingness (n.) A blooming condition.

Bloomless (a.) Without bloom or flowers.

Bloomy (a.) Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.

Bloomy (a.) Covered with bloom, as fruit.

Blooth (n.) Bloom; a blossoming.

Blore (n.) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

Blosmy (a.) Blossomy.

Blossom (n.) The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.

Blossom (n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

Blossom (n.) The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.

Blossomed (imp. & p. p.) of Blossom

Blossoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blossom

Blossom (n.) To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.

Blossom (n.) To flourish and prosper.

Blossomless (a.) Without blossoms.

Blossomy (a.) Full of blossoms; flowery.

Blotted (imp. & p. p.) of Blot

Blotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blot

Blot (v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

Blot (v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

Blot (v. t.) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.

Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

Blot (v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

Blot (v. i.) To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

Blot (n.) A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

Blot (n.) An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.

Blot (n.) A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

Blot (n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

Blot (n.) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.

Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Blotch (a.) A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.

Blotch (a.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.

Blotched (a.) Marked or covered with blotches.

Blotchy (a.) Having blotches.

Bloted (imp. & p. p.) of Blote

Bloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blote

Blote (v. t.) To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

Blotless (a.) Without blot.

Blotter (n.) One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.

Blotter (n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.

Blottesque (a.) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.

Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.

Blouse (n.) A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

Blew (imp.) of Blow

Blown (p. p.) of Blow

Blowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blow

Blow (v. i.) To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

Blow (v. t.) To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

Blow (n.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

Blow (n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

Blow (n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

Blow (n.) The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

Blew (imp.) of Blow

Blown (p. p.) of Blow

Blowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blow

Blow (v. i.) To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

Blow (v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

Blow (v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

Blow (v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

Blow (v. i.) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

Blow (v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

Blow (v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.

Blow (v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

Blow (v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

Blow (v. t.) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

Blow (v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

Blow (v. t.) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

Blow (v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).

Blow (n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.

Blow (n.) The spouting of a whale.

Blow (n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

Blow (n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

Blowball (n.) The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away.

Blowen (n.) Alt. of Blowess

Blowess (n.) A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet.

Blower (n.) One who, or that which, blows.

Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.

Blower (n.) A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

Blower (n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

Blower (n.) A braggart, or loud talker.

Blowfly (n.) Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.

Blowgun (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.

Blowhole (n.) A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.

Blowhole (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.

Blowhole (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.

Blowhole (n.) An air hole in a casting.

Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.

Blown (p. p. & a.) Stale; worthless.

Blown (p. p. & a.) Out of breath; tired; exhausted.

Blown (p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.

Blown (p. p. & a.) Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.

Blow-off (n.) A blowing off steam, water, etc.;

Blow-off (adj.) as, a blow-off cock or pipe.

Blow-off (adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement.

Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

Blowpipe (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object.

Blowpipe (n.) A blowgun; a blowtube.

Blowpoint (n.) A child's game.

Blowse (n.) See Blowze.

Blowth (n.) A blossoming; a bloom.

Blowtube (n.) A blowgun.

Blowtube (n.) A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.

Blowtube (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.

Blow valve () See Snifting valve.

Blowy (a.) Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.

Blowze (n.) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.

Blowzed (a.) Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.

Blowzy (a.) Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.

Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.

Blubber (n.) A bubble.

Blubber (n.) The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

Blubber (n.) A large sea nettle or medusa.

Blubbered (imp. & p. p.) of Blubber

Blubbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blubber

Blubber (v. i.) To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.

Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

Blubber (v. t.) To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.

Blubbered (p. p. & a.) Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip.

Blubbering (n.) The act of weeping noisily.

Blubbery (a.) Swollen; protuberant.

Blubbery (a.) Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.

Blucher (n.) A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blucher.

Bludgeon (n.) A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

Blue (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.

Blue (superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.

Blue (superl.) Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.

Blue (superl.) Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.

Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

Blue (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.

Blue (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.

Blue (pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.

Blued (imp. & p. p.) of Blue

Bluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blue

Blue (v. t.) To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.

Blueback (n.) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine.

Blueback (n.) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.

Blueback (n.) An American river herring (Clupea aestivalis), closely allied to the alewife.

Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate.

Bluebell (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.

Bluebell (n.) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).

Blueberry (n.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

Bluebill (n.) A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

Bluebird (n.) A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin.

Blue bonnet (n.) Alt. of Blue-bonnet

Blue-bonnet (n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap; a Scotchman.

Blue-bonnet (n.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.

Blue-bonnet (n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus); the bluecap.

Blue book () A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.

Blue book () The United States official "Biennial Register."

Bluebottle (n.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.

Bluebottle (n.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue.

Bluebreast (n.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.

Bluecap (n.) The bluepoll.

Bluecap (n.) The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.

Bluecap (n.) A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet.

Bluecoat (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.

Blue-eye (n.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

Blue-eyed (a.) Having blue eyes.

Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

Bluefin (n.) A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

Bluefish (n.) A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae.

Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.

Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

Blue jay () The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.

Blue-john (n.) A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

Bluely (adv.) With a blue color.

Blueness (n.) The quality of being blue; a blue color.

Bluenose (n.) A nickname for a Nova Scotian.

Bluepoll (n.) A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.

Blueprint () See under Print.

Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.

Bluestocking (n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).

Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.

Bluestone (n.) Blue vitriol.

Bluestone (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.

Bluethroat (n.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.

Bluets (a.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.

Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks.

Bluewing (n.) The blue-winged teal. See Teal.

Bluey (a.) Bluish.

Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Bluff (a.) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.

Bluff (n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

Bluff (n.) An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.

Bluff (n.) A game at cards; poker.

Bluffed (imp. & p. p.) of Bluff

Bluffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluff

Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value.

Bluff (v. t.) To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off.

Bluff (v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.

Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.

Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Bluffness (n.) The quality or state of being bluff.

Bluffy (a.) Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks.

Bluffy (a.) Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.

Bluing (n.) The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel.

Bluing (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

Bluish (a.) Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins.

Blundered (imp. & p. p.) of Blunder

Blundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blunder

Blunder (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

Blunder (v. i.) To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.

Blunder (v. t.) To cause to blunder.

Blunder (v. t.) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

Blunder (n.) Confusion; disturbance.

Blunder (n.) A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.

Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.

Blunderbuss (n.) A stupid, blundering fellow.

Blunderer (n.) One who is apt to blunder.

Blunderhead (n.) A stupid, blundering fellow.

Blundering (a.) Characterized by blunders.

Blunderingly (adv.) In a blundering manner.

Blunge (v. t.) To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay.

Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger.

Blunging (n.) The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger.

Blunt (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.

Blunt (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Blunt (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.

Blunted (imp. & p. p.) of Blunt

Blunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blunt

Blunt (v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil.

Blunt (n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

Blunt (n.) Money.

Bluntish (a.) Somewhat blunt.

Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

Bluntness (n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.

Blunt-witted (n.) Dull; stupid.

Blurred (imp. & p. p.) of Blur

Blurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blur

Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.

Blur (v. t.) To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

Blur (v. t.) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

Blur (n.) That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.

Blur (n.) A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

Blur (n.) A moral stain or blot.

Blurry (a.) Full of blurs; blurred.

Blurted (imp. & p. p.) of Blurt

Blurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blurt

Blurt (v. t.) To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.

Blushed (imp. & p. p.) of Blush

Blushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blush

Blush (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

Blush (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

Blush (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

Blush (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

Blush (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

Blush (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

Blush (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Blusher (n.) One that blushes.

Blushet (n.) A modest girl.

Blushful (a.) Full of blushes.

Blushing (a.) Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.

Blushing (n.) The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.

Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.

Blushless (a.) Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent.

Blushy (a.) Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy.

Blustered (imp. & p. p.) of Bluster

Blustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluster

Bluster (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

Bluster (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.

Bluster (v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

Bluster (n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

Bluster (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.

Blusterer (n.) One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.

Blustering (a.) Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.

Blustering (a.) Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.

Blusteringly (adv.) In a blustering manner.

Blusterous (a.) Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering.

Blustrous (a.) Blusterous.

Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Boas (pl. ) of Boa

Boa (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

Boa (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

Boa constrictor () A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.

Boanerges () Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.

Boar (n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

Board (n.) A table to put food upon.

Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.

Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.

Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

Board (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

Board (n.) The border or side of anything.

Board (n.) The side of a ship.

Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Boarded (imp. & p. p.) of Board

Boarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Board

Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car.

Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

Board (n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

Board (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

Boardable (a.) That can be boarded, as a ship.

Boarder (n.) One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

Boarder (n.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.

Boarding (n.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.

Boarding (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

Boarding (n.) The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.

Boarfish (n.) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.

Boarfish (n.) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.

Boarish (a.) Swinish; brutal; cruel.

Boasted (imp. & p. p.) of Boast

Boasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boast

Boast (v. i.) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.

Boast (v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

Boast (v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.

Boast (v. t.) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

Boast (v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

Boast (v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Boast (n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.

Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.

Boastance (n.) Boasting.

Boaster (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

Boaster (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.

Boastful (a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.

Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.

Boastingly (adv.) Boastfully; with boasting.

Boastive (a.) Presumptuous.

Boastless (a.) Without boasting or ostentation.

Boat (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

Boat (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

Boated (imp. & p. p.) of Boat

Boating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boat

Boat (v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

Boat (v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

Boat (v. i.) To go or row in a boat.

Boatable (a.) Such as can be transported in a boat.

Boatable (a.) Navigable for boats, or small river craft.

Boatage (n.) Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

Boatbill (n.) A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.

Boat bug () An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.

Boatfuls (pl. ) of Boatful

Boatful (n.) The quantity or amount that fills a boat.

Boathouse (n.) A house for sheltering boats.

Boating (n.) The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.

Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

Boation (n.) A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.

Boatmen (pl. ) of Boatman

Boatman (n.) A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.

Boatman (n.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.

Boatmanship (n.) The art of managing a boat.

Boat-shaped (a.) See Cymbiform.

Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

Boat shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.

Boatsman (n.) A boatman.

Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

Boatswain (n.) The jager gull.

Boatswain (n.) The tropic bird.

Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.

Boatwomen (pl. ) of Boatwoman

Boatwoman (n.) A woman who manages a boat.

Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.

Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.

Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

Bob (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.

Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

Bob (n.) A working beam.

Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.

Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.

Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

Bob (n.) A shilling.

Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bob

Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bob

Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.

Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

Bob (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.

Bob (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.

Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.

Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).

Bobance (n.) A boasting.

Bobber (n.) One who, or that which, bobs.

Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery.

Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.

Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current.

Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.

Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.

Bobbish (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.

Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.

Bob-cherry (n.) A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.

Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.

Bobolink (n.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.

Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh (n.) A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

Bobtail (a.) Bobtailed.

Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note.

Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Bocal (n.) A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.

Bocardo (n.) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.

Bocardo (n.) A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison.

Bocasine (n.) A sort of fine buckram.

Bocca (n.) The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.

Boce (n.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.

Bock beer () A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria.

Bockelet (n.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret.

Bockey (n.) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.

Bocking (n.) A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.

Bockland (n.) See Bookland.

Boddice (n.) See Bodick.

Boded (imp. & p. p.) of Bode

Boding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bode

Bode (v. t.) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

Bode (v. i.) To foreshow something; to augur.

Bode (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.

Bode (n.) A bid; an offer.

Bode (v. t.) A messenger; a herald.

Bode (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.

Bode (imp. & p. p.) Abode.

Bode (p. p.) Bid or bidden.

Bodeful (a.) Portentous; ominous.

Bodement (n.) An omen; a prognostic.

Bodge (n.) A botch; a patch.

Bodged (imp. & p. p.) of Bodge

Bodge (v. t.) To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch.

Bodge (v. i.) See Budge.

Bodian (n.) A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

Bodice (n.) A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it.

Bodiced (a.) Wearing a bodice.

Bodied (a.) Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.

Bodiless (a.) Having no body.

Bodiless (a.) Without material form; incorporeal.

Bodiliness (n.) Corporeality.

Bodily (a.) Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

Bodily (a.) Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind.

Bodily (a.) Real; actual; put in execution.

Bodily (adv.) Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.

Bodily (adv.) In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below."

Boding (a.) Foreshowing; presaging; ominous.

Boding (n.) A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.

Bodkin (n.) A dagger.

Bodkin (n.) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.

Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.

Bodkin (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.

Bodkin (n.) A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

Bodkin (n.) See Baudekin.

Bodle (n.) A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.

Bodleian (a.) Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

Bodock (n.) The Osage orange.

Bodrage (n.) A raid.

Bodies (pl. ) of Body

Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

Body (n.) The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.

Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.

Body (n.) A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.

Body (n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.

Body (n.) A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.

Body (n.) Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body.

Body (n.) Amount; quantity; extent.

Body (n.) That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.

Body (n.) The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

Body (n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

Body (n.) Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.

Bodied (imp. & p. p.) of Body

Bodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Body

Body (v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.

Bodyguard (n.) A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

Bodyguard (n.) Retinue; attendance; following.

Boeotian (a.) Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse.

Boeotian (n.) A native of Boeotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.

Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Boes (3d sing. pr.) Behoves or behooves.

Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Bog (n.) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

Bogged (imp. & p. p.) of Bog

Bogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bog

Bog (v. t.) To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.

Bogberry (n.) The small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which grows in boggy places.

Bogey (n.) A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

Boggard (n.) A bogey.

Boggled (imp. & p. p.) of Boggle

Boggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boggle

Boggle (n.) To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.

Boggle (n.) To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.

Boggle (n.) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.

Boggle (v. t.) To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.

Boggler (n.) One who boggles.

Bogglish (a.) Doubtful; skittish.

Boggy (a.) Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.

Bogie (n.) A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.

Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.

Bogsucker (n.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.

Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.

Bogtrotting (a.) Living among bogs.

Bogue (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.

Bogue (n.) The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See Boce.

Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.

Bogus (n.) A liquor made of rum and molasses.

Bogwood (n.) The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.

Bogies (pl. ) of Bogy

Bogy (n.) A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear.

Bohea (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.

Bohemia (n.) A country of central Europe.

Bohemia (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3.

Bohemian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.

Bohemian (n.) Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy.

Bohemian (n.) A native of Bohemia.

Bohemian (n.) The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family.

Bohemian (n.) A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals.

Bohemianism (n.) The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian.

Bohun upas () See Upas.

Boiar (n.) See Boyar.

Boiled (imp. & p. p.) of Boil

Boiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boil

Boil (v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

Boil (v.) To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

Boil (v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

Boil (v.) To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

Boil (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

Boil (v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

Boil (v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.

Boil (v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.

Boil (n.) Act or state of boiling.

Boil (n.) A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

Boilary (n.) See Boilery.

Boiled (a.) Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.

Boiler (n.) One who boils.

Boiler (n.) A vessel in which any thing is boiled.

Boiler (n.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.

Boilery (n.) A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making.

Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

Boiling (n.) Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

Boilingly (adv.) With boiling or ebullition.

Bois d'arc () The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca).

Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

Boist (n.) A box.

Boisterous (a.) Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.

Boisterous (a.) Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.

Boisterous (a.) Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.

Boisterous (a.) Vehement; excessive.

Boisterously (adv.) In a boisterous manner.

Boisterousness (n.) The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.

Boistous (a.) Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.

Bojanus organ () A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

Bokadam (n.) See Cerberus.

Boke (v. t. & i.) To poke; to thrust.

Bolar (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

Bolas (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.

Bold (n.) Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

Bold (n.) Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.

Bold (n.) In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.

Bold (n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.

Bold (n.) Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.

Bold (n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.

Bold eagle () an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.

Bold (v. t.) To make bold or daring.

Bold (v. i.) To be or become bold.

Boldened (imp. & p. p.) of Bolden

Bolden (v. t.) To make bold; to encourage; to embolden.

Bold-faced (a.) Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.

Bold-faced (a.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.

Boldly (adv.) In a bold manner.

Boldness (n.) The state or quality of being bold.

Boldo (n.) Alt. of Boldu

Boldu (n.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.

Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

Bole (n.) A measure. See Boll, n., 2.

Bole (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

Bole (n.) A bolus; a dose.

Bolection (n.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.

Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.

bolete (n.) any fungus of the family Boletaceae.

Boletic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.

Boletus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.

Boley (n.) Alt. of Bolye

Bolye (n.) Same as Booly.

Bolide (n.) A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.

Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

Bolivian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bolivia.

Bolivian (n.) A native of Bolivia.

Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.

Bolled (imp. & p. p.) of Boll

Boll (v. i.) To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

Bollandists (n. pl.) The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.

Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

Bollen (a.) See Boln, a.

Bolling (v. t.) A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.

Bollworm (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.

Boln (a.) Alt. of Bollen

Bollen (a.) Swollen; puffed out.

Bologna (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

Bologna (n.) A Bologna sausage.

Bolognese (a.) Of or pertaining to Bologna.

Bolognese (n.) A native of Bologna.

Bolognian (a. & n.) Bolognese.

Bolometer (n.) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance.

Bolster (n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

Bolster (n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

Bolster (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.

Bolster (n.) Anything used to prevent chafing.

Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

Bolster (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

Bolster (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

Bolster (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

Bolstered (imp. & p. p.) of Bolster

Bolstering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bolster

Bolster (v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow.

Bolster (v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.

Bolstered (a.) Supported; upheld.

Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.

Bolsterer (n.) A supporter.

Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.

Bolt (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.

Bolt (n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Bolt (n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

Bolt (n.) A bundle, as of oziers.

Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bolt

Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bolt

Bolt (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

Bolt (v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

Bolt (v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.

Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

Bolt (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Bolt (v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

Bolt (v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

Bolted (imp. & p. p.) of Bolt

Bolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bolt

Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.

Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

Bolt (n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

Boltel (n.) See Boultel.

Bolter (n.) One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.

Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.

Bolter (n.) An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.

Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.

Bolthead (n.) The head of a bolt.

Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.

Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal.

Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.

Boltonite (n.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

Boltsprit (n.) See Bowsprit.

Bolty (n.) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).

Boluses (pl. ) of Bolus

Bolus (n.) A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

Bom (n.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.

Bomb (n.) A great noise; a hollow sound.

Bomb (n.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

Bomb (n.) A bomb ketch.

Bomb (v. t.) To bombard.

Bomb (v. i.) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

Bombace (n.) Cotton; padding.

Bombard (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

Bombard (n.) A bombardment.

Bombard (n.) A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.

Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.

Bombard (n.) See Bombardo.

Bombarded (imp. & p. p.) of Bombard

Bombarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bombard

Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.

Bombardier (n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.

Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.

Bombardman (n.) One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard.

Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

Bombardo (n.) Alt. of Bombardon

Bombardon (n.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide.

Bombasine (n.) Same as Bombazine.

Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastical

Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.

Bombax (n.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

Bombazet Bombazette (n.) A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.

Bombic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.

Bombilate (n.) To hum; to buzz.

Bombilation (n.) A humming sound; a booming.

Bombinate (v. i.) To hum; to boom.

Bombination (n.) A humming or buzzing.

Bomboloes (pl. ) of Bombolo

Bombolo (n.) A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor.

Bombproof (a.) Secure against the explosive force of bombs.

Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

Bombshell (n.) A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Bombycid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidae.

Bombycinous (a.) Silken; made of silk.

Bombycinous (a.) Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.

Bombylious (a.) Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly.

Bombyx (n.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

Bon (a.) Good; valid as security for something.

Bon-accord (n.) Good will; good fellowship; agreement.

Bona fide () In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Bonair (a.) Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding.

Bonanza (n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

Bonapartean (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

Bonapartism (n.) The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

Bonapartist (n.) One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

Bona peritura () Perishable goods.

Bona roba () A showy wanton; a courtesan.

Bonasus (n.) Alt. of Bonassus

Bonassus (n.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

Bonbon (n.) Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

Bonce (n.) A boy's game played with large marbles.

Bonchretien (n.) A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

Boncilate (n.) A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.

Bond (n.) A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

Bond (n.) Moral or political duty or obligation.

Bond (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.

Bond (n.) An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

Bond (n.) The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence.

Bonded (imp. & p. p.) of Bond

Bonding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bond

Bond (v. t.) To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

Bond (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

Bond (n.) A vassal or serf; a slave.

Bond (a.) In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

Bondage (a.) Obligation; tie of duty.

Bondage (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Bondager (n.) A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.

Bondar (n.) A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.

Bonded (a.) Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.

Bonder (n.) One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.

Bonder (n.) A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.

Bonder (n.) A freeholder on a small scale.

Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

Bondmaid (n.) A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

Bondmen (pl. ) of Bondman

Bondman (n.) A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.

Bondman (n.) A villain, or tenant in villenage.

Bond servant () A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

Bond service () The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.

Bondslave (n.) A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

Bondsmen (pl. ) of Bondsman

Bondsman (n.) A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.

Bondsman (n.) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.

Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

Bondswoman (n.) See Bondwoman.

Bonduc (n.) See Nicker tree.

Bondwomen (pl. ) of Bondwoman

Bondwoman (n.) A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.

Bone (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

Bone (n.) Dice.

Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

Bone (n.) Fig.: The framework of anything.

Boned (imp. & p. p.) of Bone

Boning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bone

Bone (v. t.) To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.

Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.

Bone (v. t.) To fertilize with bone.

Bone (v. t.) To steal; to take possession of.

Bone (v. t.) To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.

Boneache (n.) Pain in the bones.

Boneblack (n.) See Bone black, under Bone, n.

Boned (a.) Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.

Boned (a.) Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.

Boned (a.) Manured with bone; as, boned land.

Bonedog (n.) The spiny dogfish.

Bonefish (n.) See Ladyfish.

Boneless (a.) Without bones.

Boneset (n.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.

Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.

Boneshaw (n.) Sciatica.

Bonetta (n.) See Bonito.

Bonfire (n.) A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.

Bongrace (n.) A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat.

Bonhomie (n.) Alt. of Bonhommie

Bonhommie (n.) good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

Bonibell (n.) See Bonnibel.

Boniface (n.) An innkeeper.

Boniform (a.) Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.

Bonify (v. t.) To convert into, or make, good.

Boniness (n.) The condition or quality of being bony.

Boning (n.) The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

Boning (n.) The manuring of land with bones.

Boning (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.

Bonitary (a.) Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.

Bonitoes (pl. ) of Bonito

Bonito (n.) A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

Bonito (n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

Bonito (n.) The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.

Bonito (n.) The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.

Bonsmots (pl. ) of Bonmot

Bonmot (n.) A witty repartee; a jest.

Bonne (n.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

Bonnes bouches (pl. ) of Bonne bouche

Bonne bouche () A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit.

Bonnet (n.) A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

Bonnet (n.) A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.

Bonnet (n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

Bonnet (n.) Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use

Bonnet (n.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

Bonnet (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.

Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

Bonnet (n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

Bonnet (n.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.

Bonnet (n.) The second stomach of a ruminating animal.

Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.

Bonnet (v. i.) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

Bonneted (a.) Wearing a bonnet.

Bonneted (a.) Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).

Bonnetless (a.) Without a bonnet.

Bonnibel (n.) A handsome girl.

Bonnie (a.) See Bonny, a.

Bonnilass (n.) A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl.

Bonnily (adv.) Gayly; handsomely.

Bonniness (n.) The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness.

Bonny (a.) Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.

Bonny (a.) Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.

Bonny (n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

Bonnyclabber (n.) Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.

Bon Silene () A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

Bonspiel (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.

Bontebok (n.) The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.

Bon ton () The height of the fashion; fashionable society.

Bonuses (pl. ) of Bonus

Bonus (n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.

Bonus (n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

Bonus (n.) Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

Bons vivants (pl. ) of Bon vivant

Bon vivant (p. pr.) A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

Bony (a.) Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

Bony (a.) Having large or prominent bones.

Bonze (n.) A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

Boobies (pl. ) of Booby

Booby (n.) A dunce; a stupid fellow.

Booby (n.) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.

Booby (n.) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.

Booby (a.) Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.

Boobyish (a.) Stupid; dull.

Boodh (n.) Same as Buddha.

Boodhism (n.) Same as Buddhism.

Boodhist (n.) Same as Buddhist.

Boodle (n.) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

Boodle (n.) Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag.

Boohooed (imp. & p. p.) of Boohoe

Boohooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boohoe

Boohoe (v. i.) To bawl; to cry loudly.

Boohoo (n.) The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.

Book (n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.

Book (n.) A composition, written or printed; a treatise.

Book (n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

Book (n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

Book (n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

Booked (imp. & p. p.) of Book

Booking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Book

Book (v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list.

Book (v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.

Book (v. t.) To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.

Bookbinder (n.) One whose occupation is to bind books.

Bookbindery (n.) A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for binding books.

Bookbinding (n.) The art, process, or business of binding books.

Bookcase (n.) A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors.

Bookcraft (n.) Authorship; literary skill.

Booked (a.) Registered.

Booked (a.) On the way; destined.

Booker (n.) One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.

Bookful (n.) As much as will fill a book; a book full.

Bookful (a.) Filled with book learning.

Bookholder (n.) A prompter at a theater.

Bookholder (n.) A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.

Booking clerk () A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.

Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.

Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold.

Bookish (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.

Bookish (a.) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.

Bookkeeper (n.) One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.

Bookkeeping (n.) The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger.

Bookland (n.) Alt. of Bockland

Bockland (n.) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.

Book-learned (a.) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.

Bookless (a.) Without books; unlearned.

Booklet (n.) A little book.

Bookmaker (n.) One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.

Bookmaker (n.) A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

Bookmen (pl. ) of Bookman

Bookman (n.) A studious man; a scholar.

Bookmark (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

Bookmate (n.) A schoolfellow; an associate in study.

Bookmonger (n.) A dealer in books.

Book muslin () A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.

Book muslin () A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.

Bookplate (n.) A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

Bookseller (n.) One who sells books.

Bookselling (n.) The employment of selling books.

Bookshelves (pl. ) of Bookshelf

Bookshelf (n.) A shelf to hold books.

Bookshop (n.) A bookseller's shop.

Bookstall (n.) A stall or stand where books are sold.

Bookstand (n.) A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.

Bookstand (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

Bookstore (n.) A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.

Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

Bookwork (n.) Study; application to books.

Bookworm (n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

Bookworm (n.) A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

Booky (a.) Bookish.

Boolies (pl. ) of Booly

Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.

Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

Boom (n.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.

Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.

Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.

Boom (v. t.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.

Boomed (imp. & p. p.) of Boom

Booming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boom

Boom (v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.

Boom (v. i.) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.

Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.

Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.

Boom (v. t.) To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.

Boomdas (n.) A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

Boomer (n.) One who, or that which, booms.

Boomer (n.) A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.

Boomer (n.) A large male kangaroo.

Boomer (n.) One who works up a "boom".

Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.

Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

Booming (a.) Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.

Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.

Boomkin (n.) Same as Bumkin.

Boomorah (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

Boomslange (n.) A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

Boon (n.) A prayer or petition.

Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

Boon (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.

Boon (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.

Boon (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Boor (n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

Boor (n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

Boor (n.) A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.

Boorish (a.) Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

Boort (n.) See Bort.

Boose (n.) A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.

Boose (v. i.) To drink excessively. See Booze.

Booser (n.) A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.

Boosted (imp. & p. p.) of Boost

Boosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boost

Boost (v. i.) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

Boost (n.) A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.

Boot (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

Boot (n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.

Boot (n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.

Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot

Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot

Boot (v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

Boot (v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.

Boot (n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

Boot (n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.

Boot (n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

Boot (n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

Boot (n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot

Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot

Boot (v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.

Boot (v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.

Boot (v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Boot (n.) Booty; spoil.

Bootblack (n.) One who blacks boots.

Booted (a.) Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

Booted (a.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.

Bootee (n.) A half boot or short boot.

Bootes (n.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.

Booth (n.) A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.

Boothale (v. t. & i.) To forage for booty; to plunder.

Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.

Boothose (n.) Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.

Boothy (n.) See Bothy.

Bootikin (n.) A little boot, legging, or gaiter.

Bootikin (n.) A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

Booting (n.) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.

Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.

Booting (n.) A kicking, as with a booted foot.

Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.

Bootless (a.) Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.

Bootlick (n.) A toady.

Bootmaker (n.) One who makes boots.

Boots (n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.

Booty (n.) That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.

Boozed (imp. & p. p.) of Booze

Boozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Booze

Booze (v. i.) To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

Booze (n.) A carouse; a drinking.

Boozer (n.) One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

Boozy (a.) A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.

Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.

Borable (a.) Capable of being bored.

Borachte (n.) A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard.

Boracic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

Boracite (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

Boracous (a.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

Borage (n.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Boragewort (n.) Plant of the Borage family.

Boraginaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Boragineous (a.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

Boramez (n.) See Barometz.

Borate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

Borax (n.) A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.

Borborygm (n.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.

Bord (n.) A board; a table.

Bord (n.) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.

Bord (n.) See Bourd.

Bordage (n.) The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.

Bordar (n.) A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.

Bordeaux (a.) Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France.

Bordeaux (n.) A claret wine from Bordeaux.

Bordel (n.) Alt. of Bordello

Bordello (n.) A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

Bordelais (a.) Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

Bordeller (n.) A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel.

Border (n.) The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

Border (n.) A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

Border (n.) A narrow flower bed.

Bordered (imp. & p. p.) of Border

Bordering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Border

Border (v. i.) To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

Border (v. i.) To approach; to come near to; to verge.

Border (v. t.) To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

Border (v. t.) To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.

Border (v. t.) To confine within bounds; to limit.

Borderer (n.) One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region.

Bordland (n.) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

Bordlode (n.) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house.

Bordman (n.) A bordar; a tenant in bordage.

Bordrag (n.) Alt. of Bordraging

Bordraging (n.) An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid.

Bord service () Service due from a bordar; bordage.

Bordure (n.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

Bored (imp. & p. p.) of Bore

Boring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bore

Bore (v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

Bore (v. t.) To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.

Bore (v. t.) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Bore (v. t.) To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

Bore (v. t.) To befool; to trick.

Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.

Bore (v. i.) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Bore (v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.

Bore (n.) A hole made by boring; a perforation.

Bore (n.) The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.

Bore (n.) The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

Bore (n.) A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.

Bore (n.) Caliber; importance.

Bore (n.) A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.

Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.

Bore () imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.

Boreal (a.) Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

Boreas (n.) The north wind; -- usually a personification.

Borecole (n.) A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

Boredom (n.) The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.

Boredom (n.) The realm of bores; bores, collectively.

Boree (n.) Same as BourrEe.

Borel (n.) See Borrel.

Borele (n.) The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).

Borer (n.) One that bores; an instrument for boring.

Borer (n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.

Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.

Borer (n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.

Borer (n.) The hagfish (Myxine).

Boric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.

Boride (n.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

Boring (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.

Boring (n.) A hole made by boring.

Boring (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.

Born (v. t.) Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.

Born (v. t.) Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar.

Borne (p. p.) Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.

Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

Bornite (n.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.

Borofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

Boroglyceride (n.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.

Boron (n.) A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.

Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

Borough (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Borough (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.

Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.

Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.

Borough-English (n.) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.

Boroughhead (n.) See Headborough.

Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.

Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmongery

Boroughmongery (n.) The practices of a boroughmonger.

Borracho (n.) See Borachio.

Borrage (a.) Alt. of Borraginaceous

Borraginaceous (a.) See Borage, n., etc.

Borrel (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.

Borrel (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.

Borrel (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

Borrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Borrow

Borrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Borrow

Borrow (v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.

Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

Borrow (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit.

Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.

Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing.

Borrower (n.) One who borrows.

Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.

Bort (n.) Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.

Boruret (n.) A boride.

Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.

Bos (n.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.

Bosa (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza.

Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.

Boscage (n.) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.

Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show.

Bosh (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

Boshes (pl. ) of Bosh

Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.

Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

Bosh (n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

Boshbok (n.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.

Boshvark (n.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.

Bosjesman (n.) See Bushman.

Bosk (n.) A thicket; a small wood.

Boskage (n.) Same as Boscage.

Bosket (n.) Alt. of Bosquet

Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.

Boskiness (n.) Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.

Bosky (a.) Caused by boscage.

Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

Bosom (n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.

Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.

Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.

Bosom (n.) The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom.

Bosom (n.) Inclination; desire.

Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.

Bosom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bosom.

Bosom (a.) Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

Bosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bosom

Bosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bosom

Bosom (v. t.) To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.

Bosom (v. t.) To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

Bosomed (a.) Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.

Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

Boson (n.) See Boatswain.

Bosporian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.

Bosporus (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.

Bosquet (n.) See Bosket.

Bosses (pl. ) of Boss

Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

Boss (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

Boss (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

Boss (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.

Boss (n.) A head or reservoir of water.

Bossed (imp. & p. p.) of Boss

Bossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boss

Boss (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.

Boss (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

Bossage (n.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape.

Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings.

Bossed (a.) Embossed; also, bossy.

Bosset (n.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.

Bossism (n.) The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.

Bossy (a.) Ornamented with bosses; studded.

Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.

Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.

Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.

Bot (n.) See Bots.

Botanic (a.) Alt. of Botanical

Botanical (a.) Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.

Botanist (n.) One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

Botanized (imp. & p. p.) of Botanize

Botanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Botanize

Botanize (v. i.) To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

Botanize (v. t.) To explore for botanical purposes.

Botanizer (n.) One who botanizes.

Botanologer (n.) A botanist.

Botanology (n.) The science of botany.

Botanomancy (n.) An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

Botanies (pl. ) of Botany

Botany (a. & n.) The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

Botany (a. & n.) A book which treats of the science of botany.

Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770.

Botargo (n.) A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

Botches (pl. ) of Botch

Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

Botch (n.) A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.

Botch (n.) Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle.

Botched (imp. & p. p.) of Botch

Botching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Botch

Botch (n.) To mark with, or as with, botches.

Botch (n.) To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.

Botch (n.) To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.

Botchedly (adv.) In a clumsy manner.

Botcher (n.) One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler.

Botcher (n.) A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler.

Botcher (n.) A young salmon; a grilse.

Botcherly (a.) Bungling; awkward.

Botchery (n.) A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship.

Botchy (a.) Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.

Bote (n.) Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.

Bote (n.) Payment of any kind.

Bote (n.) A privilege or allowance of necessaries.

Boteless (a.) Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless.

Botfly (n.) A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.

Both (a. or pron.) The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.

Both (conj.) As well; not only; equally.

Bothered (imp. & p. p.) of Bother

Bothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bother

Bother (v. t.) To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

Bother (v. i.) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

Bother (n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

Botheration (n.) The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

Botherer (n.) One who bothers.

Bothersome (a.) Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

Both-hands (n.) A factotum.

Bothie (n.) Same as Bothy.

Bothnian (a.) Alt. of Bothnic

Bothnic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea.

Bothrenchyma (n.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.

-ies (pl. ) of Boothy

Bothy (n.) Alt. of Boothy

Boothy (n.) A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth.

Botocudos (n. pl.) A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; -- also called Aymbores.

Bo tree () The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha.

Botryogen (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a deep red color. It often occurs in botryoidal form.

Botryoid (a.) Alt. of Botryoidal

Botryoidal (a.) Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.

Botryolite (n.) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.

Botryose (a.) Having the form of a cluster of grapes.

Botryose (a.) Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence.

Bots (n. pl.) The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments.

Bottine (n.) A small boot; a lady's boot.

Bottine (n.) An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.

Bottle (n.) A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.

Bottle (n.) The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.

Bottle (n.) Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle.

Bottled (imp. & p. p.) of Bottle

Bottling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bottle

Bottle (v. t.) To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one's wrath.

Bottle (n.) A bundle, esp. of hay.

Bottled (a.) Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles; pent up in, or as in, a bottle.

Bottled (a.) Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant.

Bottle green () A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.

Bottlehead (n.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.

Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.

Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.

Bottle-nose (n.) A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.

Bottle-nose (n.) The puffin.

Bottle-nosed (a.) Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end.

Bottler (n.) One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc.

Bottlescrew (n.) A corkscrew.

Bottling (n.) The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.

Bottom (n.) The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

Bottom (n.) The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.

Bottom (n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

Bottom (n.) The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

Bottom (n.) The fundament; the buttocks.

Bottom (n.) An abyss.

Bottom (n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

Bottom (n.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

Bottom (n.) Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

Bottom (n.) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

Bottom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

Bottomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bottom

Bottoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bottom

Bottom (v. t.) To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.

Bottom (v. t.) To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

Bottom (v. t.) To reach or get to the bottom of.

Bottom (v. i.) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.

Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

Bottom (n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Bottom (v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.

Bottomed (a.) Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

Bottomless (a.) Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypothecation.

Bottony (a.) Alt. of Bottone

Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons.

Botts (n. pl.) See Bots.

Botuliform (a.) Having the shape of a sausage.

Bouche (n.) Same as Bush, a lining.

Bouche (v. t.) Same as Bush, to line.

Bouche (n.) Alt. of Bouch

Bouch (n.) A mouth.

Bouch (n.) An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.

Bouchees (n. pl.) Small patties.

Boud (n.) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

Boudoir (n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room.

Bouffe (n.) Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.

Bougainvillaea (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

Bouged (imp. & p. p.) of Bouge

Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.

Bouge (v. i.) To bilge.

Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.

Bouge (n.) Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.

Bouget (n.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget.

Bough (n.) An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.

Bough (n.) A gallows.

Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.

Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.

Bought () imp. & p. p. of Buy.

Bought (p. a.) Purchased; bribed.

Boughten (a.) Purchased; not obtained or produced at home.

Boughty (a.) Bending.

Bougie (n.) A long, flexible instrument, that is

Bougie (n.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.

Bouilli (n.) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.

Bouillon (n.) A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

Bouillon (n.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Bouk (n.) The body.

Bouk (n.) Bulk; volume.

Boul (n.) A curved handle.

Boulangerite (n.) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Boulder (n.) Same as Bowlder.

Bouldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.

Boule (n.) Alt. of Boulework

Boulework (n.) Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

Boulevard (n.) Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.

Boulevard (n.) A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

Buolt (n.) Corrupted form Bolt.

Boultel (n.) Alt. of Boultin

Boultin (n.) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.

Boultin (n.) One of the shafts of a clustered column.

Boulter (n.) A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

Boun (a.) Ready; prepared; destined; tending.

Boun (v. t.) To make or get ready.

Bounced (imp. & p. p.) of Bounce

Bouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bounce

Bounce (v. i.) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

Bounce (v. i.) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.

Bounce (v. i.) To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

Bounce (v. t.) To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

Bounce (v. t.) To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

Bounce (v. t.) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

Bounce (v. t.) To bully; to scold.

Bounce (n.) A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

Bounce (n.) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

Bounce (n.) An explosion, or the noise of one.

Bounce (n.) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

Bounce (n.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

Bounce (adv.) With a sudden leap; suddenly.

Bouncer (n.) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.

Bouncer (n.) A boaster; a bully.

Bouncer (n.) A bold lie; also, a liar.

Bouncer (n.) Something big; a good stout example of the kind.

Bouncing (a.) Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.

Bouncing (a.) Excessive; big.

Bouncingly (adv.) With a bounce.

Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.

Bounded (imp. & p. p.) of Bound

Bounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bound

Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.

Bound (v. t.) To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

Bound (v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.

Bound (v. i.) To rebound, as an elastic ball.

Bound (v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.

Bound (v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.

Bound (n.) A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.

Bound (n.) Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.

Bound (n.) Spring from one foot to the other.

Bound () imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.

Bound (p. p. & a.) Constipated; costive.

Bound (v.) Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

Boundaries (pl. ) of Boundary

Boundary (n.) That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

Bounden (p. p & a.) Bound; fastened by bonds.

Bounden (p. p & a.) Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.

Bounden (p. p & a.) Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.

Bounder (n.) One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.

Bounding (a.) Moving with a bound or bounds.

Boundless (a.) Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited.

Bounteous (a.) Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

Bountiful (a.) Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

Bountiful (a.) Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.

Bountihead (n.) Alt. of Bountyhood

Bountyhood (n.) Goodness; generosity.

Bounties (pl. ) of Bounty

Bounty (n.) Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth.

Bounty (n.) Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.

Bounty (n.) That which is given generously or liberally.

Bounty (n.) A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures.

Bouquet (n.) A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

Bouquet (n.) A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.

Bouquetin (n.) The ibex.

Bour (n.) A chamber or a cottage.

Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

Bourbon (n.) A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

Bourbonism (n.) The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Bourbonist (n.) One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.

Bourbon whisky () See under Whisky.

Bourd (n.) A jest.

Bourd (v. i.) To jest.

Bourder (n.) A jester.

Bourdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)

Bourdon (n.) A kind of organ stop.

Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

Bourgeois (n.) A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.

Bourgeois (a.) Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.

Bourgeoisie (n.) The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.

Bourgeon (v. i.) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.

Bouri (n.) A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.

Bourn (v.) Alt. of Bourne

Bourne (v.) A stream or rivulet; a burn.

Bourn (n.) Alt. of Bourne

Bourne (n.) A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.

Bournless (a.) Without a bourn or limit.

Bournonite (n.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.

Bournous (n.) See Burnoose.

Bourree (n.) An old French dance tune in common time.

Bourse (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

Bouse (v. i.) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

Bouse (n.) Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.

Bouser (n.) A toper; a boozer.

Boustrophedon (n.) An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.

Boustrophedonic (a.) Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.

Boustorphic (a.) Boustrophedonic.

Bousy (a.) Drunken; sotted; boozy.

Bout (n.) As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.

Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.

Boutade (n.) An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.

Boutefeu (n.) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.

Boutonniere (n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.

Bouts-rimes (n. pl.) Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.

Bovate (n.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.

Bovey coal () A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oolite, and not of the true coal era.

Bovid (a.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.

Boviform (a.) Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped.

Bovine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.

Bovine (a.) Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.

Bowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bow

Bowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bow

Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

Bow (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.

Bow (v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.

Bow (v. i.) To stop.

Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down.

Bow (v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.

Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.

Bow (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.

Bow (v. t.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

Bow (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Bow (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.

Bow (v. t.) An arcograph.

Bow (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

Bow (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

Bowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bow

Bowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bow

Bow (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.

Bow (v. i. ) To manage the bow.

Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

Bow (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

Bowable (a.) Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding.

Bowbell (n.) One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.

Bow-bells (n. pl.) The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.

Bowbent (a.) Bent, like a bow.

Bow-compasses (pl. ) of Bow-compass

Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.

Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.

Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.

Bowel (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.

Bowel (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.

Bowel (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.

Bowel (n.) Offspring.

Boweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowel

Bowelled () of Bowel

Boweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowel

Bowelling () of Bowel

Bowel (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow.

Bowelless (a.) Without pity.

Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.

Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.

Bower (n.) One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.

Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.

Bower (n.) A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.

Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.

Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose.

Bower (v. i.) To lodge.

Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

Bower bird () An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.

Bowery (a.) Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.

Boweries (pl. ) of Bowery

Bowery (n.) A farm or plantation with its buildings.

Bowery (a.) Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.

Bowess (n.) Same as Bower.

Bowfin (n.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.

Bowge (v. t.) To cause to leak.

Bowgrace (n.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.

Bow hand () The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.

Bow hand () The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.

Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.

Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.

Bowing (n.) The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.

Bowing (n.) In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.

Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.

Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.

Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Bowl (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

Bowl (n.) The game of tenpins or bowling.

Bowled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowl

Bowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowl

Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.

Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulder

Boulder (n.) A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.

Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift.

Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.

Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.

Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward.

Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.

Bowless (a.) Destitute of a bow.

Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.

Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game.

Bowmen (pl. ) of Bowman

Bowman (n.) A man who uses a bow; an archer.

Bowman (n.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.

Bowne (v. t.) To make ready; to prepare; to dress.

Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.

Bow net () A net for catching birds.

Bow oar () The oar used by the bowman.

Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.

Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.

Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.

Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.

Bowse (v. i.) To carouse; to bouse; to booze.

Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

Bowse (n.) A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

Bowsprit (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).

Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.

Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

Bowstringed (imp. & p. p.) of Bowstring

Bowstrung () of Bowstring

Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstring

Bowstring (v. t.) To strangle with a bowstring.

Bowstringed (p.a.) Furnished with bowstring.

Bowstringed (p.a.) Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.

Bowtel (n.) See Boultel.

Bowwow (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.

Bowwow (a.) Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.

Bowyer (n.) An archer; one who uses bow.

Bowyer (n.) One who makes or sells bows.

Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.

Boxes (pl. ) of Box

Box (n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

Box (n.) The quantity that a box contain.

Box (n.) A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.

Box (n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.

Box (n.) A small country house.

Box (n.) A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.

Box (n.) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

Box (n.) The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

Box (n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

Box (n.) The square in which the pitcher stands.

Box (n.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

Boxed (imp. & p. p.) of Box

Boxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Box

Box (v. t.) To inclose in a box.

Box (v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

Box (v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

Box (n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.

Box (v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

Box (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.

Box (v. t.) To boxhaul.

Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).

Boxen (a.) Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus).

Boxer (n.) One who packs boxes.

Boxer (n.) One who boxes; a pugilist.

Boxfish (n.) The trunkfish.

Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhaul

Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).

Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Boxing (n.) The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.

Boxing (n.) Material used in making boxes or casings.

Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

Boxing (n.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.

Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.

Box-iron (n.) A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.

Boxkeeper (n.) An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.

Boxthorn (n.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum.

Boxwood (n.) The wood of the box (Buxus).

Boy (n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

Boyar (n.) Alt. of Boyard

Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.

Boyaux (pl. ) of Boyau

Boyaus (pl. ) of Boyau

Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.

Boycotted (imp. & p. p.) of Boycott

Boycotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boycott

Boycott (v. t.) To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.

Boycott (n.) The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.

Boycotter (n.) A participant in boycotting.

Boycottism (n.) Methods of boycotters.

Boydekin (n.) A dagger; a bodkin.

Boyer (n.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Boyhood (n.) The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.

Boyish (a.) Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

Boyishly (adv.) In a boyish manner; like a boy.

Boyishness (n.) The manners or behavior of a boy.

Boyism (n.) Boyhood.

Boyism (n.) The nature of a boy; childishness.

Boyle's law () See under Law.

Boza (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.

Brabantine (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

Brabble (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.

Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

Brabblement (n.) A brabble.

Brabbler (n.) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.

Braccate (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.

Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.

Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.

Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.

Brace (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.

Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft.

Braced (imp. & p. p.) of Brace

Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brace

Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.

Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.

Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.

Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.

Bracelet (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.

Bracer (n.) That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

Bracer (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart.

Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.

Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

Brachia (n. pl.) See Brachium.

Brachial (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.

Brachial (a.) Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.

Brachiata (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.

Brachiate (a.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

Brachioganoid (n.) One of the Brachioganoidei.

Brachioganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

Brachiolaria (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.

Brachiopod (n.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.

Brachiopoda (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

Bracchia (pl. ) of Brachium

Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Brachman (n.) See Brahman.

Brachycatalectic (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

Brachycephalic (a.) Alt. of Brachycephalous

Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

Brachycephaly (n.) Alt. of Brachycephalism

Brachycephalism (n.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.

Brachyceral (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects.

Brachydiagonal (a.) Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.

Brachydiagonal (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.

Brachydome (n.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.

Brachygrapher (n.) A writer in short hand; a stenographer.

Brachygraphy (n.) Stenography.

Brachylogy (n.) Conciseness of expression; brevity.

Brachypinacoid (n.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

Brachypteres (n.pl.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.

Brachypterous (a.) Having short wings.

Brachystochrone (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.

Brachytypous (a.) Of a short form.

Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

Brachyural (a.) Alt. of Brachyurous

Brachyurous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

Brachyuran (n.) One of the Brachyura.

Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

Bracing (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.

Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.

Brack (n.) An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.

Brack (n.) Salt or brackish water.

Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.

Bracket (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

Bracket (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.

Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.

Bracket (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

Bracketed (imp. & p. p.) of Bracket

Bracketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracket

Bracket (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Bracketing (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

Brackish (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.

Brackishness (n.) The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.

Bracky (a.) Brackish.

Bract (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

Bract (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.

Bractea (n.) A bract.

Bracteal (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a bract.

Bracteate (a.) Having a bract or bracts.

Bracted (a.) Furnished with bracts.

Bracteolate (a.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets.

Bracteole (n.) Same as Bractlet.

Bractless (a.) Destitute of bracts.

Bractlet (n.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.

Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

Brad awl () A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc.

Bradoon (n.) Same as Bridoon.

Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.

Bragged (imp. & p. p.) of Brag

Bragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brag

Brag (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.

Brag (v. t.) To boast of.

Brag (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.

Brag (n.) The thing which is boasted of.

Brag (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.

Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Brag (adv.) Proudly; boastfully.

Braggadocio (n.) A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.

Braggadocio (n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

Braggardism (n.) Boastfulness; act of bragging.

Braggart (v. i.) A boaster.

Braggart (a.) Boastful.

Bragger (n.) One who brags; a boaster.

Bragget (n.) A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc.

Braggingly (adv.) Boastingly.

Bragless (a.) Without bragging.

Bragly (adv.) In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly.

Brahma (n.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.

Brahma (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra.

Brahmans (pl. ) of Brahmin

Brahmins (pl. ) of Brahmin

Brahman (n.) Alt. of Brahmin

Brahmin (n.) A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.

Brahmaness (n.) A Brahmani.

Brahmani (n.) Any Brahman woman.

Brahmanic (a.) Alt. of ical

-ical (a.) Alt. of ical

Brahminic (a.) Alt. of ical

ical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

Brahmanism (n.) Alt. of Brahminism

Brahminism (n.) The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.

Brahmanist (n.) Alt. of Brahminist

Brahminist (n.) An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.

Brahmoism (n.) The religious system of Brahmo-somaj.

Brahmo-somaj (n.) A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos.

Braided (imp. &. p. p.) of Braid

Braiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braid

Braid (v. t.) To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.

Braid (v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.

Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.

Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

Braid (n.) A quick motion; a start.

Braid (n.) A fancy; freak; caprice.

Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake.

Braid (v. t.) Deceitful.

Braiding (n.) The act of making or using braids.

Braiding (n.) Braids, collectively; trimming.

Brail (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.

Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.

Brain (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.

Brain (n.) The affections; fancy; imagination.

Brained (imp. & p. p.) of Brain

Braining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brain

Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.

Brain (v. t.) To conceive; to understand.

Brained (p.a.) Supplied with brains.

Brainish (a.) Hot-headed; furious.

Brainless (a.) Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.

Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Brainsick (a.) Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.

Brainsickly (adv.) In a brainsick manner.

Brainy (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind.

Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize

Braize (n.) A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.

Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize

Braize (n.) Charcoal powder; breeze.

Braize (n.) Braised meat.

Braise (v. t.) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.

Braiser (n.) A kettle or pan for braising.

Brait (n.) A rough diamond.

Braize (n.) See Braise.

Brake () imp. of Break.

Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.

Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.

Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakeman

Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.

Brama (n.) See Brahma.

Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.

Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.

Bramble (n.) The brambling or bramble finch.

Bramble bush () The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.

Brambled (a.) Overgrown with brambles.

Bramble net () A net to catch birds.

Brambling (n.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Brambly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.

Brame (n.) Sharp passion; vexation.

Bramin () Alt. of Braminic

Braminic () See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc.

Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

Bran (n.) The European carrion crow.

Brancard (n.) A litter on which a person may be carried.

Branches (pl. ) of Branch

Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

Branched (imp. & p. p.) of Branch

Branching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Branch

Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

Branch (v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

Branch (v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

Branch (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

Brancher (n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

Brancher (n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

Branchery (n.) A system of branches.

Branchiae (pl. ) of Branchia

Branchia (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.

Branchiate (a.) Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments.

Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.

Branchiness (n.) Fullness of branches.

Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.

Branching (n.) The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.

Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

Branchiomerism (n.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments.

Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.

Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

Branchiostegal (a.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.

Branchiostegal (n.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

Branchiostege () The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.

Branchiostegous (a.) Branchiostegal.

Branchiostoma (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

Branchiura (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Branchlet (n.) A little branch; a twig.

Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

Branchy (a.) Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.

Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.

Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.

Brand (v. t.) An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

Brand (v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.

Branded (imp. & p. p.) of Brand

Branding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brand

Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).

Brand (v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.

Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.

Brand (v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.

Brander (n.) One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

Brander (n.) A gridiron.

Brand goose () A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

Brandied (a.) Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

Branding iron () An iron to brand with.

Brand iron () A branding iron.

Brand iron () A trivet to set a pot on.

Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron.

Brandished (imp. & p. p.) of Brandish

Brandishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brandish

Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.

Brandish (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.

Brandish (n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

Brandisher (n.) One who brandishes.

Brandle (v. t. & i.) To shake; to totter.

Brandling (n.) Alt. of Brandlin

Brandlin (n.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

Brand-new (a.) Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

Brandies (pl. ) of Brandy

Brandy (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Brandywine (n.) Brandy.

Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.

Brangled (imp. & p. p.) of Brangle

Brangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brangle

Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.

Branglement (n.) Wrangle; brangle.

Brangler (n.) A quarrelsome person.

Brangling (n.) A quarrel.

Brank (n.) Buckwheat.

Brank (n.) Alt. of Branks

Branks (n.) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

Branks (n.) A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

Brank (v. i.) To prance; to caper.

Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.

Branlin (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

Branlin (n.) A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

Bran-new (a.) See Brand-new.

Branny (a.) Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.

Bransle (n.) A brawl or dance.

Brant (n.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

Brant (a.) Steep.

Brantail (n.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.

Brant-fox (n.) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.

Branular (a.) Relating to the brain; cerebral.

Brasen (a.) Same as Brazen.

Brash (a.) Hasty in temper; impetuous.

Brash (a.) Brittle, as wood or vegetables.

Brash (n.) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

Brash (n.) Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.

Brash (n.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.

Brash (n.) Broken fragments of ice.

Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier

Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass.

Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier

Brazier (n.) A pan for holding burning coals.

Brasses (pl. ) of Brass

Brass (n.) An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

Brass (n.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

Brass (n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.

Brass (n.) Impudence; a brazen face.

Brass (n.) Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.

Brass (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

Brass (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

Brassage (n.) A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

Brassart (n.) Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.

Brasse (n.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

Brassets (n.) See Brassart.

Brassica (n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.

Brassicaceous (a.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.

Brassiness (n.) The state, condition, or quality of being brassy.

Brass-visaged (a.) Impudent; bold.

Brassy (a.) Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

Brassy (a.) Impudent; impudently bold.

Brast (v. t. & i.) To burst.

Brat (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

Brat (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.

Brat (n.) The young of an animal.

Brat (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Bratsche (n.) The tenor viola, or viola.

Brattice (n.) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

Brattice (n.) Planking to support a roof or wall.

Brattishing (n.) See Brattice, n.

Brattishing (n.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.

Braunite (n.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

Bravade (n.) Bravado.

Bravadoes (pl. ) of Bravado

Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

Brave (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

Brave (superl.) Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.

Brave (superl.) Making a fine show or display.

Brave (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.

Brave (n.) Specifically, an Indian warrior.

Brave (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

Brave (n.) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

Braved (imp. & p. p.) of Brave

Braving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brave

Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.

Brave (v. t.) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Bravely (adv.) In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.

Bravely (adv.) Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.

Bravely (adv.) Well; thrivingly; prosperously.

Braveness (n.) The quality of state or being brave.

Bravery (n.) The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

Bravery (n.) The act of braving; defiance; bravado.

Bravery (n.) Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.

Bravery (n.) A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau.

Braving (n.) A bravado; a boast.

Bravingly (adv.) In a defiant manner.

Bravoes (pl. ) of Bravo

Bravo (a.) A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.

Bravo (interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.

Bravura (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

Brawled (imp. & p. p.) of Brawl

Brawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brawl

Brawl (v. i.) To quarrel noisily and outrageously.

Brawl (v. i.) To complain loudly; to scold.

Brawl (v. i.) To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.

Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.

Brawler (n.) One that brawls; wrangler.

Brawling (a.) Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

Brawling (a.) Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.

Brawlingly (adv.) In a brawling manner.

Brawn (n.) A muscle; flesh.

Brawn (n.) Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.

Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.

Brawn (n.) A boar.

Brawned (a.) Brawny; strong; muscular.

Brawner (n.) A boor killed for the table.

Brawniness (n.) The quality or state of being brawny.

Brawny (a.) Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.

Braxy (n.) A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.

Braxy (n.) A diseased sheep, or its mutton.

Brayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bray

Braying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bray

Bray (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

Bray (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

Bray (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

Bray (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.

Brayer (n.) An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

Brayer (n.) One that brays like an ass.

Braying (a.) Making a harsh noise; blaring.

Brazed (imp. & p. p.) of Braze

Brazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braze

Braze (v. i.) To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

Braze (v. i.) To harden.

Braze (v. t.) To cover or ornament with brass.

Brazen (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

Brazen (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.

Brazen (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.

Brazened (imp. & p. p.) of Brazen

Brazening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brazen

Brazen (v. t.) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.

Brazen-browed (a.) Shamelessly impudent.

Brazenface (n.) An impudent or shameless person.

Brazenfaced (a.) Impudent; shameless.

Brazenly (adv.) In a bold, impudent manner.

Brazenness (n.) The quality or state of being brazen.

Brazier (n.) Same as Brasier.

Braziletto (n.) See Brazil wood.

Brazilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Brazil.

Brazilian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.

Brazilin (n.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.

Brazil nut () An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.

Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.

Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.

Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.

Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

Breach (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

Breach (n.) A bruise; a wound.

Breach (n.) A hernia; a rupture.

Breach (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.

Breached (imp. & p. p.) of Breach

Breaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breach

Breach (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

Breachy (a.) Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

Bread (a.) To spread.

Bread (n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

Bread (n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

Bread (v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

Breadbasket (n.) The stomach.

Breadcorn () Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

Breaded (a.) Braided

Breaden (a.) Made of bread.

Breadfruit (n.) The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

Breadfruit (n.) The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.

Breadless (a.) Without bread; destitute of food.

Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

Breadstuff (n.) Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

Breadth (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

Breadthless (a.) Without breadth.

Breadthways (ads.) Breadthwise.

Breadthwise (ads.) In the direction of the breadth.

Breadthwinner (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.

broke (imp.) of Break

Brake () of Break

Broken (p. p.) of Break

Broke () of Break

Breaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Break

Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.

Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.

Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.

Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey.

Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.

Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.

Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.

Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.

Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.

Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.

Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.

Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.

Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.

Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.

Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.

Break (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.

Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm.

Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.

Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

Break (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.

Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.

Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.

Break (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.

Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.

Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.

Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.

Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.

Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.

Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.

Break (n.) See Commutator.

Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.

Breakage (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

Breakbone fever () See Dengue.

Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

Breakdown (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.

Breakdown (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.

Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks.

Breaker (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.

Breaker (n.) A small water cask.

Breaker (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.

Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

Breakfast (n.) A meal after fasting, or food in general.

breakfasted (imp. & p. p.) of Breakfast

Breakfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfast

Breakfast (v. i.) To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.

Breakfast (v. t.) To furnish with breakfast.

Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

Breakneck (n.) A fall that breaks the neck.

Breakneck (n.) A steep place endangering the neck.

Breakneck (a.) Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.

Break-up (n.) Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.

Breakwater (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

Bream (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

Bream (n.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.

Bream (n.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

Breamed (imp. & p. p.) of Bream

Breaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bream

Bream (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

Breast (n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.

Breast (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.

Breast (n.) The face of a coal working.

Breast (n.) The front of a furnace.

Breast (n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.

Breast (n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.

Breasted (imp. & p. p.) of Breast

Breasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breast

Breast (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.

Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

Breastbeam (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

Breastbone (n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum.

Breast-deep (a.) Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

Breasted (a.) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.

Breastfast (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.

Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.

Breast-high (a.) High as the breast.

Breasthook (n.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.

Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

Breastknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.

Breastpin (n.) A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

Breastplate (n.) A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

Breastplate (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.

Breastplate (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast.

Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

Breastplow (n.) Alt. of Breastplough

Breastplough (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.

Breastrope (n.) See Breastband.

Breastsummer (n.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows.

Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

Breastwork (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

Breastwork (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

Breath (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.

Breath (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.

Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life.

Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.

Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.

Breath (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.

Breath (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.

Breath (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.

Breath (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.

Breath (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

Breathable (a.) Such as can be breathed.

Breathableness (n.) State of being breathable.

Breathed (imp. & p. p.) of Breathe

Breathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breathe

Breathe (v. i.) To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

Breathe (v. i.) To take breath; to rest from action.

Breathe (v. i.) To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.

Breathe (v. t.) To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

Breathe (v. t.) To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.

Breathe (v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.

Breathe (v. t.) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

Breathe (v. t.) To express; to manifest; to give forth.

Breathe (v. t.) To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.

Breathe (v. t.) To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

Breathe (v. t.) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.

Breathe (v. t.) To put out of breath; to exhaust.

Breathe (v. t.) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.

Breather (n.) One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

Breather (n.) That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.

Breathful (a.) Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.

Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion.

Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

Breathing (n.) Aspiration; secret prayer.

Breathing (n.) Exercising; promotion of respiration.

Breathing (n.) Utterance; communication or publicity by words.

Breathing (n.) Breathing place; vent.

Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.

Breathing (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

Breathing (n.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

Breathless (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

Breathless (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.

Breathless (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body.

Breathlessly (adv.) In a breathless manner.

Breathlessness (n.) The state of being breathless or out of breath.

Breccia (n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.

Brecciated (a.) Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance.

Bred () imp. & p. p. of Breed.

Brede (n.) Alt. of Breede

Breede (n.) Breadth.

Brede (n.) A braid.

Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

Breech (n.) Breeches.

Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.

Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breech

Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breech

Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.

Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.

Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.

Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech.

Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons.

Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.

Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.

Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Breech pin () Alt. of Breech screw

Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

Bred (imp. & p. p.) of Breed

Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breed

Breed (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.

Breed (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.

Breed (v. t.) To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.

Breed (v. t.) To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.

Breed (v. t.) To raise, as any kind of stock.

Breed (v. t.) To produce or obtain by any natural process.

Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.

Breed (v. i.) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.

Breed (v. i.) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.

Breed (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny.

Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.

Breed (n.) Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.

Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.

Breedbate (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels.

Breeder (n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.

Breeder (n.) A cause.

Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.

Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

Breeding (n.) Nurture; education; formation of manners.

Breeding (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.

Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.

Breeze (n.) Alt. of Breeze fly

Breeze fly (n.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.

Breeze (n.) A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

Breeze (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.

Breeze (n.) Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

Breeze (n.) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.

Breeze (v. i.) To blow gently.

Breezeless (a.) Motionless; destitute of breezes.

Breeziness (n.) State of being breezy.

Breezy (a.) Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.

Breezy (a.) Fresh; brisk; full of life.

Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Bregmatic (a.) Pertaining to the bregma.

Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

Breme (a.) Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.

Breme (a.) Famous; renowned; well known.

Brent (imp. & p. p.) of Brenne

Brenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brenne

Bren (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Brenne

Brenne (v. t. & i.) To burn.

Bren (n.) Bran.

Brennage (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Brenningly (adv.) Burningly; ardently.

Brent (a.) Alt. of Brant

Brant (a.) Steep; high.

Brant (a.) Smooth; unwrinkled.

Brent (imp. & p. p.) Burnt.

Brent (n.) A brant. See Brant.

Brequet chain () A watch-guard.

Brere (n.) A brier.

Brest (3d sing.pr.) for Bursteth.

Brest (n.) Alt. of Breast

Breast (n.) A torus.

Brast (imp.) of Breste

Brusten (p. p.) of Breste

Borsten () of Breste

Bursten () of Breste

Breste (v. t. & i.) To burst.

Brestsummer (n.) See Breastsummer.

Bret (n.) See Birt.

Bretful (a.) Brimful.

Brethren (n.) pl. of Brother.

Breton (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.

Breton (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.

Brett (n.) Same as Britzska.

Brettices (pl. ) of Brettice

Brettice (n.) The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.

Bretwalda (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.

Bretzel (n.) See Pretzel.

Breve (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service.

Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.

Breve (n.) A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.

Breve (n.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

Brevet (n.) A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].

Brevet (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.

Brevetted (imp. & p. p.) of Brevet

Brevetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brevet

Brevet (v. t.) To confer rank upon by brevet.

Brevet (a.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.

Brevetcies (pl. ) of Brevetcy

Brevetcy (n.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.

Breviaries (pl. ) of Breviary

Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.

Breviary (n.) A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.

Breviate (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.

Breviate (n.) A lawyer's brief.

Breviate (v. t.) To abbreviate.

Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.

Brevier (n.) A size of type between bourgeois and minion.

Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.

Breviped (a.) Having short legs.

Breviped (n.) A breviped bird.

Brevipen (n.) A brevipennate bird.

Brevipennate (a.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

Brevirostral (a.) Alt. of Brevirostrate

Brevirostrate (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak.

Brevities (pl. ) of Brevity

Brevity (n.) Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

Brevity (n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.

Brewed (imp. & p. p.) of Brew

Brewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brew

Brew (v. t.) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.

Brew (v. t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.

Brew (v. i.) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.

Brew (v. i.) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.

Brew (n.) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.

Brewage (n.) Malt liquor; drink brewed.

Brewer (n.) One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

Brewery (n.) A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

Brewhouse (n.) A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.

Brewing (n.) The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.

Brewing (n.) The quantity brewed at once.

Brewing (n.) A mixing together.

Brewing (n.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.

Brewis (n.) Broth or pottage.

Brewis (n.) Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.

Brewsterite (n.) A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia.

Brezilin (n.) See Brazilin.

Briar (n.) Same as Brier.

Briarean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

Bribable (a.) Capable of being bribed.

Bribe (n.) A gift begged; a present.

Bribe (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.

Bribe (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

Bribed (imp. & p. p.) of Bribe

Bribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bribe

Bribe (v. t.) To rob or steal.

Bribe (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.

Bribe (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.

Bribe (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.

Bribe (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

Bribeless (a.) Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.

Briber (n.) A thief.

Briber (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.

Briber (n.) That which bribes; a bribe.

Briberies (pl. ) of Bribery

Bribery (n.) Robbery; extortion.

Bribery (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.

Bric-a brac (n.) Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.

Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.

Brick (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.

Brick (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).

Brick (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.

Bricked (imp. & p. p.) of Brick

Bricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brick

Brick (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.

Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.

Brickbat (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.

Brickkiln (n.) A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

Bricklayer (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.

Bricklaying (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

Brickle (a.) Brittle; easily broken.

Brickleness (n.) Brittleness.

Brickmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks.

Brickwork (n.) Anything made of bricks.

Brickwork (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.

Bricky (a.) Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust.

Brickyard (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.

Bricole (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.

Brid (n.) A bird.

Bridal (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

Bridal (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

Bridalty (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast.

Bride (n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married.

Bride (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.

Bride (v. t.) To make a bride of.

Bride-ale (n.) A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.

Bridebed (n.) The marriage bed.

Bridecake (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.

Bridechamber (n.) The nuptial apartment.

Bridegroom (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married.

Brideknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.

Bridemaid (n.) Alt. of Brideman

Brideman (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

Bridesmaid (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

Bridesmen (pl. ) of Bridesman

Bridesman (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."

Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.

Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

Bridge (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

Bridge (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.

Bridge (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

Bridge (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.

Bridged (imp. & p. p.) of Bridge

Bridging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridge

Bridge (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.

Bridge (v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

Bridgeboard (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.

Bridgeboard (n.) A board or plank used as a bridge.

Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.

Bridgeless (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged.

Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.

Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

Bridge-ward (n.) A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.

Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key.

Bridgeing (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

Bridgey (a.) Full of bridges.

Bridle (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Bridle (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

Bridle (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.

Bridle (n.) A mooring hawser.

Bridled (imp. & p. p.) of Bridle

Bridling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridle

Bridle (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.

Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.

Bridle (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.

Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger.

Bridler (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

Bridoon (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein.

Brief (a.) Short in duration.

Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.

Brief (a.) Rife; common; prevalent.

Brief (adv.) Briefly.

Brief (adv.) Soon; quickly.

Brief (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

Brief (a.) An epitome.

Brief (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.

Brief (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.

Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

Briefless (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.

Briefly (adv.) Concisely; in few words.

Briefman (n.) One who makes a brief.

Briefman (n.) A copier of a manuscript.

Briefness (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

Brier (n.) Alt. of Briar

Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.

Briar (n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

Briered (a.) Set with briers.

Briery (a.) Full of briers; thorny.

Briery (n.) A place where briers grow.

Brig (n.) A bridge.

Brig (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.

Brigade (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.

Brigade (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade.

Brigaded (imp. & p. p.) of Brigade

Brigading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brigade

Brigade (v. t.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades.

Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.

Brigand (n.) A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.

Brigand (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.

Brigandage (n.) Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

Brigandine (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.

Brigandish (a.) Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

Brigandism (n.) Brigandage.

Brigantine (n.) A practical vessel.

Brigantine (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.

Brigantine (n.) See Brigandine.

Brigge (n.) A bridge.

Bright (v. i.) See Brite, v. i.

Bright (a.) Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.

Bright (a.) Transmitting light; clear; transparent.

Bright (a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.

Bright (a.) Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

Bright (a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.

Bright (a.) Illustrious; glorious.

Bright (a.) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

Bright (a.) Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.

Bright (n.) Splendor; brightness.

Bright (adv.) Brightly.

Brightened (imp. & p. p.) of Brighten

Brightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brighten

Brighten (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.

Brighten (a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.

Brighten (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.

Brighten (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.

Brighten (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

Bright-harnessed (a.) Having glittering armor.

Brightly (adv.) Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

Brightly (adv.) With lively intelligence; intelligently.

Brightness (n.) The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

Brightness (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

Brightsome (a.) Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.

Brigose (n.) Contentious; quarrelsome.

Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.

Brigue (n.) To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.

Brike (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

Brill (n.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

Brillante (a.) In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

Brillance (n.) Brilliancy.

Brillancy (n.) The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

Brilliant (p. pr.) Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

Brilliant (p. pr.) Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.

Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.

Brilliant (a.) The smallest size of type used in England printing.

Brilliant (a.) A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Brilliantly (adv.) In a brilliant manner.

Brilliantness (n.) Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.

Brills (n. pl.) The hair on the eyelids of a horse.

Brim (n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.

Brim (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.

Brim (n.) The rim of a hat.

Brimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Brim

Brimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brim

Brim (v. i.) To be full to the brim.

Brim (v. t.) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Brim (a.) Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

Brimful (a.) Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.

Brimless (a.) Having no brim; as, brimless caps.

Brimmed (a.) Having a brim; -- usually in composition.

Brimmed (a.) Full to, or level with, the brim.

Brimmer (n.) A brimful bowl; a bumper.

Brimming (a.) Full to the brim; overflowing.

Brimstone (v. t.) Sulphur; See Sulphur.

Brimstone (a.) Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.

Brimstony (a.) Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.

Brin (n.) One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

Brinded (a.) Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.

Brindle (n.) The state of being brindled.

Brindle (n.) A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.

Brindle (a.) Brindled.

Brindled (a.) Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.

Brine (n.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters.

Brine (n.) The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.

Brine (n.) Tears; -- so called from their saltness.

Brine (v. t.) To steep or saturate in brine.

Brine (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.

Brought (imp. & p. p.) of Bring

Bringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bring

Bring (v. t.) To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

Bring (v. t.) To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.

Bring (v. t.) To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.

Bring (v. t.) To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

Bring (v. t.) To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?

Bringer (n.) One who brings.

Brininess (n.) The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.

Brinish (a.) Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

Brinishness (n.) State or quality of being brinish.

Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

Brink (n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

Briny (a.) Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

Briony (n.) See Bryony.

Brisk (a.) Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

Brisk (a.) Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.

Bricked (imp. & p. p.) of Brisk

Bricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brisk

Brisk (v. t. & i.) To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

Brisket (n.) That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.

Briskly (adv.) In a brisk manner; nimbly.

Briskness (n.) Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.

Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristle

Bristling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bristle

Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.

Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.

Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

Bristol (n.) A seaport city in the west of England.

Brisure (n.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

Brisure (n.) A mark of cadency or difference.

Brit (n.) Alt. of Britt

Britt (n.) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.

Britt (n.) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

Britannia (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

Britannic (a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

Brite (v. t.) Alt. of Bright

Bright (v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.

Briticism (n.) A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

British (a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

British (n. pl.) People of Great Britain.

Britisher (n.) An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.

Briton (a.) British.

Briton (n.) A native of Great Britain.

Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Brittlely (adv.) In a brittle manner.

Brittleness (n.) Aptness to break; fragility.

Brittle star () Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

Britzska (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

Brize (n.) The breeze fly. See Breeze.

Broach (n.) A spit.

Broach (n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.

Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.

Broach (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.

Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.

Broach (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.

Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.

Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

Broach (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

Broached (imp. & p. p.) of Broach

Broaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broach

Broach (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.

Broach (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.

Broach (n.) To open for the first time, as stores.

Broach (n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.

Broach (n.) To cause to begin or break out.

Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

Broach (n.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

Broacher (n.) A spit; a broach.

Broacher (n.) One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter.

Broad (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

Broad (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

Broad (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

Broad (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

Broad (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

Broad (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

Broad (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

Broad (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

Broad (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

Broad (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Broadax Broadaxe (n.) An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.

Broadax Broadaxe (n.) An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.

Broadbill (n.) A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

Broadbill (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.

Broadbrim (n.) A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

Broadbrim (n.) A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.

Broad-brimmed (a.) Having a broad brim.

Broadcast (n.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

Broadcast (a.) Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Broad Church () A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.

Broadcloth (n.) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

Broadened (imp. & p. p.) of Broaden

Broadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broaden

Broaden (a.) To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

Broaden (v. t.) To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

Broad-horned (a.) Having horns spreading widely.

Broadish (a.) Rather broad; moderately broad.

Broadleaf (n.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

Broad-leaved (a.) Alt. of Broad-leafed

Broad-leafed (a.) Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.

Broadly (adv.) In a broad manner.

Broadmouth (n.) One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

Broadness (n.) The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

Broadpiece (n.) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

Broad seal () The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.

Broadseal (v. t.) To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.

Broadside (n.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

Broadside (n.) A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.

Broadside (n.) A volley of abuse or denunciation.

Broadside (n.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.

Broadspread (a.) Widespread.

Broadspreading (a.) Spreading widely.

Broadsword (n.) A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

Broadwise (adv.) Breadthwise.

Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

Brobdingnagian (a.) Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.

Brobdingnagian (n.) A giant.

Brocade (n.) Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.

Brocaded (a.) Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

Brocaded (a.) Dressed in brocade.

Brocage (n.) See Brokkerage.

Brocard (n.) An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.

Brocatel (n.) A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

Brocatel (n.) A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

Brocatello (n.) Same as Brocatel.

Broccoli (n.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.

Brochantite (n.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Broche (a.) Woven with a figure; as, broche goods.

Broche (n.) See Broach, n.

Brochure (v. t.) A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

Brock (n.) A badger.

Brock (n.) A brocket.

Brocket (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

Brocket (n.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).

Brockish (a.) Beastly; brutal.

Brodekin (n.) A buskin or half-boot.

Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.

Brog (v. t.) To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle.

Brogan (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.

Broggle (n.) To sniggle, or fish with a brog.

Brogue (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.

Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

Brogues (n. pl.) Breeches.

Broid (v. t.) To braid.

Broidered (imp. & p. p.) of Broider

Broider (v. t.) To embroider.

Broiderer (n.) One who embroiders.

Broidery (n.) Embroidery.

Broil (n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

Broiled (imp. & p. p.) of Broil

Broiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broil

Broil (v. t.) To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

Broil (v. t.) To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

Broil (v. i.) To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

Broiler (n.) One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.

Broiler (n.) One who broils, or cooks by broiling.

Broiler (n.) A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.

Broiler (n.) A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.

Broiling (a.) Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun.

Broiling (n.) The act of causing anything to broil.

Brokage (n.) See Brokerage.

Broke (v. i.) To transact business for another.

Broke (v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.

Broke () imp. & p. p. of Break.

Broken (v. t.) Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

Broken (v. t.) Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

Broken (v. t.) Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

Broken (v. t.) Subdued; humbled; contrite.

Broken (v. t.) Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.

Broken (v. t.) Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

Broken (v. t.) Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

Broken (v. t.) Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

Broken-backed (a.) Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.

Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly.

Broken-hearted (a.) Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

Brokenly (adv.) In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

Brokenness (n.) The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.

Brokenness (n.) Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.

Broken wind () The heaves.

Broken-winded (a.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

Broker (v. t.) One who transacts business for another; an agent.

Broker (v. t.) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.

Broker (v. t.) A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

Broker (v. t.) A dealer in secondhand goods.

Broker (v. t.) A pimp or procurer.

Brokerage (n.) The business or employment of a broker.

Brokerage (n.) The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

Brokerly (a.) Mean; servile.

Brokery (n.) The business of a broker.

Broking (a.) Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.

Broma (n.) Aliment; food.

Broma (n.) A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

Bromal (n.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

Bromate (n.) A salt of bromic acid.

Bromate (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor.

Bromatologist (n.) One versed in the science of foods.

Bromatology (n.) The science of aliments.

Brome (n.) See Bromine.

Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

Bromeliaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

Bromic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

Bromide (n.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

Brominate (v. t.) See Bromate, v. t.

Bromine (n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

Bromism (n.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

Bromize (v. t.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.

Bromlife (n.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

Bromoform (n.) A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects.

Brompicrin (n.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.

Bromuret (n.) See Bromide.

Bromyrite (n.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite.

Bronchi (n. pl.) See Bronchus.

Bronchia (n. pl.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.

Bronchial (a.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.

Bronchic (a.) Bronchial.

Bronchiole (n.) A minute bronchial tube.

Bronchitic (a.) Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.

Bronchitis (n.) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.

Broncho (n.) A native or a Mexican horse of small size.

Bronchocele (n.) See Goiter.

Bronchophony (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

Broncho-pneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

Bronchotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.

Bronchotomy (n.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.

Bronchi (pl. ) of Bronchus

Bronchus (n.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.

Bronco (n.) Same as Broncho.

Brond (n.) A sword.

Brontolite (n.) Alt. of Brontolith

Brontolith (n.) An aerolite.

Brontology (n.) A treatise upon thunder.

Brontosaurus (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

Brontotherium (n.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.

Brontozoum (n.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

Bronze (a.) An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.

Bronze (a.) A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.

Bronze (a.) A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.

Bronze (a.) Boldness; impudence; "brass."

Bronzed (imp. & p. p.) of Bronze

Bronzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bronze

Bronze (n.) To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.

Bronze (n.) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

Bronzewing (n.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.

Bronzine (n.) A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze.

Bronzine (a.) Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.

Bronzing (n.) The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes.

Bronzing (n.) A material for bronzing.

Bronzist (n.) One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.

Bronzite (n.) A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.

Bronzy (a.) Like bronze.

Brooch (n.) An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.

Brooch (n.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.

Brooch (imp. & p. p.) To adorn as with a brooch.

Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children.

Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Brood

Brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brood

Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.

Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes.

Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

Brood (v. t.) To cherish with care.

Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.

Brook (v. t.) A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

Brooked (imp. & p. p.) of Brook

Brooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brook

Brook (v. t.) To use; to enjoy.

Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint.

Brook (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.

Brookite (n.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

Brooklet (n.) A small brook.

Brooklime (n.) A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana.

Brook mint () See Water mint.

Brookside (n.) The bank of a brook.

Brookweed (n.) A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.

Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.

Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.

Broom (v. t.) See Bream.

Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum.

Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.

Broomstick (n.) A stick used as a handle of a broom.

Broomy (a.) Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.

Brose (n.) Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used.

Brotel (a.) Brittle.

Brotelness (n.) Brittleness.

Broth (n.) Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.

Brothel (n.) A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

Brotheler (n.) One who frequents brothels.

Brothelry (n.) Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel.

Brothers (pl. ) of Brother

Brethren (pl. ) of Brother

Brothers (pl. ) of Brother

Brethren (pl. ) of Brother

Brother (n.) A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.

Brother (n.) One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.

Brother (n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.

Brothered (imp. & p. p.) of Brother

Brother (v. t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.

Brother german () A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.

Brotherhood (n.) The state of being brothers or a brother.

Brotherhood (n.) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.

Brotherhood (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.

Brotherhood (n.) Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.

Brothers-in-law (pl. ) of Brother-in-law

Brother-in-law (n.) The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.

Brotherliness (n.) The state or quality of being brotherly.

Brotherly (a.) Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.

Brotherly (adv.) Like a brother; affectionately; kindly.

Brouded (p.a.) Braided; broidered.

Brougham (n.) A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

Brow (n.) The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.

Brow (n.) The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.

Brow (n.) The forehead; as, a feverish brow.

Brow (n.) The general air of the countenance.

Brow (n.) The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.

Brow (v. t.) To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Browbeat (imp.) of Browbeat

Browbeaten (p. p.) of Browbeat

Browbeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Browbeat

Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.

Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.

Browbound (a.) Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.

Browdyng (n.) Embroidery.

Browed (a.) Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed.

Browless (a.) Without shame.

Brown (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

Brown (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

Browned (imp. & p. p.) of Brown

Browning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brown

Brown (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.

Brown (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.

Brown (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.

Brown (v. i.) To become brown.

Brownback (n.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.

Brown bill () A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.

Brownian (a.) Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.

Brownie (n.) An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping.

Browning (n.) The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.

Browning (n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

Brownish (a.) Somewhat brown.

Brownism (n.) The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.

Brownism (n.) The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian.

Brownist (n.) A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers.

Brownist (n.) One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.

Brownness (n.) The quality or state of being brown.

Brownstone (n.) A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.

Brown thrush () A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

Brownwort (n.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.

Browny (a.) Brown or, somewhat brown.

Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.

Browse (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

Browsed (imp. & p. p.) of Browse

Browsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Browse

Browse (n.) To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.

Browse (n.) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

Browse (v. i.) To pasture; to feed; to nibble.

Browser (n.) An animal that browses.

Browsewood (n.) Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse.

Browsing (n.) Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.

Browspot (n.) A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.

Bruang (n.) The Malayan sun bear.

Brucine (n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina.

Brucite (n.) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.

Brucite (n.) The mineral chondrodite.

Bruckeled (a.) Wet and dirty; begrimed.

Bruh (n.) The rhesus monkey. See Rhesus.

Bruin (a.) A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.

Bruised (imp. & p. p.) of Bruise

Bruising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bruise

Bruise (v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.

Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.

Bruise (n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.

Bruiser (n.) One who, or that which, bruises.

Bruiser (n.) A boxer; a pugilist.

Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

Bruisewort (n.) A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

Bruit (n.) Report; rumor; fame.

Bruit (n.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.

Bruited (imp. & p. p.) of Bruit

Bruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bruit

Bruit (v. t.) To report; to noise abroad.

Brumaire (n.) The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.

Brumal (a.) Of or pertaining to winter.

Brume (n.) Mist; fog; vapors.

Brummagem (a.) Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham.

Brumous (a.) Foggy; misty.

Brun (n.) Same as Brun, a brook.

Brunette (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.

Brunette (a.) Having a dark tint.

Brunion (n.) A nectarine.

Brunonian (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.

Brunswick black () See Japan black.

Brunswick green () An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.

Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

Brunt (v. t.) The force of a blow; shock; collision.

Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.

Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Brush (n.) Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.

Brush (n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.

Brush (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.

Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.

Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed.

Brushed (imp. & p. p.) of Brush

Brushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brush

Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.

Brush (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.

Brush (n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.

Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

Brusher (n.) One who, or that which, brushes.

Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.

Brushing (a.) Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.

Brushing (a.) Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.

Brushite (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.

Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.

Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.

Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.

Brushwood (n.) Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.

Brushwood (n.) Small branches of trees cut off.

Brushy (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.

Brusk (a.) Same as Brusque.

Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.

Brusqueness (n.) Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

Brussels (n.) A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.

Brustled (imp. & p. p.) of Brustle

Brustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brustle

Brustle (v. i.) To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.

Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.

Brustle (n.) A bristle.

Brut (n.) To browse.

Brut (n.) See Birt.

Bruta (n.) See Edentata.

Brutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.

Brutal (a.) Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.

Brutalism (n.) Brutish quality; brutality.

Brutalities (pl. ) of Brutality

Brutality (n.) The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

Brutality (n.) An inhuman act.

Brutalization (n.) The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

Brutalized (imp. & p. p.) of Brutalize

Brutalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brutalize

Brutalize (v. t.) To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

Brutalize (v. i.) To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.

Brutally (adv.) In a brutal manner; cruelly.

Brute (a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

Brute (a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.

Brute (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.

Brute (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.

Brute (a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

Brute (n.) An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

Brute (n.) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

Brute (v. t.) To report; to bruit.

Brutely (adv.) In a rude or violent manner.

Bruteness (n.) Brutality.

Bruteness (n.) Insensibility.

Brutified (imp. & p. p.) of Brutify

Brutifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brutify

Brutify (v. t.) To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize.

Brutish (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.

Brutism (n.) The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.

Bruting (n.) Browsing.

Bryological (a.) Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

Bryologist (n.) One versed in bryology.

Bryology (n.) That part of botany which relates to mosses.

Bryonin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

Bryony (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.

Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.

Bryozoa (n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.

Bryozoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.

Bryozoan (n.) One of the Bryozoa.

Bryozoum (n.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.).

Buansuah (n.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.

Buat (n.) A lantern; also, the moon.

Bub (n.) Strong malt liquor.

Bub (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.

Bub (v. t.) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

Bubale (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

Bubaline (a.) Resembling a buffalo.

Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

Bubble (n.) A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.

Bubble (n.) A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.

Bubble (n.) The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.

Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.

Bubble (n.) A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.

Bubbled (imp. & p. p.) of Bubble

Bubbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bubble

Bubble (n.) To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.

Bubble (n.) To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.

Bubble (n.) To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.

Bubbler (v. t.) To cheat; to deceive.

Bubbler (n.) One who cheats.

Bubbler (n.) A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.

Bubble shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

Bubbling Jock () The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.

Bubbly (a.) Abounding in bubbles; bubbling.

Bubby (n.) A woman's breast.

Bubby (n.) Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.

Buboes (pl. ) of Bubo

Bubo (n.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

Bubonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes.

Bubonocele (n.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.

Bubukle (n.) A red pimple.

Buccal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.

Buccaneer (n.) A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Buccaneer (v. i.) To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

Buccaneerish (a.) Like a buccaneer; piratical.

Buccinal (a.) Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike.

Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

Buccinoid (a.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.

Buccinum (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

Bucentaur (n.) A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.

Bucentaur (n.) The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.

Buceros (n.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.

Bucholzite (n.) Same as Fibrolite.

Buchu (n.) A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves.

Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

Bucked (imp. & p. p.) of Buck

Bucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buck

Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.

Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

Buck (v. t.) To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Buck (n.) The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

Buck (n.) A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.

Buck (n.) A male Indian or negro.

Buck (v. i.) To copulate, as bucks and does.

Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.

Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

Buck (v. t.) To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.

Buck (n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

Buck (n.) The beech tree.

Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash.

Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean.

Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

Bucker (n.) One who bucks ore.

Bucker (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.

Bucker (n.) A horse or mule that bucks.

Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

Bucket (n.) A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.

Bucket (n.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.

Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Bucket shop () An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.

Buckety (n.) Paste used by weavers to dress their webs.

Buckeye (n.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.

Buckeye (n.) A cant name for a native in Ohio.

Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes.

Buckhound (n.) A hound for hunting deer.

Buckie (n.) A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.

Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.

Bucking (n.) A washing.

Bucking (n.) The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.

Buckish (a.) Dandified; foppish.

Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.

Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face.

Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckle

Buckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buckle

Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.

Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.

Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

Buckler (n.) A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.

Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.

Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.

Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.

Buckling (a.) Wavy; curling, as hair.

Buckra (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

Buckra (a.) White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

Buckram (n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

Buckram (n.) A plant. See Ramson.

Buckram (a.) Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

Buckram (a.) Stiff; precise.

Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

Buck's-horn (n.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.

Buckshot (n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

Buckskin (n.) The skin of a buck.

Buckskin (n.) A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.

Buckskin (n.) A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.

Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.

Buckstall (n.) A toil or net to take deer.

Buckthorn (n.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

Bucktooth (n.) Any tooth that juts out.

Buckwheat (n.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

Buckwheat (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bucolic (n.) A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.

Bucolical (a.) Bucolic.

Bucrania (pl. ) of Bucranium

Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.

Bud (n.) A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.

Bud (n.) A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra.

Budded (imp. & p. p.) of Bud

Budding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bud

Bud (v. i.) To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.

Bud (v. i.) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.

Bud (v. i.) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.

Bud (v. t.) To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear.

Buddha (n.) The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.

Buddhism (n.) The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or enlightened," in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. Their number was estimated in 1881 at 470,000,000.

Buddhist (n.) One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.

Buddhist (a.) Of or pertaining to Buddha, Buddhism, or the Buddhists.

Buddhistic (a.) Same as Buddhist, a.

Budding (n.) The act or process of producing buds.

Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.

Budding (n.) The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

Buddle (n.) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.

Buddle (v. i.) To wash ore in a buddle.

Bude burner () A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.

Bude light () A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.

Budged (imp. & p. p.) of Budge

Budging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Budge

Budge (v. i.) To move off; to stir; to walk away.

Budge (v.) Brisk; stirring; jocund.

Budge (n.) A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.

Budge (a.) Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.

Budge (a.) Austere or stiff, like scholastics.

Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.

Budger (n.) One who budges.

budgerow (n.) A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.

Budget (n.) A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.

Budget (n.) The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries.

Budgy (n.) Consisting of fur.

Budlet (n.) A little bud springing from a parent bud.

Buff (n.) A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.

Buff (n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.

Buff (n.) A military coat, made of buff leather.

Buff (n.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.

Buff (a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.

Buff (a.) Made of buff leather.

Buff (a.) Of the color of buff.

Buff (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.

Buff (v. t.) To strike.

Buff (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."

Buff (a.) Firm; sturdy.

Buffa (n. fem.) The comic actress in an opera.

Buffa (a.) Comic, farcical.

Buffaloes (pl. ) of Buffalo

Buffalo (n.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers.

Buffalo (n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

Buffalo (n.) Any species of wild ox.

Buffalo (n.) The bison of North America.

Buffalo (n.) A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below.

Buffalo (n.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below.

Buffel duck () A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead.

Buffer (n.) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

Buffer (n.) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.

Buffer (n.) One who polishes with a buff.

Buffer (n.) A wheel for buffing; a buff.

Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.

Bufferhead (n.) The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.

Buffet (n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

Buffet (v. i.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

Buffet (v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

Buffeted (imp. & p. p.) of Buffet

Buffeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buffet

Buffet (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

Buffet (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

Buffet (v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling.

Buffeter (n.) One who buffets; a boxer.

Buffeting (n.) A striking with the hand.

Buffeting (n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.

Buffin (n.) A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns.

Buffing apparatus () See Buffer, 1.

Buffle (n.) The buffalo.

Buffle (v. i.) To puzzle; to be at a loss.

Bufflehead (n.) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.

Bufflehead (n.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

Buffle-headed (a.) Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.

Buffo (n.masc.) The comic actor in an opera.

Buffoon (n.) A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

Buffoon (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.

Buffoon (v. i.) To act the part of a buffoon.

Buffoon (v. t.) To treat with buffoonery.

Buffooneries (pl. ) of Buffoonery

Buffoonery (n.) The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.

Buffoonish (a.) Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.

Buffoonism (n.) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.

Buffoonly (a.) Low; vulgar.

Buffy (a.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff.

Bufo (n.) A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.

Bufonite (n.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.

Bug (n.) A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

Bug (n.) A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.

Bug (n.) An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.

Bug (n.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

Bug (n.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.

Bugaboo (n.) Alt. of Bugbear

Bugbear (n.) Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.

Bugbane (n.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.

Bugbear (n.) Same as Bugaboo.

Bugbear (a.) Causing needless fright.

Bugbear (v. t.) To alarm with idle phantoms.

Bugfish (n.) The menhaden.

Bugger (n.) One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.

Bugger (n.) A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.

Buggery (n.) Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy.

Bugginess (a.) The state of being infested with bugs.

Buggy (a.) Infested or abounding with bugs.

Buggies (pl. ) of Buggy

Buggy (n.) A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle.

Buggy (n.) A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top.

Bugle (n.) A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

Bugle (n.) A horn used by hunters.

Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.

Bugle (n.) An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.

Bugle (a.) Jet black.

Bugle (n.) A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.

Bugled (a.) Ornamented with bugles.

Bugle horn () A bugle.

Bugle horn () A drinking vessel made of horn.

Bugler (n.) One who plays on a bugle.

Bugleweed (n.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

Buglosses (pl. ) of Bugloss

Bugloss (n.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

Bugwort (n.) Bugbane.

Buhl (n.) Alt. of Buhlwork

Buhlwork (n.) Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.

Buhlbuhl (n.) See Bulbul.

Buhrstone (n.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.

Built (imp. & p. p.) of Build

Building (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build

Builded (imp. & p. p.) of Build

Build (v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

Build (v. t.) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

Build (v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

Build (v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

Build (n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.

Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.

Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.

Building (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.

Built (n.) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.

Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.

Buke muslin () See Book muslin.

Bukshish (n.) See Backsheesh.

Bulau (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.

Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.

Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.

Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

Bulbaceous (n.) Bulbous.

Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.

Bulbed (a.) Having a bulb; round-headed.

Bulbel (n.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.

Bulbiferous (n.) Producing bulbs.

Bulblet (n.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.

Bulbose (a.) Bulbous.

Bulbo-tuber (n.) A corm.

Bulbous (n.) Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera.

Bulbule (n.) A small bulb; a bulblet.

Bulchin (n.) A little bull.

Bulge (n.) The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.

Bulge (n.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.

Bulged (imp. & p. p.) of Bulge

Bulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulge

Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

Bulge (v. i.) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.

Bulimia (n.) Alt. of Bulimy

Bulimy (n.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.

Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.

Bulk (n.) Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

Bulk (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.

Bulk (n.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

Bulk (n.) The body.

Bulked (imp. & p. p.) of Bulk

Bulking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulk

Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

Bulk (v.) A projecting part of a building.

Bulker (n.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.

Bulkhead (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

Bulkhead (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.

Bulkiness (n.) Greatness in bulk; size.

Bulky (a.) Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.

Bull (n.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

Bull (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.

Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.

Bull (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.

Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bull (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.

Bull (v. i.) A seal. See Bulla.

Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.

Bull (v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.

Bullae (pl. ) of Bulla

Bulla (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

Bulla (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.

Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.

Bulla (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.

Bullace (n.) A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.

Bullace (n.) The bully tree.

Bullantic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.

Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.

Bullaries (pl. ) of Bullary

Bullary (n.) A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery.

Bullate (a.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.

Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.

Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.

Bullcomber (n.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhaeus vulgaris of Europe.

Bulldog (n.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

Bulldog (n.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.

Bulldog (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.

Bulldozed (imp. & p. p.) of Bulldoze

Bulldozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulldoze

Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.

Bulldozer (n.) One who bulldozes.

Bulled (a.) Swollen.

Bullen-bullen (n.) The lyre bird.

Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.

Bullet (n.) A small ball.

Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.

Bullet (n.) A cannon ball.

Bullet (n.) The fetlock of a horse.

Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

Bulletin (n.) A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

Bulletin (n.) Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.

Bulletin (n.) A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.

Bullfaced (a.) Having a large face.

Bullfeast (n.) See Bullfight.

Bullfight (n.) Alt. of Bullfighting

Bullfighting (n.) A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain.

Bullfinch (n.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

Bullfist (n.) Alt. of Bullfice

Bullfice (n.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball.

Bull fly (n.) Alt. of Bullfly

Bullfly (n.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.

Bullfrog (n.) A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.

Bullhead (n.) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.

Bullhead (n.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.

Bullhead (n.) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.

Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

Bullhead (n.) The golden plover.

Bullhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a lubber.

Bullhead (n.) A small black water insect.

Bullheaded (a.) Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.

Bullion (n.) Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.

Bullion (n.) Base or uncurrent coin.

Bullion (n.) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.

Bullion (n.) Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

Bullionist (n.) An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.

Bullirag (n.) To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.

Bullish (a.) Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.

Bullist (n.) A writer or drawer up of papal bulls.

Bullition (v. i.) The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.

Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.

Bullock (n.) A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.

Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag.

Bullock (v. t.) To bully.

Bullock's-eye (n.) See Bull's-eye, 3.

Bullon (n.) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).

Bullpout (n.) See Bullhead, 1 (b).

Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

Bull's-eye (n.) A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.

Bull's-eye (n.) A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.

Bull's-eye (n.) A circular or oval opening for air or light.

Bull's-eye (n.) A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.

Bull's-eye (n.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.

Bull's-eye (n.) The center of a target.

Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch.

Bull's-nose (n.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Bull terrier () A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

Bull trout () In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout.

Bull trout () Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube.

Bullweed (n.) Knapweed.

Bullwort (n.) See Bishop's-weed.

Bullies (pl. ) of Bully

Bully (n.) A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

Bully (n.) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bully (a.) Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Bully (a.) Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

Bullied (imp. & p. p.) of Bully

Bullying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bully

Bully (v. t.) To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.

Bully (v. i.) To act as a bully.

Bullyrag (v. t.) Same as Bullirag.

Bullyrock (n.) A bully.

Bully tree () The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

Bulrush (n.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.

Bultel (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran.

Bulti (n.) Same as Bolty.

Bultow (n.) A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.

Bulwark (n.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.

Bulwark (n.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.

Bulwarked (imp. & p. p.) of Bulwark

Bulwarking (n.) of Bulwark

Bulwark (v. t.) To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.

Bum (n.) The buttock.

Bummed (imp. & p. p.) of Bum

Bumming (n.) of Bum

Bum (v. i.,) To make murmuring or humming sound.

Bum (n.) A humming noise.

Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.

Bumbard () See Bombard.

Bumbarge (n.) See Bumboat.

Bumbast () See Bombast.

Bumbeloes (pl. ) of Bumbelo

Bumbelo (n.) A glass used in subliming camphor.

Bumble (n.) The bittern.

Bumble (v. i.) To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.

Bumblebee (n.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

Bumboat (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

Bummalo (n.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

Bummer (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

Bummery (n.) See Bottomery.

Bumped (imp. & p. p.) of Bump

Bumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bump

Bump (v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

Bump (v. i.) To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

Bump (n.) A thump; a heavy blow.

Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

Bump (n.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.

Bumper (n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

Bumper (n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.

Bumper (n.) That which bumps or causes a bump.

Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

Bumpkin (n.) An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.

Bumptious (a.) Self-conceited; forward; pushing.

Bumptiousness (n.) Conceitedness.

Bun (n.) Alt. of Bunn

Bunn (n.) A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.

Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

Bunch (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

Bunch (n.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.

Bunched (imp. & p. p.) of Bunch

Bunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bunch

Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Bunch (v. t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.

Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.

Bunchberry (n.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.

Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

Bunchiness (n.) The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.

Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.

Bunchy (a.) Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.

Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine.

Buncombe (n.) Alt. of Bunkum

Bunkum (n.) Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.

Bund (n.) League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.

Bund (n.) An embankment against inundation.

Bunder (n.) A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.

Bundesrath (n.) The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.

Bundle (n.) A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.

Bundled (imp. & p. p.) of Bundle

Bundling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bundle

Bundle (v. t.) To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

Bundle (v. t.) To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

Bundle (v. i.) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

Bundle (v. i.) To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.

Bung (n.) The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

Bung (n.) The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

Bung (n.) A sharper or pickpocket.

Bunged (imp. & p. p.) of Bung

Bunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bung

Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.

Bungalow (n.) A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.

Bungarum (n.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.

Bunghole (n.) See Bung, n., 2.

Bungled (imp. & p. p.) of Bungle

Bungling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bungle

Bungle (v. i.) To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bungle (v. t.) To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.

Bungle (n.) A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.

Bungler (n.) A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.

Bungling (a.) Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman.

Bunglingly (adv.) Clumsily; awkwardly.

Bungo (n.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States.

Bunion (n.) Same as Bunyon.

Bunk (n.) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

Bunk (n.) One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.

Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Bunked (imp. & p. p.) of Bunk

Bunking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bunk

Bunk (v. i.) To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in.

Bunker (n.) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

Bunker (n.) A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

Bunko (n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.

Bunkum (n.) See Buncombe.

Bunn (n.) See Bun.

Bunnian (n.) See Bunyon.

Bunny (n.) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.

Bunny (n.) A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.

Bunodonta (n. pl.) Alt. of Bunodonts

Bunodonts (n. pl.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burner

Bunsen's burner () See under Battery, and Burner.

Bunt (n.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

Bunt (v. t. & i.) To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

Bunter (n.) A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.

Bunting (n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).

Bunting (n.) Alt. of Buntine

Buntine (n.) A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Buntline (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in.

Bunyon (n.) Alt. of Bunion

Bunion (n.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursae muscosae), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.

Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.

Buoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Buoy

Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buoy

Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.

Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.

Buoyage (n.) Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

Buoyance (n.) Buoyancy.

Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyancy

Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.

Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.

Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.

Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.

Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.

Buprestidan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

Bur (n.) Alt. of Burr

Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.

Burr (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.

Burr (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

Burr (n.) The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.

Burr (n.) The sweetbread.

Burr (n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

Burr (n.) A small circular saw.

Burr (n.) A triangular chisel.

Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

Burr (n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

Burbolt (n.) A birdbolt.

Burbot (n.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin.

Burdelais (n.) A sort of grape.

Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.

Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

Burden (n.) A birth.

Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burden

Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burden

Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.

Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

Burden (n.) A club.

Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.

Burdenous (a.) Burdensome.

Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

Burdock (n.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.

Burdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Bureaus (pl. ) of Bureau

Bureaux (pl. ) of Bureau

Bureau (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.

Bureau (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

Bureau (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.

Bureau (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.

Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

Bureaucracy (n.) Government officials, collectively.

Bureaucrat (n.) An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

Bureaucratic (a.) Alt. of Bureaucratical

Bureaucratical (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.

Bureaucratist (n.) An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.

Burel (n. & a.) Same as Borrel.

Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.

Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

Burg (n.) A fortified town.

Burg (n.) A borough.

Burgage (n.) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.

Burgall (n.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.

Burgamot (n.) See Bergamot.

Burganet (n.) See Burgonet.

Burgee (n.) A kind of small coat.

Burgee (n.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.

Burgeois (n.) See 1st Bourgeois.

Burgeois (n.) A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois.

Burgeon (v. i.) To bud. See Bourgeon.

Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.

Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.

Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.

Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess.

Burggrave (n.) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

Burghal (a.) Belonging to a burgh.

Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.

Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.

Burgher (n.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.

Burghermaster (n.) See Burgomaster.

Burghership (n.) The state or privileges of a burgher.

Burghmaster (n.) A burgomaster.

Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.

Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Burglar (n.) One guilty of the crime of burglary.

Burglarer (n.) A burglar.

Burglarious (a.) Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.

Burglariously (adv.) With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.

Burglaries (pl. ) of Burglary

Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.

Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.

Burgomaster (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.

Burgonet (n.) A kind of helmet.

Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.

Burgrass (n.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

Burgrave (n.) See Burggrave.

Burgundy (n.) An old province of France (in the eastern central part).

Burgundy (n.) A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.

Burh (n.) See Burg.

Burhel (n.) Alt. of Burrhel

Burrhel (n.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

Burial (n.) A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.

Burial (n.) The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.

Burier (n.) One who, or that which, buries.

Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.

Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

Burinist (n.) One who works with the burin.

Burion (n.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.

Burked (imp. & p. p.) of Burke

Burking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burke

Burke (v. t.) To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

Burled (imp. & p. p.) of Burl

Burling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burl

Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.

Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.

Burler (n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.

Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.

Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesque

Burlesquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burlesque

Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.

Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.

Burletta (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.

Burliness (n.) Quality of being burly.

Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.

Burly (a.) Coarse and rough; boisterous.

Burmans (pl. ) of Burman

Burman (n.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese.

Burman (a.) Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Bur marigold () See Beggar's ticks.

Burmese (a.) Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.

Burmese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.

Burned (imp. & p. p.) of Burn

Burnt () of Burn

Burning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burn

Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

Burn (v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

Burn (v. t.) To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

Burn (v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

Burn (v. t.) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.

Burn (v. i.) To be of fire; to flame.

Burn (v. i.) To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

Burn (v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

Burn (v. i.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

Burn (v. i.) In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

Burn (n.) The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

Burn (n.) A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

Burn (n.) A small stream.

Burnable (a.) Combustible.

Burned (p. p. & a.) See Burnt.

Burned (p. p.) Burnished.

Burner (n.) One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

Burner (n.) The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced.

Burnet (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.

Burnettized (imp. & p. p.) of Burnettize

Burnettizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnettize

Burnettize (v. t.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.

Burnie (n.) A small brook.

Burniebee (n.) The ladybird.

Burning (a.) That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

Burning (a.) Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.

Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

Burnished (imp. & p. p.) of Burnish

Burnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnish

Burnish (a.) To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.

Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.

Burnish (n.) The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.

Burnisher (n.) One who burnishes.

Burnisher (n.) A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.

Burnoose (n.) Alt. of Burnous

Burnous (n.) A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.

Burnous (n.) A combination cloak and hood worn by women.

Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Burnt (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.

Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.

Burr (n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

Burr (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.

Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.

Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.

Burred (imp. & p. p.) of Burr

Burring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burr

Burr (v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

Burrel (n.) A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.

Burrel (n.) Same as Borrel.

Burrel fly () The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.

Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

Burr millstone () See Buhrstone.

Burro (n.) A donkey.

Burrock (n.) A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.

Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

Burrow (n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

Burrow (n.) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

Burrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Burrow

Burrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burrow

Burrow (v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

Burrow (v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.

Burrower (n.) One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.

Burrstone (n.) See Buhrstone.

Burry (a.) Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.

Bursae (pl. ) of Bursa

Bursa (n.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

Bursal (a.) Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursae.

Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.

Bursar (n.) A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.

Bursarship (n.) The office of a bursar.

-ries (pl. ) of Bursary

Bursary (n.) The treasury of a college or monastery.

Bursary (n.) A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.

Burschen (pl. ) of Bursch

Bursch (n.) A youth; especially, a student in a german university.

Burse (n.) A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull.

Burse (n.) A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries.

Burse (n.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.

Burse (n.) An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.

Burse (n.) A kind of bazaar.

Bursiculate (a.) Bursiform.

Bursiform (a.) Shaped like a purse.

Bursitis (n.) Inflammation of a bursa.

Burst (imp. & p. p.) of Burst

Bursting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burst

Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.

Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.

Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.

Burst (v. t.) To break.

Burst (v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.

Burst (n.) A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.

Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.

Burst (n.) A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.

Burst (n.) A rupture or hernia; a breach.

Bursten () p. p. of Burst, v. i.

Burster (n.) One that bursts.

Burstwort (n.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

Burt (n.) See Birt.

Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.

Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.

Bury (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

Bury (n.) A manor house; a castle.

Buried (imp. & p. p.) of Bury

Burying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bury

Bury (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.

Bury (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.

Bury (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.

Burying ground () Alt. of Burying place

Burying place () The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

Bus (n.) An omnibus.

Busbies (pl. ) of Busby

Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

Buscon (n.) One who searches for ores; a prospector.

Bush (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

Bush (n.) A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

Bush (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

Bush (n.) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Bush (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bush (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushed (imp. & p. p.) of Bush

Bushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bush

Bush (v. t.) To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

Bush (v. t.) To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bush (n.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Bush (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bush (v. t.) To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushboy (n.) See Bushman.

Bushel (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

Bushel (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Bushel (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

Bushel (n.) A large indefinite quantity.

Bushel (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Bushelage (n.) A duty payable on commodities by the bushel.

Bushelman (n.) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler.

Bushet (n.) A small bush.

Bushfighter (n.) One accustomed to bushfighting.

Bushfighting (n.) Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

Bushhammer (n.) A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.

Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.

Bushiness (n.) The condition or quality of being bushy.

Bushing (n.) The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.

Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.

Bushless (a.) Free from bushes; bare.

Bushmen (pl. ) of Bushman

Bushman (n.) A woodsman; a settler in the bush.

Bushman (n.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.

Bushment (n.) A thicket; a cluster of bushes.

Bushment (n.) An ambuscade.

Bushranger (n.) One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.

Bushwhacker (n.) One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.

Bushwhacker (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers.

Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.

Bushwhacking (n.) The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers.

Bushy (a.) Thick and spreading, like a bush.

Bushy (a.) Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.

Busily (adv.) In a busy manner.

Businesses (pl. ) of Business

Business (n.) That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.

Business (n.) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

Business (n.) Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

Business (n.) That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

Business (n.) Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.

Business (n.) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

Business (n.) Care; anxiety; diligence.

Businesslike (a.) In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

Busk (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.

Busked (imp. & p. p.) of Busk

Busk (v. t. & i.) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.

Busk (v. t. & i.) To go; to direct one's course.

Busked (a.) Wearing a busk.

Busket (n.) A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet.

Busket (n.) A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.

Buskin (n.) A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.

Buskin (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.

Buskined (a.) Wearing buskins.

Buskined (a.) Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy.

Busky (a.) See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n.

Buss (n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.

Bussed (imp. & p. p.) of Buss

Bussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buss

Buss (v. t.) To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.

Buss (n.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.

Bust (n.) A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

Bust (n.) The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

Bustard (n.) A bird of the genus Otis.

Buster (n.) Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree.

Bustled (imp. & p. p.) of Bustle

Bustling (n.) of Bustle

Bustle (v. i.) To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

Bustle (n.) Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

Bustle (n.) A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

Bustler (n.) An active, stirring person.

Bustling (a.) Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd.

Bustoes (pl. ) of Busto

Busto (n.) A bust; a statue.

Busy (a.) Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.

Busy (a.) Constantly at work; diligent; active.

Busy (a.) Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.

Busy (a.) Officious; meddling; foolish active.

Busy (a.) Careful; anxious.

Busied (imp. & p. p.) of Busy

Busying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Busy

Busy (v. t.) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.

Busybodies (pl. ) of Busybody

Busybody (n.) One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.

But (adv. & conj.) Except with; unless with; without.

But (adv. & conj.) Except; besides; save.

But (adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.

But (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.

But (adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.

But (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.

But (prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.

But (n.) A limit; a boundary.

But (n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.

Butted (imp. & p. p.) of But

Butting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of But

But (v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.

Butane (n.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.

Butchered (imp. & p. p.) of Butcher

Butchering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butcher

Butcher (v. t.) To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

Butcher (v. t.) To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.

Butchering (n.) The business of a butcher.

Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

Butcherliness (n.) Butchery quality.

Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

Butcher's broom () A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

Butchery (n.) The business of a butcher.

Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.

Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.

Butler (n.) An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.

Butlerage (n.) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.

Butlership (n.) The office of a butler.

Butment (n.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.

Butment (n.) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.

Butt (v. t.) Alt. of But

But (v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

But (v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.

But (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.

But (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.

But (v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

But (v. t.) A thrust in fencing.

But (v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

But (v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.

But (v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

But (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

But (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

But (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Butted (imp. & p. p.) of Butt

Butting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butt

Butt (v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

Butt (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.

Butt (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

Butt (n.) The common English flounder.

Butte (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

Butter (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

Butter (n.) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.

Buttered (imp. & p. p.) of Butter

Buttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butter

Butter (v. t.) To cover or spread with butter.

Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

Butter (n.) One who, or that which, butts.

Butterball (n.) The buffel duck.

Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.

Butterbur (n.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

Butterflies (pl. ) of Butterfly

Butterfly (n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Butterine (n.) A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.

Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.

Buttermen (pl. ) of Butterman

Butterman (n.) A man who makes or sells butter.

Buttermilk (n.) The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Butternut (n.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

Butternut (n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

Butter-scotch (n.) A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter.

Butterweed (n.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

Butterweight (n.) Over weight.

Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

Buttery (a.) Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

Butteries (pl. ) of Buttery

Buttery (n.) An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.

Buttery (n.) A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

Buttery (n.) A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.

Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10.

But-thorn (n.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).

Butting (n.) An abuttal; a boundary.

Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

Buttock (n.) The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

Buttock (n.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Button (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

Button (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.

Button (n.) A bud; a germ of a plant.

Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.

Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

Buttoned (imp. & p. p.) of Button

Buttoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Button

Button (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.

Button (n.) To dress or clothe.

Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

Buttonball (n.) See Buttonwood.

Buttonbush (n.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

Buttonhole (n.) The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

Buttonhole (v. t.) To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.

Buttonmold (n.) A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth.

Buttons (n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.

Buttonweed (n.) The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

Buttonwood (n.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.

Buttony (a.) Ornamented with a large number of buttons.

Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

Buttress (n.) Anything which supports or strengthens.

Buttressed (imp. & p. p.) of Buttress

Buttressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buttress

Buttress (v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.

Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow.

Butt weld () See Butt weld, under Butt.

Buttweld (v. t.) To unite by a butt weld.

Butty (n.) One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

Butyl (n.) A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.

Butylene (n.) Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.

Butyraceous (a.) Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

Butyrate (n.) A salt of butyric acid.

Butyric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.

Butyrin (n.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.

Butyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

Butyrone (n.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.

Butyrous (a.) Butyraceous.

Buxeous (a.) Belonging to the box tree.

Buxine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.

Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

Buxom (a.) Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

Bought (imp. & p. p.) of Buy

Buying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buy

Buy (v. t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.

Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.

Buy (v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

Buyer (n.) One who buys; a purchaser.

Buz (v. & n.) See Buzz.

Buzzed (imp. & p. p.) of Buzz

Buzzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buzz

Buzz (v. i.) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

Buzz (v. t.) To sound forth by buzzing.

Buzz (v. t.) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

Buzz (v. t.) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

Buzz (v. t.) To sound with a "buzz".

Buzz (n.) A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation.

Buzz (n.) A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

Buzz (n.) The audible friction of voice consonants.

Buzzard (n.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.

Buzzard (a.) Senseless; stupid.

Buzzardet (n.) A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.

Buzzer (n.) One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.

Buzzingly (adv.) In a buzzing manner; with a buzzing sound.

Buzzsaw () A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed.

By (pref.) In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.

By (pref.) On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.

By (pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.

By (pref.) Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.

By (pref.) Against.

By (pref.) With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.

By (adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.

By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

By (adv.) Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.

By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.

Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.

By-bidder (n.) One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.

By-blow (n.) A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.

By-corner (n.) A private corner.

By-dependence (n.) An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.

By-drinking (n.) A drinking between meals.

Bye (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.

Bye (n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

Bye (n.) A dwelling.

Bye (n.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.

By-end (n.) Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.

Bygone (a.) Past; gone by.

Bygone (n.) Something gone by or past; a past event.

By-interest (n.) Self-interest; private advantage.

Byland (n.) A peninsula.

Bylander (n.) See Bilander.

By-lane (n.) A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.

By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.

By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.

By-name (n.) A nickname.

Byname (v. t.) To give a nickname to.

By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

By-passage (n.) A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

By-past (a.) Past; gone by.

Bypaths (pl. ) of Bypath

Bypath (n.) A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.

By-place (n.) A retired or private place.

Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

By-product (n.) A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

Byre (n.) A cow house.

By-respect (n.) Private end or view; by-interest.

Byroad (n.) A private or obscure road.

Byronic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.

By-room (n.) A private room or apartment.

Bysmottered (p.a.) Bespotted with mud or dirt.

By-speech (n.) An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.

By-spell (n.) A proverb.

Byss (n.) See Byssus, n., 1.

Byssaceous (a.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae.

Byssiferous (a.) Bearing a byssus or tuft.

Byssin (n.) See Byssus, n., 1.

Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

Byssoid (a.) Byssaceous.

Byssolite (n.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssuses (pl. ) of Byssus

Byssi (pl. ) of Byssus

Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Byssus (n.) Asbestus.

Bystander (n.) One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.

By-street (n.) A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.

By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.

By-turning (n.) An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.

By-view (n.) A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.

By-walk (n.) A secluded or private walk.

By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.

Byway (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.

By-wipe (n.) A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.

Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

Byword (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

Bywork (n.) Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

Byzant (n.) Alt. of Byzantine

Byzantine (n.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

Byzantian (a. & n.) See Byzantine.

Byzantine (a.) Of or pertaining to Byzantium.

Byzantine (n.) A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople.

C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.

C () The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same.

C () C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /.

C () The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.

C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.

Caaba (n.) The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray.

Caas (n. sing. & pl.) Case.

Cab (n.) A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

Cab (n.) The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.

Cab (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.

Cabal (n.) Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala

Cabal (n.) A secret.

Cabal (n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.

Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.

Caballed (imp. & p. p.) of Cabal

Caballing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cabal

Cabal (v. i.) To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.

Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

Cabala (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.

Cabalism (n.) The secret science of the cabalists.

Cabalism (n.) A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes.

Cabalist (n.) One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions.

Cabalistic (a.) Alt. of Cabalistical

Cabalistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.

Cabalistically (adv.) In a cabalistic manner.

Cabalize (v. i.) To use cabalistic language.

Caballer (n.) One who cabals.

Caballine (a.) Of or pertaining to a horse.

Caballine (n.) Caballine aloes.

Cabaret (n.) A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.

Cabaret (n.) a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.

Cabaret (n.) the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.

Cabas (n.) A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba.

Cabassou (n.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay.

Cabbage (n.) An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

Cabbage (n.) The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

Cabbage (n.) The cabbage palmetto. See below.

Cabbage (v. i.) To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.

Cabbaged (imp. & p. p) of Cabbage

Cabbaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cabbage

Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.

Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

Cabbler (n.) One who works at cabbling.

Cabbling (n.) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

Cabeca (n.) Alt. of Cabesse

Cabesse (n.) The finest kind of silk received from India.

Caber (n.) A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.

Cabezon (n.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.

Cabiai (n.) The capybara. See Capybara.

Cabin (n.) A cottage or small house; a hut.

Cabin (n.) A small room; an inclosed place.

Cabin (n.) A room in ship for officers or passengers.

Cabined (imp. & p. p.) of Cabin

Cabining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cabin

Cabin (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.

Cabin (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

Cabinet (n.) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

Cabinet (n.) A private room in which consultations are held.

Cabinet (n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

Cabinet (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

Cabinet (n.) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.

Cabinet (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Cabinet (a.) Suitable for a cabinet; small.

Cabineting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cabinet

Cabinet (v. i.) To inclose

Cabinetmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.

Cabinetmaking (n.) The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.

Cabinetwork (n.) The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

Cabirean (n.) One of the Cabiri.

Cabbiri (n. pl.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals.

Cabirian (a.) Same as Cabiric.

Cabiric (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.

Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

Cable (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.

Cable (v. t.) To fasten with a cable.

Cable (v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

Cabled (imp. & p. p.) of Cable

Cabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cable

Cable (v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable

Cabled (a.) Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope.

Cabled (a.) Adorned with cabling.

Cablegram (n.) A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

Cablelaid (a.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

Cablelaid (a.) Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.

Cablet (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.

Cabmen (pl. ) of Cabman

Cabman (n.) The driver of a cab.

Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.

Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.

Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob.

Caboched (a.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.

Caboodle (n.) The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.

Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car.

Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

Cabree (n.) The pronghorn antelope.

Cabrerite (n.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.

Cabrilla (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.

Cabriole (n.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.

Cabriolet (n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Cabrit (n.) Same as Cabree.

Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

Cacaemia (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia

Cachaemia (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

Cacaine (n.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

Cacao (n.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

Cachectic (a.) Alt. of Cachectical

Cachectical (a.) Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.

Cachepot (n.) An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

Cachet (n.) A seal, as of a letter.

Cachexia (n.) Alt. of Cachexy

Cachexy (n.) A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).

Cachinnation (n.) Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

Cachinnatory (a.) Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.

Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.

Cacholong (n.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.

Cachou (n.) A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.

Cachucha (n.) An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.

Cachunde (n.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

Cacique (n.) See Cazique.

Cack (v. i.) To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.

Cackerel (n.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

Cackled (imp. & p. p.) of Cackle

Cackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cackle

Cackle (v. i.) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

Cackle (v. i.) To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.

Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

Cackle (n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

Cackle (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.

Cackler (n.) A fowl that cackles.

Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.

Cackling (n.) The broken noise of a goose or a hen.

Cacochymia (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy

Cacochymy (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood.

Cacochymic (a.) Alt. of Cacochymical

Cacochymical (a.) Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.

Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.

Cacodemon (n.) The nightmare.

Cacodoxical (a.) Heretical.

Cacodoxy (n.) Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.

Cacodyl (n.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines.

Cacodylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.

Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".

Cacoethes (n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

Cacogastric (a.) Troubled with bad digestion.

Cacographic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

Cacolet (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

Cacology (n.) Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.

Cacomixle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl

Cacomixtle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl

Cacomixl (n.) A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

Cacophonic (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious

Cacophonical (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious

Cacophonous (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious

Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.

Cacophonies (pl. ) of Cacophony

Cacophony (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.

Cacophony (n.) A combination of discordant sounds.

Cacophony (n.) An unhealthy state of the voice.

Cacotechny (n.) A corruption or corrupt state of art.

Cacoxene (n.) Alt. of Cacoxenite

Cacoxenite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.

Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

Cactuses (pl. ) of Cactus

Cacti (pl. ) of Cactus

Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.

Cacuminal (a.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

Cacuminate (v. i.) To make sharp or pointed.

Cad (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

Cad (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

Cadastral (a.) Of or pertaining to landed property.

Cadastre (n.) Alt. of Cadaster

Cadaster (n.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.

Cadaver (n.) A dead human body; a corpse.

Cadaveric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

Cadaverous (a.) Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

Cadaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.

Cadbait (n.) See Caddice.

Caddice (n.) Alt. of Caddis

Caddis (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.

Caddis (n.) A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.

Caddish (a.) Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

Caddow (n.) A jackdaw.

Caddies (pl. ) of Caddy

Caddy (n.) A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

Cade (a.) Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.

Cade (v. t.) To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.

Cade (n.) A barrel or cask, as of fish.

Cade (n.) A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.

Cadence (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.

Cadence (n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

Cadence (n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.

Cadence (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Cadence (n.) See Cadency.

Cadence (n.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

Cadence (n.) A uniform time and place in marching.

Cadence (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.

Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

Cadence (v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.

Cadency (n.) Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

Cadene (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.

Cadent (a.) Falling.

Cadenza (n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

Cader (n.) See Cadre.

Cadet (n.) The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.

Cadet (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.

Cadet (n.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.

Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

Cadew (n.) Alt. of Cadeworm

Cadeworm (n.) A caddice. See Caddice.

Cadged (imp. & p. p.) of Cadge

Cadging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cadge

Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden.

Cadge (v. t. & i.) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.

Cadge (v. t. & i.) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.

Cadge (n.) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Cadger (v. t.) A packman or itinerant huckster.

Cadger (v. t.) One who gets his living by trickery or begging.

Cadger (n.) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Cadgy (a.) Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.

Cadi (n.) An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

Cadie (n.) Alt. of Caddie

Caddie (n.) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.

Cadilesker (n.) A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

Cadillac (n.) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

Cadis (n.) A kind of coarse serge.

Cadmean (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

Cadmia (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

Cadmian (a.) See Cadmean.

Cadmic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.

Cadmium (n.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.

Cadrans (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

Cadre (n.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

Caducary (a.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.

Caducean (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.

Caducibranchiate (a.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

Caducity (n.) Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.

Caducous () Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.

Cady (n.) See Cadie.

Caeca (n. pl.) See Caecum.

Caecal (a.) Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.

Caecal (a.) Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.

Caecias (n.) A wind from the northeast.

Caecilian (n.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

Caecums (pl. ) of Caecum

Caeca (pl. ) of Caecum

Caecum (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.

Caecum (n.) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

Caenozoic (a.) See Cenozoic.

Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.

Caesar (n.) A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.

Caesarean (a.) Alt. of Caesarian

Caesarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial.

Caesarism (n.) A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

Caesious (a.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.

Caesium (n.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.

Caespitose (a.) Same as Cespitose.

Caesuras (pl. ) of Caesura

Caesurae (pl. ) of Caesura

Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

Caesural (a.) Of or pertaining to a caesura.

Cafe (n.) A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

Cafenet (n.) Alt. of Cafeneh

Cafeneh (n.) A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.

Caffeic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.

Caffeine (n.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.

Caffetannic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.

Caffila (n.) See Cafila.

Caffre (n.) See Kaffir.

Cafila (n.) Alt. of Cafileh

Cafileh (n.) A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

Caftan (n.) A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.

Caftan (v. t.) To clothe with a caftan.

Cag (n.) See Keg.

Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactors

Cage (n.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.

Cage (n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.

Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

Cage (n.) The catcher's wire mask.

Caged (imp. & p. p.) of Cage

Caging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cage

Cage (v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

Caged (a.) Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison.

Cageling (n.) A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird.

Cagit (n.) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

Cagmag (n.) A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind.

Cagot (n.) One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

Cahier (n.) A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.

Cahier (n.) A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.

Cahincic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. racemosa; as, cahincic acid.

Cahoot (n.) Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person.

Caimacam (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

Caiman (n.) See Cayman.

Cainozoic (a.) See Cenozic.

Caique (n.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

Ca ira () The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

Caird (n.) A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.

Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

Cairngormstone () A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.

Caisson (n.) A chest to hold ammunition.

Caisson (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.

Caisson (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.

Caisson (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.

Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.

Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.

Caisson (n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.

Caitiff (a.) Captive; wretched; unfortunate.

Caitiff (a.) Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Caitiff (n.) A wretched or unfortunate man.

Caitiff (n.) A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.

Cajeput (n.) See Cajuput.

Cajoled (imp. & p. p.) of Cajole

Cajoling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cajole

Cajole (v. i.) To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

Cajolement (n.) The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.

Cajoler (n.) A flatterer; a wheedler.

Cajoleries (pl. ) of Cajolery

Cajolery (n.) A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.

Cajuput (n.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.

Cajuputene (n.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.

Cake (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

Cake (n.) A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.

Cake (n.) A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.

Cake (n.) A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.

Cake (v. i.) To form into a cake, or mass.

Caked (imp. & p. p.) of Cake

Caking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cake

Cake (v. i.) To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.

Cake (v. i.) To cackle as a goose.

Caking coal () See Coal.

Cal (n.) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

Calabar (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa.

Calabarine (n.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.

Calabash (n.) The common gourd (plant or fruit).

Calabash (n.) The fruit of the calabash tree.

Calabash (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

Calaboose (n.) A prison; a jail.

Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

Caladium (n.) A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.

Calaite (n.) A mineral. See Turquoise.

Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.

Calamander wood () A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

Calamar (n.) Alt. of Calamary

Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.

Calambac (n.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.

Calambour (n.) A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

Calamiferous (a.) Producing reeds; reedy.

Calamine (n.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.

Calamint (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

Calamist (n.) One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

Calamistrate (v. i.) To curl or friz, as the hair.

Calamistration (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.

Calamistrum (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

Calamite (n.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Calamitous (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.

Calamitous (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.

Calamities (pl. ) of Calamity

Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

Calami (pl. ) of Calamus

Calamus (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.

Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Calando (a.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

Calash (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.

Calash (n.) In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.

Calash (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

Calash (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.

Calaverite (n.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

Calcaneal (a.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

-neums (pl. ) of Calcaneum

-nea (pl. ) of Calcaneum

Calcaneum (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.

Calcar (n.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.

Calcaria (pl. ) of Calcar

Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

Calcar (n.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

Calcar (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence.

Calcar (n.) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

Calcarate (a.) Alt. of Calcarated

Calcarated (a.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.

Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.

Calcareo-argillaceous (a.) consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

Calcareo-bituminous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.

Calcareo-siliceous (a.) Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.

Calcareous (a.) Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.

Calcareousness (n.) Quality of being calcareous.

Calcariferous (a.) Lime-yielding; calciferous

Calcarine (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

Calcavella (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.

Calceated (a.) Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.

Calced (a.) Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.

Calcedon (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

Calcedonic (a.) Alt. of Calcedonian

Calcedonian (a.) See Chalcedonic.

Calceiform (a.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.

Calceolaria (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.

Calceolate (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.

Calces (n. pl.) See Calx.

Calcic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

Calciferous (a.) Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.

Calcific (a.) Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.

Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Calcified (a.) Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

Calciform (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.

Calcified (imp. & p. p.) of Calcify

Calcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcify

Calcify (v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcify (v. i.) To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

Calcigenous (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

Calcigerous (a.) Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.

Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.

Calcimined (imp. &p. p.) of Calcimine

Calcimining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcimine

Calcimine (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

Calciminer (n.) One who calcimines.

Calcinable (a.) That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

Calcinate (v. i.) To calcine.

Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.

Calcination (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Calcinatory (n.) A vessel used in calcination.

Calciden (imp. & p. p.) of Calcine

Calcining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcine

Calcine (v. i.) To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.

Calcine (v. i.) To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.

Calcine (v. i.) To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.

Calciner (n.) One who, or that which, calcines.

Calcispongiae (n. pl.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.

Calcite (n.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

Calcitrant (a.) Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

Calcitrate (v. i. & i.) To kick.

Calcitration (n.) Act of kicking.

Calcium (n.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.

Calcivorous (a.) Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

Calcographer (n.) One who practices calcography.

Calcographic (a.) Alt. of Calcographical

Calcographical (a.) Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.

Calcography (n.) The art of drawing with chalk.

Calc-sinter (n.) See under Calcite.

Calc-spar (n.) Same as Calcite.

Calc-tufa (n.) See under Calcite.

Calculable (a.) That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

Calculary (a.) Of or pertaining to calculi.

Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Calculater (imp. & p. p.) of Calculate

Calculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calculate

Calculate (v. i.) To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

Calculate (v. i.) To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

Calculate (v. i.) To plan; to expect; to think.

Calculate (v. i.) To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

Calculated (p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

Calculated (p. p. & a.) Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

Calculating (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.

Calculating (n.) The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

Calculation (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

Calculation (n.) An expectation based on circumstances.

Calculative (a.) Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

Calculator (n.) One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

Calculatory (a.) Belonging to calculation.

Calcule (n.) Reckoning; computation.

Calcule (v. i.) To calculate

Calculi (n. pl.) See Calculus.

Calculous (a.) Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.

Calculous (a.) Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person.

Calculi (pl. ) of Calculus

Calculus (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.

Calculus (n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

Caldron (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]

Caleche (n.) See Calash.

Caledonia (n.) The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Caledonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.

Caledonian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.

Caledonite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

Calefacient (a.) Making warm; heating.

Calefacient (n.) A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.

Calefaction (n.) The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

Calefaction (n.) The state of being heated.

Calefactive (a.) See Calefactory.

Calefactor (n.) A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.

Calefactory (a.) Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

Calefactory (n.) A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.

Calefied (imp. & p. p.) of Calefy

Calefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calefy

Calefy (v. i.) To make warm or hot.

Calefy (v. i.) To grow hot or warm.

Calembour (n.) A pun.

Calendar (n.) An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.

Calendar (n.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

Calendar (n.) An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.

Calendared (imp. & p. p.) of Calendar

Calendaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calendar

Calendar (v. t.) To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Calendarial (a.) Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

Calendary (a.) Calendarial.

Calender (n.) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.

Calender (n.) One who pursues the business of calendering.

Calendered (imp. & p. p.) of Calender

Calendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calender

Calender (n.) To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.

Calender (n.) One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.

Calendographer (n.) One who makes calendars.

Calendrer (n.) A person who calenders cloth; a calender.

Calendric (a.) Alt. of Calendrical

Calendrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a calendar.

Calends (n. pl.) The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.

Calendula (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

Calendulin (n.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

Calenture (n.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.

Calenture (v. i.) To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.

Calescence (n.) Growing warmth; increasing heat.

Calves (pl. ) of Calf

Calf (n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

Calf (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Calf (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

Calf (n.) A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.

Calf (n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.

Calfskin (n.) The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

Cali (n.) The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Caliber (n.) Alt. of Calibre

Calibre (n.) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.

Calibre (n.) The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

Calibre (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

Calibrate (v. i.) To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.

Calibration (n.) The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.

Calice (n.) See Chalice.

Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian.

Calicoes (pl. ) of Calico

Calico (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.

Calico (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

Calico (a.) Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

Calicoback (n.) The calico bass.

Calicoback (n.) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.

Calicular (a.) Alt. of Caliculate

Caliculate (a.) Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

Calid (a.) Hot; burning; ardent.

Calidity (n.) Heat.

Caliduct (n.) A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.

Calif (n.) Alt. of Califate

Califate (n.) Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.

Californian (a.) Of or pertaining to California.

Californian (n.) A native or inhabitant of California.

Caligation (n.) Dimness; cloudiness.

Caliginosity (n.) Darkness.

Caliginous (a.) Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.

Caligo (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

Caligraphic (a.) See Calligraphic.

Caligraphy (n.) See Caligraphy.

Calin (n.) An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.

Calipash (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

Calipee (n.) A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.

Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.

Caliph (n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

Caliphate (n.) The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Calippic (a.) Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.

Calisaya bark () A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.

Calistheneum (n.) A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

Calisthenis (a.) Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

Calisthenics (n.) The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

Caliver (n.) An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.

Calix (n.) A cup. See Calyx.

Calked (imp. &p. p.) of Calk

Calking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calk

Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch.

Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.

Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.

Calk (v. i.) To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.

Calk (v. i.) To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.

Calker (n.) One who calks.

Calker (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Calkin (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Calking (n.) The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.

Called (imp. & p. p.) of Call

Calling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Call

Call (v. t.) To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.

Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.

Call (v. t.) To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

Call (v. t.) To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.

Call (v. t.) To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.

Call (v. t.) To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.

Call (v. t.) To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.

Call (v. t.) To invoke; to appeal to.

Call (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

Call (v. i.) To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.

Call (v. i.) To make a demand, requirement, or request.

Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.

Call (n.) The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.

Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.

Call (n.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

Call (n.) A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

Call (n.) A divine vocation or summons.

Call (n.) Vocation; employment.

Call (n.) A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

Call (n.) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

Call (n.) The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.

Call (n.) See Assessment, 4.

Calla (n.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceae.

Callat (n.) Same as Callet.

Calle (n.) A kind of head covering; a caul.

Caller (n.) One who calls.

Caller (a.) Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.

Caller (a.) Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.

Callet (n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.

Callet (v. i.) To rail or scold.

Callid (a.) Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.

Callidity (n.) Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.

Calligrapher (n.) One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.

Calligraphic (a.) Alt. of Calligraphical

Calligraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to calligraphy.

Calligraphist (n.) A calligrapher

Calligraphy (n.) Fair or elegant penmanship.

Calling (n.) The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.

Calling (n.) A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.

Calling (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.

Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.

Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.

Calling (n.) The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

Calling (n.) Title; appellation; name.

Calliope (n.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

Calliope (n.) One of the asteroids. See Solar.

Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.

Calliope (n.) A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

Calliopsis (n.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

Callipash (n.) See Calipash.

Callipee (n.) See Calipee.

Callipers (n. pl.) See Calipers.

Callisection (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.

Callisthenic (n.) Alt. of Callisthenics

Callisthenics (n.) See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.

Callithumpian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.

Callosan (a.) Of the callosum.

Callose (a.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.

Callosities (pl. ) of Callosity

Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

Callosum (n.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

Callot (n.) A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.

Callous (a.) Hardened; indurated.

Callous (a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.

Callow (a.) Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.

Callow (a.) Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.

Callow (n.) A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

Callus (n.) Same as Callosity

Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

Callus (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Calm (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.

Calmed (imp. & p. p.) of Calm

Calming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calm

Calm (n.) To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.

Calm (n.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.

Calm (super.) Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.

Calm (super.) Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.

Calmer (n.) One who, or that which, makes calm.

Calmly (adv.) In a calm manner.

Calmness (n.) The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.

Calmucks (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks.

Calmy (n.) Tranquil; peaceful; calm.

Calomel (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

Calorescence (n.) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.

Caloric (n.) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.

Caloric (a.) Of or pertaining to caloric.

Caloricity (n.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.

Caloriduct (n.) A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.

Calorie (n.) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.

Calorifacient (a.) See Calorificient.

Calorifere (n.) An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.

Calorifiant (a.) See Calorificient.

Calorific (a.) Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.

Calorification (n.) Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

Calorificient (a.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

Calorimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.

Calorimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

Calorimetric (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.

Calorimetry (n.) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

Calorimotor (n.) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

Calotte (n.) Alt. of Callot

Callot (n.) A close cap without visor or brim.

Callot (n.) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.

Callot (n.) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.

Callot (n.) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

Calotype (n.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

Caloyer (n.) A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

Calque (v. t.) See 2d Calk, v. t.

Caltrop (n.) Alt. of Caltrap

Caltrap (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet.

Calumba (n.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.

Calumbin (n.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.

Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.

Calumniated (imp. & p. p.) of Calumniate

Calumniating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calumniate

Calumniate (v. t.) To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.

Calumniate (v. i.) To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

Calumniation (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

Calumniator (n.) One who calumniates.

Calumniatory (a.) Containing calumny; slanderous.

Calumnious (a.) Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.

Calumnies (pl. ) of Calumny

Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

Calvaria (n.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

Calvary (n.) The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.

Calvary (n.) A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

Calved (imp. & p. p.) of Calve

Calving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calve

Calve (v. i.) To bring forth a calf.

Calve (v. i.) To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Calver (v. i.) To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.

Calver (v. i.) To crimp; as, calvered salmon.

Calver (v. i.) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.

Calvessnout (n.) Snapdragon.

Calvinism (n.) The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

Calvinist (n.) A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

Calvinistic (a.) Alt. of Calvinistical

Calvinistical (a.) Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism.

Calvinize (v. t.) To convert to Calvinism.

Calvish (a.) Like a calf; stupid.

Calxes (pl. ) of Calx

Calces (pl. ) of Calx

Calx (n.) Quicklime.

Calx (n.) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

Calycifloral (a.) Alt. of callyciflorous

Callyciflorous (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Calyciform (a.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

Calycinal (a.) Alt. of Calycine

Calycine (a.) Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

Calycle (n.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

Calycled (a.) Calyculate.

Calycozoa (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

Calycular (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

Calyculate (a.) Alt. of Calyculated

Calyculated (a.) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Calymene (n.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

Calyon (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.

Calypso (n.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68¡ N.

Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

Calyptriform (a.) Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.

Calyxes (pl. ) of Calyx

Calyces (pl. ) of Calyx

Calyx (n.) The covering of a flower. See Flower.

Calyx (n.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae.

Calzoons (n. pl.) Drawers.

Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.

Cam (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.

Cam (n.) A ridge or mound of earth.

Cam (a.) Crooked.

Camaieu (n.) A cameo.

Camaieu (n.) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.

Camail (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

Camail (n.) A hood of other material than mail;

Camail (n.) a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.

Camarasaurus (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

Camarilla (n.) The private audience chamber of a king.

Camarilla (n.) A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

Camass (n.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.

Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.

Cambered (imp. & p. p.) of Camber

Cambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camber

Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

Camber (v. i.) To curve upward.

Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Cambial (a.) Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.

Cambist (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

Cambistry (n.) The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

Cambium (n.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

Cambium (n.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.

Camblet (n.) See Camlet.

Camboge (n.) See Gamboge.

Camboose (n.) See Caboose.

Cambrasine (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

Cambrel (n.) See Gambrel, n., 2.

Cambria (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.

Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cambrian (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales.

Cambrian (n.) The Cambrian formation.

Cambric (n.) A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.

Cambro-Briton (n.) A Welshman.

Came () imp. of Come.

Came (n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.

Camel (n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu–a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.

Camel-backed (a.) Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.

Cameleon (n.) See Chaceleon.

Camellia (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

Camelopard (n.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

Camelot (n.) See Camelet.

Camelshair (a.) Of camel's hair.

Cameos (pl. ) of Cameo

Cameo (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

Cameras (pl. ) of Camera

Camerae (pl. ) of Camera

Camera (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

Camerade (n.) See Comrade.

Cameralistic (a.) Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

Cameralistics (n.) The science of finance or public revenue.

Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.

Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced.

Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera.

Camerated (imp. & p. p.) of Camerate

Camerzting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camerate

Camerate (v. i.) To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.

Camerate (v. i.) To divide into chambers.

Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Cameronian (n.) A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.

Camis (n.) A light, loose dress or robe.

Camisade (n.) Alt. of Camisado

Camisado (n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

Camisado (n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

Camisard (n.) One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.

Camisated (a.) Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.

Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

Camlet (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

Camleted (a.) Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.

Cammas (n.) See Camass.

Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

Camomile (n.) Alt. of Chamomile

Chamomile (n.) A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

Camonflet (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

Camous (a.) Alt. of Camoys

Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.

Camoused (a.) Depressed; flattened.

Camously (adv.) Awry.

Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

Camp (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.

Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.

Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.

Camp (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.

Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

Camped (imp. & p. p.) of Camp

Camping (p. pr. & vb n.) of Camp

Camp (v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

Camp (v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

Camp (n.) To play the game called camp.

Campagna (n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

Campagnol (n.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

Campaign (n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.

Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.

Campaign (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Campaign (v. i.) To serve in a campaign.

Campaigner (n.) One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

Campana (n.) A church bell.

Campana (n.) The pasque flower.

Campana (n.) Same as Gutta.

Campaned (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

Campanero (n.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

Campanes (n. pl.) Bells.

Campania (n.) Open country.

Campaniform (a.) Bell-shaped.

Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.

Campaniliform (a.) Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

Campanologist (n.) One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

Campanology (n.) The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

Campanula (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

Campanulaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Campanularian (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae.

Campanulate (a.) Bell-shaped.

Campbellite (n.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

Campeachy Wood () Logwood.

Camper (n.) One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

Campestral (a.) Alt. of Campestrian

Campestrian (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

Camptight (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

Camphene (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Camphine (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.

Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.

Camphogen (n.) See Cymene.

Camphol (n.) See Borneol.

Camphor (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

Camphor (n.) A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.

Camphor (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.

Camphoraceous (a.) Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.

Camphorate (v. t.) To impregnate or treat with camphor.

Camphorate (n.) A salt of camphoric acid.

Camphorate () Alt. of Camporated

Camporated () Combined or impregnated with camphor.

Camphoric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.

Camphretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.

Camping (n.) Lodging in a camp.

Camping (n.) A game of football.

Campion (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.

Campus (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

Campylospermous (a.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.

Camus (n.) See Camis.

Camwood (n.) See Barwood.

Can () an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

Can (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

Can (n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.

Canned (imp. & p. p.) of Can

Canning (p. pr. &vb. n.) of Can

Can (v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans

Could (imp.) of Can

Can (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.

Can (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence.

Can (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Canaanite (n.) A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

Canaanite (n.) A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Canaanite (n.) A zealot.

Canaanitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

Ca–ada (n.) A small ca–on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.

Canada (n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.

Canadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Canada.

Canadian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Canada.

Canaille (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.

Canaille (n.) Shorts or inferior flour.

Canakin (n.) A little can or cup.

Canal (n.) An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

Canal (n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

Canal coal () See Cannel coal.

Canaliculate (a.) Alt. of Canaliculated

Canaliculated (a.) Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.

Canaliculi (pl. ) of Canaliculus

Canaliculus (n.) A minute canal.

Canalization (n.) Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

Canarese (a.) Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.

Canary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

Canary (a.) Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.

Canaries (pl. ) of Canary

Canary (n.) Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.

Canary (n.) A canary bird.

Canary (n.) A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.

Canary (n.) A quick and lively dance.

Canary (v. i.) To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.

Canary bird () A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.

Canaster (n.) A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America.

Can buoy () See under Buoy, n.

Cancan (n.) A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.

Canceled (imp. & p. p.) of Cancel

Cancelled () of Cancel

Canceling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cancel

Cancelling () of Cancel

Cancel (v. i.) To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

Cancel (v. i.) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

Cancel (v. i.) To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.

Cancel (v. i.) To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.

Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

Cancel (v. i.) An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.

Cancel (v. i.) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

Cancel (v. i.) The part thus suppressed.

Cancelier (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.

Cancelier (n.) Alt. of Canceleer

Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop.

Cancellarean (a.) Cancellarean.

Cancellate (v. t.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike.

Cancellate (v. t.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

Cancellated (a.) Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.

Cancellated (a.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones.

Cancellation (n.) The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

Cancellation (n.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.

Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window.

Cancelli (v. t.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.

Cancellous (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.

Cancer (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

Cancer (n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.

Cancer (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.

Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

Cancerated (imp. & p. p.) of Cancerate

Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.

Canceration (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.

Cancriform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.

Cancriform (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous.

Cancrine (a.) Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.

Cancrinite (n.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.

Cand (n.) Fluor spar. See Kand.

Candelabra (pl. ) of Candelabrum

Candelabrums (pl. ) of Candelabrum

Candelabrum (n.) A lamp stand of any sort.

Candelabrum (n.) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

Candelabrum (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches.

Candent (a.) Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.

Canderos (n.) An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

Candescence (n.) See Incandescence.

Candicant (a.) Growing white.

Candid (a.) White.

Candid (a.) Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.

Candid (a.) Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Candidacy (n.) The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

Candidate (n.) One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.

Candidateship (n.) Candidacy.

Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

Candidature (n.) Candidacy.

Candidly (adv.) In a candid manner.

Candidness (n.) The quality of being candid.

Candied (a.) Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.

Candied (a.) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup.

Candied (a.) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins

Candied (a.) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.

Candied (a.) Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Candify (v. t. / v. i.) To make or become white, or candied.

Candiot (a.) Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.

Candite (n.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.

Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.

Candle (n.) That which gives light; a luminary.

Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.

Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.

Candle coal () See Cannel coal.

Candlefish (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it

Candlefish (n.) The beshow.

Candleholder (n.) One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.

Candlelight (n.) The light of a candle.

Candlemas (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.

Candlestick (n.) An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.

Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Candor (n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.

Candor (n.) A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Candroy (n.) A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.

Candied (imp. & p. p.) of Candy

Candying (p. pr & vb. n.) of Candy

Candy (v. t.) To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

Candy (v. t.) To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

Candy (v. t.) To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Candy (v. i.) To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

Candy (v. i.) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Candy (v. t.) A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

Candy (n.) A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Candytuft (n.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

Cane (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.

Cane (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.

Cane (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.

Cane (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

Cane (n.) A lance or dart made of cane.

Cane (n.) A local European measure of length. See Canna.

Caned (imp. & p. p.) of Cane

Caning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cane

Cane (v. t.) To beat with a cane.

Cane (v. t.) To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Caned (a.) Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.

Canella (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.

Canescent (a.) Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

Cannicula (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius.

Canicular (a.) Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.

Canicule (n.) Canicula.

Caninal (a.) See Canine, a.

Canine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

Canine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.

Canine (n.) A canine tooth.

Canes (pl. ) of Canis

Canis (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae, including the dogs and wolves.

Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.

Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.

Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.

Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.

Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.

Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.

Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canker

Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canker

Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.

Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.

Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.

Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured.

Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.

Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.

Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.

Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.

Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.

Canna (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.

Canna (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

Cannabene (n.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.

Cannabin (n.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

Cannabine (a.) Pertaining to hemp; hempen.

Cannabis (n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

Cannel coal () A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

Cannery (n.) A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

Cannibal (n.) A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

Cannibal (a.) Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.

Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

Cannibally (adv.) In the manner of cannibal.

Cannikin (n.) A small can or drinking vessel.

Cannily (adv.) In a canny manner.

Canniness (n.) Caution; crafty management.

Cannons (pl. ) of Cannon

Cannon (pl. ) of Cannon

Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

Cannon (n.) A kind of type. See Canon.

Cannon (n. & v.) See Carom.

Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.

Cannonade (n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Cannonade (imp. & p. p.) of Cannonade

Cannonading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cannonade

Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Cannonade (v. i.) To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Cannon bone () See Canon Bone.

Cannoned (a.) Furnished with cannon.

Cannoneer (n.) Alt. of Cannonier

Cannonier (n.) A man who manages, or fires, cannon.

Cannonering (n.) The use of cannon.

Cannonry (n.) Cannon, collectively; artillery.

Cannot () Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

Cannula (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.

Cannular (a.) Having the form of a tube; tubular.

Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.

Canny (a.) Alt. of Cannei

Cannei (a.) Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.

Cannei (a.) Skillful; knowing; capable.

Cannei (a.) Cautious; prudent; safe..

Cannei (a.) Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.

Cannei (a.) Reputed to have magical powers.

Canoes (pl. ) of Canoe

Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.

Canoe (n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

Canoe (n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.

Canoed (imp. & p. p.) of Canoe

Canoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canoe

Canoe (v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

Canoeing (n.) The act or art of using a canoe.

Canoeist (n.) A canoeman.

Canoemen (pl. ) of Canoeman

Canoeman (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.

Canon (n.) A law or rule.

Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.

Canon (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.

Canon (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

Canon (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

Canon (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.

Canon (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

Canon (n.) See Carom.

Ca–on (n.) A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.

Canon bit () That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

Canonic (a.) Alt. of Cannonical

Cannonical (a.) Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.

Canonically (adv.) In a canonical manner; according to the canons.

Canonicalness (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity.

Canonicals (n. pl.) The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.

Canonicate (n.) The office of a canon; a canonry.

Canonicity (n.) The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

Canonist (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

Canonistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a canonist.

Canonization (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Canonization (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.

Canonized (imp. & p. p.) of Canonize

Canonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canonize

Canonize (v. t.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

Canonize (v. t.) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Canonize (v. t.) To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.

Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Canonship (a.) Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

Canopus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Canopies (pl. ) of Canopy

Canopy (n.) A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.

Canopy (n.) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.

Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Canopes (imp. & p. p.) of Canopy

Canopying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canopy

Canopy (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a canopy.

Canorous (a.) Melodious; musical.

Canorousness (n.) The quality of being musical.

Canstick (n.) Candlestick.

Cant (n.) A corner; angle; niche.

Cant (n.) An outer or external angle.

Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Cant (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Cant (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

Cant (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Canted (imp. & p. p.) of Cant

Canting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cant

Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

Cant (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

Cant (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

Cant (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

Cant (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

Cant (n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

Cant (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Can't () A colloquial contraction for can not.

Cantab (n.) A Cantabrigian.

Cantabile (a.) In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.

Cantabile (n.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.

Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Cantabrigian (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.

Cantaloupe (n.) A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.

Cantankerous (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

Cantar (n.) Alt. of Cantarro

Cantarro (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

Cantarro (n.) A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.

Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

Cantation (n.) A singing.

Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Cantatrice (n.) A female professional singer.

Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.

Canteen (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.

Canteen (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

Cantel (n.) See Cantle.

Canter (n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

Canter (n.) A rapid or easy passing over.

Cantered (imp. & p. p.) of Canter

Cantering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canter

Canter (v. i.) To move in a canter.

Canter (v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Canter (n.) One who cants or whines; a beggar.

Canter (n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Canterbury (n.) A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

Cantharidal (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Cantharides (n. pl.) See Cantharis.

Cantharidin (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

Cantharides (pl. ) of Cantharis

Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Cant hook () A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc.

Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

Canthi (pl. ) of Canthus

Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Canticles (pl. ) of Canticle

Canticle (n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.

Canticle (n.) The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poem

Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.

Canticoy (n.) A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Cantile (v. i.) Same as Cantle, v. t.

Cantilena (n.) See Cantabile.

Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.

Cantillate (v. i.) To chant; to recite with musical tones.

Cantillation (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Cantine (n.) See Canteen.

Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

Canting (n.) The use of cant; hypocrisy.

Cantiniere (n.) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.

Cantion (n.) A song or verses.

Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.

Cantle (n.) The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.

Cantle (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to cut out from.

Cantlet (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.

Cantos (pl. ) of Canto

Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.

Canton (n.) A song or canto

Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.

Canton (n.) A small community or clan.

Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.

Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.

Cantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Canton

Cantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canton

Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Canton crape () A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.

Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.

Canton flannel () See Cotton flannel.

Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.

Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.

Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

Cantoral (a.) Of or belonging to a cantor.

Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall.

Cantrap (n.) Alt. of Cantrip

Cantrip (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.

Cantred (n.) Alt. of Cantref

Cantref (n.) A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.

Canty (a.) Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.

Canuck (n.) A Canadian.

Canuck (n.) A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada.

Canula (a.) Alt. of Canulated

Canular (a.) Alt. of Canulated

Canulated (a.) See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated.

Canvas (n.) A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

Canvas (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.

Canvas (n.) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.

Canvas (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.

Canvas (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.

Canvas (a.) Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

Canvasback (n.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

Canvassed (imp. & p. p.) of Canvass

Canvassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canvass

Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.

Canvass (n.) To examine by discussion; to debate.

Canvass (n.) To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.

Canvass (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.

Canvass (n.) Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.

Canvass (n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

Canvass (n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.

Canvasser (n.) One who canvasses.

Cany (a.) Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.

Canyon (n.) The English form of the Spanish word Ca–on.

Canzone (n.) A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.

Canzone (n.) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.

Canzonet (n.) A short song, in one or more parts.

Caoutchin (n.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.

Caoutchoucin (n.) See Caoutchin.

Cap (n.) A covering for the head

Cap (n.) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys

Cap (n.) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants

Cap (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

Cap (n.) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Cap (n.) A respectful uncovering of the head.

Cap (n.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

Cap (n.) Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use

Cap (n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.

Cap (n.) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

Cap (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.

Cap (n.) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.

Cap (n.) The removable cover of a journal box.

Cap (n.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

Cap (n.) A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.

Capped (imp. & p. p.) of Cap

Capping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cap

Cap (v. t.) To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.

Cap (v. t.) To deprive of cap.

Cap (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

Cap (v. t.) To salute by removing the cap.

Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.

Cap (v. i.) To uncover the head respectfully.

Capabilities (pl. ) of Capability

Capability (n.) The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

Capability (n.) Capacity of being used or improved.

Capable (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.

Capable (a.) Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.

Capable (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

Capable (a.) Capacious; large; comprehensive.

Capableness (n.) The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

Capacified (imp. & p. p.) of Capacify

Capacify (v. t.) To quality.

Capacious (a.) Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

Capacious (a.) Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.

Capaciosly (adv.) In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.

Capaciousness (n.) The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.

Capacitated (imp. & p. p.) of Capacitate

Capacitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capacitate

Capacitate (v. t.) To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

Capacities (pl. ) of Capacity

Capacity (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Capacity (n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.

Capacity (n.) Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.

Capacity (n.) Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

Capacity (n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.

Capape (adv.) See Cap-a-pie.

Capapie (adv.) From head to foot; at all points.

Caparison (n.) An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

Caparison (n.) Gay or rich clothing.

Caparisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Caparison

Caparisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caparison

Caparison (v. t.) To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.

Caparison (v. t.) To aborn with rich dress; to dress.

Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.

Cape (n.) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.

Cape (v. i.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.

Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.

Cape (v. i.) To gape.

Capel (n.) Alt. of Caple

Caple (n.) A horse; a nag.

Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Capelan (n.) See Capelin.

Capelin (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.

Cappeline (n.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

Capella (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

Capellane (n.) The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.

Capelle (n.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.

Capellmeister (n.) The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.

Capered (imp. & p. p.) of Caper

Capering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caper

Caper (v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

Caper (n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.

Caper (n.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.

Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

Caper (n.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.

Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.

Caperberry (n.) The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).

Caper bush () Alt. of Caper tree

Caper tree () See Capper, a plant, 2.

Capercailzie (n.) Alt. of Capercally

Capercally (n.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods.

Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.

Caperer (n.) One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.

Capful (n.) As much as will fill a cap.

Capias (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.

Capibara (n.) See Capybara.

Capillaceous (a.) Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Capillaire (n.) A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.

Capillaire (n.) Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.

Capillament (n.) A filament.

Capillament (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.

Capillariness (n.) The quality of being capillary.

Capillarity (n.) The quality or condition of being capillary.

Capillarity (n.) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.

Capillary (a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Capillary (a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

Capillary (n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Capillation (n.) A capillary blood vessel.

Capillature (n.) A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.

Capilliform (a.) In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

Capillose (a.) Having much hair; hairy.

Capistrate (a.) Hooded; cowled.

Capital (n.) Of or pertaining to the head.

Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Capital (n.) First in importance; chief; principal.

Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

Capital (n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

Capital (n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

Capital (n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

Capital (a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

Capital (a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

Capital (a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.

Capital (a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

Capitalist (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.

Capitalization (n.) The act or process of capitalizing.

Capitalized (imp. & p. p.) of Capitalize

Capitalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capitalize

Capitalize (v. t.) To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)

Capitalize (v. t.) To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.

Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.

Capitally (adv.) In a capital manner; excellently.

Capitalness (n.) The quality of being capital; preeminence.

Capitan Pasha () Alt. of Pacha

Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Capitate (a.) Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

Capitate (a.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Capitatim (a.) Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.

Capitation (n.) A numbering of heads or individuals.

Capitation (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.

Capite (n.) See under Tenant.

Capitellate (a.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.

Capitibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.

Capitol () The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

Capitol () The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.

Capitolian (a.) Alt. of Capitoline

Capitoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.

Capitula (n. pl.) See Capitulum.

Capitular (n.) An act passed in a chapter.

Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.

Capitular (n.) The head or prominent part.

Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.

Capitular (a.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

Capitular (a.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.

Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.

Capitularies (pl. ) of Capitulary

Capitulary (n.) A capitular.

Capitulary (n.) The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.

Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.

Capitulated (imp. & p. p.) of Capitulate

Capitulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capitulate

Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

Capitulate (n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

Capitulate (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

Capitulation (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

Capitulation (n.) The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.

Capitulation (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.

Capitulator (n.) One who capitulates.

Capitule (n.) A summary.

Capitulum (n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

Capivi (n.) A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

Caple (n.) See Capel.

Caplin (n.) See Capelin.

Caplin (n.) Alt. of Capling

Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.

Capnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

Capnomor (n.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.

Capoc (n.) A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

Capoches (pl. ) of Capoch

Capoch (n.) A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.

Capoched (imp. & p. p.) of Capoch

Capoch (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.

Capon (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.

Capon (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of.

Caponet (n.) A young capon.

Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

Caponize (v. t.) To castrate, as a fowl.

Capot (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.

Capotted (imp. & p. p.) of Capot

Capot (v. t.) To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.

Capote (n.) A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.

Capouch (n. & v. t.) Same as Capoch.

Cappadine (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Cappaper () See cap, n., also Paper, n.

Cappeak (n.) The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

Cappella (n.) See A cappella.

Capper (n.) One whose business is to make or sell caps.

Capper (n.) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

Capper (n.) An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

Capra (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

Caprate (n.) A salt of capric acid.

Capreolate (a.) Having a tendril or tendrils.

Capreoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.

Capric (a.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

Cariccio (n.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

Cariccio (n.) A caprice; a freak; a fancy.

Capricioso (a.) In a free, fantastic style.

Caprice (v. i.) An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

Caprice (v. i.) See Capriccio.

Capricious (a.) Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

Capricorn (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.

Caprid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

Caprification (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

Caprifole (n.) The woodbine or honeysuckle.

Caprifoliaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacae.

Capriform (a.) Having the form of a goat.

Caprigenous (a.) Of the goat kind.

Caprine (a.) Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols.

Capriole (v. i.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

Capriole (v. i.) A leap or caper, as in dancing.

Capriole (v. i.) To perform a capriole.

Capriped (a.) Having feet like those of a goat.

Caproate (n.) A salt of caproic acid.

Caproic (a.) See under Capric.

Caprylate (n.) A salt of caprylic acid.

Caprylic (a.) See under Capric.

Capsaicin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

Capsheaf (n.) The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.

Capsicin (n.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.

Capsicine (n.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.

Capsicum (n.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.

Capsized (imp. & p. p.) of Capsize

Capsizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capsize

Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

Capsize (n.) An upset or overturn.

Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.

Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.

Capstone (n.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

Capsular (a.) Alt. of Capsulary

Capsulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.

Capsulate (a.) Alt. of Capsulated

Capsulated (a.) Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.

Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

Capsule (n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

Capsule (n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

Capsule (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

Capsule (n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.

Capsule (n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Captain (n.) A head, or chief officer

Captain (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.

Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.

Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.

Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Captain (n.) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.

Captain (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen.

Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.

Captain (n.) A military leader; a warrior.

Captain (v. t.) To act as captain of; to lead.

Captain (a.) Chief; superior.

Captaincy (n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain.

Captainry (n.) Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.

Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.

Captainship (n.) Military skill; as, to show good captainship.

Captation (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.

Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.

Caption (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.

Caption (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.

Caption (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page.

Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

Captious (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Captiously (adv.) In a captious manner.

Captiousness (n.) Captious disposition or manner.

Captivated (imp. & p. p.) of Captivate

Captivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captivate

Captivate (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.

Captivate (p. a.) Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.

Captivating (a.) Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles.

Captivation (n.) The act of captivating.

Captive (n.) A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

Captive (n.) One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

Captive (a.) Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.

Captive (a.) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.

Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.

Captived (imp. & p. p.) of Captive

Captiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captive

Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

Captivity (n.) A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.

Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Capture

Capturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capture

Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

Capuccio (n.) A capoch or hood.

Capuched (a.) Cover with, or as with, a hood.

Capuchin (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

Capuchin (n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

Capuchin (n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.

Capuchin (n.) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.

Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Capucine (n.) See Capuchin, 3.

Capulet (n.) Same as Capellet.

Capulin (n.) The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).

Capita (pl. ) of Caput

Caput (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

Caput (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.

Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Capybara (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

Car (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

Car (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

Car (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.

Car (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

Car (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.

Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Carabid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.

Carabid (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.

Carabine (n.) A carbine.

Carabineer (n.) A carbineer.

Caraboid (a.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.

Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Carac (n.) See Carack.

Caracal (n.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

Carack (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.

Caracole (n.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

Caracole (n.) A staircase in a spiral form.

Caracoled (imp. & p. p.) of Caracole

Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.

Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.

Caracore (n.) Alt. of Caracora

Caracora (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

Carafe (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.

Carageen (n.) Alt. of Caragheen

Caragheen (n.) See Carrageen.

Carambola (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.

Caramel (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

Carangoid (a.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

Caranx (n.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.

Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

Carapato (n.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

Carapax (n.) See Carapace.

Carat (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

Carat (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

Caravan (n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.

Caravan (n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

Caravaneer (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

Caravansaries (pl. ) of Caravansary

Caravansary (n.) A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.

Caravel (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels.

Caravel (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

Caravel (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.

Caravel (n.) A Turkish man-of-war.

Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

Caraway (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

Carbamic (a.) Pertaining to an acid so called.

Carbamide (n.) The technical name for urea.

Carbamine (n.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.

Carbanil (n.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.

Carbazol (n.) A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.

Carbazotate (n.) A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate.

Carbazotic (a.) Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen.

Carbide (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

Carbimide (n.) The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.

Carbine (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.

Carbineer (n.) A soldier armed with a carbine.

Carbinol (n.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

Carbohydrate (n.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

Carbohydride (n.) A hydrocarbon.

Carbolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.

Carbolize (v. t.) To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.

Carbon (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.

Carbonaceous (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Carbonade (n.) Alt. of Carbonado

Carbonado (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.

Carbonadoed (imp. & p. p.) of Carbonade

Carbonadoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbonade

Carbonado (v. t.) Alt. of Carbonade

Carbonade (v. t.) To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.

Carbonade (v. t.) To cut or hack, as in fighting.

Carbonadoes (pl. ) of Carbonado

Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Carbonarism (n.) The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

Carbonari (pl. ) of Carbonaro

Carbonaro (n.) A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

Carbonatation (n.) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.

Carbonate (n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

Carbonated (a.) Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] "We had a calf's head carboned".

Carbonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.

Carbonide (n.) A carbide.

Carboniferous (a.) Producing or containing carbon or coal.

Carbonization (n.) The act or process of carbonizing.

Carbonized (imp. & p. p.) of Carbonize

Carbonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbonize

Carbonize (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

Carbonize (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.

Carbonometer (n.) An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

Carbonyl (n.) The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

Carbostyril (n.) A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.

Carboxide (n.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.

Carboxyl (n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

Carboy (n.) A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Carbuncled (a.) Set with carbuncles.

Carbuncled (a.) Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.

Carbuncular (a.) Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

Carbunculation (n.) The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold.

Carburet (n.) A carbide. See Carbide

Carbureted (imp. & p. p.) of Carburet

Carburetted () of Carburet

Carbureting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carburet

Carburetting () of Carburet

Carburet (v. t.) To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.

Carburetant (n.) Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

Carbureted (a.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.

Carbureted (a.) Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.

Carburetor (n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.

Carburization (n.) The act, process, or result of carburizing.

Carburized (imp. & p. p.) of Carburize

Carburizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carburize

Carburize (v. t.) To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.

Carcajou (n.) The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

Carcanet (n.) A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.

Carcase (n.) See Carcass.

Carcasses (pl. ) of Carcass

Carcass (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

Carcass (n.) The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.

Carcass (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.

Carcass (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.

Carcavelhos (n.) A sweet wine. See Calcavella.

Carcelage (n.) Prison fees.

Carcel lamp () A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

Carceral (a.) Belonging to a prison.

Carcinological (a.) Of or pertaining to carcinology.

Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.

Carcinoma (n.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.

Carcinomatous (a.) Of or pertaining to carcinoma.

Carcinosys (n.) The affection of the system with cancer.

Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

Card (n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator.

Carded (imp. & p. p.) of Card

Carding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Card

Card (v. i.) To play at cards; to game.

Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

Card (n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Card (v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

Card (v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

Card (v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Cardamine (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

Cardamom (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.

Cardamom (n.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.

Cardboard (n.) A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

Cardcase (n.) A case for visiting cards.

Cardecu (n.) A quarter of a crown.

Carder (n.) One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.

Cardia (n.) The heart.

Cardia (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Cardiac (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

Cardiac (a.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

Cardiac (n.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

Cardiacal (a.) Cardiac.

Cardiacle (n.) A pain about the heart.

Cardiagraph (n.) See Cardiograph.

Cardialgla (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy

Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

Cardinal (a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

Cardinal (a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Cardinal (a.) Mulled red wine.

Cardinalate (n.) The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Cardinalize (v. t.) To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

Cardinalship (n.) The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

Carding (v. t.) A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.

Cardiograph (n.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Cardiographic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

Cardioid (n.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Cardiolgy (n.) The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Cardiometry (n.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Cardiosphygmograph (n.) A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.

Carditis (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.

Cardines (pl. ) of Cardo

Cardo (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Cardol (n.) A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

Cardoon (n.) A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.

Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Care (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

Care (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

Care (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Cared (imp. & p. p.) of Care

Caring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Care

Care (n.) To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

Careened (imp. & p. p.) of Careen

Careening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Careen

Careen (v. t.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careenage (n.) Expense of careening ships.

Careenage (n.) A place for careening.

Career (n.) A race course: the ground run over.

Career (n.) A running; full speed; a rapid course.

Career (n.) General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.

Career (n.) The flight of a hawk.

Careered (imp. & p. p.) of Career

Careering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Career

Career (v. i.) To move or run rapidly.

Careful (a.) Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

Careful (a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

Careful (a.) Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Carefully (adv.) In a careful manner.

Carefulness (n.) Quality or state of being careful.

Careless (a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

Careless (a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.

Careless (a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.

Careless (a.) Not receiving care; uncared for.

Carelessly (adv.) In a careless manner.

Carelessness (n.) The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

Carene (n.) A fast of forty days on bread and water.

Caress (n.) An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Caressed (imp. & p. p.) of Caress

Caressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caress

Caress (n.) To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.

Caressingly (ad.) In caressing manner.

Caret (n.) A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.

Caret (n.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Caretuned (a.) Weary; mournful.

Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Carex (n.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.

Carf () pret. of Carve.

Cargason (n.) A cargo.

Cargoes (pl. ) of Cargo

Cargo (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargoose (n.) A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.

Cariama (n.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

Caries (pl. ) of Carib

Carib (n.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

Caribbean (a.) Alt. of Caribbee

Caribbee (a.) Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.

Caribbee (n.) A Carib.

Caribe (n.) A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

Caribou (n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

Caricature (v. t.) An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

Caricature (v. t.) A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.

Caricatured (imp. & p. p.) of Caricature

Caricaturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caricature

Caricature (v. t.) To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

Caricaturist (n.) One who caricatures.

Caricous (a.) Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor.

Caries (n.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

Carillon (n.) A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Carina (n.) A keel

Carina (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification

Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Carina (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

Carinaria (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.

Carinatae (n. pl.) A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.

Carinate (a.) Alt. of Carinated

Carinated (a.) Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).

Cariole (n.) A small, light, open one-horse carriage

Cariole (n.) A covered cart

Cariole (n.) A kind of calash. See Carryall.

Cariopsis (n.) See Caryopsis.

Cariosity (n.) Caries.

Carious (a.) Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

Cark (n.) A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

Cark (v. i.) To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve.

Cark (v. t.) To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.

Carkanet (n.) A carcanet.

Carking (a.) Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.

Carl (n.) A rude, rustic man; a churl.

Carl (n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.

Carl (n.) A kind of food. See citation, below.

Carlin (n.) An old woman.

Carline (n.) Alt. of Caroline

Caroline (n.) A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.

Carline (n.) Alt. of Carling

Carling (n.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.

Carlings (n. pl.) Same as Carl, 3.

Carlist (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.

Carlock (n.) A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.

Carlot (n.) A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.

Carlovingian (a.) Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.

Carmagnole (n.) A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.

Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.

Carman (n.) A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.

Carmelite (a.) Alt. of Carmelin

Carmelin (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

Carmelite (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

Carmelite (n.) A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

Carminated (a.) Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.

Carminative (a.) Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.

Carminative (n.) A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

Carmine (n.) A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

Carmine (n.) A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

Carmine (n.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.

Carminic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.

Carmot (n.) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.

Carnage (n.) Flesh of slain animals or men.

Carnage (n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.

Carnal (a.) Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.

Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.

Carnalism (n.) The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism.

Carnalist (n.) A sensualist.

Carnality (n.) The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind.

Carnalized (imp. & p. p.) of Carnalize

Carnalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carnalize

Carnalize (v. t.) To make carnal; to debase to carnality.

Carnallite (n.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.

Carnally (adv.) According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually.

Carnal-minded (a.) Worldly-minded.

Carnal-mindedness (n.) Grossness of mind.

Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.

Carnassial (a.) Adapted to eating flesh.

Carnassial (n.) A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.

Carnate (a.) Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.

Carnation (n.) The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.

Carnation (n.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.

Carnation (n.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

Carnationed (a.) Having a flesh color.

Carnauba (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Carnelian (n.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.

Carneous (a.) Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy.

Carney (n.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.

Carnifex (n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.

Carnification (n.) The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.

Carnify (v. i.) To form flesh; to become like flesh.

Carnin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

Carnival (n.) A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.

Carnival (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.

Carnivora (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

Carnivoracity (n.) Greediness of appetite for flesh.

Carnivore (n.) One of the Carnivora.

Carnivorous (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Carnose (a.) Alt. of Carnous

Carnous (a.) Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.

Carnous (a.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

Carnosity (n.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.

Carnosity (n.) Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.

Carob (n.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

Carob (n.) One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.

Caroche (n.) A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach.

Caroched (a.) Placed in a caroche.

Caroigne (n.) Dead body; carrion.

Carol (n.) A round dance.

Carol (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.

Carol (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.

Carol (n.) Joyful music, as of a song.

Caroled (imp. & p. p.) of Carol

Carolled () of Carol

Caroling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carol

Carolling () of Carol

Carol (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song.

Carol (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes.

Carol (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.

Carol (n.) Alt. of Carrol

Carrol (n.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century.

Carolin (n.) A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.

Carolina pink () See Pinkboot.

Caroline (n.) A coin. See Carline.

Caroling (n.) A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.

Carolinian (n.) A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.

Carolitic (a.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

Caroluses (pl. ) of Carolus

Caroli (pl. ) of Carolus

Carolus (n.) An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

Carom (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.

Carom (v. i.) To make a carom.

Caromel (n.) See Caramel.

Caroteel (n.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.

Carotic (a.) Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.

Carotic (a.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.

Carotid (n.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]

Carotid (a.) Alt. of Carotidal

Carotidal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

Carotin (n.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.

Carousal (n.) A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.

Carouse (n.) A large draught of liquor.

Carouse (n.) A drinking match; a carousal.

Caroused (imp. & p. p.) of Carouse

Carousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carouse

Carouse (v. i.) To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.

Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.

Carouser (n.) One who carouses; a reveler.

Carousing (a.) That carouses; relating to a carouse.

Carousingly (adv.) In the manner of a carouser.

Carped (imp. & p. p.) of Carp

Carping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carp

Carp (v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle.

Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

Carp (v. t.) To say; to tell.

Carp (v. t.) To find fault with; to censure.

Carp (pl. ) of Carp

Carps (pl. ) of Carp

Carp (n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.

Carpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.

Carpal (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.

Carpalia (pl. ) of Carpale

Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

Carpathian (a.) Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

Carpel (n.) Alt. of Carpellum

Carpellum (n.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

Carpellary (a.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

Carpenter (n.) An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

Carpentering (n.) The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.

Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.

Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

Carpeted (imp. & p. p.) of Carpet

Carpeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carpet

Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.

Carpetbag (n.) A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).

Carpeting (n.) The act of covering with carpets.

Carpeting (n.) Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.

Carpetless (a.) Without a carpet.

Carpetmonger (n.) One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

Carpetmonger (n.) One fond of pleasure; a gallant.

Carpetway (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.

Carphology (n.) See Floccillation.

Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

Carpogenic (a.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.

Carpolite (n.) A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Carpological (a.) Of or pertaining to carpology.

Carpologist (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

Carpology (n.) That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.

Carpophagous (a.) Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.

Carpophore (n.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

Carpophyll (n.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]

Carpophyte (n.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.

Carpospore (n.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.

Carpi (pl. ) of Carpus

Carpus (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Carrack (n.) See Carack.

Carrageen (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen

Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.

Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.

Carraway (n.) See Caraway.

Carrel (n.) See Quarrel, an arrow.

Carrel (n.) Same as 4th Carol.

Carriable (a.) Capable of being carried.

Carriage (n.) That which is carried; burden; baggage.

Carriage (n.) The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

Carriage (n.) The price or expense of carrying.

Carriage (n.) That which carries of conveys,

Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.

Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.

Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.

Carriage (n.) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

Carriage (n.) The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

Carriage (n.) The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

Carriageable (a.) Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.

Carriboo (n.) See Caribou.

Carrick (n.) A carack. See Carack.

Carrier (n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Carrol (n.) See 4th Carol.

Carrom (n.) See Carom.

Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

Carrot (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.

Carrow (n.) A strolling gamester.

Carried (imp. & p. p.) of Carry

Carrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carry

Carry (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.

Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

Carry (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.

Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

Carry (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.

Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

Carry (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

Carry (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

Carry (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

Carries (pl. ) of Carry

Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Carryall (n.) A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

Carrying (n.) The act or business of transporting from one place to another.

Carryk (n.) A carack.

Carrytale (n.) A talebearer.

Carse (n.) Low, fertile land; a river valley.

Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.

Cart (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.

Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.

Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.

Carted (imp. & p. p.) of Cart

Carting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cart

Cart (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.

Cart (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

Cartage (n.) The act of carrying in a cart.

Cartage (n.) The price paid for carting.

Cartbote (n.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.

Carte (n.) Bill of fare.

Carte (n.) Short for Carte de visite.

Carte (n.) Alt. of Quarte

Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

Cartes de visite (pl. ) of Carte de visite

Carte de visite () A visiting card.

Carte de visite () A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.

Cartel (n.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.

Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.

Cartel (v. t.) To defy or challenge.

Carter (n.) A charioteer.

Carter (n.) A man who drives a cart; a teamster.

Carter (n.) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman

Carter (n.) A British fish; the whiff.

Cartesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.

Cartesian (n.) An adherent of Descartes.

Cartesianism (n.) The philosophy of Descartes.

Carthaginian (a.) Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.

Carthaginian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

Carthamin (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

Carthusian (n.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.

Carthusian (a.) Pertaining to the Carthusian.

Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.

Cartilagineous (a.) See Cartilaginous.

Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.

Cartilaginous (a.) Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

Cartilaginous (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.

Cartman (n.) One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.

Cartographer (n.) One who makes charts or maps.

Cartographic (a.) Alt. of Cartographical

Cartographical (a.) Of or pertaining to cartography.

Cartographically (adv.) By cartography.

Cartography (n.) The art or business of forming charts or maps.

Cartomancy (n.) The art of telling fortunes with cards.

Carton (n.) Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.

Cartoon (n.) A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

Cartoon (n.) A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."

Cartoonist (n.) One skilled in drawing cartoons.

Cartouches (pl. ) of Cartouch

Cartouch (n.) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge

Cartouch (n.) A cartridge box.

Cartouch (n.) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

Cartouch (n.) A gunner's bag for ammunition

Cartouch (n.) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

Cartouch (n.) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper

Cartouch (n.) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

Cartouch (n.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

Cartridge (n.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

Cartularies (pl. ) of Cartulary

Cartulary (n.) A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.

Cartulary (n.) An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

Cartway (n.) A way or road for carts.

Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

Carucage (n.) A tax on every plow or plowland.

Carucage (n.) The act of plowing.

Carucate (n.) A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.

Caruncle (n.) Alt. of Caruncula

Caruncula (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

Caruncula (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

Caruncula (n.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

Caruncular (a.) Alt. of Carunculous

Carunculous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.

Carunculate (a.) Alt. of Carunculated

Carunculated (a.) Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.

Carus (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

Carvacrol (n.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).

Carved (imp. & p. p.) of Carve

Carving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carve

Carve (v. t.) To cut.

Carve (v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

Carve (v. t.) To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

Carve (v. t.) To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.

Carve (v. t.) To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

Carve (v. t.) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

Carve (v. t.) To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Carve (v. i.) To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

Carve (v. i.) To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

Carve (n.) A carucate.

Carvel (n.) Same as Caravel.

Carvel (n.) A species of jellyfish; sea blubber.

Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.

Carven (a.) Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved.

Carvene (n.) An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.

Carver (n.) One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc.

Carver (n.) One who carves or divides meat at table.

Carver (n.) A large knife for carving.

Carving (n.) The act or art of one who carves.

Carving (n.) A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material.

Carving (n.) The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

Carvist (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.

Carvol (n.) One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.

Car wheel () A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

Caryatic (a.) Alt. of Caryatid

Caryatid (a.) Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

Caryatids (pl. ) of Caryatid

Caryatid (n.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

Caryatides (n. pl.) Caryatids.

Caryophyllaceous (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink

Caryophyllaceous (a.) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

Caryophyllin (n.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

Caryophyllous (a.) Caryophyllaceous.

Caryopses (pl. ) of Caryopsis

Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

Casal (a.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.

Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]

Cascade (n.) A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

Cascade (v. i.) To fall in a cascade.

Cascade (v. i.) To vomit.

Cascalho (n.) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

Cascara sagrada () Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Cascarilla (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.

Cascarillin (n.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

Case (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

Case (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

Case (n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

Cased (imp. & p. p.) of Case

Casing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Case

Case (v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

Case (v. t.) To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.

Case (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

Case (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

Case (n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

Case (v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases.

Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girders

Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

Caseharden (v. t.) To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.

Caseharden (v. t.) To render insensible to good influences.

Casehardened (a.) Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.

Casehardened (a.) Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.

Casehardening (n.) The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel.

Caseic (a.) Of or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid.

Casein (n.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.

Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.

Case knife () A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.

Casemate (n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.

Casemate (n.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Casemated (a.) Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate.

Casement (n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Casemented (a.) Having a casement or casements.

Caseous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

Casern (n.) A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks.

Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

Caseum (n.) Same as Casein.

Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

Cash (n.) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

Cash (n.) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money

Cash (n.) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.

Cashed (imp. & p. p.) of Cash

Casing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cash

Cash (v. t.) To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.

Cash (v. t.) To disband.

Cash (n.sing & pl.) A Chinese coin.

Cashbook (n.) A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.

Cashew (n.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.

Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.

Cahiered (imp. & p. p.) of Cashier

Cashiering (p. pr. &vb. n.) of Cashier

Cashier (v. t.) To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.

Cashier (v. t.) To put away or reject; to disregard.

Cashierer (n.) One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs.

Cashmere (n.) A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

Cashmere (n.) A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.

Cashmerette (n.) A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

Cashoo (n.) See Catechu.

Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

Casing (n.) An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.

Casing (n.) An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.

Casings (n. pl.) Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.

Casinos (pl. ) of Casino

Casini (pl. ) of Casino

Casino (n.) A small country house.

Casino (n.) A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.

Casino (n.) A game at cards. See Cassino.

Cask (n.) Same as Casque.

Cask (n.) A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.

Cask (n.) The quantity contained in a cask.

Cask (n.) A casket; a small box for jewels.

Cask (v. t.) To put into a cask.

Casket (n.) A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.

Casket (n.) A kind of burial case.

Casket (n.) Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed

Casket (n.) The body.

Casket (n.) The tomb.

Casket (n.) A book of selections.

Casket (n.) A gasket. See Gasket.

Casket (v. t.) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

Cass (v. t.) To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.

Cassada (n.) See Cassava.

Cassareep (n.) A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.

Cassate (v. t.) To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.

Cassation (n.) The act of annulling.

Cassava (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

Cassava (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

Casse Paper () Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

Casserole (n.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Casserole (n.) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

Cassia (n.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.

Cassia (n.) The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.

Cassideous (a.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Cassidony (n.) The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas)

Cassidony (n.) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

Cassimere (n.) A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.

Cassinette (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

Cassinian ovals () See under Oval.

Cassino (n.) A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.

Cassioberry (n.) The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

Cassiopeia (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.

Cassiterite (n.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

Cassius (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

Cassock (n.) A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

Cassock (n.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.

Cassocked (a.) Clothed with a cassock.

Cassolette (n.) a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Cassonade (n.) Raw sugar; sugar not refined.

Cassowaries (pl. ) of Cassowary

Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.

Cassumunar (n.) Alt. of Cassumuniar

Cassumuniar (n.) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

Cast (imp. & p. p.) of Cast

Casting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cast

Cast (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Cast (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.

Cast (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.

Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

Cast (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

Cast (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

Cast (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.

Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.

Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.

Cast (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.

Cast (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.

Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.

Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.

Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.

Cast (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.

Cast (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.

Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

Cast (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.

Cast (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.

Cast (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.

Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Cast (v. i.) To vomit.

Cast () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.

Cast (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

Cast (n.) The thing thrown.

Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.

Cast (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.

Cast (n.) The act of casting in a mold.

Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.

Cast (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.

Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.

Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.

Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

Cast (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.

Cast (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.

Cast (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.

Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.

Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.

Castanea (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

Castanet (n.) See Castanets.

Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.

Castaway (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless.

Caste (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

Castellan (n.) A governor or warden of a castle.

Castellanies (pl. ) of Castellany

Castellany (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated.

Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

Castellation (n.) The act of making into a castle.

Caster (n.) One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

Caster (n.) A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

Caster (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets.

Caster (n.) A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

Castigated (imp. & p. p.) of Castigate

Castigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castigate

Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

Castigate (v. t.) To emend; to correct.

Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.

Castigator (n.) One who castigates or corrects.

Castigatory (a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

Castigatory (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.

Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

Castilian (n.) An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

Castilian (n.) The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.

Castillan (a.) Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

Casting (n.) That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

Casting (n.) The warping of a board.

Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.

Cast iron () Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Castle (n.) A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

Castle (n.) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.

Castled (imp. & p. p.) of Castle

Castling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castle

Castle (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

Castlebuilder (n.) Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.

Castled (a.) Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

Castled (a.) Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.

Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle.

Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.

Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

Castlery (n.) The government of a castle.

Castlet (n.) A small castle.

Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.

Castling (n.) That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.

Castling (n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.

Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.

Castor (n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.

Castor (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum.

Castor (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.

Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

Castor (n.) See Caster, a small wheel.

Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

Castor (n.) Alt. of Castorite

Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

Castor and Pollux () See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

Castor bean () The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

Castoreum (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

Castorin (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

Castor oil () A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.

Castrametation (n.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

Castrated (imp. & p. p.) of Castrate

Castrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castrate

Castrate (v. t.) To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

Castrate (v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.

Castration (n.) The act of castrating.

Castrato (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

Castrel (n.) See Kestrel.

Castrensial (a.) Belonging to a camp.

Castrensian (a.) Castrensial.

Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel.

Casual (a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

Casual (a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.

Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Casualism (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

Casualist (n.) One who believes in casualism.

Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

Casualness (n.) The quality of being casual.

Casualties (pl. ) of Casualty

Casualty (n.) That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.

Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.

Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

Casuist (n.) One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.

Casuist (v. i.) To play the casuist.

Casuistic (a.) Alt. of Casuistieal

Casuistieal (a.) Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.

Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.

Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.

Cat (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.

Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

Cat (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.

Cat (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.

Cat (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.

tted (imp. & p. p.) of Cat

Catting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cat

Cat (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

Catabaptist (n.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants.

Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.

Catabiotic (a.) See under Force.

Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.

Catacaustic (n.) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.

Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.

Catachrestic (a.) Alt. of Catachrestical

Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.

Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.

Cataclysm (n.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

Cataclysmal (a.) Alt. of Cataclysmic

Cataclysmic (a.) Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

Cataclysmist (n.) One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

Catacomb (n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.

Catacoustic (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.

Catadioptric (a.) Alt. of Catadioptrical

Catadioptrical (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.

Catadioptrics (n.) The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

Catadrome (n.) A race course.

Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

Catadromous (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.

Catafalco (n.) See Catafalque.

Catafalque (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

Catagmatic (a.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.

Cataian (n.) A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.

Catalan (a.) Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

Catalan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia.

Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.

Catalectic (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.

Catalepsy (n.) Alt. of Catalepsis

Catalepsis (n.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.

Cataleptic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.

Catallacta (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.

Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.

Catalog (n. & v.) Catalogue.

Catalogize (v. t.) To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.

Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.

Catalogued (imp. & p. p.) of Catalogue

Cataloguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catalogue

Catalogue (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Cataloguer (n.) A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.

Catalpa (n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

Catalyse (pl. ) of Catalysis

Catalysis (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

Catalysis (n.) A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on starch.

Catalysis (n.) The catalytic force.

Catalytic (a.) Relating to, or causing, catalysis.

Catalytic (n.) An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.

Catamaran (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.

Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.

Catamaran (n.) A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.

Catamaran (n.) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

Catamenia (n. pl.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

Catamenial (a.) Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

Catamite (n.) A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

Catamount (n.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

Catanadromous (a.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.

Catapasm (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.

Catapeltic (a.) Of or pertaining to a catapult.

Catapetalous (a.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Cataphonic (a.) Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.

Cataphonics (n.) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics.

Cataphract (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.

Cataphract (n.) A horseman covered with a cataphract.

Cataphract (n.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

Cataphracted (a.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc.

Cataphractic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.

Cataphysical (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature.

Cataplasm (n.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.

Catapuce (n.) Spurge.

Catapult (n.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

Catapult (n.) A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc.

Cataract (n.) A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

Cataract (n.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.

Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Cataractous (a.) Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.

Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.

Catarrhal (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.

Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

Catarrhous (a.) Catarrhal.

Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.

Catastasis (n.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

Catastasis (n.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.

Catasterism (n.) A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.

Catastrophe (n.) An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

Catastrophe (n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.

Catastrophic (a.) Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.

Catastrophism (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.

Catastrophist (n.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

Catawba (n.) A well known light red variety of American grape.

Catawba (n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.

Catawbas (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.

Catbird (n.) An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.

Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

Catcall (n.) A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise.

Caught (imp. & p. p.) of Catch

Catched () of Catch

Catching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catch

Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.

Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.

Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.

Catch (v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.

Catch (v. t.) To engage and attach; to please; to charm.

Catch (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.

Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.

Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.

Catch (v. t.) To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.

Catch (v. i.) To attain possession.

Catch (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.

Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.

Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.

Catch (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.

Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.

Catch (n.) That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.

Catch (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.

Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.

Catch (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.

Catch (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

Catchable (a.) Capable of being caught.

Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer.

Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

Catcher (n.) One who, or that which, catches.

Catcher (n.) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.

Catchfly (n.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.

Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

Catching (a.) Captivating; alluring.

Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Catch-meadow (n.) A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.

Catchment (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.

Catchpenny (n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.

Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

Catchup (n.) Alt. of Catsup

Catsup (n.) A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc.

Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.

Catchweight (adv.) Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.

Catchword (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.

Catchword (n.) A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Cate (n.) Food. [Obs.] See Cates.

Catechetic (a.) Alt. of Catechetical

Catechetical (a.) Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching.

Catechetically (adv.) In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.

Catechetics (n.) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

Catechin (n.) One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.

Catechisation (n.) The act of catechising.

Catechised (imp. & p. p.) of Catechise

Catechising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catechise

Catechise (v. t.) To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.

Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct.

Catechiser (n.) One who catechises.

Catechism (n.) A form of instruction by means of questions and answers.

Catechism (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers.

Catechismal (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical.

Catechist (n.) One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

Catechistic (a.) Alt. of Catechistical

Catechistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism.

Catechize (v. t.) See Catechise.

Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc.

Catechuic (a.) Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin.

Catechumen (L. catechunenus, Gr. / instructed, from /. See) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

Catechumenate (n.) The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Catechumenical (a.) Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions.

Catechumenist (n.) A catechumen.

Categorematic (a.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.

Categorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a category.

Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer.

Categorically (adv.) Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically.

Categoricalness (n.) The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.

Categorist (n.) One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies.

Categorize (v. t.) To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.

Categories (pl. ) of Category

Category (n.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament.

Category (n.) Class; also, state, condition, or predicament; as, we are both in the same category.

Catel (n.) Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, or income.

Catelectrode (n.) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.

Catelectrotonic (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus.

Catelectrotonus (n.) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

Catene (pl. ) of Catena

Catena (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other.

Catenary (a.) Alt. of Catenarian

Catenarian (a.) Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.

Catenary (n.) The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line.

Catenated (imp. & p. p.) of Catenate

Catenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catenate

Catenate (v. t.) To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain.

Catenation (n.) Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation.

Catenulate (a.) Consisting of little links or chains.

Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc.

Cater (n.) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

Catered (imp. & p. p.) of Cater

Catering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cater

Cater (n.) To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

Cater (n.) By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

Cater (n.) The four of cards or dice.

Cater (v. t.) To cut diagonally.

Cateran (n.) A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier.

Cater-cornered (a.) Diagonal.

Cater-cousin (n.) A remote relation. See Quater-cousin.

Caterer (n.) One who caters.

Cateress (n.) A woman who caters.

Caterpillar (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

Caterpillar (n.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars.

Caterwauled (imp. & p. p.) of Caterwaul

Caterwauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caterwaul

Caterwaul (v. i.) To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.

Caterwaul (n.) A caterwauling.

Caterwauling (n.) The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats.

Catery (n.) The place where provisions are deposited.

Cates (n.) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.

Cat-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.

Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Catfish (n.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Catgut (n.) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.

Catgut (n.) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.

Catharine wheel () See catherine wheel.

Catharist (n.) One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.

Cat-harpin (n.) See Cat-harping.

Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

Catharsis (n.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

Cathartic (a.) Alt. of Catharical

Catharical (a.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.

Catharical (a.) Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.

Cathartic (n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

Cathartin (n.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.

Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)

Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

Cathedra (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

Cathedral (n.) The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Cathedral (a.) Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.

Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.

Cathedral (a.) Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks.

Cathedralic (a.) Cathedral.

Cathedrated (a.) Relating to the chair or office of a teacher.

Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Catherine wheel () Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.

Catherine wheel () A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.

Catheter (n.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.

Catheterism (n.) Alt. of Catheterization

Catheterization (n.) The operation of introducing a catheter.

Catheterized (imp. & p. p.) of Catheterize

Catheterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catheterize

Catheterize (v. t.) To operate on with a catheter.

Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard.

Catheti (pl. ) of Cathetus

Cathetus (n.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle.

Cathode (n.) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode.

Cathodic (a.) A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent, course of the nervous influence.

Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.

Catholic (a.) Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.

Catholic (a.) Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.

Catholic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act.

Catholic (n.) A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.

Catholic (n.) An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.

Catholical (a.) Catholic.

Catholicism (n.) The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.

Catholicism (n.) Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

Catholicism (n.) The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.

Catholicism (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.

Catholicity (n.) The state or quality of being catholic; universality.

Catholicity (n.) Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.

Catholicity (n.) Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

Catholicity (n.) Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

Catholicize (v. t. & i.) To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

Catholicly (adv.) In a catholic manner; generally; universally.

Catholicness (n.) The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

Catholicon (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.

Catilinarian (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

Cation (n.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion.

Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

Catlike (a.) Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

Catling (n.) A little cat; a kitten.

Catling (n.) Catgut; a catgut string.

Catling (n.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.

Catlinite (n.) A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

Catnip (n.) Alt. of Catmint

Catmint (n.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.

Cato-cathartic (n.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.

Catonian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.

Cat o' nine tails () See under Cat.

Catopter (n.) Alt. of Catoptron

Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.

Catoptric (a.) Alt. of Catoptrical

Catoptrical (a.) Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.

Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics.

Catoptromancy (n.) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.

Catopron (n.) See Catopter.

Catpipe (n.) See Catcall.

Cat-rigged (a.) Rigged like a catboat.

Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.

Cat's-eye (n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.

Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

Cat-silver (n.) Mica.

Catskill period () The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

Catsos (pl. ) of Catso

Catso (n.) A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.

Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

Cat's-paw (n.) A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.

Cat's-tail (n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.

Catstick (n.) A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.

Catstitch (v. t.) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.

Catsup (n.) Same as Catchup, and Ketchup.

Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.

Cattish (a.) Catlike; feline

Cattle (n. pl.) Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.

Catty (n.) An East Indian Weight of 1 1/3 pounds.

Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

Caucasian (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.

Caucasian (n.) A member of any of the white races of mankind.

Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.

Caucused (imp. & p. p.) of Caucus

Caucusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caucus

Caucus (v. i.) To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.

Caudad (adv.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit.

Caudal (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.

Caudata (n. pl.) See Urodela.

Caudate (a.) Alt. of Caudated

Caudated (a.) Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.

Caudices (pl. ) of Caudex

Caudexes (pl. ) of Caudex

Caudex (n.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

Caudicle (n.) Alt. of Caudicula

Caudicula (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

Caudle (n.) A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.

Caudled (imp. & p. p.) of Caudle

Caudling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caudle

Caudle (v. t.) To make into caudle.

Caudle (v. t.) Too serve as a caudle to; to refresh.

Cauf (n.) A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.

Caufle (n.) A gang of slaves. Same as Coffle.

Caught () imp. & p. p. of Catch.

Cauk (n.) Alt. of Cauker

Cauker (n.) See Cawk, Calker.

Caul (n.) A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.

Caul (n.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.

Caul (n.) A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

Caulescent (a.) Having a leafy stem.

Caulicle (n.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.

Cauliculi (pl. ) of Cauliculus

Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

Cauliflower (n.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

Cauliflower (n.) The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.

Cauliform (a.) Having the form of a caulis.

Cauline (a.) Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

Caules (pl. ) of Caulis

Caulis (n.) An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers.

Caulk (v. t. & n.) See Calk.

Caulocarpous (a.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

Cauma (n.) Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Cauponize (v. i.) To sell wine or victuals.

Causable (a.) Capable of being caused.

Causal (a.) Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.

Causal (n.) A causal word or form of speech.

Causality (n.) The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

Causality (n.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes.

Causally (adv.) According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.

Causally (n.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

Causation (n.) The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

Causationist (n.) One who believes in the law of universal causation.

Causative (a.) Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

Causative (a.) Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

Causative (n.) A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

Causatively (adv.) In a causative manner.

Causator (n.) One who causes.

Cause (v.) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

Cause (v.) That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

Cause (v.) Sake; interest; advantage.

Cause (v.) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

Cause (v.) The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

Caused (imp. & p. p.) of Cause

Causing (p. pr. & v. n.) of Cause

Cause (n.) To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

Cause (v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Cause (conj.) Abbreviation of Because.

Causeful (n.) Having a cause.

Causeless (a.) 1. Self-originating; uncreated.

Causeless (a.) Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.

Causeless (adv.) Without cause or reason.

Causelessness (n.) The state of being causeless.

Causer (n.) One who or that which causes.

Causeuse (n.) A kind of sofa for two persons. A tete-/-tete.

Causeway (n.) Alt. of Causey

Causey (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.

Causewayed (a.) Alt. of Causeyed

Causeyed (a.) Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved.

Causidical (a.) Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.

Caustic (a.) Alt. of Caustical

Caustical (a.) Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

Caustical (a.) Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.

Caustic (a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Caustically (adv.) In a caustic manner.

Causticily (n.) The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.

Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.

Causticness (n.) The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Cautel (n.) Caution; prudence; wariness.

Cautel (n.) Craft; deceit; falseness.

Cautelous (a.) Caution; prudent; wary.

Cautelous (a.) Crafty; deceitful; false.

Cauter (n.) A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.

Cauterant (n.) A cauterizing substance.

Cauterism (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.

Cauterization (n.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Cauterized (imp. & p. p.) of Cauterize

Cauterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cauterize

Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Cauterize (v. t.) To sear, as the conscience.

Cauteries (pl. ) of Cautery

Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.

Cautery (n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.

Caution (n.) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.

Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.

Caution (n.) Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.

Cautioned (imp. & p. p.) of Caution

Cautioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caution

Caution (v. t.) To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.

Cautionary (a.) Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.

Cautionary (a.) Wary; cautious.

Cautioner (n.) One who cautions or advises.

Cautioner (n.) A surety or sponsor.

Cautionry (n.) Suretyship.

Cautious (a.) Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.

Cautiously (adv.) In a cautious manner.

Cautiousness (n.) The quality of being cautious.

Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.

Cavalero (n.) Alt. of Cavaliero

Cavaliero (n.) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.

Cavalier (n.) A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

Cavalier (n.) A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

Cavalier (n.) One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.

Cavalier (n.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

Cavalier (a.) Gay; easy; offhand; frank.

Cavalier (a.) High-spirited.

Cavalier (a.) Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

Cavalier (a.) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

Cavalierish (a.) Somewhat like a cavalier.

Cavalierism (n.) The practice or principles of cavaliers.

Cavalierly (adv.) In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.

Cavalierness (n.) A disdainful manner.

Cavally (n.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]

Cavalry (n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.

Cavalryman (n.) One of a body of cavalry.

Cavatina (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

Cave (n.) A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

Cave (n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.

Caved (imp. & p. p.) of Cave

Caving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cave

Cave (n.) To make hollow; to scoop out.

Cave (v. i.) To dwell in a cave.

Cave (v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.

Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.

Caveat (n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.

Caveat (n.) Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

Caveating (n.) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Caveator (n.) One who enters a caveat.

Cavendish (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.

Cavern (n.) A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

Caverned (a.) Containing caverns.

Caverned (a.) Living in a cavern.

Cavernous (a.) Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

Cavernous (a.) Filled with small cavities or cells.

Cavernous (a.) Having a sound caused by a cavity.

Cavernulous (a.) Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal.

Cavesson (n.) Alt. of Cavezon

Cavezon (n.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses.

Cavetto (n.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.

Caviare (n.) Alt. of Caviar

Caviar (n.) The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

Cavicorn (a.) Having hollow horns.

Cavicornia (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

Caviled (imp. & p. p.) of Cavil

Cavilled () of Cavil

Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavil

Cavilling () of Cavil

Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.

Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.

Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caviller

Caviller (n.) One who cavils.

Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.

Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.

Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.

Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillous

Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.

Cavin (n.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place.

Cavitary (a.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.

Cavities (pl. ) of Cavity

Cavity (n.) Hollowness.

Cavity (n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

Cavo-relievo (n.) Cavo-rilievo.

Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

Cavorted (imp. & p. p.) of Cavort

Cavorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavort

Cavort (v. i.) To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.

Cavies (pl. ) of Cavy

Cavy (n.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America.

Cawed (imp. & p. p.) of Caw

Cawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caw

Caw (v. i.) To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.

Caw (n.) The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.

Cawk (n.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.

Cawker (n.) See Calker.

Cawky (a.) Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.

Caxon (n.) A kind of wig.

Caxton (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.

Cay (n.) See Key, a ledge.

Cayenne (n.) Cayenne pepper.

Cayman (n.) The south America alligator. See Alligator.

Cayugas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

Cayuse (n.) An Indian pony.

Cazique (n.) Alt. of Cazic

Cazic (n.) A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

Ceased (imp. & p. p.) of Cease

Ceasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cease

Cease (v. i.) To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

Cease (v. i.) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.

Cease (n.) Extinction.

Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.

Ceaseless (adv.) Without intermission or end.

Cecidomyia (n.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

Cecity (n.) Blindness.

Cecutiency (n.) Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness.

Cedar (n.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

Cedar (a.) Of or pertaining to cedar.

Cedared (a.) Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

Cedarn (a.) Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood.

Ceded (imp. & p. p.) of Cede

Ceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cede

Cede (v. t.) To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

Cedilla (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.

Cedrat (n.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

Cedrene (n.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type.

Cedrine (a.) Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.

Cedriret (n.) Same as Coerulignone.

Cedry (a.) Of the nature of cedar.

Cedule (n.) A scroll; a writing; a schedule.

Ceduous (a.) Fit to be felled.

Ceiled (imp. & p. p.) of Ceil

Ceiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ceil

Ceil (v. t.) To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.

Ceil (v. t.) To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Ceiling (v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.

Ceiling (v. t.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

Ceiling (v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel.

Ceint (n.) A girdle.

Celadon (n.) A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.

Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.

Celature (n.) That which is engraved.

Celebrant (n.) One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

Celebrated (imp. & p. p.) of Celebrate

Celebrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Celebrate

Celebrate (v. t.) To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.

Celebrate (v. t.) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

Celebrated (a.) Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.

Celebration (n.) The act, process, or time of celebrating.

Celebrator (n.) One who celebrates; a praiser.

Celebrious (a.) Famous.

Celebrities (pl. ) of Celebrity

Celebrity (n.) Celebration; solemnization.

Celebrity (n.) The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

Celebrity (n.) A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

Celeriac (n.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

Celerity (n.) Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Celestial (a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.

Celestial (a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.

Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.

Celestial (n.) A native of China.

Celestialize (v. t.) To make celestial.

Celestially (adv.) In a celestial manner.

Celestify (v. t.) To make like heaven.

Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestite

Celestite (n.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestinian

Celestinian (n.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

Celiac (a.) See Coellac.

Celibacy (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

Celibate (n.) Celibate state; celibacy.

Celibate (n.) One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

Celibate (a.) Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Celibatist (n.) One who lives unmarried.

Celidography (n.) A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.

Cell (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place.

Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Cell (n.) Same as Cella.

Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.

Celled (imp. & p. p.) of Cell

Cell (v. t.) To place or inclose in a cell.

Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

Cellar (n.) A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

Cellarage (n.) The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.

Cellarage (n.) Chare for storage in a cellar.

Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Cellaret (n.) A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

Cellarist (n.) Same as Cellarer.

Celled (a.) Containing a cell or cells.

Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.

Celliferous (a.) Bearing or producing cells.

Cellos (pl. ) of Cello

Celli (pl. ) of Cello

Cello (n.) A contraction for Violoncello.

Cellular (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

Cellulated (a.) Cellular.

Cellule (n.) A small cell.

Celluliferous (a.) Bearing or producing little cells.

Cellulitis (n.) An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.

Cellulose (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.

Celotomy (n.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.

Celsiture (n.) Height; altitude.

Celsius (n.) The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.

Celt (n.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

Celtiberian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).

Celtiberian (n.) An inhabitant of Celtiberia.

Celtic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.

Celtic (n.) The language of the Celts.

Celticism (n.) A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.

Celticize (v. t.) To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

Cembalo (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.

Cement (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

Cement (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.

Cement (n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.

Cement (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Cemented (imp. & p. p.) of Cement

Cementing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cement

Cement (n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.

Cement (n.) To unite firmly or closely.

Cement (n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

Cement (v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

Cemental (a.) Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes.

Cementation (n.) The act or process of cementing.

Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.

Cementatory (a.) Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

Cementer (n.) A person or thing that cements.

Cementitious (n.) Of the nature of cement.

Cemeterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a cemetery.

Cemeteries (pl. ) of Cemetery

Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Cenanthy (n.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Cenation (n.) Meal-taking; dining or supping.

Cenatory (a.) Of or pertaining to dinner or supper.

Cenobite (n.) One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

Cenobitic (a.) Alt. of Cenobitical

Cenobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

Cenobitism (n.) The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.

Cenogamy (n.) The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

Cenotaphy (n.) A cenotaph.

Cenozoic (a.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also caenozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.

Cense (n.) A census; -- also, a public rate or tax.

Cense (n.) Condition; rank.

Censed (imp. & p. p.) of Cense

Censing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cense

Cense (v. t.) To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.

Cense (v. i.) To burn or scatter incense.

Censer (n.) A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.

Censor (n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

Censor (n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

Censor (n.) One given to fault-finding; a censurer.

Censor (n.) A critic; a reviewer.

Censorial (a.) Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals.

Censorial (a.) Full of censure; censorious.

Censorian (a.) Censorial.

Censorious (a.) Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

Censorious (a.) Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.

Censorship (n.) The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.

Censual (a.) Relating to, or containing, a census.

Censurable (a.) Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

Censure (n.) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

Censure (n.) The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

Censure (n.) Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

Censured (imp. & p. p.) of Censure

Censuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Censure

Censure (v. i.) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

Censure (v. i.) To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

Censure (v. i.) To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

Censure (v. i.) To judge.

Censurer (n.) One who censures.

Census (n.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

Census (n.) An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country.

Cent (n.) A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

Cent (n.) A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.

Cent (n.) An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.

Centage (n.) Rate by the hundred; percentage.

Cental (n.) A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

Cental (n.) Relating to a hundred.

Centare (n.) A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards.

Centaur (n.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

Centaur (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

Centaurea (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

Centaury (n.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheraea Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Centenarian (a.) Of or relating to a hundred years.

Centenarian (n.) A person a hundred years old.

Centenary (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

Centenary (a.) Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.

Centenaries (pl. ) of Centenary

Centenary (n.) The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.

Centenary (n.) A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.

Centennial (a.) Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

Centennial (a.) Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.

Centennial (a.) Lasting or aged a hundred years.

Centennial (n.) The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.

Centennially (adv.) Once in a hundred years.

Center (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.

Center (n.) The middle or central portion of anything.

Center (n.) A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.

Center (n.) The earth.

Center (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

Center (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

Center (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.

Centered (imp. & p. p.) of Centre

Centred () of Centre

Centering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centre

Centring () of Centre

Center (v. i.) Alt. of Centre

Centre (v. i.) To be placed in a center; to be central.

Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.

Center (v. t.) Alt. of Centre

Centre (v. t.) To place or fix in the center or on a central point.

Centre (v. t.) To collect to a point; to concentrate.

Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Centerbit (n.) Alt. of Centrebit

Centrebit (n.) An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

Centerboard (n.) Alt. of Centreboard

Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

Centerfire cartridge () See under Cartridge.

Centering (n.) Same as Center, n., 6.

Centerpiece (n.) Alt. of Centrepiece

Centrepiece (n.) An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

Centesimal (a.) Hundredth.

Centesimal (n.) A hundredth part.

Centesimation (n.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

Centesm (n.) Hundredth.

-mi (pl. ) of Centesimo

Centesimo (n.) A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

Centiare (n.) See centare.

Centicipitous (a.) Hundred-headed.

Centifidous (a.) Divided into a hundred parts.

Centifolious (a.) Having a hundred leaves.

Centigrade (a.) Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.

Centigrade (a.) Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ C.).

Centigram (n.) Alt. of Centigramme

Centigramme (n.) The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

Centiliter (n.) Alt. of Centilitre

Centilitre (n.) The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

Centiloquy (n.) A work divided into a hundred parts.

Centime (n.) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.

Centimeter (n.) Alt. of Centimetre

Centimetre (n.) The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.

Centinel (n.) Sentinel.

Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.

Centiped (n.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet.

Centistere (n.) The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.

Centner (n.) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

Centner (n.) The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.

Centos (pl. ) of Cento

Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

Centonism (n.) The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

Central (a.) Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.

Central (n.) Alt. of Centrale

Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

Centralism (n.) The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.

Centralism (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.

Centralities (pl. ) of Centrality

Centrality (n.) The state of being central; tendency towards a center.

Centralization (n.) The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

Centralized (imp. & p. p.) of Centralize

Centralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centralize

Centralize (v. t.) To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.

Centrally (adv.) In a central manner or situation.

Centre (n. & v.) See Center.

Centric (a.) Alt. of Centrical

Centrical (a.) Placed in the center or middle; central.

Centricity (n.) The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.

Centrifugal (a.) Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

Centrifugal (a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.

Centrifugal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.

Centrifugal (n.) A centrifugal machine.

Centrifugence (n.) The property or quality of being centrifugal.

Centring (n.) See Centring.

Centripetal (a.) Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

Centripetal (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.

Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.

Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.

Centripetence (n.) Centripetency.

Centripetency (n.) Tendency toward the center.

Centriscoid (a.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

Centrobaric (a.) Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it.

Centrode (n.) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.

Centroid (n.) The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

Centrolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.

Centrolinead (n.) An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

Centrolineal (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

Centrosome (n.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

Centrostaltic (a.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center.

Centrums (pl. ) of Centrum

Centra (pl. ) of Centrum

Centrum (n.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Centry (n.) See Sentry.

Centumviri (pl. ) of Centumvir

Centumvir (n.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Centumviral (a.) Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.

Centumvirate (n.) The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

Centuple (a.) Hundredfold.

Centuple (v. t.) To increase a hundredfold.

Centuplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Centuplicate

Centuplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centuplicate

Centuplicate (a.) To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times.

Centurial (a.) Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon.

Centuriate (a.) Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds.

Centuriate (v. t.) To divide into hundreds.

Centuriator (n.) Alt. of Centurist

Centurist (n.) An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under Century.

Centurion (n.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.

Centuries (pl. ) of Century

Century (n.) A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.

Century (n.) A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.

Century (n.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.

Century (n.) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.

Cepevorous (a.) Feeding upon onions.

Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Cephalalgia (n.) Alt. of Cephalalgy

Cephalalgy (n.) Pain in the head; headache.

Cephalalgic (a.) Relating to, or affected with, headache.

Cephalalgic (n.) A remedy for the headache.

Cephalanthium (n.) Same as Anthodium.

Cephalaspis (n.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

Cephalata (n. pl.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cephalate (a.) Having a head.

Cephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior.

Cephalic (n.) A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

Cephalitis (n.) Same as Phrenitis.

Cephalization (n.) Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.

Cephalo () A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

Cephalocercal (a.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Cephaloid (a.) Shaped like the head.

Cephalology (n.) The science which treats of the head.

Cephalomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.

Cephalometer (n.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

Cephalon (n.) The head.

Cephalophora (n. pl.) The cephalata.

Cephalopod (n.) Alt. of Cephalopode

Cephalopode (n.) One of the Cephalopoda.

Cephalopoda (n. pl.) The highest class of Mollusca.

Cephalopodic (a.) Alt. of Cephalopodous

Cephalopodous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

Cephaloptera (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

Cephalosome (n.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

Cephalothorax (n.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.

Cephalotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.

Cephalotomy (n.) Dissection or opening of the head.

Cephalotomy (n.) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Cephalotribe (n.) An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

Cephalotripsy (n.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

Cephalotrocha (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

Cephalous (a.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

Cepheus (n.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

Ceraceous (a.) Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

Cerago (n.) Beebread.

Ceramic (a.) Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

Ceramics (n.) The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.

Ceramics (n.) Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc.

Cerargyrite (n.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).

Cerasin (n.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.

Cerasin (n.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.

Cerasinous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.

Cerasinous (a.) Of a cherry color.

Cerastes (n.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.

Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

Cerated (p. a.) Covered with wax.

Ceratine (a.) Sophistical.

Ceratobranchia (n. pl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

Ceratobranchial (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.

Ceratobranchial (n.) A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.

Ceratodus (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.

Ceratohyal (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.

Ceratohyal (n.) A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.

Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Ceratospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.

Ceraunics (n.) That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity.

Ceraunoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

Cerberean (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.

Cerberus (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.

Cerberus (n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

Cercal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tail.

Cercarle (pl. ) of Cercaria

Cercaria (n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Cercarian (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae.

Cercarian (n.) One of the Cercariae.

Cercopod (n.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.

Cerci (pl. ) of Cercus

Cercus (n.) See Cercopod.

Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

Cered (imp. & p. p.) of Cere

Cering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cere

Cere (v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Cereal (a.) Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

Cereal (n.) Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

Cerealia (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

Cerealia (n. pl.) The cereals.

Cerealin (n.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.

Cerebel (n.) The cerebellum.

Cerebellar (a.) Alt. of Cerebellous

Cerebellous (a.) Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Cerebellums (pl. ) of Cerebellum

Cerebella (pl. ) of Cerebellum

Cerebellum (n.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Cerebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

Cerebral (n.) One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

Cerebralism (n.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

Cerebralist (n.) One who accepts cerebralism.

Cerebrate (v. i.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Cerebration (n.) Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

Cerebric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain.

Cerebricity (n.) Brain power.

Cerebriform (a.) Like the brain in form or substance.

Cerebrifugal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

Cerebrin (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Cerebripetal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

Cerebritis (n.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Cerebroid (a.) Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebrology (n.) The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebropathy (n.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.

Cerebroscopy (n.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).

Cerebrose (n.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Cerebro-spinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

Cerebrums (pl. ) of Cerebrum

Cerebra (pl. ) of Cerebrum

Cerebrum (n.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

Cerecloth (n.) A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.

Cerement (n.) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.

Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

Ceremonial (a.) Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

Ceremonial (a.) Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.]

Ceremonial (n.) A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.

Ceremonial (n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

Ceremonialism (n.) Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

Ceremonially (adv.) According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.

Ceremonialness (n.) Quality of being ceremonial.

Ceremonious (a.) Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

Ceremonious (a.) According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.

Ceremoniously (adv.) In a ceremonious way.

Ceremoniousness (n.) The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

Ceremonies (pl. ) of Ceremony

Ceremony (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.

Ceremony (n.) Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.

Ceremony (n.) A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.

Ceremony (n.) A sign or prodigy; a portent.

Cereous (a.) Waxen; like wax.

Ceres (n.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

Ceres (n.) The first discovered asteroid.

Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

Cereus (n.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

Cerial (a.) Same as Cerrial.

Ceriferous (a.) Producing wax.

Cerin (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.

Cerin (n.) A variety of the mineral allanite.

Cerinthian (n.) One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.

Ceriph (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.

Cerise (a.) Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Cerite (n.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.

Cerite (n.) A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.

Cerium (n.) A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air.

Cernuous (a.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

Cero (n.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

Cerograph (n.) A writing on wax.

Cerographic (a.) Alt. of Cerographical

Cerographical (a.) Of or pertaining to cerography.

Cerographist (n.) One who practices cerography.

Cerography (n.) The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.

Cerography (n.) A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.

Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.

Ceroma (n.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.

Ceroma (n.) The cere of birds.

Ceromancy (n.) Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

Ceroon (n.) A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

Ceroplastic (a.) Relating to the art of modeling in wax.

Ceroplastic (a.) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.

Ceroplastics (n.) Alt. of Ceroplasty

Ceroplasty (n.) The art of modeling in wax.

Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.

Cerote (n.) See Cerate.

Cerotene (n.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.

Cerotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

Cerotin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.

Cerrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cerris.

Cerris (n.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

Certain (a.) Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

Certain (a.) Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

Certain (a.) Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

Certain (a.) Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

Certain (a.) Unfailing; infallible.

Certain (a.) Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

Certain (a.) Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.

Certain (n.) Certainty.

Certain (n.) A certain number or quantity.

Certain (adv.) Certainly.

Certainly (adv.) Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

Certainness (n.) Certainty.

Certainties (pl. ) of Certainty

Certainty (n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

Certainty (n.) A fact or truth unquestionable established.

Certainty (n.) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.

Certes (adv.) Certainly; in truth; verily.

Certificate (n.) A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

Certificate (n.) A written declaration legally authenticated.

Certificated (imp. & p. p.) of Certificate

Certificating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Certificate

Certificate (v. t.) To verify or vouch for by certificate.

Certificate (v. t.) To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

Certification (n.) The act of certifying.

Certifier (n.) One who certifies or assures.

Certified (imp. & p. p.) of Certify

Certifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Certify

Certify (v. t.) To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

Certify (v. t.) To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.

Certify (v. t.) To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.

Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.

Certitude (n.) Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.

Cerule (a.) Blue; cerulean.

Cerulean (a.) Sky-colored; blue; azure.

Ceruleous (a.) Cerulean.

Cerulific (a.) Producing a blue or sky color.

Cerumen (n.) The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.

Ceruminous (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.

Ceruse (n.) White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.

Ceruse (n.) A cosmetic containing white lead.

Ceruse (n.) The native carbonate of lead.

Cerused (a.) Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face.

Cerusite (n.) Alt. of Cerussite

Cerussite (n.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

Cervantite (n.) See under Antimony.

Cervelat (n.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

Cervical (a.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebrae.

Cervicide (n.) The act of killing deer; deer-slaying.

Cervine (a.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae.

Cervixes (pl. ) of Cervix

Cervices (pl. ) of Cervix

Cervix (n.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

Cervus (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

Ceryl (n.) A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.

Cesarean (a.) Alt. of Cesarian

Cesarian (a.) Same as Caesarean, Caesarian.

Cesarism (n.) See Caesarism.

Cespitine (n.) An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.

Cespititious (a.) Same as Cespitious.

Cespitose (a.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.

Cespitous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.

Cess (n.) A rate or tax.

Cess (n.) Bound; measure.

Cessed (imp. & p. p.) of Cess

Cessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cess

Cess (v. t.) To rate; to tax; to assess.

Cess (v. i.) To cease; to neglect.

Cessant (a.) Inactive; dormant

Cessation (n.) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.

Cessavit (n.) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.

Cessible (a.) Giving way; yielding.

Cession (n.) A yielding to physical force.

Cession (n.) Concession; compliance.

Cession (n.) A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.

Cession (n.) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

Cessionary (a.) Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.

Cessment (v. t.) An assessment or tax.

Cessor (v. i.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit.

Cessor (v. t.) An assessor.

Cesspipe (n.) A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.

Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.

Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

Cestode (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

Cestode (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

Cestoid (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoidea (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm.

Cestoldean (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

Cestraciont (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.

Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

Cestus (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

Cestus (n.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

Cestuy (pron.) Alt. of Cestui

Cestui (pron.) He; the one.

Cesura (n.) See Caesura.

Cesural (a.) See Caesural.

Cetacea (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

Cetacean (n.) One of the Cetacea.

Cetaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Cete (n.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.

Cetene (n.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Ceterach (n.) A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

Cetewale (n.) Same as Zedoary.

Cetic (a.) Of or pertaining to a whale.

Cetin (n.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

Cetological (a.) Of or pertaining to cetology.

Cetologist (a.) One versed in cetology.

Cetology (n.) The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Cetraric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).

Cetrarin (n.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

Cetyl (n.) A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

Cetylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

Ceylanite (n.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste.

Ceylonese (a.) Of or pertaining to Ceylon.

Ceylonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Ceylon.

C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

Chab (n.) The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

Chabasite (n.) Alt. of Cabazite

Cabazite (n.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.

Chablis (n.) A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.

Chablis (n.) a white wine resembling Chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in California.

Chabouk (n.) Alt. of Chabuk

Chabuk (n.) A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.

Chace (n.) See 3d Chase, n., 3.

Chace (v. t.) To pursue. See Chase v. t.

Chachalaca (n.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).

Chak (v. i.) To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Chacma (n.) A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

Chaconne (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

Chad (n.) See Shad.

Chaetetes (n.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

Chaetiferous (a.) Bearing setae.

Chaetodont (n.) A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

Chaetodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.

Chaetognath (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.

Chaetognatha (n. pl.) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

Chaetopod (a.) Pertaining to the Chaetopoda.

Chaetopod (n.) One of the Chaetopoda.

Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.

Chaetotaxy (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

Chafed (imp. & p. p.) of Chafe

Chafing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Chafe

Chafe (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Chafe (n.) Heat excited by friction.

Chafe (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction.

Chafe (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

Chafer (n.) One who chafes.

Chafer (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.

Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

Chafery (v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwax

Chaffwax (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Chafeweed (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

Chaff (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.

Chaff (n.) Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

Chaff (n.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.

Chaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaff

Chaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaff

Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

Chaffer (n.) One who chaffs.

Chaffer (n.) Bargaining; merchandise.

Chaffered (imp. & p. p.) of Chaffer

Chaffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaffer

Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.

Chaffer (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter.

Chaffer (v. t.) To buy or sell; to trade in.

Chaffer (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words.

Chafferer (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer.

Chaffern (v. t.) A vessel for heating water.

Chaffery (n.) Traffic; bargaining.

Chaffinch (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

Chaffing (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

Chaffless (a.) Without chaff.

Chaffy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.

Chaffy (a.) Light or worthless as chaff.

Chaffy (a.) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.

Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.

Chafing (v. t.) The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.

Chagreen (n.) See Shagreen.

Chagrin (n.) Vexation; mortification.

Chagrined (imp. & p. p.) of Chagrin

Chargrining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chagrin

Chagrin (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.

Chagrin (v. i.) To be vexed or annoyed.

Chagrin (a.) Chagrined.

Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.

Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.

Chain (n.) A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.

Chain (n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land.

Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

Chain (n.) The warp threads of a web.

Chained (imp. p. p.) of Chain

Chaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chain

Chain (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.

Chain (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly.

Chain (v. t.) To measure with the chain.

Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.

Chainless (a.) Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.

Chainlet (n.) A small chain.

Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

Chain stitch () A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.

Chain wheel () An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.

Chainwork (n.) Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

Chair (n.) A movable single seat with a back.

Chair (n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.

Chair (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.

Chair (n.) A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.

Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Chaired (imp. & p. pr.) of Chair

Chairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chair

Chair (v. t.) To place in a chair.

Chair (v. t.) To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.

Chairmen (pl. ) of Chairman

Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

Chairman (n.) One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

Chairmanship (n.) The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

Chaise (n.) A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

Chaise (n.) a carriage in general.

Chaja (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

Chalazas (pl. ) of Chalaza

Chalazae (pl. ) of Chalaza

Chalaza (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

Chalaza (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

Chalazal (a.) Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Chalaze (n.) Same as Chalaza.

Chalaziferous (a.) Having or bearing chalazas.

Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

Chalcanthite (n.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Chalcedonic (a.) Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

Chalcedonies (pl. ) of Chalcedony

Chalcedony (n.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

Chalchihuitl (n.) The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.

Chalcid fly () One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.

Chalcidian (n.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidae), having four small or rudimentary legs.

Chalcocite (n.) Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.

Chalcographer (n.) Alt. of Chalcographist

Chalcographist (n.) An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.

Chalcography (n.) The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.

Chalcopyrite (n.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

Chaldaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

Chaldaic (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.

Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

Chaldean (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

Chaldean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

Chaldean (n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.

Chaldean (n.) Nestorian.

Chaldee (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.

Chaldrich (n.) Alt. of Chalder

Chalder (n.) A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

Chaldron (n.) An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.

Chalet (n.) A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

Chalet (n.) A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Chaliced (a.) Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.

Chalk (n.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

Chalk (n.) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.

Chalked (imp. & p. p.) of Chalk

Chalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chalk

Chalk (v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.

Chalk (v. t.) To manure with chalk, as land.

Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Chalkcutter (n.) A man who digs chalk.

Chalkiness (n.) The state of being chalky.

Chalkstone (n.) A mass of chalk.

Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

Chalky (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.

Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.

Challenge (n.) A claim or demand.

Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

Challenge (n.) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.

Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.

Challenged (imp. & p. p.) of Challenge

Challenging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Challenge

Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.

Challenge (n.) To claim as due; to demand as a right.

Challenge (n.) To censure; to blame.

Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"

Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.

Challenge (n.) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.

Challenge (n.) To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.

Challenge (v. i.) To assert a right; to claim a place.

Challengeable (a.) That may be challenged.

Challenger (n.) One who challenges.

Challis (n.) A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.

Chalon (n.) A bed blanket.

Chalybean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.

Chalybean (a.) Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.

Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

Chalybeate (n.) Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

Chalybeous (a.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.

Chalybite (n.) Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.

Cham (v. t.) To chew.

Cham (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.

Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.

Chamal (n.) The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.

Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

Chamber (n.) Apartments in a lodging house.

Chamber (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

Chamber (n.) A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

Chamber (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.

Chamber (n.) A chamber pot.

Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns.

Chamber (n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.

Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.

Chambered (imp. & p. p.) of Chamber

Chambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chamber

Chamber (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

Chamber (v. i.) To be lascivious.

Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber.

Chamber (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.

Chambered (a.) Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.

Chamberer (n.) One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.

Chamberer (n.) A civilian; a carpetmonger.

Chambering (n.) Lewdness.

Chamberlain (n.) An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

Chamberlain (n.) An upper servant of an inn.

Chamberlain (n.) An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.

Chamberlain (n.) A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.

Chamberlainship (n.) Office of a chamberlain.

Chambermaid (n.) A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

Chambermaid (n.) A lady's maid.

Chambertin (n.) A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

Chambrel (n.) Same as Gambrel.

Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

Chameleon (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

Chameleonize (v. t.) To change into various colors.

Chamfer (n.) The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

Chamfered (imp. & p. p.) of Chamfer

Chamfering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chamfer

Chamfer (v. t.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

Chamfer (v. t.) To make a chamfer on.

Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.

Chamfron (n.) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse.

Chamlet (n.) See Camlet.

Chamois (n.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.

Chamois (n.) A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.

Chamomile (n.) See Camomile.

Champed (imp. & p. p.) of Champ

Champing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Champ

Champ (v. t.) To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.

Champ (v. t.) To bite into small pieces; to crunch.

Champ (v. i.) To bite or chew impatiently.

Champ (n.) Alt. of Champe

Champe (n.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Champagne (n.) A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.

Champaign (n.) A flat, open country.

Champaign (a.) Flat; open; level.

Champer (n.) One who champs, or bites.

Champertor (n.) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Champerty (n.) Partnership in power; equal share of authority.

Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance.

Champignon (n.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

Chappion (n.) One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England.

Championed (imp. & p. p.) of Champion

Championing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Champion

Champion (v. t.) To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

Championness (n.) A female champion.

Championship (n.) State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

Champlain period () A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.

Chamsin (n.) See Kamsin.

Chance (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

Chance (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.

Chance (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.

Chance (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.

Chance (n.) Probability.

Chanced (imp. & p. p.) of Chance

Chancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chance

Chance (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.

Chance (v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.

Chance (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.

Chance (a.) Happening by chance; casual.

Chance (adv.) By chance; perchance.

Chanceable (a.) Fortuitous; casual.

Chanceably (adv.) By chance.

Chanceful (a.) Hazardous.

Chancel (v. t.) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

Chancel (v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.

Chancellery (n.) Chancellorship.

Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

Chancellorship (n.) The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Chance-medley (n.) Luck; chance; accident.

Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.

Chancery (n.) In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.

Chancre (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre.

Chancroid (n.) A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.

Chancrous (a.) Of the nature of a chancre; having chancre.

Chandelier (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

Chandelier (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.

Chandler (n.) A maker or seller of candles.

Chandler (n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler.

Chandlerly (a.) Like a chandler; in a petty way.

Chandlery (n.) Commodities sold by a chandler.

Chandoo (n.) An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.

Chandry (n.) Chandlery.

Chanfrin (n.) The fore part of a horse's head.

Changed (imp. & p. p.) of Change

Changing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Change

Change (v. t.) To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.

Change (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.

Change (v. t.) To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.

Change (v. t.) Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.

Change (v. i.) To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.

Change (v. i.) To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

Change (v. t.) Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

Change (v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

Change (v. t.) A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.

Change (v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

Change (v. t.) That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

Change (v. t.) Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.

Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

Change (v. t.) A public house; an alehouse.

Change (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

Changeability (n.) Changeableness.

Changeable (a.) Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

Changeable (a.) Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Changeableness (n.) The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.

Changeably (adv.) In a changeable manner.

Changeful (a.) Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

Changeless (a.) That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

Changeling (n.) One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.

Changeling (n.) A simpleton; an idiot.

Changeling (n.) One apt to change; a waverer.

Changeling (a.) Taken or left in place of another; changed.

Changeling (a.) Given to change; inconstant.

Changer (n.) One who changes or alters the form of anything.

Changer (n.) One who deals in or changes money.

Changer (n.) One apt to change; an inconstant person.

Chank (n.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

Channel (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

Channel (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

Channel (n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

Channel (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

Channeled (imp. & p. p.) of Channel

Channelled () of Channel

Channeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Channel

Channelling () of Channel

Channel (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

Channel (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel.

Channeling (n.) The act or process of forming a channel or channels.

Channeling (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove.

Chanson (n.) A song.

Chansonnettes (pl. ) of Chansonnette

Chansonnette (n.) A little song.

Chanted (imp. & p. p.) of Chant

Chanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chant

Chant (v. t.) To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.

Chant (v. t.) To celebrate in song.

Chant (v. t.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant (v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing.

Chant (v. i.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.

Chant (v. t.) Song; melody.

Chant (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

Chant (v. t.) A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

Chant (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

Chantant (a.) Composed in a melodious and singing style.

Chanter (n.) One who chants; a singer or songster.

Chanter (n.) The chief singer of the chantry.

Chanter (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

Chanter (n.) The hedge sparrow.

Chanterelle (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

Chanticleer (n.) A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.

Chanting (n.) Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.

Chantor (n.) A chanter.

Chantress (n.) A female chanter or singer.

Chantries (pl. ) of Chantry

Chantry (n.) An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

Chantry (n.) A chapel or altar so endowed.

Chaomancy (n.) Divination by means of appearances in the air.

Chaos (n.) An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm.

Chaos (n.) The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms.

Chaos (n.) Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

Chaotic (a.) Resembling chaos; confused.

Chaotically (adv.) In a chaotic manner.

Chapped (imp. & p. p.) of Chap

Chapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chap

Chap (v. t.) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

Chap (v. t.) To strike; to beat.

Chap (v. i.) To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.

Chap (v. i.) To strike; to knock; to rap.

Chap (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

Chap (n.) A division; a breach, as in a party.

Chap (n.) A blow; a rap.

Chap (n.) One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

Chap (n.) One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

Chap (n.) A buyer; a chapman.

Chap (n.) A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.

Chap (v. i.) To bargain; to buy.

Chaparral (n.) A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

Chaparral (n.) An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.

Chapbook (n.) Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

Chape (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.

Chape (n.) The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.

Chapeux (pl. ) of Chapeau

Chapeau (n.) A hat or covering for the head.

Chapeau (n.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.

Chaped (p. p. / a.) Furnished with a chape or chapes.

Chapel (n.) A subordinate place of worship

Chapel (n.) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial

Chapel (n.) a small building attached to a church

Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.

Chapel (n.) A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.

Chapel (n.) A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Chapel (n.) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

Chapel (n.) An association of workmen in a printing office.

Chapel (v. t.) To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.

Chapel (v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

Chapeless (a.) Without a chape.

Chapelet (n.) A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.

Chapelet (n.) A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

Chapellanies (pl. ) of Chapellany

Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Chapelry (n.) The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel.

Chaperon (n.) A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.

Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

Chaperon (n.) A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

Chaperoned (imp. & p. p.) of Chaperon

Chaperoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaperon

Chaperon (v. t.) To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.

Chaperonage (n.) Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.

Chapiter (n.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.

Chapiter (n.) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles.

Chaplain (n.) An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

Chaplain (n.) A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.

Chaplain (n.) Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.

Chaplaincy (n.) The office, position, or station of a chaplain.

Chaplainship (n.) The office or business of a chaplain.

Chaplainship (n.) The possession or revenue of a chapel.

Chapless (a.) Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless.

Chaplet (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

Chaplet (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.

Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

Chaplet (n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

Chaplet (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.

Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

Chaplet (n.) A small chapel or shrine.

Chapleted (imp. & p. p.) of Chaplet

Chaplet (v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.

Chapmen (pl. ) of Chapman

Chapman (n.) One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.

Chapman (n.) A peddler; a hawker.

Chappy () Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.

Chaps (n. pl.) The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap.

Chapter (n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

Chapter (n.) A community of canons or canonesses.

Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.

Chapter (n.) A business meeting of any religious community.

Chapter (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

Chapter (n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

Chapter (n.) A chapter house.

Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.

Chapter (n.) A location or compartment.

Chapter (v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book.

Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.

Chaptrel (n.) An impost.

Char (n.) Alt. of Charr

Charr (n.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

Char (n.) A car; a chariot.

Char (n.) Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore.

Char (v. t.) Alt. of Chare

Chare (v. t.) To perform; to do; to finish.

Chare (v. t.) To work or hew, as stone.

Char (v. i.) Alt. of Chare

Chare (v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

Charred (imp. & p. p.) of Char

Charring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Char

Char (n.) To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

Char (n.) To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Chara (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

Chars-a-banc (pl. ) of Char-a-bancs

Char-a-bancs (n.) A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.

Charact (n.) A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character.

Character (n.) A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

Character (n.) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.

Character (n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.

Character (n.) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

Character (n.) Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.

Character (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

Character (n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.

Character (n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.

Character (n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character.

Character (n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel.

Charactered (imp. & p. p.) of Character

Character (v. t.) To engrave; to inscribe.

Character (v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.

Characterism (n.) A distinction of character; a characteristic.

Characteristic (a.) Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.

Characteristic (n.) A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.

Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.

Characteristical (a.) Characteristic.

Characteristically (adv.) In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

Characterization (n.) The act or process of characterizing.

Characterized (imp. & p. p.) of Characterize

Characterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Characterize

Characterize (v. t.) To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

Characterize (v. t.) To engrave or imprint.

Characterize (v. t.) To indicate the character of; to describe.

Characterize (v. t.) To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.

Characterless (a.) Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

Charactery (n.) The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.

Charactery (n.) That which is charactered; the meaning.

Charade (n.) A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

Charbocle (n.) Carbuncle.

Charbon (n.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

Charbon (n.) A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.

Charcoal (v. t.) Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

Charcoal (v. t.) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.

Chard (n.) The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

Chard (n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.

Chare (n.) A narrow street.

Chare (n. & v.) A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.

Charged (imp. & p. p.) of Charge

Charging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charge

Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.

Charge (v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.

Charge (v. t.) To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples.

Charge (v. t.) To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.

Charge (v. t.) To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.

Charge (v. t.) To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.

Charge (v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.

Charge (v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.

Charge (v. t.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

Charge (v. t.) To call to account; to challenge.

Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.

Charge (v. i.) To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

Charge (v. i.) To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.

Charge (v. i.) To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.

Charge (v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

Charge (v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

Charge (v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.

Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.

Charge (v. t.) Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.

Charge (v. t.) Harm.

Charge (v. t.) An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.

Charge (v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.

Charge (v. t.) An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.

Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.

Charge (v. t.) The price demanded for a thing or service.

Charge (v. t.) An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.

Charge (v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time

Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.

Charge (v. t.) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

Charge (v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment.

Charge (v. t.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8.

Charge (n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

Charge (n.) Weight; import; value.

Chargeable (a.) That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

Chargeable (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

Chargeableness (n.) The quality of being chargeable or expensive.

Chargeably (adv.) At great cost; expensively.

Chargeant (a.) Burdensome; troublesome.

Charges d'affaires (pl. ) of Charge d'affaires

Charge d'affaires (n.) A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

Chargeful (a.) Costly; expensive.

Chargehouse (n.) A schoolhouse.

Chargeless (a.) Free from, or with little, charge.

Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.

Charger (n.) One who, or that which charges.

Charger (n.) An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.

Charger (n.) A large dish.

Charger (n.) A horse for battle or parade.

Chargeship (n.) The office of a charge d'affaires.

Charily (adv.) In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

Chariness (n.) The quality of being chary.

Chariot (n.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.

Chariot (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat.

Charioted (imp. & p. p.) of Chariot

Charioting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chariot

Chariot (v. t.) To convey in a chariot.

Chariotee (n.) A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.

Charioteer (n.) One who drives a chariot.

Charioteer (n.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones.

Charism (n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

Charismatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a charism.

Charitable (a.) Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

Charitable (a.) Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.

Charitable (a.) Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.

Charitable (a.) Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution.

Charitable (a.) Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.

Charitableness (n.) The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.

Charitably (adv.) In a charitable manner.

Charities (pl. ) of Charity

Charity (n.) Love; universal benevolence; good will.

Charity (n.) Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.

Charity (n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.

Charity (n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

Charity (n.) A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.

Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.

Charivari (n.) A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.

Chark (n.) Charcoal; a cinder.

Charked (imp. & p. p.) of Chark

Chark (v. t.) To burn to a coal; to char.

Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.

Charlatanic (a.) Alt. of Charlatanical

Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.

Charlatanism (n.) Charlatanry.

Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

Charles's Wain () The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

Charlock (n.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.

Charlotte (n.) A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.

Charm (n.) A melody; a song.

Charm (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.

Charm (n.) That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.

Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

Charm (n.) Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.

Charmed (imp. & p. p.) of Charm

Charming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charm

Charm (n.) To make music upon; to tune.

Charm (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.

Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Charm (n.) To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.

Charm (n.) To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.

Charm (v. i.) To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.

Charm (v. i.) To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.

Charm (v. i.) To make a musical sound.

Charmel (n.) A fruitful field.

Charmer (n.) One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.

Charmer (n.) One who delights and attracts the affections.

Charmeress (n.) An enchantress.

Charmful (a.) Abounding with charms.

Charming (a.) Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.

Charmless (a.) Destitute of charms.

Charneco (n.) Alt. of Charnico

Charnico (n.) A sort of sweet wine.

Charnel (a.) Containing the bodies of the dead.

Charnel (n.) A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.

Charon (n.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.

Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Charqui (n.) Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.

Charr (n.) See 1st Char.

Charras (n.) The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus.

Charre (n.) See Charge, n., 17.

Charry (a.) Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.

Chart (n.) A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.

Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.

Chart (n.) A written deed; a charter.

Charted (imp. & p. p.) of Chart

Chart (v. t.) To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.

Charta (n.) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.

Charta (n.) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.

Chartaceous (a.) Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

Charte (n.) The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.

Charter (n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

Charter (n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.

Charter (n.) An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.

Charter (n.) A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

Charter (n.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below.

Chartered (imp. & p. p.) of Charter

Chartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Charter

Charter (v. t.) To establish by charter.

Charter (v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.

Chartered (a.) Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.

Chartered (a.) Hired or let by charter, as a ship.

Charterer (n.) One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.

Charterhouse (n.) A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.

Charterist (n.) Same as Chartist.

Chartism (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

Chartist (n.) A supporter or partisan of chartism.

Chartless (a.) Without a chart; having no guide.

Chartless (a.) Not mapped; uncharted; vague.

Chartographer (n.) Alt. of Chartography

Chartographic (n.) Alt. of Chartography

Chartography (n.) Same as Cartographer, Cartographic, Cartography, etc.

Chartomancy (n.) Divination by written paper or by cards.

Chartometer (n.) An instrument for measuring charts or maps.

Chartreuse (n.) A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

Chartreuse (n.) An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.

Chartreux (n.) A Carthusian.

Chartulary (n.) See Cartulary.

Charwomen (pl. ) of Charwoman

Charwoman (n.) A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

Chary (a.) Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.

Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Chasable (a.) Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.

Chased (imp. & p. p.) of Chase

Chasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chase

Chase (v. t.) To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

Chase (v. t.) To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.

Chase (v. t.) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.

Chase (v.) Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.

Chase (v.) That which is pursued or hunted.

Chase (v.) An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.

Chase (v.) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.

Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

Chase (n.) A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.

Chase (n.) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Chase (v. t.) To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.

Chase (v. t.) To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Chaser (n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

Chaser (n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

Chaser (n.) One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.

Chaser (n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

Chasible (n.) See Chasuble.

Chasing (n.) The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

Chasm (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

Chasm (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.

Chasmed (a.) Having gaps or a chasm.

Chasmy (a.) Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms.

Chasse (n.) A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.

Chasse (v. i.) To make the movement called chasse; as, all chasse; chasse to the right or left.

Chasselas (n.) A white grape, esteemed for the table.

Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

Chasseur (n.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.

Chasseur (n.) An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.

Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]

Chast (v. t.) to chasten.

Chaste (a.) Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

Chaste (a.) Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.

Chaste (a.) Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.

Chaste (a.) Unmarried.

Chastely (adv.) In a chaste manner; with purity.

Chastened (imp. & p. p.) of Chasten

Chastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chasten

Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.

Chastened (a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.

Chastener (n.) One who chastens.

Chasteness (n.) Chastity; purity.

Chasteness (n.) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.

Chastisable (a.) Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.

Chastised (imp. & p. p.) of Chastise

Chastising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chastise

Chastise (v. t.) To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

Chastise (v. t.) To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

Chastisement (n.) The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

Chastiser (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.

Chastity (n.) The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

Chastity (n.) Moral purity.

Chastity (n.) The unmarried life; celibacy.

Chastity (n.) Chasteness.

Chasuble (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.

Chatted (imp. & p. p.) of Chat

Chatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chat

Chat (v. i.) To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

Chat (v. t.) To talk of.

Chat (n.) Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

Chat (n.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

Chat (n.) A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Chat (n.) Small stones with ore.

Chateux (pl. ) of Chateau

Chateau (n.) A castle or a fortress in France.

Chateau (n.) A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.

Chatelaine (n.) An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.

Chatelet (n.) A little castle.

Chatellany (n.) Same as Castellany.

Chati (n.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Chatoyant (a.) Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

Chatoyant (n.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Chatoyment (n.) Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.

Chattel (n.) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.

Chattelism (n.) The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

Chattered (imp. & p. p.) of Chatter

Chattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chatter

Chatter (v. i.) To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Chatter (v. i.) To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

Chatter (v. i.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.

Chatter (v. t.) To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.

Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.

Chatter (n.) Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

Chatteration (n.) The act or habit of chattering.

Chatterer (n.) A prater; an idle talker.

Chatterer (n.) A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

Chattering (n.) The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

Chattiness (n.) The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.

Chatty (a.) Given to light, familiar talk; talkative.

Chatty (n.) A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.

Chatwood (n.) Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel.

Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray.

Chaudron (n.) See Chawdron.

Chauffer (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.

Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Chaun (n.) A gap.

Chaun (v. t. & i.) To open; to yawn.

Chaunt (n. & v.) See Chant.

Chaunter (n.) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

Chaunter (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.

Chaunter (n.) The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.

Chaunterie (n.) See Chantry.

Chaus (n.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

Chausses (n. pl.) The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail.

Chaussure (n.) A foot covering of any kind.

Chauvinism (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.

Chavender (n.) The chub.

Chawed (imp. & p. p.) of Chaw

Chawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaw

Chaw (v. t.) To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Chaw (v. t.) As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.

Chaw (v. t.) The jaw.

Chawdron (n.) Entrails.

Chay root () The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff.

Chazy epoch () An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cheap (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

Cheap (n.) Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

Cheap (n.) Of comparatively small value; common; mean.

Cheap (adv.) Cheaply.

Cheap (v. i.) To buy; to bargain.

Cheapened (imp. & p. p.) of Cheapen

Cheapening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheapen

Cheapen (v. t.) To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

Cheapen (a.) To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.

Cheapener (n.) One who cheapens.

Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-john

Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

Cheaply (adv.) At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.

Cheapness (n.) Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

Chear (n. & v.) See Cheer.

Cheat (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

Cheat (n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.

Cheat (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.

Cheat (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.

Cheated (imp. & p. p.) of Cheat

Cheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheat

Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.

Cheat (n.) To beguile.

Cheat (v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

Cheat (n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat.

Cheatable (a.) Capable of being cheated.

Cheatableness (n.) Capability of being cheated.

Cheater (n.) One who cheats.

Cheater (n.) An escheator.

Chebacco (n.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.

Chebec (n.) See Chebacco.

Chebec (n.) A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.

Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.

Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.

Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.

Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

Check (n.) Small chick or crack.

Checked (imp. & p. p.) of Check

Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Check

Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.

Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.

Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.

Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

Check (a.) Checkered; designed in checks.

Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.

Checker (v. t.) One who checks.

Checkered (imp. & p. p.) of Checker

Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checker

Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

Checker (n.) To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.

Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

Checker (v. t.) A pattern in checks; a single check.

Checker (v. t.) Checkerwork.

Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberry

Checkerberry (n.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Checkered (a.) Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

Checkerwork (n.) Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.

Checklaton (n.) Ciclatoun.

Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.

Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.

Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmate

Checkmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checkmate

Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.

Checky (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.

Cheddar (a.) Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.

Cheek (n.) The side of the face below the eye.

Cheek (n.) The cheek bone.

Cheek (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

Cheek (n.) The branches of a bridle bit.

Cheek (n.) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.

Cheek (n.) Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.

Cheek (v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to.

Cheeked (a.) Having a cheek; -- used in composition.

Cheeky () a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

Cheeped (imp. & p. p.) of Cheep

Cheep (v. i.) To chirp, as a young bird.

Cheep (v. t.) To give expression to in a chirping tone.

Cheep (n.) A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.

Cheer (n.) The face; the countenance or its expression.

Cheer (n.) Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.

Cheer (n.) Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.

Cheer (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.

Cheer (n.) A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.

Cheered (imp. & p. p.) of Cheer

Cheering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheer

Cheer (v. t.) To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up.

Cheer (v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

Cheer (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.

Cheer (v. i.) To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.

Cheer (v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind.

Cheer (v. i.) To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.

Cheerer (n.) One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens.

Cheerful (a.) Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

Cheerfully (adv.) In a cheerful manner, gladly.

Cheerfulness (n.) Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

Cheerily (adv.) In a cheery manner.

Cheeriness (n.) The state of being cheery.

Cheeringly (adv.) In a manner to cheer or encourage.

Cheerisness (n.) Cheerfulness.

Cheerless (a.) Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

Cheerly (a.) Gay; cheerful.

Cheerly (adv.) Cheerily.

Cheerry (a.) Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person.

Cheese (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

Cheese (n.) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.

Cheese (n.) The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).

Cheese (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.

Cheeselep (n.) A bag in which rennet is kept.

Cheesemonger (n.) One who deals in cheese.

Cheeseparing (n.) A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.

Cheeseparing (a.) Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Cheesiness (n.) The quality of being cheesy.

Cheesy (a.) Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

Cheetah (n.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.

Chef (n.) A chief of head person.

Chef (n.) The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.

Chef (n.) Same as Chief.

Chefs-d'oeuvre (pl. ) of Chef-d'oeuvre

Chef-d'oeuvre (n.) A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

Chegoe (n.) Alt. of Chegre

Chegre (n.) See Chigoe.

Cheiloplasty (n.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.

Cheilopoda (n.) See Ch/lopoda.

Cheirepter (n.) One of the Cheiroptera.

Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

Cheiropterous (a.) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.

Cheiropterygia (pl. ) of Cheiropterygium

Cheiropterygium (n.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Cheirosophy (n.) The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.

Cheirotherium (n.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

Chekelatoun (n.) See Ciclatoun.

Chekmak (n.) A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

Chelae (pl. ) of Chela

Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

Chelate (a.) Same as Cheliferous.

Chelerythrine (n.) An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.

Chelicerae (pl. ) of Chelicera

Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

Chelidon (n.) The hollow at the flexure of the arm.

Chelidonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.

Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

Chelifer (n.) See Book scorpion, under Book.

Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab.

Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

Chelone (n.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

Chelonian (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.

Chelonian (n.) One of the Chelonia.

Chelura (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

Chely (n.) A claw. See Chela.

Chemic (n.) A chemist; an alchemist.

Chemic (n.) A solution of chloride of lime.

Chemic (a.) Chemical.

Chemical (a.) Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.

Chemical (n.) A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.

Chemically (adv.) According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.

Chemiglyphic (a.) Engraved by a voltaic battery.

Chemiloon (n.) A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one.

Chemise (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

Chemise (n.) A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Chemisette (n.) An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

Chemism (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

Chemist (n.) A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

Chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.

Chemistry (n.) An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.

Chemistry (n.) A treatise on chemistry.

Chemitype (n.) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.

Chemolysis (n.) A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

Chemosmosis (n.) Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

Chemosmotic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis.

Chemung period () A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cheng (n.) A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

Chenille (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

Chenomorphae (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

Chepster (n.) The European starling.

Cheque (n.) See Check.

Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.

Chequing (n.) A coin. See Sequin.

Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.

Cherif (n.) See Cherif.

Cherimoyer (n.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.

Cherimoyer (n.) Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.

Cherished (imp. & p. p.) of Cherish

Cherising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cherish

Cherish (v. t.) To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

Cherisher (n.) One who cherishes.

Cherishment (n.) Encouragement; comfort.

Chermes (n.) See Kermes.

Cherogril (n.) See Cony.

Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

Cheroot (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.

Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

Cherry (n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).

Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).

Cherry (n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.

Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.

Cherry (n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

Cherry (a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Chersonese (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

Chert (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

Cherty (a.) Like chert; containing chert; flinty.

Cherubs (pl. ) of Cherub

Cherubim (pl. ) of Cherub

Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

Cherub (n.) A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.

Cherub (n.) One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.

Cherub (n.) A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.

Cherubic (a.) Alt. of Cherubical

Cherubical (a.) Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.

Cherubim (n.) The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.

Cherubin (a.) Cherubic; angelic.

Cherubin (n.) A cherub.

Cherup (v. i.) To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup.

Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.

Cherup (n.) A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

Chervil (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

Ches () pret. of Chese.

Chese (v. t.) To choose

Chesible (n.) See Chasuble.

Cheslip (n.) The wood louse.

Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

Chess-apple (n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

Chessel (n.) The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.

Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.

Chessmen (pl. ) of Chessman

Chessman (n.) A piece used in the game of chess.

Chessom (n.) Mellow earth; mold.

Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

Chest (n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

Chest (n.) A coffin.

Chest (n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

Chest (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

Chested (imp. & p. p.) of Chest

Chest (v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

Chest (v. i.) To place in a coffin.

Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.

Chested (a.) Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.

Chesterlite (n.) A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.

Chesteyn (n.) The chestnut tree.

Chest founder () A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.

Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

Chestnut (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.

Chestnut (n.) A bright brown color, like that of the nut.

Chestnut (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).

Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.

Chestnut (n.) An old joke or story.

Chestnut (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

Chetah (n.) See Cheetah.

Chetvert (n.) A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.

Chevachie (n.) See Chivachie.

Chevage (n.) See Chiefage.

Chevaux (pl. ) of Cheval

Cheval (n.) A horse; hence, a support or frame.

Chevaux-de-frise (pl. ) of Cheval-de-frise

Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.

Chevalier (n.) A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.

Chevalier (n.) A member of certain orders of knighthood.

Chevaux (n. pl.) See Cheval.

Cheve (v. i.) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise.

Chevelure (n.) A hairlike envelope.

Cheven (n.) A river fish; the chub.

Cheventein (n.) A variant of Chieftain.

Cheveril (v. i.) Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.

Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.

Cheverliize (v. i.) To make as pliable as kid leather.

Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Cheviot (n.) A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

Cheviot (n.) A woolen fabric, for men's clothing.

Chevisance (n.) Achievement; deed; performance.

Chevisance (n.) A bargain; profit; gain.

Chevisance (n.) A making of contracts.

Chevisance (n.) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.

Chevisance (n.) An unlawful agreement or contract.

Chevrette (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

Chevron (n.) One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

Chevron (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.

Chevron (n.) A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.

Chevroned (p. a.) Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.

Chevronel (n.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

Chevronwise (adv.) In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise.

Chevrotain (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Chevy (v. t.) See Chivy, v. t.

Chewed (imp. & p. p.) of Chew

Chewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chew

Chew (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

Chew (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

Chew (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

Chew (n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

Chewer (n.) One who chews.

Chewet (n.) A kind of meat pie.

Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.

Cheyennes (n. pl.) A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

Chian (a.) Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

Chiaroscurist (n.) A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

Chiaroscuro (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro

Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.

Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

Chiasm (n.) Alt. of Chiasma

Chiasma (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

Chiasmus (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence

Chiastolite (n.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

Chibbal (n.) See Cibol.

Chibouque (n.) Alt. of Chibouk

Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.

Chic (n.) Good form; style.

Chica (n.) A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.

Chica (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.

Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.

Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

Chicaner (n.) One who uses chicanery.

Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

Chiccory (n.) See Chicory.

Chiches (pl. ) of Chich

Chich (n.) The chick-pea.

Chicha (n.) See Chica.

Chichevache (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.

Chichling (n.) Alt. of Chichling vetch

Chichling vetch (n.) A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

Chick (v. i.) To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

Chick (n.) A chicken.

Chick (n.) A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.

Chickabiddy (n.) A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.

Chickadee (n.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.

Chickaree (n.) The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.

Chickasaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

Chicken (n.) A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

Chicken (n.) A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.

Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.

Chicken-hearted (a.) Timid; fearful; cowardly.

Chicken pox () A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.

Chickling (n.) A small chick or chicken.

Chick-pea (n.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.

Chick-pea (n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

Chickweed (n.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.

Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.

Chicory (n.) A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.

Chicory (n.) The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.

Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.

Chide (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Chide (n.) A continuous noise or murmur.

Chider (n.) One who chides or quarrels.

Chideress (n.) She who chides.

Chidester (n.) A female scold.

Chidingly (adv.) In a chiding or reproving manner.

Chief (n.) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.

Chief (n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.

Chief (n.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.

Chief (a.) Highest in office or rank; principal; head.

Chief (a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.

Chief (a.) Very intimate, near, or close.

Chiefage (n.) A tribute by the head; a capitation tax.

Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Chiefest (a.) First or foremost; chief; principal.

Chief hare () A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.

Chief justice () The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.

Chief-justiceship (n.) The office of chief justice.

Chiefless (a.) Without a chief or leader.

Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.

Chiefly (adv.) For the most part; mostly.

Chiefrie (n.) A small rent paid to the lord paramount.

Chieftain (n.) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.

Chieftaincy (n.) Alt. of Chieftainship

Chieftainship (n.) The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

Chierte (n.) Love; tender regard.

Chievance (n.) An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.

Chieve (v. i.) See Cheve, v. i.

Chiff-chaff (n.) A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

Chiffonier (n.) Alt. of niere

Chiffo (n.) Alt. of niere

niere (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.

niere (n.) A receptacle for rags or shreds.

niere (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.

Chignon (n.) A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head.

Chigoe (n.) Alt. of Chigre

Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger.

Chikara (n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India.

Chikara (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.

Chilblain (v. t.) To produce chilblains upon.

Children (pl. ) of Child

Child (n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.

Child (n.) A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

Child (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

Child (n.) A noble youth. See Childe.

Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.

Child (n.) A female infant.

Childed (imp. & p. p.) of Child

Childing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Child

Child (v. i.) To give birth; to produce young.

Childbearing (n.) The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.

Childbed (n.) The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

Childbirth (n.) The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.

Childcrowing (n.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

Childe (n.) A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

Childed (a.) Furnished with a child.

Childermas day () A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.

Childhood (n.) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

Childhood (n.) Children, taken collectively.

Childhood (n.) The commencement; the first period.

Childing (v. i.) Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful.

Childish (a.) Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.

Childish (a.) Puerile; trifling; weak.

Childishly (adv.) In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.

Childishness (n.) The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

Childlessness (n.) The state of being childless.

Childlike (a.) Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Childly (a.) Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

Childly (adv.) Like a child.

Childness (n.) The manner characteristic of a child.

Children (n.) pl. of Child.

Childship (n.) The state or relation of being a child.

Chili (n.) A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum

Chiliad (n.) A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.

Chiliagon (n.) A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides.

Chiliahedron (n.) A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces

Chilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Chili.

Chilian (n.) A native or citizen of Chili.

Chilian (n.) Alt. of Chiliarch

Chiliarch (n.) The commander or chief of a thousand men.

Chiliarchy (n.) A body consisting of a thousand men.

Chiliasm (n.) The millennium.

Chiliasm (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.

Chiliast (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Chiliastic (a.) Millenarian.

Chill (n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

Chill (n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.

Chill (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly.

Chill (n.) An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.

Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.

Chill (a.) Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.

Chill (a.) Affected by cold.

Chill (a.) Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.

Chill (a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.

Chilled (imp. & p. p.) of Chill

Chilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chill

Chill (v. t.) To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.

Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

Chill (v. t.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.

Chill (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

Chilled (a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.

Chilled (a.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."

Chilli (n.) See Chili.

Chilliness (n.) A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

Chilliness (n.) A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

Chilliness (n.) Formality; lack of warmth.

Chilling (a.) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.

Chillness (n.) Coolness; coldness; a chill.

Chilly (a.) Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Chilognath (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.

Chilognatha (n. pl.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together.

Chiloma (n.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

Chilopod (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.

Chilopoda (n. pl.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

Chilostoma (n. pl.) Alt. of Chilostomata

Chilostomata (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells.

Chilostomatous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.

Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Chimaeroid (a.) Related to, or like, the chimaera.

Chimango () A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

Chimb (n.) The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3.

Chimb (v. i.) Chime.

Chime (n.) See Chine, n., 3.

Chime (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.

Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.

Chime (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.

Chimed (imp. & p. p.) of Chime

Chiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chime

Chime (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.

Chime (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.

Chime (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.

Chime (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

Chime (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

Chime (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

Chimer (n.) One who chimes.

Chimeras (pl. ) of Chimera

Chimera (n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.

Chimera (n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

Chimere (n.) The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.

Chimeric (a.) Chimerical.

Chimerical (a.) Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

Chimerically (adv.) Wildy; vainly; fancifully.

Chiminage (n.) A toll for passage through a forest.

Chimneys (pl. ) of Chimney

Chimney (n.) A fireplace or hearth.

Chimney (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

Chimney (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

Chimney-breast (n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

Chimney-piece (n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.

Chimpanzee (n.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.

Chin (n.) The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

Chin (n.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.

China (n.) A country in Eastern Asia.

China (n.) China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.

Chinaldine (n.) See Quinaldine.

Chinamen (pl. ) of Chinaman

Chinaman (n.) A native of China; a Chinese.

Chincapin (n.) See Chinquapin.

Chinch (n.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Chinch (n.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

Chincha (n.) A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

Chinche (a.) Parsimonious; niggardly.

Chincherie (n.) Penuriousness.

Chinchilla (n.) A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

Chinchilla (n.) The fur of the chinchilla.

Chinchilla (n.) A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.

Chinchona () Alt. of Chincona

Chincona () See Cinchona.

Chin cough () Whooping cough.

Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

Chine (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]

Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

Chined (imp. & p. p.) of Chine

Chine (v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

Chine (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

Chined (a.) Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition.

Chined (a.) Broken in the back.

Chinese (a.) Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Chinese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.

Chinese (n. sing. & pl.) The language of China, which is monosyllabic.

Chink (n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

Chinked (imp. & p. p.) of Chink

Chinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chink

Chink (v. i.) To crack; to open.

Chink (v. t.) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

Chink (v. t.) To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

Chink (n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.

Chink (n.) Money; cash.

Chink (v. t.) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

Chink (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.

Chinky (a.) Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.

Chinned (a.) Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned.

Chinoidine (n.) See Quinodine.

Chinoline (n.) See Quinoline.

Chinone (n.) See Quinone.

Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.

Chinook (n.) A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.

Chinook (n.) A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.

Chinquapin (n.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.

Chinsed (imp. & p. p.) of Chinse

Chinsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chinse

Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

Chintzes (pl. ) of Chintz

Chintz (n.) Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.

Chioppine (n.) Same as Chopine, n.

Chipped (imp. & p. p.) of Chip

Chipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chip

Chip (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

Chip (v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

Chip (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.

Chip (n.) A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

Chip (n.) A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Chip (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Chip (n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.

Chip (n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Chip (n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipmunk (n.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.

Chipper (v. i.) To chirp or chirrup.

Chipper (a.) Lively; cheerful; talkative.

Chippeways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

Chipping (n.) A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.

Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.

Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.

Chipping bird () The chippy.

Chipping squirrel () See Chipmunk.

Chippy (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.

Chippy (n.) A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.

Chips (n.) A ship's carpenter.

Chiragra (n.) Gout in the hand.

Chiragrical (a.) Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease.

Chiretta (n.) A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

Chirk (v. i.) To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.

Chirk (v. i.) To chirp like a bird.

Chirk (v. t.) To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up.

Chirk (v. i.) Lively; cheerful; in good spirits.

Chirm (v. i.) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird.

Chirognomy (n.) The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.

Chirograph (n.) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine.

Chirographer (n.) One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

Chirographer (n.) See chirographist, 2.

Chirographic (a.) Alt. of Chirographical

Chirographical (a.) Of or pertaining to chirography.

Chirographist (n.) A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

Chirographist (n.) One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.

Chirography (n.) The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

Chirography (n.) The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

Chirogymnast (n.) A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.

Chirological (a.) Relating to chirology.

Chirologist (n.) One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Chiromancer (n.) One who practices chiromancy.

Chiromancy (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

Chiromanist (n.) Alt. of Chiromantist

Chiromantist (n.) A chiromancer.

Chiromantic (a.) Alt. of Chiromantical

Chiromantical (a.) Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

Chiromonic (a.) Relating to chironomy.

Chironomy (n.) The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture

Chiroplast (n.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.

Chiropodist (n.) One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

Chiropody (n.) The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

Chirosophist (n.) A fortune teller.

Chirped (imp. & p. p.) of Chirp

Chirping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chirp

Chirp (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

Chirp (n.) A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.

Chirper (n.) One who chirps, or is cheerful.

Chirping (a.) Cheering; enlivening.

Chirpingly (adv.) In a chirping manner.

Chirre (v. i.) To coo, as a pigeon.

Chirruped (imp. & p. p.) of Chirrup

Chirruping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chirrup

Chirrup (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

Chirrup (v. i.) To chirp.

Chirrup (n.) The act of chirping; a chirp.

Chirrupy (a.) Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

Chirurgeon (n.) A surgeon.

Chirurgeonly (adv.) Surgically.

Chirurgery (n.) Surgery.

Chirurgic (a.) Alt. of Chirurgical

Chirurgical (a.) Surgical

Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.

Chiseled (imp. & p. p.) of Chisel

Chiselled () of Chisel

Chiseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chisel

Chiselling () of Chisel

Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

Chisel (v. t.) To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

Chisleu (n.) The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.

Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.

Chit (n.) The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

Chit (n.) A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

Chit (n.) An excrescence on the body, as a wart.

Chit (n.) A small tool used in cleaving laths.

Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.

Chit (3d sing.) Chideth.

Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

Chitin (n.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

Chitinization (n.) The process of becoming chitinous.

Chitinous (a.) Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.

Chiton (n.) An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

Chiton (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Chitter (v. i.) To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.

Chitter (v. i.) To shiver or chatter with cold.

Chitterling (n.) The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.

Chitterlings (n. pl.) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.

Chittra (n.) The axis deer of India.

Chitty (a.) Full of chits or sprouts.

Chitty (a.) Childish; like a babe.

Chivachie (n.) A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition.

Chivalric (a.) Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

Chivalrous (a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.

Chivalrously (adv.) In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.

Chivalry (n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

Chivalry (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.

Chivalry (n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.

Chivalry (n.) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.

Chivalry (n.) Exploit.

Chive (n.) A filament of a stamen.

Chive (n.) A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

Chivied (imp. & p. p.) of Chivy

Chivying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chivy

Chivy (v. t.) To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.

Chlamydate (a.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

Chlamyphore (n.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

Chlamyses (pl. ) of Chlamys

Chlamydes (pl. ) of Chlamys

Chlamys (n.) A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

Chloasma (n.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

Chloral (n.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

Chloral (n.) Chloral hydrate.

Chloralamide (n.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

Chloralism (n.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

Chloranil (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.

Chlorate (n.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

Chloraurate (n.) See Aurochloride.

Chlorhydric (a.) Same as Hydrochloric.

Chlorhydrin (n.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

Chloric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3.

Chloridate (v. t.) To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.

Chloride (n.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).

Chloridic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

Chloridize (v. t.) See Chloridate.

Chlorimetry (n.) See Chlorometry.

Chlorinated (imp. & p. p.) of Chlorinate

Chlorinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chlorinate

Chlorinate (v. t.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

Chlorination (n.) The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.

Chloriodic (a.) Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.

Chloriodine (n.) A compound of chlorine and iodine.

Chlorite (n.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.

Chlorite (n.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.

Chloritic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.

Chlormethane (n.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.

Chloro- () A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.

Chlorocruorin (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.

Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.

Chloroform (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.

Chloroformed (imp. & p. p.) of Chloroform

Chloroforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chloroform

Chloroform (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.

Chloroleucite (n.) Same as Chloroplastid.

Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

Chloropal (n.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.

Chloropeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.

Chlorophane (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.

Chlorophane (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.

Chloroplastid (n.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite.

Chloroplatinic (a.) See Platinichloric.

Chlorosis (n.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

Chlorosis (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Chlorotic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.

Chlorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.

Chlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous.

Chlorpicrin (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.

Chloruret (n.) A chloride.

Choak (v. t. & i.) See Choke.

Choanoid (a.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.

Chocard (n.) The chough.

Chocked (imp. & p. p.) of Chock

Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chock

Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

Chock (v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity.

Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.

Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.

Chock (adv.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.

Chock (v. t.) To encounter.

Chock (n.) An encounter.

Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.

Chocolate (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.

Chocolate (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.

Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.

Chode () the old imp. of chide. See Chide.

Chogset (n.) See Cunner.

Choice (n.) Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

Choice (n.) The power or opportunity of choosing; option.

Choice (n.) Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.

Choice (n.) A sufficient number to choose among.

Choice (n.) The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.

Choice (n.) The best part; that which is preferable.

Choice (superl.) Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

Choice (superl.) Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

Choice (superl.) Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.

Choiceful (a.) Making choices; fickle.

Choicely (adv.) With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference.

Choicely (adv.) In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.

Choiceness (n.) The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.

Choir (n.) A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.

Choir (n.) That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

Choir (n.) The chancel.

Choked (imp. & p. p.) of Choke

Choking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choke

Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

Choke (v. t.) To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

Choke (n.) The tied end of a cartridge.

Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

Choke damp () See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

Chokedar (n.) A watchman; an officer of customs or police.

Choke-full (a.) Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.

Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.

Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

Choker (n.) One who, or that which, chokes.

Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.

Choking (a.) That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

Choking (a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

Choky Chokey (a.) Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.

Choky Chokey (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.

Cholaemaa (n.) A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.

Cholagogue (a.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.

Cholagogue (n.) An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.

Cholate (n.) A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.

Cholecystis (n.) The gall bladder.

Cholecystotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

Choledology (n.) A treatise on the bile and bilary organs.

Choleic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.

Choler (n.) The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

Choler (n.) Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.

Cholera (n.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.

Choleraic (a.) Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.

Choleric (a.) Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.

Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.

Choleric (a.) Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.

Cholericly (adv.) In a choleric manner; angrily.

Choleriform (a.) Resembling cholera.

Cholerine (n.) The precursory symptoms of cholera.

Cholerine (n.) The first stage of epidemic cholera.

Cholerine (n.) A mild form of cholera.

Choleroid (a.) Choleriform.

Cholesteric (a.) Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid.

Cholesterin (n.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

Choliamb (n.) Alt. of Choliambic

Choliambic (n.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.

Cholic (a.) Alt. of Cholinic

Cholinic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.

Choline (n.) See Neurine.

Cholochrome (n.) See Bilirubin.

Cholophaein (n.) See Bilirubin.

Choltry (n.) A Hindoo caravansary.

Chomp (v. i.) To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

Chondrification (n.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.

Chondrify (v. t. & i.) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

Chondrigen (n.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.

Chondrigenous (a.) Affording chondrin.

Chondrin (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

Chondrite (n.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Chondritic (a.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.

Chondritis (n.) An inflammation of cartilage.

Chondro- () A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.

Chondrodite (n.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

Chondroganoidea (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.

Chondrogen (n.) Same as Chondrigen.

Chondrogenesis (n.) The development of cartilage.

Chondroid (a.) Resembling cartilage.

Chondrology (n.) The science which treats of cartilages.

Chondromata (pl. ) of Chondroma

Chondroma (n.) A cartilaginous tumor or growth.

Chondrometer (n.) A steelyard for weighting grain.

Chondropterygian (a.) Having a cartilaginous skeleton.

Chondropterygian (n.) One of the Chondropterygii.

Chondropterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.

Chondrostei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.

Chondrotomy (n.) The dissection of cartilages.

Chondrule (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.

Chose (imp.) of Choose

Chosen (p. p.) of Choose

Chose () of Choose

Choosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choose

Choose (v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

Choose (v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.

Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.

Choose (v. i.) To do otherwise.

Chooser (n.) One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector.

Chopped (imp. & p. p.) of Chop

Chopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chop

Chop (v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

Chop (v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.

Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.

Chop (v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

Chop (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Chop (v. i.) To interrupt; -- with in or out.

Chop (v. i.) To barter or truck.

Chop (v. i.) To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

Chop (v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.

Chop (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

Chop (v. i.) To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Chop (n.) A change; a vicissitude.

Chop (v. t. & i.) To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop (n.) The act of chopping; a stroke.

Chop (n.) A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

Chop (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Chop (n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

Chop (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

Chop (n.) The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chop (n.) Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

Chop (n.) A permit or clearance.

Chopboat (n.) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.

Chopchurch (n.) An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.

Chopfallen (a.) Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen.

Chophouse (n.) A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.

Chophouse (n.) A customhouse where transit duties are levied.

Chopin (n.) A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

Chopin (n.) See Chopine.

Chopine (n.) A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.

Chop-logic (n.) One who bandies words or is very argumentative.

Chopness (n.) A kind of spade.

Chopper (n.) One who, or that which, chops.

Chopping (a.) Stout or plump; large.

Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.

Chopping (n.) Act of cutting by strokes.

Choppy (a.) Full of cracks.

Choppy (a.) Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.

Chops (n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.

Chops (n. pl.) The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

Chopstick (n.) One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

Choragic (a.) Of or pertaining to a choragus.

Choragi (pl. ) of Choragus

Choragus (n.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.

Choral (a.) Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.

Choral (n.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals.

Choralist (n.) A singer or composer of chorals.

Chorally (adv.) In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

Chord (n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.

Chord (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.

Chord (n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.

Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.

Chorded (imp. & p. p.) of Chord

Chording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chord

Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Chord (v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

Chorda (n.) A cord.

Chordal (a.) Of or pertaining to a chord.

Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.

Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.

Chore (n.) A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

Chored (imp. & p. p.) of Chore

Choring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chore

Chore (v. i.) To do chores.

Chore (n.) A choir or chorus.

Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

Choree (n.) See Choreus.

Choregraphic (a.) Alt. of Choregraphical

Choregraphical (a.) Pertaining to choregraphy.

Choregraphy (n.) The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes.

Choreic (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.

Chorepiscopal (a.) Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.

Chorepiscopi (pl. ) of Chorepiscopus

Chorepiscopus (n.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

Choreus (n.) Alt. of Choree

Choree (n.) a trochee.

Choree (n.) A tribrach.

Choriambs (pl. ) of Choriamb

Choriamb (n.) Same as Choriambus.

Choriambic (a.) Pertaining to a choriamb.

Choriambic (n.) A choriamb.

Choriambi (pl. ) of Choriambus

Choriambuses (pl. ) of Choriambus

Choriambus (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.

Choric (a.) Of or pertaining to a chorus.

Chorion (n.) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

Chorion (n.) The true skin, or cutis.

Chorion (n.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

Chorisis (n.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.

Chorist (n.) A singer in a choir; a chorister.

Chorister (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.

Chorister (n.) One who leads a choir in church music.

Choristic (a.) Choric; choral.

Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.

Chorographer (n.) One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.

Chorographer (n.) A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

Chorographical (a.) Pertaining to chorography.

Chorography (n.) the mapping or description of a region or district.

Choroid (a.) resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.

Choroid (n.) The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye.

Choroidal (a.) Pertaining to the choroid coat.

Chorology (n.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.

Chorometry (n.) The art of surveying a region or district.

Choruses (pl. ) of Chorus

Chorus (n.) A band of singers and dancers.

Chorus (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.

Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

Chorus (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.

Chorus (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

Chorus (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.

Chorus (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

Chorused (imp. & p. p.) of Chorus

Chorusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chorus

Chorus (v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

Choses (pl. ) of Chose

Chose (n.) A thing; personal property.

Chose () imp. & p. p. of Choose.

Chosen (p. p.) Selected from a number; picked out; choice.

Chosen (n.) One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.

Chouan (n.) One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution.

Chough (n.) A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.

Chouicha (n.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

Chouka (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.

Choule (n.) See Jowl.

Choultry (n.) See Choltry.

Choused (imp. & p. p.) of Chouse

Chousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chouse

Chouse (v. t.) To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.

Chouse (n.) One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.

Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.

Chouse (n.) A swindler.

Chout (n.) An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue.

Chowchow (a.) Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).

Chowchow (n.) A kind of mixed pickles.

Chowder (n.) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

Chowder (n.) A seller of fish.

Chowder (v. t.) To make a chowder of.

Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies.

Chowter (v. t.) To grumble or mutter like a froward child.

Choy root () See Chay root.

Chrematistics (n.) The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

Chreotechnics (n.) The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce.

Chrestomathic (a.) Teaching what is useful.

Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Chrism (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.

Chrism (n.) The same as Chrisom.

Chrismal (a.) Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.

Chrismation (n.) The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.

Chrismatory (n.) A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.

Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

Christ (n.) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

Christcross (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.

Christcross (n.) The beginning and the ending.

Christcross-row () The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.

Christened (imp. & p. p.) of Christen

Christening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Christen

Christen (v. t.) To baptize and give a Christian name to.

Christen (v. t.) To give a name; to denominate.

Christen (v. t.) To Christianize.

Christen (v. t.) To use for the first time.

Christendom (n.) The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.

Christendom (n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.

Christendom (n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.

Christendom (n.) The whole body of Christians.

Christian (n.) One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.

Christian (n.) One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.

Christian (n.) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.

Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

Christian (a.) Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.

Christian (a.) Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.

Christian (a.) Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.

Christianism (n.) The Christian religion.

Christianism (n.) The Christian world; Christendom.

Christianite (n.) Same as Anorthite.

Christianite (n.) See Phillipsite.

Christianity (n.) The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

Christianity (n.) Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

Christianity (n.) The body of Christian believers.

Christianization (n.) The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.

Christianized (imp. & p. p.) of Christianize

Christianizing (p. pr. vb. n.) of Christianize

Christianize (v. t.) To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

Christianize (v. t.) To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles.

Christianize (v. i.) To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian.

Christianlike (a.) Becoming to a Christian.

Christianly (adv.) In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion.

Christianly (a.) Christianlike.

Christianness (n.) Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity.

Christless (a.) Without faith in Christ; unchristian.

Christlike (a.) Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc.

Christly (a.) Christlike.

Christmas (n.) An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.

Christmastide (n.) The season of Christmas.

Christocentric (a.) Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion.

Christology (n.) A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

Christom (n.) See Chrisom.

Christophany (n.) An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

Christ's-thorn (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

Chromascope (n.) An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.

Chromate (n.) A salt of chromic acid.

Chromatic (a.) Relating to color, or to colors.

Chromatic (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

Chromatical (a.) Chromatic.

Chromatically (adv.) In a chromatic manner.

Chromatics (n.) The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.

Chromatin (n.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

Chromatism (n.) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

Chromatism (n.) An abnormal coloring of plants.

Chromatogenous (a.) Producing color.

Chromatography (n.) A treatise on colors

Chromatology (n.) A treatise on colors.

Chromatophore (n.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.

Chromatophore (n.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them.

Chromatoscope (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.

Chromatosphere (n.) A chromosphere.

Chromatrope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.

Chromatrope (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.

Chromatype (n.) A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.

Chromatype (n.) The process by which such picture is made.

Chrome (n.) Same as Chromium.

Chromic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence.

Chromid (n.) One of the Chromidae, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.

Chromidrosis (n.) Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.

Chromism (n.) Same as Chromatism.

Chromite (n.) A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.

Chromite (n.) A compound or salt of chromous hydroxide regarded as an acid.

Chromium (n.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.

Chromos (pl. ) of Chromo

Chromo (n.) A chromolithograph.

Chromoblast (n.) An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell.

Chromogen () Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.

Chromogen () Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.

Chromogenic (a.) Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria.

Chromograph (n.) An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.

Chromoleucite (n.) A chromoplastid.

Chromolithograph (n.) A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.

Chromolithographer (n.) One who is engaged in chromolithography.

Chromolithographic (a.) Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography.

Chromolithography (n.) Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.

Chromophane (n.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.

Chromophore (n.) Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.

Chromophotography (n.) The art of producing photographs in colors.

Chromophotolithograph (n.) A photolithograph printed in colors.

Chromoplastid (n.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

Chromosome (n.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.

Chromospheric (a.) Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.

Chromotype (n.) A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph.

Chromotype (n.) A photographic picture in the natural colors.

Chromous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.

Chromule (n.) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.

Chronic (a.) Relating to time; according to time.

Chronic (a.) Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.

Chronical (a.) Chronic.

Chronicle (n.) An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

Chronicle (n.) A narrative of events; a history; a record.

Chronicle (n.) The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

Chronicled (imp. & p. p.) of Chronicle

Chronicling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chronicle

Chronicle (v. t.) To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.

Chronicler (n.) A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.

Chronique (n.) A chronicle.

Chronogram (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.

Chronogram (n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

Chronogrammatic (a.) Alt. of Chronogrammatical

Chronogrammatical (a.) Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.

Chronogrammatist (n.) A writer of chronograms.

Chronograph (n.) An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.

Chronograph (n.) Same as Chronogram, 1.

Chronograph (n.) A chronoscope.

Chronographer (n.) One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.

Chronographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chronograph.

Chronography (n.) A description or record of past time; history.

Chronologer (n.) Same as Chronologist.

Chronologic (a.) Alt. of Chronological

Chronological (a.) Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables.

Chronologist (n.) Alt. of Chronologer

Chronologer (n.) A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.

Chronologies (pl. ) of Chronology

Chronology (n.) The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.

Chronometer (n.) An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.

Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.

Chronometer (n.) A metronome.

Chronometric (a.) Alt. of Chronometrical

Chronometrical (a.) Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.

Chronometry (n.) The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

Chronopher (n.) An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.

Chronoscope (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

Chrysalid (a.) Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.

Chrysalids (pl. ) of Chrysalid

Chrysalid (n.) See Chrysalis.

Chrysalides (pl. ) of Chrysalis

Chrysalis (n.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).

Chrysaniline (n.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

Chrysanthemum (n.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.

Chrysarobin (n.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.

Chrysaurin (n.) An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

Chryselephantine (a.) Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.

Chrysene (n.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.

Chrysoberyl (n.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.

Chrysochlore (n.) A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.

Chrysocolla (n.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.

Chrysogen (n.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.

Chrysography (n.) The art of writing in letters of gold.

Chrysography (n.) A writing executed in letters of gold.

Chrysoidine (n.) An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper.

Chrysolite (n.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.

Chrysology (n.) That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.

Chrysopa (n.) A genus of neuropterous insects. See Lacewing.

Chrysophane (n.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.

Chrysophanic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane.

Chrysoprase (n.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.

Chrysoprasus (n.) See Chrysoprase.

Chrysosperm (n.) The seed of gold; a means of creating gold.

Chrysotype (n.) A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold.

Chrysotype (n.) 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.

Chthonic (a.) Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.

Chthonophagia (n.) Alt. of Chthonophagy

Chthonophagy (n.) A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.

Chub (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.

Chubbed (a.) Chubby.

Chubbedness (n.) The state of being chubby.

Chubby (a.) Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.

Chub-faced (a.) Having a plump, short face.

Chucked (imp. & p. p.) of Chuck

Chucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chuck

Chuck (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

Chuck (v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.

Chuck (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.

Chuck (n.) The chuck or call of a hen.

Chuck (n.) A sudden, small noise.

Chuck (n.) A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

Chucked (imp. & p. p.) of Chuck

Chucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chuck

Chuck (v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

Chuck (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

Chuck (v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

Chuck (n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.

Chuck (n.) A short throw; a toss.

Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

Chuck (n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

Chuck (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.

Chuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Chuckle

Chuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chuckle

Chuckle (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.

Chuckle (v. t.) To fondle; to cocker.

Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklehead (n.) A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce.

Chuckleheaded (a.) Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid.

Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

Chud (v. t.) To champ; to bite.

Chuet (n.) Minced meat.

Chufa (n.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

Chuff (n.) A coarse or stupid fellow.

Chuff (a.) Stupid; churlish.

Chuffily (adv.) Clownishly; surlily.

Chuffiness (n.) The quality of being chuffy.

Chuffy (a.) Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.

Chuffy (a.) Rough; clownish; surly.

Chulan (n.) The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.

Chum (n.) A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

Chummed (imp. p. p.) of Chum

Chumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chum

Chum (v. i.) To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college.

Chum (n.) Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.

Chump (n.) A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

Chunam (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.

Chunk (n.) A short, thick piece of anything.

Chunky (a.) Short and thick.

Church (n.) A building set apart for Christian worship.

Church (n.) A Jewish or heathen temple.

Church (n.) A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

Church (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

Church (n.) The collective body of Christians.

Church (n.) Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

Church (n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

Churched (imp. & p. p.) of Church

Churching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Church

Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

Church-ale (n.) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.

Church-bench (n.) A seat in the porch of a church.

Churchdom (n.) The institution, government, or authority of a church.

Churchgoer (n.) One who attends church.

Churchgoing (a.) Habitually attending church.

Churchgoing (a.) Summoning to church.

Church-haw (n.) Churchyard.

Churchism (n.) Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

Churchless (a.) Without a church.

Churchlike (a.) Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.

Churchliness (n.) Regard for the church.

Churchly (a.) Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

Churchmen (pl. ) of Churchman

Churchman (n.) An ecclesiastic or clergyman.

Churchman (n.) An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England.

Churchman (n.) One was is attached to, or attends, church.

Churchmanly (a.) Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman.

Churchmanship (n.) The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

Church modes () The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.

Churchship (n.) State of being a church.

Churchwarden (n.) One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

Churchwarden (n.) A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.

Churchwardenship (n.) The office of a churchwarden.

Churchy (a.) Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.

Churchyard (n.) The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.

Churl (n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

Churl (n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

Churl (n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

Churl (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.

Churlish (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.

Churlish (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.

Churlishly (adv.) In a churlish manner.

Churlishness (n.) Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.

Churly (a.) Rude; churlish; violent.

Churme (n.) Alt. of Chirm

Chirm (n.) Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing.

Churn (v. t.) A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

Churned (imp. & p. p.) of Churn

Churning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Churn

Churn (v. t.) To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.

Churn (v. t.) To shake or agitate with violence.

Churn (v. i.) To perform the operation of churning.

Churning (n.) The act of one who churns.

Churning (n.) The quantity of butter made at one operation.

Churrus (n.) A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.

Churrworm (n.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.

Chuse (v. t.) See Choose.

Chute (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Chute (n.) See Shoot.

Chutney (n.) Alt. of Chutnee

Chutnee (n.) A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.

Chylaceous (a.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

Chylaqueous (a.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

Chyle (n.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

Chylifaction (n.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

Chyliferous (a.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.

Chylific (a.) Chylifactive.

Chylification (n.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.

Chylificatory (a.) Chylifactive.

Chylify (v. t. & i.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

Chylopoetic (a.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.

Chylous (a.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.

Chyluria (n.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

Chyme (n.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Chymic () Alt. of Chymistry

Chymist () Alt. of Chymistry

Chymistry () See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.

Chymiferous (a.) Bearing or containing chyme.

Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.

Chymify (v. t.) To form into chyme.

Chymous (a.) Of or pertaining to chyme.

Chyometer (n.) An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.

Cibarious (a.) Pertaining to food; edible.

Cibation (n.) The act of taking food.

Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.

Cibol (n.) A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

Ciboria (pl. ) of Ciborium

Ciborium (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

Ciborium (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.

Cicadas (pl. ) of Cicada

Cicadae (pl. ) of Cicada

Cicada (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

Cicala (n.) A cicada. See Cicada.

Cicatrice (n.) A cicatrix.

Cicatricial (a.) Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix.

Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Cicatrisive (a.) Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.

Cicatrices (pl. ) of Cicatrix

Cicatrix (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

Cicatrizant (n.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.

Cicatrization (n.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.

Cicatrized (imp. & p. p.) of Cicatrize

Cicatrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cicatrize

Cicatrize (v. t.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.

Cicatrize (v. i.) To heal; to have a new skin.

Cicatrose (a.) Full of scars.

Cicely (n.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

Cicero (n.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

Ciceroni (pl. ) of Cicerone

Cicerones (pl. ) of Cicerone

Cicerone (n.) One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.

Ciceronian (a.) Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

Ciceronianism (n.) Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression.

Cichoraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

Cich-pea (n.) The chick-pea.

Cicisbeism (n.) The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.

Cicisbei (pl. ) of Cicisbeo

Cicisbeo (n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.

Cicisbeo (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.

Ciclatoun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.

Cicurate (v. t.) To tame.

Cicuration (n.) The act of taming.

Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.

Cicutoxin (n.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

Cid (n.) Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.

Cid (n.) An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.

Cider (n.) The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

Ciderist (n.) A maker of cider.

Ciderkin (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.

Ci-devant (a.) Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.

Cierge (n.) A wax candle used in religous rites.

Cigar (n.) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

Cigarette (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

Cilia (n. pl.) The eyelashes.

Cilia (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.

Cilia (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.

Cilia (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.

Ciliata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

Ciliate (a.) Alt. of Ciliated

Ciliated (a.) Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Cilice (n.) A kind of haircloth undergarment.

Cilician (a.) Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor.

Cilician (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.

Cilicious (a.) Made, or consisting, of hair.

Ciliform (a.) Alt. of Ciliiform

Ciliiform (a.) Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.

Ciliograde (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae.

Cilium (n.) See Cilia.

Cill (n.) See Sill., n. a foundation.

Cillosis (n.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Cima (n.) A kind of molding. See Cyma.

Cimar (n.) See Simar.

Cimbal (n.) A kind of confectionery or cake.

Cimbia (n.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

Cimbrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cimbri.

Cimbrian (n.) One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.

Cimbric (a.) Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany.

Cimbric (n.) The language of the Cimbri.

Cimeliarch (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

Cimeter (n.) See Scimiter.

Cimices (pl. ) of Cimex

Cimex (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Cimia (n.) See Cimbia.

Cimiss (n.) The bedbug.

Cimmerian (a.) Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

Cimmerian (a.) Without any light; intensely dark.

Cimolite (n.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

Cinch (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

Cinch (n.) A tight grip.

Cinchona (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.

Cinchona (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Cinchonaceous (a.) Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

Cinchonic (a.) Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona.

Cinchonidine (n.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

Cinchonine (n.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

Cinchonism (n.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

Cinchonize (v. t.) To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

Cincinnati epoch () An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York.

Cincture (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.

Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.

Cincture (n.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Cinctured (n.) Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.

Cinder (n.) Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

Cinder (n.) A hot coal without flame; an ember.

Cinder (n.) A scale thrown off in forging metal.

Cinder (n.) The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.

Cindery (a.) Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.

Cinefaction (n.) Cineration; reduction to ashes.

Cinematic (a.) Alt. of Cinematical

Cinematical (a.) See Kinematic.

Cinematics (n. sing.) See Kinematics.

Cineraceous (a.) Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.

Cineraria (n.) A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

Cinerary (a.) Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.

Cineration (n.) The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

Cinereous (a.) Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.

Cinerescent (a.) Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

Cineritious (a.) Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.

Cinerulent (a.) Full of ashes.

Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants

Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) the language of the Cingalese.

Cingalese (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cingalese.

Cingle (n.) A girth.

Cingulum (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.

Cingulum (n.) The clitellus of earthworms.

Cingulum (n.) The base of the crown of a tooth.

Cinnabar (n.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.

Cinnabar (n.) The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.

Cinnabarine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

Cinnamene (n.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.

Cinnamic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.

Cinnamomic (a.) See Cinnamic.

Cinnamon (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

Cinnamon (n.) Cassia.

Cinnamone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.

Cinnamyl (n.) The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds.

Cinnoline (n.) A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.

Cinque (n.) Five; the number five in dice or cards.

Cinquecento (n. & a.) The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

Cinquefoil (n.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.

Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.

Cinque-pace (n.) A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five.

Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.

Cinque-spotted (a.) Five-spotted.

Cinter (n.) See Center.

Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.

Cion (n.) See Scion.

Cipher (n.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

Cipher (n.) One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.

Cipher (n.) A character in general, as a figure or letter.

Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.

Cipher (n.) A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.

Cipher (a.) Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.

Ciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Cipher

Ciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cipher

Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.

Cipher (v. t.) To write in occult characters.

Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.

Cipher (v. t.) To decipher.

Cipher (v. t.) To designate by characters.

Cipherer (n.) One who ciphers.

Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.

Cipolin (n.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

Cippi (pl. ) of Cippus

Cippus (n.) A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.

Circ (n.) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.

Circar (n.) A district, or part of a province. See Sircar.

Circassian (a.) Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.

Circassian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Circassia.

Circean (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

Circensial (a.) Alt. of Circensian

Circensian (a.) Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.

Circinal (a.) Circinate.

Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.

Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Circination (n.) An orbicular motion.

Circination (n.) A circle; a concentric layer.

Circle (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.

Circle (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.

Circle (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Circle (n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.

Circle (n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.

Circle (n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

Circle (n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

Circle (n.) A territorial division or district.

Circled (imp. & p. p.) of Circle

Circling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circle

Circle (n.) To move around; to revolve around.

Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.

Circle (v. i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.

Circled (a.) Having the form of a circle; round.

Circler (n.) A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a.

Circlet (n.) A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.

Circlet (n.) A round body; an orb.

Circlet (n.) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.

Circocele (n.) See Cirsocele.

Circuit (n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

Circuit (n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

Circuit (n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

Circuit (n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

Circuit (n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

Circuit (n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

Circuit (n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

Circuit (n.) Circumlocution.

Circuit (v. i.) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

Circuit (v. t.) To travel around.

Circuiteer (n.) A circuiter.

Circuiter (n.) One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge.

Circuition (n.) The act of going round; circumlocution.

Circuitous (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.

Circuity (n.) A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.

Circulable (a.) That may be circulated.

Circular (a.) In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

Circular (a.) repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.

Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.

Circular (a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.

Circular (a.) Perfect; complete.

Circular (a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.

Circular (a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.

Circularity (n.) The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

Circularly (adv.) In a circular manner.

Circulary (a.) Circular; illogical.

Ciorculated (imp. & p. p.) of Circulate

Circulating (P. pr. & vb. n.) of Circulate

Circulate (v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

Circulate (v. i.) To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

Circulate (v. t.) To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.

Circulation (n.) The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

Circulation (n.) The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.

Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

Circulation (n.) The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

Circulation (n.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Circulative (a.) Promoting circulation; circulating.

Circulator (n.) One who, or that which, circulates.

Circulatorious (a.) Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant.

Circulatory (a.) Circular; as, a circulatory letter.

Circulatory (a.) Circulating, or going round.

Circulatory (a.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.

Circulatory (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.

Circulet (n.) A circlet.

Circuline (a.) Proceeding in a circle; circular.

Circum- () A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.

Circumagitate (v. t.) To agitate on all sides.

Circumambage (n.) A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness.

Circumambiency (n.) The act of surrounding or encompassing.

Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.

Circumambulate (v. t.) To walk round about.

Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way.

Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

Circumcised (imp. & p. p.) of Circumcise

Circumcising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumcise

Circumcise (v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

Circumcise (v. t.) To purify spiritually.

Circumciser (n.) One who performs circumcision.

Circumcision (n.) The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.

Circumcision (n.) The Jews, as a circumcised people.

Circumcision (n.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.

Circumclusion (n.) Act of inclosing on all sides.

Circumcursation (n.) The act of running about; also, rambling language.

Circumdenudation (n.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object.

Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.

Circumduct (v. t.) To lead about; to lead astray.

Circumduct (v. t.) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature.

Circumduction (n.) A leading about; circumlocution.

Circumduction (n.) An annulling; cancellation.

Circumduction (n.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.

Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Circumesophageal (a.) Circumesophagal.

Circumfer (v. t.) To bear or carry round.

Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Circumference (n.) A circle; anything circular.

Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.

Circumference (v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.

Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Circumferentially (adv.) So as to surround or encircle.

Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

Circumferentor (n.) A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.

Circumflant (a.) Blowing around.

Circumflected (imp. & p. p.) of Circumflect

Circumflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumflect

Circumflect (v. t.) To bend around.

Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel.

Circumflection (n.) See Circumflexion.

Circumflex (n.) A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.

Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2.

Circumflexed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumflex

Circumflexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumflex

Circumflex (v. t.) To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Circumfluence (n.) A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid.

Circumfluent (a.) Alt. of Circumfluous

Circumfluous (a.) Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.

Circumforanean (a.) Alt. of Circumforaneous

Circumforaneous (a.) Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house.

Circumfulgent (a.) Shining around or about.

Circumfuse (v. t.) To pour round; to spread round.

Circumfusile (a.) Capable of being poured or spread round.

Circumfusion (n.) The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.

Circumgestation (n.) The act or process of carrying about.

Circumgyrate (v. t. & i.) To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion.

Circumgyration (n.) The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round.

Circumgyratory (a.) Moving in a circle; turning round.

Circumgyre (v. i.) To circumgyrate.

Circumincession (n.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Circumjacence (n.) Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side.

Circumjacent (a.) Lying round; bordering on every side.

Circumjovial (n.) One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.

Circumlittoral (a.) Adjointing the shore.

Circumlocution (n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

Circumlocutional (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.

Circumlocutory (a.) Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

Circummeridian (a.) About, or near, the meridian.

Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall.

Circumnavigable (a.) Capable of being sailed round.

Circumnavigated (imp. & p. p.) of Circumnavigate

Circumnavigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumnavigate

Circumnavigate (v. t.) To sail completely round.

Circumnavigation (n.) The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.

Circumnavigator (n.) One who sails round.

Circumnutate (v. i.) To pass through the stages of circumnutation.

Circumnutation (n.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.

Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.

Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotatory

Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round.

Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about.

Circumrotation (n.) The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round.

Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Circumscribable (a.) Capable of being circumscribed.

Circumscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumscribe

Circumscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumscribe

Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.

Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.

Circumscriber (n.) One who, or that which, circumscribes.

Circumscriptible (a.) Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

Circumscription (n.) An inscription written around anything.

Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

Circumscription (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

Circumscriptive (a.) Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

Circumscriptively (adv.) In a limited manner.

Circumscriptly (adv.) In a literal, limited, or narrow manner.

Circumspect (a.) Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Circumspection (n.) Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.

Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.

Circumspectively (adv.) Circumspectly.

Circumspectly (adv.) In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.

Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.

Circumstance (n.) That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

Circumstance (n.) An event; a fact; a particular incident.

Circumstance (n.) Circumlocution; detail.

Circumstance (n.) Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

Circumstance (v. t.) To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.

Circumstanced (p. a.) Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.

Circumstanced (p. a.) Governed by events or circumstances.

Circumstant (a.) Standing or placed around; surrounding.

Circumstantiable (a.) Capable of being circumstantiated.

Circumstantial (a.) Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.

Circumstantial (a.) Incidental; relating to, but not essential.

Circumstantial (a.) Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.

Circumstantial (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.

Circumstantiality (n.) The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail.

Circumstantially (adv.) In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Circumstantially (adv.) In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

Circumstantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Circumstantiate

Circumstantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumstantiate

Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

Circumstantiate (v. t.) To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.

Circumterraneous (a.) Being or dwelling around the earth.

Circumundulate (v. t.) To flow round, as waves.

Circumvallate (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.

Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.

Circumvallation (n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.

Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.

Circumvection (n.) The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.

Circumvented (imp. & p. p.) of Circumvent

Circumventing (p. pr. vb. n.) of Circumvent

Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.

Circumventive (a.) Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

Circumventor (n.) One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.

Circumvest (v. t.) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.

Circumvolant (a.) Flying around.

Circumvolation (n.) The act of flying round.

Circumvolution (n.) The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.

Circumvolution (n.) A thing rolled round another.

Circumvolution (n.) A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.

Circumvolved (imp. & p. p.) of Circumvolve

Circumvolving (p. pr. vb. n.) of Circumvolve

Circumvolve (v. t.) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

Circumvolve (v. i.) To roll round; to revolve.

Circuses (pl. ) of Circus

Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.

Circus (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

Circus (n.) Circuit; space; inclosure.

Cirl bunting () A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).

Cirque (n.) A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.

Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.

Cirrate (a.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

Cirrhiferous (a.) See Cirriferous.

Cirrhose (a.) Same as Cirrose.

Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.

Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.

Cirrhous (a.) See Cirrose.

Cirrhus (n.) Same as Cirrus.

Cirri (n. pl.) See Cirrus.

Cirriferous (a.) Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals.

Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Cirrigerous (a.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Cirrigrade (a.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Cirriped (n.) One of the Cirripedia.

Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

Cirrobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.

Cirro-cumulus (n.) See under Cloud.

Cirrose (a.) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf.

Cirrose (a.) Resembling a tendril or cirrus.

Cirrostomi (n. pl.) The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.

Cirro-stratus (n.) See under Cloud.

Cirrous (a.) Cirrose.

Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

Cirri (pl. ) of Cirrus

Cirrus (n.) A tendril or clasper.

Cirrus (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

Cirrus (n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.

Cirrus (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

Cirrus (n.) See under Cloud.

Cirsocele (n.) The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.

Cirsoid (a.) Varicose.

Cirsotomy (n.) Any operation for the removal of varices by incision.

Cis- () A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.

Cisalpine (a.) On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

Cisatlantic (a.) On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.

Cisco (n.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

Ciselure (n.) The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.

Cisleithan (a.) On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.

Cismontane (a.) On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

Cispadane (a.) On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

Cissoid (n.) A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.

Cist (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cist (n.) See Cyst.

Cisted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.

Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor.

Cistercian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.

Cistern (n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.

Cistern (n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.

Cistic (a.) See Cystic.

Cit (n.) A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously.

Citable (a.) Capable of being cited.

Citadel (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.

Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge.

Cital (n.) Citation; quotation

Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

Citation (n.) The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

Citation (n.) Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.

Citation (n.) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

Citator (n.) One who cites.

Citatory (a.) Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.

Cited (imp. & p. p.) of Cite

Citing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cite

Cite (v. t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

Cite (v. t.) To urge; to enjoin.

Cite (v. t.) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

Cite (v. t.) To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.

Cite (v. t.) To bespeak; to indicate.

Cite (v. t.) To notify of a proceeding in court.

Citer (n.) One who cites.

Citess (n.) A city woman

Cithara (n.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

Citharistic (a.) Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara.

Cithern (n.) See Cittern.

Citicism (n.) The manners of a cit or citizen.

Citied (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a city.

Citied (a.) Containing, or covered with, cities.

Citified (a.) Aping, or having, the manners of a city.

Citigradae (n. pl.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

Citigrade (a.) Pertaining to the Citigradae.

Citigrade (n.) One of the Citigradae.

Citiner (n.) One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen.

Citizen (n.) One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

Citizen (n.) An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

Citizen (n.) A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

Citizen (n.) One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

Citizen (a.) Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

Citizen (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.

Citizeness (n.) A female citizen.

Citizenship (n.) The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

Citole (n.) A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer.

Citraconic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.

Citrate (n.) A salt of citric acid.

Citric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.

Citrination (n.) The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color.

Citrine (a.) Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.

Citrine (n.) A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.

Citron (n.) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.

Citron (n.) A citron tree.

Citron (n.) A citron melon.

Citrus (n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Cittern (n.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.

Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Cities (pl. ) of City

City (n.) A large town.

City (n.) A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.

City (n.) The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

City (a.) Of or pertaining to a city.

Cive (n.) Same as Chive.

Civet (n.) A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.

Civet (n.) The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.

Civet (v. t.) To scent or perfume with civet.

Civic (a.) Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.

Civicism (n.) The principle of civil government.

Civics (n.) The science of civil government.

Civil (a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

Civil (a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.

Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

Civil (a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

Civil (a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

Civilian (n.) One skilled in the civil law.

Civilian (n.) A student of the civil law at a university or college.

Civilian (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.

Civilist (n.) A civilian.

Civilities (pl. ) of Civillty

Civillty (n.) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.

Civillty (n.) A civil office, or a civil process

Civillty (n.) Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.

Civilizable (a.) Capable of being civilized.

Civilization (n.) The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

Civilization (n.) Rendering a criminal process civil.

Civilized (imp. & p. p.) of Civilize

Civilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Civilize

Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

Civilize (v. t.) To admit as suitable to a civilized state.

Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

Civilizer (n.) One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize.

Civily (adv.) In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

Civism (n.) State of citizenship.

Cizar (v. i.) To clip with scissors.

Cizars (n. pl.) Scissors.

Cize (n.) Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size.

Clabber (n.) Milk curdled so as to become thick.

Clabber (v. i.) To become clabber; to lopper.

Clachan (n.) A small village containing a church.

Clacked (imp. & p. p.) of Clack

Clacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clack

Clack (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.

Clack (v. t.) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

Clack (v. t.) To utter rapidly and inconsiderately.

Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.

Clack (v. t.) Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

Clack (v. t.) Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.

Clacker (n.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

Clacker (n.) A claqueur. See Claqueur.

Clad (v.t) To clothe.

Clad () imp. & p. p. of Clothe.

Cladocera (n. pl.) An order of the Entomostraca.

Cladophyll (n.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Claggy (a.) Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

Claik (n.) See Clake.

Claimed (imp. & p. p.) of Claim

Claiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Claim

Claim (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

Claim (v./.) To proclaim.

Claim (v./.) To call or name.

Claim (v./.) To assert; to maintain.

Claim (v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

Claim (n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

Claim (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.

Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

Claim (n.) A loud call.

Claimable (a.) Capable of being claimed.

Claimant (n.) One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

Claimer (n.) One who claims; a claimant.

Claimless (a.) Having no claim.

Clair-obscur (n.) See Chiaroscuro.

Clairvoyance (n.) A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

Clairvoyant (a.) Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

Clairvoyant (n.) One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.

Clake (n.) Alt. of Claik

Claik (n.) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.

Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.

Clam (v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Clammed (imp. & p. p.) of Clam

Clamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clam

Clam (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Clam (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Clam (n.) Claminess; moisture.

Clam (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

Clam (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Clamant (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.

Clamation (n.) The act of crying out.

Clamatores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Clamatorial (a.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.

Clambake (n.) The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

Clambered (imp. & p. p.) of Clamber

Clambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamber

Clamber (v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

Clamber (n.) The act of clambering.

Clamber (v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty.

Clamjamphrie (n.) Low, worthless people; the rabble.

Clammily (adv.) In a clammy manner.

Clamminess (n.) State of being clammy or viscous.

Clammy (Compar.) Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

Clamor (n.) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

Clamor (n.) Any loud and continued noise.

Clamor (n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Clamored (imp. & p. p.) of Clamor

Clamoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamor

Clamor (v. t.) To salute loudly.

Clamor (v. t.) To stun with noise.

Clamor (v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.

Clamor (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.

Clamorer (n.) One who clamors.

Clamorous (a.) Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.

Clamp (n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

Clamp (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

Clamp (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.

Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

Clamp (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

Clamp (n.) A mollusk. See Clam.

Clamped (imp. & p. p.) of Clamp

Clamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamp

Clamp (v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

Clamp (v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

Clamp (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clamp (v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

Clan (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.

Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Clancular (a.) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.

Clancularly (adv.) privately; secretly.

Clandestine (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.

Clandestinity (n.) Privacy or secrecy.

Clanged (imp. & p. p.) of Clang

Clanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clang

Clang (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.

Clang (v. i.) To give out a clang; to resound.

Clang (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.

Clang (n.) Quality of tone.

Clangor (v. t.) A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.

Clangorous (a.) Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.

Clangous (a.) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.

Clanjamfrie (n.) Same as Clamjamphrie.

Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

Clanked (imp. & p. p.) of Clank

Clanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clank

Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

Clank (v. i.) To sound with a clank.

Clankless (a.) Without a clank.

Clannish (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.

Clanship (n.) A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.

Clansmen (pl. ) of Clansman

Clansman (n.) One belonging to the same clan with another.

Clapped (imp. & p. p.) of Clap

Clapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clap

Clap (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.

Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.

Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.

Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.

Clap (v. i.) To knock, as at a door.

Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.

Clap (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.

Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.

Clap (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.

Clap (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.

Clap (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.

Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.

Clap (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.

Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

Clap (n.) Gonorrhea.

Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.

Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.

Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.

Clapbread (n.) Alt. of Clapcake

Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.

Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.

Clapper (n.) A person who claps.

Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.

Clapper (n.) A rabbit burrow.

Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.

Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clasp

Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

Claque (n.) A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

Claqueur (n.) One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

Clare (n.) A nun of the order of St. Clare.

Clarence (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

Clarenceux (n.) Alt. of Clarencieux

Clarencieux (n.) See King-at-arms.

Clarendon (n.) A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

Clare-obscure (n.) See Chiaroscuro.

Claret (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.

Claribella (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

Clarichord (n.) A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

Clarification (n.) The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

Clarification (n.) The act of freeing from obscurities.

Clarifier (n.) That which clarifies.

Clarifier (n.) A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.

Clarified (imp. & p. p.) of Clarify

Clarifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clarify

Clarify (v. t.) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

Clarify (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

Clarify (v. t.) To glorify.

Clarify (v. i.) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

Clarify (v. i.) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.

Clarigate (v. i.) To declare war with certain ceremonies.

Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

Clarino (n.) A reed stop in an organ.

Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

Clarionet (n.) See Clarinet.

Clarisonus (a.) Having a clear sound.

Claritude (n.) Clearness; splendor.

Clarity (n.) Clearness; brightness; splendor.

Claro-obscuro (n.) See Chiaroscuro.

Clarre (n.) Wine with a mixture of honey and species.

Clart (v. t.) To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc.

Clarty (a.) Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.

Clary (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.

Clary (n.) A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups.

Clashed (imp. & p. p.) of Clash

Clashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clash

Clash (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

Clash (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.

Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.

Clash (n.) A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.

Clash (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.

Clashingly (adv.) With clashing.

Clasped (imp. & p. p.) of Clasp

Clasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clasp

Clasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

Clasp (v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.

Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.

Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.

Clasper (n.) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera.

Claspered (a.) Furnished with tendrils.

Class (n.) A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

Class (n.) A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.

Class (n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.

Class (n.) A set; a kind or description, species or variety.

Class (n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.

Classed (imp. & p. p.) of Class

Classing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Class

Class (n.) To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

Class (n.) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Class (v. i.) To grouped or classed.

Classible (a.) Capable of being classed.

Classic (n.) Alt. of Classical

Classical (n.) Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.

Classic (n.) A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.

Classic (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.

Classicalism (n.) A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Classicalist (n.) One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.

Classicality (n.) Alt. of Classicalness

Classicalness (n.) The quality of being classical.

Classically (adv.) In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

Classically (adv.) In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

Classicism (n.) A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Classicist (n.) One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

Classifiable (a.) Capable of being classified.

Classific (a.) Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.

Classification (n.) The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

Classificatory (a.) Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.

Classifier (n.) One who classifies.

Classified (imp. & pp.) of Classify

Classifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Classify

Classify (v. t.) To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

Classes (pl. ) of Classis

Classis (n.) A class or order; sort; kind.

Classis (n.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.

Classmen (pl. ) of Classman

Classman (n.) A member of a class; a classmate.

Classman (n.) A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.

Classmate (n.) One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

Clastic (a.) Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).

Clastic (a.) Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock.

Clathrate (a.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.

Clathrate (a.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Clattered (imp. & p. p.) of Clatter

Clattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clatter

Clatter (v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

Clatter (v. i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

Clatter (v. t.) To make a rattling noise with.

Clatter (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

Clatter (n.) Commotion; disturbance.

Clatter (n.) Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.

Clatterer (n.) One who clatters.

Clatteringly (adv.) With clattering.

Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.

Claudent (a.) Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle.

Claudicant (a.) Limping.

Claudication (n.) A halting or limping.

Clause (n.) A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

Clause (n.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Clause (n.) See Letters clause / close, under Letter.

Claustral (a.) Cloistral.

Claustra (pl. ) of Claustrum

Claustrum (n.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man.

Clausular (n.) Consisting of, or having, clauses.

Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

Clavate (a.) Alt. of Clavated

Clavated (a.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of Antennae.]

Clave () imp. of Cleave.

Clavecin (n.) The harpsichord.

Clavel (n.) See Clevis.

Clavellate (a.) See Clavate.

Clavellated (a.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.

Claver (n.) See Clover.

Claver (n.) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering.

Clavichord (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.

Clavicorn (a.) Having club-shaped antennae. See Antennae

Clavicorn (n.) One of the Clavicornes.

Clavicornes (n. pl.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennae.

Clavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Clavier (n.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

Claviform (a.) Club-shaped; clavate.

Claviger (n.) One who carries the keys of any place.

Claviger (n.) One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Clavigerous (a.) Bearing a club or a key.

Claves (pl. ) of Clavis

Clavises (pl. ) of Clavis

Clavis (n.) A key; a glossary.

Clavus (n.) A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

Clavies (pl. ) of Clavy

Clavy (n.) A mantelpiece.

Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

Clawed (imp. & p. p.) of Claw

Clawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Claw

Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

Claw (n.) To rail at; to scold.

Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Clawback (n.) A flatterer or sycophant.

Clawback (a.) Flattering; sycophantic.

Clawback (v. t.) To flatter.

Clawed (a.) Furnished with claws.

Clawless (a.) Destitute of claws.

Clay (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

Clay (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

Clayed (imp. & p. p.) of Clay

Claying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clay

Clay (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.

Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

Clay-brained (a.) Stupid.

Clayes (n. pl.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments.

Clayey (a.) Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

Clayish (a.) Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.

Claymore (n.) A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.

Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.

Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

Clean (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

Clean (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

Clean (superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

Clean (superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

Clean (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

Clean (superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

Clean (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.

Clean (superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.

Clean (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

Clean (adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.

Clean (adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

Cleaned (imp. & p. p.) of Clean

Cleaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clean

Clean (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

Clean-cut (a.) See Clear-cut.

Cleaner (n.) One who, or that which, cleans.

Cleaning (n.) The act of making clean.

Cleaning (n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

Cleanlily (adv.) In a cleanly manner.

Clean-limbed (a.) With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow.

Cleanliness (n.) State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

Cleanly (superl.) Habitually clean; pure; innocent.

Cleanly (superl.) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.

Cleanly (superl.) Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful.

Cleanly (adv.) In a clean manner; neatly.

Cleanly (adv.) Innocently; without stain.

Cleanly (adv.) Adroitly; dexterously.

Cleanness (n.) The state or quality of being clean.

Cleanness (n.) Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.

Cleansable (a.) Capable of being cleansed.

Cleansed (imp. & p. p.) of Cleanse

Cleansing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleanse

Cleanse (v. t.) To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

Cleanser (n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

Clean-timbered (a.) Well-proportioned; symmetrical.

Clear (superl.) Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

Clear (superl.) Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.

Clear (superl.) Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.

Clear (superl.) Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

Clear (superl.) Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.

Clear (superl.) Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.

Clear (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

Clear (superl.) Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.

Clear (superl.) Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

Clear (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.

Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.

Clear (n.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.

Clear (adv.) In a clear manner; plainly.

Clear (adv.) Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

Cleared (imp. & p. p.) of Clear

Clearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clear

Clear (v. t.) To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

Clear (v. t.) To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

Clear (v. t.) To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.

Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.

Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.

Clear (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.

Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.

Clear (v. t.) To gain without deduction; to net.

Clear (v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.

Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.

Clear (v. i.) To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

Clearage (n.) The act of removing anything; clearance.

Clearance (n.) The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

Clearance (n.) A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

Clearance (n.) Clear or net profit.

Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages.

Clear-cut (a.) Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.

Clear-cut (a.) Concisely and distinctly expressed.

Clearedness (n.) The quality of being cleared.

Clearer (n.) One who, or that which, clears.

Clearer (n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.

Clearing (n.) The act or process of making clear.

Clearing (n.) A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

Clearing (n.) The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

Clearly (adv.) In a clear manner.

Clearness (n.) The quality or state of being clear.

Clear-seeing (a.) Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.

Clear-shining (a.) Shining brightly.

Clear-sighted (a.) Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment.

Clearstarched (imp. & p. p.) of Clearstarch

Clearstraching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clearstarch

Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

Clearstarcher (n.) One who clearstarches.

Clearstory (n.) Alt. of Clerestory

Clerestory (n.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

Cleat (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

Cleat (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.

Cleavable (a.) Capable of cleaving or being divided.

Cleavage (n.) The act of cleaving or splitting.

Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

Cleaved (imp.) of Cleave

Clave () of Cleave

Cleaved (p. p.) of Cleave

Cleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave

Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

Cleave (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.

Cleft (imp.) of Cleave

Clave () of Cleave

Clove () of Cleave

Cleft (p. p.) of Cleave

Cleaved () of Cleave

Cloven () of Cleave

Cleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave

Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.

Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

Cleche (a.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

Clechy (a.) See Cleche.

Cledge (n.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.

Cledgy (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.

Clee (n.) A claw.

Clee (n.) The redshank.

Clef (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

Cleft (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.

Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.

Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.

Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.

Cleftgraft (v. t.) To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.

Cleg (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

Cleistogamic (a.) Alt. of Cleistogamous

Cleistogamous (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.

Clem (v. t. & i.) To starve; to famish.

Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.

Clemence (n.) Clemency.

Clemencies (pl. ) of Clemency

Clemency (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

Clemency (n.) Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

Clementine (a.) Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Clench (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.

Cleped (imp. & p. p.) of Clepe

Cleping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clepe

Ycleped () of Clepe

Clepe (v. t.) To call, or name.

Clepe (v. i.) To make appeal; to cry out.

Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

Cleptomania (n.) See Kleptomania.

Clerestory (n.) Same as Clearstory.

Clergeon (n.) A chorister boy.

Clergial (a.) Learned; erudite; clerical.

Clergical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.

Clergy (n.) The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.

Clergy (n.) Learning; also, a learned profession.

Clergy (n.) The privilege or benefit of clergy.

Clergyable (a.) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony.

Clergymen (pl. ) of Clergyman

Clergyman (n.) An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

Cleric (n.) A clerk, a clergyman.

Cleric (a.) Same as Clerical.

Clerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.

Clerical (a.) Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.

Clericalism (n.) An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

Clericity (n.) The state of being a clergyman.

Clerisy (n.) The literati, or well educated class.

Clerisy (n.) The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Clerk (n.) A clergyman or ecclesiastic.

Clerk (n.) A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters.

Clerk (n.) A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it.

Clerk (n.) One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.

Clerk (n.) An assistant in a shop or store.

Clerk-ale (n.) A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.

Clerkless (a.) Unlearned.

Clerklike (a.) Scholarlike.

Clerkliness (n.) Scholarship.

Clerkly (a.) Of or pertaining to a clerk.

Clerkly (adv.) In a scholarly manner.

Clerkship (n.) State, quality, or business of a clerk.

Cleromancy (n.) A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.

Clerstory (n.) See Clearstory.

Clever (a.) Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

Clever (a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.

Clever (a.) Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

Clever (a.) Well-shaped; handsome.

Clever (a.) Good-natured; obliging.

Cleverish (a.) Somewhat clever.

Cleverly (adv.) In a clever manner.

Cleverness (n.) The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

Clew (n.) Alt. of Clue

Clue (n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Clue (n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

Clue (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.

Clue (n.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.

Clewing (imp. & p. p. & vb. n.) of Clew

Clew (n.) To direct; to guide, as by a thread.

Clew (n.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

Cliche (n.) A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

Clicked (imp. & p. p.) of Click

Clicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Click

Click (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

Click (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click.

Click (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

Click (v. t.) To snatch.

Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

Click (n.) The latch of a door.

Click beetle () See Elater.

Clicker (n.) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.

Clicker (n.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Clicket (n.) The knocker of a door.

Clicket (n.) A latch key.

Clicky (a.) Resembling a click; abounding in clicks.

Clidastes (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

Cliency (n.) State of being a client.

Client (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

Client (n.) A dependent; one under the protection of another.

Client (n.) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Clientage (n.) State of being client.

Clientage (n.) A body of clients.

Cliental (a.) Of or pertaining to a client.

Cliented (a.) Supplied with clients.

Clientelage (n.) See Clientele, n., 2.

Clientele (n.) The condition or position of a client; clientship

Clientele (n.) The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

Clientele (n.) The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

Cliff (n.) A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Cliff (n.) See Clef.

Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

Cliffy (a.) Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

Clift (n.) A cliff.

Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.

Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch.

Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.

Climacter (n.) See Climacteric, n.

Climacteric (a.) Relating to a climacteric; critical.

Climacteric (n.) A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.

Climacteric (n.) Any critical period.

Climacterical (a. & n.) See Climacteric.

Climatal (a.) Climatic.

Climatarchic (a.) Presiding over, or regulating, climates.

Climate (v. i.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

Climate (v. i.) The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

Climate (v. i.) To dwell.

Climatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

Climatical (a.) Climatic.

Climatized (imp. & p. p.) of Climatize

Climatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climatize

Climatize (v. t. & i.) To acclimate or become acclimated.

Climatography (n.) A description of climates.

Climatological (a.) Of or pertaining to climatology.

Climatologist (n.) One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

Climatology (n.) The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.

Climature (n.) A climate.

Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Climax (v. i.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

Climax (v. i.) The highest point; the greatest degree.

Climbed (imp. & p. p.) of Climb

Clomb () of Climb

Climbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climb

Climb (v. i.) To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

Climb (v. i.) To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb (v. t.) To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

Climb (n.) The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.

Climbable (a.) Capable of being climbed.

Climber (n.) One who, or that which, climbs

Climber (n.) A plant that climbs.

Climber (n.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.

Climber (v. i.) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.

Climbing () p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.

Clime (n.) A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.

Clinanthium (n.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

Clinched (imp. & p. p.) of Clinch

Clinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clinch

Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.

Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

Clinch (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

Clinch (n.) A pun.

Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.

Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.

Clung (imp. & p. p.) of Cling

Clong () of Cling

Clinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cling

Cling (v. i.) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.

Cling (v. t.) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.

Cling (n.) Adherence; attachment; devotion.

Clingstone (a.) Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.

Clingstone (n.) A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.

Clingy (a.) Apt to cling; adhesive.

Clinic (n.) One confined to the bed by sickness.

Clinic (n.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed.

Clinic (n.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.

Clinical (v. i.) Alt. of Clinic

Clinic (v. i.) Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

Clinic (v. i.) Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject.

Clinically (adv.) In a clinical manner.

Clinique (n.) A clinic.

Clinium (n.) See Clinanthium.

Clinked (imp. & p. p.) of Clink

Clinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clink

Clink (v. i.) To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

Clink (v. i.) To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.

Clink (v. i.) To rhyme. [Humorous].

Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

Clinkant (a.) See Clinquant.

Clinker (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

Clinker (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.

Clinker (n.) A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.

Clinker (n.) A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.

Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

Clinkstone (n.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.

Clinodiagonal (n.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.

Clinodiagonal (a.) Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal.

Clinodome (n.) See under Dome.

Clinographic (a.) Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

Clinoid (a.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

Clinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.

Clinometric (a.) Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.

Clinometric (a.) Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems.

Clinometry (n.) That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.

Clinopinacoid (n.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

Clinorhombic (a.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.

Clinquant (a.) Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.

Clinquant (n.) Tinsel; Dutch gold.

Clio (n.) The Muse who presided over history.

Clione (n.) A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

Clipped (imp. & p. p.) of Clip

Clipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clip

Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.

Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Clip (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.

Clip (v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

Clip (n.) An embrace.

Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.

Clip (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

Clip (n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.

Clip (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

Clipper (n.) One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.

Clipper (n.) A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.

Clipping (n.) The act of embracing.

Clipping (n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.

Clipping (n.) That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

Clique (v. i.) A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.

Clique (v. i.) To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.

Cliquish (a.) Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.

Cliquism (n.) The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.

Clitoris (n.) A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

Clivers (n.) See Cleavers.

Clivities (pl. ) of Clivity

Clivity (n.) Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.

Cloacae (pl. ) of Cloaca

Cloaca (n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

Cloaca (n.) A privy.

Cloaca (n.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

Cloacal (a.) Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

Cloak (n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

Cloak (n.) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

Cloaked (imp. & p. p.) of Cloak

Cloaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloak

Cloak (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

Cloakedly (adv.) In a concealed manner.

Cloaking (n.) The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

Cloaking (n.) The material of which of which cloaks are made.

Cloakroom (n.) A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.

Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes.

Clock (n.) The striking of a clock.

Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

Clock (v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck.

Clock (n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

Clocklike (a.) Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

Clockwork (n.) The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

Clod (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

Clod (n.) The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

Clod (n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.

Clod (n.) A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt

Clod (n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

Clod (v.i) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.

Clod (v. t.) To pelt with clods.

Clod (v. t.) To throw violently; to hurl.

Cloddish (a.) Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

Cloddy (a.) Consisting of clods; full of clods.

Clodhopper (n.) A rude, rustic fellow.

Clodhopping (a.) Boorish; rude.

Clodpate (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

Clodpated (a.) Stupid; dull; doltish.

Clodpoll (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt.

Cloff (n.) Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

Clog (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

Clog (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.

Clogged (imp. & p. p.) of Clog

Clogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clog

Clog (v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

Clog (v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

Clog (v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

Clog (v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Clogginess (n.) The state of being clogged.

Clogging (n.) Anything which clogs.

Cloggy (a.) Clogging, or having power to clog.

Cloisonne (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.

Cloister (v. t.) An inclosed place.

Cloister (v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

Cloister (v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Cloistered (imp. & p. p.) of Cloister

Cloistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloister

Cloister (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

Cloisteral (a.) Cloistral.

Cloistered (a.) Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.

Cloistered (a.) Furnished with cloisters.

Cloisterer (n.) One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

Cloistral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.

Cloistress (n.) A nun.

Cloke (n. & v.) See Cloak.

Clomb () Alt. of Clomben

Clomben () imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed).

Clomp (n.) See Clamp.

Clong () imp. of Cling.

Clonic (a.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion.

Cloom (v. t.) To close with glutinous matter.

Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.

Closed (imp. & p. p.) of Close

Closing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Close

Close (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

Close (n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.

Close (n.) To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

Close (v. i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.

Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

Close (v. i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.

Close (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

Close (n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.

Close (n.) A grapple in wrestling.

Close (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

Close (n.) A double bar marking the end.

Close (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.

Close (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.

Close (v. t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.

Close (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.

Close (v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.

Close (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.

Close (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.

Close (v. t.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

Close (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.

Close (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.

Close (v. t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.

Close (v. t.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.

Close (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.

Close (v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.

Close (v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.

Close (v. t.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.

Close (v. t.) Parsimonious; stingy.

Close (v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.

Close (v. t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.

Close (adv.) In a close manner.

Close (adv.) Secretly; darkly.

Close-banded (a.) Closely united.

Close-barred (a.) Firmly barred or closed.

Close-bodied (a.) Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.

Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.

Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Closely (adv.) In a close manner.

Closely (adv.) Secretly; privately.

Closemouthed (a.) Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Closen (v. t.) To make close.

Closeness (n.) The state of being close.

Closer (n.) One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

Closer (n.) A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.

Closer (n.) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course.

Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

Closet (n.) A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.

Closeting (imp. & p. pr. & vb. n.) of Closet

Closet (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

Closet (v. t.) To make into a closet for a secret interview.

Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed; silent.

Closh (n.) A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.

Closh (n.) The game of ninepins.

Closure (v. t.) The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

Closure (v. t.) That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

Closure (v. t.) That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

Closure (v. t.) A conclusion; an end.

Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Clot (n.) A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

Clotted (imp. & p. p.) of Clot

Clotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clot

Clot (v. i.) To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

Clot (v. t.) To form into a slimy mass.

Clotbur (n.) The burdock.

Clotbur (n.) Same as Cocklebur.

Clote (n.) The common burdock; the clotbur.

Cloths (pl. ) of Cloth

Clothes (pl. ) of Cloth

Cloth (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.

Cloth (n.) The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.

Cloth (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

Clothed (imp. & p. p.) of Clothe

Clad () of Clothe

Clothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clothe

Clothe (v. t.) To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

Clothe (v. t.) To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.

Clothe (v. t.) Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.

Clothe (v. i.) To wear clothes.

Clothes (n. pl.) Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

Clothes (n. pl.) The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

Clotheshorse (n.) A frame to hang clothes on.

Clothesline (n.) A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

Clothespin (n.) A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

Clothespress (n.) A receptacle for clothes.

Clothier (n.) One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.

Clothier (n.) One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.

Clothing (n.) Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

Clothing (n.) The art of process of making cloth.

Clothing (n.) A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Clothing (n.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

Clothred (p. p.) Clottered.

Clotpoll (n.) See Clodpoll.

Clotted (a.) Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.

Clotter (v. i.) To concrete into lumps; to clot.

Clotty (n.) Full of clots, or clods.

Cloture (n.) See Closure, 5.

Clotweed (n.) Cocklebur.

Cloud (n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

Cloud (n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.

Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.

Cloud (n.) A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.

Cloud (n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.

Clouded (imp. & p. p.) of Cloud

Clouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloud

Cloud (v. t.) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

Cloud (v. t.) To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.

Cloud (v. t.) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

Cloud (v. i.) To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.

Cloudage (n.) Mass of clouds; cloudiness.

Cloudberry (n.) A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

Cloud-built (a.) Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.

Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

Cloud-capped (a.) Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.

Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.

Cloudily (adv.) In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely.

Cloudiness (n.) The state of being cloudy.

Clouding (n.) A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

Clouding (n.) A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.

Cloudland (n.) Dreamland.

Cloudless (a.) Without a cloud; clear; bright.

Cloudlet (n.) A little cloud.

Cloudy (n.) Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

Cloudy (n.) Consisting of a cloud or clouds.

Cloudy (n.) Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.

Cloudy (n.) Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.

Cloudy (n.) Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.

Cloudy (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.

Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.

Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

Clough (n.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

Clout (n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

Clout (n.) A swadding cloth.

Clout (n.) A piece; a fragment.

Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

Clout (n.) A blow with the hand.

Clouted (imp. & p. p.) of Clout

Clouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clout

Clout (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

Clout (n.) To join or patch clumsily.

Clout (n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

Clout (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.

Clout (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

Clouterly (n.) Clumsy; awkward.

Clove (imp.) Cleft.

Clove (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clove (n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Clove (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t.

Cloven-footed (a.) Alt. of Cloven-hoofed

Cloven-hoofed (a.) Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.

Clover (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.

Clovered (a.) Covered with growing clover.

Clowe-gilofre (n.) Spice clove.

Clown (n.) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

Clown (n.) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.

Clown (n.) The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.

Clown (v. i.) To act as a clown; -- with it.

Clownage (n.) Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery.

Clownery (n.) Clownishness.

Clownish (a.) Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward.

Clownishness (n.) The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.

Cloyed (imp. & p. p.) of Cloy

Cloying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cloy

Cloy (v. t.) To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.

Cloy (v. t.) To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

Cloy (v. t.) To spike, as a cannon.

Cloy (v. t.) To stroke with a claw.

Cloyless (a.) That does not cloy.

Cloyment (n.) Satiety.

Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

Club (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

Club (n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

Club (n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

Clubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Club

Clubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Club

Club (v. t.) To beat with a club.

Club (v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

Club (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.

Club (v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

Club (v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Clubbable (a.) Suitable for membership in a club; sociable.

Clubbed (a.) Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.

Clubber (n.) One who clubs.

Clubber (n.) A member of a club.

Clubbish (a.) Rude; clownish.

Clubbish (a.) Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

Clubbist (n.) A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs.

Clubfist (n.) A large, heavy fist.

Clubfist (n.) A coarse, brutal fellow.

Clubfisted (a.) Having a large fist.

Clubfoot (n.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Clubfooted (a.) Having a clubfoot.

Clubhand (n.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

Clubhouse (n.) A house occupied by a club.

Clubroom (n.) The apartment in which a club meets.

Club-rush (n.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

Club-shaped (a.) Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.

Clucked (imp. & p. p.) of Cluck

Clucking (p pr. & vb. n.) of Cluck

Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.

Cluck (v. t.) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.

Cluck (n.) The call of a hen to her chickens.

Cluck (n.) A click. See 3d Click, 2.

Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.

Clue (n.) A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.

Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.

Clumber (n.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.

Clump (n.) An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

Clump (n.) A cluster; a group; a thicket.

Clump (n.) The compressed clay of coal strata.

Clump (v. t.) To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.

Clump (v. i.) To tread clumsily; to clamp.

Clumper (n.) To form into clumps or masses.

Clumps (n.) A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.

Clumpy (n.) Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless.

Clumsily (adv.) In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.

Clumsiness (n.) The quality of being clumsy.

Clumsy (superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.

Clunch (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

Clunch (n.) One of the hard beds of the lower chalk.

Clung () imp. & p. p. of Cling.

Clung (v. i.) Wasted away; shrunken.

Cluniac (n.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a.

Cluniacensian (a.) Cluniac.

Clupeoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Herring family.

Cluster (n.) A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

Cluster (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.

Cluster (n.) A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

Clustered (imp. & p. p.) of Cluster

Clustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cluster

Cluster (v. i.) To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.

Cluster (v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.

Clusteringly (adv.) In clusters.

Clustery (n.) Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.

Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

Clutch (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

Clutch (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

Clutched (imp. & p. p.) of Clutch

Clutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clutch

Clutch (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.

Clutch (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

Clutter (n.) A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

Clutter (n.) Clatter; confused noise.

Cluttered (imp. & p. p.) of Clutter

Cluttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clutter

Clutter (v. t.) To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.

Clutter (v. i.) To make a confused noise; to bustle.

Clutter (n.) To clot or coagulate, as blood.

Clypeastroid (a.) Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.

Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.

Clypeiform (a.) Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Clypei (pl. ) of Clypeus

Clypeus (n.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Clysmian (a.) Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes.

Clysmic (a.) Washing; cleansing.

Clyster (n.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.

Cnemial (a.) Pertaining to the shin bone.

Cnidae (pl. ) of Cnida

Cnida (n.) One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.

Cnidaria (n. pl.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.

Cnidoblast (n.) One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidae.

Cnidocil (n.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

Co- () A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.

Coacervate (a.) Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped.

Coacervate (v. t.) To heap up; to pile.

Coacervation (n.) A heaping together.

Coach (n.) A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

Coach (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.

Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.

Coach (n.) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.

Coached (imp. & p. p.) of Coach

Coaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coach

Coach (v. t.) To convey in a coach.

Coach (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.

Coach (v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

Coachbox () The seat of a coachman.

Coachdog () One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.

Coachee (n.) A coachman

Coachfellow (n.) One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade.

Coachmen (pl. ) of Coachman

Coachman (n.) A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

Coachman (n.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

Coachmanship (n.) Skill in driving a coach.

Coachwhip snake () A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

Coact (v. t.) To force; to compel; to drive.

Coact (v. i.) To act together; to work in concert; to unite.

Coaction (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Coactive (a.) Acting in concurrence; united in action.

Coactively (adv.) In a coactive manner.

Coactivity (n.) Unity of action.

Coadaptation (n.) Mutual adaption.

Coadapted (a.) Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth.

Coadjument (n.) Mutual help; cooperation.

Coadjust (v. t.) To adjust by mutual adaptations.

Coadjustment (n.) Mutual adjustment.

Coadjutant (a.) Mutually assisting or operating; helping.

Coadjutant (n.) An assistant.

Coadjuting (a.) Mutually assisting.

Coadjutive (a.) Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.

Coadjutor (n.) One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.

Coadjutor (n.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.

Coadjutorship (n.) The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.

Coadjutress (n.) Alt. of Coadjutrix

Coadjutrix (n.) A female coadjutor or assistant.

Coadjuvancy (n.) Joint help; cooperation.

Coadjuvant (a.) Cooperating.

Coadjuvant (n.) An adjuvant.

Coadunate (a.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

Coadunation (n.) Union, as in one body or mass; unity.

Coadunition (n.) Coadunation.

Coadventure (n.) An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.

Coadventure (v. i.) To share in a venture.

Coadventurer (n.) A fellow adventurer.

Coafforest (v. t.) To convert into, or add to, a forest.

Coag (n.) See Coak, a kind of tenon.

Coagency (n.) Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

Coagent (n.) An associate in an act; a coworker.

Coagment (v. t.) To join together.

Coagmentation (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.

Coagulability (n.) The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.

Coagulable (a.) Capable of being coagulated.

Coagulant (n.) That which produces coagulation.

Coagulate (a.) Coagulated.

Coagulated (imp. & p. p.) of Coagulate

Coagulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coagulate

Coagulate (v. t.) To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Coagulate (v. i.) To undergo coagulation.

Coagulated (a.) Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.

Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

Coagulation (n.) The substance or body formed by coagulation.

Coagulative (a.) Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.

Coagulator (n.) That which causes coagulation.

Coagulatory (a.) Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects.

Coagula (pl. ) of Coagulum

Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

Coaita (n.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

Coak (n.) See Coke, n.

Coak (n.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.

Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Coak (v. t.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.

Coal (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

Coal (n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

Coaled (imp. & p. p.) of Coal

Coaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coal

Coal (v. t.) To burn to charcoal; to char.

Coal (v. t.) To mark or delineate with charcoal.

Coal (v. t.) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.

Coal (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

Coal-black (a.) As black as coal; jet black; very black.

Coalery (n.) See Colliery.

Coalesced (imp. & p. p.) of Coalesce

Coalescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coalesce

Coalesce (n.) To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

Coalesce (n.) To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

Coalescence (n.) The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

Coalescent (a.) Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Coalfish (n.) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock.

Coalfish (n.) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.

Coalfish (n.) The cobia.

Coalgoose (n.) The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

Coalite (v. i.) To unite or coalesce.

Coalite (v. t.) To cause to unite or coalesce.

Coalition (n.) The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

Coalition (n.) A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

Coalitioner (n.) A coalitionist.

Coalitionist (n.) One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Co-allies (pl. ) of Co-ally

Co-ally (n.) A joint ally.

Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.

Coalmouse (n.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coalpit (n.) A pit where coal is dug.

Coalpit (n.) A place where charcoal is made.

Coal tar () A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

Coal-whipper (n.) One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship.

Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.

Coaly (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.

Coannex (v. t.) To annex with something else.

Coaptation (n.) The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

Coarct (a.) Alt. of Coarctate

Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Coarctate (a.) To restrain; to confine.

Coarctate (a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Coarctation (n.) Confinement to a narrow space.

Coarctation (n.) Pressure; that which presses.

Coarctation (n.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.

Coarse (superl.) Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Coarse (superl.) Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

Coarse-grained (a.) Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Coarsely (adv.) In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.

Coarsen (v. t.) To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.

Coarseness (n.) The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

Coarticulation (n.) The union or articulation of bones to form a joint.

Co-assessor (n.) A joint assessor.

Coast (v. t.) The side of a thing.

Coast (v. t.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.

Coast (v. t.) The seashore, or land near it.

Coasted (imp. & p. p.) of Coast

Coasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coast

Coast (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.

Coast (n.) To sail by or near the shore.

Coast (n.) To sail from port to port in the same country.

Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.

Coast (v. t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

Coast (v. t.) To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

Coast (v. t.) To conduct along a coast or river bank.

Coastal (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

Coaster (n.) One who sails near the shore.

Coasting (a.) Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

Coasting (n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

Coastwise (adv.) Alt. of Coastways

Coastways (adv.) By way of, or along, the coast.

Coat (n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

Coat (n.) A petticoat.

Coat (n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.

Coat (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.

Coat (n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.

Coat (n.) A coat card. See below.

Coated (imp. & p. p.) of Coat

Coating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coat

Coat (v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.

Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Coatee (n.) A coat with short flaps.

Coati (n.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.

Coating (n.) A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

Coating (n.) Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.

Coatless (a.) Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

Coaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Coax

Coaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coax

Coax (v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

Coax (n.) A simpleton; a dupe.

Coaxation (n.) The act of croaking.

Coaxer (n.) One who coaxes.

Coaxingly (adv.) In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.

Cob (n.) The top or head of anything.

Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.

Cob (n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.

Cob (n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

Cob (n.) A young herring.

Cob (n.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

Cob (n.) A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.

Cob (n.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).

Cob (n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

Cob (n.) A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.

Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.

Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

Cob (n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.

Cobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cob

Cobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cob

Cob (v. t.) To strike

Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.

Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

Cobaea (n.) A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

Cobalt (n.) A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co.

Cobalt (n.) A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.

Cobaltic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.

Cobaltiferous (a.) Containing cobalt.

Cobaltine (n.) Alt. of Cobaltite

Cobaltite (n.) A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.

Cobaltous (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.

Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2.

Cobble (n.) A fishing boat. See Coble.

Cobble (n.) A cobblestone.

Cobble (n.) Cob coal. See under Cob.

Cobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Cobble

Cobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cobble

Cobble (v. t.) To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes.

Cobble (v. t.) To make clumsily.

Cobble (v. t.) To pave with cobblestones.

Cobbler (n.) A mender of shoes.

Cobbler (n.) A clumsy workman.

Cobbler (n.) A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry.

Cobblestone (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Cobby (n.) Headstrong; obstinate.

Cobby (n.) Stout; hearty; lively.

Cobelligerent (a.) Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.

Cobelligerent (n.) A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Cobia (n.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

Cobiron (n.) An andiron with a knob at the top.

Cobishop (n.) A joint or coadjutant bishop.

Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

Cobnut (n.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

Cobnut (n.) A game played by children with nuts.

Coboose (n.) See Caboose.

Cobourg (n.) A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.

Cobra (n.) See Copra.

Cobra (n.) The cobra de capello.

Cobra de capello () The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.Naja --

Cobstone (n.) Cobblestone.

Cobswan (n.) A large swan.

Cobwall (n.) A wall made of clay mixed with straw.

Cobweb (n.) The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

Cobweb (n.) A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.

Cobweb (n.) That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.

Cobweb (n.) The European spotted flycatcher.

Cobwebbed (a.) Abounding in cobwebs.

Cobwebby (a.) Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

Coca (n.) The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.

Cocagne (n.) An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.

Cocagne (n.) The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.

Cocaine (n.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.

Cocciferous (a.) Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.

Coccinella (n.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvae feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.

Coccobacteria (pl. ) of Coccobacterium

Coccobacterium (n.) One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.

Coccolite (n.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.

Coccolith (n.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

Coccosphere (n.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.

Coccosteus (n.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.

Cocculus Indicus (n.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.

Cocci (pl. ) of Coccus

Coccus (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

Coccus (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).

Coccus (n.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.

Coccygeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebrae.

Coccygeous (a.) Coccygeal.

Coccyges (pl. ) of Coccyx

Coccyx (n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.

Cochineal () A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

Cochineal fig () A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

Cochin fowl () A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).

Cochlea (n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

Cochlear (a.) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Cochleare (n.) A spoon.

Cochleare (n.) A spoonful.

Cocleariform (a.) Spoon-shaped.

Cochleary (a.) Same as Cochleate.

Cochleate (a.) Alt. of Cochleated

Cochleated (a.) Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Cock (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Cock (n.) A chief man; a leader or master.

Cock (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.

Cock (n.) A faucet or valve.

Cock (n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.

Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.

Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

Cocked (imp. & p. p.) of Cock

Cocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cock

Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.

Cock (v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

Cock (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.

Cock (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.

Cock (n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.

Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

Cock (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.

Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.

Cock (n.) A small concial pile of hay.

Cock (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.

Cock (n.) A small boat.

Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.

Cockade (n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.

Cockaded (a.) Wearing a cockade.

Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Cockal (n.) A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice

Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.

Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.

Cockateel (n.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Novae-Hollandiae); -- so called from its note.

Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.

Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

Cockatrice (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

Cockatrice (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.

Cockbill (v. t.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.

Cockboat (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

Cock-brained (a.) Giddy; rash.

Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

Cockcrow (n.) Alt. of Cockcrowing

Cockcrowing (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.

Cockered (imp. & p. p.) of Cocker

Cockering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cocker

Cocker (v. t.) To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.

Cocker (n.) One given to cockfighting.

Cocker (n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

Cocker (n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots.

Cockerel (n.) A young cock.

Cocket (n.) Pert; saucy.

Cocket (n.) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.

Cocket (n.) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.

Cocket (n.) A measure for bread.

Cockeye (n.) A squinting eye.

Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.

Cockfighting (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

Cockfighting (a.) Addicted to cockfighting.

Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

Cockhorse (n.) A child's rocking-horse.

Cockhorse (n.) A high or tall horse.

Cockhorse (a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

Cockhorse (a.) Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.

Cockieleekie (n.) Same as Cockaleekie.

Cocking (n.) Cockfighting.

Cockle (n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.

Cockle (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.

Cockle (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.

Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.

Cockle (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.

Cockled (imp. & p. p.) of Cockle

Cockling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cockle

Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Cockle (n.) The Lotium, or darnel.

Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.

Cockled (a.) Inclosed in a shell.

Cockled (a.) Wrinkled; puckered.

Cockler (n.) One who takes and sells cockles.

Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

Cockleshell (n.) A light boat.

Cockloft (n.) An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.

Cockmaster (n.) One who breeds gamecocks.

Cockmatch (n.) A cockfight.

Cockneys (pl. ) of Cockney

Cockney (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.

Cockney (n.) A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.

Cockney (a.) Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

Cockneydom (n.) The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.

Cockneyfy (v. t.) To form with the manners or character of a cockney.

Cockneyish (a.) Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.

Cockneyism (n.) The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.

Cock-padle (n.) See Lumpfish.

Cockpit (n.) A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.

Cockpit (n.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.

Cockpit (n.) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.

Cockroach (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

Cockscomb (n.) See Coxcomb.

Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.

Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.

Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

Cockshy (n.) An object at which stones are flung.

Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.

Cocksure (a.) Perfectly safe.

Cocksure (a.) Quite certain.

Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

Cocktail (n.) A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.

Cocktail (n.) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.

Cocktail (n.) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.

Cocktail (n.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Cockup (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

Cockweed (n.) Peppergrass.

Cocky (a.) Pert.

Coco () Alt. of Coco palm

Coco palm () See Cocoa.

Cocoa () Alt. of Cocoa palm

Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

Cocoa (n.) A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.

Cocoanut (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

Cocobolo (n.) Alt. of Cocobolas

Cocobolas (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

Cocoon (n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

Cocoon (n.) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.

Cocoon (n.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.

Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.

Cocoonery (n.) A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

Coctible (a.) Capable of being cooked.

Coctile (a.) Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.

Coction (n.) Act of boiling.

Coction (n.) Digestion.

Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.

Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

Cod (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

Cod (n.) A small bag or pouch.

Cod (n.) The scrotum.

Cod (n.) A pillow or cushion.

Cod (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.

Coda (n.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

Codder (n.) A gatherer of cods or peas.

Codding (a.) Lustful.

Coddled (imp. & p. p.) of Coddle

Coddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coddle

Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling.

Coddle (v. t.) To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.

Coddymoddy (n.) A gull in the plumage of its first year.

Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

Code (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.

Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.

Codeine (n.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.

Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.

Codices (pl. ) of Codex

Codex (n.) A book; a manuscript.

Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.

Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.

Codex (n.) A collection of canons.

Codfish (n.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.

Codger (n.) A miser or mean person.

Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.

Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code.

Codicil (n.) A clause added to a will.

Codicillary (a.) Of the nature of a codicil.

Codification (n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.

Codifier (n.) One who codifies.

Codified (imp. & p. p.) of Codify

Codifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Codify

Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.

Codilla (n.) The coarse tow of flax and hemp.

Codille (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.

Codist (n.) A codifier; a maker of codes.

Codle (v. t.) See Coddle.

Codlin (n.) Alt. of Codling

Codling (n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.

Codling (n.) An immature apple.

Codling (n.) A young cod; also, a hake.

Cod liver (n.) The liver of the common cod and allied species.

Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.

Coecilian (n.) See Caecilian.

Coeducation (n.) An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.

Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy.

Coefficiency (n.) Joint efficiency; cooperation.

Coefficient (a.) Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.

Coefficient (n.) That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.

Coefficient (n.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.

Coefficient (n.) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.

Coehorn (n.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

Coelentera (n. pl.) Alt. of Coelenterata

Coelenterata (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

Coelenterate (a.) Belonging to the Coelentera.

Coelenterate (n.) One of the Coelentera.

Coelia (n.) A cavity.

Coeliac (a.) Alt. of Celiac

Celiac (a.) Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.

Coelodont (a.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.

Coelodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.

Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.

Coelum (n.) See Body cavity, under Body.

Coemption (n.) The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.

Coendoo (n.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.

Coenenchym (n.) Alt. of Coenenchyma

Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

Coenesthesis (n.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.

Coenobite (n.) See Cenobite.

Coenoecium (n.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

Coenogamy (n.) The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.

Coenosarc (n.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.

Coenurus (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

Coequal (a.) Being on an equality in rank or power.

Coequal (n.) One who is on an equality with another.

Coequality (n.) The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.

Coequally (adv.) With coequality.

Coerced (imp. & p. p.) of Coerce

Coercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coerce

Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.

Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.

Coercible (a.) Capable of being coerced.

Coercion (n.) The act or process of coercing.

Coercion (n.) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.

Coercitive (a.) Coercive.

Coercive (a.) Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.

Coerulignone (n.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.

Coessential (a.) Partaking of the same essence.

Coessentiality (n.) Participation of the same essence.

Coestablishment (n.) Joint establishment.

Coestate (n.) Joint estate.

Coetanean (n.) A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.

Coetaneous (a.) Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.

Coeternal (a.) Equally eternal.

Coeternity (n.) Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.

Coeval (n.) Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.

Coeval (n.) One of the same age; a contemporary.

Coevous (a.) Coeval

Coexecutor (n.) A joint executor.

Coexecutrix (n.) A joint executrix.

Coexisted (imp. & p. p.) of Coexist

Coexisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coexist

Coexist (v. i.) To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.

Coexistence (n.) Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.

Coexistent (a.) Existing at the same time with another.

Coexistent (n.) That which coexists with another.

Coexisting (a.) Coexistent.

Coextended (imp. & p. p.) of Coextend

Coextending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coextend

Coextend (v. t.) To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.

Coextension (n.) The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

Coextensive (a.) Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.

Coffee (n.) The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

Coffee (n.) The coffee tree.

Coffee (n.) The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.

Coffeehouse (n.) A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.

Coffeeman (n.) One who keeps a coffeehouse.

Coffeepot (n.) A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.

Coffeeroom (n.) A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.

Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

Coffer (n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.

Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

Coffer (v. t.) To put into a coffer.

Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.

Coffer (v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.

Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

Cofferer (n.) One who keeps treasures in a coffer.

Cofferwork (n.) Rubblework faced with stone.

Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

Coffin (n.) A basket.

Coffin (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

Coffin (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.

Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

Coffined (imp. & p. p.) of Coffin

Coffining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coffin

Coffin (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

Coffinless (a.) Having no coffin.

Coffle (n.) A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.

Cogged (imp. & p. p.) of Cog

Cogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cog

Cog (v. t.) To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.

Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.

Cog (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.

Cog (n.) A trick or deception; a falsehood.

Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

Cog (n.) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.

Cog (n.) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.

Cog (n.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.

Cog (v. t.) To furnish with a cog or cogs.

Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.

Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

Cogenial (a.) Congenial.

Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.

Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

Cogently (adv.) In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.

Cogger (n.) A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.

Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.

Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.

Coggle (n.) A cobblestone.

Cogitability (n.) The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.

Cogitable (a.) Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.

Cogitabund (a.) Full of thought; thoughtful.

Cogitated (imp. & p. p.) of Cogitate

Cogitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cogitate

Cogitate (v. i.) To engage in continuous thought; to think.

Cogitate (v. t.) To think over; to plan.

Cogitation (n.) The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.

Cogitative (a.) Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating.

Cogitative (a.) Given to thought or contemplation.

Cogman (n.) A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth.

Cognac (n.) A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Cognate (a.) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

Cognate (a.) Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Cognate (n.) One who is related to another on the female side.

Cognate (n.) One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Cognateness (n.) The state of being cognate.

Cognati (n. pl.) Relatives by the mother's side.

Cognation (n.) Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

Cognation (n.) Participation of the same nature.

Cognation (n.) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.

Cognatus (n.) A person connected through cognation.

Cognisor (n.) Alt. of Cognisee

Cognisee (n.) See Cognizor, Cognizee.

Cognition (v. t.) The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

Cognition (v. t.) That which is known.

Cognitive (a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power.

Cognizable (a.) Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

Cognizable (a.) Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

Cognizably (adv.) In a cognizable manner.

Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.

Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.

Cognizance (n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.

Cognizance (n.) The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Cognize (v. t.) To know or perceive; to recognize.

Cognizee (n.) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged.

Cognizor (n.) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.

Cognomen (n.) The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

Cognomen (n.) A surname.

Cognominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

Cognominal (n.) One bearing the same name; a namesake.

Cognomination (n.) A cognomen or surname.

Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.

Cognoscenti (pl. ) of Cognoscente

Cognoscente (n.) A connoisseur.

Cognoscibility (n.) The quality of being cognoscible.

Cognoscible (a.) Capable of being known.

Cognoscible (a.) Liable to judicial investigation.

Cognoscitive (a.) Having the power of knowing.

Cognovit (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.

Coguardian (n.) A joint guardian.

Cogue (n.) A small wooden vessel; a pail.

Cogware (n.) A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century.

Cogwheel (n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Cohabited (imp. & p. p.) of Cohabit

Cohabiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cohabit

Cohabit (v.) To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

Cohabit (v.) To dwell or live together as husband and wife.

Cohabitant (n.) One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.

Cohabitation (n.) The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another.

Cohabitation (n.) The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship.

Cohabiter (n.) A cohabitant.

Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.

Coheirship (n.) The state of being a coheir.

Coherald (n.) A joint herald.

Cohered (imp. & p. p.) of Cohere

Cohering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cohere

Cohere (a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

Cohere (a.) To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.

Cohere (a.) To suit; to agree; to fit.

Coherence (n.) Alt. of Coherency

Coherency (n.) A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

Coherency (n.) Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.

Coherent (a.) Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.

Coherent (a.) Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

Coherent (a.) Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker.

Coherent (a.) Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.

Coherently (adv.) In a coherent manner.

Cohesibility (n.) The state of being cohesible.

Cohesible (a.) Capable of cohesion.

Cohesion (n.) The act or state of sticking together; close union.

Cohesion (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.

Cohesion (n.) Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

Cohesive (a.) Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

Cohesive (a.) Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

Cohibited (imp. & p. p.) of Cohibit

Cohibiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cohibit

Cohibit (v. t.) To restrain.

Cohibition (n.) Hindrance; restraint.

Cohobated (imp. & p. p.) of Cohobate

Cohobating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cohobate

Cohobate (v. t.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.

Cohobation (n.) The process of cohobating.

Cohorn (n.) See Coehorn.

Cohort (n.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

Cohort (n.) Any band or body of warriors.

Cohort (n.) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.

Cohosh (n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family.

Coif (n.) A cap.

Coif (n.) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape.

Coif (n.) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.

Coif (v. t.) To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.

Coifed (a.) Wearing a coif.

Coiffure (n.) A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

Coigne (n.) A quoin.

Coigne (n.) Alt. of Coigny

Coigny (n.) The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.

Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coil

Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coil

Coil (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

Coil (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.

Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

Coil (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

Coil (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

Coilon (n.) A testicle.

Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

Coin (n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.

Coined (imp. & p. p.) of Coin

Coining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coin

Coin (v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

Coin (v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

Coin (v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Coin (v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.

Coinage (v. t.) The act or process of converting metal into money.

Coinage (v. t.) Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.

Coinage (v. t.) The cost or expense of coining money.

Coinage (v. t.) The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.

Coincided (imp. & p. p.) of Coincide

Coinciding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coincide

Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

Coincide (n.) To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

Coincide (n.) To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.

Coincidence (n.) The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

Coincidence (n.) The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Coincidence (n.) Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

Coincibency (n.) Coincidence.

Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.

Coincident (n.) One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.

Coincidental (a.) Coincident.

Coincidently (adv.) With coincidence.

Coincider (n.) One who coincides with another in an opinion.

Coindication (n.) One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.

Coiner (n.) One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.

Coiner (n.) An inventor or maker, as of words.

Coinhabitant (n.) One who dwells with another, or with others.

Coinhere (v. i.) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.

Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.

Coinheritor (n.) A coheir.

Coinitial (a.) Having a common beginning.

Coinquinate (v. t.) To pollute.

Coinquination (n.) Defilement.

Coinstantaneous (a.) Happening at the same instant.

Cointense (a.) Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense.

Cointension (n.) The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.

Coir (n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.

Coir (n.) Cordage or cables, made of this material.

Coistril (n.) An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.

Coistril (n.) A mean, paltry fellow; a coward.

Coit (n.) A quoit.

Coit (v. t.) To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.

Coition (n.) A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.

Cojoin (v. t.) To join; to conjoin.

Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.

Coke (n.) Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fire is required.

Coke (v. t.) To convert into coke.

Cokenay (n.) A cockney.

Cokernut (n.) The cocoanut.

Cokes (n.) A simpleton; a gull; a dupe.

Cokewold (n.) Cuckold.

Col- () A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.

Col (n.) A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Colaborer (n.) One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.

Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.

Colatitude (n.) The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Colbertine (n.) A kind of lace.

Colchicine (n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.

Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

Cold (n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

Cold (n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

Cold (n.) Not pungent or acrid.

Cold (n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

Cold (n.) Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

Cold (n.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

Cold (n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

Cold (n.) Not sensitive; not acute.

Cold (n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Cold (n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

Cold (n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.

Cold (n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

Cold (n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Cold (v. i.) To become cold.

Cold-blooded (a.) Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

Cold-blooded (a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

Cold-blooded (a.) Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Coldfinch (n.) A British wagtail.

Cold-hearted (a.) Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.

Coldish (a.) Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

Coldly (adv.) In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.

Coldness (n.) The state or quality of being cold.

Cold-short (a.) Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

Cold-shut (a.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.

Cold-shut (n.) An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

Cole (n.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Co-legatee (n.) A joint legatee.

Colegoose (n.) See Coalgoose.

Colemanite (n.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Colemouse (n.) See Coletit.

Coleopter (n.) One of the Coleoptera.

Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

Coleopteral (a.) Alt. of Coleopterous

Coleopterous (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

Coleopteran (n.) One of the order of Coleoptera.

Coleopterist (n.) One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.

Coleperch (n.) A kind of small black perch.

Colera (n.) Bile; choler.

Coleridgian (a.) Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.

Coleseed (n.) The common rape or cole.

Coleslaw (n.) A salad made of sliced cabbage.

Co-lessee (n.) A partner in a lease taken.

Co-lessor (n.) A partner in giving a lease.

Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.

Colet () Alt. of Collet

Collet () An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.

Coletit (n.) Alt. of Coaltit

Coaltit (n.) A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

Coleus (n.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

Colewort (n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

Colewort (n.) Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

Colfox (n.) A crafty fox.

Colic (n.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.

Colic (a.) Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.

Colic (a.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.

Colical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic.

Colicky (a.) Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.

Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

Coliseum (n.) The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.

Colitis (n.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.

Coll (v. t.) To embrace.

Collaborateur (n.) See Collaborator.

Collaboration (n.) The act of working together; united labor.

Collaborator (n.) An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.

Collagenous (a.) Containing or resembling collagen.

Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collapse

Collapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collapse

Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.

Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

Collar (n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

Collar (n.) A ring or cincture.

Collar (n.) A collar beam.

Collar (n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.

Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.

Collar (n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.

Collar (n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.

Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.

Collared (imp. & p. p.) of Collar

Collaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collar

Collar (v. t.) To seize by the collar.

Collar (v. t.) To put a collar on.

Collar bone () The clavicle.

Collards (n. pl.) Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort.

Collared (a.) Wearing a collar.

Collared (a.) Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

Collared (a.) Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.

Collatable (a.) Capable of being collated.

Collated (imp. & p. p.) of Collate

Collating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collate

Collate (v. t.) To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.

Collate (v. t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

Collate (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

Collate (v. t.) To bestow or confer.

Collate (v. i.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

Collateral (a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

Collateral (a.) Acting in an indirect way.

Collateral (a.) Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

Collateral (a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

Collateral (a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.

Collateral (n.) A collateral relative.

Collateral (n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

Collaterally (adv.) Side by side; by the side.

Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.

Collaterally (adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally.

Collateralness (n.) The state of being collateral.

Collation (v. t.) The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.

Collation (v. t.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.

Collation (v. t.) The act of conferring or bestowing.

Collation (v. t.) A conference.

Collation (v. t.) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

Collation (v. t.) The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.

Collation (v. t.) The report of the act made by the proper officers.

Collation (v. t.) The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.

Collation (v. t.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

Collation (v. t.) A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.

Collation (v. i.) To partake of a collation.

Collationer (n.) One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.

Collatitious (a.) Brought together; contributed; done by contributions.

Collative (a.) Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Collator (n.) One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.

Collator (n.) One who collates to a benefice.

Collator (n.) One who confers any benefit.

Collaud (v. t.) To join in praising.

Colleague (n.) A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

Colleague (v.t & i.) To unite or associate with another or with others.

Colleagueship (n.) Partnership in office.

Collected (imp. & p. p.) of Collect

Collecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collect

Collect (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

Collect (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

Collect (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.

Collect (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

Collect (v. i.) To infer; to conclude.

Collect (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

Collectanea (v. t.) Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Collected (a.) Gathered together.

Collected (a.) Self-possessed; calm; composed.

Collectedly (adv.) Composedly; coolly.

Collectedness (n.) A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

Collectible (a.) Capable of being collected.

Collection (n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

Collection (n.) That which is collected

Collection (n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

Collection (n.) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.

Collection (n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.

Collection (n.) An accumulation of any substance.

Collection (n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.

Collection (n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

Collectional (a.) Of or pertaining to collecting.

Collective (a.) Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

Collective (a.) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

Collective (a.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.

Collective (a.) Tending to collect; forming a collection.

Collective (a.) Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.

Collective (n.) A collective noun or name.

Collectively (adv.) In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

Collectiveness (n.) A state of union; mass.

Collectivism (n.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.

Collectivist (n.) An advocate of collectivism.

Collectivist (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.

Collector (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.

Collector (n.) A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.

Collector (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.

Collector (n.) One authorized to collect debts.

Collector (n.) A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.

Collectorate (n.) The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

Collectorship (n.) The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

Collegatary (n.) A joint legatee.

College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

College (n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

College (n.) A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

College (n.) Fig.: A community.

Collegial (n.) Collegiate.

Collegian (n.) A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

Collegiate (a.) Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society.

Collegiate (n.) A member of a college.

Collembola (n. pl.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

Collet (n.) A small collar or neckband.

Collet (n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.

Collet (n.) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.

Collet (n.) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Colleterial (a.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects.

Colleterium (n.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

Colletic (a.) Agglutinant.

Colletic (n.) An agglutinant.

Colley (n.) See Collie.

Collide (v. i.) To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

Collide (v. t.) To strike or dash against.

Collidine (n.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

Collie (n.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks.

Collied (p. & a.) Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

Collier (n.) One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

Collier (n.) A vessel employed in the coal trade.

Collieries (pl. ) of Colliery

Colliery (n.) The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

Colliery (n.) The coal trade.

Colliflower (n.) See Cauliflower.

Colligated (imp. & p. p.) of Colligate

Colligating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colligate

Colligate (v. t.) To tie or bind together.

Colligate (v. t.) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

Colligate (a.) Bound together.

Colligation (n.) A binding together.

Colligation (n.) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse.

Collimated (imp. & p. p.) of Collimate

Collimating (p. p. & vb. n.) of Collimate

Collimate (v. t.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

Collimation (n.) The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.

Collimator (n.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.

Collimator (n.) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.

Collin (n.) A very pure form of gelatin.

Colline (n.) A small hill or mount.

Collineation (n.) The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.

Colling (v. t.) An embrace; dalliance.

Collingly (adv.) With embraces.

Collingual (a.) Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

Colliquable (a.) Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid.

Colliquament (n.) The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.

Colliquated (imp. & p. p.) of Colliquate

Colliquating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colliquate

Colliquate (v. t. & i.) To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt.

Colliquation (n.) A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.

Colliquation (n.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.

Colliquative (a.) Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.

Colliquefaction (n.) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.

Collish (n.) A tool to polish the edge of a sole.

Collision (n.) The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

Collision (n.) A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.

Collisive (a.) Colliding; clashing.

Collitigant (a.) Disputing or wrangling.

Collitigant (n.) One who litigates or wrangles.

Collocate (a.) Set; placed.

Collocated (imp. & p. p.) of Collocate

Collocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collocate

Collocate (v. t.) To set or place; to set; to station.

Collocation (n.) The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

Collocution (n.) A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse.

Collocutor (n.) One of the speakers in a dialogue.

Collodion (n.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.

Collodionize (v. t.) To prepare or treat with collodion.

Collodiotype (n.) A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.

Collodium (n.) See Collodion.

Collogue (v. i.) To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.

Colloid (a.) Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Colloid (n.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

Colloidal (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

Colloidality (n.) The state or quality of being colloidal.

Collop (n.) A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

Collop (n.) A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Colloped (a.) Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

Collophore (n.) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.

Collophore (n.) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Colloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.

Colloquialism (n.) A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

Colloquialize (v. t.) To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

Colloquist (n.) A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.

Colloquies (pl. ) of Colloquy

Colloquy (n.) Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

Colloquy (n.) In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

Collow (n.) Soot; smut. See 1st Colly.

Colluctancy (n.) A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.

Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.

Colluded (imp. & p. p.) of Collude

Colluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collude

Collude (v. i.) To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

Colluder (n.) One who conspires in a fraud.

Colla (pl. ) of Collum

Collum (n.) A neck or cervix.

Collum (n.) Same as Collar.

Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

Collusion (n.) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.

Collusive (a.) Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.

Collusive (a.) Acting in collusion.

Collusory (a.) Collusive.

Collutory (n.) A medicated wash for the mouth.

Colly (n.) The black grime or soot of coal.

Collied (imp. & p. p.) of Colly

Collying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colly

Colly (v. t.) To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.

Colly (n.) A kind of dog. See Collie.

Collybist (n.) A money changer.

Collyriums (pl. ) of Collyrium

Collyria (pl. ) of Collyrium

Collyrium (n.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.

Colocolo (n.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

Colocynth (n.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.

Colocynthin (n.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.

Cologne (n.) A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.

Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.

Colombier (n.) A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.

Colombin (n.) See Calumbin.

Colombo (n.) See Calumba.

Colon (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]

Colon (n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

Colonel (n.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

Colonelcy (n.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Colonelship (n.) Colonelcy.

Coloner (n.) A colonist.

Colonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

Colonical (a.) Of or pertaining to husbandmen.

Colonist (n.) A member or inhabitant of a colony.

Colonitis (n.) See Colitis.

Colonization (n.) The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

Colonizationist (n.) A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

Colonized (imp. & p. p.) of Colonize

Colonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Colonize

Colonize (v. t.) To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

Colonize (v. i.) To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.

Colonizer (n.) One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.

Colonnade (n.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

Colonies (pl. ) of Colony

Colony (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.

Colony (n.) A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

Colony (n.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

Colophany (n.) See Colophony.

Colophene (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.

Colophon (n.) An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.

Colophonite (n.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.

Colophony (n.) Rosin.

Coloquintida (n.) See Colocynth.

Color (n.) A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

Color (n.) Any hue distinguished from white or black.

Color (n.) The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.

Color (n.) That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

Color (n.) That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.

Color (n.) Shade or variety of character; kind; species.

Color (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).

Color (n.) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.

Colored (imp. & p. p.) of Color

Coloring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Color

Color (v. t.) To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.

Color (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.

Color (v. t.) To hide.

Color (v. i.) To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

Colorable (a.) Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.

Colorado beetle () A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.

Colorado group () A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

Coloradoite (n.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

Colorate (a.) Colored.

Coloration (n.) The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.

Colorature (n.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

Color-blind (a.) Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.

Colored (a.) Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

Colored (a.) Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.

Colored (a.) Of some other color than black or white.

Colored (a.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

Colored (a.) Of some other color than green.

Colorific (a.) Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.

Colorimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

Coloring (n.) The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

Coloring (n.) Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

Colorist (n.) One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

Colorless (a.) Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

Colorless (a.) Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

Colormen (pl. ) of Colorman

Colorman (n.) A vender of paints, etc.

Color sergeant () See under Sergeant.

Colossal (a.) Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.

Colossal (a.) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.

Colossean (a.) Colossal.

Colosseum (n.) The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.

Colossi (pl. ) of Colossus

Colossuses (pl. ) of Colossus

Colossus (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.

Colossus (n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size.

Colostrum (n.) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.

Colostrum (n.) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.

Colotomy (n.) An operation for opening the colon

Colour (n.) See Color.

Colp (n.) See Collop.

Colportage (n.) The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

Colporter (n.) Same as Colporteur.

Colporteur (n.) A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Colt (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.

Colt (n.) A young, foolish fellow.

Colt (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

Colt (v. i.) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

Colt (v. t.) To horse; to get with young.

Colt (v. t.) To befool.

Colter (n.) A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.

Coltish (a.) Like a colt; wanton; frisky.

Coltsfoot (n.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.

Colt's tooth () See under Colt.

Coluber (n.) A genus of harmless serpents.

Colubrine (a.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.

Colubrine (a.) Like a snake; cunning; crafty.

Colugo (n.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

Columba (n.) See Calumba.

Columbae (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the pigeons.

Columbaria (pl. ) of Columbarium

Columbarium (n.) A dovecote or pigeon house.

Columbarium (n.) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Columbaries (pl. ) of Columbary

Columbary (n.) A dovecote; a pigeon house.

Columbate (n.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.

Columbatz fly () See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.

Columbella (n.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

Columbia (n.) America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.

Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.

Columbian (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.

Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.

Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.

Columbier (n.) See Colombier.

Columbiferous (a.) Producing or containing columbium.

Columbin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.

Columbine (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.

Columbine (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America.

Columbine (n.) The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.

Columbite (n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.

Columbium (n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.

Columbo (n.) See Calumba.

Columella (n.) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.

Columella (n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.

Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.

Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.

Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

Columelliform (a.) Shaped like a little column, or columella.

Column (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.

Column (n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.

Column (n.) A small army.

Column (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.

Column (n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

Column (n.) A perpendicular line of figures.

Column (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Columnar (a.) Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

Columnarity (n.) The state or quality of being columnar.

Columnated (a.) Having columns; as, columnated temples.

Columned (a.) Having columns.

Columniation (n.) The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.

Colures (pl. ) of Colure

Colure (n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.

Colies (pl. ) of Coly

Coly (n.) Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

Colza (n.) A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

Com- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.

Coma (n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.

Coma (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.

Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

Comanches (n. pl.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

Comart (n.) A covenant.

Comate (a.) Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

Co-mate (n.) A companion.

Comatose (a.) Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.

Comatous (a.) Comatose.

Comatula (n.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.

Comatulid (n.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

Comb (n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

Comb (n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.

Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

Comb (n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

Comb (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.

Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

Comb (n.) The curling crest of a wave.

Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.

Comb (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

Combed (imp. & p. p.) of Comb

Combing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comb

Comb (v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.

Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

Comb (n.) Alt. of Combe

Combe (n.) That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.

Comb (n.) A dry measure. See Coomb.

Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Combat

Combating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Combat

Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.

Combat (n.) A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

Combat (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

Combatant (a.) Contending; disposed to contend.

Combatant (n.) One who engages in combat.

Combater (n.) One who combats.

Combative (a.) Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

Combativeness (n.) The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

Combativeness (n.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.

Combattant (a.) In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

Combbroach (n.) A tooth of a wool comb.

Combe (n.) See Comb.

Comber (n.) One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

Comber (n.) A long, curling wave.

Comber (v. t.) To cumber.

Comber (n.) Encumbrance.

Comber (n.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.

Combinable (a.) Capable of combining; consistent with.

Combinate (a.) United; joined; betrothed.

Combination (n.) The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

Combination (n.) The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.

Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.

Combination (n.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.

Combined (imp. & p. p.) of Combine

Combining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Combine

Combine (v. t.) To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.

Combine (v. t.) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Combine (v. i.) To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.

Combine (v. i.) To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.

Combine (v. i.) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

Combined (a.) United closely; confederated; chemically united.

Combinedly (adv. In combination or cooperation) ; jointly.

Combiner (n.) One who, or that which, combines.

Combing (n.) The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

Combing (n.) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.

Combing (n.) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.

Combing (n.) See Coamings.

Combless (a.) Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock.

Comboloio (n.) A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.

Comb-shaped (a.) Pectinate.

Combust (a.) Burnt; consumed.

Combust (a.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.

Combustibility (n.) The quality of being combustible.

Combustible (a.) Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

Combustible (a.) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.

Combustible (n.) A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.

Combustibleness (n.) Combustibility.

Combustion (n.) The state of burning.

Combustion (n.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.

Combustion (n.) Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.

Combustious (a.) Inflammable.

Came (imp.) of Come

Come (p. p.) of Come

Coming (p. pr & vb. n.) of Come

Come (n.) To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.

Come (n.) To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.

Come (n.) To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.

Come (n.) To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.

Come (n.) To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.

Come (n.) To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.

Come (v. t.) To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.

Come (n.) Coming.

Co-meddle (v. t.) To mix; to mingle, to temper.

Comedian (n.) An actor or player in comedy.

Comedian (n.) A writer of comedy.

Comedienne (n.) A women who plays in comedy.

Comedietta (n.) A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.

Comedones (pl. ) of Comedo

Comedo (n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).

Comedown (n.) A downfall; an humiliation.

Comedies (pl. ) of Comedy

Comedy (n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.

Comelily (adv.) In a suitable or becoming manner.

Comeliness (n.) The quality or state of being comely.

Comely (superl.) Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

Comely (superl.) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

Comely (adv.) In a becoming manner.

Come-outer (n.) One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.

Comer (n.) One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.

Comes (n.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.

Comessation (n.) A reveling; a rioting.

Comestible (a.) Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

Comestible (n.) Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.

Comet (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cometarium (n.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.

Cometary (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.

Comet-finder (n.) Alt. of Comet- seeker

Comet- seeker (n.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

Cometic (a.) Relating to a comet.

Cometographer (n.) One who describes or writes about comets.

Cometography (n.) A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.

Cometology (n.) The department of astronomy relating to comets.

Comfit (n.) A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

Comfit (v. t.) To preserve dry with sugar.

Comfiture (n.) See Comfit, n.

Comforted (imp. & p. p.) of Comfort

Comforting. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comfort

Comfort (v. t.) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

Comfort (v. t.) To assist or help; to aid.

Comfort (v. t.) To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.

Comfort (n.) Assistance; relief; support.

Comfort (n.) Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.

Comfort (n.) A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.

Comfort (n.) A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.

Comfort (n.) Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy.

Comfortable (a.) Strong; vigorous; valiant.

Comfortable (a.) Serviceable; helpful.

Comfortable (a.) Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.

Comfortable (a.) In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.

Comfortable (a.) Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person.

Comfortable (n.) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.

Comfortableness (n.) State of being comfortable.

Comfortably (adv.) In a comfortable or comforting manner.

Comforter (n.) One who administers comfort or consolation.

Comforter (n.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.

Comforter (n.) A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.

Comforter (n.) A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.

Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.

Comfortment (n.) Act or process of administering comfort.

Comfortress (n.) A woman who comforts.

Comfrey (n.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

Comic (a.) Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

Comic (a.) Causing mirth; ludicrous.

Comic (n.) A comedian.

Comical (a.) Relating to comedy.

Comical (a.) Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.

Comicalities (pl. ) of Comicality

Comicality (n.) The quality of being comical; something comical.

Comicry (n.) The power of exciting mirth; comicalness.

Coming (a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

Coming (a.) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

Coming (n.) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.

Coming (n.) Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ.

Comitia (n. pl.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

Comitial (a.) Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws.

Comities (pl. ) of Comity

Comity (n.) Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.

Comma (n.) A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

Comma (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.

Commanded (imp. & p. p.) of Command

Commanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Command

Command (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

Command (v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

Command (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

Command (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.

Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

Command (v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.

Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.

Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

Command (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

Command (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

Commandable (a.) Capable of being commanded.

Commandant (n.) A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

Commandatory (a.) Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.

Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

Commander (n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

Commander (n.) The chief officer of a commandery.

Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.

Commandership (n.) The office of a commander.

Commanderies (pl. ) of Commandery

Commandery (n.) The office or rank of a commander.

Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

Commandery (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.

Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

Commanding (a.) Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.

Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

Commandingly (adv.) In a commanding manner.

Commandment (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

Commandment (n.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

Commandment (n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

Commandment (n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.

Commandry (n.) See Commandery.

Commark (n.) The frontier of a country; confines.

Commaterial (a.) Consisting of the same material.

Commatic (a.) Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Commatism (n.) Conciseness in writing.

Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.

Commeasure (v. t.) To be commensurate with; to equal.

Commemorable (a.) Worthy to be commemorated.

Commemorated (imp. & p. p.) of Commemorate

Commemorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commemorate

Commemorate (v. t.) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Commemoration (n.) The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

Commemoration (n.) Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.

Commemorative (a.) Tending or intended to commemorate.

Commemorator (n.) One who commemorates.

Commemoratory (a.) Serving to commemorate; commemorative.

Commenced (imp. & p. p.) of Commence

Commencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commence

Commence (v. i.) To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

Commence (v. i.) To begin to be, or to act as.

Commence (v. i.) To take a degree at a university.

Commence (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Commended (imp. & p. p.) of Commend

Commending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commend

Commend (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

Commend (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

Commend (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.

Commend (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.

Commend (n.) Commendation; praise.

Commend (n.) Compliments; greetings.

Commendable (a.) Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

Commendam (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

Commendatary (n.) One who holds a living in commendam.

Commendation (n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

Commendation (n.) That which is the ground of approbation or praise.

Commendation (n.) A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.

Commendator (n.) One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.

Commendatory (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.

Commendatory (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.

Commendatory (n.) A commendation; eulogy.

Commender (n.) One who commends or praises.

Commensal (n.) One who eats at the same table.

Commensal (n.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.

Commensal (a.) Having the character of a commensal.

Commensalism (n.) The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Commensality (n.) Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.

Commensation (n.) Commensality.

Commensurability (n.) The quality of being commensurable.

Commensurable (a.) Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.

Commensurably (adv.) In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

Commensurated (imp. & p. p.) of Commensurate

Commensurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commensurate

Commensurate (v. t.) To reduce to a common measure.

Commensurate (v. t.) To proportionate; to adjust.

Commensurate (a.) Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

Commensurate (a.) Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

Commensurately (adv.) In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.

Commensurately (adv.) With equal measure or extent.

Commensurateness (n.) The state or quality of being commensurate.

Commensuration (n.) The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.

Commented (imp. & p. p.) of Comment

Commenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comment

Comment (v. i.) To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.

Comment (v. t.) To comment on.

Comment (n.) A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.

Comment (n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.

Commentaries (pl. ) of Commentary

Commentary (v. i.) A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.

Commentary (v. i.) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

Commentate (v. t. & i.) To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.

Commentation (n.) The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition.

Commentation (n.) The result of the labors of a commentator.

Commentator (n.) One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.

Commentatorial (a.) Pertaining to the making of commentaries.

Commentatorship (n.) The office or occupation of a commentator.

Commenter (n.) One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.

Commentitious (a.) Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion.

Commerce (n.) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

Commerce (n.) Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Commerce (n.) Sexual intercourse.

Commerce (n.) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Commerced (imp. & p. p.) of Commerce

Commercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commerce

Commerce (v. i.) To carry on trade; to traffic.

Commerce (v. i.) To hold intercourse; to commune.

Commercial (a.) Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.

Commercialism (n.) The commercial spirit or method.

Commercially (adv.) In a commercial manner.

Commigrate (v. i.) To migrate together.

Commigration (n.) Migration together.

Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

Commination (n.) An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.

Comminatory (a.) Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.

Commingled (imp. & p. p.) of Commingle

Commingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commingle

Commingle (v. t. & i.) To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.

Comminuted (imp. & p. p.) of Comminute

Comminuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comminute

Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.

Comminution (n.) The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.

Comminution (n.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.

Comminution (n.) Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.

Commiserable (a.) Pitiable.

Commiserated (imp. & p. p.) of Commiserate

Commiserating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commiserate

Commiserate (v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

Commiserative (a.) Feeling or expressing commiseration.

Commiserator (n.) One who pities.

Commissarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a commissary.

Commissariat (n.) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

Commissariat (n.) The body of officers charged with such service.

Commissaries (pl. ) of Commissary

Commissary (n.) One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

Commissary (n.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.

Commissary (n.) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters.

Commissary (n.) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.

Commissaryship (n.) The office or employment of a commissary.

Commission (n.) The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

Commission (n.) The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

Commission (n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

Commission (n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.

Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.

Commission (n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.

Commission (n.) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.

Commissioned (imp. & p. p.) of Commission

Commissioning (p. pr & vb. n.) of Commission

Commission (v. t.) To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.

Commission (v. t.) To send out with a charge or commission.

Commissional (a.) Alt. of Commissionary

Commissionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant.

Commissionate (v. t.) To commission

Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.

Commissioner (n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

Commissionnaire (n.) One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.

Commissive (a.) Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission.

Commissural (a.) Of or pertaining to a commissure.

Commissure (n.) A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.

Commissure (n.) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.

Commissure (n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

Committed (imp. & p. p.) of Commit

Committing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commit

Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

Commit (v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

Commit (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

Commit (v. t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.

Commit (v. t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.

Commit (v. t.) To confound.

Commit (v. i.) To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

Commitment (n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.

Commitment (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

Commitment (n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

Commitment (n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Committable (a.) Capable of being committed.

Committal (n.) The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.

Committee (n.) One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.

Committee (v. t.) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

Committeeman (n.) A member of a committee.

Committer (n.) One who commits; one who does or perpetrates.

Committer (n.) A fornicator.

Committible (a.) Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.

Commixed (imp. & p. p.) of Commix

Commixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commix

Commix (v. t. & i.) To mix or mingle together; to blend.

Commixion (n.) Commixture.

Commixtion (n.) Commixture; mingling.

Commixture (n.) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

Commixture (n.) The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture.

Commodate (n.) A gratuitous loan.

Commode (n.) A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

Commode (n.) A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion

Commode (n.) A chest of drawers or a bureau.

Commode (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.

Commode (n.) A kind of close stool.

Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.

Commodious (a.) Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house.

Commodiously (adv.) In a commodious manner.

Commodiousness (n.) State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convenience; roominess.

Commodities (pl. ) of Commodity

Commodity (n.) Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.

Commodity (n.) That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

Commodity (n.) A parcel or quantity of goods.

Commodore (n.) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.

Commodore (n.) A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.

Commodore (n.) A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.

Common (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.

Common (v.) Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

Common (v.) Profane; polluted.

Common (v.) Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

Common (n.) The people; the community.

Common (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

Common (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

Common (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.

Common (v. i.) To participate.

Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.

Common (v. i.) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Commonable (a.) Held in common.

Commonable (a.) Allowed to pasture on public commons.

Commonage (n.) The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

Commonalties (pl. ) of Commonalty

Commonalty (n.) The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

Commonalty (n.) The majority or bulk of mankind.

Commoner (n.) One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

Commoner (n.) A member of the House of Commons.

Commoner (n.) One who has a joint right in common ground.

Commoner (n.) One sharing with another in anything.

Commoner (n.) A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner.

Commoner (n.) A prostitute.

Commonish (a.) Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.

Commonition (n.) Advice; warning; instruction.

Commonitive (a.) Monitory.

Commonitory (a.) Calling to mind; giving admonition.

Commonly (adv.) Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life.

Commonly (adv.) In common; familiarly.

Commonness (n.) State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.

Commonness (n.) Triteness; meanness.

Commonplace (a.) Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.

Commonplace (n.) An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

Commonplace (n.) A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.

Commonplace (v. t.) To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

Commonplace (v. i.) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

Commonplaceness (n.) The quality of being commonplace; commonness.

Commons (n. pl.) The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

Commons (n. pl.) The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.

Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

Commons (n. pl.) A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.

Commons (n. pl.) A common; public pasture ground.

Common sense () See Common sense, under Sense.

Commonty (n.) A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right.

Commonweal (n.) Commonwealth.

Commonwealth (n.) A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

Commonwealth (n.) The whole body of people in a state; the public.

Commonwealth (n.) Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.

Commorance (n.) See Commorancy.

Commorancy (n.) A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation.

Commorancy (n.) Residence temporarily, or for a short time.

Commorant (n.) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.

Commorant (n.) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.

Commorant (n.) A resident.

Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.

Commorient (a.) Dying together or at the same time.

Commorse (n.) Remorse.

Commote (v. t.) To commove; to disturb; to stir up.

Commotion (n.) Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

Commotion (n.) A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.

Commotion (n.) Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement.

Commoved (imp. & p. p.) of Commove

Commoving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commove

Commove (v. t.) To urge; to persuade; to incite.

Commove (v. t.) To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.

Communal (a.) Pertaining to a commune.

Communalism (n.) A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.

Communalist (n.) An advocate of communalism.

Communalistic (a.) Pertaining to communalism.

Communed (imp. & p. p.) of Commune

Communing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commune

Commune (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

Commune (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.

Commune (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

Commune (n.) The commonalty; the common people.

Commune (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

Commune (n.) Absolute municipal self-government.

Communicability (n.) The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.

Communicable (a.) Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

Communicable (a.) Communicative; free-speaking.

Communicant (n.) One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.

Communicant (n.) One who communicates.

Communicant (a.) Communicating.

Communicated (imp. & p. p.) of Communicate

Communicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Communicate

Communicate (v. i.) To share in common; to participate in.

Communicate (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.

Communicate (v. i.) To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.

Communicate (v. i.) To administer the communion to.

Communicate (v. i.) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.

Communicate (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid.

Communicate (v. i.) To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.

Communicate (v. i.) To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.

Communication (n.) The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

Communication (n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.

Communication (n.) Association; company.

Communication (n.) Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.

Communication (n.) That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

Communication (n.) Participation in the Lord's supper.

Communication (n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.

Communicative (a.) Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

Communicativeness (n.) The quality of being communicative.

Communicator (n.) One who communicates.

Communicatory (a.) Imparting knowledge or information.

Communion (n.) The act of sharing; community; participation.

Communion (n.) Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.

Communion (n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

Communion (n.) The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion.

Communism (n.) A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.

Communist (n.) An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

Communist (n.) A supporter of the commune of Paris.

Communistic (a.) Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories.

Communistic (a.) Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds.

Communities (pl. ) of Community

Community (n.) Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

Community (n.) A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.

Community (n.) Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.

Community (n.) Common character; likeness.

Community (n.) Commonness; frequency.

Commutability (n.) The quality of being commutable.

Commutable (a.) Capable of being commuted or interchanged.

Commutableness (n.) The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.

Commutation (n.) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.

Commutation (n.) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.

Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.

Commutation (n.) A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.

Commutative (a.) Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.

Commutator (n.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction.

Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commute

Commuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commute

Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

Commute (v. i.) To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

Commuter (n.) One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.

Commutual (a.) Mutual; reciprocal; united.

Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed.

Compact (p. p. & a) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

Compact (p. p. & a) Composed or made; -- with of.

Compact (p. p. & a) Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

Compact (p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

Compacted (imp. & p. p.) of Compact

Compacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compact

Compact (v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

Compact (v. t.) To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

Compact (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

Compacted (a.) Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

Compactedly (adv.) In a compact manner.

Compactedness (n.) A state of being compact.

Compacter (n.) One who makes a compact.

Compactible (a.) That may be compacted.

Compaction (n.) The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

Compactly (adv.) In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

Compactness (n.) The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

Compacture (n.) Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.

Compages (v. t.) A system or structure of many parts united.

Compaginate (v. t.) To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame.

Compagination (n.) Union of parts; structure.

Companable (a.) Companionable; sociable.

Companator (n.) Same as Impanator.

Companiable (a.) Companionable; sociable.

Companion (n.) One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.

Companion (n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

Companion (n.) A fellow; -- in contempt.

Companion (n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

Companion (n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.

Companion (v. t.) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companion (v. t.) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Companionable (a.) Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.

Companionless (a.) Without a companion.

Companionship (n.) Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

Companies (pl. ) of Company

Company (n.) The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

Company (n.) A companion or companions.

Company (n.) An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.

Company (n.) Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.

Company (n.) Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

Company (n.) An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.

Company (n.) Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.

Company (n.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

Company (n.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

Company (n.) The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

Companied (imp. & p. p.) of Company

Companying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Company

Company (v. t.) To accompany or go with; to be companion to.

Company (v. i.) To associate.

Company (v. i.) To be a gay companion.

Company (v. i.) To have sexual commerce.

Comparable (a.) Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

Comparate (n.) One of two things compared together.

Comparation (n.) A making ready; provision.

Comparative (a.) Of or pertaining to comparison.

Comparative (a.) Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.

Comparative (a.) Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.

Comparative (a.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.

Comparative (n.) The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.

Comparative (n.) An equal; a rival; a compeer.

Comparative (n.) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

Comparator (n.) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Compared (imp. & p. p.) of Compare

Comparing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compare

Compare (v. t.) To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

Compare (v. t.) To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

Compare (v. i.) To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

Compare (v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

Compare (n.) Comparison.

Compare (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.

Compare (v. t.) To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

Comparer (n.) One who compares.

Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

Comparison (n.) The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.

Comparison (n.) That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

Comparison (n.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.

Comparison (n.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.

Comparison (n.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

Comparison (v. t.) To compare.

Comparted (imp. & p. p.) of Compart

Comparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compart

Compart (v. t.) To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.

Compartition (n.) The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.

Compartment (n.) One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

Compartner (n.) See Copartner.

Compass (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

Compass (n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.

Compass (n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

Compass (n.) A pair of compasses.

Compass (n.) A circle; a continent.

Compassed (imp. & p. p.) of Compass

Compassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compass

Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

Compass (v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

Compass (v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.

Compass (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

Compassable (a.) Capable of being compassed or accomplished.

Compassed (a.) Rounded; arched.

Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

Compassing (a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

Compassion (n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.

Compassion (v. t.) To pity.

Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

Compassionate (a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.

Compassionated (imp. & p. p.) of Compassionate

Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionate

Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Compassionately (adv.) In a compassionate manner; mercifully.

Compassionateness (n.) The quality or state of being compassionate.

Compassless (a.) Having no compass.

Compaternity (n.) The relation of a godfather to a person.

Compatibility (n.) The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

Compatible (a.) Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Compatibleness (n.) Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement.

Compatibly (adv.) In a compatible manner.

Compatient (a.) Suffering or enduring together.

Compatriot (n.) One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.

Compatriot (a.) Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.

Compatriotism (n.) The condition of being compatriots.

Compear (v. i.) To appear.

Compear (v. i.) To appear in court personally or by attorney.

Compeer () An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

Compeer (v. t.) To be equal with; to match.

Compeer (v. i.) Alt. of Compeir

Compeir (v. i.) See Compear.

Compelled (imp. & p. p.) of Compel

Compelling (p. pr. & vb. n) of Compel

Compel (v. t.) To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

Compel (v. t.) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

Compel (v. t.) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.

Compel (v. t.) To call forth; to summon.

Compel (v. i.) To make one yield or submit.

Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.

Compellably (adv.) By compulsion.

Compellation (n.) Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Compellatory (a.) Serving to compel; compulsory.

Compeller (n.) One who compels or constrains.

Compend (n.) A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

Compendiarious (a.) Short; compendious.

Compendiate (v. t.) To sum or collect together.

Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

Compendiously (adv.) In a compendious manner.

Compendiousness (n.) The state or quality of being compendious.

Compendiums (pl. ) of Compendium

Compendia (pl. ) of Compendium

Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.

Compensated (imp. & p. p.) of Compensate

Compensating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compensate

Compensate (v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

Compensate (v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.

Compensate (v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

Compensation (n.) The act or principle of compensating.

Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.

Compensation (n.) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.

Compensation (n.) A recompense or reward for some loss or service.

Compensation (n.) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

Compensative (a.) Affording compensation.

Compensative (n.) Compensation.

Compensator (n.) One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Compensatory (a.) Serving for compensation; making amends.

Compense (v. t.) To compensate.

Comperendinate (v. t.) To delay.

Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

Competed (imp. & p. p.) of Compete

Competing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compete

Compete (v. i.) To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

Competence (n.) Alt. of Competency

Competency (n.) The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

Competency (n.) Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.

Competency (n.) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.

Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.

Competent (a.) Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

Competent (a.) Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.

Competently (adv.) In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.

Competible (a.) Compatible; suitable; consistent.

Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Competitive (a.) Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

Competitor (n.) One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

Competitor (n.) An associate; a confederate.

Competitory (a.) Acting in competition; competing; rival.

Competitress (n.) A woman who competes.

Competitrix (n.) A competitress.

Compilation (n.) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

Compilation (n.) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

Compilator (n.) Compiler.

Compiled (imp. & p. p.) of Compile

Compiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compile

Compile (v. t.) To put together; to construct; to build.

Compile (v. t.) To contain or comprise.

Compile (v. t.) To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.

Compile (v. t.) To write; to compose.

Compilement (n.) Compilation.

Compiler (n.) One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Compinge (v. t.) To compress; to shut up.

Complacence (n.) Alt. of Complacency

Complacency (n.) Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

Complacency (n.) The cause of pleasure or joy.

Complacency (n.) The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.

Complacent (a.) Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

Complacential (a.) Marked by, or causing, complacence.

Complacently (adv.) In a complacent manner.

Complained (imp. & p. p.) of Complain

Complaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complain

Complain (v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

Complain (v. i.) To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

Complain (v. t.) To lament; to bewail.

Complainable (a.) That may be complained of.

Complainant (n.) One who makes complaint.

Complainant (n.) One who commences a legal process by a complaint.

Complainant (n.) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.

Complainer (n.) One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.

Complaint (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

Complaint (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

Complaint (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.

Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.

Complaintful (a.) Full of complaint.

Complaisance (n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

Complaisant (a.) Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

Complanar (a.) See Coplanar.

Complanate (v. t.) Flattened to a level surface.

Complanate (v. t.) To make level.

Complected (a.) Complexioned.

Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

Complement (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

Complement (v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

Complement (v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.

Complement (v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.

Complement (v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.

Complement (v. t.) A compliment.

Complement (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.

Complement (v. t.) To compliment.

Complemental (a.) Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.

Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous.

Complementary (a.) Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.

Complete (a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

Complete (a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.

Complete (a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Completed (imp. & p. p.) of Complete

Completing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complete

Complete (v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.

Completely (adv.) In a complete manner; fully.

Completement (n.) Act of completing or perfecting; completion.

Completeness (n.) The state of being complete.

Completion (n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

Completion (n.) State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.

Completive (a.) Making complete.

Completory (a.) Serving to fulfill.

Completory (n.) Same as Compline.

Complex (n.) Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

Complex (n.) Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.

Complex (n.) Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

Complexed (a.) Complex, complicated.

Complexedness (n.) The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.

Complexion (n.) The state of being complex; complexity.

Complexion (n.) A combination; a complex.

Complexion (n.) The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.

Complexion (n.) The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.

Complexion (n.) The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.

Complexional (a.) Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.

Complexionally (adv.) Constitutionally.

Complexionary (a.) Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.

Complexioned (a.) Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.

Complexities (pl. ) of Complexity

Complexity (n.) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

Complexity (n.) That which is complex; intricacy; complication.

Complexly (adv.) In a complex manner; not simply.

Complexness (n.) The state of being complex; complexity.

Complexus (n.) A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.

Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.

Compliance (n.) The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

Compliance (n.) A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

Compliancy (n.) Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Compliantly (adv.) In a compliant manner.

Complicacy (n.) A state of being complicate or intricate.

Complicant (a.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

Complicate (a.) Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

Complicate (a.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

Complicated (imp. & p. p.) of Complicate

Complicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complicate

Complicate (v. t.) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

Complicately (adv.) In a complex manner.

Complicateness (n.) Complexity.

Complication (n.) The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.

Complication (n.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

Complices (pl. ) of Complice

Complice (n.) An accomplice.

Complicities (pl. ) of Complicity

Complicity (n.) The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

Complier (n.) One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper.

Compliment (n.) An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.

Compliment (v. t.) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.

Compliment (v. i.) To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.

Complimental (a.) Complimentary.

Complimentary (a.) Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.

Complimentative (a.) Complimentary.

Complimenter (n.) One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

Compline (n.) Alt. of Complin

Complin (n.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.

Complot (n.) A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

Complotted (imp. & p. p.) of Complot

Complotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complot

Complot (v. t. & i.) To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.

Complotment (n.) A plotting together.

Complotter (n.) One joined in a plot.

Complutensian (a.) Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.

Compluvium (n.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

Complied (imp. & p. p.) of Comply

Complying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comply

Comply (v. i.) To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.

Comply (v. i.) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

Comply (v. i.) To fulfill; to accomplish.

Comply (v. i.) To infold; to embrace.

Compone (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange.

Compone (a.) See Compony.

Component (v. t.) Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

Component (n.) A constituent part; an ingredient.

Compony (a.) Alt. of Compone

Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

Comported (imp. & p. p.) of Comport

Comporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comport

Comport (v. i.) To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

Comport (v. i.) To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.

Comport (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.

Comport (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

Comport (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.

Comportable (a.) Suitable; consistent.

Comportance (n.) Behavior; comport.

Comportation (n.) A bringing together.

Comportment (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.

Composed (imp. & p. p.) of Compose

Composing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compose

Compose (v. t.) To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

Compose (v. t.) To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

Compose (v. t.) To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.

Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

Compose (v. t.) To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

Compose (v. i.) To come to terms.

Composed (a.) Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.

Composer (n.) One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.

Composer (n.) One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.

Composing (a.) Tending to compose or soothe.

Composing (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, composition.

Compositae (n. pl.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.

Composite (v. t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

Composite (v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Composite (n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.

Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.

Composition (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.

Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.

Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.

Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.

Compositor (n.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.

Compositous (a.) Belonging to the Compositae; composite.

Compossible (a.) Able to exist with another thing; consistent.

Compost (n.) A mixture; a compound.

Compost (n.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.

Compost (v. t.) To manure with compost.

Compost (v. t.) To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.

Composture (n.) Manure; compost.

Composure (n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.

Composure (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.

Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.

Composure (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.

Composure (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.

Compotation (n.) The act of drinking or tippling together.

Compotator (n.) One who drinks with another.

Compote (n.) A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.

Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

Compounded (imp. & p. p.) of Compound

Compounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compound

Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

Compound (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compound (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compound (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.

Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compound (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

Compound (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

Compound (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Compoundable (a.) That may be compounded.

Compounder (n.) One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.

Compounder (n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.

Compounder (n.) One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.

Compounder (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.

Compounder (n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.

Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.

Comprecation (n.) A praying together.

Comprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Comprehend

Comprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comprehend

Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

Comprehend (v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

Comprehend (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

Comprehensibility (n.) The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.

Comprehensible (a.) Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

Comprehensible (a.) Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.

Comprehensibleness (n.) The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.

Comprehensibly (adv.) With great extent of signification; comprehensively.

Comprehensibly (adv.) Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.

Comprehension (n.) The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

Comprehension (n.) That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.

Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.

Comprehension (n.) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.

Comprehension (n.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

Comprehensive (a.) Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.

Comprehensive (a.) Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.

Comprehensive (a.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

Comprehensively (adv.) In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.

Comprehensiveness (n.) The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.

Comprehensor (n.) One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.

Compressed (imp. & p. p.) of Compress

Compressing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Compress

Compress (v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

Compress (v. t.) To embrace sexually.

Compress (n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Compressed (a.) Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

Compressed (a.) Flattened lengthwise.

Compressibility (n.) The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

Compressible (a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

Compressibleness (n.) The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

Compression (n.) The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

Compressive (a.) Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.

Compressor (n.) Anything which serves to compress

Compressor (n.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.

Compressor (n.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.

Compressor (n.) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.

Compressor (n.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.

Compressure (n.) Compression.

Comprint (v. t. & i.) To print together.

Comprint (v. t. & i.) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another.

Comprint (n.) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.

Comprisal (n.) The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.

Comprised (imp. & p. p.) of Comprise

Comprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comprise

Comprise (v. t.) To comprehend; to include.

Comprobate (v. i.) To agree; to concur.

Comprobation (n.) Joint attestation; proof.

Comprobation (n.) Approbation.

Compromise (n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.

Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.

Compromise (n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

Compromised (imp. & p. p.) of Compromise

Compromising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compromise

Compromise (n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.

Compromise (n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

Compromise (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

Compromise (v. i.) To agree; to accord.

Compromise (v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.

Compromiser (n.) One who compromises.

Compromissorial (a.) Relating to compromise.

Compromitted (imp. & p. p.) of Compromit

Compromitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compromit

Compromit (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.

Compromit (n.) To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Comprovincial (a.) Belonging to, or associated in, the same province.

Comprovincial (n.) One who belongs to the same province.

Compsognathus (n.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

Compt (n.) Account; reckoning; computation.

Compt (v. t.) To compute; to count.

Compt (a.) Neat; spruce.

Compter (n.) A counter.

Compte rendu () A report of an officer or agent.

Comptible (v. t.) Accountable; responsible; sensitive.

Comptly (adv.) Neatly.

Comptrol (n. & v.) See Control.

Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.

Compulsative (a.) Compulsatory.

Compulsatively (adv.) By compulsion.

Compulsatory (a.) Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.

Compulsion (n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

Compulsive (a.) Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

Compulsively (adv.) By compulsion; by force.

Compulsorily (adv.) In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

Compulsory (a.) Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

Compunct (a.) Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.

Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.

Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

Compunctionless (a.) Without compunction.

Compunctious (a.) Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.

Compunctiously (adv.) With compunction.

Compunctive (a.) Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.

Compurgation (v. t.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

Compurgation (v. t.) Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.

Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

Compurgatorial (a.) Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.

Computable (a.) Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.

Computation (n.) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

Computation (n.) The result of computation; the amount computed.

Computed (imp. & p. p.) of Compute

Computing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compute

Compute (v. t.) To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

Compute (n.) Computation.

Computer (n.) One who computes.

Computist (n.) A computer.

Comrade (n.) A mate, companion, or associate.

Comradery (n.) The spirit of comradeship; comradeship.

Comradeship (n.) The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

Comrogue (n.) A fellow rogue.

Comtism (n.) Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

Comtist (n.) A disciple of Comte; a positivist.

Con- () A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Con (adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

Conned (imp. & p. p.) of Con

Conning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Con

Con (v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.

Con (v. t.) To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Con (v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Conacre (v. t.) To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm.

Conacre (n.) A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop.

Conacre (n.) Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle.

Conarium (n.) The pineal gland.

Conation (n.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Conative (a.) Of or pertaining to conation.

Conatus (n.) A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

Concamerate (v. t.) To arch over; to vault.

Concamerate (v. t.) To divide into chambers or cells.

Concameration (n.) An arch or vault.

Concameration (n.) A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Concatenated (imp. & p. p.) of Concatenate

Concatenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concatenate

Concatenate (v. t.) To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

Concatenation (n.) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

Concause (n.) A joint cause.

Concavation (n.) The act of making concave.

Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

Concave (a.) Hollow; void of contents.

Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Concaved (imp. & p. p.) of Concave

Concaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concave

Concave (v. t.) To make hollow or concave.

Concaved (a.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.

Concaveness (n.) Hollowness; concavity.

Concavities (pl. ) of Concavity

Concavity (n.) A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

Concavo-concave (a.) Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

Concavo-convex (a.) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens.

Concavous (a.) Concave.

Concealed (imp. & p. p.) of Conceal

Concealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conceal

Conceal (v. t.) To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

Concealable (a.) Capable of being concealed.

Concealed (a.) Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.

Concealer (n.) One who conceals.

Concealment (n.) The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

Concealment (n.) A secret; out of the way knowledge.

Concealment (n.) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.

Conceded (imp. & p. p.) of Concede

Conceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concede

Concede (v. t.) To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

Concede (v. t.) To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

Concede (v. t.) To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

Concede (v. i.) To yield or make concession.

Conceit (n.) That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.

Conceit (n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

Conceit (n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Conceit (n.) Design; pattern.

Conceit (v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.

Conceit (v. i.) To form an idea; to think.

Conceited (a.) Endowed with fancy or imagination.

Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.

Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

Conceitedly (adv.) In an egotistical manner.

Conceitedly (adv.) Fancifully; whimsically.

Conceitedness (n.) The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.

Conceitless (a.) Without wit; stupid.

Conceivable (a.) Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood.

Conceived (imp. & p. p.) of Conceive

Conceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conceive

Conceive (v. t.) To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

Conceive (v. t.) To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.

Conceive (v. i.) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

Conceive (v. i.) To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Conceiver (n.) One who conceives.

Concelebrate (v. t.) To celebrate together.

Concent (n.) Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes.

Concent (n.) Consistency; accordance.

Concentered (imp. & p. p.) of Concentre

Concentred () of Concentre

Concentering (p. pr & vb. n.) of Concentre

Concentring () of Concentre

Concenter (v. i.) Alt. of Concentre

Concentre (v. i.) To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

Concenter (v. t.) Alt. of Concentre

Concentre (v. t.) To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.

Concentrated (imp. & p. p.) of Concentrate

Concentrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concentrate

Concentrate (v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.

Concentrate (v. i.) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

Concentration (n.) The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

Concentration (n.) The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

Concentrative (a.) Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.

Concentrativeness (n.) The quality of concentrating.

Concentrativeness (n.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.

Concentrator (n.) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.

Concentric (a.) Alt. of Concentrical

Concentrical (a.) Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.

Concentric (n.) That which has a common center with something else.

Concentrically (adv.) In a concentric manner.

Concentricity (n.) The state of being concentric.

Concentual (a.) Possessing harmony; accordant.

Concept (n.) An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

Conceptacle (n.) That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.

Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.

Conceptacle (n.) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.

Conceptibility (n.) The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness.

Conceptible (a.) Capable of being conceived; conceivable.

Conception (n.) The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

Conception (n.) The state of being conceived; beginning.

Conception (n.) The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.

Conception (n.) The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.

Conception (n.) Idea; purpose; design.

Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.

Conceptional (a.) Pertaining to conception.

Conceptionalist (n.) A conceptualist.

Conceptious (a.) Apt to conceive; fruitful.

Conceptive (a.) Capable of conceiving.

Conceptual (a.) Pertaining to conception.

Conceptualism (n.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.

Conceptualist (n.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.

Concerned (imp. & p. p.) of Concern

Concerning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concern

Concern (v. t.) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

Concern (v. t.) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

Concern (v. i.) To be of importance.

Concern (n.) That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.

Concern (n.) That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.

Concern (n.) Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.

Concern (n.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.

Concerned (v. t.) Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.

Concernedly (adv.) In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.

Concerning (prep.) Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.

Concerning (a.) Important.

Concerning (n.) That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.

Concerning (n.) Importance; moment; consequence.

Concerning (n.) Concern; participation; interposition.

Concerning (n.) Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.

Concerted (imp. & p. p.) of Concert

Concerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concert

Concert (v. t.) To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

Concert (v. t.) To plan; to devise; to arrange.

Concert (v. i.) To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

Concert (v. t.) Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.

Concert (v. t.) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.

Concert (v. t.) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

Concertante (n.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.

Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.

Concertative (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.

Concerted (a.) Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals.

Concertina (n.) A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

Concertino (n.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.

Concertion (n.) Act of concerting; adjustment.

Concertmeister (n.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

Concertos (pl. ) of Concerto

Concerto (n.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

Concession (n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

Concession (n.) A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.

Concessionist (n.) One who favors concession.

Concessive (a.) Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.

Concessively (adv.) By way of concession.

Concessory (a.) Conceding; permissive.

Concettism (n.) The use of concetti or affected conceits.

Concetti (pl. ) of Concetto

Concetto (n.) Affected wit; a conceit.

Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.

Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

Conch (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.

Conch (n.) See Concha, n.

Conch (n.) The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

Concha (n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

Concha (n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

Conchal (a.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.

Conchifer (n.) One of the Conchifera.

Conchifera (n. pl.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Conchiferous (a.) Producing or having shells.

Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Conchinine (n.) See Quinidine.

Conchite (n.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchitic (a.) Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Conchoid (n.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Conchological (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.

Conchologist (n.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.

Conchology (n.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

Conchometer (n.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.

Conchometry (n.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Concho-spiral (n.) A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.

Conchylaceous (a.) Alt. of Conchyliaceous

Conchyliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions.

Conchyliologist (n.) Alt. of Conchyliology

Conchyliology (n.) See Conchologist, and Conchology.

Conchyliometry (n.) Same as Conchometry.

Conchylious (a.) Conchylaceous.

Conciator (a.) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.

Concierge (n.) One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

Conciliable (n.) A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature.

Conciliable (a.) Capable of being conciliated or reconciled.

Conciliabule (n.) An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.

Conciliar (a.) Alt. of Conciliary

Conciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council.

Conciliated (imp. & p. p.) of Conciliate

Conciliating (p. pr & vb. n.) of Conciliate

Conciliate (v. t.) To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

Conciliation (n.) The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

Conciliative (a.) Conciliatory.

Conciliator (n.) One who conciliates.

Conciliatory (a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

Concinnate (v. t.) To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.

Concinnity (n.) Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.

Concinnous (a.) Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant.

Concionate (v. i.) To preach.

Concionator (n.) An haranguer of the people; a preacher.

Concionator (n.) A common councilman.

Concionatory (a.) Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses.

Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

Concisely (adv.) In a concise manner; briefly.

Conciseness (n.) The quality of being concise.

Concision (n.) A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.

Concitation (n.) The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating.

Concite (v. t.) To excite or stir up.

Conclamation (n.) An outcry or shout of many together.

Conclave (n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.

Conclave (n.) A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

Conclavist (n.) One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

Concluded (imp. & p. p.) of Conclude

Concluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conclude

Conclude (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose.

Conclude (v. t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

Conclude (v. t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.

Conclude (v. t.) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

Conclude (v. t.) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

Conclude (v. t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.

Conclude (v. t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.

Conclude (v. i.) To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

Conclude (v. i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

Concludency (n.) Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.

Concludent (a.) Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive.

Concluder (n.) One who concludes.

Concludingly (adv.) Conclusively.

Conclusible (a.) Demonstrable; determinable.

Conclusion (n.) The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

Conclusion (n.) Final decision; determination; result.

Conclusion (n.) Any inference or result of reasoning.

Conclusion (n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

Conclusion (n.) Drawing of inferences.

Conclusion (n.) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

Conclusion (n.) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.

Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

Conclusive (a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.

Conclusively (adv.) In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively.

Conclusiveness (n.) The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.

Conclusory (a.) Conclusive.

Concocted (imp. & p. p.) of Concoct

Concocting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concoct

Concoct (v. t.) To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

Concoct (v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.

Concoct (v. t.) To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

Concoct (v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

Concoct (v. t.) To mature or perfect; to ripen.

Concocter (n.) One who concocts.

Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.

Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.

Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.

Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.

Concoctive (a.) Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.

Concolor (a.) Of the same color; of uniform color.

Concolorous (a.) Of the same color throughout.

Concomitance (n.) Alt. of Concomitancy

Concomitancy (n.) The state of accompanying; accompaniment.

Concomitancy (n.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only.

Concomitant (a.) Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

Concomitant (n.) One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.

Concomitantly (adv.) In company with others; unitedly; concurrently.

Concord (n.) A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Concord (n.) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.

Concord (n.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.

Concord (n.) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.

Concord (n.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Concord (n.) A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Concord (v. i.) To agree; to act together.

Concordable (a.) Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious.

Concordance (n.) Agreement; accordance.

Concordance (n.) Concord; agreement.

Concordance (n.) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

Concordance (n.) A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.

Concordancy (n.) Agreement.

Concordant (a.) Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.

Concordantly (adv.) In a concordant manner.

Concordat (n.) A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.

Concordat (n.) An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801.

Concordist (n.) The compiler of a concordance.

Concorporate (v. t. & i.) To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate.

Concorporate (a.) United in one body; incorporated.

Concorporation (n.) Union of things in one mass or body.

Concourse (n.) A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

Concourse (n.) An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.

Concourse (n.) The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.

Concourse (n.) An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

Concourse (n.) Concurrence; cooperation.

Concreate (v. t.) To create at the same time.

Concremation (n.) The act of burning different things together.

Concrement (n.) A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union.

Concrescence (n.) Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.

Concrescible (a.) Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state.

Concrescive (a.) Growing together, or into union; uniting.

Concrete (a.) United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

Concrete (a.) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.

Concrete (a.) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.

Concrete (n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.

Concrete (n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.

Concrete (n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

Concrete (n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Concreted (imp. & p. p.) of Concrete

Concreting (p. pr & vb. n.) of Concrete

Concrete (v. i.) To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.

Concrete (v. t.) To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.

Concrete (v. t.) To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.

Concretely (adv.) In a concrete manner.

Concreteness (n.) The quality of being concrete.

Concretion (n.) The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

Concretion (n.) A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.

Concretion (n.) A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.

Concretional (a.) Concretionary.

Concretionary (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.

Concretive (a.) Promoting concretion.

Concretively (adv.) In a concrete manner.

Concreture (n.) A mass formed by concretion.

Concrew (a.) To grow together.

Concrimination (n.) A joint accusation.

Concubinacy (n.) The practice of concubinage.

Concubinage (n.) The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Concubinage (n.) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.

Concubinal (a.) Of or pertaining to concubinage.

Concubinarian (a. & n.) Concubinary.

Concubinary (a.) Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

Concubinaries (pl. ) of Concubinary

Concubinary (n.) One who lives in concubinage.

Concubinate (n.) Concubinage.

Concubine (n.) A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.

Concultated (imp. & p. p.) of Conculcate

Conculcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conculcate

Conculcate (v. t.) To tread or trample under foot.

Concupiscence (n.) Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

Concupiscent (a.) Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.

Concupiscential (a.) Relating to concupiscence.

Concupiscentious (a.) Concupiscent.

Concupiscible (a.) Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires.

Concupiscible (a.) Exciting desire, good or evil.

Concupiscibleness (n.) The state of being concupiscible.

Concupy (n.) Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]

Concurred (imp. & p. p.) of Concur

Concurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Concur

Concur (v. i.) To run together; to meet.

Concur (v. i.) To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect.

Concur (v. i.) To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.

Concur (v. i.) To assent; to consent.

Concurrence (n.) The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

Concurrence (n.) A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.

Concurrence (n.) Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation.

Concurrence (n.) A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

Concurrency (n.) Concurrence.

Concurrent (a.) Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.

Concurrent (a.) Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

Concurrent (a.) Meeting in one point.

Concurrent (n.) One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

Concurrent (n.) One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

Concurrent (n.) One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.

Concurrently (adv.) With concurrence; unitedly.

Concurrentness (n.) The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.

Concurring (a.) Agreeing.

Concuss (v. t.) To shake or agitate.

Concuss (v. t.) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.

Concussation (n.) A violent shock or agitation.

Concussion (n.) A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.

Concussion (n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.

Concussion (n.) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.

Concussive (a.) Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating.

Cond (v. t.) To con, as a ship.

Condemned (imp. & p. p.) of Condemn

Condemning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condemn

Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

Condemn (v. t.) To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

Condemn (v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

Condemn (v. t.) To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

Condemn (v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.

Condemn (v. t.) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

Condemnable () Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.

Condemnation (n.) The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

Condemnation (n.) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

Condemnation (n.) The state of being condemned.

Condemnation (n.) The ground or reason of condemning.

Condemnatory (a.) Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

Condemned (a.) Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.

Condemned (a.) Used for condemned persons.

Condemner (n.) One who condemns or censures.

Condensability (n.) Capability of being condensed.

Condensable (a.) Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.

Condensate (v. t.) Made dense; condensed.

Condensated (imp. & p. p.) of Condensate

Condensating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condensate

Condensate (v. t.) To condense.

Condensation (n.) The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

Condensation (n.) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.

Condensation (n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.

Condensative (a.) Having the property of condensing.

Condensed (imp. & p. p.) of Condense

Condensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condense

Condense (v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

Condense (v. t.) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.

Condense (v. i.) To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.

Condense (v. i.) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.

Condense (v. i.) To undergo polymerization.

Condense (a.) Condensed; compact; dense.

Condenser (n.) One who, or that which, condenses.

Condenser (n.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape.

Condenser (n.) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.

Condenser (n.) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.

Condenser (n.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.

Condenser (n.) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine.

Condensible (a.) Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.

Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

Condescended (imp. & p. p.) of Condescend

Condescending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condescend

Condescend (v. i.) To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.

Condescend (v. i.) To consent.

Condescendence (n.) Alt. of Condescendency

Condescendency (n.) Condescension.

Condescendingly (adv.) In a condescending manner.

Condescension (n.) The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.

Condescent (n.) An act of condescension.

Condign (a.) Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.

Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.

Condignity (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.

Condignly (adv.) According to merit.

Condignness (n.) Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.

Condiment (n.) Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

Condisciple (n.) A schoolfellow; a fellow-student.

Condite (a.) Preserved; pickled.

Condite (v. t.) To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc.

Condition (n.) Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

Condition (n.) Essential quality; property; attribute.

Condition (n.) Temperament; disposition; character.

Condition (n.) That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

Condition (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.

Conditioned (imp. & p. p.) of Condition

Conditioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condition

Condition (v. i.) To make terms; to stipulate.

Condition (v. i.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

Condition (n.) To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Condition (n.) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

Condition (n.) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

Condition (n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

Condition (n.) train; acclimate.

Conditional (a.) Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.

Conditional (a.) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.

Conditional (n.) A limitation.

Conditional (n.) A conditional word, mode, or proposition.

Conditionality (n.) The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.

Conditionally (adv.) In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively.

Conditionate (v. t.) Conditional.

Conditionate (v. t.) To qualify by conditions; to regulate.

Conditionate (v. t.) To put under conditions; to render conditional.

Conditioned (a.) Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.

Conditioned (a.) Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.

Conditionly (adv.) Conditionally.

Conditories (pl. ) of Conditory

Conditory (n.) A repository for holding things; a hinding place.

Condog (v. i.) To concur; to agree.

Condolatory (a.) Expressing condolence.

Condoled (imp. & p. p.) of Condole

Condoling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condole

Condole (v. i.) To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

Condole (v. t.) To lament or grieve over.

Condolement (n.) Condolence.

Condolement (n.) Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.

Condolence (n.) Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

Condoler (n.) One who condoles.

Condonation (n.) The act of condoning or pardoning.

Condonation (n.) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.

Condoned (imp. & p. p.) of Condone

Condoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Condone

Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.

Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.

Condor (n.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

Condottieri (pl. ) of Condottiere

Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Conduced (imp. & p. p.) of Conduce

Conducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduce

Conduce (n.) To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

Conduce (v. t.) To conduct; to lead; to guide.

Conducent (a.) Conducive; tending.

Conducibility (n.) The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.

Conducible (a.) Conducive; tending; contributing.

Conducibleness (n.) Quality of being conducible.

Conducibly (adv.) In a manner to promote.

Conducive (a.) Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

Conduciveness (n.) The quality of conducing.

Conduct (n.) The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Conduct (n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

Conduct (n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Conduct (n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

Conducted (imp. & p. p.) of Conduct

Conducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduct

Conduct (n.) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

Conduct (n.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

Conduct (n.) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

Conduct (n.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Conduct (v. i.) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

Conduct (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave.

Conductibility (n.) Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

Conductibility (n.) Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Conductible (a.) Capable of being conducted.

Conduction (n.) The act of leading or guiding.

Conduction (n.) The act of training up.

Conduction (n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

Conductivity (n.) The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

Conductor (n.) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

Conductor (n.) Same as Leader.

Conductory (a.) Having the property of conducting.

Conductress (n.) A woman who leads or directs; a directress.

Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

Conduit (n.) A structure forming a reservoir for water.

Conduit (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.

Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.

Conduplication (n.) A doubling together or folding; a duplication.

Condurango (n.) See Cundurango.

Condurrite (n.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

Condylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.

Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Condyloid (a.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Condylomata (pl. ) of Condylome

Condylomes (pl. ) of Condylome

Condyloma (n.) Alt. of Condylome

Condylome (n.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.

Condylopod (n.) An arthropod.

Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.

Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.

Cone (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.

Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

Cone-in-cone (a.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

Coneine (n.) See Conine.

Conepate (n.) Alt. of Conepatl

Conepatl (n.) The skunk.

Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.

Coney (n.) A rabbit. See Cony.

Coney (n.) A fish. See Cony.

Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation.

Confabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Confabulate

Confabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confabulate

Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

Confabulatory (a.) Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.

Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.

Confarreation (n.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.

Confected (imp. & p. p.) of Confect

Confecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confect

Confect (v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

Confect (v. t.) To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.

Confect (n.) A comfit; a confection.

Confection (n.) A composition of different materials.

Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.

Confection (n.) A composition of drugs.

Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Confectionary (n.) A confectioner.

Confectionary (a.) Prepared as a confection.

Confectioner (n.) A compounder.

Confectioner (n.) One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.

Confectionery (n.) Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

Confectionery (n.) A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.

Confectory (a.) Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.

Confecture (n.) Same as Confiture.

Confeder (v. i.) To confederate.

Confederacies (pl. ) of Confederacy

Confederacy (n.) A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

Confederacy (n.) The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.

Confederacy (n.) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.

Confederate (a.) United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

Confederate (a.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.

Confederate (n.) One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.

Confederate (n.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Confederated (imp. & p. p.) of Confederate

Confederating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confederate

Confederate (v. t.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.

Confederate (v. i.) To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.

Confederater (n.) A confederate.

Confederation (n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

Confederation (n.) The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.

Confederative (a.) Of or pertaining to a confederation.

Confederator (n.) A confederate.

Conferred (imp. & p. p.) of Confer

Conferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confer

Confer (v. t.) To bring together for comparison; to compare.

Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Confer (v. t.) To contribute; to conduce.

Confer (v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

Conferee (n.) One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

Conferee (n.) One upon whom something is conferred.

Conference (n.) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

Conference (n.) The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.

Conference (n.) A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

Conference (n.) A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

Conference (n.) A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

Conferential (a.) Relating to conference.

Conferrable (a.) Capable of being conferred.

Conferree (n.) Same as Conferee.

Conferrer (n.) One who confers; one who converses.

Conferrer (n.) One who bestows; a giver.

Conferruminate (a.) Alt. of Conferruminated

Conferruminated (a.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

Confervae (pl. ) of Conferva

Conferva (n.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

Confervaceous (a.) Belonging to the confervae.

Confervoid (a.) Like, or related to, the confervae.

Confervous (a.) Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae.

Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confess

Confessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confess

Confess (v. t.) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.

Confess (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

Confess (v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.

Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

Confess (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.

Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.

Confesser (n.) One who makes a confession.

Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Confession (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

Confession (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.

Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

Confessional (a.) Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Confessionalism (n.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.

Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.

Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.

Confessor (n.) One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.

Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

Confestly (adv.) See Cofessedly.

Confidant (n. fem.) Alt. of Confidante

Confidante (n. fem.) One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

Confided (imp. & p. p.) of Confide

Confiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confide

Confide (v. i.) To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.

Confide (v. t.) To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.

Confidence (n.) The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

Confidence (n.) That in which faith is put or reliance had.

Confidence (n.) The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed.

Confidence (n.) Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Confidence (n.) Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

Confidence (n.) Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

Confidence (n.) Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

Confidence (n.) Giving occasion for confidence.

Confident (n.) See Confidant.

Confidential (a.) Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

Confidential (a.) Communicated in confidence; secret.

Confidentially (adv.) In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.

Confidently (adv.) With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

Confidentness (n.) The quality of being confident.

Confider (n.) One who confides.

Confiding (a.) That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.

Configurate (v. i.) To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.

Configuration (n.) Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

Configuration (n.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

Configured (imp. & p. p.) of Configure

Configuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Configure

Configure (v. t.) To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

Confinable (a.) Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.

Confined (imp. & p. p.) of Confine

Confining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confine

Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

Confine (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

Confine (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Confine (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison.

Confineless (a.) Without limitation or end; boundless.

Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Confinement (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Confiner (n.) One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

Confiner (n.) One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.

Confinity (n.) Community of limits; contiguity.

Confrmed (imp. & p. p.) of Confirm

Confirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confirm

Confirm (v. t.) To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirm (v. t.) To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirm (v. t.) To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Confirm (v. t.) To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

Confirm (v. t.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Confirmable (a.) That may be confirmed.

Confirmance (n.) Confirmation.

Confirmation (n.) The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Confirmation (n.) That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Confirmation (n.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

Confirmation (n.) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Confirmative (a.) Tending to confirm or establish.

Confirmator (n.) One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.

Confirmatory (a. .) Serving to confirm; corroborative.

Confirmatory (a. .) Pertaining to the rite of confirmation.

Confirmedly (adv.) With confirmation.

Confirmedness (n.) A fixed state.

Confirmee (n.) One to whom anything is confirmed.

Confirmer (n.) One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates.

Confirmingly (adv.) In a confirming manner.

Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Confiscate (a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Confiscated (imp. & p. p.) of Confiscate

Confiscating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confiscate

Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

Confiscation (n.) The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

Confiscator (n.) One who confiscates.

Confiscatory (a.) Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations.

Confit (n.) Same as Comfit.

Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.

Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Confiture (n.) Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat.

Confixed (imp. & p. p.) of Confix

Confix (v. t.) To fix; to fasten.

Confixure (n.) Act of fastening.

Conflagrant (a.) Burning together in a common flame.

Conflagration (n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

Conflated (imp. & p. p.) of Conflate

Conflating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conflate

Conflate (v. t.) To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

Conflation (n.) A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.

Conflict (v.) A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

Conflicted (imp. & p. p.) of Conflict

Conflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conflict

Conflict (v. i.) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.

Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

Conflict (v. i.) To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

Conflicting (a.) Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.

Conflictive (a.) Tending to conflict; conflicting.

Confluence (n.) The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

Confluence (n.) Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

Confluent (a.) Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

Confluent (a.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.

Confluent (a.) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.

Confluent (a.) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.

Confluent (n.) A small steam which flows into a large one.

Confluent (n.) The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.

Conflux (n.) A flowing together; a meeting of currents.

Conflux (n.) A large assemblage; a passing multitude.

Confluxibility (n.) The tendency of fluids to run together.

Confluxible (a.) Inclined to flow or run together.

Confocal (a.) Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.

Conform (a.) Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

Conformed (imp. & p. p.) of Conform

Conforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conform

Conform (v. t.) To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

Conform (v. i.) To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.

Conform (v. i.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.

Conformability (n.) The state of being conformable.

Conformability (n.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.

Conformable (a.) Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.

Conformable (a.) Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant.

Conformable (a.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.

Conformableness (n.) The quality of being conformable; conformability.

Conformably (adv.) With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

Conformance (n.) Conformity.

Conformate (a.) Having the same form.

Conformation (n.) The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

Conformation (n.) The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

Conformer (n.) One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.

Conformist (n.) One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.

Conformities (pl. ) of Conformity

Conformity (n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

Conformity (n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

Confortation (n.) The act of strengthening.

Confounded (imp. & p. p.) of Confound

Confounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confound

Confound (v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

Confounded (a.) Confused; perplexed.

Confounded (a.) Excessive; extreme; abominable.

Confoundedly (adv.) Extremely; odiously; detestable.

Confoundedness (n.) The state of being confounded.

Confounder (n.) One who confounds.

Confract (a.) Broken in pieces; severed.

Confragose (a.) Broken; uneven.

Confraternities (pl. ) of Confraternity

Confraternity (n.) A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

Confrere (n.) Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Confrication (n.) A rubbing together; friction.

Confrier (n.) A confr/re.

Confronted (imp. & p. p.) of Confront

Confronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confront

Confront (v. t.) To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

Confront (v. t.) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

Confront (v. t.) To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Confrontation (n.) Act of confrontating.

Confronte (a.) Same as Affronte.

Confronter (n.) One who confronts.

Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confucian (a.) Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.

Confucian (n.) A Confucianist.

Confucianism (n.) The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.

Confucianist (n.) A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.

Confus (a.) Confused, disturbed.

Confusability (n.) Capability of being confused.

Confusable (a.) Capable of being confused.

Confuse (a.) Mixed; confounded.

Confused (imp. & p. p.) of Confuse

Confusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confuse

Confuse (v. t.) To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Confusedly (adv.) In a confused manner.

Confusedness (n.) A state of confusion.

Confusely (adv.) Confusedly; obscurely.

Confusion (n.) The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Confusion (n.) One who confuses; a confounder.

Confusive (a.) Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.

Confutable (a.) That may be confuted.

Confutant (n.) One who undertakes to confute.

Confutation (n.) The act or process of confuting; refutation.

Confutative (a.) Adapted or designed to confute.

Confuted (imp. & p. p.) of Confute

Confuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confute

Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Confutement (n.) Confutation.

Confuter (n.) One who confutes or disproves.

Cong (n.) An abbreviation of Congius.

Conge (n.) The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

Conge (n.) An apophyge.

Conge (n.) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Congeable (a.) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

Congealed (imp. & p. p.) of Congeal

Congealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congeal

Congeal (v. t.) To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

Congeal (v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Congealable (a.) Capable of being congealed.

Congealedness (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congealment (n.) The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

Congealment (n.) That which is formed by congelation; a clot.

Congee (n. & v.) See Conge, Conge.

Congee (n.) Boiled rice; rice gruel.

Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

Congelation (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congelation (n.) That which is congealed.

Congener (n.) A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

Congeneric (a.) Alt. of Congenerical

Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action.

Congenerous (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.

Congenial (a.) Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

Congenial (a.) Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition.

Congeniality (n.) The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Congenialize (v. t.) To make congenial.

Congenially (adv.) In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Congenialness (n.) Congeniality.

Congenious (a.) Congeneric.

Congenital (a.) Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

Congenitally (dv.) In a congenital manner.

Congenite (a.) Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital.

Conger (n.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Congeries (n. sing & pl.) A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Congest (v. t. ) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

Congest (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Congested (a.) Crowded together.

Congested (a.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperaemic; -- said of any part of the body.

Congestion (n.) The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

Congestive (a.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.

Congiaries (pl. ) of Congiary

Congiary (n.) A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius.

Congius (n.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

Congius (n.) A gallon, or four quarts.

Conglaciate (v. t. & i.) To turn to ice; to freeze.

Conglaciation (n.) The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost.

Conglobate (a.) Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

Conglobated (imp. & p. p.) of Conglobate

Conglobating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conglobate

Conglobate (v. t.) To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.

Conglobation (n.) The act or process of forming into a ball.

Conglobation (n.) A round body.

Conglobed (imp. & p. p.) of Conglobe

Conglobing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conglobe

Conglobe (v. t. ) To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.

Conglobe (v. i.) To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass.

Conglobulate (v. i.) To gather into a small round mass.

Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Conglomerate (a.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers.

Conglomerate (a.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.

Conglomerate (n.) That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

Conglomerate (n.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.

Conglomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Conglomerate

Conglomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conglomerate

Conglomerate (v. t.) To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Conglomeration (n.) The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.

Conglutin (n.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.

Conglutinant (a.) Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

Conglutinate (a.) Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Conglutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Conglutinate

Conglutinate (v. t.) To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.

Conglutinate (v. i.) To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.

Conglutination (n.) A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

Conglutinative (a.) Conglutinant.

Congou (n.) Alt. of Congo

Congo (n.) Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.

Congo snake () An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.

Congratulant (a.) Rejoicing together; congratulatory.

Congratulated (imp. & p. p.) of Congratulate

Congratulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congratulate

Congratulate (v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

Congratulate (v. i.) To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

Congratulation (n.) The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure.

Congratulator (n.) One who offers congratulation.

Congratulatory (a.) Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.

Congree (v. i.) To agree.

Congreet (v. t.) To salute mutually.

Congregate (a.) Collected; compact; close.

Congregated (imp. & p. p.) of Congregate

Congregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congregate

Congregate (v. t.) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

Congregate (v. i.) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Congregation (n.) The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

Congregation (n.) A collection or mass of separate things.

Congregation (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.

Congregation (n.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.

Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.

Congregation (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

Congregation (n.) The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.

Congregation (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

Congregational (a.) Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.

Congregational (a.) Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.

Congregationalism (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

Congregationalism (n.) The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

Congregationalist (n.) One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.

Congresses (pl. ) of Congress

Congress (n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.

Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.

Congress (n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.

Congress (n.) A gathering or assembly; a conference.

Congress (n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.

Congress (n.) The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.

Congress (n.) The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.

Congression (n.) A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.

Congressional (a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates.

Congressive (a.) Encountering, or coming together.

Congressmen (pl. ) of Congressman

Congressman (n.) A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

Congreve rocket () See under Rocket.

Congrue (v. i.) To agree; to be suitable.

Congruence (n.) Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.

Congruency (n.) Congruence.

Congruent (a.) Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.

Congruism (n.) See Congruity.

Congruities (pl. ) of Congruity

Congruity (n.) The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

Congruity (n.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

Congruity (n.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

Congruous (a.) Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.

Congruously (adv.) In a congruous manner.

Conhydrine (n.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.

Conia (n.) Same as Conine.

Conic (a.) Alt. of Conical

Conical (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

Conical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.

Conic (n.) A conic section.

Conicality (n.) Conicalness.

Conically (adv.) In the form of a cone.

Conicalness (n.) State or quality of being conical.

Conico- (a.) A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Conicoid (a.) Same as Conoidal.

Conics (n.) That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

Conics (n.) Conic sections.

Conida (pl. ) of Conidium

Conidium (n.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.

Conifer (n.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Coniferin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Coniferous (a.) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.

Coniferous (a.) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.

Coniform (a.) Cone-shaped; conical.

Coniine (n.) See Conine.

Conimene (n.) Same as Olibene.

Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

Coniroster (n.) One of the Conirostres.

Conirostral (a.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

Conisor (n.) See Cognizor.

Conistra (n.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

Conite (n.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.

Conium (n.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

Conium (n.) The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

Conject (n.) To throw together, or to throw.

Conject (v. t.) To conjecture; also, to plan.

Conjector (n.) One who guesses or conjectures.

Conjecturable (a.) Capable of being conjectured or guessed.

Conjectural (a.) Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

Conjecturalist (n.) A conjecturer.

Conjecturally (n.) That which depends upon guess; guesswork.

Conjecturally (adv.) In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture.

Conjecture (n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

Conjectured (imp. & p. p.) of Conjecture

Conjecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjecture

Conjecture (v. t.) To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.

Conjecture (v. i.) To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Conjecturer (n.) One who conjectures.

Conjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Conjoin

Conjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjoin

Conjoin (v. t.) To join together; to unite.

Conjoin (v. i.) To unite; to join; to league.

Conjoined (a.) Joined together or touching.

Conjoint (a.) United; connected; associated.

Conjointly (adv.) In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.

Conjointness (n.) The quality of being conjoint.

Conjubilant (a.) Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.

Conjugal (a.) Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.

Conjugality (n.) The conjugal state; sexual intercourse.

Conjugally (adv.) In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

Conjugate (a.) United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

Conjugate (a.) In single pairs; coupled.

Conjugate (a.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.

Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

Conjugate (a.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Conjugate (n.) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

Conjugate (n.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.

Conjugated (imp. & p. p.) of Conjugate

Conjugating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjugate

Conjugate (v. t.) To unite in marriage; to join.

Conjugate (v. t.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

Conjugate (v. i.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

Conjugation (n.) the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

Conjugation (n.) Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.

Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.

Conjugation (n.) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.

Conjugation (n.) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.

Conjugation (n.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.

Conjugational (a.) relating to conjugation.

Conjugial (a.) Conjugal.

Conjugium (n.) The marriage tie.

Conjunct (a.) United; conjoined; concurrent.

Conjunct (a.) Same as Conjoined.

Conjunction (n.) The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

Conjunction (n.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6.

Conjunction (n.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.

Conjunctional (a.) Relating to a conjunction.

Conjunctiva (n.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.

Conjunctival (a.) Joining; connecting.

Conjunctival (a.) Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.

Conjunctive (a.) Serving to unite; connecting together.

Conjunctive (a.) Closely united.

Conjunctively (adv.) In conjunction or union; together.

Conjunctiveness (n.) The state or quality of being conjunctive.

Conjunctivitis (n.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

Conjunctly (adv.) In union; conjointly; unitedly; together.

Conjuncture (n.) The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.

Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.

Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

Conjuration (n.) The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment.

Conjuration (n.) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.

Conjurator (n.) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.

Conjured (imp. & p. p.) of Conjure

Conjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conjure

Conjure (v. t.) To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

Conjure (v. i.) To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.

Conjure (v. t.) To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.

Conjure (v. i.) To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

Conjurement (n.) Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty.

Conjurer (n.) One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

Conjurer (n.) One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.

Conjurer (n.) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.

Conjuror (n.) One bound by a common oath with others.

Conjury (n.) The practice of magic; enchantment.

Conn (v. t.) See Con, to direct a ship.

Connascence (n.) Alt. of Connascency

Connascency (n.) The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together.

Connascency (n.) That which is born or produced with another.

Connascency (n.) The act of growing together.

Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time.

Connate (a.) Born with another; being of the same birth.

Connate (a.) Congenital; existing from birth.

Connate (a.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.

Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Connation (n.) Connection by birth; natural union.

Connatural (a. ) Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

Connatural (a. ) Partaking of the same nature.

Connaturality (n.) Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.

Connaturalize (v. t.) To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.

Connaturally (adv.) By the act of nature; originally; from birth.

Connaturalness (n.) Participation of the same nature; natural union.

Connature (n.) Participation in a common nature or character.

Connected (imp. & p. p.) of Connect

Connecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connect

Connect (v. t.) To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

Connect (v. t.) To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

Connect (v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.

Connectedly (adv.) In a connected manner.

Connection (n.) The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

Connection (n.) That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

Connection (n.) A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

Connection (n.) The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

Connective (a.) Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

Connective (n.) That which connects

Connective (n.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.

Connective (n.) That part of an anther which connects its thecae, lobes, or cells.

Connectively (adv.) In connjunction; jointly.

Connector (n.) One who, or that which, connects

Connector (n.) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.

Connector (n.) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.

Conner (n.) A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

Connex (v. t.) To connect.

Connexion (n.) Connection. See Connection.

Connexive (a.) See Connective.

Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

Connivance (n.) Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

Connivance (n.) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.

Connived (imp. & p. p.) of Connive

Conniving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connive

Connive (v. i.) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

Connive (v. i.) To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.

Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Connivency (n.) Connivance.

Connivent (a.) Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.

Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.

Conniver (n.) One who connives.

Connoisseur (n.) One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.

Connoisseurship (n.) State of being a connoisseur.

Connotate (v. t.) To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply.

Connotation (n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

Connotative (a.) Implying something additional; illative.

Connotative (a.) Implying an attribute. See Connote.

Connotatively (adv.) In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.

Connoted (imp. & p. p.) of Connote

Connoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Connote

Connote (v. t.) To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Connote (v. t.) To imply as an attribute.

Connubial (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

Connubiality (n.) The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.

Connumeration (n.) A reckoning together.

Connusance (n.) See Cognizance.

Connusant (a.) See Cognizant.

Connusor (n.) See Cognizor.

Connutritious (a.) Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food.

Conny (a.) Brave; fine; canny.

Conodont (n.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Conoid (n.) Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

Conoid (n.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.

Conoid (n.) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.

Conoid (a.) Resembling a cone; conoidal.

Conoidal (a.) Nearly, but not exactly, conical.

Conoidic (a.) Alt. of Conoidical

Conoidical (a.) Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.

Conominee (n.) One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.

Conquadrate (v. t.) To bring into a square.

Conquassate (v. t.) To shake; to agitate.

Conquered (imp. & p. p.) of Conquer

Conquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conquer

Conquer (v. t.) To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish.

Conquer (v. t.) To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.

Conquer (v. t.) To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace.

Conquer (v. i.) To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

Conquerable (a.) Capable of being conquered or subdued.

Conqueress (n.) A woman who conquers.

Conqueror (n.) One who conquers.

Conquest (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

Conquest (n.) That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Conquest (n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

Consanguineal (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth.

Consanguined (a.) Of kin blood; related.

Consanguineous (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

Consanguinity (n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.

Consarcination (n.) A patching together; patchwork.

Conscience (n.) Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense.

Conscience (n.) The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.

Conscience (n.) Tenderness of feeling; pity.

Conscienced (a.) Having a conscience.

Conscienceless (a.) Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.

Conscient (a.) Conscious.

Conscientious (a.) Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.

Conscientious (a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.

Conscientiously (adv.) In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

Conscionable (a.) Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

Conscionableness (n.) The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness.

Conscionably (adv.) Reasonably; justly.

Conscious (a.) Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Conscious (a.) Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.

Conscious (a.) Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.

Consciously (adv.) In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.

Consciousness (n.) The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Consciousness (n.) Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.

Consciousness (n.) Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.

Conscribe (v. t.) To enroll; to enlist.

Conscript (a.) Enrolled; written; registered.

Conscript (n.) One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.

Conscript (v. t.) To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.

Conscription (n.) An enrolling or registering.

Conscription (n.) A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Conscription (a.) Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Consecrate (a.) Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

Consecrated (imp. & p. p.) of Consecrate

Consecrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consecrate

Consecrate (v. t.) To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

Consecrate (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

Consecrate (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

Consecrate (v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

Consecrater (n.) Consecrator.

Consecration (n.) The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

Consecrator (n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.

Consecratory (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.

Consectaneous (a.) Following as a matter of course.

Consectary (a.) Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.

Consectary (n.) That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.

Consecute (v. t.) To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.

Consecution (n.) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.

Consecution (n.) A succession or series of any kind.

Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

Consecutive (a.) Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

Consecutive (a.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.

Consecutively (adv.) In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.

Consecutiveness (n.) The state or quality of being consecutive.

Consension (n.) Agreement; accord.

Consensual (v. i.) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

Consensual (v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions.

Consensus (n.) Agreement; accord; consent.

Consented (imp. & p. p.) of Consent

Consenting (p. pr. & vb. n) of Consent

Consent (v. i.) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

Consent (v. i.) To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.

Consent (v. t.) To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.

Consent (n.) Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.

Consent (n.) Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.

Consent (n.) Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.

Consent (n.) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.

Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.

Consentaneity (n.) Mutual agreement.

Consentaneous (a.) Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

Consentant (a.) Consenting.

Consenter (a.) One who consents.

Consentient (a.) Agreeing in mind; accordant.

Consentingly (adv.) With consent; in a compliant manner.

Consequence (n.) That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

Consequence (n.) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

Consequence (n.) Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Consequence (n.) Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

Consequencing (n.) Drawing inference.

Consequent (a.) Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

Consequent (n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

Consequent (n.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Consequential (a.) Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.

Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.

Consequentially (adv.) With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.

Consequentially (adv.) By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially.

Consequentially (adv.) In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.

Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.

Consequentialness (n.) The quality of being consequential.

Consequently (adv.) By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Consertion (n.) Junction; adaptation

Conservable (a.) Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.

Conservancy (n.) Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

Conservant (a.) Having the power or quality of conservation.

Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

Conservational (a.) Tending to conserve; preservative.

Conservatism (n.) The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

Conservative (a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

Conservative (a.) Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.

Conservative (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.

Conservative (n.) One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

Conservative (n.) One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.

Conservative (n.) A member of the Conservative party.

Conservativeness (a.) The quality of being conservative.

Conservatoire (n.) A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].

Conservator (n.) One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

Conservator (n.) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.

Conservator (n.) One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.

Conservatory (a.) Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

Conservatory (n.) That which preserves from injury.

Conservatory (n.) A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

Conservatory (n.) A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.

Conservatrix (n.) A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.

Conserved (imp. & p. p.) of Conserve

Conserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conserve

Conserve (v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

Conserve (v. t.) To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Conserve (n.) Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

Conserve (n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

Conserve (n.) A conservatory.

Conserver (n.) One who conserves.

Considered (imp. & p. p.) of Consider

Considering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consider

Consider (v. t.) To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

Consider (v. t.) To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

Consider (v. t.) To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Consider (v. t.) To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.

Consider (v. i.) To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.

Consider (v. i.) To hesitate.

Considerable (a.) Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.

Considerable (a.) Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.

Considerable (a.) Of importance or value.

Considerableness (n.) Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

Considerably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much.

Considerance (n.) Act of considering; consideration.

Considerate (a.) Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other.

Considerate (a.) Having respect to; regardful.

Consideration (n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

Consideration (n.) Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.

Consideration (n.) Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.

Consideration (n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.

Consideration (n.) The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.

Consideration (n.) That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.

Consideration (n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.

Considerative (a.) Considerate; careful; thoughtful.

Considerator (n.) One who considers.

Considerer (n.) One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker.

Consideringly (adv.) With consideration or deliberation.

Consigned (imp. & p. p.) of Consign

Consigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consign

Consign (v. t.) To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.

Consign (v. t.) To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.

Consign (v. t.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.

Consign (v. t.) To assign; to devote; to set apart.

Consign (v. t.) To stamp or impress; to affect.

Consign (v. i.) To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.

Consign (v. i.) To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.

Consignatary (n.) A consignee.

Consignation (n.) The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.

Consignation (n.) The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification.

Consignation (n.) A stamp; an indication; a sign.

Consignatory (n.) One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty.

Consignature (n.) Joint signature.

Consigne (n.) A countersign; a watchword.

Consigne (n.) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.

Consignee (n.) The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

Consigner (n.) One who consigns. See Consignor.

Consignificant (a.) Having joint or equal signification; synonymous.

Consignification (n.) Joint signification.

Consignificative (a.) Consignificant; jointly significate.

Consignify (v. t.) To signify or denote in combination with something else.

Consignment (n.) The act of consigning; consignation.

Consignment (n.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.

Consignment (n.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.

Consignment (n.) The writing by which anything is consigned.

Consignor (n.) One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.

Consilience (n.) Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.

Consimilitude (n.) Alt. of Consimility

Consimility (n.) Common resemblance.

Consisted (imp. & p. p.) of Consist

Consisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consist

Consist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

Consist (v. i.) To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.

Consist (v. i.) To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.

Consist (v. i.) To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.

Consist (v. i.) To insist; -- followed by on.

Consistence (n.) Alt. of Consistency

Consistency (n.) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Consistency (n.) A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.

Consistency (n.) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

Consistency (n.) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

Consistency (n.) Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

Consistent (a.) Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

Consistent (a.) Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.

Consistent (a.) Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.

Consistently (adv.) In a consistent manner.

Consistorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a consistory.

Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Consistories (pl. ) of Consistory

Consistory (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.

Consistory (n.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

Consistory (n.) A church tribunal or governing body.

Consistory (n.) A civil court of justice.

Consistory (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.

Consociate (n.) An associate; an accomplice.

Consociated (imp. & p. p.) of Consociate

Consociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consociate

Consociate (v. t.) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.

Consociate (v. t.) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.

Consociate (v. i.) To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence.

Consociate (v. i.) To form an ecclesiastical consociation.

Consociation (n.) Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.

Consociational (a.) Of or pertaining to a consociation.

Consolable (a.) Capable of receiving consolation.

Consolate (v. t.) To console; to comfort.

Consolation (n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.

Consolato del mare () A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws.

Consolator (n.) One who consoles or comforts.

Consolatory (a.) Of a consoling or comforting nature.

Consolatory (n.) That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.

Consoled (imp. & p. p.) of Console

Consoling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Console

Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

Console (n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

Console (n.) Any small bracket; also, a console table.

Consoler (n.) One who gives consolation.

Consolidant (a.) Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

Consolidate (a.) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

Consolidated (imp. & p. p.) of Consolidate

Consolidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consolidate

Consolidate (v. t.) To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

Consolidate (v. t.) To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.

Consolidate (v. t.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.

Consolidate (v. i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

Consolidated (p. p. & a.) Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.

Consolidated (p. p. & a.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.

Consolidation (n.) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

Consolidation (n.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

Consolidation (n.) The combination of several actions into one.

Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.

Consoling (a.) Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

Consols (n. pl. ) The leading British funded government security.

Consomme (n.) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Consonance (n.) Alt. of Consonancy

Consonancy (n.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

Consonancy (n.) Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

Consonancy (n.) Friendship; concord.

Consonant (a.) Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

Consonant (a.) Having like sounds.

Consonant (a.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

Consonant (a.) Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

Consonant (n.) An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Consonantal (a.) Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.

Consonantize (v. t.) To change into, or use as, a consonant.

Consonantly (adv.) In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

Consonantness (n.) The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Consonous (a.) Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

Consopiation (n.) The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep.

Consopite (a.) Lulled to sleep.

Consopite (v. t.) To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose.

Consort (n.) One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

Consort (n.) A ship keeping company with another.

Consort (n.) Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.

Consort (n.) An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.

Consort (n.) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

Consorted (imp. & p. p.) of Consort

Consorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consort

Consort (v. i.) To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.

Consort (v. t.) To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

Consort (v. t.) To attend; to accompany.

Consortable (a.) Suitable for association or companionship.

Consortion (n.) Fellowship; association; companionship.

Consortship (n.) The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.

Consound (n.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Conspecific (a.) Of the same species.

Conspectuities (pl. ) of Conspectuity

Conspectuity (n.) The faculty of seeing; sight; eye.

Conspectus (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

Conspersion (n.) The act of sprinkling.

Conspicuity (n.) The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness.

Conspicuous (a.) Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

Conspicuous (a.) Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.

Conspiracies (pl. ) of Conspiracy

Conspiracy (n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.

Conspiracy (n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.

Conspiracy (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.

Conspirant (a.) Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring.

Conspiration (n.) Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.

Conspirator (n.) One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter.

Conspired (imp. & p. p.) of Conspire

Conspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conspire

Conspire (v. i.) To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.

Conspire (v. i.) To concur to one end; to agree.

Conspire (v. t.) To plot; to plan; to combine for.

Conspirer (n.) One who conspires; a conspirator.

Conspiringly (adv.) In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy.

Conspissation (n.) A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation.

Conspurcate (v. t.) To pollute; to defile.

Conspurcation (n.) The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.

Constable (n.) A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.

Constable (n.) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.

Constablery (n.) The constabulary.

Constablery (n.) The district or jurisdiction of a constable.

Constableship (n.) The office or functions of a constable.

Constabless (n.) The wife of a constable.

Constablewick (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

Constabulary (a.) Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.

Constabulary (n.) The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.

Constabulatory (n.) A constabulary.

Constancy (n.) The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

Constancy (n.) Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity.

Constant (v. t.) Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid.

Constant (v. t.) Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.

Constant (v. t.) Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc.

Constant (v. t.) Consistent; logical.

Constant (n.) That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.

Constant (n.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable.

Constantia (n.) A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.

Constantly (adv.) With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.

Constat (n.) A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

Constate (v. t.) To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.

Constellate (v. i. ) To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

Constellate (v. t.) To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars.

Constellate (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens.

Constellation (n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.

Constellation (n.) An assemblage of splendors or excellences.

Constellation (n.) Fortune; fate; destiny.

Consternation (n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

Constipated (imp. & p. p.) of Constipate

Constipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constipate

Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

Constipate (v. t.) To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

Constipate (v. t.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Constipation (n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

Constipation (n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.

Constituencies (pl. ) of Constituency

Constituency (n.) A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.

Constituent (a.) Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

Constituent (a.) Having the power of electing or appointing.

Constituent (n.) The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.

Constituent (n.) That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.

Constituent (n.) One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.

Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.

Constituted (imp. & p. p.) of Constitute

Constituting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constitute

Constitute (v. t.) To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

Constitute (v. t.) To make up; to compose; to form.

Constitute (v. t.) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

Constitute (n.) An established law.

Constituter (n.) One who constitutes or appoints.

Constitution (n.) The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

Constitution (n.) The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation.

Constitution (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution.

Constitution (n.) The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament.

Constitution (n.) The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs.

Constitution (n.) An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian.

Constitutional (a.) Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

Constitutional (a.) In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.

Constitutional (a.) Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.

Constitutional (a.) Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis.

Constitutional (a.) For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk.

Constitutional (n.) A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution.

Constitutionalism (n.) The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherence to a constitution or constitutional government.

Constitutionalist (n.) One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

ties (pl. ) of Constitutionality

Constitutionality (n.) The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

Constitutionality (n.) The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions.

Constitutionally (adv.) In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.

Constitutionally (adv.) In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed.

Constitutionist (n.) One who adheres to the constitution of the country.

Constitutive (a.) Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.

Constitutive (a.) Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining.

Constitutively (adv.) In a constitutive manner.

Constrained (imp. & p. p.) of Constrain

Constraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrain

Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Constrain (v. t.) To violate; to ravish.

Constrain (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.

Constrainable (a.) Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint.

Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

Constrainedly (adv.) By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.

Constrainer (n.) One who constrains.

Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

Constraintive (a.) Constraining; compulsory.

Constricted (imp. & p. p.) of Constrict

Constricting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constrict

Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

Constriction (n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

Constriction (n.) The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.

Constrictive (a.) Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

Constringed (imp. & p. p.) of Constringe

Constringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constringe

Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.

Constructed (imp. & p. p.) of Construct

Constructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construct

Construct (v. t.) To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.

Construct (v. t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.

Construct (a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.

Constructer (n.) One who, or that which, constructs or frames.

Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

Construction (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.

Construction (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.

Construction (n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.

Constructional (a.) Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.

Constructionist (n.) One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.

Constructive (a.) Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.

Constructively (adv.) In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.

Constructiveness (n.) Tendency or ability to form or construct.

Constructiveness (n.) The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.

Constructor (n.) A constructer.

Constructure (n.) That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.

Construed (imp. & p. p.) of Construe

Construing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construe

Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.

Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.

Construprated (imp. & p. p.) of Constuprate

Constuprating (p. p. & vb. n.) of Constuprate

Constuprate (v. t.) To ravish; to debauch.

Constupration (n.) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.

Consubstantial (a.) Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.

Consubstantialism (n.) The doctrine of consubstantiation.

Consubstantialist (n.) One who believes in consubstantiation.

Consubstantiality (n.) Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance.

Consubstantially (adv.) In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.

Consubstantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Consubstantiate

Consubstantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consubstantiate

Consubstantiate (v. t. ) To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.

Consubstantiate (v. i.) To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion.

Consubstantiate (a.) Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial.

Consubstantiation (n.) An identity or union of substance.

Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.

Consuetude (n.) Custom, habit; usage.

Consuetudinal (a.) According to custom; customary; usual.

Consuetudinary (a.) Customary.

Consuetudinaries (pl. ) of Cussuetudinary

Cussuetudinary (n.) A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.

Consul (n.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.

Consul (n.) A senator; a counselor.

Consul (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.

Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.

Consulage (n.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

Consular (a.) Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

Consulary (a.) Consular.

Consulate (n.) The office of a consul.

Consulate (n.) The jurisdiction or residence of a consul.

Consulate (n.) Consular government; term of office of a consul.

Consulship (n.) The office of a consul; consulate.

Consulship (n.) The term of office of a consul.

Consulted (imp. & p. p.) of Consult

Consulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consult

Consult (v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

Consult (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.

Consult (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

Consult (v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.

Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Consult (n.) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.

Consult (n.) A council; a meeting for consultation.

Consult (n.) Agreement; concert

Consultary (a.) Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.

Consultation (n.) The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

Consultation (n.) A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.

Consultative (a.) Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.

Consultatory (a.) Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.

Consulter (n.) One who consults, or asks counsel or information.

Consulting (a.) That consults.

Consultive (a.) Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.

Consumable (a.) Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.

Consumed (imp. & p. p.) of Consume

Consuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consume

Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

Consume (v. i.) To waste away slowly.

Consumedly (adv.) Excessively.

Consumer (n.) One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

Consumingly (adv.) In a consuming manner.

Consummate (a.) Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

Consummated (imp. & p. p.) of Consummate

Consummating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consummate

Consummate (v. t. ) To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.

Consummately (adv.) In a consummate manner; completely.

Consummation (n.) The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).

Consummative (a.) Serving to consummate; completing.

Consumption (n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

Consumptive (a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.

Consumptive (a.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.

Consumptive (n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Consumptively (adv.) In a way tending to or indication consumption.

Consumptiveness (n.) A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.

Contabescent (a.) Wasting away gradually.

Contact (n.) A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

Contact (n.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

Contact (n.) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Contaction (n.) Act of touching.

Contagion (n.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

Contagion (n.) That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.

Contagion (n.) The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.

Contagion (n.) Venom; poison.

Contagioned (a.) Affected by contagion.

Contagionist (n.) One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.

Contagious (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

Contagious (a.) Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.

Contagious (a.) Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Contagiously (adv.) In a contagious manner.

Contagiousness (n.) Quality of being contagious.

Contagium (n.) Contagion; contagious matter.

Contained (imp. & p. p.) of Contain

Containing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contain

Contain (v. t.) To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

Contain (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.

Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

Contain (v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Containable (a.) Capable of being contained or comprised.

Containant (n.) A container.

Container (n.) One who, or that which, contains.

Containment (n.) That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

Contaminable (a.) Capable of being contaminated.

Contaminated (imp. & p. p.) of Contaminate

Contaminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contaminate

Contaminate (v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

Contaminate (a.) Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.

Contamination (n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Contamitive (a.) Tending or liable to contaminate.

Contangoes (pl. ) of Contango

Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.

Contango (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

Contection (n.) A covering.

Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.

Contek (n.) Contumely; reproach.

Contemned (imp. & p. p.) of Contemn

Contemning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contemn

Contemn (v. t.) To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.

Contemner (n.) One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.

Contemningly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.

Contemperate (v. t.) To temper; to moderate.

Contemperation (n.) The act of tempering or moderating.

Contemperation (n.) Proportionate mixture or combination.

Contemperature (n.) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature.

Contemplance (n.) Contemplation.

Contemplant (a.) Given to contemplation; meditative.

Contemplated (imp. & p. p.) of Contemplate

Contemplating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contemplate

Contemplate (v. t.) To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

Contemplate (v. t.) To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.

Contemplate (v. i.) To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.

Contemplation (n.) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

Contemplation (n.) Holy meditation.

Contemplation (n.) The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.

Contemplatist (n.) A contemplator.

Contemplative (a.) Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

Contemplative (a.) Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties.

Contemplative (n.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

Contemplatively (adv.) With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.

Contemplativeness (n.) The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

Contemplator (n.) One who contemplates.

Contemporaneity (n.) The state of being contemporaneous.

Contemporaneous (a.) Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.

Contemporaneously (adv.) At the same time with some other event.

Contemporariness (n.) Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness.

Contemporary (a.) Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

Contemporary (a.) Of the same age; coeval.

Contemporaries (pl. ) of Contemporary

Contemporary (n.) One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Contempt (n.) The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Contempt (n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

Contempt (n.) An act or expression denoting contempt.

Contempt (n.) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

Contemptibility (n.) The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness.

Contemptible (a.) Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

Contemptible (a.) Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.

Contemptible (a.) Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.

Contemptibleness (n.) The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.

Contemptibly (adv.) In a contemptible manner.

Contemptuous (a.) Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.

Contemptuously (adv.) In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.

Contemptuousness (n.) Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.

Contended (imp. & p. p.) of Contend

Contending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contend

Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Contend (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.

Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.

Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.

Contendress (n.) A female contestant.

Contenement (n.) That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance.

Content (a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

Contents (pl. ) of Content

Content (n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.

Content (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.

Content (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.

Content (a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.

Content (a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

Content (n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.

Content (n.) Acquiescence without examination.

Content (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

Content (n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".

Contentation (n.) Content; satisfaction.

Contented (a.) Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.

Contentful (a.) Full of content.

Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.

Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.

Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.

Contentless (a.) Discontented; dissatisfied.

Contently (adv.) In a contented manner.

Contentment (v. t.) The state of being contented or satisfied; content.

Contentment (v. t.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.

Contentment (v. t.) Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction.

Contents (n. pl.) See Content, n.

Conterminable (a.) Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.

Conterminal (a.) Conterminous.

Conterminant (a.) Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous.

Conterminate (a.) Having the same bounds; conterminous.

Conterminous (a.) Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.

Conterranean (a.) Alt. of Conterraneous

Conterraneous (a.) Of or belonging to the same country.

Contesseration (n.) An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union.

Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contest

Contesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contest

Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

Contestable (a.) Capable of being contested; debatable.

Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.

Contex (v. t.) To context.

Context (a.) Knit or woven together; close; firm.

Context (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.

Context (v. t.) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

Contextural (a.) Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.

Contexture (n.) The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.

Contextured (a.) Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed.

Conticent (a.) Silent.

Contignation (n.) The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.

Contignation (n.) A framework or fabric, as of beams.

Contiguate (a.) Contiguous; touching.

Contiguity (n.) The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.

Contiguous (a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.

Continence (n.) Alt. of Continency

Continency (n.) Self-restraint; self-command.

Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.

Continency (n.) Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Continent (a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.

Continent (a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.

Continent (a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.

Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.

Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.

Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.

Continental (n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.

Continently (adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Contingence (n.) See Contingency.

Contingencies (pl. ) of Contingency

Contingency (n.) Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

Contingency (n.) The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.

Contingency (n.) An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

Contingency (n.) An adjunct or accessory.

Contingency (n.) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

Contingent (a.) Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

Contingent (a.) Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.

Contingent (a.) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.

Contingent (n.) An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

Contingentness (n.) The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

Continuable (a.) Capable of being continued

Continual (a.) Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

Continual (a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

Continually (adv.) Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.

Continually (adv.) In regular or repeated succession; very often.

Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

Continuance (n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.

Continuance (n.) A holding together; continuity.

Continuance (n.) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.

Continuance (n.) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.

Continuant (a.) Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.

Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Continuate (a.) Immediately united together; intimately connected.

Continuate (a.) Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.

Continuation (n.) That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

Continuation (n.) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.

Continuative (n.) A term or expression denoting continuance.

Continuative (n.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.

Continuator (n.) One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer.

Continued (imp. & p. p.) of Continue

Continuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Continue

Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Continue (v. i.) To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.

Continue (v. i.) To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.

Continue (v. t.) To unite; to connect.

Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

Continue (v. t.) To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.

Continue (v. t.) To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.

Continued (p. p. & a.) Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story.

Continuedly (adv.) Continuously.

Continuer (n.) One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.

Continuities (pl. ) of Continuity

Continuity (n.) the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

Continuo (n.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.

Continuous (a.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Continuously (adv.) In a continuous maner; without interruption.

Contline (n.) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope.

Contline (n.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

Contorniate (n.) Alt. of Contorniate

Contorniate (n.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.

Contorsion (n.) See Contortion.

Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

Contorted (a.) Twisted, or twisted together.

Contorted (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.

Contorted (a.) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation.

Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.

Contertionist (n.) One who makes or practices contortions.

Contortive (a.) Expressing contortion.

Contortuplicate (a.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory.

Contour (n.) The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification.

Contourne' (a.) Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.

Contourniated (a.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.

Contraband (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.

Contraband (n.) Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

Contraband (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.

Contraband (a.) Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.

Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.

Contraband (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

Contrabandism (n.) Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.

Contrabandist (n.) One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.

Contrabass (n.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.

Contrabasso (n.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

Contracted (imp. & p. p.) of Contract

Contracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contract

Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

Contract (n.) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

Contract (n.) To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.

Contract (n.) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

Contract (n.) To betroth; to affiance.

Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.

Contract (v. i.) To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.

Contract (a.) Contracted; as, a contract verb.

Contract (a.) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

Contract (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.

Contract (n.) A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.

Contract (n.) The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

Contracted (a.) Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.

Contracted (a.) Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.

Contracted (a.) Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.

Contractedness (n.) The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.

Contractibility (n.) Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.

Contractible (a.) Capable of contraction.

Contractibleness (n.) Contractibility.

Contractile (a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.

Contractility (n.) The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

Contractility (n.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.

Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold.

Contraction (n.) The process of shortening an operation.

Contraction (n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.

Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

Contraction (n.) A marriage contract.

Contractive (a.) Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.

Contractor (n.) One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

Contracture (n.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

Contradance (n.) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Contradicted (imp. & p. p.) of Contradict

Contradicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradict

Contradict (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

Contradict (v. i.) To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.

Contradictable (a.) Capable of being contradicting.

Contradicter (n.) one who contradicts.

Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

Contradiction (n.) Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.

Contradictional (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.

Contradictions (a.) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.

Contradictions (a.) Inclined to contradict or cavil

Contradictive (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent.

Contradictor (n.) A contradicter.

Contradictorily (adv.) In a contradictory manner.

Contradictoriness (n.) The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.

Contradictory (a.) Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.

Contradictory (a.) Opposing or opposed; repugnant.

Contradictories (pl. ) of Contradictory

Contradictory (n.) A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.

Contradictory (n.) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.

Contradistinct (a.) Distinguished by opposite qualities.

Contradistinction (n.) Distinction by contrast.

Contradistinctive (a.) having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.

Contradistinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Contradistinguish

Contradistinguishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contradistinguish

Contradistinguish (v. t. ) To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.

Contrafagetto (n.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

Contrafissure (n.) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.

Contrahent (a.) Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.

Contraindicant (n.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed.

Contraindicated (imp. & p. p.) of Contraindicate

Contraindicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contraindicate

Contraindicate (v. t.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

Contraindication (n.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Contralto (n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

Contralto (n.) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.

Contralto (a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

Contramure (n.) An outer wall.

Contranatural (a.) Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.

Contraposition (n.) A placing over against; opposite position.

Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.

Contrapuntal (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

Contrapuntist (n.) One skilled in counterpoint.

Contraremonstrant (n.) One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant.

Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.

Contrariantly (adv.) Contrarily.

Contraries (n.) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.

Contrarieties (pl. ) of Contrariety

Contrariety (n.) The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

Contrariety (n.) Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.

Contrarily (adv.) In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

Contrariness (n.) state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

Contrarious (a.) Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.

Contrariously (adv.) Contrarily; oppositely.

Contrariwise (adv.) On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Contrariwise (adv.) In a contrary order; conversely.

Contrarotation (n.) Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

Contrary (a.) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

Contrary (a.) Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

Contrary (a.) Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.

Contrary (a.) Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.

Contraries (pl. ) of Contrary

Contrary (n.) A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

Contrary (n.) An opponent; an enemy.

Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.

Contrary (n.) See Contraries.

Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

Contrasted (imp. & p. p.) of Contrast

Contrasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrast

Contrast (v. i.) To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

Contrast (v. t.) To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.

Contrast (v. t.) To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.

Contrast (n.) The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.

Contrast (n.) Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.

Contrast (n.) The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.

Contrastimulant (a.) Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.

Contrastimulant (n.) An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.

Contrate (a.) Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.

Contratenor (n.) Counter tenor; contralto.

Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

Contravened (imp. & p. p.) of Contravene

Contravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contravene

Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

Contravene (v. t.) To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.

Contravener (n.) One who contravenes.

Contravention (n.) The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.

Contraversion (n.) A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.

Contrayerva (n.) A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

Contrecoup (n.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

Contretemps (n.) An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

Contributable (a.) Capable of being contributed.

Contributary (a.) Contributory.

Contributary (a.) Tributary; contributing.

Contributed (imp. & p. p.) of Contribute

Contributing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contribute

Contribute (v. t.) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor.

Contribute (v. i.) To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.

Contribute (v. i.) To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.

Contribution (n.) The act of contributing.

Contribution (n.) That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals.

Contribution (n.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.

Contribution (n.) Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their number for the common benefit.

Contributional (a.) Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.

Contributive (a.) Contributing, or tending to contribute.

Contributer (n.) One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

Contributory (a.) Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.

Contributories (pl. ) of Contributory

Contributory (n.) One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.

Contrist (v. t.) To make sad.

Contristate (v. t. & i.) To make sorrowful.

Contrite (a.) Thoroughly bruised or broken.

Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Contrite (n.) A contrite person.

Contrite (v.) In a contrite manner.

Contriteness (n.) Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

Contrition (n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.

Contriturate (v. t.) To triturate; to pulverize.

Contrivble (a.) Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.

Contrivance (n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

Contrivance (n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.

Contrived (imp. & p. p.) of Contrive

Contriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrive

Contrive (v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

Contrive (v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

Control (n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.

Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.

Controlled (imp. & p. p.) of Control

Controlling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Control

Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Controllability (n.) Capability of being controlled; controllableness.

Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.

Controllableness (n.) Capability of being controlled.

Controller (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.

Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

Controllership (n.) The office of a controller.

Controlment (n.) The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

Controlment (n.) Opposition; resistance; hostility.

Controversal (a.) Turning or looking opposite ways.

Controversal (a.) Controversial.

Controversary (a.) Controversial.

Controverse (n.) Controversy.

Controverse (v. t.) To dispute; to controvert.

Controverser (n.) A disputant.

Controversial (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

Controversialist (n.) One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.

Controversially (adv.) In a controversial manner.

Controversion (n.) Act of controverting; controversy.

Controversor (n.) A controverser.

Controversies (pl. ) of Controversy

Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Controversy (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.

Controversy (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.

Controverted (imp. & p. p.) of Controvert

Controverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Controvert

Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Controverter (n.) One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.

Controvertible (a.) Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.

Controvertist (n.) One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

Contubernal (a.) Alt. of Contubernial

Contubernial (a.) Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.

Contumacious (a.) Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

Contumacious (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.

Contumacies (pl. ) of Contumacy

Contumacy (n.) Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

Contumacy (n.) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Contumelious (a.) Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

Contumelious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful.

Contumely (n.) Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

Contused (imp. & p. p.) of Contuse

Contusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contuse

Contuse (v. t.) To beat, pound, or together.

Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.

Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

Contusion (n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

Conundrum (n.) A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.

Conundrum (n.) A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Conure (n.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.

Conus (n.) A cone.

Conus (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.

Conusable (a.) Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged.

Conusant (a.) See Cognizant.

Conusor (n.) See Cognizor.

Convalesced (imp. & p. p.) of Convalesce

Convalescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convalesce

Convalesce (v. i.) To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

Convalesced (a.) Convalescent.

Convalescence (n.) Alt. of Convalescency

Convalescency (n.) The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

Convalescent (a.) Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.

Convalescent (a.) Of or pertaining to convalescence.

Convalescent (n.) One recovering from sickness.

Convalescently (adv.) In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.

Convallamarin (n.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

Convallaria (n.) The lily of the valley.

Convallarin (n.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

Convection (n.) The act or process of conveying or transmitting.

Convection (n.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.

Convective (a.) Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity.

Convectively (adv.) In a convective manner.

Convellent (a.) Tending to tear or pull up.

Convenable (a.) Capable of being convened or assembled.

Convenable (a.) Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies.

Convenance (n.) That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.

Convened (imp. & p. p.) of Convene

Convenong (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convene

Convene (v. i.) To come together; to meet; to unite.

Convene (v. i.) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

Convene (v. t.) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

Convene (v. t.) To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Convener (n.) One who convenes or meets with others.

Convener (n.) One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body.

Convenience (n.) Alt. of Conveniency

Conveniency (n.) The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.

Conveniency (n.) Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.

Conveniency (n.) That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.

Conveniency (n.) A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.

Convenient (v. i.) Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

Convenient (v. i.) Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.

Convenient (v. i.) Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season.

Convenient (v. i.) Near at hand; easy of access.

Conveniently (adv.) In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

Convent (v. i.) A coming together; a meeting.

Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

Convent (v. i.) A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

Convent (v. i.) To meet together; to concur.

Convent (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.

Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

Conventical (a.) Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent.

Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.

Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics.

Conventicler (n.) One who supports or frequents conventicles.

Conventicling (a.) Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle.

Convention (v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

Convention (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.

Convention (v. i.) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.

Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.

Conventional (a.) Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Conventional (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.

Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.

Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.

Conventionalism (n.) That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.

Conventionalism (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.

Conventionalist (n.) One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

Conventionalist (n.) One who is governed by conventionalism.

Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionality

Conventionality (n.) The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

Conventionalization (n.) The act of making conventional.

Conventionalization (n.) The state of being conventional.

Conventionalized (imp. & p. p.) of Conventionalizw

Conventionalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conventionalizw

Conventionalizw (v. t.) To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.

Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.

Conventionalize (v. i.) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

Conventionalily (adv.) In a conventional manner.

Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants.

Conventioner (n.) One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

Conventual (a.) Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.

Conventual (n.) One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.

Converged (imp. & p. p.) of Converge

Converging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Converge

Converge (v. i.) To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

Converge (v. t.) To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.

Convergence (n.) Alt. of Convergency

Convergency (n.) The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

Convergent (a.) tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

Converging (a.) Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines.

Conversable (a.) Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.

Conversableness (n.) The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.

Conversably (adv.) In a conversable manner.

Conversance (n.) The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.

Conversancy (n.) Conversance

Conversant (a.) Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.

Conversant (a.) Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.

Conversant (a.) Concerned; occupied.

Conversant (n.) One who converses with another; a convenser.

Conversantly (adv.) In a familiar manner.

Conversation (n.) General course of conduct; behavior.

Conversation (n.) Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.

Conversation (n.) Commerce; intercourse; traffic.

Conversation (n.) Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

Conversation (n.) Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.

Conversational (a.) Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.

Conversationalist (n.) A conversationist.

Conversationed (a.) Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved.

Conversationism (n.) A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.

Conversationist (n.) One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.

Conversative (a.) Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.

Conversazioni (pl. ) of Conversazi-one

Conversazi-one (n.) A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.

Conversed (imp. & p. p.) of Converse

Conversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Converse

Converse (v. i.) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

Converse (v. i.) To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.

Converse (v. i.) To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

Converse (n.) Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.

Converse (n.) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

Converse (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

Converse (n.) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.

Converse (n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Conversely (adv.) In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally.

Converser (n.) One who engages in conversation.

Conversible (a.) Capable of being converted or reversed.

Conversion (n.) The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

Conversion (n.) The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed.

Conversion (n.) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.

Conversion (n.) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.

Conversion (n.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.

Conversion (n.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.

Conversion (n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.

Conversion (n.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.

Conversive (a.) Capable of being converted or changed.

Conversive (a.) Ready to converse; social.

Converted (imp. & p. p.) of Convert

Converting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convert

Convert (v. t.) To cause to turn; to turn.

Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

Convert (v. t.) To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

Convert (v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

Convert (v. t.) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

Convert (v. t.) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.

Convert (v. i.) To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.

Convert (n.) A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.

Convert (n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.

Convertend (n.) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic).

Converter (n.) One who converts; one who makes converts.

Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

Convertibility (n.) The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness.

Convertible (a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

Convertible (a.) Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.

Convertibleness (n.) The state of being convertible; convertibility.

Convertibly (adv.) In a convertible manner.

Convertite (n.) A convert.

Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave.

Convex (n.) A convex body or surface.

Convexed (a.) Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.

Convexedly (dv.) In a convex form; convexly.

Convexedness (n.) Convexity.

Convexities (pl. ) of Convexity

Convexity (n.) The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

Convexly (adv.) In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.

Convexness (n.) The state of being convex; convexity.

Convexo-concave (a.) Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.

Convexo-convex (a.) Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.

Convexo-plane (a.) Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.

Conveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Convey

Conveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convey

Convey (v. t.) To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

Convey (v. t.) To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.

Convey (v. t.) To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.

Convey (v. t.) To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

Convey (v. t.) To manage with privacy; to carry out.

Convey (v. t.) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

Convey (v. t.) To accompany; to convoy.

Convey (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.

Conveyable (a.) Capable of being conveyed or transferred.

Conveyance (n.) The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

Conveyance (n.) The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water.

Conveyance (n.) The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission.

Conveyance (n.) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another.

Conveyance (n.) Dishonest management, or artifice.

Conveyancer (n.) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc.

Conveyancing (n.) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.

Conveyer (n.) One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

Conveyer (n.) One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.

Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

Conviciate (v. i.) To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.

Convicinities (pl. ) of Convicinity

Convicinity (n.) Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.

Convicious (a.) Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting.

Convict (p.a.) Proved or found guilty; convicted.

Convict (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Convicted (imp. & p. p.) of Convict

Convicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convict

Convict (v. t.) To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

Convict (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.

Convict (v. t.) To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.

Convict (v. t.) To defeat; to doom to destruction.

Convict1ible (a.) Capable of being convicted.

Conviction (n.) The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

Conviction (n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.

Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

Conviction (n.) The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.

Convictive (a.) Convincing.

Convinced (imp. & p. p.) of Convince

Convincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convince

Convince (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.

Convince (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.

Convince (v. t.) To confute; to prove the fallacy of.

Convince (v. t.) To prove guilty; to convict.

Convincement (n.) Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.

Convincer (n.) One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.

Convincible (a.) Capable of being convinced or won over.

Convincible (a.) Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable.

Convincingly (adv.) in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

Convincingness (n.) The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.

Convival (a.) pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial.

Convive (v. i.) To feast together; to be convivial.

Convive (n.) A quest at a banquet.

Convivial (a.) Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.

Convivialist (n.) A person of convivial habits.

Convivialities (pl. ) of Conviviality

Conviviality (n.) The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

Convivially (adv.) In a convivial manner.

Convocated (imp. & p. p.) of Convocate

Convocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convocate

Convocate (v. t.) To convoke; to call together.

Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.

Convocation (n.) An assembly or meeting.

Convocation (n.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.

Convocation (n.) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.

Convocational (a.) Of or pertaining to a convocation.

Convocationist (n.) An advocate or defender of convocation.

Convoked (imp. & p. p.) of Convoke

Convoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convoke

Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

Convolute (a.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

Convoluted (a.) Having convolutions.

Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.

Convolution (n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

Convolution (n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.

Convolution (n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

Convolved (imp. & p. p.) of Convolve

Convolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convolve

Convolve (v. t.) To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

Convolvulaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.

Convolvulin (n.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.

Convolvuli (pl. ) of Convolvulus

Convoluluses (pl. ) of Convolvulus

Convolvulus (n.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea.

Convoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Convoy

Convoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convoy

Convoy (v. t.) To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

Convoy (n.) The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

Convoy (n.) A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.

Convoy (n.) A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.

Convoy (n.) Conveyance; means of transportation.

Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.

Convulsed (imp. & p. p.) of Convulse

Convulsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convulse

Convulse (v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

Convulse (v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.

Convulsion (n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

Convulsion (n.) Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.

Convulsional (a.) Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary.

Convulsionary (a.) Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.

Convulsionary (n.) A convulsionist.

Convulsionist (n.) One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Medard.

Convulsive (a.) Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.

Convulsively (adv.) in a convulsive manner.

Cony (n.) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus)

Cony (n.) The chief hare.

Cony (n.) A simpleton.

Cony (n.) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

Cony (n.) A local name of the burbot.

Cony-catch (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.

Cony-catcher (n.) A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver.

Conylene (n.) An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Conyrine (n.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

Cooed (imp. & p. p.) of Coo

Cooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coo

Coo (v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

Coo (v. i.) To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i.

Cooey (n.) Alt. of Cooee

Cooee (n.) A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.

Cook (v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Cook (v. t.) To throw.

Cook (n.) One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

Cook (n.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

Cooked (imp. & p. p.) of Cook

Cooking (p. pr & vb. n.) of Cook

Cook (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

Cook (v. t.) To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.

Cook (v. i.) To prepare food for the table.

Cookbook (n.) A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.

Cookee (n.) A female cook.

Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

Cookery (n.) A delicacy; a dainty.

Cookey (n.) Alt. of Cookie

Cookie (n.) See Cooky.

Cookmaid (n.) A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

Cookshop (n.) An eating house.

Cookies (pl. ) of Cooky

Cooky (n.) A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool (superl.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Cool (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

Cool (superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

Cool (superl.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

Cool (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

Cool (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Cool (n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

Cooled (imp. & p. p.) of Cool

Cooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cool

Cool (v. t.) To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

Cool (v. i.) To become less hot; to lose heat.

Cool (v. i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

Cooler (n.) Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

Cool-headed (a.) Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.

Coolie (n.) Same as Cooly.

Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.

Coolish (a.) Somewhat cool.

Coolly (a.) Coolish; cool.

Coolly (adv.) In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Coolness (n.) The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

Coolness (n.) Calm impudence; self-possession.

Coolung (n.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea).

Coolies (pl. ) of Coolie

Cooly (n.) Alt. of Coolie

Coolie (n.) An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom (n.) Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

Coomb (n.) A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.

Coomb (n.) Alt. of Coombe

Coombe (n.) A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

Coon (n.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Coontie (n.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop (n.) A barrel or cask for liquor.

Coop (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

Coop (n.) A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.

Cooped (imp. & p. p.) of Coop

Cooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coop

Coop (v. t.) To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

Coop (v. t.) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Coopee (n.) See Coupe.

Cooper (n.) One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Coopered (imp. & p. p.) of Cooper

Coopering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cooper

Cooper (v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Cooperage (n.) Work done by a cooper.

Cooperage (n.) The price paid for coopers; work.

Cooperage (n.) A place where coopers' work is done.

Cooperant (a.) Operating together; as, cooperant forces.

Cooperated (imp. & p. p.) of Cooperate

Cooperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cooperate

Cooperate (v. i.) To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

Cooperation (n.) The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Cooperation (n.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Cooperative (a.) Operating jointly to the same end.

Cooperator (n.) One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.

Cooper (n.) Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coopery (a.) Relating to a cooper; coopered.

Coopery (n.) The occupation of a cooper.

Coopt (v. t.) To choose or elect in concert with another.

Cooptate (v. t.) To choose; to elect; to coopt.

Cooptation (n.) The act of choosing; selection; choice.

Coordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Coordinance (n.) Joint ordinance.

Coordinate (a.) Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

Coordinated (imp. & p. p.) of Coordinate

Coordinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coordinate

Coordinate (v. t.) To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification.

Coordinate (v. t.) To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements.

Coordinate (n.) A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

Coordinate (n.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See Abscissa.

Coordinately (adv.) In a coordinate manner.

Coordinateness (n.) The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority.

Coordination (n.) The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions.

Coordination (n.) The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.

Coordinative (a.) Expressing coordination.

Coot (n.) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica.

Coot (n.) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (/demia are called coots. See Scoter.

Coot (n.) A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot.

Cooter (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida.

Cooter (n.) The box tortoise.

Cootfoot (n.) The phalarope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.

Coothay (n.) A striped satin made in India.

Cop (n.) The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

Cop (n.) A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

Cop (n.) Same as Merlon.

Cop (n.) A policeman.

Copaiba (n.) Alt. of Copaiva

Copaiva (n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba.

Copal () A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.

Coparcenaries (pl. ) of Coparcenary

Coparcenary (n.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.

Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.

Coparceny (n.) An equal share of an inheritance.

Copart (v. t.) To share.

Copartment (n.) A compartment.

Copartner (n.) One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer.

Copartnership (n.) The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.

Copartnership (n.) A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership.

Copartneries (pl. ) of Copartnery

Copartnery (n.) the state of being copartners in any undertaking.

Copatain (a.) Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top.

Copatriot (n.) A joint patriot.

Cope (n.) A covering for the head.

Cope (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

Cope (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.

Cope (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Cope (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

Cope (v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

Cope (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Coped (imp. & p. p.) of Cope

Coping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cope

Cope (v. i.) To exchange or barter.

Cope (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Cope (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.

Cope (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.

Cope (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Cope (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Cope-chisel (n.) A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove.

Copeck (n.) A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.

Coped (a.) Clad in a cope.

Copelata (n. pl.) See Larvalla.

Copeman (v. i.) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.

Copepod (a.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda.

Copepod (n.) One of the Copepoda.

Copepoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.

Copernican (a.) Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

Copesmate (n.) An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.

Copestone (n.) A stone for coping. See Coping.

Copier (n.) One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

Copier (n.) An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.

Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping.

Copious (a.) Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.

Copiously (adv.) In a copious manner.

Copiousness (n.) The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.

Copist (n.) A copier.

Coplaner (a.) Situated in one plane.

Copland (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.

Coportion (n.) Equal share.

Copped (a.) Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.

Coppel (n. & v.) See Cupel.

Copper (n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.

Copper (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.

Copper (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.

Coppered (imp. & p. p.) of Copper

Coppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Copper

Copper (v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

Copper-bottomed (a.) Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.

Copper-faced (a.) Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

Copperhead (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

Coppering (n.) The act of covering with copper.

Coppering (n.) An envelope or covering of copper.

Copperish (a.) Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

Copper-nickel (n.) Niccolite.

Copper-nose (n.) A red nose.

Copperplate (n.) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

Copperplate (n.) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.

Coppersmith (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Copper works () A place where copper is wrought or manufactured.

Copperworm (n.) The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.

Copperworm (n.) The ringworm.

Coppery (a.) Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.

Coppice (n.) A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.

Coppin (n.) A cop of thread.

Copple (n.) Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.

Copple-crown (n.) A created or high-topped crown or head.

Coppled (a.) Rising to a point; conical; copped.

Copple dust () Cupel dust.

Copplestone (n.) A cobblestone.

Copps (n.) See Copse.

Copra (n.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed.

Coprolite (n.) A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.

Coprolitic (a.) Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.

Coprophagan (n.) A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.

Coprophagous (a.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

Cop-rose (n.) The red, or corn, poppy.

Cops (n.) The connecting crook of a harrow.

Copse (n.) A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

Copse (v. t.) To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc.

Copse (v. t.) To plant and preserve, as a copse.

Copsewood (n.) Brushwood; coppice.

Copsy (a.) Characterized by copses.

Coptic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Copts.

Coptic (n.) The language of the Copts.

Copts (n. pl.) An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

Copts (n. pl.) The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.

Copula (n.) The word which unites the subject and predicate.

Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

Copulate (a.) Joined; associated; coupled.

Copulate (a.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.

Copulated (imp. & p. p.) of Copulate

Copulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Copulate

Copulate (v. i.) To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.

Copulation (n.) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

Copulation (n.) The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

Copulative (a.) Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".

Copulative (n.) Connection.

Copulative (n.) A copulative conjunction.

Copulatively (adv.) In a copulative manner.

Coplatry (a.) Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.

Coplatry (a.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.

Copies (pl. ) of Copy

Copy (n.) An abundance or plenty of anything.

Copy (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

Copy (n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

Copy (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Copy (n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Copy (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Copy (n.) Copyhold; tenure; lease.

Copied (imp. & p. p.) of Copy

Copying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Copy

Copy (n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.

Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

Copy (v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

Copy (v. i.) To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

Copyer (n.) See Copier.

Copygraph (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.

Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.

Copyhold (n.) Land held in copyhold.

Copyholder (n.) One possessed of land in copyhold.

Copyholder (n.) A device for holding copy for a compositor.

Copyholder (n.) One who reads copy to a proof reader.

Copying (a. & n.) From Copy, v.

Copyist (n.) A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.

Copyright (n.) The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

Copyright (v. t.) To secure a copyright on.

Coquelicot (n.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.

Coquelicot (n.) The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.

Coquetted (imp. & p. p.) of Coquet

Coquetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coquet

Coquet (v. t.) To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.

Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.

Coquetries (pl. ) of Coquetry

Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love.

Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

Coquette (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.

Coquettish (a.) Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.

Coquettishly (adv.) In a coquettish manner.

Coquilla nut () The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).

Coquimbite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.

Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

Cor- () A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Cor (n.) A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.

Cora (n.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.

Coracle (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

Coracoid (a.) Shaped like a crow's beak.

Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

Coracoid (n.) The coracoid bone or process.

Corage (n.) See Courage

Coral (n.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.

Coral (n.) The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.

Coral (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

Coraled (a.) Having coral; covered with coral.

Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.

Corallaceous (a.) Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

Corallian (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.

Coralliferous (a.) Containing or producing coral.

Coralliform (a.) resembling coral in form.

Coralligena (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.

Coralligenous (a.) producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous.

Coralligerous (a.) Producing coral; coralliferous.

Corallin (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.

Coralline (a.) Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

Coralline (n.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

Coralline (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Corallinite (n.) A fossil coralline.

Corallite (n.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

Corallite (n.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal.

Coralloid (a.) Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Coralloidal (a.) resembling coral; coralloid.

Corallum (n.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.

Coral-rag (n.) Same as Corallian.

Coralwort (n.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.

Coranach (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.

Corant (n.) Alt. of Coranto

Coranto (n.) A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.

Corb (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.

Corb (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Corban (n.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.

Corban (n.) An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Corbe (a.) Crooked.

Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.

Corbell (n.) Small gabions.

Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

Corbel (v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

Corbel-table (n.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

Corbies (pl. ) of Corby

Corbie (n.) Alt. of Corby

Corby (n.) The raven.

Corby (n.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.

Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

Corchorus (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

Corcle (n.) Alt. of Corcule

Corcule (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.

Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

Cord (n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

Cord (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

Cord (n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

Cord (n.) See Chord.

Corded (imp. & p. p.) of Cord

Cording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cord

Cord (v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

Cord (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Cordage (n.) Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

Cordal (n.) Same as Cordelle.

Cordate (a.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

Cordately (adv.) In a cordate form.

Corded (a.) Bound or fastened with cords.

Corded (a.) Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.

Corded (a.) Made of cords.

Corded (a.) Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.

Corded (a.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.

Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

Cordelier (n.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Cordeling (a.) Twisting.

Cordelle (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel.

Cordial (a.) Proceeding from the heart.

Cordial (a.) Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

Cordial (a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

Cordial (n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.

Cordial (n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.

Cordial (n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.

Cordialities (pl. ) of Cordiality

Cordiality (n.) Relation to the heart.

Cordiality (n.) Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness.

Cordialize (v. t.) To make into a cordial.

Cordialize (v. t.) To render cordial; to reconcile.

Cordialize (v. i.) To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality.

Cordially (adv.) In a cordial manner.

Cordialness (n.) Cordiality.

Cordierite (n.) See Iolite.

Cordoform (a.) Heart-shaped.

Cordillera (n.) A mountain ridge or chain.

Cordiner (n.) A cordwainer.

Cordon (n.) A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.

Cordon (n.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

Cordon (n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.

Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.

Cordovan (n.) Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

Corduroy (n.) A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

Corduroy (n.) Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

Corduroy (v. t.) To form of logs laid side by side.

Cordwain (n.) A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.

Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.

Core (n.) A body of individuals; an assemblage.

Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.

Core (n.) A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.

Core (n.) The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.

Core (n.) The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.

Core (n.) The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.

Core (n.) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.

Core (n.) A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.

Core (n.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.

Cord (imp. & p. p.) of Core

Coring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Core

Core (v. t.) To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.

Core (v. t.) To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

Co-regent (n.) A joint regent or ruler.

Co-relation (n.) Corresponding relation.

Co-religionist (n.) One of the same religion with another.

Coreopsis (n.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.

Corer (n.) That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer.

Co-respondent (n.) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

Corves (pl. ) of Corf

Corf (n.) A basket.

Corf (n.) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore.

Corf (n.) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Corfiote (n.) Alt. of Corfute

Corfute (n.) A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Coriaceous (a.) Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment.

Coriander (n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

Coridine (n.) A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type.

Corindon (n.) See Corrundum.

Corinne (n.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle.

Corinth (n.) A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.

Corinth (n.) A small fruit; a currant.

Corinthiac (a.) Pertaining to Corinth.

Corinthian (a.) Of or relating to Corinth.

Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.

Corinthian (a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.

Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)

Corinthian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.

Corinthian (n.) A gay, licentious person.

Corium (n.) Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I.

Corium (n.) Same as Dermis.

Corium (n.) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.

Corival (n.) A rival; a corrival.

Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.

Corivalry (n.) Alt. of Corivalship

Corivalship (n.) Joint rivalry.

Cork (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

Cork (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.

Cork (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.

Corked (imp. & p. p.) of Cork

Corking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cork

Cork (v. t.) To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

Cork (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Corkage (n.) The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

Corked (a.) having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.

Cork fossil () A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.

Corkiness (n.) The quality of being corky.

Corking pin () A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold.

Corkscrew (n.) An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.

Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd.

Corkwing (n.) A fish; the goldsinny.

Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up.

Corky (a.) Tasting of cork.

Corm (n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

Corm (n.) Same as Cormus, 2.

Cormogeny (n.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.

Cormophylogeny (n.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals.

Cormophytes (n. pl.) Alt. of Cormophyta

Cormophyta (n. pl.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.

Cormorant (n.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.

Cormorant (n.) A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.

Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.

Cormus (n.) See Corm.

Cormus (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.

Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain.

Corned (imp. & p. p.) of Corn

Corning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corn

Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

Corn (v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Cornage (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.

Cornbind (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.

Corncob (n.) The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.

Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Corncrib (n.) A crib for storing corn.

Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

Corncutter (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.

Corndodger (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers.

Corneas (pl. ) of Cornea

Cornea (n.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Corneal (a.) Pertaining to the cornea.

Cornel (n.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

Cornel (n.) Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.

Cornelian (n.) Same as Carnelian.

Cornemuse (n.) A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe.

Corneocalcareous (a.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals.

Corneocalcareous (a.) Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.

Corneouss (a.) Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.

Corner (n.) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.

Corner (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.

Corner (n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.

Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.

Cornered (imp. & p. p.) of Corner

Cornering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corner

Corner (v. t.) To drive into a corner.

Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.

Cornercap (n.) The chief ornament.

Cornered (p. a.) 1 Having corners or angles.

Cornered (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.

Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

Cornet (n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

Cornet (n.) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.

Cornet (n.) A certain organ stop or register.

Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

Cornet (n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Cornet (n.) The standard of such a troop.

Cornet (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.

Cornet (n.) A headdress

Cornet (n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

Cornet (n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

Cornet (n.) See Coronet, 2.

Cornets-a-piston (pl. ) of Cornet-a-piston

Cornet-a-piston (n.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.

Cornetcy (n.) The commission or rank of a cornet.

Corneter (n.) One who blows a cornet.

Corneule (n.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.

Cornfield (n.) A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

Cornfloor (n.) A thrashing floor.

Cornflower (n.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Cornic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).

Cornice (n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.

Corniced (a.) Having a cornice.

Cornicle (n.) A little horn.

Cornicular (n.) A secretary or clerk.

Cor/niculate (a.) Horned; having horns.

Cor/niculate (a.) Having processes resembling small horns.

Cornicula (pl. ) of Corniculum

Corniculum (n.) A small hornlike part or process.

Corniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.

Cornific (a.) Producing horns; forming horn.

Cornification (n.) Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.

Cornified (a.) Converted into horn; horny.

Corniform (a.) Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.

Cornigerous (a.) Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals.

Cornin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.

Cornin (n.) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.

Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

Cornish (a.) Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.

Cornish (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

Cornist (n.) A performer on the cornet or horn.

Cornloft (n.) A loft for corn; a granary.

Cornmuse (n.) A cornemuse.

Corni (-n/) di basseto (pl. ) of Corno di bassetto

Corno di bassetto () A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.

Corni Inglesi (pl. ) of Corno Inglese

Corno Inglese () A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.

Cornopean (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.

Cornsheller (n.) A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.

Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.

Cornstalk (n.) A stalk of Indian corn.

Cornstarch (n.) Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.

Cornua (pl. ) of Cornu

Cornu (n.) A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

Cornua Ammonis (pl. ) of Cornu Ammonis

Cornu Ammonis () A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.

Cornucopias (pl. ) of Cornucopia

Cornucopia (n.) The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

Cornucopia (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

Cornute (a.) Alt. of Cornuted

Cornuted (a.) Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.

Cornuted (a.) Cuckolded.

Cornute (v. t.) To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.

Cornuto (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold.

Cornutor (n.) A cuckold maker.

Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Corny (a.) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

Corny (a.) Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

Corny (a.) Tipsy.

Corocore (n.) A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.

Corody (n.) An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.

Corol (n.) A corolla.

Corolla (n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

Corollaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.

Corollaries (pl. ) of Corollary

Corollary (n.) That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.

Corollary (n.) Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.

Corollate (a.) Alt. of Corollated

Corollated (a.) Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.

Corollet (n.) A floret in an aggregate flower.

Corollifloral (a.) Alt. of Corolliflorous

Corolliflorous (a.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

Corolline (a.) Of or pertaining to a corolla.

Coromandel (n.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.

Coronae (pl. ) of Corona

Coronas (pl. ) of Corona

Corona (n.) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

Corona (n.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

Corona (n.) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

Corona (n.) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

Corona (n.) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

Corona (n.) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.

Corona (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.

Corona (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.

Coronach (n.) See Coranach.

Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).

Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation.

Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Coronal (n.) A crown; wreath; garland.

Coronal (n.) The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.

Coronamen (n.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

Coronary (a.) Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.

Coronary (a.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.

Coronary (n.) A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Coronary (n.) Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack.

Coronate (a.) Alt. of Coronated

Coronated (a.) Having or wearing a crown.

Coronated (a.) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

Coronated (a.) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

Coronated (a.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.

Coronation (n.) The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

Coronation (n.) The pomp or assembly at a coronation.

Coronel (n.) A colonel.

Coronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.

Coroner (n.) An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred.

Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.

Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin.

Coronet (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.

Coroneted (a.) Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.

Coroniform (a.) Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.

Coronilla (n.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.

Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.

Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.

Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.

Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.

Coroun (v. & n.) Crown.

Corozo (n.) Alt. of Corosso

Corosso (n.) The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

Corporace (n.) See Corporas.

Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.

Corporal (a.) Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.

Corporal (a.) Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.

Corporal (a.) Alt. of Corporale

Corporale (a.) A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

Corporalities (pl. ) of Corporality

Corporality (n.) The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.

Corporality (n.) A confraternity; a guild.

Corporally (adv.) In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present.

Corporalship (n.) A corporal's office.

Corporas (n.) The corporal, or communion cloth.

Corporate (a.) Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

Corporate (a.) Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body.

Corporate (a.) United; general; collectively one.

Corporate (v. t.) To incorporate.

Corporate (v. i.) To become incorporated.

Corporately (adv.) In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body.

Corporately (adv.) In, or as regarda, the body.

Corporation (n.) A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

Corporator (n.) A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

Corporature (n.) The state of being embodied; bodily existence.

Corporeal (a.) Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.

Corporealism (n.) Materialism.

Corporealist (n.) One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist.

Corporealities (pl. ) of Corporeality

Corporeality (n.) The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

Corporeally (adv.) In the body; in a bodily form or manner.

Corporealness (n.) Corporeality; corporeity.

Corporeity (n.) The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality.

Corporify (v. t.) To embody; to form into a body.

Corposant (n.) St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The human body, whether living or dead.

Corps (n. sing. & pl.) A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

Corps (n. sing. & pl.) A body or code of laws.

Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.

Corpse (n.) A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.

Corpse (n.) The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.

Corpulence (n.) Alt. of Corpulency

Corpulency (n.) Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

Corpulency (n.) Thickness; density; compactness.

Corpulent (a.) Very fat; obese.

Corpulent (a.) Solid; gross; opaque.

Corpulently (adv.) In a corpulent manner.

Corpora (pl. ) of Corpus

Corpus (n.) A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

Corpora callosa (pl. ) of Corpus

Corpora lutea (pl. ) of Corpus

Corpora striata (pl. ) of Corpus

Corpuscle (n.) A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

Corpuscle (n.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.

Corpuscular (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles.

Corpuscularian (a.) Corpuscular.

Corpuscularian (n.) An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy.

Corpuscule (n.) A corpuscle.

Corpusculous (a.) Corpuscular.

Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Corrade (v. t.) To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.

Corradial (a.) Radiating to or from the same point.

Corradiate (v. t.) To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.

Corradiation (n.) A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point.

Corral (n.) A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.

Corraled (imp. & p. p.) of Corral

Corralling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corral

Corral (v. t.) To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.

Corrasion (n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.

Corrasive (a.) Corrosive.

Correct (a.) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.

Corrected (imp. & p. p.) of Correct

Correcting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correct

Correct (v. t.) To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.

Correct (v. t.) To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).

Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.

Correct (v. t.) To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.

Correctible (a.) Alt. of Correctable

Correctable (a.) Capable of being corrected.

Correctify (v. t.) To correct.

Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.

Correction (n.) That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.

Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.

Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.

Correctional (a.) Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

Correctioner (n.) One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction.

Corrective (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

Corrective (a.) Qualifying; limiting.

Corrective (n.) That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.

Corrective (n.) Limitation; restriction.

Correctly (adv.) In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

Correctness (n.) The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.

Corrector (n.) One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.

Correctory (a.) Containing or making correction; corrective.

Correctress (n.) A woman who corrects.

Corregidor (n.) The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

Correi (n.) A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies.

Correlatable (a.) Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.

Correlated (imp. & p. p.) of Correlate

Correlating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correlate

Correlate (v. i.) To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

Correlate (v. t.) To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena.

Correlate (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative.

Correlation (n.) Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases.

Correlative (a.) Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.

Correlative (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.

Correlative (n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

Correlatively (adv.) In a correlative relation.

Correlativeness (n.) Quality of being correlative.

Correligionist (n.) A co-religion/ist.

Correption (n.) Chiding; reproof; reproach.

Corresponded (imp. & p. p.) of Correspond

Corresponding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correspond

Correspond (v. i.) To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.

Correspond (v. i.) To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to.

Correspond (v. i.) To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with.

Correspondence (n.) Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

Correspondence (n.) The letters which pass between correspondents.

Correspondence (n.) Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

Correspondencies (pl. ) of Correspondency

Correspondency (n.) Same as Correspondence, 3.

Correspondent (a.) Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

Correspondent (n.) One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.

Correspondent (n.) One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

Correspondent (n.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

Correspondently (adv.) In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.

Corresponding (a.) Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.

Corresponding (a.) Carrying on intercourse by letters.

Correspondingly (adv.) In a corresponding manner; conformably.

Corresponsive (a.) Corresponding; conformable; adapted.

Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

Corridor (n.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Corrie (n.) Same as Correi.

Corrigenda (pl. ) of Corrigendum

Corrigendum (n.) A fault or error to be corrected.

Corrigent (n.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action.

Corrigibility (n.) Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.

Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

Corrigible (a.) Submissive to correction; docile.

Corrigible (a.) Deserving chastisement; punishable.

Corrigible (a.) Having power to correct; corrective.

Corrigibleness (n.) The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.

Corrival (n.) A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion.

Corrival (a.) Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.

Corrival (v. i. & t.) To compete with; to rival.

Corrivalry (n.) Corivalry.

Corrivalship (n.) Corivalry.

Corrivate (v. t.) To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams.

Corrivation (n.) The flowing of different streams into one.

Corroborant (a.) Strengthening; supporting; corroborating.

Corroborant (n.) Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic.

Corroborated (imp. & p. p.) of Corroborate

Corroborating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corroborate

Corroborate (v. t.) To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

Corroborate (v. t.) To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.

Corroborate (a.) Corroborated.

Corroboration (n.) The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

Corroboration (n.) That which corroborates.

Corroborative (a.) Tending to strengthen of confirm.

Corroborative (n.) A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.

Corroboratory (a.) Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.

Corroded (imp. & p. p.) of Corrode

Corroding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corrode

Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

Corrode (v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Corrodent (a.) Corrosive.

Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.

Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.

Corrodibility (n.) The quality of being corrodible.

Corrodible (a.) Capable of being corroded; corrosible.

Corrosibility (n.) Corrodibility.

Corrosible (a.) Corrodible.

Corrosibleness (n.) The quality or state of being corrosible.

Corrosion (n.) The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

Corrosive (a.) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.

Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

Corrosive (n.) That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

Corrosive (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Corroval (n.) A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.

Corrovaline (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart.

Corrugant (a.) Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.

Corrugate (a.) Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

Corrugated (imp. & p. p.) of Corrugate

Corrugating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corrugate

Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead.

Corrugation (n.) The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

Corrugator (n.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

Corrugent (a.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator.

Corrump (v. t.) To corrupt. See Corrupt.

Corrumpable (a.) Corruptible.

Corrupt (a.) Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Corrupt (a.) Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.

Corrupt (a.) Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

Corrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Corrupt

Corrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corrupt

Corrupt (v. t.) To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

Corrupt (v. t.) To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.

Corrupt (v. t.) To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.

Corrupt (v. t.) To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.

Corrupt (v. t.) To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Corrupt (v. i.) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.

Corrupt (v. i.) To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Corrupter (n.) One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.

Corruptful (a.) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.

Corruptibility (n.) The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness.

Corruptible (a.) Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

Corruptible (a.) Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.

Corruptible (n.) That which may decay and perish; the human body.

Corruptingly (adv.) In a manner that corrupts.

Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

Corruption (n.) The product of corruption; putrid matter.

Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

Corruption (n.) The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.

Corruptionist (n.) One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.

Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

Corruptless (a.) Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible.

Corruptly (adv.) In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.

Corruptness (n.) The quality of being corrupt.

Corruptress (n.) A woman who corrupts.

Corsac (n.) The corsak.

Corsage (n.) The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.

Corsage (n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere.

Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.

Corsair (n.) A piratical vessel.

Corsak (n.) A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia.

Corse (n.) A living body or its bulk.

Corse (n.) A corpse; the dead body of a human being.

Corselet (n.) Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

Corselet (n.) The thorax of an insect.

Corsepresent (n.) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.

Corset (n.) In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Corseted (imp. & p. p.) of Corset

Corseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corset

Corset (v. t.) To inclose in corsets.

Corslet (n.) A corselet.

Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.

Cortege (n.) A train of attendants; a procession.

Cortes (n. pl.) The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.

Cortices (pl. ) of Cortex

Cortex (n.) Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

Cortex (n.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.

Cortex (n.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.

Cortical (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

Corticate (a.) Alt. of Corticated

Corticated (a.) Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.

Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.

Corticiferous (a.) Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.

Corticiferous (a.) Having a barklike c/nenchyms.

Corticiform (a.) Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.

Corticine (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.

Corticose (a.) Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.

Corticous (a.) Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.

Cortile (n.) An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

Corundums (pl. ) of Corundum

Corundum (n.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.

Coruscant (a.) Glittering in flashes; flashing.

Coruscate (v. i.) To glitter in flashes; to flash.

Coruscation (n.) A sudden flash or play of light.

Coruscation (n.) A flash of intellectual brilliancy.

Corve (n.) See Corf.

Corvee (n.) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.

Corven () p. p. of Carve.

Corvet (n.) Alt. of Corvette

Corvette (n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.

Corvetto (n.) A curvet.

Corvine (a.) Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.

Corvorant (n.) See Cormorant.

Corybants (pl. ) of Corybant

Corybantes (pl. ) of Corybant

Corybant (n.) One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.

Corybantic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Corymb (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn.

Corymb (n.) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

Corymbed (a.) Corymbose.

Corymbiferous (a.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.

Corymbose (a.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form.

Corymbosely (adv.) In corymbs.

Coryphaenoid (a.) Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin.

Coryphee (n.) A ballet dancer.

Coryphene (n.) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. (2)

Corypheuses (pl. ) of Corypheus

Coryphei (pl. ) of Corypheus

Corypheus (n.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest.

Coryphodon (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.

Coryphodont (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.

Coryza (n.) Nasal catarrh.

Coscinomancy (n.) Divination by means of a suspended sieve.

Coscoroba (n.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

Cosecant (n.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cosen (v. t.) See Cozen.

Cosenage (n.) See Cozenage.

Cosening (n.) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not.

Cosentient (a.) Perceiving together.

Cosey (a.) See Cozy.

Cosher (v. t.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

Cosher (v. t.) To treat with hospitality; to pet.

Cosherer (n.) One who coshers.

Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

Cosier (n.) A tailor who botches his work.

Cosignificative (a.) Having the same signification.

Cosignitary (a.) Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.

Cosignitaries (pl. ) of Cosignitary

Cosignitary (n.) One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.

Cosily (adv.) See Cozily.

Cosinage (n.) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.

Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation.

Cosine (n.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cosmetic (a.) Alt. of Cosmetical

Cosmetical (a.) Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation.

Cosmetic (n.) Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.

Cosmic (a.) Alt. of Cosmical

Cosmical (a.) Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.

Cosmical (a.) Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.

Cosmical (a.) Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed.

Cosmical (a.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.

Cosmically (adv.) With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.

Cosmically (adv.) Universally.

Cosmogonal (a.) Alt. of Cosmogonical

Cosmogonic (a.) Alt. of Cosmogonical

Cosmogonical (a.) Belonging to cosmogony.

Cosmogonist (n.) One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.

Cosmogonies (pl. ) of Cosmogony

Cosmogony (n.) The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.

Cosmographer (n.) One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.

Cosmographic (a.) Alt. of Cosmographical

Cosmographical (a.) Of or pertaining to cosmography.

Cosmographically (adv.) In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.

Cosmographies (pl. ) of Cosmography

Cosmography (n.) A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Cosmolabe (n.) An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.

Cosmolatry (n.) Worship paid to the world.

Cosmoline (n.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.

Cosmological (a.) Of or pertaining to cosmology.

Cosmologist (n.) One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

Cosmology (n.) The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

Cosmometry (n.) The art of measuring the world or the universe.

Cosmoplastic (a.) Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.

Cosmopolitan (n.) Alt. of Cosmopolite

Cosmopolite (n.) One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

Cosmopolitan (a.) Alt. of Cosmopolite

Cosmopolite (a.) Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

Cosmopolite (a.) Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.

Cosmopolitanism (n.) The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.

Cosmopolite (a. & n.) See Cosmopolitan.

Cosmopolitical (a.) Having the character of a cosmopolite.

Cosmopolitism (n.) The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

Cosmorama (n.) An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

Cosmoramic (a.) Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.

Cosmos (n.) The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

Cosmos (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony.

Cosmosphere (n.) An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

Cosmotheism (n.) Same as Pantheism.

Cosmothetic (a.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.

Cosovereign (n.) A joint sovereign.

Coss (n.) A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.

Coss (n.) A thing (only in phrase below).

Cossack (n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.

Cossas (n.) Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

Cosset (n.) A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

Cosset (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle.

Cossic (a.) Alt. of Cossical

Cossical (a.) Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art.

Cost (n.) A rib; a side; a region or coast.

Cost (n.) See Cottise.

Cost (imp. & p. p.) of Cost

Costing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cost

Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.

Cost (v. t.) To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

Cost (v. t.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.

Cost (v. t.) Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.

Cost (v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.

Costa (n.) A rib of an animal or a human being.

Costa (n.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.

Costa (n.) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.

Costa (n.) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

Costage (n.) Expense; cost.

Costal (a.) Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.

Costal (a.) Relating to a costa, or rib.

Costal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

Costard (n.) An apple, large and round like the head.

Costard (n.) The head; -- used contemptuously.

Costardmonger (n.) A costermonger.

Costate (a.) Alt. of Costated

Costated (a.) Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Costean (v. i.) To search after lodes. See Costeaning.

Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Costellate (a.) Finely ribbed or costated.

Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.

Costermonger (n.) An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.

Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae.

Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

Costive (a.) Reserved; formal; close; cold.

Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.

Costively (adv.) In a costive manner.

Costiveness (n.) An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

Costless (a.) Costing nothing.

Costlewe (a.) Costly.

Costliness (n.) The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.

Costly (a.) Of great cost; expensive; dear.

Costly (a.) Gorgeous; sumptuous.

Costmary (n.) A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.

Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections.

Costrel (n.) A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.

Costume (n.) Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

Costume (n.) Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.

Costume (n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

Costumer (n.) One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

Co-sufferer (n.) One who suffers with another.

Cosupreme (n.) A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme.

Cosureties (pl. ) of Cosurety

Cosurety (n.) One who is surety with another.

Cosy (a.) See Cozy.

Cot (n.) A small house; a cottage or hut.

Cot (n.) A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.

Cot (n.) A small, rudely-formed boat.

Cot (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.

Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cotarnine (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.

Cote (n.) A cottage or hut.

Cote (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.

Cote (v. t.) To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare.

Cote (v. t.) To quote.

Cotemporaneous (a.) Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous.

Cotemporary (a.) Living or being at the same time; contemporary.

Cotemporaries (pl. ) of Cotemporary

Cotemporary (n.) One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.

Cotenant (n.) A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

Coterie (n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.

Coterminous (a.) Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.

Cotgare (n.) Refuse wool.

Cothurn (n.) A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.

Cothurnate (a.) Alt. of Cothurnated

Cothurnated (a.) Wearing a cothurn.

Cothurnated (a.) Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.

Cothurnus (n.) Same as Cothurn.

Coticular (a.) Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

Cotidal (a.) Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.

Cotillon (n.) Alt. of Cotillion

Cotillion (n.) A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

Cotillion (n.) A tune which regulates the dance.

Cotillion (n.) A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.

Cotillion (n.) A formal ball.

Cotinga (n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Cotise (n.) See Cottise.

Cotised (a.) See Cottised.

Cotland (n.) Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

Cotquean (n.) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.

Cotquean (n.) A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.

Cotqueanity (n.) The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean.

Cotrustee (n.) A joint trustee.

Cotswold (n.) An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.

Cottage (n.) A small house; a cot; a hut.

Cottaged (a.) Set or covered with cottages.

Cottagely (a.) Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic.

Cottager (n.) One who lives in a cottage.

Cottager (n.) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.

Cotter (n.) Alt. of Cottar

Cottar (n.) A cottager; a cottier.

Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.

Cotter (n.) A toggle.

Cotter (v. t.) To fasten with a cotter.

Cottier (n.) In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm.

Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.

Cottised (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.

Cottoid (a.) Like a fish of the genus Cottus.

Cottoid (n.) A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.

Cottolene (n.) A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.

Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.

Cotton (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.

Cotton (n.) Cloth made of cotton.

Cotton (v. i.) To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.

Cotton (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed.

Cotton (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.

Cotton (v. i.) To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.

Cottonade (n.) A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.

Cottonary (a.) Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony.

Cottonous (a.) Resembling cotton.

Cottontail (n.) The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

Cottonweed (n.) See Cudweed.

Cottonwood (n.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.

Cottony (a.) Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

Cottrel (n.) A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire.

Cotyla (n.) Alt. of Cotyle

Cotyle (n.) A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.

Cotyledon (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.

Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

Cotyledonal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.

Cotyledonary (a.) Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.

Cotyledonous (a.) Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.

Cotyliform (a.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

Cotyligerous (a.) Having cotyles.

Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Cotyloid (a.) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.

Coucal (n.) A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.

Couched (imp. & p. p.) of Couch

Couching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couch

Couch (v. t.) To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

Couch (v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Couch (v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

Couch (v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

Couch (v. t.) To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

Couch (v. t.) To arrange; to place; to inlay.

Couch (v. t.) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.

Couch (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.

Couch (v. i.) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.

Couch (v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.

Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

Couch (v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.

Couch (v. t.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.

Couch (v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

Couch (v. t.) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.

Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with head erect; squatting.

Couchant (v. t.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.

Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.

Couche (v. t.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

Couched (a.) Same as Couch/.

Couchee (v. t.) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.

Coucher (n.) One who couches.

Coucher (n.) One who couches paper.

Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.

Coucher (n.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.

Couch grass () See Quitch grass.

Couching (n.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

Couchless (a.) Having no couch or bed.

Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

Cougar (n.) An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.

Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Cough

Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cough

Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.

Cougher (n.) One who coughs.

Couhage (n.) See Cowhage.

Could (imp.) Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.

Coulee (n.) A stream

Coulee (n.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca–on, which has precipitous sides.

Coulisse (n.) A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

Coulisse (n.) One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

Couloir (n.) A deep gorge; a gully.

Couloir (n.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber.

Coulter (n.) Same as Colter.

Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.

Coumaric (a.) Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana.

Coumarin (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.

Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.

Council (n.) Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

Councilist (n.) One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion.

Councilmen (pl. ) of Councilman

Councilman (n.) A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

Councilor (n.) A member of a council.

Co-une (v. t.) To combine or unite.

Co-unite (v. t.) To unite.

Co-unite (a.) United closely with another.

Counsel (n.) Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

Counsel (n.) Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.

Counsel (n.) Result of consultation; advice; instruction.

Counsel (n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

Counsel (n.) One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.

Counseled (imp. & p. p.) of Counsel

Counselled () of Counsel

Counseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counsel

Counselling () of Counsel

Counsel (v. t.) To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.

Counsel (v. t.) To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

Counselable (a.) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.

Counselable (a.) Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise.

Counselor (n.) One who counsels; an adviser.

Counselor (n.) A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]

Counselor (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.

Counselorship (n.) The function and rank or office of a counselor.

Counted (imp. & p. p.) of Count

Counting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Count

Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

Count (v. t.) To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

Count (v. t.) To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

Count (v. i.) To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.

Count (v. i.) To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

Count (v. i.) To take account or note; -- with

Count (v. i.) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

Count (v. t.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

Count (v. t.) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.

Count (n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

Countable (a.) Capable of being numbered.

Counttenance (n.) Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.

Counttenance (n.) The face; the features.

Counttenance (n.) Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.

Counttenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

Countenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Countenance

Countenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countenance

Countenance (v. t.) To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

Countenancer (n.) One who countenances, favors, or supports.

Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

Counter (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

Counter (v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.

Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face.

Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

Counter (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

Counter (adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.

Counter (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.

Counter (n.) An encounter.

Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

Counteracted (imp. & p. p.) of Counteract

Counteracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counteract

Counteract (v. t.) To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

Counteractive (a.) Tending to counteract.

Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts.

Counteractibely (adv.) By counteraction.

Counterbalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Counterbalance

Counterbalancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterbalance

Counterbalance (v. t.) To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another

Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel

Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.

Counterbore (n.) A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

Counterbore (n.) A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.

Counterbore (v. t.) To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore.

Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.

Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.

Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Countercast (n.) A trick; a delusive contrivance.

Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.

Counterchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Counterchange

Counterchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchange

Counterchange (v. t.) To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.

Counterchange (v. t.) To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.

Counterchange (n.) Exchange; reciprocation.

Counterchanged (a.) Exchanged.

Counterchanged (a.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.

Countercharge (n.) An opposing charge.

Countercharmed (imp. & p. p.) of Countercharm

Countercharming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countercharm

Countercharm (v. t.) To destroy the effect of a charm upon.

Countercharm (n.) That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.

Counterchecked (imp. & p. p.) of Countercheck

Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countercheck

Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.

Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

Counter-compony (a.) See Compony.

Counter-couchant (a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.

Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.

Counterdrew (imp.) of Counterdraw

Counterdrawn (p. p.) of Counterdraw

Counterdrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterdraw

Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

Counterfaisance (n.) See Counterfesance.

Counterfeit (adv.) Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Counterfeit (adv.) Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.

Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

Counterfeit (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Counterfeit (n.) That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.

Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

Counterfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Counterfeit

Counterfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterfeit

Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.

Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Counterfeit (v. i.) To make counterfeits.

Counterfeiter (n.) One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.

Counterfeiter (n.) One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.

Counterfeitly (adv.) By forgery; falsely.

Counterfesance (a.) The act of forging; forgery.

Counterfleury (a.) Counterflory.

Counterflory (a.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock.

Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.

Counterforce (n.) An opposing force.

Counterfort (n.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain.

Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made.

Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

Counterirritant (n.) Alt. of Counterirritation

Counterirritation (n.) See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.

Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.

Counterjumper (n.) A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.

Countermen (pl. ) of Counterman

Counterman (n.) A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods.

Countermanded (imp. & p. p.) of Countermand

Countermanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermand

Countermand (v. t.) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

Countermand (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Countermand (v. t.) To oppose; to revoke the command of.

Countermand (n.) A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.

Countermandable (a.) Capable of being countermanded; revocable.

Countermarched (imp. & p. p.) of Countermarch

Countermarching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermarch

Countermarch (v. i.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.

Countermarch (n.) A marching back; retrocession.

Countermarch (n.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.

Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.

Countermark (n.) A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.

Countermark (n.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.

Countermark (v. t.) To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.

Countermined (imp. & p. p.) of Countermine

Countermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermine

Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.

Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.

Countermine (v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.

Countermove (v. t. & i.) To move in a contrary direction to.

Countermove () Alt. of Countermovement

Countermovement () A movement in opposition to another.

Countermure (n.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.

Countermured (imp. & p. p.) of Countermure

Countermuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermure

Countermure (v. t.) To fortify with a wall behind another wall.

Counternatural (a.) Contrary to nature.

Counter-paly (a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.

Counterpane (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.

Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.

Counterpart (n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.

Counterpart (n.) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.

Counterpart (n.) A person who closely resembles another.

Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.

Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

Counterplead (v. t.) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

Counterplotted (imp. & p. p.) of Counterplot

Counterplotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterplot

Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.

Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.

Counterpoint (n.) An opposite point

Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody

Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.

Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.

Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpoise

Counterpoising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterpoise

Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.

Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.

Counterpoise (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Counterpole (n.) The exact opposite.

Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

Counterproved (imp. & p. p.) of Counterprove

Counterproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterprove

Counterprove (v. t.) To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.

Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.

Counterrolment (n.) A counter account. See Control.

Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.

Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.

Countersealed (imp. & p. p.) of Counterseal

Countersealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterseal

Counterseal (v. t.) To seal or ratify with another or others.

Countersecure (v. t.) To give additional security to or for.

Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

Countersigned (imp. & p. p.) of Countersign

Countersigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersign

Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.

Countersign (a.) The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.

Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.

Countersunk (imp. & p. p.) of Countersink

Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersink

Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.

Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.

Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.

Counterstand (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.

Counterstep (n.) A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.

Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.

Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.

Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.

Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.

Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.

Counter tenor () One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.

Counterterm (n.) A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".

Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.

Countertime (n.) Resistance; opposition.

Countertrippant (a.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.

Countertripping (a.) Same as Countertrippant.

Counterturn (n.) The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.

Countervailed (imp. & p. p.) of Countervail

Countervailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countervail

Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.

Countervail (n.) Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.

Countervallation (n.) See Contravallation.

Counterview (n.) An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.

Counterview (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.

Counterwait (v. t.) To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.

Counterweigh (v. t.) To weigh against; to counterbalance.

Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.

Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

Counterwork (v. t.) To work in opposition to; to counteract.

Countesses (pl. ) of Countess

Countess (n.) The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.

Countinghouse (v.) Alt. of Countingroom

Countingroom (v.) The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

Countless (a.) Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.

Countor (v. t.) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.

Countour (n.) Alt. of Countourhouse

Countourhouse (n.) A merchant's office; a countinghouse.

Countre- () Same as prefix Counter-.

Countreplete (v. t.) To counterplead.

Countretaille (n.) A counter tally; correspondence (in sound).

Countrified (p. a.) Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.

Countrify (v. t.) To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic.

Countries (pl. ) of Country

Country (adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Country (adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

Country (adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

Country (adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

Country (adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs.

Country (a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Country (a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Country (a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

Country-base (n.) Same as Prison base.

Country-dance (n.) See Contradance.

Countrymen (pl. ) of Countryman

Countryman (n.) An inhabitant or native of a region.

Countryman (n.) One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.

Countryman (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.

Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.

Countryside (n.) A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.

Countrywomen (pl. ) of Countrywoman

Countrywoman (n.) A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.

Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

Counties (pl. ) of County

County (n.) An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

County (n.) A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.

County (n.) A count; an earl or lord.

Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

Coupable (a.) Culpable.

Coupe (n.) The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.

Coupe (n.) A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

Couped (a.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.

Coupee (n.) A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.

Coupe-gorge (n.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

Couple (a.) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

Couple (a.) Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

Couple (a.) A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

Couple (a.) See Couple-close.

Couple (a.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

Coupled (imp. & p. p.) of Couple

Coupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couple

Couple (v.) To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

Couple (v.) To join in wedlock; to marry.

Couple (v. i.) To come together as male and female; to copulate.

Couple-beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.

Couple-closes (pl. ) of Couple-close

Couple-close (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.

Couplement (n.) Union; combination; a coupling; a pair.

Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.

Couplet (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

Coupling (n.) The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

Coupling (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.

Coupon (n.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

Coupon (n.) A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.

Courage (n.) The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.

Courage (n.) Heart; inclination; desire; will.

Courage (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.

Couage (v. t.) To inspire with courage.

Courageous (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.

Courageously (adv.) In a courageous manner.

Courageousness (n.) The quality of being courageous; courage.

Courant (a.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.

Courant (p. pr.) A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

Courant (p. pr.) A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Couranto (n.) A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.

Courap (n.) A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

Courb (a.) Curved; rounded.

Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.

Courbaril (n.) See Anime, n.

Courche (n.) A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.

Courier (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.

Courier (n.) An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.

Courlan (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.

Course (n.) The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.

Course (n.) Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.

Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.

Course (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.

Course (n.) Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.

Course (n.) Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.

Course (n.) A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.

Course (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

Course (n.) That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.

Course (n.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.

Course (n.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.

Course (n.) The menses.

Coursed (imp. & p. p.) of Course

Coursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Course

Course (v. t.) To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.

Course (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.

Course (v. t.) To run through or over.

Course (v. i.) To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.

Course (v. i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.

Coursed (a.) Hunted; as, a coursed hare.

Coursed (a.) Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.

Courser (n.) One who courses or hunts.

Courser (n.) A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.

Courser (n.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.

Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.

Court (n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

Court (n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

Court (n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

Court (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

Court (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

Court (n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

Court (n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

Court (n.) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

Court (n.) The session of a judicial assembly.

Court (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

Court (n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

Courted (imp. & p. p.) of Court

Courting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court

Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

Court (v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

Court (v. t.) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

Court (v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.

Courtbred (a.) Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.

Court-craft (n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.

Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions.

Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.

Courteously (adv.) In a courteous manner.

Courteousness (n.) The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.

Courtepy (n.) A short coat of coarse cloth.

Courter (n.) One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles.

Courtesan (n.) A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

Courtesanship (n.) Harlotry.

Courtesies (pl. ) of Courtesy

Courtesy (n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.

Courtesy (n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.

Courtesy (n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.

Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.

Courtesied (imp. & p. p.) of Courtesy

Courtesying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Courtesy

Courtesy (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.

Courtesy (v. t.) To treat with civility.

Courtehouse (n.) A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.

Courtehouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.

Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.

Courtier (n.) One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.

Courtiery (n.) The manners of a courtier; courtliness.

Court-leet (n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.

Courtlike (a.) After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

Courtliness (n.) The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

Courtling (n.) A sycophantic courtier.

Courtly (a.) Relating or belonging to a court.

Courtly (a.) Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.

Courtly (a.) Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.

Courtly (adv.) In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.

Courts-martial (pl. ) of Court-martial

Court-martial (n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

Court-martialed (imp. & p. p.) of Court-martial

Court-martialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court-martial

Court-martial (v. t.) To subject to trial by a court-martial.

Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.

Courtship (n.) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

Courtship (n.) The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.

Courtship (n.) Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

Courtship (n.) Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

Court tennis () See under Tennis.

Courtyard (n.) A court or inclosure attached to a house.

Couscous (n.) A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.

Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.

Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

Cousin (n.) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

Cousin (n.) Allied; akin.

Cousinage (n.) Relationship; kinship.

Cousin-german (n.) A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.

Cousinhood (n.) The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.

Cousinly (a.) Like or becoming a cousin.

Cousinry (n.) A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.

Cousinship (n.) The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood.

Coussinet (n.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.

Coussinet (n.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.

Couteau (n.) A knife; a dagger.

Couth (imp. & p. p.) Could; was able; knew or known; understood.

Couvade (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.

Covariant (n.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.

Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.

Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.

Cove (n.) A concave molding.

Cove (n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

Coved (imp. & p. p.) of Cove

Coving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove

Cove (v. t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

Cove (n.) A boy or man of any age or station.

Covelline (n.) Alt. of Covellite

Covellite (n.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

Covenable (a.) Fit; proper; suitable.

Covenably (adv.) Fitly; suitably.

Covenant (n.) A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.

Covenant (n.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."

Covenant (n.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.

Covenant (n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.

Covenant (n.) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.

Covenant (n.) A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.

Covenanted (imp. & p. p.) of Covenant

Covenanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Covenant

Covenant (v. i.) To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.

Covenant (v. t.) To grant or promise by covenant.

Covenantee (n.) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.

Covenanter (n.) One who makes a covenant.

Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.

Covenanting (a.) Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.

Covenantor (n.) The party who makes a covenant.

Covenous (a.) See Covinous, and Covin.

Covent (n.) A convent or monastery.

Coventry (n.) A town in the county of Warwick, England.

Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Cover

Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cover

Cover (v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

Cover (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

Cover (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Cover (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

Cover (v. t.) To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.

Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.

Cover (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.

Cover (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.

Cover (n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.

Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

Cover (n.) The lap of a slide valve.

Cover (n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.

Cover (v. i.) To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Coverchief (n.) A covering for the head.

Covercle (n.) A small cover; a lid.

Covered (a.) Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.

Coverer (n.) One who, or that which, covers.

Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.

Coverlet (n.) The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Coverlid (n.) A coverlet.

Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

Coversed sine () The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cover-shame (n.) Something used to conceal infamy.

Covert (v. t.) Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.

Covert (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.

Covert (a.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.

Covertly (adv.) Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Covertness (n.) Secrecy; privacy.

Coverture (n.) Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Coverture (n.) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.

Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Covet

Coveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Covet

Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.

Covetable (a.) That may be coveted; desirable.

Coveter (n.) One who covets.

Covetise (v. t.) Avarice.

Covetiveness (n.) Acquisitiveness.

Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

Covetousness (n.) Strong desire.

Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges.

Covey (n.) A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.

Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.

Covey (n.) A pantry.

Covin (n.) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.

Covin (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice.

Covinous (a.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.

Cow (n.) A chimney cap; a cowl

Cows (pl. ) of Cow

Kine (pl. ) of Cow

Cow (n.) The mature female of bovine animals.

Cow (n.) The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Cowed (imp. & p. p.) of Cow

Cowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cow

Cow (v. t.) To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.

Cowage (n.) See Cowhage.

Cowan (n.) One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.

Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Coward (a.) Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

Coward (a.) Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

Coward (n.) A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.

Coward (v. t.) To make timorous; to frighten.

Cowardice (n.) Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.

Cowardie (n.) Cowardice.

Cowardish (a.) Cowardly.

Cowardize (v. t. ) To render cowardly

Cowardliness (n.) Cowardice.

Cowardly (a.) Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

Cowardly (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.

Cowardly (adv.) In the manner of a coward.

Cowardship (n.) Cowardice.

Cowbane (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.

Cowberries (pl. ) of Cowberry

Cowberry (n.) A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry.

Cowbird (n.) The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.

Cowblakes (n. pl.) Dried cow dung used as fuel.

Cowboy (n.) A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

Cowboy (n.) One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.

Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.

Cowdie (n.) See Kauri.

Cowered (imp. & p. p.) of Cower

Cowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cower

Cower (v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.

Cower (v. t.) To cherish with care.

Cowfish (n.) The grampus.

Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).

Cowfish (n.) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

Cowhage (n.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.

Cowhearted (a.) Cowardly.

Cowherd (n.) One whose occupation is to tend cows.

Cowhide (n.) The hide of a cow.

Cowhide (n.) Leather made of the hide of a cow.

Cowhide (n.) A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Cowhided (imp. & p. p.) of Cowhide

Cowhiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cowhide

Cowhide (v. t.) To flog with a cowhide.

Cowish (v. t.) Timorous; fearful; cowardly.

Cowish (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon.

Cowitch (n.) See Cowhage.

Cowl (n.) A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.

Cowl (n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Cowl (n.) A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.

Cowled (a.) Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk.

Cowleech (n.) One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.

Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.

Cowlike (a.) Resembling a cow.

Cowlstaff (n.) A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.

Coworker (n.) One who works with another; a co/perator.

Cow parsley () An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).

Cow parsnip () A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

Cowpea (n.) The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

Cowper's glands () Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.

Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.

Cowpock (n.) See Cowpox.

Cowpox (n.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock.

Cowquake (n.) A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

Cowrie (n.) Same as Kauri.

Cowries (pl. ) of Cowry

Cowrie (n.) Alt. of Cowry

Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.

Cowslip (n.) A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

Cowslip (n.) In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.

Cowslipped (a.) Adorned with cowslips.

Cow's lungwort () Mullein.

Cow tree () A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

Cowweed (n.) Same as Cow parsley.

Cowwheat (n.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.

Cox (n.) A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.

Coxa (n.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

Coxalgia (n.) Alt. of Coxalgy

Coxalgy (n.) Pain in the hip.

Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.

Coxcomb (n.) The cap itself.

Coxcomb (n.) The top of the head, or the head itself

Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.

Coxcomb (n.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.

Coxcombical (a.) Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.

Coxcombly (a.) like a coxcomb.

Coxcombry (n.) The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

Coxcomical (a.) Coxcombical.

Coxcomically (adv.) Conceitedly.

Coxswain (n.) See Cockswain.

Coy (a.) Quiet; still.

Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.

Coy (a.) Soft; gentle; hesitating.

Coyed (imp. & p. p.) of Coy

Coying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coy

Coy (v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.

Coy (v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.

Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

Coy (v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.

Coyish (a.) Somewhat coy or reserved.

Coyly (adv.) In a coy manner; with reserve.

Coyness (n.) The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.

Coyote (n.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

Coypu (n.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria.

Coystrel (n.) Same as Coistril.

Coz (n.) A contraction of cousin.

Cozened (imp. & p. p.) of Cozen

Cozening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cozen

Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

Cozen (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.

Cozenage (n.) The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.

Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.

Cozier (n.) See Cosier.

Cozily (adv.) Snugly; comfortably.

Coziness (n.) The state or quality of being cozy.

Cozy (superl.) Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.

Cozy (superl.) Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.

Cozy (a.) A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.

Crab (n.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

Crab (a.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

Crab (a.) A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

Crab (v. t.) To make sour or morose; to embitter.

Crab (v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.

Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.

Crab (a.) Sour; rough; austere.

Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.

Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

Crabbed (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.

Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.

Crabber (n.) One who catches crabs.

Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.

Crabbing (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other.

Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

Crabbish (a.) Somewhat sour or cross.

Crabby (a.) Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.

Crabeater (n.) The cobia.

Crabeater (n.) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).

Crabeater (n.) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species).

Craber (n.) The water rat.

Crabfaced (a.) Having a sour, disagreeable countenance.

Crabsidle (v. i.) To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular].

Crabstick (n.) A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree.

Crab tree () See under Crab.

Crab-yaws (n.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws.

Crache (v.) To scratch.

Cracked (imp. & p. p.) of Crack

Cracking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crack

Crack (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

Crack (v. t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

Crack (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

Crack (v. t.) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

Crack (v. t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.

Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

Crack (v. i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Crack (v. i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.

Crack (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Crack (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

Crack (n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

Crack (n.) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Crack (n.) Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

Crack (n.) A crazy or crack-brained person.

Crack (n.) A boast; boasting.

Crack (n.) Breach of chastity.

Crack (n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

Crack (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Crack (n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.

Crack (a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

Crack-brained (a.) Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy.

Cracked (a.) Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.

Cracked (a.) Crack-brained.

Cracker (n.) One who, or that which, cracks.

Cracker (n.) A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.

Cracker (n.) A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.

Cracker (n.) A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.

Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.

Cracker (n.) The pintail duck.

Cracker (n.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

Crackle (n.) The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

Crackle (n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.

Crackle (n.) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

Crackled (a.) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

Crackleware (n.) See Crackle, n., 3.

Crackling (n.) The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

Crackling (n.) The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.

Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.

Cracksmen (pl. ) of Cracksman

Cracksman (n.) A burglar.

Cracovian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.

Cracovienne (n.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.

Cracowes (n. pl.) Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century.

Cradle (n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.

Cradle (n.) Infancy, or very early life.

Cradle (n.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.

Cradle (n.) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

Cradle (n.) A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.

Cradle (n.) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.

Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

Cradle (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

Cradled (imp. & p. p.) of Cradle

Cradling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cradle

Cradle (v. t.) To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.

Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.

Cradle (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.

Cradle (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

Cradle (v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.

Cradling (n.) The act of using a cradle.

Cradling (n.) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

Cradling (n.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

Craft (n.) Strength; might; secret power.

Craft (n.) Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

Craft (n.) Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.

Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.

Craft (n.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.

Craft (v. t.) To play tricks; to practice artifice.

Craftily (adv.) With craft; artfully; cunningly.

Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.

Craftless (a.) Without craft or cunning.

Craftsmen (pl. ) of Craftsman

Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.

Craftsmanship (n.) The work of a craftsman.

Craftsmaster (n.) One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning.

Crafty (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

Crafty (a.) Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

Crafty (a.) Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.

Crag (n.) A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.

Crag (n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Crag (n.) The neck or throat

Crag (n.) The neck piece or scrag of mutton.

Cragged (a.) Full of crags, or steep, broken //cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged.

Cradgedness (n.) The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.

Cragginess (n.) The state of being craggy.

Craggy (a.) Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain.

Cragsmen (pl. ) of Cragsman

Cragsman (n.) One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.

Craie (n.) See Crare.

Craig flounder () The pole flounder.

Crail (n.) A creel or osier basket.

Crake (v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

Crake (n.) A boast. See Crack, n.

Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Crakeberry (n.) See Crowberry.

Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

Crammed (imp. & p. p.) of Cram

Cramming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cram

Cram (v. t.) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.

Cram (v. t.) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

Cram (v. t.) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.

Cram (v. i.) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.

Cram (v. i.) To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.

Cram (n.) The act of cramming.

Cram (n.) Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.

Cram (n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Crambo (a.) A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.

Crambo (a.) A word rhyming with another word.

Crammer (n.) One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

Cramoisie (a.) Alt. of Cramoisy

Cramoisy (a.) Crimson.

Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.

Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.

Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

Cramped (imp. & p. p.) of Cramp

Cramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cramp

Cramp (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

Cramp (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.

Cramp (v. t.) to bind together; to unite.

Cramp (v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.

Cramp (v. t.) To afflict with cramp.

Cramp (n.) Knotty; difficult.

Crampet (n.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.

Crampfish (n.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

Cramp iron () See Cramp, n., 2.

Crampit (n.) See Crampet.

Crampon (n.) An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.

Cramponee (a.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.

Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.

Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.

Crampy () Affected with cramp.

Crampy () Productive of, or abounding in, cramps.

Cran (n.) Alt. of Crane

Crane (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.

Cranage (n.) The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.

Cranage (n.) The money or price paid for the use of a crane.

Cranberries (pl. ) of Cranberry

Cranberry (n.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

Cranch (v. t.) See Craunch.

Crane (n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.

Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.

Crane (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.

Craned (imp. & p. p.) of Crane

Craning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crane

Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.

Crane (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.

Crane's-bill (n.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.

Crane's-bill (n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Crang (n.) See Krang.

Crania (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Cranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.

Cranioclasm (n.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.

Cranioclast (n.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

Craniofacial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.

Craniognomy (n.) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

Craniological (a.) Of or pertaining to craniology.

Craniologist (n.) One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

Craniometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.

Craniometric (a.) Alt. of Craniometrical

Craniometrical (a.) Pertaining to craniometry.

Craniometry (n.) The art or act of measuring skulls.

Cranioscopist (n.) One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.

Cranioscopy (n.) Scientific examination of the cranium.

Craniota (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.

Craniotomy (n.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.

Craniums (pl. ) of Cranium

Crania (pl. ) of Cranium

Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

Crank (n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Crank (n.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

Crank (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.

Crank (n.) A sick person; an invalid.

Crank (n.) Sick; infirm.

Crank (n.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

Crank (n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Cranked (a.) Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.

Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind.

Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Crankness (n.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

Crankness (n.) Sprightliness; vigor; health.

Cranky (a.) Full of spirit; crank.

Cranky (a.) Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.

Cranky (a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Crannied (a.) Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall.

Crannog (n.) Alt. of Crannoge

Crannoge (n.) One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake.

Crannies (pl. ) of Cranny

Cranny (n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

Cranny (n.) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

Crannied (imp. & p. p.) of Cranny

Crannying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cranny

Cranny (v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies.

Cranny (v. i.) To haunt, or enter by, crannies.

Cranny (a.) Quick; giddy; thoughtless.

Crantara (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

Crants (n.) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden.

Crapaudine (n.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

Crapaudine (n.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.

Crape (n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.

Craped (imp. & p. p.) of Crape

Craping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crape

Crape (n.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.

Crapefish (n.) Salted codfish hardened by pressure.

Crapnel (n.) A hook or drag; a grapnel.

Crappie (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species.

Crapple (n.) A claw.

Craps (n.) A gambling game with dice.

Crapula (n.) Alt. of Crapule

Crapule (n.) Same as Crapulence.

Crapulence (n.) The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.

Crapulent (a.) Alt. of Crapulous

Crapulous (a.) Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.

Crapy (a.) Resembling crape.

Crare (n.) A slow unwieldy trading vessel.

Crase (v. t.) To break in pieces; to crack.

Crashed (imp. & p. p.) of Crash

Crashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crash

Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

Crash (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.

Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Crash (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Crashing (n.) The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.

Crasis (n.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

Crasis (n.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.

Craspedota (n. pl.) The hydroid or naked-eyed medusae. See Hydroidea.

Craspedote (a.) Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.

Crass (a.) Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.

Crassament (a.) Alt. of Crassamentum

Crassamentum (a.) A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.

Crassiment (n.) See Crassament.

Crassitude (n.) Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density.

Crassness (n.) Grossness.

Crastination (n.) Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow.

Crataegus (n.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.

Cratch (n.) A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.

Crate (n.) A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

Crate (n.) A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.

Crated (imp. & p. p.) of Crate

Crating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crate

Crate (v. t.) To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

Crater (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

Crater (n.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.

Crater (n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.

Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.

Craterous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater.

Craunched (imp. & p. p.) of Craunch

Craunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craunch

Craunch (v. t. & i.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.

Cravat (n.) A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.

Cravatted (a.) Wearing a cravat.

Craved (imp. & p. p.) of Crave

Craving (p pr. & vb. n.) of Crave

Crave (v. t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.

Crave (v. t.) To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.

Crave (v. i.) To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.

Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

Craven (n.) A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.

Cravened (imp. & p. p.) of Craven

Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craven

Craven (v. t.) To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.

Craver (n.) One who craves or begs.

Craving (n.) Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.

Craw (n.) The crop of a bird.

Craw (n.) The stomach of an animal.

-fishes (pl. ) of Crayfish

-fish (pl. ) of Crayfish

Crawfish (n.) Alt. of Crayfish

Crayfish (n.) Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

Crawford (n.) A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.

Crawled (imp. & p. p.) of Crawl

Crawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crawl

Crawl (v. i.) To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.

Crawl (v. i.) to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.

Crawl (v. i.) To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.

Crawl (v. i.) To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.

Crawl (n.) The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.

Crawl (n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

Crawler (n.) One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

Crawly (a.) Creepy.

Cray (n.) Alt. of Crayer

Crayer (n.) See Crare.

Crayfish (n.) See Crawfish.

Crayon (n.) An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders.

Crayon (n.) A crayon drawing.

Crayon (n.) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

Crayoned (imp. & p. p.) of Crayon

Crayoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crayon

Crayon (v. t.) To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.

Crazed (imp. & p. p.) of Craze

Crazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craze

Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

Craze (v. t.) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.

Craze (v. t.) To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Craze (v. i.) To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

Craze (v. i.) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Craze (n.) Craziness; insanity.

Craze (n.) A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

Craze (n.) A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.

Crazedness (n.) A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mill

Crazing-mill (n.) A mill for grinding tin ore.

Crazily (adv.) In a crazy manner.

Craziness (n.) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

Craziness (n.) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Crazy (a.) Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Crazy (a.) Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Crazy (a.) Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.

Creable (a.) Capable of being created.

Creaght (n.) A drove or herd.

Creaght (v. i.) To graze.

Creaked (imp. & p. p.) of Creak

Creaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creak

Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.

Creak (v. t.) To produce a creaking sound with.

Creak (n.) The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Creaking (n.) A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.

Cream (n.) The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

Cream (n.) The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.

Cream (n.) A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.

Cream (n.) A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.

Creamed (imp. & p. p.) of Cream

Creaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cream

Cream (v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

Cream (v. t.) To take off the best or choicest part of.

Cream (v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, cream.

Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

Creamcake (n.) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.

Cream-colored (a.) Of the color of cream; light yellow.

Creameries (pl. ) of Creamery

Creamery (n.) A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

Creamery (n.) A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.

Creamery (n.) An establishment where cream is sold.

Cream-faced (a.) White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.

Cream-fruit (n.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.

Creaminess (n.) The quality of being creamy.

Cream laid () See under Laid.

Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.

Cream-white (a.) As white as cream.

Creamy (a.) Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous.

Creance (n.) Faith; belief; creed.

Creance (n.) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.

Creance (v. i. & t.) To get on credit; to borrow.

Creant (a.) Creative; formative.

Crease (n.) See Creese.

Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

Crease (n.) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.

Creased (imp. & p. p.) of Crease

Creasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crease

Crease (v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.

Creaser (n.) A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.

Creaser (n.) A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.

Creasing (n.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

Creasote (n.) See Creosote.

Creasy (a.) Full of creases.

Creat (n.) An usher to a riding master.

Creatable (a.) That may be created.

Create (a.) Created; composed; begotten.

Created (imp. & p. p.) of Create

Creating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Create

Create (v. t.) To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.

Create (v. t.) To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.

Create (v. t.) To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer.

Creatic (a.) Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea.

Creatin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.

Creatinin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine.

Creation (n.) The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

Creation (n.) That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.

Creation (n.) The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.

Creational (a.) Of or pertaining to creation.

Creationism (n.) The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

Creative (a.) Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

Creativeness (n.) The quality of being creative.

Cretor (n.) One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.

Creatorship (n.) State or condition of a creator.

Creatress (n.) She who creates.

Creatrix (n.) A creatress.

Creatural (a.) Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.

Creature (n.) Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

Creature (n.) A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.

Creature (n.) A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

Creature (n.) A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

Cratureless (a.) Without created beings; alone.

Creaturely (a.) Creatural; characteristic of a creature.

Creatureship (n.) The condition of being a creature.

Creaturize (v. t.) To make like a creature; to degrade

Creaze (n.) The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.

Crebricostate (a.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

Crebritude (n.) Frequency.

Crebrous (a.) Frequent; numerous.

Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Credence (n.) Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

Credence (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.

Credence (n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

Credence (v. t.) To give credence to; to believe.

Credenda (pl. ) of Credendum

Credendum (n.) A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.

Credent (a.) Believing; giving credence; credulous.

Credent (a.) Having credit or authority; credible.

Credential (a.) Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.

Credential (n.) That which gives a title to credit or confidence.

Credential (n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.

Credibility (n.) The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

Credible (a.) Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.

Credibleness (n.) The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.

Credibly (adv.) In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.

Credit (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

Credit (n.) Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.

Credit (n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.

Credit (n.) That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.

Credit (n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.

Credit (n.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.

Credit (n.) The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.

Credit (n.) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.

Credited (imp. & p. p.) of Credit

Crediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Credit

Credit (v. t.) To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

Credit (v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

Credit (v. t.) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.

Creditable (a.) Worthy of belief.

Creditable (a.) Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.

Creditable (a.) Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.

Creditableness (n.) The quality of being creditable.

Creditably (adv.) In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

Credit foncier () A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities.

Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

Creditor (n.) One who credits, believes, or trusts.

Creditor (n.) One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor.

Creditress (n.) Alt. of Creditrix

Creditrix (n.) A female creditor.

Credo (n.) The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.

Credulity (n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.

Credulous (a.) Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.

Credulous (a.) Believed too readily.

Credulously (adv.) With credulity.

Credulousness (n.) Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.

Creed (v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.

Creed (v. t.) Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

Creed (v. t.) To believe; to credit.

Creedless (a.) Without a creed.

Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

Creek (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Creek (n.) Any turn or winding.

Creekfish (n.) The chub sucker.

Creeks (n. pl.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

Creeky (a.) Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding.

Creel (n.) An osier basket, such as anglers use.

Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Crept (imp.) of Creep

Crope () of Creep

Crept (p. p.) of Creep

Creeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creep

Creep (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

Creep (v. t.) To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

Creep (v. t.) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.

Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

Creep (v. t.) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.

Creep (v. t.) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4.

Creep (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creep (n.) The act or process of creeping.

Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

Creep (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Creeper (n.) One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

Creeper (n.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

Creeper (n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.

Creeper (n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.

Creeper (n.) A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

Creeper (n.) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

Creeper (n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.

Creeper (n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

Creeper (n.) Crockets. See Crocket.

Creephole (n.) A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.

Creephole (n.) A subterfuge; an excuse.

Creepie (n.) A low stool.

Creepiness (n.) An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.

Creeping (a.) Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

Creepingly (adv.) by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.

Creeple (n.) A creeping creature; a reptile.

Creeple (n.) One who is lame; a cripple.

Creepy (a.) Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.

Crees (n. pl.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.

Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Cremaster (n.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

Cremaster (n.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.

Cremasteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.

Cremate (v. t.) To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.

Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

Cremationist (n.) One who advocates the practice of cremation.

Cremator (n.) One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.

Crematoriums (pl. ) of Crematory

Crematories (pl. ) of Crematory

Crematorium (n.) Alt. of Crematory

Crematory (n.) A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.

Crematory (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.

Cremocarp (n.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Cremona (n.) A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

Cremor (n.) Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Cremosin (n.) See Crimson.

Crems (n.) See Krems.

Crenate (a.) Alt. of Crenated

Crenated (a.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

Crenation (n.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

Crenation (n.) The condition of being crenate.

Crenature (n.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

Crenature (n.) The state of being crenated or notched.

Crenel (n.) See Crenelle.

Crenelated (imp. & p. p.) of Crenelate

Crenelating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crenelate

Crenelate (v. t.) To furnish with crenelles.

Crenelate (v. t.) To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.

Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.

Crenelle (n.) Alt. of Crenel

Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.

Crenel (n.) Same as Crenature.

Crenelled (a.) Same as Crenate.

Crengle (n.) Alt. of Crenkle

Crenkle (n.) See Cringle.

Crenulate (a.) Alt. of Crenulated

Crenulated (a.) Minutely crenate.

Crenulation (n.) A minute crenation.

Crenulation (n.) The state of being minutely scalloped.

Creole (n.) One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.

Creole (a.) Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.

Creolean (a.) Alt. of Creolian

Creolian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles.

Creolian (n. ) A Creole.

Creosol (n.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.

Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

Creosoted (imp. & p. p.) of Creosote

Creosoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creosote

Creosote (v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

Crepance (n.) Alt. of Crepane

Crepane (n.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.

Crepe (n.) Same as Crape.

Crepitant (a.) Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.

Crepitated (imp. & p. p.) of Crepitate

Crepitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crepitate

Crepitate (v.) To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Crepitation (n.) The act of crepitating or crackling.

Crepitation (n.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.

Crepitation (n.) A crepitant rale.

Crepitus (n.) The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.

Crepitus (n.) Same as Crepitation, 2.

Crepon (n.) A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Crept () imp. & p. p. of Creep.

Crepuscle (n.) Alt. of Crepuscule

Crepuscule (n.) Twilight.

Crepuscular (a.) Alt. of Crepusculous

Crepusculous (a.) Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.

Crepusculous (a.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.

Crepusculine (a.) Crepuscular.

Crescence (n.) Increase; enlargement.

Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

Crescendo (n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.

Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.

Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge

Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.

Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.

Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.

Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.

Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.

Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

Crescive (a.) Increasing; growing.

Cresol (n.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid.]

Cresorcin (n.) Same as Isorcin.

Cresses (pl. ) of Cress

Cress (n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Cresselle (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.

Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.

Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.

Cressy (a.) Abounding in cresses.

Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.

Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.

Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.

Crest (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.

Crest (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.

Crest (n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

Crest (n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.

Crest (n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.

Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.

Crested (imp. & p. p.) of Crest

Cresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crest

Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.

Crest (v. i.) To form a crest.

Crested (a.) Having a crest.

Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.

Crested (a.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.

Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

Crestfallen (a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.

Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Crestless (a.) Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.

Cresylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.

Cretaceous (a.) Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.

Cretaceously (adv.) In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Cretan (a.) Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.

Cretan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.

Crete (n.) A Cretan

Cretian (a. & n.) See Cretan.

Cretic (n.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).

Creticism (n.) Falsehood; lying; cretism.

Cretin (n.) One afflicted with cretinism.

Cretinism (n.) A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

Cretinous (a.) Having the characteristics of a cretin.

Cretism (n.) A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.

Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

Cretonne (n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

Cretose (a.) Chalky; cretaceous.

Creutzer (n.) See Kreutzer.

Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.

Crevalle (n.) The cavally or jurel.

Crevalle (n.) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).

Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

Crevasse (n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.

Crevet (n.) A crucible or melting pot; a cruset.

Crevice (n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

Crevice (v. t.) To crack; to flaw.

Creviced (a.) Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.

Crevis (n.) The crawfish.

Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Crew (n.) A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

Crew (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

Crew (n.) In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.

Crew () imp. of Crow

Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Crewelwork (n.) Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

Crewet (n.) See Cruet.

Crib (n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

Crib (n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.

Crib (n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

Crib (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

Crib (n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

Crib (n.) A small raft of timber.

Crib (n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.

Crib (n.) A miner's luncheon.

Crib (n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

Cribbed (imp. & p. p.) of Crib

Cribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crib

Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.

Crib (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

Crib (v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.

Crib (v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Cribbage (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.

Criber (n.) Alt. of Crib-biter

Crib-biter (n.) A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

Cribbing (n.) The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

Cribbing (n.) Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.

Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

Cribbing (n.) A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.

Crib-biting (n.) Same as Cribbing, 4.

Cribble (n.) A coarse sieve or screen.

Cribble (n.) Coarse flour or meal.

Cribbled (imp. & p. p.) of Cribble

Cribbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cribble

Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Cribble (a.) Coarse; as, cribble bread.

Cribellum (n.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

Cribrate (a.) Cribriform.

Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Cribriform (a.) Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.

Cribrose (a.) Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.

Cric (n.) The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.

Crick (n.) The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

Crick (n.) A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.

Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.

Cricket (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

Cricket (n.) A low stool.

Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Cricket (v. i.) To play at cricket.

Cricketer (n.) One who plays at cricket.

Cricoid (a.) Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

Cricothyroid (a.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.

Cried () imp. & p. p. of Cry.

Crier (n.) One who cries; one who makes proclamation.

Crier (n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.

Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

Crime (n.) Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.

Crime (n.) Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.

Crime (n.) That which occasion crime.

Crimeful (a.) Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury.

Crimeless (a.) Free from crime; innocent.

Criminal (a.) Guilty of crime or sin.

Criminal (a.) Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.

Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.

Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Criminalist (n.) One versed in criminal law.

Criminality (n.) The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt.

Criminally (adv.) In violation of law; wickedly.

Criminalness (n.) Criminality.

Criminated (imp. & p. p.) of Criminate

Criminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Criminate

Criminate (v. t. ) To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

Criminate (v. t. ) To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

Crimination (n.) The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.

Criminative (a.) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.

Criminatory (a.) Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.

Criminology (n.) A treatise on crime or the criminal population.

Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.

Crimosin (n.) See Crimson.

Crimped (imp. & p. p.) of Crimp

Crimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crimp

Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.

Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

Crimp (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

Crimp (v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.

Crimp (a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Crimp (a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

Crimp (n.) A coal broker.

Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

Crimp (n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.

Crimp (n.) A game at cards.

Crimpage (n.) The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

Crimper (n.) One who, or that which, crimps

Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.

Crimper (n.) A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.

Crimper (n.) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Crimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Crimple

Crimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crimple

Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.

Crimpy (a.) Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

Crimson (n.) A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

Crimson (a.) Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.

Crimsoned (imp. & p. p.) of Crimson

Crimsoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crimson

Crimson (v. t.) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Crimson (b. t.) To become crimson; to blush.

Crinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hair.

Crinated (a.) Having hair; hairy.

Crinatory (a.) Crinitory.

Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Crincum-crancum (n.) A twist; a whimsey or whim.

Crined (a.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.

Crinel (n.) Alt. of Crinet

Crinet (n.) A very fine, hairlike feather.

Crnged (imp. & p. p.) of Cringe

Cringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cringe

Cringe (v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.

Cringe (v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

Cringe (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.

Cringeling (n.) One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

Cringer (n.) One who cringes.

Cringingly (adv.) In a cringing manner.

Cringle (n.) A withe for fastening a gate.

Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

Crinicultural (a.) Relating to the growth of hair.

Crinigerous (a.) Bearing hair; hairy.

Crinital (a.) Same as Crinite, 1.

Crinite (a.) Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train.

Crinite (a.) Bearded or tufted with hairs.

Crinitory (a.) Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering.

Crinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Crinkle

Crinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crinkle

Crinkle (v. t.) To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Crinkle (n.) A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

Crinkled (a.) Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag.

Crinkly (a.) Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.

Crinoid (a.) Crinoidal.

Crinoid (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

Crinoidal (a.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

Crinoidea (n. pl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

Crinoidean (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

Crinoline (n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

Crinose (a.) Hairy.

Crinosity (n.) Hairiness.

Crinum (n.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace/, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

Criosphinx (n.) A sphinx with the head of a ram.

Cripple (n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

Cripple (a.) Lame; halting.

Crippled (imp. & p. p.) of Cripple

Crippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cripple

Cripple (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.

Cripple (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.

Crippled (a.) Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded.

Crippleness (n.) Lameness.

Crippler (n.) A wooden tool used in graining leather.

Crippling (n.) Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.

Cripply (a.) Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition.

Crises (pl. ) of Crisis

Crisis (n.) The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.

Crisis (n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.

Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.

Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.

Crisp (a.) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.

Crisp (a.) Lively; sparking; effervescing.

Crisp (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

Crisped (imp. & p. p.) of Crisp

Crisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crisp

Crisp (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

Crisp (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.

Crisp (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.

Crisp (v. i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.

Crisp (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

Crispate (a.) Alt. of Crispated

Crispated (a.) Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.

Crispation (n.) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.

Crispation (n.) A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

Crispature (n.) The state of being crispate.

Crisper (n.) One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.

Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.

Crispin (n.) A member of a union or association of shoemakers.

Crisply (adv.) In a crisp manner.

Crispness (n.) The state or quality of being crisp.

Crispy (a.) Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.

Crispy (a.) Crisp; brittle; as, a crispy pie crust.

Crissal (a.) Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers.

Crissal (a.) Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.

Crisscross (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Crisscross (v. t.) To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.

Crisscross (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

Crisscross (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.

Crisscross-row (n.) See Christcross-row.

Crissa (pl. ) of Crissum

Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.

Cristate (a.) Crested.

Criteria (pl. ) of Criterion

Criterions (pl. ) of Criterion

Criterion (n.) A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.

Crith (n.) The unit for estimating the weight of a/riform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0/ centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.

Crithomancu (n.) A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.

Critic (n.) One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer.

Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

Critic (n.) The art of criticism.

Critic (n.) An act of criticism; a critique.

Critic (a.) Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical.

Critic (v. i.) To criticise; to play the critic.

Critical (n.) Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

Critical (n.) Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.

Critical (n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.

Critical (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.

Critical (n.) Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.

Critical (n.) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation.

Critically (adv.) In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.

Critically (adv.) At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.

Criticalness (n.) The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.

Criticalness (n.) Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.

Criticaster (n.) A contemptible or vicious critic.

Criticisable (a.) Capable of being criticised.

Criticised (imp. & p. p.) of Criticise

Criticising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Criticise

Criticise (v. t.) To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

Criticise (v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct.

Criticise (v. i.) To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.

Criticise (v. i.) To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.

Criticiser (n.) One who criticises; a critic.

Criticism (n.) The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.

Criticism (n.) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

Critique (n.) The art of criticism.

Critique (n.) A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason."

Critique (n.) A critic; one who criticises.

Critique (v.) To criticise or pass judgment upon.

Crizzel (n.) A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency.

Croaked (imp. & p. p.) of Croak

Croaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croak

Croak (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

Croak (v. i.) To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

Croak (v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.

Croak (n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Croaker (n.) One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.

Croaker (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast.

Croaker (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.

Croaker (n.) The surf fish of California.

Croat (n.) A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.

Croat (n.) An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.

Croatian (a.) Of or pertaining to Croatia.

Croatian (n.) A Croat.

Crocein (n.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.

Croceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow.

Crocetin (n.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow.

Croche (n.) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

Crochet (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.

Crocheted (imp. & p. p.) of Crochet

Crocheting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crochet

Crochet (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.

Crociary (n.) One who carries the cross before an archbishop.

Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.

Crocin (n.) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora.

Crocin (n.) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.

Crock (n.) The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.

Crocked (imp. & p. p.) of Crock

Crocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crock

Crock (v. t.) To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

Crock (v. i.) To give off crock or smut.

Crock (n.) A low stool.

Crock (n.) Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

Crock (v. t.) To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

Crocker (n.) A potter.

Crockery (n.) Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

Crocket (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.

Crocketed (a.) Ornamented with crockets.

Crocketing (n.) Ornamentation with crockets.

Crocky (a.) Smutty.

Crocodile (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

Crocodile (n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.

Crocodilia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.

Crocodilian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile.

Crocodilian (n.) One of the Crocodilia.

Crocodility (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.

Crocoisite (n.) Same as Crocoite.

Crocoite (n.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore.

Croconate (n.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.

Croconic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.

Croconic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.

Crocose (n.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron.

Crocus (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.

Crocus (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.

Croesus (n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus.

Croft (n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.

Crofter (n.) One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.

Crefting (n.) Croftland.

Crefting (n.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.

Croftland (n.) Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.

Crois (n.) See Cross, n.

Croisade (n.) Alt. of Croisado

Croisado (n.) A holy war; a crusade.

Croise (n.) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross.

Croise (n.) A crusader.

Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

Croker (n.) A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.

Croma (n.) A quaver.

Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.

Crone (n.) An old ewe.

Crone (n.) An old woman; -- usually in contempt.

Crone (n.) An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.

Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.

Cronet (n.) The coronet of a horse.

Cronian (a.) Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea.

Cronstedtite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.

Cronies (pl. ) of Crony

Crony (n.) A crone.

Crony (n.) An intimate companion; a familiar frend

Croodle (v. i.) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.

Croodle (v. i.) To fawn or coax.

Croodle (v. i.) To coo.

Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.

Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Crook (n.) A pothook.

Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.

Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Crook

Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crook

Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.

Crookack (a.) Hunched.

Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.

Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.

Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.

Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.

Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

Croon (v. i.) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

Croon (v. i.) To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.

Crooned (imp. & p. p.) of Croon

Crooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croon

Croon (v. t.) To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.

Croon (v. t.) To soothe by singing softly.

Croon (n.) A low, continued moan; a murmur.

Croon (n.) A low singing; a plain, artless melody.

Crop (n.) The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

Crop (n.) The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.

Crop (n.) That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.

Crop (n.) Grain or other product of the field while standing.

Crop (n.) Anything cut off or gathered.

Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.

Crop (n.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.

Crop (n.) Tin ore prepared for smelting.

Crop (n.) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.

Crop (n.) A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.

Cropped (imp. & p. p.) of Crop

Cropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crop

Crop (v. t.) To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.

Crop (v. t.) Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.

Crop (v. t.) To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Crop (v. i.) To yield harvest.

Crop-ear (n.) A person or animal whose ears are cropped.

Crop-eared (a.) Having the ears cropped.

Cropful (a.) Having a full crop or belly; satiated.

Cropper (n.) One that crops.

Cropper (n.) A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.

Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse.

Cropsick (a.) Sick from excess in eating or drinking.

Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped.

Croquet (n.) An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.

Croquet (n.) The act of croqueting.

Croqueted (imp. & p. p.) of Croquet

Croqueting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croquet

Croquet (v. t.) In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.

Cro-quette (n.) A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

Crore (n.) Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000).

Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

Crosiered (a.) Bearing a crosier.

Croslet (n.) See Crosslet.

Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.

Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.

Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.

Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.

Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.

Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.

Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.

Cross (n.) Church lands.

Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.

Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.

Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.

Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.

Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.

Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.

Crossed (imp. & p. p.) of Cross

Crossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross

Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.

Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.

Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.

Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off; to debar.

Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.

Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.

Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.

Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.

Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.

Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent.

Cross (v. i.) To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.

Cross-armed (a.) With arms crossed.

Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.

Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.

Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.

Crossbarred (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.

Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.

Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Crossbeam (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

Crossbill (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.

Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.

Crossbones (n. pl.) A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.

Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

Crossbower (n.) A crossbowman.

Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Crossbred (a.) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

Crossbreed (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.

Crossbreed (n.) Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Cross-bun (n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

Crosscut (v. t.) To cut across or through; to intersect.

Crosscut (n.) A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

Crosscut (n.) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.

Crossette (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine

Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine

Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.

Cross-examiner (n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.

Cross-eye (n.) See Strabismus.

Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

Crossfish (n.) A starfish.

Crossflow (v. i.) To flow across, or in a contrary direction.

Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

Crossgrained (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.

Crossgrained (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary.

Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.

Crosshatching (n.) In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

Crossing (v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

Crossing (v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.

Crossing (v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads.

Crossing (v. t.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

CRosslegged (a.) Having the legs crossed.

Crosslet (n.) A small cross.

Crosslet (n.) A crucible.

Crosslet (a.) Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Crossopterygian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.

Crossopterygian (n.) One of the Crossopterygii.

Crossopterygii (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

Crosspatch (n.) An ill-natured person.

Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.

Crosspiece (n.) A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

Crosspiece (n.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.

Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.

Cross-questioned (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-question

Cross-questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-question

Cross-question (v. t.) To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Crossroad (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

Crossrow (n.) The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.

Crossrow (n.) A row that crosses others.

Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

Cross-spale (n.) Alt. of Cross-spall

Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]

Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

Cross-stitch (n.) A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.

Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.

Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.

Cross-tining (n.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.

Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Crossway (n.) See Crossroad.

Cross-week (n.) Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.

Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

Crosswort (n.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

Crotalaria (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Crotaline (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

Crotalo (n.) A Turkish musical instrument.

Crotalum (n.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Crotaphitic (n.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

Crotches (pl. ) of Crotch

Crotch (n.) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.

Crotched (a.) Having a crotch; forked.

Crotched (a.) Cross; peevish.

Crotchet (n.) A forked support; a crotch.

Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

Crotchet (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

Crotchet (n.) A bracket. See Bracket.

Crotchet (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.

Crotchet (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.

Crotchet (v. i.) To play music in measured time.

Crotcheted (a.) Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.

Crotchetiness (n.) The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.

Crotchety (a.) Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

Croton (n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

Croton bug () A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.

Crotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil.

Crotonine (n.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.

Crotonylene (n.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.

Crottles (n. pl.) A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.

Crouched (imp. & p. p.) of Crouch

Crouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crouch

Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

Crouch (v. i.) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.

Crouch (v. t.) To sign with the cross; to bless.

Crouch (v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

Crouched (a.) Marked with the sign of the cross.

Croud (n.) See Crowd, a violin.

Crouke (n.) A crock; a jar.

Croup (n.) The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.

Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.

Croupade (n.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

Croupal (a.) Croupy.

Crouper (n.) See Crupper.

Croupier (n.) One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

Croupier (n.) One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

Croupous (a.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.

Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.

Crouse (a.) Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent.

Croustade (n.) Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.

Crout (n.) See Sourkrout.

Crouton (n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.

Crew (imp.) of Crow

Crowed () of Crow

Crowed (p. p.) of Crow

Crown () of Crow

Crowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crow

Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

Crow (v. i.) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

Crow (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

Crow (v. i.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

Crow (v. i.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Crow (v. i.) The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

Crowberry (n.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

Crowded (imp. & p. p.) of Crowd

Crowding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crowd

Crowd (v. t.) To push, to press, to shove.

Crowd (v. t.) To press or drive together; to mass together.

Crowd (v. t.) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.

Crowd (v. t.) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

Crowd (v. i.) To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng.

Crowd (v. i.) To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room.

Crowd (v. t.) A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.

Crowd (v. t.) A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng.

Crowd (v. t.) The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.

Crowd (n.) An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.

Crowd (v. t.) To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Crowder (n.) One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler.

Crowder (n.) One who crowds or pushes.

Crowdy (n.) A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind.

Crowflower (n.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi.

Crowfoot (n.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.

Crowfoot (n.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.

Crowfoot (n.) A caltrop.

Crowfoot (n.) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.

Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow.

Crown () p. p. of Crow.

Crown (n.) A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

Crown (n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

Crown (n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

Crown (n.) Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

Crown (n.) Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

Crown (n.) Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

Crown (n.) The topmost part of anything; the summit.

Crown (n.) The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

Crown (n.) The part of a hat above the brim.

Crown (n.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

Crown (n.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

Crown (n.) Same as Corona.

Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

Crown (n.) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

Crown (n.) The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.

Crown (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Crown (n.) The dome of a furnace.

Crown (n.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

Crown (n.) A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

Crown (n.) A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

Crown (n.) An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

Crowned (imp. & p. p.) of Crown

Crowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crown

Crown (n.) To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

Crown (n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

Crown (n.) To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

Crown (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

Crown (n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

Crowned (p. p. & a.) Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected.

Crowned (p. p. & a.) Great; excessive; supreme.

Crowner (n.) One who, or that which, crowns.

Crowner (n.) A coroner.

Crownet (n.) A coronet.

Crownet (n.) The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end.

Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

Crownless (a.) Without a crown.

Crownlet (n.) A coronet.

Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases.

Crownpiece (n.) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle.

Crownpiece (n.) A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.

Crown-post (n.) Same as King-post.

Crown-saw (n.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion.

Crown side () See Crown office.

Crown wheel () A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Crownwork (n.) A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.

Crow-quill (n.) A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

Crows (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

Crow's-feet (pl. ) of Crow's-foot

Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes.

Crow's-foot (n.) A caltrop.

Crow's-foot (n.) Same as Bird's-mouth.

Crow-silk (n.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

Crowstep (n.) See Corriestep.

Crowstone (n.) The top stone of the gable end of a house.

Crowth (n.) An ancient musical instrument. See 4th Crowd.

Crowtoe (n.) The Lotus corniculatus.

Crowtoe (n.) An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.

Crow-trodden (a.) Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes.

Croylstone (n.) Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.

Croys (n.) See Cross, n.

Croze (n.) A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.

Crozier (n.) See Crosier.

Croziered (a.) Crosiered.

Crucial (a.) Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.

Crucial (a.) Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.

Crucian carp () A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.

Cruciate (a.) Tormented.

Cruciate (a.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.

Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

Cruciation (n.) The act of torturing; torture; torment.

Crucible (n.) A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.

Crucible (n.) A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.

Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.

Crucifer (n.) Any plant of the order Cruciferae.

Cruciferous (a.) Bearing a cross.

Cruciferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.

Crucifier (n.) One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.

Crucifixes (pl. ) of Crucifix

Crucifix (n.) A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions.

Crucifix (n.) The cross or religion of Christ.

Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.

Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

Crucifixion (n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

Cruciform (a.) Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

Crucified (imp. & p. p.) of Crucify

Crucifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crucify

Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.

Crucify (v. t.) To vex or torment.

Crucigerous (a.) Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross.

Crud (n.) See Curd.

Cruddle (v. i.) To curdle.

Crude (superl.) In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.

Crude (superl.) Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

Crude (superl.) Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.

Crude (superl.) Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.

Crude (superl.) Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.

Crude (superl.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.

Crudely (adv.) In a crude, immature manner.

Crudeness (n.) A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.

Crudities (pl. ) of Crudity

Crudity (n.) The condition of being crude; rawness.

Crudity (n.) That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form.

Crudle (v. i.) See Cruddle.

Crudy (a.) Coagulated.

Crudy (a.) Characterized by crudeness; raw.

Cruel (n.) See Crewel.

Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.

Cruel (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

Cruel (a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

Cruelly (adv.) In a cruel manner.

Cruelly (adv.) Extremely; very.

Cruelness (n.) Cruelty.

Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Cruelties (pl. ) of Cruelty

Cruelty (n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.

Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.

Cruentate (a.) Smeared with blood.

Cruentous (a.) Bloody; cruentate.

Cruet (n.) A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.

Cruet (n.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.

Cruise (n.) See Cruse, a small bottle.

Cruised (imp. & p. p.) of Cruise

Cruising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cruise

Cruise (v. i.) To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.

Cruise (v. i.) To wander hither and thither on land.

Cruise (n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.

Cruiser (n.) One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.

Cruive (n.) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.

Crull (a.) Curly; curled.

Cruller (n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat.

Crumb (n.) A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

Crumb (n.) Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.

Crumb (n.) The soft part of bread.

Crumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Crumb

Crumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumb

Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread.

Crumbcloth (n.) A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean.

Crumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumble

Crumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumble

Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

Crumble (v. i.) To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.

Crumbly (a.) EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Crumenal (n.) A purse.

Crummable (a.) Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.

Crummy (a.) Full of crumb or crumbs.

Crummy (a.) Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.

Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.

Crump (a.) Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf.

Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

Crumpled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumple

Crumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumple

Crumple (v. t.) To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

Crumple (v. i.) To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Crumpy (a.) Brittle; crisp.

Crunched (imp. & p. p.) of Crunch

Crunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crunch

Crunch (v. i.) To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

Crunch (v. i.) To grind or press with violence and noise.

Crunch (v. i.) To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

Crunch (v. t.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Crunk (v. i.) Alt. of Crunkle

Crunkle (v. i.) To cry like a crane.

Crunodal (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.

Crunode (n.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

Cruor (n.) The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.

Cruorin (n.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.

Crup (a.) Short; brittle; as, crup cake.

Crup (n.) See Croup, the rump of a horse.

Crupper (n.) The buttocks or rump of a horse.

Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

Crupper (v. t.) To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.

Crura (n. pl.) See Crus.

Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.

Crura (pl. ) of Crus

Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

Crus (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

Crusade (n.) Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.

Crusade (n.) Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.

Crusade (n.) A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.

Crusaded (imp. & p. p.) of Crusade

Crusading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crusade

Crusade (v. i.) To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.

Crusader (n.) One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.

Crusading (a.) Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.

Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.

Cruse (n.) A cup or dish.

Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.

Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Crushed (imp. & p. p.) of Crush

Crushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crush

Crush (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

Crush (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.

Crush (v. t.) To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Crush (n.) Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

Crusher (n.) One who, or that which, crushes.

Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.

Crust (n.) The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

Crust (n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.

Crust (n.) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.

Crust (n.) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.

Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.

Crust (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.

Crust (n.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.

Crust (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.

Crusted (imp. & p. p.) of Crust

Crusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crust

Crust (n.) To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.

Crust (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.

Crusta (n.) A crust or shell.

Crusta (n.) A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.

Crustacea (n. pl.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

Crustacean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

Crustacean (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

Crustaceological (a.) Pertaining to crustaceology.

Crustaceologist (n.) One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.

Crustaceology (n.) That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Crustaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.

Crustaceous (a.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

Crustaceousness (n.) The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

Crustal (a.) Relating to a crust.

Crustalogical (a.) Pertaining to crustalogy.

Crustalogist (n.) One versed in crustalogy.

Crustalogy (n.) Crustaceology.

Crustated (a.) Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt.

Crustation (n.) An adherent crust; an incrustation.

Crusted (a.) Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.

Crustific (a.) Producing or forming a crust or skin.

Crustily (adv.) In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

Crustiness (n.) The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.

Crustiness (n.) The quality of being crusty or surly.

Crusty (a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

Crusty (a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.

Crut (n.) The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.

Crutches (pl. ) of Crutch

Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

Crutch (n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

Crutch (n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber

Crutch (n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

Crutch (v. t.) To support on crutches; to prop up.

Crutched (a.) Supported upon crutches.

Crutched (a.) Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

Cruth (n.) See 4th Crowd.

Cruxes (pl. ) of Crux

Cruces (pl. ) of Crux

Crux (n.) Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.

Cruzado (n.) A coin. See Crusado.

Crwth (n.) See 4th Crowd.

Cried (imp. & p. p.) of Cry

Crying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cry

Cry (v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

Cry (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

Cry (v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

Cry (v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

Cry (v. t.) To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

Cry (v. t.) to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Cries (pl. ) of Cry

Cry (v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

Cry (v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

Cry (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

Cry (v. i.) Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.

Cry (v. i.) Importunate supplication.

Cry (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

Cry (v. i.) Common report; fame.

Cry (v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

Cry (v. i.) A pack of hounds.

Cry (v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Cryal (n.) The heron

Cryer (n.) The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.

Cryohydrate (n.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water.

Cryolite (n.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.

Cryophorus (n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.

Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.

Crypt (n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.

Cryptal (a.) Of or pertaining to crypts.

Cryptic (a.) Alt. of Cryptical

Cryptical (a.) Hidden; secret; occult.

Cryptically (adv.) Secretly; occultly.

Cryptidine (n.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.

Cryptobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata.

Cryptobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks.

Cryptobranchiate (a.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.

Cryptocrystalline (a.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.

Cryptogam (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

Cryptogamiae (pl. ) of Cryptogamia

Cryptogamia (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.

Cryptogamian (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous

Cryptogamic (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous

Cryptogamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.

Cryptogamist (n.) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.

Cryptogram (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.

Cryptographal (a.) Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical.

Cryptographer (n.) One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

Cryptographic (a.) Alt. of Cryptographical

Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

Cryptographist (n.) Same as Cryptographer.

Cryptography (n.) The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

Cryptology (n.) Secret or enigmatical language.

Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Cryptopine (n.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

Crypturi (n. pl.) An order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou.

Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

Crystal (n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.

Crystal (n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Crystal (n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.

Crystal (a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.

Crystallin (n.) See Gobulin.

Crystalline (a.) Consisting, or made, of crystal.

Crystalline (a.) Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.

Crystalline (a.) Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.

Crystalline (a.) Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.

Crystalline (n.) A crystalline substance.

Crystalline (n.) See Aniline.

Crystallite (n.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.

Crystallizable (a.) Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.

Crystallization (n.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

Crystallization (n.) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

Crystallized (imp. & p. p.) of Crystallize

Crystallizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crystallize

Crystallize (v. t.) To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

Crystallize (v. i.) To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.

Crystallogenic (a.) Alt. of Crystallogenical

Crystallogenical (a.) Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.

Crystallogeny (n.) The science which pertains to the production of crystals.

Crystallographer (n.) One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.

Crystallographic (a.) Alt. of Crystallographical

Crystallographical (a.) Pertaining to crystallography.

Crystallographically (adv.) In the manner of crystallography.

Crystallography (n.) The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.

Crystallography (n.) A discourse or treatise on crystallization.

Crystalloid (a.) Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.

Crystalloid (n.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.

Crystalloid (n.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.

Cristallology (n.) The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.

Crystallomancy (n.) Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.

Crystallometry (n.) The art of measuring crystals.

Crystallurgy (n.) Crystallization.

Ctenocyst (n.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.

Ctenoid (a.) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale

Ctenoid (a.) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoid (n.) A ctenoidean.

Ctenoidean (a.) Relating to the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoidean (n.) One of the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoidei (n. pl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.

Ctenophora (n. pl.) A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.

Ctenophore (n.) One of the Ctenophora.

Ctenophoric (a.) Alt. of Ctenophorous

Ctenophorous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora.

Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.

Cub (n.) A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

Cub (n.) Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.

Cubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cub

Cubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cub

Cub (v. t. & i.) To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.

Cub (n.) A stall for cattle.

Cub (n.) A cupboard.

Cub (v. t.) To shut up or confine.

Cuban (a.) Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.

Cuban (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.

Cubation (n.) The act of lying down; a reclining.

Cubatory (a.) Lying down; recumbent.

Cubature (n.) The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.

Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

Cubby (n.) Alt. of Cubbyhole

Cubbyhole (n.) A snug or confined place.

Cubdrawn (a.) Sucked by cubs.

Cube (n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

Cube (n.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.

Cubed (imp. & p. p.) of Cube

Cubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cube

Cube (v. t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

Cubeb (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

Cubebic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs).

Cubhood (n.) The state of being a cub.

Cubic (a.) Alt. of Cubical

Cubical (a.) Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.

Cubical (a.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization.

Cubic (n.) A curve of the third degree.

Cubically (adv.) In a cubical method.

Cubicalness (n.) The quality of being cubical.

Cubicle (n.) A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

Cubicular (a.) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.

Cubiform (a.) Of the form of a cube.

Cubile (n.) The lowest course of stones in a building.

Cubilose (n.) A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.

Cubit (n.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.

Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.

Cubital (a.) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle.

Cubital (a.) Of the length of a cubit.

Cubital (n.) A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.

Cubited (a.) Having the measure of a cubit.

Cubless (a.) Having no cubs.

Cuboid (a.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.

Cuboid (n.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

Cuboidal (a.) Cuboid.

Cubo-octahedral (a.) Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron.

Cubo-octahedron (n.) A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.

Cuca (n.) See Coca.

Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool.

Cuckold (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.

Cuckold (n.) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).

Cuckold (n.) The cowfish.

Cuckolded (imp. & p. p.) of Cuckold

Cuckolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuckold

Cuckold (v. t.) To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.

Cuckoldize (v. t.) To cuckold.

Cuckoldly (a.) Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking.

Cuckoldom (n.) The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively.

Cuckoldry (n.) The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.

Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck.

Cuckoo (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.

Cuckoobud (n.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.

Cuckooflower (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).

Cuckoopint (n.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.

Cucquean (n.) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her.

Cucujo (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

Cucullate (a.) Alt. of Cucullated

Cucullated (a.) Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.

Cucullated (a.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

Cucullated (a.) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.

Cucullated (a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.

Cuculoid (a.) Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidae).

Cucumber (n.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below.

Cucumiform (a.) Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.

Cucumis (n.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.

Cucurbit (n.) Alt. of Cucurbite

Cucurbite (n.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.

Cucurbitaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.

Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Cud (n.) That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

Cud (n.) A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.

Cud (n.) The first stomach of ruminating beasts.

Cudbear (n.) A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea.

Cudbear (n.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

Cudden (n.) A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.

Cudden (n.) The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.

Cuddled (imp. & p. p.) of Cuddle

Cuddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuddle

Cuddle (v. i.) To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

Cuddle (v. t.) To embrace closely; to fondle.

Cuddle (n.) A close embrace.

Cuddy (n.) An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.

Cuddy (n.) A blockhead; a lout.

Cuddy (n.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.

Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.

Cuddy (n.) The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius).

Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.

Cudgeled (imp. & p. p.) of Cudgel

Cudgelled () of Cudgel

Cudgeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cudgel

Cudgelling () of Cudgel

Cudgel (v. t.) To beat with a cudgel.

Cudgeler (n.) One who beats with a cudgel.

Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

Cue (n.) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.

Cue (n.) A hint or intimation.

Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.

Cue (n.) Humor; temper of mind.

Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Cue (v. t.) To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Cue (n.) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.

Cuerpo (n.) The body.

Cuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Cuff

Cuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuff

Cuff (v. t.) To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

Cuff (v. t.) To buffet.

Cuff (v. i.) To fight; to scuffle; to box.

Cuff (n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.

Cuff (n.) The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

Cuff (n.) Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

Cuffy (n.) A name for a negro.

Cufic (a.) Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language.

Cuinage (n.) The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.

Cuirasses (pl. ) of Cuirass

Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle

Cuirass (n.) The breastplate taken by itself.

Cuirass (n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.

Cuirassed (a.) Wearing a cuirass.

Cuirassed (a.) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.

Cuirassier (n.) A soldier armed with a cuirass.

Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.

Cuisine (n.) The kitchen or cooking department.

Cuisine (n.) Manner or style of cooking.

Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Culs-de-sac (pl. ) of Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac (n.) A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

Cul-de-sac (n.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

Cul-de-sac (n.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.

Culerage (n.) See Culrage.

Culex (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.

Culiciform (a.) Gnat-shaped.

Culinarily (adv.) In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.

Culinary (a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

Culled (imp. & p. p.) of Cull

Culling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cull

Cull (v. t.) To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.

Cull (n.) A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.

Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.

Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.

Cullet (v. t.) Broken glass for remelting.

Cullet (n.) A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).

Cullibility (n.) Gullibility.

Cullible (a.) Easily deceived; gullible.

Culling (n.) The act of one who culls.

Culling (n.) Anything separated or selected from a mass.

Cullion (n.) A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.

Cullionly (a.) Mean; base.

Cullis (n.) A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly.

Cullises (pl. ) of Cullis

Cullis (n.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.

Culls (v. t.) Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.

Culls (v. t.) Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.

Cullies (pl. ) of Cully

Cully (n.) A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.

Cully (n.) To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.

Cullyism (n.) The state of being a cully.

Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.

Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel.

Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.

Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.

Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.

Culmiferous (a.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.

Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.

Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant.

Culminated (imp. & p. p.) of Culminate

Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminate

Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.

Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.

Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.

Culpabilities (pl. ) of Culpability

Culpability (n.) The state of being culpable.

Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

Culpable (a.) Guilty; as, culpable of a crime.

Culpatory (a.) Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.

Culpe (n.) Blameworthiness.

Culpon (n.) A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood.

Culprit (p. p.) One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.

Culprit (p. p.) One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

Culrage (n.) Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).

Cult (n .) Attentive care; homage; worship.

Cult (n .) A system of religious belief and worship.

Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.

Culter (n.) A colter. See Colter.

Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.

Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.

Cultivable (a.) Capable of being cultivated or tilled.

Cultivatable (a.) Cultivable.

Cultivated (imp. & p. p.) of Cultivate

Cultivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cultivate

Cultivate (v. t.) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

Cultivate (v. t.) To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

Cultivate (v. t.) To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Cultivation (n.) The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.

Cultivation (n.) The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.

Cultivator (n.) One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.

Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

Cultrate (a.) Alt. of Cultrated

Cultrated (a.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.

Cultriform (a.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity.

Culturable (a.) Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured.

Cultural (a.) Of or pertaining to culture.

Culture (n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

Culture (n.) The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.

Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

Cultured (imp. & p. p.) of Culture

Culturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culture

Culture (v. t.) To cultivate; to educate.

Cultured (a.) Under culture; cultivated.

Cultured (a.) Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.

Cultureless (a.) Having no culture.

Culturist (n.) A cultivator.

Culturist (n.) One who is an advocate of culture.

Cultuses (pl. ) of Cultus

Cultus (n. sing. & pl.) Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

Cultus cod () See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

Culver (n.) A dove.

Culver (n.) A culverin.

Culverhouse (n.) A dovecote.

Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

Culverkey (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.

Culverkey (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).

Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

Culvertail (n.) Dovetail.

Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

Cumacea (n. pl.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.

Cumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Cumber

Cumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumber

Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.

Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.

Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.

Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.

Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance.

Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.

Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.

Cumbrous (a.) Giving trouble; vexatious.

Cumene (n.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.

Cumfrey (n.) See Comfrey.

Cumic (a.) See Cuming.

Cumidine (n.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.

Cumin (n.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway.

Cuminic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid.

Cuminil (n .) A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.

Cuminol (n.) A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.

Cummin (n.) Same as Cumin.

Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.

Cumshaw (v. t.) To give or make a present to.

Cumu-cirro-stratus (n.) Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.

Cumulated (imp. & p. p.) of Cumulate

Cumulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumulate

Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

Cumulation (n.) The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

Cumulatist (n.) One who accumulates; one who collects.

Cumulative (a.) Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.

Cumulative (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.

Cumulative (a.) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.

Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

Cumulose (a.) Full of heaps.

Cumulostratus (n.) A form of cloud. See Cloud.

Cumuli (pl. ) of Cumulus

Cumulus (n.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

Cun (v. t.) To con (a ship).

Cun (v. t.) To know. See Con.

Cunabula (n. pl.) The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.

Cunabula (n. pl.) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

Cunctation (n.) Delay; procrastination.

Cunctative (a.) Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

Cunctator (n.) One who delays or lingers.

Cunctipotent (a.) All-powerful; omnipotent.

Cund (v. t.) To con (a ship).

Cundurango (n.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.

Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.

Cuneate (a.) Alt. of Cuneated

Cuneated (a.) Wedge-shaped

Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf.

Cuneatic (a.) Cuneiform.

Cuneiform (a.) Alt. of Cuniform

Cuniform (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.

Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them.

Cuneiform (n.) Alt. of Cuniform

Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.

Cuniform (n.) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.

Cuniform (n.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.

Cunner (n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer.

Cunner (n.) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.

Cunning (a.) Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.

Cunning (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.

Cunning (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.

Cunning (a.) Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.

Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Cunningly (adv.) In a cunning manner; with cunning.

Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.

Cunningness (n.) Quality of being cunning; craft.

Cup (n.) A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.

Cup (n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.

Cup (n.) Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.

Cup (n.) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.

Cup (n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.

Cup (n.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

Cupped (imp. & p. p.) of Cup

Cupping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cup

Cup (v. t.) To supply with cups of wine.

Cup (v. t.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.

Cup (v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Cupbearer (n.) One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.

Cupbearer (n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master.

Cupboard (n.) A board or shelf for cups and dishes.

Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.

Cupboard (v. t.) To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.

Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).

Cupelled (imp. & p. p.) of Cupel

Cupelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cupel

Cupel (v. t.) To refine by means of a cupel.

Cupellation (n.) The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.

Cupfuls (pl. ) of Cupful

Cupful (n.) As much as a cup will hold.

Cup-gall (n.) A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.

Cupid (n .) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.

Cupidity (n.) A passionate desire; love.

Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness

Cup-moss (n.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

Cupolas (pl. ) of Cupola

Cupola (n.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.

Cupola (n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.

Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.

Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

Cupola (n.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.

Cupper (n.) One who performs the operation of cupping.

Cupping (n.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.

Cupreous (a.) Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.

Cupric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.

Cupriferous (a.) Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.

Cuprite (n.) The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.

Cuproid (n.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.

Cup-rose (n.) Red poppy. See Cop-rose.

Cuprous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.

Cuprum (n.) Copper.

Cupulate (a.) Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.

Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.

Cupule (n.) A sucker or acetabulum.

Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.

Cur (n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.

Cur (n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.

Curability (n.) The state of being curable; curableness.

Curable (v. t.) Capable of being cured; admitting remedy.

Curacao (n.) Alt. of Curacoa

Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao.

Curacies (pl. ) of Curacy

Curacy (n.) The office or employment of a curate.

Curare (n.) Alt. of Curari

Curari (n.) A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison.

Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.

Curarize (v. t.) To poison with curare.

Curassow (n.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae.

Curat (n.) A cuirass or breastplate.

Curate (n.) One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.

Curateship (n.) A curacy.

Curation (n.) Cure; healing.

Curative (v. t.) Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

Curator (n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.

Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.

Curatorship (n.) The office of a curator.

Curatrix (n.) A woman who cures.

Curatrix (n.) A woman who is a guardian or custodian.

Curbed (imp. & p. p.) of Curb

Curbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curb

Curb (v. t.) To bend or curve

Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.

Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.

Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

Curb (n.) A curbstone.

Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.

Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.

Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.

Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.

Curch (n.) See Courche.

Curculios (pl. ) of Curculio

Curculio (n.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

Curculionidous (a.) Pertaining to the Curculionideae, or weevil tribe.

Curcuma (n.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).

Curcumin (n.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.

Curd (n.) The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.

Curd (n.) The coagulated part of any liquid.

Curd (n.) The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.

Curded (imp. & p. p.) of Curd

Curding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curd

Curd (v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey

Curdiness (n.) The state of being curdy.

Curdle (v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.

Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.

Curdled (imp. & p. p.) of Curdle

Curdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curdle

Curdle (v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.

Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.

Curdless (a.) Destitute of curd.

Curdy (a.) Like curd; full of curd; coagulated.

Cure (n.) Care, heed, or attention.

Cure (n.) Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.

Cure (n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

Cure (n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

Cure (n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

Cured (imp. & p. p.) of Cure

Curing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cure

Cure (v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.

Cure (v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

Cure (v. t.) To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

Cure (v. i.) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

Cure (v. i.) To restore health; to effect a cure.

Cure (v. i.) To become healed.

Cure (n.) A curate; a pardon.

Cureall (n.) A remedy for all diseases, or for all ills; a panacea.

Cureless (a.) Incapable of cure; incurable.

Curer (n.) One who cures; a healer; a physician.

Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.

Curette (n.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.

Curfew (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself.

Curfew (n.) A utensil for covering the fire.

Curle (pl. ) of Curia

Curia (n.) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.

Curia (n.) The place of assembly of one of these divisions.

Curia (n.) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.

Curia (n.) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

Curia (n.) Any court of justice.

Curia (n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.

Curialism (n.) The view or doctrine of the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.

Curialist (n.) One who belongs to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.

Curialistic (a.) Pertaining to a court.

Curialistic (a.) Relating or belonging to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.

Curiality (n.) The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.

Curiet (n.) A cuirass.

Curing () p. a. & vb. n. of Cure.

Curios (pl. ) of Curio

Curio (n.) Any curiosity or article of virtu.

Curiologic (a.) Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.

Curiosities (pl. ) of Curiosity

Curiosity (n.) The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.

Curiosity (n.) Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness.

Curiosity (n.) That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.

Curiosos (pl. ) of Curioso

Curioso (n.) A virtuoso.

Curious (a.) Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.

Curious (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.

Curiously (adv.) In a curious manner.

Curiousness (n.) Carefulness; painstaking.

Curiousness (n.) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.

Curiousness (n.) Inquisitiveness; curiosity.

Curled (imp. & p. p.) of Curl

Curling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curl

Curl (n.) To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.

Curl (n.) To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.

Curl (n.) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

Curl (n.) To shape (the brim) into a curve.

Curl (v. i.) To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.

Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls.

Curl (v. i.) To play at the game called curling.

Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.

Curl (v.) An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.

Curl (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.

Curled (a.) Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course).

Curledness (n.) State of being curled; curliness.

Curler (n.) One who, or that which, curls.

Curler (n.) A player at the game called curling.

Curlew (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.

Curliness (n.) State of being curly.

Curling (n.) The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

Curlingly (adv.) With a curl, or curls.

Curly (a.) Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.

Curlycue (n.) Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.

Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.

Curmudgeonly (a.) Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.

Curmurring (n.) Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.

Curr (v. i.) To coo.

Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

Currant (n.) The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.

Currant (n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum.

Currencies (pl. ) of Currency

Currency (n.) A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

Currency (n.) The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.

Currency (n.) That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.

Currency (n.) Fluency; readiness of utterance.

Currency (n.) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

Current (a.) Running or moving rapidly.

Current (a.) Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

Current (a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

Current (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

Current (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

Current (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

Current (a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Currently (adv.) In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.

Currentness (n.) The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

Currentness (n.) Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.

Curricle (n.) A small or short course.

Curricle (n.) A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.

Curriculums (pl. ) of Curriculum

Curricula (pl. ) of Curriculum

Curriculum (n.) A race course; a place for running.

Curriculum (n.) A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.

Currie (n. & v.) See 2d & 3d Curry.

Curried (n.) Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.

Curried (n.) Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.

Currier (n.) One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.

Currish (a.) Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.

Curried (imp. & p. p.) of Curry

Currying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curry

Curry (v. t.) To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

Curry (v. t.) To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.

Curry (v. t.) To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.

Curry (n.) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

Curry (n.) A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

Curry (v. t.) To flavor or cook with curry.

Currycomb (n.) A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in currying a horse.

Currycomb (v. t.) To comb with a currycomb.

Cursed (imp. & p. p.) of Curse

Curst () of Curse

Cursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curse

Curse (v. t.) To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

Curse (v. t.) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.

Curse (v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.

Curse (v. t.) Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.

Curse (v. t.) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

Cursed (a.) Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.

Cursedly (adv.) In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously.

Cursedness (n.) The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil.

Cursedness (n.) Wickedness; sin; cursing.

Cursedness (n.) Shrewishness.

Curser (n.) One who curses.

Curship (n.) The state of being a cur; one who is currish.

Cursitating (a.) Moving about slightly.

Cursitor (n.) A courier or runner.

Cursitor (n.) An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.

Cursive (a.) Running; flowing.

Cursive (n.) A character used in cursive writing.

Cursive (n.) A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial.

Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Cursorary (a.) Cursory; hasty.

Cursores (n. pl.) An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaae.

Cursores (n. pl.) A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

Cursorial (a.) Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves.

Cursorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cursores.

Cursorily (adv.) In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.

Cursoriness (n.) The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.

Cursory (a.) Running about; not stationary.

Cursory (a.) Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.

Curst () imp. & p. p. of Curse.

Curst (a.) Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.

Curstfully (adv.) Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably.

Curstness (n.) Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.

Curt (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.

Curtailed (imp. & p. p.) of Curtail

Curtailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curtail

Curtail (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting.

Curtailer (n.) One who curtails.

Curtailment (n.) The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.

Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.

Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

Curtained (imp. & p. p.) of Curtain

Curtaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curtain

Curtain (v. t.) To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Curtal (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.

Curtal (n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.

Curtal ax () Alt. of Curtelasse

Curtle ax () Alt. of Curtelasse

Curtelasse () A corruption of Cutlass.

Curtal friar () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.

Curtana (n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

Curtate (a.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic.

Curtation (n.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.

Curtein (n.) Same as Curtana.

Curtes (a.) Courteous.

Curtesies (pl. ) of Curtesy

Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands.

Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

Curtly (adv.) In a curt manner.

Curtness (n.) The quality of bing curt.

Curtsy (n.) Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot.

Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.

Cururo (n.) A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus.

Curval (p. pr.) Alt. of Curvant

Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.

Curvate (a.) Alt. of Curvated

Curvated (a.) Bent in a regular form; curved.

Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.

Curvative (a.) Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves.

Curvature (n.) The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.

Curvature (n.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point.

Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

Curve (a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.

Curved (imp. & p. p.) of Curve

Curving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curve

Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.

Curve (v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Curvedness (n.) The state of being curved.

Curvet (n.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.

Curvet (n.) A prank; a frolic.

Curveted (imp. & p. p.) of Curvet

-vetted () of Curvet

Curveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curvet

-vetting () of Curvet

Curvet (n.) To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.

Curvet (n.) To leap and frisk; to frolic.

Curvet (v. t.) To cause to curvet.

Curvicaudate (a.) Having a curved or crooked tail.

Curvicostate (a.) Having bent ribs.

Curvidentate (a.) Having curved teeth.

Curviform (a.) Having a curved form.

Curvilinead (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

Curvilineal (a.) Alt. of Curvilinear

Curvilinear (a.) Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Curvilinearity (n.) The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

Curvilinearly (adv.) In a curvilinear manner.

Curvinerved (a.) Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.

Curvirostres (n. pl.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

Curviserial (a.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.

Curvograph (n.) An arcograph.

Cushat (n.) The ringdove or wood pigeon.

Cushewbird (n.) The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

Cushion (n.) A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Cushion (n.) Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use

Cushion (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf

Cushion (n.) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston

Cushion (n.) the elastic edge of a billiard table.

Cushion (n.) A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.

Cushioned (imp. & p. p.) of Cushion

Cushioning (p. pr. & vb.) of Cushion

Cushion (v. t.) To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

Cushion (v. t.) To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

Cushion (v. t.) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushionet (n.) A little cushion.

Cushionless (a.) Hot furnished with a cushion.

Cushiony (a.) Like a cushion; soft; pliable.

Cushite (n.) A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

Cusk (n.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.

Cuskin (n.) A kind of drinking cup.

Cusp (n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.

Cusp (n.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.

Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

Cusp (n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.

Cusp (n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.

Cusp (n.) A sharp and rigid point.

Cusped (imp. & p. p.) of Cusp

Cusping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cusp

Cusp (v. t.) To furnish with a cusp or cusps.

Cuspated (a.) Ending in a point.

Cuspid (n.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

Cuspidal (a.) Ending in a point.

Cuspidate (v. t.) To make pointed or sharp.

Cuspidate (a.) Alt. of Cuspidated

Cuspidated (a.) Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

Cuspidor (n.) Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

Cuspis (n.) A point; a sharp end.

Custard (n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.

Custode (n.) See Custodian.

Custodial (a.) Relating to custody or guardianship.

Custodian (n.) One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

Custodianship (n.) Office or duty of a custodian.

Custodier (n.) A custodian.

Custody (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

Custom (n.) Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

Custom (n.) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Custom (n.) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.

Custom (n.) Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.

Custom (v. t.) To make familiar; to accustom.

Custom (v. t.) To supply with customers.

Custom (v. i.) To have a custom.

Custom (n.) The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Custom (n.) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Custom (v. t.) To pay the customs of.

Customable (a.) Customary.

Customable (a.) Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.

Customableness (n.) Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.

Customably (adv.) Usually.

Customarily (adv.) In a customary manner; habitually.

Customariness (n.) Quality of being customary.

Customary (a.) Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

Customary (a.) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

Customary (n.) A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans.

Customer (n.) One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.

Customer (n.) One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.

Customer (n.) A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank.

Customer (n.) A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer.

Customer (n.) A lewd woman.

Customhouse (n.) The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.

Custodes (pl. ) of Custos

Custos (n.) A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.

Custrel (n.) An armor-bearer to a knight.

Custrel (n.) See Costrel.

Custumary (a.) See Customary.

Cut (imp. & p. p.) of Cut

Cutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cut

Cut (v. t.) To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

Cut (v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

Cut (v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

Cut (v. t.) To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

Cut (v. t.) To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

Cut (v. t.) To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

Cut (v. t.) To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance.

Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc.

Cut (v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

Cut (v. i.) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

Cut (v. i.) To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

Cut (v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.

Cut (v. i.) To interfere, as a horse.

Cut (v. i.) To move or make off quickly.

Cut (v. i.) To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt.

Cut (n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

Cut (n.) A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

Cut (n.) That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

Cut (n.) The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

Cut (n.) A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

Cut (n.) The act of dividing a pack cards.

Cut (n.) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

Cut (n.) Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

Cut (n.) A common work horse; a gelding.

Cut (n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

Cut (n.) A skein of yarn.

Cut (a.) Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

Cut (a.) Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.

Cut (a.) Overcome by liquor; tipsy.

Cutaneous (a.) Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.

Cutaway (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.

Cutch (n.) See Catechu.

Cutch (n.) See Cultch.

Cutchery (n.) A hindoo hall of justice.

Cute (a.) Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.

Cuteness (n.) Acuteness; cunning.

Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.

Cuticle (n.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

Cuticle (n.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.

Cuticle (n.) A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Cuticular (a.) Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

Cutin (n.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.

Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.

Cutinize (v. t. & i.) To change into cutin.

Cutis (n.) See Dermis.

Cutlasses (pl. ) of Cutlass

Cutlass (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.

Cutler (n.) One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.

Cutlery (n.) The business of a cutler.

Cutlery (n.) Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.

Cutlet (n.) A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

Cutling (n.) The art of making edged tools or cutlery.

Cut-off (n.) That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.

Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

Cutose (n.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.

Cut-out (n.) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.

Cut-out (n.) A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.

Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket

Cutter (n.) One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

Cutter (n.) That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

Cutter (n.) A fore tooth; an incisor.

Cutter (n.) A boat used by ships of war.

Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead.

Cutter (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

Cutter (n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh.

Cutter (n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

Cutter (n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

Cutter (n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.

Cutthroat (n.) One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

Cutthroat (a.) Murderous; cruel; barbarous.

Cutting (n.) The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.

Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.

Cutting (a.) Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.

Cutting (a.) Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

Cutting (a.) Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.

Cuttingly (adv.) In a cutting manner.

Cuttle (n.) A knife.

Cuttle (n.) Alt. of Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish (n.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.

Cuttlefish (n.) A foul-mouthed fellow.

Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Cytty (a.) Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark.

Cutty (n.) A short spoon.

Cutty (n.) A short tobacco pipe.

Cutty (n.) A light or unchaste woman.

Cuttystool (n.) A low stool

Cuttystool (n.) A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

Cutwal (n.) The chief police officer of a large city.

Cutwater (n.) The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.

Cutwater (n.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.

Cutwork (n.) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

Cuvette (n.) A cunette.

Cuvette (n.) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.

Cyamelide (n.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

Cyamellone (n.) A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

Cyanate (n.) A salt of cyanic acid.

Cyanaurate (n.) See Aurocyanide.

Cyanean (a.) Having an azure color.

Cyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.

Cyanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a blue color.

Cyanide (n.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

Cyanin (n.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.

Cyanine (n.) One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.

Cyanite (n.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium.

Cyanogen (n.) A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals recognized.

Cyanometer (n.) An instrument for measuring degress of blueness.

Cyanopathy (n.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice.

Cyanophyll (n.) A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll.

Cyanosed (a.) Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis or deficient a/ration of the blood.

Cyanosis (n.) A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy.

Cyanosite (n.) Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Cyanotic (a.) Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanotic patient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanotic skin.

Cyanotype (n.) A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.

Cyanurate (n.) A salt of cyanuric acid.

Cyanuret (n.) A cyanide.

Cyanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids.

Cyanuric acid () an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almost tasteless; -- called also tricarbimide.

Cyathiform (a.) In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.

Cyatholith (n.) A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from / to / of an inch.

Cyathophylloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidae.

Cyathophylloid (n.) A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllidae; sometimes extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are found in paleozoic rocks.

Cycad (n.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.

Cycadaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

Cycas (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

Cyclamen (n.) A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbits' ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.

Cyclamin (n.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.

Cyclas (n.) A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.

Cycle (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

Cycle (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year.

Cycle (n.) An age; a long period of time.

Cycle (n.) An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.

Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.

Cycle (n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.

Cycle (n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.

Cycled (imp. & p. p.) of Cycle

Cycling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cycle

Cycle (v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.

Cycle (v. i.) To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.

Cyclic (a.) Alt. of Cyclical

Cyclical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

Cyclide (n.) A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides.

Cycling (n.) The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle.

Cyclist (n.) A cycler.

Cyclo- () A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel.

Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets.

Cycloganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoid (n.) One of the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example.

Cyclograph (n.) See Arcograph.

Cycloid (n.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane.

Cycloid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.

Cycloid (n.) One of the Cycloidei.

Cycloidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.

Cycloidei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

Cycloidian (a. & n.) Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.

Cyclometer (n.) A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.

Cyclometry (n.) The art of measuring circles.

Cyclone (n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.

Cyclonic (a.) Pertaining to a cyclone.

Cyclop (n.) See Note under Cyclops, 1.

Cyclopean (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

Cyclopedia (n.) Alt. of Cyclopaedia

Cyclopaedia (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

Cyclopedic (a.) Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.

Cyclopedist (n.) A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia.

Cyclopic (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean.

Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.

Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

Cyclorama (n.) A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.

Cycloscope (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine.

Cyclosis (n.) The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.

Cyclostomata (n. pl.) Alt. of Cyclostoma

Cyclostoma (n. pl.) A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.

Cyclostome (a.) Alt. of Cyclostomous

Cyclostomous (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclostomi.

Cyclostomi (n. pl.) A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

Cyclostylar (a.) Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within.

Cyclostyle (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

Cyder (n.) See Cider.

Cydonin (n.) A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.

Cygnet (n.) A young swan.

Cygnus (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

Cylinder (n.) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular.

Cylinder (n.) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

Cylinder (n.) Any hollow body of cylindrical form

Cylinder (n.) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.

Cylinder (n.) The barrel of an air or other pump.

Cylinder (n.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.

Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Cylinder (n.) The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.

Cylindraceous (a.) Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.

Cylindric (a.) Alt. of Cylindrical

Cylindrical (a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.

Cylindrically (adv.) In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.

Cylindricity (n.) The quality or condition of being cylindrical.

Cylindriform (a.) Having the form of a cylinder.

Cylindroid (n.) A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

Cylindroid (n.) A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.

Cylindrometric (a.) Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.

Cyma (n.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

Cyma (n.) A cyme. See Cyme.

Cymar (n.) A slight covering; a scarf. See Simar.

Cymatium (n.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.

Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.

Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.

Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.

Cymbalist (n.) A performer upon cymbals.

Cymbiform (a.) Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.

Cymbium (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.

Cyme (n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.

Cymene (n.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.

Cymenol (n.) See Carvacrol.

Cymidine (n.) A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.

Cymiferous (a.) Producing cymes.

Cymling (n.) Alt. of Cymbling

Cymbling (n.) A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.

Cymogene (n.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.

Cymoid (a.) Having the form of a cyme.

Cymophane (n.) See Chrysoberyl.

Cymophanous (a.) Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

Cymose (a.) Alt. of Cymous

Cymous (a.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.

Cymric (a.) Welsh.

Cymric (n.) The Welsh language.

Cymry (n.) A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves .

Cymule (n.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.

Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.

Cynanthropy (n.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

Cynarctomachy (n.) Bear baiting with a dog.

Cynarrhodium (n.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.

Cynegetics (n.) The art of hunting with dogs.

Cynic (a.) Alt. of Cynical

Cynical (a.) Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.

Cynical (a.) Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle.

Cynical (a.) Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.

Cynical (a.) Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature.

Cynic (n.) One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.

Cynic (n.) One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy.

Cynically (adv.) In a cynical manner.

Cynicalness (n.) The quality of being cynical.

Cynicism (n.) The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.

Cynoidea (n. pl.) A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.

Cynorexia (n.) A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog.

Cynosural (a.) Of or pertaining to a cynosure.

Cynosure (n.) The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

Cynosure (n.) That which serves to direct.

Cynosure (n.) Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

Cyon (n.) See Cion, and Scion.

Cyperaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.

Cyperus (n.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.

Cypher (n. & v.) See Cipher.

Cyphonautes (n.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa.

Cyphonism (n.) A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.

Cypraea (n.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

Cypres (n.) A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.

Cypresses (pl. ) of Cypress

Cypress (n.) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

Cyprian (a.) Belonging to Cyprus.

Cyprian (a.) Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.

Cyprian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

Cyprian (n.) A lewd woman; a harlot.

Cyprine (a.) Of or pertaining to the cypress.

Cyprine (a.) Cyprinoid.

Cyprinodont (n.) One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.

Cyprinoid (a.) Like the carp (Cyprinus).

Cyprinoid (n.) One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.

Cypriot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

Cyprides (pl. ) of Cypris

Cypris (n.) A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.

Cyprus (n.) A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning.

Cypruslawn (n.) Same as Cyprus.

Cypsela (n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.

Cypseliform (a.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae.)

Cyrenaic (a.) Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.

Cyrenaic (n.) A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.

Cyrenian (a.) Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.

Cyrenian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

Cyrenian (n.) One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.

Cyriologic (a.) Relating to capital letters.

Cyrtostyle (n.) A circular projecting portion.

Cyst (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Cyst (n.) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.

Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.

Cyst (n.) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.

Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

Cysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.

Cystic (a.) Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.

Cystic (a.) Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

Cystic (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

Cysticerce (n.) Alt. of Cysticercus

Cysticercus (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).

Cysticule (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.

Cystid (n.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystidea (n. pl.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

Cystidean (n.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystine (n.) A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

Cystis (n.) A cyst. See Cyst.

Cystitis (n.) Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystocarp (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Cystocele (n.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Cystoid (n.) Alt. of Cystoidean

Cystoidean (n.) Same as Cystidean.

Cystoidea (n.) Same as Cystidea.

Cystolith (n.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

Cystolith (n.) A urinary calculus.

Cystolithic (a.) Relating to stone in the bladder.

Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

Cystose (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

Cystotome (n.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

Cystotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

Cytherean (a.) Pertaining to the goddess Venus.

Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.

Cytoblastema (n.) See Protoplasm.

Cytococci (pl. ) of Cytococcus

Cytococcus (n.) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.

Cytode (n.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

Cytogenesis (n.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

Cytogenic (a.) Alt. of Cytogenetic

Cytogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.

Cytogenous (a.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.

Cytogeny (n .) Cell production or development; cytogenesis.

Cytoid (a.) Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.

Cytoplasm (n.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.

Cytula (n.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed.

Czar (n.) A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia.

Czarevna (n.) The title of the wife of the czarowitz.

Czarina (n.) The title of the empress of Russia.

Czarinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.

Czarish (a.) Of or pertaining to the czar.

Czarowitzes (pl. ) of Czarowitz

Czarowitz (n.) The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia.

Czech (n.) One of the Czechs.

Czech (n.) The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

Czechic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Czechs.

Czechs (n. pl.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.

D () The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã178, 179, 229.

D () The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.

D () As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.

Dab (n.) A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

Dab (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

Dabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dab

Dabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dab

Dab (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.

Dab (v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

Dab (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.

Dab (n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Dabb (n.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.

Dabber (n.) That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

Dabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Dabble

Dabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dabble

Dabble (v. t.) To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.

Dabble (v. i.) To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.

Dabble (v. i.) To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.

Dabbler (n.) One who dabbles.

Dabbler (n.) One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler.

Dabblingly (adv.) In a dabbling manner.

Dabchick (n.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

Daboia (n.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

Dabster (n.) One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.

Dacapo () From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.

Dace (n.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.

Dacian (a.) Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.

Dacian (n.) A native of ancient Dacia.

Dacoit (n.) One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.

Dacoity (n.) The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

Dacotahs (n. pl.) Same as Dacotas.

Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.

Dactyl (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.

Dactyl (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Dactylar (a.) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.

Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.

Dactylet (n.) A dactyl.

Dactylic (a.) Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

Dactylic (n.) A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

Dactylic (n.) Dactylic meters.

Dactylioglyph (n.) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

Dactylioglyph (n.) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.

Dactylioglyphi (n.) The art or process of gem engraving.

Dactyliography (n.) The art of writing or engraving upon gems.

Dactyliography (n.) In general, the literature or history of the art.

Dactyliology (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving.

Dactyliology (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings.

Dactyliomancy (n.) Divination by means of finger rings.

Dactylist (n.) A writer of dactylic verse.

Dactylitis (n.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.

Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.

Dactylomancy (n.) Dactyliomancy.

Dactylonomy (n.) The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.

Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

Dactylotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.

Dactylozooid (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.

Dad (n.) Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

Daddled (imp. & p. p.) of Dadle

Daddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dadle

Dadle (v. i.) To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.

Daddock (n.) The rotten body of a tree.

Daddy (n.) Diminutive of Dad.

Daddy longlegs () An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.

Daddy longlegs () A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.

Dade (v. t.) To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.

Dade (v. i.) To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.

Dadoes (pl. ) of Dado

Dado (n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

Dado (n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

Dado (n.) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.

Daedal (a.) Alt. of Daedalian

Daedalian (a.) Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.

Daedalian (a.) Crafty; deceitful.

Daedalous (a.) Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.

Daemon (a.) Alt. of Daemonic

Daemonic (a.) See Demon, Demonic.

Daff (v. t.) To cast aside; to put off; to doff.

Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull.

Daff (v. i.) To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy.

Daff (v. t.) To daunt.

Daffodil (n.) A plant of the genus Asphodelus.

Daffodil (n.) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.

Daft (a.) Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.

Daft (a.) Gay; playful; frolicsome.

Daftness (n.) The quality of being daft.

Dag (n.) A dagger; a poniard.

Dag (n.) A large pistol formerly used.

Dag (n.) The unbranched antler of a young deer.

Dag (n.) A misty shower; dew.

Dag (n.) A loose end; a dangling shred.

Dag (v. t.) To daggle or bemire.

Dag (v. t.) To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment.

Dag (v. i.) To be misty; to drizzle.

Dagger (n.) A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

Dagger (n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

Dagger (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

Dagges (n. pl.) An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.

Daggled (imp. & p. p.) of Daggle

Daggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daggle

Daggle (v. t.) To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.

Daggle (v. i.) To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.

Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed

Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

Daglock (n.) A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

Dagos (pl. ) of Dago

Dago (n.) A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.

Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

Dagon () The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.

Dagon (n.) A slip or piece.

Dagswain (n.) A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.

Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.

Daguerrean (a.) Alt. of Daguerreian

Daguerreian (a.) Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.

Daguerreotype (n.) The process of taking such pictures.

Daguerreotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Daguerreotype

Daguerreotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daguerreotype

Daguerreotype (v. t.) To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.

Daguerreotype (v. t.) To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

Daguerreotyper (n.) Alt. of Daguerreotypist

Daguerreotypist (n.) One who takes daguerreotypes.

Daguerreotypy (n.) The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.

Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.

Dahlias (pl. ) of Dahlia

Dahlia (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.

Dahlin (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.

Dailiness (n.) Daily occurence.

Daily (a.) Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.

Dailies (pl. ) of Daily

Daily (n.) A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.

Daily (adv.) Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.

Daimios (pl. ) of Daimio

Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.

Daint (n.) Something of exquisite taste; a dainty.

Daint (a.) Dainty.

Daintified (imp. & p. p.) of Daintify

Daintifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daintify

Daintify (v. t.) To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.

Daintily (adv.) In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.

Daintiness (n.) The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.

Dainties (pl. ) of Dainty

Dainty (n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

Dainty (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.

Dainty (n.) A term of fondness.

Dainty (superl.) Rare; valuable; costly.

Dainty (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

Dainty (superl.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.

Dainty (superl.) Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

Dairies (pl. ) of Dairy

Dairy (n.) The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.

Dairy (n.) That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.

Dairy (n.) A dairy farm.

Dairying (n.) The business of conducting a dairy.

Dairymaid (n.) A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.

Dairymen (pl. ) of Dairyman

Dairyman (n.) A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.

Dairywomen (pl. ) of Dairywoman

Dairywoman (n.) A woman who attends to a dairy.

Dais (n.) The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

Dais (n.) A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.

Dais (n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.

Daisied (a.) Full of daisies; adorned with daisies.

Daisies (pl. ) of Daisy

Daisy (n.) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

Daisy (n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.

Dak (n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.

Daker (n.) Alt. of Dakir

Dakir (n.) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.

Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.

Dakoit (n.) Alt. of Dakoity

Dakoity (n.) See Dacoit, Dacoity.

Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

Dakotas (n. pl) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.

Dal (n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.

Dale (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley.

Dale (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

Dalesmen (pl. ) of Dalesman

Dalesman (n.) One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.

Dalf () imp. of Delve.

Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.

Dalliance (n.) Entertaining discourse.

Dallier (n.) One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.

Dallop (n.) A tuft or clump.

Dallied (imp. & p. p.) of Dally

Dallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dally

Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

Dally (v. i.) To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

Dally (v. t.) To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Dalmania (n.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.

Dalmanites (n.) Same as Dalmania.

Dalmatian (a.) Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.

Dalmatica (n.) Alt. of Dalmatic

Dalmatic (n.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.

Dalmatic (n.) A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.

Dal segno () A direction to go back to the sign / and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno.

Daltonian (n.) One afflicted with color blindness.

Daltonism (n.) Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.

Dam (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

Dam (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Dammed (imp. & p. p.) of Dam

Damming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dam

Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.

Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

Damage (n.) Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

Damage (n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.

Damages (imp. & p. p.) of Damage

Damaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damage

Damage (n.) To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.

Damage (v. i.) To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight.

Damageable (a.) Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo.

Damageable (a.) Hurtful; pernicious.

Damage feasant () Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle.

Daman (n.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.

Damar (n.) See Dammar.

Damascene (a.) Of or relating to Damascus.

Damascene (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson.

Damascene (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t.

Damascus (n.) A city of Syria.

Damask (n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

Damask (n.) Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.

Damask (n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.

Damask (n.) Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.

Damask (n.) A deep pink or rose color.

Damask (a.) Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.

Damask (a.) Having the color of the damask rose.

Damasked (imp. & p. p.) of Damask

Damasking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damask

Damask (v. t.) To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen.

Damaskeen (v.) Alt. of Damasken

Damasken (v.) To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.

Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.

Damasse (a.) Woven like damask.

Damasse (n.) A damasse fabric, esp. one of linen.

Damassin (n.) A kind of modified damask or brocade.

Dambonite (n.) A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.

Dambose (n.) A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.

Dame (n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

Dame (n.) The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

Dame (n.) A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.

Damewort (n.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.

Damiana (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

Damianist (n.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Dammar (n.) Alt. of Dammara

Dammara (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.

Dammara (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

Damned (imp. & p. p.) of Damn

Damning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damn

Damn (v. t.) To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

Damn (v. t.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

Damn (v. i.) To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damnability (n.) The quality of being damnable; damnableness.

Damnable (a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.

Damnable (a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable.

Damnableness (n.) The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.

Damnably (adv.) In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment.

Damnably (adv.) Odiously; detestably; excessively.

Damnation (n.) The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

Damnation (n.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Damnation (n.) A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.

Damnatory (a.) Dooming to damnation; condemnatory.

Damned (a.) Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.

Damned (a.) Hateful; detestable; abominable.

Damnific (a.) Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.

Damnification (n.) That which causes damage or loss.

Damnify (v. t.) To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair.

Damning (a.) That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.

Damningness (n.) Tendency to bring damnation.

damnum (n.) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.

Damosel (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle

Damosella (n.) Alt. of Damoiselle

Damoiselle (n.) See Damsel.

Damourite (n.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

Damp (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

Damp (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

Damp (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

Damp (superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

Damp (superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.

Damped (imp. & p. p.) of Damp

Damping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damp

Damp (n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.

Dampened (imp. & p. p.) of Dampen

Dampening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dampen

Dampen (v. t.) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.

Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

Dampish (a.) Moderately damp or moist.

Dampne (v. t.) To damn.

Dampness (n.) Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

Damp off () To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

Dampy (a.) Somewhat damp.

Dampy (a.) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.

Damsel (n.) A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.

Damsel (n.) A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.

Damsel (n.) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.

Damson (n.) A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

Dan (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.

Dan (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

Danaite (n.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.

Danalite (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur.

Danburite (n.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.

Danced (imp. & p. p.) of Dance

Dancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dance

Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.

Dance (v. i.) To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

Dance (v. t.) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.

Dance (v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.

Dance (v. i.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.

Dancer (n.) One who dances or who practices dancing.

Danceress (n.) A female dancer.

Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

Dancing (p. a. & vb. n.) from Dance.

Dancy (a.) Same as Dancette.

Dandelion (n.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

Dander (n.) Dandruff or scurf on the head.

Dander (n.) Anger or vexation; rage.

Dander (v. i.) To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.

Dandi (n.) A boatman; an oarsman.

Dandie (n.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.

Dandified (a.) Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

Dandified (imp. & p. p.) of Dandify

Dandifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dandify

Dandify (v. t.) To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.

Dandiprat (n.) A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt.

Dandiprat (n.) A small coin.

Dandled (imp. & p. p.) of Dandle

Dandling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dandle

Dandle (v. t.) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

Dandle (v. t.) To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Dandler (n.) One who dandles or fondles.

Dandriff (n.) See Dandruff.

Dandruff (n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.

Dandies (pl. ) of Dandy

Dandy (n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

Dandy (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.

Dandy (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

Dandy (n.) A dandy roller. See below.

Dandy-cock (n. fem.) Alt. of Dandy-hen

Dandy-hen (n. fem.) A bantam fowl.

Dandyish (a.) Like a dandy.

Dandyism (n.) The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.

Dandyise (v. t. & i.) To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.

Dandyling (n.) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Dane (n.) A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.

Danegeld (n.) Alt. of Danegelt

Danegelt (n.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.

Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]

Dang () imp. of Ding.

Dang (v. t.) To dash.

Danger (n.) Authority; jurisdiction; control.

Danger (n.) Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.

Danger (n.) Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.

Danger (n.) Difficulty; sparingness.

Danger (n.) Coyness; disdainful behavior.

Danger (v. t.) To endanger.

Dangerful (a.) Full of danger; dangerous.

Dangerless (a.) Free from danger.

Dangerous (a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

Dangerous (a.) Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Dangerous (a.) Hard to suit; difficult to please.

Dangerous (a.) Reserved; not affable.

Dangled (imp. & p. p.) of Dangle

Dangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dangle

Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.

Dangle (v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.

Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

Dangler (n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.

Daniel (n.) A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.

Danish (a.) Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country.

Danish (n.) The language of the Danes.

Danite (n.) A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.

Danite (n.) One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things.

Dank (a.) Damp; moist; humid; wet.

Dank (n.) Moisture; humidity; water.

Dank (n.) A small silver coin current in Persia.

Dankish (a.) Somewhat dank.

Dannebrog (n.) The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.

Danseuse (n.) A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.

Dansk (a.) Danish.

Dansker (n.) A Dane.

Dantean (a.) Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

Dantesque (a.) Dantelike; Dantean.

Danubian (a.) Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.

Dap (v. i.) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.

Dapatical (a.) Sumptuous in cheer.

Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

Daphne (n.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.

Daphnetin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.

Daphnia (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

Daphnin (n.) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.

Daphnin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.

Daphnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the laurel.

Dapifer (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.

Dapper (a.) Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.

Dapperling (n.) A dwarf; a dandiprat.

Dapple (n.) One of the spots on a dappled animal.

Dapple (a.) Alt. of Dappled

Dappled (a.) Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.

Dappled (imp. & p. p.) of Dapple

Dappling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dapple

Dapple (v. t.) To variegate with spots; to spot.

Darbies (n. pl.) Manacles; handcuffs.

Darby (n.) A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

Darbyite (n.) One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.

Dardanian (a. & n.) Trojan.

Durst (imp.) of Dare

Dared () of Dare

Dared (p. p.) of Dare

Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dare

Dare (v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

Dared (imp. & p. p.) of Dare

Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dare

Dare (v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.

Dare (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.

Dare (n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.

Dare (n.) Defiance; challenge.

Dare (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.

Dare (v. t.) To terrify; to daunt.

Dare (n.) A small fish; the dace.

Dare-devil (n.) A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.

Dare-deviltries (pl. ) of Dare-deviltry

Dare-deviltry (n) Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.

Dareful (a.) Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.

Darer (n.) One who dares or defies.

Darg (n.) Alt. of Dargue

Dargue (n.) A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day.

Daric (n.) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer.

Daric (n.) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.

Daric (n.) Any very pure gold coin.

Daring (n.) Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

Daring (a.) Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.

Dark (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.

Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.

Dark (a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.

Dark (a.) Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.

Dark (a.) Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.

Dark (a.) Deprived of sight; blind.

Dark (n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.

Dark (n.) The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.

Dark (n.) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.

Dark (v. t.) To darken to obscure.

Darkened (imp. & p. p.) of Darken

Darkening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darken

Darken (a.) To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

Darken (a.) To render dim; to deprive of vision.

Darken (a.) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.

Darken (a.) To cast a gloom upon.

Darken (a.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

Darken (v. i.) To grow or darker.

Darkener (n.) One who, or that which, darkens.

Darkening (n.) Twilight; gloaming.

Darkful (a.) Full of darkness.

Darkish (a.) Somewhat dark; dusky.

Darkle (v. i.) To grow dark; to show indistinctly.

Darkling (adv.) In the dark.

Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.

Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Dark; gloomy.

Darkly (adv.) With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.

Darkly (adv.) With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.

Darkness (n.) The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

Darkness (n.) A state of privacy; secrecy.

Darkness (n.) A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

Darkness (n.) Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

Darkness (n.) A state of distress or trouble.

Darksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.

Darky (n.) A negro.

Darling (n.) One dearly beloved; a favorite.

Darling (a.) Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.

Darlingtonia (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

Darned (imp. & p. p.) of Darn

Darning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darn

Darn (v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

Darn (n.) A place mended by darning.

Darn (v. t.) A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

Darnel (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.

Darner (n.) One who mends by darning.

Darnex (n.) Alt. of Darnic

Darnic (n.) Same as Dornick.

Daroo (n.) The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.

Darr (n.) The European black tern.

Darraign (v. t.) Alt. of Darrain

Darrain (v. t.) To make ready to fight; to array.

Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.

Darrein (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running.

Dart (n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.

Darted (imp. & p. p.) of Dart

Darting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dart

Dart (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

Dart (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

Darter (n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

Darter (n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.

Darter (n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

Dartingly (adv.) Like a dart; rapidly.

Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.

Dartoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.

Dartoid (a.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

Dartos (n.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Dartrous (a.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.

Darwinian (a.) Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.

Darwinian (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.

Darwinianism (n.) Darwinism.

Darwinism (n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.

Dase (v. t.) See Daze.

Dasewe (v. i.) To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.

Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of Dash

Dashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dash

Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.

Dash (v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.

Dash (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.

Dash (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.

Dash (v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.

Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.

Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.

Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.

Dash (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.

Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.

Dash (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.

Dash (n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.

Dash (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Dashboard (n.) A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.

Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.

Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.

Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.

Dasher (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.

Dashing (a.) Bold; spirited; showy.

Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.

Dashism (n.) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.

Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.

Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.

Dastard (a.) Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.

Dastard (v. t.) To dastardize.

Dastardized (imp. & p. p.) of Dastardize

Dastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dastardize

Dastardize (v. t.) To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.

Dastardliness (n.) The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.

Dastardly (a.) Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.

Dastardness (n.) Dastardliness.

Dastardy (n.) Base timidity; cowardliness.

Daswe (v. i.) See Dasewe

Dasymeter (n.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.

Dasypaedal (a.) Dasypaedic.

Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.

Dasypaedic (a.) Pertaining to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.

Dasyure (n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.

Dasyurine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.

Data (n. pl.) See Datum.

Datable (a.) That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.

Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

Datary (n.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

Datary (n.) The office or employment of a datary.

Date (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

Date (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.

Date (n.) The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.

Date (n.) Assigned end; conclusion.

Date (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.

Dated (imp. & p. p.) of Date

Dating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Date

Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.

Date (v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.

Date (v. i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.

Dateless (a.) Without date; having no fixed time.

Dater (n.) One who dates.

Datiscin (n.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

Dative (a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.

Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.

Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.

Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.

Datively (adv.) As a gift.

Datolite (n.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.

Data (pl. ) of Datum

Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Datum (n.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.

Datura (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.

Daturine (n.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.

Daubed (imp. & p. p.) of Daub

Daubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daub

Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

Daub (v. t.) To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.

Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

Daub (v. t.) To flatter excessively or glossy.

Daub (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

Daub (v. i.) To smear; to play the flatterer.

Daub (n.) A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.

Daub (n.) A picture coarsely executed.

Dauber (n.) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

Dauber (n.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.

Dauber (n.) A low and gross flatterer.

Dauber (n.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Daubery (n.) Alt. of Daubry

Daubry (n.) A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.

Daubing (n.) The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.

Daubing (n.) A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.

Daubing (n.) In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.

Daubreelite (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

Daughters (pl. ) of Daughter

Daughtren (pl. ) of Daughter

Daughter (n.) The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

Daughter (n.) A female descendant; a woman.

Daughter (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

Daughter (n.) A term of address indicating parental interest.

Daughters-in-law (pl. ) of Daughter-in-law

Daughter-in-law (n.) The wife of one's son.

Daughterliness (n.) The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

Daughterly (a.) Becoming a daughter; filial.

Dauk (v. t.) See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.

Daun (n.) A variant of Dan, a title of honor.

Daunted (imp. & p. p.) of Daunt

Daunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daunt

Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.

Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Daunter (n.) One who daunts.

Dauntless (a.) Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.

Dauphin (n.) The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

Dauphiness (n.) Alt. of Dauphine

Dauphine (n.) The title of the wife of the dauphin.

Dauw (n.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.

Davenport (n.) A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.

Davidic (a.) Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.

Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.

Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.

Davy lamp () See Safety lamp, under Lamp.

Davyne (n.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.

Davyum (n.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.

Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

Daw (v. i.) To dawn.

Daw (v. t.) To rouse.

Daw (v. t.) To daunt; to terrify.

Dawdled (imp. & p. p.) of Dawdle

Dawdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawdle

Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.

Dawdle (n.) A dawdler.

Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

Dawe (n.) Day.

Dawish (a.) Like a daw.

Dawk (n.) See Dak.

Dawk (v. t.) To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.

Dawk (n.) A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.

Dawned (imp. & p. p.) of Dawn

Dawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawn

Dawn (v. i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

Dawn (v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Dawn (n.) The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

Dawsonite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.

Day (n.) The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.

Day (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.

Day (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

Dayaks (n. pl.) See Dyaks.

Daybook (n.) A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.

Daybreak (n.) The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

Daydreamer (n.) One given to daydreams.

Dayflower (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

Dayfly (n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

Day-labor (n.) Labor hired or performed by the day.

Day-laborer (n.) One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.

Daylight (n.) The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

Daylight (n.) The eyes.

Day lily () A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.

Day lily () A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

Daymaid (n.) A dairymaid.

Daymare (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.

Day-net (n.) A net for catching small birds.

Day-peep (n.) The dawn.

Daysman (n.) An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.

Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

Day-star (n.) The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.

Day-star (n.) The sun, as the orb of day.

Daytime (n.) The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

Daywoman (n.) A dairymaid.

Dazed (imp. & p. p.) of Daze

Dazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daze

Daze (v. t.) To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

Daze (n.) The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.

Daze (n.) A glittering stone.

Dazzled (imp. & p. p.) of Dazzle

Dazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dazzle

Dazzle (v. t.) To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

Dazzle (v. t.) To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.

Dazzle (v. i.) To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

Dazzle (v. i.) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

Dazzle (n.) A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Dazzlement (n.) Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.

Dazzlingly (adv.) In a dazzling manner.

De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.

Deacon (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.

Deacon (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.

Deaconess (n.) A female deacon

Deaconess (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.

Deaconess (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.

Deaconess (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

Deaconhood (n.) The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

Deaconry (n.) See Deaconship.

Deaconship (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Dead (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.

Dead (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.

Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.

Dead (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Dead (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

Dead (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.

Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.

Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.

Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7.

Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Deadborn (a.) Stillborn.

Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of Deaden

Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden

Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.

Deadhead (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.

Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

Dead-hearted (a.) Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.

Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Deadish (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

Deadlihood (n.) State of the dead.

Deadliness (n.) The quality of being deadly.

Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

Deadly (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.

Deadly (a.) Subject to death; mortal.

Deadly (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.

Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.

Deadly (adv.) In an implacable manner; destructively.

Deadly (adv.) Extremely.

Deadness (n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.

Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a.

Deads (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Deadwood (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

Deadworks (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

Deaf (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.

Deaf (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

Deaf (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.

Deaf (v. t.) To deafen.

Deafened (imp. & p. p.) of Deafen

Deafening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen

Deafen (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Deafen (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

Deafening (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

Deafly (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

Deafly (a.) Lonely; solitary.

Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.

Deafness (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

Deafness (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

Deal (n.) A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

Deal (n.) The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.

Deal (n.) Distribution; apportionment.

Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

Deal (n.) The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

Deal (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.

Dealt (imp. & p. p.) of Deal

Dealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal

Deal (n.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.

Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Deal (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

Deal (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.

Deal (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.

Deal (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.

Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.

Dealbate (v. t.) To whiten.

Dealbation (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.

Dealer (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

Dealer (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.

Dealfish (n.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

Dealing (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

Dealth (n.) Share dealt.

Deambulate (v. i.) To walk abroad.

Deambulation (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading.

Deambulatory (a.) Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory.

Deambulatory (n.) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.

Dean (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.

Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.

Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.

Dean (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.

Deaneries (pl. ) of Deanery

Deanery (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

Deanery (n.) The residence of a dean.

Deanery (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

Deanship (n.) The office of a dean.

Dear (superl.) Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

Dear (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

Dear (superl.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.

Dear (superl.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.

Dear (superl.) Of agreeable things and interests.

Dear (superl.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.

Dear (n.) A dear one; lover; sweetheart.

Dear (adv.) Dearly; at a high price.

Dear (v. t.) To endear.

Dearborn (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

Dear-bought (a.) Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.

Deare () variant of Dere, v. t. & n.

Dearie (n.) Same as Deary.

Dearling (n.) A darling.

Dear-loved (a.) Greatly beloved.

Dearly (adv.) In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.

Dearly (adv.) At a high rate or price; grievously.

Dearly (adv.) Exquisitely.

Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.

Dearn (v. t.) Same as Darn.

Dearness (n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.

Dearness (n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

Dearth (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

Dearticulate (v. t.) To disjoint.

Dearworth (a.) Precious.

Deary (n.) A dear; a darling.

Deas (n.) See Dais.

Death (v. i.) The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

Death (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.

Death (v. i.) Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.

Death (v. i.) Cause of loss of life.

Death (v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.

Death (v. i.) Danger of death.

Death (v. i.) Murder; murderous character.

Death (v. i.) Loss of spiritual life.

Death (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

Deathbed (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

Deathbird (n.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.

Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.

Deathful (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.

Deathfulness (n.) Appearance of death.

Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.

Deathlike (a.) Resembling death.

Deathlike (a.) Deadly.

Deathliness (n.) The quality of being deathly; deadliness.

Deathly (a.) Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

Deathly (adv.) Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

Deathsman (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

Deathward (adv.) Toward death.

Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.

Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.

Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Deaurate (a.) Gilded.

Deaurate (v. t.) To gild.

Deauration (n.) Act of gilding.

Deave (v. t.) To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen.

Debacchate (v. i.) To rave as a bacchanal.

Debacchation (n.) Wild raving or debauchery.

Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.

Debarred (imp. & p. p.) of Debar

Debarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debar

Debar (v. t.) To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.

Debarb (v. t.) To deprive of the beard.

Debarked (imp. & p. p.) of Debark

Debarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debark

Debark (v. t. & i.) To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Debarkation (n.) Disembarkation.

Debarment (n.) Hindrance from approach; exclusion.

Debarrass (v. t.) To disembarrass; to relieve.

Debased (imp. & p. p.) of Debase

Debasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debase

Debase (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.

Debased (a.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.

Debasement (n.) The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

Debaser (n.) One who, or that which, debases.

Debasingly (adv.) In a manner to debase.

Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

Debated (imp. & p. p.) of Debate

Debating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debate

Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.

Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.

Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.

Debate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon.

Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.

Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.

Debate (v. t.) Subject of discussion.

Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Debatement (n.) Controversy; deliberation; debate.

Debater (n.) One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.

Debating (n.) The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.

Debatingly (adv.) In the manner of a debate.

Debauched (imp. & p. p.) of Debauch

Debauching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debauch

Debauch (n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.

Debauch (n.) Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

Debauch (n.) An act or occasion of debauchery.

Debauched (a.) Dissolute; dissipated.

Debauchedly (adv.) In a profligate manner.

Debauchedness (n.) The state of being debauched; intemperance.

Debauchee (v. t.) One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

Debaucher (n.) One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.

Debaucheries (pl. ) of Debauchery

Debauchery (n.) Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.

Debauchery (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.

Debauchment (n.) The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.

Debauchness (n.) Debauchedness.

Debeige (n.) A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.

Debel (v. t.) To conquer.

Debellate (v. t.) To subdue; to conquer in war.

Debellation (n.) The act of conquering or subduing.

De bene esse () Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.

Debenture (n.) A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

Debenture (n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.

Debentured (a.) Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

Debile (a.) Weak.

Debilitant (a.) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

Debilitated (imp. & p. p.) of Debilitate

Debilitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debilitate

Debilitate (v. t.) To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

Debilitation (n.) The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

Debility (a.) The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.

Debit (n.) A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

Debited (imp. & p. p.) of Debit

Debiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debit

Debit (v. t.) To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

Debit (v. t.) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.

Debitor (n.) A debtor.

Debituminization (n.) The act of depriving of bitumen.

Debituminize (v. t.) To deprive of bitumen.

Deblai (n.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.

Debonair (a.) Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.

Debonairity (n.) Debonairness.

Debonairly (adv.) Courteously; elegantly.

Debonairness (n.) The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.

Debosh (v. t.) To debauch.

Deboshment (n.) Debauchment.

Debouched (imp. & p. p.) of Debouch

Debouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Debouch

Debouch (v. i.) To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.

Debouche (n.) A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.

Debouchure (n.) The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.

Debris (n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

Debris (n.) Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.

Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.

Debt (n.) That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.

Debt (n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.

Debt (n.) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

Debted (p. a.) Indebted; obliged to.

Debtee (n.) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.

Debtless (a.) Free from debt.

Debtor (n.) One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.

Debulliate (v. i.) To boil over.

Debulition (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.

Deburse (v. t. & i.) To disburse.

Debuscope (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.

Debut (n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

Debutant () Alt. of Debutante

Debutante () A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.

Deca- () A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.

Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

Decachord (n.) Alt. of Decachordon

Decachordon (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

Decachordon (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.

Decucuminated (a.) Having the point or top cut off.

Decad (n.) A decade.

Decadal (a.) Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

Decade (n.) A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.

Decadence (n.) Alt. of Decadency

Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."

Decadent (a.) Decaying; deteriorating.

Decadist (n.) A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist.

Decagon (n.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.

Decagonal (a.) Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

Decagram (n.) Alt. of Decagramme

Decagramme (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.

Decagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

Decagynian (a.) Alt. of Deccagynous

Deccagynous (a.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.

Decahedral (a.) Having ten sides.

Decahedrons (pl. ) of Decahedron

Decahedra (pl. ) of Decahedron

Decahedron (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

Decalcification (n.) The removal of calcareous matter.

Decalcified (imp. & p. p.) of Decalcify

Decalcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decalcify

Decalcify (v. t.) To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

Decalcomania (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie

Decalcomanie (n.) The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

Decaliter (n.) Alt. of Decalitre

Decalitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

Decalog (n.) Decalogue.

Decalogist (n.) One who explains the decalogue.

Decalogue (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Decameron (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

Decameter (n.) Alt. of Decametre

Decametre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

Decamped (imp. & p. p.) of Decamp

Decamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decamp

Decamp (v. i.) To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.

Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.

Decampment (n.) Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Decanal (a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

Decandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

Decandrian (a.) Alt. of Decandrous

Decandrous (a.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.

Decane (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

Decangular (a.) Having ten angles.

Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.

Decanted (imp. & p. p.) of Decant

Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decant

Decant (v. t.) To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

Decantate (v. t.) To decant.

Decantation (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Decanter (n.) A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

Decanter (n.) One who decants liquors.

Decaphyllous (a.) Having ten leaves.

Decapitated (imp. & p. p.) of Decapitate

Decapitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decapitate

Decapitate (v. t.) To cut off the head of; to behead.

Decapitate (v. t.) To remove summarily from office.

Decapitation (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.

Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.

Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

Decapoda (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Deccapodal (a.) Alt. of Deccapodous

Deccapodous (a.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.

Decarbonate (v. t.) To deprive of carbonic acid.

Decarbonization (n.) The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

Decarbonized (imp. & p. p.) of Decarbonize

Decarbonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decarbonize

Decarbonize (v. t.) To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.

Decarbonizer (n.) He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

Decarburization (n.) The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

Decarburize (v. t.) To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

Decard (v. t.) To discard.

Decardinalize (v. t.) To depose from the rank of cardinal.

Decastere (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.

Decastich (n.) A poem consisting of ten lines.

Decastyle (a.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.

Decastyle (n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

Decasyllabic (a.) Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.

Decatoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.

Decayed (imp. & p. p.) of Decay

Decaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decay

Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.

Decay (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.

Decay (v. t.) To destroy.

Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.

Decay (n.) Destruction; death.

Decay (n.) Cause of decay.

Decayed (a.) Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.

Decayer (n.) A causer of decay.

Decease (n.) Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

Deceased (imp. & p. p.) of Decease

Deceasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decease

Decease (v. i.) To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.

Deceased (a.) Passed away; dead; gone.

Decede (n.) To withdraw.

Decedent (a.) Removing; departing.

Decedent (n.) A deceased person.

Deceit (n.) An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.

Deceit (n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.

Deceitful (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

Deceitfully (adv.) With intent to deceive.

Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.

Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.

Deceitfulness (n.) Tendency to mislead or deceive.

Deceitless (a.) Free from deceit.

Deceivable (a.) Fitted to deceive; deceitful.

Deceivable (a.) Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.

Deceivableness (n.) Capability of deceiving.

Deceivableness (n.) Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child.

Deceivably (adv.) In a deceivable manner.

Deceived (imp. & p. p.) of Deceive

Deceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deceive

Deceive (v. t.) To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.

Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.

Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

December (n.) The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.

Decemdentate (a.) Having ten points or teeth.

Decemfid (a.) Cleft into ten parts.

Decemlocular (a.) Having ten cells for seeds.

Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.

Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.

Decemvirs (pl. ) of Decemvir

Decemviri (pl. ) of Decemvir

Decemvir (n.) One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.

Decemvir (n.) A member of any body of ten men in authority.

Decemviral (a.) Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

Decemvirate (n.) The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.

Decemvirate (n.) A body of ten men in authority.

Decemvirship (n.) The office of a decemvir.

Decence (n.) Decency.

Decencies (pl. ) of Decency

Decency (n.) The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

Decency (n.) That which is proper or becoming.

Decene (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.

Decennaries (pl. ) of Decennary

Decennary (n.) A period of ten years.

Decennary (n.) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.

Decennial (a.) Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.

Decennial (n.) A tenth year or tenth anniversary.

Decenniums (pl. ) of Decennium

Decennia (pl. ) of Decennium

Decennium (n.) A period of ten years.

Decennoval (a.) Alt. of Decennovary

Decennovary (a.) Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years.

Decent (a.) Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

Decent (a.) Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

Decent (a.) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Decent (a.) Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

Decentralization (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

Decentralize (v. t.) To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

Deceptible (a.) Capable of being deceived; deceivable.

Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

Deception (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.

Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.

Deceptious (a.) Tending deceive; delusive.

Deceptive (a.) Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

Deceptively (adv.) In a manner to deceive.

Deceptiveness (n.) The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.

Deceptory (a.) Deceptive.

Decern (v. t.) To perceive, discern, or decide.

Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.

Decerniture (n.) A decree or sentence of a court.

Decerp (v. t.) To pluck off; to crop; to gather.

Decerpt (a.) Plucked off or away.

Decerptible (a.) That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away.

Decerption (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.

Decerption (n.) That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.

Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.

Decharm (v. t.) To free from a charm; to disenchant.

Dechristianized (imp. & p. p.) of Dechristianize

Dechristianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dechristianize

Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.

Decidable (a.) Capable of being decided; determinable.

Decided (imp. & p. p.) of Decide

Deciding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decide

Decide (v. t.) To cut off; to separate.

Decide (v. t.) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.

Decide (v. i.) To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant.

Decided (a.) Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage.

Decided (a.) Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.

Decidedly (adv.) In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Decidement (n.) Means of forming a decision.

Decidence (n.) A falling off.

Decider (n.) One who decides.

Decidua (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Deciduata (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.

Deciduate (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.

Deciduity (n.) Deciduousness.

Deciduous (a.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

Deciduousness (n.) The quality or state of being deciduous.

Decigram (n.) Alt. of Decigramme

Decigramme (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.

Decil (n.) Alt. of Decile

Decile (n.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡.

Deciliter (n.) Alt. of Decilitre

Decilitre (n.) A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Decillion (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

Decillionth (a.) Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.

Decillionth (n.) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.

Decillionth (n.) One of a decillion equal parts.

Decimal (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

Decimal (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

Decimalism (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.

Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

Decimally (adv.) By tens; by means of decimals.

Decimated (imp. & p. p.) of Decimate

Decimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decimate

Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.

Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

Decimation (n.) A tithing.

Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.

Decimation (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.

Decimator (n.) One who decimates.

Decime (n.) A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.

Decimeter (n.) Alt. of Decimetre

Decimetre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

Decimosexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡.

Decimosexto (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.

Decine (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.

Deciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Decipher

Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decipher

Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.

Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.

Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

Decipherer (n.) One who deciphers.

Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.

Decipherment (n.) The act of deciphering.

Decipiency (n.) State of being deceived; hallucination.

Decipium (n.) A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.

Decision (n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.

Decision (n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.

Decision (n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

Decisive (a.) Marked by promptness and decision.

Decisory (a.) Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.

Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.

Decitizenize (v. t.) To deprive of the rights of citizenship.

Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.

Decked (imp. & p. p.) of Deck

Decking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deck

Deck (v. t.) To cover; to overspread.

Deck (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

Deck (v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

Deck (v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

Deck (v.) The roof of a passenger car.

Deck (v.) A pack or set of playing cards.

Deck (v.) A heap or store.

Deckel (n.) Same as Deckle.

Decker (n.) One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

Decker (n.) A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.

Deckle (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.

Declaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Declaim

Declaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declaim

Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

Declaim (v. t.) To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.

Declaim (v. t.) To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.

Declaimant (n.) A declaimer.

Declaimer (n.) One who declaims; an haranguer.

Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.

Declamation (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

Declamator (n.) A declaimer.

Declamatory (a.) Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Declarable (a.) Capable of being declared.

Declarant (n.) One who declares.

Declaration (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

Declaration (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).

Declaration (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.

Declarative (a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.

Declaratively (adv.) By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.

Declarator (n.) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

Declaratorily (adv.) In a declaratory manner.

Declaratory (a.) Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature.

Declared (imp. & p. p.) of Declare

Declaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declare

Declare (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurity.

Declare (v. t.) To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.

Declare (v. t.) To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.

Declare (v. t.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc.

Declare (v. i.) To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.

Declare (v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Declaredly (adv.) Avowedly; explicitly.

Declaredness (n.) The state of being declared.

Declarement (n.) Declaration.

Declarer (n.) One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.

Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.

Declension (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.

Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.

Declension (n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.

Declensional (a.) Belonging to declension.

Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.

Declinal (a.) Declining; sloping.

Declinate (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.

Declination (n.) The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.

Declination (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.

Declination (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.

Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.

Declinator (n.) An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.

Declinator (n.) A dissentient.

Declinatory (a.) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

Declinature (n.) The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.

Declined (imp. & p. p.) of Decline

Declining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decline

Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.

Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.

Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.

Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

Decline (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.

Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.

Decline (v. t.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective.

Decline (v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

Decline (v. i.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.

Decline (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.

Decline (v. i.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline.

Declined (a.) Declinate.

Decliner (n.) He who declines or rejects.

Declinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.

Declinous (a.) Declinate.

Declivitous (a.) Alt. of Declivous

Declivous (a.) Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Declivities (pl. ) of Declivity

Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.

Decocted (imp. & p. p.) of Decoct

Decocting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decoct

Decoct (v. t.) To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

Decoct (v. t.) To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

Decoct (v. t.) To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.

Decoctible (a.) Capable of being boiled or digested.

Decoction (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.

Decoction (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

Decocture (n.) A decoction.

Decollated (imp. & p. p.) of Decollate

Decollating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decollate

Decollate (v. t.) To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.

Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

Decollation (n.) The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.

Decollation (n.) A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.

Decollete (a.) Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.

Decolling (n.) Beheading.

Decolor (v. t.) To deprive of color; to bleach.

Decolorant (n.) A substance which removes color, or bleaches.

Decolorate (a.) Deprived of color.

Decolorate (v. t.) To decolor.

Decoloration (n.) The removal or absence of color.

Decolorize (v. t.) To deprive of color; to whiten.

Decomplex (a.) Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.

Decomposable (a.) Capable of being resolved into constituent elements.

Decomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Decompose

Decomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decompose

Decompose (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.

Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Decomposite (a.) Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

Decomposite (a.) See Decompound, a., 2.

Decomposite (n.) Anything decompounded.

Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.

Decomposition (n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.

Decomposition (n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

Decompounded (imp. & p. p.) of Decompound

Decompounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decompound

Decompound (v. t.) To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

Decompound (v. t.) To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.

Decompound (a.) Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.

Decompound (a.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

Decompound (n.) A decomposite.

Decompoundable (a.) Capable of being decompounded.

Deconcentrate (v. t.) To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Deconcentration (n.) Act of deconcentrating.

Deconcoct (v. t.) To decompose.

Deconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.

Decorament (v. t.) Ornament.

Decorated (imp. & p. p.) of Decorate

Decorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decorate

Decorate (v. t.) To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.

Decoration (n.) The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

Decoration (n.) That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.

Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

Decorative (a.) Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.

Decorator (n.) One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

Decore (v. t.) To decorate; to beautify.

Decorement (n.) Ornament.

Decorous (a.) Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.

Decorticated (imp. & p. p.) of Decorticate

Decorticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decorticate

Decorticate (v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.

Decortication (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

Decorticator (n.) A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.

Decorum (n.) Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.

Decoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Decoy

Decoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decoy

Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.

Decoy (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.

Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.

Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.

Decoy (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.

Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger.

Decoyer (n.) One who decoys another.

Decoy-men (pl. ) of Decoy-man

Decoy-man (n.) A man employed in decoying wild fowl.

Decreased (imp. & p. p.) of Decrease

Decreasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decrease

Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.

Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.

Decrease (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.

Decrease (v.) The wane of the moon.

Decreaseless (a.) Suffering no decrease.

Decreasing (a.) Becoming less and less; diminishing.

Decreation (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation.

Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision.

Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.

Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.

Decree (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

Decreed (imp. & p. p.) of Decree

Decreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decree

Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.

Decree (v. t.) To ordain by fate.

Decree (v. i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely.

Decreeable (a.) Capable of being decreed.

Decreer (n.) One who decrees.

Decreet (n.) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.

Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

Decrement (n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

Decrement (n.) A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced.

Decrement (n.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.

Decrepit (a.) Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

Decrepitated (imp. & p. p.) of Decrepitate

Decrepitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decrepitate

Decrepitate (v. t.) To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.

Decrepitate (v. i.) To crackle, as salt in roasting.

Decrepitation (n.) The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.

Decrepitness (n.) Decrepitude.

Decrepitude (n.) The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

Decrescendo (a. & adv.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.

Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.

Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.

Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.

Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

Decrete (n.) A decree.

Decretion (n.) A decrease.

Decretist (n.) One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.

Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.

Decretorial (a.) Decretory; authoritative.

Decretorily (adv.) In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.

Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.

Decretory (a.) Serving to determine; critical.

Decrew (v. i.) To decrease.

Decrial (n.) A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

Decrier (n.) One who decries.

Decrown (v. t.) To deprive of a crown; to discrown.

Decrustation (n.) The removal of a crust.

Decried (imp. & p. p.) of Decry

Decrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decry

Decry (v. t.) To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.

Decubation (n.) Act of lying down; decumbence.

Decubitus (n.) An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus.

Decuman (a.) Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.

Decumbence (n.) Alt. of Decumbency

Decumbency (n.) The act or posture of lying down.

Decumbent (a.) Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.

Decumbent (a.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem.

Decumbently (adv.) In a decumbent posture.

Decumbiture (n.) Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness.

Decumbiture (n.) Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made.

Decuple (a.) Tenfold.

Decuple (n.) A number ten times repeated.

Decupled (imp. & p. p.) of Decuple

Decupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decuple

Decuple (v. t.) To make tenfold; to multiply by ten.

Decurion (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

Decurionate (n.) The office of a decurion.

Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.

Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

Decursion (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.

Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.

Decursively (adv.) In a decursive manner.

Decurt (v. t.) To cut short; to curtail.

Decurtation (n.) Act of cutting short.

Decuries (pl. ) of Decury

Decury (n.) A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.

Decussated (imp. & p. p.) of Decussate

Decussating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decussate

Decussate (v. t.) To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

Decussate (a.) Alt. of Decussated

Decussated (a.) Crossed; intersected.

Decussated (a.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.

Decussated (a.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.

Decussately (adv.) In a decussate manner.

Decussation (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.

Decussatively (adv.) Crosswise; in the form of an X.

Decyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

Decylic (a.) Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.

Dedalian (a.) See Daedalian.

Dedalous (a.) See Daedalous.

Dedans (n.) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

Dede (a.) Dead.

Dedecorate (v. t.) To bring to shame; to disgrace.

Dedecoration (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.

Dedecorous (a.) Disgraceful; unbecoming.

Dedentition (n.) The shedding of teeth.

Dedicate (p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

Dedicated (imp. & p. p.) of Dedicate

Dedicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dedicate

Dedicate (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.

Dedicate (v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.

Dedicate (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

Dedicatee (n.) One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.

Dedication (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.

Dedication (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.

Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

Dedicator (n.) One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.

Dedicatorial (a.) Dedicatory.

Dedicatory (a.) Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.

Dedicatory (n.) Dedication.

Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.

Dedition (n.) The act of yielding; surrender.

Dedolent (a.) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.

Deduced (imp. & p. p.) of Deduce

Deducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduce

Deduce (v. t.) To lead forth.

Deduce (v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole.

Deduce (v. t.) To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.

Deducement (n.) Inference; deduction; thing deduced.

Deducibility (n.) Deducibleness.

Deducible (a.) Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.

Deducible (a.) Capable of being brought down.

Deducibleness (n.) The quality of being deducible; deducibility.

Deducibly (adv.) By deduction.

Deducive (a.) That deduces; inferential.

Deducted (imp. & p. p.) of Deduct

Deducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduct

Deduct (v. t.) To lead forth or out.

Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.

Deduct (v. t.) To reduce; to diminish.

Deductible (a.) Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.

Deductible (a.) Deducible; consequential.

Deduction (n.) Act or process of deducing or inferring.

Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.

Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.

Deduction (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

Deductive (a.) Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

Deductively (adv.) By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.

Deductor (n.) The pilot whale or blackfish.

Deduit (n.) Delight; pleasure.

Deduplication (n.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

Deed (a.) Dead.

Deed (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.

Deed (v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.

Deed (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.

Deed (v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

Deed (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.

Deed (v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.

Deed (v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.

Deedful (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.

Deedless (a.) Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.

Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented.

Deedy (a.) Industrious; active.

Deemed (imp. & p. p.) of Deem

Deeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deem

Deem (v.) To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

Deem (v.) To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.

Deem (v. i.) To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.

Deem (v. i.) To pass judgment.

Deem (n.) Opinion; judgment.

Deemster (n.) A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.

Deep (superl.) Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.

Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.

Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.

Deep (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.

Deep (superl.) Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.

Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.

Deep (superl.) Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.

Deep (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.

Deep (superl.) Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.

Deep (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.

Deep (n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.

Deep (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.

Deepened (imp. & p. p.) of Deepen

Deepening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deepen

Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.

Deepen (v. t.) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.

Deepen (v. t.) To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.

Deepen (v. i.) To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.

Deep-fet (a.) Deeply fetched or drawn.

Deep-laid (a.) Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

Deeply (adv.) At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.

Deeply (adv.) Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics.

Deeply (adv.) Very; with a tendency to darkness of color.

Deeply (adv.) Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument.

Deeply (adv.) With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.

Deep-mouthed (a.) Having a loud and sonorous voice.

Deepness (n.) The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

Deepness (n.) Craft; insidiousness.

Deep-read (a.) Profoundly book- learned.

Deep-sea (a.) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc.

Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.

Deer (n. sing. & pl.) Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

Deer (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

Deerberry (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

Deergrass (n.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime.

Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Deerlet (n.) A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu.

Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.

Deerskin (n.) The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.

Deerstalker (n.) One who practices deerstalking.

Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.

Dees (n. pl.) Dice.

Dees (n.) A dais.

Deesis (n.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.

Deess (n.) A goddess.

Deev (n.) See Dev.

Defaced (imp. & p. p.) of Deface

Defacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deface

Deface (v. t.) To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.

Deface (v. t.) To destroy; to make null.

Defacement (n.) The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

Defacement (n.) That which mars or disfigures.

Defacer (n.) One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

De facto () Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

Defail (v. t.) To cause to fail.

Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.

Defailure (n.) Failure.

Defalcated (imp. & p. p.) of Defalcate

Defalcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defalcate

Defalcate (v. t.) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

Defalcate (v. i.) To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.

Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.

Defalcation (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.

Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.

Defalcator (n.) A defaulter or embezzler.

Defalk (v. t.) To lop off; to abate.

Defamation (n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

Defamatory (a.) Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.

Defamed (imp. & p. p.) of Defame

Defaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defame

Defame (v. t.) To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.

Defame (v. t.) To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.

Defame (v. t.) To charge; to accuse.

Defame (n.) Dishonor.

Defamer (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

Defamingly (adv.) In a defamatory manner.

Defamous (a.) Defamatory.

Defatigable (a.) Capable of being wearied or tired out.

Defatigate (v. t.) To weary or tire out; to fatigue.

Defatigation (n.) Weariness; fatigue.

Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.

Defaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Default

Defaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Default

Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.

Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

Default (v. i.) To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.

Default (v. t.) To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.

Default (v. t.) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.

Default (v. t.) To leave out of account; to omit.

Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

Defaulter (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.

Defeasance (n.) A defeat; an overthrow.

Defeasance (n.) A rendering null or void.

Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.

Defeasanced (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.

Defeasible (a.) Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.

Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of Defeat

Defeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defeat

Defeat (v. t.) To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

Defeat (v. t.) To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

Defeat (v. t.) To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Defeat (v.) An undoing or annulling; destruction.

Defeat (v.) Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

Defeat (v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

Defeature (n.) Overthrow; defeat.

Defeature (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.

Defeatured (p. p.) Changed in features; deformed.

Defecate (a.) Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

Defecated (imp. & p. p.) of Defecate

Defecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defecate

Defecate (v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.

Defecate (v. t.) To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.

Defecate (v. i.) To become clear, pure, or free.

Defecate (v. i.) To void excrement.

Defecation (n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

Defecation (n.) The act or process of voiding excrement.

Defecator (n.) That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups.

Defect (n.) Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

Defect (n.) Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

Defect (v. i.) To fail; to become deficient.

Defect (v. t.) To injure; to damage.

Defectibility (n.) Deficiency; imperfection.

Defectible (a.) Liable to defect; imperfect.

Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.

Defectionist (n.) One who advocates or encourages defection.

Defectious (a.) Having defects; imperfect.

Defective (a.) Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.

Defective (a.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.

Defectuosity (n.) Great imperfection.

Defectuous (a.) Full of defects; imperfect.

Defedation (n.) The act of making foul; pollution.

Defence (n. & v. t.) See Defense.

Defended (imp. & p. p.) of Defend

Defending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defend

Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

Defend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.

Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.

Defendable (a.) Capable of being defended; defensible.

Defendant (a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

Defendant (a.) Making defense.

Defendant (n.) One who defends; a defender.

Defendant (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.

Defendee (n.) One who is defended.

Defender (n.) One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

Defendress (n.) A female defender.

Defensative (n.) That which serves to protect or defend.

Defense (n.) Alt. of Defence

Defence (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.

Defence (n.) That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.

Defence (n.) Protecting plea; vindication; justification.

Defence (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.

Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.

Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

Defense (v. t.) To furnish with defenses; to fortify.

Defenseless (a.) Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.

Defenser (n.) Defender.

Defensibility (n.) Capability of being defended.

Defensible (a.) Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

Defensible (a.) Capable of offering defense.

Defensibleness (n.) Capability of being defended; defensibility.

Defensive (a.) Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.

Defensive (a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.

Defensive (a.) In a state or posture of defense.

Defensive (n.) That which defends; a safeguard.

Defensively (adv.) On the defensive.

Defensor (n.) A defender.

Defensor (n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.

Defensor (n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

Defensory (a.) Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.

Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defer

Deferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defer

Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

Defer (v. t.) To render or offer.

Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

Defer (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.

Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

Deferent (a.) Serving to carry; bearing.

Deferent (n.) That which carries or conveys.

Deferent (n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Deferentially (adv.) With deference.

Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

Deferrer (n.) One who defers or puts off.

Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescency

Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.

Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.

Defeudalize (v. t.) To deprive of the feudal character or form.

Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.

Defiance (n.) A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.

Defiant (a.) Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

Defiatory (a.) Bidding or manifesting defiance.

Defibrinate (v. t.) To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.

Defibrination (n.) The act or process of depriving of fibrin.

Defibrinize (v. t.) To defibrinate.

Deficience (n.) Same as Deficiency.

Deficiencies (pl. ) of Deficiency

Deficiency (n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

Deficient (a.) Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.

Deficit (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.

Defier (n.) One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.

Defiguration (n.) Disfiguration; mutilation.

Defigure (v. t.) To delineate.

Defiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Defilade

Defilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defilade

Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.

Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.

Defiled (imp. & p. p.) of Defile

Defiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defile

Defile (v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Defile (v. t.) Same as Defilade.

Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

Defile (n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

Defile (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Defile (v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

Defile (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

Defilement (n.) The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.

Defiler (n.) One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.

Defiliation (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents.

Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words.

Defined (imp. & p. p.) of Define

Defining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Define

Define (v. t.) To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

Define (v. t.) To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

Define (v. t.) To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

Define (v. t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

Define (v. i.) To determine; to decide.

Definement (n.) The act of defining; definition; description.

Definer (n.) One who defines or explains.

Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.

Definite (a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.

Definite (a.) Determined; resolved.

Definite (a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.

Definite (n.) A thing defined or determined.

Definitely (adv.) In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.

Definiteness (n.) The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.

Definition (n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.

Definition (n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.

Definition (n.) Description; sort.

Definition (n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.

Definition (n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.

Definitional (a.) Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.

Definitive (a.) Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.

Definitive (a.) Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.

Definitive (a.) Determined; resolved.

Definitive (n.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.

Definitively (adv.) In a definitive manner.

Definitiveness (n.) The quality of being definitive.

Definitude (n.) Definiteness.

Defix (v. t.) To fix; to fasten; to establish.

Deflagrability (n.) The state or quality of being deflagrable.

Deflagrable (a.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.

Deflagrated (imp. & p. p.) of Deflagrate

Deflagrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflagrate

Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.

Deflagrate (v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.

Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.

Deflagration (n.) The act or process of deflagrating.

Deflagrator (n.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

Deflate (v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.

Deflected (imp. & p. p.) of Deflect

Deflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflect

Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

Deflect (v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.

Deflectable (a.) Capable of being deflected.

Deflected (a.) Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.

Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.

Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.

Deflection (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.

Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.

Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.

Deflective (a.) Causing deflection.

Deflector (n.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).

Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.

Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Deflorate (a.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.

Defloration (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.

Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.

Defloured (imp. & p. p.) of Deflour

Deflouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflour

Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of flowers.

Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.

Deflourer (n.) One who deflours; a ravisher.

Deflow (v. i.) To flow down.

Deflower (v. t.) Same as Deflour.

Deflowerer (n.) See Deflourer.

Defluous (a.) Flowing down; falling off.

Deflux (n.) Downward flow.

Defluxion (n.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.

Defly (adv.) Deftly.

Defoedation (n.) Defedation.

Defoliate (a.) Alt. of Defoliated

Defoliated (a.) Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

Defoliation (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Deforced (imp. & p. p.) of Deforce

Deforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deforce

Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.

Deforce (v.) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.

Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.

Deforcement (n.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.

Deforceor (n.) Same as Deforciant.

Deforciant (n.) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.

Deforciant (n.) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.

Deforciation (n.) Same as Deforcement, n.

Deforest (v. t.) To clear of forests; to disforest.

Deformed (imp. & p. p.) of Deform

Deforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deform

Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

Deform (v. t.) To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.

Deform (a.) Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.

Deformation (n.) The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.

Deformation (n.) Transformation; change of shape.

Deformed (a.) Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.

Deformer (n.) One who deforms.

Deformities (pl. ) of Deformity

Deformity (a.) The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

Deformity (a.) Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.

Deforser (n.) A deforciant.

Defoul (v. t.) To tread down.

Defoul (v. t.) To make foul; to defile.

Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defraud

Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defraud

Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.

Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.

Defrauder (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.

Defrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Defray

Defraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defray

Defray (v. t.) To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.

Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.

Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

Defrayer (n.) One who pays off expenses.

Defrayment (n.) Payment of charges.

Deft (a.) Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.

Deftly (adv.) Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.

Deftness (n.) The quality of being deft.

Defunct (a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

Defunct (n.) A dead person; one deceased.

Defunction (n.) Death.

Defunctive (a.) Funereal.

Defuse (v. t.) To disorder; to make shapeless.

Defied (imp. & p. p.) of Defy

Defying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defy

Defy (v. t.) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.

Defy (n.) A challenge.

Degarnished (imp. & p. p.) of Degarnish

Degarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degarnish

Degarnish (v. t.) To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to degarnish a house, etc.

Degarnish (v. t.) To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort.

Degarnishment (n.) The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison.

Degender (v. i.) Alt. of Degener

Degener (v. i.) To degenerate.

Degeneracy (a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.

Degeneracy (a.) The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.

Degenerate (a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.

Degenerated (imp. & p. p.) of Degenerate

Degenerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degenerate

Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate.

Degenerate (v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Degenerately (adv.) In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

Degenerateness (n.) Degeneracy.

Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

Degeneration (n.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.

Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.

Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.

Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.

Degenerative (a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

Degenerous (a.) Degenerate; base.

Degenerously (adv.) Basely.

Deglazing (n.) The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means.

Degloried (a.) Deprived of glory; dishonored.

Deglutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Deglutinate

Deglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deglutinate

Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

Deglutination (n.) The act of ungluing.

Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Deglutitious (a.) Pertaining to deglutition.

Deglutitory (a.) Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.

Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.

Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.

Degradation (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.

Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.

Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.

Degraded (imp. & p. p.) of Degrade

Degrading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degrade

Degrade (v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.

Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.

Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

Degrade (v. i.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.

Degraded (a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.

Degraded (a.) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.

Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.

Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.

Degradingly (adv.) In a degrading manner.

Degravation (a.) The act of making heavy.

Degree (n.) A step, stair, or staircase.

Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.

Degree (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.

Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.

Degree (n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.

Degree (n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.

Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.

Degree (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.

Degree (n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

Degree (n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

Degree (n.) A line or space of the staff.

Degu (n.) A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidae.

Degust (v. t.) To taste.

Degustation (n.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.

Dehisce (v. i.) To gape; to open by dehiscence.

Dehiscence (n.) The act of gaping.

Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.

Dehiscent (a.) Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.

Dehonestate (v. t.) To disparage.

Dehonestation (n.) A dishonoring; disgracing.

Dehorned (imp. & p. p.) of Dehorn

Dehorning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dehorn

Dehorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.

Dehors (prep.) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.

Dehors (n.) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

Dehorted (imp. & p. p.) of Dehort

Dehorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dehort

Dehort (v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.

Dehortation (n.) Dissuasion; advice against something.

Dehortative (a.) Dissuasive.

Dehortatory (a.) Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.

Dehorter (n.) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.

Dehumanize (v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences.

Dehusk (v. t.) To remove the husk from.

Dehydrate (v. t.) To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

Dehydration (n.) The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

Dehydrogenate (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.

Dehydrogenation (n.) The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

Deicide (n.) The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ.

Deicide (n.) One concerned in putting Christ to death.

Deictic (a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

Deictically (adv.) In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely.

Deific (a.) Alt. of Deifical

Deifical (a.) Making divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making.

Deification (n.) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

Deified (a.) Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.

Deifier (n.) One who deifies.

Deiform (a.) Godlike, or of a godlike form.

Deiform (a.) Conformable to the will of God.

Deiformity (n.) Likeness to deity.

Deified (imp. & p. p.) of Deify

Deifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deify

Deify (v. t.) To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.

Deify (v. t.) To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.

Deify (v. t.) To render godlike.

Deigned (imp. & p. p.) of Deign

Deigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deign

Deign (v. t.) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.

Deign (v. t.) To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.

Deign (v. i.) To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive.

Deignous (a.) Haughty; disdainful.

Deil (n.) Devil; -- spelt also deel.

Deinoceras (n.) See Dinoceras.

Deinornis (n.) See Dinornis.

Deinosaur (n.) See Dinosaur.

Deinotherium (n.) See Dinotherium.

Deintegrate (v. t.) To disintegrate.

Deinteous (a.) Alt. of Deintevous

Deintevous (a.) Rare; excellent; costly.

Deiparous (a.) Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.

Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

Deis (n.) See Dais.

Deism (n.) The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.

Deist (n.) One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.

Deistic (a.) Alt. of Deistical

Deistical (a.) Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.

Deistically (adv.) After the manner of deists.

Deisticalness (n.) State of being deistical.

Deitate (a.) Deified.

Deities (pl. ) of Deity

Deity (n.) The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.

Deity (n.) A god or goddess; a heathen god.

Dejected (imp. & p. p.) of Deject

Dejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deject

Deject (v. t.) To cast down.

Deject (v. t.) To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.

Deject (a.) Dejected.

Dejecta (n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

Dejected (a.) Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance.

Dejecter (n.) One who casts down, or dejects.

Dejection (n.) A casting down; depression.

Dejection (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.

Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.

Dejection (n.) A low condition; weakness; inability.

Dejection (n.) The discharge of excrement.

Dejection (n.) Faeces; excrement.

Dejectly (adv.) Dejectedly.

Dejectory (a.) Having power, or tending, to cast down.

Dejectory (a.) Promoting evacuations by stool.

Dejecture (n.) That which is voided; excrements.

Dejerate (v. i.) To swear solemnly; to take an oath.

Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.

Dejeune (n.) A dejeuner.

Dejeuner (n.) A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.

De jure () By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto.

Deka- () A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-.

Dekagram (n.) Same as Decagram.

Dekaliter (n.) Same as Decaliter.

Dekameter (n.) Same as Decameter.

Dekastere (n.) Same as Decastere.

Dekle (n.) See Deckle.

Del (n.) Share; portion; part.

Delaceration (n.) A tearing in pieces.

Delacrymation (n.) An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

Delactation (n.) The act of weaning.

Delaine (n.) A kind of fabric for women's dresses.

Delamination (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Delapsation (n.) See Delapsion.

Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delapse

Delapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delapse

Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Delapsion (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

Delassation (n.) Fatigue.

Delated (imp. & p. p.) of Delate

Delating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delate

Delate (v.) To carry; to convey.

Delate (v.) To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.

Delate (v.) To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.

Delate (v.) To carry on; to conduct.

Delate (v. i.) To dilate.

Delation (n.) Conveyance.

Delation (n.) Accusation by an informer.

Delator (n.) An accuser; an informer.

Delaware (n.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

Delawares (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

Delays (pl. ) of Delay

Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Delayed (imp. & p. p.) of Delay

Delaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delay

Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.

Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Delayer (n.) One who delays; one who lingers.

Delayingly (adv.) By delays.

Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.

Dele (imperative sing.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /.

Deled (imp. & p. p.) of Dele

Deleing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dele

Dele (v. t.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

Dele (v. t.) To deal; to divide; to distribute.

Deleble (a.) Capable of being blotted out or erased.

Delectable (a.) Highly pleasing; delightful.

Delectate (v. t.) To delight; to charm.

Delectation (n.) Great pleasure; delight.

Delectus (n.) A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.

Delegacy (a.) The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.

Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Delegate (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.

Delegate (a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.

Delegated (imp. & p. p.) of Delegate

Delegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delegate

Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

Delegate (v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

Delegation (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

Delegation (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

Delegation (n.) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.

Delegatory (a.) Holding a delegated position.

Delenda (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out.

Delenifical (a.) Assuaging pain.

Deleted (imp. & p. p.) of Delete

Deleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delete

Delete (v. t.) To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

Deleterious (a.) Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example.

Deletery (a.) Destructive; poisonous.

Deletery (n.) That which destroys.

Deletion (n.) Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

Deletitious (a.) Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.

Deletive (a.) Adapted to destroy or obliterate.

Deletory (n.) That which blots out.

Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

Delf (n.) Same as Delftware.

Delft (n.) Same as Delftware.

Delftware (n.) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:

Delftware (n.) Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like.

Delibate (v. t.) To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in.

Delibation (n.) Act of tasting; a slight trial.

Deliber (v. t. & i.) To deliberate.

Deliberate (a.) Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.

Deliberate (a.) Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.

Deliberate (a.) Not hasty or sudden; slow.

Deliberated (imp. & p. p.) of Deliberate

Deliberating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deliberate

Deliberate (v. t.) To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.

Deliberate (v. i.) To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.

Deliberately (adv.) With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Deliberateness (n.) The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.

Deliberation (n.) The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Deliberation (n.) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

Deliberative (a.) Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.

Deliberative (n.) A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

Deliberative (n.) A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Deliberatively (adv.) In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.

Deliberator (n.) One who deliberates.

Delibrated (imp. & p. p.) of Delibrate

Delibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delibrate

Delibrate (v. t.) To strip off the bark; to peel.

Delibration (n.) The act of stripping off the bark.

Delicacies (pl. ) of Delicacy

Delicacy (a.) The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

Delicacy (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

Delicacy (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.

Delicacy (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

Delicacy (a.) Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

Delicacy (a.) That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.

Delicacy (a.) Pleasure; gratification; delight.

Delicate (a.) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

Delicate (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.

Delicate (a.) Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."

Delicate (a.) Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

Delicate (a.) Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

Delicate (a.) Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue.

Delicate (a.) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

Delicate (a.) Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.

Delicate (a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.

Delicate (a.) Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

Delicate (a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.

Delicate (a.) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.

Delicate (n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.

Delicate (n.) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

Delicately (adv.) In a delicate manner.

Delicateness (n.) The quality of being delicate.

Delices (n. pl.) Delicacies; delights.

Deliciate (v. t.) To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.

Delicious (a.) Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Delicious (a.) Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Deliciously (adv.) Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.

Deliciousness (n.) The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.

Deliciousness (n.) Luxury.

Delict (n.) An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.

Deligate (v. t.) To bind up; to bandage.

Deligation (n.) A binding up; a bandaging.

Delight (v. t.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

Delight (v. t.) That which gives great pleasure or delight.

Delight (v. t.) Licentious pleasure; lust.

Delighted (imp. & p. p.) of Delight

Delighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delight

Delight (v. t.) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.

Delight (v. i.) To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.

Delightable (a.) Capable of delighting; delightful.

Delighted (a.) Endowed with delight.

Delightedly (adv.) With delight; gladly.

Delighter (n.) One who gives or takes delight.

Delightful (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

Delighting (a.) Giving delight; gladdening.

Delightless (a.) Void of delight.

Delightous (a.) Delightful.

Delightsome (a.) Very pleasing; delightful.

Delilah (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.

Delimit (v. t.) To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Delimitation (n.) The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

Deline (v. t.) To delineate.

Deline (v. t.) To mark out.

Delineable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated.

Delineament (/.) Delineation; sketch.

Delineate (a.) Delineated; portrayed.

Delineated (imp. & p. p.) of Delineate

Delineating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delineate

Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.

Delineation (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

Delineator (n.) One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

Delineator (n.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.

Delineatory (a.) That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

Delineature (n.) Delineation.

Delinition (n.) A smearing.

Delinquencies (pl. ) of Delinquency

Delinquency (n.) Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

Delinquently (adv.) So as to fail in duty.

Deliquate (v. i.) To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce.

Deliquate (v. t.) To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste.

Deliquation (n.) A melting.

Deliquesced (imp. & p. p.) of Deliquesce

Deliquescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deliquesce

Deliquesce (v. i.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

Deliquescence (n.) The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Deliquescent (a.) Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

Deliquescent (a.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Deliquiate (v. i.) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.

Deliquiation (n.) The act of deliquiating.

Deliquium (n.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium.

Deliquium (n.) A sinking away; a swooning.

Deliquium (n.) A melting or maudlin mood.

Deliracy (n.) Delirium.

Delirament (n.) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.

Delirancy (n.) Delirium.

Delirant (a.) Delirious.

Delirate (v. t. & i.) To madden; to rave.

Deliration (n.) Aberration of mind; delirium.

Deliriant (n.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Delirifacient (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.

Delirifacient (n.) Any substance which tends to cause delirium.

Delirious (a.) Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.

Delirium (n.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.

Delirium (n.) Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

Delit (n.) Delight.

Delitable (a.) Delightful; delectable.

Delitescence (n.) Concealment; seclusion; retirement.

Delitescence (n.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.

Delitescency (n.) Concealment; seclusion.

Delitescent (a.) Lying hid; concealed.

Delitigate (v. i.) To chide; to rail heartily.

Delitigation (n.) Chiding; brawl.

Delivered (imp. & p. p.) of Deliver

Delivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deliver

Deliver (v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.

Deliver (v. t.) To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.

Deliver (v. t.) To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.

Deliver (v. t.) To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.

Deliver (v. t.) To discover; to show.

Deliver (v. t.) To deliberate.

Deliver (v. t.) To admit; to allow to pass.

Deliver (v. t.) Free; nimble; sprightly; active.

Deliverable (a.) Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.

Deliverance (n.) The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

Deliverance (n.) Act of bringing forth children.

Deliverance (n.) Act of speaking; utterance.

Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.

Deliverance (n.) Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly.

Deliverance (n.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.

Deliverer (n.) One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.

Deliverer (n.) One who relates or communicates.

Deliveress (n.) A female deliverer.

Deliverly (adv.) Actively; quickly; nimbly.

Deliverness (n.) Nimbleness; agility.

Deliveries (pl. ) of Delivery

Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

Delivery (n.) The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

Delivery (n.) The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

Delivery (n.) The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

Delivery (n.) The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine.

Dell (n.) A young woman; a wench.

Della Crusca () A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language.

Dellacruscan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.

Deloo (n.) The duykerbok.

Deloul (n.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

Delph (n.) Delftware.

Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Delphian (a.) Delphic.

Delphic (a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

Delphic (a.) Ambiguous; mysterious.

Delphin (a.) Alt. of Delphine

Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).

Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Delphinic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.

Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.

Delphinoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Delphinus (n.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.

Delphinus (n.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.

Deltas (pl. ) of Delta

Delta (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.

Deltafication (n.) The formation of a delta or of deltas.

Deltaic (a.) Relating to, or like, a delta.

Delthyris (n.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.

Deltic (a.) Deltaic.

Deltidium (n.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

Deltohedron (n.) A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

Deltoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.

Deludable (a.) Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible.

Deluded (imp. & p. p.) of Delude

Deluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delude

Delude (v. t.) To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

Delude (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint.

Deluder (n.) One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.

Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.

Deluged (imp. & p. p.) of Deluge

Deluging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deluge

Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

Delundung (n.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

Delusion (n.) The state of being deluded or misled.

Delusion (n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Delusional (a.) Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

Delusive (a.) Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.

Delusory (a.) Delusive; fallacious.

Delved (imp. & p. p.) of Delve

Delving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delve

Delve (v. t.) To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

Delve (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

Delve (v. i.) To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.

Delve (v. t.) A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

Delver (n.) One who digs, as with a spade.

Demagnetize (v. t.) To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.

Demagnetize (v. t.) To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize.

Demagog (n.) Demagogue.

Demagogic (a.) Alt. of Demagogical

Demagogical (a.) Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

Demagogism (n.) The practices of a demagogue.

Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

Demagogy (n.) Demagogism.

Demain (n.) Rule; management.

Demain (n.) See Demesne.

Demanded (imp. & p. p.) of Demand

Demanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demand

Demand (v. t.) To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

Demand (v. t.) To call into court; to summon.

Demand (v. i.) To make a demand; to inquire.

Demand (v. t.) The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.

Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.

Demand (v. t.) That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.

Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.

Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.

Demand (v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due.

Demandable (a.) That may be demanded or claimed.

Demandant (n.) One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.

Demander (n.) One who demands.

Demandress (n.) A woman who demands.

Demantoid (n.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.

Demarcate (v. t.) To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

Demarcation (n.) The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.

Demarch (n.) March; walk; gait.

Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.

Demarkation (n.) Same as Demarcation.

Dematerialize (v. t.) To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.

Deme (n.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.

Deme (n.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.

Demeaned (imp. & p. p.) of Demean

Demeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demean

Demean (v. t.) To manage; to conduct; to treat.

Demean (v. t.) To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Demean (v. t.) To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Demean (v. t.) Management; treatment.

Demean (v. t.) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

Demean (n.) Demesne.

Demean (n.) Resources; means.

Demeanance (n.) Demeanor.

Demeanor (v. t.) Management; treatment; conduct.

Demeanor (v. t.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.

Demeanure (n.) Behavior.

Demency (n.) Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity.

Dement (v. t.) To deprive of reason; to make mad.

Dement (a.) Demented; dementate.

Dementate (v. t.) Deprived of reason.

Dementate (v. t.) To deprive of reason; to dement.

Dementation (n.) The act of depriving of reason; madness.

Demented (a.) Insane; mad; of unsound mind.

Dementia (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Demephitized (imp. & p. p.) of Demephitize

Demephitizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demephitize

Demephitize (v. t.) To purify from mephitic or foul air.

Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.

Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.

Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.

Demerit (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.

Demerit (n.) To depreciate or cry down.

Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.

Demerse (v. t.) To immerse.

Demersed (a.) Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed.

Demersion (n.) The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.

Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water.

Demesmerize (v. t.) To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.

Demesne (n.) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

Demesnial (a.) Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

Demi- () A prefix, signifying half.

Demi (n.) See Demy, n.

Demibastion (n.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.

Demibrigade (n.) A half brigade.

Demicadence (n.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.

Demicannon (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.

Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.

Demiculverin (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

Demideify (v. t.) To deify in part.

Demidevil (n.) A half devil.

Demigod (n.) A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

Demigoddess (n.) A female demigod.

Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.

Demigrate (v. i.) To emigrate.

Demigration (n.) Emigration.

Demigroat (n.) A half groat.

Demi-island (n.) Peninsula.

Demijohn (n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.

Demilance (n.) A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

Demilancer (n.) A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Demiman (n.) A half man.

Demimonde (n.) Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.

Deminatured (a.) Having half the nature of another.

Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.

Demirelief (n.) Alt. of Demirelievo

Demirelievo (n.) Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.

Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.

Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Demi-rilievo (n.) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.

Demisability (n.) The state of being demisable.

Demisable (a.) Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate.

Demise (n.) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

Demise (n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.

Demise (n.) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

Demised (imp. & p. p.) of Demise

Demising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demise

Demise (v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.

Demise (v. t.) To convey; to give.

Demise (v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.

Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

Demiss (a.) Cast down; humble; submissive.

Demission (n.) The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.

Demission (n.) Resignation of an office.

Demissionary (a.) Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.

Demissionary (a.) Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.

Demissive (a.) Downcast; submissive; humble.

Demissly (adv.) In a humble manner.

Demisuit (n.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.

Demitted (imp. & p. p.) of Demit

Demitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demit

Demit (v. t.) To let fall; to depress.

Demit (v. t.) To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.

Demit (v. t.) To lay down, as an office; to resign.

Demitint (n.) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.

Demitint (n.) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.

Demitone (n.) Semitone.

Demiurge (n.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.

Demiurge (n.) God, as the Maker of the world.

Demiurge (n.) According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.

Demiurgic (a.) Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative.

Demivill (n.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges.

Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

Demiwolf (n.) A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.

Demobilization (n.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.

Demobilize (v. t.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

Democracies (pl. ) of Democracy

Democracy (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

Democracy (n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.

Democracy (n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.

Democrat (n.) One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.

Democrat (n.) A member of the Democratic party.

Democratic (a.) Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

Democratic (a.) Relating to a political party so called.

Democratic (a.) Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic.

Democratical (a.) Democratic.

Democratically (adv.) In a democratic manner.

Democratism (n.) The principles or spirit of a democracy.

Democratist (n.) A democrat.

Democratize (v. t.) To render democratic.

Democraty (n.) Democracy.

Demogorgon (n.) A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.

Demography (n.) The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.

Demoiselle (n.) A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.

Demoiselle (n.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.

Demoiselle (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.

Demolished (imp. & p. p.) of Demolish

Demolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demolish

Demolish (v. t.) To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

Demolisher (n.) One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.

Demolishment (n.) Demolition.

Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.

Demolitionist (n.) A demolisher.

Demon (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.

Demon (n.) One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.

Demon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.

Demoness (n.) A female demon.

Demonetization (n.) The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.

Demonetize (v. t.) To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.

Demoniac (a.) Alt. of Demoniacal

Demoniacal (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.

Demoniacal (a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.

Demoniac (n.) A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.

Demoniac (n.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.

Demoniacally (adv.) In a demoniacal manner.

Demoniacism (n.) The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.

Demonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon.

Demonian (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon.

Demonianism (n.) The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.

Demoniasm (n.) See Demonianism.

Demonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.

Demonism (n.) The belief in demons or false gods.

Demonist (n.) A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.

Demonized (imp. & p. p.) of Demonize

Demonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demonize

Demonize (v. t.) To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.

Demonize (v. t.) To control or possess by a demon.

Demonocracy (n.) The power or government of demons.

Demonographer (n.) A demonologist.

Demonolatry (n.) The worship of demons.

Demonologer (n.) One versed in demonology.

Demonologic (a.) Alt. of Demonological

Demonological (a.) Of or pertaining to demonology.

Demonologist (n.) One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.

Demonology (n.) A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.

Demonomagy (n.) Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic.

Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

Demonomist (n.) One in subjection to a demon, or to demons.

Demonomy (n.) The dominion of demons.

Demonry (n.) Demoniacal influence or possession.

Demonship (n.) The state of a demon.

Demonstrability (n.) The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.

Demonstrable (a.) Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question.

Demonstrable (a.) Proved; apparent.

Demonstrableness (n.) The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.

Demonstrably (adv.) In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.

Demonstrance (n.) Demonstration; proof.

Demonstrate (v. t.) To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

Demonstrate (v. t.) To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial.

Demonstrate (v. t.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).

Demonstrater (n.) See Demonstrator.

Demonstration (n.) The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

Demonstration (n.) An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.

Demonstration (n.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.

Demonstration (n.) (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.

Demonstration (n.) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.

Demonstration (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.

Demonstrative (a.) Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.

Demonstrative (a.) Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.

Demonstrative (a.) Consisting of eulogy or of invective.

Demonstrative (n.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.

Demonstratively (adv.) In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.

Demonstrativeness (n.) The state or quality of being demonstrative.

Demonstrator (n.) One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.

Demonstrator (n.) A teacher of practical anatomy.

Demonstratory (a.) Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative.

Demorage (n.) Demurrage.

Demoralization (n.) The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.

Demoralized (imp. & p. p.) of Demoralize

Demoralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demoralize

Demoralize (v. t.) To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.

Demosthenic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

Demotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.

Demount (v. i.) To dismount.

Dempne (v. t.) To damn; to condemn.

Dempster (n.) Alt. of Demster

Demster (n.) A deemster.

Demster (n.) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.

Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.

Demulcent (a.) Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.

Demulcent (n.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.

Demulsion (n.) The act of soothing; that which soothes.

Demurred (imp. & p. p.) of Demur

Demurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demur

Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

Demur (v. i.) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

Demur (v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Demure (a.) Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.

Demure (a.) Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

Demure (v. i.) To look demurely.

Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.

Demureness (n.) The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

Demurity (n.) Demureness; also, one who is demure.

Demurrable (a.) That may be demurred to.

Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing.

Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

Demurrer (n.) One who demurs.

Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.

Demies (pl. ) of Demy

Demy (n.) A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.

Demy (n.) A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Demy (a.) Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.

Den (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

Den (n.) A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.

Den (n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.

Den (n.) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

Den (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a den.

Denarcotize (v. t.) To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium.

Denarii (pl. ) of Denarius

Denarius (n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

Denary (a.) Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.

Denary (n.) The number ten; a division into ten.

Denary (n.) A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius.

Denationalization (n.) The or process of denationalizing.

Denationalized (imp. & p. p.) of Denationalize

Denationalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denationalize

Denationalize (v. t.) To divest or deprive of national character or rights.

Denaturalized (imp. & p. p.) of Denaturalize

Denaturalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denaturalize

Denaturalize (v. t.) To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

Denaturalize (v. t.) To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize.

Denay (v. t.) To deny.

Denay (n.) Denial; refusal.

Dendrachate (n.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.

Dendriform (a.) Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.

Dendrite (n.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.

Dendritic (a.) Alt. of Dendritical

Dendritical (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.

Dendroc/la (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

Dendroid (a.) Alt. of Dendroidal

Dendroidal (a.) Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

Dendrolite (n.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.

Dendrologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of trees.

Dendrologous (a.) Relating to dendrology.

Dendrology (n.) A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.

Dendrometer (n.) An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.

Denegate (v. t.) To deny.

Denegation (n.) Denial.

Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.

Deniable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.

Denial (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

Denial (n.) A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

Denial (n.) A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.

Deniance (n.) Denial.

Denier (n.) One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.

Denier (n.) A small copper coin of insignificant value.

Denigrate (v. t.) To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.

Denigration (n.) The act of making black.

Denigration (n.) Fig.: A blackening; defamation.

Denigrator (n.) One who, or that which, blackens.

Denim (n.) A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

Denitration (n.) A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.

Denitrification (n.) The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

Denitrify (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.

Denization (n.) The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.

Denize (v. t.) To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.

Denizen (n.) A dweller; an inhabitant.

Denizen (n.) One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.

Denizen (n.) One admitted to residence in a foreign country.

Denizen (v. t.) To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.

Denizen (v. t.) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

Denizenation (n.) Denization; denizening.

Denizenize (v. t.) To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen.

Denizenship (n.) State of being a denizen.

Denmark satin () See under Satin.

Dennet (n.) A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig.

Denominable (a.) Capable of being denominated or named.

Denominated (imp. & p. p.) of Denominate

Denominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denominate

Denominate (v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

Denominate (a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.

Denomination (n.) The act of naming or designating.

Denomination (n.) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.

Denomination (n.) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

Denominational (a.) Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society.

Denominationalism (n.) A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

Denominationalist (n.) One imbued with a denominational spirit.

Denominationally (adv.) In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.

Denominative (a.) Conferring a denomination or name.

Denominative (a.) Connotative; as, a denominative name.

Denominative (a.) Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.

Denominative (a.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.

Denominative (n.) A denominative name or term; denominative verb.

Denominatively (adv.) By denomination.

Denominator (n.) One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.

Denominator (n.) That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.

Denominator (n.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.

Denotable (a.) Capable of being denoted or marked.

Denotate (v. t.) To mark off; to denote.

Denotation (n.) The marking off or separation of anything.

Denotative (a.) Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

Denoted (imp. & p. p.) of Denote

Denoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denote

Denote (v. t.) To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.

Denote (v. t.) To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.

Denotement (n.) Sign; indication.

Denotive (a.) Serving to denote.

Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

Denouement (n.) The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.

Denounced (imp. & p. p.) of Denounce

Denouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denounce

Denounce (v. t.) To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.

Denounce (v. t.) To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.

Denouncement (n.) Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.

Denouncer (n.) One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.

Dense (a.) Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.

Dense (a.) Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.

Densely (adv.) In a dense, compact manner.

Denseless (n.) The quality of being dense; density.

Densimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

Density (n.) The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

Density (n.) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.

Density (n.) Depth of shade.

Dent (n.) A stroke; a blow.

Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.

Dented (imp. & p. p.) of Dent

Denting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dent

Dent (v. t.) To make a dent upon; to indent.

Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Dental (a.) Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

Dental (a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.

Dental (a.) An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dental (a.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Dentalism (n.) The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dentalium (n.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Dentary (a.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.

Dentary (n.) The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

Dentate (a.) Alt. of Dentated

Dentated (a.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

Dentated (a.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

Dentate-ciliate (a.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentately (adv.) In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Dentate-sinuate (a.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentation (n.) Formation of teeth; toothed form.

Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dentel (n.) Same as Dentil.

Dentelle (n.) An ornamental tooling like lace.

Dentelli (n. pl.) Modillions.

Dentex (n.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidae.

Denticete (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

Denticle (n.) A small tooth or projecting point.

Denticulate (a.) Alt. of Denticulated

Denticulated (a.) Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx.

Denticulation (n.) The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

Denticulation (n.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.

Dentiferous (a.) Bearing teeth; dentigerous.

Dentiform (a.) Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.

Dentifrice (n.) A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

Dentigerous (a.) Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

Dentil (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

Dentilabial (a.) Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed.

Dentilabial (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.

Dentilated (a.) Toothed.

Dentilation (n.) Dentition.

Dentilave (n.) A wash for cleaning the teeth.

Dentile (n.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.

Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

Dentilingual (n.) A dentilingual sound or letter.

Dentiloquist (n.) One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

Dentiloquy (n.) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.

Dential (a.) Of or pertaining to dentine.

Dentine (n.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.

Dentiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.

Dentirostres (pl. ) of Dentiroster

Dentiroster (n.) A dentirostral bird.

Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

Dentirostrate (a.) Dentirostral.

Dentiscalp (n.) An instrument for scraping the teeth.

Dentist (n.) One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

Dentistic (a.) Alt. of Dentistical

Dentistical (a.) Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.

Dentistry (n.) The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

Dentition (n.) The development and cutting of teeth; teething.

Dentition (n.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

Dentized (imp. & p. p.) of Dentize

Dentizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dentize

Dentize (v. t. & i.) To breed or cut new teeth.

Dentoid (a.) Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.

Dentolingual (a.) Dentilingual.

Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

Denudate (v. t.) To denude.

Denudation (n.) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

Denude (v. t.) To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Denunciate (v. t.) To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.

Denunciation (n.) Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

Denunciation (n.) The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.

Denunciation (n.) That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

Denunciative (a.) Same as Denunciatory.

Denunciator (n.) One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.

Denunciatory (a.) Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.

Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.

Denied (imp. & p. p.) of Deny

Denying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deny

Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

Deny (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

Deny (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Denyingly (adv.) In the manner of one denies a request.

Deobstruct (v. t.) To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.

Deobstruent (a.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.

Deobstruent (n.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

Deodand (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.

Deodar (n.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.

Deodate (n.) A gift or offering to God.

Deodorant (n.) A deodorizer.

Deodorization (n.) The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.

Deodorize (v. t.) To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.

Deodorizer (n.) He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.

Deonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden.

Deontological (a.) Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist (n.) One versed in deontology.

Deontology (n.) The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.

Deoperculate (a.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

Deoppilate (v. t.) To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through.

Deoppilation (n.) Removal of whatever stops up the passages.

Deoppilative (a. & n.) Deobstruent; aperient.

Deordination (n.) Disorder; dissoluteness.

Deosculate (v. t.) To kiss warmly.

Deoxidate (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Deoxidation (n.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidization (n.) Deoxidation.

Deoxidize (v. t.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidizer (n.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

Deoxygenate (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Deoxygenation (n.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.

Deoxygenize (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Depaint (p. p.) Painted.

Depainted (imp. & p. p.) of Depaint

Depainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depaint

Depaint (v. t.) To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.

Depaint (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, color; to color.

Depainter (n.) One who depaints.

Depardieux (interj.) In God's name; certainly.

Departed (imp. & p. p.) of Depart

Departing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depart

Depart (v. i.) To part; to divide; to separate.

Depart (v. i.) To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.

Depart (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.

Depart (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.

Depart (v. i.) To quit this world; to die.

Depart (v. t.) To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.

Depart (v. t.) To divide in order to share; to apportion.

Depart (v. t.) To leave; to depart from.

Depart (n.) Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.

Depart (n.) A going away; departure; hence, death.

Departable (a.) Divisible.

Departer (n.) One who refines metals by separation.

Departer (n.) One who departs.

Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.

Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision.

Department (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

Department (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

Department (v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Departmental (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.

Departure (n.) Division; separation; putting away.

Departure (n.) Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.

Departure (n.) Removal from the present life; death; decease.

Departure (n.) Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.

Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

Departure (n.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Depascent (a.) Feeding.

Depasture (v. t. & i.) To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture.

Depatriate (v. t. & i.) To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.

Depauperated (imp. & p. p.) of Depauperate

Depauperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depauperate

Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.

Depauperate (a.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.

Depauperize (v. t.) To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.

Depeach (v. t.) To discharge.

Depectible (a.) Tough; thick; capable of extension.

Depeculation (n.) A robbing or embezzlement.

Depeinct (v. t.) To paint.

Depended (imp. & p. p.) of Depend

Depending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depend

Depend (v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

Depend (v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

Depend (v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

Depend (v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

Depend (v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

Depend (v. i.) To impend.

Dependable (a.) Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

Dependant (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

Dependance (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

Dependancy (n.) See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

Dependence (n.) The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).

Dependence (n.) Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.

Dependence (n.) Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.

Dependence (n.) A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

Dependence (n.) That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

Dependence (n.) That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.

Dependence (n.) A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.

Dependencies (pl. ) of Dependency

Dependency (n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Dependency (n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.

Dependency (n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.

Dependency (n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.

Dependent (a.) Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.

Dependent (n.) One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

Dependent (n.) That which depends; corollary; consequence.

Dependently (adv.) In a dependent manner.

Depender (n.) One who depends; a dependent.

Dependingly (adv.) As having dependence.

Depeople (v. t.) To depopulate.

Deperdit (n.) That which is lost or destroyed.

Deperditely (adv.) Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked.

Deperdition (n.) Loss; destruction.

Depertible (a.) Divisible.

Dephlegm (v. t.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.

Dephlegmated (imp. & p. p.) of Dephlegmate

Dephlegmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlegmate

Dephlegmate (v. t.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.

Dephlegmation (n.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it.

Dephlegmator (n.) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.

Dephlegmatory (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.

Dephlegmedness (n.) A state of being freed from water.

Dephlogisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Dephlogisticcate

Dephlogisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dephlogisticcate

Dephlogisticcate (v. t.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability.

Dephosphorization (n.) The act of freeing from phosphorous.

Depict (p. p.) Depicted.

Depict (p. p.) Depicted.

Depicted (imp. & p. p.) of Depict

Depicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depict

Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

Depict (v. t.) To represent in words; to describe vividly.

Depiction (n.) A painting or depicting; a representation.

Depictured (imp. & p. p.) of Depicture

Depicturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depicture

Depicture (v. t.) To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.

Depilated (imp. & p. p.) of Depilate

Depilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depilate

Depilate (v. t.) To strip of hair; to husk.

Depilation (n.) Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.

Depilatory (a.) Having the quality or power of removing hair.

Depilatory (n.) An application used to take off hair.

Depilous (a.) Hairless.

Deplanate (v. t.) Flattened; made level or even.

Deplant (v. t.) To take up (plants); to transplant.

Deplantation (n.) Act of taking up plants from beds.

Depleted (imp. & p. p.) of Deplete

Depleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deplete

Deplete (a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

Deplete (a.) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

Depletion (n.) The act of depleting or emptying.

Depletion (n.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.

Depletive (a.) Able or fitted to deplete.

Depletive (n.) A substance used to deplete.

Depletory (a.) Serving to deplete.

Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.

Deploitation (n.) Same as Exploitation.

Deplorability (n.) Deplorableness.

Deplorable (a.) Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

Deplorableness (n.) State of being deplorable.

Deplorably (adv.) In a deplorable manner.

Deplorate (a.) Deplorable.

Deploration (n.) The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.

Deplored (imp. & p. p.) of Deplore

Deploring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deplore

Deplore (v. t.) To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

Deplore (v. t.) To complain of.

Deplore (v. t.) To regard as hopeless; to give up.

Deplore (v. i.) To lament.

Deploredly (adv.) Lamentably.

Deploredness (n.) The state of being deplored or deplorable.

Deplorement (n.) Deploration.

Deplorre (n.) One who deplores.

Deploringly (adv.) In a deploring manner.

Deployed (imp. & p. p.) of Deploy

Deploying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deploy

Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

Deploy (n.) Alt. of Deployment

Deployment (n.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.

Deplumate (a.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

Deplumation (n.) The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.

Deplumation (n.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.

Deplumed (imp. & p. p.) of Deplume

Depluming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deplume

Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Deplume (v. t.) To lay bare; to expose.

Depolarization (n.) The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarized (imp. & p. p.) of Depolarize

Depolarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depolarize

Depolarize (v. t.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.

Depolarize (v. t.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

Depolarizer (n.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

Depolish (v. t.) To remove the polish or glaze from.

Depolishing (n.) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.

Deponed (imp. & p. p.) of Depone

Deponing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depone

Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager.

Depone (v. t.) To lay down.

Depone (v. t.) To assert under oath; to depose.

Depone (v. i.) To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.

Deponent (v. t.) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

Deponent (v. t.) A deponent verb.

Deponent (a.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.

Depopulacy (n.) Depopulation; destruction of population.

Depopulated (imp. & p. p.) of Depopulate

Depopulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depopulate

Depopulate (v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.

Depopulate (v. i.) To become dispeopled.

Depopulation (n.) The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.

Depopulator (n.) One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

Deported (imp. & p. p.) of Deport

Deporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deport

Deport (v. t.) To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

Deport (v. t.) To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Deport (n.) Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment.

Deportation (n.) The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Deportment (n.) Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.

Deporture (n.) Deportment.

Deposable (a.) Capable of being deposed or deprived of office.

Deposal (n.) The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.

Deposed (imp. & p. p.) of Depose

Deposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depose

Depose (v. t.) To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.

Depose (v. t.) To let fall; to deposit.

Depose (v. t.) To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.

Depose (v. t.) To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.

Depose (v. t.) To put under oath.

Depose (v. i.) To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.

Deposer (n.) One who deposes or degrades from office.

Deposer (n.) One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.

Deposited (imp. & p. p.) of Deposit

Depositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deposit

Deposit (n.) To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

Deposit (n.) To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

Deposit (n.) To lay aside; to rid one's self of.

Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

Deposit (v. t.) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Deposit (v. t.) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.

Deposit (v. t.) A place of deposit; a depository.

Depositaries (pl. ) of Depositary

Depositary (n.) One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

Depositary (n.) A storehouse; a depository.

Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.

Deposition (n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

Deposition (n.) The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

Deposition (n.) That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

Deposition (n.) An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

Depositor (n.) One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository.

Depositories (pl. ) of Depository

Depository (n.) A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

Depository (n.) One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.

Depositum (n.) Deposit.

Depositure (n.) The act of depositing; deposition.

Depot (n.) A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.

Depot (n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.

Depot (n.) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.

Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Depper (a.) Deeper.

Depravation (n.) Detraction; depreciation.

Depravation (n.) The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.

Depravation (n.) The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.

Depravation (n.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

Depraved (imp. & p. p.) of Deprave

Depraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deprave

Deprave (n. t.) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.

Deprave (n. t.) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.

Depravedly (adv.) In a depraved manner.

Depravedness (n.) Depravity.

Depravement (n.) Depravity.

Depraver (n.) One who deprave or corrupts.

Depravingly (adv.) In a depraving manner.

Depravity (n.) The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle.

Deprecable (a.) That may or should be deprecated.

Deprecated (imp. & p. p.) of Deprecate

Deprecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deprecate

Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.

Deprecatingly (adv.) In a deprecating manner.

Deprecation (n.) The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.

Deprecation (n.) An imprecation or curse.

Deprecative (a.) Serving to deprecate; deprecatory.

Deprecator (n.) One who deprecates.

Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.

Depreciated (imp. & p. p.) of Depreciate

Depreciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depreciate

Depreciate (v. t.) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

Depreciate (v. i.) To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.

Depreciation (n.) The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

Depreciation (n.) The falling of value; reduction of worth.

Depreciation (n.) the state of being depreciated.

Depreciative (a.) Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing.

Depreciator (n.) One who depreciates.

Depreciatory (a.) Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.

Depredable (a.) Liable to depredation.

Depredated (imp. & p. p.) of Depredate

Depredating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depredate

Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Depredation (n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.

Depredator (n.) One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.

Depredatory (a.) Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.

Depreicate (v. t.) To proclaim; to celebrate.

Deprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Deprehend

Deprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deprehend

Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.

Deprehend (v. t.) To detect; to discover; to find out.

Deprehensible (a.) That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible.

Deprehension (n.) A catching; discovery.

Depressed (imp. & p. p.) of Depress

Depressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depress

Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.

Depress (v. t.) To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.

Depress (v. t.) To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.

Depress (v. t.) To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.

Depress (v. t.) To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

Depress (v. t.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

Depress (a.) Having the middle lower than the border; concave.

Depressant (n.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.

Depressed (a.) Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

Depressed (a.) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.

Depressed (a.) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.

Depressed (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.

Depressingly (adv.) In a depressing manner.

Depression (n.) The act of depressing.

Depression (n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

Depression (n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

Depression (n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.

Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

Depression (n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

Depression (n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

Depressive (a.) Able or tending to depress or cast down.

Depressomotor (a.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity.

Depressomotor (n.) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.

Depressor (n.) One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.

Depressor (n.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.

Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.

Deprisure (n.) Low estimation; disesteem; contempt.

Deprivable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.

Deprivation (n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

Deprivation (n.) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

Deprived (imp. & p. p.) of Deprive

Depriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deprive

Deprive (v. t.) To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.

Deprive (v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.

Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.

Depriver (n.) One who, or that which, deprives.

Deprostrate (a.) Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude.

Deprovincialize (v. t.) To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.

Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

Depth (n.) Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.

Depth (n.) Lowness; as, depth of sound.

Depth (n.) That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

Depth (n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

Depth (n.) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.

Depthen (v. t.) To deepen.

Depthless (a.) Having no depth; shallow.

Depthless (a.) Of measureless depth; unfathomable.

Depucelate (v. t.) To deflour; to deprive of virginity.

Depudicate (v. t.) To deflour; to dishonor.

Depulse (v. t.) To drive away.

Depulsion (n.) A driving or thrusting away.

Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.

Depurant (a. & n.) Depurative.

Depurate (a.) Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.

Depurated (imp. & p. p.) of Depurate

Depurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depurate

Depurate (v. t.) To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.

Depuration (n.) The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.

Depurative (a.) Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.

Depurative (n.) A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.

Depurator (n.) One who, or that which, cleanses.

Depuratory (a.) Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

Depure (v. t.) To depurate; to purify.

Depurgatory (a.) Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.

Depurition (n.) See Depuration.

Deputable (a.) Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.

Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

Deputation (n.) The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.

Deputator (n.) One who deputes, or makes a deputation.

Deputed (imp. & p. p.) of Depute

Deputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depute

Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

Depute (v. t.) To appoint; to assign; to choose.

Depute (n.) A person deputed; a deputy.

Deputize (v. t.) To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

Deputies (pl. ) of Deputy

Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

Deputy (n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Dequantitate (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.

Deracinated (imp. & p. p.) of Deracinate

Deracinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deracinate

Deracinate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

Deraination (n.) The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication.

Deraign (v. t.) Alt. of Derain

Derain (v. t.) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self).

Deraignment (n.) Alt. of Derainment

Derainment (n.) The act of deraigning.

Derainment (n.) The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.

Derailed (imp. & p. p.) of Derail

Derailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derail

Derail (v. t.) To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.

Derailment (n.) The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.

Deranged (imp. & p. p.) of Derange

Deranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derange

Derange (v. t.) To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.

Derange (v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.

Derange (v. t.) To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

Deranged (a.) Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.

Derangement (n.) The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

Deranger (n.) One who deranges.

Deray (n.) Disorder; merriment.

Derbio (n.) A large European food fish (Lichia glauca).

Derby (n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.

Derby (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

Derbyshire spar () A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

Derdoing (v. t.) Doing daring or chivalrous deeds.

Dere (v. t.) To hurt; to harm; to injure.

Dere (n.) Harm.

Dereine (v. t.) Alt. of Dereyne

Dereyne (v. t.) Same as Darraign.

Derelict (a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.

Derelict (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.

Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.

Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.

Dereliction (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.

Dereliction (n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

Dereligionize (v. t.) To make irreligious; to turn from religion.

Dereling (n.) Darling.

Dereling (n.) Darling.

Derf (a.) Strong; powerful; fierce.

Derided (imp. & p. p.) of Deride

Deriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deride

Deride (v. t.) To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.

Derider (n.) One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

Deridingly (adv.) By way of derision or mockery.

Derision (n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Derisive (a.) Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.

Derisory (a.) Derisive; mocking.

Derivable (a.) That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources.

Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Derival (n.) Derivation.

Derivate (a.) Derived; derivative.

Derivate (n.) A thing derived; a derivative.

Derivate (v. t.) To derive.

Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Derivation (n.) The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.

Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

Derivation (n.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.

Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derivational (a.) Relating to derivation.

Derivative (a.) Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word.

Derivative (n.) That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.

Derivative (n.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.

Derivative (n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.

Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

Derivative (n.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process.

Derivative (n.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc.

Derived (imp. & p. p.) of Derive

Deriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derive

Derive (v. t.) To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.

Derive (v. t.) To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.

Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

Derive (v. t.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.

Derive (v. i.) To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

Derivement (n.) That which is derived; deduction; inference.

Deriver (n.) One who derives.

Derk (a.) Dark.

-derm (n.) A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

Derm (v. t.) The integument of animal; the skin.

Derm (v. t.) See Dermis.

Derma (n.) See Dermis.

Dermal (a.) Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.

Dermal (a.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

Dermaptera (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran

Dermapteran (n.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

Dermatic (a.) Alt. of Dermatine

Dermatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the skin.

Dermatitis (n.) Inflammation of the skin.

Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatography (n.) An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.

Dermatoid (a.) Resembling skin; skinlike.

Dermatologist (n.) One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

Dermatology (n.) The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

Dermatopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.

Dermatophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.

Dermestes (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

Dermestoid (a.) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.

Dermic (a.) Relating to the derm or skin.

Dermic (a.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.

Dermis (n.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.

Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

Dermobranchiate (a.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.

Dermohaemal (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.

Dermoid (a.) Same as Dermatoid.

Dermoneural (a.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes.

Dermopathic (a.) Dermatopathic.

Dermophyte (n.) A dermatophyte.

Dermoptera (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).

Dermoptera (n. pl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.

Dermoptera (n. pl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.

Dermopteran (n.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

Dermopteri (n. pl.) Same as Dermopterygii.

Dermopterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.

Dermoskeleton (n.) See Exoskeleton.

Dermostosis (n.) Ossification of the dermis.

Dern (n.) A gatepost or doorpost.

Dern (a.) Hidden; concealed; secret.

Dern (a.) Solitary; sad.

Derne (a.) To hide; to skulk.

Dernful (a.) Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.

Dernier (a.) Last; final.

Dernly (adv.) Secretly; grievously; mournfully.

Derogant (a.) Derogatory.

Derogated (imp. & p. p.) of Derogate

Derogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derogate

Derogate (v. t.) To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.

Derogate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.

Derogate (v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.

Derogate (v. i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.

Derogate (n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.

Derogately (adv.) In a derogatory manner.

Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.

Derogation (n.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.

Derogative (a.) Derogatory.

Derogator (n.) A detractor.

Derogatorily (adv.) In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

Derogatoriness (n.) Quality of being derogatory.

Derogatory (a.) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto.

Derotremata (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata.

Derre (a.) Dearer.

Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building.

Derring (a.) Daring or warlike.

Derringer (n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Derth (n.) Dearth; scarcity.

Dertrotheca (n.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

Dervish (n.) Alt. of Dervis

Dervise (n.) Alt. of Dervis

Dervis (n.) A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

Derworth (a.) Precious.

Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.

Descant (v. i.) The upper voice in part music.

Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.

Descant (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.

Descanted (imp. & p. p.) of Descant

Descanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descant

Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.

Descant (v. i.) To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

Descanter (n.) One who descants.

Descended (imp. & p. p.) of Descend

Descending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descend

Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.

Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.

Descend (v. i.) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

Descend (v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.

Descend (v. i.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.

Descend (v. i.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

Descend (v. t.) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.

Descendant (a.) Descendent.

Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

Descendent (a.) Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

Descender (n.) One who descends.

Descendibility (n.) The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.

Descendible (a.) Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

Descendible (a.) That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.

Descending (a.) Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

Descendingly (adv.) In a descending manner.

Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Descensional (a.) Pertaining to descension.

Descensive (a.) Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.

Descensory (n.) A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.

Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

Describable (a.) That can be described; capable of description.

Described (imp. & p. p.) of Describe

Describing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Describe

Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.

Describe (v. t.) To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.

Describe (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

Describent (n.) Same as Generatrix.

Describer (n.) One who describes.

Descrier (n.) One who descries.

Description (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Description (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

Description (n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.

Descriptive (a.) Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

Descrive (v. t.) To describe.

Descried (imp. & p. p.) of Descry

Descrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descry

Descry (v. t.) To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.

Descry (v. t.) To discover; to disclose; to reveal.

Descry (n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.

Desecate (v. t.) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.

Desecrated (imp. & p. p.) of Desecrate

Desecrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desecrate

Desecrate (v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

Desecrater (n.) One who desecrates; a profaner.

Desecration (n.) The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.

Desecrator (n.) One who desecrates.

Desegmentation (n.) The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

Desert (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

Desert (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.

Desert (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.

Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.

Deserted (imp. & p. p.) of Desert

Deserting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desert

Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.

Desert (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.

Desert (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.

Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

Desertful (a.) Meritorious.

Desertion (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.

Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.

Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Desertless (a.) Without desert.

Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.

Desertness (n.) A deserted condition.

Desertrix (n.) Alt. of Desertrice

Desertrice (n.) A feminine deserter.

Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserve

Deserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deserve

Deserve (v. t.) To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.

Deserve (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.

Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.

Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.

Deserver (n.) One who deserves.

Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.

Deserving (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.

Deshabille (n.) An undress; a careless toilet.

Desiccant (a.) Drying; desiccative.

Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.

Desiccated (imp. & p. p.) of Desiccate

Desiccating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desiccate

Desiccate (v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.

Desiccation (n.) The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.

Desiccative (n.) An application for drying up secretions.

Desiccator (n.) One who, or that which, desiccates.

Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.

Desiccatory (a.) Desiccative.

Desiderable (a.) Desirable.

Desiderata (n. pl.) See Desideratum.

Desiderated (imp. & p. p.) of Desiderate

Desiderating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desiderate

Desiderate (v. t.) To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.

Desideration (n.) Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired.

Desiderative (a.) Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.

Desiderative (n.) An object of desire.

Desiderative (n.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb.

Desiderata (pl. ) of Desideratum

Desideratum (n.) Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

Desidiose (a.) Alt. of Desidious

Desidious (a.) Idle; lazy.

Desidiousness (n.) The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent.

Desight (n.) An unsightly object.

Desightment (n.) The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.

Designed (imp. & p. p.) of Design

Designing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Design

Design (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Design (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Design (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

Design (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

Design (v. i.) To form a design or designs; to plan.

Design (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

Design (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

Design (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

Design (n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

Design (n.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

Designable (a.) Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.

Designate (v. t.) Designated; appointed; chosen.

Designated (imp. & p. p.) of Designate

Designating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Designate

Designate (v. t.) To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

Designate (v. t.) To call by a distinctive title; to name.

Designate (v. t.) To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Designation (n.) The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.

Designation (n.) That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

Designation (n.) Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

Designative (a.) Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

Designator (n.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.

Designator (n.) One who designates.

Designatory (a.) Serving to designate; designative; indicating.

Designedly (adv.) By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

Designer (n.) One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.

Designer (n.) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.

Designer (n.) A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.

Designful (a.) Full of design; scheming.

Designing (a.) Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

Designing (n.) The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

Designless (a.) Without design.

Designment (n.) Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention.

Designment (n.) Design; purpose; scheme.

Desilver (v. t.) To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.

Desilverization (n.) The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

Desilverize (v. t.) To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.

Desinence (n.) Termination; ending.

Desinent (a.) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.

Desinential (a.) Terminal.

Desipient (a.) Foolish; silly; trifling.

Desirability (n.) The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.

Desirable (v. t.) Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

Desirableness (n.) The quality of being desirable.

Desirably (adv.) In a desirable manner.

Desired (imp. & p. p.) of Desire

Desiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desire

Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

Desire (v. t.) To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Desire (v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.

Desire (v. t.) To miss; to regret.

Desire (v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

Desire (v. t.) An expressed wish; a request; petition.

Desire (v. t.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

Desire (v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

Desire (v. t.) Grief; regret.

Desireful (a.) Filled with desire; eager.

Desirefulness (n.) The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.

Desireless (a.) Free from desire.

Desirer (n.) One who desires, asks, or wishes.

Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Desirously (adv.) With desire; eagerly.

Desirousness (n.) The state of being desirous.

Desisted (imp. & p. p.) of Desist

Desisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desist

Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

Desistance (n.) The act or state of desisting; cessation.

Desistive (a.) Final; conclusive; ending.

Desition (n.) An end or ending.

Desitive (a.) Final; serving to complete; conclusive.

Desitive (n.) A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion.

Desk (n.) A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."

Desked (imp. & p. p.) of Desk

Desking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desk

Desk (v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Deskwork (n.) Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer.

Desman (n.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers.

Desmid (n.) Alt. of Desmidian

Desmidian (n.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.

Desmine (n.) Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.

Desmobacteria (n. pl.) See Microbacteria.

Desmodont (n.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

Desmognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

Desmoid (a.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.

Desmology (n.) The science which treats of the ligaments.

Desmomyaria (n. pl.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.

Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.

Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.

Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.

Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolate

Desolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desolate

Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.

Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.

Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.

Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.

Desolation (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

Desolation (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.

Desolatory (a.) Causing desolation.

Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.

Desoxalic (a.) Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.

Despaired (imp. & p. p.) of Despair

Despairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despair

Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair.

Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

Despair (n.) That which is despaired of.

Despairer (n.) One who despairs.

Despairful (a.) Hopeless.

Despairing (a.) Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.

Desparple (v. t. & i.) To scatter; to disparkle.

Despatch (n. & v.) Same as Dispatch.

Despecificate (v. t.) To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.

Despecfication (n.) Discrimination.

Despect (n.) Contempt.

Despection (n.) A looking down; a despising.

Despeed (v. t.) To send hastily.

Despend (v. t.) To spend; to squander. See Dispend.

Desperadoes (pl. ) of Desperado

Desperado (n.) A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

Desperate (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

Desperate (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

Desperate (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

Desperate (n.) One desperate or hopeless.

Desperately (adv.) In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.

Desperateness (n.) Desperation; virulence.

Desperation (n.) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

Desperation (n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

Despicability (n.) Despicableness.

Despicable (a.) Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Despicableness (n.) The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

Despicably (adv.) In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.

Despiciency (n.) A looking down; despection.

Despisable (a.) Despicable; contemptible.

Despisal (n.) A despising; contempt.

Despised (imp. & p. p.) of Despise

Despising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despise

Despise (v. t.) To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.

Despisedness (n.) The state of being despised.

Despisement (n.) A despising.

Despiser (n.) One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.

Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.

Despite (n.) Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.

Despited (imp. & p. p.) of Despite

Despiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despite

Despite (n.) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

Despite (prep.) In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.

Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

Despiteously (adv.) Despitefully.

Despitous (a.) Despiteous; very angry; cruel.

Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoil

Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despoil

Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

Despoil (n.) Spoil.

Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.

Despoilment (n.) Despoliation.

Despoliation (n.) A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

Desponded (imp. & p. p.) of Despond

Desponding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despond

Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.

Despond (n.) Despondency.

Despondence (n.) Despondency.

Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

Despondent (a.) Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.

Desponder (n.) One who desponds.

Despondingly (adv.) In a desponding manner.

Desponsage (n.) Betrothal.

Desponsate (v. t.) To betroth.

Desponsation (n.) A betrothing; betrothal.

Desponsories (pl. ) of Desponsory

Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage.

Desport (v. t. & i.) See Disport.

Despot (n.) A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.

Despot (n.) One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.

Despotat (n.) The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot.

Despotic (a.) Alt. of Despotical

Despotical (a.) Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary.

Despotism (n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.

Despotism (n.) A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.

Despotist (n.) A supporter of despotism.

Despotize (v. t.) To act the despot.

Despread (v. t. & i.) See Dispread.

Despumated (imp. & p. p.) of Despumate

Despumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despumate

Despumate (v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

Despumation (n.) The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

Despume (v. t.) To free from spume or scum.

Desquamate (v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

Desquamative (a.) Alt. of Desquamatory

Desquamatory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.

Desquamatory (n.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.

Dess (n.) Dais.

Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.

Destin (n.) Destiny.

Destinable (a.) Determined by destiny; fated.

Destinably (adv.) In a destinable manner.

Destinal (a.) Determined by destiny; fated.

Destinate (a.) Destined.

Destinate (v. t.) To destine, design, or choose.

Destination (n.) The act of destining or appointing.

Destination (n.) Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.

Destination (n.) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

Destined (imp. & p. p.) of Destine

Destining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destine

Destine (v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.

Destinist (n.) A believer in destiny; a fatalist.

Destinies (pl. ) of Destiny

Destiny (n.) That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

Destiny (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

Destituent (a.) Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition.

Destitute (a.) Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

Destitute (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

Destitute (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.

Destitute (v. t.) To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.

Destitute (v. t.) To disappoint.

Destitutely (adv.) In destitution.

Destituteness (n.) Destitution.

Destitution (n.) The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.

Destrer (n.) Alt. of Dextrer

Dextrer (n.) A war horse.

Destrie (v. t.) To destroy.

Destroyed (imp. & p. p.) of Destroy

Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destroy

Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

Destroy (v. t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

Destroyable (a.) Destructible.

Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

Destruct (v. t.) To destroy.

Destructibility (n.) The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

Destructible (a.) Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

Destructibleness (n.) The quality of being destructible.

Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

Destruction (n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.

Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.

Destructionist (n.) One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.

Destructionist (n.) One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist.

Destructive (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.

Destructive (n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Destructively (adv.) In a destructive manner.

Destructiveness (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.

Destructiveness (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Destructor (n.) A destroyer.

Destruie (v. t.) To destroy.

Desudation (n.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.

Desuete (a.) Disused; out of use.

Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.

Desulphurated (imp. & p. p.) of Desulphurate

Desulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desulphurate

Desulphurate (v. t.) To deprive of sulphur.

Desulphuration (n.) The act or process of depriving of sulphur.

Desulphurize (v. t.) To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.

Desultorily (adv.) In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.

Desultoriness (n.) The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.

Desultorious (a.) Desultory.

Desultory (a.) Leaping or skipping about.

Desultory (a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.

Desultory (a.) Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.

Desume (v. t.) To select; to borrow.

Desynonymization (n.) The act of desynonymizing.

Desynonymize (v. t.) To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.

Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detach

Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detach

Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.

Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

Detachable (a.) That can be detached.

Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.

Detachment (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.

Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

Detail (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.

Detailed (imp. & p. p.) of Detail

Detailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detail

Detail (n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

Detail (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

Detailer (n.) One who details.

Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detain

Detaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detain

Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.

Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.

Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Detain (n.) Detention.

Detainder (n.) A writ. See Detinue.

Detainer (n.) One who detains.

Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.

Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Detainment (n.) Detention.

Detect (a.) Detected.

Detected (imp. & p. p.) of Detect

Detecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detect

Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.

Detect (v. t.) To inform against; to accuse.

Detectable (a.) Alt. of Detectible

Detectible (a.) Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.

Detecter (n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.

Detection (n.) The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.

Detective (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

Detective (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

Detector (n.) One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.

Detenebrate (v. t.) To remove darkness from.

Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.

Deterred (imp. & p. p.) of Deter

Deterring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deter

Deter (v. t.) To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

Deterged (imp. & p. p.) of Deterge

Deterging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deterge

Deterge (v. t.) To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power.

Detergent (a.) Cleansing; purging.

Detergent (n.) A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.

Deteriorated (imp. & p. p.) of Deteriorate

Deteriorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deteriorate

Deteriorate (v. t.) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

Deteriorate (v. i.) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

Deterioration (n.) The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

Deteriority (n.) Worse state or quality; inferiority.

Determent (n.) The act of deterring; also, that which deters.

Determinability (n.) The quality of being determinable; determinableness.

Determinable (v. t.) Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion.

Determinableness (n.) Capability of being determined; determinability.

Determinacy (n.) Determinateness.

Determinant (a.) Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

Determinant (n.) That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.

Determinant (n.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws

Determinant (n.) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise.

Determinate (a.) Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.

Determinate (a.) Conclusive; decisive; positive.

Determinate (a.) Determined or resolved upon.

Determinate (a.) Of determined purpose; resolute.

Determinate (v. t.) To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine.

Determinately (adv.) In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

Determinately (adv.) Resolutely; unchangeably.

Determinateness (n.) State of being determinate.

Determination (n.) The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Determination (n.) Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Determination (n.) Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

Determination (n.) The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

Determination (n.) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

Determination (n.) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

Determination (n.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

Determination (n.) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

Determination (n.) The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

Determination (n.) The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.

Determination (n.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.

Determinative (a.) Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

Determinative (n.) That which serves to determine.

Determinator (n.) One who determines.

Determined (imp. & p. p.) of Determine

Determining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Determine

Determine (v. t.) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

Determine (v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.

Determine (v. t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.

Determine (v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.

Determine (v. t.) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Determine (v. t.) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

Determine (v. i.) To come to an end; to end; to terminate.

Determine (v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.

Determined (a.) Decided; resolute.

Determinedly (adv.) In a determined manner; with determination.

Determiner (n.) One who, or that which, determines or decides.

Determinism (n.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.

Determinist (n.) One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

Deterration (n.) The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground.

Deterrence (n.) That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

Deterrent (a.) Serving to deter.

Deterrent (n.) That which deters or prevents.

Detersion (n.) The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

Detersive (a.) Cleansing; detergent.

Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Detersively (adv.) In a way to cleanse.

Detersiveness (n.) The quality of cleansing.

Detested (imp. & p. p.) of Detest

Detesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detest

Detest (v. t.) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Detest (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

Detestability (n.) Capacity of being odious.

Detestable (a.) Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.

Detestableness (n.) The quality or state of being detestable.

Detestably (adv.) In a detestable manner.

Detesttate (v. t.) To detest.

Detestation (n.) The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.

Detester (n.) One who detes//

Dethroned (imp. & p. p.) of Dethrone

Dethroning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dethrone

Dethrone (v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.

Dethronement (n.) Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

Dethroner (n.) One who dethrones.

Dethronization (n.) Dethronement.

Dethronize (v. t.) To dethrone or unthrone.

Detinue (n.) A person or thing detained

Detinue (n.) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.

Detonated (imp. & p. p.) of Detonate

Detonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonate

Detonate (v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

Detonate (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

Detonating (a. & n.) from Detonate.

Detonation (n.) An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.

Detonator (n.) One who, or that which, detonates.

Detonization (n.) The act of detonizing; detonation.

Detonized (imp. & p. p.) of Detonize

Detonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonize

Detonize (v. t. & i.) To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.

Detorsion (n.) Same as Detortion.

Detorted (imp. & p. p.) of Detort

Detorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detort

Detort (v. t.) To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.

Detortion (n.) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.

Detour (n.) A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

Detracted (imp. & p. p.) of Detract

Detracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detract

Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.

Detract (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

Detract (v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.

Detracter (n.) One who detracts; a detractor.

Detractingly (adv.) In a detracting manner.

Detraction (n.) A taking away or withdrawing.

Detraction (n.) The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.

Detractious (a.) Containing detraction; detractory.

Detractive (a.) Tending to detractor draw.

Detractive (a.) Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

Detractiveness (n.) The quality of being detractive.

Detracor (n.) One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.

Detractory (a.) Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.

Detractress (n.) A female detractor.

Detrain (v. i. & t.) To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.

Detrect (v. t.) To refuse; to decline.

Detriment (n.) That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.

Detriment (n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

Detriment (v. t.) To do injury to; to hurt.

Detrimental (a.) Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.

Detrimentalness (n.) The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.

Detrital (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.

Detrite (a.) Worn out.

Detrition (n.) A wearing off or away.

Detritus (n.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

Detritus (n.) Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.

Detruded (imp. & p. p.) of Detrude

Detruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detrude

Detrude (v. t.) To thrust down or out; to push down with force.

Detruncated (imp. & p. p.) of Detuncate

Detruncating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detuncate

Detuncate (v. t.) To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.

Detruncation (n.) The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.

Detrusion (n.) The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.

Dette (n.) Debt.

Detteles (a.) Free from debt.

Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Detur (n.) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

Deturb (v. t.) To throw down.

Deturbate (v. t.) To evict; to remove.

Deturbation (n.) The act of deturbating.

Deturn (v. t.) To turn away.

Deturpate (v. t.) To defile; to disfigure.

Deturpation (n.) A making foul.

Deuce (n.) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.

Deuce (n.) The devil; a demon.

Deuced (a.) Devilish; excessive; extreme.

Deuse (a.) Alt. of Deused

Deused (a.) See Deuce, Deuced.

Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.

Deuterogamist (n.) One who marries the second time.

Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy.

Deuterogenic (a.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.

Deuteronomist (n.) The writer of Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy (n.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

Deuteropathia (n.) Alt. of Deuteropathy

Deuteropathy (n.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.

Deuteropathic (a.) Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.

Deuteroscopy (n.) Second sight.

Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.

Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.

Deuthydroguret (n.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

Deuto- () Alt. of Deut-

Deut- () A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used.

Deutohydroguret (n.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical.

Deutoplasm (n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.

Deutoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.

Deutosulphuret (n.) A disulphide.

Deutoxide (n.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.

Deutzia (n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

Dev (n.) Alt. of Deva

Deva (n.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.

Devanagari (n.) The character in which Sanskrit is written.

Devaporation (n.) The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.

Devast (v. t.) To devastate.

Devastated (imp. & p. p.) of Devastate

Devastating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devastate

Devastate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

Devastation (n.) The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

Devastation (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.

Devastator (n.) One who, or that which, devastates.

Devastavit (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.

Devata (n.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol.

Deve (a.) Deaf.

Develin (n.) The European swift.

Developed (imp. & p. p.) of Develop

Developing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Develop

Develop (v. t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.

Develop (v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.

Develop (v. t.) To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.

Develop (v. t.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Develop (v. t.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.

Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.

Develop (v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

Developable (a.) Capable of being developed.

Developer (n.) One who, or that which, develops.

Developer (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.

Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.

Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.

Development (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.

Development (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

Developmental (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

Devenustate (v. t.) To deprive of beauty or grace.

Devergence (n.) Alt. of Devergency

Devergency (n.) See Divergence.

Devested (imp. & p. p.) of Devest

Devesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devest

Devest (v. t.) To divest; to undress.

Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.

Devest (v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

Devex (a.) Bending down; sloping.

Devex (n.) Devexity.

Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

Devi (n.) ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.

Deviant (a.) Deviating.

Deviated (imp. & p. p.) of Deviate

Deviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deviate

Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Deviate (v. t.) To cause to deviate.

Deviation (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

Deviation (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

Deviator (n.) One who, or that which, deviates.

Deviatory (a.) Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.

Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

Device (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.

Device (n.) A spectacle or show.

Device (n.) Opinion; decision.

Deviceful (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

Devicefully (adv.) In a deviceful manner.

Devil (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

Devil (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.

Devil (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.

Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.

Devil (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Devil (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Deviled (imp. & p. p.) of Devil

Devilled () of Devil

Deviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devil

Devilling () of Devil

Devil (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Devil (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of Devil bird

Devil bird (n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

Deviless (n.) A she-devil.

Devilet (n.) A little devil.

Devilfish (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.

Devilfish (n.) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.

Devilfish (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.

Devilfish (n.) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.

Deviling (n.) A young devil.

Devilish (a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

Devilish (a.) Extreme; excessive.

Devilism (n.) The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.

Devilize (v. t.) To make a devil of.

Devilkin (n.) A little devil; a devilet.

Devilment (n.) Deviltry.

Devilries (pl. ) of Devilry

Devilry (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

Devilry (n.) The whole body of evil spirits.

Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.

Devilship (n.) The character or person of a devil or the devil.

Deviltries (pl. ) of Deviltry

Deviltry (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

Devilwood (n.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

Devious (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

Devirginate (a.) Deprived of virginity.

Devirginate (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour.

Devirgination (n.) A deflouring.

Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

Devisable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

Devisal (n.) A devising.

Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devise

Devising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devise

Devise (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.

Devise (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.

Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.

Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will.

Devise (n.) Device. See Device.

Devisee (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

Deviser (n.) One who devises.

Devisor (n.) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.

Devitable (a.) Avoidable.

Devitalize (v. t.) To deprive of life or vitality.

Devitation (n.) An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning.

Devitrification (n.) The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products.

Devitrify (v. t.) To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

Devocalize (v. t.) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.

Devocation (n.) A calling off or away.

Devoid (v. t.) To empty out; to remove.

Devoid (v. t.) Void; empty; vacant.

Devoid (v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.

Devoir (n.) Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.

Devolute (v. t.) To devolve.

Devolution (n.) The act of rolling down.

Devolution (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

Devolved (imp. & p. p.) of Devolve

Devolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devolve

Devolve (v. t.) To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

Devolve (v. t.) To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.

Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.

Devolvement (n.) The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

Devon (n.) One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

Devonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system.

Devonian (n.) The Devonian age or formation.

Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.

Devotary (n.) A votary.

Devoted (imp. & p. p.) of Devote

Devoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devote

Devote (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.

Devote (v. t.) To execrate; to curse.

Devote (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.

Devote (a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.

Devote (n.) A devotee.

Devoted (a.) Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer.

Devotee (n.) One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

Devotement (n.) The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.

Devoter (n.) One who devotes; a worshiper.

Devotion (n.) The act of devoting; consecration.

Devotion (n.) The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness.

Devotion (n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer.

Devotion (n.) Disposal; power of disposal.

Devotion (n.) A thing consecrated; an object of devotion.

Devotional (a.) Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

Devotionalist (n.) Alt. of Devotionist

Devotionist (n.) One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.

Devotionality (n.) The practice of a devotionalist.

Devotionally (adv.) In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

Devoto (n.) A devotee.

Devotor (n.) A worshiper; one given to devotion.

Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devour

Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devour

Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

Devour (v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

Devourable (a.) That may be devoured.

Devourer (n.) One who, or that which, devours.

Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.

Devout (v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

Devout (v. t.) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.

Devout (v. t.) Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.

Devout (n.) A devotee.

Devout (n.) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

Devoutful (a.) Full of devotion.

Devoutful (a.) Sacred.

Devoutless (a.) Destitute of devotion.

Devoutly (adv.) In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.

Devoutly (adv.) Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.

Devoutness (n.) Quality or state of being devout.

Devove (v. t.) To devote.

Devow (v. t.) To give up; to devote.

Devow (v. t.) To disavow; to disclaim.

Devulgarize (v. t.) To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.

Dew (n.) Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.

Dew (n.) Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.

Dew (n.) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.

Dewed (imp. & p. p.) of Dew

Dewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dew

Dew (v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.

Dew (a. & n.) Same as Due, or Duty.

Dewberry (n.) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries.

Dewberry (n.) The plant which bears the fruit.

Dewclaw (n.) In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.

Dewdrop (n.) A drop of dew.

Dewfall (n.) The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.

Dewiness (n.) State of being dewy.

Dewlap (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.

Dewlap (n.) The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.

Dewlapped (a.) Furnished with a dewlap.

Dewless (a.) Having no dew.

Dew-point (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

Dewret (v. t.) To ret or rot by the process called dewretting.

Dewretting (n.) Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.

Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

Dewworm (n.) See Earthworm.

Dewy (a.) Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.

Dewy (a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.

Dewy (a.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.

Dexter (a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.

Dexter (a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.

Dexterical (a.) Dexterous.

Dexterity (n.) Right-handedness.

Dexterity (n.) Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.

Dexterity (n.) Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.

Dexterous (a.) Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.

Dexterous (a.) Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.

Dexterous (a.) Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.

Dexterously (adv.) In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

Dexterousness (n.) The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

Dextrad (adv.) Toward the right side; dextrally.

Dextral (a.) Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.

Dextrality (n.) The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.

Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

Dextrer (n.) A war horse; a destrer.

Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

Dextro- () A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right

Dextro- () having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.

Dextrogerous (a.) See Dextrogyrate.

Dextroglucose (n.) Same as Dextrose.

Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.

Dextronic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid.

Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.

Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

Dextrorsal (a.) Alt. of Dextrorse

Dextrorse (a.) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory.

Dextrose (n.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.

Dextrous (n.) Alt. of Dextrousness

Dextrously (n.) Alt. of Dextrousness

Dextrousness (n.) Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.

Dey (n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

Deys (pl. ) of Dey

Dey (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Deye (v. i.) To die.

Deynte (n. & a.) Alt. of Deyntee

Deyntee (n. & a.) See Dainty.

Dezincification (n.) The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

Dezincify (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

Dhole (n.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

Dhony (n.) A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.

Dhoorra (n.) Alt. of Dhurra

Dhourra (n.) Alt. of Dhurra

Dhurra (n.) Indian millet. See Durra.

Dhow (n.) A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.

Di- () A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice

Di- () denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2.

Dia- () Alt. of Di-

Di- () A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.

Diabase (n.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.

Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.

Diabetes (n.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal.

Diabetic (a.) Alt. of Diabetical

Diabetical (a.) Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment.

Diablerie (n.) Alt. of Diabley

Diabley (n.) Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

Diabolic (a.) Alt. of Diabolical

Diabolical (a.) Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act.

Diabolify (v. t.) To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil.

Diabolism (n.) Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.

Diabolism (n.) Possession by the devil.

Diabolize (v. t.) To render diabolical.

Diacatholicon (n.) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.

Diacaustic (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.

Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.

Diacaustic (n.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Diachylon (n.) Alt. of Diachylum

Diachylum (n.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

Diacid (a.) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.

Diacodium (n.) A sirup made of poppies.

Diaconal (a.) Of or pertaining to a deacon.

Diaconate (n.) The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

Diaconate (a.) Governed by deacons.

Diacope (n.) Tmesis.

Diacoustic (a.) Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

Diacoustics (n.) That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.

Diacritic (a.) Alt. of Diacritical

Diacritical (a.) That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc.

Diactinic (a.) Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.

Diadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Diadelphian (a.) Alt. of Diadelphous

Diadelphous (a.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

Diadem (n.) Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.

Diadem (n.) Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

Diadem (n.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.

Diadem (v. t.) To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Diadrom (n.) A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum.

Diaereses (pl. ) of Dieresis

Diereses (pl. ) of Dieresis

Diaeresis (n.) Alt. of Dieresis

Dieresis (n.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synaeresis.

Dieresis (n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial.

Diaeretic (a.) Caustic.

Diageotropic (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.

Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

Diaglyph (n.) An intaglio.

Diaglyphic (a.) Alt. of Diaglyphtic

Diaglyphtic (a.) Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic.

Diagnose (v. t. & i.) To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.

Diagnoses (pl. ) of Diagnosis

Diagnosis (n.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.

Diagnosis (n.) Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

Diagnosis (n.) Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.

Diagnostic (a.) Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.

Diagnostic (n.) The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

Diagnosticate (v. t. & i.) To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.

Diagnostics (n.) That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.

Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.

Diagonal (a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

Diagonal (n.) A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.

Diagonal (n.) A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

Diagonally (adv.) In a diagonal direction.

Diagonial (a.) Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed.

Diagram (n.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

Diagram (n.) Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.

Diagram (v. t.) To put into the form of a diagram.

Diagrammatic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.

Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

Diagraphic (a.) Alt. of Diagraphical

Diagraphical (a.) Descriptive.

Diagraphics (n.) The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

Diaheliotropic (a.) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.

Diaheliotropism (n.) A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.

Dial (n.) The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.

Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

Dialed (imp. & p. p.) of Dial

Dialled () of Dial

Dialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dial

Dialling () of Dial

Dial (v. t.) To measure with a dial.

Dial (v. t.) To survey with a dial.

Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

Dialect (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.

Dialectal (a.) Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.

Dialectic (n.) Same as Dialectics.

Dialectic (a.) Alt. of Dialectical

Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.

Dialectically (adv.) In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician (n.) One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.

Dialectics (n.) That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.

Dialectology (n.) That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.

Dialector (n.) One skilled in dialectics.

Dialing (n.) The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.

Dialing (n.) A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor.

Dialist (n.) A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.

Diallage (n.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point.

Diallage (n.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.

Diallel (a.) Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel.

Diallyl (n.) A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.

Dialogical (a.) Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical.

Dialogically (adv.) In the manner or nature of a dialogue.

Dialogism (n.) An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.

Dialogist (n.) A speaker in a dialogue.

Dialogist (n.) A writer of dialogues.

Dialogistic (a.) Alt. of Dialogistical

Dialogistical (a.) Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue.

Dialogite (n.) Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.

Dialogize (v. t.) To discourse in dialogue.

Dialogue (n.) A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

Dialogue (n.) A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

Dialogue (v. i.) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Dialogue (v. t.) To express as in dialogue.

Dialypetalous (a.) Having separate petals; polypetalous.

Dialyses (pl. ) of Dialysis

Dialysis (n.) Diaeresis. See Diaeresis, 1.

Dialysis (n.) Same as Asyndeton.

Dialysis (n.) Debility.

Dialysis (n.) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.

Dialysis (n.) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.

Dialytic (a.) Having the quality of unloosing or separating.

Dialyzate (n.) The material subjected to dialysis.

Dialyzation (n.) The act or process of dialysis.

Dialyzed (imp. & p. p.) of Dialyze

Dialyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dialyze

Dialyze (v. t.) To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis.

Dialyzed (a.) Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.

Dialyzer (n.) The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis.

Diamagnet (n.) A body having diamagnetic polarity.

Diamagnetic (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic.

Diamagnetic (n.) Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.

Diamagnetically (adv.) In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.

Diamagnetism (n.) The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.

Diamagnetism (n.) That form or condition of magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetics.

Diamantiferous (a.) Yielding diamonds.

Diamantine (a.) Adamantine.

Diameter (n.) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.

Diameter (n.) A diametral plane.

Diameter (n.) The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.

Diameter (n.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module.

Diametral (a.) Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical.

Diametral (n.) A diameter.

Diametrally (adv.) Diametrically.

Diametric (a.) Alt. of Diametrical

Diametrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a diameter.

Diametrical (a.) As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.

Diametrically (adv.) In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.

Diamide (n.) Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide.

Diamido- (a.) A prefix or combining form of Diamine. [Also used adjectively.]

Diamine (n.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide.

Diamond (n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

Diamond (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

Diamond (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

Diamond (n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

Diamond (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

Diamond (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

Diamond (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

Diamond-back (n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).

Diamonded (a.) Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.

Diamonded (a.) Adorned with diamonds; diamondized.

Diamondize (v. t.) To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich.

Diamond-shaped (a.) Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.

Diamylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

Dian (a.) Diana.

Diana (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

Diandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens.

Diandrian (a.) Diandrous.

Diandrous (n.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.

Dianium (n.) Same as Columbium.

Dianoetic (a.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.

Dianoialogy (n.) The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations.

Dianthus (n.) A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.

Diapase (n.) Same as Diapason.

Diapasm (n.) Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.

Diapason (n.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.

Diapason (n.) Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.

Diapason (n.) The entire compass of tones.

Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.

Diapason (n.) One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.

Diapedesis (n.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.

Diapente (n.) The interval of the fifth.

Diapente (n.) A composition of five ingredients.

Diaper (n.) Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.

Diaper (n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

Diaper (n.) A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.

Diaper (n.) An infant's breechcloth.

Diaper (v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.

Diaper (v. t.) To put a diaper on (a child).

Diaper (v. i.) To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.

Diapering (n.) Same as Diaper, n., 2.

Diaphane (n.) A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.

Diaphaned (a.) Transparent or translucent.

Diaphaneity (n.) The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.

Diaphanic (a.) Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.

Diaphanie (n.) The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.

Diaphanometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air.

Diaphanoscope (n.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

Diaphanotype (n.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.

Diaphanous (a.) Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.

Diaphanously (adv.) Translucently.

Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses.

Diaphonic (a.) Alt. of Diaphonical

Diaphonical (a.) Diacoustic.

Diaphonics (n.) The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.

Diaphoresis (n.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Diaphoretic (a.) Alt. of Diaphoretical

Diaphoretical (a.) Having the power to increase perspiration.

Diaphoretic (n.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.

Diaphote (n.) An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph.

Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.

Diaphragm (n.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

Diaphragm (n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

Diaphragm (n.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.

Diaphragm (n.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.

Diaphragmatic (a.) Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.

Diaphysis (n.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.

Diaphysis (n.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.

Diapnoic (a.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.

Diapnoic (n.) A gentle diaphoretic.

Diapophysical (a.) Pertaining to a diapophysis.

Diapophysis (n.) The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Diarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.

Diarial (a.) Alt. of Diarian

Diarian (a.) Pertaining to a diary; daily.

Diarist (n.) One who keeps a diary.

Diarrhea (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

Diarrheal (a.) Alt. of Diarrhoeal

Diarrhoeal (a.) Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.

Diarrhetic (a.) Alt. of Diarrhoetic

Diarrhoetic (a.) Producing diarrhea, or a purging.

Diarthrodial (a.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.

Diarthrosis (n.) A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.

Diaries (pl. ) of Diary

Diary (n.) A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.

Diary (a.) lasting for one day; as, a diary fever.

Diaspore (n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Diastase (n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.

Diastasic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.

Diastasis (n.) A forcible of bones without fracture.

Diastatic (a.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.

Diastem (n.) Intervening space; interval.

Diastem (n.) An interval.

Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.

Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.

Diastole (n.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

Diastolic (a.) Of or pertaining to diastole.

Diastyle (n.) See under Intercolumniation.

Diatessaron (n.) The interval of a fourth.

Diatessaron (n.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.

Diatessaron (n.) An electuary compounded of four medicines.

Diathermal (a.) Freely permeable by radiant heat.

Diathermancy (n.) Alt. of Diathermaneity

Diathermaneity (n.) The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous.

Diathermanism (n.) The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.

Diathermanous (a.) Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous.

Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.

Diathermometer (n.) An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids.

Diathermous (a.) Same as Diathermal.

Diathesis (n.) Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.

Diathetic (a.) Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease.

Diatom (n.) One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.

Diatom (n.) A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.

Diatomic (a.) Containing two atoms.

Diatomic (a.) Having two replaceable atoms or radicals.

Diatomous (a.) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals.

Diatonic (a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.

Diatonically (adv.) In a diatonic manner.

Diatribe (n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.

Diatribist (n.) One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.

Diatryma (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

Diazeuctic (a.) Alt. of Diazeutic

Diazeutic (a.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth.

Diazo- () A combining form (also used adjectively), meaning pertaining to, or derived from, a series of compounds containing a radical of two nitrogen atoms, united usually to an aromatic radical; as, diazo-benzene, C6H5.N2.OH.

Diazotize (v. t.) To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.

Dib (v. i.) To dip.

Dib (n.) One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

Dib (n.) A child's game, played with dib bones.

Dibasic (a.) Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic.

Dibasicity (n.) The property or condition of being dibasic.

Dibber (n.) A dibble.

Dibble (v. i.) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.

Dibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Dibble

Dibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dibble

Dibble (v. i.) To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.

Dibble (v. t.) To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

Dibbler (n.) One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed.

Dibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.

Dibranchiate (a.) Having two gills.

Dibranchiate (n.) One of the Dibranchiata.

Dibs (n.) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.

Dibstone (n.) A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones.

Dibutyl (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being one of several octanes, and consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane.

Dicacious (a.) Talkative; pert; saucy.

Dicacity (n.) Pertness; sauciness.

Dicalcic (a.) Having two atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule.

Dicarbonic (a.) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.

Dicast (n.) A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.

Dicastery (n.) A court of justice; judgment hall.

Die (pl. ) of Dice

Dice (n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.

Diced (imp. & p. p.) of Dice

Dicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dice

Dice (v. i.) To play games with dice.

Dice (v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Dicebox (n.) A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.

Dicentra (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis).

Dicephalous (a.) Having two heads on one body; double-headed.

Dicer (n.) A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.

Dich (v. i.) To ditch.

Dichastic (a.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously.

Dichlamydeous (a.) Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.

Dichloride (n.) Same as Bichloride.

Dichogamous (a.) Manifesting dichogamy.

Dichogamy (n.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.

Dichotomist (n.) One who dichotomizes.

Dichotomized (imp. & p. p.) of Dichotomize

Dichotomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dichotomize

Dichotomize (v. t.) To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

Dichotomize (v. t.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3.

Dichotomize (v. i.) To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.

Dichotomous (a.) Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem.

Dichotomy (n.) A cutting in two; a division.

Dichotomy (n.) Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.

Dichotomy (n.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

Dichotomy (n.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.

Dichotomy (n.) The place where a stem or vein is forked.

Dichotomy (n.) Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

Dichroic (a.) Having the property of dichroism; as, a dichroic crystal.

Dichroiscope (n.) Same as Dichroscope.

Dichroism (n.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.

Dichroite (n.) Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See Iolite.

Dichroitic (a.) Dichroic.

Dichromate (n.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.

Dichromatic (a.) Having or exhibiting two colors.

Dichromatic (a.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects.

Dichromatism (n.) The state of being dichromatic.

Dichromic (a.) Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three.

Dichroous (a.) Dichroic.

Dichroscope (n.) An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Dichroscopic (a.) Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.

Dicing (n.) An ornamenting in squares or cubes.

Dicing (n.) Gambling with dice.

Dickcissel (n.) The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).

Dickens (n. / interj.) The devil.

Dicker (n.) The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.

Dicker (n.) A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker.

Dicker (v. i. & t.) To negotiate a dicker; to barter.

Dickey (n.) Alt. of Dicky

Dicky (n.) A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

Dicky (n.) A false shirt front or bosom.

Dicky (n.) A gentleman's shirt collar.

Diclinic (a.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization.

Diclinous (a.) Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers.

Dicoccous (a.) Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule.

Dicotyledon (n.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Dicotyledonous (a.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.

Dicrotal (a.) Alt. of Dicrotous

Dicrotous (a.) Dicrotic.

Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse.

Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.

Dicrotism (n.) A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.

Dicta (n. pl.) See Dictum.

Dictamen (n.) A dictation or dictate.

Dictamnus (n.) A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.

Dictated (imp. & p. p.) of Dictate

Dictating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dictate

Dictate (v. t.) To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

Dictate (v. t.) To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops.

Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).

Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

Dictate (v. t.) A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.

Dictation (n.) The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.

Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

Dictator (n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

Dictatorial (a.) Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.

Dictatorial (a.) Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.

Dictatorian (a.) Dictatorial.

Dictatorship (n.) The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Dictatory (a.) Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial.

Dictatress (n.) A woman who dictates or commands.

Dictatrix (n.) A dictatress.

Dictature (n.) Office of a dictator; dictatorship.

Diction (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

Dictionalrian (n.) A lexicographer.

Dictionaries (pl. ) of Dictionary

Dictionary (n.) A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.

Dictionary (n.) Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

Dicta (pl. ) of Dictum

Dictums (pl. ) of Dictum

Dictum (n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

Dictum (n.) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

Dictum (n.) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

Dictum (n.) An arbitrament or award.

Dictyogen (n.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.

Dicyanide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide.

Dicyemata (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.

Dicyemid (a.) Like or belonging to the Dicyemata.

Dicyemid (n.) One of the Dicyemata.

Dicynodont (n.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

Did () imp. of Do.

Didactic (a.) Alt. of Didactical

Didactical (a.) Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.

Didactic (n.) A treatise on teaching or education.

Didactically (adv.) In a didactic manner.

Didacticism (n.) The didactic method or system.

Didacticity (n.) Aptitude for teaching.

Didactics (n.) The art or science of teaching.

Didactyl (n.) An animal having only two digits.

Didactylous (a.) Having only two digits; two-toed.

Didal (n.) A kind of triangular spade.

Didapper (n.) See Dabchick.

Didascalar (a.) Didascalic.

Didascalic (a.) Didactic; preceptive.

Diddle (v. i.) To totter, as a child in walking.

Diddle (v. t.) To cheat or overreach.

Diddler (n.) A cheat.

Didelphia (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.

Didelphian (a.) Of or relating to the Didelphia.

Didelphian (n.) One of the Didelphia.

Didelphic (a.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

Didelphid (a.) Same as Didelphic.

Didelphid (n.) A marsupial animal.

Didelphous (a.) Didelphic.

Didelphyc (a.) Same as Didelphic.

Didelphous (n.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix.

Didine (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.

Didos (pl. ) of Dido

Dido (n.) A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Didonia (n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

Didrachm (n.) Alt. of Didrachma

Didrachma (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.

Didst () the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.

Diducement (n.) Diduction; separation into distinct parts.

Diduction (n.) The act of drawing apart; separation.

Didym (n.) See Didymium.

Didymium (n.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium.

Didymous (a.) Growing in pairs or twins.

Didynamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Didynamian (a.) Didynamous.

Didynamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Died (imp. & p. p.) of Die

Dying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Die

Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.

Die (v. i.) To suffer death; to lose life.

Die (v. i.) To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Die (v. i.) To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.

Die (v. i.) To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

Die (v. i.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Die (v. i.) To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Dice (pl. ) of Die

Dies (pl. ) of Die

Die (n.) A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

Die (n.) Any small cubical or square body.

Die (n.) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Die (n.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

Die (n.) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.

Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool.

Diecian (a.) Alt. of Diecious

Diecious (a.) See Dioecian, and Dioecious.

Diedral (a.) The same as Dihedral.

Diegesis (n.) A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

Dielectric (n.) Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.

Dielytra (n.) See Dicentra.

Diencephalon (n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Dieresis (n.) Same as Diaeresis.

Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.

Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.

Dieses (pl. ) of Diesis

Diesis (n.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.

Diesis (n.) The mark /; -- called also double dagger.

Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.

Dies juridici (pl. ) of Dies juridicus

Dies juridicus () A court day.

Dies non () A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.

Diestock (n.) A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.

Diet (n.) Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.

Diet (n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.

Dieted (imp. & p. p.) of Diet

Dieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diet

Diet (v. t.) To cause to take food; to feed.

Diet (v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.

Diet (v. i.) To eat; to take one's meals.

Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.

Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.

Dietarian (n.) One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.

Dietary (a.) Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.

Dietaries (pl. ) of Dietary

Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.

Dieter (n.) One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.

Dietetic (a.) Alt. of Dietetical

Dietetical (a.) Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.

Dietetically (adv.) In a dietetical manner.

Dietetics (n.) That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.

Dietetist (n.) A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.

Diethylamine (n.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.

Dietic (a.) Dietetic.

Dietical (a.) Dietetic.

Dietine (n.) A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank.

Dietist (n.) Alt. of Dietitian

Dietitian (n.) One skilled in dietetics.

Diffame (n.) Evil name; bad reputation; defamation.

Diffarreation (n.) A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation.

Differed (imp. & p. p.) of Differ

Differing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Differ

Differ (v. i.) To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

Differ (v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.

Differ (v. i.) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.

Differ (v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance.

Difference (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?

Difference (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.

Difference (n.) That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.

Difference (n.) Choice; preference.

Difference (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.

Difference (n.) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.

Differenced (imp. & p. p.) of Difference

Differencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Difference

Difference (v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.

Different (a.) Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

Different (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.

Differentiae (pl. ) of Differentia

Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.

Differential (a.) Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.

Differential (a.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials.

Differential (a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.

Differential (n.) An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity.

Differential (n.) A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in order to get a fair share of the business. The lower rate is called a differential rate. Differentials are also sometimes granted to cities.

Differential (n.) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.

Differential (n.) A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.

Differentially (adv.) In the way of differentiation.

Differentiate (v. t.) To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

Differentiate (v. t.) To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.

Differentiate (v. t.) To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

Differentiate (v. i.) To acquire a distinct and separate character.

Differentiation (n.) The act of differentiating.

Differentiation (n.) The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.

Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.

Differentiation (n.) The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.

Differentiator (n.) One who, or that which, differentiates.

Differently (adv.) In a different manner; variously.

Differingly (adv.) In a differing or different manner.

Difficile (a.) Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.

Difficilitate (v. t.) To make difficult.

Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

Difficult (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.

Difficult (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Difficultate (v. t.) To render difficult; to difficilitate.

Difficultly (adv.) With difficulty.

Difficultness (n.) Difficulty.

Difficulties (pl. ) of Difficulty

Difficulty (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.

Difficulty (n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.

Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Difficulty (n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.

Diffide (v. i.) To be distrustful.

Diffidence (n.) The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.

Diffidence (n.) Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.

Diffidency (n.) See Diffidence.

Diffident (a.) Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.

Diffident (a.) Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.

Diffidently (adv.) In a diffident manner.

Diffind (v. t.) To split.

Diffine (v. t.) To define.

Diffinitive (a.) Definitive; determinate; final.

Diffission (n.) Act of cleaving or splitting.

Difflation (n.) A blowing apart or away.

Diffluence (n.) Alt. of Diffluency

Diffluency (n.) A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.

Diffluent (a.) Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.

Difform (a.) Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion; difform leaves.

Difformity (n.) Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity.

Diffracted (imp. & p. p.) of Diffract

Diffracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diffract

Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.

Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars.

Diffractive (a.) That produces diffraction.

Diffranchise () Alt. of Diffranchisement

Diffranchisement () See Disfranchise, Disfranchisement.

Diffusate (n.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.

Diffused (imp. & p. p.) of Diffuse

Diffusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diffuse

Diffuse (v. t.) To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

Diffuse (v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

Diffuse (a.) Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

Diffused (a.) Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.

Diffusely (adv.) In a diffuse manner.

Diffuseness (n.) The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.

Diffuser (n.) One who, or that which, diffuses.

Diffusibility (n.) The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.

Diffusible (a.) Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.

Diffusible (a.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.

Diffusibleness (n.) Diffusibility.

Diffusion (n.) The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

Diffusion (n.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Diffusive (a.) Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

Diffusively (adv.) In a diffusive manner.

Diffusiveness (n.) The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.

Diffusivity (n.) Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.

Dug (imp. & p. p.) of Dig

Digged () of Dig

Digging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dig

Dig (v. t.) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.

Dig (v. t.) To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

Dig (v. t.) To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

Dig (v. t.) To thrust; to poke.

Dig (v. i.) To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.

Dig (v. i.) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

Dig (v. i.) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

Dig (n.) A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.

Dig (v. t.) A plodding and laborious student.

Digamist (n.) One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist.

Digamma (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

Digammate (a.) Alt. of Digammated

Digammated (a.) Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek /.

Digamous (a.) Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.

Digamy (n.) Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy.

Digastric (a.) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw.

Digastric (a.) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

Digenea (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.

Digenesis (n.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

Digenous (a.) Sexually reproductive.

Digerent () Digesting.

Digested (imp. & p. p.) of Digest

Digesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Digest

Digest (v. t.) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

Digest (v. t.) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

Digest (v. t.) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

Digest (v. t.) To appropriate for strengthening and comfort.

Digest (v. t.) Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.

Digest (v. t.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.

Digest (v. t.) To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.

Digest (v. t.) To ripen; to mature.

Digest (v. t.) To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.

Digest (v. i.) To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.

Digest (v. i.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Digest (v. t.) That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles

Digest (v. t.) A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.

Digestedly (adv.) In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.

Digester (n.) One who digests.

Digester (n.) A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

Digester (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.

Digestibility (n.) The quality of being digestible.

Digestible (a.) Capable of being digested.

Digestibleness (n.) The quality of being digestible; digestibility.

Digestion (n.) The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

Digestion (n.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

Digestion (n.) Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestive (a.) Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

Digestive (n.) That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine.

Digestive (n.) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration.

Digestive (n.) A tonic.

Digestor (n.) See Digester.

Digesture (n.) Digestion.

Diggable (a.) Capable of being dug.

Digger (n.) One who, or that which, digs.

Diggers (n. pl.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.

Digging (n.) The act or the place of excavating.

Digging (n.) Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.

Digging (n.) Region; locality.

Dight (imp. & p. p.) of Dight

Dighted () of Dight

Dighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dight

Dight (v. t.) To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.

Dight (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.

Dighter (n.) One who dights.

Digit (n.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.

Digit (n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.

Digit (n.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.

Digit (v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.

Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

Digitain (n.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties.

Digitain (n.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside.

Digitalis (n.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.

Digitalis (n.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.

Digitate (v. t.) To point out as with the finger.

Digitate (a.) Alt. of Digitated

Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.

Digitation (n.) A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.

Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

Digitigrade (a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.

Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.

Digitipartite (a.) Parted like the fingers.

Digitize (v. t.) To finger; as, to digitize a pen.

Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

Digitule (n.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.

Digladiate (v. i.) To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.

Digladiation (n.) Act of digladiating.

Diglottism (n.) Bilingualism.

Diglyph (n.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.

Dignation (n.) The act of thinking worthy; honor.

Digne (a.) Worthy; honorable; deserving.

Digne (a.) Suitable; adequate; fit.

Digne (a.) Haughty; disdainful.

Dignification (n.) The act of dignifying; exaltation.

Dignified (a.) Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

Dignified (imp. & p. p.) of Dignify

Dignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dignify

Dignify (v. t.) To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.

Dignitaries (pl. ) of Dignitary

Dignitary (n.) One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.

Dignities (pl. ) of Dignity

Dignity (n.) The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

Dignity (n.) Elevation; grandeur.

Dignity (n.) Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.

Dignity (n.) Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style, etc.

Dignity (n.) One holding high rank; a dignitary.

Dignity (n.) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.

Dignotion (n.) Distinguishing mark; diagnostic.

Digonous (a.) Having two angles.

Digram (n.) A digraph.

Digraph (n.) Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.

Digraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to a digraph.

Digressed (imp. & p. p.) of Digress

Digressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Digress

Digress (v. i.) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

Digress (v. i.) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Digress (n.) Digression.

Digression (n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

Digression (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.

Digression (n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.

Digressional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

Digressive (a.) Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

Digressively (adv.) By way of digression.

Digue (n.) A bank; a dike.

Digynia (n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles.

Digynian (a.) Alt. of Digynous

Digynous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.

Dihedral (a.) Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal.

Dihedron (n.) A figure with two sides or surfaces.

Dihexagonal (a.) Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.

Dihexagonal (a.) Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism.

Diiamb (n.) A diiambus.

Diiambus (n.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (/ / / /).

Diiodide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.

Diisatogen (n.) A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.

Dijudicant (n.) One who dijudicates.

Dijudicated (imp. & p. p.) of Dijudicate

Dijucating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dijudicate

Dijudicate (v. i.) To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.

Dijudication (n.) The act of dijudicating; judgment.

Dika (n.) A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.

Dike (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

Dike (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

Dike (n.) A wall of turf or stone.

Dike (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

Diked (imp. & p. p.) of Dike

Diking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dike

Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

Dike (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.

Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.

Diker (n.) A ditcher.

Diker (n.) One who builds stone walls; usually, one who builds them without lime.

Dilacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilacerate

Dilacerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dilacerate

Dilacerate (v. t.) To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.

Dilaceration (n.) The act of rending asunder.

Dilaniate (v. t.) To rend in pieces; to tear.

Dilaniation (n.) A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration.

Dilapidated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilapidate

Dilapidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dilapidate

Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.

Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.

Dilapidated (a.) Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.

Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.

Dilapidator (n.) One who causes dilapidation.

Dilatability (n.) The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility.

Dilatable (a.) Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.

Dilatation (n.) Prolixity; diffuse discourse.

Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.

Dilatation (n.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.

Dilatator (n.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

Dilated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilate

Dilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dilate

Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.

Dilate (v. t.) To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely.

Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

Dilate (v. i.) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

Dilate (a.) Extensive; expanded.

Dilated (a.) Expanded; enlarged.

Dilated (a.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.

Dilated (a.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

Dilatedly (adv.) In a dilated manner.

Dilater (n.) One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges.

Dilation (n.) Delay.

Dilation (n.) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.

Dilative (a.) Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.

Dilatometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.

Dilator (n.) One who, or that which, widens or expands.

Dilator (n.) A muscle that dilates any part.

Dilator (n.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.

Dilatorily (adv.) With delay; tardily.

Dilatoriness (n.) The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.

Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.

Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.

Dildo (n.) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).

Dilection (n.) Love; choice.

Dilemma (n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

Dilemma (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.

Dilettant (a.) Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation.

Dilettant (n.) A dilettante.

Dilettanti (pl. ) of Dilettante

Dilettante (v. t.) An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

Dilettanteish (a.) Somewhat like a dilettante.

Dilettanteism (n.) The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.

Dilettantish (a.) Dilettanteish.

Dilettantism (n.) Same as Dilettanteism.

Diligence (n.) The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

Diligence (n.) Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.

Diligence (n.) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.

Diligence (n.) A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.

Diligency (n.) Diligence; care; persevering endeavor.

Diligent (a.) Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

Diligent (a.) Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.

Diligently (adv.) In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.

Dill (n.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dillseed.

Dill (a.) To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

Dilling (n.) A darling; a favorite.

Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.

Dilly (n.) A kind of stagecoach.

Dilly-dally (v. i.) To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

Dilogical (a.) Ambiguous; of double meaning.

Dilogies (pl. ) of Dilogy

Dilogy (n.) An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.

Dilucid (a.) Clear; lucid.

Dilucidate (v. t.) To elucidate.

Dilucidation (n.) The act of making clear.

Diluent (a.) Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.

Diluent (n.) That which dilutes.

Diluent (n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.

Diluted (imp. & p. p.) of Dilute

Diluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dilute

Dilute (v. t.) To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

Dilute (v. t.) To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.

Dilute (v. i.) To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

Dilute (a.) Diluted; thin; weak.

Diluted (a.) Reduced in strength; thin; weak.

Diluteness (n.) The quality or state of being dilute.

Diluter (n.) One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.

Dilution (n.) The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted.

Diluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

Diluvial (a.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.

Diluvialist (n.) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.

Diluvian (a.) Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin.

Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood.

Diluviums (pl. ) of Diluvium

Diluvia (pl. ) of Diluvium

Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.

Dim (superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

Dim (superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

Dimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Dim

Dimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dim

Dim (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

Dim (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

Dim (v. i.) To grow dim.

Dimble (n.) A bower; a dingle.

Dime (n.) A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

Dimension (n.) Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.

Dimension (n.) Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.

Dimension (n.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.

Dimension (n.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.

Dimension (n.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.

Dimensional (a.) Pertaining to dimension.

Dimensioned (a.) Having dimensions.

Dimensionless (a.) Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.

Dimensity (n.) Dimension.

Dimensive (a.) Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.

Dimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.

Dimera (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.

Dimeran (n.) One of the Dimera.

Dimerous (a.) Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind.

Dimeter (a.) Having two poetical measures or meters.

Dimeter (n.) A verse of two meters.

Dimethyl (n.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.

Dimetric (a.) Same as Tetragonal.

Dimication (n.) A fight; contest.

Dimidiate (a.) Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.

Dimidiate (a.) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed.

Dimidiate (a.) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.

Dimidiated (imp. & p. p.) of Dimidiate

Dimidiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimidiate

Dimidiate (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.

Dimidiate (v. t.) To represent the half of; to halve.

Dimidiation (n.) The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate.

Diminished (imp. & p. p.) of Diminish

Diminishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diminish

Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.

Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.

Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.

Diminish (v. i.) To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.

Diminishable (a.) Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Diminisher (n.) One who, or that which, diminishes anything.

Diminishingly (adv.) In a manner to diminish.

Diminishment (n.) Diminution.

Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.

Diminuent (a.) Lessening.

Diminutal (a.) Indicating or causing diminution.

Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.

Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.

Diminution (n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.

Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.

Diminution (n.) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.

Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.

Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.

Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.

Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.

Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.

Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.

Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.

Dimish (a.) See Dimmish.

Dimission (n.) Leave to depart; a dismissing.

Dimissory (a.) Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.

Dimit (v. t.) To dismiss, let go, or release.

Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.

Dimly (adv.) In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.

Dimmish (a.) Alt. of Dimmy

Dimmy (a.) Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes.

Dimness (n.) The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

Dimness (n.) Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception.

Dimorph (n.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.

Dimorphic (a.) Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.

Dimorphism (n.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.

Dimorphism (n.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Dimorphous (a.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.

Dimorphous (a.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.

Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.

Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.

Dimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Dimple

Dimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimple

Dimple (v. i.) To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.

Dimple (v. t.) To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.

Dimplement (n.) The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.

Dimply (a.) Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool.

Dim-sighted (a.) Having dim sight; lacking perception.

Dimya (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria

Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

Dimyarian (a.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya.

Dimyarian (n.) One of the Dimya.

Dimyary (a. & n.) Same as Dimyarian.

Din (n.) Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

Dinned (imp. & p. p.) of Din

Dinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Din

Din (n.) To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

Din (n.) To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

Din (v. i.) To sound with a din; a ding.

Dinaphthyl (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.

Dinar (n.) A petty money of accounts of Persia.

Dinar (n.) An ancient gold coin of the East.

Dinarchy (n.) See Diarchy.

Dined (imp. & p. p.) of Dine

Dining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dine

Dine (v. i.) To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

Dine (v. t.) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

Dine (v. t.) To dine upon; to have to eat.

Diner (n.) One who dines.

Diner-out (n.) One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.

Dinetical (a.) Revolving on an axis.

Dinged (imp. & p. p.) of Ding

Dang () of Ding

Dung () of Ding

Dinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ding

Ding (v. t.) To dash; to throw violently.

Ding (v. t.) To cause to sound or ring.

Ding (v. i.) To strike; to thump; to pound.

Ding (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.

Ding (v. i.) To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster.

Ding (n.) A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

Dingdong (n.) The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

Dingdong (n.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Dingey (n.) Alt. of Dinghy

Dingy (n.) Alt. of Dinghy

Dinghy (n.) A kind of boat used in the East Indies.

Dinghy (n.) A ship's smallest boat.

Dingily (adv.) In a dingy manner.

Dinginess (n.) Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.

Dingle (n.) A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

Dingle-dangle (adv.) In a dangling manner.

Dingo (n.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

Dingthrift (n.) A spendthrift.

Dingy (superl.) Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.

Dinichthys (n.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.

Dining (n. & a.) from Dine, a.

Dink (a.) Trim; neat.

Dink (v. t.) To deck; -- often with out or up.

Dinmont (n.) A wether sheep between one and two years old.

Dinner (n.) The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

Dinner (n.) An entertainment; a feast.

Dinnerless (a.) Having no dinner.

Dinnerly (a.) Of or pertaining to dinner.

Dinoceras (n.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix.

Dinornis (n.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.

Dinosaur (n.) Alt. of Dinosaurian

Dinosaurian (n.) One of the Dinosauria.

Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

Dinothere (n.) Alt. of Dinotherium

Dinotherium (n.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Dinoxide (n.) Same as Dioxide.

Dinsome (a.) Full of din.

Dint (n.) A blow; a stroke.

Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

Dint (n.) Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.

Dinted (imp. & p. p.) of Dint

Dinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dint

Dint (v. t.) To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.

Dinumeration (n.) Enumeration.

Diocesan (a.) Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.

Diocesan (n.) A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York.

Diocesan (n.) The clergy or the people of a diocese.

Dioceses (pl. ) of Diocese

Diocese (n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

Diocesener (n.) One who belongs to a diocese.

Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

Diodon (n.) A genus of whales.

Diodont (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon.

Diodont (n.) A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.

Dioecia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

Dioecia (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

Dioecian (a.) Alt. of Dioecious

Dioecious (a.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.

Dioeciously (adv.) In a dioecious manner.

Dioeciousness (n.) The state or quality of being dioecious.

Dioecism (n.) The condition of being dioecious.

Diogenes (n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.

Dioicous (a.) See Dioecious.

Diomedea (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross.

Dionaea (n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.

Dionysian (a.) Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.

Diophantine (a.) Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra.

Diopside (n.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.

Dioptase (n.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Diopter (n.) Alt. of Dioptra

Dioptra (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.

Dioptre (n.) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Dioptric (a.) Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.

Dioptric (n.) A dioptre. See Dioptre.

Dioptric (a.) Alt. of Dioptrical

Dioptrical (a.) Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope.

Dioptrics (n.) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.

Dioptry (n.) A dioptre.

Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.

Diorama (n.) A building used for such an exhibition.

Dioramic (a.) Pertaining to a diorama.

Diorism (n.) Definition; logical direction.

Dioristic (a.) Distinguishing; distinctive; defining.

Diorite (n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.

Dioritic (a.) Containing diorite.

Diorthotic (a.) Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.

Diota (n.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.

Dioxide (n.) An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.

Dioxide (n.) An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide.

Dioxindol (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name.

Dipped (imp. & p. p.) of Dip

Dipt () of Dip

Dipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dip

Dip (v. t.) To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

Dip (v. t.) To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.

Dip (v. t.) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

Dip (v. t.) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

Dip (v. t.) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.

Dip (v. t.) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

Dip (v. i.) To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.

Dip (v. i.) To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.

Dip (v. i.) To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.

Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.

Dip (v. i.) To dip snuff.

Dip (n.) The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Dip (n.) A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.

Dip (n.) A dipped candle.

Dipaschal (a.) Including two passovers.

Dipchick (n.) See Dabchick.

Dipetalous (a.) Having two petals; two-petaled.

Diphenyl (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united.

Diphtheria (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.

Diphtherial (a.) Alt. of Diphtheric

Diphtheric (a.) Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.

Diphtheritic (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.

Diphtheritic (a.) Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.

Diphthong (n.) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.

Diphthong (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.

Diphthong (v. t.) To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize.

Diphthongal (a.) Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong.

Diphthongalize (v. t.) To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong.

Diphthongation (n.) See Diphthongization.

Diphthongic (a.) Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.

Diphthongization (n.) The act of changing into a diphthong.

Diphthongize (v. t. & i.) To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

Diphycercal (a.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal.

Diphygenic (a.) Having two modes of embryonic development.

Diphyllous (a.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc.

Diphyodont (a.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont.

Diphyodont (n.) An animal having two successive sets of teeth.

Diphyozooid (n.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

Diplanar (a.) Of or pertaining to two planes.

Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian.

Diploblastic (a.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

Diplocardiac (a.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.

Diplococci (pl. ) of Diplococcus

Diplococcus (n.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

Diploe (n.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

Diploetic (a.) Diploic.

Diplogenic (a.) Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.

Diploic (a.) Of or pertaining to the diploe.

Diploid (n.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

Diplomas (pl. ) of Diploma

Diploma (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.

Diplomacy (n.) The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

Diplomacy (n.) Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.

Diplomacy (n.) The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.

Diplomat (n.) Alt. of Diplomate

Diplomate (n.) A diplomatist.

Diplomate (v. t.) To invest with a title o/ privilege by diploma.

Diplomatial (a.) Diplomatic.

Diplomatic (a.) Alt. of Diplomatical

Diplomatical (a.) Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.

Diplomatical (a.) Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; as, diplomatic management.

Diplomatical (a.) Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic.

Diplomatic (n.) A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.

Diplomatically (adv.) According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.

Diplomatic (n.) The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.

Diplomatism (n.) Diplomacy.

Diplomatist (n.) A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.

Diplopia (n.) Alt. of Diplopy

Diplopy (n.) The act or state of seeing double.

Diplopod (n.) One of the Diplopoda.

Diplopoda (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

Diplostemonous (a.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium.

Diplostemony (n.) The condition of being diplostemonous.

Dipneumona (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.

Dipnoi (n. pl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.

Dipodies (pl. ) of Dipody

Dipody (n.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.

Dipolar (a.) Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.

Dippel's oil () See Bone oil, under Bone.

Dipper (n.) One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

Dipper (n.) A small grebe; the dabchick.

Dipper (n.) The buffel duck.

Dipper (n.) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.

Dipper (n.) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).

Dipping (n.) The act or process of immersing.

Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.

Dipping (n.) The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.

Dipping (n.) The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

Dipping (n.) The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.

Diprismatic (a.) Doubly prismatic.

Dipropargyl (n.) A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, C6H6, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it is very different in its chemical relations. Called also dipropinyl.

Dipropyl (n.) One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See Hexane.

Diprotodon (n.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.

Dipsas (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.

Dipsas (n.) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.

Dipsetic (a.) Tending to produce thirst.

Dipsomania (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

Dipsomaniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

Dipsosis (n.) Excessive thirst produced by disease.

Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.

Dipteral (a.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.

Dipteral (a.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple.

Dipteran (n.) An insect of the order Diptera.

Dipterocarpus (n.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.

Dipterous (a.) Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.

Dipterous (a.) Having two wings; two-winged.

Dipterygian (a.) Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.

Diptote (n.) A noun which has only two cases.

Diptych (n.) Anything consisting of two leaves.

Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

Diptych (n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.

Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Dipyrenous (a.) Containing two stones or nutlets.

Dipyridine (n.) A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.

Dipyridil (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.

Diradiation (n.) The emission and diffusion of rays of light.

Dire (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Direct (a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

Direct (a.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.

Directed (imp. & p. p.) of Direct

Directing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Direct

Direct (v. t.) To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

Direct (v. t.) To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

Direct (v. t.) To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

Direct (v. t.) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

Direct (v. t.) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

Direct (v. i.) To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

Direct (n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

Direct-acting (a.) Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.

Directer (n.) One who directs; a director.

Direction (n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.

Direction (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.

Direction (n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

Direction (n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.

Direction (n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

Direction (n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.

Directive (a.) Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.

Directive (a.) Able to be directed; manageable.

Directly (adv.) In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

Directly (adv.) In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.

Directly (adv.) Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

Directly (adv.) Exactly; just.

Directly (adv.) Straightforwardly; honestly.

Directly (adv.) Manifestly; openly.

Directly (adv.) Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.

Directly (adv.) Immediately after; as soon as.

Directness (n.) The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Director (n.) One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.

Director (n.) One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.

Director (n.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.

Director (n.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.

Directorate (n.) The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.

Directorial (a.) Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3.

Directorship (n.) The condition or office of a director; directorate.

Directory (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.

Directories (pl. ) of Directory

Directory (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.

Directory (n.) A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.

Directory (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.

Directory (n.) Direction; guide.

Directress (n.) A woman who directs.

Directrixes (pl. ) of Directrix

Directrix (n.) A directress.

Directrix (n.) A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface.

Directrix (n.) A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.

Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

Direly (adv.) In a dire manner.

Dirempt (a.) Divided; separated.

Dirempt (v. t.) To separate by force; to tear apart.

Diremption (n.) A tearing apart; violent separation.

Direness (n.) Terribleness; horror; woefulness.

Direption (n.) The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.

Direptitious (a.) Characterized by direption.

Direptitiously (adv.) With plundering violence; by violent injustice.

Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

Dirgeful (a.) Funereal; moaning.

Dirige (n.) A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.

Dirigent (a.) Directing.

Dirigent (n.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix.

Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.

Diriment (a.) Absolute.

Dirk (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.

Dirked (imp. & p. p.) of Dirk

Dirking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dirk

Dirk (v. t.) To stab with a dirk.

Dirk (a.) Dark.

Dirk (v. t.) To darken.

Dirkness (n.) Darkness.

Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.

Dirt (n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.

Dirt (n.) Meanness; sordidness.

Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

Dirt (v. t.) To make foul of filthy; to dirty.

Dirtily (adv.) In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.

Dirtiness (n.) The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

Dirty (superl.) Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

Dirty (superl.) Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color.

Dirty (superl.) Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.

Dirty (superl.) Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.

Dirtied (imp. & p. p.) of Dirty

Dirtying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dirty

Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.

Dirty (v. t.) To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.

Diruption (a.) Disruption.

Dis- () .

Dis- () A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.

Dis- () A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-.

Dis (n.) The god Pluto.

Disabilities (pl. ) of Disability

Disability (n.) State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

Disability (n.) Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Disable (a.) Lacking ability; unable.

Disabled (imp. & p. p.) of Disable

Disabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disable

Disable (v. t.) To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

Disable (v. t.) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

Disable (v. t.) To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.

Disablement (n.) Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

Disabused (imp. & p. p.) of Disabuse

Disabusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disabuse

Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

Disaccommodate (v. t.) To put to inconvenience; to incommode.

Disaccommodation (n.) A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited.

Disaccord (v. i.) To refuse to assent.

Disaccord (n.) Disagreement.

Disaccordant (a.) Not accordant.

Disaccustom (v. t.) To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.

Disacidify (v. t.) To free from acid.

Disacknowledged (imp. & p. p.) of Disacknowledge

Disacknowledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disacknowledge

Disacknowledge (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.

Disacquaint (v. t.) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.

Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.

Disacryl (n.) A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.

Disadorn (v. t.) To deprive of ornaments.

Disadvance (v. t. & i.) To draw back, or cause to draw back.

Disadvantage (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

Disadvantage (n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.

Disadvantage (v. t.) To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

Disadvantageable (a.) Injurious; disadvantageous.

Disadvantageous (a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.

Disadventure (n.) Misfortune; mishap.

Disadventurous (a.) Unprosperous; unfortunate.

Disadvise (v. t.) To advise against; to dissuade from.

Disaffected (imp. & p. p.) of Disaffect

Disaffecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disaffect

Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.

Disaffect (v. t.) To disturb the functions of; to disorder.

Disaffect (v. t.) To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike.

Disaffected (a.) Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal.

Disaffection (n.) State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.

Disaffection (n.) Disorder; bad constitution.

Disaffectionate (a.) Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected.

Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

Disaffirm (v. t.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.

Disaffirmance (n.) The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.

Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

Disaffirmation (n.) The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.

Disafforested (imp. & p. p.) of Disafforest

Disafforesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disafforest

Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

Disaggregate (v. t.) To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

Disaggregation (n.) The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

Disagreed (imp. & p. p.) of Disagree

Disageeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disagree

Disagree (v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

Disagree (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Disagree (v. i.) To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.

Disagreeable (a.) Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

Disagreeable (a.) Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

Disagreeableness (n.) The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

Disagreeably (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Disagreeance (n.) Disagreement.

Disagreement (n.) The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

Disagreement (n.) Unsuitableness; unadaptedness.

Disagreement (n.) Difference of opinion or sentiment.

Disagreement (n.) A falling out, or controversy; difference.

Disagreer (n.) One who disagrees.

Disalliege (v. t.) To alienate from allegiance.

Disallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Disallow

Disallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disallow

Disallow (v. t.) To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

Disallowable (a.) Not allowable; not to be suffered.

Disallowance (n.) The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Disally (v. t.) To part, as an alliance; to sunder.

Disanchor (v. t. & i.) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.

Disangelical (a.) Not angelical.

Disanimated (imp. & p. p.) of Disanimate

Disanimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disanimate

Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of life.

Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.

Disanimation (n.) Privation of life.

Disanimation (n.) The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.

Disannex (v. t.) To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of.

Disannul (v. t.) To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.

Disannuller (n.) One who disannuls.

Disannulment (n.) Complete annulment.

Disanoint (v. t.) To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king.

Disapparel (v. t.) To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.

Disappeared (imp. & p. p.) of Disappear

Disappearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disappear

Disappear (v. i.) To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.

Disappear (v. i.) To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.

Disappearance (n.) The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

Disappendency (n.) A detachment or separation from a former connection.

Disappendent (a.) Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected.

Disapointed (imp. & p. p.) of Disappoint

Disappointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disappoint

Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.

Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

Disappointed (a.) Unprepared; unequipped.

Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

Disappointment (n.) That which disappoints.

Disappreciate (v. t.) To undervalue; not to esteem.

Disapprobation (n.) The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.

Disapprobatory (a.) Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.

Disappropriate (a.) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.

Disappropriate (v. t.) To release from individual ownership or possession.

Disappropriate (v. t.) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Disappropriation (n.) The act of disappropriating.

Disapproval (n.) Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

Disapproved (imp. & p. p.) of Disapprove

Disapproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disapprove

Disapprove (v. t.) To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.

Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.

Disapprover (n.) One who disapproves.

Disapprovingly (adv.) In a disapproving manner.

Disard (n.) See Dizzard.

Disarming (imp. & p. p.) of Disarm

Disarming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarm

Disarm (v. t.) To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

Disarm (v. t.) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

Disarmament (n.) The act of disarming.

Disarmature (n.) The act of divesting of armature.

Disarmed (a.) Deprived of arms.

Disarmed (a.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks.

Disarmer (n.) One who disarms.

Disarranged (imp. & p. p.) of Disarrange

Disarranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarrange

Disarrange (v. t.) To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

Disarrangement (n.) The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder.

Disarrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Disarray

Disarraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarray

Disarray (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

Disarray (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

Disarray (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

Disarray (n.) Confused attire; undress.

Disarrayment (n.) Disorder.

Disarticulate (v. t.) To sunder; to separate, as joints.

Disarticulator (n.) One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.

Disassent (n.) Dissent.

Disassenter (n.) One who disassents; a dissenter.

Disassiduity (n.) Want of assiduity or care.

Disassimilate (v. t.) To subject to disassimilation.

Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.

Disassimilative (a.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.

Disassociated (imp. & p. p.) of Disassociate

Disassociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disassociate

Disassociate (v. t.) To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.

Disaster (n.) An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.

Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.

Disaster (v. t.) To blast by the influence of a baleful star.

Disaster (v. t.) To bring harm upon; to injure.

Disasterly (adv.) Disastrously.

Disastrous (a.) Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.

Disastrous (a.) Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Disattire (v. t.) To unrobe; to undress.

Disaugment (v. t.) To diminish.

Disauthorize (v. t.) To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit.

Disavaunce (v. t.) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.

Disaventure (n.) Misfortune.

Disaventurous (a.) Misadventurous; unfortunate.

Disavouch (v. t.) To disavow.

Disavowed (imp. & p. p.) of Disavow

Disavowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disavow

Disavow (v. t.) To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.

Disavow (v. t.) To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Disavowal (n.) The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.

Disavowance (n.) Disavowal.

Disavower (n.) One who disavows.

Disavowment (n.) Disavowal.

Disbanded (imp. & p. p.) of Disband

Disbanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disband

Disband (v. t.) To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.

Disband (v. t.) To divorce.

Disband (v. i.) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

Disbandment (n.) The act of disbanding.

Disbarred (imp. & p. p.) of Disbar

Disbarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disbar

Disbar (v. t.) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such.

Disbark (v. t.) To disembark.

Disbark (v. t.) To strip of bark; to bark.

Disbarment (n.) Act of disbarring.

Disbase (v. t.) To debase or degrade.

Disbecome (v. t.) To misbecome.

Disbelief (n.) The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

Disbelieved (imp. & p. p.) of Disbelieve

Disbelieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disbelieve

Disbelieve (v. t.) Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Disbeliever (n.) One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.

Disbench (v. t.) To drive from a bench or seat.

Disbench (v. t.) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.

Disbend (v. t.) To unbend.

Disbind (v. t.) To unbind; to loosen.

Disblame (v. t.) To clear from blame.

Disbodied (a.) Disembodied.

Disboscation (n.) Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest.

Disbowel (v. t.) To disembowel.

Disbranch (v.) To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.

Disbud (v.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

Disburden (v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.

Disburgeon (v. t.) To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud.

Disbursed (imp. & p. p.) of Disburse

Disbursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disburse

Disburse (v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

Disbursement (n.) The act of disbursing or paying out.

Disbursement (n.) That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.

Disburser (n.) One who disburses money.

Disburthened (imp. & p. p.) of Disburthen

Disburthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disburthen

Disburthen (v. t.) To disburden; to relieve of a load.

Disc (n.) A flat round plate

Disc (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Discage (v. t.) To uncage.

Discal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.

Discalceate (v. t.) To pull off shoes or sandals from.

Discalceated (a.) Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.

Discalced (a.) Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced.

Discalceation (n.) The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.

Discamp (v. t.) To drive from a camp.

Discandy (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to thaw.

Discant (n.) See Descant, n.

Discapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.

Discarded (imp. & p. p.) of Discard

Discarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discard

Discard (v. t.) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

Discard (v. t.) To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.

Discard (v. t.) To put or thrust away; to reject.

Discard (v. i.) To make a discard.

Discard (n.) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

Discardure (n.) Rejection; dismissal.

Discarnate (a.) Stripped of flesh.

Discase (v. t.) To strip; to undress.

Discede (v. i.) To yield or give up; to depart.

Discept (v. i.) To debate; to discuss.

Disceptation (n.) Controversy; disputation; discussion.

Disceptator (n.) One who arbitrates or decides.

Discerned (imp. & p. p.) of Discern

Discerning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discern

Discern (v. t.) To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.

Discern (v. t.) To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.

Discern (v. i.) To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

Discern (v. i.) To make cognizance.

Discernance (n.) Discernment.

Discerner (n.) One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.

Discernible (a.) Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.

Discernibleness (n.) The quality of being discernible.

Discernibly (adv.) In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly.

Discerning (a.) Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.

Discerningly (adv.) In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.

Discernment (n.) The act of discerning.

Discernment (n.) The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

Discerp (v. t.) To tear in pieces; to rend.

Discerp (v. t.) To separate; to disunite.

Discerpibility (n.) Alt. of Discerptibility

Discerptibility (n.) Capability or liableness to be discerped.

Discerpible (a.) Alt. of Discerptible

Discerptible (a.) Capable of being discerped.

Discerption (n.) The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts.

Discerptive (a.) Tending to separate or disunite parts.

Discession (n.) Departure.

Discharged (imp. & p. p.) of Discharge

Discharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discharge

Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.

Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.

Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.

Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.

Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.

Discharge (v. t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.

Discharge (v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

Discharge (v. t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.

Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.

Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.

Discharge (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.

Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.

Discharge (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.

Discharge (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.

Discharge (v. t.) Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.

Discharge (v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.

Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.

Discharge (v. t.) A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.

Discharger (n.) One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

Dischevele (a.) Disheveled.

Dischurch (v. t.) To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.

Discide (v. t.) To divide; to cleave in two.

Disciferous (a.) Bearing disks.

Discifloral (a.) Alt. of Disciflorous

Disciflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Disciform (a.) Discoid.

Discina (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

Discinct (a.) Ungirded; loosely dressed.

Discind (v. t.) To part; to divide.

Disciple (n.) One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior.

Discipled (imp. & p. p.) of Disciple

Discipling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disciple

Disciple (v. t.) To teach; to train.

Disciple (v. t.) To punish; to discipline.

Disciple (v. t.) To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.

Discipleship (n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.

Discipless (n.) A female disciple.

Disciplinable (a.) Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

Disciplinable (a.) Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.

Disciplinableness (n.) The quality of being improvable by discipline.

Disciplinal (a.) Relating to discipline.

Disciplinant (n.) A flagellant. See Flagellant.

Disciplinarian (a.) Pertaining to discipline.

Disciplinarian (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.

Disciplinarian (n.) A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.

Disciplinary (a.) Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

Discipline (n.) The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

Discipline (n.) Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

Discipline (n.) Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

Discipline (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Discipline (n.) The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.

Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

Discipline (n.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.

Disciplined (imp. & p. p.) of Discipline

Disciplining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discipline

Discipline (v. t.) To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

Discipline (v. t.) To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

Discipline (v. t.) To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

Discipliner (n.) One who disciplines.

Disclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Disclaim

Disclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disclaim

Disclaim (v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

Disclaim (v. t.) To deny, as a claim; to refuse.

Disclaim (v. t.) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.

Disclaim (v. t.) To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.

Disclaimer (n.) One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

Disclaimer (n.) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

Disclaimer (n.) A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.

Disclamation (n.) A disavowing or disowning.

Disclame (v. t.) To disclaim; to expel.

Disclaunder (v. t.) To injure one's good name; to slander.

Discloak (v. t.) To take off a cloak from; to uncloak.

Disclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Disclose

Disclosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disclose

Disclose (v. t.) To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

Disclose (v. t.) To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

Disclose (v. t.) To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.

Disclose (v. t.) To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

Disclose (n.) Disclosure.

Disclosed (p. a.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.

Discloser (n.) One who discloses.

Disclosure (v. t.) The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

Disclosure (v. t.) That which is disclosed or revealed.

Discloud (v. t.) To clear from clouds.

Disclout (v. t.) To divest of a clout.

Disclusion (n.) A shutting off; exclusion.

Discoast (v. i.) To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.

Discoblastic (a.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.

Discoboli (pl. ) of Discobolus

Discobolus (n.) A thrower of the discus.

Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

Discodactyl (n.) One of the tree frogs.

Discodactylia (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Discodactylous (a.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Discoherent (a.) Incoherent.

Discoid (a.) Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

Discoid (n.) Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.

Discoidal (a.) Disk-shaped; discoid.

Discolith (n.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter.

Discolored (imp. & p. p.) of Discolor

Discoloring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discolor

Discolor (v. t.) To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

Discolor (v. t.) To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.

Discolorate (v. t.) To discolor.

Discoloration (n.) The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

Discoloration (n.) A discolored spot; a stain.

Discolored (a.) Altered in color; /tained.

Discolored (a.) Variegated; of divers colors.

Discomfited (imp. & p. p.) of Discomfit

Discomfiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discomfit

Discomfit (v. t.) To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Discomfit (a.) Discomfited; overthrown.

Discomfit (n.) Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.

Discomfiture (v. t.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.

Discomforted (imp. & p. p.) of Discomfort

Discomforting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discomfort

Discomfort (v. t.) To discourage; to deject.

Discomfort (v. t.) To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

Discomfort (v. t.) Discouragement.

Discomfort (v. t.) Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.

Discomfortable (a.) Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.

Discomfortable (a.) Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable.

Discommend (v. t.) To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove.

Discommend (v. t.) To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.

Discommendable (a.) Deserving, disapprobation or blame.

Discommendation (n.) Blame; censure; reproach.

Discommender (n.) One who discommends; a dispraiser.

Discommission (v. t.) To deprive of a commission or trust.

Discommodate (v. t.) To discommode.

Discommoded (imp. & p. p.) of Discommode

Discommoding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discommode

Discommode (v. t.) To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.

Discommodious (a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious.

Discommodity (n.) Disadvantage; inconvenience.

Discommon (v. t.) To deprive of the right of common.

Discommon (v. t.) To deprive of privileges.

Discommon (v. t.) To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating.

Discommunity (n.) A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.

Discompany (v. t.) To free from company; to dissociate.

Discomplexion (v. t.) To change the complexion or hue of.

Discompliance (n.) Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

Discomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Discompose

Discomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discompose

Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Discompose (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Discompose (v. t.) To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.

Discomposed (a.) Disordered; disturbed; disquieted.

Discomposition (n.) Inconsistency; discordance.

Discomposure (n.) The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

Discomposure (n.) Discordance; disagreement of parts.

Discompt (v. t.) To discount. See Discount.

Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcert

Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcert

Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

Disconcert (n.) Want of concert; disagreement.

Disconcertion (n.) The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.

Disconducive (a.) Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous.

Disconformable (a.) Not conformable.

Disconformity (n.) Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Discongruity (n.) Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness.

Disconnected (imp. & p. p.) of Disconnect

Disconnecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconnect

Disconnect (v. t.) To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

Disconnection (n.) The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

Disconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

Discosent (v. i.) To differ; to disagree; to dissent.

Disconsolacy (n.) The state of being disconsolate.

Disconsolate (n.) Disconsolateness.

Disconsolate (v. t.) Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.

Disconsolate (v. t.) Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights.

Disconsolated (a.) Disconsolate.

Disconsolation (n.) Dejection; grief.

Discontent (a.) Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.

Discontented (imp. & p. p.) of Discontent

Discontenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discontent

Discontent (v. t.) To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.

Discontent (n.) Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Discontent (n.) A discontented person; a malcontent.

Discontentation (n.) Discontent.

Discontented (p. p. & a.) Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.

Discontentful (a.) Full of discontent.

Discontenting (a.) Discontented.

Discontenting (a.) Causing discontent; dissatisfying.

Discontentive (a.) Relating or tending to discontent.

Discontentment (n.) The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.

Discontinuable (a.) Admitting of being discontinued.

Discontinuance (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

Discontinuance (n.) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States.

Discontinuance (n.) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action.

Discontinuance (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered.

Discontinuation (n.) Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

Discontinued (imp. & p. p.) of Discontinue

Discontinuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discontinue

Discontinue (v. t.) To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

Discontinue (v. i.) To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.

Discontinue (v. i.) To be separated or severed; to part.

Discontinuee (n.) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.

Discontinuity (n.) Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.

Discontinuor (n.) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.

Discontinuous (a.) Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

Discontinuous (a.) Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.

Disconvenience (n.) Unsuitableness; incongruity.

Disconvenient (a.) Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted.

Discophora (n. pl.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.

Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.

Discord (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

Discord (n.) To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.

Discordable (a.) That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant.

Discordance (n.) Alt. of Discordancy

Discordancy (n.) State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

Discordant (n.) Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

Discordant (n.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.

Discordant (n.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Discordful (a.) Full of discord; contentious.

Discordous (a.) Full of discord.

Discorporate (a.) Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate.

Discorrespondent (a.) Incongruous.

Discost (v. i.) Same as Discoast.

Discounsel (v. t.) To dissuade.

Discounted (imp. & p. p.) of Discount

Discounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discount

Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

Discount (v.) To leave out of account; to take no notice of.

Discount (v. i.) To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

Discount (v. t.) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

Discount (v. t.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.

Discountable (a.) Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.

Discountenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Discountenance

Discountenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discountenance

Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.

Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.

Discountenancer (n.) One who discountenances; one who disfavors.

Discounter (n.) One who discounts; a discount broker.

Discouraged (imp. & p. p.) of Discourage

Discouraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discourage

Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.

Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Discourage (n.) Lack of courage; cowardliness.

Discourageable (a.) Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Discouragement (n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

Discouragement (n.) That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.

Discourager (n.) One who discourages.

Discouraging (a.) Causing or indicating discouragement.

Discoure (v. t.) To discover.

Discourse (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.

Discourse (n.) Conversation; talk.

Discourse (n.) The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Discourse (n.) Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

Discourse (n.) Dealing; transaction.

Discoursed (imp. & p. p.) of Discourse

Discoursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discourse

Discourse (v. i.) To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

Discourse (v. i.) To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

Discourse (v. i.) To relate something; to tell.

Discourse (v. i.) To treat of something in writing and formally.

Discourse (v. t.) To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.

Discourse (v. t.) To utter or give forth; to speak.

Discourse (v. t.) To talk to; to confer with.

Discourser (n.) One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.

Discourser (n.) The writer of a treatise or dissertation.

Discoursive (a.) Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.

Discoursive (a.) Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.

Discoursive (a.) Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man.

Discoursive (n.) The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.

Discourteous (a.) Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

Discourtesy (n.) Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

Discourtship (n.) Want of courtesy.

Discous (a.) Disklike; discoid.

Discovenant (v. t.) To dissolve covenant with.

Discovered (imp. & p. p.) of Discover

Discovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discover

Discover (v. t.) To uncover.

Discover (v. t.) To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

Discover (v. t.) To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.

Discover (v. t.) To manifest without design; to show.

Discover (v. t.) To explore; to examine.

Discover (v. i.) To discover or show one's self.

Discoverability (n.) The quality of being discoverable.

Discoverable (a.) Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

Discoverer (n.) One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

Discoverer (n.) A scout; an explorer.

Discoverment (n.) Discovery.

Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Discovert (n.) An uncovered place or part.

Discoverture (n.) Discovery.

Discoverture (n.) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Discoveries (pl. ) of Discovery

Discovery (n.) The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

Discovery (n.) A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

Discovery (n.) Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.

Discovery (n.) That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

Discovery (n.) Exploration; examination.

Discradle (v. t.) To take from a cradle.

Discredit (n.) The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Discredit (n.) Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.

Discredited (imp. & p. p.) of Discredit

Discrediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discredit

Discredit (v. t.) To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.

Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.

Discreditable (a.) Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.

Discreditor (n.) One who discredits.

Discreet (superl.) Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.

Discreet (superl.) Differing; distinct.

-ances (pl. ) of Discrepancy

-ancies (pl. ) of Discrepancy

Discrepance (n.) Alt. of Discrepancy

Discrepancy (n.) The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

Discrepant (a.) Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

Discrepant (n.) A dissident.

Discrete (a.) Separate; distinct; disjunct.

Discrete (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.

Discrete (a.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.

Discrete (v. t.) To separate.

Discretely (adv.) Separately; disjunctively.

Discretion (n.) Disjunction; separation.

Discretion (n.) The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.

Discretion (n.) Discrimination.

Discretion (n.) Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.

Discretional () Alt. of Discretionary

Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

Discretionally (adv.) Alt. of Discretionarily

Discretionarily (adv.) At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Discretive (a.) Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.

Discretively (adv.) In a discretive manner.

Discriminable (a.) Capable of being discriminated.

Discriminal (a.) In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

Discriminant (n.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.

Discriminate (a.) Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Discriminated (imp. & p. p.) of Discriminate

Discriminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discriminate

Discriminate (v. t.) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

Discriminate (v. i.) To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

Discriminate (v. i.) To treat unequally.

Discriminate (v. i.) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

Discriminately (adv.) In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

Discriminateness (n.) The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

Discriminating (a.) Marking a difference; distinguishing.

Discrimination (n.) The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

Discrimination (n.) The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart.

Discrimination (n.) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

Discrimination (n.) That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

Discriminative (a.) Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.

Discriminative (a.) Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating.

Discriminatively (adv.) With discrimination or distinction.

Discriminator (n.) One who discriminates.

Discriminatory (a.) Discriminative.

Discriminous (a.) Hazardous; dangerous.

Discrive (v. t.) To describe.

Discrowned (imp. & p. p.) of Discrown

Discrowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discrown

Discrown (v. t.) To deprive of a crown.

Discruciated (imp. & p. p.) of Discruciate

Discruciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discruciate

Discruciate (v. t.) To torture; to excruciate.

Discubitory (a.) Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture.

Disculpated (imp. & p. p.) of Disculpate

Disculpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disculpate

Disculpate (v. t.) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.

Disculpation (n.) Exculpation.

Disculpatory (a.) Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.

Discumbency (n.) The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.

Discumber (v. t.) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.

Discure (v. t.) To discover; to reveal; to discoure.

Discurrent (a.) Not current or free to circulate; not in use.

Discursion (n.) The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.

Discursist (n.) A discourser.

Discursive (a.) Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.

Discursive (a.) Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.

Discursory (a.) Argumentative; discursive; reasoning.

Discursus (n.) Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.

Discuses (pl. ) of Discus

Disci (pl. ) of Discus

Discus (n.) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

Discus (n.) The exercise with the discus.

Discus (n.) A disk. See Disk.

Discussed (imp. & p. p.) of Discuss

Discussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discuss

Discuss (v. t.) To break to pieces; to shatter.

Discuss (v. t.) To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.

Discuss (v. t.) To shake; to put away; to finish.

Discuss (v. t.) To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.

Discuss (v. t.) To deal with, in eating or drinking.

Discuss (v. t.) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.

Discussion (n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

Discussion (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

Discussional (a.) Pertaining to discussion.

Discussive (a.) Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.

Discussive (a.) Doubt-dispelling; decisive.

Discussive (n.) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.

Discutient (a.) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application.

Discutient (n.) An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter.

Disdain (v. t.) A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

Disdain (v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

Disdain (v. t.) The state of being despised; shame.

Disdained (imp. & p. p.) of Disdain

Disdaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disdain

Disdain (v. t.) To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

Disdain (v. t.) To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.

Disdain (v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

Disdained (a.) Disdainful.

Disdainful (a.) Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

Disdainishly (adv.) Disdainfully.

Disdainous (a.) Disdainful.

Disdainously (adv.) Disdainfully.

Disdeify (v. t.) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.

Disdeign (v. t.) To disdain.

Disdiaclast (n.) One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.

Disdiapason (n.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.

Disease (n.) Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc.

Diseased (imp. & p. p.) of Disease

Diseasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disease

Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.

Disease (v. t.) To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

Diseased (a.) Afflicted with disease.

Diseasedness (n.) The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness.

Diseaseful (a.) Causing uneasiness.

Diseaseful (a.) Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.

Diseasefulness (n.) The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.

Diseasement (n.) Uneasiness; inconvenience.

Disedge (v. t.) To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.

Disedify (v. t.) To fail of edifying; to injure.

Diselder (v. t.) To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder.

Diselenide (n.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

Disembarked (imp. & p. p.) of Disembark

Disembarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembark

Disembark (v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

Disembark (v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

Disembarkation (n.) The act of disembarking.

Disembarkment (n.) Disembarkation.

Disembarrassed (imp. & p. p.) of Disembarrass

Disembarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembarrass

Disembarrass (v. t.) To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.

Disembarrassment (n.) Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Disembayed (imp. & p. p.) of Disembay

Disembaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembay

Disembay (v. t.) To clear from a bay.

Disembellish (v. t.) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.

Disembitter (v. t.) To free from

Disembodied (a.) Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

Disembodiment (n.) The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

Disembodied (imp. & p. p.) of Disembody

Disembodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembody

Disembody (v. t.) To divest of the body or corporeal existence.

Disembody (v. t.) To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.

Disembogued (imp. & p. p.) of Disembogue

Disemboguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembogue

Disembogue (v. t.) To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc.

Disembogue (v. t.) To eject; to cast forth.

Disembogue (v. i.) To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out contents.

Disemboguement (n.) The act of disemboguing; discharge.

Disembossom (v. t.) To separate from the bosom.

Disembowel (v. t.) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

Disembowel (v. t.) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

Disembowelment (n.) The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

Disembowered (a.) Deprived of, or removed from, a bower.

Disembrangle (v. t.) To free from wrangling or litigation.

Disembroiled (imp. & p. p.) of Disembroil

Disembroiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembroil

Disembroil (v. t.) To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.

Disemploy (v. t.) To throw out of employment.

Disemployment (n.) The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.

Disempower (v. t.) To deprive of power; to divest of strength.

Disenable (v. t.) To disable; to disqualify.

Disenamor (v. t.) To free from the captivity of love.

Disenchained (a.) Freed from restraint; unrestrained.

Disenchanted (imp. & p. p.) of Disenchant

Disenchanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disenchant

Disenchant (v. t.) To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

Disenchanter (n.) One who, or that which, disenchants.

Disenchantment (n.) The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.

Disencharm (v. t.) To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.

Disenclose (v. t.) See Disinclose.

Disencouragement (n.) Discouragement.

Disencrese (v. i.) To decrease.

Disencrese (n.) Decrease.

Disencumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Disencumber

Disencumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disencumber

Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.

Disencumbrance (n.) Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.

Disendow (v. t.) To deprive of an endowment, as a church.

Disendowment (n.) The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.

Disenfranchise (v. t.) To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.

Disengaged (imp. & p. p.) of Disengage

Disengaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disengage

Disengage (v. t.) To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.

Disengage (v. i.) To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

Disengaged (a.) Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.

Disengagement (n.) The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

Disengagement (n.) Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.

Disengaging (a.) Loosing; setting free; detaching.

Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.

Disenrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Disenroll

Disenrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disenroll

Disenroll (v. i.) To erase from a roll or list.

Disensanity (n.) Insanity; folly.

Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

Disenslave (v. t.) To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

Disentail (v. t.) To free from entailment.

Disentangled (imp. & p. p.) of Disentangle

Disentangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disentangle

Disentangle (v. t.) To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

Disentanglement (n.) The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties.

Disenter (v. t.) See Disinter.

Disenthrall (v. t.) To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.

Disenthrallment (n.) Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.

Disenthrone (v. t.) To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority.

Disentitle (v. t.) To deprive of title or claim.

Disentomb (v. t.) To take out from a tomb; a disinter.

Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.

Disentrance (v. t.) To awaken from a trance or an enchantment.

Disentwine (v. t.) To free from being entwined or twisted.

Disepalous (a.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.

Disert (a.) Eloquent.

Disertitude (n.) Eloquence.

Diserty (adv.) Expressly; clearly; eloquently.

Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.

Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state.

Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.

Disestablishment (n.) The condition of being disestablished.

Disesteem (n.) Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

Disesteemed (imp. & p. p.) of Disesteem

Disesteeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disesteem

Disesteem (v. t.) To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

Disesteem (v. t.) To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.

Disesteemer (n.) One who disesteems.

Disestimation (n.) Disesteem.

Disexercise (v. t.) To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained.

Disfame (n.) Disrepute.

Disfancy (v. t.) To dislike.

Disfashion (v. t.) To disfigure.

Disfavor (n.) Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

Disfavor (n.) The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.

Disfavor (n.) An unkindness; a disobliging act.

Disfavored (imp. & p. p.) of Disfavor

Disfavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfavor

Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Disfavor (v. t.) To injure the form or looks of.

Disfavorable (a.) Unfavorable.

Disfavorably (adv.) Unpropitiously.

Disfavorer (n.) One who disfavors.

Disfeature (v. t.) To deprive of features; to mar the features of.

Disfellowship (v. t.) To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.

Disfiguration (n.) The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.

Disfigured (imp. & p. p.) of Disfigure

Disfiguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfigure

Disfigure (v. t.) To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

Disfigure (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.

Disfigurement (n.) Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.

Disfigurement (n.) That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Disfigurer (n.) One who disfigures.

Disflesh (v. t.) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.

Disforest (v. t.) To disafforest.

Disforest (v. t.) To clear or deprive of forests or trees.

Disforestation (n.) The act of clearing land of forests.

Disformity (n.) Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.

Disfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Disfranchise

Disfranchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfranchise

Disfranchise (v. t.) To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.

Disfranchisement (n.) The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.

Disfriar (v. t.) To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar.

Disfrock (v. t.) To unfrock.

Disfurnished (imp. & p. p.) of Disfurnish

Disfurnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfurnish

Disfurnish (v. t.) To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.

Disfurnishment (n.) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.

Disfurniture (n.) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.

Disfurniture (v. t.) To disfurnish.

Disgage (v. t.) To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage.

Disgallant (v. t.) To deprive of gallantry.

Disgarland (v. t.) To strip of a garland.

Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Disgarrison (v. t.) To deprive of a garrison.

Disgaveled (imp. & p. p.) of Disgavel

Disgaveled () of Disgavel

Disgaveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgavel

Disgavel (v. t.) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.

Disgest (v. t.) To digest.

Disgestion (n.) Digestion.

Disglorified (imp. & p. p.) of Disglorify

Disglorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disglorify

Disglorify (v. t.) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.

Disglory (n.) Dishonor.

Disgorged (imp. & p. p.) of Disgorge

Disgorging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgorge

Disgorge (v. t.) To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place.

Disgorge (v. t.) To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.

Disgorge (v. i.) To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.

Disgorgement (n.) The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged.

Disgospel (v. i.) To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel.

Disgrace (n.) The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

Disgrace (n.) The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

Disgrace (n.) That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.

Disgrace (n.) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.

Disgraced (imp. & p. p.) of Disgrace

Disgracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgrace

Disgrace (n.) To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.

Disgrace (n.) To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Disgrace (n.) To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

Disgraceful (a.) Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.

Disgracer (n.) One who disgraces.

Disgracious (a.) Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable.

Disgracive (a.) Disgracing.

Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

Disgrade (v. t.) To degrade.

Disgraduate (v. t.) To degrade; to reduce in rank.

Disgregate (v. t.) To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate.

Disgregation (n.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.

Disgruntle (v. t.) To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger.

Disguised (imp. & p. p.) of Disguise

Disguising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disguise

Disguise (v. t.) To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

Disguise (v. t.) To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions.

Disguise (v. t.) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

Disguise (n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties.

Disguise (n.) Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

Disguise (n.) Change of manner by drink; intoxication.

Disguise (n.) A masque or masquerade.

Disguisedfy (adv.) In disguise.

Disguisedness (n.) The state of being disguised.

Disguisement (n.) Disguise.

Disguiser (n.) One who, or that which, disguises.

Disguiser (n.) One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker.

Disguising (n.) A masque or masquerade.

Disgusted (imp. & p. p.) of Disgust

Disgusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgust

Disgust (v. t.) To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.

Disgust (v. t.) Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust.

Disgustful (a.) Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.

Disgustfulness (n.) The state of being disgustful.

Disgusting (a.) That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.

Dish (n.) A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

Dish (n.) The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."

Dish (n.) The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

Dish (n.) A hollow place, as in a field.

Dish (n.) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.

Dish (n.) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Dished (imp. & p. p.) of Dish

Dishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dish

Dish (v. t.) To put in a dish, ready for the table.

Dish (v. t.) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

Dish (v. t.) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.

Dishabilitate (v. t.) To disqualify.

Dishabille (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.

Dishabit (v. t.) To dislodge.

Dishabited (p. a.) Rendered uninhabited.

Dishabituate (v. t.) To render unaccustomed.

Dishable (v. t.) To disable.

Dishable (v. t.) To disparage.

Dishallow (v. t.) To make unholy; to profane.

Disharmonious (a.) Unharmonious; discordant.

Disharmony (n.) Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.

Dishaunt (v. t.) To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt.

Dishcloth (n.) A cloth used for washing dishes.

Dishclout (n.) A dishcloth.

Disheart (v. t.) To dishearten.

Disheartened (imp. & p. p.) of Dishearten

Disheartening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishearten

Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Disheartenment (n.) Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

Disheir (v. t.) To disinherit.

Dishelm (v. t.) To deprive of the helmet.

Disherison (n.) The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion.

Disherited (imp. & p. p.) of Disherit

Disheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disherit

Disherit (v. t.) To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance.

Disheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.

Disheritor (n.) One who puts another out of his inheritance.

Disheveled (imp. & p. p.) of Dishevel

Dishevelled () of Dishevel

Disheveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishevel

Dishevelling () of Dishevel

Dishevel (v. t.) To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

Dishevel (v. t.) To spread loosely or disorderly.

Dishevel (v. i.) To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.

Dishevele (p. p. & a.) Disheveled.

Disheveled (a.) Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.

Disheveled (a.) Having the hair in loose disorder.

Dishfuls (pl. ) of Dishful

Dishful (n.) As much as a dish holds when full.

Dishing (a.) Dish-shaped; concave.

Dishonest (a.) Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

Dishonest (a.) Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.

Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

Dishonest (a.) Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

Dishonest (v. t.) To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.

Dishonestly (adv.) In a dishonest manner.

Dishonesty (n.) Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

Dishonesty (n.) Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

Dishonesty (n.) Lewdness; unchastity.

Dishonor (n.) Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

Dishonor (n.) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.

Dishonored (imp. & p. p.) of Dishonor

Dishonoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishonor

Dishonor (v. t.) To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor.

Dishonor (v. t.) To violate the chastity of; to debauch.

Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange.

Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.

Dishonorary (a.) Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation.

Dishonorer (n.) One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.

Dishorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle.

Dishorse (v. t.) To dismount.

Dishouse (v. t.) To deprive of house or home.

Dishumor (n.) Ill humor.

Dishumor (v. t.) To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor.

Dishwasher (n.) One who, or that which, washes dishes.

Dishwasher (n.) A European bird; the wagtail.

Dishwater (n.) Water in which dishes have been washed.

Disillusion (n.) The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Disillusion (v. t.) To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.

Disillusionize (v. t.) To disenchant; to free from illusion.

Disillusionment (n.) The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Disimbitter (v. t.) To free from bitterness.

Disimpark (v. t.) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.

Disimpassioned (a.) Free from warmth of passion or feeling.

Disimprove (v. t.) To make worse; -- the opposite of improve.

Disimprove (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Disimprovement (n.) Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.

Disincarcerate (v. t.) To liberate from prison.

Disinclination (n.) The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

Disinclined (imp. & p. p.) of Disincline

Disinclining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disincline

Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

Disinclose (v. t.) To free from being inclosed.

Disincorporated (imp. & p. p.) of Disincorporate

Disincorporating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disincorporate

Disincorporate (v. t.) To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

Disincorporate (v. t.) To detach or separate from a corporation.

Disincorporate (a.) Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.

Disincorporation (n.) Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.

Disinfected (imp. & p. p.) of Disinfect

Disinfecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinfect

Disinfect (v. t.) To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Disinfector (n.) One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

Disinflame (v. t.) To divest of flame or ardor.

Disingenuity (n.) Disingenuousness.

Disingenuous (a.) Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

Disingenuous (a.) Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

Disinhabited (a.) Uninhabited.

Disinherison (v. t.) Same as Disherison.

Disinherited (imp. & p. p.) of Disinherit

Disinheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinherit

Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.

Disinherit (v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

Disinhume (v. t.) To disinter.

Disinsure (v. t.) To render insecure; to put in danger.

Disintegrable (a.) Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

Disintegrated (imp. & p. p.) of Disintegrate

Disintegrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disintegrate

Disintegrate (v. t.) To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.

Disintegrate (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

Disintegration (n.) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

Disintegration (n.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Disintegrator (n.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

Disinterred (imp. & p. p.) of Disinter

Disinterring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinter

Disinter (v. t.) To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

Disinter (v. t.) To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.

Disinteress (v. t.) To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage.

Disinteressment (n.) Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.

Disinterest (p. a.) Disinterested.

Disinterest (n.) What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.

Disinterest (n.) Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.

Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.

Disinterested (a.) Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.

Disinterestedly (adv.) In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

Disinterestedness (n.) The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

Disinteresting (a.) Uninteresting.

Disinterment (n.) The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.

Disinthralled (imp. & p. p.) of Disinthrall

Disinthralling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinthrall

Disinthrall (v. t.) To free from thralldom; to disenthrall.

Disinthrallment (n.) A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment.

Disintricate (v. t.) To disentangle.

Disinured (imp. & p. p.) of Disinure

Disinuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinure

Disinure (v. t.) To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.

Disinvestiture (n.) The act of depriving of investiture.

Disinvigorate (v. t.) To enervate; to weaken.

Disinvolve (v. t.) To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.

Disjection (n.) Destruction; dispersion.

Disjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Disjoin

Disjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disjoin

Disjoin (v. t.) To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

Disjoin (v. i.) To become separated; to part.

Disjoint (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

Disjointed (imp. & p. p.) of Disjoint

Disjointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disjoint

Disjoint (v. t.) To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.

Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.

Disjoint (v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

Disjoint (v. i.) To fall in pieces.

Disjointed (a.) Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.

Disjointly (adv.) In a disjointed state.

Disjudication (n.) Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication.

Disjunct (a.) Disjoined; separated.

Disjunct (a.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction.

Disjuncttion (n.) The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.

Disjuncttion (n.) A disjunctive proposition.

Disjunctive (a.) Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

Disjunctive (a.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords.

Disjunctive (n.) A disjunctive conjunction.

Disjunctive (n.) A disjunctive proposition.

Disjunctively (adv.) In a disjunctive manner; separately.

Disjuncture (n.) The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation.

Disk (n.) A discus; a quoit.

Disk (n.) A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

Disk (n.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

Disk (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

Disk (n.) The whole surface of a leaf.

Disk (n.) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.

Disk (n.) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

Disk (n.) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones.

Disk (n.) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.

Disk (n.) In owls, the space around the eyes.

Diskindness (n.) Unkindness; disservice.

Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.

Dislade (v. t.) To unlade.

Disleal (a.) Disloyal; perfidious.

Disleave (v. t.) To deprive of leaves.

Disliked (imp. & p. p.) of Dislike

Disliking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dislike

Dislike (v. t.) To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

Dislike (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.

Dislike (n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.

Dislike (n.) Discord; dissension.

Dislikeful (a.) Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable.

Dislikelihood (n.) The want of likelihood; improbability.

Disliken (v. t.) To make unlike; to disguise.

Dislikeness (n.) Unlikeness.

Disliker (n.) One who dislikes or disrelishes.

Dislimb (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dismember.

Dislimn (v. t.) To efface, as a picture.

Dislink (v. t.) To unlink; to disunite; to separate.

Dislive (v. t.) To deprive of life.

Dislocated (imp. & p. p.) of Dislocate

Dislocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dislocate

Dislocate (v. t.) To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.

Dislocate (a.) Dislocated.

Dislocation (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

Dislocation (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Dislodged (imp. & p. p.) of Dislodge

Dislodging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dislodge

Dislodge (v. t.) To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.

Dislodge (v. t.) To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy.

Dislodge (v. i.) To go from a place of rest.

Dislodge (n.) Dwelling apart; separation.

Dislodgment (n.) The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

Disloign (v. t.) To put at a distance; to remove.

Disloyal (a.) Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife.

Disloyally (adv.) In a disloyal manner.

Disloyalty (n.) Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

Dismail (v. t.) To divest of coat of mail.

Dismal (a.) Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.

Dismal (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place.

Dismally (adv.) In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.

Dismalness (n.) The quality of being dismal; gloominess.

Disman (v. t.) To unman.

Dismantled (imp. & p. p.) of Dismantle

Dismantling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismantle

Dismantle (v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.

Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.

Dismarch (v. i.) To march away.

Dismarry (v. t.) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.

Dismarshal (v. t.) To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder.

Dismask (v. t.) To divest of a mask.

Dismasted (imp. & p. p.) of Dismast

Dismasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismast

Dismast (v. t.) To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.

Dismastment (n.) The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted.

Dismaw (v. t.) To eject from the maw; to disgorge.

Dismayed (imp. & p. p.) of Dismay

Dismaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismay

Dismay (v. i.) To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.

Dismay (v. i.) To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

Dismay (v. i.) To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

Dismay (v. t.) Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

Dismayedness (n.) A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.

Dismayful (a.) Terrifying.

Disme (n.) A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.

Dismembered (imp. & p. p.) of Dismember

Dismembering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismember

Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Dismember (v. t.) To deprive of membership.

Dismemberment (n.) The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m/tilation; division; separation.

Dismettled (a.) Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit.

Dismissed (imp. & p. p.) of Dismiss

Dismissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismiss

Dismiss (v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

Dismiss (v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

Dismiss (v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Dismiss (n.) Dismission.

Dismissal (n.) Dismission; discharge.

Dismission (n.) The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

Dismission (n.) Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.

Dismission (n.) Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

Dismissive (a.) Giving dismission.

Dismortaged (imp. & p. p.) of Dismortgage

Dismortgaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismortgage

Dismortgage (v. t.) To redeem from mortgage.

Dismounted (imp. & p. p.) of Dismount

Dismounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dismount

Dismount (v. i.) To come down; to descend.

Dismount (v. i.) To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

Dismount (v. t.) To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

Dismount (v. t.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

Disnaturalize (v. t.) To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

Disnatured (a.) Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.

Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

Disobediency (n.) Disobedience.

Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.

Disobedient (a.) Not yielding.

Disobediently (adv.) In a disobedient manner.

Disobeisance (n.) Disobedience.

Disobeisant (a.) Disobedient.

Disobeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Disobey

Disobeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disobey

Disobey (v. t.) Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.

Disobey (v. i.) To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.

Disobeyer (n.) One who disobeys.

Disobligation (n.) The act of disobliging.

Disobligation (n.) A disobliging act; an offense.

Disobligation (n.) Release from obligation.

Disobligatory (a.) Releasing from obligation.

Disobliged (imp. & p. p.) of Disoblige

Disobliging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disoblige

Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.

Disoblige (v. t.) To release from obligation.

Disobligement (n.) Release from obligation.

Disobliger (n.) One who disobliges.

Disobliging (a.) Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.

Disobliging (a.) Displeasing; offensive.

Disoccident (v. t.) To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.

Disoccupation (n.) The state of being unemployed; want of occupation.

Disopinion (n.) Want or difference of belief; disbelief.

Disoppilate (v. t.) To open.

Disorb (v. t.) To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere.

Disord (n.) Disorder.

Disordeined (a.) Inordinate; irregular; vicious.

Disorder (n.) Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

Disorder (n.) Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

Disorder (n.) Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.

Disorder (n.) Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement.

Disordered (imp. & p. p.) of Disorder

Disordering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disorder

Disorder (v. t.) To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

Disorder (v. t.) To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.

Disorder (v. t.) To depose from holy orders.

Disordered (a.) Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

Disordered (a.) Disorderly.

Disorderliness (n.) The state of being disorderly.

Disorderly (a.) Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

Disorderly (a.) Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

Disorderly (a.) Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

Disorderly (a.) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

Disorderly (adv.) In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.

Disordinance (n.) Disarrangement; disturbance.

Disordinate (a.) Inordinate; disorderly.

Disordinately (adv.) Inordinately.

Disordination (n.) The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion.

Disorganization (v. t.) The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

Disorganization (v. t.) The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

Disorganized (imp. & p. p.) of Disorganize

Disorganizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disorganize

Disorganize (v. t.) To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.

Disorganizer (n.) One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

Disorient (v. t.) To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings.

Disorientate (v. t.) To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth.

Disowned (imp. & p. p.) of Disown

Disowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disown

Disown (v. t.) To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

Disown (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Disownment (n.) Act of disowning.

Disoxidate (v. t.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize.

Disoxidation (n.) Deoxidation.

Disoxygenate (v. t.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.

Disoxygenation (n.) Deoxidation.

Dispace (v. i.) To roam.

Dispair (v. t.) To separate (a pair).

Dispand (v. t.) To spread out; to expand.

Dispansion (n.) Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded.

Disparadised (a.) Removed from paradise.

Disparaged (imp. & p. p.) of Disparage

Disparaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disparage

Disparage (v. t.) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

Disparage (v. t.) To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Disparage (n.) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

Disparagement (n.) Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

Disparagement (n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.

Disparager (n.) One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

Disparagingly (adv.) In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

Disparate (a.) Unequal; dissimilar; separate.

Disparate (a.) Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.

Disparates (n. pl.) Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

Disparition (n.) Act of disappearing; disappearance.

Disparities (pl. ) of Disparity

Disparity (n.) Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.

Dispark (v. t.) To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.

Dispark (v. t.) To set at large; to release from inclosure.

Disparkle (v. t.) To scatter abroad.

Disparted (imp. & p. p.) of Dispart

Disparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispart

Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.

Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave.

Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.

Dispart (v. t.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.

Dispart (v. t.) To furnish with a dispart sight.

Dispassion (n.) Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.

Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.

Dispassionate (a.) Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Dispassioned (a.) Free from passion; dispassionate.

Dispatched (imp. & p. p.) of Dispatch

Dispatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispatch

Dispatch (v. t.) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Dispatch (v. t.) To rid; to free.

Dispatch (v. t.) To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

Dispatch (v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

Dispatch (v. t.) To send out of the world; to put to death.

Dispatch (v. i.) To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

Dispatch (v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

Dispatch (v. t.) Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

Dispatch (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

Dispatch (v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

Dispatch (v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.

Dispatcher (n.) One who dispatches.

Dispatchful (a.) Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks.

Dispatchment (n.) The act of dispatching.

Dispathies (pl. ) of Dispathy

Dispathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.

Dispauper (v. t.) To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

Dispauperize (v. t.) To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers.

Dispeed (v. t.) To send off with speed; to dispatch.

Dispelled (imp. & p. p.) of Dispel

Dispelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispel

Dispel (v. t.) To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.

Dispence (v. i. & n.) See Dispense.

Dispend (v. t.) To spend; to lay out; to expend.

Dispender (n.) One who dispends or expends; a steward.

Dispensable (a.) Capable of being dispensed or administered.

Dispensable (a.) Capable of being dispensed with.

Dispensableness (n.) Quality of being dispensable.

Dispensaries (pl. ) of Dispensary

Dispensary (n.) A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

Dispensary (n.) A dispensatory.

Dispensation (n.) The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

Dispensation (n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed

Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.

Dispensation (n.) The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

Dispensative (a.) Granting dispensation.

Dispensatively (adv.) By dispensation.

Dispensator (n.) A distributer; a dispenser.

Dispensatorily (adv.) In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

Dispensatory (v. t.) Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.

Dispensatories (pl. ) of Dispensatory

Dispensatory (n.) A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

Dispensed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispense

Dispensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispense

Dispense (v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.

Dispense (v. t.) To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

Dispense (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.

Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.

Dispense (v. i.) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.

Dispense (v. i.) To give dispensation.

Dispense (v. t.) Dispensation; exemption.

Dispense (n.) Expense; profusion; outlay.

Dispenser (n.) One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

Dispeopled (imp. & p. p.) of Dispeople

Dispeopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispeople

Dispeople (v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.

Dispeopler (n.) One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.

Disperge (v. t.) To sprinkle.

Disspermous (a.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

Disperple (v. t.) To scatter; to sprinkle.

Dispersal (n.) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

Dispersed (imp. & p. p.) of Disperse

Dispersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disperse

Disperse (v. t.) To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

Disperse (v. t.) To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Disperse (v. i.) To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

Disperse (v. i.) To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

Dispersed (a.) Scattered.

Disperseness (n.) Dispersedness.

Disperser (n.) One that disperses.

Dispersion (n.) The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

Dispersion (n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Dispersive (a.) Tending to disperse.

Disperson'ate (v. t.) To deprive of personality or individuality.

Dispirited (imp. & p. p.) of Dispirit

Dispiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispirit

Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Dispirit (v. t.) To distill or infuse the spirit of.

Dispirited (a.) Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

Dispiritment (n.) Depression of spirits; discouragement.

Dispiteous (a.) Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.

Displaced (imp. & p. p.) of Displace

Displacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displace

Displace (v. t.) To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

Displace (v. t.) To crowd out; to take the place of.

Displace (v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

Displace (v. t.) To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.

Displaceable (a.) Capable of being displaced.

Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

Displacement (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

Displacency (n.) Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.

Displacer (n.) One that displaces.

Displacer (n.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

Di/planted (imp. & p. p.) of Displant

Displanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displant

Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.

Displant (v. t.) To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants.

Displantation (n.) The act of displanting; removal; displacement.

Displat (v. t.) To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.

Displayed (imp. & p. p.) of Display

Displaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Display

Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

Display (v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.

Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

Display (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.

Display (v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

Display (v. t.) To discover; to descry.

Display (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

Display (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

Display (n.) Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.

Displayed (a.) Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

Displayer (n.) One who, or that which, displays.

Disple (v. t.) To discipline; to correct.

Displeasance (n.) Displeasure; discontent; annoyance.

Displeasant (a.) Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant.

Displeased (imp. & p. p.) of Displease

Displeasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displease

Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.

Displease (v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.

Displease (v. i.) To give displeasure or offense.

Displeasedly (adv.) With displeasure.

Displeasedness (n.) Displeasure.

Displeaser (n.) One who displeases.

Displeasing (a.) Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.

Displeasure (n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.

Displeasure (n.) That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.

Displeasure (n.) State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor.

Displeasure (v. t.) To displease.

Displenish (v. t.) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.

Displicence (n.) Alt. of Displicency

Displicency (n.) Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.

Disploded (imp. & p. p.) of Displode

Disploding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displode

Displode (v. t.) To discharge; to explode.

Displode (v. i.) To burst with a loud report; to explode.

Displosion (n.) Explosion.

Displosive (a.) Explosive.

Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displume

Displuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displume

Displume (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

Dispoline (n.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

Dispond (n.) See Despond.

Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

Dispone (v. t.) To dispose.

Dispone (v. t.) To dispose of.

Dispone (v. t.) To make over, or convey, legally.

Disponee (n.) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

Disponer (n.) One who legally transfers property from himself to another.

Disponge (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.

Dispope (v. t.) To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.

Disporous (a.) Having two spores.

Disport (v. i.) Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.

Disported (imp. & p. p.) of Disport

Disporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disport

Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Disport (v. i.) To divert or amuse; to make merry.

Disport (v. i.) To remove from a port; to carry away.

Disportment (n.) Act of disporting; diversion; play.

Disposable (a.) Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

Disposal (n.) The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

Disposal (n.) Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.

Disposal (n.) Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property.

Disposal (n.) Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.

Disposed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispose

Disposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispose

Dispose (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

Dispose (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

Dispose (v. t.) To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.

Dispose (v. t.) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object.

Dispose (v. t.) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time.

Dispose (v. i.) To bargain; to make terms.

Dispose (n.) Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.

Dispose (n.) Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor.

Disposed (p. a.) Inclined; minded.

Disposed (p. a.) Inclined to mirth; jolly.

Disposedness (n.) The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity.

Disposement (n.) Disposal.

Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower.

Disposingly (adv.) In a manner to dispose.

Disposited (a.) Disposed.

Disposition (n.) The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

Disposition (n.) The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.

Disposition (n.) Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

Disposition (n.) Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

Disposition (n.) Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.

Disposition (n.) Mood; humor.

Dispositional (a.) Pertaining to disposition.

Dispositioned (a.) Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned.

Dispositive (a.) Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.

Dispositive (a.) Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency.

Dispositively (adv.) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.

Dispositor (n.) A disposer.

Dispositor (n.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.

Dispossessed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispossess

Dispossessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispossess

Dispossess (v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.

Dispossession (n.) The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.

Dispossession (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.

Dispossessor (n.) One who dispossesses.

Dispost (v. t.) To eject from a post; to displace.

Disposure (n.) The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.

Disposure (n.) Disposition; arrangement; position; posture.

Dispraisable (a.) Blamable.

Dispraised (imp. & p. p.) of Dispraise

Dispraising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispraise

Dispraise (v. t.) To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

Dispraise (v. t.) The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.

Dispraiser (n.) One who blames or dispraises.

Dispraisingly (adv.) By way of dispraise.

Dispread (v. t.) To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams.

Dispread (v. i.) To extend or expand itself.

Dispreader (n.) One who spreads abroad.

Disprejudice (v. t.) To free from prejudice.

Disprepare (v. t.) To render unprepared.

Disprince (v. t.) To make unlike a prince.

Disprison (v. t.) To let loose from prison, to set at liberty.

Disprivilege (v. t.) To deprive of a privilege or privileges.

Disprize (v. t.) To depreciate.

Disprofess (v. t.) To renounce the profession or pursuit of.

Disprofit (n.) Loss; damage.

Disprofit (v. i. & i.) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.

Disprofitable (a.) Unprofitable.

Disproof (n.) A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

Disproperty (v. t.) To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of.

Disproportion (n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

Disproportion (n.) Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

Disproportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Disproportion

Disproportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disproportion

Disproportion (v. t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.

Disproportionable (a.) Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate.

Disproportional (a.) Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

Disproportionality (n.) The state of being disproportional.

Disproportionally (adv.) In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

Disproportionate (a.) Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.

Dispropriate (v. t.) To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate.

Disprovable (a.) Capable of being disproved or refuted.

Disproval (n.) Act of disproving; disproof.

Disproved (imp. & p. p.) of Disprove

Disproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disprove

Disprove (v. t.) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

Disprove (v. t.) To disallow; to disapprove of.

Disprover (n.) One who disproves or confutes.

Disprovide (v. t.) Not to provide; to fail to provide.

Dispunct (a.) Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous.

Dispunct (v. t.) To expunge.

Dispunge (v. t.) To expunge; to erase.

Dispunge (v. t.) See Disponge.

Dispunishable (a.) Without penal restraint; not punishable.

Dispurpose (v. t.) To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots.

Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.

Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.

Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.

Disputable (v. i.) Disputatious; contentious.

Disputableness (n.) State of being disputable.

Disputacity (v. i.) Proneness to dispute.

Disputant (v. i.) Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Disputant (n.) One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

Disputation (v. i.) A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

Disputatious (a.) Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.

Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper.

Disputed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispute

Disputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispute

Dispute (v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.

Dispute (v. t.) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.

Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.

Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.

Dispute (v. t.) To struggle against; to resist.

Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.

Disputeless (a.) Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible.

Disputer (n.) One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.

Disputison (n.) Dispute; discussion.

Disqualification (n.) The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

Disqualification (n.) That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.

Disqualified (imp. & p. p.) of Disqualify

Disqualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disqualify

Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.

Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

Disquantity (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to lessen.

Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

Disquiet (n.) Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.

Disquieted (imp. & p. p.) of Disquiet

Disquieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disquiet

Disquiet (v. t.) To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.

Disquietal (n.) The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.

Disquieter (n.) One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

Disquietful (a.) Producing inquietude or uneasiness.

Disquietive (a.) Tending to disquiet.

Disquietly (adv.) In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night.

Disquietment (n.) State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment.

Disquietness (n.) Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.

Disquietous (a.) Causing uneasiness.

Disquiettude (n.) Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.

Disquisition (n.) A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.

Disquisitional (a.) Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

Disquisitionary (a.) Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

Disquisitive (a.) Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

Disquisitorial (a.) Disquisitory.

Disquisitory (a.) Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive.

Disrange (v. t.) To disarrange.

Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank.

Disrank (v. t.) To throw out of rank or into confusion.

Disrate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade.

Disray (variant) of Disarray.

Disrealize (v. t.) To divest of reality; to make uncertain.

Disregarded (imp. & p. p.) of Disregard

Disregarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disregard

Disregard (v. t.) Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.

Disregard (n.) The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.

Disregarder (n.) One who disregards.

Disregardful (a.) Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

Disregardfully (adv.) Negligently; heedlessly.

Disrelish (n.) Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Disrelish (n.) Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness.

Disrelished (imp. & p. p.) of Disrelish

Disrelishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrelish

Disrelish (v. t.) Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at.

Disrelish (v. t.) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.

Disremember (v. t.) To fail to remember; to forget.

Disrepair (n.) A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.

Disreputability (n.) The state of being disreputable.

Disreputable (a.) Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.

Disreputably (adv.) In a disreputable manner.

Disreputation (n.) Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem.

Disrepute (n.) Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

Disrepute (v. t.) To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.

Disrespect (n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

Disrespect (v. t.) To show disrespect to.

Disrespectability (n.) Want of respectability.

Disrespectable (a.) Not respectable; disreputable.

Disrespecter (n.) One who disrespects.

Disrespectful (a.) Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

Disrespective (a.) Showing want of respect; disrespectful.

Disreverence (v. t.) To treat irreverently or with disrespect.

Disrobed (imp. & p. p.) of Disrobe

Disrobing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrobe

Disrobe (v. t. & i.) To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.

Disrober (n.) One who, or that which, disrobes.

Disroof (v. t.) To unroof.

Disrooted (imp. & p. p.) of Disroot

Disrooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disroot

Disroot (v. t.) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.

Disrout (v. i.) To put to rout.

Disrudder (v. t.) To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

Disrulily (adv.) In a disorderly manner.

Disruly (a.) Unruly; disorderly.

Disrupt (a.) Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Disrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Disrupt

Disrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrupt

Disrupt (v. t.) To break asunder; to rend.

Disruption (n.) The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

Disruptive (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.

Disrupture (n.) Disruption.

Dissatisfaction (n.) The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.

Dissatisfactory (a.) Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.

Dissatisfied (imp. & p. p.) of Dissatisfy

Dissatisfying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissatisfy

Dissatisfy (v. t.) To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.

Disseat (v. t.) To unseat.

Dissected (imp. & p. p.) of Dissect

Dissecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissect

Dissect (v. t.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Dissect (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

Dissected (a.) Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

Dissected (a.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

Dissectible (a.) Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection.

Dissecting (a.) Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.

Dissecting (a.) Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.

Dissection (n.) The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

Dissection (n.) Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.

Dissector (n.) One who dissects; an anatomist.

Disseized (imp. & p. p.) of Disseize

Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseize

Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold.

Disseizee (n.) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor.

Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.

Disseizor (n.) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.

Disseizoress (n.) A woman disseizes.

Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.

Dissemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; dissimilitude.

Dissemblance (n.) The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation.

Dissembled (imp. & p. p.) of Dissemble

Dissembling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissemble

Dissemble (v. t.) To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

Dissemble (v. t.) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

Dissemble (v. i.) To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.

Dissembler (n.) One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.

Dissembling (a.) That dissembles; hypocritical; false.

Disseminated (imp. & p. p.) of Disseminate

Disseminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseminate

Disseminate (v. t. & i.) To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

Disseminate (v. t. & i.) To spread or extend by dispersion.

Disseminated (p. a.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Dissemination (n.) The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

Disseminative (a.) Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

Disseminator (n.) One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.

Dissensious (a.) Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.

Dissented (imp. & p. p.) of Dissent

Dissenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissent

Dissent (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

Dissent (v. i.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

Dissent (v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.

Dissent (n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

Dissent (n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

Dissent (n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.

Dissentaneous (a.) Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous.

Dissentany (a.) Dissentaneous; inconsistent.

Dissentation (n.) Dissension.

Dissenter (n.) One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

Dissenter (n.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Dissenterism (n.) The spirit or principles of dissenters.

Dissentiate (v. t.) To throw into a state of dissent.

Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.

Dissentient (n.) One who dissents.

Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.

Dissentive (a.) Disagreeing; inconsistent.

Dissepiment (n.) A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

Dissepiment (n.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

Dissepiment (n.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

Dissert (v. i.) To discourse or dispute; to discuss.

Dissertate (v. i.) To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.

Dissertation (n.) A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

Dissertational (a.) Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

Dissertationist (n.) A writer of dissertations.

Dissertator (n.) One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.

Dissertly (adv.) See Disertly.

Di///// (imp. & p. p.) of Disserve

Disserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disserve

Disserve (v. t.) To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.

Disservice (n.) Injury; mischief.

Disserviceable (a.) Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable.

Dissettle (v. t.) To unsettle.

Dissettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.

Dissevered (imp. & p. p.) of Dissever

Dissevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissever

Dissever (v. t.) To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

Dissever (v. i.) To part; to separate.

Disseverance (n.) The act of disserving; separation.

Disseveration (n.) The act of disserving; disseverance.

Disseverment (n.) Disseverance.

Disshadow (v. t.) To free from shadow or shade.

Dissheathe (v. i.) To become unsheathed.

Disship (v. t.) To dismiss from service on board ship.

Disshiver (v. t. & i.) To shiver or break in pieces.

Dissidence (a.) Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.

Dissident (a.) No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

Dissident (n.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

Dissidently (adv.) In a dissident manner.

Dissilience (n.) Alt. of Dissiliency

Dissiliency (n.) The act of leaping or starting asunder.

Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.

Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart.

Dissimilar (a.) Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

Dissimilarity (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.

Dissimilarly (adv.) In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.

Dissimilate (v. t.) To render dissimilar.

Dissimilation (n.) The act of making dissimilar.

Dissimile (n.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.

Dissimilitude (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Dissimilitude (n.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.

Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

Dissimulator (n.) One who dissimulates; a dissembler.

Dissimule (v. t. & i.) To dissemble.

Dissimuler (n.) A dissembler.

Dissimulour (n.) A dissembler.

Dissipable (a.) Capable of being scattered or dissipated.

Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipate

Dissipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissipate

Dissipate (v. t.) To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

Dissipated (a.) Squandered; scattered.

Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.

Dissipation (n.) The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Dissipative (a.) Tending to dissipate.

Dissipativity (n.) The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

Dissite (a.) Lying apart.

Disslander (v. t.) To slander.

Disslander (n.) Slander.

Disslanderous (a.) Slanderous.

Dissociability (n.) Want of sociability; unsociableness.

Dissociable (a.) Not /ell associated or assorted; incongruous.

Dissociable (a.) Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.

Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.

Dissocialize (v. t.) To render unsocial.

Dissociated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissociate

Dissociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissociate

Dissociate (v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

Dissociation (n.) The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

Dissociation (n.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.

Dissociative (a.) Tending or leading to dissociation.

Dissolubility (n.) The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.

Dissoluble (a.) Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid.

Dissoluble (a.) Capable of being disunited.

Dissolubleness (n.) The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility.

Dissolute (a.) With nerves unstrung; weak.

Dissolute (a.) Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched.

Dissolutely (adv.) In a dissolute manner.

Dissoluteness (n.) State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.

Dissolution (n.) The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

Dissolution (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

Dissolution (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.

Dissolution (n.) The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

Dissolution (n.) The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.

Dissolution (n.) The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.

Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.

Dissolution (n.) Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.

Dissolvability (n.) Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.

Dissolvable (a.) Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble.

Dissolvative (n.) Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent.

Dissolved (imp. & p. p.) of Dissolve

Dissolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissolve

Dissolve (v. t.) To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

Dissolve (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

Dissolve (v. t.) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

Dissolve (v. t.) To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

Dissolve (v. t.) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

Dissolve (v. i.) To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

Dissolve (v. i.) To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

Dissolve (v. i.) To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

Dissolvent (a.) Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.

Dissolvent (n.) That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.

Dissolvent (n.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

Dissolver (n.) One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.

Dissolving (a.) Melting; breaking up; vanishing.

Dissonance (n.) A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

Dissonance (n.) Want of agreement; incongruity.

Dissonancy (n.) Discord; dissonance.

Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

Dissonant (a.) Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to.

Disspirit (v. t.) See Dispirit.

Dissuaded (imp. & p. p.) of Dissuade

Dissuading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissuade

Dissuade (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).

Dissuade (v. t.) To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.

Dissuader (n.) One who dissuades; a dehorter.

Dissuasion (n.) The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

Dissuasion (n.) A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.

Dissuasive (a.) Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.

Dissuasive (n.) A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.

Dissuasory (n.) A dissuasive.

Dissundered (imp. & p. p.) of Dissunder

Dissundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissunder

Dissunder (v. t.) To separate; to sunder; to destroy.

Dissweeten (v. t.) To deprive of sweetness.

Dissyllabic (a.) Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.

Dissyllabification (n.) A forming into two syllables.

Dissyllabify (v. t.) To form into two syllables.

Dissyllabize (v. t.) To form into two syllables; to dissyllabify.

Dissyllable (n.) A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.

Dissymmetrical (a.) Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.

Dissymmetry (n.) Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

Dissympathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.

Distad (adv.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

Distaffs (pl. ) of Distaff

Distaves (pl. ) of Distaff

Distaff (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

Distaff (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.

Distained (imp. & p. p.) of Distain

Distaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distain

Distain (v. t.) To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Distal (a.) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle

Distal (a.) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.

Distally (adv.) Toward a distal part.

Distance (n.) The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

Distance (n.) Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Distance (n.) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

Distance (n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

Distance (n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing.

Distance (n.) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

Distance (n.) Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

Distance (n.) Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

Distance (n.) The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

Distance (n.) Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

Distance (n.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.

Distanced (imp. & p. p.) of Distance

Distancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distance

Distance (v. t.) To place at a distance or remotely.

Distance (v. t.) To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

Distance (v. t.) To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

Distancy (n.) Distance.

Distant (a.) Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

Distant (a.) Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

Distant (a.) Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

Distant (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Distantial (a.) Distant.

Distantly (adv.) At a distance; remotely; with reserve.

Distaste (n.) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

Distaste (n.) Discomfort; uneasiness.

Distaste (n.) Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

Distasted (imp. & p. p.) of Distaste

Distasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distaste

Distaste (v. t.) Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

Distaste (v. t.) To offend; to disgust; to displease.

Distaste (v. t.) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Distaste (v. i.) To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable.

Distasteful (a.) Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

Distasteful (a.) Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.

Distasteful (a.) Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive.

Distasteive (a.) Tending to excite distaste.

Distasteive (n.) That which excites distaste or aversion.

Distasture (n.) Something which excites distaste or disgust.

Distempered (imp. & p. p.) of Distemper

Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distemper

Distemper (v. t.) To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.

Distemper (v. t.) To intoxicate.

Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size.

Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.

Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold.

Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle.

Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.

Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.

Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.

Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.

Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.

Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.

Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.

Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.

Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

Distemperature (n.) Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.

Distended (imp. & p. p.) of Distend

Distending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distend

Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.

Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

Distensibility (n.) The quality or capacity of being distensible.

Distensible (a.) Capable of being distended or dilated.

Distension (n.) Same as Distention.

Distensive (a.) Distending, or capable of being distended.

Distent (a.) Distended.

Distent (n.) Breadth.

Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

Distention (n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Dister (v. t.) To banish or drive from a country.

Disterminate (a.) Separated by bounds.

Distermination (n.) Separation by bounds.

Disthene (n.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

Disthrone (v. t.) To dethrone.

Disthronize (v. t.) To dethrone.

Distich (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Distich (n.) Alt. of Distichous

Distichous (n.) Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

Distichously (adv.) In a distichous manner.

Distil (v. t. & i.) See Distill.

Distilled (imp. & p. p.) of Distill

Distilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distill

Distill (n. & v) To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

Distill (n. & v) To flow gently, or in a small stream.

Distill (n. & v) To practice the art of distillation.

Distill (v. t.) To let fall or send down in drops.

Distill (v. t.) To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.

Distill (v. t.) To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

Distill (v. t.) To dissolve or melt.

Distillable (a.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.

Distillate (n.) The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

Distillation (n.) The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

Distillation (n.) That which falls in drops.

Distillation (n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Distillation (n.) The substance extracted by distilling.

Distillatory (a.) Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels.

Distillatory (n.) A distillatory apparatus; a still.

Distiller (n.) One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.

Distiller (n.) The condenser of a distilling apparatus.

Distilleries (pl. ) of Distillery

Distillery (n.) The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

Distillery (n.) The act of distilling spirits.

Distillment (n.) Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.

Distinct (a.) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

Distinct (a.) Marked; variegated.

Distinct (a.) Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from.

Distinct (a.) Not identical; different; individual.

Distinct (a.) So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.

Distinct (v. t.) To distinguish.

Distinction (n.) A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

Distinction (n.) The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.

Distinction (n.) That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.

Distinction (n.) Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.

Distinction (n.) Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.

Distinctive (a.) Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

Distinctive (a.) Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating.

Distinctively (adv.) With distinction; plainly.

Distinctiveness (n.) State of being distinctive.

Distinctly (adv.) With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.

Distinctly (adv.) With meaning; significantly.

Distinctness (n.) The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

Distinctness (n.) Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.

Distincture (n.) Distinctness.

Distinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Distinguish

Distinguishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distinguish

Distinguish (v. t.) Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

Distinguish (v. t.) To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.

Distinguish (v. t.) To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.

Distinguish (v. t.) To constitute a difference; to make to differ.

Distinguish (v. t.) To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.

Distinguish (v. i.) To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.

Distinguish (v. i.) To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible.

Distinguishable (a.) Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.

Distinguishable (a.) Worthy of note or special regard.

Distinguishableness (n.) The quality of being distinguishable.

Distinguishably (adv.) So as to be distinguished.

Distinguished (a.) Marked; special.

Distinguished (a.) Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.

Distinguishedly (adv.) In a distinguished manner.

Distinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity.

Distinguisher (n.) One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer.

Distinguishing (a.) Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.

Distinguishingly (adv.) With distinction; with some mark of preference.

Distinguishment (n.) Observation of difference; distinction.

Distitle (v. t.) To deprive of title or right.

Distoma (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Distort (a.) Distorted; misshapen.

Distorted (imp. & p. p.) of Distort

Distorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distort

Distort (v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Distorter (n.) One who, or that which, distorts.

Distortion (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

Distortion (n.) A wresting from the true meaning.

Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

Distortion (n.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

Distortive (a.) Causing distortion.

Distract (a.) Separated; drawn asunder.

Distract (a.) Insane; mad.

Distracted (imp. & p. p.) of Distract

Distraught (p. p.) of Distract

Distracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distract

Distract (v. t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

Distract (v. t.) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

Distract (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Distract (v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

Distracted (a.) Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.

Distractedly (adv.) Disjointedly; madly.

Distractedness (n.) A state of being distracted; distraction.

Distracter (n.) One who, or that which, distracts away.

Distractful (a.) Distracting.

Distractible (a.) Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.

Distractile (a.) Tending or serving to draw apart.

Distracting (a.) Tending or serving to distract.

Distraction (n.) The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

Distraction (n.) That which diverts attention; a diversion.

Distraction (n.) A diversity of direction; detachment.

Distraction (n.) State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.

Distraction (n.) Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.

Distraction (n.) Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.

Distraction (n.) Derangement of the mind; madness.

Distractious (a.) Distractive.

Distractive (a.) Causing perplexity; distracting.

Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrain

Distraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrain

Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

Distrain (v. t.) To rend; to tear.

Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement.

Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.

Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.

Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Distraught (a.) Torn asunder; separated.

Distraught (a.) Distracted; perplexed.

Distraughted (a.) Distracted.

Distream (v. i.) To flow.

Distress (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.

Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Distressed (imp. & p. p.) of Distress

Distressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distress

Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Distressedness (n.) A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

Distressful (a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

Distressing (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

Distressing (adv.) In a distressing manner.

Distributable (a.) Capable of being distributed.

Distributary (a.) Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

Distributed (imp. & p. p.) of Distribute

Distributing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distribute

Distribute (v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

Distribute (v. t.) To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.

Distribute (v. t.) To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

Distribute (v. t.) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

Distribute (v. t.) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

Distribute (v. t.) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

Distribute (v. i.) To make distribution.

Distributer (n.) One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser.

Distributing (a.) That distributes; dealing out.

Distribution (n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.

Distribution (n.) Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

Distribution (n.) That which is distributed.

Distribution (n.) A resolving a whole into its parts.

Distribution (n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

Distributional (a.) Of or pertaining to distribution.

Distributionist (n.) A distributer.

Distributive (a.) Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

Distributive (a.) Assigning the species of a general term.

Distributive (a.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).

Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.

Distributively (adv.) By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.

Distributiveness (n.) Quality of being distributive.

District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

District (n.) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

District (n.) A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.

District (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

Districted (imp. & p. p.) of District

Districting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of District

District (v. t.) To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.

Distriction (n.) Sudden display; flash; glitter.

Districtly (adv.) Strictly.

Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Distrouble (v. t.) To trouble.

Distrusted (imp. & p. p.) of Distrust

Distrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrust

Distrust (v. t.) To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.

Distrust (n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.

Distrust (n.) Suspicion of evil designs.

Distrust (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.

Distruster (n.) One who distrusts.

Distrustful (a.) Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

Distrustful (a.) Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.

Distrusting (a.) That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in.

Distrustless (a.) Free from distrust.

Distune (v. t.) To put out of tune.

Disturbed (imp. & p. p.) of Disturb

Disturbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disturb

Disturb (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

Disturb (v. t.) To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.

Disturb (v. t.) To turn from a regular or designed course.

Disturb (n.) Disturbance.

Disturbance (n.) An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

Disturbance (n.) Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.

Disturbance (n.) Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.

Disturbance (n.) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.

Disturbation (n.) Act of disturbing; disturbance.

Disturber (n.) One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.

Disturber (n.) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.

Disturn (v. t.) To turn aside.

Distyle (a.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.

Disulphate (n.) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.

Disulphate (n.) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

Disulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

Disulphuret (n.) See Disulphide.

Disulphuric (a.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.

Disuniform (a.) Not uniform.

Disunion (n.) The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

Disunion (n.) A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.

Disunion (n.) The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.

Disunionist (n.) An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.

Disunited (imp. & p. p.) of Disunite

Disuniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disunite

Disunite (v. t.) To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

Disunite (v. t.) To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.

Disunite (v. i.) To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.

Disuniter (n.) One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.

Disunity (n.) A state of separation or disunion; want of unity.

Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.

Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disuse

Disusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disuse

Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.

Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.

Disutilize (v. t.) To deprive of utility; to render useless.

Disvaluation (n.) Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute.

Disvalue (v. t.) To undervalue; to depreciate.

Disvalue (n.) Disesteem; disregard.

Disvantageous (a.) Disadvantageous.

Disvelop (v. t.) To develop.

Disventure (n.) A disadventure.

Disvouch (v. t.) To discredit; to contradict.

Diswarn (v. t.) To dissuade from by previous warning.

Diswitted (a.) Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted.

Diswont (v. t.) To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom.

Disworkmanship (n.) Bad workmanship.

Disworship (v. t.) To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy.

Disworship (n.) A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.

Disworth (v. t.) To deprive of worth; to degrade.

Disyoke (v. t.) To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin.

Dit (n.) A word; a decree.

Dit (n.) A ditty; a song.

Dit (v. t.) To close up.

Ditation (n.) The act of making rich; enrichment.

Ditches (pl. ) of Ditch

Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditch

Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditch

Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.

Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Ditch (v. i.) To dig a ditch or ditches.

Ditcher (n.) One who digs ditches.

Dite (v. t.) To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight.

Diterebene (n.) See Colophene.

Dithecal (a.) Alt. of Dithecous

Dithecous (a.) Having two thecae, cells, or compartments.

Ditheism (n.) The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.

Ditheist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.

Ditheistic (a.) Alt. of Ditheistical

Ditheistical (a.) Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.

Dithionic (a.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.

Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.

Dithyrambic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.

Dithyrambic (n.) A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

Dithyrambus (n.) See Dithyramb.

Dition (n.) Dominion; rule.

Ditionary (a.) Under rule; subject; tributary.

Ditionary (n.) A subject; a tributary.

Ditokous (a.) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.

Ditokous (a.) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.

Ditolyl (n.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.

Ditone (n.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).

Ditrichotomous (a.) Divided into twos or threes.

Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.

Ditrochean (a.) Containing two trochees.

Ditrochee (n.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

Ditroite (n.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.

Ditt (n.) See Dit, n., 2.

Dittander (n.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

Dittany (n.) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.

Dittany (n.) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.

Dittany (n.) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

Dittied (a.) Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.

Dittos (pl. ) of Ditto

Ditto (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.

Ditto (adv.) As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.

Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.

Ditties (pl. ) of Ditty

Ditty (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

Ditty (v. t.) A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.

Ditty (v. i.) To sing; to warble a little tune.

Ditty-bag (n.) A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.

Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.

Diureide (n.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.

Diuresis (n.) Free excretion of urine.

Diuretic (a.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.

Diuretic (n.) A medicine with diuretic properties.

Diuretical (a.) Diuretic.

Diureticalness (n.) The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.

Diurna (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

Diurnal (a.) Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.

Diurnal (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

Diurnal (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.

Diurnal (a.) A daybook; a journal.

Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.

Diurnal (a.) A diurnal bird or insect.

Diurnalist (n.) A journalist.

Diurnally (adv.) Daily; every day.

Diurnalness (n.) The quality of being diurnal.

Diurnation (n.) Continuance during the day.

Diurnation (n.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.

Diuturnal (a.) Of long continuance; lasting.

Diuturnity (n.) Long duration; lastingness.

Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.

Divalent (a.) Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.

Divan (n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.

Divan (n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.

Divan (n.) A chief officer of state.

Divan (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

Divan (n.) A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

Divan (n.) A coffee and smoking saloon.

Divaricated (imp. & p. p.) of Divaricate

Divaricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divaricate

Divaricate (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.

Divaricate (v. t.) To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

Divaricate (a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

Divaricate (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

Divaricately (adv.) With divarication.

Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

Divarication (n.) An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion.

Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.

Divaricator (n.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.

Divast (a.) Devastated; laid waste.

Dived (imp. & p. p.) of Dive

Dove () of Dive

Diving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dive

Dive (v. i.) To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

Dive (v. i.) Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.

Dive (v. t.) To explore by diving; to plunge into.

Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

Dive (n.) A place of low resort.

Divedapper (n.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.

Divel (v. t.) To rend apart.

Divellent (a.) Drawing asunder.

Divellicate (v. t.) To pull in pieces.

Diver (n.) One who, or that which, dives.

Diver (n.) Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.

Diver (n.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.

Diverberate (v. t.) To strike or sound through.

Diverberation (n.) A sounding through.

Diverged (imp. & p. p.) of Diverge

Diverging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diverge

Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

Divergement (n.) Divergence.

Divergence (n.) Alt. of Divergency

Divergency (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

Divergency (n.) Disagreement; difference.

Divergent (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

Divergent (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.

Divergent (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.

Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.

Divergingly (adv.) In a diverging manner.

Divers (a.) Different in kind or species; diverse.

Divers (a.) Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.

Diverse (a.) Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

Diverse (a.) Capable of various forms; multiform.

Diverse (adv.) In different directions; diversely.

Diverse (v. i.) To turn aside.

Diversely (adv.) In different ways; differently; variously.

Diversely (adv.) In different directions; to different points.

Diverseness (n.) The quality of being diverse.

Diversifiability (n.) The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.

Diversifiable (a.) Capable of being diversified or varied.

Diversification (n.) The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.

Diversification (n.) State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation.

Diversified (a.) Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

Diversifier (n.) One who, or that which, diversifies.

Diversiform (a.) Of a different form; of varied forms.

Diversified (imp. & p. p.) of Diversify

Diversifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diversify

Diversify (v. t.) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

Diversiloquent (a.) Speaking in different ways.

Diversion (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

Diversion (n.) That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth.

Diversion (n.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.

Diversities (pl. ) of Diversity

Diversity (n.) A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

Diversity (n.) Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.

Diversity (n.) Variegation.

Diversivolent (a.) Desiring different things.

Diversory (a.) Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing.

Diversory (n.) A wayside inn.

Diverted (imp. & p. p.) of Divert

Diverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divert

Divert (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.

Divert (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.

Divert (v. i.) To turn aside; to digress.

Diverter (n.) One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

Divertible (a.) Capable of being diverted.

Diverticle (n.) A turning; a byway; a bypath.

Diverticle (n.) A diverticulum.

Diverticular (a.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.

Diverticula (pl. ) of Diverticulum

Diverticulum (n.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

-ti (pl. ) of Divertimento

Divertimento (n.) A light and pleasing composition.

Diverting (a.) Amusing; entertaining.

Divertise (v. t.) To divert; to entertain.

Divertisement (n.) Diversion; amusement; recreation.

Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.

Divertive (a.) Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.

Dives (n.) The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

Divested (imp. & p. p.) of Divest

Divesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divest

Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

Divest (v. t.) Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.

Divest (v. t.) See Devest.

Divestible (a.) Capable of being divested.

Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Divestment (n.) The act of divesting.

Divesture (n.) Divestiture.

Divet (n.) See Divot.

Dividable (a.) Capable of being divided; divisible.

Dividable (a.) Divided; separated; parted.

Dividant (a.) Different; distinct.

Divided (imp. & p. p.) of Divide

Dividing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divide

Divide (v. t.) To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divide (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.

Divide (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.

Divide (v. t.) To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

Divide (v. t.) To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

Divide (v. t.) To subject to arithmetical division.

Divide (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

Divide (v. t.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

Divide (v. t.) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Divide (v. i.) To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.

Divide (v. i.) To cause separation; to disunite.

Divide (v. i.) To break friendship; to fall out.

Divide (v. i.) To have a share; to partake.

Divide (v. i.) To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

Divide (n.) A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

Divided (a.) Parted; disunited; distributed.

Divided (a.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.

Dividedly (adv.) Separately; in a divided manner.

Dividend (n.) A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

Dividend (n.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.

Divident (n.) Dividend; share.

Divider (n.) One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

Divider (n.) One who deals out to each his share.

Divider (n.) One who, or that which, causes division.

Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.

Dividing (a.) That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.

Dividingly (adv.) By division.

Divi-divi (n.) A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

Dividual (a.) Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.

Dividually (adv.) By dividing.

Dividuous (a.) Divided; dividual.

Divination (n.) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

Divination (n.) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Divinator (n.) One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.

Divinatory (a.) Professing, or relating to, divination.

Divine (a.) Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

Divine (a.) Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.

Divine (a.) Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

Divine (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.

Divine (a.) Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies.

Divine (a.) Presageful; foreboding; prescient.

Divine (a.) Relating to divinity or theology.

Divine (a.) One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

Divine (a.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

Divined (imp. & p. p.) of Divine

Divining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divine

Divine (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

Divine (v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to presage.

Divine (v. t.) To render divine; to deify.

Divine (v. i.) To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

Divine (v. i.) To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

Divine (v. i.) To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Divinely (adv.) In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.

Divinely (adv.) By the agency or influence of God.

Divinement (n.) Divination.

Divineness (n.) The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.

Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

Diviner (n.) A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.

Divineress (n.) A woman who divines.

Diving (a.) That dives or is used or diving.

Divinify (v. t.) To render divine; to deify.

Divining (a.) That divines; for divining.

Diviningly (adv.) In a divining manner.

Divinistre (n.) A diviner.

Divinities (pl. ) of Divinity

Divinity (a.) The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

Divinity (a.) The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.

Divinity (a.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.

Divinity (a.) A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.

Divinity (a.) Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.

Divinity (a.) The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.

Divinization (n.) A making divine.

Divinize (v. t.) To invest with a divine character; to deify.

Divisibility (n.) The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.

Divisible (a.) Capable of being divided or separated.

Divisible (n.) A divisible substance.

Division (n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

Division (n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Division (n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.

Division (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.

Division (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

Division (n.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.

Division (n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

Division (n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.

Division (n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.

Division (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

Division (n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

Division (n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

Division (n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

Division (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

Divisional (a.) That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.

Divisionally (adv.) So as to be divisional.

Divisionary (a.) Divisional.

Divisionor (n.) One who divides or makes division.

Divisive (a.) Indicating division or distribution.

Divisive (a.) Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.

Divisor (n.) The number by which the dividend is divided.

Divorce (n.) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

Divorce (n.) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."

Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

Divorce (n.) Separation; disunion of things closely united.

Divorce (n.) That which separates.

Divorced (imp. & p. p.) of Divorce

Divorcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divorce

Divorce (n.) To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

Divorce (n.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.

Divorce (n.) To make away; to put away.

Divorceable (a.) Capable of being divorced.

Divorcee (n.) A person divorced.

Divorceless (a.) Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.

Divorcement (n.) Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.

Divorcer (n.) The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.

Divorcible (a.) Divorceable.

Divorcive (a.) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.

Divot (n.) A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.

Divulgate (a.) Published.

Divulgate (v. t.) To divulge.

Divulgater (n.) A divulger.

Divulgation (n.) The act of divulging or publishing.

Divulged (imp. & p. p.) of Divulge

Divulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divulge

Divulge (v. t.) To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

Divulge (v. t.) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Divulge (v. t.) To impart; to communicate.

Divulge (v. i.) To become publicly known.

Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.

Dixie (n.) A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.

Dizened (imp. & p. p.) of Dizen

Dizening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dizen

Dizen (v. t.) To dress; to attire.

Dizen (v. t.) To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

Dizz (v. t.) To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.

Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.]

Dizzily (adv.) In a dizzy manner or state.

Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Dizzy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

Dizzy (superl.) Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

Dizzy (superl.) Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.

Dizzied (imp. & p. p.) of Dizzy

Dizzying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dizzy

Dizzy (v. t.) To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

Djereed (n.) Alt. of Djerrid

Djerrid (n.) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.

Djerrid (n.) A game played with it.

Jjinn (pl. ) of Djinnee

Djinns (pl. ) of Djinnee

Djinnee (n.) See Jinnee, Jinn.

Do. (n.) An abbreviation of Ditto.

Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.

Din (imp.) of Do

Done (p. p.) of Do

Doing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To place; to put.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cheat; to gull; to overreach.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.

Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

Do (v. i.) To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.

Do (v. i.) To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

Do (v. i.) To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.

Do (n.) Deed; act; fear.

Do (n.) Ado; bustle; stir; to do.

Do (n.) A cheat; a swindle.

Doab () A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna.

Doable (a.) Capable of being done.

Do-all (n.) General manager; factotum.

Doand (p. pr.) Doing.

Doat (v. i.) See Dote.

Dobber (n.) See Dabchick.

Dobber (n.) A float to a fishing line.

Dobbin (n.) An old jaded horse.

Dobbin (n.) Sea gravel mixed with sand.

Dobchick (n.) See Dabchick.

Dobson (n.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Dobule (n.) The European dace.

Docent (a.) Serving to instruct; teaching.

Docetae (n. pl.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

Docetic (a.) Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetae.

Docetism (n.) The doctrine of the Docetae.

Dochmiac (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.

Dochmius (n.) A foot of five syllables (usually / -- -/ -).

Docibility (n.) Alt. of Docibleness

Docibleness (n.) Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.

Docible (a.) Easily taught or managed; teachable.

Docile (a.) Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

Docile (a.) Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.

Docility (n.) teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.

Docility (n.) Willingness to be taught; tractableness.

Docimacy (n.) The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

Docimastic (a.) Proving by experiments or tests.

Docimology (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

Docity (n.) Teachableness.

Dock (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

Dock (n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.

Dock (n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

Docked (imp. & p. p.) of Dock

Docking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dock

Dock (v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.

Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.

Dock (v. t.) To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.

Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

Dock (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

Dock (n.) The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.

Dock (v. t.) To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

Dockage (n.) A charge for the use of a dock.

Dock-cress (n.) Nipplewort.

Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

Docket (n.) A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.

Docket (n.) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court.

Docket (n.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

Docket (n.) A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

Docketed (imp. & p. p.) of Docket

Docketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Docket

Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers.

Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.

Docket (v. t.) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

Docket (v. t.) To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

Dockyard (n.) A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

Docoglossa (n. pl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

Docquet (n. & v.) See Docket.

Doctor (n.) A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

Doctor (n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

Doctor (n.) One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.

Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

Doctor (n.) The friar skate.

Doctored (imp. & p. p.) of Doctor

Doctoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doctor

Doctor (v. t.) To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.

Doctor (v. t.) To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.

Doctor (v. t.) To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.

Doctor (v. i.) To practice physic.

Doctoral (a.) Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.

Doctorally (adv.) In the manner of a doctor.

Doctorate (n.) The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

Doctorate (v. t.) To make (one) a doctor.

Doctoress (n.) A female doctor.

Doctorly (a.) Like a doctor or learned man.

Doctorship (n.) Doctorate.

Doctress (n.) A female doctor.

Doctrinable (a.) Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine.

Doctrinaire (n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

Doctrinal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.

Doctrinal (a.) Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.

Doctrinal (n.) A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.

Doctrinally (adv.) In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

Doctrinarian (n.) A doctrinaire.

Doctrinarianism (n.) The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.

Doctrine (n.) Teaching; instruction.

Doctrine (n.) That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances.

Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

Document (n.) An example for instruction or warning.

Document (n.) An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

Document (v. t.) To teach; to school.

Document (v. t.) To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

Documental (a.) Of or pertaining to instruction.

Documental (a.) Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.

Documentary (a.) Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

Dodd (v. t.) Alt. of Dod

Dod (v. t.) To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.

Doddart (n.) A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.

Dodded (a.) Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn.

Dodder (n.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.

Dodder (v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter.

Doddered (a.) Shattered; infirm.

Dodecagon (n.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Dodecagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles.

Dodecagynian (a.) Alt. of Dodecagynous

Dodecagynous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

Dodecahedral (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.

Dodecahedron (n.) A solid having twelve faces.

Dodecandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

Dodecandrian (a.) Alt. of Dodecandrous

Dodecandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

Dodecane (n.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.

Dodecastyle (a.) Having twelve columns in front.

Dodecastyle (n.) A dodecastyle portico, or building.

Dodecasyllabic (a.) Having twelve syllables.

Dodecasyllable (n.) A word consisting of twelve syllables.

Dodecatemory (n.) A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Dodged (imp. & p. p.) of Dodge

Dodging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dodge

Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

Dodge (v. t.) Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.

Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.

Dodger (n.) One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.

Dodger (n.) A small handbill.

Dodger (n.) See Corndodger.

Dodgery (n.) trickery; artifice.

Dodipate (n.) Alt. of Dodipoll

Dodipoll (n.) A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.

Dodkin (n.) A doit; a small coin.

Dodman (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.

Dodman (n.) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster.

Dodoes (pl. ) of Dodo

Dodo (n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

Doe (n.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.

Doe (n.) A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n.

Doeglic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.

Doegling (n.) The beaked whale (Balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained.

Doer (v. t. & i.) One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

Doer (v. t. & i.) An agent or attorney; a factor.

Does () The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

Doeskin (n.) The skin of the doe.

Doeskin (n.) A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

Doffed (imp. & p. p.) of Doff

Doffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doff

Doff (v. t.) To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.

Doff (v. t.) To strip; to divest; to undress.

Doff (v. i.) To put off dress; to take off the hat.

Doffer (n.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.

Dog (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

Dog (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

Dog (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.

Dog (n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

Dog (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Dog (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.

Dog (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.

Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.

Dogged (imp. & p. p.) of Dog

Dogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dog

Dog (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

Dogal (a.) Of or pertaining to a doge.

Dogate (n.) The office or dignity of a doge.

Dogbane (n.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

Dog bee () A male or drone bee.

Dogberry (n.) The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry.

Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.

Dog-brier (n.) The dog-rose.

Dogcart (n.) A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.

Dog day () Alt. of Dogday

Dogday () One of the dog days.

Dog days () A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.

Dogdraw (n.) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog.

Doge (n.) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Dog-eared (a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.

Dogeate (n.) Dogate.

Dogeless (a.) Without a doge.

Dog-faced (a.) Having a face resembling that of a dog.

Dog fancier () One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

Dogfish (n.) A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

Dogfish (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

Dogfish (n.) The burbot of Lake Erie.

Dog-fox (n.) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6.

Dog-fox (n.) The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.

Dogged (a.) Sullen; morose.

Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.

Doggedly (adv.) In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.

Doggedness (n.) Sullenness; moroseness.

Doggedness (n.) Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

Dogger (n.) A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

Dogger (n.) A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Doggerel (a.) Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

Doggerel (n.) A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.

Doggerman (n.) A sailor belonging to a dogger.

Dogget (n.) Docket. See Docket.

Doggish (a.) Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.

Doggrel (a. & n.) Same as Doggerel.

Dog-headed (a.) Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.

Dog-hearted (a.) Inhuman; cruel.

Doghole (n.) A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.

dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

Dogmas (pl. ) of Dogma

Dogmata (pl. ) of Dogma

Dogma (n.) That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

Dogma (n.) A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

Dogmatic (n.) One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

Dogmatic (a.) Alt. of Dogmatical

Dogmatical (a.) Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

Dogmatical (a.) Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.

Dogmatically (adv.) In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.

Dogmaticalness (n.) The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.

Dogmatician (n.) A dogmatist.

Dogmatics (n.) The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.

Dogmatism (n.) The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

Dogmatist (n.) One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.

Dogmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Dogmatize

Dogmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dogmatize

Dogmatize (v. i.) To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.

Dogmatize (v. t.) To deliver as a dogma.

Dogmatizer (n.) One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.

Dog-rose (n.) A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

Dog's-bane (n.) See Dogbane.

Dog's-ear (n.) The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.

Dogship (n.) The character, or individuality, of a dog.

Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

Dogsick (a.) Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick.

Dogskin (n.) The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.

Dogsleep (n.) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.

Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.

Dog Star () Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days.

Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue.

Dogtie (n.) A cramp.

Dogteeth (pl. ) of Dogtooth

Dogtooth (n.) See Canine tooth, under Canine.

Dogtooth (n.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.

Dogtrick (n.) A gentle trot, like that of a dog.

Dogvane (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.

Dogwatch (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.

Dog-weary (a.) Extremely weary.

Dogwood (n.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

Dohtren (n. pl.) Daughters.

Doily (n.) A kind of woolen stuff.

Doily (n.) A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.

Doings (pl. ) of Doing

Doing (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.

Doit (n.) A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.

Doit (n.) A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit.

Doitkin (n.) A very small coin; a doit.

Dokimastic (a.) Docimastic.

Doko (n.) See Lepidosiren.

Dolabra (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

Dolabriform (a.) Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

Dolce (adv.) Alt. of Dolcemente

Dolcemente (adv.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

Dolcino (n.) Alt. of Dulcino

Dulcino (n.) A small bassoon, formerly much used.

Doldrums (n. pl.) A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.

Dole (n.) grief; sorrow; lamentation.

Dole (n.) See Dolus.

Dole (n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.

Dole (n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

Dole (n.) Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.

Dole (n.) A boundary; a landmark.

Dole (n.) A void space left in tillage.

Doled (imp. & p. p.) of Dole

Doling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dole

Dole (v. t.) To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.

Doleful (a.) Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

Dolent (a.) Sorrowful.

Dolente (a. & adv.) Plaintively. See Doloroso.

Dolerite (n.) A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

Doleritic (a.) Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.

Dolesome (a.) Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.

Dolf (imp.) of Delve.

Dolichocephalic (a.) Alt. of Dolichocephalous

Dolichocephalous (a.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic.

Dolichocephaly (n.) Alt. of Dolichocephalism

Dolichocephalism (n.) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

Dolioform (a.) Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.

Doliolum (n.) A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.

Do-little (n.) One who performs little though professing much.

Dolium (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.

Doll (n.) A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

Dollar (n.) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains.

Dollar (n.) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.

Dollar (n.) A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

Dollar (n.) The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values.

Dollardee (n.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.

Dollman (n.) See Dolman.

Dollies (pl. ) of Dolly

Dolly (n.) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

Dolly (n.) A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

Dolly (n.) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dolly (n.) A child's mane for a doll.

Dolly Varden () A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

Dolly Varden () A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.

Dolman (n.) A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks.

Dolman (n.) A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.

Dolmen (n.) A cromlech. See Cromlech.

Dolomite (n.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

Dolomitic (a.) Pertaining to dolomite.

Dolomize (v. t.) To convert into dolomite.

Dolor (n.) Pain; grief; distress; anguish.

Doloriferous (a.) Producing pain.

Dolorific (a.) Alt. of Dolorifical

Dolorifical (a.) Causing pain or grief.

Doloroso (a. & adv.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

Dolorous (a.) Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.

Dolorous (a.) Occasioning pain or grief; painful.

Dolphin (n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

Dolphin (n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid.

Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.

Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.

Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.

Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.

Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.

Dolt (n.) A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.

Dolt (v. i.) To behave foolishly.

Doltish (a.) Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.

Dolus (n.) Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa.

Dolven (p. p.) of Delve.

-dom () A suffix denoting

-dom () Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom.

-dom () State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom.

Dom (n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

Dom (n.) In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.

Domable (a.) Capable of being tamed; tamable.

Domableness (n.) Tamableness.

Domage (n.) Damage; hurt.

Domage (n.) Subjugation.

Domain (n.) Dominion; empire; authority.

Domain (n.) The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.

Domain (n.) Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.

Domain (n.) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

Domal (a.) Pertaining to a house.

Domanial (a.) Of or relating to a domain or to domains.

Dome (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Dome (n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.

Dome (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

Dome (n.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.

Dome (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.

Domebook (n.) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments.

Domed (a.) Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome.

Domesday (n.) A day of judgment. See Doomsday.

Domesmen (pl. ) of Domesman

Domesman (n.) A judge; an umpire.

Domestic (a.) Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.

Domestic (a.) Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions.

Domestic (a.) Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

Domestic (a.) Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

Domestic (a.) Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.

Domestic (n.) One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.

Domestic (n.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods.

Domestical (a.) Domestic.

Domestical (n.) A family; a household.

Domestically (adv.) In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

Domesticant (a.) Forming part of the same family.

Domesticated (imp. & p. p.) of Domesticate

Domesticating. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domesticate

Domesticate (a.) To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

Domesticate (a.) To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

Domesticate (a.) To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.

Domestication (n.) The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Domesticator (n.) One who domesticates.

Domesticity (n.) The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

Domett (n.) A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen.

Domeykite (n.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.

Domical (a.) Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.

Domicile (n.) An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

Domicile (n.) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.

Domiciled (imp. & p. p.) of Domicile

Domiciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domicile

Domicile (v. t.) To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate.

Domiciliar (n.) A member of a household; a domestic.

Domicillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.

Domiciliated (imp. & p. p.) of Domiciliate

Domiciliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domiciliate

Domiciliate (v. t.) To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

Domiciliate (v. t.) To domesticate.

Domiciliation (n.) The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.

Domiculture (n.) The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc.

Domify (v. t.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense.

Domify (v. t.) To tame; to domesticate.

Domina (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.

Dominance (n.) Alt. of Dominancy

Dominancy (n.) Predominance; ascendency; authority.

Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

Dominant (n.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

Dominated (imp. & p. p.) of Dominate

Dominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dominate

Dominate (v. t.) To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

Dominate (v. i.) To be dominant.

Domination (n.) The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

Domination (n.) A ruling party; a party in power.

Domination (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Dominative (a.) Governing; ruling; imperious.

Dominator (n.) A ruler or ruling power.

Domine (n.) A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

Domine (n.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.

Domineered (imp. & p. p.) of Domineer

Domineering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domineer

Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.

Domineering (a.) Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.

Dominical (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.

Dominical (a.) Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer.

Dominical (n.) The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer.

Dominican (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.

Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

Dominicide (n.) The act of killing a master.

Dominicide (n.) One who kills his master.

Dominie (n.) A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.

Dominie (n.) A clergyman. See Domine, 1.

Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

Dominion (n.) Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

Dominion (n.) That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

Dominion (n.) A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.

Dominos (pl. ) of Domino

Dominoes (pl. ) of Domino

Domino (n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.

Domino (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women.

Domino (n.) A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

Domino (n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.

Domino (n.) A person wearing a domino.

Domino (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played

Domino (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.

Domini (pl. ) of Dominus

Dominus (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.

Domitable (a.) That can be tamed.

Domite (n.) A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found.

Don (n.) Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

Don (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.

Donned (imp. & p. p.) of Don

Donning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Don

Don (v. t.) To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

Do–a (n.) Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.

Donable (a.) Capable of being donated or given.

Donary (n.) A thing given to a sacred use.

Donat (n.) A grammar.

Donatary (n.) See Donatory.

Donated (imp. & p. p.) of Donate

Donating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Donate

Donate (v. t.) To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

Donation (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

Donation (n.) That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.

Donation (n.) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.

Donatism (n.) The tenets of the Donatists.

Donatist (n.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

Donatistic (a.) Pertaining to Donatism.

Donative (n.) A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present.

Donative (n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

Donative (a.) Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson.

Donator (n.) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.

Donatory (n.) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

Do-naught (n.) A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.

Donax (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

Doncella (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

Done () p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive.

Done (infinitive.) Performed; executed; finished.

Done (infinitive.) It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.

Done (a.) Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

Donee (n.) The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

Donee (n.) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor.

Donet (n.) Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

Doni (n.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.

Doniferous (a.) Bearing gifts.

Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

Donkeys (pl. ) of Donkey

Donkey (n.) An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

Donkey (n.) A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.

Donna (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

Donnat (n.) See Do-naught.

Donnism (n) Self-importance; loftiness of carriage.

Donor (n.) One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

Donor (n.) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee.

Do-nothing (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

Do-nothingism (n.) Alt. of Do-nothingness

Do-nothingness (n.) Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.

Donship (n.) The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight.

Donzel (n.) A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page.

Doo (n.) A dove.

Doob grass () A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States.

Doodle (n.) A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doodlesack (n.) The Scotch bagpipe.

Doole (n.) Sorrow; dole.

Doolies (pl. ) of Dooly

Dooly (n.) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.

Doom (v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

Doom (v. t.) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.

Doom (v. t.) Ruin; death.

Doom (v. t.) Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.

Doomed (imp. & p. p.) of Doom

Dooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doom

Doom (v. t.) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Doom (v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Doom (v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

Doomage (n.) A penalty or fine for neglect.

Doomful (a.) Full of condemnation or destructive power.

Doom palm () A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.

Doomsday (n.) A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

Doomsday (n.) The day of the final judgment.

Doomsman (n.) A judge; an umpire.

Doomster (n.) Same as Dempster.

Door (n.) An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

Door (n.) Passage; means of approach or access.

Door (n.) An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.

Doorga (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms.

Dooring (n.) The frame of a door.

Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Doorless (a.) Without a door.

Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

Doorplane (n.) A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

Doorpost (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

Doorsill (n.) The sill or threshold of a door.

Doorstead (n.) Entrance or place of a door.

Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

Doorstone (n.) The stone forming a threshold.

Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

Doorway (n.) The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

Dooryard (n.) A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Dop (n.) Alt. of Doop

Doop (n.) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Dop (v. i.) To dip.

Dop (n.) A dip; a low courtesy.

Dopper (n.) An Anabaptist or Baptist.

Dopplerite (n.) A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

Doquet (n.) A warrant. See Docket.

Dor (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

Dor (n.) A trick, joke, or deception.

Dor (v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive.

Dorado (n.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.

Dorado (n.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena.

Dorbeetle (n.) See 1st Dor.

Doree (n.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

Doretree (n.) A doorpost.

Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Dorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

Dorian (a.) Same as Doric, 3.

Dorian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

Doric (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.

Doric (a.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

Doric (n.) The Doric dialect.

Doricism (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom.

Doris (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back.

Dorism (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom.

Dorking fowl () One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.

Dormancy (n.) The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

Dormant (a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

Dormant (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Dormer (n.) Alt. of Dormer window

Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

Dormitive (a.) Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.

Dormitive (n.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

Dormitories (pl. ) of Dormitory

Dormitory (n.) A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

Dormitory (n.) A burial place.

Dormice (pl. ) of Dormouse

Dormouse (n.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.

Dornick (n.) Alt. of Dornock

Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.

Dorp (n.) A hamlet.

Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor.

Dorr (v. t.) To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.

Dorr (v. t.) To deafen with noise.

Dorrfly (n.) See 1st Dor.

Dorrhawk (n.) See Dorhawk.

Dorsad (adv.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.

Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Dorsal (a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

Dorsale (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

Dorsally (adv.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

Dorse (n.) Same as dorsal, n.

Dorse (n.) The back of a book.

Dorse (n.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

Dorsel (n.) A pannier.

Dorsel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

Dorser (n.) See Dosser.

dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.]

Dorsibranchiate (a.) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.

Dorsibranchiate (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata.

Dorsiferous () Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

Dorsimeson (n.) (Anat.) See Meson.

Dorsiparous (a.) Same as Dorsiferous.

Dorsiventral (a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

Dorsiventral (a.) See Dorsoventral.

Dorsoventral (a.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

Dorsum (n.) The ridge of a hill.

Dorsum (n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.

Dortour (n.) Alt. of Dorture

Dorture (n.) A dormitory.

Dories (pl. ) of Dory

Dory (n.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

Dory (n.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch.

Dories (pl. ) of Dory

Dory (n.) A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.

Doryphora (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.

Doryphoros (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.

Dose (n.) The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

Dose (n.) A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

Dose (n.) Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.

Dosed (imp. & p. p.) of Dose

dosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dose

Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

Dose (n.) To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.

Dose (n.) To give anything nauseous to.

Dosel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

Dosology (n.) Posology.

Dossel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

Dosser (n.) A pannier, or basket.

Dosser (n.) A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

Dossil (n.) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Dost (2d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.

Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.

Dot (n.) A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Dot (n.) Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

Dotted (imp. & p. p.) of Dot

Dotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dot

Dot (v. t.) To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

Dot (v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

Dot (v. i.) To make dots or specks.

Dotage (v. i.) Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage.

Dotage (v. i.) Foolish utterance; drivel.

Dotage (v. i.) Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.

Dotal (a.) Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.

Dotant (n.) A dotard.

Dotard (v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.

Dotardly (a.) Foolish; weak.

Dotary (n.) A dotard's weakness; dotage.

Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

Dotation (n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.

Dote (n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.

Dote (n.) Natural endowments.

Doted (imp. & p. p.) of Dote

Doting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dote

Dote (v. i.) To act foolishly.

Dote (v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.

Dote (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.

Dote (n.) An imbecile; a dotard.

Doted (a.) Stupid; foolish.

Doted (a.) Half-rotten; as, doted wood.

Dotehead (n.) A dotard.

Doter (n.) One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.

Doter (n.) One excessively fond, or weak in love.

Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.

Doth (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.

Doting (a.) That dotes; silly; excessively fond.

Dotish (a.) Foolish; weak; imbecile.

Dottard (n.) An old, decayed tree.

Dotted (a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.

Dotterel (a.) Decayed.

Dotterel (v. i.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

Dotterel (v. i.) A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.

Dotting pen () See under Pun.

Dottrel (n.) See Dotterel.

Doty (a.) Half-rotten; as, doty timber.

Douane (n.) A customhouse.

Douanier (n.) An officer of the French customs.

Douar (n.) A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

Douay Bible () A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published.

Doub grass () Doob grass.

Double (a.) Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

Double (a.) Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled.

Double (a.) Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.

Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double.

Double (adv.) Twice; doubly.

Doubled (imp. & p. p.) of Double

Doubling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Double

Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.

Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.

Double (a.) To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.

Double (a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.

Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction.

Double (v. i.) To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.

Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.

Double (n.) Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.

Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.

Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.

Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.

Double (n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith.

Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.

Double (n.) Double beer; strong beer.

Double (n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts.

Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.

Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.

Double-acting (a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

Double-barreled (a.) Alt. of -barrelled

-barrelled (a.) Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

Double-beat valve () See under Valve.

Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge.

Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.

Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.

Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.

Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof.

Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over.

Double-dyed (a.) Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.

Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end.

Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look.

Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

Double-faced (a.) Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.

Double first () A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.

Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

Double-handed (a.) Having two hands.

Double-handed (a.) Deceitful; deceptive.

Double-headed (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.

Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.

Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

Double-milled (a.) Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

Doubleminded (a.) Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.

Doubleness (n.) The state of being double or doubled.

Doubleness (n.) Duplicity; insincerity.

Double-quick (a.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

Double-quick (n.) Double-quick time, step, or march.

Double-quick (v. i. & t.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

Doubler (n.) One who, or that which, doubles.

Doubler (n.) An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.

Double-shade (v. t.) To double the natural darkness of (a place).

Doublet (a.) Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.

Doublet (a.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.

Doublet (a.) A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.

Doublet (a.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.

Doublet (a.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.

Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.

Doublethreaded (a.) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Doublethreaded (a.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.

Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

Doubletree (n.) The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7.

Doubling (n.) The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.

Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

Doubling (n.) The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.

Doubloon (a.) A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

Doubly (adv.) In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.

Doubly (adv.) Deceitfully.

Dou/ted (imp. & p. p.) of Doubt

Doubting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doubt

Doubt (v. i.) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.

Doubt (v. i.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.

Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.

Doubt (v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.

Doubt (v. t.) To fill with fear; to affright.

Doubt (v. i.) A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.

Doubt (v. i.) Uncertainty of condition.

Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.

Doubt (v. i.) Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

Doubtable (a.) Capable of being doubted; questionable.

Doubtable (a.) Worthy of being feared; redoubtable.

Doubtance (n.) State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.

Doubter (n.) One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.

Doubtful (a.) Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like.

Doubtful (a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.

Doubtful (a.) Of uncertain issue or event.

Doubtful (a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.

Doubtfully (adv.) In a doubtful manner.

Doubtfulness (n.) State of being doubtful.

Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.

Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.

Doubting (a.) That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.

Doubtless (a.) Free from fear or suspicion.

Doubtless (adv.) Undoubtedly; without doubt.

Doubtlessly (adv.) Unquestionably.

Doubtous (a.) Doubtful.

Douc (n.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

Douce (a.) Sweet; pleasant.

Douce (a.) Sober; prudent; sedate; modest.

Doucepere (n.) One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war.

Doucet (n.) Alt. of Dowset

Dowset (n.) A custard.

Dowset (n.) A dowcet, or deep's testicle.

Douceur (n.) Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness.

Douceur (n.) A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe.

Douche (n.) A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

Douche (n.) A syringe.

Doucine (n.) Same as Cyma/recta, under Cyma.

Doucker (v. t.) A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks.

Dough (n.) Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

Dough (n.) Anything of the consistency of such paste.

Dough-baked (a.) Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding.

Doughbird (n.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded.

Dough-faced (a.) Easily molded; pliable.

Doughfaceism (n.) The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.

Doughiness (n.) The quality or state of being doughy.

Dough-kneaded (a.) Like dough; soft.

Doughnut (n.) A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

Doughtily (adv.) In a doughty manner.

Doughtiness (n.) The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

Doughtren (n. pl.) Daughters.

Doughty (superl.) Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.

Doughy (a.) Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

Doulocracy (n.) A government by slaves.

Doum palm () See Doom palm.

Doupe (n.) The carrion crow.

Dour (a.) Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.

Doura (n.) A kind of millet. See Durra.

Douroucouli (n.) See Durukuli.

Doused (imp. & p. p.) of Douse

Dousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Douse

Douse (v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

Douse (v. i.) To fall suddenly into water.

Douse (v. t.) To put out; to extinguish.

Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.

Dout (v. t.) To put out.

Douter (n.) An extinguisher for candles.

Dove (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

Dove (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

Dovecot (n.) Alt. of Dovecote

Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

Dove-eyed (a.) Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

Dovekie (n.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

Dovelet (n.) A young or small dove.

Dovelike (a.) Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable.

Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant.

Dover's Powder () A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf.

Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine.

Doveship (n.) The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence.

Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.

Dovetailed (imp. & p. p.) of Dovetail

Dovetailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dovetail

Dovetail (v. t.) To cut to a dovetail.

Dovetail (v. t.) To join by means of dovetails.

Dovetail (v. t.) To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.

Dovish (a.) Like a dove; harmless; innocent.

Dow (n.) A kind of vessel. See Dhow.

Dow (v. t.) To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Dowable (v. t.) Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.

Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.

Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.

Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.

Dowcet (n.) One of the testicles of a hart or stag.

Dowdy (superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

Dowdies (pl. ) of Dowdy

Dowdy (n.) An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.

Dowdyish (a.) Like a dowdy.

Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.

Dowel (n.) A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.

Doweled (imp. & p. p.) of Dowel

Dowelled () of Dowel

Doweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dowel

Dowelling () of Dowel

Dowel (v. t.) To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

Dower (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

Dower (n.) The property with which a woman is endowed

Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.

Dowered (p. a.) Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.

Dowerless (a.) Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

Dowery (n.) See Dower.

Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

Dowl (n.) Same as Dowle.

Dowlas (n.) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico.

Dowle (n.) Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather.

Down (n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.

Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.

Down (n.) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

Down (n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

Down (v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural.

Down (prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.

Down (adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.

Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.

Down (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.

Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.

Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.

Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.

Downed (imp. & p. p.) of Down

Downing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Down

Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.

Down (v. i.) To go down; to descend.

Down (a.) Downcast; as, a down look.

Down (a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.

Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

Downbear (v. t.) To bear down; to depress.

Downcast (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

Downcast (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.

Downcast (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Downcome (n.) Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.

Downcome (n.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.

Downfall (n.) A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

Downfall (n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.

Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.

Downfalling (a.) Falling down.

Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.

Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.

Downhearted (a.) Dejected; low-spirited.

Downhill (adv.) Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

Downhill (a.) Declivous; descending; sloping.

Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.

Downiness (n.) The quality or state of being downy.

Downlooked (a.) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.

Downlying (n.) The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

Downpour (n.) A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.

Downright (adv.) Straight down; perpendicularly.

Downright (adv.) In plain terms; without ceremony.

Downright (adv.) Without delay; at once; completely.

Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.

Downright (a.) Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.

Down-share (n.) A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.

Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

Downstairs (adv.) Down the stairs; to a lower floor.

Downstairs (a.) Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.

Downsteepy (a.) Very steep.

Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream.

Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.

Downtrod (a.) Alt. of Downtrodden

Downtrodden (a.) Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.

Downward (adv.) Alt. of Downwards

Downwards (adv.) From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

Downward (a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

Downward (a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

Downward (a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.

Downweed (n.) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.

Downweigh (v. t.) To weigh or press down.

Downy (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.

Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.

Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.

Dowral (a.) Of or relating to a dower.

Dowress (n.) A woman entitled to dower.

Dowries (pl. ) of Dowry

Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.

Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.

Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.

Dowse (v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

Dowse (v. t.) To beat or thrash.

Dowse (v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

Dowse (n.) A blow on the face.

Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.

Dowser (n.) One who uses the dowser or divining rod.

Dowst (n.) A dowse.

Dowve (n.) A dove.

Doxological (a.) Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God.

Doxologized (imp. & p. p.) of Doxologize

Doxologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doxologize

Doxologize (v. i.) To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.

Doxologies (pl. ) of Doxology

Doxology (n.) In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.

Doxies (pl. ) of Doxy

Doxy (n.) A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart.

Doyly (n.) See Doily.

Dozed (imp. & p. p.) of Doze

Dozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doze

Doze (v. i.) To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.

Doze (v. t.) To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.

Doze (v. t.) To make dull; to stupefy.

Doze (n.) A light sleep; a drowse.

Dozen (pl. ) of Dozen

Dozens (pl. ) of Dozen

Dozen (n.) A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.

Dozen (n.) An indefinite small number.

Dozenth (a.) Twelfth.

Dozer (n.) One who dozes or drowses.

Doziness (n.) The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

Dozy (a.) Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head.

Dozzled (a.) Stupid; heavy.

Drab (n.) A low, sluttish woman.

Drab (n.) A lewd wench; a strumpet.

Drab (n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Drab

Drabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drab

Drab (v. i.) To associate with strumpets; to wench.

Drab (n.) A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

Drab (n.) A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

Drab (a.) Of a color between gray and brown.

Drab (n.) A drab color.

Drabber (n.) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.

Drabbet (n.) A coarse linen fabric, or duck.

Drabbish (a.) Somewhat drab in color.

Drabbish (a.) Having the character of a drab or low wench.

Drabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Drabble

Drabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drabble

Drabble (v. t.) To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak.

Drabble (v. i.) To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.

Drabbler (n.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.

Drabble-tail (n.) A draggle-tail; a slattern.

Dracaena (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.

Dracanth (n.) A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.

Drachm (n.) A drachma.

Drachm (n.) Same as Dram.

Drachmas (pl. ) of Drachma

Drachmae (pl. ) of Drachma

Drachma (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.

Drachma (n.) A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

Drachma (n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

Drachme (n.) See Drachma.

Dracin (n.) See Draconin.

Draco (n.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

Draco (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.

Draco (n.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6.

Draconian (a.) Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.

Draconic (a.) Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Draconin (n.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.

Dracontic (a.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon.

Dracontine (a.) Belonging to a dragon.

Dracunculi (pl. ) of Dracunculus

Dracunculus (n.) A fish; the dragonet.

Dracunculus (n.) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

Drad (p. p. & a.) Dreaded.

Dradde (imp.) of Dread.

Dradge (n.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing.

Draff (n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

Draffish (a.) Worthless; draffy.

Draffy (a.) Dreggy; waste; worthless.

Draff (n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.

Draff (n.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.

Draff (n.) An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

Draff (n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.

Draff (n.) A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

Draff (n.) The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

Draff (n.) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

Draff (n.) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter.

Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Draff (n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

Draff (n.) A current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

Draft (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Drafted (imp. & p. p.) of Draft

Drafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draft

Draft (v. t.) To draw the outline of; to delineate.

Draft (v. t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select.

Draft (v. t.) To transfer by draft.

Draftsman (n.) See Draughtsman.

Drag (n.) A confection; a comfit; a drug.

Dragged (imp. & p. p.) of Drag

Dragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drag

Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

Drag (v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Drag (v. i.) To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Drag (v. i.) To fish with a dragnet.

Drag (v. t.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

Drag (v. t.) A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

Drag (v. t.) A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

Drag (v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

Drag (v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

Drag (v. t.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

Drag (v. t.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

Drag (v. t.) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Drag (v. t.) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

Drag (v. t.) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.

Dragantine (n.) A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth.

Dragbar (n.) Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink.

Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Dragees (n. pl.) Sugar-coated medicines.

Draggled (imp. & p. p.) of Draggle

Draggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draggle

Draggle (v. t.) To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail.

Draggle (v. i.) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass.

Draggle-tail (n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.

Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.

Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

Draglink (n.) A drawbar.

Dragmen (pl. ) of Dragman

Dragman (n.) A fisherman who uses a dragnet.

Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

Dragomans (pl. ) of Dragoman

Dragoman (n.) An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.

Dragon (n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.

Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.

Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.

Dragon (n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.

Dragon (n.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.

Dragonet (n.) A little dragon.

Dragonet (n.) A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.

Dragonish (a.) resembling a dragon.

Dragonlike (a.) Like a dragon.

Dragonnade (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.

Dragon's blood () Alt. of Dragon's tail

Dragon's head () Alt. of Dragon's tail

Dragon's tail () See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.

Dragoon (n.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

Dragoon (n.) A variety of pigeon.

Dragooned (imp. & p. p.) of Dragoon

Dragooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dragoon

Dragoon (v. t.) To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

Dragoonade (n.) See Dragonnade.

Dragooner (n.) A dragoon.

Drail (v. t. & i.) To trail; to draggle.

Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drain

Draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drain

Drain (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.

Drain (v. t.) To filter.

Drain (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.

Drain (v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.

Drain (n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.

Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.

Drainable (a.) Capable of being drained.

Drainage (n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.

Drainage (n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.

Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.

Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.

Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.

Draine (n.) The missel thrush.

Drainer (n.) One who, or that which, drains.

Draining (v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.

Drainpipe (n.) A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

Draintrap (n.) See 4th Trap, 5.

Drake (n.) The male of the duck kind.

Drake (n.) The drake fly.

Drake (n.) A dragon.

Drake (n.) A small piece of artillery.

Drake (n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.

Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.

Dram (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.

Dram (n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.

Dram (n.) A Persian daric.

Dram (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.

Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

Dramatic (a.) Alt. of Dramatical

Dramatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.

Dramatically (adv.) In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.

Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.

Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

Dramatizable (a.) Capable of being dramatized.

Dramatization (n.) Act of dramatizing.

Dramatized (imp. & p. p.) of Dramatize

Dramatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dramatize

Dramatize (v. t.) To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.

Dramaturgic (a.) Relating to dramaturgy.

Dramaturgist (n.) One versed in dramaturgy.

Dramaturgy (n.) The art of dramatic composition and representation.

Dramming (n.) The practice of drinking drams.

Dramseller (n.) One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.

Dramshop (n.) A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.

Drank (imp.) of Drink.

Drank (n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant.

Drap d'ete () A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.

Draped (imp. & p. p.) of Drape

Draping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drape

Drape (v. t.) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

Drape (v. t.) To rail at; to banter.

Drape (v. i.) To make cloth.

Drape (v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

Draper (n.) One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.

Draperied (a.) Covered or supplied with drapery.

Draperies (pl. ) of Drapery

Drapery (n.) The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

Drapery (n.) Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.

Drapery (n.) A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.

Drapet (n.) Cloth.

Drastic (a.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

Drastic (n.) A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

Drasty (a.) Filthy; worthless.

Draugh (n.) See Draft.

Draught (n.) The act of drawing or pulling

Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.

Draught (n.) The drawing of a bowstring.

Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.

Draught (n.) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.

Draught (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)

Draught (n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.

Draught (n.) That which is drawn

Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.

Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.

Draught (n.) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.

Draught (n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.

Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.

Draught (n.) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney.

Draught (n.) That which draws

Draught (n.) A team of oxen or horses.

Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.

Draught (n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.

Draught (n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.

Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.

Draught (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4.

Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers.

Draught (n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.

Draught (n.) See Draft, n., 7.

Draught (a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.

Draught (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.

Draught (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.

Draught (a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like.

Draughted (imp. & p. p.) of Draught

Draughting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draught

Draught (v. t.) To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.

Draught (v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.

Draught (v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

Draughthouse (n.) A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.

Draughts (n. pl.) A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).

Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.

Draughtsmen (pl. ) of Draughtsman

Draughtsman (n.) One who draws pleadings or other writings.

Draughtsman (n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.

Draughtsman (n.) A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.

Draughtsman (n.) One who drinks drams; a tippler.

Draughtsmanship (n.) The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.

Draughty (a.) Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room.

Drave () old imp. of Drive.

Dravida (n. pl.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

Dravidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida.

Drew (imp.) of Draw

Drawn (p. p.) of Draw

Drawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw

Draw (v. t.) To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

Draw (v. t.) To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

Draw (v. t.) To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.

Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

Draw (v. t.) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

Draw (v. t.) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

Draw (v. t.) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.

Draw (v. t.) To select by the drawing of lots.

Draw (v. t.) To remove the contents of

Draw (v. t.) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Draw (v. t.) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.

Draw (v. t.) To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

Draw (v. t.) To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

Draw (v. t.) To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

Draw (v. t.) To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

Draw (v. t.) To withdraw.

Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.

Draw (v. i.) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.

Draw (v. i.) To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

Draw (v. i.) To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

Draw (v. i.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.

Draw (v. i.) To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

Draw (v. i.) To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

Draw (v. i.) To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

Draw (v. i.) To become contracted; to shrink.

Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

Draw (v. i.) To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.

Draw (v. i.) To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

Draw (n.) The act of drawing; draught.

Draw (n.) A lot or chance to be drawn.

Draw (n.) A drawn game or battle, etc.

Draw (n.) That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

Drawable (a.) Capable of being drawn.

Drawback (n.) A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.

Drawback (n.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied.

Drawbar (n.) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.

Drawbar (n.) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.

Drawbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together.

Drawbore (v. t.) To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon.

Drawbore (v. t.) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

Drawboy (n.) A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

Drawcansir (n.) A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.

Draw-cut (n.) A single cut with a knife.

Drawee (n.) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

Drawer (n.) One who, or that which, draws

Drawer (n.) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.

Drawer (n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.

Drawer (n.) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.

Drawer (n.) That which is drawn

Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.

Drawer (n.) An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.

Drawfiling (n.) The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

Drawgear (n.) A harness for draught horses.

Drawgear (n.) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

Drawgloves (n. pl.) An old game, played by holding up the fingers.

Drawhead (n.) The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.

Drawing (n.) The act of pulling, or attracting.

Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

Drawing (n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.

Drawing knife (n.) Alt. of Drawknife

Drawknife (n.) A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

Drawknife (n.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

Drawing-room (n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

Drawing-room (n.) The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.

Drawled (imp. & p. p.) of Drawl

Drawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drawl

Drawl (v. t.) To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawl (v. i.) To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.

Drawl (n.) A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.

Drawling (n.) The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.

Drawlink (n.) Same as Drawbar (b).

Drawloom (n.) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.

Drawloom (n.) A species of damask made on the drawloom.

Drawn (p. p. & a.) See Draw, v. t. & i.

Drawnet (n.) A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet.

Drawplate (n.) A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.

Drawshave (n.) See Drawing knife.

Drawspring (n.) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

Dray (n.) A squirrel's nest.

Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.

Dray (n.) A kind of sledge or sled.

Drayage (n.) Use of a dray.

Drayage (n.) The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.

Draymen (pl. ) of Drayman

Drayman (n.) A man who attends a dray.

Drazel (n.) A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel.

Dreaded (imp. & p. p.) of Dread

Dreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dread

Dread (v. t.) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

Dread (v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear.

Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Dread (n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

Dread (n.) An object of terrified apprehension.

Dread (n.) A person highly revered.

Dread (n.) Fury; dreadfulness.

Dread (n.) Doubt; as, out of dread.

Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

Dread (a.) Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

Dreadable (a.) Worthy of being dreaded.

Dread-bolted (a.) Armed with dreaded bolts.

Dreader (n.) One who fears, or lives in fear.

Dreadful (a.) Full of dread or terror; fearful.

Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm.

Dreadful (a.) Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.

Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.

Dreadfulness (n.) The quality of being dreadful.

Dreadingly (adv.) With dread.

Dreadless (a.) Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart.

Dreadless (a.) Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.

Dreadless (adv.) Without doubt.

Dreadlessness (n.) Freedom from dread.

Dreadly (a.) Dreadful.

Dreadly (adv.) With dread.

Dreadnaught (n.) A fearless person.

Dreadnaught (n.) Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

Dream (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Dream (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.

Dreamed (imp. & p. p.) of Dream

Dreamt () of Dream

Dreaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dream

Dream (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.

Dream (n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.

Dream (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Dreamer (n.) One who dreams.

Dreamer (n.) A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.

Dreamful (a.) Full of dreams.

Dreamily (adv.) As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly.

Dreaminess (n.) The state of being dreamy.

Dreamingly (adv.) In a dreamy manner.

Dreamland (n.) An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.

Dreamless (a.) Free from, or without, dreams.

Dreamy (superl.) Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary.

Drear (a.) Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

Drear (n.) Sadness; dismalness.

Drearihead (n.) Alt. of Drearihood

Drearihood (n.) Affliction; dreariness.

Drearily (adv.) Gloomily; dismally.

Dreariment (n.) Dreariness.

Dreariness (n.) Sorrow; wretchedness.

Dreariness (n.) Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

Drearing (n.) Sorrow.

Drearisome (a.) Very dreary.

Dreary (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful.

Dreary (superl.) Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.

Drecche (v. t.) To vex; to torment; to trouble.

Drecche (v. i.) To delay.

Dredge (n.) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

Dredge (n.) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.

Dredged (imp. & p. p.) of Dredge

Dredging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dredge

Dredge (v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.

Dredge (n.) A mixture of oats and barley.

Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.

Dredger (n.) One who fishes with a dredge.

Dredger (n.) A dredging machine.

Dredger (n.) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.

Dree (v. t.) To endure; to suffer.

Dree (v. i.) To be able to do or endure.

Dree (a.) Wearisome; tedious.

Dreg (n.) Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society.

Dregginess (n.) Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.

Dreggish (a.) Foul with lees; feculent.

Dreggy (a.) Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent.

Drein (v. i.) To drain.

Dreint () p. p. of Drench to drown.

Dreissena (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.

Drenched (imp. & p. p.) of Drench

Drenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drench

Drench (v. t.) To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.

Drench (v. t.) To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

Drench (v. t.) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

Drench (n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

Drenche (v. t. & i.) To drown.

Drencher (n.) One who, or that which, west or steeps.

Drencher (n.) One who administers a drench.

Drengage (n.) The tenure by which a drench held land.

Drent (p. p.) Drenched; drowned.

Dresden ware () A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Saxony.

Dressed (imp. & p. p.) of Dress

Drest () of Dress

Dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dress

Dress (v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

Dress (v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.

Dress (v. t.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.

Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.

Dress (v. t.) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.

Dress (v. t.) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.

Dress (v. t.) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

Dress (v. i.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!

Dress (v. i.) To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.

Dress (n.) That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.

Dress (n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.

Dress (n.) Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.

Dress (n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

Dress coat () A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.

Dresser (n.) One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

Dresser (n.) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

Dresser (n.) An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.

Dresser (v. t.) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

Dress goods () A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.

Dressiness (n.) The state of being dressy.

Dressing (n.) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

Dressing (n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.

Dressing (n.) Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

Dressing (n.) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.

Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

Dressing (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

Dressing (n.) Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.

Dressmaker (n.) A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.

Dressmaking (n.) The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

Dressy (a.) Showy in dress; attentive to dress.

Drest (p. p.) of Dress.

Dretch (v. t. & i.) See Drecche.

Dreul (v. i.) To drool.

Drevil (n.) A fool; a drudge. See Drivel.

Drew (imp.) of Draw.

Drey (n.) A squirrel's nest. See Dray.

Dreye (a.) Dry.

Dreynt () p. p., of Drench to drown.

Dribbed (imp. & p. p.) of Drib

Dribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drib

Drib (v. t.) To do by little and little

Drib (v. t.) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.

Drib (v. t.) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.

Drib (v. t.) To lead along step by step; to entice.

Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

Drib (n.) A drop.

Dribber (n.) One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly.

Dribbled (imp. & p. p.) of Dribble

Dribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dribble

Dribble (v. i.) To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

Dribble (v. i.) To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

Dribble (v. i.) To fall weakly and slowly.

Dribble (v. t.) To let fall in drops.

Dribble (n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.

Dribbler (n.) One who dribbles.

Dribblet (n.) Alt. of Driblet

Driblet (n.) A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.

Drie (v. t.) To endure.

Dried (imp. & p. p.) of Day. Also adj.; as, dried apples.

Drier (n.) One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.

Drier (n.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.

Drier (superl.) Alt. of Driest

Driest (superl.) of Dry, a.

Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.

Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.

Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along

Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.

Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.

Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.

Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river.

Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.

Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.

Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.

Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.

Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.

Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.

Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drift

Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drift

Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.

Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.

Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.

Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.

Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.

Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.

Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.

Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.

Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle.

Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11.

Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.

Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.

Drilled (imp. & p. p.) of Drill

Drilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drill

Drill (v. t.) To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

Drill (v. t.) To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline.

Drill (v. i.) To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.

Drill (n.) An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press.

Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.

Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

Drill (n.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea.

Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.

Drill (v. t.) To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.

Drill (v. t.) To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.

Drill (v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Drill (v. i.) To trickle.

Drill (v. i.) To sow in drills.

Drill (n.) A small trickling stream; a rill.

Drill (n.) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.

Drill (n.) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing.

Drill (n.) A row of seed sown in a furrow.

Drill (n.) A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus).

Drill (n.) Same as Drilling.

Driller (n.) One who, or that which, drills.

Drilling (n.) The act of piercing with a drill.

Drilling (n.) A training by repeated exercises.

Drilling (n.) The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.

Drilling (n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.

Drillmaster (n.) One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics.

Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw.

Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.

Drily (adv.) See Dryly.

Drimys (n.) A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishes Winter's bark.

Drank (imp.) of Drink

Drunk () of Drink

Drunk (p. p.) of Drink

Drunken () of Drink

Drinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drink

Drink (v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.

Drink (v. i.) To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.

Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.

Drink (v. t.) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

Drink (v. t.) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

Drink (v. t.) To smoke, as tobacco.

Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.

Drink (n.) Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.

Drinkable (a.) Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.

Drinkableness (n.) State of being drinkable.

Drinker (n.) One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

Drinking (n.) The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.

Drinking (n.) The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.

Drinking (n.) An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.

Drinkless (a.) Destitute of drink.

Dripped (imp. & p. p.) of Drip

Dript () of Drip

Dripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drip

Drip (v. i.) To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

Drip (v. i.) To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.

Drip (v. t.) To let fall in drops.

Drip (n.) A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

Drip (n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.

Dripping (n.) A falling in drops, or the sound so made.

Dripping (n.) That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.

Dripple (a.) Weak or rare.

Dripstone (n.) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.

Drove (imp.) of Drive

Drave () of Drive

Driven (p. p.) of Drive

Driving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drive

Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.

Drive (v. t.) To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.

Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.

Drive (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

Drive (v. t.) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

Drive (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time.

Drive (v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

Drive (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.

Drive (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.

Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent.

Drive (p. p.) Driven.

Drive (n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.

Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

Driveled (imp. & p. p.) of Drivel

Drivelled () of Drivel

Driveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drivel

Drivelling () of Drivel

Drivel (v. i.) To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

Drivel (v. i.) To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love.

Drivel (n.) Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.

Drivel (n.) Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.

Drivel (n.) A driveler; a fool; an idiot.

Drivel (n.) A servant; a drudge.

Driveler (n.) A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool.

Driven (p. p.) of Drive. Also adj.

Drivepipe (n.) A pipe for forcing into the earth.

Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

Driver (n.) The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.

Driver (n.) An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.

Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:

Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.

Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.

Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.

Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.

Driving (a.) Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.

Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.

Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.

Drizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Drizzle

Drizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drizzle

Drizzle (v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.

Drizzle (v. t.) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.

Drizzle (n.) Fine rain or mist.

Drizzly (a.) Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.

Drock (n.) A water course.

Drofland (n.) Alt. of Dryfland

Dryfland (n.) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.

Drogher (n.) A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher.

Drogman (n.) Alt. of Drogoman

Drogoman (n.) See Dragoman.

Drogue (n.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.

Droh (imp.) of Draw.

Droil (v. i.) To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.

Droil (n.) A drudge.

Droil (n.) Mean labor; toil.

Droit (n.) A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right.

Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions.

Droitzschka (n.) See Drosky.

Droll (superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

Droll (n.) One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.

Droll (n.) Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

Drolled (imp. & p. p.) of Droll

Drolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Droll

Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.

Droll (v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

Droll (v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.

Droller (n.) A jester; a droll.

Drolleries (pl. ) of Drollery

Drollery (n.) The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

Drollery (n.) Something which serves to raise mirth

Drollery (n.) A puppet show; also, a puppet.

Drollery (n.) A lively or comic picture.

Drollingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.

Drollish (a.) Somewhat droll.

Drollist (n.) A droll.

Dromaeognathous (a.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

Dromatherium (n.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.

Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

Dromedaries (pl. ) of Dromedary

Dromedary (n.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.

Dromond () Alt. of Dromon

Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.

Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.

Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.

Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Drone

Droning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drone

Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.

Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.

Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis.

Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.

Drongos (pl. ) of Drongo

Drongo (n.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.

Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.

Dronkelewe (a.) Given to drink; drunken.

Dronte (n.) The dodo.

Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

Drooled (imp. & p. p.) of Drool

Drooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drool

Drool (v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

Drooped (imp. & p. p.) of Droop

Drooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Droop

Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.

Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.

Droop (n.) A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

Drooper (n.) One who, or that which, droops.

Droopingly (adv.) In a drooping manner.

Drop (n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.

Drop (n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.

Drop (n.) Same as Gutta.

Drop (n.) Any small pendent ornament.

Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something

Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.

Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.

Drop (n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.

Drop (n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.

Drop (n.) A drop press or drop hammer.

Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

Drop (n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.

Drop (n.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.

Drop (n.) Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.

Dropped (imp. & p. p.) of Drop

Dropt () of Drop

Dropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drop

Drop (n.) To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.

Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.

Drop (n.) To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.

Drop (n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

Drop (n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.

Drop (n.) To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.

Drop (n.) To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.

Drop (n.) To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

Drop (v. i.) To fall in drops.

Drop (v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.

Drop (v. i.) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death.

Drop (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.

Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.

Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.

Drop (v. i.) To fall short of a mark.

Drop (v. i.) To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.

Droplet (n.) A little drop; a tear.

Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.

Dropmeal (adv.) Alt. of Dropmele

Dropmele (adv.) By drops or small portions.

Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.

Dropper (n.) A dropping tube.

Dropper (n.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.

Dropper (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.

Dropping (n.) The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.

Dropping (n.) That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.

Droppinly (adv.) In drops.

Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.

Dropsical (a.) Of or pertaining to dropsy.

Dropsicalness (n.) State of being dropsical.

Dropsied (a.) Diseased with drops.

Dropsies (pl. ) of Dropsy

Dropsy (n.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Dropt () imp. & p. p. of Drop, v.

Dropwise (adv.) After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.

Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

Dropwort (n.) An Old World species of Spiraea (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.

Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.

Droskies (pl. ) of Drosky

Drosky (n.) A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities.

Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.

Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.

Dross (n.) Rust of metals.

Dross (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

Drossel (n.) A slut; a hussy; a drazel.

Drossless (a.) Free from dross.

Drossy (superl.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless.

Drotchel (n.) See Drossel.

Drough (imp.) of Draw.

Drought (n.) Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.

Drought (n.) Thirst; want of drink.

Drought (n.) Scarcity; lack.

Droughtiness (n.) A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Droughty (a.) Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.

Droughty (a.) Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.

Droumy (a.) Troubled; muddy.

Drouth (n.) Same as Drought.

Drouthy (a.) Droughty.

Drove (imp.) of Drive.

Drove (n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

Drove (n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.

Drove (n.) A crowd of people in motion.

Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.

Drove (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

Drove (n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.

Drove (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.

Droven (p. p.) of Drive.

Drover (n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

Drover (n.) A boat driven by the tide.

Drovy (a.) Turbid; muddy; filthy.

Drow (imp.) of Draw.

Drowned (imp. & p. p.) of Drown

Drowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drown

Drown (v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

Drown (v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

Drown (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.

Drownage (n.) The act of drowning.

Drowner (n.) One who, or that which, drowns.

Drowsed (imp. & p. p.) of Drowse

Drowsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drowse

Drowse (v. i.) To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze.

Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

Drowse (n.) A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.

Drowsihead (n.) Drowsiness.

Drowsihed (n.) Drowsihead.

Drowsily (adv.) In a drowsy manner.

Drowsiness (n.) State of being drowsy.

Drowsy (superl.) Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.

Drowsy (superl.) Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

Drowsy (superl.) Dull; stupid.

Drowth (n.) See Drought.

Droyle (v. i.) See Droil.

Drubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Drub

Drubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drub

Drub (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.

Drub (n.) A blow with a cudgel; a thump.

Drubber (n.) One who drubs.

Drudged (imp. & p. p.) of Drudge

Drudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drudge

Drudge (v. i.) To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.

Drudge (v. t.) To consume laboriously; -- with away.

Drudge (n.) One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.

Drudger (n.) One who drudges; a drudge.

Drudger (n.) A dredging box.

Drudgery (n.) The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.

Drudging box () See Dredging box.

Drudgingly (adv.) In a drudging manner; laboriously.

Druery (n.) Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love.

Drug (v. i.) To drudge; to toil laboriously.

Drug (n.) A drudge (?).

Drug (n.) Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.

Drug (n.) Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.

Drugged (imp. & p. p.) of Drug

Drugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drug

Drug (v. i.) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.

Drug (v. t.) To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.

Drug (v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.

Drug (v. t.) To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

Drugger (n.) A druggist.

Drugget (n.) A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets.

Drugget (n.) By extension, any material used for the same purpose.

Druggist (n.) One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.

Drugster (n.) A druggist.

Druid (n.) One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons.

Druid (n.) A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.

Druidess (n.) A female Druid; a prophetess.

Druidic (a.) Alt. of Druidical

Druidical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.

Druidish (a.) Druidic.

Druidism (n.) The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.

Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in form

Drum (n.) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc.

Drum (n.) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.

Drum (n.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.

Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.

Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.

Drum (n.) See Drumfish.

Drum (n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout.

Drum (n.) A tea party; a kettledrum.

Drummed (imp. & p. p.) of Drum

Drumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drum

Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings.

Drum (v. i.) To throb, as the heart.

Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.

Drum (v. t.) To execute on a drum, as a tune.

Drum (v. t.) (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.

Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers.

Drumbeat (n.) The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

Drumble (v. i.) To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.

Drumble (v. i.) To mumble in speaking.

Drumfish (n.) Any fish of the family Sciaenidae, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.

Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

Drumhead (n.) The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.

Drumlin (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

Drumly (a.) Turbid; muddy.

Drum major () .

Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.

Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.

Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4.

Drummer (n.) One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.

Drummer (n.) One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.

Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caught

Drummer (n.) The squeteague.

Drummer (n.) A California sculpin.

Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.

Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.

Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light.

Drumstick (n.) A stick with which a drum is beaten.

Drumstick (n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.

Drunk (a.) Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; -- never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man).

Drunk (a.) Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

Drunk (n.) A drunken condition; a spree.

Drunkard (n.) One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

Drunken (v. i.) Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.

Drunken (v. i.) Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.

Drunken (v. i.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.

Drunkenhead (n.) Drunkenness.

Drunkenly (adv.) In a drunken manner.

Drunkenness (n.) The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

Drunkenness (n.) Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.

Drunkenship (n.) Alt. of Drunkship

Drunkship (n.) The state of being drunk; drunkenness.

Drupaceous (a.) Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits.

Drupal (a.) Drupaceous.

Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.

Drupel (n.) Alt. of Drupelet

Drupelet (n.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

Druse (n.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.

Druse (n.) One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.

Drusy (a.) Alt. of Drused

Drused (a.) Covered with a large number of minute crystals.

Druxey (a.) Alt. of Druxy

Druxy (a.) Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.

Dry (superl.) Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.

Dry (superl.) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.

Dry (superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.

Dry (superl.) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.

Dry (superl.) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.

Dry (superl.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.

Dry (superl.) Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.

Dry (superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.

Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.

Dried (imp. & p. p.) of Dry

Drying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry

Dry (a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.

Dry (v. i.) To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.

Dry (v. i.) To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.

Dry (v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.

Dryad (n.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Dryandra (n.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.

Dryades (pl. ) of Dryas

Dryas (n.) A dryad.

Dry-beat (v. t.) To beat severely.

Dry-boned (a.) Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.

Dry dock () See under Dock.

Dryer (n.) See Drier.

Dry-eyed (a.) Not having tears in the eyes.

Dry-fisted (a.) Niggardly.

Dryfoot (n.) The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced.

Dry goods () A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.

Drying (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.

Drying (a.) Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.

Dryly (adv.) In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.

Dryness (n.) The state of being dry. See Dry.

Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast.

Dryobalanops (n.) The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil.

Dry-rubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dry-rub

Dry-rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry-rub

Dry-rub (v. t.) To rub and cleanse without wetting.

Drysalter (n.) A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs.

Drysaltery (n.) The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

Dry-shod (a.) Without wetting the feet.

Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone.

Dryth (n.) Alt. of Drith

Drith (n.) Drought.

Duad (n.) A union of two; duality.

Dual (a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.

Dualin (n.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.

Dualism (n.) State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

Dualism (n.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit.

Dualism (n.) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil.

Dualism (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate.

Dualism (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.

Dualist (n.) One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.

Dualist (n.) One who administers two offices.

Dualistic (a.) Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality.

Duality (n.) The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.

Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

Duarchy (n.) Government by two persons.

Dubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dub

Dubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dub

Dub (v. t.) To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

Dub (v. t.) To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

Dub (v. t.) To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

Dub (v. t.) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;

Dub (v. t.) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

Dub (v. t.) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

Dub (v. t.) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.

Dub (v. t.) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

Dub (v. i.) To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

Dub (n.) A blow.

Dub (n.) A pool or puddle.

Dubb (n.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear.

Dubber (n.) One who, or that which, dubs.

Dubber (n.) A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.

Dubbing (n.) The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.

Dubbing (n.) The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.

Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

Dubbing (n.) The body substance of an angler's fly.

Dubieties (pl. ) of Dubiety

Dubiety (n.) Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

Dubiosities (pl. ) of Dubiosity

Dubiosity (n.) The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.

Dubious (a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.

Dubious (a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.

Dubious (a.) Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.

Dubiously (adv.) In a dubious manner.

Dubiousness (n.) State of being dubious.

Dubitable (a.) Liable to be doubted; uncertain.

Dubitancy (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.

Dubitate (v. i.) To doubt.

Dubitation (n.) Act of doubting; doubt.

Dubitative (a.) Tending to doubt; doubtful.

Duboisia (n.) Same as Duboisine.

Duboisine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.

Ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a duke.

Ducally (adv.) In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.

Ducat (n.) A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.

Ducatoon (n.) A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values.

Duces tecum () A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court and bring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be produced to the court.

Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

Duchesse d'Angouleme () A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

Duchies (pl. ) of Duchy

Duchy (n.) The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

Duck (n.) A pet; a darling.

Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

Ducked (imp. & p. p.) of Duck

Ducking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Duck

Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Duck (v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.

Duck (v. t.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Duckbill (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck.

Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.

Ducker (n.) A cringing, servile person; a fawner.

Ducking () n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.

Duck-legged (a.) Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.

Duckling (n.) A young or little duck.

Duckmeat (n.) Alt. of Duck's-meat

Duck's-meat (n.) Duckweed.

Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill.

Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

Duckweed (n.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.

Duct (n.) Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

Duct (n.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.

Duct (n.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.

Duct (n.) Guidance; direction.

Ductible (a.) Capable of being drawn out

Ductile (a.) Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

Ductile (a.) Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.

Ductilimeter (n.) An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.

Ductility (n.) The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.

Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.

Duction (n.) Guidance.

Ductless (a.) Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.

Ductor (n.) One who leads.

Ductor (n.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4.

Ducture (n.) Guidance.

Dudder (v. t.) To confuse or confound with noise.

Dudder (v. i.) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.

Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

Duddery (n.) A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.

Dude (n.) A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

Dudeen (n.) A short tobacco pipe.

Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.

Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.

Dudgeon (n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.

Dudgeon (n.) Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.

Dudgeon (a.) Homely; rude; coarse.

Dudish (a.) Like, or characterized of, a dude.

Duds (n. pl.) Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.

Duds (n. pl.) Effects, in general.

Due (a.) Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.

Due (a.) Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.

Due (a.) Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.

Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

Due (a.) Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

Due (adv.) Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

Due (n.) That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.

Due (n.) Right; just title or claim.

Due (v. t.) To endue.

Duebill (n.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note.

Dueful (a.) Fit; becoming.

Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other.

Duel (v. i. & t.) To fight in single combat.

Dueler (n.) One who engages in a duel.

Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.

Duelist (n.) One who fights in single combat.

Duelo (n.) A duel; also, the rules of dueling.

Due–a (n.) See Do–a.

Dueness (n.) Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming.

Duennas (pl. ) of Duenna

Duenna (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.

Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family.

Duenna (n.) Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.

Duet (n.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

Duettino (n.) A duet of short extent and concise form.

Duetto (n.) See Duet.

Duff (n.) Dough or paste.

Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

Duffel (n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.

Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.

Duffer (n.) A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.

Duffle (n.) See Duffel.

Dufrenite (n.) A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

Dug (n.) A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.

Dug (imp. & p. p.) of Dig.

Dugong (n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.

Dugout (n.) A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.

Dugout (n.) A place dug out.

Dugout (n.) A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.

Dugway (n.) A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.

Duke (n.) A leader; a chief; a prince.

Duke (n.) In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.

Duke (n.) In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.

Duke (v. i.) To play the duke.

Dukedom (n.) The territory of a duke.

Dukedom (n.) The title or dignity of a duke.

Dukeling (n.) A little or insignificant duke.

Dukeship (n.) The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke.

Dulcamara (n.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a).

Dulcamarin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

Dulce (v. t.) To make sweet; to soothe.

Dulceness (n.) Sweetness.

Dulcet (a.) Sweet to the taste; luscious.

Dulcet (a.) Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.

Dulciana (n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.

Dulcification (n.) The act of dulcifying or sweetening.

Dulcified (a.) Sweetened; mollified.

Dulcifluous (a.) Flowing sweetly.

Dulcified (imp. & p. p.) of Dulcify

Dulcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dulcify

Dulcify (v. t.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.

Dulcify (v. t.) Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.

Dulciloquy (n.) A soft manner of speaking.

Dulcimer (n.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer.

Dulcimer (n.) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

Dulcinea (n.) A mistress; a sweetheart.

Dulciness (n.) See Dulceness.

Dulcite (n.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

Dulcino (n.) See Dolcino.

Dulcitude (n.) Sweetness.

Dulcorate (v. t.) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.

Dulcoration (n.) The act of sweetening.

Duledge (n.) One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.

Dulia (n.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.

Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Dull (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

Dull (superl.) Insensible; unfeeling.

Dull (superl.) Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

Dull (superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

Dull (superl.) Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

Dull (superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

Duller (imp. & p. p.) of Dull

Dulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dull

Dull (v. t.) To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

Dull (v. t.) To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

Dull (v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Dull (v. t.) To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

Dull (v. i.) To become dull or stupid.

Dullard (n.) A stupid person; a dunce.

Dullard (a.) Stupid.

Dull-brained (a.) Stupid; doltish.

Dull-browed (a.) Having a gloomy look.

Duller (n.) One who, or that which, dulls.

Dull-eyed (a.) Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.

Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

Dullish (a.) Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome.

Dullness (n.) The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.

Dull-sighted (a.) Having poor eyesight.

Dullsome (a.) Dull.

Dull-witted (a.) Stupid.

Dully (adv.) In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

Dulocracy (n.) See Doulocracy.

Dulse (n.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]

Dulwilly (n.) The ring plover.

Duly (adv.) In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.

Dumal (a.) Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly.

Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

Dumb (a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.

Dumb (v. t.) To put to silence.

Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer.

Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.

Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

Dumetose (a.) Dumose.

Dumfounded (imp. & p. p.) of Dumfound

Dumfounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dumfound

Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.

Dumfounder (v. t.) To dumfound; to confound.

Dummador (n.) A dumbledor.

Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.

Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

Dummy (a.) Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.

Dummies (pl. ) of Dummy

Dummy (n.) One who is dumb.

Dummy (n.) A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

Dummy (n.) An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.

Dummy (n.) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

Dummy (n.) A thick-witted person; a dolt.

Dummy (n.) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

Dummy (n.) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.

Dumose (a.) Alt. of Dumous

Dumous (a.) Abounding with bushes and briers.

Dumous (a.) Having a compact, bushy form.

Dump (n.) A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

Dump (v. t.) A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.

Dump (v. t.) Absence of mind; revery.

Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

Dump (v. t.) An old kind of dance.

Dumped (imp. & p. p.) of Dump

Dumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dump

Dump (v. t.) To knock heavily; to stump.

Dump (v. t.) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.

Dump (n.) A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

Dump (n.) A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.

Dump (n.) That which is dumped.

Dump (n.) A pile of ore or rock.

Dumpage (n.) The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.

Dumpage (n.) A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.

Dumpiness (n.) The state of being dumpy.

Dumpish (a.) Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.

Dumple (v. t.) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.

Dumpling (n.) A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Dumpy (superl.) Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

Dumpy (superl.) Sullen or discontented.

Dun (n.) A mound or small hill.

Dun (v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.

Dunned (imp. & p. p.) of Dun

Dunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dun

Dun (v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.

Dun (n.) One who duns; a dunner.

Dun (n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.

Dun (a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

Dunbird (n.) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre.

Dunbird (n.) An American duck; the ruddy duck.

Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

Duncedom (n.) The realm or domain of dunces.

Duncery (n.) Dullness; stupidity.

Duncical (a.) Like a dunce; duncish.

Duncify (v. t.) To make stupid in intellect.

Duncish (a.) Somewhat like a dunce.

Dunder (n.) The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.

Dunderhead (n.) A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.

Dunder-headed (a.) Thick-headed; stupid.

Dunderpate (n.) See Dunderhead.

Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.

Dunfish (n.) Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality.

Dung (n.) The excrement of an animal.

Dunged (imp. & p. p.) of Dung

Dunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dung

Dung (v. t.) To manure with dung.

Dung (v. t.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.

Dung (v. i.) To void excrement.

Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.

Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

Dungeon (v. t.) To shut up in a dungeon.

Dungfork (n.) A fork for tossing dung.

Dunghill (n.) A heap of dung.

Dunghill (n.) Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

Dungmeer (n.) A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure.

Dungy (a.) Full of dung; filthy; vile; low.

Dungyard (n.) A yard where dung is collected.

Dunker (n.) One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists.

Dunlin (n.) A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

Dunnage (n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

Dunner (n.) One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

Dunnish (a.) Inclined to a dun color.

Dunnock (a.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

Dunny (a.) Deaf; stupid.

Dunt (n.) A blow.

Dunted (a.) Beaten; hence, blunted.

Dunter (n.) A porpoise.

Duo (n.) A composition for two performers; a duet.

Duodecahedral (n.) Alt. of Duodecahedron

Duodecahedron (n.) See Dodecahedral, and Dodecahedron.

Duodecennial (a.) Consisting of twelve years.

Duodecimal (a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.

Duodecimal (n.) A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.

Duodecimal (n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.

Duodecimfid (a.) Divided into twelve parts.

Duodecimo (a.) Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.

Duodecimos (pl. ) of Duodecimo

Duodecimo (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12¡.

Duodecuple (a.) Consisting of twelves.

Duodenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion.

Duodenary (a.) Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.

Duodenum (n.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Duoliteral (a.) Consisting of two letters only; biliteral.

Duomo (n.) A cathedral. See Dome, 2.

Dup (v. t.) To open; as, to dup the door.

Dupable (a.) Capable of being duped.

Dupe (n.) One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

Duped (imp. & p. p.) of Dupe

Duping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dupe

Dupe (n.) To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.

Duper (n.) One who dupes another.

Dupery (n.) The act or practice of duping.

Dupion (n.) A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

Duple (a.) Double.

Duplex (a.) Double; twofold.

Duplicate (a.) Double; twofold.

Duplicate (n.) That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.

Duplicate (n.) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.

Duplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Duplicate

Duplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Duplicate

Duplicate (v. t.) To double; to fold; to render double.

Duplicate (v. t.) To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.

Duplicate (v. t.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.

Duplication (n.) The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.

Duplication (n.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.

Duplicative (a.) Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

Duplicative (a.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth.

Duplicature (n.) A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.

Duplicities (pl. ) of Duplicity

Duplicity (n.) Doubleness; a twofold state.

Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.

Duplicity (n.) The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.

Duplicity (n.) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.

Dupper (n.) See 2d Dubber.

Dur (a.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

Dura (n.) Short form for Dura mater.

Durability (n.) The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.

Durable (a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.

Durableness (n.) Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.

Durably (adv.) In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Dural (a.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

Dura mater () The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

Duramen (n.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

Durance (n.) Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

Durance (n.) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.

Durance (n.) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

Durancy (n.) Duration.

Durant (n.) See Durance, 3.

Durante (prep.) During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

Duration (n.) The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

Durative (a.) Continuing; not completed; implying duration.

Durbar (n.) An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.

Dure (a.) Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.

Dure (a.) To last; to continue; to endure.

Dureful (a.) Lasting.

Dureless (a.) Not lasting.

Durene (n.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.

Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.

Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.

Duress (v. t.) To subject to duress.

Duressor (n.) One who subjects another to duress

Durga (n.) Same as Doorga.

Durham (n.) One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

Durian (n.) Alt. of Durion

Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

During (prep.) In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

Durio (n.) A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Durity (n.) Hardness; firmness.

Durity (n.) Harshness; cruelty.

Durometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

Durous (a.) Hard.

Durra (n.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn.

Durst (imp.) of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

Durukuli (n.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus).

Durylic (a.) Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

Duse (n.) A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

Dusk (a.) Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Dusk (n.) Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

Dusk (n.) A darkish color.

Dusk (v. t.) To make dusk.

Dusk (v. i.) To grow dusk.

Dusken (v. t.) To make dusk or obscure.

Duskily (adv.) In a dusky manner.

Duskiness (n.) The state of being dusky.

Duskish (a.) Somewhat dusky.

Duskness (n.) Duskiness.

Dusky (a.) Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

Dusky (a.) Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.

Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

Dusky (a.) Intellectually clouded.

Dust (n.) Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

Dust (n.) A single particle of earth or other matter.

Dust (n.) The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

Dust (n.) The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

Dust (n.) Figuratively, a worthless thing.

Dust (n.) Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

Dust (n.) Gold dust

Dust (n.) Coined money; cash.

Dusted (imp. & p. p.) of Dust

Dusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dust

Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

Dust (v. t.) To sprinkle with dust.

Dust (v. t.) To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

Duster (n.) One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust.

Duster (n.) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.

Duster (n.) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.

Duster (n.) A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust.

Dustiness (n.) The state of being dusty.

Dustless (a.) Without dust; as a dustless path.

Dustmen (pl. ) of Dustman

Dustman (p.) One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse.

Dustpan (n.) A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

Dust-point (n.) An old rural game.

Dusty (superl.) Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.

Dusty (superl.) Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white.

Dutch (a.) Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

Dutch (n.) The people of Holland; Dutchmen.

Dutch (n.) The language spoken in Holland.

Dutchmen (pl. ) of Dutchman

Dutchman (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Holland.

Duteous (a.) Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.

Duteous (a.) Subservient; obsequious.

Dutiable (a.) Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods.

Dutied (a.) Subjected to a duty.

Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.

Duties (pl. ) of Duty

Duty (n.) That which is due; payment.

Duty (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

Duty (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

Duty (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

Duty (n.) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

Duumvirs (pl. ) of Duumvir

Duumviri (pl. ) of Duumvir

Duumvir (n.) One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

Duumviral (a.) Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.

Duumvirate (n.) The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

Dux (n.) The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.

Duykerbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.

Duyoung (n.) See Dugong.

D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.

Dvergar (pl. ) of Dvergr

Dvergr (n.) A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.

Dwale (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.

Dwale (a.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.

Dwale (a.) A sleeping potion; an opiate.

Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

Dwang (n.) A kind of crowbar.

Dwang (n.) A large wrench.

Dwarfs (pl. ) of Dwarf

Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

Dwarfed (imp. & p. p.) of Dwarf

Dwarfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dwarf

Dwarf (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Dwarf (v. i.) To become small; to diminish in size.

Dwarfish (a.) Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub.

Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.

Dwarfy (a.) Much undersized.

Dwaul (v. i.) Alt. of Dwaule

Dwaule (v. i.) To be delirious.

Dwelled (imp. & p. p.) of Dwell

Dwelt () of Dwell

Dwelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dwell

Dwell (v. i.) To delay; to linger.

Dwell (v. i.) To abide; to remain; to continue.

Dwell (v. i.) To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.

Dwell (v. t.) To inhabit.

Dweller (n.) An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

Dwelling (n.) Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Dwelt (imp. & p. p.) of Dwell.

Dwindled (imp. & p. p.) of Dwindle

Dwindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dwindle

Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Dwindle (v. t.) To make less; to bring low.

Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.

Dwindle (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

Dwindlement (n.) The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling.

Dwine (v. i.) To waste away; to pine; to languish.

Dyad (n.) Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

Dyad (n.) An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

Dyad (a.) Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See Valence.

Dyadic (a.) Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements.

Dyaks (n. pl.) The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices.

Dyas (n.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups.

Dyed (imp. & p. p.) of Dye

Dyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dye

Dye (v. t.) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

Dye (n.) Color produced by dyeing.

Dye (n.) Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Dye (n.) Same as Die, a lot.

Dyehouse (n.) A building in which dyeing is carried on.

Dyeing (n.) The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Dyer (n.) One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.

Dyestuff (n.) A material used for dyeing.

Dyewood (n.) Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Dying (a.) In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.

Dying (a.) Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.

Dying (n.) The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.

Dyingly (adv.) In a dying manner; as if at the point of death.

Dyingness (n.) The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment.

Dyke (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

Dynactinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses.

Dynam (n.) A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.

Dynameter (n.) A dynamometer.

Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.

Dynametrical (a.) Pertaining to a dynameter.

Dynamic (a.) Alt. of Dynamical

Dynamical (a.) Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force.

Dynamical (a.) Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.

Dynamically (adv.) In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces.

Dynamics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.

Dynamics (n.) The moving moral, as well as physical, forces of any kind, or the laws which relate to them.

Dynamics (n.) That department of musical science which relates to, or treats of, the power of tones.

Dynamism (n.) The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.

Dynamist (n.) One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics.

Dynamitard (n.) A political dynamiter. [A form found in some newspapers.]

Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

Dynamiter (n.) One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.

Dynamiting (n.) Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.

Dynamitism (n.) The work of dynamiters.

Dynamization () The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it.

Dynamo (n.) A dynamo-electric machine.

Dynamo-electric (a.) Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power.

Dynamograph (n.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery.

Dynamometric (a.) Alt. of Dynamometrical

Dynamometrical (a.) Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

Dynamometry (n.) The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Dynast (n.) A ruler; a governor; a prince.

Dynast (n.) A dynasty; a government.

Dynasta (n.) A tyrant.

Dynastic (a.) Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings.

Dynastical (a.) Dynastic.

Dynastidan (n.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.

Dynasties (pl. ) of Dynasty

Dynasty (n.) Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.

Dynasty (n.) A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.

Dyne (n.) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.

Dys- () An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek / hard, ill, and signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-.

Dysaesthesia (n.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.

Dyscrasia (n.) An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.

Dyscrasite (n.) A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.

Discrasies (pl. ) of Dyscrasy

Dyscrasy (n.) Dycrasia.

Dysenteric (a.) Alt. of Dysenterical

Dysenterical (a.) Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient.

Dysentery (n.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.

Dysgenesic (a.) Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another.

Dysgenesis (n.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race.

Dyslogistic (a.) Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.

Dysluite (n.) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.

Dyslysin (n.) A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.

Dysmenorrhea (n.) Difficult and painful menstruation.

Dysnomy (n.) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.

Dysodile (n.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.

Dyspepsia () Alt. of Dyspepsy

Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc.

Dyspeptic (a.) Alt. of Dyspeptical

Dyspeptical (a.) Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom.

Dyspeptic (n.) A person afflicted with dyspepsia.

Dyspeptone (n.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice.

Dysphagia (n.) Alt. of Dysphagy

Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.

Dysphonia (n.) Alt. of Dysphony

Dysphony (n.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice.

Dysphoria (n.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

Dyspnoea (n.) Difficulty of breathing.

Dyspnoic (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspnoea.

Dysteleology (n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

Dystocia (n.) Difficult delivery pr parturition.

Dystome (a.) Cleaving with difficulty.

Dysuria (n.) Alt. of Dysury

Dysury (n.) Difficult or painful discharge of urine.

Dysuric (a.) Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury.

Dzeren (n.) Alt. of Dzeron

Dzeron (n.) The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

Dziggetai (n.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus).

E () The fifth letter of the English alphabet.

E () E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

E- () A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.

Each (a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.

Each (a. / a. pron.) Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.

Eachwhere (adv.) Everywhere.

Eadish (n.) See Eddish.

Eager (a.) Sharp; sour; acid.

Eager (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

Eager (a.) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

Eager (n.) Same as Eagre.

Eagerly (adv.) In an eager manner.

Eagerness (n.) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

Eagerness (n.) Tartness; sourness.

Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.

Eagle (n.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.

Eagle (n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

Eagle (n.) The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.

Eagle-eyed (a.) Sharp-sighted as an eagle.

Eagle-sighted (a.) Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.

Eagless (n.) A female or hen eagle.

Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.

Eaglet (n.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

Eagle-winged (a.) Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.

Eaglewood (n.) A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

Eagrass (n.) See Eddish.

Eagre (n.) A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.

Ealderman (n.) Alt. of Ealdorman

Ealdorman (n.) An alderman.

Eale (n.) Ale.

Eame (n.) Uncle.

Ean (v. t. & i.) To bring forth, as young; to yean.

Eanling (n.) A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.

Ear (n.) The organ of hearing; the external ear.

Ear (n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.

Ear (n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

Ear (n.) Same as Acroterium.

Ear (n.) Same as Crossette.

Ear (n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

Eared (imp. & p. p.) of Ear

Earing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ear

Ear (v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.

Ear (n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.

Ear (v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

Ear (v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.

Earable (a.) Arable; tillable.

Earache (n.) Ache or pain in the ear.

Earal (a.) Receiving by the ear.

Ear-bored (a.) Having the ear perforated.

Earcap (n.) A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.

Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.

Eardrop (n.) A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.

Eardrop (n.) A species of primrose. See Auricula.

Eardrum (n.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Eared (a.) Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.

Eared (a.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.

Eariness (n.) Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.

Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.

Earing (n.) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.

Earing (n.) Coming into ear, as corn.

Earing (n.) A plowing of land.

Earl (n.) A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Earl (n.) The needlefish.

Earlap (n.) The lobe of the ear.

Earldom (n.) The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

Earldom (n.) The status, title, or dignity of an earl.

Earldorman (n.) Alderman.

Earlduck (n.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.

Earless (a.) Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.

Earlet (n.) An earring.

Earliness (n.) The state of being early or forward; promptness.

Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.

Earlock (n.) A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.

Early (adv.) Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

Early (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.

Early (adv.) Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.

Earmark (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

Earmark (n.) A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

Earmarked (imp. & p. p.) of Earmark

Earmarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earmark

Earmark (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

Earn (n.) See Ern, n.

Earned (imp. & p. p.) of Earn

Earning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earn

Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

Earn (v. t. & i.) To grieve.

Earn (v. i.) To long; to yearn.

Earn (v. i.) To curdle, as milk.

Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.

Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.

Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

Earnest (v. t.) To use in earnest.

Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.

Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.

Earnestful (a.) Serious.

Earnestly (adv.) In an earnest manner.

Earnestness (n.) The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Earnful (a.) Full of anxiety or yearning.

Earnings (pl. ) of Earning

Earning (n.) That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

Earpick (n.) An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

Ear-piercer (n.) The earwig.

Earreach (n.) Earshot.

Earring (n.) An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.

Earsh (n.) See Arrish.

Ear-shell (n.) A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.

Earshot (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

Earsore (n.) An annoyance to the ear.

Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

Earst (adv.) See Erst.

Earth (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.

Earth (n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.

Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.

Earth (n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.

Earth (n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.

Earth (n.) The people on the globe.

Earth (n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.

Earth (n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.

Earth (n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.

Earthed (imp. & p. p.) of Earth

Earthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earth

Earth (v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

Earth (v. t.) To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.

Earth (v. i.) To burrow.

Earth (n.) A plowing.

Earthbag (n.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.

Earthboard (n.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

Earthborn (a.) Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.

Earthborn (a.) Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.

Earthbred (a.) Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Earthdin (n.) An earthquake.

Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.

Earthen (a.) Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Earthen-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.

Earthenware (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

Earth flax () A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

Earthfork (n.) A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

Earthiness (n.) The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

Earthliness (n.) The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

Earthling (n.) An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.

Earthly (a.) Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.

Earthly (a.) Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.

Earthly (a.) Made of earth; earthy.

Earthly (adv.) In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.

Earthly-minded (a.) Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.

Earthmad (n.) The earthworm.

Earthnut (n.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground

Earthnut (n.) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.

Earthnut (n.) The peanut. See Peanut.

Earthpea (n.) A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.

Earthquake (a.) Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.

Earthquave (n.) An earthquake.

Earth shine () See Earth light, under Earth.

Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.

Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Earthward (adv.) Alt. of Earthwards

Earthwards (adv.) Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.

Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Earthworm (n.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

Earthworm (n.) A mean, sordid person; a niggard.

Earthy (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

Earthy (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.

Earthy (a.) Gross; low; unrefined.

Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.

Earwax (n.) See Cerumen.

Earwig (n.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.

Earwig (n.) In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.

Earwig (n.) A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.

Earwigged (imp. & p. p.) of Earwig

Earwigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earwig

Earwig (v. t.) To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.

Earwitness (n.) A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.

Ease (n.) Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

Ease (n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

Eased (imp. & p. p.) of Ease

Easing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ease

Ease (n.) To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

Ease (n.) To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Easeful (a.) Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

Easel (n.) A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

Easeless (a.) Without ease.

Easement (n.) That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

Easement (n.) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude.

Easement (n.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Easily (adv.) With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.

Easily (adv.) Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily.

Easily (adv.) Readily; without reluctance; willingly.

Easily (adv.) Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without /umult or discord.

Easily (adv.) Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

Easiness (n.) The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.

East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.

East (n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West.

East (a.) Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.

East (adv.) Eastward.

East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Easter (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask.

Easter (n.) The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.

Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.

Easterling (n.) A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.

Easterling (n.) A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.

Easterling (n.) The smew.

Easterling (a.) Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

Easterly (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

Easterly (a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

Easterly (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.

Eastern (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.

Easternmost (a.) Most eastern.

East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.

East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.

Easting (n.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

East-insular (a.) Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.

Eastward (adv.) Alt. of Eastwards

Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

Easy (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.

Easy (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.

Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.

Easy (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.

Easy (v. t.) Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

Easy (v. t.) Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

Easy (v. t.) Moderate; sparing; frugal.

Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.

Easy-going (a.) Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.

Ate (imp.) of Eat

Eat () of Eat

Eaten (p. p.) of Eat

Eat () of Eat

Eating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eat

Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.

Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.

Eat (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

Eat (v. i.) To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

Eat (v. i.) To make one's way slowly.

Eatable (a.) Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

Eatable (n.) Something fit to be eaten.

Eatage (n.) Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

Eater (n.) One who, or that which, eats.

Eath (a. & adv.) Easy or easily.

Eating (n.) The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.

Eating (n.) Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.

Eau de Cologne () Same as Cologne.

Eau de vie () French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua.

Eavedrop (n.) A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.

Eaves (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.

Eaves (n. pl.) Brow; ridge.

Eaves (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.

Eavesdrop (v. i.) To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.

Eavesdrop (n.) The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

Eavesdropper (n.) One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.

Ebb (n.) The European bunting.

Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.

Ebb (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.

Ebbed (imp. & p. p.) of Ebb

Ebbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebb

Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

Ebb (v. t.) To cause to flow back.

Ebb (a.) Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

Ebb tide () The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.

Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.

Ebionitism (n.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.

Eblanin (n.) See Pyroxanthin.

Eblis (n.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.

Ebon (a.) Consisting of ebony.

Ebon (a.) Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

Ebon (n.) Ebony.

Ebonist (n.) One who works in ebony.

Ebonite (n.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Ebonized (imp. & p. p.) of Ebonize

Ebonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebonize

Ebonize (v. t.) To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

Ebonies (pl. ) of Ebony

Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

Ebony (a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

Ebracteate (a.) Without bracts.

Ebracteolate (a.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.

Ebrauke (a.) Hebrew.

Ebrieties (pl. ) of Ebriety

Ebriety (n.) Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.

Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

Ebriosity (n.) Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.

Ebrious (a.) Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.

Ebulliate (v. i.) To boil or bubble up.

Ebullience (n.) Alt. of Ebulliency

Ebulliency (n.) A boiling up or over; effervescence.

Ebullient (a.) Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.

Ebullioscope (n.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

Ebullition (n.) A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

Ebullition (n.) Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.

Ebullition (n.) A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.

Eburin (n.) A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.

Eburnation (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Eburnean (a.) Made of or relating to ivory.

Eburnification (n.) The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

Eburnine (a.) Of or pertaining to ivory.

Ecardines (n. pl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.

Ecarte (n.) A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.

Ecaudate (a.) Tailless.

Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.

Ecbasis (n.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

Ecbatic (a.) Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered "so that it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "in order that it might be." etc., is telic.

Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.

Ecbolic (n.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

Ecboline (n.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.

Eccaleobion (n.) A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

Ecce homo () A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.

Eccentric (a.) Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

Eccentric (a.) Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric.

Eccentric (a.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.

Eccentric (a.) Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.

Eccentric (n.) A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

Eccentric (n.) One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

Eccentric (n.) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.

Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius.

Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.

Eccentrical (a.) See Eccentric.

Eccentrically (adv.) In an eccentric manner.

Eccentricities (pl. ) of Eccentricity

Eccentricity (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

Eccentricity (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Ecchymose (v. t.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.

Ecchymoses (pl. ) of Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis (n.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.

Ecchymotic (a.) Pertaining to ecchymosis.

Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle.

Ecclesiae (pl. ) of Ecclesia

Ecclesia (n.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Ecclesia (n.) A church, either as a body or as a building.

Ecclesial (a.) Ecclesiastical.

Ecclesiarch (n.) An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.

Ecclesiast (n.) An ecclesiastic.

Ecclesiast (n.) The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.

Ecclesiastes (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Ecclesiastic (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

Ecclesiastical (a.) Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.

Ecclesiastically (adv.) In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.

Ecclesiasticism (n.) Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

Ecclesiasticus (n.) A book of the Apocrypha.

Ecclesiological (a.) Belonging to ecclesiology.

Ecclesiologist (n.) One versed in ecclesiology.

Ecclesiology (n.) The science or theory of church building and decoration.

Eccritic (n.) A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

Ecderon (n.) See Ecteron.

Ecdyses (pl. ) of Ecdysis

Ecdysis (n.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.

Ecgonine (n.) A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

Eche (a. / a. pron.) Each.

Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.

Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

Echelon (v. t.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

Echelon (v. i.) To take position in echelon.

Echidna (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

Echidna (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.

Echinate (a.) Alt. of Echinated

Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Echinid (a. & n.) Same as Echinoid.

Echinidan (n.) One the Echinoidea.

Echinital (a.) Of, or like, an echinite.

Echinite (n.) A fossil echinoid.

Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

Echinoderm (n.) One of the Echinodermata.

Echinodermal (a.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

Echinodermata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.

Echinodermatous (a.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

Echinoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.

Echinoid (n.) One of the Echinoidea.

Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

Echinozoa (n. pl.) The Echinodermata.

Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.

Echini (pl. ) of Echinus

Echinus (n.) A hedgehog.

Echinus (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.

Echinus (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column

Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.

Echiuroidea (n. pl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

Echoes (pl. ) of Echo

Echo (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

Echo (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Echo (n.) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.

Echo (n.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.

Echoed (imp. & p. p.) of Echo

Echoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Echo

Echoes (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Echo

Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

Echo (v. t.) To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

Echo (v. i.) To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.

Echoer (n.) One who, or that which, echoes.

Echoless (a.) Without echo or response.

Echometer (n.) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.

Echometry (n.) The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

Echon (pron.) Alt. of Echoon

Echoon (pron.) Each one.

Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

Eclair (n.) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.

Eclaircise (v. t.) To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.

Eclaircissement (v. t.) The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.

Eclampsia (n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

Eclampsy (n.) Same as Eclampsia.

Eclat (n.) Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.

Eclat (n.) Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.

Eclectic (a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

Eclectic (a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.

Eclectic (n.) One who follows an eclectic method.

Eclectically (adv.) In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.

Eclecticism (n.) Theory or practice of an eclectic.

Eclegm (n.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.

Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.

Eclipse (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

Eclipsed (imp. & p. p.) of Eclipse

Eclipsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eclipse

Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.

Eclipse (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.

Ecliptic (a.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.

Ecliptic (a.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.

Eclogite (n.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

Economic (a.) Alt. of Economical

Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.

Economical (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.

Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.

Economical (a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.

Economical (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.

Economically (adv.) With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.

Economics (n.) The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

Economics (n.) Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.

Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.

Economist (n.) One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.

Economization (n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect.

Economized (imp. & p. p.) of Economize

Economizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Economize

Economize (v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.

Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.

Economizer (n.) One who, or that which, economizes.

Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.

Economies (pl. ) of Economy

Economy (n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

Economy (n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.

Economy (n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.

Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.

Ecorche (n.) A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

Ecossaise (n.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.

Ecostate (a.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

Ecoute (n.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.

Ecphasis (n.) An explicit declaration.

Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.

Ecphoneme (n.) A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.

Ecphonesis (n.) An animated or passionate exclamation.

Ecphractic (a.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.

Ecphractic (n.) An ecphractic medicine.

Ecrasement (n.) The operation performed with an ecraseur.

Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

Ecstasies (pl. ) of Ecstasy

Ecstasy (n.) The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Ecstasy (n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

Ecstasy (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.

Ecstasy (v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

Ecstatic (n.) Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.

Ecstatic (n.) Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.

Ecstatic (n.) An enthusiast.

Ecstatical (a.) Ecstatic.

Ecstatical (a.) Tending to external objects.

Ecstatically (adv.) Rapturously; ravishingly.

Ect- () Alt. of Ecto-

Ecto- () A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

Ectad (adv.) Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad.

Ectal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental.

Ectasia (n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

Ectasis (n.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Ectental (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.

Ecteron (n.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.

Ectethmoid (a.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.

Ecthlipsis (n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

Ecthlipsis (n.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Ecthorea (pl. ) of Ecthoreum

Ecthoreum (n.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.

Ecthymata (pl. ) of Ecthyma

Ecthyma (n.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

Ecto- () See Ect-.

Ectoblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.

Ectoblast (n.) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.

Ectobronchia (pl. ) of Ectobronchium

Ectobronchium (n.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Ectocuneriform (n.) Alt. of Ectocuniform

Ectocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Ectocyst (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

Ectoderm (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.

Ectoderm (n.) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.

Ectodermal (a.) Alt. of Ectodermic

Ectodermic (a.) Of or relating to the ectoderm.

Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.

Ectomere (n.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Ectoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

Ectopia (n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Ectopic (a.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Ectoplasm (n.) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

Ectoplasm (n.) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.

Ectoplasm (n.) The ectosarc of protozoan.

Ectoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.

Ectoprocta (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

Ectopy (n.) Same as Ectopia.

Ectorganism (n.) An external parasitic organism.

Ectosarc (n.) The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

Ectosteal (a.) Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

Ectostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Ectozoic (a.) See Epizoic.

Ectozoa (pl. ) of Ectozoon

Ectozoon (n.) See Epizoon.

Ectropion (n.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

Ectropium (n.) Same as Ectropion.

Ectrotic (a.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.

Ectypal (a.) Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

Ectype (n.) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:

Ectype (n.) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

Ectype (n.) A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.

Ectypography (n.) A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Ecumenic (a.) Alt. of Ecumenical

Ecumenical (a.) General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.

Ecurie (n.) A stable.

Eczema (n.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

Eczematous (a.) Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.

-ed () The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Edacity (n.) Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.

Eddas (pl. ) of Edda

Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

Eddaic (a.) Alt. of Eddic

Eddic (a.) Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.

Edder (n.) An adder or serpent.

Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

Edder (v. t.) To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.

Eddish (n.) Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish.

Eddoes (n. pl.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.

Eddies (pl. ) of Eddy

Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

Eddy (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

Eddied (imp. & p. p.) of Eddy

Eddying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eddy

Eddy (v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

Eddy (v. t.) To collect as into an eddy.

Edelweiss (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.

Edema (n.) Same as oedema.

Edematous (a.) Alt. of Edematose

Edematose (a.) Same as oedematous.

Eden (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Edenic (a.) Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.

Edenite (n.) A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.

Edenized (a.) Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.

Edental (a.) See Edentate, a.

Edental (n.) One of the Edentata.

Edentalous (a.) See Edentate, a.

Edentata (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

Edentate (a.) Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

Edentate (a.) Belonging to the Edentata.

Edentate (n.) One of the Edentata.

Edentated (a.) Same as Edentate, a.

Edentation (n.) A depriving of teeth.

Edentulous (a.) Toothless.

Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

Edge (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Edge (v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Edged (imp. & p. p.) of Edge

Edging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edge

Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Edge (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Edge (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edge (v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

Edge (v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Edge (v. i.) To sail close to the wind.

Edgebone (n.) Same as Aitchbone.

Edgeless (a.) Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

Edgelong (adv.) In the direction of the edge.

Edgeshot (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.

Edgeways (adv.) Alt. of Edgewise

Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

Edging (n.) That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.

Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.

Edgingly (adv.) Gradually; gingerly.

Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

Edgy (a.) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.

Edh (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as "English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth."

Edibility (n.) Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.

Edible (a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

Edible (n.) Anything edible.

Edibleness (n.) Suitableness for being eaten.

Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

Edictal (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

Edificant (a.) Building; constructing.

Edification (n.) The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.

Edification (n.) A building or edifice.

Edificatory (a.) Tending to edification.

Edifice (n.) A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Edificial (a.) Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

Edifier (n.) One who builds.

Edifier (n.) One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

Edified (imp. & p. p.) of Edify

Edifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edify

Edify (v. i.) To build; to construct.

Edify (v. i.) To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.

Edify (v. i.) To teach or persuade.

Edify (v. i.) To improve.

Edifying (a.) Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.

Edile (n.) See Aedile.

Edileship (n.) The office of aedile.

Edingtonite (n.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

Edited (imp. & p. p.) of Edit

Editing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edit

Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

Edition (n.) A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

Edition (n.) The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

Edition de luxe () See Luxe.

Editioner (n.) An editor.

Editor (n.) One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Editorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.

Editorial (n.) A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

Editorially (adv.) In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

Editorship (n.) The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

Editress (n.) A female editor.

Edituate (v. t.) To guard as a churchwarden does.

Edomite (n.) One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.

Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Edriophthalmous (a.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.

Educability (n.) Capability of being educated.

Educable (a.) Capable of being educated.

Educated (imp. & p. p.) of Educate

Educating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Educate

Educate (v. t.) To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Educated (a.) Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

Education (n.) The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

Educational (a.) Of or pertaining to education.

Educationist (n.) One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Educative (a.) Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Educator (n.) One who educates; a teacher.

Educed (imp. & p. p.) of Educe

Educing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Educe

Educe (v. t.) To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

Educible (a.) Capable of being educed.

Educt (n.) That which is educed, as by analysis.

Eduction (n.) The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

Eductive (a.) Tending to draw out; extractive.

Eductor (n.) One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

Edulcorant (a.) Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.

Edulcorant (n.) An edulcorant remedy.

Edulcorated (imp. & p. p.) of Edulcorate

Edulcorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edulcorate

Edulcorate (v. t.) To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

Edulcorate (v. t.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.

Edulcoration (n.) The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

Edulcoration (n.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.

Edulcorative (a.) Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water.

Edulcorator (n.) A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.

Edulious (a.) Edible.

-ee () A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

Eek (v. t.) Alt. of Eeke

Eeke (v. t.) See Eke.

Eel (n.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Eelbuck (n.) An eelpot or eel basket.

Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.

Eelgrass (n.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Eel-mother (n.) The eelpout.

Eelpot (n.) A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

Eelpout (n.) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.

Eelpout (n.) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

E'en (adv.) A contraction for even. See Even.

Een (n.) The old plural of Eye.

E'er (adv.) A contraction for ever. See Ever.

Eerie (a.) Alt. of Eery

Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.

Eery (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted.

Eerily (adv.) In a strange, unearthly way.

Eerisome (a.) Causing fear; eerie.

Eet (obs. imp.) of Eat.

Effable (a.) Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.

Effaced (imp. & p. p.) of Efface

Effacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Efface

Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

Efface (v. t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Effaceable (a.) Capable of being effaced.

Effacement (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.

Effascinate (v. t.) To charm; to bewitch.

Effascination (n.) A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.

Effect (n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

Effect (n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.

Effect (n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

Effect (n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Effect (n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

Effect (n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

Effect (n.) The purport; the sum and substance.

Effect (n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

Effect (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

Effected (imp. & p. p.) of Effect

Effecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effect

Effect (v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

Effect (v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

Effecter (n.) One who effects.

Effectible (a.) Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.

Effection (n.) Creation; a doing.

Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.

Effective (n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.

Effective (n.) One who is capable of active service.

Effective (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.

Effectively (adv.) With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Effectiveness (n.) The quality of being effective.

Effectless (a.) Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.

Effector (n.) An effecter.

Effectual (n.) Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Effectually (adv.) With effect; efficaciously.

Effectually (adv.) Actually; in effect.

Effectualness (n.) The quality of being effectual.

Effectuated (imp. & p. p.) of Effectuate

Effectuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effectuate

Effectuate (v. t.) To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

Effectuation (n.) Act of effectuating.

Effectuose (a.) Alt. of Effectuous

Effectuous (a.) Effective.

Effectuously (adv.) Effectively.

Effeminacies (pl. ) of Effeminacy

Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.

Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Effeminate (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Effeminated (imp. & p. p.) of Effeminate

Effeminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effeminate

Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Effeminate (v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.

Effeminately (adv.) In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.

Effeminately (adv.) By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.

Effeminateness (n.) The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

Effemination (n.) Effeminacy; womanishness.

Effeminize (v. t.) To make effeminate.

Effendi (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Efferent (a.) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

Efferent (a.) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.

Efferent (n.) An efferent duct or stream.

Efferous (a.) Like a wild beast; fierce.

Effervesced (imp. & p. p.) of Effervesce

Effervescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effervesce

Effervesce (v. i.) To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

Effervescence (n.) Alt. of Effervescency

Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Effervescent (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Effervescible (a.) Capable of effervescing.

Effervescive (a.) Tending to produce effervescence.

Effet (n.) The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

Effete (a.) No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Efficacious (n.) Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

Efficacity (n.) Efficacy.

Efficacy (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.

Efficience (n.) Alt. of Efficiency

Efficiency (n.) The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

Efficiency (n.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.

Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.

Efficiently (adv.) With effect; effectively.

Effierce (v. t.) To make fierce.

Effigial (a.) Relating to an effigy.

Effigiate (v. t.) To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.

Effigiation (n.) The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.

Effigies (n.) See Effigy.

Effigies (pl. ) of Effigy

Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

Efflagitate (v. t.) To ask urgently.

Efflate (v. t.) To fill with breath; to puff up.

Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

Effloresced (imp. & p. p.) of Effloresce

Efflorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresce

Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.

Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.

Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

Efflorescence (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.

Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.

Effluence (n.) A flowing out, or emanation.

Effluence (n.) That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.

Effluency (n.) Effluence.

Effluent (a.) Flowing out; as, effluent beams.

Effluent (n.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluviable (a.) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.

Effluvial (a.) Belonging to effluvia.

Effluviate (v. i.) To give forth effluvium.

Effluvia (pl. ) of Effluvium

Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

Efflux (n.) The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

Efflux (n.) That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

Efflux (v. i.) To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.

Effluxion (n.) The act of flowing out; effusion.

Effluxion (n.) That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

Effodient (a.) Digging up.

Efforced (imp. & p. p.) of Efforce

Efforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Efforce

Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.

Efform (v. t.) To form; to shape.

Efformation (n.) The act of giving shape or form.

Effort (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.

Effort (n.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

Effort (v. t.) To stimulate.

Effortless (a.) Making no effort.

Effossion (n.) A digging out or up.

Effranchise (v. t.) To enfranchise.

Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.

Effrayable (a.) Frightful.

Effrenation (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.

Effront (v. t.) To give assurance to.

Effronteries (pl. ) of Effrontery

Effrontery (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

Effrontit (a.) Marked by impudence.

Effrontuously (adv.) Impudently.

Effulged (imp. & p. p.) of Effulge

Effulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effulge

Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.

Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.

Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

Effulgent (a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.

Effulgently (adv.) In an effulgent manner.

Effumability (n.) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.

Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.

Effund (v. t.) To pour out.

Effuse (a.) Poured out freely; profuse.

Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

Effuse (a.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.

Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

Effuse (n.) Effusion; loss.

Effused (imp. & p. p.) of Effuse

Effusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effuse

Effuse (v. t.) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.

Effuse (v. i.) To emanate; to issue.

Effusion (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

Effusion (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.

Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.

Effusion (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Effusive (a.) Pouring out; pouring forth freely.

Efreet (n.) See Afrit.

Eft (n.) A European lizard of the genus Seps.

Eft (n.) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

Eft (adv.) Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.

Eftsoon (adv.) Alt. of Eftsoons

Eftsoons (adv.) Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.

Egad (interj.) An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.

Egal (a.) Equal; impartial.

Egality (n.) Equality.

Egean (a.) See Aegean.

Egence (n.) The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.

Eger (a.) Alt. of Egre

Egre (a.) Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.

Eger (n.) An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.

Egerminate (v. i.) To germinate.

Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.

Egesta (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.

Egestion (n.) Act or process of egesting; a voiding.

Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

Egg (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

Egg (n.) Anything resembling an egg in form.

Egged (imp. & p. p.) of Egg

Egging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egg

Egg (v. t.) To urge on; to instigate; to incite/

Eggar (n.) Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

Egg-bird (n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris.

Egg-cup (n.) A cup used for holding an egg, at table.

Eggement (n.) Instigation; incitement.

Egger (n.) One who gathers eggs; an eggler.

Egger (v. t.) One who eggs or incites.

Eggery (n.) A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.

Egg-glass (n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.

Egghot (n.) A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.

Eggler (n.) One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.

Eggnog (n.) A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.

Eggplant (n.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.

Egg-shaped (a.) Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

Eggshell (n.) The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

Eggshell (n.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.

Egg squash () A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

Eghen (n. pl.) Eyes.

Egilopical (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an aegilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

Egilops (n.) See Aegilops.

Eglandulose (a.) Alt. of Eglandulous

Eglandulous (a.) Destitute of glands.

Eglantine (n.) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

Eglantine (n.) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).

Eglatere (n.) Eglantine.

Egling (n.) The European perch when two years old.

Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball.

Ego (n.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.

Egoical (a.) Pertaining to egoism.

Egoism (n.) The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

Egoism (n.) Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.

Egoist (n.) One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.

Egoist (n.) A believer in egoism.

Egoistic (a.) Alt. of Egoistical

Egoistical (a.) Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.

Egoistically (adv.) In an egoistic manner.

Egoity (n.) Personality.

Egomism (n.) Egoism.

Egophonic (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.

Egophony (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.

Egotheism (n.) The deification of self.

Egotism (n.) The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.

Egotist (n.) One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.

Egotistic (a.) Alt. of Egotistical

Egotistical (a.) Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.

Egotistically (adv.) With egotism.

Egotized (imp. & p. p.) of Egotize

Egotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egotize

Egotize (v. i.) To talk or write as an egotist.

Egranulose (a.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions.

Egre (a. & n.) See Eager, and Eagre.

Egregious (a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

Egregiously (adv.) Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

Egregiousness (n.) The state of being egregious.

Egremoin (n.) Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).

Egress (n.) The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

Egress (v. i.) To go out; to depart; to leave.

Egression (n.) The act of going; egress.

Egressor (n.) One who goes out.

Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).

Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

Egret (n.) A kind of ape.

Egrette (n.) Same as Egret, n., 2.

Egrimony () The herb agrimony.

Egrimony (n.) Sorrow.

Egriot (n.) A kind of sour cherry.

Egritude (n.) Sickness; ailment; sorrow.

Egyptian (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

Egyptian (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

Egyptian (n.) A gypsy.

Egyptized (imp. & p. p.) of Egyptize

Egyptizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egyptize

Egyptize (v. t.) To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.

Egyptologer (n.) Alt. of Egyptologist

Egyptologist (n.) One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.

Egyptological (a.) Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.

Egyptology (n.) The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.

Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.

Ehlite (n.) A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.

Eider (n.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.

Eidograph (n.) An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

Eidolon (n.) An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.

Eigh (interj.) An exclamation expressing delight.

Eight (n.) An island in a river; an ait.

Eight (a.) Seven and one; as, eight years.

Eight (n.) The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

Eight (n.) A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

Eighteen (a.) Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Eighteen (n.) The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

Eighteen (n.) A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Eighteenmo (a. & n.) See Octodecimo.

Eighteenth (a.) Next in order after the seventeenth.

Eighteenth (a.) Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Eighteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

Eighteenth (n.) The eighth after the tenth.

Eightetethe (a.) Eighteenth.

Eightfold (a.) Eight times a quantity.

Eighth (a.) Next in order after the seventh.

Eighth (a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Eighth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

Eighth (n.) The interval of an octave.

Eighthly (adv.) As the eighth in order.

Eightieth (a.) The next in order after seventy-ninth.

Eightieth (a.) Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

Eightieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.

Eightling (n.) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.

Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Eighty (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore.

Eighty (n.) The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

Eighty (n.) A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

Eigne (a.) Eldest; firstborn.

Eigne (a.) Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.

Eiking (n.) See Eking.

Eikon (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

Eikosane (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

Eikosylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

Eild (n.) Age.

Eire (n.) Air.

Eirenarch (n.) A justice of the peace; irenarch.

Eirenic (a.) Pacific. See Irenic.

Eirie (n.) See Aerie, and Eyrie.

Eisel (n.) Vinegar; verjuice.

Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.

Either (a. & pron.) One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.

Either (a. & pron.) Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.

Either (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.

Ejaculated (imp. & p. p.) of Ejaculate

Ejaculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ejaculate

Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

Ejaculate (v. i.) To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.

Ejaculation (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

Ejaculation (n.) The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

Ejaculation (n.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

Ejaculator (n.) A muscle which helps ejaculation.

Ejaculatory (a.) Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.

Ejaculatory (a.) Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.

Ejaculatory (a.) Sudden; hasty.

Ejected (imp. & p. p.) of Eject

Ejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eject

Eject (v. t.) To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.

Eject (v. t.) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

Ejection (n.) The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

Ejection (n.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.

Ejection (n.) The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

Ejectment (n.) A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

Ejectment (n.) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.

Ejector (n.) One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

Ejector (n.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.

Ejoo (n.) Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.

Ejulation (n.) A wailing; lamentation.

Ekabor (n.) Alt. of Ekaboron

Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.

Ekaluminium (n.) The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.

Ekasilicon (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.

Eked (imp. & p. p.) of Eke

Eking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eke

Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.

Eke (adv.) In addition; also; likewise.

Eke (n.) An addition.

Ekebergite (n.) A variety of scapolite.

Ekename (n.) An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

Eking (v. t.) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

Eking (v. t.) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.

E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.

Elaborate (a.) Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.

Elaborated (imp. & p. p.) of Elaborate

Elaborating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elaborate

Elaborate (v. t.) To produce with labor

Elaborate (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

Elaboration (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

Elaboration (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Elaborative (a.) Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.

Elaborator (n.) One who, or that which, elaborates.

Elaboratory (a.) Tending to elaborate.

Elaboratory (n.) A laboratory.

Elaeagnus (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

Elaeis (n.) A genus of palms.

Elaeolite (n.) A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.

Elaeoptene (n.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.

Elaidate (n.) A salt of elaidic acid.

Elaidic (a.) Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.

Elaidin (n.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

Elaine (n.) Alt. of Elain

Elain (n.) Same as Olein.

Elaiodic (a.) Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.

Elaiometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

Elamite (n.) A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

Elamping (a.) Shining.

Elan (b.) Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

Elanced (imp. & p. p.) of Elance

Elancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elance

Elance (v. t.) To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.

Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

Eland (n.) The elk or moose.

Elanet (n.) A kite of the genus Elanus.

Elaolite (n.) See Elaeolite.

Elaoptene (n.) See Elaeoptene.

Elaphine (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.

Elaphure (n.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

Elapidation (n.) A clearing away of stones.

Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

Elaps (n.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.

Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elapse

Elapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elapse

Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

Elapsion (n.) The act of elapsing.

Elaqueate (v. t.) To disentangle.

Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.

Elasmobranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranch (n.) One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate (n.) One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchii (n. pl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.

Elasmosaurus (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.

Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.

Elastic (n.) An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.

Elastical (a.) Elastic.

Elastically (adv.) In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.

Elasticity (n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.

Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork.

Elasticness (n.) The quality of being elastic; elasticity.

Elastin (n.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

Elate (a.) Lifted up; raised; elevated.

Elate (a.) Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.

Elated (imp. & p. p.) of Elate

Elating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elate

Elate (v. t.) To raise; to exalt.

Elate (v. t.) To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.

Elatedly (adv.) With elation.

Elatedness (n.) The state of being elated.

Elater (n.) One who, or that which, elates.

Elater (n.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.

Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.

Elater (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.

Elaterite (n.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Elaterium (n.) A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).

Elaterometer (n.) Same as Elatrometer.

Elatery (n.) Acting force; elasticity.

Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.

Elayl (n.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.

Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.

Elbowed (imp. & p. p.) of Elbow

Elbowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elbow

Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

Elbow (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

Elbowboard (n.) The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.

Elbowchair (n.) A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.

Elbowroom (n.) Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.

Elcaja (n.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

Elcesaite (n.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

Eld (a.) Old.

Eld (n.) Age; esp., old age.

Eld (n.) Old times; former days; antiquity.

Eld (v. i.) To age; to grow old.

Eld (v. t.) To make old or ancient.

Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer.

Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.

Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.

Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.

Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.

Elder (n.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.

Elderly (a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

Eldern (a.) Made of elder.

Eldership (n.) The state of being older; seniority.

Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.

Elderwort (n.) Danewort.

Eldest (a.) Oldest; longest in duration.

Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.

Elding (n.) Fuel.

El Doradoes (pl. ) of El Dorado

El Dorado () A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

El Dorado () Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.

Eldritch (a.) Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.

Eleatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.

Eleatic (n.) A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleaticism (n.) The Eleatic doctrine.

Elecampane (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

Elecampane (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.

Elect (a.) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Elect (a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

Elect (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

Elect (n.) One chosen or set apart.

Elect (n.) Those who are chosen for salvation.

Elected (imp. & p. p.) of Elect

Electing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elect

Elect (v. t.) To pick out; to select; to choose.

Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

Elect (v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

Electant (n.) One who has the power of choosing; an elector.

Electary (n.) See Electuary.

Electic (a.) See Eclectic.

Electicism (n.) See Eclecticism.

Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.

Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.

Election (a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.

Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.

Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.

Election (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

Election (a.) Those who are elected.

Electionered (imp. & p. p.) of Electioneer

Electioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electioneer

Electioneer (v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.

Elective (a.) Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

Elective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.

Elective (a.) Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.

Elective (n.) In an American college, an optional study or course of study.

Electively (adv.) In an elective manner; by choice.

Elector (n.) One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.

Elector (n.) Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.

Elector (n.) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

Elector (a.) Pertaining to an election or to electors.

Electorality (n.) The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.

Electorate (n.) The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

Electorate (n.) The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.

Electoress (n.) An electress.

Electorial (a.) Electoral.

Electorship (n.) The office or status of an elector.

Electre (n.) Alt. of Electer

Electer (n.) Amber. See Electrum.

Electer (n.) A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.

Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.

Electric (a.) Alt. of Electrical

Electrical (a.) Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.

Electrical (a.) Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.

Electrical (a.) Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.

Electric (n.) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

Electrically (adv.) In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.

Electricalness (a.) The state or quality of being electrical.

Electrician (n.) An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

Electricities (pl. ) of Electricity

Electricity (n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.

Electricity (n.) The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.

Electricity (n.) Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.

Electrifiable (a.) Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.

Electrification (n.) The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

Electrified (imp. & p. p.) of Electrify

Electrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrify

Electrify (v. t.) To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

Electrify (v. t.) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

Electrify (v. t.) To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.

Electrify (v. i.) To become electric.

Electrine (a.) Belonging to, or made of, amber.

Electrine (a.) Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.

Electrition (n.) The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.

Electrization (n.) The act of electrizing; electrification.

Electrized (imp. & p. p.) of Electrize

Electrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrize

Electrize (v. t.) To electricity.

Electrizer (n.) One who, or that which, electrizes.

Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.

Electro (n.) An electrotype.

Electro-ballistic (a.) Pertaining to electro-ballistics.

Electro-ballistics (n.) The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

Electro-biologist (n.) One versed in electro-biology.

Electro-biology (n.) That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.

Electro-biology (n.) That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.

Electro-bioscopy (n.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

Electro-capillarity (n.) The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

Electro-capillary (a.) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.

Electro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry.

Electro-chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.

Electro-chronograph (n.) An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.

Electro-chronographic (a.) Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.

Electrocute (v. t.) To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]

Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

Electro-dynamic (a.) Alt. of Electro-dynamical

Electro-dynamical (a.) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

Electro-dynamics (n.) The phenomena of electricity in motion.

Electro-dynamics (n.) The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.

Electro-dynamometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.

Electro-engraving (n.) The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

Electro-etching (n.) A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.

Electrogenesis (n.) Same as Electrogeny.

Electrogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.

Electrogeny (n.) A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.

Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

Electro-gilt (a.) Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

Electrograph (n.) A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

Electro-kinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

Electro-kinetics (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

Electrolier (n.) A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.

Electrology (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

Electrolysis (n.) The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.

Electrolyte (n.) A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

Electrolytic (a.) Alt. of Electrolytical

Electrolytical (a.) Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action.

Electrolyzable (a.) Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

Electrolyzation (n.) The act or the process of electrolyzing.

Electrolyzed (imp. & p. p.) of Electrolyze

Electrolyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrolyze

Electrolyze (v. t.) To decompose by the direct action of electricity.

Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.

Electro-magnetic (a.) Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.

Electro-magnetism (n.) The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.

Electro-metallurgy (n.) The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.

Electrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope).

Electro-metric (a.) Alt. of Electro-metrical

Electro-metrical (a.) Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.

Elextrometry (n.) The art or process of making electrical measurements.

Electro-motion (n.) The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.

Electro-motive (a.) Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

Electromotor (n.) A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.

Electromotor (n.) An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.

Electro-muscular (a.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

Electron (n.) Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.

Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.

Electro-negative (a.) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

Electro-negative (n.) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

Electropathy (n.) The treatment of disease by electricity.

Electrophone (n.) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.

Electrophori (pl. ) of Electrophorus

Electrophorus (n.) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.

Electro-physiological (a.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.

Electro-physiology (n.) That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

Electroplating (imp. & p. p.) of Electroplate

Electroplate (v. t.) To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.

Electroplater (n.) One who electroplates.

Electroplating (n.) The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity.

Electro-polar (a.) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

Electro-positive (a.) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative.

Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

Electro-puncturation (n.) Alt. of Electro-puncturing

Electro-puncturing (n.) See Electropuncture.

Electro-puncture (n.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.

Electroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.

Electroscopic (a.) Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

Electrostatic (a.) Pertaining to electrostatics.

Electrostatics (n.) That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.

Electro-stereotype (n.) Same as Electrotype.

Electro-telegraphic (a.) Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.

Electro-telegraphy (n.) The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.

Electro-therapeutics (n.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.

Electro-thermancy (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.

Electro-tint (n.) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.

Electrotonic (a.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.

Electrotonize (v. t.) To cause or produce electrotonus.

Electrotonous (a.) Electrotonic.

Electrotonus (n.) The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.

Electrotype (n.) A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.

Electrotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Electrotype

Electrotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrotype

Electrotype (v. t.) To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.

Electrotyper (n.) One who electrotypes.

Electrotypic (a.) Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.

Electrotyping (n.) The act or the process of making electrotypes.

Electrotypy (n.) The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n.

Electro-vital (a.) Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.

Electro-vitalism (n.) The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.

Electrum (n.) Amber.

Electrum (n.) An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.

Electrum (n.) German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.

Electuaries (pl. ) of Electuary

Electuary (n.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.

Eleemosynarily (adv.) In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.

Eleemosynary (a.) Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

Eleemosynary (a.) Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance.

Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.

Eleemosynaries (pl. ) of Eleemosynary

Eleemosynary (n.) One who subsists on charity; a dependent.

Elegance (n.) Alt. of Elegancy

Elegancy (n.) The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.

Elegancy (n.) That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.

Elegant (a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

Elegant (a.) Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.

Elegantly (adv.) In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.

Elegiac (a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.

Elegiac (a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.

Elegiac (n.) Elegiac verse.

Elegiacal (a.) Elegiac.

Elegiast (n.) One who composes elegies.

Elegiographer (n.) An elegist.

Elegist (n.) A write of elegies.

Elegit (n.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.

Elegize (v. t.) To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.

Elegies (pl. ) of Elegy

Elegy (n.) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

Eleidin (n.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

Element (n.) One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

Element (n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.

Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.

Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.

Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.

Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.

Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former.

Element (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression.

Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.

Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.

Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.

Element (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire

Element (n.) the conditions and movements of the air.

Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.

Element (n.) The whole material composing the world.

Element (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.

Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.

Element (v. t.) To constitute; to make up with elements.

Elemental (a.) Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.

Elemental (a.) Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.

Elementalism (a.) The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.

Elementality (n.) The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.

Elementally (adv.) According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.

Elementar (a.) Elementary.

Elementariness (n.) The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.

Elementarity (n.) Elementariness.

Elementary (a.) Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

Elementary (a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

Elementary (a.) Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.

Elementation (n.) Instruction in the elements or first principles.

Elementoid (a.) Resembling an element.

Elemi (n.) A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

Elemin (n.) A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.

Elenchs (pl. ) of Elench

Elench (n.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.

Elench (n.) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.

Elenchical (a.) Pertaining to an elench.

Elenchically (adv.) By means of an elench.

Elenchize (v. i.) To dispute.

Elenchtic (a.) Alt. of Elenchtical

Elenchtical (a.) Same as Elenctic.

Elenchus (n.) Same as Elench.

Elenctic (a.) Alt. of Elenctical

Elenctical (a.) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Elenge (a.) Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.

Elengeness (n.) Loneliness; misery.

Elephansy (n.) Elephantiasis.

Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.

Elephant (n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

Elephantiac (a.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

Elephantine (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

Elephantoid (a.) Alt. of Elephantoidal

Elephantoidal (a.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.

Eleusinian (a.) Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.

Eleutheromania (n.) A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.

Eleutheromaniac (a.) Mad for freedom.

Eleuthero-petalous (a.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.

Elevate (a.) Elevated; raised aloft.

Elevated (imp. & p. p.) of Elevate

Elevating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elevate

Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

Elevate (v. t.) To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

Elevate (v. t.) To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

Elevate (v. t.) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

Elevate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.

Elevatedness (n.) The quality of being elevated.

Elevation (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

Elevation (n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.

Elevation (n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

Elevation (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.

Elevation (n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.

Elevation (n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction.

Elevation (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.

Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

Elevator (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.

Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.

Elevator (n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.

Elevator (n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.

Elevator (n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

Elevatory (a.) Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.

Elevatory (n.) See Elevator, n. (e).

Eleve (n.) A pupil; a student.

Eleven (a.) Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

Eleven (n.) The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

Eleven (n.) A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

Eleventh (a.) Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.

Eleventh (a.) Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.

Eleventh (a.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.

Eleventh (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.

Eleventh (n.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.

Elves (pl. ) of Elf

Elf (n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Elf (n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

Elf (v. t.) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

Elfin (a.) Relating to elves.

Elfin (n.) A little elf or urchin.

Elfish (a.) Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.

Elfishly (adv.) In an elfish manner.

Elfishness (n.) The quality of being elfish.

Elfkin (n.) A little elf.

Elfland (n.) Fairyland.

Elflock (n.) Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.

Elicit (a.) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

Elicited (imp. & p. p.) of Elicit

Eliciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elicit

Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.

Elicitate (v. t.) To elicit.

Elicitation (n.) The act of eliciting.

Elided (imp. & p. p.) of Elide

Eliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elide

Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

Elide (v. t.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Eligibility (n.) The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.

Eligible (a.) That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

Eligible (a.) Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.

Eligibleness (n.) The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.

Eligibly (adv.) In an eligible manner.

Elimate (v. t.) To render smooth; to polish.

Eliminant (n.) The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.

Eliminated (imp. & p. p.) of Eliminate

Eliminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eliminate

Eliminate (v. t.) To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

Eliminate (v. t.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

Eliminate (v. t.) To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

Eliminate (v. t.) To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.

Eliminate (v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

Elimination (n.) The act of expelling or throwing off

Elimination (n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

Elimination (n.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

Elimination (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]

Eliminative (a.) Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.

Elinguate (v. t.) To deprive of the tongue.

Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.

Eliquament (n.) A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

Eliquation (n.) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.

Elison (n.) Division; separation.

Elison (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

Elisor (n.) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

Elite (n.) A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.

Elix (v. t.) To extract.

Elixate (v. t.) To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.

Elixation (n.) A seething; digestion.

Elixir (n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

Elixir (n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.

Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.

Elixir (n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

Elizabethan (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.

Elizabethan (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

Elk (n.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.

Elk (n.) Alt. of Elke

Elke (n.) The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

Elknut (n.) The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo.

Elkwood (n.) The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).

Ell (n.) A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.

Ell (n.) See L.

Ellachick (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

Ellagic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.

Ellebore (n.) Hellebore.

Elleborin (n.) See Helleborin.

Elleck (n.) The red gurnard or cuckoo fish.

Ellenge (n) Alt. of Ellingeness

Ellinge (n) Alt. of Ellingeness

Ellengeness (n) Alt. of Ellingeness

Ellingeness (n) See Elenge, Elengeness.

Elles (adv. & conj.) See Else.

Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.

Ellipse (n.) Omission. See Ellipsis.

Ellipse (n.) The elliptical orbit of a planet.

Ellipses (pl. ) of Ellipsis

Ellipsis (n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.

Ellipsis (n.) An ellipse.

Ellipsograph (n.) An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.

Ellipsoid (n.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).

Ellipsoid (a.) Alt. of Ellipsoidal

Ellipsoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.

Elliptic (a.) Alt. of Elliptical

Elliptical (a.) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.

Elliptical (a.) Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.

Elliptically (adv.) In the form of an ellipse.

Elliptically (adv.) With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.

Ellipticity (n.) Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.

Elliptic-lanceolate (a.) Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.

Elliptograph (n.) Same as Ellipsograph.

Ellwand (n.) Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.

Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.

Elmen (a.) Belonging to elms.

Elmo's fire () See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.

Elmy (a.) Abounding with elms.

Elocation (n.) A removal from the usual place of residence.

Elocation (n.) Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.

Elocular (a.) Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.

Elocution (n.) Utterance by speech.

Elocution (n.) Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.

Elocution (n.) Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.

Elocutionary (a.) Pertaining to elocution.

Elocutionist (n.) One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.

Elocutive (a.) Pertaining to oratorical expression.

Elodian (n.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

Eloge (n.) A panegyrical funeral oration.

Elogist (n.) One who pronounces an eloge.

Elogium (n.) Alt. of Elogy

Elogy (n.) The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

Elohim (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Elohist (n.) The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist.

Elohistic (a.) Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.

Eloigned (imp. & p. p.) of Eloign

Eloigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eloign

Eloign (v. t.) To remove afar off; to withdraw.

Eloign (v. t.) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.

Eloignate (v. t.) To remove.

Eloignment (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.

Eloin (v. t.) See Eloign.

Eloinate (v. t.) See Eloignate.

Eloinment (n.) See Eloignment.

Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong.

Elong (v. t.) To put away; to separate; to keep off.

Elongated (imp. & p. p.) of Elongate

Elongating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elongate

Elongate (a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

Elongate (a.) To remove further off.

Elongate (v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

Elongate (a.) Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

Elongation (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.

Elongation (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

Elongation (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

Eloped (imp. & p. p.) of Elope

Eloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elope

Elope (v. t.) To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.

Elopement (n.) The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

Eloper (n.) One who elopes.

Elops (n.) A genus of fishes. See Saury.

Elops (n.) A mythical serpent.

Eloquence (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Eloquence (n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

Eloquence (n.) That which is eloquently uttered or written.

Eloquent (a.) Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.

Eloquent (a.) Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.

Eloquently (adv.) In an eloquent manner.

Elrich (a.) Alt. of Elritch

Elritch (a.) Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.

Else (a. & pron.) Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

Else (adv. & conj.) Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

Else (adv. & conj.) Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

Elsewhere (adv.) In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

Elsewhere (adv.) In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.

Elsewhither (adv.) To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.

Elsewise (adv.) Otherwise.

Elsin (n.) A shoemaker's awl.

Elucidated (imp. & p. p.) of Elucidate

Elucidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elucidate

Elucidate (v. t.) To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Elucidation (n.) A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.

Elucidator (n.) One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.

Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.

Eluctate (v. i.) To struggle out; -- with out.

Eluctation (n.) A struggling out of any difficulty.

Elucubrate (v. i.) See Lucubrate.

Elucubration (n.) See Lucubration.

Eluded (imp. & p. p.) of Elude

Eluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elude

Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Eludible (a.) Capable of being eluded; evadible.

Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.

Elumbated (a.) Weak or lame in the loins.

Elusion (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.

Elute (v. t.) To wash out.

Elutriated (imp. & p. p.) of Elutriate

Elutriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elutriate

Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

Elutriation (n.) The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.

Eluxate (v. t.) To dislocate; to luxate.

Eluxation (n.) Dislocation; luxation.

Elvan (a.) Pertaining to elves; elvish.

Elvan (a.) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.

Elvan (n.) Alt. of Elvanite

Elvanite (n.) The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

Elve (n.) An old form of Elf.

Elver (n.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

Elf (pl. ) of Elves

Elvish (a.) Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

Elvish (a.) Mysterious; also, foolish.

Elvishly (adv.) In an elvish manner.

Elwand (n.) See Ellwand.

Elysian (a.) Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.

Elysiums (pl. ) of Elysium

Elysia (pl. ) of Elysium

Elysium (n.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

Elysium (n.) Hence, any delightful place.

Elytriform (a.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

Elytrin (n.) See Chitin.

Elytroid (a.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Elytra (pl. ) of Elytrum

Elytron (n.) Alt. of Elytrum

Elytrum (n.) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.

Elytrum (n.) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.

Elzevir (a.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.

'Em () An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them.

Em (n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Em- () A prefix. See En-.

Emacerate (v. t. & i.) To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.

Emaceration (n.) Emaciation.

Emaciated (imp. & p. p.) of Emaciate

Emaciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emaciate

Emaciate (v. i.) To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.

Emaciate (v. t.) To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

Emaciate (a.) Emaciated.

Emaciation (n.) The act of making very lean.

Emaciation (n.) The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Emaculate (v. t.) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.

Emaculation (n.) The act of clearing from spots.

Aemail ombrant () An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain.

Emanant (a.) Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

Emanated (imp. & p. p.) of Emanate

Emanating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emanate

Emanate (v. i.) To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

Emanate (v. i.) To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.

Emanate (a.) Issuing forth; emanant.

Emanation (n.) The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

Emanation (n.) That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.

Emanative (a.) Issuing forth; effluent.

Emanatively (adv.) By an emanation.

Emanatory (a.) Emanative; of the nature of an emanation.

Emancipated (imp. & p. p.) of Emancipate

Emancipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emancipate

Emancipate (v. t.) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.

Emancipate (v. t.) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.

Emancipate (a.) Set at liberty.

Emancipation (n.) The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

Emancipationist (n.) An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

Emancipator (n.) One who emancipates.

Emancipatory (a.) Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.

Emancipist (n.) A freed convict.

Emarginate (v. t.) To take away the margin of.

Emarginate (a.) Alt. of Emarginated

Emarginated (a.) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

Emarginated (a.) Notched at the summit.

Emarginated (a.) Having the edges truncated.

Emarginately (adv.) In an emarginate manner.

Emargination (n.) The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

Emasculated (imp. & p. p.) of Emasculate

Emasculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emasculate

Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Emasculate (a.) Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

Emasculation (n.) The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

Emasculation (n.) The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.

Emasculator (n.) One who, or that which, emasculates.

Emasculatory (a.) Serving or tending to emasculate.

Embace (v. t.) See Embase.

Embale (v. t.) To make up into a bale or pack.

Embale (v. t.) To bind up; to inclose.

Emball (v. t.) To encircle or embrace.

Embalmed (imp. & p. p.) of Embalm

Embalming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embalm

Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

Embalm (v. t.) To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

Embalm (v. t.) To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Embalmer (n.) One who embalms.

Embalmment (n.) The act of embalming.

Embanked (imp. & p. p.) of Embank

Embanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embank

Embank (v. t.) To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Embankment (n.) A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Embarred (imp. & p. p.) of Embar

Embanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embar

Embar (v. t.) To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.

Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

Embarcation (n.) Same as Embarkation.

Embarge (v. t.) To put in a barge.

Embargoes (pl. ) of Embargo

Embargo (n.) An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

Embargoed (imp. & p. p.) of Embargo

Embargoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embargo

Embargo (v. t.) To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Embarked (imp. & p. p.) of Embark

Embarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embark

Embark (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

Embark (v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.

Embark (v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

Embark (v. i.) To engage in any affair.

Embarkation (n.) The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

Embarkation (n.) That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.

Embarkment (n.) Embarkation.

Embarrassed (imp. & p. p.) of Embarrass

Embarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embarrass

Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.

Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.

Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

Embarrass (v. t.) Embarrassment.

Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

Embarrassment (n.) Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Embase (v. t.) To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.

Embasement (v. t.) Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration.

Embassade (n.) An embassy. See Ambassade.

Embassador (n.) Same as Ambassador.

Embassadorial (a.) Same as Ambassadorial.

Embassadress (n.) Same as Ambassadress.

Embassadry (n.) Embassy.

Embassage (n.) An embassy.

Embassage (n.) Message; errand.

Embassies (pl. ) of Embassy

Embassy (n.) The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.

Embassy (n.) The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

Embassy (n.) The residence or office of an ambassador.

Embastardize (v. t.) To bastardize.

Embathe (v. t.) To bathe; to imbathe.

Embattail (v. t.) To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.

Embattled (imp. & p. p.) of Embattle

Embattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embattle

Embattle (v. t.) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

Embattle (v. i.) To be arrayed for battle.

Embattle (v. t.) To furnish with battlements.

Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.

Embattled (a.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.

Embattled (a.) Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.

Embattlement (n.) An intended parapet; a battlement.

Embattlement (n.) The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.

Embay (v. t.) To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.

Embayed (imp. & p. p.) of Embay

Embaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embay

Embay (v. t.) To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.

Embayment (n.) A bay.

Embeam (v. t.) To make brilliant with beams.

Embedded (imp. & p. p.) of Embed

Embedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embed

Embed (v. t.) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Embedment (n.) The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.

Embellished (imp. & p. p.) of Embellish

Embellishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embellish

Embellish (v. t.) To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Embellisher (n.) One who embellishes.

Embellishment (n.) The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

Embellishment (n.) That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.

Ember (n.) A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.

Ember (a.) Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

Ember-goose (n.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon.

Emberings (n. pl.) Ember days.

Embetter (v. t.) To make better.

Embezzled (imp. & p. p.) of Embezzle

Embezzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embezzle

Embezzle (v. t.) To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

Embezzle (v. t.) To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.

Embezzlement (n.) The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

Embezzler (n.) One who embezzles.

Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.

Embiotocoid (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidae.

Embiotocoid (n.) One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Embitter (v. t.) To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Embitterment (n.) The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

Emblanch (v. t.) To whiten. See Blanch.

Emblazed (imp. & p. p.) of Emblaze

Emblazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emblaze

Emblaze (v. t.) To adorn with glittering embellishments.

Emblaze (v. t.) To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.

Emblazoned (imp. & p. p.) of Emblazon

Emblazoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emblazon

Emblazon (v. t.) To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

Emblazoner (n.) One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

Emblazoning (n.) The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Emblazonment (n.) An emblazoning.

Emblazonries (pl. ) of Emblazonry

Emblazonry (n.) The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.

Emblem (n.) Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.

Emblem (n.) A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Emblemed (imp. & p. p.) of Emblem

Embleming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emblem

Emblem (v. t.) To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.

Emblematic (a.) Alt. of Emblematical

Emblematical (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity.

Emblematiccize (v. t.) To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture.

Emblematist (n.) A writer or inventor of emblems.

Emblematized (imp. & p. p.) of Emblematize

Emblematizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emblematize

Emblematize (v. t.) To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.

Emblement (n.) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement.

Emblemized (imp. & p. p.) of Emblemize

Emblemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emblemize

Emblemize (v. t.) To represent by an emblem; to emblematize.

Embloom (v. t.) To emblossom.

Emblossom (v. t.) To cover or adorn with blossoms.

Embodier (n.) One who embodies.

Embodiment (n.) The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

Embodiment (n.) That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Embodied (imp. & p. p.) of Embody

Embodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embody

Embody (v. t.) To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.

Embody (v. i.) To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.

Embogue (v. i.) To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.

Emboguing (n.) The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.

Emboil (v. i.) To boil with anger; to effervesce.

Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

Emboitement (n.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.

Emboldened (imp. & p. p.) of Embolden

Emboldening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embolden

Embolden (v. t.) To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.

Emboldener (n.) One who emboldens.

Embolic (a.) Embolismic.

Embolic (a.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

Embolic (a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

Embolism (n.) Intercalated time.

Embolism (n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Embolismal (a.) Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

Embolismatic (a.) Alt. of Embolismatical

Embolismatical (a.) Embolismic.

Embolismic (a.) Alt. of Embolismical

Embolismical (a.) Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

Embolite (n.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

Emboli (pl. ) of Embolus

Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Emboly (n.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.

Embonpoint (n.) Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Emborder (v. t.) To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.

Embosom (v. t.) To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

Embossed (imp. & p. p.) of Emboss

Embossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emboss

Emboss (v. t.) To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

Emboss (v. t.) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

Emboss (v. t.) To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.

Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.

Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Emboss (v. i.) To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.

Embossed (a.) Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

Embossed (a.) Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

Embossed (a.) Swollen; protuberant.

Embosser (n.) One who embosses.

Embossment (n.) The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.

Embottle (v. t.) To bottle.

Embouchure (n.) The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

Embouchure (n.) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.

Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.

Emboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Embowel

Embowelled () of Embowel

Emboweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embowel

Embowelling () of Embowel

Embowel (v. t.) To disembowel.

Embowel (v. t.) To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

Emboweler (n.) One who takes out the bowels.

Embowelment (n.) Disembowelment.

Embower (v. t.) To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.

Embower (v. i.) To lodge or rest in a bower.

Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.

Embox (v. t.) To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Emboyssement (n.) An ambush.

Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor.

Embraced (imp. & p. p.) of Embrace

Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrace

Embrace (n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

Embrace (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.

Embrace (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.

Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Embrace (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Embrace (n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.

Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.

Embrace (v. i.) To join in an embrace.

Embrace (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Embracement (n.) State of being contained; inclosure.

Embracement (n.) Willing acceptance.

Embraceor (n.) One guilty of embracery.

Embracer (n.) One who embraces.

Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Embracive (a.) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.

Embraid (v. t.) To braid up, as hair.

Embraid (v. t.) To upbraid.

Embranchment (n.) The branching forth, as of trees.

Embrangle (v. t.) To confuse; to entangle.

Embrasure (n.) An embrace.

Embrasure (n.) A splay of a door or window.

Embrasure (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Embrave (v. t.) To inspire with bravery.

Embrave (v. t.) To decorate; to make showy and fine.

Embrawn (v. t.) To harden.

Embread (v. t.) To braid.

Embreathement (n.) The act of breathing in; inspiration.

Embrew (v. t.) To imbrue; to stain with blood.

Embright (v. t.) To brighten.

Embrocated (imp. & p. p.) of Embrocate

Embrocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrocate

Embrocate (v. t.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Embrocation (n.) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

Embrocation (n.) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Embroglio (n.) See Imbroglio.

Embroidered (imp. & p. p.) of Embroider

Embroidering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embroider

Embroider (v. t.) To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Embroiderer (n.) One who embroiders.

Embroideries (pl. ) of Embroidery

Embroidery (n.) Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

Embroidery (n.) Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Embroiled (imp. & p. p.) of Embroil

Embroiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embroil

Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

Embroil (v. t.) To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

Embroil (n.) See Embroilment.

Embroiler (n.) One who embroils.

Embroilment (n.) The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.

Embronze (v. t.) To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.

Embronze (v. t.) To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

Embrothel (v. t.) To inclose in a brothel.

Embroude (v. t.) Alt. of Embroyde

Embrowde (v. t.) Alt. of Embroyde

Embroyde (v. t.) To embroider; to adorn.

Embrown (v. t.) To give a brown color to; to imbrown.

Embrue (v. t.) See Imbrue, Embrew.

Embrute (v. t.) To brutify; to imbrute.

Embryos (pl. ) of Embryo

Embryo (n.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

Embryo (n.) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

Embryo (n.) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

Embryo (a.) Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Embryogenic (a.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

Embryogeny (n.) The production and development of an embryo.

Embryogony (n.) The formation of an embryo.

Embryography (n.) The general description of embryos.

Embryologic (a.) Alt. of Embryological

Embryological (a.) Of or pertaining to embryology.

Embryologist (n.) One skilled in embryology.

Embryology (n.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Embryon (n. & a.) See Embryo.

Embryonal (a.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

Embryonary (a.) Embryonic.

Embryonate (a.) Alt. of Embryonated

Embryonated (a.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

Embryonic (a.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

Embryoniferous (a.) Having an embryo.

Embryoniform (a.) Like an embryo in form.

Embryoplastic (n.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

Embryo sac () See under Embryonic.

Embryotic (a.) Embryonic.

Embryotomy (n.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

Embryotroph (n.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

Embryous (a.) Embryonic; undeveloped.

Embulk (v. t.) To enlarge in the way of bulk.

Emburse (v. t.) To furnish with money; to imburse.

Embush (v. t.) To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.

Embushment (n.) An ambush.

Embusy (v. t.) To employ.

Eme (n.) An uncle.

Emeer (n.) Same as Emir.

Emenagogue (n.) See Emmenagogue.

Emended (imp. & p. p.) of Emend

Emending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emend

Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Emendable (a.) Corrigible; amendable.

Emendately (adv.) Without fault; correctly.

Emendation (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

Emendator (n.) One who emends or critically edits.

Emendatory (a.) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.

Emender (n.) One who emends.

Emendicate (v. t.) To beg.

Emerald (n.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

Emerald (n.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.

Emerald (a.) Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.

Emeraldine (n.) A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

Emeraud (n.) An emerald.

Emerged (imp. & p. p.) of Emerge

Emerging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emerge

Emerge (v. i.) To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.

Emergences (pl. ) of Emergence

Emergence (n.) The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

Emergencies (pl. ) of Emergency

Emergency (n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Emergency (n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.

Emergent (a.) Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

Emergent (a.) Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.

Emeril (n.) Emery.

Emeril (n.) A glazier's diamond.

Emerited (a.) Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged.

Emeritus (a.) Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

Emeriti (pl. ) of Emeritus

Emeritus (n.) A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

Emerods (n. pl.) Alt. of Emeroids

Emeroids (n. pl.) Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.

Emersed (a.) Standing out of, or rising above, water.

Emersion (n.) The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.

Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.

Emesis (n.) A vomiting.

Emetic (a.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.

Emetic (n.) A medicine which causes vomiting.

Emetical (a.) Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic.

Emetine (n.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

Emeto-cathartic (a.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

Emeu (n.) Alt. of Emew

Emew (n.) See Emu.

Emeute (n.) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Emforth (prep.) According to; conformably to.

Emgalla (n.) The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Emicant (a.) Beaming forth; flashing.

Emication (n.) A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.

Emiction (n.) The voiding of urine.

Emiction (n.) What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.

Emictory (a. & n.) Diuretic.

Emigrant (v. i.) Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

Emigrant (v. i.) Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.

Emigrant (n.) One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Emigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Emigrate

Emigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emigrate

Emigrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

Emigrate (a.) Migratory; roving.

Emigration (n.) The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

Emigration (n.) A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Emigrational (a.) Relating to emigration.

Emigrationist (n.) An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Emigrator (n.) One who emigrates; am emigrant.

Emigre (n.) One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Eminence (n.) That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Eminence (n.) An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment.

Eminence (n.) A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Eminences (pl. ) of Eminency

Eminency (n.) State of being eminent; eminence.

Eminent (a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.

Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.

Eminently (adv.) In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

Emir (n.) Alt. of Emeer

Emeer (n.) An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

Emirship (n.) Alt. of Emeership

Emeership (n.) The rank or office of an Emir.

Emissaries (pl. ) of Emissary

Emissary (n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

Emissary (a.) Exploring; spying.

Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

Emissaryship (n.) The office of an emissary.

Emission (n.) The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

Emission (n.) That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.

Emissitious (a.) Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.

Emissive (a.) Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Emissivity (n.) Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

Emissory (a.) Same as Emissary, a., 2.

Emitted (imp. & p. p.) of Emit

Emitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emit

Emit (v. t.) To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

Emit (v. t.) To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

Emittent (a.) Sending forth; emissive.

Emmantle (v. t.) To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.

Emmanuel (n.) See Immanuel.

Emmarble (v. t.) To turn to marble; to harden.

Emmenagogue (n.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Emmet (n.) An ant.

Emmetropia (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.

Emmetropic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.

Emmetropy (n.) Same as Emmetropia.

Emmew (v. t.) To mew or coop up.

Emmove (v. t.) To move; to rouse; to excite.

Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

Emollescence (n.) That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Emolliated (imp. & p. p.) of Emolliate

Emolliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emolliate

Emolliate (a.) To soften; to render effeminate.

Emollient (a.) Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.

Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

Emollition (n.) The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.

Emolument (n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.

Emolumental (a.) Pertaining to an emolument; profitable.

Emong (prep.) Alt. of Emongst

Emongst (prep.) Among.

Emotion (n.) A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.

Emotioned (a.) Affected with emotion.

Emotional (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

Emotionalism (n.) The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

Emotionalize (v. t.) To give an emotional character to.

Emotive (a.) Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.

Emotiveness (n.) Susceptibility to emotion.

Emotivity (n.) Emotiveness.

Emove (v. t.) To move.

Empair (v. t.) To impair.

Empaistic (a.) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

Empale (v. t.) To make pale.

Empaled (imp. & p. p.) of Empale

Empaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Empale

Empale (v. t.) To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

Empale (v. t.) To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Empale (v. t.) Same as Impale.

Empalement (n.) A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Empalement (n.) Same as Impalement.

Empanel (n.) A list of jurors; a panel.

Empanel (v. t.) See Impanel.

Empanoplied (a.) Completely armed; panoplied.

Emparadise (v. t.) Same as Imparadise.

Empark (v. t.) To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark.

Emparlance (n.) Parley; imparlance.

Empasm (n.) A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.

Empassion (v. t.) To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion.

Empassionate (a.) Strongly affected.

Empawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.

Empeach (v. t.) To hinder. See Impeach.

Empearl (v. t.) To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.

Empeople (v. t.) To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people.

Emperess (n.) See Empress.

Emperice (n.) An empress.

Emperil (v. t.) To put in peril. See Imperil.

Emperished (a.) Perished; decayed.

Emperor (n.) The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.

Emperorship (n.) The rank or office of an emperor.

Empery (n.) Empire; sovereignty; dominion.

Emphases (pl. ) of Emphasis

Emphasis (n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.

Emphasis (n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.

Emphasized (imp. & p. p.) of Emphasize

Emphasizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emphasize

Emphasize (v. t.) To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

Emphatic (a.) Alt. of Emphatical

Emphatical (a.) Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

Emphatical (a.) Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.

Emphatically (adv.) With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.

Emphatically (adv.) Not really, but apparently.

Emphaticalness (n.) The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.

Emphractic (a.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Emphrensy (v. t.) To madden.

Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.

Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.

Emphyteutic (a.) Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.

Emphyteuticary (n.) One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

Empierce (v. t.) To pierce; to impierce.

Empight (a.) Fixed; settled; fastened.

Empire (n.) Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.

Empire (n.) The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.

Empire (n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.

Empiric (n.) One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.

Empiric (a.) Alt. of Empirical

Empirical (a.) Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

Empirical (a.) Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.

Empirically (adv.) By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.

Empiricism (n.) The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

Empiricism (n.) Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

Empiricism (n.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

Empiricist (n.) An empiric.

Empiristic (a.) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.

Emplaster (n.) See Plaster.

Emplaster (n.) To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.

Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.

Emplastration (n.) The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.

Emplastration (n.) The application of a plaster or salve.

Emplead (v. t.) To accuse; to indict. See Implead.

Emplection (n.) See Emplecton.

Emplecton (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.

Emplore (v. t.) See Implore.

Employed (imp. & p. p.) of Employ

Employing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Employ

Employ (v. t.) To inclose; to infold.

Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.

Employ (v. t.) To occupy; as, to employ time in study.

Employ (v. t.) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.

Employ (n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.

Employable (a.) Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.

Employe (n.) One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

Employee (n.) One employed by another.

Employer (n.) One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

Employment (n.) The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

Employment (n.) That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.

Emplumed (a.) Plumed.

Emplunge (v. t.) To plunge; to implunge.

Empoison (v. t.) To poison; to impoison.

Empoison (n.) Poison.

Empoisoner (n.) Poisoner.

Empoisonment (n.) The act of poisoning.

Emporetic (a.) Alt. of Emporetical

Emporetical (a.) Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise.

Emporiums (pl. ) of Emporium

Emporia (pl. ) of Emporium

Emporium (n.) A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.

Emporium (n.) The brain.

Empoverish (v. t.) See Impoverish.

Empowered (imp. & p. p.) of Empower

Empowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Empower

Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

Empower (v. t.) To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.

Empress (n.) The consort of an emperor.

Empress (n.) A female sovereign.

Empress (n.) A sovereign mistress.

Emprint (v. t.) See Imprint.

Emprise (n.) An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.

Emprise (n.) The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.

Emprise (v. t.) To undertake.

Emprising (v. t.) Full of daring; adventurous.

Emprison (v. t.) See Imprison.

Emprosthotonos (n.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles.

Empte (v. t.) To empty.

Emptier (n.) One who, or that which, empties.

Emptier (compar.) of Empty.

Emptiness (n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

Emptiness (n.) Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.

Emptiness (n.) Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Emption (n.) The act of buying.

Emptional (a.) Capable of being purchased.

Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

Empty (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.

Empty (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.

Empty (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.

Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.

Empty (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.

Empty (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.

Empty (superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

Empties (pl. ) of Empty

Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

Emptied (imp. & p. p.) of Empty

Emptying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Empty

Empty (v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

Empty (v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

Empty (v. i.) To become empty.

Emptying (n.) The act of making empty.

Emptying (n.) The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.

Empugn (v. t.) See Impugn.

Empurpled (imp. & p. p.) of Empurple

Empurpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Empurple

Empurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.

Empuse (n.) A phantom or specter.

Empuzzle (v. t.) To puzzle.

Empyema (n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.

Empyesis (n.) An eruption of pustules.

Empyreal (a.) Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

Empyreal (n.) Empyrean.

Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.

Empyrean (a.) Empyreal.

Empyreuma (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Empyreumatic (a.) Alt. of Empyreumatical

Empyreumatical (a.) Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.

Empyreumatize (v. t.) To render empyreumatic.

Empyrical (a.) Containing the combustible principle of coal.

Empyrosis (n.) A general fire; a conflagration.

Emrods (n. pl.) See Emerods.

Emu (n.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.

Emulable (a.) Capable of being emulated.

Emulate (a.) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

Emulated (imp. & p. p.) of Emulate

Emulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emulate

Emulate (v. t.) To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.

Emulation (n.) The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Emulative (a.) Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.

Emulatively (adv.) In an emulative manner; with emulation.

Emulator (n.) One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.

Emulatory (a.) Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.

Emulatress (n.) A female emulator.

Emule (v. t.) To emulate.

Emulge (v. t.) To milk out; to drain.

Emulgent (a.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.

Emulgent (n.) An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

Emulgent (n.) A medicine that excites the flow of bile.

Emulous (a.) Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

Emulous (a.) Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.

Emulously (adv.) In an emulous manner.

Emulousness (n.) The quality of being emulous.

Emulsic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.

Emulsify (v. t.) To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

Emulsin (n.) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.

Emulsin (n.) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.

Emulsion (n.) Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

Emulsive (a.) Softening; milklike.

Emulsive (a.) Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.

Emulsive (a.) Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.

Emunctories (pl. ) of Emunctory

Emunctory (n.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.

Emuscation (n.) A freeing from moss.

Emu wren () A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

Emyds (pl. ) of Emyd

Emyd// (pl. ) of Emyd

Emyd (n.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidae.

Emydea (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

En- () A prefix from Gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.

-en () A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.

-en () A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.

-en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.

-en () An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

-en () The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

En (n.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

Enabled (imp. & p. p.) of Enable

Enabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enable

Enable (v. t.) To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

Enable (v. t.) To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

Enablement (n.) The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.

Enacted (imp. & p. p.) of Enact

Enacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enact

Enact (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

Enact (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.

Enact (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play.

Enact (n.) Purpose; determination.

Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.

Enactment (n.) The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

Enactment (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

Enactor (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.

Enacture (n.) Enactment; resolution.

Enaliosaur (n.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosauria (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

Enaliosaurian (a.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosaurian (n.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Enallage (n.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

Enambush (v. t.) To ambush.

Enamel (v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

Enamel (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

Enamel (v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

Enamel (v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

Enameled (imp. & p. p.) of Enamel

Enamelled () of Enamel

Enameling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamel

Enamelling () of Enamel

Enamel (v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

Enamel (v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Enamel (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

Enamel (v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Enamel (v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.

Enamel (a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.

Enamelar (a.) Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.

Enameled (a.) Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.

Enameler (n.) Alt. of Enamelist

Enamelist (n.) One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.

Enamored (imp. & p. p.) of Enamor

Enamoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamor

Enamor (v. t.) To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science.

Enamorment (n.) The state of being enamored.

Enantiomorphous (a.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Enantiopathic (a.) Serving to palliate; palliative.

Enantiopathy (n.) An opposite passion or affection.

Enantiopathy (n.) Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

Enantiosis (n.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Enarch (v. t.) To arch.

Enarched (a.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.

Enargite (n.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

Enarmed (a.) Same as Armed, 3.

Enarration (n.) A detailed exposition; relation.

Enarthrodia (n.) See Enarthrosis.

Enarthrosis (n.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

Enascent (a.) Coming into being; nascent.

Enatation (n.) A swimming out.

Enate (a.) Growing out.

Enation (n.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

Enaunter (adv.) Lest that.

Enavigate (v. t.) To sail away or over.

Enbattled (a.) Embattled.

Enbibe (v. t.) To imbibe.

Enbroude (v. t.) See Embroude.

Encaged (imp. & p. p.) of Encage

Engaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encage

Encage (v. t.) To confine in a cage; to coop up.

Encalendar (v. t.) To register in a calendar; to calendar.

Encamped (imp. & p. p.) of Encamp

Encamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encamp

Encamp (v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

Encamp (v. t.) To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Encampment (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

Encampment (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

Encanker (v. t.) To canker.

Encapsulation (n.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

Encarnalize (v. t.) To carnalize; to make gross.

Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

Encase (v. t.) To inclose as in a case. See Incase.

Encasement (n.) The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

Encasement (n.) An old theory of generation similar to embo/tement. See Ovulist.

Encash (v. t.) To turn into cash; to cash.

Encashment (n.) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

Encauma (n.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.

Encaustic (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

Encaustic (a.) The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.

Encave (v. t.) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.

-ence () A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.

Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Enceinte (n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

Enceinte (a.) Pregnant; with child.

Encenia (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

Encense (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.

Encephalic (a.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

Encephalitis (n.) Inflammation of the brain.

Encephalocele (n.) Hernia of the brain.

Encephaloid (a.) Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Encephaloid (n.) An encephaloid cancer.

Encephalology (n.) The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Encephalopathy (n.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

Encephalos (n.) The encephalon.

Encephalotomy (n.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

Enchafe (v. t.) To chafe; to enrage; to heat.

Enchafing (n.) Heating; burning.

Enchain (v. t.) To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

Enchain (v. t.) To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

Enchain (v. t.) To link together; to connect.

Enchainment (n.) The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

Enchair (v. t.) To seat in a chair.

Enchannel (v. t.) To make run in a channel.

Enchanted (imp. & p. p.) of Enchant

Enchanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enchant

Enchant (v. t.) To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

Enchant (v. t.) To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.

Enchanted (a.) Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

Enchanter (n.) One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.

Enchanting (a.) Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.

Enchantment (n.) The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.

Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

Enchantment (n.) That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.

Enchantress (n.) A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.

Encharged (imp. & p. p.) of Encharge

Encharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encharge

Encharge (v. t.) To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.

Encharge (n.) A charge.

Enchased (imp. & p. p.) of Enchase

Enchasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enchase

Enchase (v. t.) To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

Enchase (v. t.) To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

Enchase (v. t.) To delineate or describe, as by writing.

Enchaser (n.) One who enchases.

Enchasten (v. t.) To chasten.

Encheson (n.) Alt. of Encheason

Encheason (n.) Occasion, cause, or reason.

Enchest (v. t.) To inclose in a chest.

Enchiridion (n.) Handbook; a manual of devotions.

Enchisel (v. t.) To cut with a chisel.

Enchodus (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

Enchondroma (n.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.

Enchorial (a.) Alt. of Enchoric

Enchoric (a.) Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

Enchylemma (n.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

Enchyma (n.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

Encincture (n.) A cincture.

Encindered (a.) Burnt to cinders.

Encircled (imp. & p. p.) of Encircle

Encircling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encircle

Encircle (v. t.) To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.

Encirclet (n.) A small circle; a ring.

Enclasp (v. t.) To clasp. See Inclasp.

Enclave (n.) A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.

Enclave (v. t.) To inclose within an alien territory.

Enclavement (n.) The state of being an enclave.

Enclitic (v. i.) Alt. of Enclitical

Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

Enclitic (n.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Enclitically (adv.) In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.

Enclitics (n.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

Encloister (v. t.) To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

Enclose (v. t.) To inclose. See Inclose.

Enclosure (n.) Inclosure. See Inclosure.

Enclothe (v. t.) To clothe.

Encloud (v. t.) To envelop in clouds; to cloud.

Encoach (v. t.) To carry in a coach.

Encoffin (v. t.) To put in a coffin.

Encolden (v. t.) To render cold.

Encollar (v. t.) To furnish or surround with a collar.

Encolor (v. t.) To color.

Encolure (n.) The neck of horse.

Encomber (v. t.) See Encumber.

Encomberment (n.) Hindrance; molestation.

Encomiast (n.) One who praises; a panegyrist.

Encomiastic (a.) Alt. of Encomiastical

Encomiastical (a.) Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.

Encomiastic (n.) A panegyric.

Encomion (n.) Encomium; panegyric.

Encomiums (pl. ) of Encomium

Encomium (n.) Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

Encompassed (imp. & p. p.) of Encompass

Encompassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encompass

Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.

Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

Encore (adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

Encore (n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

Encored (imp. & p. p.) of Encore

Encoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encore

Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.

Encorporing (n.) Incorporation.

Encoubert (n.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

Encountered (imp. & p. p.) of Encounter

Encountering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encounter

Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.

Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.

Encounter (v. t.) A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.

Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.

Encouraged (imp. & p. p.) of Encourage

Encouraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encourage

Encourage (v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.

Encouragement (n.) The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

Encouragement (n.) That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

Encourager (n.) One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.

Encouraging (a.) Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.

Encowl (v. t.) To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.

Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.

Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.

Encrease (v. t. &) i. [Obs.] See Increase.

Encrimson (v. t.) To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson.

Encrinic (a.) Alt. of Encrinital

Encrinal (a.) Alt. of Encrinital

Encrinital (a.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.

Encrinite (n.) A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.

Encrinitic (a.) Alt. of Encrinitical

Encrinitical (a.) Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.

Encrinoidea (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

Encrini (pl. ) of Encrinus

Encrinus (n.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.

Encrisped (a.) Curled.

Encroached (imp. & p. p.) of Encroach

Encroaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroach

Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.

Encroach (n.) Encroachment.

Encroacher (n.) One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

Encroachingly (adv.) By way of encroachment.

Encroachment (n.) The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

Encroachment (n.) That which is taken by encroaching on another.

Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Encrust (v. t.) To incrust. See Incrust.

Encrustment (n.) That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.

Encumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Encumber

Encumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encumber

Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.

Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.

Encumberment (n.) Encumbrance.

Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

Encumbrance (n.) Same as Incumbrance.

Encumbrancer (n.) Same as Incumbrancer.

Encurtain (v. t.) To inclose with curtains.

-ency () A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.

Encyclic (a.) Alt. of Encyclical

Encyclical (a.) Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.

Encyclic (n.) Alt. of Encyclical

Encyclical (n.) An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.

Encyclopedia (n.) Alt. of Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia (n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

Encyclopediacal (a.) Encyclopedic.

Encyclopedian (a.) Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

Encyclopedic (a.) Alt. of Encyclopedical

Encyclopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.

Encyclopedism (n.) The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences.

Encyst (v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.

Encystation (n.) Encystment.

Encysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.

Encystment (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.

Encystment (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

End (n.) Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

End (n.) The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

End (n.) That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Ended (imp. & p. p.) of End

Ending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of End

End (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.

End (v. t.) To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

End (v. t.) To destroy; to put to death.

End (v. i.) To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

Endable (a.) That may be ended; terminable.

End-all (n.) Complete termination.

Endamaged (imp. & p. p.) of Endamage

Endamaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endamage

Endamage (v. t.) To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.

Endamageable (a.) Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable.

Endamagement (n.) Damage; injury; harm.

Endamnify (v. t.) To damnify; to injure.

Endangered (imp. & p. p.) of Endanger

Endangering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endanger

Endanger (v. t.) To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

Endanger (v. t.) To incur the hazard of; to risk.

Endangerment (n.) Hazard; peril.

Endark (v. t.) To darken.

Endaspidean (a.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

Endazzle (v. t.) To dazzle.

Endeared (imp. & p. p.) of Endear

Endearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endear

Endear (v. t.) To make dear or beloved.

Endear (v. t.) To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.

Endearedly (adv.) With affection or endearment; dearly.

Endearedness (n.) State of being endeared.

Endearing (a.) Making dear or beloved; causing love.

Endearment (n.) The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.

Endeavored (imp. & p. p.) of Endeavor

Endeavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endeavor

Endeavor (v. t.) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

Endeavor (v. i.) To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.

Endeavor (n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.

Endeavorer (n.) One who makes an effort or attempt.

Endeavorment (n.) Act of endeavoring; endeavor.

Endecagon (n.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Endecagynous (a.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

Endecane (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.

Endecaphyllous (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

Endeictic (a.) Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.

Endeixis (n.) An indication.

Endemial (a.) Endemic.

Endemic (a.) Alt. of Endemical

Endemical (a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

Endemic (n.) An endemic disease.

Endemically (adv.) In an endemic manner.

Endemiology (n.) The science which treats of endemic affections.

Endenization (n.) The act of naturalizing.

Endenize (v. t.) To endenizen.

Endenizen (v. t.) To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.

Ender (n.) One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.

Endermatic (a.) Endermic.

Endermic (a.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

Endermically (adv.) By the endermic method; as, applied endermically.

Enderon (n.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.

Endiademed (a.) Diademed.

Endiaper (v. t.) To decorate with a diaper pattern.

Endict (v. t.) See Indict.

Endictment (n.) See Indictment.

Ending (n.) Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

Ending (n.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.

Endite (v. t.) See Indite.

Endive (n.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.

Endless (a.) Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

Endless (a.) Infinite; excessive; unlimited.

Endless (a.) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

Endless (a.) Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.

Endlessly (adv.) In an endless manner.

Endlessness (n.) The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

Endlong (adv. & prep.) Lengthwise; along.

Endmost (a.) Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

Endo- () Alt. of End-

End- () A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.

Endoblast (n.) Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,

Endoblastic (a.) Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

Endocardiac (a.) Alt. of Endocardial

Endocardial (a.) Pertaining to the endocardium.

Endocardial (a.) Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.

Endocarditis (n.) Inflammation of the endocardium.

Endocardium (n.) The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

Endocarp (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Endochondral (a.) Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

Endochrome (n.) The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

Endoctrine (v. t.) To teach; to indoctrinate.

Endocyst (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Endoderm (n.) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.

Endoderm (n.) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Endodermal (a.) Alt. of Endodermic

Endodermic (a.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

Endodermis (n.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

Endogamous (a.) Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

Endogamy (n.) Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

Endogen (n.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

Endogenesis (n.) Endogeny.

Endogenetic (a.) Endogenous.

Endogenous (a.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

Endogenous (a.) Originating from within; increasing by internal growth.

Endogenously (adv.) By endogenous growth.

Endogeny (n.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

Endognath (n.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

Endognathal (a.) Pertaining to the endognath.

Endolymph (n.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

Endolymphangial (a.) Within a lymphatic vessel.

Endolymphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.

Endolymphatic (a.) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

Endome (v. t.) To cover as with a dome.

Endometritis (n.) Inflammation of the endometrium.

Endometrium (n.) The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

Endomorph (n.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

Endomysium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Endoneurium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

Endoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon.

Endophloeum (n.) The inner layer of the bark of trees.

Endophragma (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Endophragmal (a.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Endophyllous (a.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Endoplasm (n.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

Endoplasma (n.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.

Endoplast (n.) See Nucleus.

Endoplastica (n. pl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.

Endoplastule (n.) See Nucleolus.

Endopleura (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

Endopleurite (n.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

Endopodite (n.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Endorhizae (pl. ) of Endorhiza

Endorhiza (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Endorhizal (a.) Alt. of Endorhizous

Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

Endorsed (imp. & p. p.) of Endorse

Endorsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endorse

Endorse (v. t.) Same as Indorse.

Endorse (n.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Endorsee (n.) Same as Indorsee.

Endorsement (n.) Same as Indorsement.

Endorser (n.) Same as Indorser.

Endosarc (n.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

Endoscope (n.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Endoscopy (n.) The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.

Endoskeletal (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.

Endoskeleton (n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

Endosmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.

Endosmometric (a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

Endosmose (n.) Alt. of Endosmosis

Endosmosis (n.) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

Endosmosmic (a.) Endosmotic.

Endosmotic (a.) Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.

Endosperm (n.) The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Endospermic (a.) Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Endospore (n.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous (a.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Endoss (v. t.) To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.

Endosteal (a.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Endosternite (n.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Endosteum (n.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Endostoma (n.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Endostome (n.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

Endostome (n.) And endostoma.

Endostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Endostyle (n.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

Endotheca (n.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.

Endothecium (n.) The inner lining of an anther cell.

Endothelial (a.) Of, or relating to, endothelium.

Endothelia (pl. ) of Endothelium

Endothelium (n.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Endotheloid (a.) Like endothelium.

Endothorax (n.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Endowed (imp. & p. p.) of Endow

Endowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endow

Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

Endow (v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

Endower (v. t.) To endow.

Endower (n.) One who endows.

Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

Endowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

Endozoa (n. pl.) See Entozoa.

Endrudge (v. t.) To make a drudge or slave of.

Endued (imp. & p. p.) of Endue

Enduing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endue

Endue (v. t.) To invest.

Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.

Enduement (n.) Act of enduing; induement.

Endurable (a.) Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.

Endurably (adv.) In an endurable manner.

Endurance (n.) A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Endurant (a.) Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.

Endured (imp. & p. p.) of Endure

Enduring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endure

Endure (v. i.) To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

Endure (v. i.) To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

Endure (v. t.) To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.

Endurement (n.) Endurance.

Endurer (n.) One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Enduring (a.) Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.

Endways (adv.) Alt. of Endwise

Endwise (adv.) On end; erectly; in an upright position.

Endwise (adv.) With the end forward.

Endyma (n.) See Ependyma.

Endyses (pl. ) of Endysis

Endysis (n.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

Enecate (v. t.) To kill off; to destroy.

Eneid (n.) Same as Aeneid.

Enemata (pl. ) of Enema

Enema (n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.

Enemies (pl. ) of Enemy

Enemy (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

Enemy (a.) Hostile; inimical.

Enepidermic (a.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Energetic (a.) Alt. of Energetical

Energetical (a.) Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

Energetical (a.) Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.

Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.

Energic (a.) Alt. of Energical

Energical (a.) In a state of action; acting; operating.

Energical (a.) Having energy or great power; energetic.

Energized (imp. & p. p.) of Energize

Energizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Energize

Energize (v. i.) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

Energize (v. t.) To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

Energizer (n.) One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

Energizing (a.) Capable of imparting or exercising energy.

Energumen (n.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

Energies (pl. ) of Energy

Energy (n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

Energy (n.) Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

Energy (n.) Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

Energy (n.) Capacity for performing work.

Enervated (imp. & p. p.) of Enervate

Enervating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enervate

Enervate (v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

Enervate (a.) Weakened; weak; without strength of force.

Enervation (n.) The act of weakening, or reducing strength.

Enervation (n.) The state of being weakened; effeminacy.

Enervative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening.

Enerve (v. t.) To weaken; to enervate.

Enervous (a.) Lacking nerve or force; enervated.

Enfamish (v. t.) To famish; to starve.

Enfect (a.) Contaminated with illegality.

Enfeebled (imp. & p. p.) of Enfeeble

Enfeebling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfeeble

Enfeeble (v. t.) To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

Enfeeblement (n.) The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

Enfeebler (n.) One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

Enfeeblish (v. i.) To enfeeble.

Enfeloned (a.) Rendered fierce or frantic.

Enfeoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfeoff

Enfeoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfeoff

Enfeoff (v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.

Enfeoff (v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient.

Enfeoffment (n.) The act of enfeoffing.

Enfeoffment (n.) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.

Enfester (v. t.) To fester.

Enfetter (v. t.) To bind in fetters; to enchain.

Enfever (v. t.) To excite fever in.

Enfierced (imp. & p. p.) of Enfierce

Enfiercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfierce

Enfierce (v. t.) To make fierce.

Enfilade (n.) A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.

Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

Enfiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfilade

Enfilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfilade

Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.

Enfiled (p. a.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

Enfire (v. t.) To set on fire.

Enflesh (v. t.) To clothe with flesh.

Enflowered (imp. & p. p.) of Enflower

Enflowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enflower

Enflower (v. t.) To cover or deck with flowers.

Enfold (v. t.) To infold. See Infold.

Enfoldment (n.) The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

Enforced (imp. & p. p.) of Enforce

Enforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enforce

Enforce (v. t.) To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

Enforce (v. t.) To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.

Enforce (v. t.) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

Enforce (v. t.) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

Enforce (v. t.) To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

Enforce (v. t.) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

Enforce (v. i.) To attempt by force.

Enforce (v. i.) To prove; to evince.

Enforce (v. i.) To strengthen; to grow strong.

Enforce (n.) Force; strength; power.

Enforceable (a.) Capable of being enforced.

Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.

Enforcement (n.) The act of enforcing; compulsion.

Enforcement (n.) A giving force to; a putting in execution.

Enforcement (n.) That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

Enforcer (n.) One who enforces.

Enforcible (a.) That may be enforced.

Enforcive (a.) Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.

Enforest (v. t.) To turn into a forest.

Enform (v. t.) To form; to fashion.

Enfouldred (a.) Mixed with, or emitting, lightning.

Enframe (v. t.) To inclose, as in a frame.

Enfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Enfranchise

Enfranchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfranchise

Enfranchise (v. t.) To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

Enfranchise (v. t.) To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.

Enfranchisement (n.) Releasing from slavery or custody.

Enfranchisement (n.) Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

Enfranchiser (n.) One who enfranchises.

Enfree (v. t.) To set free.

Enfreedom (v. t.) To set free.

Enfreeze (v. t.) To freeze; to congeal.

Enfroward (v. t.) To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable.

Engaged (imp. & p. p.) of Engage

Engaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engage

Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.

Engage (v. t.) To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

Engage (v. t.) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

Engage (v. t.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

Engage (v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

Engage (v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

Engage (v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Engaged (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.

Engaged (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

Engaged (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.

Engagedly (adv.) With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

Engagedness (n.) The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

Engagement (n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.

Engagement (n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

Engager (n.) One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.

Engaging (a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.

Engallant (v. t.) To make a gallant of.

Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.

Engarboil (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to disturb.

Engarland (v. t.) To encircle with a garland, or with garlands.

Engarrison (v. t.) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.

Engastrimuth (n.) An ventriloquist.

Engendered (imp. & p. p.) of Engender

Engendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engender

Engender (v. t.) To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.

Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.

Engender (v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.

Engender (n.) One who, or that which, engenders.

Engendrure (n.) The act of generation.

Engild (v. t.) To gild; to make splendent.

Engine (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.

Engine (n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.

Engine (n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

Engine (v. t.) To assault with an engine.

Engine (v. t.) To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.

Engineer (n.) A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

Engineer (n.) One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

Engineer (n.) One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.

Engineered (imp. & p. p.) of Engineer

Engineering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engineer

Engineer (v. t.) To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.

Engineer (v. t.) To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.

Engineering (n.) Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.

Enginemen (pl. ) of Engineman

Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.

Enginer (n.) A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.

Enginery (n.) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.

Enginery (n.) Engines, in general; instruments of war.

Enginery (n.) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

Engine-sized (a.) Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper.

Enginous (a.) Pertaining to an engine.

Enginous (a.) Contrived with care; ingenious.

Engirded (imp. & p. p.) of Engird

Engirt () of Engird

Engirding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engird

Engird (v. t.) To gird; to encompass.

Engirdle (v. t.) To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Engirt (v. t.) To engird.

Engiscope (n.) A kind of reflecting microscope.

Englaimed (a.) Clammy.

Engle (n.) A favorite; a paramour; an ingle.

Engle (v. t.) To cajole or coax, as favorite.

English (a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

English (a.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.

English (n.) Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.

English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.

English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

English (n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.

Englished (imp. & p. p.) of English

Englishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of English

English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.

English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.

Englishable (a.) Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.

Englishism (n.) A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English.

Englishism (n.) A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Englishmen (pl. ) of Englishman

Englishman (n.) A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

Englishry (n.) The state or privilege of being an Englishman.

Englishry (n.) A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

Englishwomen (pl. ) of Englishwoman

Englishwoman (n.) Fem. of Englishman.

Engloom (v. t.) To make gloomy.

Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued.

Englutted (imp. & p. p.) of Englut

Englutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Englut

Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.

Englut (v. t.) To glut.

Engore (v. t.) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.

Engore (v. t.) To make bloody.

Engorged (imp. & p. p.) of Engorge

Engorging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engorge

Engorge (v. t.) To gorge; to glut.

Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.

Engorge (v. i.) To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.

Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.

Engorged (p. a.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.

Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

Engorgement (n.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.

Engorgement (n.) The clogging of a blast furnace.

Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.

Engoulee (a.) Same as Engouled.

Engraff (v. t.) To graft; to fix deeply.

Engraffment (n.) See Ingraftment.

Engraft (v. t.) See Ingraft.

Engraftation (n.) Alt. of Engraftment

Engraftment (n.) The act of ingrafting; ingraftment.

Engrailed (imp. & p. p.) of Engrail

Engrailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrail

Engrail (v. t.) To variegate or spot, as with hail.

Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

Engrail (v. i.) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.

Engrailed (a.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.

Engrailment (n.) The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc.

Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.

Engrained (imp. & p. p.) of Engrain

Engraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrain

Engrain (v. t.) To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.

Engrain (v. t.) To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

Engrain (v. t.) To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

Engrapple (v. t. & i.) To grapple.

Engrasped (imp. & p. p.) of Engrasp

Engrasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrasp

Engrasp (v. t.) To grasp; to grip.

Engrave (v. t.) To deposit in the grave; to bury.

Engraved (imp.) of Engrave

Engraved (p. p.) of Engrave

Engraven () of Engrave

Engraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave

Engrave (v. t.) To cut in; to make by incision.

Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Engrave (v. t.) To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

Engrave (v. t.) To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

Engraved (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

Engraved (a.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

Engravement (n.) Engraving.

Engravement (n.) Engraved work.

Engraver (n.) One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

Engravery (n.) The trade or work of an engraver.

Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

Engregge (v. t.) To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.

Engrieve (v. t.) To grieve.

Engrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Engross

Engrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross

Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

Engross (v. t.) To amass.

Engross (v. t.) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.

Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.

Engrosser (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

Engrosser (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.

Engrossment (n.) The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

Engrossment (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.

Engulfed (imp. & p. p.) of Engulf

Engulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engulf

Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Engyn () Variant of Engine.

Enhalo (v. t.) To surround with a halo.

Enhanced (imp. & p. p.) of Enhance

Enhancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enhance

Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.

Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

Enhance (v. i.) To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.

Enhancement (n.) The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

Enhancer (n.) One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.

Enharbor (v. t.) To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.

Enharden (v. t.) To harden; to embolden.

Enharmonic (a.) Alt. of Enharmonical

Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/.

Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.

Enharmonically (adv.) In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

Enhearten (v. t.) To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.

Enhedge (v. t.) To surround as with a hedge.

Enhort (v. t.) To encourage.

Enhunger (v. t.) To make hungry.

Enhydros (n.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Enhydrous (a.) Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

Enigmas (pl. ) of Enigma

Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

Enigma (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

Enigmatic (a.) Alt. of Enigmatical

Enigmatical (a.) Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Enigmatically (adv.) Darkly; obscurely.

Enigmatist (n.) One who makes, or talks in, enigmas.

Enigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Enigmatize

Enigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enigmatize

Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

Enigmatography (n.) Alt. of Enigmatology

Enigmatology (n.) The art of making or of solving enigmas.

Enisled (p. a.) Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.

Enjailed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjall

Enjailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjall

Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.

Enjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoin

Enjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoin

Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Enjoin (v. t.) To join or unite.

Enjoiner (n.) One who enjoins.

Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

Enjoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoy

Enjoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoy

Enjoy (v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

Enjoy (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.

Enjoy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.

Enjoy (v. i.) To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.

Enjoyable (a.) Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.

Enjoyer (n.) One who enjoys.

Enjoyment (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

Enjoyment (n.) That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

Enkennel (v. t.) To put into a kennel.

Enkerchiefed (a.) Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered.

Enkindled (imp. & p. p.) of Enkindle

Enkindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enkindle

Enkindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

Enkindle (v. t.) To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.

Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

Enlacement (n.) The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

Enlard (v. t.) To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten.

Enlarged (imp. & p. p.) of Enlarge

Enlarging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enlarge

Enlarge (v. t.) To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

Enlarge (v. t.) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.

Enlarge (v. t.) To set at large or set free.

Enlarge (v. i.) To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.

Enlarge (v. i.) To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

Enlarge (v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.

Enlarged (a.) Made large or larger; extended; swollen.

Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

Enlargement (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.

Enlargement (n.) Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.

Enlarger (n.) One that enlarges.

Enlay (v. t.) See Inlay.

Enlengthen (v. t.) To lengthen.

Enleven (n.) Eleven.

Enlight (v. t.) To illumine; to enlighten.

Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

Enlighten (v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.

Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.

Enlightenment (n.) Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Enlimn (v. t.) To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript.

Enlink (v. t.) To chain together; to connect, as by links.

Enlisted (imp. & p. p.) of Enlist

Enlisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enlist

Enlist (v. t.) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

Enlist (v. t.) To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

Enlist (v. t.) To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.

Enlist (v. i.) To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

Enlist (v. i.) To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Enlistment (n.) The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

Enlistment (n.) The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.

Enlive (v. t.) To enliven.

Enlivened (imp. & p. p.) of Enliven

Enlivening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enliven

Enliven (v. t.) To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

Enliven (v. t.) To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.

Enlivener (n.) One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.

Enlock (v. t.) To lock; to inclose.

Enlumine (v. t.) To illumine.

Enlute (v. t.) To coat with clay; to lute.

Enmanche (a.) Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.

Enmarble (v. t.) To make hard as marble; to harden.

Enmesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.

Enmew (v. t.) See Emmew.

Enmist (v. t.) To infold, as in a mist.

Enmities (pl. ) of Enmity

Enmity (n.) The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

Enmity (n.) A state of opposition; hostility.

Enmossed (a.) Covered with moss; mossed.

Enmove (v. t.) See Emmove.

Enmuffle (v. t.) To muffle up.

Enmure (v. t.) To immure.

Ennation (n.) The ninth segment in insects.

Ennead (n.) The number nine or a group of nine.

Enneagon (n.) A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.

Enneagonal (a.) Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles.

Enneagynous (a.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

Enheahedral (a.) Having nine sides.

Enheahedria (n.) Alt. of Enheahedron

Enheahedron (n.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.

Enneandria (n.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens.

Enneandrian (a.) Alt. of Enneandrous

Enneandrous (a.) Having nine stamens.

Enneapetalous (a.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves.

Enneaspermous (a.) Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.

Enneatic (a.) Alt. of Enneatical

Enneatical (a.) Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth.

Ennew (v. t.) To make new.

Enniche (v. t.) To place in a niche.

Ennobled (imp. & p. p.) of Ennoble

Ennobling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ennoble

Ennoble (v. t.) To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

Ennoble (v. t.) To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.

Ennoblement (n.) The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.

Ennoblement (n.) That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.

Ennobler (n.) One who ennobles.

Ennui (n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.

Ennuye (a.) Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted.

Ennuye (n.) One who is affected with ennui.

Ennuyee (n.) A woman affected with ennui.

Enodal (a.) Without a node.

Enodation (n.) The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty.

Enode (v. t.) To clear of knots; to make clear.

Enoint (a.) Anointed.

Enomotarch (n.) The commander of an enomoty.

Enomoty (n.) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

Enopla (n. pl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

Enoptomancy (n.) Divination by the use of a mirror.

Enorm (a.) Enormous.

Enormities (pl. ) of Enormity

Enormity (n.) The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

Enormity (n.) That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.

Enormous (a.) Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.

Enormous (a.) Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.

Enormously (adv.) In an enormous degree.

Enormousness (n.) The state of being enormous.

Enorthotrope (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.

Enough (adv.) In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

Enough (adv.) Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.

Enough (adv.) In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.

Enough (n.) A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.

Enough (interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.

Enounced (imp. & p. p.) of Enounce

Enouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enounce

Enounce (v. t.) To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

Enounce (v. t.) To utter; to articulate.

Enouncement (n.) Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.

Enow () A form of Enough.

Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.

Enpierce (v. t.) To pierce.

Enquere (v. i.) To inquire.

Enquicken (v. t.) To quicken; to make alive.

Enquire (v. i. & t.) See Inquire.

Enquirer (n.) See Inquirer.

Enquiry (n.) See Inquiry.

Enrace (v. t.) To enroot; to implant.

Enraged (imp. & p. p.) of Enrage

Enraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enrage

Enrage (v. t.) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Enragement (n.) Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement.

Enrange (v. t.) To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange.

Enrange (v. t.) To rove over; to range.

Enrank (v. t.) To place in ranks or in order.

Enrapt (p. a.) Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured.

Enraptured (imp. & p. p.) of Enrapture

Enrapturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enrapture

Enrapture (v. t.) To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.

Enravish (v. t.) To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.

Enravishingly (adv.) So as to throw into ecstasy.

Enravishment (n.) The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture.

Enregister (v. t.) To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.

Enrheum (v. i.) To contract a rheum.

Enriched (imp. & p. p.) of Enrich

Enriching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enrich

Enrich (v. t.) To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

Enrich (v. t.) To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.

Enrich (v. t.) To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.

Enrich (v. t.) To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind.

Enricher (n.) One who enriches.

Enrichment (n.) The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

Enridge (v. t.) To form into ridges.

Enring (v. t.) To encircle.

Enripen (v. t.) To ripen.

Enrive (v. t.) To rive; to cleave.

Enrobe (v. t.) To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

Enrockment (n.) A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.

Enrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Enroll

Enrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enroll

Enroll (n.) To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.

Enroll (n.) To envelop; to inwrap; to involve.

Enroller (n.) One who enrolls or registers.

Enrollment (n.) The act of enrolling; registration.

Enrollment (n.) A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record.

Enroot (v. t.) To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep.

Enround (v. t.) To surround.

En route () On the way or road.

Ens (n.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.

Ens (n.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.

Ensafe (v. t.) To make safe.

Ensample (n.) An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

Ensample (v. t.) To exemplify, to show by example.

Ensanguine (v. t.) To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue.

Ensate (a.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.

Enscale (v. t.) To cover with scales.

Enshedule (v. t.) To insert in a schedule. See Schedule.

Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconce

Ensconcing (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconce

Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.

Enseal (v. t.) To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify.

Enseam (v. t.) To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.

Enseam (v. t.) To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.

Ensear (v. t.) To sear; to dry up.

Ensearch (v. i.) To make search; to try to find something.

Ensearch (v. t. ) To search for.

Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.

Enseint (a.) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte.

Ensemble (n.) The whole; all the parts taken together.

Ensemble (adv.) All at once; together.

Enshelter (v. t.) To shelter.

Enshield (v. t.) To defend, as with a shield; to shield.

Enshield (a.) Shielded; enshielded.

Enshrined (imp. & p. p.) of Enshrine

Enshrining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enshrine

Enshrine (v. t.) To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

Enshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.

Ensiferous (a.) Bearing a sword.

Ensiform (a.) Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.

Ensign (n.) A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.

Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.

Ensign (n.) Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.

Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.

Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.

Ensign (v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.

Ensign (v. t.) To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

Ensigncies (pl. ) of Ensigncy

Ensigncy (n.) The rank or office of an ensign.

Ensignship (n.) The state or rank of an ensign.

Ensilage (n.) The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.

Ensilage (n.) The fodder preserved in a silo.

Ensilaged (imp. & p. p.) of Ensilage

Ensilaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ensilage

Ensilage (v. t.) To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.

Ensky (v. t.) To place in the sky or in heaven.

Enslaved (imp. & p. p.) of Enslave

Enslaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enslave

Enslave (v. t.) To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.

Enslavedness (n.) State of being enslaved.

Enslavement (n.) The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.

Enslaver (n.) One who enslaves.

Ensnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Ensnarl (v. t.) To entangle.

Ensober (v. t.) To make sober.

Ensoul (v. t.) To indue or imbue (a body) with soul.

Ensphere (v. t.) To place in a sphere; to envelop.

Ensphere (v. t.) To form into a sphere.

Enstamp (v. t.) To stamp; to mark as /ith a stamp; to impress deeply.

Enstate (v. t.) See Instate.

Enstatite (n.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

Enstatitic (a.) Relating to enstatite.

Enstore (v. t.) To restore.

Enstyle (v. t.) To style; to name.

Ensuable (a.) Ensuing; following.

Ensued (imp. & p. p.) of Ensue

Ensuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ensue

Ensue (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

Ensue (v. i.) To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.

Ensure (v. t.) To make sure. See Insure.

Ensure (v. t.) To betroth.

Ensurer (n.) See Insurer.

Enswathe (v. t.) To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.

Enswathement (n.) The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.

Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.

Ent- () A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.

-ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.

Entablature (n.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

Entablement (n.) See Entablature.

Entackle (v. t.) To supply with tackle.

Entad (adv.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad.

Entail (n.) That which is entailed.

Entail (n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.

Entail (n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.

Entail (n.) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Entailed (imp. & p. p.) of Entail

Entailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entail

Entail (n.) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.

Entail (n.) To appoint hereditary possessor.

Entail (n.) To cut or carve in a ornamental way.

Entailment (n.) The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

Entailment (n.) The condition of being entailed.

Entailment (n.) A thing entailed.

Ental (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal.

Entame (v. t.) To tame.

Entangled (imp. & p. p.) of Entangle

Entangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entangle

Entangle (v. t.) To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

Entangle (v. t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.

Entanglement (n.) State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

Entangler (n.) One that entangles.

Entasia (n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

Entasis (n.) Same as Entasia.

Entassment (n.) A heap; accumulation.

Entastic (a.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.

Entelechy (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.

Entellus (n.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.

Entend (v. i.) To attend to; to apply one's self to.

Entender (v. t.) To make tender.

Entender (v. t.) To treat with tenderness.

Ententive (a.) Attentive; zealous.

Enter- () A prefix signifying between, among, part.

Entered (imp. & p. p.) of Enter

Entering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enter

Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea.

Enter (v. t.) To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

Enter (v. t.) To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

Enter (v. t.) To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.

Enter (v. t.) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

Enter (v. t.) To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

Enter (v. t.) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.

Enter (v. t.) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.

Enter (v. t.) To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4.

Enter (v. t.) To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preemption.

Enter (v. t.) To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

Enter (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.

Enter (v. i.) To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.

Enter (v. i.) To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

Enter (v. i.) To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.

Enteradenography (n.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

Enteradenology (n.) The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

Enteralgia (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

Enterdeal (n.) Mutual dealings; intercourse.

Enterer (n.) One who makes an entrance or beginning.

Enteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.

Enteritis (n.) An inflammation of the intestines.

Enterlace (v. t.) See Interlace.

Entermete (v. i.) To interfere; to intermeddle.

Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

Entermise (n.) Mediation.

Enterocele (n.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Enterocoele (n.) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

Enterography (n.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.

Enterolith (n.) An intestinal concretion.

Enterology (n.) The science which treats of the viscera of the body.

Enteron (n.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.

Enteropathy (n.) Disease of the intestines.

Enteropneusta (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

Enterorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

Enterotome (n.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.

Enterotomy (n.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

Enterparlance (n.) Mutual talk or conversation; conference.

Enterplead (v. i.) Same as Interplead.

Enterprise (n.) That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.

Enterprise (n.) Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

Enterprise (v. t.) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

Enterprise (v. t.) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Enterprise (v. i.) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Enterpriser (n.) One who undertakes enterprises.

Enterprising (a.) Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.

Entertained (imp. & p. p.) of Entertain

Entertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entertain

Entertain (v. t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

Entertain (v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

Entertain (v. t.) To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.

Entertain (v. t.) To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.

Entertain (v. t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.

Entertain (v. t.) To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.

Entertain (v. t.) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.

Entertain (v. i.) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.

Entertain (n.) Entertainment.

Entertainer (n.) One who entertains.

Entertaining (a.) Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.

Entertainment (n.) The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.

Entertainment (n.) Admission into service; service.

Entertainment (n.) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

Entertake (v. t.) To entertain.

Entertissued (a.) Same as Intertissued.

Entheal (a.) Alt. of Enthean

Enthean (a.) Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.

Entheasm (n.) Inspiration; enthusiasm.

Entheastic (a.) Of godlike energy; inspired.

Entheat (a.) Divinely inspired.

Enthelmintha (n. pl.) Alt. of Enthelminthes

Enthelminthes (n. pl.) Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.

Entheic (a.) Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.

Enthrall (v. t.) To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.

Enthrallment (n.) The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.

Enthrill (v. t.) To pierce; to thrill.

Enthrone (v. t.) To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

Enthrone (v. t.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.

Enthronement (n.) The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.

Enthronization (n.) The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.

Enthronized (imp. & p. p.) of Enthronize

Enthronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enthronize

Enthronize (v. t.) To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop.

Enthuse (v. t. & i.) To make or become enthusiastic.

Enthusiasm (n.) Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.

Enthusiasm (n.) A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm (n.) Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm (n.) Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.

Enthusiast (n.) One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.

Enthusiastic (a.) Alt. of Enthusiastical

Enthusiastical (a.) Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art.

Enthusiastic (n.) An enthusiast; a zealot.

Enthymematic (a.) Alt. of Enthymematical

Enthymematical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.

Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.

Enticed (imp. & p. p.) of Entice

Enticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entice

Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.

Enticeable (a.) Capable of being enticed.

Enticement (n.) The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

Enticement (n.) That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.

Enticer (n.) One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil.

Enticing (a.) That entices; alluring.

Enticingly (adv.) In an enticing manner; charmingly.

Entierty (n.) See Entirety.

Entire (a.) Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.

Entire (a.) Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.

Entire (a.) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

Entire (a.) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.

Entire (a.) Not gelded; -- said of a horse.

Entire (a.) Internal; interior.

Entire (n.) Entirely.

Entire (n.) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.

Entirely (adv.) In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost.

Entirely (adv.) Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.

Entireness (n.) The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge.

Entireness (n.) Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.

Entireness (n.) Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association.

Entireness (pl. ) of Entirety

Entirety (n.) The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest.

Entirety (n.) That which is entire; the whole.

Entitative (a.) Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.

Entitled (imp. & p. p.) of Entitle

Entitling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entitle

Entitle (v. t.) To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable."

Entitle (v. t.) To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.

Entitle (v. t.) To attribute; to ascribe.

Entitule (v. t.) To entitle.

Entities (pl. ) of Entity

Entity (n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.

Ento- () A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.

Entoblast (n.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

Entobronchia (pl. ) of Entobronchium

Entobronchium (n.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Entocuneiform (n.) Alt. of Entocuniform

Entocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Entoderm (n.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

Entodermal (a.) Alt. of Entodermic

Entodermic (a.) Relating to the entoderm.

Entogastric (a.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

Entogenous (a.) See Endogenous.

Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Entoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Entoil

Entoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entoil

Entoil (v. t.) To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.

Entombed (imp. & p. p.) of Entomb

Entombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entomb

Entomb (v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.

Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial.

Entomere (n.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Entomic (a.) Alt. of Entomical

Entomical (a.) Relating to insects; entomological.

Entomoid (a.) Resembling an insect.

Entomoid (n.) An object resembling an insect.

Entomolin (n.) See Chitin.

Entomolite (n.) A fossil insect.

Entomologic (a.) Alt. of Entomological

Entomological (a.) Of or relating to entomology.

Entomologist (n.) One versed in entomology.

Entomologize (v. i.) To collect specimens in the study of entomology.

Entomologies (pl. ) of Entomology

Entomology (n.) That part of zoology which treats of insects.

Entomology (n.) A treatise on the science of entomology.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.

Entomophagan (a.) Relating to the Entomophaga.

Entomophagan (n.) One of the Entomophaga.

Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.

Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.

Entomostraca (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.

Entomostracan (a.) Relating to the Entomostraca.

Entomostracan (n.) One of the Entomostraca.

Entomostracous (a.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.

Entomotomist (n.) One who practices entomotomy.

Entomotomy (n.) The science of the dissection of insects.

Entonic (a.) Having great tension, or exaggerated action.

Entoperipheral (a.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.

Entophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.

Entophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.

Entoplasm (n.) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

Entoplasm (n.) Endosarc.

Entoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.

Entoplastra (pl. ) of Entoplastron

Entoplastron (n.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.

Entoprocta (n. pl.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

Entoptic (a.) Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.

Entorganism (n.) An internal parasitic organism.

Entortilation (n.) A turning into a circle; round figures.

Entosterna (pl. ) of Entosternum

Entosternum (n.) See Entoplastron.

Entosthoblast (n.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.

Entothorax (n.) See Endothorax.

Entotic (a.) Pertaining to the interior of the ear.

Entozoa (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

Entozoa (n. pl.) An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.

Entozoal (a.) Alt. of Entozoic

Entozoic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.

Entozoologist (n.) One versed in the science of the Entozoa.

Entozoa (pl. ) of Entozoon

Entozoon (n.) One of the Entozoa.

Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

Entr'acte (n.) A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.

Entrail (v. t.) To interweave; to intertwine.

Entrail (n.) Entanglement; fold.

Entrails (n. pl.) The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

Entrails (n. pl.) The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.

Entrain (v. t.) To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.

Entrain (v. t.) To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment.

Entrain (v. i.) To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.

Entrammel (v. t.) To trammel; to entangle.

Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

Entrance (n.) Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.

Entrance (n.) The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.

Entrance (n.) The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

Entrance (n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

Entranced (imp. & p. p.) of Entrance

Entrancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entrance

Entrance (v. t.) To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

Entrance (v. t.) To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

Entrancement (n.) The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.

Entrant (n.) One who enters; a beginner.

Entrant (n.) An applicant for admission.

Entrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Entrap

Entrapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entrap

Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.

Entreated (imp. & p. p.) of Entreat

Entreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entreat

Entreat (v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.

Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

Entreat (v. t.) To invite; to entertain.

Entreat (v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.

Entreat (n.) Entreaty.

Entreatable (a.) That may be entreated.

Entreatance (n.) Entreaty.

Entreater (n.) One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.

Entreatful (a.) Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.

Entreatingly (adv.) In an entreating manner.

Entreative (a.) Used in entreaty; pleading.

Entreatment (n.) Entreaty; invitation.

Entreaties (pl. ) of Entreaty

Entreaty (n.) Treatment; reception; entertainment.

Entreaty (n.) The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Entree (n.) A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

Entree (n.) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

Entremets (n. sing. & pl.) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

Entremets (n. sing. & pl.) Any small entertainment between two greater ones.

Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.

Entrepot (n.) A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit.

Entrepreneur (n.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.

Entresol (n.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.

Entrick (v. t.) To trick, to perplex.

Entrochal (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

Entrochite (n.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

Entropion (n.) Same as Entropium.

Entropium (n.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

Entropy (n.) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.

Entrust (v. t.) See Intrust.

Entries (pl. ) of Entry

Entry (n.) The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.

Entry (n.) The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.

Entry (n.) That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.

Entry (n.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.

Entry (n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.

Entry (n.) A putting upon record in proper form and order.

Entry (n.) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.

Entryng (n.) Am entrance.

Entune (v. t.) To tune; to intone.

Entwine (v. t.) To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

Entwine (v. i.) To be twisted or twined.

Entwinement (n.) A twining or twisting together or round; union.

Entwist (v. t.) To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.

Enubilate (v. t.) To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.

Enubilous (a.) Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear.

Enucleated (imp. & p. p.) of Enucleate

Enucleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enucleate

Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

Enucleate (v. t.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.

Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Enumerated (imp. & p. p.) of Enumerate

Enumerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enumerate

Enumerate (v. t.) To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Enumeration (n.) The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

Enumeration (n.) A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.

Enumeration (n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.

Enumerative (a.) Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.

Enumerator (n.) One who enumerates.

Enunciable (a.) Capable of being enunciated or expressed.

Enunciated (imp. & p. p.) of Enunciate

Enunciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enunciate

Enunciate (v. t.) To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

Enunciate (v. t.) To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

Enunciate (v. i.) To utter words or syllables articulately.

Enunciation (n.) The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

Enunciation (n.) Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

Enunciation (n.) That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Enunciative (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.

Enunciator (n.) One who enunciates or proclaims.

Enunciatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.

Enure (v. t.) See Inure.

Enuresis (n.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

Envassal (v. t.) To make a vassal of.

Envault (v. t.) To inclose in a vault; to entomb.

Enveigle (v. t.) To entice. See Inveigle.

Enveloped (imp. & p. p.) of Envelop

Enveloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Envelop

Envelop (v. t.) To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.

Envelope (n.) Alt. of Envelop

Envelop (n.) That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

Envelop (n.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.

Envelop (n.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.

Envelop (n.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.

Envelop (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.

Envelopment (n.) The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

Envelopment (n.) That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.

Envenime (v. t.) To envenom.

Envenomed (imp. & p. p.) of Envenom

Envenoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Envenom

Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.

Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.

Envermeil (v. t.) To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red.

Enviable (a.) Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.

Envie (v. i.) To vie; to emulate; to strive.

Envier (n.) One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.

Envigor (v. t.) To invigorate.

Envious (a.) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

Envious (a.) Inspiring envy.

Envious (a.) Excessively careful; cautious.

Environed (imp. & p. p.) of Environ

Environing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Environ

Environ (v. t.) To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

Environ (adv.) About; around.

Environment (n.) Act of environing; state of being environed.

Environment (n.) That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

Environs (n. pl.) The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

Envisaged (imp. & p. p.) of Envisage

Envisaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Envisage

Envisage (v. t.) To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.

Envisagement (n.) The act of envisaging.

Envolume (v. t.) To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.

Envolup (v. t.) To wrap up; to envelop.

Envoy (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

Envoy (n.) An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

Envoyship (n.) The office or position of an envoy.

Envies (pl. ) of Envy

Envy (n.) Malice; ill will; spite.

Envy (n.) Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar.

Envy (n.) Emulation; rivalry.

Envy (n.) Public odium; ill repute.

Envy (n.) An object of envious notice or feeling.

Envied (imp. & p. p.) of Envy

Envying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Envy

Envy (v. t.) To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

Envy (v. t.) To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Envy (v. t.) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

Envy (v. t.) To hate.

Envy (v. t.) To emulate.

Envy (v. i.) To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

Envy (v. i.) To show malice or ill will; to rail.

Envyned (a.) Stored or furnished with wine.

Enwall (v. t.) See Inwall.

Enwallow (v. t.) To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.

Enwheel (v. t.) To encircle.

Enwiden (v. t.) To widen.

Enwind (v. t.) To wind about; to encircle.

Enwoman (v. t.) To endow with the qualities of a woman.

Enwombed (imp. & p. p.) of Enwomb

Enwombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enwomb

Enwomb (v. t.) To conceive in the womb.

Enwomb (v. t.) To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern.

Enwrap (v. t.) To envelop. See Inwrap.

Enwrapment (n.) Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope.

Enwreathe (v. t.) See Inwreathe.

Enzootic (a.) Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.

Enzyme (n.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.

Eocene (a.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits.

Eocene (n.) The Eocene formation.

Eolian (a.) Aeolian.

Eolian (a.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.

Eolic (a. & n.) See Aeolic.

Eolipile (n.) Same as Aeolipile.

Eolis (n.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillae along the back. See Ceratobranchia.

Eon (n.) Alt. of Aeon

Aeon (n.) An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

Aeon (n.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

Eophyte (n.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

Eophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to eophytes.

Eos (n.) Aurora, the goddess of morn.

Eosaurus (n.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

Eosin (n.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluorescein, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

Eosphorite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

Eozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoon has been found.

Eozoons (pl. ) of Eozoon

Eozoa (pl. ) of Eozoon

Eozoon (n.) A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.

Eozoonal (a.) Pertaining to the eozoon; containing eozoons; as, eozoonal limestone.

Ep- () See Epi-.

Epacris (n.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

Epact (n.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.

Epagoge (n.) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.

Epagogic (a.) Inductive.

Epalate (a.) Without palpi.

Epanadiplosis (n.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."

Epanalepsis (n.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.

Epanaphora (n.) Same as Anaphora.

Epanastrophe (n.) Same as Anadiplosis.

Epanodos (n.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order

Epanody (n.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.

Epanorthosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!

Epanthous (a.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.

Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

Eparchy (n.) A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

Eparterial (a.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Epaule (n.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

Epaulement (n.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

Epaulet (n.) Alt. of Epaulette

Epaulette (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

Epauleted (a.) Alt. of Epauletted

Epauletted (a.) Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

Epaxial (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.

Epeira (n.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

Epen (n.) See Epencephalon.

Epencephalic (a.) Pertaining to the epencephalon.

Epencephalic (a.) Situated on or over the brain.

Epencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

Ependyma (n.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

Ependymis (n.) See Ependyma.

Epenetic (a.) Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.

Epentheses (pl. ) of Epenthesis

Epenthesis (n.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n/mol.

Epenthetic (a.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.

Epergne (n.) A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.

Eperlan (n.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Epexegesis (n.) A full or additional explanation; exegesis.

Epexegetical (a.) Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.

Ephah (n.) Alt. of Epha

Epha (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

Ephemera (n.) A fever of one day's continuance only.

Ephemera (n.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

Ephemeral (a.) Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

Ephemeral (a.) Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.

Ephemeral (n.) Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.

Ephemeran (n.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemeric (a.) Ephemeral.

Ephemerides (pl. ) of Ephemeris

Ephemeris (n.) A diary; a journal.

Ephemeris (n.) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."

Ephemeris (n.) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

Ephemeris (n.) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.

Ephemerist (n.) One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.

Ephemerist (n.) One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.

Ephemera (pl. ) of Ephemeron

Ephemeron (n.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemerous (a.) Ephemeral.

Ephesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.

Ephesian (n.) A native of Ephesus.

Ephesian (n.) A jolly companion; a roisterer.

Ephialtes (n.) The nightmare.

Ephippial (a.) Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.

Ephippium (n.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

Ephippium (n.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.

Ephors (pl. ) of Ephor

Ephori (pl. ) of Ephor

Ephor (n.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.

Ephoral (a.) Pertaining to an ephor.

Ephoralty (n.) The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

Ephraim (n.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Ephyra (n.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.

Epiblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.

Epiblastic (a.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.

Epiblema (n.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.

Epibolic (a.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Epiboly (n.) Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.

Epibranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.

Epibranchial (n.) An epibranchial cartilage or bone.

Epic (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

Epic (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.

Epical (a.) Epic.

Epicardiac (a.) Of or relating to the epicardium.

Epicardium (n.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.

Epicarican (n.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Epicede (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.

Epicedial (a.) Elegiac; funereal.

Epicedian (a.) Epicedial.

Epicedian (n.) An epicede.

Epicedium (n.) An epicede.

Epicene (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

Epicene (a. & n.) Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.

Epicentral (a.) Arising from the centrum of a vertebra.

Epicerastic (a.) Lenient; assuaging.

Epichiremata (pl. ) of Epichirema

Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.

Epichordal (a.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

Epichorial (a.) In or of the country.

Epicleidium (n.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.

Epiclinal (a.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.

Epicoele (n.) A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.

Epicoene (a.) Epicene.

Epicolic (a.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

Epicondylar (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.

Epicondyle (n.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

Epicoracoid (n.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Epicranium (n.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.

Epicranium (n.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

Epictetain (a.) Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.

Epicure (n.) A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.

Epicure (n.) One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.

Epicurean (a.) Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.

Epicurean (a.) Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.

Epicurean (n.) A follower or Epicurus.

Epicurean (n.) One given to epicurean indulgence.

Epicureanism (n.) Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

Epicurely (adv.) Luxuriously.

Epicureous (a.) Epicurean.

Epicurism (n.) The doctrines of Epicurus.

Epicurism (n.) Epicurean habits of living; luxury.

Epicurize (v. i.) To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.

Epicurize (v. i.) To feed or indulge like an epicure.

Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.

Epicycle (n.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.

Epicyclic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.

Epicycloid (n.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

Epicycloidal (a.) Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.

Epideictic (a.) Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

Epidemic (a.) Alt. of Epidemical

Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic.

Epidemical (a.) Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.

Epidemic (n.) An epidemic disease.

Epidemic (n.) Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

Epidemically (adv.) In an epidemic manner.

Epidemiography (n.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.

Epidemiological (a.) Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.

Epidemiologist (n.) A person skilled in epidemiology.

Epidemiology (n.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Epidemy (n.) An epidemic disease.

Epiderm (n.) The epidermis.

Epidermal (a.) Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.

Epidermatic (a.) Epidermal.

Epidermatoid (a.) Epidermoid.

Epidermeous (a.) Epidermal.

Epidermic (a.) Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.

Epidermical (a.) Epidermal.

Epidermidal (a.) Epidermal.

Epidermis (v. t.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.

Epidermis (v. t.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.

Epidermoid (a.) Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.

Epidermose (n.) Keratin.

Epidictic (a.) Alt. of Epidictical

Epidictical (a.) Serving to explain; demonstrative.

Epididymis (n.) An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.

Epididymitis (n.) Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.

Epidote (n.) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.

Epidotic (a.) Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.

Epigaea (n.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

Epigaeous (a.) Growing on, or close to, the ground.

Epigastrial (a.) Epigastric.

Epigastric (a.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.

Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Epigastrium (n.) The upper part of the abdomen.

Epigeal (a.) Epigaeous.

Epigee (n.) See Perigee.

Epigene (a.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.

Epigene (a.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.

Epigenesis (n.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.

Epigenesist (n.) One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

Epigenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Epigeous (a.) Same as Epigaeous.

Epigeum (n.) See Perigee.

Epiglottic (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.

Epiglottidean (a.) Same as Epiglottic.

Epiglottis (n.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

Epignathous (a.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.

Epigram (n.) An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

Epigram (n.) The style of the epigram.

Epigrammatic () Alt. of Epigrammatical

Epigrammatical () Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.

Epigrammatical () Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.

Epigrammatically (adv.) In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.

Epigrammatist (n.) One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.

Epigrammatized (imp. & p. p.) of Epigrammatize

Epigrammatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Epigrammatize

Epigrammatize (v. t.) To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.

Epigrammatizer (n.) One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.

Epigrammist (n.) An epigrammatist.

Epigraph (n.) Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

Epigraph (n.) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

Epigraphic (a.) Alt. of Epigraphical

Epigraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.

Epigraphics (n.) The science or study of epigraphs.

Epigraphist (n.) A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Epihyal (n.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Epilepsy (n.) The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.

Epileptic (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

Epileptic (n.) One affected with epilepsy.

Epileptic (n.) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Epileptical (a.) Epileptic.

Epileptiform (a.) Resembling epilepsy.

Epileptogenous (a.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.

Epileptoid (a.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.

Epilogation (n.) A summing up in a brief account.

Epilogic (a.) Alt. of Epilogical

Epilogical (a.) Of or pertaining to an epilogue.

Epilogism (n.) Enumeration; computation.

Epilogistic (a.) Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue.

Epilogize (v. i. & t.) To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.

Epilogue (n.) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

Epilogue (n.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Epiloguize (v. i. & t.) Same as Epilogize.

Epimachus (n.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.

Epimera (n. pl.) See Epimeron.

Epimeral (a.) Pertaining to the epimera.

Epimere (n.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.

Epimera (pl. ) of Epimeron

Epimeron (n.) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.

Epimeron (n.) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.

Epinastic (a.) A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.

Epineural (a.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.

Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

Epinglette (n.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

Epinicial (a.) Relating to victory.

Epinicion (n.) A song of triumph.

Epinikian (a.) Epinicial.

Epiornis (n.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.

Epiotic (n.) The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.

Epipedometry (n.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base.

Epiperipheral (a.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral.

Epipetalous (a.) Borne on the petals or corolla.

Epiphany (n.) An appearance, or a becoming manifest.

Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

Epipharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.

Epipharyngeal (n.) An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.

Epipharynx (n.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.

Epiphonema (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.

Epiphoneme (n.) Epiphonema.

Epiphora (n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

Epiphora (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Epiphragm (n.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.

Epiphylospermous (a.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns.

Epiphyllous (a.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.

Epiphyllum (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.

Epiphyseal () Alt. of Epiphysial

Epiphysial () Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

Epiphyses (pl. ) of Epiphysis

Epiphysis (n.) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.

Epiphysis (n.) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.

Epiphytal (a.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.

Epiphyte (n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

Epiphyte (n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Epiphytic (a.) Alt. of Epiphytical

Epiphytical (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte.

Epiplastra (pl. ) of Epiplastron

Epiplastron (n.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.

Epipleural (a.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.

Epiplexis (n.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

Epiploce (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."

Epiploic (a.) Relating to the epiploon.

Epiploa (pl. ) of Epiploon

Epiploon (n.) See Omentum.

Epipodial (a.) Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

Epipodial (a.) Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.

Epipodialia (pl. ) of Epipodiale

Epipodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

Epipodite (n.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Epipodia (pl. ) of Epipodium

Epipodium (n.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.

Epipolic (a.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.

Epipolism (n.) See Fluorescence.

Epipolized (a.) Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light.

Epipteric (a.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.

Epipteric (n.) The epipteric bone.

Epipterygoid (a.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.

Epipterygoid (n.) An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Epipubic (a.) Relating to the epipubis.

Epipubes (pl. ) of Epipubis

Epipubis (n.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.

Episcopacy (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Episcopal (a.) Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

Episcopal (a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

Episcopalian (a.) Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Episcopalian (n.) One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Episcopalianism (n.) The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

Episcopally (adv.) By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.

Episcopant (n.) A bishop.

Episcoparian (a.) Episcopal.

Episcopate (n.) A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

Episcopate (n.) The collective body of bishops.

Episcopate (n.) The time of a bishop's rule.

Episcopated (imp. & p. p.) of Episcopate

Episcopating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Episcopate

Episcopate (v. i.) To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.

Episcopicide (n.) The killing of a bishop.

Episcopize (v. t.) To make a bishop of by consecration.

Episcopize (v. i.) To perform the duties of a bishop.

Episcopy (n.) Survey; superintendence.

Episcopy (n.) Episcopacy.

Episepalous (a.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

Episkeletal (a.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.

Episodal (a.) Same as Episodic.

Episode (n.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.

Episodial (a.) Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.

Episodic (a.) Alt. of Episodical

Episodical (a.) Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious.

Epispadias (n.) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

Epispastic (a.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Epispastic (n.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Episperm (n.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.

Epispermic (a.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.

Epispore (n.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

Epistaxis (n.) Bleeding at the nose.

Epistemology (n.) The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Episternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.

Episterna (pl. ) of Episternum

Episternum (n.) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.

Episternum (n.) Same as Epiplastron.

Episternum (n.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Epistilbite (n.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Epistle (n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.

Epistle (n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.

Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.

Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament.

Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

Epistolar (a.) Epistolary.

Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.

Epistolary (a.) Contained in letters; carried on by letters.

Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.

Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.

Epistolic (a.) Alt. of Epistolical

Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Epistolize (v. i.) To write epistles.

Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.

Epistolographic (a.) Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.

Epistoma (n.) Alt. of Epistome

Epistome (n.) The region between the antennae and the mouth, in Crustacea.

Epistome (n.) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.

Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."

Epistyle (n.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

Episyllogism (n.) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.

Epitaph (n.) An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

Epitaph (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

Epitaph (v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Epitaph (v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

Epitapher (n.) A writer of epitaphs.

Epitaphial (a.) Alt. of Epitaphian

Epitaphian (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.

Epitaphic (a.) Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.

Epitaphic (n.) An epitaph.

Epitaphist (n.) An epitapher.

Epitasis (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.

Epitasis (n.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.

Epithalamic (a.) Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.

Epithalamiums (pl. ) of Epithalamium

Epithalamia (pl. ) of Epithalamium

Epithalamium (n.) A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.

Epithalamies (pl. ) of Epithalamy

Epithalamy (n.) Epithalamium.

Epitheca (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Epithelial (a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

Epithelioid (a.) Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.

Epithelioma (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

Epitheliums (pl. ) of Epithelium

Epithelia (pl. ) of Epithelium

Epithelium (n.) The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.

Epitheloid (a.) Epithelioid.

Epithem (n.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

Epithema (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Epithesis (n.) The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.

Epithet (n.) An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.

Epithet (n.) Term; expression; phrase.

Epithet (v. t.) To describe by an epithet.

Epithetic (a.) Alt. of Epithetical

Epithetical (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.

Epithite (n.) A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.

Epithumetic (a.) Epithumetical.

Epithumetical (a.) Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual.

Epitithides (n.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

Epitomator (n.) An epitomist.

Epitomes (pl. ) of Epitome

Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

Epitome (n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.

Epitomist (n.) One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.

Epitomized (imp. & p. p.) of Epitomize

Epitomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Epitomize

Epitomize (v. t.) To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

Epitomize (v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.

Epitomizer (n.) An epitomist.

Epitrite (n.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.

Epitrochlea (n.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

Epitrochlear (a.) Relating to the epitrochlea.

Epitrochoid (n.) A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."

Epizeuxis (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -

Epozoan (n.) An epizoon.

Epozoic (a.) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.

Epizoa (pl. ) of Epizoon

Epizoon (n.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.

Epizootic (a.) Of or pertaining to an epizoon.

Epizootic (a.) Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.

Epizootic (a.) Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.

Epizooty (n.) Alt. of Epizootic

Epizootic (n.) An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

Epoch (n.) A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.

Epoch (n.) A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation.

Epoch (n.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.

Epoch (n.) The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.

Epoch (n.) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.

Epocha (n.) See Epoch.

Epochal (a.) Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch.

Epode (n.) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

Epode (n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.

Epodic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode.

Eponym (n.) Alt. of Eponyme

Eponyme (n.) The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.

Eponyme (n.) A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

Eponymic (a.) Same as Eponymous.

Eponymist (n.) One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.

Eponymous (a.) Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.

Eponymy (n.) The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Epoophoron (n.) See Parovarium.

Epopee (n.) Alt. of Epopoeia

Epopoeia (n.) An epic poem; epic poetry.

Epopt (n.) One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.

Epos (n.) An epic.

Epotation (n.) A drinking up; a quaffing.

Eprouvette (n.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.

Epsomite (n.) Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.

Epsom salts () Alt. of salt

salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

Epulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet.

Epulation (n.) A feasting or feast; banquet.

Epulis (n.) A hard tumor developed from the gums.

Epulose (a.) Feasting to excess.

Epulosity (n.) A feasting to excess.

Epulotic (a.) Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment.

Epulotic (n.) An epulotic agent.

Epuration (n.) Purification.

Epure (n.) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

Equability (n.) The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind.

Equable (a.) Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

Equable (a.) Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.

Equableness (n.) Quality or state of being equable.

Equably (adv.) In an equable manner.

Equal (a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

Equal (a.) Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.

Equal (a.) Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.

Equal (a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Equal (a.) Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.

Equal (a.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.

Equal (a.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.

Equal (n.) One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."

Equal (n.) State of being equal; equality.

Equaled (imp. & p. p.) of Equal

Equalled () of Equal

Equaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equal

Equalling () of Equal

Equal (v. t.) To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with.

Equal (v. t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

Equal (v. t.) To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.

Equalitarian (n.) One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.

Equalities (pl. ) of Equality

Equality (n.) The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.

Equality (n.) Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

Equality (n.) Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

Equality (n.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.

Equalization (n.) The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.

Equalized (imp. & p. p.) of Equalize

Equalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equalize

Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

Equalize (v. t.) To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

Equalize (v. t.) To be equal to; equal; to match.

Equalizer (n.) One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

Equally (adv.) In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.

Equalness (n.) Equality; evenness.

Equangular (a.) Having equal angles; equiangular.

Equanimity (n.) Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.

Equanimous (a.) Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.

Equant (n.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Equated (imp. & p. p.) of Equate

Equating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equate

Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.

Equation (n.) A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

Equation (n.) An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.

Equation (n.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.

Equator (n.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.

Equator (n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line.

Equatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

Equatorial (n.) An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope.

Equatorially (adv.) So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.

Equerries (pl. ) of Equerry

Equerry (n.) A large stable or lodge for horses.

Equerry (n.) An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses.

Equery (n.) Same as Equerry.

Equestrian (a.) Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

Equestrian (a.) Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.

Equestrian (a.) Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.

Equestrian (n.) One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.

Equestrianism (n.) The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.

Equestrienne (n.) A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.

Equi- () A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.

Equiangled (a.) Equiangular.

Equiangular (a.) Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular.

Equibalance (n.) Equal weight; equiponderance.

Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalance

Equibalancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equibalance

Equibalance (v. t.) To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.

Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.

Equicrural (a.) Having equal legs or sides; isosceles.

Equicrure (a.) Equicrural.

Equidifferent (a.) Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.

Equidistance (n.) Equal distance.

Equidistant (a.) Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.

Equidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line.

Equiform (a.) Having the same form; uniform.

Equilateral (a.) Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon.

Equilateral (n.) A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.

Equilibrated (imp. & p. p.) of Equilibrate

Equilibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equilibrate

Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.

Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.

Equilibrious (a.) Evenly poised; balanced.

Equilibrist (n.) One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.

Equilibrity (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.

Equilibriums (pl. ) of Equilibrium

Equilibria (pl. ) of Equilibrium

Equilibrium (n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.

Equilibrium (n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.

Equimomental (a.) Having equal moments of inertia.

Equimultiple (a.) Multiplied by the same number or quantity.

Equimultiple (n.) One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.

Equinal (a.) See Equine.

Equine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

Equinia (n.) Glanders.

Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.

Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.

Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.

Equinoctial (n.) The equinoctial line.

Equinoctially (adv.) Towards the equinox.

Equinox (n.) The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.

Equinox (n.) Equinoctial wind or storm.

Equinumerant (a.) Equal as to number.

Equipped (imp. & p. p.) of Equip

Equipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equip

Equip (v. t.) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops.

Equip (v. t.) To dress up; to array; accouter.

Equipage (n.) Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.

Equipage (n.) Retinue; train; suite.

Equipage (n.) A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.

Equipaged (a.) Furnished with equipage.

Equiparable (a.) Comparable.

Equiparate (v. t.) To compare.

Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.

Equipensate (v. t.) To weigh equally; to esteem alike.

Equipment (n.) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

Equipment (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.

Equipoise (n.) Counterpoise.

Equipollence (n.) Alt. of Equipollency

Equipollency (n.) Equality of power, force, signification, or application.

Equipollency (n.) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.

Equipollent (a.) Having equal power or force; equivalent.

Equipollent (a.) Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.

Equipollently (adv.) With equal power.

Equiponderance (n.) Alt. of Equiponderancy

Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.

Equiponderant (a.) Being of the same weight.

Equiponderate (v. i.) To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.

Equiponderate (v. t.) To make equal in weight; to counterbalance.

Equiponderous (a.) Having equal weight.

Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.

Equipotential (a.) Having the same potential.

Equiradical (a.) Equally radical.

Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.

Equisetaceous (a.) Belonging to the Equisetaceae, or Horsetail family.

Equisetiform (a.) Having the form of the equisetum.

Equiseta (pl. ) of Equisetum

Equisetum (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.

Equisonance (n.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Equisonant (a.) Of the same or like sound.

Equitable (a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.

Equitable (a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.

Equitableness (n.) The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.

Equitably (adv.) In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.

Equitancy (n.) Horsemanship.

Equitant (a.) Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

Equitant (a.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.

Equitation (n.) A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.

Equitemporaneous (a.) Contemporaneous.

Equites (n. pl) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

Equities (pl. ) of Equity

Equity (n.) Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.

Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.

Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.

Equivalence (n.) The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

Equivalence (n.) Equal power or force; equivalent amount.

Equivalence (n.) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.

Equivalence (n.) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2.

Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

Equivalency (n.) Same as Equivalence.

Equivalent (a.) Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

Equivalent (a.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.

Equivalent (a.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.

Equivalent (n.) Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.

Equivalent (n.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.

Equivalent (n.) A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.

Equivalent (v. t.) To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.

Equivalently (adv.) In an equal manner.

Equivalue (v. t.) To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.

Equivalve (a.) Alt. of Equivalved

Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.

Equivalvular (a.) Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.

Equivocacy (n.) Equivocalness.

Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.

Equivocal (a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.

Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.

Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

Equivocally (adv.) In an equivocal manner.

Equivocalness (n.) The state of being equivocal.

Equivocated (imp. & p. p.) of Equivocate

Equivocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equivocate

Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

Equivocate (v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

Equivocator (n.) One who equivocates.

Equivocatory (a.) Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.

Equivoque (n.) Alt. of Equivoke

Equivoke (n.) An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.

Equivoke (n.) An equivocation; a guibble.

Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.

Equus (n.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.

-er () .

-er () The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

-er () A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.

Eras (pl. ) of Era

Era (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

Era (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).

Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

Eradiated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradiate

Eradiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradiate

Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.

Eradiation (n.) Emission of radiance.

Eradicable (a.) Capable of being eradicated.

Eradicated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradicate

Eradicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradicate

Eradicate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

Eradicate (v. t.) To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

Eradication (n.) The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

Eradication (n.) The state of being plucked up by the roots.

Eradicative (a.) Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

Eradicative (n.) A medicine that effects a radical cure.

Erasable (a.) Capable of being erased.

Erased (imp. & p. p.) of Erase

Erasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erase

Erase (v. t.) To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

Erase (v. t.) Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.

Erased (p. pr. & a.) Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

Erased (p. pr. & a.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.

Erasement (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.

Eraser (n.) One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

Erasion (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.

Erastianism (n.) The principles of the Erastains.

Erasure (n.) The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.

Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Erbium (n.) A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.

Ercedeken (n.) An archdeacon.

Erd (n.) The earth.

Ere (adv.) Before; sooner than.

Ere (adv.) Rather than.

Ere (v. t.) To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.

Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.

Erebus (n.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

Erect (a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.

Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erect

Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erect

Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

Erect (v. t.) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.

Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Erect (v. i.) To rise upright.

Erectable (a.) Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.

Erecter (n.) An erector; one who raises or builds.

Erectile (a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.

Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.

Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.

Erection (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.

Erective (a.) Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.

Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.

Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.

Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.

Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.

Erector (n.) One who, or that which, erects.

Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.

Erector (n.) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.

Erelong (adv.) Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.

Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.

Eremitage (n.) See Hermitage.

Eremite (n.) A hermit.

Eremitic (a.) Alt. of Eremitical

Eremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.

Eremitish (a.) Eremitic.

Eremitism (n.) The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.

Eretation (n.) A creeping forth.

Ereption (n.) A snatching away.

Erethism (n.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.

Erethistic (a.) Relating to erethism.

Erewhile (adv.) Alt. of Erewhiles

Erewhiles (adv.) Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.

Erven (pl. ) of Erf

Erf (n.) A garden plot, usually about half an acre.

Erg (n.) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.

Ergat (v. t.) To deduce logically, as conclusions.

Ergo (conj. / adv.) Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.

Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.

Ergot (n.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

Ergot (n.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).

Ergotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.

Ergotin (n.) An extract made from ergot.

Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

Ergotism (n.) A logical deduction.

Ergotism (n.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.

Ergotized (a.) Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.

Eriach (n.) Alt. of Eric

Eric (n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

Erica (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

Ericaceous (a.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

Ericinol (n.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.

Ericolin (n.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.

Erigible (a.) Capable of being erected.

Erin (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.

Erinaceous (a.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.

Eringo (n.) The sea holly. See Eryngo.

Erinite (n.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.

Erinyes (pl. ) of Erinys

Erinys (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.

Eriometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

Eristic (a.) Alt. of Eristical

Eristical (a.) Controversial.

Erke (a.) ASlothful.

Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.

Erme (v. i.) To grieve; to feel sad.

Ermelin (n.) Alt. of Ermilin

Ermilin (n.) See Ermine.

Ermin (n.) An Armenian.

Ermine (n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

Ermine (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.

Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.

Ermine (n.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)

Ermine (v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.

Ermined (a.) Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.

Ermines (n.) Alt. of Erminois

Erminois (n.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.

Ermit (n.) A hermit.

Ern (n.) Alt. of Erne

Erne (n.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

Ern (v. i.) To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]

Ernest (n.) See Earnest.

Ernestful (a.) Serious.

Eroded (imp. & p. p.) of Erode

Eroding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erode

Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

Eroded (p. p. & a.) Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

Eroded (p. p. & a.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.

Erodent (n.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

Erogated (imp. & p. p.) of Erogate

Erogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erogate

Erogate (v. t.) To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.

Erogation (n.) The act of giving out or bestowing.

Eros (n.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Erose (a.) Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.

Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.

Erosion (n.) The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

Erosive (a.) That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.

Erostrate (a.) Without a beak.

Eroteme (n.) A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.

Erotesis (n.) A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -

Erotic (a.) Alt. of Erotical

Erotical (a.) Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.

Erotic (n.) An amorous composition or poem.

Eroticism (n.) Erotic quality.

Erpetologist (n.) Herpetologist.

Erpetology (n.) Herpetology.

Erred (imp. & p. p.) of Err

Erring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Err

Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

Err (v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

Err (v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

Err (v. i.) To offend, as by erring.

Errable (a.) Liable to error; fallible.

Errableness (n.) Liability to error.

Errabund (a.) Erratic.

Errancy (n.) A wandering; state of being in error.

Errand (n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.

Errant (a.) Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

Errant (a.) Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.

Errant (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.

Errant (n.) One who wanders about.

Errantia (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda.

Errantry (n.) A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.

Errantry (n.) The employment of a knight-errant.

Errata (n. pl.) See Erratum.

Erratic (a.) Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.

Erratic (a.) Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

Erratic (a.) Irregular; changeable.

Erratic (n.) One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.

Erratic (n.) A rogue.

Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

Erratical (a.) Erratic.

Erration (n.) A wandering; a roving about.

Errata (pl. ) of Erratum

Erratum (n.) An error or mistake in writing or printing.

Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.

Erthine (a.) Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.

Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.

Erroneous (a.) Misleading; misled; mistaking.

Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.

Error (n.) A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

Error (n.) A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.

Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

Error (n.) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.

Error (n.) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.

Error (n.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.

Errorful (a.) Full of error; wrong.

Errorist (n.) One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.

Ers (n.) The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia).

Erse (n.) A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.

Erse (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.

Ersh (n.) See Arrish.

Erst (adv.) First.

Erst (adv.) Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.

Erstwhile (adv.) Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.

Erubescence (n.) Alt. of Erubescency

Erubescency (n.) The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.

Erubescent (a.) Red, or reddish; blushing.

Erubescite (n.) See Bornite.

Erucae (pl. ) of Eruca

Eruca (n.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.

Erucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.

Erucifrom (a.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.

Eruct (v. t.) Alt. of Eructate

Eructate (v. t.) To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.

Eructation (n.) The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

Eructation (n.) A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.

Erudiate (v. t.) To instruct; to educate; to teach.

Erudite (a.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.

Erudition (n.) The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.

Erugate (a.) Freed from wrinkles; smooth.

Eruginous (a.) Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; aeruginous.

Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

Erupt (v. t.) To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.

Eruption (n.) That which bursts forth.

Eruption (n.) A violent exclamation; ejaculation.

Eruption (n.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

Eruptional (a.) Eruptive.

Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.

Eruptive (a.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.

Eruptive (a.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.

Eruptive (n.) An eruptive rock.

Eryngium (n.) A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.

Eryngo (n.) A plant of the genus Eryngium.

Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.

Erysipelatoid (a.) Resembling erysipelas.

Erysipelatous (a.) Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.

Erysipelous (a.) Erysipelatous.

Erythema (n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

Erythematic (a.) Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.

Erythematous (a.) Relating to, or causing, erythema.

Erythrean (a.) Alt. of Erythraean

Erythraean (a.) Red in color.

Erythric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.

Erythrin (n.) Alt. of Erythrine

Erythrine (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.

Erythrine (n.) See Erythrite, 2.

Erythrina (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

Erythrism (n.) A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.

Erythrite (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.

Erythrite (n.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.

Erythrochroic (a.) Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.

Erythrochroism (n.) An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

Erythrodextrin (n.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.

Erythrogen (n.) Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.

Erythrogen (n.) A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.

Erythrogen (n.) A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.

Erythrogranulose (n.) A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.

Erythroid (a.) Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).

Erythroleic (a.) Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.

Erythrolein (n.) A red substance obtained from litmus.

Erythrolitmin (n.) Erythrolein.

Erythronium (n.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.

Erythrophleine (n.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).

Erythrophyll (n.) Alt. of Erythrophyllin

Erythrophyllin (n.) The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.

Erythrosin (n.) A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.

Erythrosin (n.) A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine.

Erythroxylon (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.

Erythrozyme (n.) A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.

Escalade (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

Escaladed (imp. & p. p.) of Escalade

Escalading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escalade

Escalade (v. t.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Escallop (n.) See Escalop.

Escalloped (a.) See Escaloped.

Escalop (n.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop.

Escalop (n.) The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Escalop (n.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.

Escaloped (a.) Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.

Escaloped (a.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.

Escambio (n.) A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.

Escapable (a.) Avoidable.

Escapade (n.) The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.

Escapade (n.) Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.

Escaped (imp. & p. p.) of Escape

Escaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escape

Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

Escape (v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

Escape (v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

Escape (v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

Escape (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.

Escape (n.) A sally.

Escape (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

Escape (n.) An apophyge.

Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

Escapement (n.) The act of escaping; escape.

Escapement (n.) Way of escape; vent.

Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

Escaper (n.) One who escapes.

Escarbuncle (n.) See Carbuncle, 3.

Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.

Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

Escarped (imp. & p. p.) of Escarp

Escarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escarp

Escarp (v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.

Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

-escent () A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

Eschalot (n.) See Shallot.

Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams.

Eschara (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

Escharine (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidae.

Escharotic (a.) Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.

Escharotic (n.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.

Eschatological (a.) Pertaining to the last or final things.

Eschatology (n.) The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

Eschaunge (n.) Exchange.

Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.

Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same.

Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.

Escheat (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.

Escheat (n.) That which falls to one; a reversion or return

Esheated (imp. & p. p.) of Escheat

Escheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escheat

Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.

Escheat (v. t.) To forfeit.

Escheatable (a.) Liable to escheat.

Escheatage (n.) The right of succeeding to an escheat.

Escheator (n.) An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.

Eschevin (n.) The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.

Eshewed (imp. & p. p.) of Eschew

Eshewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eschew

Eschew (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.

Eschew (a.) To escape from; to avoid.

Eschewer (n.) One who eschews.

Eschewment (n.) The act of eschewing.

Eschscholtzia (n.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

Eschynite (n.) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.

Escocheon (n.) Escutcheon.

Escopet (n.) Alt. of Escopette

Escopette (n.) A kind of firearm; a carbine.

Escorial (n.) See Escurial.

Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.

Escort (n.) Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.

Escorted (imp. & p. p.) of Escort

Escorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escort

Escort (n.) To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Escot (n.) See Scot, a tax.

Escot (v. t.) To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain.

Escouade (n.) See Squad,

Escout (n.) See Scout.

Escribed (a.) Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.

Escript (n.) A writing.

Escritoire (n.) A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Escritorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an escritoire.

Escrod (n.) See Scrod, a young cod.

Escrol (n.) Alt. of Escroll

Escroll (n.) A scroll.

Escroll (n.) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.

Escroll (n.) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.

Escrow (n.) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.

Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.

Esculapian (n.) Aesculapian.

Esculapius (n.) Same as Aesculapius.

Esculent (a.) Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.

Esculent (n.) Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Esculic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.

Esculin (n.) A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.

Escurial (n.) A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.

Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.

Escutcheon (n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.

Escutcheon (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.

Escutcheon (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.

Escutcheoned (a.) Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.

Ese (n.) Ease; pleasure.

Esemplastic (a.) Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.

Eserine (n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.

Esexual (a.) Sexless; asexual.

Esguard (n.) Guard.

Eskar (n.) Alt. of Esker

Esker (n.) See Eschar.

Eskimos (pl. ) of Eskimo

Eskimo (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

Esloin (v. t.) To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.

Esnecy (n.) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.

Esodic (a.) Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.

Esophagal (a.) Esophageal.

Esophageal (a.) Pertaining to the esophagus.

Esophagean (a.) Esophageal.

Esophagotomy (n.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.

Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Esopian (a.) Alt. of Esopic

Esopic (a.) Same as Aesopian, Aesopic.

Esoteric (a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

Esoterical (a.) Esoteric.

Esoterically (adv.) In an esoteric manner.

Esotericism (n.) Esoteric doctrine or principles.

Esoterics (n.) Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

Esotery (n.) Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery.

Esox (n.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.

Espace (n.) Space.

Espadon (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.

Espalier (n.) A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.

Espaliered (imp. & p. p.) of Espalier

Espaliering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Espalier

Espalier (v. t.) To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.

Esparcet (n.) The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.

Esparto (n.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.

Espauliere (n.) A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.

Especial (a.) Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.

Especially (adv.) In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.

Especialness (n.) The state of being especial.

Esperance (n.) Hope.

Espiaille (n.) Espial.

Espial (n.) The act of espying; notice; discovery.

Espial (n.) One who espies; a spy; a scout.

Espier (n.) One who espies.

Espinel (n.) A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Espionage (n.) The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

Esplanade (n.) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.

Esplanade (n.) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

Esplanade (n.) A grass plat; a lawn.

Esplanade (n.) Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.

Esplees (n. pl.) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.

Espousage (n.) Espousal.

Espousal (n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

Espousal (n.) The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.

Espoused (imp. & p. p.) of Espouse

Espousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Espouse

Espouse (v. t.) To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

Espouse (v. t.) To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Espouse (v. t.) To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.

Espousement (n.) The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

Espouser (n.) One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.

Espressivo (a.) With expression.

Espringal (n.) An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.

Esprit (n.) Spirit.

Espied (imp. & p. p.) of Espy

Espying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Espy

Espy (v. t.) To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.

Espy (v. t.) To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.

Espy (v. i.) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.

Espies (pl. ) of Espy

Espy (n.) A spy; a scout.

-esque () A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.

Esquimaux (pl. ) of Esquimau

Esquimau (n.) Same as Eskimo.

Esquire (n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

Esquired (imp. & p. p.) of Esquire

Esquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Esquire

Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

Esquisse (n.) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.

-ess () A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.

Essays (pl. ) of Essay

Essay (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

Essay (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n.

Essayed (imp. & p. p.) of Essay

Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essay

Essay (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Essayer (n.) One who essays.

Essayist (n.) A writer of an essay, or of essays.

Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.

Essence (n.) Constituent substance.

Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.

Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.

Essence (n.) Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.

Essenced (imp. & p. p.) of Essence

Essencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essence

Essence (v. t.) To perfume; to scent.

Essenes (pl. ) of Essene

Essene (n.) One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

Essenism (n.) The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes.

Essential (a.) Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

Essential (a.) Hence, really existing; existent.

Essential (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.

Essential (a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.

Essential (a.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

Essential (a.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.

Esential (n.) Existence; being.

Esential (n.) That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.

Essentiality (n.) The quality of being essential; the essential part.

Esentially (adv.) In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.

Esentialness (n.) Essentiality.

Essentiated (imp. & p. p.) of Essentiate

Essentiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essentiate

Essentiate (v. t.) To form or constitute the essence or being of.

Essentiate (v. i.) To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.

Essoin (n.) Alt. of Essoign

Essoign (n.) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

Essoign (n.) Excuse; exemption.

Essoin (n.) To excuse for nonappearance in court.

Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Essonite (n.) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.

Essorant (a.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.

Est (n. & adv.) East.

-est () A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

Established (imp. & p. p.) of Establish

Establishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Establish

Establish (a.) To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

Establish (a.) To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.

Establish (a.) To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

Establish (a.) To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

Establisher (n.) One who establishes.

Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

Establishment (n.) The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

Establishment (n.) That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.

Establishmentarian (n.) One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.

Estacade (n.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.

Estafet (n.) Alt. of Estafette

Estafette (n.) A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

Estancia (n.) A grazing; a country house.

Estate (n.) Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

Estate (n.) Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.

Estate (n.) A person of high rank.

Estate (n.) A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.

Estate (n.) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

Estate (n.) The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.

Estate (n.) The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc.

Estate (v. t.) To establish.

Estate (v. t.) Tom settle as a fortune.

Estate (v. t.) To endow with an estate.

Estatlich (a.) Alt. of Estatly

Estatly (a.) Stately; dignified.

Esteemed (imp. & p. p.) of Esteem

Esteeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Esteem

Esteem (v. t.) To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

Esteem (v. t.) To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.

Esteem (v. i.) To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.

Esteem (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.

Esteem (v. t.) High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.

Esteemable (a.) Worthy of esteem; estimable.

Esteemer (n.) One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.

Ester (n.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Esthesiometer (n.) Same as Aesthesiometer.

Esthete (n.) Alt. of Esthetics

Esthetic (n.) Alt. of Esthetics

Esthetical (n.) Alt. of Esthetics

Esthetics (n.) Same as Aesthete, Aesthetic, Aesthetical, Aesthetics, etc.

Estiferous (a.) Producing heat.

Estimable (a.) Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage.

Estimable (a.) Valuable; worth a great price.

Estimable (a.) Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.

Estimable (n.) A thing worthy of regard.

Estimableness (n.) The quality of deserving esteem or regard.

Estimably (adv.) In an estimable manner.

Estimated (imp. & p. p.) of Estimate

Estimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estimate

Estimate (v. t.) To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.

Estimate (v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.

Estimate (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.

Estimation (v. t.) The act of estimating.

Estimation (v. t.) An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.

Estimation (v. t.) Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.

Estimation (v. t.) Supposition; conjecture.

Estimative (a.) Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

Estimative (a.) Pertaining to an estimate.

Estimator (n.) One who estimates or values; a valuer.

Estival (n.) Alt. of Estivation

Estivate (n.) Alt. of Estivation

Estivation (n.) Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc.

Estoile (n.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.

Estophed (imp. & p. p.) of Estop

Estopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estop

Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.

Estoppel (n.) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.

Estoppel (n.) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.

Estovers (n. pl.) Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.

Estrade (n.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.

Estramacon (n.) A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Estramacon (n.) A blow with edge of a sword.

Estranged (imp. & p. p.) of Estrange

Estranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estrange

Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.

Estrange (v. t.) To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.

Estrange (v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.

Estrangedness (n.) State of being estranged; estrangement.

Estrangement (n.) The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.

Estranger (n.) One who estranges.

Estrangle (v. t.) To strangle.

Estrapade (n.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.

Estray (v. i.) To stray.

Estray (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.

Estre (n.) The inward part of a building; the interior.

Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.

Estreated (imp. & p. p.) of Estreat

Estreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estreat

Estreat (v. t.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance.

Estreat (v. t.) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.

Estrepe (v. t.) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.

Estrepement (n.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.

Estrich (n.) Ostrich.

Estrich (n.) The down of the ostrich.

Estuance (n.) Heat.

Estuarine (a.) Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.

Estuaries (pl. ) of Estuary

Estuary (n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.

Estuary (n.) A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

Estuary (a.) Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.

Estuated (imp. & p. p.) of Estuate

Estuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estuate

Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Estuation (n.) The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.

Estufas (pl. ) of Estufa

Estufa (n.) An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.

Esture (n.) Commotion.

Esurient (a.) Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.

Esurient (n.) One who is hungry or greedy.

Esurine (a.) Causing hunger; eating; corroding.

Esurine (n.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger.

-et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.

Etaac (n.) The blue buck.

Etacism (n.) The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.

Etacist (n.) One who favors etacism.

Etagere (n.) A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.

Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

Et cetera () Alt. of Et caetera

Et caetera () Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).

Etch (n.) A variant of Eddish.

Etched (imp. & p. p.) of Etch

Etching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Etch

Etch (v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.

Etch (v. t.) To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

Etch (v. t.) To sketch; to delineate.

Etch (v. i.) To practice etching; to make etchings.

Etcher (n.) One who etches.

Etching (n.) The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

Etching (v. t.) A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

Etching (v. t.) An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

Eteostic (n.) A kind of chronogram.

Eterminable (a.) Interminable.

Etern (a.) Alt. of Eterne

Eterne (a.) Eternal.

Eternal (a.) Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.

Eternal (a.) Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.

Eternal (a.) Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.

Eternal (a.) Existing at all times without change; immutable.

Eternal (a.) Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.

Eternal (n.) One of the appellations of God.

Eternal (n.) That which is endless and immortal.

Eternalist (n.) One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.

Eternalize (v. t.) To make eternal.

Eternally (adv.) In an eternal manner.

Eterne (a.) See Etern.

Eternify (v. t.) To make eternal.

Eternities (pl. ) of Eternity

Eternity (n.) Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

Eternity (n.) Condition which begins at death; immortality.

Eternization (n.) The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.

Eternized (imp. & p. p.) of Eternize

Eterniziing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eternize

Eternize (v. t.) To make eternal or endless.

Eternize (v. t.) To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.

Etesian (a.) Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

Ethal (n.) A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.

Ethane (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.

Ethe (a.) Easy.

Ethel (a.) Noble.

Ethene (n.) Ethylene; olefiant gas.

Ethenic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.

Ethenyl (n.) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C.

Ethenyl (n.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl.

Etheostomoid (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma.

Etheostomoid (n.) Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.

Ether (n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.

Ether (n.) Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

Ether (n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.

Ether (n.) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.

Ethereal (a.) Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

Ethereal (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.

Etherealism (n.) Ethereality.

Ethereality (n.) The state of being ethereal; etherealness.

Etherealization (n.) An ethereal or spiritlike state.

Etherealize (v. t.) To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.

Etherealize (v. t.) To render ethereal or spiritlike.

Ethereally (adv.) In an ethereal manner.

Etherealness (n.) Ethereality.

Ethereous (a.) Formed of ether; ethereal.

Ethereous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.

Etherification (n.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

Etheriform (a.) Having the form of ether.

Etherin (n.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

Etherization (n.) The administration of ether to produce insensibility.

Etherization (n.) The state of the system under the influence of ether.

Etherized (imp. & p. p.) of Etherize

Etherizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Etherize

Etherize (v. t.) To convert into ether.

Etherize (v. t.) To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.

Etherol (n.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

Ethic (a.) Alt. of Ethical

Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.

Ethically (adv.) According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

Ethicist (n.) One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.

Ethics (n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

Ethide (n.) Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

Ethidene (n.) Ethylidene.

Ethine (n.) Acetylene.

Ethionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.

Ethiop (n.) Alt. of Ethiopian

Ethiopian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

Ethiopian (a.) Alt. of Ethiopic

Ethiopic (a.) Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.

Ethiopic (n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.

Ethiops (n.) A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.

Ethmoid (a.) Alt. of Ethmoidal

Ethmoidal (a.) Like a sieve; cribriform.

Ethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

Ethmoid (n.) The ethmoid bone.

Ethmotrubinal (a.) See Turbinal.

Ethmotrubinal (n.) An ethmoturbinal bone.

Ethmovomerine (n.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.

Ethnarch (n.) The governor of a province or people.

Ethnarchy (n.) The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.

Ethnic (a.) Alt. of Ethnical

Ethnical (a.) Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

Ethnical (a.) Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

Ethnic (n.) A heathen; a pagan.

Ethnically (adv.) In an ethnical manner.

Ethnicism (n.) Heathenism; paganism; idolatry.

Ethnographer (n.) One who investigates ethnography.

Ethnographic (a.) Alt. of Ethnographical

Ethnographical (a.) pertaining to ethnography.

Ethnographically (adv.) In an ethnographical manner.

Ethnography (n.) That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.

Ethnologic (a) Alt. of Ethnological

Ethnological (a) Of or pertaining to ethnology.

Ethnologically (adv.) In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.

Ethnologist (n.) One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

Ethnology (n.) The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

Ethologic (a) Alt. of Ethological

Ethological (a) treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character.

Ethologist (n.) One who studies or writes upon ethology.

Ethology (n.) A treatise on morality; ethics.

Ethology (n.) The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.

Ethopoetic () Expressing character.

Ethule () Ethyl.

Ethyl (n.) A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.

Ethylamine (n.) A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.

Ethylate (n.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.

Ethylene (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.

Ethylic () Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.

Ethylidene () An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.

Ethylin () Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.

Ethylsulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.

Etiolated (imp. & p. p.) of Etiolate

Etiolating (p. pr. & vb. n) of Etiolate

Etiolate (v. i.) To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

Etiolate (v. i.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

Etiolate (v. t.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

Etiolate (a.) Alt. of Etiolated

Etiolated (a.) Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

Etiolation (n.) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

Etiolation (n.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.

Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.

Etiological (a.) Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.

Etiology (n.) The science of causes. Same as /tiology.

Etiquette (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.

Etna (n.) A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.

Etnean (a.) Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Etoile (n.) See Estoile.

Etrurian (a.) Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy.

Etrurian (n.) A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.

Etruscan (n.) Of or relating to Etruria.

Etruscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Etruria.

Etter pike (n.) The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).

Ettin (n.) A giant.

Ettle (v. t.) To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn.

Etude (n.) A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

Etude (n.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.

Etui (n.) A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.

Etwee (n.) See Etui.

Etym (n.) See Etymon.

Etymic (a.) Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.

Etymologer (n.) An etymologist.

Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.

Etymologicon (n.) An etymological dictionary or manual.

Etymologist (n.) One who investigates the derivation of words.

Etymologize (v. t.) To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.

Etymologize (v. t.) To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Etymologies (pl. ) of Etymology

Etymology (n.) That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.

Etymology (n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

Etymons (pl. ) of Etymon

Etyma (pl. ) of Etymon

Etymon (n.) An original form; primitive word; root.

Etymon (n.) Original or fundamental signification.

Etypical (a.) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.

Eu () A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.

Eucairite (n.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.

Eucalyn (n.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.

Eucalyptol (n.) A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene.

Eucalyptus (n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.

Eucharis (n.) A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

Eucharist (n.) The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.

Eucharist (n.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

Eucharistic (a.) Alt. of Eucharistical

Eucharistical (a.) Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing.

Eucharistical (a.) Pertaining to the Lord's Supper.

Euchite (n.) One who resolves religion into prayer.

Euchloric (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric /.

Euchlorine (n.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

Euchologion (n.) Alt. of Euchology

Euchology (n.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.

Euchologue (n.) Euchology.

Euchre (n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

Euchre (v. t.) To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.

Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.

Euchroic (a.) Having a fine color.

Euchroite (n.) A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.

Euchrone (n.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.

Euchymy (n.) A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.

Euclase (n.) A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.

Euclid (n.) A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general.

Euclidian (n.) Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.

Eucopepoda (n. pl.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.

Eucrasy () Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness.

Euctical () Expecting a wish; supplicatory.

Eudemon (n.) Alt. of Eudaemon

Eudaemon (n.) A good angel.

Eudemonics (n.) Alt. of Eudaemonics

Eudaemonics (n.) That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics.

Eudemonism (n.) Alt. of Eudaemonism

Eudaemonism (n.) That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

Eudemonist (n.) Alt. of Eudaemonist

Eudaemonist (n.) One who believes in eudemonism.

Eudemonistic (a.) Alt. of Eudaemonistic

Eudaemonistic (a.) Of or pertaining to eudemonism.

Eudemonistical (a.) Alt. of Eudaemonistical

Eudaemonistical (a.) Eudemonistic.

Eudialyte (n.) A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.

Eudiometer (n.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

Eudiometric (a.) Alt. of Eudiometrical

Eudiometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a eudiometer; as, eudiometrical experiments or results.

Eudiometry (n.) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.

Eudipleura (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves.

Eudoxian (n.) A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.

Euganoidei (n. pl.) A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes.

Euge (n.) Applause.

Eugenia (n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

Eugenic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid.

Eugenic (a.) Well-born; of high birth.

Eugenics (n.) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.

Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.

Eugenol (n.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves.

Eugeny () Nobleness of birth.

Eugetic (a.) Alt. of Eugetinic

Eugetinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eugenol; as, eugetic acid.

Eugh (n.) The yew.

Eugubian (a.) Alt. of Eugubine

Eugubine (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.

Euharmonic (a.) Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly or perfectly harmonious.

Euhemerism (n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

Euhemerist (n.) One who advocates euhemerism.

Euhemeristic (a.) Of or pertaining to euhemerism.

Euhemerize (v. t.) To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.

Euisopoda () A group which includes the typical Isopoda.

Eulachon (n.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.

Eulerian (a.) Pertaining to Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.

Eulogic (a.) Alt. of Eulogical

Eulogical (a.) Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.

Eulogist (n.) One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast.

Eulogistic (a.) Alt. of Eulogistical

Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse.

Eulogiums (pl. ) of Eulogium

Eulogium (n.) A formal eulogy.

Eulogized (imp. & p. p.) of Eulogize

Eulogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eulogize

Eulogize (v. t.) To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

Eulogies (pl. ) of Eulogy

Eulogy (n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.

Eulytite (n.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine.

Eumenides (n. pl.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.

Eumolpus (n.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

Eunomian (n.) A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father.

Eunomian (a.) Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.

Eunomy (n.) Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government.

Eunuch (n.) A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.

Eunuch (v. t.) Alt. of Eunuchate

Eunuchate (v. t.) To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.

Eunuchism (n.) The state of being eunuch.

Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.

Euonymus (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Euornithes (n. pl.) The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.

Euosmitte (n.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.

Eupathy (n.) Right feeling.

Eupatorin Eupatorine (n.) A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

Eupatorium (n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.

Eupatrid (n.) One well born, or of noble birth.

Eupepsia (n.) Alt. of Eupepsy

Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

Eupeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.

Euphemism (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

Euphemistic (a.) Alt. of Euphemistical

Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.

Euphemized (imp. & p. p.) of Euphemize

Euphemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Euphemize

Euphemize (v. t. & i.) To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.

Euphoniad (n.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments.

Euphonic (a.) Alt. of Euphonical

Euphonical (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.

Euphonicon (n.) A kind of upright piano.

Euphonious (a.) Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.

Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.

Euphonium (n.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.

Euphonize (v. t.) To make euphonic.

Euphonon (n.) An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.

Euphonous (n.) Euphonious.

Euphonies (pl. ) of Euphony

Euphony (n.) A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

Euphorbiaceous (a.) Alt. of Euphorbial

Euphorbial (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.

Euphorbin Euphorbine (n.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.

Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.

Euphotide (n.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.

Euphrasy (n.) The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.

Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.

Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.

Euphuistic (a.) Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.

Euphuize (v. t.) To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.

Eupione (n.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.

Eupittone (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.

Eupittonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.

Euplastic (a.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person.

Euplastic (n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.

Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

Euplexoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

Eupnaea (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.

Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match.

Eurasian (n.) A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.

Eurasian (n.) One born of European parents in Asia.

Eurasian (a.) Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.

Eurasiatio (a.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.

Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.

Eurhipidurous (a.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.

Euripize (v. t.) To whirl hither and thither.

Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.

Euritte (n.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

Euritic (a.) Of or pelating to eurite.

Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.

European (a.) Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

European (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Europe.

Europeanize (v. t.) To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.

Eurus (n.) The east wind.

Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

Euryale (n.) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.

Euryalida (n. pl.) A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

Eurycerous (a.) Having broad horns.

Eurypteroid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.

Eurypteroidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.

Eurypterus (n.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

Eurythmy (n.) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

Eurythmy (n.) Regularly of the pulse.

Eusebian (n.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.

Eustachian (a.) Discovered by Eustachius.

Eustachian (a.) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter.

Eustyle (n.) See Intercolumnlation.

Eutaxy (n.) Good or established order or arrangement.

Euterpe () The Muse who presided over music.

Euterpe () A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.

Euterpean (a.) Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.

Euthanasia (n.) An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.

Euthanasy (n.) Same as Euthanasia.

Euthiochroic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called.

Euthyneura (n. pl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

Eutrophy (n.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

Eutychian (n.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.

Eutychianism (n.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.

Euxanthic (a.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.

Euxanthin (n.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

Euxenite (n.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

Evacate (v. t.) To empty.

Evacuant (a.) Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

Evacuant (n.) A purgative or cathartic.

Evacuated (imp. & p. p.) of Evacuate

Evacuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evacuate

Evacuate (v. t.) To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

Evacuate (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.

Evacuate (v. t.) To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

Evacuate (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.

Evacuate (v. i.) To let blood

Evacuation (n.) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.

Evacuation (n.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.

Evacuation (n.) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.

Evacuation (n.) Abolition; nullification.

Evacuative (a.) Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.

Evacuator (n.) One who evacuates; a nullifier.

Evacuatory (n.) A purgative.

Evaded (imp. & p. p.) of Evade

Evading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evade

Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.

Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.

Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Evadible (a.) Capable of being evaded.

Evagation (n.) A wandering about; excursion; a roving.

Evagination (n.) The act of unsheathing.

Eval (a.) Relating to time or duration.

Evaluate (v. t.) To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Evaluation (n.) Valuation; appraisement.

Evanesced (imp. & p. p.) of Evanesce

Evanescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evanesce

Evanesce (v. i.) To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

Evanescence (n.) The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.

Evanescent (a.) Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

Evanescent (a.) Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.

Evanescently (adv. In a vanishing manner) ; imperceptibly.

Evangel (n.) Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.

Evangelian (a.) Rendering thanks for favors.

Evangelic (a.) Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.

Evangelical (a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

Evangelical (a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

Evangelical (a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.

Evangelical (n.) One of evangelical principles.

Evangelicalism (n.) Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism.

Evangelically (adv.) In an evangelical manner.

Evangelicalness (n.) State of being evangelical.

Evangelicism (n.) Evangelical principles; evangelism.

Evangelicity (n.) Evangelicism.

Evangelism (n.) The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.

Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.

Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.

Evangelistic (a.) Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.

Evangelization (n.) The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.

Evangelized (imp. & p. p.) of Evangelize

Evangelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evangelize

Evangelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.

Evangelize (v. i.) To preach the gospel.

Evangely (n.) Evangel.

Evangile (n.) Good tidings; evangel.

Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color.

Evanish (v. i.) To vanish.

Evanishment (n.) A vanishing; disappearance.

Evaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

Evaporated (imp. & p. p.) of Evaporate

Evaporating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evaporate

Evaporate (v. t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

Evaporate (v. t.) To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

Evaporate (v. t.) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

Evaporate (v. t.) To give vent to; to dissipate.

Evaporate (a.) Dispersed in vapors.

Evaporation (n.) The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

Evaporation (n.) The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

Evaporation (n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Evaporation (n.) See Vaporization.

Evaporaive (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

Evaporometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

Evasible (a.) That may be evaded.

Evasion (n.) The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

Evasive (a.) Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

Eve (n.) Evening.

Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.

Evectics (n.) The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.

Evection () The act of carrying up or away; exaltation.

Evection () An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1¡ 20'.

Evection () The libration of the moon.

Even (n.) Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

Even (a.) Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.

Even (a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.

Even (a.) Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

Even (a.) Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.

Even (a.) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.

Even (a.) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.

Even (a.) Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.

Evened (imp. & p. p.) of Even

Evening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Even

Even (v. t.) To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

Even (v. t.) To equal

Even (v. t.) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

Even (v. t.) To set right; to complete.

Even (v. t.) To act up to; to keep pace with.

Even (v. i.) To be equal.

Even (a.) In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.

Even (a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.

Even (a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.

Even (a.) At the very time; in the very case.

Evene (v. i.) To happen.

Evener (n.) One who, or that which makes even.

Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.

Evenfall (n.) Beginning of evening.

Evenhand (n.) Equality.

Evenhanded (a.) Fair or impartial; unbiased.

Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.

Evening (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.

Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.

Evenminded (a.) Having equanimity.

Evenness (n.) The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.

Evensong (n.) A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.

Event (n.) That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

Event (n.) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

Event (n.) The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

Event (v. t.) To break forth.

Eventerate (v. t.) To rip open; todisembowel.

Eventful (a.) Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventide (n.) The time of evening; evening.

Eventilate (v. t.) To winnow out; to fan.

Eventilate (v. t.) To discuss; to ventilate.

Eventilation (n.) The act of eventilating; discussion.

Eventless (a.) Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

Eventognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

Eventration (n.) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.

Eventration (n.) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.

Eventration (n.) The act af disemboweling.

Eventtual (a.) Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential.

Eventtual (a.) Final; ultimate.

Eventtual (a.) Dependent on events; contingent.

Eventualities (pl. ) of Eventuality

Eventuality (n.) The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

Eventuality (n.) Disposition to take cognizance of events.

Eventually (adv.) In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.

Eventuated (imp. & p. p.) of Eventuate

Eventuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eventuate

Eventuate (v. i.) To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.

Eventuation (n.) The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.

Ever (adv.) At any time; at any period or point of time.

Ever (adv.) At all times; through all time; always; forever.

Ever (adv.) Without cessation; continually.

Everduring (a.) Everlasting.

Everglade (n.) A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida.

Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

Evergreen (n.) An evergreen plant.

Evergreen (n.) Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.

Everich (a.) Alt. of Everych

Everych (a.) each one; every one; each of two. See Every.

Everichon (pron.) Alt. of Everychon

Everychon (pron.) Every one.

Everlasting (a.) Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal.

Everlasting (a.) Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.

Enerlasting (n.) Eternal duration, past of future; eternity.

Enerlasting (n.) (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.

Enerlasting (n.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.

Enerlasting (n.) A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.

Everlastingly (adv.) In an everlasting manner.

Everlastingness (n.) The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.

Everliving (a.) Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.

Everliving (a.) Continual; incessant; unintermitted.

Evermore (adv.) During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.

Evernic (a.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.

Everse (v. t.) To overthrow or subvert.

Eversion (n.) The act of eversing; destruction.

Eversion (n.) The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.

Eversive (a.) Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.

Everted (imp. & p. p.) of Evert

Everting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evert

Evert (v. t.) To overthrow; to subvert.

Evert (v. t.) To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.

Every (a. & a. pron.) All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.

Every (a. & a. pron.) Every one. Cf.

Everybody (n.) Every person.

Everyday (a.) Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.

Everyone (n.) Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

Everything (n.) Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.

Everywhen (adv.) At any or all times; every instant.

Everywhere (adv.) In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.

Everywhereness (n.) Ubiquity; omnipresence.

Evesdrop (v. i.) See Eavesdrop.

Evesdropper (n.) See Eavesdropper.

Evestigate (v. t.) To investigate.

Evet (n.) The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders.

Evibrate (v. t. & i.) To vibrate.

Evicted (imp. & p. p.) of Evict

Evicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evict

Evict (v. t.) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

Evict (v. t.) To evince; to prove.

Eviction (n.) The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

Eviction (n.) Conclusive evidence; proof.

Evidence (n.) That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.

Evidence (n.) One who bears witness.

Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it.

Evidenced (imp. & p. p.) of Evidence

Evidencing (p, pr. & vb. n.) of Evidence

Evidence (v. t.) To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.

Evidencer (n.) One whi gives evidence.

Evident (a.) Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.

Evidential (a.) Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.

Evidentiary (a.) Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.

Evidently (adv.) In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.

Evidentness (n.) State of being evident.

Evigilation (n.) A waking up or awakening.

Evil (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.

Evil (a.) Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.

Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

Evil (n.) Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.

Evil (n.) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.

Evil (n.) malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.

Evil (adv.) In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.

Evil eye () See Evil eye under Evil, a.

Evil-eyed (a.) Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.

Evil-favored (a.) Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed.

Evilly (adv.) In an evil manner; not well; ill.

Evil-minded (a.) Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.

Evilness (n.) The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

Evinced (imp. & p. p.) of Evince

Evincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evince

Evince (v. t.) To conquer; to subdue.

Evince (v. t.) To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.

Evincement (n.) The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

Evincible (a.) Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.

Evincive (a.) Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

Evirate (v. t.) To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood.

Eviration (n.) Castration.

Eviscerated (imp. & p. p.) of Eviscerate

Eviscerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eviscerate

Eviscerate (v. t.) To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

Evisceration (a.) A disemboweling.

Evitable (a.) Avoidable.

Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.

Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.

Evite (v. t.) To shun.

Eviternal (a.) Eternal; everlasting.

Eviternity (n.) Eternity.

Evocate (v. t.) To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke.

Evocation (n.) The act of calling out or forth.

Evocative (a.) Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.

Evocator (n.) One who calls forth.

Evoked (imp. & p. p.) of Evoke

Evoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evoke

Evoke (v. t.) To call out; to summon forth.

Evoke (v. t.) To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.

Evolatic (a.) Alt. of Evolatical

Evolatical (a.) Apt to fly away.

Evolation (n.) A flying out or up.

Evolute (n.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.

Evolutility (n.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure.

Evolution (n.) The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

Evolution (n.) A series of things unrolled or unfolded.

Evolution (n.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.

Evolution (n.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.

Evolution (n.) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.

Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.

Evolution (n.) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

Evolution (n.) That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.

Evolutional (a.) Relating to evolution.

Evolutionary (a.) Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.

Evolutionism (n.) The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.

Evolutionist (n.) One skilled in evolutions.

Evolutionist (n.) one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.

Evolved (imp. & p. p.) of Evolve

Evolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Evolve

Evolve (v. t.) To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

Evolve (v. t.) To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

Evolve (v. i.) To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.

Evolvement (n.) The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.

Evolvent (n.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.

Evomit (v. t.) To vomit.

Evomition (n.) The act of vomiting.

Evulgate (v. t.) To publish abroad.

Evulgation (n.) A divulging.

Evulsion (n.) The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Ew (n.) A yew.

Ewe (n.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Ewe-necked (a.) Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out.

Ewer (n.) A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet.

Ewery (n.) Alt. of Ewry

Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.

Ewt (n.) The newt.

Ex- () A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or e-; as, escape, scape, elite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.

Exacerrated (imp. & p. p.) of Exacerbate

Exacerrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exacerbate

Exacerbate (v. t.) To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

Exacerbation (n.) The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.

Exacerbation (n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

Exacerbescence (n.) Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.

Exacervation (n.) The act of heaping up.

Exacinate (v. t.) To remove the kernel form.

Exacination (n.) Removal of the kernel.

Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

Exact (a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.

Exact (a.) Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

Exacted (imp. & p. p.) of Exact

Exacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exact

Exact (a.) To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.

Exact (v. i.) To practice exaction.

Exacter (n.) An exactor.

Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.

Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.

Exaction (n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

Exacritude (n.) The quality of being exact; exactness.

Exactly (adv.) In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.

Exactness (n.) The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

Exactness (n.) Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.

Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.

Exactress (n.) A woman who is an exactor.

Exacuate (v. t.) To whet or sharpen.

Exaeresis (n.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Exaggerated (imp. & p. p.) of Exaggerate

Exaggerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exaggerate

Exaggerate (v. t.) To heap up; to accumulate.

Exaggerate (v. t.) To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

Exaggerated (a.) Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.

Exaggerating (a.) That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.

Exaggeration (n.) The act of heaping or piling up.

Exaggeration (n.) The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

Exaggeration (n.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Exaggerative (a.) Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration.

Exaggerator (n.) One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration.

Exaggeratory (a.) Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative.

Exagitate (v. t.) To stir up; to agitate.

Exagitate (v. t.) To satirize; to censure severely.

Exagitation (n.) Agitation.

Exalbuminous (a.) Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.

Exalted (imp. & p. p.) of Exalt

Exalting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exalt

Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

Exalt (v. t.) To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

Exalt (v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.

Exalt (v. t.) To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.

Exalt (v. t.) To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.

Exalt (v. t.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

Exaltate (a.) Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet.

Exaltation (n.) The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

Exaltation (n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

Exaltation (n.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Exalted (a.) Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.

Exalter (n.) One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Exaltment (n.) Exaltation.

Examen (a.) Examination; inquiry.

Exametron (n.) An hexameter.

Examinable (a.) Capable of being examined or inquired into.

Examinant (n.) One who examines; an examiner.

Examinant (n.) One who is to be examined.

Examinate (n.) A person subjected to examination.

Examination (n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

Examination (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.

Examinator (n.) An examiner.

Examined (imp. & p. p.) of Examine

Examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Examine

Examine (v. t.) To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.

Examine (v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.

Examinee (n.) A person examined.

Examiner (n.) One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

Examinership (n.) The office or rank of an examiner.

Examining (a.) Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Examplary (a.) Serving for example or pattern; exemplary.

Example (n.) One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

Example (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

Example (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

Example (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

Exampled (imp. & p. p.) of Example

Exampling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Example

Example (v. t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.

Exampleless (a.) Without or above example.

Exampler (n.) A pattern; an exemplar.

Exampless (a.) Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.]

Exanguious (a.) Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious.

Exangulous (a.) Having no corners; without angles.

Exanimate (a.) Lifeless; dead.

Exanimate (a.) Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened.

Exanimate (v. t.) To deprive of animation or of life.

Exanimation (n.) Deprivation of life or of spirits.

Exanimous (a.) Lifeless; dead.

Exannulate (a.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

Exanthem (n.) Same as Exanthema.

Exanthemata (pl. ) of Exanthema

Exanthema (n.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.

Exanthematic (a.) Alt. of Exanthematous

Exanthematous (a.) Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.

Exanthesis (n.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

Exantlate (v. t.) To exhaust or wear out.

Exantlation (n.) Act of drawing out ; exhaustion.

Exarate (v. t.) To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.

Exaration (n.) Act of plowing; also, act of writing.

Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Exarchate (n.) The office or the province of an exarch.

Exarillate (a.) Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Exarticulate (a.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Exarticulation (n.) Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.

Exasperate (a.) Exasperated; imbittered.

Exsasperated (imp. & p. p.) of Exasperate

Exasperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exasperate

Exasperate (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

Exasperate (v. t.) To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

Exasperater (n.) One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

Exasperation (n.) The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Exasperation (n.) Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.

Exaspidean (a.) Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds.

Exauctorate (v. t.) See Exauthorate.

Exauctoration (n.) See Exauthoration.

Exaugurate (v. t.) To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow.

Exauguration (n.) The act of exaugurating; desecration.

Exauthorate (v. t.) To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.

Exauthoration (n.) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.

Exauthorize (v. t.) To deprive of uthority.

Exauthorize (v. t.) To deprive of authority.

Excalceate (v. t.) To deprive of shoes.

Excalceation (n.) The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.

Excalfaction (n.) A heating or warming; calefaction.

Excalfactive (a.) Serving to heat; warming.

Excalfactory (a.) Heating; warming.

Excalibur (n.) The name of King Arthur's mythical sword.

Excamb (v. t.) Alt. of Excambie

Excambie (v. t.) To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.

Excambion (n.) Alt. of Excambium

Excambium (n.) Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.

Excandescence (n.) A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence.

Excandescence (n.) Violent anger; a growing angry.

Excandescent (a.) White or glowing with heat.

Excantation (n.) Disenchantment by a countercharm.

Excarnate (v. t.) To deprive or clear of flesh.

Excarnation (n.) The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.

Excarnificate (v. t.) To clear of flesh; to excarnate.

Excarnification (n.) The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation.

Excavated (imp. & p. p.) of Excavate

Excavating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excavate

Excavate (v. t.) To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

Excavate (v. t.) To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.

Excavate (v. t.) To dig out and remove, as earth.

Excavation (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

Excavation (n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

Excavation (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

Excavation (n.) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

Excavator (n.) One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

Excave (v. t.) To excavate.

Excecate (v. t.) To blind.

Excecation (n.) The act of making blind.

Excedent (v. t.) Excess.

Exceeded (imp. & p. p.) of Exceed

Exceeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exceed

Exceed (v. t.) To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.

Exceed (v. i.) To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.

Exceed (v. i.) To be more or greater; to be paramount.

Exceedable (a.) Capable of exceeding or surpassing.

Exceeder (n.) One who exceeds.

Exceeding (a.) More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.

Exceeding (adv.) In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly.

Exceedingly (adv.) To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

Excelled (imp. & p. p.) of Excel

Excelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excel

Excel (v. t.) To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

Excel (v. t.) To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.

Excel (v. i.) To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.

Excellence (n.) The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

Excellence (n.) An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

Excellence (n.) A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

Excellencies (pl. ) of Excellency

Excellency (n.) Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.

Excellency (n.) A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.

Excellent (a.) Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.

Excellent (a.) Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance.

Excellent (adv.) Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.

Excellently (adv.) In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.

Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness.

Excelsior (v. t.) More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

Excelsior (n.) A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.

Excentral (a.) Out of the center.

Excentric (a.) Alt. of Excentrical

Excentrical (a.) Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.

Excentrical (a.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.

Excentricity () Same as Eccentricity.

Excepted (imp. & p. p.) of Except

Excepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Except

Except (v. t.) To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

Except (v. t.) To object to; to protest against.

Except (v. i.) To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.

Except (prep.) With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.

Except (conj.) Unless; if it be not so that.

Exceptant (a.) Making exception.

Excepting (prep. & conj., but properly a participle) With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.

Exception (n.) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

Exception (n.) That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.

Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.

Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.

Exceptionable (a.) Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.

Exceptioner (n.) One who takes exceptions or makes objections.

Exceptionless (a.) Without exception.

Exceptious (a.) Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.

Exceptive (a.) That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition.

Exceptless (a.) Not exceptional; usual.

Exceptor (n.) One who takes exceptions.

Excerebration (n.) The act of removing or beating out the brains.

Excerebrose (a.) Brainless.

Excern (v. t.) To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration.

Excernent (a.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

Excerp (a.) To pick out.

Excerpted (imp. & p. p.) of Excerpt

Excerpting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excerpt

Excerpt (v. t.) To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

Excerpt (n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Excerption (n.) The act of excerpting or selecting.

Excerption (n.) That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.

Excerptive (a.) That excerpts, selects, or chooses.

Excerptor (n.) One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.

Excess (n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

Excess (n.) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

Excessive (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

Exchange (n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

Exchange (n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

Exchange (n.) The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.

Exchange (n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.

Exchange (n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.

Exchange (n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change.

Exchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Exchange

Exchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exchange

Exchange (n.) To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.

Exchange (n.) To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.

Exchange (n.) To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.

Exchange (v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.

Exchangeability (n.) The quality or state of being exchangeable.

Exchangeable (a.) Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.

Exchangeable (a.) Available for making exchanges; ratable.

Exchangeably (adv.) By way of exchange.

Exchanger (n.) One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.

Excheat (n.) See Escheat.

Excheator (n.) See Escheator.

Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.

Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.

Exchequered (imp. & p. p.) of Exchequer

Exchequering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exchequer

Exchequer (v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Excide (v. t.) To cut off.

Excipient (v. t.) Taking an exception.

Excipient (n.) An exceptor.

Excipient (n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.

Exciple (n.) Alt. of Excipulum

Excipulum (n.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Excisable (a.) Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.

Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.

Excised (imp. & p. p.) of Excise

Excising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excise

Excise (v. t.) To lay or impose an excise upon.

Excise (v. t.) To impose upon; to overcharge.

Excise (v. t.) To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

Excisemen (pl. ) of Exciseman

Exciseman (n.) An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.

Excision (n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

Excision (n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

Excision (n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Excitability (n.) The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.

Excitability (n.) The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

Excitable (a.) Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

Excitant (a.) Tending to excite; exciting.

Excitant (n.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

Excitate (v. t.) To excite.

Excitation (n.) The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

Excitation (n.) The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.

Excitative (a.) Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory.

Excitator (n.) A kind of discarder.

Excitatory (a.) Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

Excited (imp. & p. p.) of Excite

exciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excite

Excite (v. t.) To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

Excite (v. t.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Exciteful (n.) Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players.

Excitement (n.) The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

Excitement (n.) That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.

Excitement (n.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

Exciter (n.) One who, or that which, excites.

Exciting (a.) Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.

Excitive (a.) Serving or tending to excite; excitative.

Excitive (n.) That which excites; an excitant.

Excito-motion (n.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.

Excito-motor (a.) Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes.

Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

Excito-nutrient (a) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

Excito-secretory (a.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.

Exclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Exclaim

Exclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exclaim

Exclaim (v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

Exclaim (n.) Outcry; clamor.

Exclaimer (n.) One who exclaims.

Exclamation (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

Exclamation (n.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

Exclamation (n.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

Exclamative (a.) Exclamatory.

Exclamatory (a.) Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.

Exclave (n.) A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.

Excluded (imp. & p. p.) of Exclude

Excluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exclude

Exclude (v. t.) To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.

Exclude (v. t.) To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.

Exclusion (n.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

Exclusion (n.) Thing emitted.

Exclusionary (a.) Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.

Exclusionism (n.) The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.

Exclusionist (n.) One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II.

Exclusive (a.) Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

Exclusive (a.) Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

Exclusive (n.) One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.

Exclusiveness (n.) Quality of being exclusive.

Exclusivism (n.) The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

Exclusivist (n.) One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism.

Exclusory (a.) Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.

Excoct (v. t.) To boil out; to produce by boiling.

Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.

Excogitated (imp. & p. p.) of Excogitate

Excogitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excogitate

Excogitate (v. t.) To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

Excogitate (v. i.) To cogitate.

Excogitation (n.) The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

Excommune (v. t.) To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate.

Excommunicable (a.) Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper.

Excommunicant (n.) One who has been excommunicated.

Excommunicate (a.) Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

Excommunicate (n.) One excommunicated.

Excommunicated (imp. & p. p.) of Excommunicate

Excommunicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excommunicate

Excommunicate (v. t.) To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.

Excommunicate (v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.

Excommunication (n.) The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

Excommunicator (n.) One who excommunicates.

Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.

Excoriable () Capable of being excoriated.

Excoriated (imp. & p. p.) of Eccoriate

excoriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eccoriate

Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.

Excoriation (n.) The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

Excoriation (n.) Stripping of possession; spoliation.

Excorticate (v. t.) To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate.

Excortication (n.) The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.

Excreable (a.) Capable of being discharged by spitting.

Excreate (v. t.) To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.

Excreation (n.) Act of spitting out.

Excrement (n.) Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.

Excrement (n.) An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.

Excremental (a.) Of or pertaining to excrement.

Excrementitial (a.) Alt. of Excrementitious

Excrementitious (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.

Excrementive (a.) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.

Excrementize (v. i.) To void excrement.

Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.

Excrescency (n.) Excrescence.

Excrescent (a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.

Excreta (n. pl.) Matters to be excreted.

Excreted (imp. & p. p.) of Excrete

Excreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excrete

Excrete (v. t.) To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

Excretin (n.) A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human faeces.

Excretion (n.) The act of excreting.

Excretion (n.) That which is excreted; excrement.

Excretive (a.) Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.

Excretory (a.) Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.

Excruciable (a.) Liable to torment.

Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.

Excruciated (imp. & p. p.) of Excruciate

Excruciating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excruciate

Excruciate (v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.

Excruciating () Torturing; racking.

Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.

Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.

Excubitorium (n.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.

Exculpable () Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.

Exculpated (imp. & p. p.) of Exculpate

Exculpating () of Exculpate

Exculpate (v. t.) To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

Exculpation (n.) The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

Exculpatory () Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.

Excur (i.) To run out or forth; to extend.

Excurrent (a.) Running or flowing out

Excurrent (a.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

Excurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.

Excurse (v. t.) To journey or pass thought.

Excursion () A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.

Excursion () A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

Excursion () A wandering from a subject; digression.

Excursion () Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Excursionist (n.) One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.

Excursive (a.) Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

Excursus (n.) A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

Excusable (a.) That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.

Excusation (n.) Excuse; apology.

Excusator (n.) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.

Excusatory (a.) Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.

Excused (imp. & p. p.) of Excuse

Excusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excuse

Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.

Excuse (v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.

Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.

Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.

Excuse (v. t.) To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

Excuse (v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.

Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.

Excuse (v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.

Excuseless (a.) Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.

Excusement (n.) Excuse.

Excuser (n.) One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.

Excuser (n.) One who excuses or forgives another.

Excuss (v. t.) To shake off; to discard.

Excuss (v. t.) To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.

Excuss (v. t.) To seize and detain by law, as goods.

Excussion (n.) The act of excusing; seizure by law.

Exeat (n.) A license for absence from a college or a religious house.

Exeat (n.) A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

Execrable (a.) Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.

Execrated (imp. & p. p.) of Execrate

Execrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Execrate

Execrate (v. t.) To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.

Execration (n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.

Execration (n.) That which is execrated; a detested thing.

Execrative (a.) Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.

Execrative (n.) A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.

Execratory (a.) Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory.

Execratory (n.) A formulary of execrations.

Exect (v. t.) To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect.

Exection (n.) See Exsection.

Executable (a.) Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.

Executant (n.) One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.

Executed (imp. & p. p.) of Execute

Executing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Execute

Execute (v. t.) To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

Execute (v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.

Execute (v. t.) To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.

Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.

Execute (v. t.) Too put to death illegally; to kill.

Execute (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.

Execute (v. i.) To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose.

Execute (v. i.) To perform musically.

Executer (n.) One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.

Execution (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

Execution (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

Execution (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.

Execution (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

Execution (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

Execution (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.

Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

Execution (n.) The act of sacking a town.

Executioner (n.) One who executes; an executer.

Executioner (n.) One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

Executive (a.) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Executively (adv.) In the way of executing or performing.

Executor (n.) One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.

Executor (n.) An executioner.

Executor (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

Executorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an executive.

Executorship (n.) The office of an executor.

Executory (a.) Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.

Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract.

Executress (n.) An executrix.

Executrix (n.) A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

Exedent (a.) Eating out; consuming.

Exedrae (pl. ) of Exedra

Exedra (n.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

Exedra (n.) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form.

Exedra (n.) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

Exegeses (pl. ) of Exegesis

Exegesis (n.) Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

Exegesis (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.

Exegete (n.) An exegetist.

Exegetic (a.) Alt. of Exegetical

Exegetical (a.) Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository.

Exegetics (n.) The science of interpretation or exegesis.

Exegetist (n.) One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.

Exemplar (n.) A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

Exemplar (n.) A copy of a book or writing.

Exemplar (a.) Exemplary.

Exemplarily (adv.) In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.

Exemplariness (n.) The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

Exemplarity (n.) Exemplariness.

Exemplary (a.) Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

Exemplary (a.) Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.

Exemplary (a.) Illustrating as the proof of a thing.

Exemplary (n.) An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.

Exemplifiable (a.) That can be exemplified.

Exemplification (n.) The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

Exemplification (n.) That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

Exemplification (n.) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Exemplifier (n.) One who exemplifies by following a pattern.

Exemplified (imp. & p. p.) of Exemplify

Exemplifying (p. pr. &. vb. n.) of Exemplify

Exemplify (v. t.) To show or illustrate by example.

Exemplify (v. t.) To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.

Exemplify (v. t.) To prove or show by an attested copy.

Exempt (a.) Cut off; set apart.

Exempt (a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.

Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.

Exempt (n.) One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

Exempt (n.) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.

Exempted (imp. & p. p.) of Exempt

Exempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exempt

Exempt (a.) To remove; to set apart.

Exempt (a.) To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.

Exemptible (a.) That may be exempted.

Exemption (n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.

Exemptitious (a.) Separable.

Exenterate (v. t.) To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.

Exenteration (n.) Act of exenterating.

Exequatur (n.) A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

Exequatur (n.) Official recognition or permission.

Exequial (a.) Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Exequious (a.) Funereal.

Exequies (pl. ) of Exequy

Exequy (n.) A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

Exercent (a.) Practicing; professional.

Exercisable (a.) That may be exercised, used, or exerted.

Exercise (n.) The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.

Exercise (n.) Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.

Exercise (n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback.

Exercise (n.) The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

Exercise (n.) That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.

Exercise (n.) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

Exercised (imp. & p. p.) of Exercise

Exercising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exercise

Exercise (v. t.) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.

Exercise (v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.

Exercise (v. t.) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.

Exercise (v. t.) To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.

Exercise (v. i.) To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.

Exerciser (n.) One who exercises.

Exercisible (a.) Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

Exercitation (n.) exercise; practice; use.

Exergue (n.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.

Exerted (imp. & p. p.) of Exert

Exerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exert

Exert (v. t.) To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

Exert (v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.

Exert (v. t.) To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.

Exertion (n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.

Exertive (a.) Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.

Exertment (n.) Exertion.

Exesion (n.) The act of eating out or through.

Exestuate (v. i.) To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.

Exestuation (n.) A boiling up; effervescence.

Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.

Exfetation (n) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.

Exfoliated (imp. & p. p.) of Exfoliate

Exfoliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exfoliate

Exfoliate (v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

Exfoliate (v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.

Exfoliation (n.) The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Exfoliative (a.) Having the power of causing exfoliation.

Exfoliative (n.) An exfoliative agent.

Exhalable (a.) Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.

Exhalant (a.) Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

Exhalation (n.) The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

Exhalation (n.) That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.

Exhalation (n.) A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Exaled (imp. & p. p.) of Exhale

Exaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhale

Exhale (v. t.) To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

Exhale (v. t.) To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.

Exhale (v. i.) To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.

Exhalement (n.) Exhalation.

Exhalence (n.) Exhalation.

Exhausted (imp. & p. p.) of Exhaust

Exhausting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhaust

Exhaust (v. t.) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

Exhaust (v. t.) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

Exhaust (v. t.) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.

Exhaust (v. t.) To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

Exhaust (v. t.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.

Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

Exhaust (a.) Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.

Exhaust (n.) The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

Exhaust (n.) The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Exhauster (n.) One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Exhaustibility (n.) Capability of being exhausted.

Exhaustible (a.) Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.

Exhausting (a.) Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.

Exhaustion (n.) The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

Exhaustion (n.) The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

Exhaustion (n.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.

Exhaustive (a.) Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method.

Exhaustless (a.) Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

Exhaustment (n.) Exhaustion; drain.

Exhausture (n.) Exhaustion.

Exhedra (n.) See Exedra.

Exheredate (v. t.) To disinherit.

Exheredation (n.) A disinheriting; disherisor.

Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.

Exhibited (imp. & p. p.) of Exhibit

Exhibiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhibit

Exhibit (v. t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.

Exhibit (v. t.) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.

Exhibit (v. t.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.

Exhibit (n.) Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

Exhibit (n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Exhibiter (n.) One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.

Exhibition (n.) The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

Exhibition (n.) That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.

Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

Exhibition (n.) The act of administering a remedy.

Exhibitioner (n.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

Exhibitive (a.) Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.

Exhibitor (n.) One who exhibits.

Exhibitory (a.) Exhibiting; publicly showing.

Exhilarant (a.) Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.

Exhilarant (n.) That which exhilarates.

Exhilarated (imp. & p. p.) of Exhilarate

Exilarating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhilarate

Exhilarate (v. t.) To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Exhilarate (v. i.) To become joyous.

Exhilarating (a.) That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.

Exhilaration (n.) The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

Exhilaration (n.) The state of being enlivened or cheerful.

Exhorted (imp. & p. p.) of Exhort

Exhorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhort

Exhort (v. t.) To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

Exhort (v. i.) To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

Exhort (n.) Exhortation.

Exhortation (n.) The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

Exhortation (n.) Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

Exhortative (a.) Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.

Exhortatory (a.) Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.

Exhorter (n.) One who exhorts or incites.

Exhumated (a.) Disinterred.

Exhumation (n.) The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Exhumed (imp. & p. p.) of Exhume

Exhuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhume

Exhume (v. t.) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Exiccate (v. t.) See Exsiccate.

Exiccation (n.) See Exsiccation.

Exigence (n.) Exigency.

Exigencies (pl. ) of Exigency

Exigency (n.) The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.

Exigendary (n.) See Exigenter.

Exigent (a.) Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

Exigent (n.) Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.

Exigent (n.) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.

Exigenter (n.) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.

Exigible (a.) That may be exacted; repairable.

Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

Exile (n.) Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

Exile (n.) The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.

Exiled (imp. & p. p.) of Exile

Exiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exile

Exile (v. t.) To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.

Exile (a.) Small; slender; thin; fine.

Exilement (n.) Banishment.

Exilic (a.) Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon.

Exilition (n.) A sudden springing or leaping out.

Exility (a.) Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness.

Eximious (a.) Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent.

Exinanite (v. t.) To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble.

Exinanition (n.) An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.

Existed (imp. & p. p.) of Exist

Existing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exist

Exist (v. i.) To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

Exist (v. i.) To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.

Exist (v. i.) To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.

Existence (n.) The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.

Existence (n.) Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.

Existence (n.) That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Existency (n.) Existence.

Existent (a.) Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

Existential (a.) Having existence.

Exister (n.) One who exists.

Existible (a.) Capable of existence.

Existimation (n.) Esteem; opinion; reputation.

Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

Exit (n.) The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.

Exit (n.) Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.

Exit (n.) A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.

Exitial (a.) Alt. of Exitious

Exitious (a.) Destructive; fatal.

Exo () A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.

Exocardiac (a.) Alt. of Exocardial

Exocardial (a.) Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.

Exocarp (n.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

Exoccipital (a.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull.

Exoccipital (n.) The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.

Exocetus (n.) Alt. of Exocoetus

Exocoetus (n.) A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

Exoculate (v. t.) To deprive of eyes.

Exode (n.) Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Exode (n.) The final chorus; the catastrophe.

Exode (n.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

Exodic (a.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

Exogium (n.) See Exode.

Exodus (n.) A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

Exodus (n.) The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

Exody (n.) Exodus; withdrawal.

Ex-official (a.) Proceeding from office or authority.

Ex officiis (pl. ) of Ex officio

Ex officio () From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

Exogamous (a.) Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

Exogamy (n.) The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.

Exogen (n.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen.

Exogenetic (a.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous.

Exogenous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

Exogenous (a.) Growing by addition to the exterior.

Exogenous (a.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous.

Exogyra (n.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Exolete (a.) Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid.

Exolution (n.) See Exsolution.

Exolve (v. t.) To loose; to pay.

Exon (n.) A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

Exon (n.) An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt.

Exonerated (imp. & p. p.) of Exonerate

Exonerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exonerate

Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.

Exonerate (v. t.) To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.

Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Exonerator (n.) One who exonerates or frees from obligation.

Exophthalmia (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

Exophthalmic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.

Exophthalmos (n.) Alt. of Exophthalmus

Exophthalmus (n.) Same as Exophthalmia.

Exophthalmy (n.) Exophthalmia.

Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Exoplasm (n.) See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.

Exopodite (n.) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Exoptable (a.) Very desirable.

Exoptile (n.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

Exrable (a.) Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.

Exorate (v. t.) To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty.

Exoration (n.) Entreaty.

Exorbitance (n.) Alt. of Exorbitancy

Exorbitancy (n.) A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands.

Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.

Exorbitant (a.) Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

Exorbitantly (adv.) In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.

Exorbitate (v. i.) To go out of the track; to deviate.

Exorcised (imp. & p. p.) of Exorcise

Exorcising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exorcise

Exorcise (v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.

Exorcise (v. t.) To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

Exorciser (n.) An exorcist.

Exorcism (n.) The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

Exorcism (n.) Conjuration for raising spirits.

Exorcist (n.) One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.

Exorcist (n.) A conjurer who can raise spirits.

Exordial (a.) Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.

Exordiums (pl. ) of Exordium

Exordia (pl. ) of Exordium

Exordium (n.) A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.

Exorhizae (pl. ) of Exorhiza

Exorhiza (n.) A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.

Exorhizal (a.) Alt. of Exorhizous

Exorhizous (a.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

Exornation (n.) Ornament; decoration; embellishment.

Exortive (a.) Rising; relating to the east.

Exosculate (v. t.) To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly.

Exoskeletal (a.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.

Exoskeleton (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.

Exosmose (n.) The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.

Exosmosis (n.) See Exosmose.

Exosmotic (a.) Pertaining to exosmose.

Exospore (n.) The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.

Exosstate (v. t.) To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone.

Exossation (n.) A depriving of bone or of fruit stones.

Exosse-ous (a.) Boneless.

Exostome (n.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

Exostosis (n.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.

Exostosis (n.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.

Exoteric (a.) Alt. of Exoterical

Exoterical (a.) External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret.

Exoterics (n. pl.) The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.

Exoteries (pl. ) of Exotery

Exotery (n.) That which is obvious, public, or common.

Exotheca (n.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

Exothecium (n.) The outer coat of the anther.

Exotic (a.) Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

Exotic (n.) Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.

Exotical (a.) Foreign; not native; exotic.

Exoticism (n.) The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.

Expanded (imp. & p. p.) of Expand

Expanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expand

Expand (v. t.) To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

Expand (v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.

Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.

Expanding (a.) That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.

Expanse (n.) That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

Expanse (v. t.) To expand.

Expansibility (n.) The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.

Expansible (a.) Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.

Expansile (a.) Expansible.

Expansion (n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

Expansion (n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.

Expansion (n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

Expansion (n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.

Expansion (n.) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.

Expansion (n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.

Expansure (n.) Expanse.

Ex parte () Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.

Expatiated (imp. & p. p.) of Expatiate

Expariating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expatiate

Expatiate (v. i.) To range at large, or without restraint.

Expatiate (v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.

Expatiate (v. t.) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

Expatiation (n.) Act of expatiating.

Expatiatory (a.) Expansive; diffusive.

Expatriated (imp. & p. p.) of Expatriate

Expatriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expatriate

Expatriate (v. t.) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

Expatriate (v. t.) Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.

Expatriation (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

Expected (imp. & p. p.) of Expect

Expecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expect

Expect (v. t.) To wait for; to await.

Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.

Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

Expect (n.) Expectation.

Expectable (a.) That may be expected or looked for.

Expectance (n.) Alt. of Expectancy

Expectancy (n.) The act of expecting ; expectation.

Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.

Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking for

Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

Expectant (n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

Expectation (n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

Expectation (n.) That which is expected or looked for.

Expectation (n.) The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.

Expectation (n.) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

Expectation (n.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

Expectative (a.) Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.

Expectative (n.) Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.

Expectedly (adv.) In conformity with expectation.

Expecter (n.) One who expects.

Expectingly (adv.) In a state of expectation.

Expective (a.) Expectative.

Expectorant (a.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.

Expectorant (n.) An expectorant medicine.

Expectorated (imp. & p. p.) of Expectorate

Expectorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expectorate

Expectorate (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

Expectorate (v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Expectorative (a. & n.) Same as Expectorant.

Expede (v. t.) To expedite; to hasten.

Expediate (v. t.) To hasten; to expedite.

Expedience (n.) Alt. of Expediency

Expediency (n.) The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.

Expediency (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch.

Expediency (n.) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

Expedient (a.) Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.

Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.

Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.

Expediment (n.) An expedient.

Expeditate (v. t.) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

Expedite (a.) Free of impediment; unimpeded.

Expedite (a.) Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.

Expedited (imp. & p. p.) of Expedite

Expediting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expedite

Expedite (v. t.) To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants.

Expedite (v. t.) To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.

Expeditely (adv.) In expedite manner; expeditiously.

Expediteness (n.) Quality of being expedite.

Expedition (n.) The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.

Expedition (n.) A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.

Expedition (n.) An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.

Expeditionary (a.) Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.

Expeditionist (n.) One who goes upon an expedition. [R].

Expeditious (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger.

Expeditive (a.) Performing with speed.

Expelled (imp. & p. p.) of Expel

Expelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expel

Expel (v. t.) To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

Expel (v. t.) To drive away from one's country; to banish.

Expel (v. t.) To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

Expel (v. t.) To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.

Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.

Expellable (a.) Capable of being expelled or driven out.

Expeller (n.) One who, or that which, expels.

Expended (imp. & p. p.) of Expend

Expending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expend

Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.

Expend (v. i.) To be laid out, used, or consumed.

Expend (v. i.) To pay out or disburse money.

Expenitor (n.) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers.

Expenditure (n.) The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

Expenditure (n.) That which is expended or paid out; expense.

Expense (n.) A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

Expense (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.

Expense (n.) Loss.

Expensefull (a.) Full of expense; costly; chargeable.

Expenseless (a.) Without cost or expense.

Expensive (a.) Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

Expensive (a.) Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish.

Experience (n.) Trial, as a test or experiment.

Experience (n.) The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

Experience (n.) An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

Experienced (imp. & p. p.) of Exrerience

Experiencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exrerience

Exrerience (v. t.) To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.

Exrerience (v. t.) To exercise; to train by practice.

Experienced (p. p. & a.) Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.

Experiencer (n.) One who experiences.

Experiencer (n.) An experimenter.

Experient (a.) Experienced.

Experiential (a.) Derived from, or pertaining to, experience.

Experientialism (n.) The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists.

Experientiallist (n.) One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.

Experiment (n.) Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.

Experiment (n.) Experience.

Experimented (imp. & p. p.) of Experiment

Experinenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Experiment

Experiment (v. t.) To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.

Experiment (v. t.) To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.

Experimental (a.) Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

Experimental (a.) Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.

Experimetalist (n.) One who makes experiments; an experimenter.

Experimentalize (v. i.) To make experiments (upon); to experiment.

Experimentally (adv.) By experiment; by experience or trial.

Experimentarian (a.) Relying on experiment or experience.

Experimentarian (n.) One who relies on experiment or experience.

Experimentation (n.) The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

Experimentative (a.) Experimental; of the nature of experiment.

Experimentator (n.) An experimenter.

Experimenter (n.) One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.

Experimentist (n.) An experimenter.

Experrection (n.) A waking up or arousing.

Expert (a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.

Expert (n.) An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.

Expert (n.) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.

Expert (n.) A sworn appraiser.

Expert (v. t.) To experience.

Expertly (adv.) In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.

Expertness (n.) Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.

Expetible (a.) Worthy of being wished for; desirable.

Expiable (a.) Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt.

Expiated (imp. & p. p.) of Expiate

Expiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expiate

Expiate (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

Expiate (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.

Expiate (a.) Terminated.

Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

Expiation (n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.

Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.

Expiatist (n.) An expiator.

Expiator (n.) One who makes expiation or atonement.

Expiatorious (a.) Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.

Expiatory (a.) Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

Expilation (n.) The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.

Expilator (n.) One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager.

Expirable (a.) That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.

Expirant (n.) One who expires or is expiring.

Expiration (n.) The act of expiring

Expiration (n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.

Expiration (n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

Expiration (n.) The last emission of breath; death.

Expiration (n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.

Expiration (n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Expiratory (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.

Expired (imp. & p. p.) of Expire

Expiring (p. pr & vb. n.) of Expire

Expire (v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

Expire (v. t.) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.

Expire (v. t.) To emit; to give out.

Expire (v. t.) To bring to a close; to terminate.

Expire (v. i.) To emit the breath.

Expire (v. i.) To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

Expire (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.

Expire (v. i.) To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

Expiring (a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

Expiring (a.) Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

Expiry (n.) Expiration.

Expiscate (v. t.) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.

Expiscation (n.) The act of expiscating; a fishing.

Expiscatory (a.) Tending to fish out; searching out

Explained (imp. & p. p.) of Explain

Explaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explain

Explain (a.) To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

Explain (a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.

Explain (v. i.) To give an explanation.

Explainable (a.) Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.

Explainer (n.) One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

Explanate (a.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.

Explanation (n.) The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.

Explanation (n.) That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.

Explanation (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.

Explanation (n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.

Explanative (a.) Explanatory.

Explanatoriness (n.) The quality of being explanatory.

Explanatory (a.) Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.

Explat (v. t.) Alt. of Explate

Explate (v. t.) To explain; to unfold.

Expletion (n.) Accomplishment; fulfillment.

Expletive (a.) Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.

Expletive (n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.

Expletively (adv.) In the manner of an expletive.

Expletory (a.) Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word.

Explicable (a.) Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.

Explicableness (n.) Quality of being explicable.

Explicate (a.) Evolved; unfolded.

Explicated (imp. & p. p.) of Explicate

Explicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explicate

Explicate (v. t.) To unfold; to expand; to lay open.

Explicate (v. t.) To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

Explication (n.) The sense given by an expositor.

Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.

Explicator (n.) One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.

Explicatory (a.) Explicative.

Explicit (a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Explicit (a.) Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.

Explicit (a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.

Explicitly (adv.) In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.

Explicitness (n.) The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness.

Exploded (imp. & p. p.) of Explode

Exploding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explode

Explode (v. i.) To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

Explode (v. i.) To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.

Explode (v. i.) To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.

Explode (v. t.) To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.

Explode (v. t.) To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.

Explode (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.

Explode (v. t.) To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.

Explodent (n.) An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.

Explodent (n.) See Explosive, n., 2.

Exploder (n.) One who or that which explodes.

Exploder (n.) One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.

Exploit (n.) A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

Exploit (n.) Combat; war.

Exploit (n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.

Exploit (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.

Exploitation (n.) The act of exploiting or utilizing.

Exploiture (n.) The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.

Exploiture (n.) Exploitation.

Explorable (a.) That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

Explorate (v. t.) To explore.

Exploration (n.) The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries

Exploration (n.) physical examination.

Explorative (a.) Exploratory.

Explorator (n.) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Exploratory (a.) Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.

Explored (imp. & p. p.) of Explore

Exploring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explore

Explore (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

Explore (v. t.) To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.

Explorement (n.) The act of exploring; exploration.

Explorer (n.) One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

Eploring (a.) Employed in, or designed for, exploration.

Explosion (n.) The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.

Explosion (n.) A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.

Explosion (n.) A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.

Explosive (a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

Explosive (n.) An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.

Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]

Explosively (adv.) In an explosive manner.

Expoliation (n.) See Exspoliation.

Expolish (v. t.) To polish thoroughly.

Expone (v. t.) To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil.

Exponent (n.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated

Exponent (n.) One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.

Exponential (a.) Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.

Exported (imp. & p. p.) of Export

Exporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Export

Export (v. t.) To carry away; to remove.

Export (v. t.) To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.

Export (n.) The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.

Export (n.) That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.

Exportability (n.) The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.

Exportable (a.) Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

Exportation (n.) The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

Exportation (n.) Commodity exported; an export.

Exportation (n.) The act of carrying out.

Exporter (n.) One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

Exposal (n.) Exposure.

Exposed (imp. & p. p.) of Expose

Exposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expose

Expose (v. t.) To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

Expose (v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

Expose (v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

Expose (v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Exposedness (n.) The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

Exposer (n.) One who exposes or discloses.

Exposition (n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

Exposition (n.) The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.

Exposition (n.) Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.

Exposition (n.) A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.

Expositive (a.) Serving to explain; expository.

Expositor (n.) One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator.

Expository (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.

Ex post facto () Alt. of Ex postfacto

Ex postfacto () From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.

Expostulated (imp. & p. p.) of Expostulate

Expostulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expostulate

Expostulate (v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.

Expostulate (v. t.) To discuss; to examine.

Expostulation (n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.

Expostulator (n.) One who expostulates.

Expostulatory (a.) Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.

Exposture (n.) Exposure.

Exposure (n.) The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.

Exposure (n.) The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.

Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.

Exposure (n.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Expounded (imp. & p. p.) of Expound

Expounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expound

Expound (v. t.) To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

Expound (v. t.) To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Expounder (n.) One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.

Express (a.) Exactly representing; exact.

Express (a.) Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.

Express (a.) Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.

Express (n.) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

Express (n.) A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

Express (n.) An express office.

Express (n.) That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

Expressed (imp. & p. p.) of Express

Expressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Express

Express (a.) To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.

Express (a.) To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.

Express (a.) To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.

Express (a.) To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.

Express (a.) To denote; to designate.

Express (a.) To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.

Expressage (n.) The charge for carrying a parcel by express.

Expressible (a.) Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.

Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

Expression (n.) The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.

Expression (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.

Expression (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.

Expression (n.) A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

Expression (n.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.

Expressional (a.) Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment.

Expressionless (a.) Destitute of expression.

Expressive (a.) Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.

Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.

Expressly (adv.) In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.

Expressmen (pl. ) of Expressman

Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.

Expressness (n.) The state or quality of being express; definiteness.

Expressure (n.) The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.

Exprobrate (v. t.) To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid.

Exprobration (n.) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.

Exprobrative (a.) Alt. of Exprobratory

Exprobratory (a.) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.

Expropriate (v. t.) To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

Expropriation (n.) The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.

Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.

Expugnable (a.) Capable of being expugned.

Expugnation (n.) The act of taking by assault; conquest.

Expugner (n.) One who expugns.

Expulse (v. t.) To drive out; to expel.

Expulser (n.) An expeller.

Expulsion (n.) The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

Expulsion (n.) The state of being expelled or driven out.

Expulsive (a.) Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.

Expunction (n.) The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.

Expunged (imp. & p. p.) of Expunge

Expunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expunge

Expunge (v. t.) To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.

Expunge (v. t.) To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.

Expurgated (imp. & p. p.) of Expurgate

Expurgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expurgate

Expurgate (v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

Expurgation (n.) The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

Expurgator (n.) One who expurgates or purifies.

Expurgatorial (a.) Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.

Expurgatorious (a.) Expurgatory.

Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.

Expurge (v. t.) To purge away.

Exquire (v. t.) To search into or out.

Exquisite (a.) Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

Exquisite (a.) Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

Exquisite (a.) Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.

Exquisite (n.) One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Exquisitely (adv.) In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.

Exquisiteness (n.) Quality of being exquisite.

Exquisitive (a.) Eager to discover or learn; curious.

Exsanguine (a.) Bloodless.

Exsanguineous (a.) Destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious.

Exsanguinity (n.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.

Exsanguinous (a.) See Exsanguious.

Exsanguious (a.) Destitute of blood.

Exsanguious (a.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

Exscinded (imp. & p. p.) of Exscind

Exscinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exscind

Exscind (v. t.) To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.

Exscribe (v. t.) To copy; to transcribe.

Exscript (n.) A copy; a transcript.

Exscriptural (a.) Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

Exscutellate (a.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.

Exsect (v. t.) A cutting out or away.

Exsect (v. t.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

Exsert (a.) Alt. of Exserted

Exserted (a.) Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.

Exsertile (a.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded.

Exsiccant (a.) Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.

Exsiccant (n.) An exsiccant medicine.

Exsiccated (imp. & p. p.) of Exsiccate

Exsiccating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exsiccate

Exsiccate (v. t.) To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.

Exsiccative (a.) Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

Exsiccator (n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.

Exsiliency (n.) A leaping out.

Exsolution (n.) Relaxation.

Exspoliation (n.) Spoliation.

Exspuition (n.) A discharge of saliva by spitting.

Exsputory (a.) Spit out, or as if spit out.

Exstipulate (a.) Having no stipules.

Exstrophy (n.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.

Exsuccous (a.) Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.

Exsuction (n.) The act of sucking out.

Exsudation (n.) Exudation.

Exsufflate (v. t.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Exsufflation (n.) A blast from beneath.

Exsufflation (n.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.

Exsufflation (n.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Exsufflicate (a.) Empty; frivolous.

Exsuscitate (v. t.) To rouse; to excite.

Exsuscitation (n.) A stirring up; a rousing.

Extacy (n.) See Ecstasy.

Extance (n.) Outward existence.

Extancy (n.) The state of rising above others; a projection.

Extant (a.) Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

Extant (a.) Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

Extant (a.) Publicly known; conspicuous.

Extasy (n. & v. t.) See Ecstasy, n. & v. t.

Extatic (a.) See Ecstatic, a.

Extemporal (a.) Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.

Extemporanean (a.) Extemporaneous.

Extemporaneous (a.) Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.

Extemporarily (adv.) Extemporaneously.

Extemporary (a.) Extemporaneous.

Extemporary (a.) Made for the occasion; for the time being.

Extempore (adv.) Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore.

Extempore (a.) Done or performed extempore.

Extempore (n.) Speaking or writing done extempore.

Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempore

Extemporization (n.) The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

Extemporized (imp. & p. p.) of Extemporize

Extemporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extemporize

Extemporize (v. i.) To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.

Extemporizer (n.) One who extemporizes.

Extended (imp. & p. p.) of Extend

Extending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extend

Extend (v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

Extend (v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

Extend (v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.

Extend (v. t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

Extend (v. t.) To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.

Extend (v. t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Extendant (a.) Displaced.

Extendedly (adv.) In an extended manner.

Extender (n.) One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.

Extendible (a.) Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

Extendible (a.) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.

Extendlessness (n.) Unlimited extension.

Extense (v. t.) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.

Extensibility (n.) The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

Extensible (a.) Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible.

Extensibleness (n.) Extensibility.

Extensile (a.) Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.

Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Extension (v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

Extension (v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.

Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

Extension (v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

Extension (v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

Extensional (a.) Having great extent.

Extensionist (n.) One who favors or advocates extension.

Extensive (a.) Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

Extensive (a.) Capable of being extended.

Extensively (adv.) To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

Extensiveness (n.) The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

Extensometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.

Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

Extensure (n.) Extension.

Extent (a.) Extended.

Extent (n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.

Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.

Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.

Extent (n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

Extenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Extenuate

Extenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extenuate

Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

Extenuate (a.) Thin; slender.

Extenuation (n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.

Extenuator (n.) One who extenuates.

Extenuatory (a.) Tending to extenuate or palliate.

Exterior (a.) External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

Exterior (a.) External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.

Exterior (a.) Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.

Exterior (n.) The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

Exterior (n.) Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.

Exteriority (n.) Surface; superficies; externality.

Exteriorly (adv.) Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.

Exterminated (imp. & p. p.) of Exterminate

Exterminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exterminate

Exterminate (v. t.) To drive out or away; to expel.

Exterminate (v. t.) To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.

Exterminate (v. t.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities.

Extermination (n.) The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.

Extermination (n.) Elimination.

Exterminator (n.) One who, or that which, exterminates.

Exterminatory (a.) Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.

Extermine (v. t.) To exterminate; to destroy.

Extern (a.) External; outward; not inherent.

Extern (n.) A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.

Extern (n.) Outward form or part; exterior.

External (a.) Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.

External (a.) Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

External (a.) Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.

External (a.) Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

External (a.) Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

External (a.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

External (n.) Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.

Externalism (n.) The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.

Externalism (n.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.

Externalistic (a.) Pertaining to externalism

Externality (n.) State of being external; exteriority

Externality (n.) separation from the perceiving mind.

Externalize (v. t.) To make external; to manifest by outward form.

Externally (adv.) In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.

Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.

Exterraneous (a.) Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.

Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a country.

Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.

Extersion (n.) The act of wiping or rubbing out.

Extilled (imp. & p. p.) of Extill

Extilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extill

Extill (v. i.) To drop or distill.

Extillation (n.) Distillation.

Extimulate (v. t.) To stimulate.

Extimulation (n.) Stimulation.

Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

Extinct (a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.

Extinct (v. t.) To cause to be extinct.

Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.

Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Extinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Extinguish

Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguish

Extinguish (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.

Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.

Extinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.

Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

Extirp (v. t.) To extirpate.

Extirpable (a.) Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.

Extirpated (imp. & p. p.) of Extirpate

Extirpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extirpate

Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Extirpation (n.) The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

Extirpative (a.) Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.

Extirpator (n.) One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

Extirpatory (a.) Extirpative.

Extirper (n.) Extirpator.

Extispicious (a.) Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.

Extogenous (a.) Exogenous.

Extolled (imp. & p. p.) of Extol

Extolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extol

Extol (v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

Extol (v. t.) To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.

Extoller (n.) One who extols; one who praises.

Extolment (n.) Praise.

Extorsive (a.) Serving or tending to extort.

Extorted (imp. & p. p.) of Extort

Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extort

Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

Extort (v. t.) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.

Extort (v. i.) To practice extortion.

Extort (p. p. & a.) Extorted.

Extorter (n.) One who practices extortion.

Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

Extortion (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.

Extortion (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.

Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.

Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

Extra- () A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.

Extra (a.) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.

Extras (pl. ) of Extra

Extra (n.) Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras.

Extraarticular (a.) Situated outside of a joint.

Extraaxillar (a.) Alt. of Extraaxillary

Extraaxillary (a.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.

Extrabranchial (a.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.

Extracapsular (a.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

Extracted (imp. & p. p.) of Extract

Extracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extract

Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

Extract (v. t.) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extract (n.) That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extract (n.) A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Extract (n.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

Extract (n.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

Extract (n.) Extraction; descent.

Extract (n.) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Extractable (a.) Alt. of Extractible

Extractible (a.) Capable of being extracted.

Extractiform (a.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.

Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Extraction (n.) That which is extracted; extract; essence.

Extractive (a.) Capable of being extracted.

Extractive (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

Extractive (n.) Anything extracted; an extract.

Extractive (n.) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.

Extractive (n.) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.

Extractor (n.) One who, or that which, extracts

Extractor (n.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.

Extractor (n.) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Extradictionary (a.) Consisting not in words, but in realities.

Extraditable (a.) Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.

Extraditable (a.) Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses.

Extradited (imp. & p. p.) of Extradite

Extraditing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extradite

Extradite (v. t.) To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.

Extradition (n.) The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.

Extrados (n.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.

Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.

Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles.

Extraforaneous (a.) Pertaining to that which is out of doors.

Extrageneous (a.) Belonging to another race or kind.

Extrajudicial (a.) Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required.

Extralimitary (a.) Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land.

Extralogical (a.) Lying outside of the domain of logic.

Extramission (n.) A sending out; emission.

Extramundane (a.) Beyond the material world.

Extramural (a.) Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.

Extraneity (n.) State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.

Extraneous (a.) Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.

Extra-ocular (a.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennae of certain insects.

Extra-official (a.) Not prescribed by official duty.

Extraordinarily (adv.) In an extraordinary manner or degree.

Extraordinariness (n.) The quality of being extraordinary.

Extraordinary (a.) Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

Extraordinary (a.) Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

Extraordinary (a.) Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

Extraordinaries (pl. ) of Extraordinary

Extraordinary (n.) That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.

Extraparochial (a.) Beyond the limits of a parish.

Extraphysical (a.) Not subject to physical laws or methods.

Extraprofessional (a.) Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

Extraprovincial (a.) Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.

Extraregular (a.) Not comprehended within a rule or rules.

Extrastapedial (a.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes.

Extrastapedial (n.) The extrastapedial part of columella.

Extraterritorial (a.) Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.

Extraterritoriality (n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory

Extraterritoriality (n.) A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.

Extratropical (a.) Beyond or outside of the tropics.

Extraught (p. p.) Extracted; descended.

Extra-uterine (a.) Outside of the uterus, or womb.

Extravagance (n.) A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

Extravagance (n.) The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.

Extravagancies (pl. ) of Extravagancy

Extravagancy (n.) Extravagance.

Extravagant (a.) Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.

Extravagant (a.) Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.

Extravagant (a.) Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.

Extravagant (n.) One who is confined to no general rule.

Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Extravagantly (adv.) In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.

Extravagantness (n.) The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.

Extravaganza (n.) A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

Extravaganza (n.) An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.

Extravagate (v. i.) To rove.

Extravagation (n.) A wandering beyond limits; excess.

Extravasated (imp. & p. p.) of Extravasate

Extravasating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extravasate

Extravasate (v. t.) To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

Extravasation (n.) The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

Extravascular (a.) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues.

Extravascular (a.) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

Extravenate (a.) Let out of the veins.

Extraversion (n.) The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.

Extreat (n.) Extraction.

Extreme (a.) At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

Extreme (a.) Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

Extreme (a.) The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.

Extreme (a.) Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.

Extreme (a.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.

Extreme (n.) The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

Extreme (n.) Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.

Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.

Extreme (n.) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

Extreme (n.) The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

Extremeless (a.) Having no extremes; infinite.

Extremely (adv.) In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Extremist (n.) A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

Extremities (pl. ) of Extremity

Extremity (n.) The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

Extremity (n.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

Extremity (n.) The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.

Extremity (n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.

Extricable (a.) Capable of being extricated.

Extricated (imp. & p. p.) of Extricate

Extricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extricate

Extricate (v. t.) To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.

Extricate (v. t.) To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Extrication (n.) The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

Extrication (n.) The act of sending out or evolving.

Extrinsic (a.) Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

Extrinsic (a.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.

Extrinsical (a.) Extrinsic.

Extrinsicality (n.) Alt. of Extrinsicalness

Extrinsicalness (n.) The state or quality of being extrinsic.

Extroitive (a.) Seeking or going out after external objects.

Extrorsal (a.) Extrorse.

Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

Extroversion (n.) The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder.

Extruct (v. t.) To construct.

Extruction (n.) A building up; construction.

Extructive (a.) Constructive.

Extructor (n.) A builder.

Extruded (imp. & p. p.) of Extrude

Extruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extrude

Extrude (v. t.) To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.

Extrusion (n.) The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

Extuberancy (n.) Extuberance.

Extuberant (a.) Swollen out; protuberant.

Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.

Extuberation (n.) Protuberance.

Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.

Exuberance (n.) The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.

Exuberancy (n.) Exuberance.

Exuberant (a.) Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.

Exuberate (n.) To abound; to be in great abundance.

Exuccous (a.) See Exsuccous.

Exudate (v. t. & i.) To exude.

Exudation (n.) The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

Exuded (imp. & p. p.) of Exude

exuding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exude

Exude (v. t.) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

Exude (v. i.) To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To ulcerate.

Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

Exulcerate (a.) Very sore; ulcerated.

Exulceration (n.) Ulceration.

Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.

Exulcerative (a.) Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory.

Exulceratory (a.) Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

Exulted (imp. & p. p.) of Exult

Exulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exult

Exult (v. i.) To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.

Exultance (n.) Alt. of Exultancy

Exultancy (n.) Exultation.

Exultant (a.) Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.

Exultation (n.) The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

Exulting (a.) Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.

Exundate (v. i.) To overflow; to inundate.

Exundation (n.) An overflow, or overflowing abundance.

Exungulated (imp. & p. p.) of Exungulate

Exungulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exungulate

Exungulate (v. t.) To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.

Exuperable (a.) Surmountable; superable.

Exuperance (n.) Superiority; superfluity.

Exuperant (a.) Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting.

Exuperate (v. t.) To excel; to surmount.

Exuperation (n.) The act of rising or coming into view.

Exurgent (a.) Arising; coming to light.

Exuscitate (v. t.) See Exsuscitate

Exustion (n.) The act or operation of burning up.

Exutory (n.) An issue.

Exuvia () n. sing. of Exuviae.

Exuviability (n.) Capability of shedding the skin periodically.

Exuviable (a.) Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.

Exuviae (n. pl.) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

Exuviae (n. pl.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

Exuvial (a.) Of or pertaining to exuviae.

Exuviated (imp. & p. p.) of Exuviate

Exuviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exuviate

Exuviate (v. i.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

Exuviation (n.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

Ex-votos (pl. ) of Ex-voto

Ex-voto (n.) An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Ey (n.) An island.

Eyren (pl. ) of Ey

Ey (n.) See Egg.

Ey () An interj. of wonder or inquiry.

Eyalet (n.) Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

Eyas (n.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

Eyas (a.) Unfledged, or newly fledged.

Eyasmusket (n.) An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.

Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

Eye (n.) The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.

Eye (n.) The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.

Eye (n.) The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.

Eye (n.) The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.

Eye (n.) Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard.

Eye (n.) That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance

Eye (n.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.

Eye (n.) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.

Eye (n.) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.

Eye (n.) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.

Eye (n.) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress.

Eye (n.) The hole through the head of a needle.

Eye (n.) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.

Eye (n.) The hole through the upper millstone.

Eye (n.) That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.

Eye (n.) Tinge; shade of color.

Eyed (imp. & p. p.) of Eye

Eying / Eyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eye

Eye (v. t.) To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.

Eye (v. i.) To appear; to look.

Eyeball (n.) The ball or globe of the eye.

Eyebar (n.) A bar with an eye at one or both ends.

Eyebeam (n.) A glance of the eye.

Eyebolt (n.) A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.

Eyebright (n.) A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

Eyebrow (n.) The brow or hairy arch above the eye.

Eyecup (n.) A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.

Eyed (a.) Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.

Eyedrop (n.) A tear.

Eyeflap (n.) A blinder on a horse's bridle.

Eyeful (a.) Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable.

Eyeglance (n.) A glance of eye.

Eyeglass (n.) A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.

Eyeglass (n.) Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.

Eyeglass (n.) The retina.

Eyeglass (n.) A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.

Eyehole (n.) A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

Eyelash (n.) The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

Eyelash (n.) A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.

Eyeless (a.) Without eyes; blind.

Eyelet (n.) A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

Eyelet (n.) A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole.

Eyeleteer (n.) A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

Eyelid (n.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

Eyen (n. pl.) Eyes.

Eyepiece (n.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.

Eyer (n.) One who eyes another.

Eyereach (n.) The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.

Eye-saint (n.) An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.

Eyesalve (n.) Ointment for the eye.

Eyeservant (n.) A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

Eyeservice (n.) Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.

Eyeshot (n.) Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot.

Eyesight (n.) Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.

Eyesore (n.) Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.

Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

Eye-spot (n.) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.

Eye-spot (n.) An eyelike spot of color.

Eye-spotted (a.) Marked with spots like eyes.

Eyestalk (n.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

Eyestone (n.) A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.

Eyestone (n.) Eye agate. See under Eye.

Eyestring (n.) The tendon by which the eye is moved.

Eyet (n.) An island. See Eyot.

Eyeteeth (pl. ) of Eyetooth

Eyetooth (n.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw.

Eyewash (n.) See Eyewater.

Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

Eyewink (n.) A wink; a token.

Eyewinker (n.) An eyelash.

Eyewitness (n.) One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

Eyghen (n. pl.) Eyes.

Eyght (n.) An island. See Eyot.

Eyle (v. t. & i.) To ail.

Eyliad (n.) See /iliad.

Eyne (n.) Alt. of Eyen

Eyen (n.) Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry.

Eyot (n.) A little island in a river or lake. See Ait.

Eyr (n.) Air.

Eyra (n.) A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

Eyre (n.) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Eyren (n. pl.) See Ey, an egg.

Ey"ries (pl. ) of Eyry

Eyrie (n.) Alt. of Eyry

Eyry (n.) The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.

Eysell (n.) Same as Eisel.

F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.

F (v. t.) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Fa (n.) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.

Fa (n.) The tone F.

Fabaceous (a.) Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

Fabellae (pl. ) of Fabella

Fabella (n.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

Fabian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.

Fable (n.) A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.

Fable (n.) The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

Fable (n.) Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

Fable (n.) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

Fabled (imp. & p. p.) of Fable

Fabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fable

Fable (v. i.) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.

Fable (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

Fabler (n.) A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.

Fabliaux (pl. ) of Fabliau

Fabliau (n.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.

Fabric (n.) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

Fabric (n.) That which is fabricated

Fabric (n.) Framework; structure; edifice; building.

Fabric (n.) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

Fabric (n.) The act of constructing; construction.

Fabric (n.) Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

Fabricked (imp. & p. p.) of Fabric

Fabricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fabric

Fabric (v. t.) To frame; to build; to construct.

Fabricant (n.) One who fabricates; a manufacturer.

Fabricated (imp. & p. p.) of Fabricate

Fabricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fabricate

Fabricate (v. t.) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

Fabricate (v. t.) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.

Fabricate (v. t.) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.

Fabrication (n.) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

Fabrication (n.) That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Fabricator (n.) One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.

Fabricatress (n.) A woman who fabricates.

Fabrile (a.) Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

Fabulist (n.) One who invents or writes fables.

Fabulized (imp. & p. p.) of Fabulize

Fabulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fabulize

Fabulize (v. i.) To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.

Fabulosity (n.) Fabulousness.

Fabulosity (n.) A fabulous or fictitious story.

Fabulous (a.) Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

Fabulous (a.) Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.

Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.

Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.

Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.

Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.

Facade (n.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

Face (n.) The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.

Face (n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.

Face (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.

Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.

Face (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

Face (n.) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.

Face (n.) The style or cut of a type or font of type.

Face (n.) Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.

Face (n.) That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.

Face (n.) Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.

Face (n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.

Face (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.

Face (n.) Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.

Face (n.) Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.

Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.

Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.

Faced (imp. & p. p.) of Face

Facing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Face

Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.

Face (v. t.) To Confront impudently; to bully.

Face (v. t.) To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

Face (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

Face (v. t.) To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.

Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

Face (v. t.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.

Face (v. t.) To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.

Face (v. i.) To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.

Face (v. i.) To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

Face (v. i.) To present a face or front.

Faced (a.) Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

Faser (n.) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

Faser (n.) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.

Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

Facet (n.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

Facet (n.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Faceted (imp. & p. p.) of Facet

Faceting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Facet

Facet (v. t.) To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

Facete (a.) Facetious; witty; humorous.

Faceted (a.) Having facets.

Facetiae (n. pl.) Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Facetious (a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

Facetious (a.) Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.

Facette (n.) See Facet, n.

Facework (n.) The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

Facia (n.) See Fascia.

Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.

Faciend (n.) The multiplicand. See Facient, 2.

Facient (n.) One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent.

Facient (n.) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.

Facient (n.) The multiplier.

Facies (n.) The anterior part of the head; the face.

Facies (n.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.

Facies (n.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.

Facile (a.) Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

Facile (a.) Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.

Facile (a.) Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.

Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

Facile (a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.

Facilitated (imp. & p. p.) of Facilitate

Facilitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Facilitate

Facilitate (v. t.) To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.

Facilitation (n.) The act of facilitating or making easy.

Facilities (pl. ) of Facility

Facility (n.) The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

Facility (n.) Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art.

Facility (n.) Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.

Facility (n.) Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.

Facility (n.) That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study.

Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.

Facing (n.) A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.

Facing (n.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used.

Facing (n.) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.

Facing (n.) The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.

Facing (n.) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.

Facingly (adv.) In a facing manner or position.

Facinorous (a.) Atrociously wicked.

Facound (n.) Speech; eloquence.

Facsimiles (pl. ) of Facsimile

Facsimile (n.) A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.

Facsimile (v. t.) To make a facsimile of.

Fact (n.) A doing, making, or preparing.

Fact (n.) An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.

Fact (n.) Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

Fact (n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

Faction (n.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.

Faction (n.) Tumult; discord; dissension.

Factionary (a.) Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.

Factioner (n.) One of a faction.

Factionist (n.) One who promotes faction.

Factious (a.) Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.

Factious (a.) Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.

Factitive (a.) Causing; causative.

Factitive (a.) Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.

Factive (a.) Making; having power to make.

Facto (adv.) In fact; by the act or fact.

Factor (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.

Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Factor (n.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.

Factor (n.) One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.

Factored (imp. & p. p.) of Factor

Factoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Factor

Factor (v. t.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.

Factoress (n.) A factor who is a woman.

Factorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a factory.

Factorial (a.) Related to factorials.

Factorial (n.) A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials.

Factorial (n.) The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

Factoring (n.) The act of resolving into factors.

Factorized (imp. & p. p.) of Factorize

Factorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Factorize

Factorize (v. t.) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff.

Factorize (v. t.) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person ; to garnish. See Garnish.

Factorship (n.) The business of a factor.

Factories (pl. ) of Factory

Factory (n.) A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

Factory (n.) The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.

Factory (n.) A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Factotums (pl. ) of Factotum

Factotum (n.) A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.

Factual (a.) Relating to, or containing, facts.

Facta (pl. ) of Factum

Factum (n.) A man's own act and deed

Factum (n.) Anything stated and made certain.

Factum (n.) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.

Factum (n.) The product. See Facient, 2.

Facture (n.) The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.

Facture (n.) An invoice or bill of parcels.

Faculae (n. pl.) Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.

Facular (a.) Of or pertaining to the faculae.

Faculties (pl. ) of Faculty

Faculty (n.) Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul.

Faculty (n.) Special mental endowment; characteristic knack.

Faculty (n.) Power; prerogative or attribute of office.

Faculty (n.) Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation.

Faculty (n.) A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.

Faculty (n.) The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college.

Facund (a.) Eloquent.

Facundious (a.) Eloquement; full of words.

Facundity (n.) Eloquence; readiness of speech.

Fad (n.) A hobby ; freak; whim.

Faddle (v. i.) To trifle; to toy.

Faddle (v. t. ) To fondle; to dandle.

Fade (a.) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

Faded (imp. & p. p.) of Fade

Fading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fade

Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Fade (a.) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

Fade (v. t.) To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.

Faded (a.) That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.

Fadedly (adv.) In a faded manner.

Fadeless (a.) Not liable to fade; unfading.

Fader (n.) Father.

Fadge (a.) To fit; to suit; to agree.

Fadge (n.) A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot.

Fading (a.) Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.

Fading (n.) Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.

Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.

Fadme (n.) A fathom.

Fady (a.) Faded.

Faecal (a.) See Fecal.

Faeces (n.pl.) Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.

Faecula (n.) See Fecula.

Faery (n. & a.) Fairy.

Faffle (v. i.) To stammer.

Fag (n.) A knot or coarse part in cloth.

Fagged (imp. & p. p.) of Fag

Fagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fag

Fag (v. i.) To become weary; to tire.

Fag (v. i.) To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.

Fag (v. i.) To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools.

Fag (v. t.) To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.

Fag (v. t.) Anything that fatigues.

Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.

Fagend (n.) The refuse or meaner part of anything.

Fagging (n.) Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.

Fagot (n.) A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.

Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.

Fagot (n.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.

Fagot (n.) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.

Fagot (n.) An old shriveled woman.

Fagoted (imp. & p. p.) of Fagot

Fagoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fagot

Fagot (v. t.) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.

Fagotto (n.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

Faham (n.) The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.

Fahlband (n.) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.

Fahlerz (n.) Alt. of Fahlband

Fahlband (n.) Same as Tetrahedrite.

Fahlunite (n.) A hydration of iolite.

Fahrenheit (a.) Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.

Fahrenheit (n.) The Fahrenheit termometer or scale.

Faience (n.) Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.

Failed (imp. & p. p.) of Fail

Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fail

Fail (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.

Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Fail (v. i.) To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.

Fail (v. i.) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.

Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Fail (v. i.) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Fail (v. i.) To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.

Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.

Fail (v. i.) Death; decease.

Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.

Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.

Failing (n.) The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Faille (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

Failure (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

Failure (n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.

Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

Failure (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

Failure (n.) A failing; a slight fault.

Fain (a.) Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

Fain (a.) Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.

Fain (adv.) With joy; gladly; -- with wold.

Fain (v. t. & i.) To be glad ; to wish or desire.

Faineant (a.) Doing nothing; shiftless.

Faineant (n.) A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

Faint (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

Faint (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

Faint (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

Faint (superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

Faint (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

Fainted (imp. & p. p.) of Faint

Fainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Faint

Faint (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Faint (n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.

Faintish (a.) Slightly faint; somewhat faint.

Faintling (a.) Timorous; feeble-minded.

Faintly (adv.) In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.

Faintness (n.) The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

Faintness (n.) Want of vigor or energy.

Faintness (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

Faintness (n.) Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.

Faints (n.pl.) The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.

Fainty (a.) Feeble; languid.

Fair (superl.) Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

Fair (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.

Fair (superl.) Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin.

Fair (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day.

Fair (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.

Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

Fair (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement.

Fair (superl.) Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.

Fair (superl.) Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.

Fair (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen.

Fair (adv.) Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.

Fair (n.) Fairness, beauty.

Fair (n.) A fair woman; a sweetheart.

Fair (n.) Good fortune; good luck.

Fair (v. t.) To make fair or beautiful.

Fair (v. t.) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.

Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.

Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair.

Fair (n.) A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural fair.

Fair-haired (a.) Having fair or light-colored hair.

Fairhood (n.) Fairness; beauty.

Fairily (adv.) In the manner of a fairy.

Fairing (n.) A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.

Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.

Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.

Fairly (adv.) In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

Fairly (adv.) Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade.

Fairly (adv.) Honestly; properly.

Fairly (adv.) Softly; quietly; gently.

Fair-minded (a.) Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.

Fair-natured (a.) Well-disposed.

Fairness (n.) The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

Faair-spoken (a.) Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible.

Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.

Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage.

Fair-weather (a.) Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend.

Fair-world (n.) State of prosperity.

Fairies (pl. ) of Fairy

Fairy (n.) Enchantment; illusion.

Fairy (n.) The country of the fays; land of illusions.

Fairy (n.) An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.

Fairy (n.) An enchantress.

Fairy (a.) Of or pertaining to fairies.

Fairy (a.) Given by fairies; as, fairy money.

Fairyland (n.) The imaginary land or abode of fairies.

Fairylike (a.) Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.

Faith (n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.

Faith (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.

Faith (n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.

Faith (n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.

Faith (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.

Faith (n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.

Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.

Faith (n.) Credibility or truth.

Faith (interj.) By my faith; in truth; verily.

Faithed (a.) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.

Faithful (a.) Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

Faithful (a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

Faithful (a.) True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.

Faithful (a.) Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.

Faithless (a.) Not believing; not giving credit.

Faithless (a.) Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.

Faithless (a.) Not observant of promises or covenants.

Faithless (a.) Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

Faithless (a.) Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

Faitour (n.) A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.

Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.

Fake (v. t.) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Fake (v. t.) To make; to construct; to do.

Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake (n.) A trick; a swindle.

Fakir (n.) An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.

Falanaka (n.) A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

Falcade (n.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.

Falcate (a.) Alt. of Falcated

Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.

Falcation (n.) The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.

Falcer (n.) One of the mandibles of a spider.

Falchion (n.) A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

Falchion (n.) A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Falcidian (a.) Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.

Falciform (a.) Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

Falcon (n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

Falcon (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.

Falcon (n.) An ancient form of cannon.

Falconer (n.) A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Falconet (n.) One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

Falconet (n.) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.

Falconet (n.) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.

Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Falconine (a.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidae

Falconry (n.) The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

Falconry (n.) The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.

Faldage (n.) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

Faldfee (n.) A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.

Falding (n.) A frieze or rough-napped cloth.

Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.

Faldstool (n.) A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.

Falernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine.

Falk (n.) The razorbill.

Fell (imp.) of Fall

Fallen (p. p.) of Fall

Falling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fall

Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.

Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.

Fall (v. t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.

Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.

Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.

Fall (v. t.) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.

Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points.

Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.

Fall (v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.

Fall (v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.

Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.

Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

Fall (v. t.) To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.

Fall (v. t.) To come; to occur; to arrive.

Fall (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.

Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

Fall (v. t.) To belong or appertain.

Fall (v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.

Fall (v. t.) To let fall; to drop.

Fall (v. t.) To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.

Fall (v. t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower.

Fall (v. t.) To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.

Fall (v. t.) To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.

Fall (n.) The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.

Fall (n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.

Fall (n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.

Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.

Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.

Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.

Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.

Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

Fall (n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.

Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.

Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.

Fall (n.) The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.

Fall (n.) That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.

Fall (n.) The act of felling or cutting down.

Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.

Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.

Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

Fallacious (a.) Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning.

Fallacies (pl. ) of Fallacy

Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

Fallacy (n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.

Fallals (n.pl.) Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws.

Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.

Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.

Fallency (n.) An exception.

Faller (n.) One who, or that which, falls.

Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.

Fallfish (n.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Fallibility (n.) The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.

Fallibly (adv.) In a fallible manner.

Falling (a. & n.) from Fall, v. i.

Fallopian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.

Fallow (a.) Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.

Fallow (n.) Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground.

Fallow (n.) Plowed land.

Fallow (n.) Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.

Fallow (n.) The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.

Fallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Fallow

Fallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fallow

Fallow (n.) To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

Fallow deer () A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

Fallowist (n.) One who favors the practice of fallowing land.

Fallowness (n.) A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered.

Falsary (a.) A falsifier of evidence.

False (superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

False (superl.) Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.

False (superl.) Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

False (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.

False (superl.) Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

False (superl.) Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

False (superl.) Not in tune.

False (adv.) Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

False (a.) To report falsely; to falsify.

False (a.) To betray; to falsify.

False (a.) To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.

False (a.) To feign; to pretend to make.

False-faced (a.) Hypocritical.

False-heart (a.) False-hearted.

False-hearted (a.) Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.

Falsehood (n.) Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

Falsehood (n.) A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.

Falsehood (n.) Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.

Falsehood (n.) A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.

Falsely (adv.) In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.

Falseness (n.) The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.

Falser (n.) A deceiver.

Falsettos (pl. ) of Falsetto

Falsetto (n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.

Falsicrimen () The crime of falsifying.

Falsifiable (a.) Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.

Falsification (n.) The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

Falsification (n.) Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.

Falsification (n.) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

Falsificator (n.) A falsifier.

Falsifier (n.) One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.

Falsified (imp. & p. p.) of Falsify

Falsifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Falsify

Falsify (a.) To make false; to represent falsely.

Falsify (a.) To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.

Falsify (a.) To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

Falsify (a.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.

Falsify (a.) To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow.

Falsify (a.) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.

Falsify (a.) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.

Falsify (a.) To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.

Falsify (v. i.) To tell lies; to violate the truth.

Falsism (n.) That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism.

Falsities (pl. ) of Falsity

Falsity (a.) The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

Falsity (a.) That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

Faltered (imp. & p. p.) of Falter

Faltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Falter

Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.

Falter (v. & n.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady.

Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate in purpose or action.

Falter (v. & n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.

Falter (v. t.) To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.

Falter (v. i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

Faltering (a.) Hesitating; trembling.

Faltering (n.) Falter; halting; hesitation.

Faluns (n.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

Falwe (a. & n.) Fallow.

Falx (n.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

Famble (v. i.) To stammer.

Famble (v.) A hand.

Fame (n.) Public report or rumor.

Fame (n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

Famed (imp. & p. p.) of Fame

Faming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fame

Fame (v. t.) To report widely or honorably.

Fame (v. t.) To make famous or renowned.

Fameless (a.) Without fame or renown.

Familiar (a.) Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

Familiar (a.) Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.

Familiar (a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.

Familiar (a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

Familiar (n.) An intimate; a companion.

Familiar (n.) An attendant demon or evil spirit.

Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

Familiarities (pl. ) of Familiarity

Familiarity (n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.

Familiarization (n.) The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.

Familiarized (imp. & p. p.) of Familiarize

Familiarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Familiarize

Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.

Familiarize (v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

Familiarly (adv.) In a familiar manner.

Familiarness (n.) Familiarity.

Familiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.

Familism (n.) The tenets of the Familists.

Familist (n.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.

Familisteries (pl. ) of Familistery

Familistery (n.) A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

Familistic (a.) Alt. of Familistical

Familistical (a.) Pertaining to Familists.

Families (pl. ) of Family

Family (v. t.) The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

Family (v. t.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

Family (v. t.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Family (v. t.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

Family (v. t.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

Famine (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

Famished (imp. & p. p.) of Famish

Famishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Famish

Famish (v. t.) To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

Famish (v. t.) To force or constrain by famine.

Famish (v. i.) To die of hunger; to starve.

Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Famishment (n.) State of being famished.

Famosity (n.) The state or quality of being famous.

Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.

Famoused (a.) Renowned.

Famously (adv.) In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.

Famousness (n.) The state of being famous.

Famular (n.) Domestic; familiar.

Famulate (v. i.) To serve.

Famulist (n.) A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.

Fan (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface

Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.

Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.

Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.

Fan (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.

Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.

Fan (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.

Fan (n.) A quintain; -- from its form.

Fanned (imp. & p. p.) of Fan

Fanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fan

Fan (n.) To move as with a fan.

Fan (n.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.

Fan (n.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.

Fan (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.

Fan (n.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.

Fanal (n.) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

Fanatic (a.) Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.

Fanatic (n.) A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.

Fanatical (a.) Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.

Fanaticism (n.) Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.

Fanaticized (imp. & p. p.) of Fanaticize

Fanaticizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fanaticize

Fanaticize (v. t.) To cause to become a fanatic.

Fanatism (n.) Fanaticism.

Fancied (v. t.) Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong.

Fancier (n.) One who is governed by fancy.

Fancier (n.) One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.

Fanciful (a.) Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.

Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.

Fanciful (a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.

Fanciless (a.) Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.

Fancies (pl. ) of Fancy

Fancy (n.) The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.

Fancy (n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

Fancy (n.) An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.

Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.

Fancy (n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

Fancy (n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

Fancied (imp. & p. p.) of Fancy

Fancying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fancy

Fancy (v. i.) To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.

Fancy (v. i.) To love.

Fancy (v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

Fancy (v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

Fancy (v. t.) To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).

Fancy (a.) Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.

Fancy (a.) Extravagant; above real value.

Fancy-free (a.) Free from the power of love.

Fancymonger (n.) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.

Fancy-sick (a.) Love-sick.

Fancywork (n.) Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Fand () imp. of Find.

Fandangoes (pl. ) of Fandango

Fandango (n.) A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.

Fandango (n.) A ball or general dance, as in Mexico.

Fane (n.) A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church.

Fane (n.) A weathercock.

Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.

Fanfare (n.) A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

Fanfaron (n.) A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.

Fanfaronade (n.) A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.

Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.

Fanfoot (n.) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.

Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

Fang (a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.

Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

Fang (v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.

Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.

Fang (v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.

Fang (v. t.) The valve of a pump box.

Fang (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.

Fanged (a.) Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.

Fangle (v. t.) Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

Fangle (v. t.) To fashion.

Fangled (a.) New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.

Fangleness (n.) Quality of being fangled.

Fangless (a.) Destitute of fangs or tusks.

Fangot (n.) A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.

Fanion (n.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.

Fanion (n.) A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.

Fanlike (a.) Resembling a fan;

Fanlike (a.) folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.

Fannel (n.) Same as Fanon.

Fanner (n.) One who fans.

Fanner (n.) A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.

Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.

Fanon (n.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple.

Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

Fantail (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.

Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.

Fantasied (a.) Filled with fancies or imaginations.

Fantasm (n.) Same as Phantasm.

Fantast (n.) One whose manners or ideas are fantastic.

Fantastic (a.) Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

Fantastic (a.) Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.

Fantastic (a.) Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.

Fantastic (a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.

Fantastic (n.) A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.

Fantastical (a.) Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.

Fantasticality (n.) Fantastically.

Fantastically (adv.) In a fantastic manner.

Fantastic-alness (n.) The quality of being fantastic.

Fantasticism (n.) The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.

Fantasticly (adv.) Fantastically.

Fantasticness (n.) Fantasticalness.

Fantasticco (n.) A fantastic.

Fantasies (pl. ) of Fantasy

Fantasy (n.) Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Fantasy (n.) Fantastic designs.

Fantasy (v. t.) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.

Fantoccini (n. pl.) Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.

Fantom (n.) See Phantom.

Fap (a.) Fuddled.

Faquir (n.) See Fakir.

Far (n.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

Far (a.) Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.

Far (a.) Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.

Far (a.) Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.

Far (a.) Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

Far (a.) The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.

Far (adv.) To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.

Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.

Far (adv.) In great part; as, the day is far spent.

Far (adv.) In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.

Farabout (n.) A going out of the way; a digression.

Farad (n.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.

Faradic (a.) Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, on account of Faraday's investigations of their laws.

Faradism (n.) Alt. of Faradization

Faradization (n.) The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes.

Farand (n.) See Farrand, n.

Farandams (n.) A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair.

Farantly (a.) Orderly; comely; respectable.

Farced (imp. & p. p.) of Farce

Farcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Farce

Farce (v. t.) To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

Farce (v. t.) To render fat.

Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.

Farce (v. t.) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

Farce (v. t.) A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

Farce (v. t.) Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.

Farcement (n.) Stuffing; forcemeat.

Farcical (a.) Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.

Farcical (a.) Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n.

Farcilite (n.) Pudding stone.

Farcimen (n.) Alt. of Farcin

Farcin (n.) Same as Farcy.

Farcing (n.) Stuffing; forcemeat.

Farctate (v. t.) Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow.

Farcy (n.) A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen.

Fard (n.) Paint used on the face.

Fard (v. t.) To paint; -- said esp. of one's face.

Fardage (n.) See Dunnage.

Fardel (n.) A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden.

Fardel (v. t.) To make up in fardels.

Farding-bag (n.) The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

Fardingdale (n.) A farthingale.

Fardingdeal (n.) The fourth part of an acre of land.

Fared (imp. & p. p.) of Fare

Faring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fare

Fare (n.) To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

Fare (n.) To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.

Fare (n.) To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.

Fare (n.) To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.

Fare (n.) To behave; to conduct one's self.

Fare (v.) A journey; a passage.

Fare (v.) The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

Fare (v.) Ado; bustle; business.

Fare (v.) Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.

Fare (v.) The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.

Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

Faren () p. p. of Fare, v. i.

Farewell (interj.) Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

Farewell (n.) A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

Farewell (n.) Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

Farewell (a.) Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

Farfet (p. p.) Farfetched.

Farfetch (v. t.) To bring from far; to seek out studiously.

Farfetch (n.) Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem.

Farfetched (a.) Brought from far, or from a remote place.

Farfetched (a.) Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

Farina (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

Farina (n.) Pollen.

Farinaceous (a.) Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.

Farinaceous (a.) Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.

Farinaceous (a.) Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.

Farinose (a.) Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.

Farinose (a.) Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.

Farl (v. t.) Same as Furl.

Farlie (n.) An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly.

Farm (a. & n.) The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

Farm (a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.

Farm (a. & n.) The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

Farm (a. & n.) Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

Farm (a. & n.) A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

Farm (a. & n.) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

Farmed (imp. & p. p.) of Farm

Farming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Farm

Farm (v. t.) To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

Farm (v. t.) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.

Farm (v. t.) To take at a certain rent or rate.

Farm (v. t.) To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.

Farm (v. i.) To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

Farmable (a.) Capable of being farmed.

Farmer (n.) One who farms

Farmer (n.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.

Farmer (n.) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.

Farmer (n.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.

Farmer (n.) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.

Farmeress (n.) A woman who farms.

Farmership (n.) Skill in farming.

Farmery (n.) The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.

Farmhouse (n.) A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.

Farming (a.) Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

Farming (n.) The business of cultivating land.

Farmost (a.) Most distant; farthest.

Farmstead (n.) A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.

Farmsteading (n.) A farmstead.

Farmyard (n.) The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

Farness (a.) The state of being far off; distance; remoteness.

Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.

Faroese (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.

Far-off (a.) Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.

Farraginous (a.) Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain.

Farrago (n.) A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.

Farrand (n.) Manner; custom; fashion; humor.

Farreation (n.) Same as Confarreation.

Farrier (n.) A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.

Farrier (v. i.) To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.

Farriery (n.) The art of shoeing horses.

Farriery (n.) The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.

Farriery (n.) The place where a smith shoes horses.

Farrow (n.) A little of pigs.

Farrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Farfow

Farrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Farfow

Farfow (v. t. & i.) To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine.

Farrow (a.) Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

Farry (n.) A farrow.

Farse (n.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.

Farseeing (a.) Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.

Farseeing (a.) Having foresight as regards the future.

Farsighted (a.) Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

Farsighted (a.) Hypermetropic.

Farsightedness (n.) Quality of bbeing farsighted.

Farsightedness (n.) Hypermetropia.

Farstretched (a.) Streatched beyond ordinary limits.

Farther (superl.) More remote; more distant than something else.

Farther (superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.

Farther (adv.) At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.

Farther (adv.) Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event.

Farther (v. t.) To help onward. [R.] See Further.

Fartherance (n.) See Furtherance.

Farthermore (adv.) See Furthermore.

Farthermost (a.) Most remote; farthest.

Farthest (Superl.) Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.

Farthest (adv.) At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest.

Farthing (n.) The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

Farthing (n.) A very small quantity or value.

Farthing (n.) A division of land.

Farthingale (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.

Fasces (pl.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

Fascet (n.) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty.

Fasciae (pl. ) of Fascia

Fascia (n.) A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

Fascia (n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.

Fascia (n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

Fascia (n.) A broad well-defined band of color.

Fascial (a.) Pertaining to the fasces.

Fascial (a.) Relating to a fascia.

Fasciate (a.) Alt. of Fasciated

Fasciated (a.) Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.

Fasciated (a.) Banded or compacted together.

Fasciated (a.) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.

Fasciated (a.) Broadly banded with color.

Fasciation (n.) The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.

Fascicle (n.) A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

Fascicled (a.) Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

Fascicular (a.) Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root.

Fascicularly (adv.) In a fascicled manner.

Fasciculate (a.) Alt. of Fasciculated

Fasciculated (a.) Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.

Fasciculi (pl. ) of Fasciculus

Fasciculus (n.) A little bundle; a fascicle.

Fasciculus (n.) A division of a book.

Fascinated (imp. & p. p.) of Fascinate

Fascinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fascinate

Fascinate (v. t.) To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

Fascinate (v. t.) To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.

Fascination (n.) The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.

Fascination (n.) The state or condition of being fascinated.

Fascination (n.) That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.

Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.

Fascinous (a.) Caused or acting by witchcraft.

Fasciolae (pl. ) of Fasciola

Fasciola (n.) A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.

Fasciole (n.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.

Fashed (imp. & p. p.) of Fash

Fashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fash

Fash (v. t.) To vex; to tease; to trouble.

Fash (n.) Vexation; anxiety; care.

Fashion (n.) The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution.

Fashion (n.) The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

Fashion (n.) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

Fashion (n.) Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way.

Fashioned (imp. & p. p.) of Fashion

Fashioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fashion

Fashion (v. t.) To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

Fashion (v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

Fashion (v. t.) To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

Fashion (v. t.) To forge or counterfeit.

Fashionable (a.) Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

Fashionable (a.) Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

Fashionable (a.) Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.

Fashionable (a.) Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.

Fashionable (n.) A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Fashionableness (n.) State of being fashionable.

Fashionably (adv.) In a fashionable manner.

Fashioned (a.) Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new-fashioned.

Fashioner (n.) One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything.

Fashionist (n.) An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions.

Fashionless (a.) Having no fashion.

Fashion-monger (n.) One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.

Fashion-mongering (a.) Behaving like a fashion-monger.

Fassaite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol.

Fasted (imp. & p. p.) of Fast

Fasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fast

Fast (v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Fast (v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

Fast (v. i.) Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Fast (v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

Fast (v. i.) A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

Fast (v.) Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

Fast (v.) Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Fast (v.) Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

Fast (v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Fast (v.) Tenacious; retentive.

Fast (v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

Fast (v.) Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

Fast (a.) In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

Fast (a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

Fast (n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

Fastened (imp. & p. p.) of Fasten

Fastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fasten

Fasten (a.) To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

Fasten (a.) To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.

Fasten (a.) To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.

Fasten (v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

Fastener (n.) One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

Faster (n.) One who abstains from food.

Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Fasti (n.pl.) The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.

Fasti (n.pl.) Records or registers of important events.

Fastidiosity (n.) Fastidiousness; squeamishness.

Fastidious (a.) Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

Fastigiate (a.) Alt. of Fastigiated

Fastigiated (a.) Narrowing towards the top.

Fastigiated (a.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.

Fastigiated (a.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

Fastish (a.) Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated.

Fastly (adv.) Firmly; surely.

Fastness (a.) The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.

Fastness (a.) Conciseness of style.

Fastness (a.) The state of being fast or swift.

Fastuous (a.) Proud; haughty; disdainful.

Fat (n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

Fat (n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Fat (superl.) Abounding with fat

Fat (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.

Fat (superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

Fat (superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Fat (superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Fat (superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Fat (superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Fat (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

Fat (n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

Fat (n.) The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Fat (n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Fatted (imp. & p. p.) of Fat

atting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fat

Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

Fat (v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Fatal (a.) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

Fatal (a.) Foreboding death or great disaster.

Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

Fatalism (n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

Fatalist (n.) One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Fatalistic (a.) Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

Fatalities (pl. ) of Fatality

Fatality (n.) The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

Fatality (n.) The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.

Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

Fatally (adv.) In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate.

Fatally (adv.) In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.

Fatalness (n.) Quality of being fatal.

Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

Fatback (n.) The menhaden.

Fat-brained (a.) Dull of apprehension.

Fate (n.) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

Fate (n.) Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.

Fate (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.

Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Invested with the power of determining destiny.

Fated (p. p. & a.) Exempted by fate.

Fateful (a. .) Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

Fateful (a. .) Significant of fate; ominous.

Fathead (n.) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

Fathead (n.) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

Father (n.) One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

Father (n.) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.

Father (n.) One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

Father (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man.

Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.

Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.

Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

Father (n.) The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Fathered (imp. & p. p.) of Father

Fathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Father

Father (v. t.) To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Father (v. t.) To provide with a father.

Fatherhood (n.) The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Fathers-in-law (pl. ) of Father-in-law

Father-in-law (n.) The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Fatherland (n.) One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Father-lasher (n.) A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

Fatherless (a.) Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.

Fatherless (a.) Without a known author.

Fatherlessness (n.) The state of being without a father.

Fatherliness (n.) The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Father longlegs () See Daddy longlegs, 2.

Fatherly (a.) Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

Fatherly (a.) Of or pertaining to a father.

Fathership (n.) The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.

Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

Fathom (n.) The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration.

Fathomed (imp. & p. p.) of Fathom

Fathoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fathom

Fathom (v. t.) To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of.

Fathomable (a.) Capable of being fathomed.

Fathomer (n.) One who fathoms.

Fathomless (a.) Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.

Fathomless (a.) Incomprehensible.

Fatidical (a.) Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak.

Fatiferous (a.) Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.

Fatigable (a.) Easily tired.

Fatigate (a.) Wearied; tired; fatigued.

Fatigate (v. t.) To weary; to tire; to fatigue.

Fatigation (n.) Weariness.

Fatigue (n.) Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

Fatigue (n.) The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.

Fatigue (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Fatigued (imp. & p. p.) of Fatigue

Fatiguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fatigue

Fatigue (n.) To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Fatiloquent (a.) Prophetic; fatidical.

Fatiloquist (n.) A fortune teller.

Fatimite (a.) Alt. of Fatimide

Fatimide (a.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed.

Fatimide (n.) A descendant of Fatima.

Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.

Fat-kidneyed (a.) Gross; lubberly.

Fatling (n.) A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.

Fatly (adv.) Grossly; greasily.

Fatner (n.) One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener.

Fatness (n.) The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

Fatness (n.) Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.

Fatness (n.) That which makes fat or fertile.

Fattened (imp. & p. p.) of Fatten

Fattining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fatten

Fatten (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

Fatten (v. t.) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.

Fatten (v. i.) To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.

Fattener (n.) One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.

Fattiness (n.) State or quality of being fatty.

Fattish (a.) Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.

Fatty (a.) Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.

Fatuitous (a.) Stupid; fatuous.

Fatuity (n.) Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

Fatuous (a.) Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Fatuous (a.) Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Fat-wited (a.) Dull; stupid.

Faubourg (n.) A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Faucal (a.) Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.

Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

Fauces (n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

Faucet (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Fauchion (n.) See Falchion.

Faucial (a.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Faugh (interj.) An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

Faulchion (n.) See Falchion.

Faulcon (n.) See Falcon.

Fauld (n.) The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

Faule (n.) A fall or falling band.

Fault (n.) Defect; want; lack; default.

Fault (n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.

Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.

Fault (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

Fault (n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.

Faulted (imp. & p. p.) of Fault

Faulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fault

Fault (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.

Fault (v. t.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

Fault (v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

Faulter (n.) One who commits a fault.

Fault-finder (n.) One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

Fault-finding (n.) The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

Faultful (a.) Full of faults or sins.

Faultily (adv.) In a faulty manner.

Faultiness (n.) Quality or state of being faulty.

Faulting (n.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

Faultless (a.) Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.

Faulty (a.) Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.

Faulty (a.) Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.

Faun (n.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.

Fauna (n.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Faunal (a.) Relating to fauna.

Faunist (n.) One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.

Fauni (pl. ) of Faunus

Faunus (n.) See Faun.

Fausen (n.) A young eel.

Fausse-braye (n.) A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

Fauteuil (n.) An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

Fauteuil (n.) Chair of a presiding officer.

Fautor (n.) A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor.

Fautress (n.) A patroness.

Fauvette (n.) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

Fauces (pl. ) of Faux

Faux (n.) See Fauces.

faux pas () A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

Favaginous (a.) Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

Favas (n.) See Favus, n., 2.

Favel (a.) Yellow; fal/ow; dun.

Favel (n.) A horse of a favel or dun color.

Favel (n.) Flattery; cajolery; deceit.

Favella (n.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae.

Faveolate (a.) Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.

Favillous (a.) Of or pertaining to ashes.

Favonian (a.) Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Favor (n.) Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

Favor (n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.

Favor (n.) A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.

Favor (n.) Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

Favor (n.) The object of regard; person or thing favored.

Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

Favor (n.) Appearance; look; countenance; face.

Favor (n.) Partiality; bias.

Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

Favor (n.) Love locks.

Favored (imp. & p. p.) of Favor

Favoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Favor

Favor (n.) To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

Favor (n.) To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

Favor (n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.

Favorable (n.) Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

Favorable (n.) Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.

Favorable (n.) Beautiful; well-favored.

Favored (a.) Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.

Favored (a.) Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.

Favoredly (adv.) In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.

Favoredness (n.) Appearance.

Favorer (n.) One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.

Favoress (n.) A woman who favors or gives countenance.

Favoring (a.) That favors.

Favorite (n.) A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.

Favorite (n.) Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.

Favorite (n.) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.

Favorite (a.) Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.

Favoritism (n.) The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.

Favorless (a.) Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.

Favorless (a.) Unpropitious; unfavorable.

Favose (a.) Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

Favose (a.) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.

Favosite (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.

Favosites (n.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

Favus (n.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.

Favus (n.) A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila.

Fawe (a.) Fain; glad; delighted.

Fawkner (n.) A falconer.

Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

Fawn (n.) The young of an animal; a whelp.

Fawn (n.) A fawn color.

Fawn (a.) Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn (v. i.) To bring forth a fawn.

Fawned (imp. & p. p.) of Fawn

Fawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fawn

Fawn (v. i.) To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.

Fawn (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Fawn-colored (a.) Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Fawner (n.) One who fawns; a sycophant.

Fawningly (adv.) In a fawning manner.

Faxed (a.) Hairy.

Fay (n.) A fairy; an elf.

Fay (n.) Faith; as, by my fay.

fayed (imp. & p. p.) of Fay

Faying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fay

Fay (v. t.) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

Fay (v. i.) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

Fayalite (n.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.

Fayence (n.) See Fa/ence.

Faytour (n.) See Faitour.

Faze (v. t.) See Feeze.

Fazzolet (n.) A handkerchief.

Feaberry (n.) A gooseberry.

Feague (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drive.

Feal (a.) Faithful; loyal.

Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.

Fealty (n.) Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

Fear (n.) A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

Fear (n.) A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.

Fear (n.) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.

Fear (n.) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

Feared (imp. & p. p.) of Fear

Fearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fear

Fear (n.) To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

Fear (n.) To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.

Fear (n.) To be anxious or solicitous for.

Fear (n.) To suspect; to doubt.

Fear (n.) To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.

Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

Fearer (n.) One who fars.

Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

Fearful (a.) inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.

Fearful (a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear.

Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.

Fearfully (adv.) In a fearful manner.

Fearfulness (n.) The state of being fearful.

Fearless (a.) Free from fear.

Fearnaught (n.) A fearless person.

Fearnaught (n.) A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.

Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.

Fearsome (a.) Easily frightened; timid; timorous.

Feasibilities (pl. ) of Feasibility

Feasibility (n.) The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.

Feasible (a.) Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.

Feasible (a.) Fit to be used or tailed, as land.

Feast (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

Feast (n.) A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.

Feast (n.) That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.

Feasted (imp. & p. p.) of Feast

Feasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feast

Feast (n.) To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

Feast (n.) To be highly gratified or delighted.

Feast (v. t.) To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.

Feast (v. t.) To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.

Feaster (n.) One who fares deliciously.

Feaster (n.) One who entertains magnificently.

Feastful (a.) Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.

Feat (n.) An act; a deed; an exploit.

Feat (n.) A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.

Feat (v. t.) To form; to fashion.

Feat (n.) Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty.

Feat-bodied (a.) Having a feat or trim body.

Feateous (a.) Dexterous; neat.

Feather (n.) One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.

Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

Feather (n.) A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

Feather (n.) One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

Feather (n.) A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.

Feather (n.) The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

Feathered (imp. & p. p.) of Feather

Feathering. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feather

Feather (v. t.) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

Feather (v. t.) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

Feather (v. t.) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

Feather (v. t.) To tread, as a cock.

Feather (v. i.) To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.

Feather (v. i.) To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers

Feather (v. i.) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.

Feather (v. i.) To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

Feather-brained/ (a.) Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed.

Feathered (a.) Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.

Feathered (a.) Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.

Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.

Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.

Feather-edge/ (n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.

Feather-edge/ (n.) Any thin, as on a board or a razor.

Feather-edged/ (a.) Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.

Feather-few/ (n.) Feverfew.

Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

Feather-head (n.) A frivolous or featherbrained person.

Feather-headed (a.) Giddy; frivolous; foolish.

Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Featherness (n.) The state or condition of being feathery.

Feathering (n.) Same as Foliation.

Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.

Feathering (v. t.) A covering of feathers.

Featherless (a.) Destitute of feathers.

Featherly (a.) Like feathers.

Feather-pated (a.) Feather-headed; frivolous.

Feather-veined (a.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

Feathery (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.

Featly (a.) Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.

Featness (n.) Skill; adroitness.

Feature (n.) The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

Feature (n.) The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.

Feature (n.) The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.

Feature (n.) A form; a shape.

Featured (a.) Shaped; fashioned.

Featured (a.) Having features; formed into features.

Featureless (a.) Having no distinct or distinctive features.

Featurely (a.) Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.

Feazed (imp. & p. p.) of Feaze

Feazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feaze

Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.

Feaze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.

Feaze (n.) A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation.

Feazings (v. t.) The unlaid or ragged end of a rope.

Febricitate (v. i.) To have a fever.

Febriculose (a.) Somewhat feverish.

Febrifacient (a.) Febrific.

Febrifacient (n.) That which causes fever.

Febriferous (a.) Causing fever; as, a febriferous locality.

Febrific (a.) Producing fever.

Febrifugal (a.) Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever.

Febrifuge (n.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.

Febrifuge (a.) Antifebrile.

Febrile (a.) Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.

February (n.) The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Februation (n.) Purification; a sacrifice.

Fecal (a.) relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordeure; faecal.

Fecche (v. t.) To fetch.

Feces (n. pl.) dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.

Fecial (a.) Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law.

Fecifork (n.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.

Feckless (a.) Spiritless; weak; worthless.

Fecks (n.) A corruption of the word faith.

FeculAe (pl. ) of Fecula

Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.

Fecula (n.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.

Fecula (n.) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.

Feculence (n.) The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.

Feculence (n.) That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.

Feculency (n.) Feculence.

Feculent (a.) Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.

Fecund (a.) Fruitful in children; prolific.

Fecundated (imp. & p. p.) of Fecundate

Fecundating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fecundate

Fecundate (v. t.) To make fruitful or prolific.

Fecundate (v. t.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.

Fecundation (n.) The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

Fecundify (v. t.) To make fruitful; to fecundate.

Fecundity (n.) The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.

Fecundity (n.) The power of germinating; as in seeds.

Fecundity (n.) The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power.

Fed () imp. & p. p. of Feed.

Fedary (n.) A feodary.

Federal (a.) Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives.

Federal (a.) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.

Federal (a.) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.

Federal (a.) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist.

Federal (n.) See Federalist.

Federalism (n.) the principles of Federalists or of federal union.

Federalist (n.) An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

Federalized (imp. & p. p.) of Federalize

Federalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Federalize

Federalize (v. t.) To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.

Federary (n.) A partner; a confederate; an accomplice.

Federate (a.) United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

Federation (n.) The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

Federation (n.) A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.

Federative (a.) Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.

Fedity (n.) Turpitude; vileness.

Fee (n.) property; possession; tenure.

Fee (n.) Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.

Fee (n.) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.

Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.

Feed (imp. & p. p.) of Fee

Feeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fee

Fee (v. t.) To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Feeble (superl.) Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.

Feeble (v. t.) To make feble; to enfeeble.

Feeble-minded (a.) Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile.

Feebleness (n.) The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

Feebly (adv.) In a feeble manner.

Fed (imp. & p. p.) of Feed

Feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feed

Feed (v. t.) To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.

Feed (v. t.) To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.

Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.

Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

Feed (v. t.) To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

Feed (v. t.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.

Feed (v. t.) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

Feed (v. i.) To take food; to eat.

Feed (v. i.) To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.

Feed (v. i.) To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.

Feed (v. i.) To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.

Feed (n.) That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.

Feed (n.) A grazing or pasture ground.

Feed (n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

Feed (n.) A meal, or the act of eating.

Feed (n.) The water supplied to steam boilers.

Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.

Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.

Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Feeder (n.) One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

Feeder (n.) One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.

Feeder (n.) One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.

Feeder (n.) One who fattens cattle for slaughter.

Feeder (n.) A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.

Feeder (n.) A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

Feeder (n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.

Feeder (n.) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.

Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

Feeder (n.) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

Feeding (n.) the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.

Feeding (n.) That which is eaten; food.

Feeding (n.) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.

Fee-faw-fum (n.) A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.

Feejee (a. & n.) See Fijian.

Felt (imp. & p. p.) of Feel

Feeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feel

Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.

Feel (v. t.) To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.

Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

Feel (v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

Feel (v. t.) To perceive; to observe.

Feel (v. i.) To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

Feel (v. i.) To have the sensibilities moved or affected.

Feel (v. i.) To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.

Feel (v. i.) To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.

Feel (v. i.) To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.

Feel (n.) Feeling; perception.

Feel (n.) A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.

Feeler (n.) One who, or that which, feels.

Feeler (n.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.

Feeler (n.) Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

Feeling (a.) Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart.

Feeling (a.) Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Feeling (n.) The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.

Feeling (n.) An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.

Feeling (n.) The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling.

Feeling (n.) Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility.

Feeling (n.) That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator.

Feelingly (adv.) In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.

Feere (n.) A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere.

Feese (n.) the short run before a leap.

Feet (n. pl.) See Foot.

Feet (n.) Fact; performance.

Feetless (a.) Destitute of feet; as, feetless birds.

Feeze (v. t.) To turn, as a screw.

Feeze (v. t.) To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry.

Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.

Fehling (n.) See Fehling's solution, under Solution.

Fehmic (a.) See Vehmic.

Feigned (imp. & p. p.) of Feign

Feigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feign

Feign (v. t.) To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness.

Feign (v. t.) To dissemble; to conceal.

Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.

Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.

Feigning (a.) That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.

Feine (v. t. & i.) To feign.

Feint (a.) Feigned; counterfeit.

Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

Feint (a.) A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

Feint (v. i.) To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feitsui (n.) The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.

Feize (v. t.) See Feeze, v. t.

Felanders (n. pl.) See Filanders.

Feldspar (n.) Alt. of Feldspath

Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish.

Feldspathic (a.) Alt. of Feldspathose

Feldspathose (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.

Fele (a.) Many.

Fe-licify (v. t.) To make happy; to felicitate.

Felicitate (a.) Made very happy.

Felicitated (imp. & p. p.) of Felicitate

felicitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Felicitate

Felicitate (v. t.) To make very happy; to delight.

Felicitate (v. t.) To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.

Felicitation (n.) The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.

Felicitous (a.) Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.

Felicities (pl. ) of Felicity

Felicity (n.) The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.

Felicity (n.) That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing.

Felicity (n.) A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking.

Feline (a.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

Feline (a.) Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners.

Felis (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.

Fell () imp. of Fall.

Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Fell (a.) Eager; earnest; intent.

Fell (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.

Fell (n.) A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

Fell (n.) A barren or rocky hill.

Fell (n.) A wild field; a moor.

Felled (imp. & p. p.) of Fell

Felling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fell

Fell (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

Fell (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Fell (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

Fell (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

Fell (n.) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Fellable (a.) Fit to be felled.

Fellahin (pl. ) of Fellah

Fellahs (pl. ) of Fellah

Fellah (n.) A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc.

Feller (n.) One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

Feller (n.) An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Felltare (n.) The fieldfare.

Felliflu-ous (a.) Flowing with gall.

Fellinic (a.) Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid.

Fellmonger (n.) A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.

Fellness (n.) The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity.

Felloe (n.) See Felly.

Fellon (n.) Variant of Felon.

Fellow (n.) A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

Fellow (n.) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

Fellow (n.) An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

Fellow (n.) One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

Fellow (n.) A person; an individual.

Fellow (n.) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

Fellow (n.) In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

Fellow (n.) A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Fellow (v. t.) To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Fellow-commoner (n.) A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.

Fellow-creature (n.) One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.

Fellowfeel (v. t.) To share through sympathy; to participate in.

Fellow-feeling (n.) Sympathy; a like feeling.

Fellow-feeling (n.) Joint interest.

Fellowless (a.) Without fellow or equal; peerless.

Fellowlike (a.) Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic.

Fellowly (a.) Fellowlike.

Fellowship (n.) The state or relation of being or associate.

Fellowship (n.) Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.

Fellowship (n.) A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.

Fellowship (n.) Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

Fellowship (n.) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.

Fellowship (n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.

Fellowshiped (imp. & p. p.) of Fellowship

Fellowshiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fellowship

Fellowship (v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

Felly (adv.) In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.

Fellies (pl. ) of Felly

Felly (n.) The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes.

Felos-de-se (pl. ) of Felo-de-se

Felo-de-se (n.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide.

Felon (a.) A person who has committed a felony.

Felon (a.) A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.

Felon (a.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.

Felon (a.) Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.

Felonious (a.) Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.

Felonous (a.) Wicked; felonious.

Felonry (n.) A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony.

Felonwort (n.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.

Felonies (pl. ) of Felony

Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.

Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.

Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

To compound a felony () See under Compound, v. t.

Felsite (n.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.

Felsitic (a.) relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite.

Felspar (n.) Alt. of Felspath

Felspath (n.) See Feldspar.

Felspathic (a.) See Feldspathic.

Felstone (n.) See Felsite.

Felt () imp. & p. p. / a. from Feel.

Felt (n.) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

Felt (n.) A hat made of felt.

Felt (n.) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.

Felted (imp. & p. p.) of Felt

Felting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Felt

Felt (v. t.) To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

Felt (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine.

Felter (v. t.) To clot or mat together like felt.

Felting (n.) The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made.

Felting (n.) The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.

Feltry (n.) See Felt, n.

Felucca (n.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

Felwort (n.) A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

Female (n.) An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

Female (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Female (a.) Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.

Female (a.) Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.

Female (a.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.

Female rhymes () double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.

Female fern () a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries; lady fern.

Femalist (n.) A gallant.

Femalize (v. t.) To make, or to describe as, female or feminine.

Feme (n.) A woman.

Femeral (n.) See Femerell.

Femerell (n.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.

Feminal (a.) Feminine.

Feminality (n.) Feminity.

Feminate (a.) Feminine.

Femineity (n.) Womanliness; femininity.

Feminine (a.) Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

Feminine (a.) Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.

Feminine rhyme () See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

Feminine (n.) A woman.

Feminine (n.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.

Femininely (adv.) In a feminine manner.

Feminineness (n.) The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

Femininity (n.) The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.

Femininity (n.) The female form.

Feminity (n.) Womanliness; femininity.

Feminization (n.) The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.

Feminize (v. t.) To make womanish or effeminate.

Feminye (n.) The people called Amazons.

Femme (n.) A woman. See Feme, n.

Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery.

Femora (pl. ) of Femur

Femur (n.) The thigh bone.

Femur (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Fen (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.

Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.

Fence (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.

Fencing (imp. & p. p. Fenced (/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence

Fence (v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

Fence (v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

Fenceful (a.) Affording defense; defensive.

Fenceless (a.) Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.

Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.

Fenci-ble (a.) Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.

Fencible (n.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.

Fencing (n.) The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.

Fencing (v. i.) Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.

Fencing (v. i.) The materials used for building fences.

Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.

Fencing (v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.

Fen cricket () The mole cricket.

Fend (n.) A fiend.

Fended (imp. & p. p.) of Fend

Fending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fend

Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.

Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.

Fender (v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.

Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.

Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.

Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.

Fendliche (a.) Fiendlike.

Fenerate (v. i.) To put money to usury; to lend on interest.

Feneration (n.) The act of fenerating; interest.

Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.

Fenestrae (pl. ) of Fenestra

Fenestra (n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

Fenestral (a.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.

Fenestral (a.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.

Fenestral (n.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.

Fenestrate (a.) Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.

Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.

Fenestrated (a.) Having windows; characterized by windows.

Fenestrated (a.) Same as Fenestrate.

Fenestration (n.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

Fenestration (n.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.

Fenestrule (n.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.

Fengite (n.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.

Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.

Fenian (a.) Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.

Fenianism (n.) The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.

Fenks (n.) The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue.

Fennec (n.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.

Fennel (n.) A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.

Fennish (a.) Abounding in fens; fenny.

Fenny (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.

Fenowed (a.) Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed.

Fensi-ble (a.) Fencible.

Fen-sucked (a.) Sucked out of marches.

Fenugreek (n.) A plant (trigonella Foenum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are

Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.

Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.

Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

Feodary (n.) An accomplice.

Feodary (n.) An ancient officer of the court of wards.

Feodatory (n.) See Feudatory.

Feoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Feoff

Feoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feoff

Feoff (v. t.) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Feoff (n.) A fief. See Fief.

Feoffee (n.) The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.

Feoffment (n.) The grant of a feud or fee.

Feoffment (n.) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.

Feoffment (n.) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.

Feofor (n.) Alt. of Feoffer

Feoffer (n.) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.

Fer (a. & adv.) Far.

Feracious (a.) Fruitful; producing abundantly.

Feracity (n.) The state of being feracious or fruitful.

Ferae (n. pl.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.

Ferae naturae () Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.

Feral (a.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.

Feral (a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.

Ferde () imp. of Fare.

Fer-de-lance (n.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

Ferding (n.) A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.

Ferdness (n.) Fearfulness.

Fere (n.) A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife.

Fere (a.) Fierce.

Fere (n.) Fire.

Fere (n.) Fear.

Fere (v. t. & i.) To fear.

Feretory (n.) A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.

Ferforth (adv.) Far forth.

Ferforthly (adv.) Ferforth.

Fergusonite (n.) A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

Feriae (pl. ) of Feria

Feria (n.) A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.

Ferial (n.) Same as Feria.

Ferial (a.) Of or pertaining to holidays.

Ferial (a.) Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.

Feriation (n.) The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.

Ferie (n.) A holiday.

Ferier (a.) compar. of Fere, fierce.

Ferine (a.) Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.

Ferine (n.) A wild beast; a beast of prey.

Feringee (n.) The name given to Europeans by the Hindos.

Ferity (n.) Wildness; savageness; fierceness.

Ferly (n.) Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.

Ferly (n.) A wonder; a marvel.

Fermacy (n.) Medicine; pharmacy.

Ferm (n.) Alt. of Ferme

Ferme (n.) Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence; as, he let his land to ferm.

Ferment (n.) That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

Ferment (n.) Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.

Ferment (n.) A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.

Fermented (imp. & p. p.) of Ferment

Fermenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ferment

Ferment (n.) To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.

Ferment (v. i.) To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.

Ferment (v. i.) To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.

Fermentability (n.) Capability of fermentation.

Fermentable (a.) Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.

Fermental (a.) Fermentative.

Fermentation (n.) The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.

Fermentation (n.) A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.

Fermentative (a.) Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.

Fermerere (n.) The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary.

Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.

Fern (adv.) Long ago.

Fern (a.) Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints].

Fern (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.

Fernery (n.) A place for rearing ferns.

Fernticle (n.) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.

Ferny (a.) Abounding in ferns.

Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.

Ferocity (n.) Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

Feroher (n.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc.

Ferous (a.) Wild; savage.

-ferous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

Ferrandine (n.) A stuff made of silk and wool.

Ferrara (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Ferrarese (a.) Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.

Ferrarese (n., sing. & pl.) A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.

Ferrary (n.) The art of working in iron.

Ferrate (n.) A salt of ferric acid.

Ferre (a. & adv.) Alt. of Ferrer

Ferrer (a. & adv.) compar. of Fer.

Ferreous (a.) Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.

Ferrest (a. & adv.) superl. of Fer.

Ferret (n.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.

Ferreted (imp. & p. p.) of Ferret

Ferreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ferret

Ferret (n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.

Ferret (n.) A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.

Ferret (n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.

Ferreter (n.) One who ferrets.

Ferret-eye (n.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.

Ferretto (n.) Copper sulphide, used to color glass.

Ferri- () A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as, ferricyanide.

Ferriage (n.) The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.

Ferric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid.

Ferricyanate (n.) A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.

Ferricyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.

Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.

Ferrier (n.) A ferryman.

Ferriferous (a.) Producing or yielding iron.

Ferriprussiate (n.) A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide.

Ferriprussic (a.) Ferricyanic.

Ferro- () A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as, ferrocyanide.

Ferrocalcite (n.) Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

Ferrocyanate (n.) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.

Ferrocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.

Ferrocyanide (n.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.

Ferroprussiate (n.) A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide.

Ferroprussic (a.) Ferrocyanic.

Ferroso- () See Ferro-.

Ferrotype (n.) A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.

Ferrous (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate.

Ferruginated (a.) Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.

Ferrugineous (a.) Ferruginous.

Ferruginous (a.) Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron.

Ferruginous (a.) Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.

Ferrugo (n.) A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.

Ferrule (n.) A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.

Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.

Ferruminate (v. t.) To solder or unite, as metals.

Ferrumination (n.) The soldering ir uniting of me/ als.

Ferried (imp. & p. p.) of Ferry

Ferrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ferry

Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

Ferry (v. i.) To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.

Ferries (pl. ) of Ferry

Ferry (v. t.) A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.

Ferry (v. t.) A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

Ferry (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.

Ferryboat (n.) A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

Ferrymen (pl. ) of Ferryman

Ferryman (n.) One who maintains or attends a ferry.

Fers (a.) Fierce.

Ferthe (a.) Fourth.

Fertile (a.) Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination.

Fertile (a.) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers.

Fertile (a.) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

Fertile (a.) produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.

Fertilely (adv.) In a fertile or fruitful manner.

fertileness (n.) Fertility.

Fertilitate (v. t.) To fertilize; to fecundate.

Fertility (n.) The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination.

Fertilization (n.) The act or process of rendering fertile.

Fertilization (n.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

Fertilized (imp. & p. p.) of Fertilize

Fertilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fertilize

Fertilize (v. t.) To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.

Fertilize (v. t.) To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower.

Fertilizer (n.) One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.

Fertilizer (n.) That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

Ferula (n.) A ferule.

Ferula (n.) The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Ferulaceous (a.) Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.

Ferular (n.) A ferule.

Ferule (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.

Feruled (imp. & p. p.) of Ferule

Feruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ferule

Ferule (v. t.) To punish with a ferule.

Ferulic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida); as, ferulic acid.

Fervence (n.) Heat; fervency.

Fervency (n.) The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.

Fervent (a.) Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

Fervent (a.) Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

Fervescent (a.) Growing hot.

Fervid (a.) Very hot; burning; boiling.

Fervid (a.) Ardent; vehement; zealous.

Fervor (n.) Heat; excessive warmth.

Fervor (n.) Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.

Fescennine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines.

Fescennine (n.) A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.

Fescue (n.) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.

Fescue (n.) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.

Fescue (n.) The style of a dial.

Fescue (n.) A grass of the genus Festuca.

Fescued (imp. & p. p.) of Fescue

Fescuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fescue

Fescue (v. i. & t.) To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.

Fesels (n. pl.) See Phasel.

Fess (n.) Alt. of Fesse

Fesse (n.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries.

Fessitude (n.) Weariness.

Fesswise (adv.) In the manner of fess.

Fest (n.) The fist.

Fest (n.) Alt. of Feste

Feste (n.) A feast.

Festal (a.) Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.

Festally (adv.) Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

Festennine (n.) A fescennine.

Festered (imp. & p. p.) of Fester

Festering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fester

Fester (n.) To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

Fester (n.) To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

Fester (v. t.) To cause to fester or rankle.

Fester (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.

Fester (n.) A festering or rankling.

Festerment (n.) A festering.

Festeye (v. t.) To feast; to entertain.

Festinate (a.) Hasty; hurried.

Festination (n.) Haste; hurry.

Festival (a.) Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

Festi-val (n.) A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.

Festive (a.) Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.

Festivities (pl. ) of Festivity

Festivity (n.) The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.

Festivity (n.) A festival; a festive celebration.

Festivous (a.) Pertaining to a feast; festive.

Festlich (n.) Festive; fond of festive occasions.

Festoon (n.) A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

Festoon (n.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.

Festooned (imp. & p. p.) of Festoon

Festooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Festoon

Festoon (v. t.) To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.

Festoony (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons.

Festucine (a.) Of a straw color; greenish yellow.

Festucous (a.) Formed or consisting of straw.

Festue (n.) A straw; a fescue.

Fet (n.) A piece.

Fet (v. t.) To fetch.

Fet (p. p.) Fetched.

Fetal (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

Fetation (n.) The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.

Fetched (imp. & p. p.) of Fetch

Fetching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fetch

Fetch (v. t.) To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

Fetch (v. t.) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

Fetch (v. t.) To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.

Fetch (v. t.) To reduce; to throw.

Fetch (v. t.) To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.

Fetch (v. t.) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

Fetch (v. t.) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

fetch (v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

Fetch (n.) A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.

Fetch (n.) The apparation of a living person; a wraith.

Fethcer (n.) One wo fetches or brings.

Fete (n.) A feat.

Fete (n. pl.) Feet.

Fete (n.) A festival.

Feted (imp. & p. p.) of Fete

Feting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fete

Fete (v. t.) To feast; to honor with a festival.

Fetich (n.) Alt. of Fetish

Fetish (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.

Fetish (n.) Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

fetichism (n.) Alt. of Fetishism

Fetishism (n.) The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

Fetishism (n.) Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.

Fetichist (n.) Alt. of Fetishist

Fetishist (n.) A believer in fetiches.

Fetichistic (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic

Fetishistic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism.

Feticide (n.) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.

Feticism (n.) See Fetichism.

Fetid (a.) Having an offensive smell; stinking.

Fetidity (n.) Fetidness.

Fetidness (n.) The quality or state of being fetid.

Fetiferous (a.) Producing young, as animals.

Fetis (a.) Neat; pretty; well made; graceful.

Fetisely (adv.) Neatly; gracefully; properly.

Fetish (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic

Fetishism (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic

Fetishistic (a.) See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.

Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.

Fetor (n.) A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.

Fette (imp.) of Fette

Fet (p. p.) of Fette

Fette (v. t.) To fetch.

fetters (pl. ) of Fetter

Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

Fetter (n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.

Fetterer (n.) One who fetters.

Fetterless (a.) Free from fetters.

Fettle (a.) To repair; to prepare; to put in order.

Fettle (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

Fettle (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

Fettle (n.) The act of fettling.

Fettling (n.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.

Fettling (n.) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.

Fetuous (a.) Neat; feat.

Fetuses (pl. ) of Fetus

Fetus (n.) The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.

Fetwah (n.) A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law.

Feu (n.) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.

Feuar (n.) One who holds a feu.

Feud (n.) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.

Feud (n.) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.

Feudal (a.) Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.

Feudal (a.) Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.

Feudalism (n.) The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.

Feudality (n.) The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.

Fedaliza/tion (n.) The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudalize

Feudalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feudalize

Feudalize (v. t.) To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.

Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.

Feudary (a.) Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

Feudary (n.) A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.

Feudary (n.) A feodary. See Feodary.

Feudataty (a. & n.) See Feudatory.

Feudatories (pl. ) of Feudatory

Feudatory (n.) A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

Feudtory (a.) Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title.

Feu de joie () A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

Feudist (n.) A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law.

Feuillants (n. pl.) A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.

Feuillemort (a.) Having the color of a faded leaf.

Feuilleton (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

Feuilltonist (n.) A writer of feuilletons.

feuter (v. t.) To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear.

Feuterer (n.) A dog keeper.

Fever (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.

Fever (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.

Fevered (imp. & p. p.) of Fever

Fevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fever

Fever (v. t.) To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.

Feveret (n.) A slight fever.

Feverfew (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.

Feverish (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.

Feverish (a.) Hot; sultry.

Feverish (a.) Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Feverous (a.) Affected with fever or ague; feverish.

Feverous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.

Feverous (a.) Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year.

Feverously (adv.) Feverishly.

Feverwort (n.) See Fever root, under Fever.

Fevery (a.) Feverish.

Few (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

Fewel (n.) Fuel.

Fewmet (n.) See Fumet.

Fewness (n.) The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.

Fewness (n.) Brevity; conciseness.

Fey (a.) Fated; doomed.

Fey (n.) Faith.

Fey (v. t.) To cleanse; to clean out.

Feyne (v. t.) To feign.

Feyre (n.) A fair or market.

Fez (n.) A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh.

Fiacre (n.) A kind of French hackney coach.

Fiance (v. t.) To betroth; to affiance.

Fiance (n.) A betrothed man.

Fiancee (n.) A betrothed woman.

Fiants (n.) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.

Fiar (n.) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.

Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.

Fiascoes (pl. ) of Fiasco

Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

Fiat (n.) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.

Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.

Fib (n.) A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.

Fibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Fib

Fibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fib

Fib (v. i.) To speak falsely.

Fib (v. t.) To tell a fib to.

Fibber (n.) One who tells fibs.

Fiber (n.) Alt. of Fibre

Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.

Fibre (n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.

Fibre (n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.

Fibered (a.) Alt. of Fibred

Fibred (a.) Having fibers; made up of fibers.

Fiber-faced (a.) Alt. of Fibre-faced

Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

Fiberless (a.) Alt. of Fibreless

Fibreless (a.) Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

Fibriform (a.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.

Fibril (n.) A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.

FibrillAe (pl. ) of Fibrilla

Fibrilla (n.) A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.

Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings.

Fibrillary (a.) Of of pertaining to fibrils.

Fibrillated (a.) Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

Fibrillation (n.) The state of being reduced to fibers.

Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages.

Fibrillous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.

Fibrin (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.

Fibrin (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

Fibrin (n.) An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.

Fibrination (n.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.

Fibrine (a.) Belonging to the fibers of plants.

Fibrinogen (n.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.

Fibrinogenous (a.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

Fibrinoplastic (a.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.

Fibrinoplastin (n.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin.

Fibrinous (a.) Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

Fibrocartilage (n.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.

Fibrochondrosteal (a.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous.

Fibroid (a.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.

Fibroid (n.) A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.

Fibroin (n.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.

Fibrolite (n.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.

Fibroma (n.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.

Fibrospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.

Fibrous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

Fibrovascular (a.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.

Fibster (n.) One who tells fibs.

FibulAe (pl. ) of Fibula

Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle.

Fibula (n.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

Fibula (n.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

Fibu-lar (a.) Pertaining to the fibula.

Fibularia (pl. ) of Fibulare

Fibulare (n.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.

Fice (n.) A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc.

Fiche (a.) See FitchE.

Ficttelite (n.) A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.

Fichu (n.) A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.

Fickle (a.) Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.

Fickleness (n.) The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.

Fickly (adv.) In a fickle manner.

Ficoes (pl. ) of Fico

Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you.

Fictile (a.) Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.

Fiction (n.) The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.

Fiction (n.) That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality.

Fiction (n.) Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances.

Fiction (n.) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth.

Fiction (n.) Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue.

Fictional (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.

Fictionist (n.) A writer of fiction.

Fictious (a.) Fictitious.

Fictitious (a.) Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.

Fictive (a.) Feigned; counterfeit.

Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.

Ficus (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.

Fid (n.) A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees.

Fid (n.) A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.

Fid (n.) A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.

Fid (n.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.

Fidalgo (n.) The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain.

Fiddle (n.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

Fiddle (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

Fiddle (n.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather.

Fiddled (imp. & p. p.) of Fiddle

Fiddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fiddle

Fiddle (v. i.) To play on a fiddle.

Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.

Fiddle (v. t.) To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

Fiddledeedee (interj.) An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!

Foddle-faddle (n.) A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.

Fiddle-faddle (v. i.) To talk nonsense.

Fiddler (n.) One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.

Fiddler (n.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.

Fiddle-shaped (a.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.

Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

Fiddlestring (n.) One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

Fiddlewood (n.) The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

Fidejussion (n.) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.

Fidejussor (n.) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.

Fidelity (n.) Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

Fidelity (n.) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.

Fidelity (n.) Adherence to the marriage contract.

Fidelity (n.) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.

Fides (n.) Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

Fidge (n. & i.) See Fidget.

Fidgeted (imp. & p. p.) of Fidget

Fodgeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fidget

Fidget (v. i.) To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Fidget (n.) Uneasiness; restlessness.

Fidget (n.) A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.

Fidgetiness (n.) Quality of being fidgety.

Fidgety (a.) Restless; uneasy.

Fidia (n.) A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.

Fidicinal (a.) Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.

Fiducial (a.) Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm.

Fiducial (a.) Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power.

Fiducially (adv.) With confidence.

Fidiciary (a.) Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity.

Fidiciary (a.) Holding, held, or founded, in trust.

Fiduciary (n.) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

Fiduciary (n.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian.

Fie (interj.) An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy.

Fief (n.) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Field (n.) Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

Field (n.) A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.

Field (n.) A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.

Field (n.) An open space; an extent; an expanse.

Field (n.) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected.

Field (n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

Field (n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).

Field (n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.

Field (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

Field (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

Fielded (imp. & p. p.) of Field

Fielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Field

Field (v. i.) To take the field.

Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Fielded (a.) Engaged in the field; encamped.

Fielden (a.) Consisting of fields.

Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

Fieldfare (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

Fielding (n.) The act of playing as a fielder.

Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.

Fieldwork (n.) Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.

Fieldy (a.) Open, like a field.

Fiend (n.) An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.

Fiendful (a.) Full of fiendish spirit or arts.

Fiendish (a.) Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

Fiendlike (a.) Fiendish; diabolical.

Fiendly (a.) Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish.

Fierasfer (n.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

Fierce (superl.) Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

Fierce (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.

Fierce (superl.) Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.

Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed.

Fieriness (n.) The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper.

Fiery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

Fiery (a.) Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Fiery (a.) Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

Fiery (a.) heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.

Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

Fifed (imp. & p. p.) of Fife

fifing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fife

Fife (v. i.) To play on a fife.

Fifer (n.) One who plays on a fife.

Fifteen (a.) Five and ten; one more than fourteen.

Fifteen (n.) The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.

Fifteen (n.) A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.

Fifteenth (a.) Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.

Fifteenth (a.) Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Fifteenth (n.) One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.

Fifteenth (n.) A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at.

Fifteenth (n.) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.

Fifteenth (n.) An interval consisting of two octaves.

Fifth (a.) Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

Fifth (a.) Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.

Fifth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

Fifthly (adv.) In the fifth place; as the fifth in order.

Fiftieth (a.) Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.

Fiftieth (a.) Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.

Fiftieth (n.) One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.

Fifty (a.) Five times ten; as, fifty men.

Fifties (pl. ) of Fifty

Fifty (n.) The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.

Fifty (n.) A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.

Fig (n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.

Fig (n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.

Fig (n.) A small piece of tobacco.

Fig (n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.

Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.

Fig (n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.

Fig (n.) Figure; dress; array.

Figaro (n.) An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer.

Figary (n.) A frolic; a vagary; a whim.

Figeater (n.) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

Figeater (n.) A bird. See Figpecker.

Figent (a.) Fidgety; restless.

Figgum (n.) A juggler's trick; conjuring.

Fought (imp. & p. p.) of Fight

Fighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fight

Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.

Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

Fight (v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.

Fight (v. t.) To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

Fight (v. t.) To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.

Fight (v. i.) A struggle or contest of any kind.

Fight (v. i.) Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.

Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.

Fighter (n.) One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

Fighting (a.) Qualified for war; fit for battle.

Fighting (a.) Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field.

Fightingly (adv.) Pugnaciously.

Fightwite (n.) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

Figment (n.) An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.

Pigpecker (n.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.

Fig-shell (n.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

Figulate (a.) Alt. of Figulated

Figulated (a.) Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped.

Figuline (n.) A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.

Figurability (n.) The quality of being figurable.

Figurable (a.) Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.

Figural (a.) Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments.

Figural (a.) Figurate. See Figurate.

Figurant (n. masc.) One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.

Figurante (n. fem.) A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.

Figurate (a.) Of a definite form or figure.

Figurate (a.) Figurative; metaphorical.

Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.

Figurated (a.) Having a determinate form.

Figurately (adv.) In a figurate manner.

Figuration (n.) The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form.

Figuration (n.) Mixture of concords and discords.

Figurative (a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

Figurative (a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.

Figurative (a.) Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.

Figurative (a.) Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.

Figure (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

Figure (n.) The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.

Figure (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

Figure (n.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.

Figure (n.) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.

Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

Figure (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.

Figure (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.

Figure (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.

Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

Figure (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

Figure (n.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

Figured (imp. & p. p.) of Figure

Figuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Figure

Figure (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

Figure (n.) To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.

Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Figure (n.) To prefigure; to foreshow.

Figure (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

Figure (n.) To embellish.

Figure (v. t.) To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

Figure (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.

Figured (a.) Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

Figured (a.) Not literal; figurative.

Figured (a.) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3.

Figured (a.) Indicated or noted by figures.

Figurehead (n.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship.

Figurehead (n.) A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.

Figurial (a.) Represented by figure or delineation.

Figurine (n.) A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.

Figurist (n.) One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.

Figwort (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

Fijian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants.

Fijian (n.) A native of the Fiji islands.

Fike (n.) See Fyke.

Fil () imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell.

Filaceous (a.) Composed of threads.

Filacer (n.) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.

Filament (n.) A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Filamentary (a.) Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.

Filametoid (a.) Like a filament.

Filamentous (a.) Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.

Filander (n.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm.

Filar (a.) Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.

Filaria (n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

Filatory (n.) A machine for forming threads.

Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.

Filature (n.) A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

Filbert (n.) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

Filched (imp. & p. p.) of Filch

Filching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filch

Filch (v. t.) To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

Filcher (n.) One who filches; a thief.

Filchingly (adv.) By pilfering or petty stealing.

File (n.) An orderly succession; a line; a row

File (n.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.

File (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.

File (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.

File (n.) A roll or list.

File (n.) Course of thought; thread of narration.

Filed (imp. & p. p.) of File

Filing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of File

File (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.

File (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.

File (v. t.) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.

File (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.

File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.

File (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.

File (n.) A shrewd or artful person.

File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.

File (v. t.) To smooth or polish as with a file.

File (v. t.) To make foul; to defile.

Filefish (n.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.

Filemot (n.) See Feullemort.

Filer (n.) One who works with a file.

Filial (a.) Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.

Filial (a.) Bearing the relation of a child.

Filially (adv.) In a filial manner.

Filiate (v. t.) To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between.

Filiation (n.) The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.

Filiation (n.) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation.

Filibeg (n.) Same as Kilt.

Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

Fillibustered (imp. & p. p.) of Filibuster

Filibustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filibuster

Filibuster (v. i.) To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.

Filibuster (v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.

Filibusterism (n.) The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.

Filical (a.) Belonging to the Filices, r ferns.

Filicic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.

Filicide (n.) The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.

Filiciform (a.) Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.

Filicoid (a.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

Filicoid (n.) A fernlike plant.

Filiety (n.) The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.

Filiferous (a.) Producing threads.

Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe.

Filigrain (n.) Alt. of Filigrane

Filigrane (n.) Filigree.

Filigraned (a.) See Filigreed.

Filigree (n.) Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern.

Filigree (a.) Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.

Filigreed (a.) Adorned with filigree.

Filing (n.) A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Fill (n.) One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Filled (imp. & p. p.) of Fill

Filling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fill

Fill (a.) To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.

Fill (a.) To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.

Fill (a.) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

Fill (a.) To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.

Fill (a.) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.

Fill (a.) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.

Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.

Fill (v. i.) To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

Fill (v. i.) To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

Fill (v. t.) A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.

Filler (n.) One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.

Filler (n.) A thill horse.

Fillet (n.) A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

Fillet (n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.

Fillet (n.) A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.

Fillet (n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

Fillet (n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.

Fillet (n.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

Fillet (n.) The thread of a screw.

Fillet (n.) A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

Fillet (n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

Fillet (n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.

Fillet (n.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

Fillet (n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

Filleted (imp. & p. p.) of Fillet

Filleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fillet

Fillet (v. t.) To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.

Filleting (n.) The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.

Fillibeg (n.) A kilt. See Filibeg.

Fillibuster (n.) See Filibuster.

Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.

Filling (n.) The woof in woven fabrics.

Filling (n.) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

Filliped (imp. & p. p.) of Fillip

Filliping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fillip

Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger.

Fillip (v. t.) To snap; to project quickly.

Fillip (n.) A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

Fillip (n.) Something serving to rouse or excite.

Fillipeen (n.) See Philopena.

Fillister (n.) The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty.

Fillister (n.) A plane for making a rabbet.

Fillies (pl. ) of Filly

Filly (n.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.

Filly (n.) A lively, spirited young girl.

Film (n.) A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

Film (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.

Film (v. t.) To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

Filminess (n.) State of being filmy.

Filmy (a.) Composed of film or films.

Filoplumaceous (a.) Having the structure of a filoplume.

Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Filose (a.) Terminating in a threadlike process.

Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.

Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filter

Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filter

Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.

Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.

Filter (n.) Same as Philter.

Filth (n.) Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

Filth (n.) Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

Filthily (adv.) In a filthy manner; foully.

Filthiness (n.) The state of being filthy.

Filthiness (n.) That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.

Filthy (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

Filtrated (imp. & p. p.) of Filtrate

Filtrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filtrate

Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.

Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Finble () Alt. of Fimble hemp

Fimble hemp () Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.

Fimbriae (pl. ) of Fimbria

Fimbria (n.) A fringe, or fringed border.

Fimbria (n.) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.

Fimbriate (a.) Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.

Fimbriated (imp. & p. p.) of Fimbriate

Fimbriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fimbriate

Fimbriate (v. t.) To hem; to fringe.

Fimbriated (a.) Having a fringed border; fimbriate.

Fimbriated (a.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.

Fimbricate (a.) Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.

Fimbricate (a.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects.

Finned (imp. & p. p.) of Fin

Finning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fin

Fin (v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub.

Fin (n.) End; conclusion; object.

Fin (n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.

Fin (n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.

Fin (n.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin

Fin (n.) The hand.

Fin (n.) A blade of whalebone.

Fin (n.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.

Fin (n.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.

Fin (n.) A feather; a spline.

Fin (n.) A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.

Finable (a.) Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.

Final (a.) Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

Final (a.) Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.

Final (a.) Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

Finale (n.) Close; termination

Finale (n.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition.

Finale (n.) The last composition performed in any act of an opera.

Finale (n.) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.

Finalities (pl. ) of Finality

Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement.

Finality (n.) The relation of end or purpose to its means.

Finally (adv.) At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

Finally (adv.) Completely; beyond recovery.

Finance (n.) The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

Finance (n.) The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

Financial (a.) Pertaining to finance.

Financialist (n.) A financier.

Financially (adv.) In a dfinancial manner.

Financier (n.) One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

Financier (n.) One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.

Financiered (imp. & p. p.) of Financier

Financiering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Financier

Financier (v. i.) To conduct financial operations.

Finary (n.) See Finery.

Finative (a.) Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final.

Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus.

Fishes (pl. ) of Finch

Finch (n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.

Finchbacked (a.) Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.

Finched (a.) Same as Finchbacked.

Found (imp. & p. p.) of Find

Finding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Find

Find (v. t.) To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.

Find (v. t.) To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.

Find (v. t.) To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.

Find (v. t.) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.

Find (v. t.) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.

Find (v. t.) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

Find (v. t.) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

Find (v. t.) To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.

Find (v. t.) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.

Find (v. i.) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

Find (n.) Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

Findable (a.) Capable of beong found; discoverable.

Finder (n.) One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.

Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.

Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.

Finding (n.) That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.

Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.

Finding (n.) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.

Findy (a.) Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial.

Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

Fine (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.

Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.

Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy

Fine (superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.

Fine (superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.

Fine (superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.

Fine (superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.

Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.

Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.

Fine (superl.) (Used ironically.)

Fined (imp. & p. p.) of Fine

Fining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fine

Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.

Fine (a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.

Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.

Fine (n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.

Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.

Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.

Fine (n.) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.

Fine (n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.

Fine (v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).

Fine (v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.

Finedrawn (imp. & p. p.) of Finedraw

Finedrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finedraw

Finedraw (v. t.) To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.

Finedrawer (n.) One who finedraws.

Finedrawn (a.) Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations.

Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.

Fineer (v. t.) To veneer.

Fineless (a.) Endless; boundless.

Finely (adv.) In a fine or finished manner.

Fineness (a.) The quality or condition of being fine.

Fineness (a.) Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.

Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.

Fineness (a.) Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.

Finer (n.) One who fines or purifies.

Finery (n.) Fineness; beauty.

Finery (n.) Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.

Finery (n.) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Finespun (a.) Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.

Finesse (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.

Finesse (a.) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.

Finessed (imp. & p. p.) of Finesse

Finessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finesse

Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.

Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Finestill (v. t.) To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.

Finestiller (n.) One who finestills.

Finew (n.) Moldiness.

Finfish (n.) A finback whale.

Finfish (n.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.

Finfoot (n.) A South American bird (heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica.

Fin-footed (a.) Having palmate feet.

Fin-footed (a.) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.

Finger (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.

Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.

Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.

Fingered (imp. & p. p.) of Finger

Fingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finger

Finger (v. t.) To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Finger (v. t.) To touch lightly; to toy with.

Finger (v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music.

Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.

Finger (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work.

Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

Fingered (a.) Having fingers.

Fingered (a.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.

Fingered (a.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.

Fingerer (n.) One who fingers; a pilferer.

Fingering (n.) The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.

Fingering (n.) The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.

Fingering (n.) The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.

Fingering (n.) Delicate work made with the fingers.

Fingerling (n.) A young salmon. See Parr.

Fingle-fangle (n.) A trifle.

Fingrigos (pl. ) of Fingrigo

Fingrigo (n.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.

Finial (n.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.

Finical (a.) Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.

Finicality (n.) The quality of being finical; finicalness.

Finicking (a.) Alt. of Finicky

Finicky (a.) Finical; unduly particular.

Finific (n.) A limiting element or quality.

Finify (a.) To make fine; to dress finically.

Finikin (a.) Precise in trifles; idly busy.

Fining (n.) The act of imposing a fin/.

Fining (n.) The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.

Fining (n.) That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.

Finis (n.) An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

Finished (imp. & p. p.) of Finish

Finishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finish

Finish (v. t.) To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

Finish (v. t.) To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

Finish (v. i.) To come to an end; to terminate.

Finish (v. i.) To end; to die.

Finish (n.) That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects.

Finish (n.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.

Finish (n.) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.

Finish (n.) See Finishing coat, under Finishing.

Finish (n.) The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.

Finish (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.

Finished (a.) Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.

Finisher (n.) One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.

Finisher (n.) Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.

Finishing (n.) The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

Finishing (a.) Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.

Finite (a.) Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.

Finiteless (a.) Infinite.

Finitely (adv.) In a finite manner or degree.

Finiteness (n.) The state of being finite.

Finitude (n.) Limitation.

Finlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Finland.

Finless (a.) destitute of fins.

Finlet (n.) A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.

Finlike (a.) Resembling a fin.

Finn (a.) A native of Finland; one of the Finn/ in the ethnological sense. See Finns.

Finnan haddie () Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fin"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock.

Finned (a.) Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin.

Finner (n.) A finback whale.

Finnic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Finns.

Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.

Finnish (a.) Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language.

Finnish (n.) A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.

Finns (n. pl.) Natives of Finland; Finlanders.

Finns (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders.

Finny (a.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.

Finny (a.) Abounding in fishes.

Finochio (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.

Finos (n. pl.) Second best wool from Merino sheep.

Finpike (n.) The bichir. See Crossopterygii.

Fint () 3d pers. sing. pr. of Find, for findeth.

Fin-toed (a.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.

Fiord (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.

Fiorin (n.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

Fiorite (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.

Fioriture (n. pl.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.

Fipple (n.) A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music.

Fir (n.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus.

Fire (n.) The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

Fire (n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.

Fire (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.

Fire (n.) Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

Fire (n.) Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.

Fire (n.) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.

Fire (n.) Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.

Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Fire (n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.

Fired (imp. & p. p.) of Fire

Fring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fire

Fire (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

Fire (v. t.) To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.

Fire (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.

Fire (v. t.) To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

Fire (v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.

Fire (v. t.) To drive by fire.

Fire (v. t.) To cauterize.

Fire (v. i.) To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.

Fire (v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

Fire (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.

Firearm (n.) A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

Fireback (n.) One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Fireball (n.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.

Fireball (n.) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.

Firebare (n.) A beacon.

Fire beetle () A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.

Firebird (n.) The Baltimore oriole.

Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

Firebote (n.) An allowance of fuel. See Bote.

Firebrand (n.) A piece of burning wood.

Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.

Firecracker (n.) See Cracker., n., 3.

Firecrest (n.) A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.

Firedog (n.) A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.

Firedrake (n.) A fiery dragon.

Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

Firedrake (n.) A worker at a furnace or fire.

Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

Firefish (n.) A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.

Fireflaire (n.) A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw.

Fireflame (n.) The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).

Fireflies (pl. ) of Firefly

Firefly (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.

Fireless (a.) Destitute of fire.

Firelock (n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.

Firemen (pl. ) of Fireman

Fireman (n.) A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

Fireman (n.) A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.

Fire-new (a.) Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.

Fireplace (n.) The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

Fireproof (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.

Fireprrofing (n.) The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.

Firer (n.) One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.

Fire-set (n.) A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

Firestone (n.) Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.

Firestone (n.) A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.

Firetail (n.) The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt.

Firewarden (n.) An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward.

Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.

Fireweed (n.) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).

Firewood (n.) Wood for fuel.

Firework (n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.

Firework (n.) A pyrotechnic exhibition.

Fireworm (n.) The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

Firing (n.) The act of disharging firearms.

Firing (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

Firing (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery.

Firing (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

Firing (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal.

Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.

Firk (v. i.) To fly out; to turn out; to go off.

Firk (n.) A freak; trick; quirk.

Firkin (n.) A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.

Firkin (n.) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc.

Firlot (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.

Firm (superl.) Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

Firm (superl.) Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent.

Firm (superl.) Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

Firm (superl.) Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

Firm (a.) The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

Firm (a.) To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.

Firm (a.) To fix or direct with firmness.

Firmament (v. & a.) Fixed foundation; established basis.

Firmament (v. & a.) The region of the air; the sky or heavens.

Firmament (v. & a.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

Firmamental (a.) Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions.

Firmans (pl. ) of Firman

Firman (n.) In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.

Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.

Firmitude (n.) Strength; stability.

Firmity (n.) Strength; firmness; stability.

Firmless (a.) Detached from substance.

Firmless (a.) Infirm; unstable.

Firmly (adv.) In a firm manner.

Firmness (n.) The state or quality of being firm.

Firms (a.) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

Firring (n.) See Furring.

Firry (a.) Made of fir; abounding in firs.

First (a.) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

First (a.) Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.

First (a.) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

First (adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.

First (n.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.

Firstborn (a.) First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

First-class (a.) Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

First-hand (a.) Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent.

Firstling (n.) The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.

Firstling (n.) The thing first thought or done.

Firstling (a.) Firstborn.

Firstly (adv.) In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.

First-rate (a.) Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.

First-rate (n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

Firth (n.) An arm of the sea; a frith.

Fir tree () See Fir.

Fisc (n.) A public or state treasury.

Fiscal (a.) Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.

Fiscal (n.) The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer.

Fiscal (n.) A treasurer.

Fiscal (n.) A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.

Fiscal (n.) The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

Fisetic (a.) Pertaining to fustet or fisetin.

Fisetin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.

Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games.

Fishes (pl. ) of Fish

Fish (pl. ) of Fish

Fish (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.

Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.

Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.

Fish (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food.

Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Fish (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.

Fished (imp. & p. p.) of Fish

Fishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fish

Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.

Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.

Fish (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.

Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.

Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.

Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.

Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.

Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.

Fisher (n.) One who fishes.

Fisher (n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."

Fishermen (pl. ) of Fisherman

Fisherman (n.) One whose occupation is to catch fish.

Fisherman (n.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

Fisheries (pl. ) of Fishery

Fishery (n.) The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

Fishery (n.) A place for catching fish.

Fishery (n.) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters.

Fishful (a.) Abounding with fish.

Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

Fishhook (n.) A hook for catching fish.

Fishhook (n.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked.

Fishify (v. t.) To change to fish.

Fishiness (n.) The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike.

Fishing (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.

Fishing (n.) A fishery.

Fishing (n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.

Fishlike (a.) Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

Fishmonger (n.) A dealer in fish.

Fishskin (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)

Fishskin (n.) See Ichthyosis.

Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.

Fishwife (n.) A fishwoman.

Fishwomen (pl. ) of Fishwoman

Fishwoman (n.) A woman who retails fish.

Fishy (a.) Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.

Fisk (v. i.) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.

Fissigemmation (n.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.

Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.

Fissilinguia (n. pl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards.

Fissility (n.) Quality of being fissile.

Fission (n.) A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.

Fission (n.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.

Fission (n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.

Fissipalmate (a.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.

Fissipara (n. pl.) Animals which reproduce by fission.

Fissiparism (n.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission.

Fissiparity (n.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.

Fissiparous (a.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.

Fissipation (n.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

Fissiped (a.) Alt. of Fissipedal

Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]

Fissiped (n.) One of the Fissipedia.

Fissipedia (n. pl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.

Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

Fissural (a.) Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain.

Fissuration (n.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.

Fissure (n.) A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Fissurella (n.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.

Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.

Fist (n.) The talons of a bird of prey.

Fist (n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.

Fisted (imp. & p. p.) of Fist

Fisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fist

Fist (v. t.) To strike with the fist.

Fist (v. t.) To gripe with the fist.

Fistic (a.) Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes.

Fisticuff (n.) A cuff or blow with the fist or hand

Fisticuff (n.) a fight with the fists; boxing.

Fistinut (n.) A pistachio nut.

Fistuca (n.) An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.

Fistulae (pl. ) of Fistula

Fistula (n.) A reed; a pipe.

Fistula (n.) A pipe for convejing water.

Fistula (n.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.

Fistular (a.) Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.

Fistularia (n.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.

Fistularioid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.

Fistulate (v. t. & i.) To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

Fistule (n.) A fistula.

Fistuliform (a.) Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.

Fistulose (a.) Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.

Fistulous (a.) Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.

Fistulous (a.) Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose.

Fit () imp. & p. p. of Fight.

Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.

Fit (superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.

Fit (superl.) Prepared; ready.

Fit (superl.) Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.

Fitted (imp. & p. p.) of Fit

Fitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fit

Fit (v. t.) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.

Fit (v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.

Fit (v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.

Fit (v. t.) To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.

Fit (v. i.) To be proper or becoming.

Fit (v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

Fit (n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.

Fit (n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.

Fit (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

Fit (n.) A stroke or blow.

Fit (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.

Fit (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.

Fit (n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.

Fit (n.) A darting point; a sudden emission.

Fitches (pl. ) of Fitch

Fitch (n.) A vetch.

Fitch (n.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

Fitch (n.) The European polecat; also, its fur.

Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Fitched (a.) Fitche.

Fitchet (n.) Alt. of Fitchew

Fitchew (n.) The European polecat (Putorius foetidus). See Polecat.

Fitchy (a.) Having fitches or vetches.

Fitchy (a.) Fitche.

Fitful (a.) Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

Fithel (n.) Alt. of Fithul

Fithul (n.) A fiddle.

Fitly (adv.) In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

Fitment (n.) The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment.

Fitness (n.) The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

Fitt (n.) See 2d Fit.

Fittable (a.) Suitable; fit.

Fittedness (n.) The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.

Fitter (n.) One who fits or makes to fit;

Fitter (n.) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.

Fitter (n.) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.

Fitter (n.) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.

Fitter (n.) A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.

Fitting (n.) Anything used in fitting up

Fitting (n.) necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

Fitting (a.) Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.

Fitweed (n.) A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

Fitz (n.) A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

Five (a.) Four and one added; one more than four.

Five (n.) The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

Five (n.) A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

Five-finger (n.) See Cinquefoil.

Five-finger (n.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.

Fivefold (a. & adv.) In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Five-leafed (a.) Alt. of Five-leaved

Five-leaved (a.) Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

Fiveling (n.) A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.

Fives (n. pl.) A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.

Fives (n.) A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.

Five-twenties (n. pl.) Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

Fix (a.) Fixed; solidified.

Fixed (imp. & p. p.) of Fix

Fixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fix

Fix (v. t.) To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.

Fix (v. t.) To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

Fix (v. t.) To transfix; to pierce.

Fix (v. t.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.

Fix (v. t.) To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.

Fix (v. t.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

Fix (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

Fix (v. i.) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

Fix (n.) A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.

Fix (n.) fettling.

Fixable (a.) Capable of being fixed.

Fixation (n.) The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

Fixation (n.) The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.

Fixation (n.) The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.

Fixation (n.) A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.

Fixative (n.) That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

Fixed (a.) Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.

Fixed (a.) Stable; non-volatile.

Fixedly (adv.) In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.

Fixedness (n.) The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.

Fixedness (n.) The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.

Fixidity (n.) Fixedness.

Fixing (n.) The act or process of making fixed.

Fixing (n.) That which is fixed; a fixture.

Fixing (n.) Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.

Fixity (n.) Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.

Fixity (n.) Coherence of parts.

Fixture (n.) That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

Fixture (n.) State of being fixed; fixedness.

Fixture (n.) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others.

Fixure (n.) Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.

Fizgig (n.) A fishgig.

Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

Fizgig (n.) A gadding, flirting girl.

Fizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Fizz

Fizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fizz

Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

Fizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Fizzle

Fizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fizzle

Fizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound.

Fizzle (v. i.) To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking.

Fizzle (n.) A failure or abortive effort.

Fjord (n.) See Fiord.

Flabbergast (v. t.) To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements.

Flabbergastation (n.) The state of being flabbergasted.

Flabbily (adv.) In a flabby manner.

Flabbiness (n.) Quality or state of being flabby.

Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

Flabel (n.) A fan.

Flabellate (a.) Flabelliform.

Flabellation (n.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.

Flabelliform (a.) Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.

Flabellinerved (a.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Flabellum (n.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.

Flabile (a.) Liable to be blown about.

Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.

Flaccidity (n.) The state of being flaccid.

Flacker (v. i.) To flutter, as a bird.

Flacket (n.) A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

Flagged (imp. & p. p.) of Flag

Flagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flag

Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

Flag (v. i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

Flag (v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

Flag (v. t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

Flag (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.

Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

Flag (n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

Flag (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

Flag (v. t.) To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

Flag (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

Flag (n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

Flag (v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.

Flag (n.) A flat stone used for paving.

Flag (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Flag (v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.

Flagellant (n.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.

Flagellata (v. t.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

Flagellated (imp. & p. p.) of Flagellate

Flagellating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flagellate

Flagellate (v. t.) To whip; to scourge; to flog.

Flagellate (a.) Flagelliform.

Flagellate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Flagellation (n.) A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.

Flagellator (n.) One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

Flagelliform (a.) Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

Flagellums (pl. ) of Flagellum

Flagella (pl. ) of Flagellum

Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

Flagellum (v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

Flagellum (v. t.) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail.

Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.

Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

Flagginess (n.) The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.

Flagging (n.) A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.

Flaggy (a.) Weak; flexible; limber.

Flaggy (a.) Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple.

Flaggy (a.) Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.

Flagitate (v. t.) To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.

Flagitation (n.) Importunity; urgent demand.

Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

Flagitious (a.) Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.

Flagitious (a.) Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times.

Flagmen (pl. ) of Flagman

Flagman (n.) One who makes signals with a flag.

Flagon (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.

Flagrance (n.) Flagrancy.

Flagrancies (pl. ) of Flagrancy

Flagrancy (n.) A burning; great heat; inflammation.

Flagrancy (n.) The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess.

Flagrant (a.) Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.

Flagrant (a.) Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.

Flagrant (a.) Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.

Flagrantly (adv.) In a flagrant manner.

Flagrate (v. t.) To burn.

Flagration (n.) A conflagration.

Flagship (n.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

-staves (pl. ) of Flagstaff

-staffs (pl. ) of Flagstaff

Flagstaff (n.) A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Flagstone (n.) A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.

Flail (n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

Flaily (a.) Acting like a flail.

Flain () p. p. of Flay.

Flake (n.) A paling; a hurdle.

Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

Flake (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.

Flake (n.) A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.

Flake (n.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.

Flaked (imp. & p. p.) of Flake

Flaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flake

Flake (v. t.) To form into flakes.

Flake (v. i.) To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Flakiness (n.) The state of being flaky.

Flaky (a.) Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.

Flammed (imp. & p. p.) of Flam

Flamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flam

Flam (v. t.) To deceive with a falsehood.

Flambeaux (pl. ) of Flambeau

Flambeaus (pl. ) of Flambeau

Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

Flamboyant (a.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

Flamboyer (n.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia.

Flame (n.) A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

Flame (n.) Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.

Flame (n.) Ardor of affection; the passion of love.

Flame (n.) A person beloved; a sweetheart.

Flamed (imp. & p. p.) of Flame

Flaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flame

Flame (n.) To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.

Flame (n.) To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.

Flame (v. t.) To kindle; to inflame; to excite.

Flame-colored (a.) Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color.

Flameless (a.) Destitute of flame.

Flamelet (n.) A small flame.

Flammens (pl. ) of Flamen

Flamines (pl. ) of Flamen

Flamen (n.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

Flamineous (a.) Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

Flaming (a.) Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

Flaming (a.) Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.

Flaming (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Flamingly (adv.) In a flaming manner.

Flamingoes (pl. ) of Flamingo

Flamingo (n.) Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

Flaminical (a.) Pertaining to a flamen.

Flammability (n.) The quality of being flammable; inflammability.

Flammable (a.) Inflammable.

Flammation (n.) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.

Flammeous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame.

Flammiferous (a.) Producing flame.

Flammivomous (a.) Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

Flammulated (a.) Of a reddish color.

Flamy (a.) Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame.

Flanches (pl. ) of Flanch

Flanch (n.) A flange.

Flanch (n.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.

Flanched (a.) Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.

Flanconade (n.) A thrust in the side.

Flaneur (n.) One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Flang (n.) A miner's two-pointed pick.

Flange (n.) An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc.

Flange (n.) A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.

Flanged (imp. & p. p.) of Flange

Flanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flange

Flange (v. t.) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

Flange (v. i.) To be bent into a flange.

Flanged (a.) Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.

Flank (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

Flank (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.

Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.

Flank (n.) The side of any building.

Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Flanked (imp. & p. p.) of Flank

Flanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flank

Flank (v. t.) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.

Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.

Flank (v. i.) To border; to touch.

Flank (v. i.) To be posted on the side.

Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.

Flankered (imp. & p. p.) of Flanker

Flankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flanker

Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.

Flanker (v. t.) To attack sideways.

Flannel (n.) A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.

Flanneled (a.) Covered or wrapped in flannel.

Flannen (a.) Made or consisting of flannel.

Flap (v.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.

Flap (v.) A disease in the lips of horses.

Flapped (imp. & p. p.) of Flap

Flapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flap

Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.

Flap (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.

Flap (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

Flap (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.

Flapdragon (n.) The thing thus caught and eaten.

Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.

Flap-eared (a.) Having broad, loose, dependent ears.

Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

Flapjack (n.) A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.

Flap-mouthed (a.) Having broad, hangling lips.

Flapper (n.) One who, or that which, flaps.

Flapper (n.) See Flipper.

Flared (imp. & p. p.) of Flare

Flaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flare

Flare (v. i.) To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

Flare (v. i.) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

Flare (v. i.) To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.

Flare (v. i.) To be exposed to too much light.

Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.

Flare (n.) An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

Flare (n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

Flare (n.) Leaf of lard.

Flare-up (n.) A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

Flaring (a.) That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.

Flaring (a.) Opening or speading outwards.

Flaringly (adv.) In a flaring manner.

Flashed (imp. & p. p.) of Flash

Flashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flash

Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

Flash (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

Flash (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

Flash (v. t.) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

Flash (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).

Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.

Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

Flashes (pl. ) of Flash

Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.

Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.

Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

Flash (n.) A pool.

Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.

Flasher (n.) One who, or that which, flashes.

Flasher (n.) A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

Flasher (n.) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).

Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.

Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.

Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.

Flashing (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.

Flashing (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.

Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.

Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

Flashy (a.) Fiery; vehement; impetuous.

Flashy (a.) Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.

Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.

Flask (n.) A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

Flask (n.) A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

Flask (n.) A bed in a gun carriage.

Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc.

Flasket (n.) A long, shallow basket, with two handles.

Flasket (n.) A small flask.

Flasket (n.) A vessel in which viands are served.

Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

Flat (superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.

Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

Flat (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.

Flat (superl.) Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.

Flat (superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

Flat (superl.) Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.

Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.

Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

Flat (superl.) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.

Flat (adv.) In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest.

Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.

Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.

Flat (n.) Something broad and flat in form

Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

Flat (n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.

Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions.

Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.

Flat (n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.

Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Flat (n.) A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.

Flat (n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

Flat (n.) A homaloid space or extension.

Flatted (imp. & p. p.) of Flat

Flatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flat

Flat (v. t.) To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Flat (v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Flat (v. i.) To fall form the pitch.

Flatbill (n.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.

Flatfish (n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.

Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

Flat-footed (a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

Flat-footed (a.) Firm-footed; determined.

Flathead (a.) Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

Flathead (n.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

Flatiron (n.) An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

Flative (a.) Producing wind; flatulent.

Flating (a.) With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.

Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Flatly (adv.) In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively, plainly.

Flatness (n.) The quality or state of being flat.

Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.

Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

Flatness (n.) Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.

Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

Flatour (n.) A flatterer.

Flattened (imp. & p. p.) of Flatten

Flattening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flatten

Flatten (a.) To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.

Flatten (a.) To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.

Flatten (a.) To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

Flatten (a.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.

Flatten (v. i.) To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

Flatter (n.) One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

Flatter (n.) A flat-faced fulling hammer.

Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

Flattered (imp. & p. p.) of Flatter

Flattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flatter

Flatter (v. t.) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.

Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

Flatter (v. i.) To use flattery or insincere praise.

Flatterer (n.) One who flatters.

Flattering (a.) That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.

Flatteringly (adv.) With flattery.

Flatteries (pl. ) of Flattery

Flattery (v. t.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.

Flatting (n.) The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out.

Flatting (n.) A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss.

Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.

Flatting (n.) The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls.

Flattish (a.) Somewhat flat.

Flatulence (n.) Alt. of Flatlency

Flatlency (n.) The state or quality of being flatulent.

Flatulent (a.) Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

Flatulent (a.) Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.

Flatulent (a.) Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor.

Flatulent (a.) Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.

Flatulently (adv.) In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.

Flatuosity (n.) Flatulence.

Flatuous (a.) Windy; generating wind.

Flatuses (pl. ) of Flatus

Flatus (pl. ) of Flatus

Flatus (n.) A breath; a puff of wind.

Flatus (n.) Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body.

Flatware (n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

Flatwise (a. / adv.) With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

Flatworm (n.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

Flaundrish (a.) Flemish.

Flaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Flaunt

Flaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flaunt

Flaunt (v. i.) To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

Flaunt (v. t.) To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

Flaunt (n.) Anything displayed for show.

Flauntingly (adv.) In a flaunting way.

Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.

Flauto (n.) A flute.

Flavaniline (n.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

Flavescent (a.) Turning yellow; yellowish.

Flavicomous (a.) Having yellow hair.

Flavin (n.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

Flavine (n.) A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

Flavol (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

Flavor (n.) That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

Flavor (n.) That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

Flavor (n.) That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

Flavor (n.) That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

Flavored (imp. & p. p.) of Flavor

Flavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flavor

Flavor (v. t.) To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Flavored (a.) Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.

Flavorles (a.) Without flavor; tasteless.

Flavorous (a.) Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.

Flavous (a.) Yellow.

Flaw (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

Flaw (n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.

Flaw (n.) A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.

Flaw (n.) A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.

Flawed (imp. & p. p.) of Flaw

Flawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flaw

Flaw (v. t.) To crack; to make flaws in.

Flaw (v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect.

Flawless (a.) Free from flaws.

Flawn (n.) A sort of flat custard or pie.

Flawter (v. t.) To scrape o/ pare, as a skin.

Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.

Flawy (a.) Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.

Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.

Flaxen (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.

Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.

Flaxweed (n.) See Toadflax.

Flaxy (a.) Like flax; flaxen.

Flayed (imp. & p. p.) of Flay

Flaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flay

Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

Flayer (n.) One who strips off the skin.

Flea (v. t.) To flay.

Flea (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.

Fleabane (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

Flea-bite (n.) The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

Flea-bite (n.) A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea.

Flea-bitten (a.) Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

Flea-bitten (a.) White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.

Fleagh () imp. of Fly.

Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.

Fleaking (n.) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.

Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

Fleam (n.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.

Fleamy (a.) Bloody; clotted.

Flear (v. t. & i.) See Fleer.

Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.

Fleche (n.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.

Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.

Flecked (imp. & p. p.) of Fleck

Flecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleck

Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

Flecker (v. t.) To fleck.

Fleckless (a.) Without spot or blame.

Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent.

Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.

Flector (n.) A flexor.

Fled () imp. & p. p. of Flee.

Fledge (v. i.) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Fledged (imp. & p. p.) of Fledge

Fledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fledge

Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.

Fledgeling (n.) A young bird just fledged.

Fled (imp. & p. p.) of Flee

Fleeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee

Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.

Fleece (n.) The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

Fleece (n.) Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Fleeced (imp. & p. p.) of Fleece

Fleecing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleece

Fleece (v. t.) To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.

Fleece (v. t.) To spread over as with wool.

Fleeced (a.) Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced.

Fleeced (a.) Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.

Fleeceless (a.) Without a fleece.

Fleecer (n.) One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund.

Fleecy (a.) Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece.

Fleen (n. pl.) Obs. pl. of Flea.

Fleer (n.) One who flees.

Fleered (imp. & p. p.) of Fleer

Fleering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleer

Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.

Fleer () To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

Fleer (v. t.) To mock; to flout at.

Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.

Flear (n.) A grin of civility; a leer.

Fleerer (n.) One who fleers.

Fleeringly (adv.) In a fleering manner.

Fleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Fleet

Fleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleet

Fleet (n. & a.) To sail; to float.

Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

Fleet (v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

Fleet (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Fleet (v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.

Fleet (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot.

Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

Fleetingly (adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

Fleetly (adv.) In a fleet manner; rapidly.

Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.

Fleigh () imp. of Fly.

Fleme (v. t.) To banish; to drive out; to expel.

Flemer (n.) One who, or that which, banishes or expels.

Fleming (n.) A native or inhabitant of Flanders.

Flemish (a.) Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.

Flemish (n.) The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.

Flench (v. t.) Same as Flence.

Flense (v. t.) To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

Flesh (n.) The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

Flesh (n.) Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.

Flesh (n.) The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.

Flesh (n.) The human eace; mankind; humanity.

Flesh (n.) Human nature

Flesh (n.) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

Flesh (n.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.

Flesh (n.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.

Flesh (n.) Kindred; stock; race.

Flesh (n.) The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.

Fleshed (imp. & p. p.) of Flesh

Fleshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flesh

Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.

Flesh (v. t.) To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.

Flesh (v. t.) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

Fleshed (a.) Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

Fleshed (a.) Glutted; satiated; initiated.

Flesher (n.) A butcher.

Flesher (n.) A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

Fleshhood (n.) The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.

Fleshiness (n.) The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.

Fleshings (n. pl.) Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers.

Fleshless (a.) Destitute of flesh; lean.

Fleshliness (n.) The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.

Fleshing (n.) A person devoted to fleshly things.

Fleshly (a.) Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.

Fleshly (a.) Animal; not/vegetable.

Fleshly (a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.

Fleshly (a.) Carnal; wordly; lascivious.

Fleshly (adv.) In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.

Fleshment (n.) The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.

Fleshmonger (n.) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.

Fleshpot (n.) A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked

Fleshpot (n.) plenty; high living.

Fleshquake (n.) A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.

Fleshy (superl.) Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.

Fleshy (superl.) Human.

Fleshy (superl.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.

Flet (p. p.) Skimmed.

Fletched (imp. & p. p.) of Fletch

Fletching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fletch

Fletch (v. t.) To feather, as an arrow.

Fletcher (n.) One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

Flete (v. i.) To float; to swim.

Fletiferous (a.) Producing tears.

Fleurs-de-lis (pl. ) of Fleur-de-lis

Fleur-de-lis (n.) The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

Fleury (a.) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.

Flew () imp. of Fly.

Flewed (a.) Having large flews.

Flews (n. pl.) The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.

Flexed (imp. & p. p.) of Flex

Flexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flex

Flex (v. t.) To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Flex (n.) Flax.

Flexanimous (a.) Having power to change the mind.

Flexibility (n.) The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.

Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Flexible (a.) Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.

Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.

Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

Flexor (n.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

Flexuose (a.) Flexuous.

Flexuous (a.) Having turns, windings, or flexures.

Flexuous (a.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

Flexuous (a.) Wavering; not steady; flickering.

Flexural (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.

Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.

Flexure (n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

Flexure (n.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

Flibbergib (n.) A sycophant.

Flibbertigibbet (n.) An imp.

Flibustier (n.) A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster.

Flicked (imp. & p. p.) of Flick

Flicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flick

Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

Flick (n.) A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

Flickered (imp. & p. p.) of Flicker

Flickering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flicker

Flicker (v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

Flicker (v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.

Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.

Flickeringly (adv.) In a flickering manner.

Flickermouse (n.) See Flittermouse.

Flidge (a.) Fledged; fledge.

Flidge (v. i.) To become fledged; to fledge.

Flier (v.) One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

Flier (v.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).

Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 5.

Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 4.

Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

Flight (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.

Flight (n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.

Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.

Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.

Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.

Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.

Flighted (a.) Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.

Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.

Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.

Flightily (adv.) In a flighty manner.

Flightiness (n.) The state or quality of being flighty.

Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile.

Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.

Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.

Flimflam (n.) A freak; a trick; a lie.

Flimsily (adv.) In a flimsy manner.

Flimsiness (n.) The state or quality of being flimsy.

Flimsy (superl.) Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.

Flimsy (n.) Thin or transfer paper.

Flimsy (n.) A bank note.

Flinched (imp. & p. p.) of Flinch

Flinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flinch

Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.

Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

Flinch (n.) The act of flinching.

Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.

Flinchingly (adv.) In a flinching manner.

Flindermouse (n.) A bat; a flittermouse.

Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.

Flung (imp. & p. p.) of Fling

Flinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fling

Fling (v. t.) To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

Fling (v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.

Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

Fling (n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

Flingdust (n.) One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.

Flinger (n.) One who flings; one who jeers.

Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.

Flint (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.

Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.

Flint-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted.

Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.

Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.

Flintlock (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

Flintware (n.) A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.

Flintwood (n.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.

Flinty (superl.) Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.

Flip (n.) A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

Flipped (imp. & p. p.) of Flip

Flipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flip

Flip (v. t.) To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.

Flipe (v. t.) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on.

Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose.

Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose.

Flippancy (n.) The state or quality of being flippant.

Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.

Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.

Flippant (n.) A flippant person.

Flippantly (adv.) In a flippant manner.

Flippantness (n.) State or quality of being flippant.

Flipper (n.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.

Flipper (n.) The hand.

Flirted (imp. & p. p.) of Flirt

Flirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flirt

Flirt (v. t.) To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.

Flirt (v. t.) To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.

Flirt (v. t.) To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.

Flirt (v. i.) To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.

Flirt (v. i.) To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.

Flirt (n.) A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

Flirt (v. t.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

Flirt (a.) Pert; wanton.

Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.

Flirt-gill (n.) A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt.

Flirtigig (n.) A wanton, pert girl.

Flirtingly (adv.) In a flirting manner.

Flisk (v. i.) To frisk; to skip; to caper.

Flisk (n.) A caper; a spring; a whim.

Flitted (imp. & p. p.) of Flit

Flitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flit

Flit (v. i.) To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.

Flit (v. i.) To flutter; to rove on the wing.

Flit (v. i.) To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.

Flit (v. i.) To remove from one place or habitation to another.

Flit (v. i.) To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

Flit (a.) Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

Flitches (pl. ) of Flitch

Flitch (n.) The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon.

Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.

Flitch (n.) The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab.

Flite (v. i.) To scold; to quarrel.

Flitter (v. i.) To flutter.

Flitter (v. t.) To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards.

Flitter (v. i.) A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

Flittermouse (n.) A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

Flittern (a.) A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.

Flittiness (n.) Unsteadiness; levity; lightness.

Flitting (n.) A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.

Flitting (n.) A removal from one habitation to another.

Flittingly (adv.) In a flitting manner.

Flitty (a.) Unstable; fluttering.

Flix (n.) Down; fur.

Flix (n.) The flux; dysentery.

Flon (pl. ) of Flo

Flo (n.) An arrow.

Float (v. i.) Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.

Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.

Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.

Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.

Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

Float (v. i.) A float board. See Float board (below).

Float (v. i.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.

Float (v. i.) The act of flowing; flux; flow.

Float (v. i.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.

Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

Float (v. i.) A coal cart.

Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n.

Floated (imp. & p. p.) of Float

Floating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Float

Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.

Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air.

Float (v. t.) To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.

Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.

Float (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.

Float (v. t.) To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.

Floatable (a.) That may be floated.

Floatage (n.) Same as Flotage.

Floatation (n.) See Flotation.

Floater (n.) One who floats or swims.

Floater (n.) A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.

Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.

Floating (a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.

Floating (n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

Floating (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.

Floatingly (adv.) In a floating manner.

Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.

Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.

Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.

Floccose (n.) Spotted with small tufts like wool.

Floccose (n.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.

Floccular (a.) Of or pertaining to the flocculus.

Flocculated (imp. & p. p.) of Flocculate

Flocculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flocculate

Flocculate (v. i.) To aggregate into small lumps.

Flocculate (a.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

Flocculation (n.) The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.

Flocculence (n.) The state of being flocculent.

Flocculent (a.) Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly.

Flocculent (a.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

Flocculi (pl. ) of Flocculus

Flocculus (n.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.

Flocci (pl. ) of Floccus

Floccus (n.) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.

Floccus (n.) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

Floccus (n.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.

Flock (n.) A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

Flocked (imp. & p. p.) of Flock

Flocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flock

Flock (v. i.) To gather in companies or crowds.

Flock (v. t.) To flock to; to crowd.

Flock (n.) A lock of wool or hair.

Flock (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.

Flock (v. t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.

Flockling (n.) A lamb.

Flockly (adv.) In flocks; in crowds.

Flockmel (adv.) In a flock; in a body.

Flocky (a.) Abounding with flocks; floccose.

Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Flogged (imp. & p. p.) of Flog

Flogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flog

Flog (v. t.) To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

Flogger (n.) One who flogs.

Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

Flogging (a. & n.) from Flog, v. t.

Flon (n. pl.) See Flo.

Flong () imp. & p. p. of Fling.

Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.

Flood (v. i.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.

Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

Flood (v. i.) Menstrual disharge; menses.

Flooded (imp. & p. p.) of Flood

Flooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flood

Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

Flood (v. t.) To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

Floodage (n.) Inundation.

Flooder (n.) One who floods anything.

Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

Flooding (n.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.

Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.

Flookan (n.) Alt. of Flukan

Flukan (n.) See Flucan.

Flooky (a.) Fluky.

Floor (n.) The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

Floor (n.) The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.

Floor (n.) The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

Floor (n.) A story of a building. See Story.

Floor (n.) The part of the house assigned to the members.

Floor (n.) The right to speak.

Floor (n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

Floor (n.) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

Floor (n.) A horizontal, flat ore body.

Floored (imp. & p. p.) of Floor

Flooring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floor

Floor (v. t.) To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.

Floor (v. t.) To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.

Floorage (n.) Floor space.

Floorer (n.) Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities.

Floorheads (n. pl.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.

Flooring (n.) A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n.

Flooring (n.) Material for the construction of a floor or floors.

Floorless (a.) Having no floor.

Floorwalker (n.) One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.

Flopped (imp. & p. p.) of Flop

Flopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flop

Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

Flop (v. t.) To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.

Flop (v. i.) To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.

Flop (v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.

Flop (n.) Act of flopping.

Floppy (n.) Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.

Flopwing (n.) The lapwing.

Flora (n.) The goddess of flowers and spring.

Flora (n.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

Floral (a.) Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.

Floral (a.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters.

Florally (adv.) In a floral manner.

Floramour (n.) The plant love-lies-bleeding.

Floran (n.) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine.

Floreal (n.) The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendemiare.

Floren (n.) A cerain gold coin; a Florence.

Florence (n.) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value.

Florence (n.) A kind of cloth.

Florentine (a.) Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.

Florentine (n.) A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.

Florentine (n.) A kind of silk.

Florentine (n.) A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie.

Florescence (n.) A bursting into flower; a blossoming.

Florescent (a.) Expanding into flowers; blossoming.

Floret (n.) A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Floret (n.) A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.

Floriage (n.) Bloom; blossom.

Floriated (a.) Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothic pillars.

Floricomous (a.) Having the head adorned with flowers.

Floricultural (a.) Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.

Floriculture (n.) The cultivation of flowering plants.

Floriculturist (n.) One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.

Florid (a.) Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

Florid (a.) Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.

Florid (a.) Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

Florid (a.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Florida bean () The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean.

Florida bean () One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.

Florideae (n. pl.) A subclass of algae including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeae of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

Floridity (n.) The quality of being florid; floridness.

Floridly (adv.) In a florid manner.

Floridness (n.) The quality of being florid.

Floriferous (a.) Producing flowers.

Florification (n.) The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.

Floriform (a.) Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped.

Floriken (n.) An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis.

Florilege (n.) The act of gathering flowers.

Florimer (n.) See Floramour.

Florin (n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

Florist (n.) A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.

Florist (n.) One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.

Floroon (n.) A border worked with flowers.

Florulent (a.) Flowery; blossoming.

Floscular (a.) Flosculous.

Floscularian (n.) One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.

Floscule (n.) A floret.

Flosculous (a.) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

Flos-ferri (n.) A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore.

Flosh (n.) A hopper-shaped box or /nortar in which ore is placed for the action of the stamps.

Floss (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

Floss (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.

Floss (n.) A small stream of water.

Floss (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

Flossification (n.) A flowering; florification.

Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.

Flota (n.) A fleet; especially, a /eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.

Flotage (n.) The state of floating.

Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers.

Flotant (a.) Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.

Flotation (n.) The act, process, or state of floating.

Flotation (n.) The science of floating bodies.

Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim.

Flote (n.) A wave.

Flotery (a.) Wavy; flowing.

Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

Flotsam (n.) Alt. of Flotson

Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson.

Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.

Flounced (imp. & p. p.) of Flounce

Flouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flounce

Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure.

Flounce (n.) The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.

Flounce (n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.

Flounce (v. t.) To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.

Flounder (n.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.

Flounder (n.) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

Floundered (imp. & p. p.) of Flounder

Floundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flounder

Flounder (v. i.) To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.

Flounder (n.) The act of floundering.

Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.

Floured (imp. & p. p.) of Flour

Flouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flour

Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

Flour (v. t.) To sprinkle with flour.

Floured (p. a.) Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process.

Flourished (imp. & p. p.) of Flourish

Flourishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flourish

Flourish (v. i.) To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

Flourish (v. i.) To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.

Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.

Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

Flourish (v. i.) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

Flourish (v. t.) To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.

Flourish (v. t.) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.

Flourish (v. t.) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

Flourishes (pl. ) of Flourish

Flourish (n.) A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.

Flourish (n.) Decoration; ornament; beauty.

Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit.

Flourish (n.) A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.

Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare.

Flourish (n.) The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword.

Flourisher (n.) One who flourishes.

Flourishingly (adv.) In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.

Floury (a.) Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.

Flouted (imp. & p. p.) of Flout

Flouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flout

Flout (v. t.) To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

Flout (v. i.) To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.

Flout (n.) A mock; an insult.

Flouter (n.) One who flouts; a mocker.

Floutingly (adv.) With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.

Flow () imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

Flowed (imp. & p. p.) of Flow

Flowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flow

Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.

Flow (v. i.) To become liquid; to melt.

Flow (v. i.) To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

Flow (v. i.) To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.

Flow (v. i.) To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.

Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

Flow (v. i.) To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

Flow (v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

Flow (v. t.) To cover with varnish.

Flow (n.) A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

Flow (n.) A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

Flow (n.) Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.

Flow (n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

Flow (n.) A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.

Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.

Flowen () imp. pl. of Fly, v. i.

Flower (n.) In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.

Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.

Flower (n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.

Flower (n.) Grain pulverized; meal; flour.

Flower (n.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.

Flower (n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.

Flower (n.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.

Flower (n.) Menstrual discharges.

Flowered (imp. & p. p.) of Flower

Flowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flower

Flower (v. i.) To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

Flower (v. i.) To come into the finest or fairest condition.

Flower (v. i.) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

Flower (v. i.) To come off as flowers by sublimation.

Flower (v. t.) To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

Flowerage (n.) State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.

Flower-de-luce (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.

Flowerer (n.) A plant which flowers or blossoms.

Floweret (n.) A small flower; a floret.

Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies.

Flowerful (a.) Abounding with flowers.

Flower-gentle (n.) A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).

Floweriness (n.) The state of being flowery.

Flowering (a.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.

Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.

Flowering (n.) The act of adorning with flowers.

Flowerless (a.) Having no flowers.

Flowerlessness (n.) State of being without flowers.

Flowerpot (n.) A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.

Flowery (a.) Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.

Flowery (a.) Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style.

Flowery-kirtled (a.) Dressed with garlands of flowers.

Flowing (a.) That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.

Flowing () a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.

Flowingly (adv.) In a flowing manner.

Flowingness (n.) Flowing tendency or quality; fluency.

Flowk (n.) See 1st Fluke.

Flown () p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

Flown (a.) Flushed, inflated.

Floxed silk () See Floss silk, under Floss.

Floyte (n. & v.) A variant of Flute.

Fluate (n.) A fluoride.

Fluavil (n.) A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; -- called also fluanil.

Flucan (n.) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it.

Fluctiferous (a.) Tending to produce waves.

Fluctisonous (a.) Sounding like waves.

Fluctuability (n.) The capacity or ability to fluctuate.

Fluctuant (a.) Moving like a wave; wavering

Fluctuant (a.) showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor.

Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.

Fluctuated (imp. & p. p.) of Fluctuate

Fluctuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluctuate

Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

Fluctuate (v. i.) To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

Fluctuate (v. t.) To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.

Fluctuation (n.) A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

Fluctuation (n.) A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices.

Fluctuation (n.) The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion.

Flue (n.) An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

Flue (n.) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air.

Flue (n.) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another.

Flue (n.) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes.

Flue (n.) Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair.

Fluence (n.) Fluency.

Fluency (n.) The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.

Fluent (a.) Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

Fluent (a.) Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.

Fluent (n.) A current of water; a stream.

Fluent (n.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

Fluently (adv.) In a fluent manner.

Fluentness (n.) The quality of being fluent.

Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.

Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.

Fluff (n.) Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.

Flugel (n.) A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped.

Flugelman (n.) Same as Fugleman.

Fluid (a.) Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.

Fluid (n.) A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.

Fluidal (a.) Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.

Fluinity (n.) The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aeriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity.

Fluidized (imp. & p. p.) of Fluidize

Fluidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluidize

Fluidize (v. t.) To render fluid.

Fluidness (n.) The state of being flluid; fluidity.

Fluidounce (n.) See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.

Fluidrachm (n.) See Fluid dram, under Fluid.

Flukan (n.) Flucan.

Fluke (n.) The European flounder. See Flounder.

Fluke (n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.

Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.

Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.

Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.

Flukeworm (n.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2.

Fluky (a.) Formed like, or having, a fluke.

Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

Fluminous (a.) Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama.

Flummery (n.) A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.

Flummery (n.) Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.

Flung () imp. & p. p. of Fling.

Flunked (imp. & p. p.) of Flunk

Flunking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flunk

Flunk (v. i.) To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

Flunk (v. t.) To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty.

Flunk (n.) A failure or backing out

Flunk (n.) a total failure in a recitation.

Flunkies (pl. ) of Flunky

Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

Flunky (n.) One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.

Flunky (n.) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.

Flunkydom (n.) The place or region of flunkies.

Flunlyism (n.) The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.

Fluo- () A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as in fluosilicate, fluobenzene.

Fluoborate (n.) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.

Fluoboric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron.

Fluoboride (n.) See Borofluoride.

Fluocerine (n.) Alt. of Fluocerite

Fluocerite (n.) A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.

Fluohydric (a.) See Hydrofluoric.

Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.

Fluor (n.) A fluid state.

Fluor (n.) Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses.

Fluor (n.) See Fluorite.

Fluor albus () The whites; leucorrhaea.

Fluoranthene (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C/H/, of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar.

Fluorated (a.) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.

Fluorene (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially.

Fluorescein (n.) A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin.

Fluorescence (n.) That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident light.

Fluorescent (a.) Having the property of fluorescence.

Fluorescin (n.) A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluorescein, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.

Fluoric (a.) Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine.

Fluoride (n.) A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.

Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19.

Fluorite (n.) Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor.

Fluoroid (n.) A tetrahexahedron; -- so called because it is a common form of fluorite.

Fluoroscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

Fluorous (a.) Pertaining to fluor.

Fluor spar () See Fluorite.

Fluosilicate (n.) A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; -- called also silicofluoride.

Fluosilicic (a.) Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.

Flurried (a.) Agitated; excited.

Flurries (pl. ) of Flurry

Flurry (n.) A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

Flurry (n.) A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.

Flurry (n.) Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.

Flurry (n.) The violent spasms of a dying whale.

Flurried (imp. & p. p.) of Flurry

Flurrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flurry

Flurry (v. t.) To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.

Flurt (n.) A flirt.

Flushed (imp. & p. p.) of Flush

Flushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flush

Flush (v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

Flush (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

Flush (v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

Flush (v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.

Flush (v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.

Flush (v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.

Flush (v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir.

Flush (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.

Flush (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

Flush (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

Flush (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.

Flush (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.

Flush (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.

Flush (n.) A hand of cards of the same suit.

Flush (a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.

Flush (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.

Flush (a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

Flush (a.) Consisting of cards of one suit.

Flush (adv.) So as to be level or even.

Flushboard (n.) Same as Flashboard.

Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

Flusher (n.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.

Flushing (n.) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the /

Flushing (n.) A surface formed of floating threads.

Flushingly (adv.) In a flushing manner.

Flushness (n.) The state of being flush; abundance.

Flustered (imp. & p. p.) of Fluster

Flustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluster

Fluster (v. t.) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.

Fluster (v. i.) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.

Fluster (n.) Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.

Flusteration (n.) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster.

Flustrate (v. t.) To fluster.

Flustration (n.) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.

Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

Flute (v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.

Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

Flute (n.) A long French breakfast roll.

Flute (n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

Flute (n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

Fluted (imp. & p. p.) of Flute

Fluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flute

Flute (v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

Flute (v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

Fluted (a.) Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes.

Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.

Flutemouth (n.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

Fluter (n.) One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.

Fluter (n.) One who makes grooves or flutings.

Fluting (n.) Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle.

Flutist (n.) A performer on the flute; a flautist.

Flutist (n.) To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.

Flutist (n.) To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result.

Flutist (n.) To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty.

Flutter (v. t.) To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

Flutter (v. t.) To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.

Flutter (n.) The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.

Flutter (n.) Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

Flutterer (n.) One who, or that which, flutters.

Flutteringly (adv.) In a fluttering manner.

Fluty (a.) Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.

Fluvial (a.) Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.

Fluvialist (n.) One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.

Fluviatic (a.) Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.

Fluviatile (a.) Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants.

Fluvio-marine (a.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.

Flux (n.) The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.

Flux (n.) The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

Flux (n.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

Flux (n.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.

Flux (n.) The matter thus discharged.

Flux (n.) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

Flux (n.) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

Fluxed (imp. & p. p.) of Flux

Fluxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flux

Flux (v. t.) To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

Flux (v. t.) To cause to become fluid; to fuse.

Flux (v. t.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Fluxation (n.) The act of fluxing.

Fluxibility (n.) The quality of being fluxible.

Fluxible (a.) Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral.

Fluxile (a.) Fluxible.

Fluxility (n.) State of being fluxible.

Fluxion (n.) The act of flowing.

Fluxion (n.) The matter that flows.

Fluxion (n.) Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.

Fluxion (n.) An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination.

Fluxion (n.) A constantly varying indication.

Fluxion (n.) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential.

Fluxion (n.) A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.

Fluxional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.

Fluxionary (a.) Fluxional.

Fluxionary (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage.

Fluxionist (n.) One skilled in fluxions.

Fluxions (n. pl.) See Fluxion, 6(b).

Fluxive (a.) Flowing; also, wanting solidity.

Fluxure (n.) The quality of being fluid.

Fluxure (n.) Fluid matter.

Flew (imp.) of Fly

Flown (p. p.) of Fly

Flying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fly

Fly (v. i.) To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

Fly (v. i.) To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.

Fly (v. i.) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.

Fly (v. i.) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.

Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.

Fly (v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.

Fly (v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.

Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.

Fly (v. t.) To hunt with a hawk.

Flies (pl. ) of Fly

Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.

Fly (v. i.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.

Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.

Fly (v. i.) A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.

Fly (v. i.) A parasite.

Fly (v. i.) A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.

Fly (v. i.) The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

Fly (v. i.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).

Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

Fly (v. i.) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.

Fly (v. i.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.

Fly (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.

Fly (v. i.) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.

Fly (v. i.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

Fly (v. i.) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.

Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.

Flybane (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.

Fly-bitten (a.) Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies.

Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.

Flyblow (n.) One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

Flyboat (n.) A large Dutch coasting vessel.

Flyboat (n.) A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.

Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.

Flycatcher (n.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

Fly-catching (a.) Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.

Flyer (n.) One that uses wings.

Flyer (n.) The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

Flyer (n.) Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.

Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.

Flyer (n.) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.

Flyfish (n.) A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.

Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait.

Flying (v. i.) Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.

Flying squirrel () One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps.

Flymen (pl. ) of Flyman

Flyman (n.) The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.

Flysch (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.

Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

Flyspeck (v. t.) To soil with flyspecks.

Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.

Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.

Fnese (v. i.) To breathe heavily; to snort.

Fo (n.) The Chinese name of Buddha.

Foal (n.) The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.

Foaled (imp. & p. p.) of Foal

Foaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foal

Foal (v.t.) To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.

Foal (v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

Foalfoot (n.) See Coltsfoot.

Foam (n.) The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.

Foamed (imp. & p. p.) of Foam

Foaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foam

Foam (n.) To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.

Foam (n.) To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.

Foam (v.t.) To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

Foamingly (adv.) With foam; frothily.

Foamless (a.) Having no foam.

Foamy (a.) Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.

Fob (n.) A little pocket for a watch.

Fobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Fob

Fobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fob

Fob (v.t.) To beat; to maul.

Fob (v.t.) To cheat; to trick; to impose on.

Focal (a.) Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

Focalization (n.) The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

Focalized (imp. & p. p.) of Focalize

Focalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Focalize

Focalize (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

Focillate (v. t.) To nourish.

Focillation (n.) Comfort; support.

Focimeter (n.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera.

Focuses (pl. ) of Focus

Foci (pl. ) of Focus

Focus (n.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

Focus (n.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.

Focus (n.) A central point; a point of concentration.

Focused (imp. & p. p.) of Focus

Focusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Focus

Focus (v. t.) To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.

Fodder (n.) A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

Fodder (n.) That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Foddered (imp. & p. p.) of Fodder

Foddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fodder

Fodder (v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

Fodderer (n.) One who fodders cattle.

Fodient (a.) Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.

Fodient (n.) One of the Fodientia.

Fodientia (n.pl.) A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

Foe (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.

Foe (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army.

Foe (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.

Foe (v. t.) To treat as an enemy.

Foehood (n.) Enmity.

Foemen (pl. ) of Foeman

Foeman (n.) An enemy in war.

Foetal (a.) Same as Fetal.

Foetation (n.) Same as Fetation.

Foeticide (n.) Same as Feticide.

Foetor (n.) Same as Fetor.

Foetus (n.) Same as Fetus.

Fog (n.) A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

Fog (n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

Fog (v. t.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Fog (v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

Fog (n.) Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

Fog (n.) A state of mental confusion.

Fogged (imp. & p. p.) of Fog

Fogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fog

Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

Fog (v. i.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

Foge (n.) The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.

Fo'gey (n.) See Fogy.

Fog'gage (n.) See 1st Fog.

Fog'ger (n.) One who fogs; a pettifogger.

Foggily (adv.) In a foggy manner; obscurely.

Fogginess (n.) The state of being foggy.

Foggy (superl.) Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.

Foggy (superl.) Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.

Fogie (n.) See Fogy.

Fogless (a.) Without fog; clear.

Fogies (pl. ) of Fogy

Fogy (n.) A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.

Fogyism (n.) The principles and conduct of a fogy.

Foh (interj.) An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle.

Fohist (n.) A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

Foible (a.) Weak; feeble.

Foible (n.) A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.

Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.

Foiled (imp. & p. p.) of Foil

Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foil

Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.

Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.

Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.

Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.

Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal.

Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.

Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.

Foil (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.

Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.

Foilable (a.) Capable of being foiled.

Foiler (n.) One who foils or frustrates.

Foiling (n.) A foil.

Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

Foin (n.) The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten.

Foin (n.) A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.

Foin (v. i.) To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.

Foin (v. t.) To prick; to st?ng.

Foin (n.) A pass in fencing; a lunge.

Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play.

Foiningly (adv.) With a push or thrust.

Foison (n.) Rich harvest; plenty; abundance.

Foist (n.) A light and fast-sailing ship.

Foisted (imp. & p. p.) of Foist

Foisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foist

Foist (v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.

Foist (n.) A foister; a sharper.

Foist (n.) A trick or fraud; a swindle.

Foister (n.) One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier.

Foistied (a.) Fusty.

Foistiness (n.) Fustiness; mustiness.

Foisty (a.) Fusty; musty.

Folded (imp. & p. p.) of Fold

Folding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fold

Fold (v. t.) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

Fold (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

Fold (v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Fold (v. i.) To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

Fold (v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.

Fold (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

Fold (n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

Fold (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

Fold (n.) A boundary; a limit.

Fold (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Fold (v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.

Foldage (n.) See Faldage.

Folder (n.) One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

Folderol (n.) Nonsense.

Folding (n.) The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.

Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.

Foldless (a.) Having no fold.

Foliaceous (a.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.

Foliaceous (a.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.

Foliaceous (a.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.

Foliage (n.) Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

Foliage (n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.

Foliage (v. t.) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.

Foliaged (a.) Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.

Foliar (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages.

Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

Foliated (imp. & p. p.) of Foliate

Foliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foliate

Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

Foliate (v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Foliated (a.) Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.

Foliated (a.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.

Foliated (a.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.

Foliated (a.) Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.

Foliation (n.) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

Foliation (n.) The manner in which the young leaves are dispo/ed within the bud.

Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.

Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.

Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery.

Foliation (n.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.

Foliature (n.) Foliage; leafage.

Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.

Folier (n.) Goldsmith's foil.

Foliferous (a.) Producing leaves.

Folily (a.) Foolishly.

Folios (pl. ) of Folio

Folio (n.) A leaf of a book or manuscript.

Folio (n.) A sheet of paper once folded.

Folio (n.) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.

Folio (n.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

Folio (n.) A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.

Folio (n.) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.

Fol'io (v. t.) To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

Fol'io (a.) Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.

Fo'liolate (a.) Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition; as, bi-foliolate.

Foliole (n.) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

Foliomort (a.) See Feuillemort.

Foliose (a.) Having many leaves; leafy.

Foliosity (n.) The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness.

Folious (a.) Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial.

Folious (a.) Foliose.

Foliums (pl. ) of Folium

Folia (pl. ) of Folium

Folium (n.) A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.

Folium (n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy.

Folk (n. collect. & pl.) Alt. of Folks

Folks (n. collect. & pl.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

Folks (n. collect. & pl.) People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.

Folks (n. collect. & pl.) The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well.

Folkland (n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed.

Folklore () Alt. of Folk lore

Folk lore () Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people.

Folkmote (n.) An assembly of the people

Folkmote (n.) a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court.

Folkmoter (n.) One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court.

Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.

Follicle (n.) A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.

Follicle (n.) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.

Follicle (n.) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.

Follicular (a.) Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles.

Follicular (a.) Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis.

Folliculated (a.) Having follicles.

Folliculous (a.) Having or producing follicles.

Folliful (a.) Full of folly.

Followed (imp. & p. p.) of Follow

Following (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Follow

Follow (v. t.) To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

Follow (v. t.) To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

Follow (v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

Follow (v. t.) To copy after; to take as an example.

Follow (v. t.) To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

Follow (v. t.) To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

Follow (v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

Follow (v. t.) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Follow (v. i.) To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

Follower (n.) One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

Follower (n.) A sweetheart; a beau.

Follower (n.) The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston.

Follower (n.) A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.

Follower (n.) The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver.

Follower (n.) Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed.

Following (n.) One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

Following (n.) Vocation; business; profession.

Following (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

Following (a.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

Follies (pl. ) of Folly

Folly (n.) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

Folly (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.

Folly (n.) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.

Folly (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.

Folwe (v. t.) To follow.

Fomalhaut (n.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish.

Fomented (imp. & p. p.) of Foment

Fomenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foment

Foment (v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.

Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors.

Fomentation (n.) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.

Fomentation (n.) The lotion applied to a diseased part.

Fomentation (n.) Excitation; instigation; encouragement.

Fomenter (n.) One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.

Fomites (pl. ) of Fomes

Fomes (n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

Fon (a.) A fool; an idiot.

Fond () imp. of Find. Found.

Fond (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; weak.

Fond (superl.) Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

Fond (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.

Fond (superl.) Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on).

Fond (superl.) Doted on; regarded with affection.

Fond (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.

Fond (v. t.) To caress; to fondle.

Fond (v. i.) To be fond; to dote.

Fonde (v. t. & i.) To endeavor; to strive; to try.

Fondled (imp. & p. p.) of Fondle

Fondling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fondle

Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

Fondler (n.) One who fondles.

Fondling (n.) The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.

Fondling (n.) A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection.

Fondling (n.) A fool; a simpleton; a ninny.

Fondly (adv.) Foolishly.

Fondly (adv.) In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.

Fondness (n.) The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.

Fondness (n.) Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.

Fondon (n.) A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

Fondus (n.) A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other.

Fone (n.) pl. of Foe.

Fonge (v. t.) To take; to receive.

Fonly (adv.) Foolishly; fondly.

Fonne (n.) A fon.

Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

Font (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source.

Font (n.) A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.

Fontal (a.) Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive.

Fontanel (n.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.

Fontanel (n.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.

Fontanelle (n.) Same as Fontanel, 2.

Fontange (n.) A kind of tall headdress formerly worn.

Food (n.) What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.

Food (n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.

Food (v. t.) To supply with food.

Foodful (a.) Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile.

Foodless (a.) Without food; barren.

Foody (a.) Eatable; fruitful.

Fool (n.) A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

Fool (n.) One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

Fool (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.

Fool (n.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

Fool (n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.

Fooled (imp. & p. p.) of Fool

Fooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fool

Fool (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

Fool (v. t.) To infatuate; to make foolish.

Fool (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.

Foolahs (n. pl.) Same as Fulahs.

Fool-born (a.) Begotten by a fool.

Fooleries (pl. ) of Foolery

Foolery (n.) The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.

Foolery (n.) An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.

Foolfish (n.) The orange filefish. See Filefish.

Foolfish (n.) The winter flounder. See Flounder.

Fool-happy (a.) Lucky, without judgment or contrivance.

Foolhardihood (n.) The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.

Foolhardily (adv.) In a foolhardy manner.

Foolhardiness (n.) Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.

Foolhardise (n.) Foolhardiness.

Foolhardy (a.) Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.

Fool-hasty (a.) Foolishly hasty.

Foolify (v. t.) To make a fool of; to befool.

Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

Foolish (a.) Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.

Foolish (a.) Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.

Foolishly (adv.) In a foolish manner.

Foolishness (n.) The quality of being foolish.

Foolishness (n.) A foolish practice; an absurdity.

Fool-large (a.) Foolishly liberal.

Fool-largesse (n.) Foolish expenditure; waste.

Foolscap (n.) A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.

Feet (pl. ) of Foot

Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

Foot (n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

Foot (n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

Foot (n.) The lower edge of a sail.

Footed (imp. & p. p.) of Foot

Footing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foot

Foot (v. i.) To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Foot (v. i.) To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.

Foot (v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

Foot (v. t.) To tread; as, to foot the green.

Foot (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.

Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.

Football (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.

Footband (n.) A band of foot soldiers.

Footbath (n.) A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet

Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.

Footboard (n.) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

Footboard (n.) A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

Footboard (n.) A treadle.

Footboy (n.) A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.

Footbreadth (n.) The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure.

Footbridge (n.) A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

Footcloth (n.) Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse.

Footed (a.) Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.

Footed (a.) Having a foothold; established.

Footfall (n.) A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

Footfight (n.) A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback.

Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.

Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.

Foothalt (n.) A disease affecting the feet of sheep.

Foothill (n.) A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.

Foothold (n.) A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing.

Foothook (n.) See Futtock.

Foothot (adv.) Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot.

Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Footing (n.) Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

Footing (n.) Relative condition; state.

Footing (n.) Tread; step; especially, measured tread.

Footing (n.) The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

Footing (n.) The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.

Footing (n.) A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

Footing (n.) The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.

Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.

Footless (a.) Having no feet.

Footlicker (n.) A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick.

Footlight (n.) One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.

Footmen (pl. ) of Footman

Footman (n.) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

Footman (n.) A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

Footman (n.) Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.

Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

Footman (n.) A moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.

Footmanship (n.) Art or skill of a footman.

Footmark (n.) A footprint; a track or vestige.

Footnote (n.) A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

Footpace (n.) A walking pace or step.

Footpace (n.) A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.

Footpad (n.) A highwayman or robber on foot.

Footpaths (pl. ) of Footpath

Footpath (n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

Footplate (n.) See Footboard (a).

Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

Foot poundal () A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.

Footprint (n.) The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

Footrope (n.) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.

Footrope (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

Foots (n. pl.) The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.

Foot-sore (a.) Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

Footstalk (n.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.

Footstalk (n.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

Footstall (n.) The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

Footstall (n.) The plinth or base of a pillar.

Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.

Footstep (n.) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

Footstone (n.) The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.

Footstool (n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

Footway (n.) A passage for pedestrians only.

Footworn (a.) Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

Footy (a.) Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc.

Footy (a.) Poor; mean.

Fop (n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.

Fop-doodle (n.) A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton.

Fopling (n.) A petty fop.

Fopperies (pl. ) of Foppery

Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.

Foppery (n.) Folly; foolery.

Foppish (a.) Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

For- () A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.

For (prep.) In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.

For (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.

For (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.

For (prep.) Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.

For (prep.) Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to.

For (prep.) Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.

For (prep.) Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.

For (prep.) Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.

For (prep.) Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.

For (prep.) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.

For (conj.) Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.

For (conj.) Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.

For (n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.

Forage (n.) The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

Forage (n.) Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.

Foraged (imp. & p. p.) of Forage

Foraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forage

Forage (v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

Forage (v. t.) To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.

Forager (n.) One who forages.

Foralite (n.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

Foramina (pl. ) of Foramen

Foramines (pl. ) of Foramen

Foramen (n.) A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.

Foraminated (a.) Having small opening, or foramina.

Foraminifer (n.) One of the foraminifera.

Foraminifera (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

Foraminiferous (a.) Having small openings, or foramina.

Foraminiferous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.

Foraminous (a.) Having foramina; full of holes; porous.

Forasmuch (conj.) In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep.

Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

Foray (v. t.) To pillage; to ravage.

Forayer (n.) One who makes or joins in a foray.

Forbade () imp. of Forbid.

Forbathe (v. t.) To bathe.

Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

Forbore (imp.) of Forbear

Forbare () of Forbear

Forborne (p. p.) of Forbear

Forbearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbear

Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.

Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.

Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.

Forbear (v. t.) To cease from bearing.

Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

Forbearant (a.) Forbearing.

Forbearer (n.) One who forbears.

Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.

Forbade (imp.) of Forbid

Forbidden (p. p.) of Forbid

Forbid () of Forbid

Forbidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbid

Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.

Forbid (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.

Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

Forbid (v. t.) To accurse; to blast.

Forbid (v. t.) To defy; to challenge.

Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.

Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.

Forbiddenly (adv.) In a forbidden or unlawful manner.

Forbidder (n.) One who forbids.

Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Forblack (a.) Very black.

Forboden () p. p. of Forbid.

Forbore () imp. of Forbear.

Forborne () p. p. of Forbear.

Forbruise (v. t.) To bruise sorely or exceedingly.

Forby (adv. & prep.) Near; hard by; along; past.

Forcarve (v. t.) To cut completely; to cut off.

Force (v. t.) To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Force (n.) A waterfall; a cascade.

Force (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.

Force (n.) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Force (n.) Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.

Force (n.) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.

Force (n.) Validity; efficacy.

Force (n.) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.

Forced (imp. & p. p.) of Force

Forcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Force

Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.

Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.

Force (n.) To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.

Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

Force (n.) To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.

Force (n.) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

Force (n.) To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.

Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

Force (n.) To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

Force (n.) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

Force (v. i.) To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Force (v. i.) To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Force (v. i.) To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.

Forced (a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.

Forceful (a.) Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

Forceless (a.) Having little or no force; feeble.

Forcemeat (n.) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.

Forcement (n.) The act of forcing; compulsion.

Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

Forceps (n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Force pump () A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston.

Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.

Forcer (n.) One who, or that which, forces or drives.

Forcer (n.) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.

Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

Forcible (a.) Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.

Forcible (a.) Violent; impetuous.

Forcible (a.) Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction.

Forcible-feeble (a.) Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.

Forcibleness (n.) The quality of being forcible.

Forcibly (adv.) In a forcible manner.

Forcing (n.) The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

Forcing (n.) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.

Forcipal (a.) Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.

Forcipate (a.) Alt. of Forcipated

Forcipated (a.) Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Forcut (v. t.) To cut completely; to cut off.

Ford (v. i.) A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.

Ford (v. i.) A stream; a current.

Forded (imp. & p. p.) of Ford

Fording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ford

Ford (v. t.) To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.

Fordable (a.) Capable of being forded.

Fordless (a.) Without a ford.

Fordo (v. i.) To destroy; to undo; to ruin.

Fordo (v. i.) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.

Fordone (a.) Undone; ruined.

Fordrive (v. t.) To drive about; to drive here and there.

Fordrunken (a.) Utterly drunk; very drunk.

Fordry (a.) Entirely dry; withered.

Fordwine (v. i.) To dwindle away; to disappear.

Fore (v. i.) Journey; way; method of proceeding.

Fore (adv.) In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.

Fore (adv.) Formerly; previously; afore.

Fore (adv.) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.

Fore (n.) The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

Fore (prep.) Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.

Foreadmonish (v. t.) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.

Foreadvise (v. t.) To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event.

Forealleged (imp. & p. p.) of Foreallege

Forealleging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foreallege

Foreallege (v. t.) To allege or cite before.

Foreappoint (v. t.) To set, order, or appoint, beforehand.

Foreappointment (n.) Previous appointment; preordinantion.

Forearm (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

Forearm (n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Forebeam (n.) The breast beam of a loom.

Forebear (n.) An ancestor. See Forbear.

Foreboded (imp. & p. p.) of Forebode

Foreboding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forebode

Forebode (v. t.) To foretell.

Forebode (v. t.) To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

Forebode (v. i.) To fortell; to presage; to augur.

Forebode (n.) Prognostication; presage.

Forebodement (n.) The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

Foreboder (n.) One who forebodes.

Foreboding (n.) Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Forebodingly (adv.) In a foreboding manner.

Forebrace (n.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Forebrain (n.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.

Foreby (prep.) Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby.

Forecast (v. t.) To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

Forecast (v. t.) To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.

Forecast (v. i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Forecast (n.) Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.

Forecaster (n.) One who forecast.

Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.

Forecastle (n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.

Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.

Forechosen (a.) Chosen beforehand.

Forecited (a.) Cited or quoted before or above.

Foreclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Foreclose

Foreclosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foreclose

Foreclose (v. t.) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

Foreclosure (n.) The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Foreconceive (v. t.) To preconceive; to imagine beforehand.

Foredate (v. t.) To date before the true time; to antendate.

Foredeck (n.) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

Foredeem (v. t.) To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode.

Foredeem (v. i.) To know or discover beforehand; to foretell.

Foredesign (v. t.) To plan beforehand; to intend previously.

Foredetermine (v. t.) To determine or decree beforehand.

Foredispose (v. t.) To bestow beforehand.

Foredoom (v. t.) To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

Foredoom (n.) Doom or sentence decreed in advance.

Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.

Forefeel (v. t.) To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of.

Forefence (n.) Defense in front.

Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.

Forefinger (n.) The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Foreflow (v. t.) To flow before.

Forefoot (n.) One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.

Forefoot (n.) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

Foreefront (n.) Foremost part or place.

Foregame (n.) A first game; first plan.

Foreganger (n.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin/ may be attached.

Foregather (v. i.) Same as Forgather.

Foregift (n.) A premium paid by / lessee when taking his lease.

Foregleam (n.) An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

Forewent 2 (imp.) of Forego

Foregone (p. p.) of Forego

Foregoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forego

Forego (v. t.) To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

Forego (v. t.) To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.

Forego (v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

Foregoer (n.) One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.

Foregoer (n.) A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household.

Foregoer (n.) One who forbears to enjoy.

Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

Foreguess (v. t.) To conjecture.

Foregut (n.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct.

Forehand (n.) All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Forehand (n.) The chief or most important part.

Forehand (n.) Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

Forehand (a.) Done beforehand; anticipative.

Forehanded (a.) Early; timely; seasonable.

Forehanded (a.) Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer.

Forehanded (a.) Formed in the forehand or fore parts.

Forehead (n.) The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

Forehead (n.) The aspect or countenance; assurance.

Forehead (n.) The front or fore part of anything.

Forehear (v. i. & t.) To hear beforehand.

Forehearth (n.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

Forehend (v. t.) See Forhend.

Forehew (v. t.) To hew or cut in front.

Forehold (n.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Foreholding (n.) Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication.

Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.

Foreign (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

Foreign (a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.

Foreign (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

Foreign (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

Foreigner (n.) A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.

Foreignism (n.) Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

Foreignness (n.) The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.

Forein (a.) Foreign.

Forejudge (v. t.) To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.

Forejudge (v. t.) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court.

Forejudger (n.) A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.

Forejudgment (n.) Prejudgment.

Foreknew (imp.) of Foreknow

Foreknown (p. p.) of Foreknow

Foreknowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foreknow

Foreknow (v. t.) To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.

Foreknowa-ble (a.) That may be foreknown.

Foreknower (n.) One who foreknows.

Foreknowingly (adv.) With foreknowledge.

Foreknowledge (n.) Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.

Forel (n.) A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

Forel (v. t.) To bind with a forel.

Foreland (n.) A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

Foreland (n.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.

Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.

Forelay (v. t.) To waylay. See Forlay.

Foreleader (n.) One who leads others by his example; aguide.

Forelend (v. t.) See Forlend.

Forelet (v. t.) See Forlet.

Forelie (v. i.) To lie in front of.

Forelift (v. t.) To lift up in front.

Forelock (n.) The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.

Forelook (v. i.) To look beforehand or forward.

Foremen (pl. ) of Foreman

Foreman (n.) The first or chief man

Foreman (n.) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.

Foreman (n.) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.

Foremast (n.) The mast nearest the bow.

Foremeant (a.) Intended beforehand; premeditated.

Forementioned (a.) Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned.

Foremilk (n.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

Foremost (a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

Foremostly (adv.) In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

Foremother (n.) A female ancestor.

Forename (n.) A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.

Forename (v. t.) To name or mention before.

Forenamed (a.) Named before; aforenamed.

Forenenst (prep.) Over against; opposite to.

Fore-night (n.) The evening between twilight and bedtime.

Forenoon (n.) The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Forenotice (n.) Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning.

Forensal (a.) Forensic.

Forensic (a.) Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.

Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Forensical (a.) Forensic.

Foreordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

Foreordinate (v. t.) To foreordain.

Foreordination (n.) Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

Fore part (n.) Alt. of Forepart

Forepart (n.) The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

Forepast (a.) Bygone.

Forepossessed (a.) Holding or held formerly in possession.

Forepossessed (a.) Preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.

Foreprize (v. t.) To prize or rate beforehand.

Forepromised (a.) Promised beforehand; preengaged.

Forequoted (a.) Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.

Foreran () imp. of Forerun.

Forerank (n.) The first rank; the front.

Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.

Foreread (v. t.) To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine.

Forerecited (a.) Named or recited before.

Foreremembered (a.) Called to mind previously.

Foreright (a.) Ready; directly forward; going before.

Foreright (adv.) Right forward; onward.

Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

Forerun (v. t.) To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.

Forerunner (n.) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.

Forerunner (n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.

Forerunner (n.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.

Foresaid (a.) Mentioned before; aforesaid.

Foresail (n.) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.

Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

Foresay (v. t.) To foretell.

Foresee (v. t.) To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

Foresee (v. t.) To provide.

Foresee (v. i.) To have or exercise foresight.

Foreseen (p. p.) Provided; in case that; on condition that.

Foreseer (n.) One who foresees or foreknows.

Foreseize (v. t.) To seize beforehand.

Foreshadow (v. t.) To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure.

Foreshew (v. t.) See Foreshow.

Foreship (n.) The fore part of a ship.

Foreshorten (v. t.) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

Foreshorten (v. t.) Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

Foreshortening (n.) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

Foreshot (n.) In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.

Foreshow (v. t.) To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.

Foreshower (n.) One who predicts.

Foreside (n.) The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

Foreside (n.) The outside or external covering.

Foresight (n.) The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.

Foresight (n.) Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.

Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.

Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.

Foresighted (a.) Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.

Foresightful (a.) Foresighted.

Foresignify (v. t.) To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.

Foreskin (n.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.

Foreskirt (n.) The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.

Foreslack (v. t.) See Forslack.

Foresleeve (n.) The sleeve below the elbow.

Foreslow (v. t.) To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t.

Foreslow (v. i.) To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.

Forespeak (v. t.) See Forspeak.

Forespeak (v. t.) To foretell; to predict.

Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface.

Forespeech (n.) A preface.

Forespent (a.) Already spent; gone by; past.

Forespent (a.) See Forspent.

Forespurrer (n.) One who rides before; a harbinger.

Forest (n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

Forest (a.) Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

Forest (v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.

Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.

Forestage (n.) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

Forestage (n.) A service paid by foresters to the king.

Forestal (a.) Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.

Forestalled (imp. & p. p.) of Forestall

Forestalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forestall

Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.

Forestall (v. t.) To deprive; -- with of.

Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

Forestaller (n.) One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.

Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Forester (n.) An inhabitant of a forest.

Forester (n.) A forest tree.

Forester (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.

Forestick (n.) Front stick of a hearth fire.

Forestry (n.) The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

Foreswart (a.) Alt. of Foreswart

Foreswart (a.) See Forswat.

Foretaste (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.

Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before another.

Foretaster (n.) One who tastes beforehand, or before another.

Foreteach (v. t.) To teach beforehand.

Foretold (imp. & p. p.) of Foretell

Foretelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foretell

Foretell (v. t.) To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

Foretell (v. i.) To utter predictions.

Foreteller (n.) One who predicts.

Forethink (v. t.) To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate.

Forethink (v. t.) To contrive (something) beforehend.

Forethink (v. i.) To contrive beforehand.

Forethought (a.) Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

Forethought (n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

Forethoughtful (a.) Having forethought.

Foretime (n.) The past; the time before the present.

Foretoken (n.) Prognostic; previous omen.

Foretokened (imp. & p. p.) of Foretoken

Foretokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foretoken

Foretoken (v. t.) To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.

Fore teeth (pl. ) of Fore tooth

Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

Foretop (n.) The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

Foretop (n.) That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.

Foretop (n.) The platform at the head of the foremast.

Fore-topgallant (a.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

Fore-topmast (n.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

Fore-topsail (n.) See Sail.

Forever (adv.) Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.

Forever (adv.) At all times; always.

Forevouched (a.) Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance.

Foreward (n.) The van; the front.

Forewarned (imp. & p. p.) of Forewarn

Forewarning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forewarn

Forewarn (v. t.) To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.

Forewaste (v. t.) See Forewaste.

Forewend (v. t.) To go before.

Forewish (v. t.) To wish beforehand.

Forewit (n.) A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.

Forewit (n.) Foresight; prudence.

Forewot (pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers.) of Forewite

Forewost (2d person) of Forewite

Forewiten (pl.) of Forewite

Forewiste (imp. sing.) of Forewite

Forewisten (pl.) of Forewite

Forewiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forewite

Forewite (v. t.) To foreknow.

Forewomen (pl. ) of Forewoman

Forewoman (n.) A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

Foreword (n.) A preface.

Foreworn (a.) Worn out; wasted; used up.

Forewot () pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite.

Foreyard (n.) The lowermost yard on the foremast.

Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.

Forfeit (n.) Injury; wrong; mischief.

Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

Forfeit (n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.

Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Forfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Forfeit

Forfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forfeit

Forfeit (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.

Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

Forfeit (p. p. / a.) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Fourfeitable (a.) Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.

Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Forfered (p. p. & a.) Excessively alarmed; in great fear.

Forfete (v. i.) To incur a penalty; to transgress.

Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.

Forficate (a.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

Forficula (n.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.

Forgather (v. i.) To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

Forgave () imp. of Forgive.

Forge (n.) A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.

Forge (n.) The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.

Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.

Forged (imp. & p. p.) of Forge

Forging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge

Forge (n.) To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.

Forge (n.) To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.

Forge (n.) To coin.

Forge (n.) To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.

Forge (v. t.) To commit forgery.

Forge (v. t.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead.

Forge (v. t.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.

Forgemen (pl. ) of Forgeman

Forgeman (n.) A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

Forger (n. & v. t.) One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.

Forger (n. & v. t.) Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.

Forgeries (pl. ) of Forgery

Forgery (n.) The act of forging metal into shape.

Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.

Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.

Forgot (imp.) of Forget

Forgat () of Forget

Forgotten (p. p.) of Forget

Forgot () of Forget

Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forget

Forget (v. t.) To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

Forget (v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.

Forgetful (a.) Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

Forgetful (a.) Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.

Forgetful (a.) Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious.

Forgetfully (adv.) In a forgetful manner.

Forgetfulness (n.) The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

Forgetfulness (n.) Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.

Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

Forgetive (a.) Inventive; productive; capable.

Forget-me-not (n.) A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

Forgettable (a.) Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten.

Forgetter (n.) One who forgets; a heedless person.

Forgettingly (adv.) By forgetting.

Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

Forging (n.) The act of counterfeiting.

Forging (n.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.

Forgivable (a.) Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.

Forgave (imp.) of Forgive

Forgiven (p. p.) of Forgive

Forgiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forgive

Forgive (v. t.) To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

Forgive (v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.

Forgive (v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending.

Forgiveness (n.) The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

Forgiveness (n.) Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.

Forgiver (n.) One who forgives.

Forgiving (a.) Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

Forwent (imp.) of Forgo

Forgone (p. p.) of Forgo

Forgoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forgo

Forgo (v. i.) To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.

Forgot () imp. & p. p. of Forget.

Forgotten () p. p. of Forget.

Forhall (v. t.) To harass; to torment; to distress.

Forhend (v. t.) To seize upon.

Forinsecal (a.) Foreign; alien.

Forisfamiliated (imp. & p. p.) of Forisfamiliate

Forisfamiliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forisfamiliate

Forisfamiliate (v. t.) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority.

Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Forisfamiliation (n.) The act of forisfamiliating.

Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

Fork (n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.

Fork (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.

Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.

Fork (n.) The gibbet.

Forked (imp. & p. p.) of Fork

Forking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fork

Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn.

Fork (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.

Fork (v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.

Forkbeard (n.) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.

Forkbeard (n.) The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides); -- also called great forked beard.

Forked (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.

Forked (a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.

Forkerve (v. t.) See Forcarve, v. t.

Forkiness (n.) The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner.

Forkless (a.) Having no fork.

Forktail (n.) One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking.

Forktail (n.) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.

Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.

Forlaft () p. p. of Forleave.

Forlay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to ambush.

Forleave (v. t.) To leave off wholly.

Forlend (v. t.) To give up wholly.

Forlore (p. p.) of Forlese

Forlorn () of Forlese

Forlese (v. t.) To lose utterly.

Forlet (v. t.) To give up; to leave; to abandon.

Forlie (v. i.) See Forelie.

Forlore () imp. pl. & p. p. of Forlese.

Forlorn (v. t.) Deserted; abandoned; lost.

Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.

Forlorn (n.) A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.

Forlorn (n.) A forlorn hope; a vanguard.

Forlornly (adv.) In a forlorn manner.

Forlornness (n.) State of being forlorn.

Forlye (v. i.) Same as Forlie.

form (n.) A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.

Form (n.) Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.

Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.

Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.

Form (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.

Form (n.) A shape; an image; a phantom.

Form (n.) That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.

Form (n.) A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.

Form (n.) The seat or bed of a hare.

Form (n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.

Form (n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.

Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.

Form (n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.

Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.

Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.

Form (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.

Formed (imp. & p. p.) of Form

Forming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Form

Form (n.) To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.

Form (n.) To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train.

Form (n.) To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.

Form (n.) To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.

Form (n.) To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.

Form (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.

Form (v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare.

Formal (n.) See Methylal.

Formal (a.) Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.

Formal (a.) Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.

Formal (a.) Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.

Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.

Formal (a.) Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.

Formal (a.) Dependent in form; conventional.

Formal (a.) Sound; normal.

Formaldehyde (n.) A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid.

Formalism (n.) The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.

Formalities (pl. ) of Formality

Formality (n.) The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

Formality (n.) Form without substance.

Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.

Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.

Formality (n.) The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal.

Formality (n.) That which is formal; the formal part.

Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.

Formality (n.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.

Formalized (imp. & p. p.) of Formalize

Formalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formalize

Formalize (v. t.) To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.

Formalize (v. t.) To render formal.

Formalize (v. i.) To affect formality.

Formally (adv.) In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.

Formate (n.) A salt of formic acid.

Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.

Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.

Formation (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.

Formation (n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.

Formation (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.

Formative (a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

Formative (a.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.

Formative (a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.

Formative (n.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.

Formative (n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

Forme (a.) Same as Pate or Patte.

Forme (a.) First.

Formed (a.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.

Formed (a.) Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.

Formedon (n.) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.

Formell (n.) The female of a hawk or falcon.

Former (n.) One who forms; a maker; a creator.

Former (n.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.

Former (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.

Former (n.) A cutting die.

Former (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.

Former (a.) Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.

Former (a.) Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.

Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

Formerly (adv.) In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.

Formful (a.) Creative; imaginative.

Formic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether.

Formica (n.) A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.

Formicaroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridae or ant thrushes.

Formicary (n.) The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.

Formicate (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

Formication (n.) A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin.

Formicid (a.) Pertaining to the ants.

Formicid (n.) One of the family Formicidae, or ants.

Formidability (n.) Formidableness.

Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.

Formidableness (n.) The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.

Formidably (adv.) In a formidable manner.

Formidolose (a.) Very much afraid.

Forming (n.) The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.

Formless (a.) Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape.

Formulas (pl. ) of Formula

Formulae (pl. ) of Formula

Formula (n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

Formula (n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.

Formula (n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

Formula (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

Formularistic (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.

Formularization (n.) The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.

Formularize (v. t.) To reduce to a forula; to formulate.

Formulary (a.) Stated; prescribed; ritual.

Formularies (pl. ) of Formulary

Formulary (n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents.

Formulary (n.) Prescribed form or model; formula.

Formulated (imp. & p. p.) of Formulate

Formulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formulate

Formulate (v. t.) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

Formulation (n.) The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

Formule (n.) A set or prescribed model; a formula.

Formulization (n.) The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.

Formulized (imp. & p. p.) of Formulize

Formulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formulize

Formulize (v. t.) To reduce to a formula; to formulate.

Formyl (n.) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde.

Formyl (n.) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.

Forncast (p. p.) Predestined.

Fornical (a.) Relating to a fornix.

Fornicate (a.) Alt. of Fornicated

Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

Fornicated (a.) Arching over; overarched.

Fornicate (v. i.) To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Fornication (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.

Fornication (n.) Adultery.

Fornication (n.) Incest.

Fornication (n.) Idolatry.

Fornicator (n.) An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.

Fornicatress (n.) A woman guilty of fornication.

Fornices (pl. ) of Fornix

Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.

Fornix (n.) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.

Forold (a.) Very old.

Forpass (v. t. & i.) To pass by or along; to pass over.

Forpine (v. t.) To waste away completely by suffering or torment.

Forray (v. t.) To foray; to ravage; to pillage.

Forray (n.) The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.

Forrill (n.) Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel.

Forsook (imp.) of Forsake

Forsaken (p. p.) of Forsake

Forsaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forsake

Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

Forsake (v. t.) To renounce; to reject; to refuse.

Forsaker (n.) One who forsakes or deserts.

Forsay (v. t.) To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny.

Forshape (v. t.) To render misshapen.

Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

Forslouthe (v. t.) To lose by sloth or negligence.

Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.

Forslow (v. i.) To loiter.

Forslugge (v. t.) To lsoe by idleness or slotch.

Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.

Forsooth (v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.

Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.

Forspeak (v. t.) To bewitch.

Forspent (a.) Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted.

Forstall (v. t.) To forestall.

Forster (n.) A forester.

Forstraught (p. p. & a.) Distracted.

Forswat (a.) Spent with heat; covered with sweat.

Forswore (imp.) of Forswear

Forsworn (p. p.) of Forswear

Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswear

Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.

Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

Forswonk (a.) Overlabored; exhausted; worn out.

Forswore () imp. of Forswear.

Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.

Forswornness (n.) State of being forsworn.

Forsythia (a.) A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.

Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.

Fortalice (n.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace.

Forte (n.) The strong point; that in which one excels.

Forte (n.) The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

Forte (a. & adv.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts.

Forth (adv.) Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth.

Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.

Forth (adv.) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

Forth (adv.) Throughly; from beginning to end.

Forth (prep.) Forth from; out of.

Forth (n.) A way; a passage or ford.

Forthby (adv.) See Forby.

Forthcoming (a.) Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

Forthgoing (n.) A going forth; an utterance.

Forthgoing (a.) Going forth.

Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.

Forthputing (a.) Bold; forward; aggressive.

Forthright (adv.) Straight forward; in a straight direction.

Forthright (a.) Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man.

Forthright (n.) A straight path.

Forthrightness (n.) Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

Forthward (adv.) Forward.

Forthwith (adv.) Immediately; without delay; directly.

Forthwith (adv.) As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object.

Forthy (adv.) Therefore.

Forties (n. pl.) See Forty.

Fortieth (a.) Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.

Fortieth (a.) Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Fortieth (n.) One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.

Fortifiable (a.) Capable of being fortified.

Fortification (n.) The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.

Fortifier (n.) One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.

Fortified (imp. & p. p.) of Fortify

Fortifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fortify

Fortify (v. t.) To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.

Fortify (v. i.) To raise defensive works.

Fortilage (n.) A little fort; a blockhouse.

Fortin (n.) A little fort; a fortlet.

Fortissimo (adv.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.

Fortition (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.

Fortitude (n.) Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.

Fortitudinous (a.) Having fortitude; courageous.

Fortlet (n.) A little fort.

Fortnight (n.) The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Fortnightly (a.) Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.

Fortnightly (adv.) Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.

Fortread (v. t.) To tread down; to trample upon.

Fortresses (pl. ) of Fortress

Fortress (n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

Fortress (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

Fortuitous (a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Fortuitous (a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

Fortuity (n.) Accident; chance; casualty.

Fortunate (n.) Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.

Fortunate (n.) Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.

Fortunately (adv.) In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.

Fortunateness (n.) The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness.

Fortune (n.) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.

Fortune (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune.

Fortune (n.) That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort.

Fortune (n.) Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.

Fortune (n.) To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to.

Fortune (n.) To provide with a fortune.

Fortune (n.) To presage; to tell the fortune of.

Fortune (v. i.) To fall out; to happen.

Fortuneless (a.) Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion.

Fortunize (v. t.) To regulate the fortune of; to make happy.

Forty (a.) Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.

Forties (pl. ) of Forty

Forty (n.) The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.

Forty (n.) A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.

Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).

Forums (pl. ) of Forum

Fora (pl. ) of Forum

Forum (n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

Forum (n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.

Forwaked (p. p. & a.) Tired out with excessive waking or watching.

Forwander (v. i.) To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.

Forward (n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

Forward (adv.) Alt. of Forwards

Forwards (adv.) Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

Forward (a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.

Forward (a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.

Forward (a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.

Forward (a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

Forwarded (imp. & p. p.) of Forward

Forwarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forward

Forward (v. t.) To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.

Forward (v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Forwarder (n.) One who forwards or promotes; a promoter.

Forwarder (n.) One who sends forward anything; (Com.) one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant.

Forwarder (n.) One employed in forwarding.

Forwarding (n.) The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.

Forwarding (n.) The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher.

Forwardly (adv.) Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.

Forwardness (n.) The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.

Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness.

Forwardness (n.) Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth.

Forwardness (n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.

Forwardness (n.) A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil.

Forwards (adv.) Same as Forward.

Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.

Forwweary (v. t.) To weary extremely; to dispirit.

Forweep (v. i.) To weep much.

Forwete (v. t.) See Forewite.

Forwhy (conj.) Wherefore; because.

Forworn (a.) Much worn.

Forwot () pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete.

Forwrap (v. t.) To wrap up; to conceal.

Foryelde (v. t.) To repay; to requite.

Foryete (v. t.) To forget.

Foryetten () p. p. of Foryete.

Forzando (adv.) See Sforzato.

FossAe (pl. ) of Fossa

Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds.

Fossane (n.) A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.

Fosse (n.) A ditch or moat.

Fosse (n.) See Fossa.

Fosset (n.) A faucet.

Fossette (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple.

Fossette (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea.

Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

Fossil (a.) Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

Fossil (a.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.

Fossil (n.) A substance dug from the earth.

Fossil (n.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.

Fossil (n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.

Fossiliferous (a.) Containing or composed of fossils.

Fossilification (n.) The process of becoming fossil.

Fossilism (n.) The science or state of fossils.

Fossilism (n.) The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.

Fossilist (n.) One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.

Fossilization (n.) The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.

Fossilized (imp. & p. p.) of Fossilize

Fossilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fossilize

Fossilize (v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.

Fossilize (v. i.) To become fossil.

Fossilize (v. i.) To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.

Fossilized (a.) Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.

Fossores (n. pl.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.

Fossoria (n. pl.) See Fossores.

Fossorial (a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.

Fossorious (a.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.

Fossulate (a.) Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.

Fostered (imp. & p. p.) of Foster

Fostering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foster

Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

Foster (v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.

Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.

Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.

Foster (n.) A forester.

Fosterage (n.) The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

Foster (n.) One who, or that which, fosters.

Fosterling (n.) A foster child.

Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.

Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.

Fother (n.) A wagonload; a load of any sort.

Fother (n.) See Fodder, a unit of weight.

Fothered (imp. & p. p.) of Fother

Fothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fother

Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack.

Fotive (a.) Nourishing.

Fotmal (n.) Seventy pounds of lead.

Fougade (n.) Alt. of Fougasse

Fougasse (n.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.

Fought () imp. & p. p. of Fight.

Foughten () p. p. of Fight.

Foul (n.) A bird.

Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.

Foul (superl.) Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.

Foul (superl.) Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.

Foul (superl.) Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.

Foul (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.

Foul (superl.) Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.

Foul (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.

Foul (superl.) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.

Fouled (imp. & p. p.) of Foul

Fouling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foul

Foul (v. t.) To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.

Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

Foul (v. t.) To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.

Foul (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.

Foul (v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.

Foul (v. i.) To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.

Foul (n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.

Foul (n.) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.

Foulard (n.) A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.

Foule (adv.) Foully.

Foully (v.) In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably.

Foul-mouthed (a.) Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.

Foulness (n.) The quality or condition of being foul.

Foul-spoken (a.) Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.

Foumart (a.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat.

Found () imp. & p. p. of Find.

Founded (imp. & p. p.) of Found

Founding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Found

Found (v. t.) To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.

Found (n.) A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

Founded (imp. & p. p.) of Found

Founding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Found

Found (v. i.) To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.

Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.

Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

Foundation (n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.

Foundation (n.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

Foundation (n.) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

Foundation (n.) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

Foundationer (n.) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.

Foundationless (a.) Having no foundation.

Founder (n.) One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

Founder (n.) One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

Foundered (imp. & p. p.) of Founder

Foundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Founder

Founder (v. i.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.

Founder (v. i.) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

Founder (v. i.) To fail; to miscarry.

Founder (v. t.) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

Founder (n.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.

Founder (n.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.

Founderous (a.) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road.

Foundershaft (n.) The first shaft sunk.

Founderies (pl. ) of Foundery

Foundery (n.) Same as Foundry.

Founding (n.) The art of smelting and casting metals.

Foundling (v. t.) A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.

Foundress (n.) A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.

Foundries (pl. ) of Foundry

Foundry (n.) The act, process, or art of casting metals.

Foundry (n.) The buildings and works for casting metals.

Fount (n.) A font.

Fount (n.) A fountain.

Fountain (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.

Fountain (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.

Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.

Fountain (n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Fountainless (a.) Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water.

Fountful (a.) Full of fountains.

Four (a.) One more than three; twice two.

Four (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.

Four (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.

Four (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.

Fourb (n.) Alt. of Fourbe

Fourbe (n.) A trickly fellow; a cheat.

Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.

Fourchette (n.) A table fork.

Fourchette (n.) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.

Fourchette (n.) The wishbone or furculum of birds.

Fourchette (n.) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

Fourchette (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.

Four-cornered (a.) Having four corners or angles.

Fourdrinier (n.) A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.

Fourfold (a. & adv.) Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.

Fourfold (n.) Four times as many or as much.

Fourfold (v. t.) To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.

Fourfooted (a.) Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.

Fourgon (n.) An ammunition wagon.

Fourgon (n.) A French baggage wagon.

Fourhanded (a.) Having four hands; quadrumanous.

Fourhanded (a.) Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.

Fourierism (n.) The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.

Fourierist (n.) Alt. of Fourierite

Fourierite (n.) One who adopts the views of Fourier.

Four-in-hand (a.) Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.

Four-in-hand (n.) A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.

Fourling (n.) One of four children born at the same time.

Fourling (n.) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.

Fourneau (n.) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.

Four-o'clock (n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.

Four-o'clock (n.) The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

Fourpence (n.) A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.

Fourpence (n.) A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.

Four-poster (n.) A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.

Fourrier (n.) A harbinger.

Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.

Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.

Foursquare (a.) Having four sides and four equal angles.

Fourteen (a.) Four and ten more; twice seven.

Fourteen (n.) The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects.

Fourteen (n.) A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.

Fourteenth (a.) Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month.

Fourteenth (a.) Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived.

Fourteenth (n.) One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.

Fourteenth (n.) The octave of the seventh.

Fourth (a.) Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.

Fourth (a.) Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.

Fourth (n.) One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.

Fourth (n.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.

Fourthly (adv.) In the fourth place.

Four-way (a.) Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.

Four-wheeled (a.) Having four wheels.

Four-wheeler (n.) A vehicle having four wheels.

Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.

Fouter (n.) A despicable fellow.

Foutra (n.) A fig; -- a word of contempt.

Fouty (a.) Despicable.

Foveae (pl. ) of Fovea

Fovea (n.) A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

Foveate (a.) Having pits or depressions; pitted.

Foveolae (pl. ) of Foveola

Foveola (n.) A small depression or pit; a fovea.

Foveolate (a.) Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers.

Foveolated (a.) Foveolate.

Fovillae (pl. ) of Fovilla

Fovilla (n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

Fowls (pl. ) of Fowl

Fowl (n.) Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

Fowl (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).

Fowled (imp. & p. p.) of Fowl

Fowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fowl

Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.

Fowler (n.) A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food.

Fowlerite (n.) A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.

Fowler's solution () An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.

Foxes (pl. ) of Fox

Fox (n.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.

Fox (n.) The European dragonet.

Fox (n.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Fox (n.) A sly, cunning fellow.

Fox (n.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

Fox (n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Fox (n.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.

Foxed (imp. & p. p.) of Fox

Foxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fox

Fox (n.) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Fox (n.) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

Fox (n.) To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Fox (v. i.) To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxearth (n.) A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.

Fracas (v. t.) An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.

Fracho (n.) A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.

Fracid (a.) Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.

Fract (v. t.) To break; to violate.

Fracted (a.) Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary.

Foxed (a.) Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.

Foxed (a.) Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.

Foxery (n.) Behavior like that of a fox; cunning.

Foxes (n. pl.) See Fox, n., 7.

Foxfish (n.) The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxfish (n.) The european dragonet. See Dragonet.

Foxglove (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.

Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

Fox-hunting (a.) Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.

Foxiness (n.) The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.

Foxiness (n.) The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.

Foxiness (n.) A coarse and sour taste in grapes.

Foxish (a.) Foxlike.

Foxlike (a.) Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.

Foxly (a.) Foxlike.

Foxship (n.) Foxiness; craftiness.

Foxtail (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.

Foxtail (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.

Foxtail (n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Foxy (a.) Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.

Foxy (a.) Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

Foxy (a.) Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.

Foxy (a.) Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.

Foy (n.) Faith; allegiance; fealty.

Foy (n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.

Foyer (n.) A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Foyson (n.) See Foison.

Foziness (n.) The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness.

Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.

Fra (adv. & prep.) Fro.

Fra (n.) Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo.

Frab (v. i. & t.) To scold; to nag.

Frabbit (a.) Crabbed; peevish.

Fraction (n.) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

Fraction (n.) A portion; a fragment.

Fraction (n.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.

Fraction (v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.

Fractional (a.) Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.

Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population.

Fractionally (adv.) By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.

Fractionary (a.) Fractional.

Fractionate (v. t.) To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.

Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture.

Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

Fracture (n.) The breaking of a bone.

Fracture (n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

Fractured (imp. & p. p.) of Fracture

Fracturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fracture

Fracture (v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

Fraenula (pl. ) of Fraenulum

Fraenulum (n.) A fraenum.

Fraenums (pl. ) of Frenum

Fraena (pl. ) of Frenum

Fraenum (n.) Alt. of Frenum

Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue.

Fragile (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

Fragility (n.) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

Fragility (n.) Weakness; feebleness.

Fragility (n.) Liability to error and sin; frailty.

Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

Fragmentak (a.) Fragmentary.

Fragmentak (a.) Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc.

Fragmental (n.) A fragmentary rock.

Fragmentarily (adv.) In a fragmentary manner; piecemeal.

Fragmentariness (n.) The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity.

Fragmentary (a.) Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire.

Fragmentary (a.) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

Fragmented (a.) Broken into fragments.

Fragmentist (n.) A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbuttel.

Fragor (n.) A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.

Fragor (n.) A strong or sweet scent.

Fragrance (n.) Alt. of Fragrancy

Fragrancy (n.) The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.

Fragrant (a.) Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

Fraight (a.) Same as Fraught.

Frail (n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

Frail (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

Frail (n.) A rush for weaving baskets.

Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

Frail (superl) Tender.

Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

Frailly (adv.) Weakly; infirmly.

Frailness (n.) Frailty.

Frailties (pl. ) of Frailty

Frailty (a.) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.

Frailty (a.) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

Fraischeur (a.) Freshness; coolness.

Fraise (n.) A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.

Fraise (n.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

Fraise (n.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

Fraise (v. t.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.

Fraised (a.) Fortified with a fraise.

Fraken (n.) A freckle.

Framable (a.) Capable of being framed.

Frambaesia (n.) The yaws. See Yaws.

Framed (imp. & p. p.) of Frame

Framing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frame

Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

Frame (v. t.) To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.

Frame (v. t.) To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.

Frame (v. t.) To cause; to bring about; to produce.

Frame (v. t.) To support.

Frame (v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture.

Frame (v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.

Frame (v. i.) To proceed; to go.

Frame (n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.

Frame (n.) The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.

Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched

Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.

Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.

Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.

Frame (n.) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.

Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.

Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.

Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.

Frame (n.) Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.

Frame (n.) Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.

Frame (n.) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.

Framer (n.) One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.

Framework (n.) The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

Framework (n.) Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.

Framing (n.) The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.

Framing (n.) A framework, or a sy/ of frames.

Frampel (a.) Alt. of Frampoid

Frampoid (a.) Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome.

Franc (a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.

Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.

Franchise (a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.

Franchise (a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

Franchised (imp. & p. p.) of Franchise

Franchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Franchise

Franchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

Franchisement (n.) Release; deliverance; freedom.

Francic (a.) Pertaining to the Franks, or their language; Frankish.

Franciscan (a.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.

Franciscan (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.

Francolin (n.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.

Francolite (n.) A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.

Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.

Frangibility (n.) The state or quality of being frangible.

Frangible (a.) Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

Frangipane (n.) A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.

Frangipane (n.) A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.

Frangipani (n.) Alt. of Frangipanni

Frangipanni (n.) A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.

Frangulic (a.) Alt. of Frangulinic

Frangulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn.

Frangulin (n.) A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin.

Franion (n.) A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow.

Frank (n.) A pigsty.

Frank (v. t.) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

Frank (n.) The common heron; -- so called from its note.

Frank (n.) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.

Frank (n.) Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.

Frank (n.) Liberal; generous; profuse.

Frank (n.) Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Franked (imp. & p. p.) of Frank

Franking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frank

Frank (v. t.) To send by public conveyance free of expense.

Frank (v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

Frank (a.) The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.

Frank (a.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.

Frank (a.) A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

Frank (a.) A French coin. See Franc.

Frankalmoigne (a.) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms.

Frank-chase (n.) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.

Frank-fee (n.) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.

Frankfort black () A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc.

Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.

Franking (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

Frankish (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.

Frank-law (n.) The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights.

Franklin (a.) An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

Franklinic (a.) Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin.

Franklinite (n.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

Franklin stove () A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves.

Frankly (adv.) In a frank manner; freely.

Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten.

Frankness (n.) The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

Frankpledge (n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

Frankpledge (n.) The tithing itself.

Frantic (a.) Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.

Frapped (imp. & p. p.) of Frap

Frapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frap

Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.

Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.

Frape (n.) A crowd, a rabble.

Frapler (n.) A blusterer; a rowdy.

Frater (n.) A monk; also, a frater house.

Fraternal (a.) Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.

Fraternate (v. i.) To fraternize; to hold fellowship.

Fraternation (n.) Alt. of Fraternism

Fraternism (n.) Fraternization.

Fraternities (pl. ) of Fraternity

Fraternity (n.) The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

Fraternity (n.) A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.

Fraternity (n.) Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.

Fraternization (n.) The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

Fraternized (imp. & p. p.) of Fraternize

Fraternizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fraternize

Fraternize (v. i.) To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.

Fraternize (v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.

Fraternizer (n.) One who fraternizes.

Fratery (n.) A frater house. See under Frater.

Fratrage (n.) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin.

Fratricelli (n. pl.) The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century.

Fratricelli (n. pl.) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli.

Fratricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide.

Fratricide (n.) The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.

Fratricide (n.) One who murders or kills his own brother.

Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.

Fraud (n.) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.

Fraud (n.) A trap or snare.

Fraudful (a.) Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things.

Fraudless (a.) Free from fraud.

Fraudulence (n.) Alt. of Fraudulency

Fraudulency (n.) The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.

Fraudulent (a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

Fraudulent (a.) Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.

Fraudulent (a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.

Fraudulently (adv.) In a fraudulent manner.

Fraught (n.) A freight; a cargo.

Fraught (a.) Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.

Fraughted (imp. & p. p.) of Fraught

Fraught () of Fraught

Fraughting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fraught

Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.

Fraughtage (n.) Freight; loading; cargo.

Fraughting (a.) Constituting the freight or cargo.

Fraunhofer lines () The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist.

Fraxin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.

Fraxinus (n.) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.

Frayed (imp. & p. p.) of Fray

Fraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fray

Fray (v. t.) To frighten; to terrify; to alarm.

Fray (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to defray.

Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

Fray (v. i.) To rub.

Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly.

Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.

Fraying (n.) The skin which a deer frays from his horns.

Freaked (imp. & p. p.) of Freak

Freaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freak

Freak (v. t.) To variegate; to checker; to streak.

Freak (n.) A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.

Freaking (a.) Freakish.

Freakish (a.) Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious.

Freck (v. t.) To checker; to diversify.

Freckle (v. t.) A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.

Freckle (v. t.) Any small spot or discoloration.

Freckled (imp. & p. p.) of Freckle

Freckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freckle

Freckle (v. t.) To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to spot.

Freckle (v. i.) To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.

Freckled (a.) Marked with freckles; spotted.

Freckledness (n.) The state of being freckled.

Freckly (a.) Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.

Fred (n.) Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.

Fredstole (n.) See Fridstol.

Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.

Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.

Free (superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.

Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.

Free (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.

Free (superl.) Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.

Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.

Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Free (superl.) Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.

Free (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.

Free (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.

Free (superl.) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

Free (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.

Free (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.

Free (superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.

Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.

Free (superl.) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.

Free (superl.) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.

Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.

Free (adv.) Freely; willingly.

Free (adv.) Without charge; as, children admitted free.

Freed (imp. & p. p.) of Free

Freeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Free

Free (a.) To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences.

Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.

Free (a.) To frank.

Freebooter (n.) One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber.

Freebootery (n.) The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting.

Freebooting (n.) Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.

Freebooting (a.) Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.

Freebooty (n.) Freebootery.

Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.

Free-denizen (v. t.) To make free.

Freedmen (pl. ) of Freedman

Freedman (n.) A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.

Freedom (n.) The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

Freedom (n.) Privileges; franchises; immunities.

Freedom (n.) Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.

Freedom (n.) Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.

Freedom (n.) Frankness; openness; unreservedness.

Freedom (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.

Freedom (n.) Generosity; liberality.

Freedstool (n.) See Fridstol.

Free-hand (a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing.

Free-handed (a.) Open-handed; liberal.

Free-hearted (a.) Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.

Freehold (n.) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held.

Freeholder (n.) The possessor of a freehold.

Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.

Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.

Free-love (n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.

Free-lover (n.) One who believes in or practices free-love.

Freelte (n.) Frailty.

Freely (adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.

Freemen (pl. ) of Freeman

Freeman (n.) One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.

Freeman (n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman.

Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.

Freemason (n.) One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.

Freemasonic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.

Freemasonry (n.) The institutions or the practices of freemasons.

Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment.

Free-minded (a.) Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.

Freeness (n.) The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.

Freer (n.) One who frees, or sets free.

Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856.

Free-spoken (a.) Accustomed to speak without reserve.

Freestone (n.) A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

Freestone (a.) Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches.

Free-swimming (a.) Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.

Freethinker (n.) One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century.

Freethinking (n.) Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.

Freethinking (a.) Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.

Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve.

Free will () A will free from improper coercion or restraint.

Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.

Freewill (a.) Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering.

Freezable (a.) Capable of being frozen.

Freeze (n.) A frieze.

Froze (imp.) of Freeze

Frozen (p. p.) of Freeze

Freezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freeze

Freeze (v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.

Freeze (v. i.) To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins.

Freeze (v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

Freeze (v. t.) To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.

Freeze (n.) The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed.

Freezer (n.) One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, or the tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream.

Freezing (a.) Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

Freieslebenite (n.) A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.

Freight (n.) That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.

Freight (n.) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.

Freight (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.

Freight (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line.

Freight (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.

Freighted (imp. & p. p.) of Freight

Freighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freight

Freight (v. t.) To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car.

Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.

Freightage (n.) The transportation of freight.

Freightage (n.) Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.

Freighter (n.) One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.

Freighter (n.) One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.

Freighter (n.) One for whom freight is transported.

Freighter (n.) A vessel used mainly to carry freight.

Freightless (a.) Destitute of freight.

Frelte (n.) Frailty.

Fremd (a.) Alt. of Fremed

Fremed (a.) Strange; foreign.

Fren (a.) A stranger.

French (a.) Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.

French (n.) The language spoken in France.

French (n.) Collectively, the people of France.

Frenchified (imp. & p. p.) of Frenchify

Frenchifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frenchify

Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.

Frenchism (n.) A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language.

Frenchmen (pl. ) of Frenchman

Frenchman (n.) A native or one of the people of France.

Frenetir (a.) Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.

Frenetical (a.) Frenetic; frantic; frenzied.

Frenums (pl. ) of Frenum

Frena (pl. ) of Frenum

Frenum (n.) A cheek stripe of color.

Frenum (n.) Same as Fraenum.

Frenzical (a.) Frantic.

Frenzied (p. p. & a.) Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened.

Frenzies (pl. ) of Frenzy

Frenzy (n.) Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.

Frenzy (a.) Mad; frantic.

Frenzy (v. t.) To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness

Frequence (n.) A crowd; a throng; a concourse.

Frequence (n.) Frequency; abundance.

Frequencies (pl. ) of Frequency

Frequency (n.) The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.

Frequency (n.) A crowd; a throng.

Frequent (n.) Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.

Frequent (n.) Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.

Frequent (n.) Full; crowded; thronged.

Frequent (n.) Often or commonly reported.

Frequented (imp. & p. p.) of Frequent

Frequenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frequent

Frequent (a.) To visit often; to resort to often or habitually.

Frequent (a.) To make full; to fill.

Frequentable (a.) Accessible.

Frequentage (n.) The practice or habit of frequenting.

Frequentation (n.) The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort.

Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.

Frequentative (n.) A frequentative verb.

Frequenter (n.) One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.

Frequently (adv.) At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

Frequentness (n.) The quality of being frequent.

Frere (n.) A friar.

Frescade (a.) A cool walk; shady place.

Frescoes (pl. ) of Fresco

Frescos (pl. ) of Fresco

Fresco (a.) A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

Fresco (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.

Fresco (a.) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.

Fresco (a.) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

Frescoed (imp. & p. p.) of Fresco

Frescoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fresco

Fresco (v. t.) To paint in fresco, as walls.

Fresh (superl) Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

Fresh (superl) New; original; additional.

Fresh (superl) Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.

Fresh (superl) Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.

Fresh (superl) In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.

Fresh (superl) Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.

Fresh (superl) Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.

Freshes (pl. ) of Fresh

Fresh (n.) A stream or spring of fresh water.

Fresh (n.) A flood; a freshet.

Fresh (n.) The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.

Fresh (v. t.) To refresh; to freshen.

Freshened (imp. & p. p.) of Freshen

Freshening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freshen

Freshen (v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

Freshen (v. t.) To refresh; to revive.

Freshen (v. t.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.

Freshen (v. i.) To grow fresh; to lose saltness.

Freshen (v. i.) To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Freshet (a.) A stream of fresh water.

Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.

Freshly (adv.) In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly.

Freshmen (pl. ) of Freshman

Freshman (n.) novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university.

Freshmanship (n.) The state of being a freshman.

Freshment (n.) Refreshment.

Freshness (n.) The state of being fresh.

Fresh-new (a.) Unpracticed.

Fresh-water (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.

Fresh-water (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.

Fresh-water (a.) Unskilled; raw.

Fresnel lamp () Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern

Fres'nel' lan'tern () A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.

Fresnel lens () See under Lens.

Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.

Fretted (imp. & p. p.) of Fret

Fretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fret

Fret (v. t.) To devour.

Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.

Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.

Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.

Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.

Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.

Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.

Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.

Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.

Fret (n.) Herpes; tetter.

Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.

Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.

Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.

Fret (n.) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

Fret (v. t.) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.

Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.

Frett (n.) The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.

Frett (n.) A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.

Fretted (p. p. & a.) Rubbed or worn away; chafed.

Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.

Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.

Fretted (p. p. & a.) Interlaced one with another; -- said of charges and ordinaries.

Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox.

Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets.

Fretty (a.) Adorned with fretwork.

Freta (pl. ) of Fretum

Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea.

Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like.

Freya (n.) The daughter of Njord, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct.

Friabiiity (n.) The quality of being friable; friableness.

Friable (a.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.

Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.

Friar (n.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.

Friar (n.) An American fish; the silversides.

Friarly (a.) Like a friar; inexperienced.

Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.

Friary (n.) A monastery; a convent of friars.

Friary (n.) The institution or praactices of friars.

Friation (n.) The act of breaking up or pulverizing.

Frible (a.) Frivolous; trifling; sily.

Fribble (n.) A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.

Fribble (v. i.) To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.

Fribble (v. i.) To totter.

Fribbler (n.) A trifler; a fribble.

Fribbling (a.) Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.

Friborg (n.) Alt. of Friborgh

Friborgh (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge.

Fricace (n.) Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce.

Fricace (n.) An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent.

Fricandeau (n.) Alt. of Fricando

Fricando (n.) A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entree, -- called also fricandel.

Fricassee (n.) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.

Fricassed (imp. & p. p.) of Frlcassee

Fricasseeing (p. pr. &. vb. n.) of Frlcassee

Frlcassee (v. t.) To dress like a fricassee.

Frication (n.) Friction.

Fricative (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.

Fricative (n.) A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.

Fricatrice (n.) A lewd woman; a harlot.

Frickle (n.) A bushel basket.

Ftiction (n.) The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.

Ftiction (n.) The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion.

Ftiction (n.) A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress.

Frictional (a.) Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.

Frictionless (a.) Having no friction.

Friday (n.) The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.

Fridge (n.) To rub; to fray.

Fridstol (n.) Alt. of Frithstool

Frithstool (n.) A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary.

Fried () imp. & p. p. of Fry.

Friend (n.) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.

Friend (n.) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

Friend (n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.

Friend (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

Friend (n.) A paramour of either sex.

Friended (imp. & p. p.) of Friend

Friending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friend

Friend (v. t.) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.

Friended (a.) Having friends;

Friended (a.) Inclined to love; well-disposed.

Friending (n.) Friendliness.

Friendless (a.) Destitute of friends; forsaken.

Friendlily (adv.) In a friendly manner.

Friendliness (n.) The condition or quality of being friendly.

Friendly (a.) Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

Friendly (a.) Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.

Friendly (a.) Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.

Friendly (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.

Friendly (adv.) In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.

Friendship (n.) The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.

Friendship (n.) Kindly aid; help; assistance,

Friendship (n.) Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence.

Frier (n.) One who fries.

Friese (n.) Same as Friesic, n.

Friesic (a.) Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.

Friesic (n.) The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.

Friesish (a.) Friesic.

Frieze (n.) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column.

Frieze (n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

Frieze (v. t.) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.

Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2.

Friezer (n.) One who, or that which, friezes or frizzes.

Frigate (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.

Frigate (n.) Any small vessel on the water.

Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.

Frigefaction (n.) The act of making cold. [Obs.]

Frigefactive (a.) Cooling.

Frigerate (e. t.) To make cool.

Frigg (n.) Alt. of Frigga

Frigga (n.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya.

Fright (n.) A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.

Frighted (imp.) of Fright

Frighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fright

Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.

Frightened (imp.) of Frighten

Frightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frighten

Frighten (v. t.) To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

Frightful (a.) Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.

Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.

Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.

Frightfulness (n.) The quality of being frightful.

Frightless (a.) Free from fright; fearless.

Frightment (n.) Fear; terror.

Frigid (a.) Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.

Frigid (a.) Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.

Frigid (a.) Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.

Frigidaria (pl. ) of Frigidarium

Frigidarium (n.) The cooling room of the Roman thermae, furnished with a cold bath.

Prigidity (n.) The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.

Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.

Prigidity (n.) Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.

Frigidly (adv.) In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.

Frigidness (n.) The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

Frigorific (a.) Alt. of Frigorifical

Frigorifical (a.) Causing cold; producing or generating cold.

Frilled (imp. & p. p.) of Frill

Frilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frill

Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

Frill (v. i.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.

Frill (v. t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.

Frill (v. i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.

Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal.

Frill (v. i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.

Frill (v. i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.

Frill (v. i.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

Frilled (a.) Furnished with a frill or frills.

Frim (a.) Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous.

Frimaire (n.) The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendemiaire.

Fringe (n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

Fringe (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.

Fringe (n.) One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.

Fringe (n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

Fringed (imp. & p. p.) of Fringe

Fringing (p. pr. & vb. a.) of Fringe

Fringe (v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.

Fringed (a.) Furnished with a fringe.

Fringeless (a.) Having no fringe.

Fringent (a.) Encircling like a fringe; bordering.

Fringilla (a.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.

Fringillaceous (a.) Fringilline.

Fringilline (a.) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

Fringy (a.) Aborned with fringes.

Fripper (n.) One who deals in frippery or in old clothes.

Fripperer (n.) A fripper.

Frippery (n.) Coast-off clothes.

Frippery (n.) Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.

Frippery (n.) A place where old clothes are sold.

Frippery (n.) The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.

Friseur' (n.) A hairdresser.

Frisian (a.) Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.

Frisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.

Frisk (a.) Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

Frisked (imp. & p. p.) of Frisk

Frisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frisk

Frisk (v. i.) To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.

Friskal (n.) A leap or caper.

Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.

Frisket (a.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.

Friskful (a.) Brisk; lively; frolicsome.

Friskily' (adv.) In a frisky manner.

Friskiness (n.) State or quality of being frisky.

Frisky (a.) Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.

Frislet (n.) A kind of small ruffle.

Frist (v. t.) To sell upon credit, as goods.

Frisure (n.) The dressing of the hair by crisping or curling.

Frit (v. t.) The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients.

Frit (v. t.) The material for glaze of pottery.

Fritted (imp. & p. p.) of Frit

Fritting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frit

Frit (v. t.) To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

Frit (v. t.) To fritter; -- with away.

Frith (n.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

Frith (n.) A kind of weir for catching fish.

Frith (a.) A forest; a woody place.

Frith (a.) A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.

Frithy (a.) Woody.

Fritillaria (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.

Fritillary (n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.

Fritillary (n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.

Fritinancy (n.) A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket.

Fritter (v. t.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

Fritter (v. t.) A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

Frittered (imp. & p. p.) of Fritter

Frittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fritter

Fritter (v. t.) To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

Fritter (v. t.) To break into small pieces or fragments.

Fritting (n.) The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.

Frivolism (n.) Frivolity.

Frivolities (pl. ) of Frivolity

Frivolity (n.) The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

Frivolous (a.) Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.

Frizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Friz

Frizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friz

Friz (v. t.) To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

Friz (v. t.) To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

Frizzes (pl. ) of Friz

Friz (n.) That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.

Frize (n.) See 1st Frieze.

Frizel (a.) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.

Frizette (n.) A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

Frizz (v. t. & n.) See Friz, v. t. & n.

Frizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Frizzle

Frizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frizzle

Frizzle (v. t.) To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.

Frizzle (n.) A curl; a lock of hair crisped.

Frizzler (n.) One who frizzles.

Frizzly (a.) Alt. of Frizzy

Frizzy (a.) Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.

Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To.

Fro (prep.) From.

Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.

Frock (v. t.) To clothe in a frock.

Frock (v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

Frocked (a.) Clothed in a frock.

Frockless (a.) Destitute of a frock.

Froe (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.

Frog (n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

Frog (n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

Frog (v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.

Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.

Frogbit (n.) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits.

Frogfish (n.) See Angler, n., 2.

Frogfish (n.) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.

Frogged (a.) Provided or ornamented with frogs; as, a frogged coat. See Frog, n., 4.

Froggy (a.) Abounding in frogs.

Frogmouth (n.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.

Frogs-bit (n.) Frogbit.

Frogshell (n.) One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.

Froise (n.) A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise.

Frolic (a.) Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

Frolic (n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.

Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.

Frolicked (imp. & p. p.) of Frolic

Frolicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frolic

Frolic (v. i.) To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

Frolicful (a.) Frolicsome.

Frolicky (a.) Frolicsome.

Frolicly (adv.) In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety.

Frolicsome (a.) Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.

From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.

Fromward (prep.) Alt. of Fromwards

Fromwards (prep.) A way from; -- the contrary of toward.

Frond (n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.

Frondation (n.) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning.

Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party.

Fronded (a.) Furnished with fronds.

Frondent (a.) Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree.

Frondesce (v. i.) To unfold leaves, as plants.

Frondescence (n.) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.

Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.

Frondeur (n.) A member of the Fronde.

Frondiferous (a.) Producing fronds.

Frondlet (n.) A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond.

Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.

Frondose (a.) Leafy.

Frondous (a.) Frondose.

Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

Front (n.) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Front (n.) The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front.

Front (n.) The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.

Front (n.) A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.

Front (n.) The most conspicuous part.

Front (n.) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Front (n.) The beginning.

Front (a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

Fronted (imp. & p. p.) of Front

Fronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Front

Front (v. t.) To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.

Front (v. t.) To appear before; to meet.

Front (v. t.) To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.

Front (v. t.) To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.

Front (v. t.) To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.

Frontage (n.) The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

Frontal (a.) Belonging to the front part; being in front

Frontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.

Frontal (n.) Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet

Frontal (n.) An ornamental band for the hair.

Frontal (n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.

Frontal (n.) A little pediment over a door or window.

Frontal (n.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.

Frontal (n.) A medicament or application for the forehead.

Frontal (n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.

Frontate (a.) Alt. of Fron'tated

Fron'tated (a.) Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.

Fronted (a.) Formed with a front; drawn up in line.

Frontier (n.) That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.

Frontier (n.) An outwork.

Frontier (a.) Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a frontier town.

Frontier (a.) Of or relating to a frontier.

Frontier (v. i.) To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with on.

Frontiered (p. a.) Placed on the frontiers.

Frontiersmen (pl. ) of Floatiersman

Floatiersman (n.) A man living on the frontier.

Frontignac (n.) Alt. of Frontignan

Frontignan (n.) A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan (Languedoc), France.

Frontignan (n.) A grape of many varieties and colors.

Frontingly (adv.) In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.

Frontiniac (n.) See Frontignac.

Frontispiece (n.) The part which first meets the eye

Frontispiece (n.) The principal front of a building.

Frontispiece (n.) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

Frontless (a.) Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.

Frontlessly (adv.) Shamelessly; impudently.

Frontlet (n.) A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead.

Frontlet (n.) A frown (likened to a frontlet).

Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles.

Fronto- () A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.

Fronton (n.) Same as Frontal, 2.

Froppish (a.) Peevish; froward.

Frore (adv.) Frostily.

Frorn (p. a.) Frozen.

Frory (a.) Frozen; stiff with cold.

Frory (a.) Covered with a froth like hoarfrost.

Frost (v. i.) The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

Frost (v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather.

Frost (v. i.) Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.

Frost (v. i.) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

Frostted (imp. & p. p.) of Frost

Frosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frost

Frost (v. t.) To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants.

Frost (v. t.) To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass.

Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.

Frostbird (n.) The golden plover.

Frostbite (n.) The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

Frostbite (v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

Frost-bitten (p. a.) Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.

Frost-blite (n.) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache.

Frost-blite (n.) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).

Frosted (a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.

Frostfish (n.) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod.

Frostfish (n.) The smelt.

Frostfish (n.) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.

Frostily (adv.) In a frosty manner.

Frostiness (n.) State or quality of being frosty.

Frosting (n.) A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.

Frosting (n.) A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

Frostless (a.) Free from frost; as, a frostless winter.

Frostweed (n.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.

Frostwork (n.) The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.

Frostwort (n.) Same as Frostweed.

Frosty (a.) Attended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

Frosty (a.) Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty.

Frosty (a.) Chill in affection; without warmth of affection or courage.

Frosty (a.) Appearing as if covered with hoarfrost; white; gray-haired; as, a frosty head.

Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

Froterer (n.) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.

Froth (n.) The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

Froth (n.) Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.

Froth (n.) Light, unsubstantial matter.

Frothed (imp. & p. p.) of Froth

Frothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Froth

Froth (v. t.) To cause to foam.

Froth (v. t.) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

Froth (v. t.) To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

Froth (v. i.) To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

Frothily (adv.) In a frothy manner.

Frothiness (n.) State or quality of being frothy.

Frothing (n.) Exaggerated declamation; rant.

Frothless (a.) Free from froth.

Frothy (superl.) Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.

Frothy (superl.) Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.

Frothy (superl.) Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue.

Frounced (imp. & p. p.) of Frounce

Frouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frounce

Frounce (v. i.) To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.

Frounce (v. i.) To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown.

Frounce (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown.

Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill.

Frounceless (a.) Without frounces.

Frouzy (a.) Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy.

Frow (n.) A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.

Frow (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern.

Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.

Frow (a.) Brittle.

Froward (a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.

Frower (n.) A tool. See 2d Frow.

Frowey (a.) Working smoothly, or without splitting; -- said of timber.

Frowned (imp. &, p. p.) of Frown

Frowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frown

Frown (v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.

Frown (v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.

Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.

Frown (n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.

Frown (n.) Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

Frowningly (adv.) In a frowning manner.

Frowny (a.) Frowning; scowling.

Frowy (a.) Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter.

Frowzy (a.) Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.

Froze () imp. of Freeze.

Frozen (a.) Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook.

Frozen (a.) Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones.

Frozen (a.) Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding.

Frozenness (n.) A state of being frozen.

Frubish (v. t.) To rub up: to furbish.

Fructed (a.) Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon.

Fructescence (n.) The maturing or ripening of fruit.

Fructiculose (a.) Fruitful; full of fruit.

Fructidor (n.) The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire.

Fructiferuos (a.) Bearing or producing fruit.

Fructification (n.) The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.

Fructification (n.) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.

Fructification (n.) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.

Fructify (v. i.) To bear fruit.

Fructified (imp. & p. p.) of Fructify

Fructifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fructify

Fructify (v. t.) To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.

Fructose (n.) Fruit sugar; levulose.

Fructuaries (pl. ) of Fructuary

Fructuary (n.) One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything.

Fructuation (n.) Produce; fruit.

Fructuous (a.) Fruitful; productive; profitable.

Fructure (n.) Use; fruition; enjoyment.

Frue vanner () A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle.

Frugal (n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.

Frugal (n.) Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune.

Frugalities (pl. ) of Frugality

Frugality (n.) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.

Frugality (n.) A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.

Frugally (adv.) Thriftily; prudently.

Frugalness (n.) Quality of being frugal; frugality.

Frugiferous (a.) Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous.

Frugivora (n. pl.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.

Frugivorous (a.) Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals.

Fruit (v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.

Fruit (v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.

Fruit (v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.

Fruit (v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.

Fruit (v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.

Fruit (v. t.) That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.

Fruit (v. i.) To bear fruit.

Fruitage (n.) Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery.

Fruitage (n.) Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.

Fruiter (a.) A ship for carrying fruit.

Fruiterer (n.) One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.

Fruiteress (n.) A woman who sells fruit.

Fruiteries (pl. ) of Fruitery

Fruitery (n.) Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage.

Fruitery (n.) A repository for fruit.

Fruitestere (n.) A fruiteress.

Fruitful (a.) Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife.

Fruiting (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.

Fruiting (n.) The bearing of fruit.

Fruition (n.) Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.

Fruitive (a.) Enjoying; possessing.

Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.

Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy.

Fruit'y (a.) Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful.

Frumentaceous (a.) Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.

Frumentarious (a.) Of or pertaining to wheat or grain.

Frumentation (n.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

Frumenty (n.) Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc.

Frump (v. t.) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

Frump (n.) A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.

Frump (n.) A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip.

Frumper (n.) A mocker.

Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.

Frumpish (a.) Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.

Frush (v. t.) To batter; to break in pieces.

Frush (a.) Easily broken; brittle; crisp.

Frush (n.) Noise; clatter; crash.

Frush (n.) The frog of a horse's foot.

Frush (n.) A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.

Frustrable (a.) Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.

Frustraneous (a.) Vain; useless; unprofitable.

Frustrate (a.) Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

Frustrated (imp. & p. p.) of Frustrate

Frustrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frustrate

Frustrate (v. t.) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.

Frustrate (v. t.) To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Frustrately (adv.) In vain.

Frustration (n.) The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

Frustrative (a.) Tending to defeat; fallacious.

Frustratory (a.) Making void; rendering null; as, a frustratory appeal.

Frustule (n.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.

Frustulent (a.) Abounding in fragments.

Frusta (pl. ) of Frustum

Frustums (pl. ) of Frustum

Frustum (n.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.

Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

Frutage (n.) A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.

Frutage (n.) A confection of fruit.

Frutescent (a.) Somewhat shrubby in character; imperfectly shrubby, as the American species of Wistaria.

Frutex (n.) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

Fruticant (a.) Full of shoots.

Fruticose (a.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem.

Fruticous (a.) Fruticose.

Fruticulose (a.) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.

Fried (imp. & p. p.) of Fry

Frying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fry

Fry (v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.

Fry (v. i.) To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.

Fry (v. i.) To simmer; to boil.

Fry (v. i.) To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.

Fry (v. i.) To be agitated; to be greatly moved.

Ery (n.) A dish of anything fried.

Ery (n.) A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.

Fry (n.) The young of any fish.

Fry (n.) A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.

Frying (n.) The process denoted by the verb fry.

Fuage (n.) Same as Fumage.

Fuar (n.) Same as Feuar.

Fub (n.) Alt. of Fubs

Fubs (n.) A plump young person or child.

Fub (v. t.) To put off by trickery; to cheat.

Fubbery (n.) Cheating; deception.

Fubby (a.) Alt. of Fubsy

Fubsy (a.) Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa.

Fucate (a.) Alt. of Fucated

Fucated (a.) Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.

Fuchs (n.) A student of the first year.

Fuchsias (pl. ) of Fuchsia

Fuchslae (pl. ) of Fuchsia

Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

Fuchsine (n.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.

Fucivorous (a.) Eating fucus or other seaweeds.

Fucoid (a.) Properly, belonging to an order of alga: (Fucoideae) which are blackish in color, and produce oospores which are not fertilized until they have escaped from the conceptacle. The common rockweeds and the gulfweed (Sargassum) are fucoid in character.

Fucoid (a.) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.

Fucoid (n.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed. See Fucoid, a.

Fucoidal (a.) Fucoid.

Fucoidal (a.) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone.

Fuci (pl. ) of Fucus

Fucus (n.) A paint; a dye; also, false show.

Fucus (n.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.

Fucusol (n.) An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds.

Fud (n.) The tail of a hare, coney, etc.

Fud (n.) Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.

Fudder (n.) See Fodder, a weight.

Fuddled (imp. & p. p.,) of Fuddle

Fuddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fuddle

Fuddle (v. t.) To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

Fuddle (v. i.) To drink to excess.

Fuddler (n.) A drunkard.

Fudge (n.) A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

Fudged (imp. & p. p.) of Fudge

Fudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fudge

Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.

Fudge (v. t.) To foist; to interpolate.

Fudge wheel () A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.

Fuegian (a.) Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego.

Fuegian (n.) A native of Terra del Fuego.

Fuel (n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

Fuel (n.) Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.

Fuel (v. t.) To feed with fuel.

Fuel (v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing.

Fueler (n.) One who, or that which, supplies fuel.

Fuero (n.) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.

Fuero (n.) A custom having the force of law.

Fuero (n.) A declaration by a magistrate.

Fuero (n.) A place where justice is administered.

Fuero (n.) The jurisdiction of a tribunal.

Fuff (v. t. & i.) To puff.

Fuffy (a.) Light; puffy.

Fuga (n.) A fugue.

Fugacious (a.) Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.

Fugacious (a.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.

Fugaciousness (n.) Fugacity.

Fugacity (a.) The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits.

Fugacity (a.) Uncertainty; instability.

Fugacy (n.) Banishment.

Fugato (a.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.

Fugato (n.) A composition resembling a fugue.

Fugh (interj.) An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh.

Fughetta (n.) a short, condensed fugue.

Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.

Fugitive (a.) Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.

Fugitive (n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

Fugitive (n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.

Fugitively (adv.) In a fugitive manner.

Fugitiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.

Fugle (v. i.) To maneuver; to move hither and thither.

Fuglemen (pl. ) of Fugleman

Fugleman (n.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing.

Fugleman (n.) Hence, one who leads the way.

Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.

Fuguist (n.) A musician who composes or performs fugues.

-ful (a.) A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful, harmful, woeful.

Fulahs (n. pl.) Alt. of Foolahs

Foolahs (n. pl.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.

Fulbe (n.) Same as Fulahs.

Fuldble (a.) Capable of being propped up.

Fulciment (n.) A prop; a fulcrum.

Fulcra (n. pl.) See Fulcrum.

Fulcrate (a.) Propped; supported by accessory organs.

Fulcrate (a.) Furnished with fulcrums.

Fulcra (pl. ) of Fulcrum

Fulcrums (pl. ) of Fulcrum

Fulcrum (n.) A prop or support.

Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.

Fulcrum (n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.

Fulcrum (n.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.

Fulcrum (n.) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.

Fulcrum (n.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Fulfilled (imp. & p. p.) of Fulfill

Fulfilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fulfill

Fulfill (v. t.) To fill up; to make full or complete.

Fulfill (v. t.) To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.

Fulfiller (n.) One who fulfills.

Fulfillment (n.) The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy.

Fulfillment (n.) Execution; performance; as, the fulfillment of a promise.

Fulgency (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence.

Fulgent (a.) Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.

Fulgently (adv.) Dazzlingly; glitteringly.

Fulgid (a.) Shining; glittering; dazzling.

Fulgidity (n.) Splendor; resplendence; effulgence.

Fulgor (n.) Dazzling brightness; splendor.

Fulgurant (a.) Lightening.

Fulgurata (n.) A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed.

Fulgurate (v. i.) To flash as lightning.

Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.

Fulguration (n.) The act of lightening.

Fulguration (n.) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick.

Fulgurite (n.) A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge.

Fulgury (n.) Lightning.

Fulham (n.) A false die.

Fuliginosity (n.) The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke.

Fuliginous (a.) Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.

Fuliginous (a.) Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.

Fuliginously (adv.) In a smoky manner.

Fulimart (n.) Same as Foumart.

Full (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people.

Full (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.

Full (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.

Full (Compar.) Sated; surfeited.

Full (Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.

Full (Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project.

Full (Compar.) Filled with emotions.

Full (Compar.) Impregnated; made pregnant.

Full (n.) Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.

Full (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.

Fulled (imp. & p. p.) of Full

Fulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Full

Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.

Full (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Fullage (n.) The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.

Fullam (n.) A false die. See Fulham.

Full-blooded (a.) Having a full supply of blood.

Full-blooded (a.) Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse.

Full-bloomed (a.) Like a perfect blossom.

Full-blown (a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose.

Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail.

Full-bottomed (a.) Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.

Full-bottomed (a.) Of great capacity below the water line.

Full-butt (adv.) With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision.

Full-drive (adv.) With full speed.

Fuller (v. t.) One whose occupation is to full cloth.

Fuller (a.) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.

Fuller (v. t.) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.

Fulleries (pl. ) of Fullery

Fullery (n.) The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.

Full-formed (a.) Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.

Full-grown (a.) Having reached the limits of growth; mature.

Full-hearted (a.) Full of courage or confidence.

Full-hot (a.) Very fiery.

Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure.

Full-manned (a.) Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship.

Fullmart (n.) See Foumart.

Fullness (n.) The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.

Fullonical (a.) Pertaining to a fuller of cloth.

Full-orbed (a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.

Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation.

Full-winged (a.) Having large and strong or complete wings.

Full-winged (a.) Beady for flight; eager.

Fully (adv.) In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition.

Fulmar (n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).

Fulminant (a.) Thundering; fulminating.

Fulminated (imp. & p. p.) of Fulminate

Fulminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fulminate

Fulminate (v. i.) To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.

Fulminate (v. i.) To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

Fulminate (v. t.) To cause to explode.

Fulminate (v. t.) To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.

Fulminate (v. i.) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.

Fulminate (v. i.) A fulminating powder.

Fulminating (a.) Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.

Fulminating (a.) Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.

Fulmination (n.) The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.

Fulmination (n.) The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.

Fulmination (n.) That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.

Fulminatory (a.) Thundering; striking terror.

Fulmine (v.) To thunder.

Fulmine (v. t.) To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.

Fulmineous (a.) Of, or concerning thunder.

Fulmiaic (a.) Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid.

Fulminuric (a.) Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an acid so called.

Falness (n.) See Fullness.

Fulsamic (a.) Fulsome.

Fulsome (a.) Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.

Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.

Fulsome (a.) Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.

Fulvid (a.) Fulvous.

Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown.

Fum (v. i.) To play upon a fiddle.

Fumacious (a.) Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

Fumades (pl. ) of Fumado

Fumadoes (pl. ) of Fumado

Fumade (v. i.) Alt. of Fumado

Fumado (v. i.) A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

Fumage (n.) Hearth money.

Fumarate (n.) A salt of fumaric acid.

Fumaric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).

Fumarine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

Fumarole (n.) A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.

Fumatory (n.) See Fumitory.

Fumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Fumble

Fumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fumble

Fumble (v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

Fumble (v. i.) To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.

Fumble (v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

Fumble (v. t.) To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.

Fumbler (n.) One who fumbles.

Fumblingly (adv.) In the manner of one who fumbles.

Fume (n.) Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

Fume (n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.

Fume (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

Fume (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

Fumed (imp. & p. p.) of Fume

Fuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fume

Fume (n.) To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.

Fume (n.) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

Fume (n.) To pass off in fumes or vapors.

Fume (n.) To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.

Fume (v. t.) To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.

Fume (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.

Fume (v. t.) To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Fumeless (a.) Free from fumes.

Fumer (n.) One that fumes.

Fumer (n.) One who makes or uses perfumes.

Fumerell (n.) See Femerell.

Fumet (n.) The dung of deer.

Fumet (n.) Alt. of Fumette

Fumette (n.) The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long.

Fumetere (n.) Fumitory.

Fumid (a.) Smoky; vaporous.

Fumidity (n.) Alt. of Fumidness

Fumidness (n.) The state of being fumid; smokiness.

Fumiferous (a.) Producing smoke.

Fumifugist (n.) One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.

Fumify (v. t.) To subject to the action of smoke.

Fumigant (a.) Fuming.

Fumigated (imp. & p. p.) of Fumigate

Fumigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fumigate

Fumigate (n.) To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.

Fumigate (n.) To smoke; to perfume.

Fumigation (n.) The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.

Fumigation (n.) Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.

Fumigator (n.) One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.

Fumigatory (a.) Having the quality of purifying by smoke.

Fumlly (adv.) Smokily; with fume.

Fuming (a.) Producing fumes, or vapors.

Fumingly (adv.) In a fuming manner; angrily.

Famish (a.) Smoky; hot; choleric.

Fumishness (n.) Choler; fretfulness; passion.

Fumitez (n.) Fumitory.

Fumitory (n.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.

Fummel (n.) A hinny.

Fumosity (n.) The fumes of drink.

Fumous (a.) Producing smoke; smoky.

Fumous (a.) Producing fumes; full of fumes.

Fumy (a.) Producing fumes; fumous.

Fun (n.) Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

Funambulate (v. i.) To walk or to dance on a rope.

Funambulation (n.) Ropedancing.

Funambulatory (a.) Performing like a ropedancer.

Funambulatory (a.) Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.

Funambulist (n.) A ropewalker or ropedancer.

Funambulo (n.) Alt. of Funambulus

Funambulus (n.) A ropewalker or ropedancer.

Function (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

Function (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.

Function (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.

Function (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.

Function (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.

Function (v. i.) Alt. of Functionate

Functionate (v. i.) To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.

Functional (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

Functional (a.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general.

Functionalize (v. t.) To assign to some function or office.

Functionally (adv.) In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity.

Functionaries (pl. ) of Functionary

Functionary (n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

Functionless (a.) Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.

Fund (n.) An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

Fund (n.) A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

Fund (n.) The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds.

Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.

Fund (n.) A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense.

Funded (imp. & p. p.) of Fund

Funding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fund

Fund (v. t.) To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes.

Fund (v. t.) To place in a fund, as money.

Fund (v. t.) To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Fundable (a.) Capable of being funded, or converted into a fund; convertible into bonds.

Fundament (n.) Foundation.

Fundament (n.) The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus.

Fundamental (a.) Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom.

Fundamental (n.) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.

Fundamentally (adv.) Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.

Funded (a.) Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; as, funded debt.

Funded (a.) Invested in public funds; as, funded money.

Fundholder (a.) One who has money invested in the public funds.

Funding (a.) Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt.

Funding (a.) Investing in the public funds.

Funuless (a.) Destitute of funds.

Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.

Funebrial (a.) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.

Funebrious (a.) Funebrial.

Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural.

Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

Funeral (n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

Funerate (v. t.) To bury with funeral rites.

Funeration (n.) The act of burying with funeral rites.

Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.

Funest (a.) Lamentable; doleful.

Fungal (a.) Of or pertaining to fungi.

Fungate (n.) A salt of fungic acid.

Funge (n.) A blockhead; a dolt; a fool.

Fungi (n. pl.) See Fungus.

Fungia (n.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Fungian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals.

Fungian (n.) One of the Fungidae.

Fungibles (n. pl.) Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things.

Fungibles (n. pl.) Movable goods which may be valued by weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually.

Fungic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid.

Fungicide (n.) Anything that kills fungi.

Fungiform (a.) Shaped like a fungus or mushroom.

Fungilliform (a.) Shaped like a small fungus.

Fungin (n.) A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

Fungite (n.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.

Fungivorous (a.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.

Fungoid (a.) Like a fungus; fungous; spongy.

Fungologist (n.) A mycologist.

Fungology (n.) Mycology.

Fungosity (n.) The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence.

Fungous (a.) Of the nature of fungi; spongy.

Fungous (a.) Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.

Fungi (pl. ) of Fungus

Funguses (pl. ) of Fungus

Fungus (n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

Fungus (n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.

Funic (a.) Funicular.

Funicle (n.) A small cord, ligature, or fiber.

Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.

Funicular (a.) Consisting of a small cord or fiber.

Funicular (a.) Dependent on the tension of a cord.

Funicular (a.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament.

Funiculate (a.) Forming a narrow ridge.

Funiculi (pl. ) of Funiculus

Funiculus (n.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.

Funiculus (n.) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.

Funiculus (n.) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Funiliform (a.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees.

Funis (n.) A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

Funk (n.) An offensive smell; a stench.

Funk (v. t.) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

Funk (v. i.) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.

Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.

Funk (n.) Alt. of Funking

Funking (n.) A shrinking back through fear.

Funky (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

Funnel (v. t.) A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.

Funnel (v. t.) A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.

Funnelform (a.) Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers; infundibuliform.

Funny (superl.) Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

Funnies (pl. ) of Funny

Funny (n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.

Fur (n.) The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

Fur (n.) The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Fur (n.) Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

Fur (n.) Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

Fur (n.) Any coating considered as resembling fur

Fur (n.) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

Fur (n.) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

Fur (n.) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

Fur (n.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

Fur (a.) Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

Furred (imp. & p. p.) of Fur

Furring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fur

Fur (v. t.) To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

Fur (v. t.) To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

Furacious (a.) Given to theft; thievish.

Furacity (n.) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.

Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.

Furbelowed (imp. & p. p.) of Furhelow

Furbelowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furhelow

Furhelow (v. t.) To put a furbelow on; to ornament.

Furbished (imp. & p. p.) of Furbish

Furbishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furbish

Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.

Furbishable (a.) Capable of being furbished.

Furbisher (n.) One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.

Furcate (a.) Alt. of Furcated

Furcated (a.) Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.

Furcation (n.) A branching like a. fork.

Furciferous (a.) Rascally; scandalous.

Furcula (n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

Furcular (a.) Shaped like a fork; furcate.

Furculum (n.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.

Furdle (v. t.) To draw up into a bundle; to roll up.

Furfur (n.) Scurf; dandruff.

Furfuraceous (a.) Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.

Furfuran (n.) A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.

Furfuration (n.) Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.

Furfurine (n.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.

Furfurol (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.

Furfurous (a.) Made of bran; furfuraceous.

Furial (a.) Furious; raging; tormenting.

Furibundal (a.) Full of rage.

Furies (n. pl.) See Fury, 3.

Furile (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin.

Furilic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid.

Furioso (a. & adv.) With great force or vigor; vehemently.

Furious (a.) Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.

Furious (a.) Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

Furld (imp. & p. p.) of Furl

Furling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furl

Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.

Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

Furlough (a.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

Furloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Furlough

Furloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furlough

Furlough (v. t.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.

Furmonty (n.) Alt. of Furmity

Furmity (n.) Same as Frumenty.

Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.

Furnace (n.) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.

Furnace (n.) To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace.

Furniment (n.) Furniture.

Furnished (imp. & p. p.) of Furnish

Furnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furnish

Furnish (v. t.) To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.

Furnish (v. t.) To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.

Furnish (n.) That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.

Furnisher (n.) One who supplies or fits out.

Furnishment (n.) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture.

Furniture (v. t.) That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

Furniture (v. t.) Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.

Furniture (v. t.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.

Furniture (v. t.) The masts and rigging of a ship.

Furniture (v. t.) The mountings of a gun.

Furniture (v. t.) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.

Furniture (v. t.) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.

Furniture (v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.

Furoin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance, C10H8O4, from furfurol.

Furore (n.) Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.

Furrier (n.) A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.

Furriery (n.) Furs, in general.

Furriery (n.) The business of a furrier; trade in furs.

Furring (n.) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.

Furring (v. t.) The strips thus laid on.

Furring (v. t.) Double planking of a ship's side.

Furring (v. t.) A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.

Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.

Furrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Furrow

Furrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Furrow

Furrow (n.) To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.

Furrow (n.) To mark with channels or with wrinkles.

Furrowy (a.) Furrowed.

Furry (a.) Covered with fur; dressed in fur.

Furry (a.) Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils.

Furry (a.) Resembling fur.

Further (adv.) To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

Further (superl.) More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.

Further (superl.) Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.

Furthered (imp. & p. p.) of Further

Furthering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Further

Further (adv.) To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.

Furtherance (n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

Fartherer (n.) One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter.

Furthermore (adv.) or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Furthermost (a.) Most remote; furthest.

Furthersome (a.) Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous.

Furthest (a.) superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.

Furthest (adv.) At the greatest distance; farthest.

Furtive (a.) Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.

Furtively (adv.) Stealthily by theft.

Furuncle (n.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.

Faruncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.

Fury (n.) A thief.

Furies (pl. ) of Fury

Fury (n.) Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.

Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.

Fury (n.) pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides.

Fury (n.) One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos.

Fury (n.) A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.

Furze (n.) A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europaeus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.

Furzechat (n.) The whinchat; -- called also furzechuck.

Furzeling (n.) An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.

Furzen (a.) Furzy; gorsy.

Furzy (a. a.) bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze.

Fusain (n.) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.

Fusain (n.) A drawing made with it. See Charcoal, n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, under Charcoal.

Fusarole (n.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.

Fuscation (n.) A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.

Fuscin (n.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.

Fuscine (n.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.

Fuscous (a.) Brown or grayish black; darkish.

Fused (imp. & p. p.) of Fuse

Fusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fuse

Fuse (v. t.) To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

Fuse (v. t.) To unite or blend, as if melted together.

Fuse (v. i.) To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.

Fuse (v. i.) To be blended, as if melted together.

Fuse (n.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze.

Fusee (n.) A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

Fusee (n.) A fuse. See Fuse, n.

Fusee (n.) A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.

Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.

Fusee (n.) The track of a buck.

Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.

Fusee (n.) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

Fusel () Alt. of Fusel oil

Fusel oil () A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.

Fusibility (n.) The quality of being fusible.

Fusible (v. t.) CapabIe of being melted or liquefied.

Fusiform (a.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.

Fusil (v. t.) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible.

Fusil (v. t.) Running or flowing, as a liquid.

Fusil (v. t.) Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded.

Fusil (n.) A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.

Fusile (a.) Same as Fusil, a.

Fusileer (n.) Alt. of Fusilier

Fusilier (n.) Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural:

Fusilier (n.) A title now borne by some regiments and companies; as, "The Royal Fusiliers," etc.

Fusillade (n.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Fusillader (imp. & p. p.) of Fusillade

Fusillading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fusillade

Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Fusion (v. t.) The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.

Fusion (v. t.) The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion.

Fusion (v. t.) The union or blending together of things, as, melted together.

Fusion (v. t.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.

Fusome (a.) Handy; reat; handsome; notable.

Fuss (n.) A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

Fuss (n.) One who is unduly anxious about trifles.

Fussed (imp. & p. p.) of Fuss

Fussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fuss

Fuss (v. i.) To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.

Fussily (adv.) In a fussy manner.

Fussiness (n.) The quality of being fussy.

Fussy (superl) Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

Fust (n.) A strong, musty smell; mustiness.

Fust (v. i.) To become moldy; to smell ill.

Fusted (a.) Moldy; ill-smelling.

Fusteric (n.) The coloring matter of fustet.

Fustet (n.) The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant.

Fustian (n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.

Fustian (a.) Made of fustian.

Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.

Fustianist (n.) A writer of fustian.

Fustic (n.) The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic.

Fustigate (v. t.) To cudgel.

Fustigation (n.) A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.

Fastilarian (n.) A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel.

Fustilug (n.) Alt. of Fustilugs

Fustilugs (n.) A gross, fat, unwieldy person.

Fusiness (n.) A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.

Fusty (superl) Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.

Fusty (superl) Moping.

Fussure (v. t.) Act of fusing; fusion.

Futchel (n.) The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.

Futile (v. t.) Talkative; loquacious; tattling.

Futile (v. t.) Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.

Futilely (adv.) In a futile manner.

Futility (n.) The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity.

Futility (n.) The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness.

Futilous (a.) Futile; trifling.

Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.

Futurable (a.) Capable of being future; possible to occur.

Future (v. i.) That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present.

Future (a.) Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come.

Future (a.) The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.

Future (a.) A future tense.

Futureless (a.) Without prospect of betterment in the future.

Futurely (adv.) In time to come.

Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.

Futurist (n.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.

Futuritial (a.) Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future.

Futurition (n.) The state of being future; futurity.

Futurities (pl. ) of Futurity

Futurity (n.) State of being that is yet to come; future state.

Futurity (n.) Future time; time to come; the future.

Futurity (n.) Event to come; a future event.

Fuze (n.) A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.

Fuzz (v. t.) To make drunk.

Fuzz (n.) Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.

Fuzz (v. i.) To fly off in minute particles.

Fuzzle (v. t.) To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle.

Fuzzy (n.) Not firmly woven; that ravels.

Fuzzy (n.) Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach.

-fy () A suffix signifying to make, to form into, etc.; as, acetify, amplify, dandify, Frenchify, etc.

Fy (interj.) A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie.

Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net.

Fyllot (n.) A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika.

Fyrd (v. i.) Alt. of Fyrdung

Fyrdung (v. i.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.

Fytte (n.) See Fit a song.

G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.

G () G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G/ (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A.

Gab (n.) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

Gab (v. i.) The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness.

Gab (v. i.) To deceive; to lie.

Gab (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.

Gabarage (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.

Gabardine (n.) Alt. of Gaberdine

Gaberdine (n.) A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.

Gabber (n.) A liar; a deceiver.

Gabber (n.) One addicted to idle talk.

Gabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gabble

Gabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gabble

Gabble (v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

Gabble (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls.

Gabble (n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.

Gabble (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.

Gabbier (n.) One who gabbles; a prater.

Gabbro (n.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).

Gabel (n.) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.

Gabeler (n.) A collector of gabels or taxes.

Gabelle (n.) A tax, especially on salt.

Gabelleman (n.) A gabeler.

Gaberdine (n.) See Gabardine.

Gaber-lunzie (n.) A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar.

Gabert (n.) A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

Gabion (n.) A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.

Gabion (n.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.

Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire.

Gabionade (n.) A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.

Gabionage (n.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.

Gabioned (p. a.) Furnished with gabions.

Gabionnade (n.) See Gabionade.

Gable (n.) A cable.

Gable (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.

Gable (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.

Gable (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

Gablet (n.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.

Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.

Gaby (n.) A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.

Gad (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.

Gad (n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.

Gad (n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

Gad (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.

Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.

Gadded (imp. & p. p.) of Gad

Gadding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gad

Gad (n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.

Gadabout (n.) A gadder

Gadbee (n.) The gadfly.

Gadder (n.) One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.

Gadding (a. & n.) Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.

Gaddingly (adv.) In a roving, idle manner.

Gaddish (a.) Disposed to gad.

Gade (n.) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.

Gade (n.) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead.

Gadere (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Gadre

Gadre (v. t. & i.) To gather.

Gadflies (pl. ) of Gadfly

Gadfly (n.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.

Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx.

Gadic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid.

Gaditanian (a.) Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain.

Gaditanian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.

Gadling (n.) See Gad, n., 4.

Gadling (v. i.) Gadding about.

Gadling (n.) A roving vagabond.

Gadman (n.) A gadsman.

Gadoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidae) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake.

Gadoid (n.) One of the Gadidae.

Gadolinia (n.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.

Gadolinic (a.) Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.

Gadolinite (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.

Gadolinium (n.) A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined.

Gadsman (n.) One who uses a gad or goad in driving.

Gaduin (n.) A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil.

Gadwall (n.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.

Gael (n.sing. & pl.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.

Gaelic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.

Gaelic (n.) The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.

Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

Gaff (n.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.

Gaff (n.) Same as Gaffle, 1.

Gaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaff

Gaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaff

Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.

Gaffer (n.) An old fellow; an aged rustic.

Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

Gagged (imp. & p. p.) of Gag

Gagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gag

Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.

Gag (v. t.) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

Gag (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.

Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.

Gag (v. i.) To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.

Gag (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.

Gag (n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.

Gag (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.

Gagate (n.) Agate.

Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.

Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.

Gage (n.) A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.

Gaged (imp. & p. p.) of Gage

Gaging (p. pr & vb. n.) of Gage

Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.

Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.

Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t.

Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.

Gagger (n.) One who gags.

Gagger (n.) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.

Gaggled (imp. & p. p.) of Gaggle

Gaggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaggle

Gaggle (v. i.) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

Gaggle (v. i.) A flock of wild geese.

Gagtooth (n.) A projecting tooth.

Gag-toothed (a.) Having gagteeth.

Gahnite (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.

Gaidic (a.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.

Gaiety (n.) Same as Gayety.

Gailer (n.) A jailer.

Gaillard (a.) Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.

Gailliarde (n.) A lively French and Italian dance.

Gaily (adv.) Merrily; showily. See gaily.

Gain (n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

Gain (a.) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.

Gain (v. t.) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.

Gain (v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

Gained (imp. & p. p.) of Gain

Gaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gain

Gain (n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

Gain (n.) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

Gain (n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

Gain (n.) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.

Gain (v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.

Gainable (v. t.) Capable of being obtained or reached.

Gainage (v. t.) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.

Gainage (v. t.) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.

Gainer (n.) One who gains.

Gainful (a.) Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.

Gaingiving (n.) A misgiving.

Gainless (a.) Not producing gain; unprofitable.

Gainly (a.) Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.

Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.

Gainsaid (imp. & p. p.) of Gainsay

Gainsaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainsay

Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

Gainsayer (n.) One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.

Gainsome (a.) Gainful.

Gainsome (a.) Prepossessing; well-favored.

'Gainst (prep.) A contraction of Against.

Gainstood (imp. & p. p.) of Gainstand

gainstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainstand

Gainstand (v. t.) To withstand; to resist.

Gainstrive (v. t. & i.) To strive or struggle against; to withstand.

Gairfowl (n.) See Garefowl.

Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness

Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness

Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.

Gait (n.) A going; a walk; a march; a way.

Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.

Gaiter (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.

Gaiter (v. t.) To dress with gaiters.

Gaitre (n.) Alt. of Gaytre

Gaytre (n.) The dogwood tree.

Gala (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity.

Galacta-gogue (n.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.

Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.

Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.

Galactin (n.) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.

Galactin (n.) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).

Galactin (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.

Galactodensimeter (n.) Same as Galactometer.

Galactometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.

Galactophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, milk.

Galactophagous (a.) Feeding on milk.

Galactophorous (a.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.

Galactopoietic (a.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.

Galactose (n.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).

Galage (n.) See Galoche.

Galagos (pl. ) of Galago

Galago (n.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.

Galanga (n.) Alt. of Galangal

Galangal (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.

Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.

Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.

Galatian (a.) Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

Galaxies (pl. ) of Galaxy

Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.

Galaxy (n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things.

Galban (n.) Alt. of Galbanum

Galbanum (n.) A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.

Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

Gale (n.) A moderate current of air; a breeze.

Gale (n.) A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.

Gale (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast.

Gale (n.) A song or story.

Gale (v. i.) To sing.

Gale (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.

Gale (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.

Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.

Galea (n.) A kind of bandage for the head.

Galea (n.) Headache extending all over the head.

Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.

Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.

Galeas (n.) See Galleass.

Galeate (a.) Alt. of Galeated

Galeated (a.) Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.

Galeated (a.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.

Galei (n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.

Galena (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.

Galena (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.

Galenic (a.) Alt. of Galenical

Galenical (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, galena.

Galenic (an.) Alt. of Galenical

Galenical (an.) Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases.

Galenism (n.) The doctrines of Galen.

Galenist (n.) A follower of Galen.

Galenite (n.) Galena; lead ore.

Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

Galericu-late (a.) Covered as with a hat or cap.

Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

Galician (a.) Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland.

Galician (n.) A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.

Galilean (a.) Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.

Galilean (a.) Of or relating to Galilee.

Galilean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.

Galilean (n.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite.

Galilean (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.

Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals.

Galimatias (n.) Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture.

Galingale (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.

Galiot (n.) A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.

Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.

Galipot (n.) An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch.

Gall (n.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder.

Gall (n.) The gall bladder.

Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

Gall (n.) Impudence; brazen assurance.

Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.

Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

Galled (imp. & p. p.) of Gall

Galling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gall

Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.

Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.

Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.

Gall (v. i.) To scoff; to jeer.

Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

Gallant (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.

Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Gallant (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.

Gallant (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.

Gallant (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

Gallanted (imp. & p. p.) of Gallant

Gallanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallant

Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.

Gallant (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.

Gallantly (adv.) In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.

Gallantly (adv.) In a gallant manner.

Gallantness (n.) The quality of being gallant.

Gallantries (pl. ) of Gallantry

Gallantry (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.

Gallantry (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.

Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.

Gallantry (n.) Gallant persons, collectively.

Gallate (n.) A salt of gallic acid.

Gallature (n.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.

Galleass (n.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.

Gallegan (n.) Alt. of Gallego

Gallego (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.

Gallein (n.) A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.

Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.

Galleot (n.) See Galiot.

Galleries (pl. ) of Gallery

Gallery (a.) A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

Gallery (a.) A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.

Gallery (a.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.

Gallery (a.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850.

Gallery (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.

Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Galletyle (n.) A little tile of glazed earthenware.

Galleys (pl. ) of Galley

Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.

Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.

Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

Galley (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.

Galley-worm (n.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.

Gallflies (pl. ) of Gallfly

Gallfly (n.) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.

Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.

Gallian (a.) Gallic; French.

Galliard (a.) Gay; brisk; active.

Galliard (n.) A brisk, gay man.

Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.

Galliardise (a.) Excessive gayety; merriment.

Galliardness (n.) Gayety.

Galliass (n.) Same as Galleass.

Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.

Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.

Gallic (a.) Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.

Gallican (a.) Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.

Gallican (n.) An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism.

Gallicanism (n.) The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.

Gallicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.

Gallicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gallicize

Gallicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallicize

Gallicize (v. t.) To conform to the French mode or idiom.

Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; frightened.

Galliform (a.) Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.

Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

Gallimatia (n.) Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.

Gallimaufries (pl. ) of Gallimaufry

Gallimaufry (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.

Gallimaufry (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.

Gallin (n.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.

Gallinaceae (n. pl.) Same as Gallinae.

Gallinacean (n.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

Gallinaceous (a.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

Gallinae (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores.

Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.

Gallinipper (n.) A large mosquito.

Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

Galliot (n.) See Galiot.

Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.

Gallipot (n.) A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.

Gallium (n.) A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.

Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast.

Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.

Gallomania (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French.

Gallon (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.

Galloon (n.) A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.

Gallooned (a.) Furnished or adorned with galloon.

Galloped (imp. & p. p.) of Gallop

Galloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallop

Gallop (v. i.) To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

Gallop (v. i.) To ride a horse at a gallop.

Gallop (v. i.) Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

Gallop (v. t.) To cause to gallop.

Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.

Gallopade (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.

Gallopade (n.) A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.

Gallopaded (imp. & p. p.) of Gallopade

Gallopading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallopade

Gallopade (v. i.) To gallop, as on horseback.

Gallopade (v. i.) To perform the dance called gallopade.

Galloper (n.) One who, or that which, gallops.

Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.

Gallopin (v. i.) An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy.

Galloping (a.) Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.

Gallotannic (a.) Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.

Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t.

Galloway (n.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron.

Gallowglass (n.) A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward /

Gallowses (pl. ) of Gallows

Gallows (pl. ) of Gallows

Gallows (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.

Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.

Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.

Gallows (n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.

Gallstone (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.

Gally (a.) Like gall; bitter as gall.

Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4.

Gallygaskins (n. pl.) See Galligaskins.

Galoche () Alt. of Galoshe

Galoshe () A clog or patten.

Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.

Galoshe () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Galoot (n.) A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy.

Galop (n.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.

Galore (n. & a.) Plenty; abundance; in abundance.

Galoshe (n.) Same as Galoche.

Galpe (v. i.) To gape,; to yawn.

Galsome (a.) Angry; malignant.

Galt (n.) Same as Gault.

Galvanic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.

Galvanism (n.) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.

Galvanism (n.) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.

Galvanist (n.) One versed in galvanism.

Galvanization (n.) The act of process of galvanizing.

Galvanized (imp. & p. p.) of Galvanize

Galvanizing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Galvanize

Galvanize (v. t.) To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

Galvanize (v. t.) To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.

Galvanize (v. t.) To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.

Galvanize (v. t.) To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.

Galvanizer (n.) One who, or that which, galvanize.

Galvanocaustic (a.) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.

Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

Galvanoglyphy (n.) Same as Glyphography.

Galvanograph (n.) A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.

Galvanographic (a.) Of or pertaining to galvanography.

Galvanography (n.) The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.

Galvanography (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.

Galvanologist (n.) One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.

Galvanology (n.) A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena.

Galvanometer (n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle.

Galvanometric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.

Galvanometry (n.) The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.

Galvanoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.

Galvanoplasty (n.) The art or process of electrotypy.

Galvanopuncture (n.) Same as Electro-puncture.

Galvanoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.

Galvanoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.

Galvanoscopy (n.) The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.

Galvanotonus (n.) Same as Electrotonus.

Galvanotropism (n.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.

Galwes (n.) Gallows.

Gama grass () A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.

Gamashes (n. pl.) High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.

Gamba (n.) A viola da gamba.

Gambadoes (n.) Same as Gamashes.

Gambeson (n.) Same as Gambison.

Gambet (n.) Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.

Gambier (n.) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.

Gambier (n.) Catechu.

Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.

Gambist (n.) A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.

Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

Gambled (imp. & p. p.) of Gamble

Gambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gamble

Gamble (v. i.) To play or game for money or other stake.

Gamble (v. t.) To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.

Gambler (n.) One who gambles.

Gamboge (n.) A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.

Gambogian (a.) Alt. of Gambogic

Gambogic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.

Gambol (n.) A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

Gamboled (imp. & p. p.) of Gambol

Gambolled () of Gambol

Gamboling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gambol

Gambolling () of Gambol

Gambol (v. i.) To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

Gambrel (n.) The hind leg of a horse.

Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.

Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Gambroon (n.) A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.

Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.

Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

Game (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

Gamed (imp. & p. p.) of Game

Gaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Game

Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

Game (n.) To play at any sport or diversion.

Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.

Gamecock (n.) The male game fowl.

Game fowl () A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.

Gameful (a.) Full of game or games.

Gamekeeper (n.) One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.

Gameless (a.) Destitute of game.

Gamely (adv.) In a plucky manner; spiritedly.

Gameness (n.) Endurance; pluck.

Gamesome (a.) Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.

Gamester (n.) A merry, frolicsome person.

Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.

Gamester (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Gamic (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.

Gamin (n.) A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.

Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.

Gamma (n.) The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.

Gammadion (n.) A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.

Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.

Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.

Gammoned (imp. & p. p.) of Gammon

Gammoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammon

Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.

Gammon (n.) Backgammon.

Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.

Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.

Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.

Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.

Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.

Gamogenesis (n.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.

Gamogenetic (a.) Relating to gamogenesis.

Gamomorphism (n.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species.

Gamopetalous (a.) Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.

Gamophyllous (a.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).

Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.

Gamut (n.) The scale.

Gamy (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

Gamy (a.) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

Gan (v.) Began; commenced.

Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.

Gander (n.) The male of any species of goose.

Gane (v. i.) To yawn; to gape.

Ganesa (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.

Gang (v. i.) To go; to walk.

Gang (v. i.) A going; a course.

Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.

Gang (v. i.) A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

Gang (v. i.) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

Ganger (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen.

Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark.

Gang-flower (n.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week.

Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.

Gangliac (a.) Alt. of Ganglial

Ganglial (a.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

Gangliate (a.) Alt. of Gangliated

Gangliated (a.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.

Gangliform (a.) Alt. of Ganglioform

Ganglioform (a.) Having the form of a ganglion.

Ganglia (pl. ) of Ganglion

Ganglions (pl. ) of Ganglion

Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

Ganglion (n.) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

Ganglion (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.

Ganglionary (a.) Ganglionic.

Ganglionic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Gangrel (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant.

Gangrenate (v. t.) To gangrene.

Gangrene (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.

Gangrened (imp. & p. p.) of Gangrene

Gangrening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gangrene

Gangrene (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.

Gangrenous (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene.

Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.

Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.

Gangway (v. i.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.

Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.

Ganil (n.) A kind of brittle limestone.

Ganister (n.) Alt. of Gannister

Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

Ganja (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

Gannet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans.

Ganocephala (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.

Ganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

Ganoidal (a.) Ganoid.

Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.

Ganoidian (a. & n.) Ganoid.

Ganoine (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.

Gansa (n.) Same as Ganza.

Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

Gantlet (n.) A glove. See Gauntlet.

Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

Gantlope (n.) See Gantlet.

Gantry (n.) See Gauntree.

Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

Gaoler (n.) The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.

Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife.

Gap (v. t.) To make an opening in; to breach.

Gaped (imp. & p. p.) of Gape

Gaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gape

Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wide

Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.

Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.

Gape (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.

Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.

Gape (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.

Gape (n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.

The gapes () A fit of yawning.

The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

Gaper (n.) One who gapes.

Gaper (n.) A European fish. See 4th Comber.

Gaper (n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.

Gaper (n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.

Gapeseed (n.) Any strange sight.

Gapesing (n.) Act of gazing about; sightseeing.

Gapeworm (n.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

Gapingstock (n.) One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.

Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.

Gar (v.) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

Gar (v.) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.

Gar (n.) To cause; to make.

Garancin (n.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

Garb (n.) Clothing in general.

Garb (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.

Garb (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.

Garb (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.

Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

Garb (v. t.) To clothe; array; deck.

Garbage (n.) Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.

Garbage (v. t.) To strip of the bowels; to clean.

Garbed (a.) Dressed; habited; clad.

Garbel (n.) Same as Garboard.

Garbel (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken.

Garbled (imp. & p. p.) of Garble

Garbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garble

Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.

Garble (v. t.) To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

Garble (n.) Refuse; rubbish.

Garble (n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.

Garbler (n.) One who garbles.

Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake.

Garboil (n.) Tumult; disturbance; disorder.

Garcinia (n.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.

Gard (n.) Garden.

Gard (v. & n.) See Guard.

Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

Garden (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

Garden (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.

Gardened (imp. & p. p.) of Garden

Gardening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garden

Garden (v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.

Garden (v. t.) To cultivate as a garden.

Gardener (n.) One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

Gardenia (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

Gardening (n.) The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

Gardenless (a.) Destitute of a garden.

Gardenly (a.) Like a garden.

Gardenship (n.) Horticulture.

Gardon (n.) A European cyprinoid fish; the id.

Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.

Gare (n.) Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.

Garefowl (n.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk.

Garfish (n.) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.

Garfish (n.) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

Gargalize (v. t.) To gargle; to rinse.

Garganey (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.

Gargantuan (a.) Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.

Gargarism (n.) A gargle.

Gargarize (v. t.) To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.

Garget (n.) The throat.

Garget (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.

Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.

Garget (n.) See Poke.

Gargil (n.) A distemper in geese, affecting the head.

Gargle (n.) See Gargoyle.

Garggled (imp. & p. p.) of Gargle

Gargling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gargle

Gargle (v. t.) To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.

Gargle (v. t.) To warble; to sing as if gargling

Gargle (n.) A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.

Gargoulette (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.

Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.

Gargyle (n.) See Gargoyle.

Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

Garibaldi (n.) A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deep scarlet color.

Garish (a.) Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.

Garish (a.) Gay to extravagance; flighty.

Garland (n.) The crown of a king.

Garland (n.) A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.

Garland (n.) The top; the thing most prized.

Garland (n.) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.

Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.

Garland (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.

Garlanded (imp. & p. p.) of Garland

Garlanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garland

Garland (v. t.) To deck with a garland.

Garlandless (a.) Destitute of a garland.

Garlic (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

Garlic (n.) A kind of jig or farce.

Garlicky (a.) Like or containing garlic.

Garment (n.) Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

Garmented (p. a.) Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment.

Garmenture (n.) Clothing; dress.

Garner (n.) A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

Garnered (imp. & p. p.) of Garner

Garnering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garner

Garner (v. t.) To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure.

Garnet (n.) A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.

Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

Garnetiferous (a.) Containing garnets.

Garnierite (n.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

Garnished (imp. & p. p.) of Garnish

Garnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garnish

Garnish (v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

Garnish (v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

Garnish (v. t.) To furnish; to supply.

Garnish (v. t.) To fit with fetters.

Garnish (v. t.) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.

Garnish (n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.

Garnish (n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.

Garnish (v. t.) Fetters.

Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

Garnishee (n.) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.

Garnisheed (imp. & p. p.) of Garnishee

Garnisheeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garnishee

Garnishee (v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.

Garnishee (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

Garnisher (n.) One who, or that which, garnishes.

Garnishment (n.) Ornament; embellishment; decoration.

Garnishment (n.) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.

Garnishment (n.) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.

Garnishment (n.) A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.

Garniture (v. t.) That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress.

Garookuh (n.) A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.

Garous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, garum.

Gar pike () Alt. of Garpike

Garpike () See under Gar.

Garran (n.) See Galloway.

Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.

Garret (n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.

Garreted (a.) Protected by turrets.

Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.

Garrison (n.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.

Garrison (n.) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.

Garrisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Garrison

Garrisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garrison

Garrison (v. t.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.

Garrison (v. t.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.

Garron (n.) Same as Garran.

Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

Garrot (n.) The European golden-eye.

Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

Garroted (imp. & p. p.) of Garrote

Garroting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garrote

Garrote (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

Garroter (n.) One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

Garrulity (n.) Talkativeness; loquacity.

Garrulous (a.) Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.

Garrulous (a.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

Garrupa (n.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish.

Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

Garter (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.

Garter (n.) Same as Bendlet.

Gartered (imp. & p. p.) of Garter

Gartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garter

Garter (v. t.) To bind with a garter.

Garter (v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.

Garth (n.) A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth.

Garth (n.) A dam or weir for catching fish.

Garth (n.) A hoop or band.

Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.

Garvie (n.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock.

Gases (pl. ) of Gas

Gas (n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state.

Gas (n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

Gas (n.) Laughing gas.

Gas (n.) Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.

Gasalier (n.) A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

Gas-burner (n.) The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.

Gascoines (n. pl.) See Gaskins, 1.

Gascon (a.) Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering.

Gascon (n.) A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.

Gasconade (n.) A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

Gasconaded (imp. & p. p.) of Gasconade

Gasconading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasconade

Gasconade (v. i.) To boast; to brag; to bluster.

Gasconader (n.) A great boaster; a blusterer.

Gascoynes (n. pl.) Gaskins.

Gaseity (n.) State of being gaseous.

Gaseous (a.) In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid.

Gaseous (a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.

Gashed (imp. & p. p.) of Gash

Gashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gash

Gash (v. t.) To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.

Gash (n.) A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.

Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.

Gasification (n.) The act or process of converting into gas.

Gasiform (a.) Having a form of gas; gaseous.

Gasified (imp. & p. p.) of Gasify

Gasifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasify

Gasify (v. t.) To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

Gasify (v. i.) To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.

Gasket (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.

Gasket (n.) Any ring or washer of packing.

Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.

Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.

Gaskins (n.pl.) A horse's thighs.

Gaslight (n.) The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.

Gaslight (n.) A gas jet or burner.

Gasogen (n.) An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid.

Gasogen (n.) A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas.

Gasolene (n.) See Gasoline.

Gasolier (n.) Same as Gasalier.

Gasoline (n.) A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor.

Gasometer (n.) An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.

Gasometric (a.) Alt. of Gasometrical

Gasometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.

Gasometry (n.) The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.

Gasoscope (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.

Gasped (imp. & p. p.) of Gasp

Gasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasp

Gasp (v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

Gasp (v. i.) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.

Gasp (v. t.) To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.

Gasp (n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.

Gaspereau (n.) The alewife.

Gasserian (a.) Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion.

Gassing (n.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.

Gassing (n.) Boasting; insincere or empty talk.

Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

Gast (v. t.) To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.

Gaster (v. t.) To gast.

Gasteromycetes (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

Gasteropod (n.) Same as Gastropod.

Gasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.

Gasteropodous (a.) Same as Gastropodous.

Gastful (a.) Alt. of Gastly

Gastly (a.) See Ghastful, Ghastly.

Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

Gastness (n.) See Ghastness.

Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

Gastralgia (n.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.

Gastric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.

Gastriloquist (n.) One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.

Gastriloquous (a.) Ventriloquous.

Gastriloquy (n.) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.

Gastritis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.

Gastro- () A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.

Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Gastrocolic (a.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.

Gastrodisc (n.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.

Gastroduodenal (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.

Gastroduodenitis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.

Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous.

Gastroenteric (a.) Gastrointestinal.

Gastroenteritis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.

Gastroepiploic (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.

Gastrohepatic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.

Gastrohysterotomy (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

Gastrointestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab.

Gastrology (n.) The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

Gastromalacia (n.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.

Gastromancy (n.) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.

Gastromancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.

Gastromyces (n.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.

Gastromyth (n.) One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.

Gastronome (n.) Alt. of Gastronomer

Gastronomer (n.) One fond of good living; an epicure.

Gastronomic (a.) Alt. of Gastronomical

Gastronomical (a.) Pertaining to gastromony.

Gastronomist (n.) A gastromomer.

Gastronomy (n.) The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

Gastrophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.

Gastropneumatic (a.) Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.

Gastropod (n.) One of the Gastropoda.

Gastropoda (n. pl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca.

Gastropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.

Gastroraphy (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

Gastroscope (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

Gastroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Gastroscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.

Gastrosplenic (n.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.

Gastrostege (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.

Gastrostomy (n.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.

Gastrotomy (n.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.

Gastrotricha (n. pl.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.

Gastrotrocha (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.

Gastrovascular (a.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of c/lenterates.

Gastrulae (pl. ) of Gastrula

Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea.

Gastrula (a.) Of or pertaining to a gastrula.

Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.

Gastrura (n. pl.) See Stomatopoda.

Gastrurous (a.) Pertaining to the Gastrura.

Gat () imp. of Get.

Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.

Gate (n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.

Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.

Gate (n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.

Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

Gate (n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.

Gate (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.

Gate (v. t.) To supply with a gate.

Gate (v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.

Gate (n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).

Gate (n.) Manner; gait.

Gated (a.) Having gates.

Gatehouse (n.) A house connected or associated with a gate.

Gateless (a.) Having no gate.

Gateman (n.) A gate keeper; a gate tender.

Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.

Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.

Gateway (n.) A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.

Gatewise (adv.) In the manner of a gate.

Gathered (imp. & p. p.) of Gather

Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gather

Gather (v. t.) To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.

Gather (v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.

Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.

Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.

Gather (v. t.) To gain; to win.

Gather (v. t.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.

Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.

Gather (v. i.) To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.

Gather (v. i.) To grow larger by accretion; to increase.

Gather (v. i.) To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.

Gather (v. i.) To collect or bring things together.

Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.

Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.

Gatherer (n.) One who gathers or collects.

Gatherer (n.) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.

Gathering (n.) The act of collecting or bringing together.

Gathering (n.) That which is gathered, collected, or brought together

Gathering (n.) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.

Gathering (n.) A charitable contribution; a collection.

Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Gathering (a.) Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.

Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus).

Gat-toothed (a.) Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton.

Gauche (n.) Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Gaucherie (n.) An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

Gauchos (pl. ) of Gaucho

Gaucho (n.) One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.

Gaud (n.) Trick; jest; sport.

Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.

Gaud (n.) An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket.

Gaud (n.) To sport or keep festival.

Gauded (imp. & p. p.) of Gaud

Gauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaud

Gaud (v. t.) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.

Gaud-day (n.) See Gaudy, a feast.

Gaudery (n.) Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.

Gaudful (a.) Joyful; showy.

Gaudily (adv.) In a gaudy manner.

Gaudiness (n.) The quality of being gaudy.

Gaudish (a.) Gaudy.

Gaudless (a.) Destitute of ornament.

Gaudy (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

Gaudy (superl.) Gay; merry; festal.

Gaudies (pl. ) of Gaudy

Gaudy (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

Gaudy (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.

Gaudygreen (a. / n.) Light green.

Gauffer (v. t.) To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.

Gauffering (n.) A mode of plaiting or fluting.

Gauffre (n.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.

Gauged (imp. & p. p.) of Gauge

Gauging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gauge

Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.

Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.

Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.

Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

Gauge (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.

Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

Gauge (n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.

Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.

Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.

Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger.

Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

Gaul (n.) The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).

Gaul (n.) A native or inhabitant of Gaul.

Gaulish (a.) Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic.

Gault (n.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.

Gaultheria (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).

Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

Gauntlet (n.) See Gantlet.

Gauntlet (n.) A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

Gauntlet (n.) A long glove, covering the wrist.

Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

Gauntletted (a.) Wearing a gauntlet.

Gauntly (adv.) In a gaunt manner; meagerly.

Gauntree (n.) Alt. of Gauntry

Gauntry (n.) A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.

Gauntry (n.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.

Gaur (n.) An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Gaure (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.

Gauze (n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

Gauze (a.) Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

Gauziness (n.) The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness.

Gauzy (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.

Gave () imp. of Give.

Gavel (n.) A gable.

Gavel (n.) A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Gavel (n.) The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.

Gavel (n.) A mason's setting maul.

Gavel (n.) Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.

Gavelet (n.) An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.

Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent.

Gaveloche (n.) Same as Gavelock.

Gavelock (n.) A spear or dart.

Gavelock (n.) An iron crow or lever.

Gaverick (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).

Gaviae (n. pl.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.

Gavial (n.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile.

Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over.

Gawby (n.) A baby; a dunce.

Gawk (n.) A cuckoo.

Gawk (n.) A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.

Gawk (v. i.) To act like a gawky.

Gawky (superl.) Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

Gawn (n.) A small tub or lading vessel.

Gawntree (n.) See Gauntree.

Gay (superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

Gay (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.

Gay (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.

Gay (n.) An ornament

Gayal (n.) A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).

Gaydiang (n.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk.

Gayeties (pl. ) of Gayety

Gayety (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.

Gayety (a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.

Gaylussite (n.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

Gayly (adv.) With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.

Gayly (adv.) Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming.

Gayne (v. i.) To avail.

Gayness (n.) Gayety; finery.

Gaysome (a.) Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.

Gaytre (n.) The dogwood tree.

Gazed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaze

Gazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaze

Gaze (v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.

Gaze (v. t.) To view with attention; to gaze on .

Gaze (n.) A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

Gaze (n.) The object gazed on.

Gazeebo (n.) A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect.

Gazeful (a.) Gazing.

Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

Gazel (n.) The black currant; also, the wild plum.

Gazel (n.) See Gazelle.

Gazelle (n.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes.

Gazement (n.) View.

Gazer (n.) One who gazes.

Gazet (n.) A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents.

Gazette (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

Gazetted (imp. & p. p.) of Gazette

Gazetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gazette

Gazette (v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

Gazetteer (n.) A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

Gazetteer (n.) A newspaper; a gazette.

Gazetteer (n.) A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.

Gazetteer (n.) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

Gazingstock (n.) A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.

Gazogene (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.

Gazon (n.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

Ge- () An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-.

Geal (v. i.) To congeal.

Gean (n.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

Gear (n.) Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Gear (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.

Gear (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

Gear (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Gear (n.) Warlike accouterments.

Gear (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.

Gear (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.

Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

Gear (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.

Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.

Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).

Gear (n.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

Geared (imp. & p. p.) of Gear

Gearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gear

Gear (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

Gear (v. t.) To provide with gearing.

Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear.

Gearing (n.) Harness.

Gearing (n.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.

Geason (a.) Rare; wonderful.

Geat (n.) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.

Gecarcinian (n.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera.

Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt.

Geck (n.) An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.

Geck (n.) To deride; to scorn; to mock.

Geck (n.) To cheat; trick, or gull.

Geck (v. i.) To jeer; to show contempt.

Geckoes (pl. ) of Gecko

Gecko (n.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.

Geckotian (n.) A gecko.

Ged (n.) Alt. of Gedd

Gedd (n.) The European pike.

Geed (imp. & p. p.) of Gee

Geeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gee

Gee (v. i.) To agree; to harmonize.

Gee (v. i.) To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi.

Gee (v. t.) To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver.

Geer () Alt. of Geering

Geering () See Gear, Gearing.

Geese (n.) pl. of Goose.

Geest (n.) Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.

Geet (n.) Jet.

Geez (n.) The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.

Geic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.

Gein (n.) See Humin.

Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.

Geitonogamy (n.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Gelable (a.) Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

Gelada (n.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.

Gelastic (a.) Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing.

Gelatification (n.) The formation of gelatin.

Gelatigenous (n.) Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.

Gelatin (n.) Alt. of Gelatine

Gelatine (n.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.

Gelatinated (imp. & p. p.) of Gelatinate

Gelatinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gelatinate

Gelatinate (v. t.) To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.

Gelatinate (v. i.) To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly.

Gelatination (n.) The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

Gelatine (n.) Same as Gelatin.

Gelatiniferous (a.) Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Gelatiniform (a.) Having the form of gelatin.

Gelatinization (n.) Same as Gelatination.

Gelatinize (v. t.) To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

Gelatinize (v. t.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin.

Gelatinize (v. i.) Same as Gelatinate, v. i.

Gelatinous (a.) Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.

Gelation (n.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

Geld (n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

Gelded (imp. & p. p.) of Geld

Gelding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geld

Geld (v. t.) To castrate; to emasculate.

Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything essential.

Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate.

Geldable (a.) Capable of being gelded.

Geldable (a.) Liable to taxation.

Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.

Gelder-rose (n.) Same as Guelder-rose.

Gelding (v. t.) A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male.

Gelding (p. pr. a. & vb. n.) from Geld, v. t.

Gelid (a.) Cold; very cold; frozen.

Gelidity (n.) The state of being gelid.

Gelidly (adv.) In a gelid manner; coldly.

Gelidness (n.) The state of being gelid; gelidity.

Gelly (n.) Jelly.

Geloscopy (n.) Divination by means of laughter.

Gelose (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds.

Gelsemic (a.) Gelseminic.

Gelsemine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.

Gelseminic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.

Gelsemium (n.) A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.

Gelsemium (n.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.

Gelt (n.) Trubute, tax.

Gelt (v. t.) A gelding.

Gelt (n.) Gilding; tinsel.

Gem (n.) A bud.

Gem (n.) A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.

Gem (n.) Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.

Gemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Gem

Gemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gem

Gem (v. t.) To put forth in the form of buds.

Gem (v. t.) To adorn with gems or precious stones.

Gem (v. t.) To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.

Gemara (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

Gemaric (a.) Pertaining to the Gemara.

Gemarist (n.) One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.

Gemel (a.) Coupled; paired.

Gemel (n.) One of the twins.

Gemel (n.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a.

Gemellipa-rous (a.) Producing twins.

Geminal (a.) A pair.

Geminate (a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

Geminate (v. t.) To double.

Gemination (n.) A doubling; duplication; repetition.

Gemini (n. pl.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.

Geminiflorous (a.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.

Geminous (a.) Double; in pairs.

Geminy (n.) Twins; a pair; a couple.

Gemitores (n. pl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.

Gemmae (pl. ) of Gemma

Gemma (n.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

Gemma (n.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.

Gemmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae.

Gemmary (a.) Of or pertaining to gems.

Gemmary (n.) A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Gemmate (a.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Gemmated (a.) Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.

Gemmation (n.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.

Gemmation (n.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.

Gemmeous (a.) Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.

Gemmiferous (a.) Producing gems or buds

Gemmiferous (a.) multiplying by buds.

Gemmification (n.) The production of a bud or gem.

Gemmiflorate (a.) Having flowers like buds.

Gemminess (n.) The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.

Gemmipara (n. pl.) Alt. of Gemmipares

Gemmipares (n. pl.) Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids.

Gemmiparity (n.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.

Gemmiparous (a.) Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1.

Gemmosity (n.) The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel.

Gemmulation (n.) See Gemmation.

Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.

Gemmule (n.) One of the buds of mosses.

Gemmule (n.) One of the reproductive spores of algae.

Gemmule (n.) An ovule.

Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.

Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See Pangenesis.

Gemmuliferous (a.) Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.

Gemmy (n.) Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.

Gemmy (n.) Spruce; smart.

Gemote (v. t.) A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men.

Gems (n.) The chamois.

Gemsbok (n.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.

Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.

Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns.

-gen () A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.

-gen () A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.

Gena () The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.

Gena () The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Genappe (n.) A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.

Gendarmes (pl. ) of Gendarme

Gens d'armes (pl. ) of Gendarme

Gendarme (n.) One of a body of heavy cavalry.

Gendarme (n.) An armed policeman in France.

Gendarmery (n.) The body of gendarmes.

Gender (n.) Kind; sort.

Gender (n.) Sex, male or female.

Gender (n.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.

Gendered (imp. & p. p.) of Gender

Gendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gender

Gender (n.) To beget; to engender.

Gender (v. i.) To copulate; to breed.

Genderless (a.) Having no gender.

Geneagenesis (n.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.

Genealogic (a.) Genealogical.

Genealogical (a.) Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order.

Genealogist (n.) One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.

Genealogies (pl. ) of Genealogy

Genealogy (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.

Genealogy (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

Genearch (n.) The chief of a family or tribe.

Genera (n. pl.) See Genus.

Generability (n.) Capability of being generated.

Generable (a.) Capable of being generated or produced.

General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion.

General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression.

General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.

General (a.) Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.

General (a.) As a whole; in gross; for the most part.

General (a.) Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.

General (a.) The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.

General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.

General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.

General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.

General (a.) The public; the people; the vulgar.

Generalia (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms.

Generalissimo (a.) The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.

Generalities (pl. ) of Generality

Generality (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.

Generality (n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.

Generality (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.

Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.

Generalization (n.) The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.

Generalization (n.) A general inference.

Generalized (imp. & p. p.) of Generalize

Generalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generalize

Generalize (v. t.) To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.

Generalize (v. t.) To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.

Generalize (v. t.) To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.

Generalize (v. i.) To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

Generalized (a.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.

Generalizer (n.) One who takes general or comprehensive views.

Generally (adv.) In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.

Generally (adv.) In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively.

Generally (adv.) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.

Generalness (n.) The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness.

Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.

Generalship (n.) Military skill in a general officer or commander.

Generalship (n.) Fig.: Leadership; management.

Generalty (n.) Generality.

Generant (a.) Generative; producing

Generant (a.) acting as a generant.

Generant (n.) That which generates.

Generant (n.) A generatrix.

Generated (imp. & p. p.) of Generate

Generating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generate

Generate (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

Generate (v. t.) To cause to be; to bring into life.

Generate (v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.

Generate (v. t.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.

Generation (n.) That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.

Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age.

Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.

Generation (n.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.

Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.

Generative (a.) Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

Generator (n.) One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

Generator (n.) An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc.

Generator (n.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.

Generatrices (pl. ) of Generatrix

Generatrixes (pl. ) of Generatrix

Generatrix (n.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

Generic (a.) Alt. of Generical

Generical (a.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name.

Generical (a.) Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.

Generically (adv.) With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.

Genericalness (n.) The quality of being generic.

Generification (n.) The act or process of generalizing.

Generosity (n.) Noble birth.

Generosity (n.) The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.

Generosity (n.) Liberality in giving; munificence.

Generous (a.) Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

Generous (a.) Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.

Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.

Generous (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.

Generous (a.) Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.

Genesee epoch () The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York.

Genesial (a.) Of or relating to generation.

Genesiolgy (n.) The doctrine or science of generation.

Genesis (n.) The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

Genesis (n.) The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

Genesis (n.) Same as Generation.

Genet (n.) Alt. of Genette

Genette (n.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.

Genette (n.) The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.

Genet (n.) A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

Genethliac (a.) Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth.

Genethliac (n.) A birthday poem.

Genethliac (n.) One skilled in genethliacs.

Genethliacal (a.) Genethliac.

Genethliacs (n.) The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth.

Genethlialogy (n.) Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

Genethliatic (n.) One who calculates nativities.

Genetic (a.) Same as Genetical.

Genetical (a.) Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development.

Genetically (adv.) In a genetical manner.

Geneva (n.) The chief city of Switzerland.

Geneva (n.) A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

Genevan (a.) Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.

Genevan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Geneva.

Genevan (n.) A supported of Genevanism.

Genevanism (n.) Strict Calvinism.

Genevese (a.) Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan.

Genevese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

Genial (a.) Same as Genian.

Genial (a.) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.

Genial (a.) Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.

Genial (a.) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.

Genial (a.) Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.

Geniality (n.) The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

Genially (adv.) By genius or nature; naturally.

Genially (adv.) Gayly; cheerfully.

Genialness (n.) The quality of being genial.

Genian (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence.

Geniculate (a.) Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

Geniculated (imp. & p. p.) of Geniculate

Geniculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geniculate

Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.

Geniculated (a.) Same as Geniculate.

Geniculation (n.) The act of kneeling.

Geniculation (n.) The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

Genie (n.) See Genius.

Genio (n.) A man of a particular turn of mind.

Geniohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.

Genipap (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.

Genista (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

Genital (a.) Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs.

Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

Geniting (n.) A species of apple that ripens very early.

Genitival (a.) Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb.

Genitive (a.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

Genitive (n.) The genitive case.

Genitocrural (a.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

Genitor (n.) One who begets; a generator; an originator.

Genitor (n.) The genitals.

Genitourinary (a.) See Urogenital.

Geniture (n.) Generation; procreation; birth.

Geniuses (pl. ) of Genius

Genii (pl. ) of Genius

Genius (n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.

Genius (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.

Genius (n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.

Genius (n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.

Genius (n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

Genoese (a.) Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy.

Genoese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.

Genouillere (n.) A metal plate covering the knee.

Genouillere (n.) That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

-genous () A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous.

Genre (n.) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

Gentes (pl. ) of Gens

Gens (a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.

Gens (a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

Gent (a.) Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.

Gent (a.) Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.

Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.

Genteel (a.) Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

Genteel (a.) Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Genteelish (a.) Somewhat genteel.

Genteelly (adv.) In a genteel manner.

Genteelness (n.) The quality of being genteel.

Genterie (n.) Alt. of Gentrie

Gentrie (n.) Nobility of birth or of character; gentility.

Gentian (n.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.

Gentianaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceae) of which the gentian is the type.

Gentianella (n.) A kind of blue color.

Gentianic (a.) Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid.

Gentianine (n.) A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

Gentianose (n.) A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

Gentil (a. & n.) Gentle.

Gentile (a.) One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

Gentile (a.) Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

Gentile (a.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

Gentile-falcon (n.) See Falcon-gentil.

Gentilesse (a.) Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility.

Gentilish (a.) Heathenish; pagan.

Gentilism (n.) Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.

Gentilism (n.) Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.

Gentilitial (a.) Alt. of Gentilitious

Gentilitious (a.) Peculiar to a people; national.

Gentilitious (a.) Hereditary; entailed on a family.

Gentility (n.) Good extraction; dignity of birth.

Gentility (n.) The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding.

Gentility (n.) The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry.

Gentility (n.) Paganism; heathenism.

Gentilize (v. i.) To live like a gentile or heathen.

Gentilize (v. i.) To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5).

Gentilize (v. i.) To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones.

Gentilly (a.) In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly.

Gentiopikrin (n.) A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

Gentisin (n.) A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin.

Gentle (superl.) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Gentle (superl.) Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

Gentle (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

Gentle (superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop .

Gentle (n.) One well born; a gentleman.

Gentle (n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

Gentle (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

Gentle (v. t.) To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.

Gentle (v. t.) To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.

Gentle (v. t.) To make kind and docile, as a horse.

Gentlefolk (n. pl.) Alt. of Gentlefolks

Gentlefolks (n. pl.) Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.

Gentle-hearted (a.) Having a kind or gentle disposition.

Gentlemen (pl. ) of Gentleman

Gentleman (n.) A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

Gentleman (n.) One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

Gentleman (n.) One who bears arms, but has no title.

Gentleman (n.) The servant of a man of rank.

Gentleman (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

Gentlemanhood (n.) The qualities or condition of a gentleman.

Gentlemanlike (a.) Alt. of Gentlemanly

Gentlemanly (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.

Gentlemanliness (n.) The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

Gentlemanship (n.) The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

Gentleness (n.) The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

Gentleship (n.) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.

Gentlesse (n.) Gentilesse; gentleness.

Gentlewomen (pl. ) of Gentlewoman

Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

Gentlewoman (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

Gently (adv.) In a gentle manner.

Gentoos (pl. ) of Gentoo

Gentoo (n.) A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo.

Gentry (a.) Birth; condition; rank by birth.

Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Gentry (a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

Genty (a.) Neat; trim.

Genua (pl. ) of Genu

Genu (n.) The knee.

Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

Genuflected (imp. & p. p.) of Genuflect

Genuflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Genuflect

Genuflect (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship.

Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

Genuine (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials.

Genera (pl. ) of Genus

Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.

Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.

Genys (n.) See Gonys.

Geocentric (a.) Alt. of Geocentrical

Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet.

Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the center of the earth.

Geocentrically (adv.) In a geocentric manner.

Geocronite (n.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.

Geocyclic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine.

Geocyclic (a.) Circling the earth periodically.

Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.

Geode (n.) The cavity in such a nodule.

Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

Geodesic (a.) Alt. of Geodesical

Geodesical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.

Geodesic (n.) A geodetic line or curve.

Geodesist (n.) One versed in geodesy.

Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.

Geodetic (a.) Alt. of Geodetical

Geodetical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.

Geodetically (adv.) In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.

Geodetics (n.) Same as Geodesy.

Geodiferous (a.) Producing geodes; containing geodes.

Geoduck (n.) A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

Geognosis (n.) Knowledge of the earth.

Geognost (n.) One versed in geognosy; a geologist.

Geognostic (a.) Alt. of Geognostical

Geognostical (a.) Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological.

Geognosy (n.) That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.

Geogonic (a.) Alt. of Geogonical

Geogonical (a.) Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth.

Geogony (n.) The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

Geographer (n.) One versed in geography.

Geographic (a.) Alt. of Geographical

Geographical (a.) Of or pertaining to geography.

Geographically (adv.) In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.

Geographies (pl. ) of Geography

Geography (n.) The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.

Geography (n.) A treatise on this science.

Geolatry (n.) The worship of the earth.

Geologer (n.) Alt. of Geologian

Geologian (n.) A geologist.

Geologic (a.) Alt. of Geological

Geological (a.) Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth.

Geologically (adv.) In a geological manner.

Geologist (n.) One versed in the science of geology.

Geologized (imp. & p. p.) of Geologize

Geologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geologize

Geologize (v. i.) To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist.

Geologies (pl. ) of Geology

Geology (n.) The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.

Geology (n.) A treatise on the science.

Geomalism (n.) The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.

Geomancer (n.) One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy.

Geomancy (n.) A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.

Geomantic (a.) Alt. of Geomantical

Geomantical (a.) Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.

Geometer (n.) One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.

Geometer (n.) Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.

Geometral (a.) Pertaining to geometry.

Geometric (a.) Alt. of Geometrical

Geometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.

Geometrically (adv.) According to the rules or laws of geometry.

Geometrician (n.) One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.

Geometrid (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.

Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.

Geometrized (imp. & p. p.) of Geometrize

Geometrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geometrize

Geometrize (v. i.) To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry.

Geometries (pl. ) of Geometry

Geometry (n.) That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.

Geometry (n.) A treatise on this science.

Geophagism (n.) The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.

Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc.

Geophagous (a.) Earth-eating.

Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.

Geoponic (a.) Alt. of Geoponical

Geoponical (a.) Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.

Geoponics (n.) The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.

Georama (n.) A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.

Geordie (n.) A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.

George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.

George (n.) A kind of brown loaf.

George noble () A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.

Georgian (a.) Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.

Georgian (a.) Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.

Georgian (n.) A native of, or dweller in, Georgia.

Georgic (a.) A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.

Georgic (a.) Alt. of Georgical

Georgical (a.) Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.

Georgium Sidus () The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel.

Geoscopy (n.) Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection.

Geoselenic (a.) Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.

Geostatic (a.) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.

Geosynclinal (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.

Geothermometer (n.) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.

Geotic (a.) Belonging to earth; terrestrial.

Geotropic (a.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism.

Geotropism (n.) A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.

Gephyrea (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae.

Gephyrean (a.) Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea.

Gephyreoid (a. & n.) Gephyrean.

Gepound (n.) See Gipoun.

Gerah (n.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

Geraniaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceae) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.

Geraniine (n.) Alt. of Geranine

Geranine (n.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

Geranine (n.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor.

Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

Geranium (n.) A cultivated pelargonium.

Gerant (n.) The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

Gerbe (n.) A kind of ornamental firework.

Gerbil (n.) Alt. of Gerbille

Gerbille (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Gerboa (n.) The jerboa.

Gere (n.) Gear.

Gerent (a.) Bearing; carrying.

Gerfalcon (n.) See Gyrfalcon.

Gerful (a.) Changeable; capricious.

Gerland (n.) Alt. of Gerlond

Gerlond (n.) A garland.

Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.

Germ (n.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.

Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.

Germ (v. i.) To germinate.

Germain (a.) See Germane.

German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.

Germans (pl. ) of German

German (n.) A native or one of the people of Germany.

German (n.) The German language.

German (n.) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.

German (n.) A social party at which the german is danced.

German (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany.

Germander (n.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs.

Germane (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.

Germanic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

Germanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.

Germanic (n.) Teutonic.

Germanism (n.) An idiom of the German language.

Germanism (n.) A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.

Germanium (n.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.

Germanization (n.) The act of Germanizing.

Germanized (imp. & p. p.) of Germanize

Germanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germanize

Germanize (v. t.) To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

Germanize (v. i.) To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

Germarium (n.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

Germens (pl. ) of Germen

Germina (pl. ) of Germen

Germen (n.) See Germ.

Germicidal (a.) Germicide.

Germicide (a.) Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases.

Germicide (n.) A germicide agent.

Germinal (a.) Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

Germinal (n.) The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.

Germinant (a.) Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

Germinated (imp. & p. p.) of Germinate

Germinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germinate

Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

Germinate (v. t.) To cause to sprout.

Germination (n.) The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Germinative (a.) Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.

Germiparity (n.) Reproduction by means of germs.

Germless (a.) Without germs.

Germogen (n.) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.

Germogen (n.) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

Germ plasm () See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.

Germule (n.) A small germ.

Gern (v. t.) To grin or yawn.

Gerner (n.) A garner.

Gerocomia (n.) See Gerocomy.

Gerocomical (a.) Pertaining to gerocomy.

Gerocomy (n.) That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

Gerontes (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

Gerontocracy (n.) Government by old men.

Geropigia (n.) A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines.

-gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous.

Gerrymandered (imp. & p. p.) of Gerrymander

Gerrymandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gerrymander

Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.

Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.

Gerundial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.

Gerundive (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.

Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.

Gerundively (adv.) In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.

Gery (a.) Changeable; fickle.

Gesling (n.) A gosling.

Gesse (v. t. & i.) To guess.

Gest (n.) A guest.

Gest (n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.

Gest (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.

Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.

Gest (n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.

Gest (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.

Gest (n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.

Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.

Gestation (n.) The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).

Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.

Gestatory (a.) Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

Gestatory (a.) Capable of being carried or worn.

Geste (v. i.) To tell stories or gests.

Gestic (a.) Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.

Gestic (a.) Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; -- said especially with reference to dancing.

Gesticulated (imp. & p. p.) of Gesticulate

Gesticulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gesticulate

Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.

Gesticulate (v. t.) To represent by gesture; to act.

Gesticulation (n.) The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

Gesticulation (n.) A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.

Gesticulation (n.) Antic tricks or motions.

Gesticulator (n.) One who gesticulates.

Gesticulatory (a.) Representing by, or belonging to, gestures.

Gestour (n.) A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.

Gestural (a.) Relating to gesture.

Gesture (n.) Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

Gesture (n.) A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion.

Gestured (imp. & p. p.) of Gesture

Gesturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gesture

Gesture (v. t.) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.

Gesture (v. i.) To make gestures; to gesticulate.

Gestureless (a.) Free from gestures.

Gesturement (n.) Act of making gestures; gesturing.

Get (n.) Jet, the mineral.

Get (n.) Fashion; manner; custom.

Get (n.) Artifice; contrivance.

Got (imp.) of Get

Gat () of Get

Got (p. p.) of Get

Gotten () of Get

Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Get

Get (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.

Get (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.

Get (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.

Get (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.

Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

Get (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.

Get (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

Get (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.

Get (n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

Geten () p. p. of Get.

Geth () the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go.

Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.

Gettable (a.) That may be obtained.

Getter (n.) One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.

Getterup (n.) One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc.

Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

Get-up (n.) General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc.

Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.

Gewgaw (a.) Showy; unreal; pretentious.

Geyser (n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

Geyserite (n.) A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

Gharry (n.) Any wheeled cart or carriage.

Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.

Ghastful (a.) Fit to make one aghast; dismal.

Ghastliness (n.) The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.

Ghastly (superl.) Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

Ghastly (adv.) In a ghastly manner; hideously.

Ghastness (n.) Ghastliness.

Ghat (n.) Alt. of Ghaut

Ghaut (n.) A pass through a mountain.

Ghaut (n.) A range of mountains.

Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf.

Ghawazi (n. pl.) Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

Gheber Ghebre (n.) A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee.

Ghee (n.) Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil.

Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.

Gherkin (n.) See Sea gherkin.

Ghess (v. t. & i.) See Guess.

Ghetto (n.) The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.

Ghibelline (n.) One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses.

Ghole (n.) See Ghoul.

Ghost (n.) The spirit; the soul of man.

Ghost (n.) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.

Ghost (n.) A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

Ghost (v. i.) To die; to expire.

Ghost (v. t.) To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.

Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.

Ghostless (a.) Without life or spirit.

Ghostlike (a.) Like a ghost; ghastly.

Ghostliness (n.) The quality of being ghostly.

Ghostly (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

Ghostly (a.) Of or pertaining to apparitions.

Ghostly (adv.) Spiritually; mystically.

Ghostology (n.) Ghost lore.

Ghoul (n.) An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies.

Ghoulish (a.) Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

Ghyll (n.) A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.

Giallolino (n.) A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.

Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.

Giant (n.) A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

Giant (n.) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

Giant (n.) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Giant (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Giantess (n.) A woman of extraordinary size.

Giantize (v. i.) To play the giant.

Giantly (a.) Appropriate to a giant.

Giantry (n.) The race of giants.

Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant.

Giaour (n.) An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians.

Gib (n.) A male cat; a tomcat.

Gib (v. i.) To act like a cat.

Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.

Gibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gib

Gibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gib

Gib (v. t.) To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

Gib (v. i.) To balk. See Jib, v. i.

Gibbartas (n.) One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale.

Gibber (n.) A balky horse.

Gibbered (imp. & p. p.) of Gibber

Gibbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibber

Gibber (v. i.) To speak rapidly and inarticulately.

Gibberish (v. i.) Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

Gibberish (a.) Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.

Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

Gibbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Gibbet

Gibbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibbet

Gibbet (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.

Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.

Gibbier (n.) Wild fowl; game.

Gibbon (n.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

Gib boom () See Jib boom.

Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.

Gibbostity (n.) The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.

Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed.

Gibbsite (n.) A hydrate of alumina.

Gib-cat (n.) A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n.

Gibed (imp. & p. p.) of Gibe

Gibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibe

Gibe (v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.

Gibel (n.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.

Giber (n.) One who utters gibes.

Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon.

Gibingly (adv.) In a gibing manner; scornfully.

Giblet (a.) Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.

Giblets (n. pl.) The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.

Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.

Gibstaff (n.) A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.

Gid (a.) A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C/nurus.

Giddily (adv.) In a giddy manner.

Giddiness (n.) The quality or state of being giddy.

Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

Giddy (superl.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.

Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

Giddy (superl.) Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.

Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.

Giddy (v. t.) To make dizzy or unsteady.

Giddy-head (n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.

Giddy-headed (a.) Thoughtless; unsteady.

Giddy-paced (a.) Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.

Gie (v. t.) To guide. See Gye .

Gie (v. t.) To give.

Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

Gier-falcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.

Gieseckite (n.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.

Gif (conj.) If.

Giffard injector () See under Injector.

Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.

Giffy (n.) See Jiffy.

Gift (v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

Gift (v. t.) A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.

Gifted (imp. & p. p.) of Gift

Gifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gift

Gift (v. t.) To endow with some power or faculty.

Giftedness (n.) The state of being gifted.

Gig (n.) A fiddle.

Gig (v. t.) To engender.

Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.

Gig (v. t.) To fish with a gig.

Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

Gig (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

Gigantean (a.) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.

Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

Gigantic (a.) Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

Gigantic (a.) Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.

Gigantical (a.) Bulky, big.

Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant.

Gigantine (a.) Gigantic.

Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.

Gigantomachy (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

Gide (n.) Alt. of Guide

Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

Gigeria (pl. ) of Gigerium

Gigerium (n.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.

Gigget (n.) Same as Gigot.

Giggled (imp. & p. p.) of Giggle

Giggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Giggle

Giggle (v. t.) To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.

Giggler (n.) One who giggles or titters.

Giggly (a.) Prone to giggling.

Giggot (n.) See Gigot.

Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.

Giglot (n.) Alt. of Giglet

Giglet (n.) A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.

Giglot (a.) Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.

Gigot (n.) Alt. of Giggot

Giggot (n.) A leg of mutton.

Giggot (n.) A small piece of flesh; a slice.

Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

Gilded (imp. & p. p.) of Gild

Gilt () of Gild

Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild

Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.

Gild (v. t.) To make red with drinking.

Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.

Gilden (a.) Gilded.

Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

Gilder (n.) A Dutch coin. See Guilder.

Guilding (n.) The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.

Guilding (n.) Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.

Guilding (n.) Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine.

Gile (n.) Guile.

Gill (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Gill (n.) The flesh under or about the chin.

Gill (n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

Gill (n.) A leech.

Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

Gill (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

Gill (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.

Gill (n.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

Gill-flirt (n.) A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill.

Gillhouse (n.) A shop where gill is sold.

Gillian (n.) A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill.

Gillie Gilly (n.) A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands.

Gillyflower (n.) A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

Gillyflower (n.) A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.

Gilour (n.) A guiler; deceiver.

Gilse (n.) See Grilse.

Gilt (v. t.) A female pig, when young.

Gilt () imp. & p. p. of Gild.

Gilt (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.

Gilt (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.

Gilt (n.) Money.

Gilt-edge (a.) Alt. of Gilt-edged

Gilt-edged (a.) Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.

Gilt-edged (a.) Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc.

Gilthead (n.) A marine fish.

Gilthead (n.) The Pagrus, / Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll.

Gilthead (n.) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.

Giltif (a.) Guilty.

Gilttail (n.) A yellow-tailed worm or larva.

Gim (a.) Neat; spruce.

Gimbal (n.) Alt. of Gimbals

Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first.

Gimblet (n. & v.) See Gimlet.

Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.

Gimleted (imp. & p. p.) of Gimlet

Gimleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gimlet

Gimlet (v. t.) To pierce or make with a gimlet.

Gimlet (v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

Gimmal (n.) Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.

Gommal (a.) Made or consisting of interlocked ring/ or links; as, gimmal mail.

Gimmer (n.) Alt. of Gimmor

Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Gimp (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.

Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.

Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

Gin (conj.) If.

Gan (imp. & p. p.) of Gin

Gon () of Gin

Gun () of Gin

Ginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin

Gin (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.

Gin (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.

Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

Gin (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.

Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

Gin (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

Ginned (imp. & p. p.) of Gin

Ginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin

Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap.

Gin (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

Ging (n.) Same as Gang, n., 2.

Gingal (n.) See Jingal.

Ginger (n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.

Gingerbread (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.

Gingerly (adv.) Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.

Gingerness (n.) Cautiousness; tenderness.

Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints.

Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

Gingival (a.) Of or pertaining to the gums.

Gingle (n. & v.) See Jingle.

Ginglyform (a.) Ginglymoid.

Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

Ginglymoid (a.) Alt. of Ginglymoidal

Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.

Ginglymi (pl. ) of Ginglymus

Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

Ginhouse (n.) A building where cotton is ginned.

Ginkgoes (pl. ) of Ginkgo

Ginkgo (n.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.

Ginn (pl. ) of Ginnee

Ginnee (n.) See Jinnee.

Ginnet (n.) See Genet, a horse.

Ginning (v. i.) Beginning.

Ginny-carriage (n.) A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.

Ginseng (n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.

Ginshop (n.) A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.

Gip (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).

Gip (n.) A servant. See Gyp.

Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.

Gipser (n.) Alt. of Gipsire

Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.

Gipsy (n. a.) See Gypsy.

Gipsyism (n.) See Gypsyism.

Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.

Girandole (n.) An ornamental branched candlestick.

Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.

Girandole (n.) A kind of revolving firework.

Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.

Girasole Girasol (n.) See Heliotrope.

Girasole Girasol (n.) A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color.

Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

Gird (v.) To strike; to smite.

Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

Girt (imp. & p. p.) of Gird

Girded () of Gird

Girding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gird

Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.

Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.

Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds.

Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double.

Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.

Girdle (n.) A griddle.

Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.

Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator.

Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdle

Girdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdle

Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.

Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.

Girdler (n.) One who girdles.

Girdler (n.) A maker of girdles.

Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae.

Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.

Girdlestead (n.) The lap.

Gire (n.) See Gyre.

Girkin (n.) See Gherkin.

Girl (n.) A young person of either sex; a child.

Girl (n.) A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.

Girl (n.) A female servant; a maidservant.

Girl (n.) A roebuck two years old.

Girlhood (n.) State or time of being a girl.

Girlish (a.) Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.

Girlond (n.) A garland; a prize.

Girn (n.) To grin.

Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

Girondist (a.) Of or pertaining to the Girondists.

Girrock (n.) A garfish.

Girt () imp. & p. p. of Gird.

Girted (imp. & p. p.) of Girt

Girting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girt

Girt (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Girt (n.) Same as Girth.

Girth (n.) A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

Girth (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything.

Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.

Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.

Girtline (n.) A gantline.

Gisarm (n.) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

Gise (v. t.) To feed or pasture.

Gise (n.) Guise; manner.

Gisle (n.) A pledge.

Gismondine (n.) Alt. of Gismondite

Gismondite (n.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.

Gist (n.) A resting place.

Gist (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

Git (n.) See Geat.

Gite (n.) A gown.

Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

Gittern (n.) An instrument like a guitar.

Gittern (v. i.) To play on gittern.

Gittith (n.) A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv.

Guist (n.) Same as Joust.

Giusto (a.) In just, correct, or suitable time.

Gave (imp.) of Give

Given (p. p.) of Give

Giving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Give

Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

Give (n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

Give (n.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

Give (n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

Give (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

Give (n.) To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

Give (n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.

Give (n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.

Give (n.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

Give (n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

Give (n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word.

Give (n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

Give (v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.

Give (v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

Give (v. i.) To become soft or moist.

Give (v. i.) To move; to recede.

Give (v. i.) To shed tears; to weep.

Give (v. i.) To have a misgiving.

Give (v. i.) To open; to lead.

Given () p. p. & a. from Give, v.

Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

Given (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.

Given (adv.) Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.

Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

Gives (n.) Fetters.

Giving (n.) The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

Giving (n.) A gift; a benefaction.

Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.

Gizzard (n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.

Gizzard (n.) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.

Gizzard (n.) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.

Glabell/ (pl. ) of Glabella

Glabella (n.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.

Glabella (pl. ) of Glabellum

Glabellum (n.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.

Glabrate (a.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age.

Glabreate (v. t.) Alt. of Glabriate

Glabriate (v. t.) To make smooth, plain, or bare.

Glabrity (n.) Smoothness; baldness.

Glabrous (a.) Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.

Glacial (a.) Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.

Glacial (a.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.

Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.

Glaciate (v. i.) To turn to ice.

Glaciate (v. t.) To convert into, or cover with, ice.

Glaciate (v. t.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.

Glaciation (n.) Act of freezing.

Glaciation (n.) That which is formed by freezing; ice.

Glaciation (n.) The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.

Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.

Glacious (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy.

Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

Glad (superl.) Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.

Glad (superl.) Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

Gladded (imp. & p. p.) of Glad

Gladding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glad

Glad (v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

Glad (v. i.) To be glad; to rejoice.

Gladdened (imp. & p. p.) of Gladden

Gladdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gladden

Gladden (v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

Gladden (v. i.) To be or become glad; to rejoice.

Gladder (n.) One who makes glad.

Glade (n.) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

Glade (n.) An everglade.

Glade (n.) An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice.

Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima.

Gladeye (n.) The European yellow-hammer.

Gladful (a.) Full of gladness; joyful; glad.

Gladiate (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

Gladiator (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.

Gladiatorial (a.) Alt. of Gladiatorian

Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

Gladiatorism (n.) The art or practice of a gladiator.

Gladiatorship (n.) Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.

Gladiatory (a.) Gladiatorial.

Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.

Gladiole (n.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.

Gladioli (pl. ) of Gladiolus

Gladioluses (pl. ) of Gladiolus

Gladiolus (n.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

Gladiolus (n.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.

Gladii (pl. ) of Gladius

Gladius (n.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

Gladly (a.) Preferably; by choice.

Gladly (a.) With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.

Gladness (n.) State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.

Gladship (n.) A state of gladness.

Gladsome (a.) Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

Gladsome (a.) Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.

Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

Gladwyn (n.) See Gladen.

Glair (a.) The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

Glair (a.) Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

Glair (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

Glaired (imp. & p. p.) of Glair

Glairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glair

Glair (v. t.) To smear with the white of an egg.

Glaire (n.) See Glair.

Glaireous (a.) Glairy; covered with glair.

Glairin (n.) A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.

Glairy (a.) Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.

Glaive (n.) A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head.

Glaive (n.) A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.

Glama (n.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.

Glamour (n.) A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

Glamour (n.) Witchcraft; magic; a spell.

Glamour (n.) A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.

Glamour (n.) Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.

Glamourie (n.) Glamour.

Glance (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.

Glance (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

Glance (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

Glance (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

Glanced (imp. & p. p.) of Glance

Glancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glance

Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".

Glance (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

Glance (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.

Glance (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

Glance (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light.

Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.

Glancingly (adv.) In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.

Gland (n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.

Gland (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.

Gland (n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.

Gland (n.) Any very small prominence.

Gland (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.

Gland (n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

Glandage (n.) A feeding on nuts or mast.

Glandered (a.) Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse.

Glanderous (a.) Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.

Glanders (n.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

Glandiferous (a.) Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.

Glandiform (a.) Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

Glandular (a.) Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

Glandulation (n.) The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.

Glandule (n.) A small gland or secreting vessel.

Glanduliferous (a.) Bearing glandules.

Glandulose (a.) Same as Glandulous.

Glandulosity (n.) Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands.

Glandulous (a.) Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

Glandes (pl. ) of Glans

Glans (n.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

Glans (n.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

Glans (n.) Goiter.

Glans (n.) A pessary.

Glared (imp. & p. p.) of Glare

Glaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glare

Glare (v. i.) To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

Glare (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

Glare (v. i.) To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Glare (n.) A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

Glare (n.) A fierce, piercing look or stare.

Glare (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

Glare (n.) A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.

Glare (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

Glareous (a.) Glairy.

Glariness (n.) Alt. of Glaringness

Glaringness (n.) A dazzling luster or brilliancy.

Glaring (a.) Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime.

Glary (a.) Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.

Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.

Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.

Glass (v. t.) Anything made of glass.

Glass (v. t.) A looking-glass; a mirror.

Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand.

Glass (v. t.) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.

Glass (v. t.) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.

Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer.

Glassed (imp. & p. p.) of Glass

Glassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glass

Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.

Glass (v. t.) To case in glass.

Glass (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.

Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

Glassen (a.) Glassy; glazed.

Glasseye (n.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

Glasseye (n.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.

Glass-faced (a.) Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.

Glassfuls (pl. ) of Glassful

Glassful (n.) The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

Glassful (a.) Glassy; shining like glass.

Glass-gazing (a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.

Glasshouse (n.) A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

Glassily (adv.) So as to resemble glass.

Glassiness (n.) The quality of being glassy.

Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

Glass maker (n.) Alt. of Glassmaker

Glassmaker (n.) One who makes, or manufactures, glass.

Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.

Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.

Glassware (n.) Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

Glasswork (n.) Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

Glassy (a.) Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.

Glassy (a.) Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.

Glassy (a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.

Glasstonbury thorn () A variety of the common hawthorn.

Glasynge (n.) Glazing or glass.

Glauberite (n.) A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

Glauber's salt () Alt. of Glauber's salts

Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts."

Glaucescent (a.) Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

Glaucic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.

Glaucine (a.) Glaucous or glaucescent.

Glaucine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

Glaucodot (n.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

Glaucoma (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

Glaucomatous (a.) Having the nature of glaucoma.

Glaucometer (n.) See Gleucometer.

Glauconite (n.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.

Glaucophane (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.

Glaucosis (n.) Same as Glaucoma.

Glaucous (a.) Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.

Glaucous (a.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

Glaucus (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

Glaum (v. i.) To grope with the hands, as in the dark.

Glave (n.) See Glaive.

Glaver (v. i.) To prate; to jabber; to babble.

Glaver (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle.

Glaverer (n.) A flatterer.

Glaymore (n.) A claymore.

Glased (imp. & p. p.) of Glase

Glazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glase

Glase (v. t.) To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass.

Glase (v. t.) To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like.

Glase (v. t.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

Glaze (v. i.) To become glazed of glassy.

Glaze (n.) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.

Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

Glaze (v. t.) A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

Glazen (a.) Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed.

Glazer (n.) One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.

Glazer (n.) A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.

Glazier (n.) One whose business is to set glass.

Glazing (n.) The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.

Glazing (n.) The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.

Glazing (n.) The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper.

Glazing (n.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

Glazy (a.) Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

Glead (n.) A live coal. See Gleed.

Gleam (v. i.) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Gleam (n.) A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.

Gleam (n.) Brightness; splendor.

Gleamed (imp. & p. p.) of Gleam

Gleaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gleam

Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

Gleam (v. t.) To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).

Gleamy (a.) Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.

Gleaned (imp. & p. p.) of Glean

Gleaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glean

Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.

Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

Glean (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

Glean (n.) A collection made by gleaning.

Glean (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.

Gleaner (n.) One who gathers after reapers.

Gleaner (n.) One who gathers slowly with labor.

Gleaning (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.

Glebe (n.) A lump; a clod.

Glebe (n.) Turf; soil; ground; sod.

Glebe (n.) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

Glebeless (a.) Having no glebe.

Glebosity (n.) The quality of being glebous.

Glebous (a.) Alt. of Gleby

Gleby (a.) Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.

Glede (v. i.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard.

Glede (n.) A live coal.

Glee (n.) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.

Glee (n.) Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.

Glee (n.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.

Gleed (v. i.) A live or glowing coal; a glede.

Gleeful (a.) Merry; gay; joyous.

Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.

Gleek (n.) An enticing look or glance.

Gleek (v. i.) To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.

Gleek (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons.

Gleek (n.) Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything.

Gleemen (pl. ) of Gleeman

Gleeman (n.) A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

Gleen (v. i.) To glisten; to gleam.

Gleesome (a.) Merry; joyous; gleeful.

Gleet (n.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.

Gleet (v. i.) To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.

Gleet (v. i.) To flow slowly, as water.

Gleety (a.) Ichorous; thin; limpid.

Gleg (a.) Quick of perception; alert; sharp.

Gleire (n.) Alt. of Gleyre

Gleyre (n.) See Glair.

Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

Glenlivat (n.) Alt. of Glenlivet

Glenlivet (n.) A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made.

Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.

Glenoidal (a.) Glenoid.

Glent (n. & v.) See Glint.

Gleucometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.

Glew (n.) See Glue.

Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.

Gliadin (n.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.

Glib (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.

Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.

Glib (v. t.) To make glib.

Glib (n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.

Glib (v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Gilbbery (a.) Slippery; changeable.

Gilbbery (a.) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.

Glibly (adv.) In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.

Glibness (n.) The quality of being glib.

Glicke (n.) An ogling look.

Glidden () p. p. of Glide.

Glidder (a.) Alt. of Gliddery

Gliddery (a.) Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.

Glide (n.) The glede or kite.

Glided (imp. & p. p.) of Glide

Gliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glide

Glide (v. i.) To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.

Glide (v. i.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Glide (n.) The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.

Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191).

Gliden () p. p. of Glide.

Glider (n.) One who, or that which, glides.

Glidingly (adv.) In a gliding manner.

Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.

Gliff (n.) A moment: as, for a gliff.

Glike (n.) A sneer; a flout.

Glim (n.) Brightness; splendor.

Glim (n.) A light or candle.

Glimmered (imp. & p. p.) of Glimmer

Glimmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimmer

Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

Glimmer (n.) A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

Glimmer (n.) Mica. See Mica.

Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.

Glimmering (n.) A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.

Glimpse (n.) A sudden flash; transient luster.

Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.

Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.

Glimpsed (imp. & p. p.) of Glimpse

Glimpsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimpse

Glimpse (v. i.) to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.

Glimpse (v. t.) To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.

Glint (n.) A glimpse, glance, or gleam.

Glinted (imp. & p. p.) of Glint

Glinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glint

Glint (v. i.) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.

Glint (v. t.) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.

Glioma (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.

Glires (n. pl.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia.

Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.

Glissando (n. & a.) A gliding effect; gliding.

Glissette (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

Glist (n.) Glimmer; mica.

Glistened (imp. & p. p.) of Glisten

Glistening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glisten

Glisten (v. i.) To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

Glistered (imp. & p. p.) of Glister

Glistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glister

Glister (v. i.) To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

Glister (n.) Glitter; luster.

Glisteringly (adv.) In a glistering manner.

Glittered (imp. & p. p.) of Glitter

Glittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glitter

Glitter (v. i.) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

Glitter (n.) A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.

Glitterand (a.) Glittering.

Glitteringly (adv.) In a glittering manner.

Gloam (v. i.) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

Gloam (v. i.) To be sullen or morose.

Gloam (n.) The twilight; gloaming.

Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.

Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.

Gloar (v. i.) To squint; to stare.

Gloated (imp. & p. p.) of Gloat

Gloating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloat

Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

Globard (n.) A glowworm.

Globate (a.) Alt. of Globated

Globated (a.) Having the form of a globe; spherical.

Globe (n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

Globe (n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.

Globe (n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.

Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.

Globed (imp. & p. p.) of Globe

Globing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Globe

Globe (v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.

Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers.

Globeflower (n.) The American plant Trollius laxus.

Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe.

Globiferous (a.) Having a round or globular tip.

Globigerin/ (pl. ) of Globigerina

Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

Globose (a.) Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

Globosely (adv.) In a globular manner; globularly.

Globosity (n.) Sphericity.

Globous (a.) Spherical.

Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

Globularity (n.) The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

Globularly (adv.) Spherically.

Globularness (n.) Sphericity; globosity.

Globule (n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

Globule (n.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

Globule (n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

Globulet (n.) A little globule.

Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.

Globulimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

Globulin (n.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.

Globulite (n.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.

Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular.

Globy (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular.

Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles.

Glochidia (pl. ) of Glochidium

Glochidium (n.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

Glode () imp. of Glide.

Glombe (v. i.) Alt. of Glome

Glome (v. i.) To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.

Glome (n.) Gloom.

Glome (n.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.

Glomerate (a.) Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

Glomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Glomerate

Glomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glomerate

Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

Glomeration (n.) The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

Glomeration (n.) That which is formed into a ball; a ball.

Glomerous (a.) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.

Glomerule (n.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

Glomerule (n.) A glomerulus.

Glomeruli (pl. ) of Glomerulus

Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.

Glonoin (n.) Alt. of Glonoine

Glonoine (n.) Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin.

Glonoine (n.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.

Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

Gloom (n.) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

Gloomed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloom

Glooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloom

Gloom (v. i.) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.

Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

Gloom (v. t.) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Gloomily (adv.) In a gloomy manner.

Gloominess (n.) State of being gloomy.

Glooming (n.) Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

Gloomth (n.) Gloom.

Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.

Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.

Gloppen (v. t. & i.) To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished.

Glore (v. i.) To glare; to glower.

Gloria (n.) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches.

Gloria (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used.

Gloria (n.) The musical setting of a gloria.

Gloriation (n.) Boast; a triumphing.

Gloried (a.) Illustrious; honorable; noble.

Glorification (n.) The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

Glorification (n.) The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.

Glorified (imp. & p. p.) of Glorify

Glorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glorify

Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.

Gloriole (n.) An aureole.

Gloriosa (n.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.

Glorioser (n.) A boaster.

Glorioso (n.) A boaster.

Glorious (n.) Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.

Glorious (n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.

Glorious (n.) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.

Glory (n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

Glory (n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.

Glory (n.) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

Glory (n.) The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

Glory (n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

Gloried (imp. & p. p.) of Glory

Glorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glory

Glory (n.) To exult with joy; to rejoice.

Glory (n.) To boast; to be proud.

Glose (n. & v.) See Gloze.

Gloser (n.) See Glosser.

Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

Glossed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloss

Glossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloss

Gloss (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.

Gloss (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.

Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.

Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.

Gloss (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.

Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

Gloss (v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain.

Gloss (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations.

Gloss/ (pl. ) of Glossa

Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Glossarial (a.) Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Glossarially (adv.) In the manner of a glossary.

Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.

Gossaries (pl. ) of Glossary

Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.

Glossator (n.) A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.

Glosser (n.) A polisher; one who gives a luster.

Glosser (n.) A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.

Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.

Glossily (adv.) In a glossy manner.

Glossiness (n.) The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.

Glossist (n.) A writer of comments.

Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.

Glossly (adv.) Like gloss; specious.

Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.

Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.

Glossographer (n.) A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.

Glossographical (a.) Of or pertaining to glossography.

Glossography (n.) The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

Glossolalia (n.) Alt. of Glossolaly

Glossolaly (n.) The gift of tongues. Farrar.

Glossological (a.) Of or pertaining to glossology.

Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

Glossology (n.) The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

Glossology (n.) The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.

Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.

Glossy (superl.) Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.

Glost oven () An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze.

Glottal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.

Glottic (a.) Alt. of Glottidean

Glottidean (a.) Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Glottological (a.) Of or pertaining to glottology.

Glottologist (n.) A linguist; a philologist.

Glottology (n.) The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

Glout (v. i.) To pout; to look sullen.

Glout (v. t.) To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at.

Glove (n.) A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.

Glove (n.) A boxing glove.

Gloved (imp. & p. p.) of Glove

Gloving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glove

Glove (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a glove.

Glover (n.) One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.

Glowed (imp. & p. p.) of Glow

Glowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glow

Glow (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

Glow (v. i.) To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.

Glow (v. i.) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Glow (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.

Glow (v. t.) To make hot; to flush.

Glow (n.) White or red heat; incandscence.

Glow (n.) Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.

Glow (n.) Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.

Glow (n.) Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

Glowbard (n.) The glowworm.

Glowered (imp. & p. p.) of Glower

Glowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glower

Glower (v. i.) to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.

Glowingly (adv.) In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.

Glowlamp (n.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.

Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.

Glowworm (n.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments.

Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

Glozed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloze

Glozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloze

Gloze (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.

Gloze (v. i.) To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

Gloze (v. t.) To smooth over; to palliate.

Gloze (n.) Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

Gloze (n.) Specious show; gloss.

Glozer (n.) A flatterer.

Glucic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.

Glucina (n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

Glucinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.

Glucinum (n.) A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium.

Glucogen (n.) See Glycogen.

Glucogenesis (n.) Glycogenesis.

Gluconic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.

Glucose (n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose.

Glucose (n.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.

Glucose (n.) The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.

Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.

Glucosuria (n.) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.

Glue (n.) A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances.

Glued (imp. & p. p.) of Glue

Gluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glue

Glue (n.) To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.

Gluer (n.) One who cements with glue.

Gluey (a.) Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

Glueyness (n.) Viscidity.

Gluish (a.) Somewhat gluey.

Glum (n.) Sullenness.

Glum (a.) Moody; silent; sullen.

Glum (v. i.) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

Glumaceous (a.) Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

Glumal (a.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume.

Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.

Glumella (n.) Alt. of Glumelle

Glumelle (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

Glumly (adv.) In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

Glummy (a.) dark; gloomy; dismal.

Glumness (n.) Moodiness; sullenness.

Glump (v. i.) To manifest sullenness; to sulk.

Glumpy (a.) Glum; sullen; sulky.

Glunch (a.) Frowning; sulky; sullen.

Glunch (n.) A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike.

Glutted (imp. & p. p.) of Glut

Glutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glut

Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

Glut (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

Glut (v. i.) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.

Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.

Glut (n.) Something that fills up an opening; a clog.

Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

Glut (n.) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

Glut (n.) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

Glut (n.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.

Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.

Glut (n.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Glutaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

Glutaeus (n.) The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Glutamic (a.) Of or pertaining to gluten.

Glutaric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers.

Glutazine (n.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Gluteal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutaeus.

Gluten (n.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Gluteus (n.) Same as Glut/us.

Glutin (n.) Same as Gliadin.

Glutin (n.) Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin.

Glutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Glutinate

Glutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glutinate

Glutinate (v. t.) To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

Glutination (n.) The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

Glutinative (a.) Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

Glutinosity (n.) The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.

Glutinous (a.) Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

Glutinous (a.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

Glutinousness (n.) The quality of being glutinous.

Glutton (n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Glutton (n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.

Glutton (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Glutton (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Glutton (v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Gluttonish (a.) Gluttonous; greedy.

Gluttonized (imp. & p. p.) of Gluttonize

Gluttonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gluttonize

Gluttonize (v. i.) To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.

Gluttonous (a.) Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.

Gluttonies (pl. ) of Gluttony

Gluttony (n.) Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Glycerate (n.) A salt of glyceric acid.

Glyceric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.

Glyceride (n.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Glycerin (n.) Alt. of Glycerine

Glycerine (n.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

Glycerite (n.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

Glycerol (n.) Same as Glycerin.

Clycerole (n.) Same as Glycerite.

Glyceryl (n.) A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.

Glycide (n.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.

Glycidic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.

Glycin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycocholate (n.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.

Glycocholic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.

Glycocin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycocoll (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.

Glycogen (n.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.

Glycogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

Glycogeny (n.) Alt. of Glycogenesis

Glycogenesis (n.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

Glycol (n.) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.

Glycol (n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.

Glycolic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.

Glycolide (n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.

Glycoluric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.

Glycoluril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin.

Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.

Glyconian (a. & n.) Glyconic.

Glyconic (a.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.

Glyconic (n.) A glyconic verse.

Glyconin (n.) An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

Glycosine (n.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

Glycosuria (n.) Same as Glucosuria.

Glycyrrhiza (n.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.

Glycyrrhiza (n.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.

Glycyrrhizimic (a.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.

Glycyrrhizin (n.) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.

Glyn (n.) Alt. of Glynne

Glynne (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]

Glyoxal (n.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.

Glyoxalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.

Glyoxaline (n.) A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.

Glyoxime (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.

Glyph (n.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

Glyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.

Glyphograph (n.) A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.

Glyphographic (a.) Of or pertaining to glyphography.

Glyphography (n.) A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.

Glyptic (a.) Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

Glyptic (a.) Figured; marked as with figures.

Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.

Glyptodon (n.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth.

Glyptodont (n.) One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.

Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.

Glyptography (n.) The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.

Glyster (n.) Same as Clyster.

Gmelinite (n.) A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.

Gnaphalium (n.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.

Gnarred (imp. & p. p.) of Gnar

Gnarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnar

Gnar (v. i.) To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.

Gnarled (imp. & p. p.) of Gnarl

Gnarling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnarl

Gnarl (v. i.) To growl; to snarl.

Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.

Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Gnashed (imp. & p. p.) of Gnash

Gnashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnash

Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.

Gnash (v. i.) To grind or strike the teeth together.

Gnashingly (adv.) With gnashing.

Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

Gnat (n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.

Gnathic (a.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.

Gnathidia (pl. ) of Gnathidium

Gnathidium (n.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.

Gnathite (n.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds.

Gnathonic (a.) Alt. of Gnathonical

Gnathonical (a.) Flattering; deceitful.

Gnathopod (n.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

Gnathopodite (n.) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

Gnathastegite (n.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

Gnathostoma (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.

GnathothecAe (pl. ) of Gnathotheca

Gnathotheca (n.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

Gnatling (n.) A small gnat.

Gnatworm (n.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.

Gnawed (imp. & p. p.) of Gnaw

Gnawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnaw

Gnaw (v. t.) To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.

Gnaw (v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.

Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

Gnaw (v. i.) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.

Gnawer (n.) One who, or that which, gnaws.

Gnawer (n.) A rodent.

Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

Gneissic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.

Gneissoid (a.) Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.

Gneissose (a.) Having the structure of gneiss.

Gnew () imp. of Gnaw.

Gnide (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.

Gnof (n.) Churl; curmudgeon.

Gnome (n.) An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

Gnome (n.) A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

Gnome (n.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

Gnome (n.) A brief reflection or maxim.

Gnomic (a.) Alt. of Gnomical

Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.

Gnomical (a.) Gnomonical.

Gnomically (adv.) In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

Gnomologic (a.) Alt. of Gnomological

Gnomological (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.

Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.

Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.

Gnomon (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.

Gnomon (n.) The index of the hour circle of a globe.

Gnomonic (a.) Alt. of Gnomonical

Gnomonical (a.) Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing.

Gnomonically (adv.) According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.

Gnomonics (n.) The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

Gnomonist (n.) One skilled in gnomonics.

Gnomonology (n.) A treatise on gnomonics.

Gnoscopine (n.) An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.

Gnosis (n.) The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.

Gnostic (a.) Knowing; wise; shrewd.

Gnostic (a.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.

Gnostic (n.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.

Gnosticism (n.) The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.

Gnow (imp.) Gnawed.

Gnu (n.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.

Go (p. p.) Gone.

Went (imp.) of Go

Gone (p. p.) of Go

Going (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Go

Go (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.

Go (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

Go (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.

Go (v. i.) To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.

Go (v. i.) To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.

Go (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.

Go (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.

Go (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.

Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.

Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

Go (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.

Go (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

Go (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.

Go (n.) Act; working; operation.

Go (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.

Go (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.

Go (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go.

Go (n.) A glass of spirits.

Go (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.

Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Goa (n.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

Goaded (imp. & p. p.) of Goad

Goading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goad

Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.

Goafs (pl. ) of Goaf

Goaves (pl. ) of Goaf

Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

Goal (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.

Goal (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.

Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.

Goar (n.) Same as lst Gore.

Goarish (a.) Patched; mean.

Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Goatee (n.) A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

Goatfish (n.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

Goatherd (n.) One who tends goats.

Goatish (a.) Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.

Goatlike (a.) Like a goat; goatish.

Goatskin (n.) The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.

Goatskin (a.) Made of the skin of a goat.

Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.

Goaves (n.) Old workings. See Goaf.

Gob (n.) Same as Goaf.

Gob (n.) A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.

Gob (n.) The mouth.

Gobbet (n.) A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.

Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

Gobbetly (adv.) In pieces.

Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Gobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gobble

Gobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gobble

Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

Gobble (v. i.) To eat greedily.

Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

Gobble (n.) A noise made in the throat.

Gobbler (n.) A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.

Gobelin (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

Gobet (n.) See Gobbet.

Go-between (n.) An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.

Gobioid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.

Gobioid (n.) A gobioid fish.

Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Goblinize (v. t.) To transform into a goblin.

Gobies (pl. ) of Goby

Goby (n.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

Gocart (n.) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

God (a. & n.) Good.

God (n.) A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.

God (n.) The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

God (n.) A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.

God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.

God (v. t.) To treat as a god; to idolize.

Godchild (n.) One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

Goddaughter (n.) A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

Goddess (n.) A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.

Goddess (n.) A woman of superior charms or excellence.

Gode (a. & n.) Good.

Godelich (a.) Goodly.

Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.

Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.

God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.

Godhead (n.) Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.

Godhead (n.) The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.

Godhead (n.) A god or goddess; a divinity.

Godhood (n.) Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.

Godild () A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless.

Godless (a.) Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.

Godlike (a.) Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

Godlily (adv.) Righteously.

Godliness (n.) Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.

Godling (n.) A diminutive god.

Godly (n.) Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life.

Godly (adv.) Piously; devoutly; righteously.

Godlyhead (n.) Goodness.

Godmother (n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

Godown (n.) A warehouse.

Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

Godsend (n.) Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

Godship (n.) The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess.

Godsib (n.) A gossip.

Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

Godspeed (n.) Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, "God speed you."

Godward (adv.) Toward God.

Godwit (n.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.

Goel (a.) Yellow.

Goeland (n.) A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

Goen () p. p. of Go.

Goer (n.) One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker

Goer (n.) A foot.

Goer (n.) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer.

Goety (n.) Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft.

Goff (n.) A silly clown.

Goff (n.) A game. See Golf.

Goffered (imp. & p. p.) of Goffer

Goffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goffer

Goffer (v. t.) To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.

Gog (n.) Haste; ardent desire to go.

Goggled (imp. & p. p.) of Goggle

Goggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goggle

Goggle (v. i.) To roll the eyes; to stare.

Goggle (a.) Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.

Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

Goggle (v. i.) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc.

Goggle (v. i.) Colored glasses for relief from intense light.

Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting.

Goggle (v. i.) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.

Goggled (a.) Prominent; staring, as the eye.

Goggle-eye (n.) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes.

Goggle-eye (n.) The goggler.

Goggle-eyed (a.) Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.

Goggler (n.) A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.

Goglet (n.) See Gurglet.

Going (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

Going (n.) Departure.

Going (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.

Going (n.) Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.

Goiter (n.) Alt. of Goitre

Goitre (n.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.

Goitered (a.) Alt. of Goitred

Goitred (a.) Affected with goiter.

Goitrous (a.) Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele.

Gold (n.) Alt. of Goolde

Golde (n.) Alt. of Goolde

Goolde (n.) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.

Gold (v. t.) Money; riches; wealth.

Gold (v. t.) A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

Gold (v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.

Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.

Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer.

Gold-bound (a.) Encompassed with gold.

Goldcrest (n.) The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.

Goldcup (n.) The cuckoobud.

Golden (a.) Made of gold; consisting of gold.

Golden (a.) Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.

Golden (a.) Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.

Golden-eye (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

Goden ly (adv.) In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully.

Golden-rod (n.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago.

Goldfinch (n.) A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William.

Goldfinch (n.) The yellow-hammer.

Goldfinch (n.) A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.

Goldfinny (n.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.

Goldfish (n.) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope.

Goldfish (n.) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.

Gold-hammer (n.) The yellow-hammer.

Goldie (n.) The European goldfinch.

Goldie (n.) The yellow-hammer.

Goldilocks (n.) Same as Goldylocks.

Goldin (n.) Alt. of Golding

Golding (n.) A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum).

Goldless (a.) Destitute of gold.

Goldney (n.) See Gilthead.

Goldseed (n.) Dog's-tail grass.

Goldsinny (n.) See Goldfinny.

Goldsmith (n.) An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

Goldsmith (n.) A banker.

Goldtit (n.) See Verdin.

Goldylocks (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

Golet (n.) The gullet.

Golet (n.) A California trout. See Malma.

Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

Golfer (n.) One who plays golf.

Golgotha (n.) Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

Goliard (n.) A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.

Goliardery (n.) The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards.

Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.

Goll (n.) A hand, paw, or claw.

Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche.

Golore (n.) See Galore.

Goloshe (n.) See Galoche.

Goltschut (n.) A small ingot of gold.

Goltschut (n.) A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.

Golyardeys (n.) A buffoon. See Gollard.

Goman (n.) A husband; a master of a family.

Gomarist (n.) Alt. of Gomarite

Gomarite (n.) One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.

Gombo (n.) See Gumbo.

Gome (n.) A man.

Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.

Gomer (n.) A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.

Gommelin (n.) See Dextrin.

Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

Gomphosis (n.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

Gomuti (n.) A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

Gon () imp. & p. p. of Go.

Gonads (pl. ) of Gonad

Gonad (n.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland.

Gonakie (n.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

Gonangia (pl. ) of Gonangium

Gonangiums (pl. ) of Gonangium

Gonangium (n.) See Gonotheca.

Gondola (n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

Gondola (n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight.

Gondola (n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.

Gondolet (n.) A small gondola.

Gondolier (n.) A man who rows a gondola.

Gone () p. p. of Go.

Goneness (n.) A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger.

Gonfalon (n.) Alt. of Gonfanon

Gonfanon (n.) The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

Gonfanon (n.) A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Gonfalonier (n.) He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer

Gonfalonier (n.) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.

Gonfalonier (n.) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediaeveal Italy.

Gonfalonier (n.) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

Gong (n.) A privy or jakes.

Gong (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise.

Gong (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell.

Goniatite (n.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

Gonidial (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.

Gonidial (a.) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian.

Gonidium (n.) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

Gonidia (pl. ) of Gonidium

Gonidium (n.) A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.

Gonimia (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.

Gonimous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.

Goniometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes.

Goniometric (a.) Alt. of Goniometrical

Goniometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.

Goniometry (n.) The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.

Gonoblastid (n.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

Gonoblastidia (pl. ) of Gonoblastidium

Gonoblastidium (n.) A blastostyle.

Gonocalyx (n.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

Gonochorism (n.) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.

Gonochorism (n.) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs.

Gonochorism (n.) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.

Gonococcus (n.) A vegetable microorganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease.

Gonoph (n.) A pickpocket or thief.

Gonophore (n.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

Gonophore (n.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

Gonorrhea (n.) Alt. of Gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

Gonorrheal (a.) Alt. of Gonorrhoeal

Gonorrhoeal (a.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.

Gonosome (n.) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.

Gonothec/ (pl. ) of Gonotheca

Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Gonozooid (n.) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Gonydial (a.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.

Goober (n.) A peanut.

Good (superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.

Good (superl.) Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.

Good (superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.

Good (superl.) Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.

Good (superl.) Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.

Good (superl.) Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.

Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.

Good (superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.

Good (superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.

Good (superl.) Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.

Good (n.) That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.

Good (n.) Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.

Good (n.) Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property.

Good (adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible.

Good (v. t.) To make good; to turn to good.

Good (v. t.) To manure; to improve.

Good-by (n. / interj.) Alt. of Good-bye

Good-bye (n. / interj.) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.

Good-den (interj.) A form of salutation.

Good-fellowship (n.) Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

Goodgeon (n.) Same as Gudgeon, 5.

Good-humored (a.) Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good-natured.

Good-humoredly (adv.) With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

Goodish (a.) Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

Goodless (a.) Having no goods.

Goodlich (a.) Goodly.

Goodliness (n.) Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.

Good-looking (a.) Handsome.

Goodly (adv.) Excellently.

Goodly (superl.) Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.

Goodly (superl.) Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.

Goodly (superl.) Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.

Goodlyhead (n.) Alt. of Goodlyhood

Goodlyhood (n.) Goodness; grace; goodliness.

Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically.

Goodman (n.) A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.

Good-natured (a.) Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

Good-naturedly (adv.) With maldness of temper.

Goodness (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

Good now () An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.

Goods (n. pl.) See Good, n., 3.

Goodship (n.) Favor; grace.

Good-tempered (a.) Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

Goodwife (n.) The mistress of a house.

Goodies (pl. ) of Goody

Goody (n.) A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.

Goody (n.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

Goodies (pl. ) of Goody

Goody (n.) Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.

Gode-year (n.) The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath.

Goody-goody (a.) Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.

Goodyship (n.) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife

Gooroo (n.) Alt. of Guru

Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos.

Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.

Geese (pl. ) of Goose

Goose (n.) Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Goose (n.) Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Goose (n.) A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

Goose (n.) A silly creature; a simpleton.

Goose (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

Gooseberries (pl. ) of Gooseberry

Gooseberry (a.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated.

Gooseberry (a.) A silly person; a goose cap.

Goosefish (n.) See Angler.

Goosefoot (n.) A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.

Gooseries (pl. ) of Goosery

Goosery (n.) A place for keeping geese.

Goosery (n.) The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.

Goosewing (n.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Goosewinged (a.) Having a "goosewing."

Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

Goosish (a.) Like a goose; foolish.

Goost (n.) Ghost; spirit.

Goot (n.) A goat.

Go-out (n.) A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.

Gopher (n.) One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

Gopher (n.) One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

Gopher (n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

Gopher (n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.

Gopher wood () A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.

Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.

Goral (n.) An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

Goramy (n.) Same as Gourami.

Gor-bellied (a.) Bog-bellied.

Gor-belly (n.) A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.

Gorce (n.) A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.

Gorcock (n.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse.

Gorcrow (n.) The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow.

Gord (n.) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

Gordiacea (n. pl.) A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.

Gordian (a.) Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.

Gordian (a.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.

Gordian (n.) One of the Gordiacea.

Gordius (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.

Gore (n.) Dirt; mud.

Gore (n.) Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.

Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.

Gore (v.) A small traingular piece of land.

Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Gored (imp. & p. p.) of Gore

Goring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gore

Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.

Gore (v. t.) To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

Gorebill (n.) The garfish.

Gorflies (pl. ) of Gorfly

Gorfly (n.) A dung fly.

Gorge (n.) The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

Gorge (n.) A narrow passage or entrance

Gorge (n.) A defile between mountains.

Gorge (n.) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

Gorge (n.) A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

Gorge (n.) A concave molding; a cavetto.

Gorge (n.) The groove of a pulley.

Gorged (imp. & p. p.) of Gorge

Gorging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gorge

Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

Gorge (n.) To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

Gorge (v. i.) To eat greedily and to satiety.

Gorged (a.) Having a gorge or throat.

Gorged (a.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.

Gorged (a.) Glutted; fed to the full.

Gorgelet (n.) A small gorget, as of a humming bird.

Gorgeous (n.) Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.

Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.

Gorget (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.

Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.

Gorget (n.) A ruff worn by women.

Gorget (n.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

Gorget (n.) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.

Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

Gorgon (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

Gorgon (n.) Anything very ugly or horrid.

Gorgon (n.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.

Gorgon (a.) Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.

Gorgonacea (n. pl.) See Gorgoniacea.

Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1.

Gorgoneia (pl. ) of Gorgoneion

Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.

Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.

Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.

Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.

Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.

Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

Gorhen (n.) The female of the gorcock.

Gorilla (n.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

Goring (n.) Alt. of Goring cloth

Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

Gorm (n.) Axle grease. See Gome.

Gorm (v. t.) To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.

Gorma (n.) The European cormorant.

Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

Gormand (a.) Gluttonous; voracious.

Gormander (n.) See Gormand, n.

Gormandism (n.) Gluttony.

Gormandized (imp. & p. p.) of Gormandize

Gormandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gormandize

Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.

Gormandizer (n.) A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

Goroon shell () A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

Gorse (n.) Furze. See Furze.

Gory (a.) Covered with gore or clotted blood.

Gory (a.) Bloody; murderous.

Goshawk (n.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white.

Gosherd (n.) One who takes care of geese.

Goslet (n.) One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.

Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.

Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.

Gospel (v.) Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.

Gospel (v.) One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Gospel (v.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.

Gospel (v.) Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel.

Gospel (v.) Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel.

Gospel (a.) Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness.

Gospel (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel.

Gospeler (n.) One of the four evangelists.

Gospeler (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan.

Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

Gospelized (imp. & p. p.) of Gospelize

Gospelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gospelize

Gospelize (v. t.) To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us.

Gospelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages.

Goss (n.) Gorse.

Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.

Gossamer (n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.

Gossamer (n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.

Gossamery (a.) Like gossamer; flimsy.

Gossan (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

Gossaniferous (a.) Containing or producing gossan.

Gossat (n.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.

Gossib (n.) A gossip.

Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Gossip (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

Gossip (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

Gossip (n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

Gossip (v. t.) To stand sponsor to.

Gossiped (imp. & p. p.) of Gossip

Gossiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gossip

Gossip (v. i.) To make merry.

Gossip (v. i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much.

Gossip (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Gossiper (n.) One given to gossip.

Gossiprede (n.) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.

Gossipry (n.) Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

Gossipry (n.) Idle talk; gossip.

Gossipy (a.) Full of, or given to, gossip.

Gossoon (n.) A boy; a servant.

Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

Got () imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.

Gote (n.) A channel for water.

Goter (n.) a gutter.

Goth (n.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person.

Gothamist (n.) A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders.

Gothamite (n.) A gothamist.

Gothamite (n.) An inhabitant of New York city.

Gothic (a.) Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

Gothic (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.

Gothic (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

Gothic (n.) A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

Gothic (n.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2.

Gothicism (n.) A Gothic idiom.

Gothicism (n.) Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.

Gothicism (n.) Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.

Gothicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gothicize

Gothicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gothicize

Gothicize (v. t.) To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

Gothite (n.) Alt. of Goethite

Goethite (n.) A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

Gotten () p. p. of Get.

Gouache (n.) A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

Goud (n.) Woad.

Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts.

Gouge (n.) A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

Gouge (n.) An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.

Gouge (n.) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein.

Gouge (n.) The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person.

Gouged (imp. & p. p.) of Bouge

Gouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bouge

Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge.

Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.

Bouge (v. t.) To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.

Gouger (n.) See Plum Gouger.

Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

Goujere (n.) The venereal disease.

Gouland (n.) See Golding.

Goulards extract () An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

Gour (n.) A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.

Gour (n.) See Koulan.

Goura (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

Gourami (n.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe.

Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.

Gourd (n.) A false die. See Gord.

Gourd (n.) Alt. of Gourde

Gourde (n.) A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc.

Gourdiness (n.) The state of being gourdy.

Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

Gourdy (a.) Swelled in the legs.

Gourmand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

Gourmet (n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

Gournet (n.) A fish. See Gurnet.

Gout (n.) A drop; a clot or coagulation.

Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.

Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.

Gout (n.) Taste; relish.

Goutily (adv.) In a gouty manner.

Goutiness (n.) The state of being gouty; gout.

Goutweed (n.) Alt. of Goutwort

Goutwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.

Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

Gouty (a.) Pertaining to the gout.

Gouty (a.) Swollen, as if from gout.

Gouty (a.) Boggy; as, gouty land.

Gove (n.) A mow; a rick for hay.

Governed (imp. & p. p.) of Govern

Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern

Govern (v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.

Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.

Govern (v. t.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.

Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.

Governability (n.) Governableness.

Governable (a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.

Governableness (n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness.

Governal (n.) Alt. of Governail

Governail (n.) Management; mastery.

Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

Governante (n.) A governess.

Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.

Governing (a.) Requiring a particular case.

Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.

Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

Government (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

Government (n.) Management of the limbs or body.

Government (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

Governmental (a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania.

Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.

Gowan (n.) The daisy, or mountain daisy.

Gowan (n.) Decomposed granite.

Gowany (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

Gowd (n.) Gold; wealth.

Gowden (a.) Golden.

Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.

Gowdnook (n.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

Gowk (v. t.) To make a, booby of one); to stupefy.

Gowk (n.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

Gowk (n.) A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

Gowl (v. i.) To howl.

Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment

Gown (n.) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown.

Gown (n.) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.

Gown (n.) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

Gown (n.) Any sort of dress or garb.

Gowned (p. a.) Dressed in a gown; clad.

-men (pl. ) of Gownman

Gownsman (n.) Alt. of Gownman

Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

Gozzard (n.) See Gosherd.

Graafian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.

Graal (n.) See Grail., a dish.

Grab (n.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

Grabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Grab

Grabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grab

Grab (v. t. & i.) To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.

Grab (n.) An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.

Grabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Grabble

Grabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grabble

Grabble (v. i.) To grope; to feel with the hands.

Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.

Grace (n.) The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

Grace (n.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor.

Grace (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.

Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

Grace (n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.

Grace (n.) Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.

Grace (n.) Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.

Grace (n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse.

Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.

Grace (n.) Thanks.

Grace (n.) A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.

Grace (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.

Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree.

Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops.

Graced (imp. & p. p.) of Grace

Gracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grace

Grace (v. t.) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

Grace (v. t.) To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.

Grace (v. t.) To supply with heavenly grace.

Grace (v. t.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

Graced (a.) Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable.

Graceful (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

Graceless (a.) Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.

Graceless (a.) Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4.

Gracile (a.) Alt. of Gracillent

Gracillent (a.) Slender; thin.

Gracility (n.) State of being gracilent; slenderness.

Gracious (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.

Gracious (a.) Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.

Gracious (a.) Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.

Graciously (adv.) In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.

Graciously (adv.) Fortunately; luckily.

Graciousness (n.) Quality of being gracious.

Grackle (n.) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow.

Grackle (n.) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.

Gradate (v. t.) To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

Gradate (v. t.) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution.

Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.

Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.

Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.

Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.

Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.

Gradatory (a.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

Gradatory (n.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

Grade (n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.

Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264.

Grade (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.

Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade.

Graded (imp. & p. p.) of Grade

Grading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grade

Grade (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.

Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.

Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

Gradely (a.) Decent; orderly.

Gradely (adv.) Decently; in order.

Grader (n.) One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

Gradient (a.) Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

Gradient (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

Gradient (a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

Gradient (n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.

Gradin (n.) Alt. of Gradine

Gradine (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.

Gradine (n.) A toothed chised by sculptors.

Grading (n.) The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

Gradinos (pl. ) of Gradino

Gradino (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.

Gradual (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline.

Gradual (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.

Gradual (n.) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

Gradual (n.) A series of steps.

Graduality (n.) The state of being gradual; gradualness.

Gradually (adv.) In a gradual manner.

Gradually (adv.) In degree.

Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

Graduated (imp. & p. p.) of Graduate

Graduating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graduate

Graduate (n.) To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

Graduate (n.) To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College.

Graduate (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven.

Graduate (n.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

Graduate (v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.

Graduate (v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

Graduate (v. i.) To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.

Graduate (n.) One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.

Graduate (n.) A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.

Graduate (n. & v.) Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.

Graduated (a.) Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.

Graduateship (n.) State of being a graduate.

Graduation (n.) The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.

Graduation (n.) The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

Graduation (n.) The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Graduator (n.) One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.

Graduator (n.) An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals.

Graduator (n.) An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.

Gradus (n.) A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.

Graf (n.) A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.

Graff (n. & v.) See Graft.

Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.

Graffer (n.) a notary or scrivener.

Graffiti (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Graft (n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.

Graft (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

Grafted (imp. & p. p.) of Graft

Grafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graft

Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.

Graft (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

Graft (n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

Graft (v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.

Grafter (n.) An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

Grafter (n.) The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.

Grafting (n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

Grafting (n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

Grafting (n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Graham bread () Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.

Grahamite (n.) One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.

Grail (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

Grail (n.) A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

Grail (n.) Small particles of earth; gravel.

Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.

Graille (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.

Grain (v. & n.) See Groan.

Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.

Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

Grain (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

Grained (imp. & p. p.) of Grain

Graining. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grain

Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

Grain (n.) To yield fruit.

Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork.

Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river.

Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

Grain (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

Grained (a.) Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.

Grained (a.) Dyed in grain; ingrained.

Grained (a.) Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

Grained (a.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.

Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Grainer (n.) A knife for taking the hair off skins.

Grainer (n.) One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

Grainfield (n.) A field where grain is grown.

Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.

Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

Graining (n.) Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.

Graining (n.) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Graining (n.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.

Grains (n. pl.) See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).

Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.

Grainy (a.) Resembling grains; granular.

Graip (n.) A dungfork.

Graith (v. t.) See Greith.

Graith (n.) Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc.

Grakle (n.) See Grackle.

Grallae (n. pl.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.

Grallatores (n. pl.) See Grallae.

Grallatorial (a.) Alt. of Grallatory

Grallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders.

Grallic (a.) Pertaining to the Grallae.

Gralline (a.) Of or pertaining to the Grallae.

Gralloch (n.) Offal of a deer.

Gralloch (v. t.) To remove the offal from (a deer).

-gram () A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

Gram (a.) Angry.

Gram (n.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.

Gram (n.) Alt. of Gramme

Gramme (n.) The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4.

Grama grass () The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

Gramarye (n.) Necromancy; magic.

Gramashes (n. pl.) Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.

Grame (a.) Anger; wrath; scorn.

Grame (a.) Sorrow; grief; misery.

Gramercy (interj.) A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks.

Graminaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.

Gramineal (a.) Gramineous.

Gramineous (a.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.

Graminifolious (a.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.

Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

Grammalogue (n.) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.

Grammar (n.) The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.

Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

Grammar (n.) treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.

Grammar (v. i.) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Grammarian (n.) One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

Grammarian (n.) One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.

Grammarianism (n.) The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.

Grammarless (a.) Without grammar.

Grammates (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar.

Grammatic (a.) Grammatical.

Grammatical (a.) Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

Grammatical (a.) According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.

Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Grammatication (n.) A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.

Grammaticism (n.) A point or principle of grammar.

Grammaticized (imp. & p. p.) of Grammaticize

Grammaticizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grammaticize

Grammaticize (v. t.) To render grammatical.

Grammatist (n.) A petty grammarian.

Gramme (n.) Same as Gram the weight.

Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme.

Grampuses (pl. ) of Grampus

Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

Grampus (n.) A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.

Granade (n.) Alt. of Granado

Granado (n.) See Grenade.

Granadilla (n.) The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.

Granaries (pl. ) of Granary

Granary (n.) A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.

Granate (n.) See Garnet.

Granatin (n.) Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.

Granatite (n.) See Staurolite.

Grand (superl.) Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.

Grand (superl.) Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.

Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.

Grandaunt (n.) The aunt of one's father or mother.

Grandchild (n.) A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

Granddaughter (n.) The daughter of one's son or daughter.

Grandee (n.) A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.

Grandeeship (n.) The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.

Grandeur (n.) The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.

Grandevity (n.) Great age; long life.

Grandevous (a.) Of great age; aged; longlived.

Grand-ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a grand duke.

Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

Grandfatherly (a.) Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.

Grandific (a.) Making great.

Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Grandiloquous (a.) Grandiloquent.

Grandinous (a.) Consisting of hail; abounding in hail.

Grandiose (a.) Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.

Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.

Grandiosity (n.) The state or quality of being grandiose,

Grandity (n.) Grandness.

Grandly (adv.) In a grand manner.

Grandma (n.) Alt. of Grandmamma

Grandmamma (n.) A grandmother.

Grand mercy () See Gramercy.

Grandmother (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.

Grandmotherly (a.) Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.

Grandnephew (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.

Grandness (n.) Grandeur.

Grandniece (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

Grandpa (n.) Alt. of Grandpapa

Grandpapa (n.) A grandfather.

Grandsire (n.) Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.

Grandson (n.) A son's or daughter's son.

Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.

Grane (v. & n.) See Groan.

Grange (n.) A building for storing grain; a granary.

Grange (n.) A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes.

Grange (n.) A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited.

Grange (n.) A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.

Grange (n.) An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867.

Granger (n.) A farm steward.

Granger (n.) A member of a grange.

Grangerism (n.) The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.

Grangerite (n.) One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book.

Grangerize (v. t. & i.) To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books.

Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.

Graniform (a.) Formed like of corn.

Granilla (n.) Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.

Granite (n.) A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.

Granite State () New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

Granitic (a.) Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

Granitic (a.) Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.

Granitical (a.) Granitic.

Granitification (n.) The act or the process of forming into granite.

Granitiform (a.) Resembling granite in structure or shape.

Granitoid (a.) Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.

Granivorous (a.) Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds.

Grannam (n.) A grandam.

Granny (n.) A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.

Granolithic (n.) A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.

Granted (imp. & p. p.) of Grant

Granting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grant

Grant (v. t.) To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.

Grant (v. t.) To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

Grant (v. i.) To assent; to consent.

Grant (v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

Grant (v. t.) The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

Grant (v. t.) The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

Grant (v. t.) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

Grantable (a.) Capable of being granted.

Grantee (n.) The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Granter (n.) One who grants.

Grantor (n.) The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

Granular (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.

Granularly (adv.) In a granular form.

Granulary (a.) Granular.

Granulated (imp. & p. p.) of Granulate

Granulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Granulate

Granulate (v. t.) To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

Granulate (v. t.) To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

Granulate (a.) Alt. of Granulated

Granulated (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.

Granulated (a.) Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.

Granulation (n.) The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

Granulation (n.) The state of being granulated.

Granulation (n.) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.

Granulation (n.) The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

Granule (n.) A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

Granuliferous (a.) Full of granulations.

Granuliform (a.) Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.

Granulite (n.) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.

Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.

Granulous (a.) Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.

Grape (n.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.

Grape (n.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.

Grape (n.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.

Grape (n.) Grapeshot.

Grape fruit () The shaddock.

Grapeless (a.) Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.

Grapery (n.) A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.

Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.

Grapestone (n.) A seed of the grape.

Grapevine (n.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

Graphic (a.) Alt. of Graphical

Graphical (a.) Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing.

Graphical (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of writing.

Graphical (a.) Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.

Graphical (a.) Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.

Graphical (a.) Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a graphic writer.

Graphically (adv.) In a graphic manner; vividly.

Graphicness (n.) Alt. of Graphicalness

Graphicalness (n.) The quality or state of being graphic.

Graphics (n.) The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

Graphiscope (n.) See Graphoscope.

Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.

Graphitic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite.

Graphitoid (a.) Alt. of Graphitoidal

Graphitoidal (a.) Resembling graphite or plumbago.

Grapholite (n.) Any species of slate suitable to be written on.

Graphology (n.) The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.

Graphoscope (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.

Graphotype (n.) A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

-graphy () A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography.

Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel.

Grappled (imp. & p. p.) of Grapple

Grappling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grapple

Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

Grapple (v. t.) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

Grapple (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.

Grapple (v. t.) A grappling iron.

Grapplement (n.) A grappling; close fight or embrace.

Grappling (n.) A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.

Grappling (n.) A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.

Grapsoid (a.) Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsidae.

Grapsoid (n.) A grapsoid crab.

Graptolite (n.) One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.

Graptolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate.

Grapy (a.) Composed of, or resembling, grapes.

Grasper (imp. & p. p.) of Grasp

Qraspine (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grasp

Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

Grasp (v. t.) To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.

Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.

Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.

Graspable (a.) Capable of being grasped.

Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.

Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.

Graspless (a.) Without a grasp; relaxed.

Grass (n.) Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

Grass (n.) The season of fresh grass; spring.

Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Grassed (imp. & p. p.) of Grass

Grassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grass

Grass (v. t.) To cover with grass or with turf.

Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

Grass (v. t.) To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.

Grass (v. i.) To produce grass.

Grassation (n.) A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.

Grass-green (a.) Green with grass.

Grass-green (a.) Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.

Grass-grown (a.) Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.

Grasshopper (n.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust.

Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper.

Grassiness (n.) The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.

Grassless (a.) Destitute of grass.

Grassplot (n.) A plot or space covered with grass; a lawn.

Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.

Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).

Grassy (a.) Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn.

Grassy (a.) Resembling grass; green.

Grate (a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.

Grate (n.) A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.

Grate (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

Grated (imp. & p. p.) of Grate

Grating (p. pr. &. vb. n.) of Grate

Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.

Grate (v. t.) To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.

Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.

Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.

Grate (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.

Grate (v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.

Grated (a.) Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows.

Grateful (a.) Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.

Grateful (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.

Grater (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.

Graticulation (n.) The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.

Graticule (n.) A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.

Gratification (n.) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

Gratification (n.) That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.

Gratification (n.) A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.

Glatified (a.) Pleased; indulged according to desire.

Gratifier (n.) One who gratifies or pleases.

Gratified (imp. & p. p.) of Gratify

Gratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gratify

Gratify (v. t.) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

Gratify (v. t.) To requite; to recompense.

Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

Grating (n.) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.

Grating (n.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.

Grating (a.) That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.

Grating (n.) A harsh sound caused by attrition.

Gratiolin (n.) One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).

Gratis (adv.) For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.

Gratitude (a.) The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

Gratuitous (a.) Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.

Gratuitous (a.) Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.

Gtratuities (pl. ) of Gratuity

Gratuity (n.) Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present.

Gratuity (n.) Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.

Grqatulated (imp. & p. p.) of Gratulate

Gratulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gratulate

Gratulate (a.) To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate.

Gratulate (a.) Worthy of gratulation.

Gratulation (n.) The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.

Gratulatory (a.) Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.

Graunt (v. & n.) See Grant.

Grauwacke (n.) Graywacke.

Gravamina (pl. ) of Gravamen

Gravamens (pl. ) of Gravamen

Gravamen (a.) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.

-grave () A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Grave (superl.) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

Grave (superl.) Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

Grave (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

Grave (superl.) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.

Graved (imp.) of Grave

Graven (p. p.) of Grave

Graved () of Grave

Graving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grave

Grave (n.) To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Grave (n.) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

Grave (n.) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

Grave (n.) To entomb; to bury.

Grave (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

Graveclothes (n. pl.) The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

Gravedigger (n.) A digger of graves.

Gravedigger (n.) See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.

Gravel (n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

Gravel (n.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Graveled (imp. & p. p.) of Gravel

Gravelled () of Gravel

Graveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gravel

Gravelling () of Gravel

Gravel (v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

Gravel (v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied.

Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravelling

Gravelling (n.) The act of covering with gravel.

Gravelling (n.) A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).

Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravelling

Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.

Gravelliness (n.) State of being gravelly.

Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.

Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.

Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.

Graven (v. t.) Carved.

Graveness (n.) The quality of being grave.

Gravenstein (n.) A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.

Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.

Graveolent (a.) Having a rank smell.

Graver (n.) One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.

Graver (n.) An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

Gravery (n.) The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.

Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Graves' disease () Same as Basedow's disease.

Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

Graveyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.

Gravic (a.) Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction.

Gravid (a.) Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety.

Gravidated (a.) Made pregnant; big.

Gravidation (n.) Gravidity.

Gravidity (n.) The state of being gravidated; pregnancy.

Gravigrade (a.) Slow-paced.

Gravigrade (n.) One of the pachyderms.

Gravimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.

Gravimetric (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.

Graving (n.) The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Graving (n.) The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.

Graving (n.) That which is graved or carved.

Graving (n.) Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

Gravitated (imp. & p. p.) of Gravitate

Gravitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gravitate

Gravitate (v. i.) To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Gravitation (n.) The act of gravitating.

Gravitation (n.) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight.

Gravitational (a.) Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.

Gravitative (a.) Causing to gravitate; tending to a center.

Gravities (pl. ) of Gravity

Gravity (a.) The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

Gravity (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor.

Gravity (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.

Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Gravies (pl. ) of Gravy

Gravy (n.) The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

Gravy (n.) Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

Gray (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

Gray (superl.) Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

Gray (superl.) Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.

Gray (n.) A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.

Gray (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

Grayback (n.) The California gray whale.

Grayback (n.) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.

Grayback (n.) The dowitcher.

Grayback (n.) The body louse.

Graybeard (n.) An old man.

Grayfly (n.) The trumpet fly.

Grayhound (n.) See Greyhound.

Grayish (a.) Somewhat gray.

Graylag (n.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.

Grayling (a.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

Grayling (a.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.

Grayness (n.) The quality of being gray.

Gtraystone (n.) A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.

Graywacke (n.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.

Grazed (imp. & p. p.) of Graze

Grazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graze

Graze (v. t.) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

Graze (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

Graze (v. t.) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

Graze (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.

Graze (v. i.) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

Graze (v. i.) To yield grass for grazing.

Graze (v. i.) To touch something lightly in passing.

Graze (n.) The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.

Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Grazer (n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

Grazier (n.) One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

Grazing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

Grazing (n.) A pasture; growing grass.

Grazioso (adv.) Gracefully; smoothly; elegantly.

Gre (n.) See Gree, a step.

Gre (n.) See Gree, good will.

Grease (n.) Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Greased (imp. & p. p.) of Grease

Greasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grease

Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

Grease (v. t.) To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

Grease (v. t.) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

Grease (v. t.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

Greaser (n.) One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

Greaser (n.) A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type.

Greasily (adv.) In a greasy manner.

Greasily (adv.) In a gross or indelicate manner.

Greasiness (n.) The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

Greasy (superl.) Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

Greasy (superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.

Greasy (superl.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.

Greasy (superl.) Fat of body; bulky.

Greasy (superl.) Gross; indelicate; indecent.

Greasy (superl.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.

Great (superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

Great (superl.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

Great (superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

Great (superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

Great (superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.

Great (superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

Great (superl.) Pregnant; big (with young).

Great (superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.

Great (n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.

Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.

Greatcoat (n.) An overcoat.

Greaten (v. t.) To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.

Greaten (v. i.) To become large; to dilate.

Great-grandchild (n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-granddaughter (n.) A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great-grandmother (n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Great-grandson (n.) A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.

Great-hearted (a.) High-spirited; fearless.

Great-hearted (a.) Generous; magnanimous; noble.

Great-heartedness (n.) The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

Greatly (adv.) In a great degree; much.

Greatly (adv.) Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.

Greatness (n.) The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

Greatness (n.) Pride; haughtiness.

Greave (n.) A grove.

Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greave

Greaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greave

Greave (v. t.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Grebe (n.) One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Grecian (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

Grecian (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

Grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.

Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history.

Grecism (n.) An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.

Grecized (imp. & p. p.) of Grecize

Grecizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grecize

Grecize (v. t.) To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.

Grecize (v. t.) To translate into Greek.

Grecize (v. i.) Alt. of Grecianize

Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Greco-Roman (a.) Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.

Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.

Gree (n.) Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.

Gree (n.) Rank; degree; position.

Gree (n.) The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.

Gree (v. i.) To agree.

Grees (pl. ) of Gree

Greece (pl. ) of Gree

Grice (pl. ) of Gree

Grise (pl. ) of Gree

Grize (pl. ) of Gree

Gree (n.) A step.

Greece (n. pl.) See Gree a step.

Greed (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greedily (adv.) In a greedy manner.

Greediness (n.) The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

Greedy (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

Greedy-gut (n.) A glutton.

Greegree (n.) An African talisman or Gri'gri' charm.

Greek (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

Greek (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

Greek (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

Greek (n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.

Greekess (n.) A female Greek.

Greekish (a.) Peculiar to Greece.

Greekling (n.) A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.

Green (superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

Green (superl.) Having a sickly color; wan.

Green (superl.) Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

Green (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

Green (superl.) Not roasted; half raw.

Green (superl.) Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

Green (superl.) Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.

Green (n.) The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

Green (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

Green (n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

Green (n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

Green (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color.

Greened (imp. & p. p.) of Green

Greening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Green

Green (v. t.) To make green.

Green (v. i.) To become or grow green.

Greenback (n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.

Greenbacker (n.) One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.

Greenbone (n.) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).

Greenbone (n.) The European eelpout.

Green-broom (n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.

Greenery (n.) Green plants; verdure.

Green-eyed (a.) Having green eyes.

Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts.

Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

Greenfinch (n.) The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.

Greenfish (n.) See Bluefish, and Pollock.

Greengage (n.) A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.

Greengill (n.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

Greengrocer (n.) A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Greenhead (n.) The mallard.

Greenhead (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.

Greenhead (n.) Alt. of Greenhood

Greenhood (n.) A state of greenness; verdancy.

Greenhorn (n.) A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.

Greenhouse (n.) A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

Greening (n.) A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

Greenish (a.) Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.

Greenlander (n.) A native of Greenland.

Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

Greenlet (n.) l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

Greenlet (n.) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.

Greenly (adv.) With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.

Greenly (a.) Of a green color.

Greenness (n.) The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

Greenness (n.) Freshness; vigor; newness.

Greenness (n.) Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.

Greenockite (n.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

Greenroom (n.) The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

Greensand (n.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

Green-stall (n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

Greenstone (n.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Greensward (n.) Turf green with grass.

Greenth (n.) The state or quality of being green; verdure.

Greenweed (n.) See Greenbroom.

Greenwood (n.) A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

Greenwood (a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade.

Greet (a.) Great.

Greet (v. i.) To weep; to cry; to lament.

Greet (n.) Mourning.

Greeted (imp. & p. p.) of Greet

Greeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greet

Greet (v. t.) To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

Greet (v. t.) To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

Greet (v. t.) To accost; to address.

Greet (v. i.) To meet and give salutations.

Greet (n.) Greeting.

Greeter (n.) One who greets or salutes another.

Greeter (n.) One who weeps or mourns.

Greeting (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Greeve (n.) See Grieve, an overseer.

Greeze (n.) A step. See Gree, a step.

Greffier (n.) A registrar or recorder; a notary.

Gregal (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a flock.

Gregarian (a.) Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.

\d8Gregarin\91 (n. pl.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.

Gregarine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinae.

Gregarine (n.) One of the Gregarinae.

\d8Gregarinida () Gregarinae.

Gregarious (a.) Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.

Grege (v. t.) Alt. of Gregge

Gregge (v. t.) To make heavy; to increase.

Greggoe (n.) Alt. of Grego

Grego (n.) A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.

Gregorian (a.) Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.

Greillade (n.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.

Greisen (n.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.

Greit (v. i.) See Greet, to weep.

Greith (v. t.) To make ready; -- often used reflexively.

Greith (v.) Goods; furniture.

Gremial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.

Gremial (n.) A bosom friend.

Gremial (n.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.

Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.

Grenadier (n.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.

Grenadier (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.

Grenadier (n.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.

Grenadillo (n.) A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.

Grenadine (n.) A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.

Grenadine (n.) A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.

Grenado (n.) Same as Grenade.

Grene (a.) Green.

Gres (n.) Grass.

Gressorial (a.) Alt. of Gressorious

Gressorious (a.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.

Gret (a.) Alt. of Grete

Grete (a.) Great.

Gretto () imp. of Greet, to salute.

Greve (n.) A grove.

Grew () imp. of Grow.

Grewsome (a.) Alt. of Gruesome

Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.

Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography).

Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments.

Greylag (n.) See Graylag.

Gribble (n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

Grice (n.) A little pig.

Grice (n.) See Gree, a step.

Grid (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.

Griddlecake (n.) A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.

Grided (imp. & p. p.) of Gride

Griding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gride

Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword.

Grade (n.) A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

Gridelin (n.) A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet.

Gridiron (n.) A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

Gridiron (n.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

Gridiron (n.) A football field.

Grief (a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

Grief (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

Grief (a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.

Griefful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow.

Griefless (a.) Without grief.

Griego (n.) See Greggoe.

Grievable (a.) Lamentable.

Grievance (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.

Grievance (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.

Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.

Grieve (n.) Alt. of Greeve

Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.

Grieved (imp. & p. p.) of Grieve

Grieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grieve

Grieve (v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

Grieve (v. t.) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.

Grieve (v. i.) To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.

Griever (n.) One who, or that which, grieves.

Grieving (a.) Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.

Grieving (n.) The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.

Grievous (a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

Grievous (a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.

Grievous (a.) Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.

Griff (n.) Grasp; reach.

Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto.

Griffin (n.) An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe.

Griffin (n.) Alt. of Griffon

Griffon (n.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

Griffon (n.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

Griffon (n.) A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir.

Griffon (n.) An English early apple.

Grig (n.) A cricket or grasshopper.

Grig (n.) Any small eel.

Grig (n.) The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.

Grig (n.) Heath.

Gril (a.) Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.

Grill (v. t.) A gridiron.

Grill (v. t.) That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

Grilled (imp. & p. p.) of Grill

Grilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grill

Grill (n.) To broil on a grill or gridiron.

Grill (n.) To torment, as if by broiling.

Grillade (v. t.) The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.

Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

Grille (v. t.) A lattice or grating.

Grilly (v. t.) To broil; to grill; hence, To harass.

Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

Grimace (v. i.) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.

Grimalkin (n.) An old cat, esp. a she-cat.

Grime (n.) Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

Grime (v. t.) To sully or soil deeply; to dirt.

Grimily (adv.) In a grimy manner.

Griminess (n.) The state of being grimy.

Grimly (a.) Grim; hideous; stern.

Grimly (adv.) In a grim manner; fiercely.

Grimme (n.) A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.

Grimness (n.) Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

Grimsir (n.) A stern man.

Grimy (superl.) Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.

Grin (n.) A snare; a gin.

Grinned (imp. & p. p.) of Grin

Grinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grin

Grin (v. i.) To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.

Grin (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.

Grin (v. t.) To express by grinning.

Grin (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.

Ground (imp. & p. p.) of Grind

Grinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grind

Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

Grind (v. t.) To study hard for examination.

Grind (v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

Grind (v. i.) To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Grind (v. i.) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Grind (v. i.) To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

Grind (n.) A hard student; a dig.

Grinded (p. p.) Ground.

Grindelia (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.

Grinder (n.) One who, or that which, grinds.

Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.

Grinder (n.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.

Grindery (n.) Leather workers' materials.

Grinding (a. & n.) from Grind.

Grindingly (adv.) In a grinding manner.

Grindle (n.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle.

Grindle stone () A grindstone.

Grindlet (n.) A small drain.

Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.

Grinner (n.) One who grins.

Grinningly (adv.) In a grinning manner.

Grint () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Grind, contr. from grindeth.

Grinte () imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.

Grinting (n.) Grinding.

Grip (n.) The griffin.

Grip (n.) A small ditch or furrow.

Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.

Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

Grip (v. t.) A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

Grip (v. t.) That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Grip (v. t.) To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

Gripe (n.) A vulture; the griffin.

Griped (imp. & p. p.) of Gripe

Griping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gripe

Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

Gripe (v. i.) To suffer griping pains.

Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Gripe (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.

Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.

Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner.

Griman (n.) The man who manipulates a grip.

Grippe (n.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh.

Gripper (n.) One who, or that which, grips or seizes.

Gripper (n.) In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.

Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.

Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Grippleness (n.) The quality of being gripple.

Gripsack (n.) A traveler's handbag.

Gris (a.) Gray.

Gris (a.) A costly kind of fur.

Gris (n. sing. & pl.) A little pig.

Grisaille (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

Grisaille (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods.

Grisamber (n.) Ambergris.

Grise (n.) See Grice, a pig.

Grise (n.) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.

Griseous (a.) Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.

Grisette (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

Griskin (n.) The spine of a hog.

Grisled (a.) See Grizzled.

Grisliness (n.) The quality or state of being grisly; horrid.

Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.

Grison (n.) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton.

Grison (n.) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.

Grisons (n. pl.) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.

Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.

Grist (n.) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

Grist (n.) Supply; provision.

Grist (n.) In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Gristle (n.) Cartilage. See Cartilage.

Gristly (a.) Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.

Gristmill (n.) A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

Grit (n.) The coarse part of meal.

Grit (n.) Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.

Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.

Grit (n.) Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.

Grit (v. i.) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Gritted (imp. & p. p.) of Grit

Gritting (p. pr. &, vb. n.) of Grit

Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

Grith (n.) Peace; security; agreement.

Gritrock (n.) Alt. of Gritstone

Gritstone (n.) See Grit, n., 4.

Grittiness (n.) The quality of being gritty.

Gritty (a.) Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

Gritty (a.) Spirited; resolute; unyielding.

Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.

Grize (n.) Same as 2d Grise.

Grizelin (a.) See Gridelin.

Grizzle (n.) Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

Grizzled (a.) Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.

Grizzly (a.) Somewhat gray; grizzled.

Grizzlies (pl. ) of Grizzly

Grizzly (n.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.

Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Groaned (imp. & p. p.) of Groan

Groaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groan

Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.

Groan (v. i.) To strive after earnestly, as with groans.

Groan (v. t.) To affect by groans.

Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.

Groanful (a.) Agonizing; sad.

Groat (n.) An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.

Groat (n.) Any small sum of money.

Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.

Grocer (n.) A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.

Groceries (pl. ) of Grocery

Grocery (n.) The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

Grocery (n.) A retail grocer's shop or store.

Grog (n.) A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.

Groggeries (pl. ) of Groggery

Groggery (n.) A grogshop.

Grogginess (n.) State of being groggy.

Grogginess (n.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.

Groggy (a.) Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.

Groggy (a.) Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.

Groggy (a.) Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse.

Grogram (n.) Alt. of Grogran

Grogran (n.) A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.

Grogshop (n.) A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.

Groin (n.) The snout of a swine.

Groin (v. i.) To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

Groin (n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.

Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.

Groined (imp. & p. p.) of Groin

Groining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groin

Groin (v. t.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins.

Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.

Gromet (n.) Same as Grommet.

Gromill (n.) See Gromwell.

Grommet (n.) A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet.

Grommet (n.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.

Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera.

Grond () obs. imp. of Grind.

Gronte () obs. imp. of Groan.

Groom (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.

Groom (n.) A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.

Groomed (imp. & p. p.) of Groom

Grooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groom

Groom (v. i.) To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.

Groomer (n.) One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.

Groomsmen (pl. ) of Groomsman

Groomsman (n.) A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.

Grooper (n.) See Grouper.

Groove (n.) A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.

Groove (n.) Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.

Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.

Grooved (imp. & p. p.) of Groove

Groving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groove

Groove (v. t.) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

Groover (n.) One who or that which grooves.

Groover (n.) A miner.

Grooving (n.) The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

Groped (imp. & p. p.) of Grope

Groping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grope

Grope (v. i.) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

Grope (v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

Grope (v. t.) To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

Grope (v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.

Groper (n.) One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.

Groping-ly (adv.) In a groping manner.

Gros (n.) A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.

Grosbeak (n.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.

Groschen (n.) A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of the empire.

Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.

Gross (superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

Gross (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

Gross (superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

Gross (superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

Gross (superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

Gross (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

Gross (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.

Gross (a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.

Gross (sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

Grossbeak (n.) See Grosbeak.

Gross-headed (a.) Thick-skulled; stupid.

Grossification (n.) The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.

Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Grossly (adv.) In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.

Grossness (n.) The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.

Grossular (a.) Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.

Grossular (a.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.

Grossularia (n.) Same as Grossular.

Grossulin (n.) A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.

Grot (n.) A grotto.

Grot (n.) Alt. of Grote

Grote (n.) A groat.

Grotesgue (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.

Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.

Grotesque (n.) Artificial grotto-work.

Grotesquely (adv.) In a grotesque manner.

Grotesqueness (n.) Quality of being grotesque.

Grottoes (pl. ) of Grotto

Grotto (n.) A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.

Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.

Ground (n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.

Ground (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.

Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.

Ground (n.) Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.

Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.

Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.

Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

Ground (n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.

Ground (n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

Ground (n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

Ground (n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

Ground (n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

Ground (n.) The pit of a theater.

Grounded (imp. & p. p.) of Ground

Grounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ground

Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground.

Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

Ground (v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles.

Ground (v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.

Ground (v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

Ground (v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.

Ground () imp. & p. p. of Grind.

Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

Groundedly (adv.) In a grounded or firmly established manner.

Grounden () p. p. of Grind.

Grounding (n.) The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.

Groundless (a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion.

Groundling (n.) A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.

Groundling (n.) A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches.

Groundly (adv.) Solidly; deeply; thoroughly.

Groundnut (n.) The fruit of the Arachis hypogaea (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.

Groundnut (n.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.

Groundnut (n.) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).

Groundnut (n.) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.

Groundsel (v.) An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

Groundsel (n.) Alt. of Groundsill

Groundsill (n.) See Ground plate (a), under Ground

Groundwork (n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

Group (n.) A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.

Group (n.) An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.

Group (n.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.

Group (n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.

Grouped (imp. & p. p.) of Group

Grouping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Group

Group (n.) To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.

Grouper (n.) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

Grouper (n.) The tripletail (Lobotes).

Grouper (n.) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.

Grouping (n.) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.

Grouse (n. sing. & pl.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.

Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.

Grouse (v. i.) To complain or grumble.

Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.

Grout (n.) Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.

Grout (n.) Formerly, a kind of beer or ale.

Grout (n.) Lees; dregs; grounds.

Grout (n.) A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.

Grouted (imp. & p. p.) of Grout

Grouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grout

Grout (v. t.) To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.

Grouthead (n.) See Growthead.

Grouting (n.) The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in.

Groutnol (n.) Same as Growthead.

Grouty (a.) Cross; sulky; sullen.

Grove (v.) A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.

Groveled (imp. & p. p.) of Grovel

Grovelled () of Grovel

Groveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grovel

Grovelling () of Grovel

Grovel (adv.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.

Grovel (adv.) To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.

Groveler (n.) One who grovels; an abject wretch.

Groveling (a.) Lying prone; low; debased.

Grovy (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves.

Grew (imp.) of Grow

Grown (p. p.) of Grow

Growing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grow

Grow (v. i.) To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

Grow (v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Grow (v. i.) To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

Grow (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

Grow (v. i.) To become attached of fixed; to adhere.

Grow (v. t.) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Growable (a.) Capable of growth.

Growan (n.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Grower (n.) One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.

Growled (imp. & p. p.) of Growl

Growling (p. pr. & vb. e.) of Growl

Growl (v. i.) To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

Growl (v. t.) To express by growling.

Growl (n.) The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

Growler (n.) One who growls.

Growler (n.) The large-mouthed black bass.

Growler (n.) A four-wheeled cab.

Growlingly (adv.) In a growling manner.

Grown () p. p. of Grow.

Growse (v. i.) To shiver; to have chills.

Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.

Growth (n.) That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.

Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Growthful (a.) Having capacity of growth.

Groyne (n.) See Groin.

Grozing iron () A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.

Grozing iron () A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.

Grubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Grub

Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grub

Grub (v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

Grub (v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

Grub (v. t.) To supply with food.

Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

Grub (n.) Victuals; food.

Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.

Grubbla (v. t. & i.) To feel or grope in the dark.

Grubby (a.) Dirty; unclean.

Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Grubworm (n.) See Grub, n., 1.

Grucche (v. i.) To murmur; to grumble.

Grudger (imp. & p. p.) of Grudge

Grudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grudge

Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.

Grudge (v. t.) To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge (v. i.) To feel compunction or grief.

Grudge (n.) Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Grudge (n.) Slight symptom of disease.

Grudgeful (a.) Full of grudge; envious.

Grudgeons (n. pl.) Alt. of Gurgeons

Gurgeons (n. pl.) Coarse meal.

Gruddger (n.) One who grudges.

Grudgingly (adv.) In a grudging manner.

Grudgingness (n.) The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Gruel (n.) A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.

Gruelly (a.) Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

Gruesome (a.) Same as Grewsome.

Gruf (adv.) Forwards; with one's face to the ground.

Gruff (superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

Grugru palm () A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw.

Grugru worm () The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.

Grum (a.) Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.

Grum (a.) Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as,

Grunbled (imp. & p. p.) of Grumble

Grumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grumble

Grumble (v. i.) To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

Grumble (v. i.) To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

Grumble (v. i.) To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.

Grumble (v. t.) To express or utter with grumbling.

Grumble (n.) The noise of one that grumbles.

Grumble (n.) A grumbling, discontented disposition.

Grumbler (n.) One who grumbles.

Grumblingly (adv.) In a grumbling manner.

Grume (n.) A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.

Grumbly (adv.) In a grum manner.

Grumose (a.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Grumous (a.) Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

Grumous (a.) See Grumose.

Grumousness (n.) The state of being grumous.

Grumpily (adv.) In a surly manner; sullenly.

Grumpy (a.) Surly; dissatisfied; grouty.

Grundel (n.) A groundling (fish).

Grundsel (n.) Groundsel.

Grunted (imp. & p. p.) of Grunt

Grunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grunt

Grunt (v. t.) To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Grunt (n.) A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

Grunt (n.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.

Grunter (n.) One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.

Grunter (n.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.

Grunter (n.) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Gruntingly (adv.) In a grunting manner.

Gruntle (v. i.) To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

Gruntling (n.) A young hog.

Grutch (v.) See Grudge.

Gruyere cheese () A kind of cheese made at Gruyere, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkase.

Gry (n.) A measure equal to one tenth of a line.

Gry (n.) Anything very small, or of little value.

Gryde (v. i.) To gride. See Gride.

Gryfon (n.) See Griffin.

Gryllus (n.) A genus of insects including the common crickets.

Grype (v. t.) To gripe.

Grype (n.) A vulture; the griffin.

Gryphaea (n.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

Gryphite (n.) A shell of the genus Gryphea.

Gryphon (n.) The griffin vulture.

Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

Guacharo (n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

Guachos (pl. ) of Guacho

Guacho (n.) One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

Guacho (n.) An Indian who serves as a messenger.

Guaco (n.) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.

Guaco (n.) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

Guaiac (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.

Guaiac (n.) Guaiacum.

Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

Guaiacum (n.) The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.

Guan (n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

Guana (n.) See Iguana.

Guanacos (pl. ) of Guanaco

Guanaco (n.) A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.

Guanidine (n.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.

Guaniferous (a.) Yielding guano.

Guanin (n.) A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

Guanos (pl. ) of Guano

Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.

Guara (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.

Guara (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.

Guarana (n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

Guaranine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

Guarantees (pl. ) of Guarantee

Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.

Guarantee (n.) One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.

Guarantee (n.) The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.

guaranteed (imp. & p. p.) of Guarantee

Guaranteeing (p, pr. & vb. n.) of Guarantee

Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.

Guarantor (n.) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.

Guarantor (n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.

Guaranies (pl. ) of Guaranty

Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.

Guarantied (imp. & p. p.) of Guaranty

Guarantying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guaranty

Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.

Guarded (imp. & p. p.) of Guard

Gurding (p. pr. &, vb. n.) of Guard

Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.

Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

Guard (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.

Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.

Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.

Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.

Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.

Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss

Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.

Guard (v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.

Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.

Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.

Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.

Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.

Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.

Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.

Guard (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.

Guard (v. t.) Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.

Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Guardable (v. t.) Capable of being guarded or protected.

Guardage (v. t.) Wardship

Guardant (v. t.) Acting as guardian.

Guardant (v. t.) Same as Gardant.

Guardant (n.) A guardian.

Guarded (a.) Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.

Guardenage (n.) Guardianship.

Guarder (n.) One who guards.

Guardfish (n.) The garfish.

Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.

Guardhouse (n.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

Guardian (v. t.) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.

Guardian (a.) Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Guardianage (n.) Guardianship.

Guardiance (n.) Guardianship.

Guardianess (n.) A female guardian.

Guardianless (a.) Without a guardian.

Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

Guardless (a.) Without a guard or defense; unguarded.

Guardroom (n.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

Guardship (n.) Care; protection.

Guardsmen (pl. ) of Guardsman

Guardsman (n.) One who guards; a guard.

Guardsman (n.) A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.

Guarish (v. t.) To heal.

Guatemala grass () See Teosinte.

Guava (n.) A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.

Gubernance (n.) Government.

Gubernate (v. t.) To govern.

Gubernation (n.) The act of governing; government

Gubernative (a.) Governing.

Gubernatorial (a.) Pertaining to a governor, or to government.

Gudgeon (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.

Gudgeon (n.) What may be got without skill or merit.

Gudgeon (n.) A person easily duped or cheated.

Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.

Gudgeon (n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.

Gudgeon (v. t.) To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.

Gue (n.) A sharper; a rogue.

Gueber (n.) Alt. of Guebre

Guebre (n.) Same as Gheber.

Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.

Guelph (n.) Alt. of Guelf

Guelf (n.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.

Guelphic (a.) Alt. of Guelfic

Guelfic (a.) Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs.

Guenon (n.) One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet.

Gueparde (n.) The cheetah.

Guerdon (n.) A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense.

Guerdon (n.) To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.

Guerdonable (a.) Worthy of reward.

Guerdonless (a.) Without reward or guerdon.

Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

Guerilla (a.) See Guerrilla.

Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.

Guernsey lily () A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.

Guerrilla (n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.

Guerrilla (n.) One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time.

Guerrilla (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.

Guessed (imp. & p. p.) of Guess

Guessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guess

Guess (v. t.) To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

Guess (v. t.) To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.

Guess (v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.

Guess (v. t.) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

Guess (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

Guess (v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

Guess (n.) An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

Guessable (a.) Capable of being guessed.

Guesser (n.) One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.

Guessingly (adv.) By way of conjecture.

Guessive (a.) Conjectural.

Guess rope () A guess warp.

Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

Guesswork (n.) Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.

Guest (n.) A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.

Guest (v. t.) To receive or entertain hospitably.

Guest (v. i.) To be, or act the part of, a guest.

Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.

Guestwise (adv.) In the manner of a guest.

Gue'vi (n.) One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmaea); -- called also pygmy antelope.

Guffaw (n.) A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.

Guffer (n.) The eelpout; guffer eel.

Guggle (v. i.) See Gurgle.

Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher.

Guiac (n.) Same as Guaiac.

Guiacol (n.) A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.

Guiacum (n.) Same as Guaiacum.

Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba.

Guicowar (n.) [Mahratta g/ekw/r, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.

Guidable (a.) Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled.

Guidage (n.) The reward given to a guide for services.

Guidage (n.) Guidance; lead; direction.

Guidance (n.) The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

Guided (imp. & p. p.) of Guide

Guiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guide

Guide (v. t.) To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.

Guide (v. t.) To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.

Guide (v. t.) A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.

Guide (v. t.) One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of lifo; a director; a regulator.

Guide (v. t.) Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator

Guide (v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.

Guide (v. t.) A grooved director for a probe or knife.

Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.

Guideboard (n.) A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road.

Guidebook (n.) A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.

Guideless (a.) Without a guide.

Guidepost (n.) A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

Guider (n.) A guide; a director.

Guideress (n.) A female guide.

Guidguid (n.) A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called also barking bird.

Guidon (v. t.) A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.

Guidon (v. t.) One who carries a flag.

Guidon (v. t.) One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.

Gulge (n.) See Gige.

Guild (v. t.) An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.

Guild (v. t.) A guildhall.

Guild (v. t.) A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.

Guildable (a.) Liable to a tax.

Guilder (n.) A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.

Guildhall (n.) The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.

Guile (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

Guile (n.) To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.

Guileful (a.) Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.

Guileless (a.) Free from guile; artless.

Guilor (n.) A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile.

Guillemet (n.) A quotation mark.

Guillemot (n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.

Guillevat (n.) A vat for fermenting liquors.

Guilloche (n.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

Guilloched (a.) Waved or engine-turned.

Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.

Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.

Guillotined (imp. & p. p.) of Guillotine

Guillotining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guillotine

Guillotine (v. t.) To behead with the guillotine.

Guilt (v. t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.

Guilt (v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

Guiltily (adv.) In a guilty manner.

Guiltiness (n.) The quality or state of being guilty.

Guiltless (a.) Free from guilt; innocent.

Guiltless (a.) Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

Guilt-sick (a.) Made sick by consciousness of guilt.

Guilty (superl.) Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.

Guilty (superl.) Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.

Guilty (superl.) Conscious; cognizant.

Guilty (superl.) Condemned to payment.

Guiltylike (adv.) Guiltily.

Guinea (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.

Guinea (n.) A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.

Guipure (n.) A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.

Guirland (n.) See Garland.

Guise (n.) Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.

Guise (n.) External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

Guise (n.) Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

Guiser (n.) A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer.

Guitar (n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.

Guitguit (n.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.

GulAe (pl. ) of Gula

Gulas (pl. ) of Gula

Gula (n.) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.

Gula (n.) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.

Gula (n.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.

Gular (a.) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin.

Gulaund (n.) An arctic sea bird.

Gulch (n.) Act of gulching or gulping.

Gulch (n.) A glutton.

Gulch (n.) A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Guid (n.) A flower. See Gold.

Gulden (n.) See Guilder.

Gule (v. t.) To give the color of gules to.

Gule (n.) The throat; the gullet.

Gules (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.

Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.

Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

Gulf (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf (n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode.

Gulfy (a.) Full of whirlpools or gulfs.

Gulgul (n.) A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.

Gulist (n.) A glutton.

Gulled (imp. & p. p.) of Gull

Gulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gull

Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

Gull (n.) A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.

Gull (n.) One easily cheated; a dupe.

Gull (n.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.

Gullage (n.) Act of being gulled.

Guller (n.) One who gulls; a deceiver.

Gullery (n.) An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud.

Gullet (n.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

Gullet (n.) Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions

Gullet (n.) A channel for water.

Gullet (n.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

Gullet (n.) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

Gulleting (n.) A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels.

Gullible (a.) Easily gulled; that may be duped.

Gullish (a.) Foolish; stupid.

Gulles (pl. ) of Gully

Gully (n.) A large knife.

Gullies (pl. ) of Gully

Gully (n.) A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Gully (n.) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Gullied (imp. & p. p.) of Gully

Gullying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gully

Gully (v. t.) To wear into a gully or into gullies.

Gully (v. i.) To flow noisily.

Gulosity (n.) Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity.

Gulped (imp. & p. p.) of Gulp

Gulping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gulp

Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.

Gulp (n.) A disgorging.

Gulph (n.) See Gulf.

Gult (n.) Guilt. See Guilt.

Gulty (a.) Guilty.

Guly (a.) Of or pertaining to gules; red.

Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

Gum (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

Gum (n.) See Gum tree, below.

Gum (n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.

Gum (n.) A rubber overshoe.

Gummed (imp. &. p.) of Gum

Gumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gum

Gum (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

Gum (v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.

Gumbo (n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

Gumbo (n.) The okra plant or its pods.

Gumboil (n.) A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.

Gummata (pl. ) of Gumma

Gumma (n.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.

Gummatous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.

Gummer (n.) A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

Gummiferous (a.) Producing gum; gum-bearing.

Gumminess (n.) The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.

Gummite (n.) A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.

Gummosity (n.) Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature.

Gummous (a.) Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.

Gummous (a.) Of or pertaining to a gumma.

Gummy (a.) Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

Gump (n.) A dolt; a dunce.

Gumption (n.) Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

Gumption (n.) The art of preparing colors.

Gumption (n.) Megilp.

Gun (n.) A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.

Gun (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.

Gun (n.) Violent blasts of wind.

Gun (v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.

Guna (n.) In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages.

Gunarchy (n.) See Gynarchy.

Gunboat (n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.

Guncotton () See under Gun.

Gundelet (n.) See Gondola.

Gunflint (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.

Gunjah (n.) See Ganja.

Gunlock (n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.

Gunnage (n.) The number of guns carried by a ship of war.

Gunnel (n.) A gunwale.

Gunnel (n.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.

Gunner (n.) One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.

Gunner (n.) A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

Gunner (n.) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.

Gunner (n.) The sea bream.

Gunnery (n.) That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.

Gunnie (n.) Space left by the removal of ore.

Gunning (n.) The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.

Gunny () Alt. of Gunny cloth

Gunny cloth () A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.

Gunocracy (n.) See Gyneocracy.

Gunpowder (n.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.

Gunreach (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.

Gunroom (n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.

Gunshot (n.) Act of firing a gun; a shot.

Gunshot (n.) The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.

Gunshot (a.) Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.

Gunsmith (n.) One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.

Gunsmithery (n.) Alt. of Gunsmith ing

Gunsmith ing (n.) The art or business of a gunsmith.

Gunstick (n.) A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.

Gunstock (n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

Gunstome (n.) A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.

Gunter rig () A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.

Gunter's chain () The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.

Gunter's line () A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.

Gunter's quadrant () A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.

Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.

Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.

Gurge (n.) A whirlpool.

Gurge (v. t.) To swallow up.

Gurgeons (n. pl.) See Grudgeons.

Gurgled (imp. & p. p.) of Gurgle

Gurgling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gurgle

Gurgle (v. i.) To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

Gurgle (n.) The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles."

Gurglet (n.) A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.

Gurgling-ly (adv.) In a gurgling manner.

Gurgoyle (n.) See Gargoyle.

Gurjun (n.) A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus laevis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint.

Gurl (n.) A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl.

Gurlet (n.) A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge.

Gurmy (n.) A level; a working.

Gurnard (n.) Alt. of Gurnet

Gurnet (n.) One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins.

Gurniad (n.) See Gwiniad.

Gurry (n.) An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter.

Gurry (n.) A small fort.

Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

Gurts (n. pl.) Groatts.

Gushed (imp. & p. p.) of Gush

Gushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gush

Gush (v. i.) To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

Gush (v. i.) To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner.

Gush (v. t.) A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird.

Gush (v. t.) A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment.

Gusher (n.) One who gushes.

Gushing (a.) Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters.

Gushing (a.) Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental.

Gushingly (adv.) In a gushing manner; copiously.

Gushingly (adv.) Weakly; sentimentally; effusively.

Gusset (n.) A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

Gusset (n.) Anything resembling a gusset in a garment

Gusset (n.) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.

Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

Gust (n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.

Gust (n.) A sudden violent burst of passion.

Gust (n.) The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.

Gust (n.) Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.

Gust (n.) Intellectual taste; fancy.

Gust (v. t.) To taste; to have a relish for.

Gustable (v.) Capable of being tasted; tastable.

Gustable (v.) Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.

Gustable (n.) Anything that can be tasted.

Gustard (n.) The great bustard.

Gustation (n.) The act of tasting.

Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.

Gustful (a.) Tasteful; well-tasted.

Gustful (a.) Gusty.

Gustless (a.) Tasteless; insipid.

Gusto (n.) Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.

Gustoso (a. & adv.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.

Gusty (a.) Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.

Gut (n.) A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

Gut (n.) An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

Gut (n.) One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.

Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.

Gutted (imp. & p. p.) of Gut

Gutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gut

Gut (v. t.) To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.

Gut (v. t.) To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.

GuttAe (pl. ) of Gutta

Gutta (n.) A drop.

Gutta (n.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.

Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.

Guttate (a.) Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Guttated (a.) Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots.

Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.

Gutter (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

Gutter (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

Gutter (n.) Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

Guttered (imp. & p. p.) of Gutter

Guttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gutter

Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

Gutter (v. t.) To supply with a gutter or gutters.

Gutter (v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

Guttifer (n.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.

Guttiferous (a.) Yielding gum or resinous substances.

Guttiferous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferae) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

Guttiform (a.) Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.

Guttle (n.) To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Guttler (n.) A greedy eater; a glutton.

Guttulous (a.) In droplike form.

Guttural (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.

Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.

Gutturalism (n.) The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.]

Gutturality (n.) The quality of being guttural.

Gutturalize (v. t.) To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.

Gutturally (adv.) In a guttural manner.

Gutturalness (n.) The quality of being guttural.

Gutturine (a.) Pertaining to the throat.

Gutturize (v. t.) To make in the throat; to gutturalize.

Gutturo- () A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.

Gutty (a.) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Gutwort (n.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.

Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.

Guyed (imp. & p. p.) of Guy

Guying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guy

Guy (v. t.) To steady or guide with a guy.

Guy (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.

Guy (n.) A person of queer looks or dress.

Guy (v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.

Guyle (v. t.) To guile.

Guze (n.) A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.

Guzzled (imp. & p. p.) of Guzzle

Guzzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Guzzle

Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.

Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer.

Guzzle (n.) An insatiable thing or person.

Guzzler (n.) An immoderate drinker.

Gwiniad (n.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly.

Gyall (n.) See Gayal.

Gyb (n.) Alt. of Gybe

Gybe (n.) See Jib.

Gybe (n. & v.) See Gibe.

Gybed (imp. & p. p.) of Gybe

Gybing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gybe

Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

Gye (v. t.) To guide; to govern.

Gyle (n.) Fermented wort used for making vinegar.

Gymnal (a. & n.) Same as Gimmal.

Gymnasiarch (n.) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.

Gymnasiums (pl. ) of Gymnasium

Gymnasia (pl. ) of Gymnasium

Gymnasium (n.) A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

Gymnasium (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.

Gymnast (n.) One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.

Gymnastic (a.) Alt. of Gymnastical

Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.

Gymnastic (n.) A gymnast.

Gymnastically (adv.) In a gymnastic manner.

Gymnastics (n.) Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

Gymnic (a.) Alt. of Gymnical

Gymnical (a.) Athletic; gymnastic.

Gymnic (n.) Athletic exercise.

Gymnite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia.

Gymnoblastea (n. pl.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.

Gymnoblastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.

Gymnocarpous (a.) Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth.

Gymnochroa (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra.

Gymnocladus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages.

Gymnocyte (n.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.

Gymnocytode (n.) A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.

Gymnodont (n.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.

Gymnogen (n.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.

Gymnoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

Gymnolaema (n. pl.) Alt. of Gymnolaemata

Gymnolaemata (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.

Gymnonoti (n. pl.) The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.

Gymnopaedic (a.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic; -- said of certain birds.

Gymnophiona (n. pl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.

Gymnophthalmata (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

Gymnoplast (n.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.

Gymnosomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.

Gymnosophist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.

Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.

Gymnosperm (n.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Gymnospermous (n.) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.

Gymnospermous (n.) Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.

Gymnotoka (n. pl.) The Athecata.

Gymnotus (n.) A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.

Gyn (v. i.) To begin [Obs.] See Gin.

Gynaeceum (n.) Alt. of Gynaecium

Gynaecium (n.) The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.

Gynaecian (a.) The same as Gynecian.

Gynaecophore (n.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some di/cious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Haematozoa.

Gynander (n.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.

Gynandria (n. pl.) A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.

Gynandrian (a.) Alt. of Gynandrous

Gynandrous (a.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

Gynandromorph (n.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism,

Gynandromorphism (n.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.

Gynandromorphous (a.) Affected, with gynandromorphism.

Gynantherous (a.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils.

Gynarchy (n.) Government by a woman.

Gyneceum (n.) See Gynaeceum.

Gynecian (a.) Of or relating to women.

Gynecocracy (n.) Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.

Gynecological (a.) Of or pertaining to gynecology.

Gynecology (n.) The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.

Gyneocracy (n.) See Gynecocracy.

Gyneolatry (n.) The adoration or worship of woman.

Gynephobia (n.) Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women.

Gynno (v. i.) To begin. See Gin.

Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.

Gynobasic (a.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

Gynocracy (n.) Female government; gynecocracy.

Gynodioecious (a.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

Gynoecium (n.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore.

Gynophore (n.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.

Gynophore (n.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

Gyp (n.) A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.

Gypse (n.) See Gypsum.

Gypseous (a.) Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

Gypsey (n.) A gypsy. See Gypsy.

Gypsiferous (a.) Containing gypsum.

Gyp'sine (a.) Gypseous.

Gypsography (n.) The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

Gypsoplast (n.) A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.

Gypsum (n.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

Gypsies (pl. ) of Gypsy

Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.

Gypsy (n.) The language used by the gypsies.

Gypsy (n.) A dark-complexioned person.

Gypsy (n.) A cunning or crafty person

Gypsy (a.) Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

Gypsy (v. i.) To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.

Gypsyism (n.) The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

Gypsyism (n.) The state of a gypsy.

Gypsywort (n.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europaeus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

Gyracanthus (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.

Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

Gyral (a.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

Gyrant (a.) Gyrating.

Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

Gyrated (imp. & p. p.) of Gyrate

Gyrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gyrate

Gyrate (n.) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

Gyration (n.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Gyratory (a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.

Gyre (n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Gyre (v. t. & i.) To turn round; to gyrate.

Gyreful (a.) Abounding in gyres.

Gyrencephala (n. pl.) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted.

Gyrfalcon (n.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter.

Gyri (n. pl.) See Gyrus.

Gyrland (v. t.) To garland.

Gyrodus (n.) A genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

Gyrogonite (n.) The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort.

Gyroidal (a.) Spiral in arrangement or action.

Gyroidal (a.) Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.

Gyroidal (a.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Gyrolepis (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds.

Gyroma (n.) A turning round.

Gyromancy (n.) A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.

Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.

Gyronny (a.) Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon.

Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches.

Gyroscope (n.) A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.

Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.

Gyroscopic (a.) Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.

Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.

Gyrostat (n.) A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.

Gyrostatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.

Gyrostatics (n.) The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.

Gyri (pl. ) of Gyrus

Gyrus (n.) A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

Gyse (n.) Guise.

Gyte (a.) Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte.

Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.

Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.

H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.

H () The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.

Ha (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to "Well, it is so."

Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.

Haak (n.) A sea fish. See Hake.

Haar (n.) A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind.

Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.

Habendum (n.) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum.

Haberdash (v. i.) To deal in small wares.

Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.

Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.

Haberdashery (n.) The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles.

Haberdine (n.) A cod salted and dried.

Habergeon (n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.

Habilatory (a.) Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.

Habile (a.) Fit; qualified; also, apt.

Habiliment (n.) A garment; an article of clothing.

Habiliment (n.) Dress, in general.

Habilimented (a.) Clothed. Taylor (1630).

Habilitate (a.) Qualified or entitled.

Habilitate (v. t.) To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.

Habilitation (n.) Equipment; qualification.

Hability (n.) Ability; aptitude.

Habit (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

Habit (n.) The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.

Habit (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.

Habit (n.) Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.

Habited (imp. & p. p.) of Habit

Habiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Habit

Habit (n.) To inhabit.

Habit (n.) To dress; to clothe; to array.

Habit (n.) To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.

Habitability (n.) Habitableness.

Habitable (a.) Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.

Habitakle (v.) A dwelling place.

Habitan (n.) Same as Habitant, 2.

Habitance (n.) Dwelling; abode; residence.

Habiitancy (n.) Same as Inhabitancy.

Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant; a dweller.

Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural.

Habitat (v. t.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

Habitat (v. t.) Place where anything is commonly found.

Habitation (n.) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

Habitation (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

Habitator (n.) A dweller; an inhabitant.

Habited (p. p. & a.) Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.

Habited (p. p. & a.) Fixed by habit; accustomed.

Habited (p. p. & a.) Inhabited.

Habitual (n.) Formed or acquired by habit or use.

Habitual (n.) According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.

Habituated (imp. & p. p.) of Habituate

Habituating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Habituate

Habituate (v. t.) To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

Habituate (v. t.) To settle as an inhabitant.

Habituate (a.) Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.

Habituation (n.) The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.

Habitude (n.) Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.

Habitude (n.) Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.

Habitude (n.) Habit of body or of action.

Habitue (n.) One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.

Habiture (n.) Habitude.

Habitus (n.) Habitude; mode of life; general appearance.

Hable (a.) See Habile.

Habnab (adv.) By chance.

Hachure (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

Hacienda (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.

Hack (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

Hack (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

Hacked (imp. & p. p.) of Hack

Hacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hack

Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.

Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

Hack (n.) A notch; a cut.

Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

Hack (n.) A kick on the shins.

Hack (n.) A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

Hack (n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

Hack (n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

Hack (n.) A procuress.

Hack (a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.

Hack (v. t.) To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

Hack (v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Hack (v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

Hack (v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack.

Hackamore (n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.

Hackberry (n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.

Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Hackbuss (n.) Same as Hagbut.

Hackee (n.) The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel.

Hacker (n.) One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.

Hackery (n.) A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.

Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackle

Hackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hackle

Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Hackly (a.) Rough or broken, as if hacked.

Hackly (a.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.

Hackmen (pl. ) of Hackman

Hackman (n.) The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.

Hackmatack (n.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

Hackneys (pl. ) of Hackney

Hackney (n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

Hackney (n.) A horse or pony kept for hire.

Hackney (n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

Hackney (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Hackney (a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

Hackneyed (imp. & p. p.) of Hackney

Hackneying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hackney

Hackney (v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.

Hackney (v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach.

Hackneymen (pl. ) of Hackneyman

Hackneyman (n.) A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

Hackster (n.) A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.

Hacqueton (n.) Same as Acton.

Had (imp. & p. p.) See Have.

Hadder (n.) Heather; heath.

Haddie (n.) The haddock.

Haddock (n.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

Hade (n.) The descent of a hill.

Hade (n.) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

Hade (v. i.) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Hades (n.) The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

Hadj (n.) The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.

Hadji (n.) A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.

Hadji (n.) A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.

Hadrosaurus (n.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

Haecceity () Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

Haema- () Alt. of Haemo-

Haemato- () Alt. of Haemo-

Haemo- () Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.

Haemachrome (n.) Hematin.

Haemacyanin (n.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

Haemacytometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

Haemad (adv.) Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

Haemadrometer (n.) Alt. of Haemadremometer

Haemadremometer (n.) Same as Hemadrometer.

Haemadrometry (n.) Alt. of Haemadromometry

Haemadromometry (n.) Same as Hemadrometry.

Haemadromograph (n.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

Haemadynameter () Alt. of Haemadynamometer

Haemadynamometer () Same as Hemadynamometer.

Haemadynamics (n.) Same as Hemadynamics.

Haemal (a.) Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.

Haemaphaein (n.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.

Haemapod (n.) An haemapodous animal.

Haemapodous (a.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

Haemapoietic (a.) Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.

Haemapophysis (n.) Same as Hemapophysis.

Haemastatics (n.) Same as Hemastatics.

Haematachometer (n.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

Haematachometry (n.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood.

Haematemesis (n.) Same as Hematemesis.

Haematic (a.) Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.

Haematin (n.) Same as Hematin.

Haematinometer (n.) Same as Hematinometer.

Haematinometric (a.) Same as Hematinometric.

Haematite (n.) Same as Hematite.

Haematitic (a.) Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

Haemato- (prefix.) See Haema-.

Haematoblast (n.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.

Haematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.

Haematocryal (a.) Cold-blooded.

Haematocrystallin (n.) Same as Hematocrystallin.

Haematodynamometer (n.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

Haematogenesis (n.) The origin and development of blood.

Haematogenesis (n.) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

Haematogenic (a.) Relating to haematogenesis.

Haematogenous (a.) Originating in the blood.

Haematoglobulin (n.) Same as Hematoglobin.

Haematoid (a.) Same as Hematoid.

Haematoidin (n.) Same as Hematoidin.

Haematoin (n.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.

Haematolin (n.) See Haematoin.

Haematology (n.) The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

Haematometer (n.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

Haematometer (n.) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

Haematophlina (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

Haematoplast (n.) Same as Haematoblast.

Haematoplastic (a.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.

Haematoporphyrin (n.) See Haematoin.

Haematosac (n.) A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.

Haematoscope (n.) A haemoscope.

Haematosin (n.) Hematin.

Haematosis (n.) Same as Hematosis.

Haematotherma (n. pl.) Same as Hematotherma.

Haematothermal (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.

Haematothorax (n.) Same as Hemothorax.

Haematexylin (n.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.

Haematoxylon (n.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

Haematozoa (pl. ) of Haematozoon

Haematozoon (n.) A parasite inhabiting the blood

Haematozoon (n.) Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.

Haematozoon (n.) The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.

Haemic (a.) Pertaining to the blood; hemal.

Haemin (n.) Same as Hemin.

Haemo- (prefix.) See Haema-.

Haemochrome (n.) Same as Haemachrome.

Haemochromogen (n.) A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.

Haemochromometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.

Haemocyanin (n.) Same as Haemacyanin.

Haemocytolysis (n.) See Haemocytotrypsis.

Haemocytometer (n.) See Haemacytometer.

Haemocytotrypsis (n.) A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemcytolysis.

Haemodromograph (n.) Same as Haemadromograph.

Haemodynameter (n.) Same as Hemadynamics.

Haemoglobin (n.) Same as Hemoglobin.

Haemoglobinometer (n.) Same as Hemochromometer.

Haemolutein (n.) See Hematoidin.

Haemomanometer (n.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

Haemometer (n.) Same as Hemadynamometer.

Haemony (n.) A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

Haemoplastic (a.) Same as Haematoplastic.

Haemorrhoidal (a.) Same as Hemorrhoidal.

Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.

Haemostatic (a.) Same as Hemostatic.

Haemotachometer (n.) Same as Haematachometer.

Haemotachometry (n.) Same as Haematachometry.

Haf (imp.) Hove.

Haffle (v. i.) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.

Haft (n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

Haft (n.) A dwelling.

Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.

Hag (n.) A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.

Hag (n.) An ugly old woman.

Hag (n.) A fury; a she-monster.

Hag (n.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.

Hag (n.) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.

Hagged (imp. & p. p.) of Hag

Hagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hag

Hag (v. t.) To harass; to weary with vexation.

Hag (n.) A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

Hag (n.) A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.

Hagberry (n.) A plant of the genus Prunus (P. Padus); the bird cherry.

Hagborn (a.) Born of a hag or witch.

Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.

Hagbutter (n.) A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.

Haggadoth (pl. ) of Haggada

Haggada (n.) A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.

Haggard (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

Haggard (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.

Haggard (a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

Haggard (a.) A fierce, intractable creature.

Haggard (a.) A hag.

Haggard (n.) A stackyard.

Haggardly (adv.) In a haggard manner.

Hagged (a.) Like a hag; lean; ugly.

Haggis (n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.

Haggish (a.) Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

Haggishly (adv.) In the manner of a hag.

Haggled (imp. & p. p.) of Haggle

Haggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haggle

Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

Haggle (v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Haggle (n.) The act or process of haggling.

Haggler (n.) One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

Haggler (n.) One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.

Hagiarchy (n.) A sacred government; by holy orders of men.

Hagiocracy (n.) Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.

Hagiographa (n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

Hagiographa (n. pl.) The lives of the saints.

Hagiographal () Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

Hagiographer (n.) One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.

Hagiography (n.) Same Hagiographa.

Hagiolatry (n.) The invocation or worship of saints.

Hagiologist (n.) One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

Hagiology (n.) The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.

Hagioscope (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.

Hag-ridden (a.) Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.

Hagseed (n.) The offspring of a hag.

Hagship (n.) The state or title of a hag.

Hag-taper (n.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

Haguebut (n.) See Hagbut.

Hah (interj.) Same as Ha.

Ha-ha (n.) A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.

Haidingerite (n.) A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Haiduck (n.) Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.

Haik (n.) A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.

Haikal (n.) The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Hail (n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Halled (imp. & p. p.) of Hail

Halting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hail

Hail (v. i.) To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hail (v. t.) To pour forcibly down, as hail.

Hail (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hail (v. t.) To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

Hail (v. t.) To name; to designate; to call.

Hail (v. i.) To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

Hail (v. i.) To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.

Hail (v. t.) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hail (n.) A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

Hail-fellow (n.) An intimate companion.

Hailse (v. t.) To greet; to salute.

Hailshot (n. pl.) Small shot which scatter like hailstones.

Hailstone (n.) A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Hailstorm (n.) A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.

Haily (a.) Of hail.

Han (v. t.) To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.

Hain't () A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't.

Hair (n.) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

Hair (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

Hair (n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

Hair (n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

Hair (n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

Hair (n.) A haircloth.

Hair (n.) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Hairbell (n.) See Harebell.

Hairbird (n.) The chipping sparrow.

Hairbrained (a.) See Harebrained.

Hairbreadth () Alt. of Hair'sbreadth

Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.

Hairbreadth (a.) Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

Hair-brown (a.) Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

Hairbrush (n.) A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

Haircloth (n.) Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

Hairdresser (n.) One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

Haired (a.) Having hair.

Haired (a.) In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

Hairen (a.) Hairy.

Hair grass () A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.

Hairiness (n.) The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.

Hairless (a.) Destitute of hair.

Hairpin (n.) A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

Hair-salt (n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Hairsplitter (n.) One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.

Hairsplitting (a.) Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.

Hairsplitting (n.) The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Hairstreak (n.) A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

Hairtail (n.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

Hairworm () A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

Hairy (a.) Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

Haitian (a. & n.) See Haytian.

Haye (n.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.

Hake (n.) A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Hake (n.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.

Hake (v. t.) To loiter; to sneak.

Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.

Haketon (n.) Same as Acton.

Hakim (n.) A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.

Hakim (n.) A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge.

Halachoth (pl. ) of Halacha

Halacha (n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

Halation (n.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.

Halberd (n.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.

Halberdier (n.) One who is armed with a halberd.

Halberd-shaped (a.) Hastate.

Halcyon (n.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Halcyon (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

Halcyon (a.) Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.

Halcyonian (a.) Halcyon; calm.

Halcyonold (a. & n.) See Alcyonoid.

Hale (a.) Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

Hale (n.) Welfare.

Haled (imp. & p. p.) of Hale

Haling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hale

Hale (v. t.) To pull; to drag; to haul.

Halesia (n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

Half (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

Half (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.

Half (adv.) In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.

Halves (pl. ) of Half

Half (a.) Part; side; behalf.

Half (a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

Half (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.

Half-and-half (n.) A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.

Halfbeak (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

Half blood () The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

Half blood (n.) A person so related to another.

Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

Half-blooded (a.) Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

Half-blooded (a.) Degenerate; mean.

Half-boot (n.) A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.

Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

Half-bred (a.) Half-blooded.

Half-bred (a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.

Half-breed (a.) Half-blooded.

Half-breed (n.) A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Half-brother (n.) A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Half-caste (n.) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.

Half-clammed (a.) Half-filled.

Halfcocked (imp. & p. p.) of Halfcock

Halfcocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halfcock

Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

Half-cracked (a.) Half-demented; half-witted.

Half-deck (n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

Half-deck (n.) See Half deck, under Deck.

Half-decked (a.) Partially decked.

Halfen (a.) Wanting half its due qualities.

Halfendeal (adv.) Half; by the part.

Halfendeal (n.) A half part.

Halfer (n.) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.

Halfer (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.

Half-faced (a.) Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.

Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.

Half-hatched (a.) Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.

Half-heard (a.) Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.

Half-hearted (a.) Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

Half-hearted (a.) Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.

Half-hourly (a.) Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

Half-learned (a.) Imperfectly learned.

Half-length (a.) Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

Half-mast (n.) A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Half-moon (n.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

Half-moon (n.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.

Halfness (n.) The quality of being half; incompleteness.

Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.

Half-port (n.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

Half-ray (n.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.

Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.

Half seas over () Half drunk.

Half-sighted (a.) Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.

Half-sister (n.) A sister by one parent only.

Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.

Half-sword (n.) Half the length of a sword; close fight.

Half-timbered (a.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

Half-tounue (n.) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

Halfway (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

Halfway (a.) Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Half-wit (n.) A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.

Half-witted (a.) Weak in intellect; silly.

Half-yearly (a.) Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.

Halibut (n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.

Halichondriae (n. pl.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.

Halicore (n.) Same as Dugong.

Halidom (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.

Halidom (n.) Holy doom; the Last Day.

Halieutics (n.) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

Halmas (a.) The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.

Haliographer (n.) One who writes about or describes the sea.

Haliography (n.) Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.

Haliotis (n.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.

Haliotoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.

Halisauria (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria.

Halite (n.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

Halituous (a.) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.

Halk (n.) A nook; a corner.

Hall (n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.

Hall (n.) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.

Hall (n.) Any corridor or passage in a building.

Hall (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.

Hall (n.) A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

Hall (n.) The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

Hall (n.) Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.

Hallage (n.) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

Halleluiah (n. & interj.) Alt. of Hallelujah

Hallelujah (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.

Hallelujatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.

Halliard (n.) See Halyard.

Hallidome (n.) Same as Halidom.

Hallier (n.) A kind of net for catching birds.

Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

Halloa () See Halloo.

Halloo (n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

Hallooed (imp. & p. p.) of Halloo

Halloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halloo

Halloo (v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.

Halloo (v. t.) To encourage with shouts.

Halloo (v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries.

Halloo (v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail.

Halloo (n.) An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.

Hallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Hallow

Hallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hallow

Hallow (v. t.) To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.

Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

Hallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.

Halloysite (n.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.

Hallucal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.

Hallucinate (v. i.) To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.

Hallucination (n.) The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

Hallucination (n.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.

Hallucinator (n.) One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.

Hallucinatory (a.) Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

Hallux (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.

Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.

Halma (n.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.

Halos (pl. ) of Halo

Halo (n.) A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.

Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.

Halo (n.) An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.

Halo (n.) A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Haloed (imp. & p. p.) of Halo

Haloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halo

Halo (v. t. & i.) To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.

Haloed (a.) Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.

Halogen (n.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.

Halogenous (a.) Of the nature of a halogen.

Haloid (a.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.

Haloid (n.) A haloid substance.

Halomancy (n.) See Alomancy.

Halometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.

Halones (n. pl.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.

Halophyte (n.) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.

Haloscope (n.) An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

Halotrichite (n.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

Haloxyline (n.) An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.

Halp (imp.) Helped.

Halpace (n.) See Haut pas.

Hals (n.) The neck or throat.

Halse (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.

Halse (v. t.) To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.

Halsed (imp. & p. p.) of Halse

Halsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halse

Halse (v. t.) To haul; to hoist.

Halsening (a.) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.

Halser (n.) See Hawser.

Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

Halted (imp. & p. p.) of Halt

Halting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halt

Halt (v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

Halt (v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Halt (a.) Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

Halt (n.) The act of limping; lameness.

Halt (a.) To walk lamely; to limp.

Halt (a.) To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

Halter (n.) One who halts or limps; a cripple.

Halter (n.) A strong strap or cord.

Halter (n.) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.

Halter (n.) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.

Haltered (imp. & p. p.) of Halter

Haltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halter

Halter (v. t.) To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.

Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

Halter-sack (n.) A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.

Haltingly (adv.) In a halting or limping manner.

Halvans (n. pl.) Impure ore; dirty ore.

Halve (n.) A half.

Halved (imp. & p. p.) of Halve

Halving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halve

Halve (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.

Halve (v. t.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

Halved (a.) Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.

Halves (n.) pl. of Half.

Halwe (n.) A saint.

Hal'yard (v. t.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.

Halysites (n.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.

Ham (n.) Home.

Ham (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

Hamadryads (pl. ) of Hamadryad

Hamadryades (pl. ) of Hamadryad

Hamadryad (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

Hamadryad (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.

Hamadryas (n.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).

Hamamelis (n.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.

Hamate (a.) Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Hamated (a.) Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate.

Hamatum (n.) See Unciform.

Hamble (v. t.) To hamstring.

Hamburg (n.) A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.

Hame (n.) Home.

Hame (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.

Hamel (v. t.) Same as Hamele.

Hamesecken (n.) Alt. of Hamesucken

Hamesucken (n.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.

Hamiform (n.) Hook-shaped.

Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.

Haminura (n.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.

Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.

Hamite (n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

Haitic (a.) Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.

Hamlet (n.) A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

Hamleted (p. a.) Confined to a hamlet.

Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

Hammer (n.) Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer

Hammer (n.) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.

Hammer (n.) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.

Hammer (n.) The malleus.

Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.

Hammer (n.) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

Hammered (imp. & p. p.) of Hammer

Hammering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hammer

Hammer (v. t.) To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.

Hammer (v. t.) To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.

Hammer (v. t.) To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.

Hammer (v. i.) To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.

Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.

Hammerable (a.) Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.

Hammer-beam (n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

Hammercloth (n.) The cloth which covers a coach box.

Hammer-dressed (a.) Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.

Hammerer (n.) One who works with a hammer.

Hammer-harden (v. t.) To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.

Hammerhead (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.

Hammerhead (n.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.

Hammerhead (n.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.

Hammerkop (n.) A bird of the Heron family; the umber.

Hammer-less (a.) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.

Hammermen (pl. ) of Hammerman

Hammerman (n.) A hammerer; a forgeman.

Hammochrysos (n.) A stone with spangles of gold color in it.

Hammock (n.) A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

Hammock (n.) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.

Hamose () Alt. of Hamous

Hamous () Having the end hooked or curved.

Hamper (n.) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.

Hampered (imp. & p. p.) of Hamper

Hampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hamper

Hamper (v. t.) To put in a hamper.

Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.

Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

Hamper (n.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.

Hamster (n.) A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.

Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

Hamstrung (imp. & p. p.) of Hamstring

Hamstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hamstring

Hamstring (v. t.) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

Hamular (a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.

Hamulate (a.) Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.

Hamule (n.) A little hook.

Hamulose (a.) Bearing a small hook at the end.

Hamuli (pl. ) of Hamulus

Hamulus (n.) A hook, or hooklike process.

Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Han (inf. & plural pres.) To have; have.

Hanap (n.) A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.

Hanaper (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.

Hance (v. t.) To raise; to elevate.

Hance () Alt. of Hanch

Hanch () See Hanse.

Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.

Hand (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

Hand (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand

Hand (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

Hand (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.

Hand (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.

Hand (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.

Hand (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Hand (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Hand (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.

Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.

Hand (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.

Hand (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.

Hand (n.) Rate; price.

Hand (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once

Hand (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.

Hand (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Hand staves (pl. ) of Hand

Handed (imp. & p. p.) of Hand

Handing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hand

Hand (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.

Hand (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.

Hand (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.

Hand (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.

Hand (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Hand (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.

Hand (v. i.) To cooperate.

Handbarrow (n.) A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.

Handbill (n.) A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

Handbill (n.) A pruning hook.

Handbook (n.) A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

Handbreadth (n.) A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.

Handcart (n.) A cart drawn or pushed by hand.

Handcloth (n.) A handkerchief.

Handcraft (n.) Same as Handicraft.

-men (pl. ) of Handcraftsman

Handcraftsman (n.) A handicraftsman.

Handcuff (n.) A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.

Handcuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Handcuff

Handcuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handcuff

Handcuff (v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.

Handed (a.) With hands joined; hand in hand.

Handed (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.

Hander (n.) One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.

Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.

Handfast (n.) Contract; specifically, espousal.

Handfast (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.

Handfasted (imp. & p. p.) of Handfast

Handfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handfast

Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.

Handfast (n.) Strong; steadfast.

Handfastly (adv.) In a handfast or publicly pledged manner.

Handfish (n.) The frogfish.

Hand flus (pl. ) of Handful

Handful (n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain.

Handful (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.

Handful (n.) A small quantity.

Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.

Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.

Handicap (n.) A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.

Handicap (n.) An old game at cards.

Handicapped (imp. & p. p.) of Handicap

Handicapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handicap

Handicap (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.

Handicapper (n.) One who determines the conditions of a handicap.

Handicraft (n.) A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

Handicraft (n.) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

-men (pl. ) of Handi-craftsman

Handi-craftsman (n.) A man skilled or employed in handcraft.

Handily (adv.) In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.

Handiness (n.) The quality or state of being handy.

Handiron (n.) See Andrion.

Handiwork (n.) Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

Handkercher (n.) A handkerchief.

Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.

Handkerchief (n.) A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

Handled (imp. & p. p.) of Handle

Handling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handle

Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

Handle (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.

Handle (v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.

Handle (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.

Handle (v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.

Handle (v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill.

Handle (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

Handle (v. t.) To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.

Handle (v. i.) To use the hands.

Handle (n.) That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.

Handle (n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.

Handleable (a.) Capable of being handled.

Handless (a.) Without a hand.

Handling (n.) A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.

Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.

Handmade (a.) Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.

Handmaid (n.) Alt. of Handmaiden

Handmaiden (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Handsaw (n.) A saw used with one hand.

Handsel (n.) A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.

Handsel (n.) Price; payment.

Handseled (imp. & p. p.) of Handsel

Handseled () of Handsel

Handseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Handsel

Handselling () of Handsel

Handsel (n.) To give a handsel to.

Handsel (n.) To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

Handsome (superl.) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

Handsome (superl.) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

Handsome (superl.) Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

Handsome (superl.) Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

Handsome (superl.) Ample; moderately large.

Hadsome (v. t.) To render handsome.

Handsomely (adv.) In a handsome manner.

Handsomely (adv.) Carefully; in shipshape style.

Handsomeness (n.) The quality of being handsome.

Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.

Handspring (n.) A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.

Hand-tight (a.) As tight as can be made by the hand.

Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

Hand-winged (a.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.

Handwriting (n.) The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

Handwriting (n.) That which is written by hand; manuscript.

Handy (superl.) Performed by the hand.

Handy (superl.) Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.

Handy (superl.) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.

Handy (superl.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.

Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.

Handyfight (n.) A fight with the hands; boxing.

Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.

Handystroke (n.) A blow with the hand.

Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork.

Hanged (imp. & p. p.) of Hang

Hung () of Hang

Hanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hang

Hang (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

Hang (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

Hang (v. i.) To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.

Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

Hang (v. i.) To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.

Hang (v. i.) To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.

Hang (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.

Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

Hang (v. i.) To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

Hang (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.

Hang (v. i.) To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.

Hang (v. i.) To be, or be like, a suspended weight.

Hang (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.

Hang (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward.

Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds.

Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Hang (n.) The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.

Hang (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.

Hang (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Hangbird (n.) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.

Hang-bies (pl. ) of Hang-by

Hang-by (n.) A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.

Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

Hangdog (a.) Low; sneaking; ashamed.

Hanger (n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

Hanger (n.) That by which a thing is suspended.

Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

Hanger (n.) A bridle iron.

Hanger (n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

Hanger (n.) A steep, wooded declivity.

Hangers-on (pl. ) of Hanger-on

Hanger-on (n.) One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted.

Hanging (a.) Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.

Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.

Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

Hanging (n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

Hanging (n.) That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Hangmen (pl. ) of Hangman

Hangman (n.) One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.

Hangmanship (n.) The office or character of a hangman.

Hangnail (n.) A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.

Hangnest (n.) A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.

Hangnest (n.) A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

Hank (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

Hank (n.) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

Hank (n.) Hold; influence.

Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.

Hank (v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

Hank (v. t.) To form into hanks.

Hankered (imp. & p. p.) of Hanker

Hankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hanker

Hanker (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.

Hanker (v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.

Hankeringly (adv.) In a hankering manner.

Hankey-pankey (n.) Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery.

Hanoverian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.

Hanoverian (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.

Han sa (n.) See 2d Hanse.

Hansard (n.) An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.

Hansard (n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.

Hanse (n.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

Hanse (n.) An association; a league or confederacy.

Hanseatic (a.) Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy.

Hansel (n. & v.) See Handsel.

Hanselines (n.) A sort of breeches.

Hansom () Alt. of Hansom cab

Hansom cab () A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.

Han't () A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.

Hanuman (n.) See Hoonoomaun.

Hap (v. t.) To clothe; to wrap.

Hap (n.) A cloak or plaid.

Hap (n.) That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.

Hap (v. i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.

Hap'penny (n.) A half-penny.

Haphazard (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

Hapless (a.) Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

Haplessly (adv.) In a hapless, unlucky manner.

Haplomi (n. pl.) An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.

Haplostemonous (a.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.

Haply (adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.

Happed (p. a.) Wrapped; covered; cloaked.

Happened (imp. & p. p.) of Happen

Happening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Happen

Happen (v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

Happen (v. i.) To take place; to occur.

Happily (adv.) By chance; peradventure; haply.

Happily (adv.) By good fortune; fortunately; luckily.

Happily (adv.) In a happy manner or state; in happy circumstances; as, he lived happily with his wife.

Happily (adv.) With address or dexterity; gracefully; felicitously; in a manner to success; with success.

Happiness (n.) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

Happiness (n.) An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.

Happiness (n.) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language.

Happy (superl.) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.

Happy (superl.) Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.

Happy (superl.) Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

Hapuku (n.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

Haquebut (n.) See Hagbut.

Hara-kiri (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.

Harangue (n.) A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.

Harangued (imp. & p. p.) of Harangue

Haranguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harangue

Harangue (v. i.) To make an harangue; to declaim.

Harangue (v. t.) To address by an harangue.

Harangueful (a.) Full of harangue.

Haranguer (n.) One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer.

Harassed (imp. & p. p.) of Harass

Harassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harass

Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.

Harass (n.) Devastation; waste.

Harass (n.) Worry; harassment.

Harasser (n.) One who harasses.

Harassment (n.) The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

Harberous (a.) Harborous.

Harbinger (n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

Harbinger (n.) A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.

Harbingered (imp. & p. p.) of Harbinger

Harbingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harbinger

Harbinger (v. t.) To usher in; to be a harbinger of.

Harbor (n.) A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

Harbor (n.) Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.

Harbor (n.) The mansion of a heavenly body.

Harbor (n.) A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.

Harbor (n.) A mixing box materials.

Harbored (imp. & p. p.) of Harbor

Harboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harbor

Harbor (n.) To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).

Harbor (v. i.) To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

Harborage (n.) Shelter; entertainment.

Harborer (n.) One who, or that which, harbors.

Harborless (a.) Without a harbor; shelterless.

Harbor master () An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

Harborough () Alt. of Harbrough

Harbrough () A shelter.

Harborous (a.) Hospitable.

Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

Hard (superl.) Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.

Hard (superl.) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.

Hard (superl.) Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.

Hard (superl.) Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.

Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.

Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

Hard (adv.) With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.

Hard (adv.) With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.

Hard (adv.) Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.

Hard (adv.) So as to raise difficulties.

Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.

Hard (adv.) Close or near.

Hard (v. t.) To harden; to make hard.

Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

Hardbake (n.) A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc.

Hardbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.

Hardened (imp. & p. p.) of Harden

Hardening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harden

Harden (v. t.) To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

Harden (v. t.) To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable.

Harden (v. i.) To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.

Harden (v. i.) To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.

Hardened (a.) Made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.

Hardener (n.) One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.

Hardening (n.) Making hard or harder.

Hardening (n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Harder (n.) A South African mullet, salted for food.

Harderian (a.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

Hard-favored (a.) Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.

Hardfavoredness (n.) Coarseness of features.

Hard-featured (a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.

Hardfern (n.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.

Hard-fisted (a.) Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.

Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle.

Hard grass () A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.

Hardhack (n.) A very astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name.

Hard-handed (a.) Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.

Hardhead (n.) Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Hardhead (n.) The menhaden. See Menhaden.

Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.

Hardhead (n.) A California salmon; the steelhead.

Hardhead (n.) The gray whale.

Hardhead (n.) A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).

Hard-headed (a.) Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.

Hard-hearted (a.) Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.

Harddihead (n.) Hardihood.

Harddihood (n.) Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.

Hardily (adv.) Same as Hardly.

Hardily (adv.) Boldly; stoutly; resolutely.

Hardiment (n.) Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action.

Hardiness (n.) Capability of endurance.

Hardiness (n.) Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance.

Hardiness (n.) Hardship; fatigue.

Hardish (a.) Somewhat hard.

Hard-labored (a.) Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.

Hardly (adv.) In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.

Hardly (adv.) Unwillingly; grudgingly.

Hardly (adv.) Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.

Hardly (adv.) Severely; harshly; roughly.

Hardly (adv.) Confidently; hardily.

Hardly (adv.) Certainly; surely; indeed.

Hard-mouthed (a.) Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.

Hardness (n.) The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

Hardness (n.) The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.

Hardness (n.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.

Hardock (n.) See Hordock.

Hardpan (n.) The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

Hards (n. pl.) The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.

Hard-shell (a.) Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.

Hardship (n.) That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

Hardspun (a.) Firmly twisted in spinning.

Hard-tack (n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

Hardtail (n.) See Jurel.

Hard-visaged (a.) Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.

Hardware (n.) Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

Hardwaremen (pl. ) of Hardwareman

Hardwareman (n.) One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

Hardy (a.) Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

Hardy (a.) Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.

Hardy (a.) Strong; firm; compact.

Hardy (a.) Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.

Hardy (a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.

Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

Hare (v. t.) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

Hare (n.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

Hare (n.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

Harebell (n.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.

Hare'brained' (a.) Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.

Harefoot (n.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.

Harefoot (n.) A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.

Hare-hearted (a.) Timorous; timid; easily frightened.

Harehound (n.) See Harrier.

Hareld (n.) The long-tailed duck.

Harelip (n.) A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.

Harem (n.) The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.

Harem (n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.

Harengiform (a.) Herring-shaped.

Hare's-ear (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves.

Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.

Hare's-tail (n.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.

Harfang (n.) The snowy owl.

Hariali grass () The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.

Haricot (n.) A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.

Haricot (n.) The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

Harier (n.) See Harrier.

Harikari (n.) See Hara-kiri.

Harioiation (n.) Prognostication; soothsaying.

Harish (a.) Like a hare.

Hark (v. i.) To listen; to hearken.

Harken (v. t. & i.) To hearken.

Harl (n.) A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.

Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies.

Harle (n.) The red-breasted merganser.

Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.

Harlequin (n.) A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.

Harlequin (n. i.) To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlequin (v. t.) Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

Harlequinade (n.) A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.

Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.

Harlot (n.) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.

Harlot (n.) A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.

Harlot (n.) A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.

Harlot (v. i.) To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.

Harlotize (v. i.) To harlot.

Harlotry (n.) Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.

Harlotry (n.) The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.

Harlotry (n.) Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.

Harlotry (n.) A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.

Harm (n.) Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

Harm (n.) That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

Harmed (imp. & p. p.) of Harm

Harming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harm

Harm (n.) To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.

Harmaline (n.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.

Harmattan (n.) A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.

Harmel (n.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.

Harmful (a.) Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

Harmine (n.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.

Harmless (a.) Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

Harmless (a.) Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.

Harmonic (a.) Alt. of Harmonical

Harmonical (a.) Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.

Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body.

Harmonical (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like.

Harmonic (n.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.

Harmonica (n.) A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.

Harmonica (n.) A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.

Har monically (adv.) In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.

Har monically (adv.) In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct.

Har monically (adv.) In harmonical progression.

Harmonicon (n.) A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.

Harmonics (n.) The doctrine or science of musical sounds.

Harmonics (n.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones.

Harmonious (a.) Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.

Harmonious (a.) Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.

Harmonious (a.) Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.

Harmoniphon (n.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

Harmonist (n.) One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.

Harmonist (n.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.

Harmonist (n.) Alt. of Harmonite

Harmonite (n.) One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

Harmonium (n.) A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.

Harmonization (n.) The act of harmonizing.

Harmonized (imp. & p. p.) of Harmonize

Harmonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harmonize

Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

Harmonize (v. i.) To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.

Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.

Harmonize (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.

Harmonize (v. t.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.

Harmonizer (n.) One who harmonizes.

Harmonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.

Harmonies (pl. ) of Harmony

Harmony (n.) The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

Harmony (n.) Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

Harmony (n.) A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Harmony (n.) The science which treats of their construction and progression.

Harmony (n.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Harmost (n.) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.

Harmotome (n.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.

Harness (n.) Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

Harness (n.) The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.

Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.

Harnessed (imp. & p. p.) of Harness

Harnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harness

Harness (v. t.) To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.

Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.

Harness (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.

Harnesser (n.) One who harnesses.

Harns (n. pl.) The brains.

Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

Harp (n.) A grain sieve.

Harped (imp. & p. p.) of Harp

Harping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harp

Harp (n.) To play on the harp.

Harp (n.) To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.

Harp (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Harpa (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.

Harpagon (n.) A grappling iron.

Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.

Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.

Harping (a.) Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies.

Harping iron () A harpoon.

Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem.

Harpist (n.) A player on the harp; a harper.

Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

Harpooned (imp. & p. p.) of Harpoon

Harpooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harpoon

Harpoon (v. t.) To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

Harpooneer (n.) An harpooner.

Harpooner (n.) One who throws the harpoon.

Harpress (n.) A female harper.

Harpsichon (n.) A harpsichord.

Harpsichord (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

Harpies (pl. ) of Harpy

Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.

Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

Harpy (n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

Harpy (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.

Harquebus (n.) Alt. of Harquebuse

Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.

Harrage (v. t.) To harass; to plunder from.

Harre (n.) A hinge.

Harridan (n.) A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.

Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.

Harrier (n.) One who harries.

Harrier (n.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).

Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

Harrow (n.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

Harrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Harrow

Harrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harrow

Harrow (n.) To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.

Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

Harrow (interj.) Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.

Harrow (v. t.) To pillage; to harry; to oppress.

Harrower (n.) One who harrows.

Harrower (n.) One who harries.

Harried (imp. & p. p.) of Harry

Harrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harry

Harry (v. t.) To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

Harry (v. t.) To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.

Harry (v. i.) To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.

Harsh (a.) Rough; disagreeable; grating

Harsh (a.) disagreeable to the touch.

Harsh (a.) disagreeable to the taste.

Harsh (a.) disagreeable to the ear.

Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.

Harsh (a.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.

Harshly (adv.) In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

Harshness (n.) The quality or state of being harsh.

Harslet (n.) See Haslet.

Hart (n.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

Hartbeest (n.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white.

Harten (v. t.) To hearten; to encourage; to incite.

Hartford (n.) The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

Harts clover () Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.

Hart's-ear (n.) An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally in India.

Hartshorn (n.) The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.

Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.

Hart-tongue (n.) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.

Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida.

Hartwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).

Harum-scarum (v. t.) Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

Haruspication (n.) See Haruspicy.

Haruspice (n.) A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Haruspicy (n.) The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.

Harvest (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

Harvest (n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

Harvest (n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

Harvested (imp. & p. p.) of Harvest

Harvesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harvest

Harvest (v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvester (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

Harvester (n.) A harvesting ant.

Harvest-home (n.) The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

Harvest-home (n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.

Harvest-home (n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

Harvest-home (n.) The opportunity of gathering treasure.

Harvesting () a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.

Harvestless (a.) Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.

Harvestmen (pl. ) of Harvestman

Harvestman (n.) A man engaged in harvesting.

Harvestman (n.) See Daddy longlegs, 1.

Harvestry (n.) The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.

Hary (v. t.) To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence.

Has () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have.

Hasard (n.) Hazard.

Hase (v. t.) See Haze, v. t.

Hash (n.) That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

Hash (n.) A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.

Hashed (imp. & p. p.) of Hash

Hashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hash

Hash (n.) To /hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.

Hasheesh (n.) Alt. of Hashish

Hashish (n.) A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.

Hask (n.) A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish.

Haslet (n.) The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.

Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.

Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.

Hasp (n.) An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.

Hasped (imp. & p. p.) of Hasp

Hasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hasp

Hasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Hassock (n.) A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.

Hassock (n.) A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.

Hast () 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Have, contr. of havest.

Hastate (n.) Alt. of Hastated

Hastated (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

Haste (n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

Hasted (imp. & p. p.) of Haste

Hasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haste

Haste (n.) To hasten; to hurry.

Hastened (imp. & p. p.) of Hasten

Hastening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hasten

Hasten (v. t.) To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

Hasten (v. i.) To move celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.

Hastener (n.) One who hastens.

Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.

Hastif (a.) Hasty.

Hastile (a.) Same as Hastate.

Hastily (adv.) In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.

Hastily (adv.) Passionately; impatiently.

Hastiness (n.) The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Hastings (v.) Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.

Hastings sands () The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.

Hastive (n.) Forward; early; -- said of fruits.

Hasty (n.) Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

Hasty (n.) Demanding haste or immediate action.

Hasty (n.) Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

Hasty (n.) Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.

Hasty (n.) Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.

Hasty (n.) Forward; early; first ripe.

Hasty pudding () A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush.

Hasty pudding () A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk.

Hat (a.) Hot.

Hat () sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf.

Hat (n.) A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hatable (a.) Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.

Hatband (n.) A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

Hatbox (n.) A box for a hat.

Hatched (imp. & p. p.) of Hatch

Hatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatch

Hatch (v. t.) To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

Hatch (v. t.) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

Hatch (v. t.) To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.

Hatch (v. t.) To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.

Hatch (v. i.) To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

Hatch (n.) The act of hatching.

Hatch (n.) Development; disclosure; discovery.

Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

Hatch (n.) A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

Hatch (n.) A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

Hatch (n.) A flood gate; a a sluice gate.

Hatch (n.) A bedstead.

Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

Hatch (n.) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

Hatch (v. t.) To close with a hatch or hatches.

Hatch-boat (n.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

Hatchel (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.

Hatcheled (imp. & p. p.) of Hatchel

Hatchelled () of Hatchel

Hatcheling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatchel

Hatchelling () of Hatchel

Hatchel (n.) To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.

Hatchel (n.) To tease; to worry; to torment.

Hatcheler (n.) One who uses a hatchel.

Hatcher (n.) One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.

Hatcher (n.) One who contrives or originates; a plotter.

Hatchery (n.) A house for hatching fish, etc.

Hatchet (n.) A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

Hatchet (n.) Specifically, a tomahawk.

Hatchettine (n.) Alt. of Hatchettite

Hatchettite (n.) Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.

Hatching (n.) A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.

Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.

Hatchment (n.) A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.

Hatchure (n.) Same as Hachure.

Hatchway (n.) A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

Hated (imp. & p. p.) of Hate

Hating (p. pr. & pr. & vb. n.) of Hate

Hate (n.) To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.

Hate (n.) To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.

Hate (n.) To love less, relatively.

Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love.

Hateful (a.) Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent.

Hateful (a.) Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.

Hatel (a.) Hateful; detestable.

Hater (n.) One who hates.

Hath (3d pers. sing. pres.) Has.

Hatless (a.) Having no hat.

Hatrack (n.) A hatstand; hattree.

Hatred (n.) Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

Hatte () pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.

Hatted (a.) Covered with a hat.

Hatter (v. t.) To tire or worry; -- out.

Hatter (n.) One who makes or sells hats.

Hatteria (n.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.

Hatting (n.) The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.

Hatti-sherif (n.) A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Hattree (n.) A hatstand.

Haubergeon (n.) See Habergeon.

Hauberk (v. t.) A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon.

Hauerite (n.) Native sulphide of manganese a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.

Haugh (n.) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.

Haught (a.) High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud.

Haughtily (adv.) In a haughty manner; arrogantly.

Haughtiness (n.) The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Haughty (superl.) High; lofty; bold.

Haughty (superl.) Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

Haughty (superl.) Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of Haul

Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haul

Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Haul (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

Haul (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.

Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Haul (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.

Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

Haul (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.

Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.

Haul (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

Hauler (n.) One who hauls.

Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.

Hauls (n.) See Hals.

Haulse (v.) See Halse.

Hault (a.) Lofty; haughty.

Haum (n.) See Haulm, stalk.

Haunce (v. t.) To enhance.

Haunch (n.) The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.

Haunch (n.) Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.

Haunched (a.) Having haunches.

Haunted (imp. & p. p.) of Haunt

Haunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haunt

Haunt (v. t.) To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

Haunt (v. t.) To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.

Haunt (v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.

Haunt (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate.

Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

Haunt (n.) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

Haunt (n.) The habit of resorting to a place.

Haunt (n.) Practice; skill.

Haunted (a.) Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.

Haunter (n.) One who, or that which, haunts.

Haurient (a.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.

Hausen (n.) A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.

Hausse (n.) A kind of graduated breech sight for a small arm, or a cannon.

Haustellata (n. pl.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.

Haustellate (a.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

Haustellate (n.) One of the Haustellata.

Haustella (pl. ) of Haustellum

Haustellum (n.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.

Haustoria (pl. ) of Haustorium

Haustorium (n.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.

Haut (a.) Haughty.

Hautboy (n.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

Hautboy (n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).

Hautboyist (n.) A player on the hautboy.

Hautein (a.) Haughty; proud.

Hautein (a.) High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds.

Hauteur (n.) Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.

Hautgout (n.) High relish or flavor; high seasoning.

Hautpas (n.) A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.

Hauynite (n.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

Havana (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar

Havana (n.) An Havana cigar.

Havanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.

Havanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.

Had (imp. & p. p.) of Have

Having (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Have

have (Indic. present) of Have

hast () of Have

has () of Have

have () of Have

Have (v. t.) To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.

Have (v. t.) To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.

Have (v. t.) To accept possession of; to take or accept.

Have (v. t.) To get possession of; to obtain; to get.

Have (v. t.) To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.

Have (v. t.) To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.

Have (v. t.) To hold, regard, or esteem.

Have (v. t.) To cause or force to go; to take.

Have (v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.

Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

Have (v. t.) To understand.

Have (v. t.) To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.

Haveless (a.) Having little or nothing.

Havelock (n.) A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.

Haven (n.) A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.

Haven (v. t.) To shelter, as in a haven.

Havenage (n.) Harbor dues; port dues.

Havened (p. a.) Sheltered in a haven.

Havener (n.) A harbor master.

Haver (n.) A possessor; a holder.

Haver (n.) The oat; oats.

Haver (v. i.) To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter.

Haversack (n.) A bag for oats or oatmeal.

Haversack (n.) A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.

Haversack (n.) A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.

Haversian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.

Havildar (n.) In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.

Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.

Havior (n.) Behavior; demeanor.

Havoc (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

Havoc (v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.

Havoc (n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Haw (n.) A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.

Haw (n.) The fruit of the hawthorn.

Haw (n.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

Haw (n.) An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.

Haw (v. i.) To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.

Hawed (imp. & p. p.) of Haw

Hawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haw

Haw (v. i.) To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See Gee.

Haw (v. t.) To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen.

Hawaiian (a.) Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.

Hawaiian (n.) A native of Hawaii.

Hawebake (n.) Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2.

Hawfinch (n.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.

Haw-haw (n.) See Ha-ha.

Hawhaw (v. i.) To laugh boisterously.

Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

Hawked (imp. & p. p.) of Hawk

Hawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hawk

Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.

Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; -- generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.

Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.

Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.

Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

Hawkbit (n.) The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).

Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.

Hawker (n.) One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.

Hawker (v. i.) To sell goods by outcry in the street.

Hawker (n.) A falconer.

Hawkey (n.) See Hockey.

Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.

Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.

Hawkweed (n.) A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.

Hawkweed (n.) A plant of the genus Senecio (S. hieracifolius).

Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw.

Hawm (v. i.) To lounge; to loiter.

Hawse (n.) A hawse hole.

Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.

Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.

Hawse (n.) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.

Hawser (n.) A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Hawser-laid (a.) Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.

Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.

Hay (n.) A hedge.

Hay (n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

Hay (v. i.) To lay snares for rabbits.

Hay (n.) Grass cut and cured for fodder.

Hay (v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.

Haybird (n.) The European spotted flycatcher.

Haybird (n.) The European blackcap.

Haybote (n.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.

Haycock (n.) A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.

Hay-cutter (n.) A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

Hayfield (n.) A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.

Hayfork (n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.

Hayloft (n.) A loft or scaffold for hay.

Haymaker (n.) One who cuts and cures hay.

Haymaker (n.) A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.

Haymaking (n.) The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.

Haymow (n.) A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

Haymow (n.) The place in a barn where hay is deposited.

Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.

Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.

Hayrick (n.) A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.

Haystack (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Haystalk (n.) A stalk of hay.

Haythorn (n.) Hawthorn.

Haytian (a.) Of pertaining to Hayti.

Haytian (n.) A native of Hayti.

Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.

Hazard (n.) A game of chance played with dice.

Hazard (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

Hazard (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

Hazard (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

Hazard (n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.

Hazarded (imp. & p. p.) of Hazard

Hazarding (p. pr. & vb. /) of Hazard

Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

Hazard (n.) To venture to incur, or bring on.

Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Hazardable (a.) Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.

Hazardable (a.) Such as can be hazarded or risked.

Hazarder (n.) A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.

Hazarder (n.) One who hazards or ventures.

Hazardize (n.) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

Hazardous (a.) Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

Hazardry (n.) Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.

Hazardry (n.) Rashness; temerity.

Haze (n.) Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.

Haze (v. i.) To be hazy, or tick with haze.

Hazed (imp. & p. p.) of Haze

Hazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haze

Haze (v. t.) To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.

Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

Hazel (n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert.

Hazel (n.) A miner's name for freestone.

Hazel (a.) Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.

Hazel (a.) Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.

Hazeless (a.) Destitute of haze.

Hazelly (a.) Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.

Hazelnut (n.) The nut of the hazel.

Hazelwort (n.) The asarabacca.

Hazily (adv.) In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.

Haziness (n.) The quality or state of being hazy.

Hazle (v. t.) To make dry; to dry.

Hazy (n.) Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.

Hazy (n.) Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

He (obj.) The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.

He (obj.) Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.

He (obj.) Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.

-head (suffix.) A variant of -hood.

Head (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.

Head (n.) The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

Head (n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.

Head (n.) The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.

Head (n.) Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.

Head (n.) The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.

Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.

Head (n.) A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.

Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.

Head (n.) Power; armed force.

Head (n.) A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.

Head (n.) An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.

Head (n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.

Head (n.) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant.

Head (n.) The antlers of a deer.

Head (n.) A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.

Head (n.) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Head (a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

Headed (imp. & p. p.) of Head

Heading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Head

Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.

Head (v. t.) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.

Head (v. t.) To behead; to decapitate.

Head (v. t.) To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.

Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

Head (v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask.

Head (v. i.) To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

Head (v. i.) To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?

Head (v. i.) To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

Headache (n.) Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

Headachy (a.) Afflicted with headache.

Headband (n.) A fillet; a band for the head.

Headband (n.) The band at each end of the back of a book.

Headbeard (n.) A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

Headborough (n.) Alt. of Headborrow

Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.

Headborrow (n.) A petty constable.

Head-cheese (n.) A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

Headdress (n.) A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.

Headdress (n.) A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.

Headed (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.

Headed (a.) Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.

Header (n.) One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

Header (n.) One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.

Header (n.) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

Header (n.) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.

Header (n.) A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

Header (n.) A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header.

Headfirst (adv.) Alt. of Headforemost

Headforemost (adv.) With the head foremost.

Headfish (n.) The sunfish (Mola).

Head gear (n.) Alt. of Headgear

Headgear (n.) Headdress.

Headgear (n.) Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.

Head-hunter (n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.

Headily (adv.) In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

Headiness (n.) The quality of being heady.

Heading (n.) The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

Heading (n.) That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.

Heading (n.) Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

Heading (n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

Heading (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

Headland (n.) A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.

Headland (n.) A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.

Headless (a.) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.

Headless (a.) Destitute of a chief or leader.

Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.

Headlight (n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.

Headline (n.) The line at the head or top of a page.

Headline (n.) See Headrope.

Headlong (a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.

Headlong (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

Headlong (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.

Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.

Headlong (a.) Steep; precipitous.

Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or dragged by the head.

Headmen (pl. ) of Headman

Headman (n.) A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould shot

Headmould shot () An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures.

Headmost (a.) Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.

Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.

Headpan (n.) The brainpan.

Headpiece (n.) Head.

Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.

Headpiece (n.) Understanding; mental faculty.

Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

Headquarters (n. sing.) The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.

Headrace (n.) See Race, a water course.

Headroom (n.) See Headway, 2.

Headrope (n.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

Headsail (n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.

Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

Headship (n.) Authority or dignity; chief place.

Headsmen (pl. ) of Headsman

Headsman (n.) An executioner who cuts off heads.

Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.

Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.

Headstock (n.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine

Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock.

Headstock (n.) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.

Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

Headstone (n.) The stone at the head of a grave.

Headstrong (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

Headstrong (a.) Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.

Headstrongness (n.) Obstinacy.

Headtire (n.) A headdress.

Headtire (n.) The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

Headway (n.) The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

Headway (n.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath.

Headwork (n.) Mental labor.

Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

Heady (a.) Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

Heady (a.) Violent; impetuous.

Heal (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.

Healed (imp. & p. p.) of Heal

Healing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heal

Heal (v. t.) To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.

Heal (v. t.) To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.

Heal (v. t.) To restore to original purity or integrity.

Heal (v. t.) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.

Heal (v. i.) To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.

Heal (v. t.) Health.

Healable (a.) Capable of being healed.

Healall (n.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.

Heald (n.) A heddle.

Healful (a.) Tending or serving to heal; healing.

Healing (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.

Healingly (adv.) So as to heal or cure.

Health (n.) The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

Health (n.) A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.

Healthful (a.) Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

Healthful (a.) Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.

Healthful (a.) Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.

Healthful (a.) Well-disposed; favorable.

Healthfully (adv.) In health; wholesomely.

Healthfulness (n.) The state of being healthful.

Healthily (adv.) In a healthy manner.

Healthiness (n.) The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

Healthless (n.) Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm.

Healthless (n.) Not conducive to health; unwholesome.

Healthlessness (n.) The state of being health/ess.

Healthsome (a.) Wholesome; salubrious.

Healthward (a. & adv.) In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.

Healthy (superl.) Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

Healthy (superl.) Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

Healthy (superl.) Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.

Heam (n.) The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.

Heap (n.) A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

Heap (n.) A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.

Heap (n.) A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.

Heaped (imp. & p. p.) of Heap

Heaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heap

Heap (v. t.) To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

Heap (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

Heap (v. t.) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Heaper (n.) One who heaps, piles, or amasses.

Heapy (a.) Lying in heaps.

Heard (imp. & p. p.) of Hear

Hearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hear

Hear (v. t.) To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

Hear (v. t.) To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.

Hear (v. t.) To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.

Hear (v. t.) To give attention to as a teacher or judge.

Hear (v. t.) To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.

Hear (v. i.) To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

Hear (v. i.) To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.

Hear (v. i.) To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.

Heard () imp. & p. p. of Hear.

Hearer (n.) One who hears; an auditor.

Hearing (n.) The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

Hearing (n.) Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.

Hearing (n.) A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.

Hearing (n.) Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.

Hearkened (imp. & p. p.) of Hearken

Hearkening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hearken

Hearken (v. i.) To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.

Hearken (v. i.) To inquire; to seek information.

Hearken (v. t.) To hear by listening.

Hearken (v. t.) To give heed to; to hear attentively.

Hearkener (n.) One who hearkens; a listener.

Hearsal (n.) Rehearsal.

Hearsay (n.) Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

Hearse (n.) A hind in the year of its age.

Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

Hearse (n.) A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

Hearse (n.) A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.

Hearse (v. t.) To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

Hearsecloth (n.) A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.

Hearselike (a.) Suitable to a funeral.

Heart (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.

Heart (n.) The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.

Heart (n.) Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

Heart (n.) Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.

Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.

Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.

Heart (n.) Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.

Heart (n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.

Heart (v. t.) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit.

Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.

Heartache (n.) Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.

Heartbreak (n.) Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

Heartbreaking (a.) Causing overpowering sorrow.

Heartbroken (a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

Heartburn (n.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.

Heartburned (a.) Having heartburn.

Heartburning (a.) Causing discontent.

Heartburning (n.) Same as Heartburn.

Heartburning (n.) Discontent; secret enmity.

Heartdear (a.) Sincerely beloved.

Heartdeep (a.) Rooted in the heart.

Heart-eating (a.) Preying on the heart.

Hearted (a.) Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

Hearted (a.) Shaped like a heart; cordate.

Hearted (a.) Seated or laid up in the heart.

Heartedness (n.) Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.

Hearten (v. t.) To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

Hearten (v. t.) To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Heartener (n.) One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.

Heartfelt (a.) Hearty; sincere.

Heartgrief (n.) Heartache; sorrow.

Hearth (n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.

Hearth (n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

Hearth (n.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.

Hearthstone (n.) Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.

Heartily (adv.) From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.

Heartily (adv.) With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince.

Heariness (n.) The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

Heartless (a.) Without a heart.

Heartless (a.) Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.

Heartless (a.) Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.

Heartlet (n.) A little heart.

Heartlings (interj.) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.

Heartpea (n.) Same as Heartseed.

Heartquake (n.) Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.

Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Heart-robbing (a.) Depriving of thought; ecstatic.

Heart-robbing (a.) Stealing the heart or affections; winning.

Heart's-ease (n.) Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.

Heart's-ease (n.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.

Heartseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart.

Heartshaped (a.) Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

Heartsick (a.) Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Heartsome (a.) Merry; cheerful; lively.

Heart-spoon (n.) A part of the breastbone.

Heartstricken (a.) Shocked; dismayed.

Heartstrike (v. t.) To affect at heart; to shock.

Heartstring (n.) A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart.

Heartstruck (a.) Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.

Heartstruck (a.) Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken.

Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart.

Heart-whole (a.) Having the heart or affections free; not in love.

Heart-whole (a.) With unbroken courage; undismayed.

Heart-whole (a.) Of a single and sincere heart.

Heartwood (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

Heart-wounded (a.) Wounded to the heart with love or grief.

Hearty (superl.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.

Hearty (superl.) Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.

Hearty (superl.) Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.

Hearties (pl. ) of Hearty

Hearty (n.) Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

Heartyhale (a.) Good for the heart.

Heat (n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.

Heat (n.) The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.

Heat (n.) High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.

Heat (n.) Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.

Heat (n.) A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.

Heat (n.) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.

Heat (n.) Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.

Heat (n.) Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.

Heat (n.) Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency.

Heat (n.) Sexual excitement in animals.

Heat (n.) Fermentation.

Heated (imp. & p. p.) of Heat

Heating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heat

Heat (v. t.) To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.

Heat (v. t.) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

Heat (v. t.) To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

Heat (v. i.) To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.

Heat (v. i.) To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

Heat (imp. & p. p.) Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.

Heater (n.) One who, or that which, heats.

Heater (n.) Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.

Heath (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.

Heath (n.) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.

Heath (n.) A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.

Heathclad (a.) Clad or crowned with heath.

Heathens (pl. ) of Heathen

Heathen (pl. ) of Heathen

Heathen (n.) An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.

Heathen (n.) An irreligious person.

Heathen (a.) Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.

Heathen (a.) Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.

Heathen (a.) Irreligious; scoffing.

Heathendom (n.) That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.

Heathendom (n.) Heathenism.

Heathenesse (n.) Heathendom.

Heathenish (a.) Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.

Heathenish (a.) Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.

Heathenish (a.) Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.

Heathenishly (adv.) In a heathenish manner.

Heathenishness (n.) The state or quality of being heathenish.

Heathenism (n.) The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

Heathenism (n.) The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.

Heathenized (imp. & p. p.) of Heathenize

Heathenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heathenize

Heathenize (v. t.) To render heathen or heathenish.

Heathenness (n.) State of being heathen or like the heathen.

Heathenry (n.) The state, quality, or character of the heathen.

Heathenry (n.) Heathendom; heathen nations.

Heather (n.) Heath.

Heathery (a.) Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.

Heathy (a.) Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.

Heating (a.) That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.

Heatingly (adv.) In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.

Heatless (a.) Destitute of heat; cold.

Heaved (imp.) of Heave

Hove () of Heave

Heaved (p. p.) of Heave

Hove () of Heave

Hoven () of Heave

Heaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heave

Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

Heave (v. t.) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.

Heave (v. t.) To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.

Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.

Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.

Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle.

Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.

Heave (n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.

Heave (n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

Heaven (n.) The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense.

Heaven (n.) The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.

Heaven (n.) The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.

Heaven (n.) Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.

Heavened (imp. & p. p.) of Heaven

Heavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heaven

Heaven (v. t.) To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.

Heavenize (v. t.) To render like heaven or fit for heaven.

Heavenliness (n.) The state or quality of being heavenly.

Heavenly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.

Heavenly (a.) Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.

Heavenly (adv.) In a manner resembling that of heaven.

Heavenly (adv.) By the influence or agency of heaven.

Heavenlyminded (a.) Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.

Heavenward (a & adv.) Toward heaven.

Heave offering () An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering.

Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.

Heaver (n.) A bar used as a lever.

Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

Heavily (adv.) In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.

Heavily (adv.) As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.

Heaviness (n.) The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

Heavisome (a.) Heavy; dull.

Heavy (a.) Having the heaves.

Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Heavy (superl.) Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Heavy (superl.) Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Heavy (superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

Heavy (superl.) Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Heavy (superl.) Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

Heavy (superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

Heavy (superl.) Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

Heavy (superl.) With child; pregnant.

Heavy (adv.) Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Heavy (v. t.) To make heavy.

Heavy-armed (a.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heavy-haded (a.) Clumsy; awkward.

Heavy-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.

Heavy spar () Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Hebdomad (n.) A week; a period of seven days.

Hebdomadal (a.) Alt. of Hebdomadary

Hebdomadary (a.) Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Hebdomadally (adv.) In periods of seven days; weekly.

Hebdomadary (n.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Hebdomatical (a.) Weekly; hebdomadal.

Hebe (n.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

Hebe (n.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Heben (n.) Ebony.

Hebenon (n.) See Henbane.

Hebetated (imp. & p. p.) of Hebetate

Hebetating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hebetate

Hebetate (v. t.) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.

Hebetate (a.) Obtuse; dull.

Hebetate (a.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.

Hebetation (n.) The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

Hebetation (n.) The state of being blunted or dulled.

Hebete (a.) Dull; stupid.

Hebetude (n.) Dullness; stupidity.

Hebraic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

Hebraically (adv.) After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.

Hebraism (n.) A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

Hebraism (n.) The type of character of the Hebrews.

Hebraist (n.) One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Hebraistic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

Hebraistically (adv.) In a Hebraistic sense or form.

Hebraize (v. t.) To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.

Hebraized (imp. & p. p.) of Hebraize

Hebraizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hebraize

Hebraize (v. i.) To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Hebrew (n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.

Hebrew (n.) The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

Hebrew (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.

Hebrewess (n.) An Israelitish woman.

Hebrician (n.) A Hebraist.

Hebridean (a.) Alt. of Hebridian

Hebridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland.

Hebridian (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.

Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

Hecatompedon (n.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

Hecdecane (n.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.

Heck (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.

Heck (n.) A rack for cattle to feed at.

Heck (n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.

Heck (n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.

Heck (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.

Heckimal (n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).

Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same as Hackle.

Hectare (n.) A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

Hectic (a.) Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

Hectic (a.) In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.

Hectic (n.) Hectic fever.

Hectic (n.) A hectic flush.

Hectocotylized (a.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.

Hectocotyli (pl. ) of Hectocotylus

Hectocotylus (n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.

Hectogram (n.) A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.

Hectogramme (n.) The same as Hectogram.

Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin.

Hectoliter (n.) Alt. of Hectolitre

Hectolitre (n.) A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels.

Hectometer (n.) Alt. of Hectometre

Hectometre (n.) A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.

Hector (n.) A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.

Hectored (imp. & p. p.) of Hector

Hectoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hector

Hector (v. t.) To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.

Hector (v. i.) To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.

Hectorism (n.) The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.

Hectorly (a.) Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting.

Hectostere (n.) A measure of solidity, containing one hundred cubic meters, and equivalent to 3531.66 English or 3531.05 United States cubic feet.

Heddles (pl. ) of Heddle

Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

Heddle (v. t.) To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.

Heddle-eye (n.) The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.

Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

Hederaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.

Hederal (a.) Of or pertaining to ivy.

Hederic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (Hedera); as, hederic acid, an acid of the acetylene series.

Hederiferous (a.) Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.

Hederose (a.) Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.

Hedge (n.) A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.

Hedged (imp. & p. p.) of Hedge

Hedging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hedge

Hedge (v. t.) To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.

Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.

Hedge (v. t.) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).

Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.

Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.

Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

Hedge (v. i.) To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.

Hedgeborn (a.) Born under a hedge; of low birth.

Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.

Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.

Hedgehog (n.) The Canadian porcupine.

Hedgehog (n.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.

Hedgehog (n.) A form of dredging machine.

Hedgeless (a.) Having no hedge.

Hedgepig (n.) A young hedgehog.

Hedger (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.

Hedgerow (n.) A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.

Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under Hedge.

Hedonic (a.) Pertaining to pleasure.

Hedonic (a.) Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.

Hedonistic (a.) Same as Hedonic, 2.

Heeded (imp. & p. p.) of Heed

Heeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heed

Heed (v. t.) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

Heed (v. i.) To mind; to consider.

Heed (n.) Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.

Heed (n.) Careful consideration; obedient regard.

Heed (n.) A look or expression of heading.

Heedful (a.) Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.

Heedless (a.) Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

Heedy (a.) Heedful.

Heel (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.

Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.

Heel (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.

Heel (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.

Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.

Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.

Heel (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.

Heel (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.

Heel (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.

Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.

Heel (n.) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.

Heeled (imp. & p. p.) of Heel

Heeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heel

Heel (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.

Heel (v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

Heeler (n.) A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

Heeler (n.) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

Heelless (a.) Without a heel.

Heelpiece (n.) A piece of armor to protect the heels.

Heelpiece (n.) A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

Heelpiece (n.) The end.

Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

Heelpost (n.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

Heelpost (n.) The quoin post of a lock gate.

Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.

Heeltap (n.) One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

Heeltap (n.) A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.

Heeltapped (imp. & p. p.) of Heeltap

Heeltapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heeltap

Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

Heep (n.) The hip of the dog-rose.

Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

Heer (n.) Hair.

Heft (n.) Same as Haft, n.

Heft (n.) The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.

Heft (n.) Weight; ponderousness.

Heft (n.) The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.

Hefted (imp. & p. p.) of Heft

Heft () of Heft

Hefting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heft

Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.

Heft (v. t.) To prove or try the weight of by raising.

Hefty (a.) Moderately heavy.

Hegelian (a.) Pertaining to Hegelianism.

Hegelian (n.) A follower of Hegel.

Hegelianism (n.) Alt. of Hegelism

Hegelism (n.) The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

Hegemonic (a.) Alt. of Hegemonical

Hegemonical (a.) Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.

Hegemony (n.) Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.

Hegge (n.) A hedge.

Hegira (n.) The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.

Heifer (n.) A young cow.

Heigh-ho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc.

Height (n.) The condition of being high; elevated position.

Height (n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature.

Height (n.) Degree of latitude either north or south.

Height (n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights.

Height (n.) Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.

Height (n.) Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.

Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.

Heightened (imp. & p. p.) of Heighten

Heightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heighten

Heighten (v. t.) To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

Heighten (v. t.) To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.

Heightener (n.) One who, or that which, heightens.

Heinous (a.) Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.

Heir (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.

Heir (n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.

Heir (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.

Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.

Heiress (n.) A female heir.

Heirless (a.) Destitute of an heir.

Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.

Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.

Hejira (n.) See Hegira.

Hektare (n.) Alt. of Hektometer

Hektogram (n.) Alt. of Hektometer

Hektoliter (n.) Alt. of Hektometer

Hektometer (n.) Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.

Hektograph (n.) See Hectograph.

Helamys (n.) See Jumping hare, under Hare.

Helcoplasty (n.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.

Held () imp. & p. p. of Hold.

Hele (n.) Health; welfare.

Hele (v. t.) To hide; to cover; to roof.

Helena (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.

Helenin (n.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.

Heliac (a.) Heliacal.

Heliacal (a.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun.

Heliacally (adv.) In a heliacal manner.

Helianthin (n.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.

Helianthoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

Helianthoidea (n. pl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

Helical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring.

Helichrysum (n.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

Heliciform (a.) Having the form of a helix; spiral.

Helicin (n.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)

Helicine (a.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.

Helicograph (n.) An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.

Helicoid (a.) Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.

Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.

Helicoid (n.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.

Helicoidal (a.) Same as Helicoid.

Helicon (n.) A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.

Heliconia (n.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.

Heliconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Helicon.

Heliconian (a.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius.

Helicotrema (n.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.

Helio- () A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun.

Heliocentric (a.) Alt. of Heliocentrical

Heliocentrical (a.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical.

Heliochrome (n.) A photograph in colors.

Heliochromic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.

Heliochromy (n.) The art of producing photographs in color.

Heliograph (n.) A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

Heliograph (n.) An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.

Heliograph (n.) An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3.

Heliographic (a.) Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.

Heliography (n.) Photography.

Heliogravure (n.) The process of photographic engraving.

Heliolater (n.) A worshiper of the sun.

Heliolatry (n.) Sun worship. See Sabianism.

Heliolite (n.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks.

Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Heliometric (a.) Alt. of Heliometrical

Heliometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.

Heliometry (n.) The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer.

Heliopora (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.

Helioscope (n.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light.

Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.

Heliotrope (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

Heliotrope (n.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.

Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

Heliotrope (n.) See Bloodstone (a).

Heliotroper (n.) The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.

Heliotropic (a.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.

Heliotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.

Heliotype (n.) A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.

Heliotypic (a.) Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.

Heliotypy (n.) A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.

Heliozoa (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.

Helispheric (a.) Alt. of Helispherical

Helispherical (a.) Spiral.

Helium (n.) A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

Helices (pl. ) of Helix

Helixes (pl. ) of Helix

Helix (n.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.

Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

Helix (n.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.

Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.

Hell (v. t.) The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

Hell (v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.

Hell (v. t.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered

Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

Hell (v. t.) A gambling house.

Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.

Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.

Hellanodic (n.) A judge or umpire in games or combats.

Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.

Hellborn (a.) Born in or of hell.

Hellbred (a.) Produced in hell.

Hellbrewed (a.) Prepared in hell.

Hellbroth (n.) A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.

Hell-cat (n.) A witch; a hag.

Hell-diver (n.) The dabchick.

Helldoomed (a.) Doomed to hell.

Hellebore (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.

Hellebore (n.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.

Helleborein (n.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

Helleborin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.

Helleborism (n.) The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.

Hellene (n.) A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

Hellenian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.

Hellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.

Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.

Hellenism (n.) A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.

Hellenism (n.) The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

Hellenist (n.) One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).

Hellenist (n.) One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

Hellenistic (a.) Alt. of Hellenistical

Hellenistical (a.) Pertaining to the Hellenists.

Hellenistically (adv.) According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.

Hellenize (v. i.) To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.

Hellenize (v. t.) To give a Greek form or character to; to Grecize; as, to Hellenize a word.

Hellenotype (n.) See Ivorytype.

Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.

Hellespontine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hellespont.

Hellgamite (n.) Alt. of Hellgramite

Hellgramite (n.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.

Hellhag (n.) A hag of or fit for hell.

Hell-haunted (a.) Haunted by devils; hellish.

Hellhound (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.

Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.

Hellish (a.) Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.

Hellkite (n.) A kite of infernal breed.

Hello (interj. & n.) See Halloo.

Hellward (adv.) Toward hell.

Helly (a.) Hellish.

Helm (n.) See Haulm, straw.

Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.

Helm (n.) The place or office of direction or administration.

Helm (n.) One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.

Helm (n.) A helve.

Helmed (imp. & p. p.) of Helm

Helming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Helm

Helm (v. t.) To steer; to guide; to direct.

Helm (n.) A helmet.

Helm (n.) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

Helm (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.

Helmage (n.) Guidance; direction.

Helmed (a.) Covered with a helmet.

Helmet (n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.

Helmet (n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.

Helmet (n.) A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.

Helmet (n.) That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.

Helmet (n.) The upper part of a retort.

Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.

Helmet (n.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.

Helmeted (a.) Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.

Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Helminth (n.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.

Helminthagogue (n.) A vermifuge.

Helminthes (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.

Helminthiasis (n.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Helminthic (a.) Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.

Helminthic (n.) A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.

Helminthite (n.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

Helminthoid (a.) Wormlike; vermiform.

Helminthologic (a.) Alt. of Helminthological

Helminthological (a.) Of or pertaining to helminthology.

Helminthologist (n.) One versed in helminthology.

Helminthology (n.) The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Helmless (a.) Destitute of a helmet.

Helmless (a.) Without a helm or rudder.

Helmsmen (pl. ) of Helmsman

Helmsman (n.) The man at the helm; a steersman.

Helmwind (n.) A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm.

Helot (n.) A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.

Helotism (n.) The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.

Helotry (n.) The Helots, collectively; slaves; bondsmen.

Helped (imp. & p. p.) of Help

Holp (imp.) of Help

Holpen (p. p.) of Help

Helping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Help

Help (v. t.) To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."

Help (v. t.) To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.

Help (v. t.) To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object.

Help (v. t.) To change for the better; to remedy.

Help (v. t.) To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?

Help (v. t.) To forbear; to avoid.

Help (v. t.) To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.

Help (v. i.) To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.

Help (v. t.) Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.

Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.

Help (v. t.) A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.

Help (v. t.) Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.

Helper (n.) One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

Helpful (a.) Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.

Helpless (a.) Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.

Helpless (a.) Beyond help; irremediable.

Helpless (a.) Bringing no help; unaiding.

Helpless (a.) Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.

Helpmate (n.) A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.

Helpmeet (n.) A wife; a helpmate.

Helter-skelter (adv.) In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly.

Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.

Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Helved (imp. & p. p.) of Helve

Helving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Helve

Helve (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

Helvetian (a.) Same as Helvetic.

Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a Switzer.

Helvetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

Helvine (n.) Alt. of Helvite

Helvite (n.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.

Hem (pron.) Them

Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.

Hem (n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.

Hem (n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.

Hem (n.) Border; edge; margin.

Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.

Hemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Hem

Hemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hem

Hem (v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

Hem (v. t.) To border; to edge

Hema- () Same as Haema-.

Hemachate (n.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.

Hemachrome (n.) Same as Haemachrome.

Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

Hemadrometer (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometer

Hemadromometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

Hemadrometry (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometry

Hemadromometry (n.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry.

Hemadynamics (n.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.

Hemadynamometer (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer.

Hemal (a.) Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.

Hemaphaein (n.) Same as Haemaphaein.

Hemapophyses (pl. ) of Hemapophysis

Hemapophysis (n.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.

Hemastatic (a. & n.) Alt. of Hemastatical

Hemastatical (a. & n.) Same as Hemostatic.

Hemastatics (n.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.

Hematachometer (n.) Same as Haematachometer.

Hematein (n.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.

Hematemesis (n.) A vomiting of blood.

Hematherm (n.) A warm-blooded animal.

Hemathermal (a.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal.

Hematic (a.) Same as Haematic.

Hematic (n.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.

Hematin (n.) Hematoxylin.

Hematin (n.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color.

Hematinometer (n.) A form of hemoglobinometer.

Hematinometric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.

Hematinon (n.) A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.

Hematite (n.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.

Hematitic (a.) Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.

Hemato () See Haema-.

Hematocele (n.) A tumor filled with blood.

Hematocrya (n. pl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.

Hematocrystallin (n.) See Hemoglobin.

Hematoid (a.) Resembling blood.

Hematoidin (n.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein.

Hematology (n.) The science which treats of the blood.

Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

Hematophilia (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

Hematosin (n.) The hematin of blood.

Hematosis (n.) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.

Hematosis (n.) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis.

Hematotherma (n. pl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.

Hematothermal (a.) Warm-blooded.

Hematoxylin (n.) Haematoxylin.

Hematuria (n.) Passage of urine mingled with blood.

Hemautography (n.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.

Hemelytra (pl. ) of Hemelytrum

Hemelytron (n.) Alt. of Hemelytrum

Hemelytrum (n.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

Hemeralopia (n.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

Hemerobian (n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.

Hemerobid (a.) Of relating to the hemerobians.

Hemerocallis (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

Hemi- () A prefix signifying half.

Hemialbumin (n.) Same as Hemialbumose.

Hemialbumose (n.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.

Hemianaesthesia (n.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body.

Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.

Hemicardia (n.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left.

Hemicarp (n.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.

Hemicerebrum (n.) A lateral half of the cerebrum.

Hemicollin (n.) See Semiglutin.

Hemicrania (n.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.

Hemicrany (n.) Hemicranis.

Hemicycle (n.) A half circle; a semicircle.

Hemicycle (n.) A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.

Hemidactyl (n.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.

Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

Hemiditone (n.) The lesser third.

Hemigamous (a.) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.

Hemiglyph (n.) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

Hemihedral (a.) Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.

Hemihedrism (n.) The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.

Hemihedron (n.) A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

Hemiholohedral (a.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

Hemimellitic (a.) Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.

Hemimetabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

Hemimetabolic (a.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.

Hemimorphic (a.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.

Hemin (n.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.

Heminae (pl. ) of Hemina

Hemina (n.) A measure of half a sextary.

Hemina (n.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

Hemionus (n.) A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang.

Hemiopia (n.) Alt. of Hemiopsia

Hemiopsia (n.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.

Hemiorthotype (a.) Same as Monoclinic.

Hemipeptone (n.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.

Hemiplegia (n.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

Hemiplegy (n.) Hemiplegia.

Hemipode (n.) Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Hemiprotein (n.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.

Hemipter (n.) One of the Hemiptera.

Hemiptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

Hemipteral (a.) Alt. of Hemipterous

Hemipterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.

Hemipteran (n.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.

Hemisected (imp. & p. p.) of Hemisect

Hemisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hemisect

Hemisect (v. t.) To divide along the mesial plane.

Hemisection (n.) A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided.

Hemisphere (n.) A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.

Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture.

Hemisphere (n.) The people who inhabit a hemisphere.

Hemispheric (a.) Alt. of Hemispherical

Hemispherical (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, a hemisphere; as, a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.

Hemispheroid (n.) A half of a spheroid.

Hemispheroidal (a.) Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.

Hemispherule (n.) A half spherule.

Hemistich (n.) Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

Hemistichal (a.) Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.

Hemisystole (n.) Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

Hemitone (n.) See Semitone.

Hemitropal (a.) Alt. of Hemitropous

Hemitropous (a.) Turned half round; half inverted.

Hemitropous (a.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.

Hemitrope (a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.

Hemitrope (n.) That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Hemitropy (n.) Twin composition in crystals.

Hemlock (n.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.

Hemlock (n.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce.

Hemlock (n.) The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.

Hemmel (n.) A shed or hovel for cattle.

Hemmer (n.) One who, or that which, hems with a needle.

Hemmer (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.

Hemmer (n.) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.

Hemo- () Same as Haema-, Haemo-.

Hemoglobin (n.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

Hemoglobinometer (n.) Same as Haemochromometer.

Hemophilia (n.) See Hematophilia.

Hemoptysis (n.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Hemorrhage (n.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

Hemorrhagic (a.) Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.

Hemorrhoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.

Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.

Hemostatic (a.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

Hemostatic (a.) Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

Hemostatic (n.) A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.

Hemoothorax (n.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

Hemp (n.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

Hemp (n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.

Hempen (a.) Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.

Hempen (a.) Like hemp.

Hempy (a.) Like hemp.

Hemself (pron.) Alt. of Hemselven

Hemselven (pron.) Themselves; -- used reflexively.

Hemstitched (imp. & p. p.) of Hemstitch

Hemstitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hemstitch

Hemstitch (v. t.) To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

Hemuse (n.) The roebuck in its third year.

Hen (n.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

Henbane (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.

Henbit (n.) A weed of the genus Lamium (L. amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves.

Hence (adv.) From this place; away.

Hence (adv.) From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.

Hence (adv.) From this reason; as an inference or deduction.

Hence (adv.) From this source or origin.

Hence (v. t.) To send away.

Henceforth (adv.) From this time forward; henceforward.

Henceforward (adv.) From this time forward; henceforth.

Henchboy (n.) A page; a servant.

-men (pl. ) of Henchman

Henchman (n.) An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Hencoop (n.) A coop or cage for hens.

Hende (a.) Skillful; dexterous; clever.

Hende (a.) Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.

Hendecagon (n.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.

Hendecane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane.

Hendecasyllabic (a.) Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.

Hendecasyllable (n.) A metrical line of eleven syllables.

Hendecatoic (a.) Undecylic; pertaining to, or derived from, hendecane; as, hendecatoic acid.

Hendiadys (n.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

Hendy (a.) See Hende.

Henen (adv.) Hence.

Henfish (n.) A marine fish; the sea bream.

Henfish (n.) A young bib. See Bib, n., 2.

Heng (imp.) Hung.

Hen-hearted (a.) Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.

Henhouses (pl. ) of Henhouse

Henhouse (n.) A house or shelter for fowls.

Henhussy (n.) A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.

Heniquen (n.) See Jeniquen.

Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

Henna (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

Hennery (n.) An inclosed place for keeping hens.

Hennes (adv.) Hence.

Hennotannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

Henoge ny (n.) Alt. of Henogenesis

Henogenesis (n.) Same as Ontogeny.

Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest.

Henotic (a.) Harmonizing; irenic.

Henpecked (imp. & p. p.) of Henpeck

Henpecking (p. pr. & vb.) of Henpeck

Henpeck (v. t.) To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Henroost (n.) A place where hens roost.

Henrys (pl. ) of Henry

Henry (n.) The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.

Hen's-foot (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

Hente (imp.) of Hent

Hent (p. p.) of Hent

Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.

Henware (n.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks.

Henxman (n.) Henchman.

Hep (n.) See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.

Hepar (n.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/).

Hepar (n.) Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (/).

Hepatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

Hepatic (a.) Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.

Hepatic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.

Hepaticae (pl. ) of Hepatica

Hepatica (n.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

Hepatica (n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.

Hepatical (a.) Hepatic.

Hepatite (n.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

Hepatitis (n.) Inflammation of the liver.

Hepatization (n.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.

Hepatization (n.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

Hepatized (imp. & p. p.) of Hepatize

Hepatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hepatize

Hepatize (v. t.) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.

Hepatize (v. t.) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

Hepatocele (n.) Hernia of the liver.

Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

Hepatogastric (a.) See Gastrohepatic.

Hepatogenic (a.) Alt. of Hepatogenous

Hepatogenous (a.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.

Hepatology (n.) The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

Hepato-pancreas (n.) A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

Hepatorenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

Hepatoscopy (n.) Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

Heppen (a.) Neat; fit; comfortable.

Hepper (n.) A young salmon; a parr.

Hepta () A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven.

Heptachord (n.) A system of seven sounds.

Heptachord (n.) A lyre with seven chords.

Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

Heptad (n.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective.

Heptade (n.) The sum or number of seven.

Heptaglot (n.) A book in seven languages.

Heptagon (n.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Heptagonal (a.) Having seven angles or sides.

Heptagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having seven pistils.

Heptagynian (a.) Alt. of Heptagynous

Heptagynous (a.) Having seven pistils.

Heptahedron (n.) A solid figure with seven sides.

Heptamerous (a.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.

Heptandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.

Heptandrian (a.) Alt. of Heptandrous

Heptandrous (a.) Having seven stamens.

Heptane (n.) Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.

Heptangular (a.) Having seven angles.

Heptaphyllous (a.) Having seven leaves.

Heptarch (n.) Same as Heptarchist.

Heptarchic (a.) Of or pertaining to a heptarchy; constituting or consisting of a heptarchy.

Heptarchist (n.) A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.

Heptarchy (n.) A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

Heptaspermous (a.) Having seven seeds.

Heptastich (n.) A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

Heptateuch (n.) The first seven books of the Testament.

Heptavalent (a.) Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Heptene (n.) Same as Heptylene.

Heptine (n.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.

Heptoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.

Heptone (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

Hep tree () The wild dog-rose.

Heptyl (n.) A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

Heptylene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.

Heptylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. /nanthylic.

Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

Her (pron. pl.) Alt. of Here

Here (pron. pl.) Of them; their.

Heracleonite (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

Herakline (n.) A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.

Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

Herald (n.) In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

Herald (n.) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.

Herald (n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

Herald (n.) Any messenger.

Heralded (imp. & p. p.) of Herald

Heralding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herald

Herald (v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

Heraldic (a.) Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.

Heraldically (adv.) In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

Heraldry (n.) The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

Heraldship (n.) The office of a herald.

Herapathite (n.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

Heraud (n.) A herald.

Herb (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Herb (n.) Grass; herbage.

Herbaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.

Herbage (n.) Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture.

Herbage (n.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man.

Herbaged (a.) Covered with grass.

Herbal (a.) Of or pertaining to herbs.

Herbal (n.) A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.

Herbal (n.) A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.

Herbalism (n.) The knowledge of herbs.

Herbalist (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

Herbar (n.) An herb.

Herbarian (n.) A herbalist.

Herbarist (n.) A herbalist.

Herbariums (pl. ) of Herbarium

Herbaria (pl. ) of Herbarium

Herbarium (n.) A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.

Herbarium (n.) A book or case for preserving dried plants.

Herbarize (v. t.) See Herborize.

Herbary (n.) A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.

Herber (n.) A garden; a pleasure garden.

Herbergage (n.) Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.

Herbergeour (n.) A harbinger.

Herbergh (n.) Alt. of Herberwe

Herberwe (n.) A harbor.

Herbescent (a.) Growing into herbs.

Herbid (a.) Covered with herbs.

Herbiferous (a.) Bearing herbs or vegetation.

Herbist (n.) A herbalist.

Herbivora (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Herbivore (n.) One of the Herbivora.

Herbivorous (a.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Herbless (a.) Destitute of herbs or of vegetation.

Herblet (n.) A small herb.

Herborist (n.) A herbalist.

Herborization (n.) The act of herborizing.

Herborization (n.) The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Herborized (imp. & p. p.) of Herborize

Herborizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herborize

Herborize (v. i.) To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

Herborize (v. t.) To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

Herborough (n.) A harbor.

Herbose (a.) Alt. of Herbous

Herbous (a.) Abounding with herbs.

Herb-women (pl. ) of Herb-woman

Herb-woman (n.) A woman that sells herbs.

Herby (a.) Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage.

Hercogamous (a.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Herculean (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.

Herculean (a.) Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.

Hercules (n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."

Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.

Hercynian (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Herd (a.) Haired.

Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

Herd (n.) A crowd of low people; a rabble.

Herd (n.) One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

Herded (imp. & p. p.) of Herd

Herding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Herd

Herd (v. i.) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

Herd (v. i.) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company.

Herd (v. i.) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

Herd (v. t.) To form or put into a herd.

Herdbook (n.) A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

Herder (n.) A herdsman.

Herderite (n.) A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

Herdess (n.) A shepherdess; a female herder.

Herdgroom (n.) A herdsman.

Herdic (n.) A kind of low-hung cab.

-men (pl. ) of Herdsman

Herdman (n.) Alt. of Herdsman

Herdsman (n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

women (pl. ) of Herdswoman

Herdswoman (n.) A woman who tends a herd.

Here (n.) Hair.

Here (pron.) See Her, their.

Here (pron.) Her; hers. See Her.

Here (adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.

Here (adv.) In the present life or state.

Here (adv.) To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.

Here (adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

Herea-bout (adv.) Alt. of Hereabouts

Hereabouts (adv.) About this place; in this vicinity.

Hereabouts (adv.) Concerning this.

Hereafter (adv.) In time to come; in some future time or state.

Hereafter (n.) A future existence or state.

Hereafterward (adv.) Hereafter.

Here-at (adv.) At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.

Hereby (adv.) By means of this.

Hereby (adv.) Close by; very near.

Hereditability (n.) State of being hereditable.

Hereditable (a.) Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.

Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.

Hereditament (n.) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir.

Hereditarily (adv.) By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.

Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Hereditary (a.) Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Heredity (n.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Hereford (n.) One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Herehence (adv.) From hence.

Herein (adv.) In this.

Hereinafter (adv.) In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

Hereinbefore (adv.) In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

Hereinto (adv.) Into this.

Heremit (n.) Alt. of Heremite

Heremite (n.) A hermit.

Heremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society.

Heren (a.) Made of hair.

Hereof (adv.) Of this; concerning this; from this; hence.

Hereon (adv.) On or upon this; hereupon.

Hereout (adv.) Out of this.

Heresiarch (n.) A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.

Heresiarchy (n.) A chief or great heresy.

Heresiographer (n.) One who writes on heresies.

Heresiography (n.) A treatise on heresy.

Heresies (pl. ) of Heresy

Heresy (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.

Heresy (n.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.

Heresy (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.

Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

Heretic (n.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church."

Heretical (a.) Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy.

Heretically (adv.) In an heretical manner.

Hereticate (v. t.) To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical.

Heretification (n.) The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical.

Hereto (adv.) To this; hereunto.

Heretoch (n.) Alt. of Heretog

Heretog (n.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal.

Heretofore (adv.) Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.

Hereunto (adv.) Unto this; up to this time; hereto.

Hereupon (adv.) On this; hereon.

Herewith (adv.) With this.

Herie (v. t.) To praise; to worship.

Heriot (n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.

Heriotable (a.) Subject to the payment of a heriot.

Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.

Heritability (n.) The state of being heritable.

Heritable (a.) Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.

Heritable (a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.

Heritance (n.) Heritage; inheritance.

Heritor (n.) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.

Herl (n.) Same as Harl, 2.

Herling (n.) Alt. of Hirling

Hirling (n.) The young of the sea trout.

Hermae (pl. ) of Herma

Herma (n.) See Hermes, 2.

Hermaphrodeity (n.) Hermaphrodism.

Hermaphrodism (n.) See Hermaphroditism.

Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

Hermaphrodite (a.) Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

Hermaphroditic (a.) Alt. of Hermaphroditical

Hermaphroditical (a.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism.

Hermaphroditism (n.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

Hermeneutic (a.) Alt. of Hermeneutical

Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.

Hermeneutically (adv.) According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically.

Hermeneutics (n.) The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained.

Hermes (n.) See Mercury.

Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.

Hermetic (a.) Alt. of Hermetical

Hermetical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.

Hermetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.

Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.

Hermetically (adv.) In an hermetical manner; chemically.

Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.

Hermit (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

Hermit (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

Hermitage (n.) The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence.

Hermitage (n.) A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drome.

Hermitary (n.) A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.

Hermitess (n.) A female hermit.

Hermitical (a.) Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit.

Hermodactyl (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.

Hermogenian (n.) A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.

Hern (n.) A heron; esp., the common European heron.

Hernani (n.) A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors.

Herne (n.) A corner.

Hernias (pl. ) of Hernia

Herniae (pl. ) of Hernia

Hernia (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

Hernial (a.) Of, or connected with, hernia.

Herniotomy (n.) A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.

Hernshaw (n.) Heronshaw.

Heroes (pl. ) of Hero

Hero (n.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

Hero (n.) A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.

Hero (n.) The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid.

Herodian (n.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

Herodiones (n. pl.) A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.

Heroess (n.) A heroine.

Heroic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.

Heroic (a.) Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.

Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure.

Heroical (a.) Heroic.

Heroicness (n.) Heroism.

Heroicomic (a.) Alt. of Heroicomical

Heroicomical (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.

Heroine (n.) A woman of an heroic spirit.

Heroine (n.) The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.

Heroism (n.) The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.

Heroner (n.) A hawk used in hunting the heron.

Heronry (n.) A place where herons breed.

Heronsew (n.) A heronshaw.

Heronshaw (n.) A heron.

Heroologist (n.) One who treats of heroes.

Heroship (n.) The character or personality of a hero.

Herpes (n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.

Herpetic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes; as, herpetic eruptions.

Herpetism (n.) See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.

Herpetologic (a.) Alt. of Herpetological

Herpetological (a.) Pertaining to herpetology.

Herpetologist (n.) One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.

Herpetology (n.) The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Herpetotomist (n.) One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.

Herpetotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.

Herr (n.) A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.

Herring (n.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities.

Herringbone (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.

Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.

Hers (pron.) See the Note under Her, pron.

Hersal (n.) Rehearsal.

Herschel (n.) See Uranus.

Herschelian (a.) Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope.

Herse (n.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.

Herse (n.) See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.

Herse (n.) A funeral ceremonial.

Herse (v. t.) Same as Hearse, v. t.

Herself (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.

Herself (pron.) Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself.

Hersillon (n.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.

Hert (n.) A hart.

Herte (n.) A heart.

Hertely (a. & adv.) Hearty; heartily.

Hery (v. t.) To worship; to glorify; to praise.

Hesitancy (n.) The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

Hesitancy (n.) A stammering; a faltering in speech.

Hesitant (a.) Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.

Hesitant (a.) Unready in speech.

Hesitantly (adv.) With hesitancy or doubt.

Hesitated (imp. & p. p.) of Hesitate

Hesitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hesitate

Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.

Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

Hesitate (v. t.) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Hesitatingly (adv.) With hesitation or doubt.

Hesitation (n.) The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

Hesitation (n.) A faltering in speech; stammering.

Hesitative (a.) Showing, or characterized by, hesitation.

Hesitatory (a.) Hesitating.

Hesp (n.) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.

Hesper (n.) The evening; Hesperus.

Hesperetin (n.) A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.

Hesperian (a.) Western; being in the west; occidental.

Hesperian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of a western country.

Hesperian (a.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidae, or skippers.

Hesperian (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidae; a skipper.

Hesperid (a. & n.) Same as 3d Hesperian.

Hesperidene (n.) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.

Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.

Hesperides (n. pl.) The garden producing the golden apples.

Hesperidin (n.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Hesperidium (n.) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.

Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.

Hesperus (n.) Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.

Hesperus (n.) Evening.

Hessian (a.) Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.

Hessian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Hesse.

Hessian (n.) A mercenary or venal person.

Hessian (n.) See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.

Hessite (n.) A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

Hest (n.) Command; precept; injunction.

Hestern (a.) Alt. of Hesternal

Hesternal (a.) Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a.

Hesychast (n.) One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.

Hetairism (n.) Alt. of Hetarism

Hetarism (n.) A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.

Hetchel (v. t.) Same as Hatchel.

Hete (imp. & p. p.) of Hete

Het () of Hete

Hete (v. t. & i.) Variant of Hote.

Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.

Heterarchy (n.) The government of an alien.

Heterauxesis (n.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.

Hetero- () A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.

Heterocarpism (n.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.

Heterocarpous (a.) Characterized by heterocarpism.

Hetercephalous (a.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.

Heterocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.

Heterocercal (a.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

Heterocercy (n.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.

Heterochromous (a.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

Heterochronism (n.) Alt. of Heterochrony

Heterochrony (n.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.

Heteroclite (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Heteroclite (n.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.

Heteroclite (n.) Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.

Heteroclitic (a.) Alt. of Heteroclitical

Heteroclitical (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Heteroclitous (a.) Heteroclitic.

Heterocyst (n.) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.

Heterodactyl (a.) Heterodactylous.

Heterodactyl (n.) One of the Heterodactylae.

Heterodactylae (n. pl.) A group of birds including the trogons.

Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.

Heterodont (a.) Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.

Heterodont (n.) Any animal with heterodont dentition.

Heterodox (a.) Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.

Heterodox (a.) Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons.

Heterodox (n.) An opinion opposed to some accepted standard.

Heterodoxal (a.) Not orthodox.

Heterodoxy (n.) An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy.

Heterodromous (a.) Having spirals of changing direction.

Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.

Heterogamous (a.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.

Heterogamous (a.) Characterized by heterogamy.

Heterogamy (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

Heterogamy (n.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate.

Heterogangliate (a.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals.

Heterogene (a.) Heterogenous.

Heterogeneal (a.) Heterogeneous.

Heterogeneity (n.) The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.

Heterogeneous (a.) Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.

Heterogenesis (n.) Spontaneous generation, so called.

Heterogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.

Heterogenetic (a.) Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.

Heterogenist (n.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis.

Heterogenous (a.) Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic.

Heterogeny (n.) Heterogenesis.

Heterogonous (a.) Characterized by heterogony.

Heterogony (n.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.

Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.

Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.

Heterogynous (a.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.

Heterologous (a.) Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.

Heterology (n.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

Heterology (n.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology.

Heteromera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.

Heteromerous (a.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.

Heteromerous (a.) With the parts not corresponding in number.

Heteromerous (a.) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.

Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.

Heteromorphic (a.) Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.

Heteromorphism (n.) Alt. of Heteromorphy

Heteromorphy (n.) The state or quality of being heteromorphic.

Heteromorphous (a.) Heteromorphic.

Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.

Heteronereis (n.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.

Heteronomous (a.) Subject to the law of another.

Heteronomy (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.

Heteronomy (n.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.

Heteronym (n.) That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.

Heteronymous (a.) Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations.

Heteroousian (a.) Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.

Heteroousian (n.) One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different substance from the Father.

Heteroousious (a.) See Heteroousian.

Heteropathic (a.) Of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.

Heteropathy (n.) That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.

Heteropelmous (a.) Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append.

Heterophagi (n. pl.) Altrices.

Heterophemist (n.) One liable to the fault of heterophemy.

Heterophemy (n.) The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.

Heterophony (n.) An abnormal state of the voice.

Heterophyllous (a.) Having leaves of more than one shape on the same plant.

Heteroplasm (n.) An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.

Heteroplastic (a.) Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.

Heteropod (n.) One of the Heteropoda.

Heteropod (a.) Heteropodous.

Heteropoda (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.

Heteropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.

Heteropter (n.) One of the Heteroptera.

Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

Heteroptics (n.) False optics.

Heteroscian (n.) One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

Heterosis (n.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?"

Heterosomati (n. pl.) An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi.

Heterosporic (a.) Alt. of Heterosporous

Heterosporous (a.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.

Heterostyled (a.) Having styles of two or more distinct forms or lengths.

Heterostylism (n.) The condition of being heterostyled.

Heterotactous (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy.

Heterotaxy (n.) Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.

Heterotopism (n.) Alt. of Heterotopy

Heterotopy (n.) A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.

Heterotopy (n.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.

Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.

Heterotropal (a.) Alt. of Heterotropous

Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.

Hething (n.) Contempt; scorn.

Hetmans (pl. ) of Hetman

Hetman (n.) A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

Heugh (n.) A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.

Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

Heuk (n.) Variant of Huke.

Heulandite (n.) A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Heuristic (a.) Serving to discover or find out.

Heved (n.) The head.

Hewed (imp.) of Hew

Hewed (p. p.) of Hew

Hewn () of Hew

Hewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hew

Hew (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

Hew (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

Hew (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

Hew (n.) Destruction by cutting down.

Hew (n.) Hue; color.

Hew (n.) Shape; form.

Hewe (n.) A domestic servant; a retainer.

Hewer (n.) One who hews.

Hewhole (n.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.

Hewn (a.) Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.

Hewn (a.) Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.

Hex- () Alt. of Hexa

Hexa () A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.

Hexabasic (a.) Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.

Hexacapsular (a.) Having six capsules or seed vessels.

Hexachord (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.

Hexacid (a.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.

Hexactinellid (a.) Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.

Hexactinelline (a.) Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.

Hexactinia (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.

Hexad (n.) An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.

Hexadactylous (a.) Having six fingers or toes.

Hexade (n.) A series of six numbers.

Hexadecane (n.) See Hecdecane.

Hexagon (n.) A plane figure of six angles.

Hexagonal (a.) Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.

Hexagonally (adv.) In an hexagonal manner.

Hexagony (n.) A hexagon.

Hexagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.

Hexagynian (a.) Alt. of Hexagynous

Hexagynous (a.) Having six pistils.

Hexahedral (a.) In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.

Hexahedrons (pl. ) of Hexahedron

Hexahedra (pl. ) of Hexahedron

Hexahedron (n.) A solid body of six sides or faces.

Hexahemeron (n.) A term of six days.

Hexahemeron (n.) The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

Hexamerous (a.) In six parts; in sixes.

Hexameter (n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.

Hexameter (a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.

Hexametric (a.) Alt. of Hexametrical

Hexametrical (a.) Consisting of six metrical feet.

Hexametrist (n.) One who writes in hexameters.

Hexandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens.

Hexandrian (a.) Alt. of Hex-androus

Hex-androus (a.) Having six stamens.

Hexane (n.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

Hexangular (a.) Having six angles or corners.

Hexapetalous (a.) Having six petals.

Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.

Hexapla (sing.) A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

Hexapod (a.) Having six feet.

Hexapod (n.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

Hexapoda (n. pl.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.

Hexapodous (a.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

Hexapterous (a.) Having six processes.

Hexastich (n.) Alt. of Hexastichon

Hexastichon (n.) A poem consisting of six verses or lines.

Hexastyle (a.) Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.

Hexastyle (n.) A hexastyle portico or temple.

Hexateuch (n.) The first six books of the Old Testament.

Hexatomic (a.) Having six atoms in the molecule.

Hexatomic (a.) Having six replaceable radicals.

Hexavalent (p. pr.) Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.

Hexdecyl (n.) The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.

Hexdecylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.

Hexeikosane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.

Hexene (n.) Same as Hexylene.

Hexicology (n.) The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.

Hexine (n.) A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.

Hexoctahedron (n.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.

Hexoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.

Hexone (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

Hexyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

Hexylene (n.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.

Hexylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.

Hey (a.) High.

Hey (interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.

Hey (interj.) A cry to set dogs on.

Heyday (interj.) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

Heyday (n.) The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.

Heydeguy (n.) A kind of country-dance or round.

Heyh (a.) Alt. of Heygh

Heygh (a.) High.

Heyne (n.) A wretch; a rascal.

Heyten (adv.) Hence.

Hiation (n.) Act of gaping.

Hiatus (pl. ) of Hiatus

Hiatuses (pl. ) of Hiatus

Hiatus (n.) An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.

Hiatus (n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.

Hibernacle (n.) That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.

Hibernaculum (n.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.

Hibernaculum (n.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.

Hibernaculum (n.) Winter home or abiding place.

Hibernal (a.) Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish.

Hibernated (imp. & p. p.) of Hibernate

Hibernating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hibernate

Hibernate (v. i.) To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

Hibernation (n.) The act or state of hibernating.

Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.

Hibernian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.

Hibernicism (n.) Alt. of Hibernianism

Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Hiberno-Celtic (n.) The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.

Hibiscus (n.) A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.

Hiccius doctius () A juggler.

Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.

Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccough

Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccough

Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.

Hicksite (n.) A member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827.

Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.

Hickwall (n.) Alt. of Hickway

Hickway (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe.

Hid () imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.

Hidage (n.) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.

Hidalgo (n.) A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

Hidden (p. p. & a.) from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.

Hiddenite (n.) An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.

Hiddenly (adv.) In a hidden manner.

Hid (imp.) of Hide

Hidden (p. p.) of Hide

Hid () of Hide

Hiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hide

Hide (v. t.) To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Hide (v. t.) To remove from danger; to shelter.

Hide (v. i.) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

Hide (n.) An abode or dwelling.

Hide (n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.

Hide (n.) The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

Hide (n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.

Hided (imp. & p. p.) of Hide

Hiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hide

Hide (v. t.) To flog; to whip.

Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

Hidebound (a.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.

Hidebound (a.) Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.

Hidebound (a.) Niggardly; penurious.

Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.

Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise.

Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.

Hider (n.) One who hides or conceals.

Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.

Hiding (n.) A flogging.

Hied (imp. & p. p.) of Hie

Hying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hie

Hie (v. i.) To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

Hie (n.) Haste; diligence.

Hiems (n.) Winter.

Hierapicra (n.) A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.

Hierarch (n.) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.

Hierarchal (a.) Alt. of Hierarchic

Hierarchic (a.) Pertaining to a hierarch.

Hierarchical (a.) Pertaining to a hierarchy.

Hierarchism (n.) The principles or authority of a hierarchy.

Hierarchies (pl. ) of Hierarchy

Hierarchy (n.) Dominion or authority in sacred things.

Hierarchy (n.) A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.

Hierarchy (n.) A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.

Hierarchy (n.) A rank or order of holy beings.

Hieratic (a.) Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

Hierocracy (n.) Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.

Hieroglyph (a.) Alt. of Hieroglyphic

Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.

Hieroglyphic (a.) Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark.

Hieroglyphic (a.) Alt. of Hieroglyphical

Hieroglyphical (a.) Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.

Hieroglyphically (adv.) In hieroglyphics.

Hieroglyphist (n.) One versed in hieroglyphics.

Hierogram (n.) A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

Hierogrammatic (a.) Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.

Hierogrammatist (n.) A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.

Hierographic (a.) Alt. of Hierographical

Hierographical (a.) Of or pertaining to sacred writing.

Hierography (n.) Sacred writing.

Hierolatry (n.) The worship of saints or sacred things.

Hierologic (a.) Alt. of Hierological

Hierological (a.) Pertaining to hierology.

Hierologist (n.) One versed in, or whostudies, hierology.

Hierology (n.) A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.

Hieromancy (n.) Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

Hiermartyr (n.) A priest who becomes a martyr.

Hieromnemon (n.) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.

Hieromnemon (n.) A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.

Hieron (n.) A consecrated place; esp., a temple.

Hieronymite (n.) See Jeronymite.

Hierophant (n.) The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.

Hierophantic (a.) Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.

Hieroscopy (n.) Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

-cae (pl. ) of Hierotheca

Hierotheca (n.) A receptacle for sacred objects.

Hierourgy (n.) A sacred or holy work or worship.

Hifalutin (n.) See Highfaluting.

Higgled (imp. & p. p.) of Higgle

Higgling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Higgle

Higgle (v. i.) To hawk or peddle provisions.

Higgle (v. i.) To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.

Higgledy-piggledy (adv.) In confusion; topsy-turvy.

Higgler (n.) One who higgles.

High (v. i.) To hie.

High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.

High (superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection

High (superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.

High (superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.

High (superl.) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.

High (superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.

High (superl.) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.

High (superl.) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.

High (superl.) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.

High (superl.) Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.

High (superl.) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

High (superl.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.

High (superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.

High (adv.) In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.

High (n.) An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.

High (n.) People of rank or high station; as, high and low.

High (n.) The highest card dealt or drawn.

High (v. i.) To rise; as, the sun higheth.

Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.

High-blown (a.) Inflated, as with conceit.

Highborn (a.) Of noble birth.

High-bred (a.) Bred in high life; of pure blood.

High-built (a.) Of lofty structure; tall.

High-church (a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

High-churchism (n.) The principles of the high-church party.

-men (pl. ) of High-churchman

High-churchman (n.) One who holds high-church principles.

High-churchman-ship (n.) The state of being a high-churchman.

High-colored (a.) Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.

High-colored (a.) Vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.

High-embowed (a.) Having lofty arches.

Highering (a.) Rising higher; ascending.

Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language.

High-fed (a.) Pampered; fed luxuriously.

High-finished (a.) Finished with great care; polished.

Highflier (n.) One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.

High-flown (a.) Elevated; proud.

High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.

High-flushed (a.) Elated.

Highflying (a.) Extravagant in opinions or ambition.

High-go (n.) A spree; a revel.

High-handed (a.) Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.

High-hearted (a.) Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.

High-hoe (n.) The European green woodpecker or yaffle.

High-holder (n.) The flicker; -- called also high-hole.

Highland (n.) Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

Highlander (n.) An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

Highlandry (n.) Highlanders, collectively.

High-low (n.) A laced boot, ankle high.

Highly (adv.) In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.

Highmen (n. pl.) Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.

High-mettled (a.) Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.

High-minded (a.) Proud; arrogant.

High-minded (a.) Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.

High-mindedness (n.) The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.

Highmost (a.) Highest.

Highness (n.) The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.

Highness (n.) A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness.

High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

High-pressure (a.) Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.

High-pressure (a.) Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.

High priest () A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.

High-priesthood (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.

High-priestship (n.) High-priesthood.

High-principled (a.) Possessed of noble or honorable principles.

High-proof (a.) Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

High-proof (a.) So as to stand any test.

High-raised (a.) Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

High-raised (a.) Elated with great ideas or hopes.

High-reaching (a.) Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.

High-red (a.) Of a strong red color.

Highroad (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road.

High-seasoned (a.) Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.

High-sighted (a.) Looking upward; supercilious.

High-souled (a.) Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.

High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

High-spirited (a.) Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.

High-stepper (n.) A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.

High-stomached (a.) Having a lofty spirit; haughty.

High-strung (a.) Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.

High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.

Hight (n.) A variant of Height.

Hight (imp.) of Hight

Hot () of Hight

Hight (p. p.) of Hight

Hote () of Hight

Hoten () of Hight

Hight (v. t. & i.) To be called or named.

Hight (v. t. & i.) To command; to direct; to impel.

Hight (v. t. & i.) To commit; to intrust.

Hight (v. t. & i.) To promise.

Hightener (n.) That which heightens.

Highth (n.) Variant of Height.

High-toned (a.) High in tone or sound.

High-toned (a.) Elevated; high-principled; honorable.

High-top (n.) A ship's masthead.

Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.

Highway (n.) A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Highwaymen (pl. ) of Highwayman

Highwayman (n.) One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

High-wrought (a.) Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.

High-wrought (a.) Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion.

Higre (n.) See Eagre.

Hig-taper (n.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]

Hijera (n.) Alt. of Hijra

Hijra (n.) See Hegira.

Hilal (a.) Of or pertaining to a hilum.

Hilar (a.) Belonging to the hilum.

Hilarious (a.) Mirthful; noisy; merry.

Hilarity (n.) Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.

Hilary term () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.

Hilding (n.) A base, menial wretch.

Hilding (a.) Base; spiritless.

Hile (v. t.) To hide. See Hele.

Hile (n.) Same as Hilum.

Hill (n.) A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

Hill (n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

Hill (v. t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.

Hilled (imp. & p. p.) of Hill

Hilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hill

Hill (v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

Hilliness (n.) The state of being hilly.

Hilling (n.) The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

Hillock (n.) A small hill.

Hillside (n.) The side or declivity of a hill.

Hilltop (n.) The top of a hill.

Hilly (a.) Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.

Hilly (a.) Lofty; as, hilly empire.

Hilt (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

Hilted (a.) Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.

Hilum (n.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.

Hilum (n.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.

Hilus (n.) Same as Hilum, 2.

Him (pron.) Them. See Hem.

Him (pron.) The objective case of he. See He.

Himalayan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

Himpne (n.) A hymn.

Himself (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.

Himself (pron.) One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.

Himself (pron. pl.) Alt. of Himselven

Himselven (pron. pl.) Themselves. See Hemself.

Himselve (pron.) See 1st Himself.

Himyaric (a.) Alt. of Himyaritic

Himyaritic (a.) Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia.

Hin (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.

Hind (n.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.

Hind (n.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

Hind (n.) A domestic; a servant.

Hind (n.) A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.

Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.

Hindberry (n.) The raspberry.

Hindbrain (n.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

Hinder (a.) Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

Hindered (imp. & p. p.) of Hinder

Hindering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinder

Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.

Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Hinderance (n.) Same as Hindrance.

Hinderer (n.) One who, or that which, hinders.

Hinderest (a.) Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a.

Hinderling (a.) A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.

Hindermost (a.) Alt. of Hindmost

Hindmost (a.) Furthest in or toward the rear; last.

Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.

Hindi (n.) The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.

Hindleys screw () A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

Hindoos (pl. ) of Hindu

Hindus (pl. ) of Hindu

Hindoo (n.) Alt. of Hindu

Hindu (n.) A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

Hindooism (n.) Alt. of Hinduism

Hinduism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

Hindoostanee (a.) Alt. of Hindustani

Hindustani (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.

Hindustani (n.) The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.

Hindrance (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

Hindrance (v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment.

Hindu (n.) Same as Hindoo.

Hine (n.) A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.

Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.

Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.

Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hinge

Hinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinge

Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.

Hinge (v. t.) To bend.

Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.

Hinged (a.) Furnished with hinges.

Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.

Hink (n.) A reaping hook.

Hinniate (v. i.) Alt. of Hinny

Hinny (v. i.) To neigh; to whinny.

Hinnies (pl. ) of Hinny

Hinny (n.) A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.

Hinny (n.) A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.

Hinted (imp. & p. p.) of Hint

Hinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hint

Hint (v. t.) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

Hint (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.

Hint (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.

Hintingly (adv.) In a hinting manner.

Hip (n.) The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

Hip (n.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.

Hip (n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

Hipped (imp. & p. p.) of Hip

Hipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hip

Hip (v. t.) To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.

Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

Hip (v. t.) To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Hip (n.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).

Hip (interj.) Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

Hip (n.) Alt. of Hipps

Hipps (n.) See Hyp, n.

Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the hip.

Hippa (n.) Alt. of Hippe

Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.

Hipparion (n.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

Hipped (a.) Alt. of Hippish

Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.

Hippobosca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.

Hippocamp (n.) See Hippocampus.

Hippocampal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.

Hippocampus (n.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

Hippocampus (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

Hippocentaur (n.) Same as Centaur.

Hippocras (n.) A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.

Hippocrates (n.) A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.

Hippocratic (a.) Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.

Hippocratism (n.) The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.

Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.

Hippocrepian (n.) One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema.

Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped like a horseshoe.

Hippodame (n.) A fabulous sea monster.

Hippodrome (n.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

Hippodrome (n.) An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.

Hippogriff (n.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.

Hippolith (n.) A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.

Hippopathology (n.) The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Hippophagi (n. pl.) Eaters of horseflesh.

Hippophagism (n.) Hippophagy.

Hippophagist (n.) One who eats horseflesh.

Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

Hippophagy (n.) The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.

Hippophile (n.) One who loves horses.

Hippopotamuses (pl. ) of Hippopotamus

Hippopotami (pl. ) of Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

Hippotomy (n.) Anatomy of the horse.

Hippuric (a.) Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid.

Hippurite (n.) A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.

Hip-roofed (a.) Having a hip roof.

Hipshot (a.) Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.

Hip tree () The dog-rose.

Hir (pron.) See Here, pron.

Hircic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin.

Hircin (n.) Hircic acid. See Hircic.

Hircine (a.) Alt. of Hircinous

Hircinous (a.) Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.

Hircinous (a.) Of a strong goatish smell.

Hire (pron.) See Here, pron.

Hire (n.) The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.

Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.

Hired (imp. & p. p.) of Hire

Hiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hire

Hire (n.) To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.

Hire (n.) To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.

Hire (n.) To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.

Hireless (a.) Without hire.

Hireling (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.

Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.

Hirer (n.) One who hires.

Hires (pron.) Alt. of Hirs

Hirs (pron.) Hers; theirs. See Here, pron.

Hirsute (a.) Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

Hirsute (a.) Rough and coarse; boorish.

Hirsute (a.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.

Hirsute (a.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.

Hirsuteness (n.) Hairiness.

Hirtellous (a.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs.

Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.

Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei.

Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.

Hirundine (a.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.

Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

His (pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.

His (pron.) The possessive of he; as, the book is his.

Hisingerite (n.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.

Hispanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.

Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.

Hispanicize (v. t.) To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.

Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.

Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

Hispidulous (a.) Minutely hispid.

Hissed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiss

Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiss

Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.

Hiss (v. i.) To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.

Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.

Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.

Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above described

Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.

Hiss (n.) The noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.

Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.

Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.

Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.

Histiology (n.) Same as Histology.

Histogenesis (n.) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.

Histogenesis (n.) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.

Histogenetic (a.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

Histogeny (n.) Same as Histogenesis.

Histographer (n.) One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

Histographical (a.) Of or pertaining to histography.

Histography (n.) A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.

Histohaematin (n.) One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.

Histoid (a.) Resembling the normal tissues; as, histoid tumors.

Histologic (a.) Alt. of Histological

Histological (a.) Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.

Histologist (n.) One versed in histology.

Histology (n.) That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.

Histolysis (n.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.

Histonomy (n.) The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.

Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.

Historial (a.) Historical.

Historian (n.) A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

Historian (n.) One versed or well informed in history.

Historic (a.) Alt. of Historical

Historical (a.) Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.

Historically (adv.) In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.

Historicize (v. t.) To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.

Historied (a.) Related in history.

Historier (n.) An historian.

Historiette (n.) Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.

Histority (v. t.) To record in or as history.

Historiographer (n.) An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

Historiographership (n.) The office of an historiographer.

Historiography (n.) The art of employment of an historiographer.

Historiology (n.) A discourse on history.

Historionomer (n.) One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.

Historize (v. t.) To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize.

Histories (pl. ) of History

History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.

History (n.) A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.

History (v. t.) To narrate or record.

Histotomy (n.) The dissection of organic tissues.

Histozyme (n.) A soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.

Histrion (n.) A player.

Histrionic (a.) Alt. of Histrionical

Histrionical (a.) Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.

Histrionicism (n.) The histronic art; stageplaying.

Histrionism (n.) Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.

Histrionize (v. t.) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.

Hit (pron.) It.

Hit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.

Hit (imp. & p. p.) of Hit

Hitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hit

Hit (v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

Hit (v. t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.

Hit (v. t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.

Hit (v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

Hit (v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.

Hit (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.

Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.

Hit (n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

Hit (n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

Hit. (adj.) having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.

Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.

Hitch (v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

Hitched (imp. & p. p.) of Hitch

Hitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hitch

Hitch (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.

Hitch (v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

Hitch (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

Hitch (n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

Hitch (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

Hitch (n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Hitchel (n. & v. t.) See Hatchel.

Hithe (n.) A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.

Hither (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.

Hither (adv.) To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.

Hither (a.) Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.

Hither (a.) Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.

Hithermost (a.) Nearest on this side.

Hitherto (adv.) To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Hitherto (adv.) Up to this time; as yet; until now.

Hitherward (adv.) Toward this place; hither.

Hitter (n.) One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

Hive (n.) A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

Hive (n.) The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

Hive (n.) A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

Hived (imp. & p. p.) of Hive

Hiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hive

Hive (v. t.) To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

Hive (v. t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

Hive (v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Hiveless (a.) Destitute of a hive.

Hiver (n.) One who collects bees into a hive.

Hives (n.) The croup.

Hives (n.) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.

Hizz (v. i.) To hiss.

Ho (pron.) Who.

Ho (interj.) Alt. of Hoa

Hoa (interj.) A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

Ho (interj.) Alt. of Hoa

Hoa (interj.) Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.

Hoa (interj.) Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.

Hoar (a.) White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

Hoar (a.) Gray or white with age; hoary.

Hoar (a.) Musty; moldy; stale.

Hoar (n.) Hoariness; antiquity.

Hoar (v. t.) To become moldy or musty.

Hoard (n.) See Hoarding, 2.

Hoard (n.) A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

Hoarded (imp. & p. p.) of Hoard

Hoarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoard

Hoard (v. t.) To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

Hoard (v. i.) To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

Hoarder (n.) One who hoards.

Hoarding (n.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.

Hoarding (n.) A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

Hoared (a.) Moldy; musty.

Hoarfrost (n.) The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.

Hoarhound (n.) Same as Horehound.

Hoariness (n.) The state of being hoary.

Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

Hoarse (superl.) Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

Hoarsely (adv.) With a harsh, grating sound or voice.

Hoarsened (imp. & p. p.) of Hoarsen

Hoarsening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoarsen

Hoarsen (v. t.) To make hoarse.

Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

Hoarstone (n.) A stone designating the /ounds of an estate; a landmark.

Hoary (a.) White or whitish.

Hoary (a.) White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.

Hoary (a.) remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.

Hoary (a.) Moldy; mossy; musty.

Hoary (a.) Of a pale silvery gray.

Hoary (a.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.

Hoatzin (n.) Same as Hoazin.

Hoax (n.) A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

Hoaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Hoax

Hoaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoax

Hoax (v. t.) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.

Hoaxer (n.) One who hoaxes.

Hoazin (n.) A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).

Hob (n.) The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

Hob (n.) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

Hob (n.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

Hob (n.) A fairy; a sprite; an elf.

Hob (n.) A countryman; a rustic; a clown.

Hobanob (v. i.) Alt. of Hobandnob

Hobandnob (v. i.) Same as Hobnob.

Hobbism (n.) The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.

Hobbist (n.) One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.

Hobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Hobble

Hobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hobble

Hobble (n. i.) To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

Hobble (n. i.) To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

Hobble (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

Hobble (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.

Hobble (n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

Hobble (n.) Same as Hopple.

Hobble (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

Hobblebush (n.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

Hobbledehoy (n.) Alt. of Hobbletehoy

Hobbletehoy (n.) A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .

Hobbler (n.) One who hobbles.

Hobbler (n.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.

Hobblingly (adv.) With a limping step.

Hobbly (a.) Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.

Hobbies (pl. ) of Hobby

Hobby (n.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

Hobby (n.) Alt. of Hobbyhorse

Hobbyhorse (n.) A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.

Hobbyhorse (n.) A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.

Hobbyhorse (n.) A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.

Hobbyhorsical (n.) Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.

Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.

Hobiler (n.) A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.

Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

Hobnail (n.) A clownish person; a rustic.

Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.

Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe.

Hobnob (adv.) Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.

Hobnob (adv.) At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)

Hornobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Hobnob

Hornobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hobnob

Hobnob (v. i.) To drink familiarly (with another).

Hobnob (v. i.) To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.

Hobnob (n.) Familiar, social intercourse.

Hobornob (adv.) See Hobnob.

Hoboy (n.) A hautboy or oboe.

Hobson's choice () A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

Hocco (n.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.

Hochepot (n.) Hotchpot.

Hock (n.) A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

Hock (n.) Alt. of Hough

Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

Hough (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

Hough (n.) The popliteal space; the ham.

Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

Hockamore (n.) A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.

Hockday (n.) A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.

Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.

Hockherb (n.) The mallow.

Hockled (imp. & p. p.) of Hockle

Hockling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hockle

Hockle (v. t.) To hamstring; to hock; to hough.

Hockle (v. t.) To mow, as stubble.

Hocus (v. t.) To deceive or cheat.

Hocus (v. t.) To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker.

Hocus (v. t.) To stupefy with drugged liquor.

Hocus (n.) One who cheats or deceives.

Hocus (n.) Drugged liquor.

Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

Hocuspocus (n.) A juggler or trickster.

Hocuspocus (n.) A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense.

Hocuspocus (v. t.) To cheat.

Hod (n.) A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.

Hod (n.) A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

Hoddengray (a.) Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.

Hoddy (n.) See Dun crow, under Dun, a.

Hoddydoddy (n.) An awkward or foolish person.

Hodgepodge (n.) A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

Hodiern (a.) Alt. of Hodiernal

Hodiernal (a.) Of this day; belonging to the present day.

Hodmen (pl. ) of Hodman

Hodman (n.) A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

Hodmandod (n.) See Dodman.

Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.

Hodometer (n.) See Odometer.

Hoe (n.) A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

Hoe (n.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

Hoed (imp. & p. p.) of Hoe

Hoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoe

Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.

Hoe (v. i.) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Hoecake (n.) A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe.

Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.

Hoful (a.) Careful; wary.

Hog (n.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

Hog (n.) A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.

Hog (n.) A young sheep that has not been shorn.

Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.

Hog (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.

Hogged (imp. & p. p.) of Hog

Hogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hog

Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.

Hog (v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.

Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

Hogback (n.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.

Hogback (n.) See Hogframe.

Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.

Hogchain (n.) A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.

Hogchoker (n.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

Hogcote (n.) A shed for swine; a sty.

Hogfish (n.) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus).

Hogfish (n.) The pigfish or sailor's choice.

Hogfish (n.) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.

Hogfish (n.) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).

Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

Hogged (a.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

Hogger (n.) A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

Hoggerel (n.) A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.

Hoggerpipe (n.) The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump.

Hogger-pump (n.) The for pump in the pit.

Hoggery (n.) Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.

Hogget (n.) A young boar of the second year.

Hogget (n.) A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.

Hogging (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.

Hoggish (a.) Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.

Hogh (n.) A hill; a cliff.

Hogherd (n.) A swineherd.

Hogmanay (n.) The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant.

Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.

Hognut (n.) The pignut.

Hognut (n.) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.

Hogo (n.) High flavor; strong scent.

Hogpen (n.) A pen or sty for hogs.

Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.

Hogringer (n.) One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.

Hog's-back (n.) A hogback.

Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.

Hogshead (n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.

Hogshead (n.) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.

Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

Hogsties (pl. ) of Hogsty

Hogsty (n.) A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.

Hogwash (n.) Swill.

Hogweed (n.) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiaege). See Ambrosia, 3.

Hogweed (n.) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.

Hoiden (n.) A rude, clownish youth.

Hoiden (n.) A rude, bold girl; a romp.

Hoiden (a.) Rustic; rude; bold.

Hoiden (v. i.) To romp rudely or indecently.

Hoidenhood (n.) State of being a hoiden.

Hoidenish (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.

Hoise (v. t.) To hoist.

Hoisted (imp. & p. p.) of Hoist

Hoisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoist

Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.

Hoist (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.

Hoist (n.) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.

Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

Hoist (p. p.) Hoisted.

Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.

Hoistway (n.) An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom.

Hoit (v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.

Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.

Hokeday (n.) Same as Hockday.

Hoker (n.) Scorn; derision; abusive talk.

Hol (a.) Whole.

Holaspidean (a.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.

Hold (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

Held (imp. & p. p.) of Hold

Holding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hold

Holden () of Hold

Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.

Hold (v. t.) To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.

Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.

Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.

Hold (v. t.) To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.

Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.

Hold (v. t.) To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.

Hold (v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.

Hold (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:

Hold (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.

Hold (n. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.

Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.

Hold (n. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.

Hold (n. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.

Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.

Hold (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.

Hold (n.) Binding power and influence.

Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.

Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

Hold (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.

Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.

Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.

Holder (n.) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

Holder (n.) One who, or that which, holds.

Holder (n.) One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.

Holder (n.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

Holder-forth (n.) One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.

Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

Holdfast (n.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.

Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.

Holding (n.) A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

Holding (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences.

Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.

Hole (a.) Whole.

Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.

Hole (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.

Hole (n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.

Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.

Hole (v. i.) To go or get into a hole.

Holethnic (a.) Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.

Holethnos (n.) A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.

Holibut (n.) See Halibut.

Holidam (n.) See Halidom.

Holiday (n.) A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

Holiday (n.) A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.

Holiday (n.) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

Holiday (a.) Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.

Holiday (a.) Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.

Holily (adv.) Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.

Holily (adv.) Sacredly; inviolably.

Holiness (n.) The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.

Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness.

Holing (n.) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass.

Holla (interj.) Hollo.

Hollaed (imp. & p. p.) of Holla

Hollaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Holla

Holla (v. i.) See Hollo, v. i.

Holland (n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

Hollander (n.) A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.

Hollander (n.) A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker.

Hollandish (a.) Relating to Holland; Dutch.

Hollands (n.) Gin made in Holland.

Hollands (n.) See Holland.

Hollo (interj. & n.) Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.

Holloed (imp. & p. p.) of Hollo

Holloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hollo

Hollo (interj.) To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced by hello.

Holloa (n. & v. i.) Same as Hollo.

Hollow (a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

Hollow (a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

Hollow (a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.

Hollow (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.

Hollow (n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.

Hollowed (imp. & p. p.) of Hollow

Hollowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hollow

Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.

Hollow (adv.) Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.

Hollow (interj.) Hollo.

Hollow (v. i.) To shout; to hollo.

Hollow (v. t.) To urge or call by shouting.

Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Hollow-horned (a.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.

Hollowly (adv.) Insincerely; deceitfully.

Hollowness (n.) State of being hollow.

Hollowness (n.) Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery.

Holly (adv.) Wholly.

Holly (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

Holly (n.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.

Hollyhock (n.) A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.

Holm (n.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.

Holm (n.) An islet in a river.

Holm (n.) Low, flat land.

Holmia (n.) An oxide of holmium.

Holmium (n.) A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.

Holmos (n.) A name given to a vase having a rounded body

Holmos (n.) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal.

Holmos (n.) A drinking cup having a foot and stem.

Holo- () A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.

Holoblast (n.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Holoblastic (a.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

Holocaust (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

Holocaust (n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

Holocephali (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimaeras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.

Holocryptic (a.) Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

Holocrystalline (a.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

Holographic (a.) Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.

Holohedral (a.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.

Holohemihedral (a.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes.

Holometabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Holometabolic (a.) Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.

Holometer (n.) An instrument for making of angular measurements.

Holophanerous (a.) Same as Holometabolic.

Holophotal (a.) Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.

Holophrastic (a.) Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Holophytic (a.) Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Holorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.

Holosiderite (n.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Holostean (a.) Pertaining to the Holostei.

Holostei (n. pl.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

Holosteric (a.) Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

Holostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

Holostomate (a.) Same as Holostomatous.

Holostomatous (a.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

Holostome (n.) One of the Holostomata.

Holostraca (n. pl.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.

Holothure (n.) A holothurian.

Holothurian (a.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea.

Holothurian (n.) One of the Holothurioidea.

Holothurioidea (n. pl.) One of the classes of echinoderms.

Holotricha (n. pl.) A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.

Holour (n.) A whoremonger.

Holp () Alt. of Holpen

Holpen () imp. & p. p. of Help.

Holsom (a.) Wholesome.

Holster (n.) A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

Holstered (a.) Bearing holsters.

Holt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth.

Holt (n.) A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.

Holt (n.) A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.

Holwe (a.) Hollow.

Holy (superl.) Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.

Holy (superl.) Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.

Holy cross () The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.

Holyday (n.) A religious festival.

Holyday (n.) A secular festival; a holiday.

Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Holystone (v. t.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

Homacanth (a.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.

Homage (n.) Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.

Homage (n.) Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.

Homaged (imp. & p. p.) of Homage

Homaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Homage

Homage (v. t.) To pay reverence to by external action.

Homage (v. t.) To cause to pay homage.

Homageable (a.) Subject to homage.

Homager (n.) One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.

Homalographic (a.) Same as Homolographic.

Homaloid (a.) Alt. of Homaloidal

Homaloidal (a.) Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

Homarus (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.

Homatropine (n.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

Homaxonial (a.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.

Home (n.) See Homelyn.

Home (n.) One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.

Home (n.) One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

Home (n.) The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

Home (n.) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.

Home (n.) A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

Home (n.) The home base; he started for home.

Home (a.) Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Home (a.) Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

Home (adv.) To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

Home (adv.) Close; closely.

Home (adv.) To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.

Homeborn (a.) Native; indigenous; not foreign.

Homeborn (a.) Of or pertaining to the home or family.

Home-bound (a.) Kept at home.

Home-bred (a.) Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.

Home-bred (a.) Not polished; rude; uncultivated.

Home-coming (n.) Return home.

Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

Home-dwelling (a.) Keeping at home.

Home-felt (a.) Felt in one's own breast; inward; private.

Homefield (n.) A field adjacent to its owner's home.

Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

Homeless (a.) Destitute of a home.

Homelike (a.) Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.

Homelily (adv.) Plainly; inelegantly.

Homeliness (n.) Domesticity; care of home.

Homeliness (n.) Familiarity; intimacy.

Homeliness (n.) Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

Homeliness (n.) Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.

Homeling (n.) A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling.

Homely (n.) Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.

Homely (n.) Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.

Homely (adv.) Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.

Homelyn (n.) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

Homemade (a.) Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.

Homeopath (n.) A practitioner of homeopathy.

Homeopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.

Homeopathically (adv.) According to the practice of homeopathy.

Homeopathist (n.) A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.

Homeopathy (n.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.

Homer (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Homer (n.) See Hoemother.

Homer (n.) A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.

Homeric (a.) Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.

Homesick (a.) Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.

Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.

Homespun (a.) Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.

Homespun (a.) Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.

Homespun (n.) Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

Homespun (n.) An unpolished, rustic person.

Homestall (n.) Place of a home; homestead.

Homestead (n.) The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.

Homestead (n.) The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

Homestead (n.) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.

Homesteader (n.) One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.

Homeward (a.) Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

Homeward (adv.) Alt. of Homewards

Homewards (adv.) Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.

Homicidal (a.) Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.

Homicide (v. t.) The killing of one human being by another.

Homicide (v. t.) One who kills another; a manslayer.

Homiform (a.) In human form.

Homilete (n.) A homilist.

Homiletic (a.) Alt. of Homiletical

Homiletical (a.) Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.

Homiletical (a.) Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

Homiletics (n.) The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

Homilist (n.) One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.

Homilite (n.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.

Homilies (pl. ) of Homily

Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

Homily (n.) A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.

Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Hominy (n.) Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.

Homish (a.) Like a home or a home circle.

Hommock (n.) A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock.

Hommocky (a.) Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.

Homo- () A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.

Homocategoric (a.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.

Homocentric (a.) Having the same center.

Homocercal (a.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.

Homocercy (n.) The possession of a homocercal tail.

Homocerebrin (n.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

Homochromous (a.) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.

Homodemic (a.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.

Homodermic (a.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

Homodermy (n.) Homology of the germinal layers.

Homodont (a.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

Homodromal (a.) Alt. of Homodromous

Homodromous (a.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

Homodromous (a.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Homodynamic (a.) Homodynamous.

Homodynamous (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.

Homodynamy (n.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere.

Homoeomeria (n.) The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

Homoeomeric (a.) Alt. of Homoeomerical

Homoeomerical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

Homoeomerous (a.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Homoeomery (n.) Same as Homoeomeria.

Homoeomorphism (n.) A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

Homoeomorphous (a.) Manifesting homoeomorphism.

Homoeopathic (n.) Alt. of Homoeopathy

Homoeopathist (n.) Alt. of Homoeopathy

Homoeopathy (n.) Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.

Homoeothermal (a.) See Homoiothermal.

Homoeozoic (a.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface.

Homogamous (a.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

Homogamy (n.) The condition of being homogamous.

Homogangliate (a.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.

Homogene (a.) Homogeneous.

Homogeneal (a.) Homogeneous.

Homogenealness (n.) Homogeneousness.

Homogeneity (n.) Same as Homogeneousness.

Homogeneous (a.) Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.

Homogeneous (a.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.

Homogeneousness (n.) Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.

Homogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.

Homogenetic (a.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

Homogenous (a.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.

Homogeny (n.) Joint nature.

Homogeny (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.

Homogonous (a.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

Homogony (n.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.

Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.

Homographic (a.) Possessing the property of homography.

Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

Homography (n.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.

Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

Homoiothermal (a.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

Homoiousian (n.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.

Homoiousian (a.) Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.

Homologated (imp. & p. p.) of Homologate

Homologating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Homologate

Homologate (v. t.) To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding.

Homologation (n.) Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

Homological (a.) Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology.

Homologinic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.

Homologize (v. t.) To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

Homologon (n.) See Homologue.

Homologoumena (n. pl.) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.

Homologous (a.) Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.

Homologous (a.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.

Homologous (a.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.

Homologous (a.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.

Homolographic (a.) Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.

Homologue (n.) That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.

Homology (n.) The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

Homology (n.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.

Homology (n.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.

Homomallous (a.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

Homomorphic (a.) Alt. of Homomorphous

Homomorphous (a.) Characterized by homomorphism.

Homomorphism (n.) Same as Homomorphy.

Homomorphism (n.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.

Homomorphism (n.) The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects.

Homomorphy (n.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

Homonomous (a.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.

Homonomy (n.) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.

Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.

Homonymous (a.) Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

Homonymous (a.) Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.

Homonymously (adv.) In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Homonymously (adv.) Equivocally; ambiguously.

Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.

Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Homoorgan () Same as Homoplast.

Homoousian (n.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.

Homoousian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.

Homophone (n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

Homophone (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

Homophonic (a.) Alt. of Homophonous

Homophonous (a.) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic.

Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

Homophonous (a.) Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

Homophony (n.) Sameness of sound.

Homophony (n.) Sameness of sound; unison.

Homophony (n.) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

Homophylic (a.) Relating to homophily.

Homophyly (n.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.

Homoplasmy (n.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

Homoplast (n.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoorgan.

Homoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.

Homoplasty (n.) The formation of homologous tissues.

Homoplasy (n.) See Homogeny.

Homopolic (a.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.

Homopter (n.) One of the Homoptera.

Homoptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.

Homopteran (n.) An homopter.

Homopterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

Homostyled (a.) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.

Homosystemic (a.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.

Homotaxia (n.) Same as Homotaxis.

Homotaxial (a.) Alt. of Homotaxic

Homotaxic (a.) Relating to homotaxis.

Homotaxis (n.) Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.

Homotaxy (n.) Same as Homotaxis.

Homothermic (a.) Alt. of Homothermous

Homothermous (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; haematothermal.

Homotonous (a.) Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

Homotropal (a.) Alt. of Homotropous

Homotropous (a.) Turned in the same direction with something else.

Homotropous (a.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.

Homotypal (a.) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.

Homotype (n.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc.

Homotypic (a.) Alt. of Homotypical

Homotypical (a.) Same as Homotypal.

Homotypy (n.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.

Homunculi (pl. ) of Homunculus

Homunculus (n.) A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.

Hond (n.) Hand.

Hone (v. i.) To pine; to lament; to long.

Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Hone (n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.

Honed (imp. & p. p.) of Hone

Honing (p]. pr. & vb. n.) of Hone

Hone (v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

Honest (a.) Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

Honest (a.) Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Honest (a.) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

Honest (a.) To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Honestation (n.) The act of honesting; grace; adornment.

Honestetee (n.) Honesty; honorableness.

Honestly (adv.) Honorably; becomingly; decently.

Honestly (adv.) In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly.

Honesty (a.) Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.

Honesty (a.) Chastity; modesty.

Honesty (a.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.

Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

Honey (n.) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

Honey (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

Honey (n.) Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.

Honeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Honey

Honeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Honey

Honey (v. i.) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

Honey (v. t.) To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Honey-bag (n.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.

Honeybee (n.) Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.

Honeybird (n.) The honey guide.

Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

Honeycomb (n.) Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.

Honeycombed (a.) Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Honeydew (n.) A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.

Honeydew (n.) A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.

Honeyed (a.) Covered with honey.

Honeyed (a.) Sweet, as, honeyed words.

Honeyless (a.) Destitute of honey.

Honeymoon (n.) The first month after marriage.

Honey-mouthed (a.) Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.

Honeystone (n.) See Mellite.

Honeysucker (n.) See Honey eater, under Honey.

Honeysuckle (n.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

Honeysuckled (a.) Covered with honeysuckles.

Honey-sweet (a.) Sweet as honey.

Honey-tongued (a.) Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.

Honeyware (n.) See Badderlocks.

Honeywort (n.) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees.

Hong (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage.

Hong (v. t. & i.) To hang.

Honied (a.) See Honeyed.

Honiton lace () A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.

Honk (n.) The cry of a wild goose.

Honor (n.) Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

Honor (n.) That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.

Honor (n.) A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.

Honor (n.) That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.

Honor (n.) Fame; reputation; credit.

Honor (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors.

Honor (n.) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.

Honor (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.

Honor (n.) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.

Honor (n.) Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.

Honor (n.) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors.

Honored (imp. & p. p.) of Honor

Honoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Honor

Honor (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.

Honor (n.) To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.

Honor (n.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.

Honorable (a.) Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

Honorable (a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.

Honorable (a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

Honorable (a.) Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.

Honorable (a.) Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.

Honorable (a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable.

Honorable (a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

Honorableness (n.) The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

Honorableness (n.) Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.

Honorably (adv.) In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.

Honorably (adv.) Decently; becomingly.

Honorarium (a.) Alt. of Honorary

Honorary (a.) A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

Honorary (a.) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.

Honorary (a.) Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.

Honorary (a.) Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.

Honorary (a.) Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.

Honorer (n.) One who honors.

Honorific (a.) Conferring honor; tending to honor.

Honorless (a.) Destitute of honor; not honored.

Hont (n. & v.) See under Hunt.

Hoo (interj.) See Ho.

Hoo (interj.) Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.

-hood () A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.

Hood (n.) State; condition.

Hood (n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment

Hood (n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.

Hood (n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.

Hood (n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.

Hood (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.

Hood (n.) A covering for a horse's head.

Hood (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.

Hood (n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use

Hood (n.) The top or head of a carriage.

Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.

Hood (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.

Hood (n.) The top of a pump.

Hood (n.) A covering for a mortar.

Hood (n.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.

Hood (n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.

Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

Hooded (imp. & p. p.) of Hood

Hooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hood

Hood (v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.

Hood (v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.

Hoodcap (n.) See Hooded seal, under Hooded.

Hooded (a.) Covered with a hood.

Hooded (a.) Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.

Hooded (a.) Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

Hooded (a.) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

Hooded (a.) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.

Hoodless (a.) Having no hood.

Hoodlum (n.) A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.

Hoodman (n.) The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.

Hoodman-blind (n.) An old term for blindman's buff.

Hood molding () Alt. of Hood moulding

Hood moulding () A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.

Hoodoo (n.) One who causes bad luck.

Hoodwink (v. t.) To blind by covering the eyes.

Hoodwink (v. t.) To cover; to hide.

Hoodwink (v. t.) To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.

Hoody (n.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.

Hoofs (pl. ) of Hoof

Hooves (pl. ) of Hoof

Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.

Hoof (n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.

Hoof (n.) See Ungula.

Hoof (v. i.) To walk as cattle.

Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.

Hoofbound (a.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.

Hoofed (a.) Furnished with hoofs.

Hoofless (a.) Destitute of hoofs.

Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.

Hook (n.) A snare; a trap.

Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.

Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Hooked (imp. & p. p.) of Hook

Hooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hook

Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

Hook (v. t.) To steal.

Hook (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.

Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.

Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.

Hooked (a.) Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

Hooked (a.) Provided with a hook or hooks.

Hookedness (n.) The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

Hooker (n.) One who, or that which, hooks.

Hooker (n.) A Dutch vessel with two masts.

Hooker (n.) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland.

Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Hookey (n.) See Hockey.

Hooklet (n.) A little hook.

Hook-nosed (a.) Having a hooked or aquiline nose.

Hooky (a.) Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.

Hool (a.) Whole.

Hoolock (n.) A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.

Hoom (n.) Home.

Hoonoomaun (n.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus.

Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

Hoop (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

Hoop (n.) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Hoop (n.) A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.

Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

Hooped (imp. & p. p.) of Hoop

Hooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoop

Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

Hoop (v. t.) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Hoop (v. i.) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.

Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

Hoop (v. t.) To drive or follow with a shout.

Hoop (v. t.) To call by a shout or peculiar cry.

Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

Hoop (n.) The hoopoe. See Hoopoe.

Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

Hooper (n.) The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

Hoopoe (n.) Alt. of Hoopoo

Hoopoo (n.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

Hoosier (n.) A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.

Hooted (imp. & p. p.) of Hoot

Hooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoot

Hoot (v. i.) To cry out or shout in contempt.

Hoot (v. i.) To make the peculiar cry of an owl.

Hoot (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

Hoot (n.) A derisive cry or shout.

Hoot (n.) The cry of an owl.

Hoove (n.) A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

Hooven (a.) Alt. of Hoven

Hoven (a.) Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.

Hopped (imp. & p. p.) of Hop

Hopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hop

Hop (v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

Hop (v. i.) To walk lame; to limp; to halt.

Hop (v. i.) To dance.

Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

Hop (n.) A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.

Hop (n.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

Hop (n.) The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

Hop (n.) The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.

Hop (v. t.) To impregnate with hops.

Hop (v. i.) To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

Hopbine (n.) Alt. of Hopbind

Hopbind (n.) The climbing stem of the hop.

Hope (n.) A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

Hope (n.) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Hope (n.) A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.

Hope (n.) One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

Hope (n.) That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

Hoped (imp. & p. p.) of Hope

Hoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hope

Hope (v. i.) To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.

Hope (v. i.) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.

Hope (v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.

Hope (v. t.) To expect; to fear.

Hopeful (a.) Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

Hopeful (a.) Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.

Hopeite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.

Hopeless (a.) Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

Hopeless (a.) Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

Hopeless (a.) Unhoped for; despaired of.

Hoper (n.) One who hopes.

Hopingly (adv.) In a hopeful manner.

Hoplite (n.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier.

Hop-o'-my-thumb (n.) Alt. of Hop-thumb

Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.

Hopped (p. a.) Impregnated with hops.

Hopper (n.) One who, or that which, hops.

Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.

Hopper (n.) See Grasshopper, 2.

Hopper (n.) A game. See Hopscotch.

Hopper (n.) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.

Hopper (n.) The larva of a cheese fly.

Hopper (n.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow.

Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

Hoppestere (a.) An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike."

Hoppet (n.) A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore.

Hoppet (n.) An infant in arms.

Hopping (n.) The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Hopping (n.) A gathering of hops.

Hoppled (imp. & p. p.) of Hopple

Hoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hopple

Hopple (v. t.) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

Hopple (v. t.) Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.

Hopple (n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Hopplebush (n.) Same as Hobblebush.

Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.

Hoppo (n.) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.

Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.

Hop-thumb (n.) See Hop-o'-my-thumb.

Hopyard (n.) A field where hops are raised.

Horal (a.) Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours.

Horaly (adv.) Hourly.

Horary (a.) Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.

Horary (a.) Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.

Horatian (a.) Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.

Horde (n.) A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Hordeic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.

Hordein (n.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.

Hordeolum (n.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.

Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.

Hore (a.) Hoar.

Horehound (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.

Horizon (n.) The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

Horizon (n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.

Horizon (n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.

Horizon (n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

Horizon (n.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.

Horizon (n.) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.

Horizontal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

Horizontal (a.) Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

Horizontal (a.) Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.

Horizontality (n.) The state or quality of being horizontal.

Horizontally (adv.) In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.

Hormogonium (n.) A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated.

Horn (n.) A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.

Horn (n.) The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.

Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.

Horn (n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

Horn (n.) Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn

Horn (n.) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape.

Horn (n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle.

Horn (n.) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.

Horn (n.) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids.

Horn (n.) The pointed beak of an anvil.

Horn (n.) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.

Horn (n.) The Ionic volute.

Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.

Horn (n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.

Horn (n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.

Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

Horn (n.) The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.

Horn (n.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.

Horn (n.) An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Horn (v. t.) To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.

Horn (v. t.) To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.

Hornbeak (n.) A fish. See Hornfish.

Hornbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.

Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.

Hornblende (n.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.

Hornblendic (a.) Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.

Hornblower (n.) One who, or that which, blows a horn.

Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.

Hornbook (n.) A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

Horned (a.) Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.

Hornedness (n.) The condition of being horned.

Hornel (n.) The European sand eel.

Horner (n.) One who works or deal in horn or horns.

Horner (n.) One who winds or blows the horn.

Horner (n.) One who horns or cuckolds.

Horner (n.) The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).

Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits.

Hornfish (n.) The garfish or sea needle.

Hornfoot (a.) Having hoofs; hoofed.

Hornify (v. t.) To horn; to cuckold.

Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.

Hornish (a.) Somewhat like horn; hard.

Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.

Hornless (a.) Having no horn.

Horn-mad (a.) Quite mad; -- raving crazy.

Hornotine (n.) A yearling; a bird of the year.

Hornowl (n.) See Horned Owl.

Hornpike (n.) The garfish.

Hornpipe (n.) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

Hornpipe (n.) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.

Hornpout (n.) See Horned pout, under Horned.

Hornsnake (n.) A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

Hornstone (n.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.

Horntail (n.) Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

Hornwork (n.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

Hornwort (n.) An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.

Hornwrack (n.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.

Horny (superl.) Having horns or hornlike projections.

Horny (superl.) Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn.

Horny (superl.) Hard; callous.

Horny-handed (a.) Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

Hornyhead (n.) Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.

Horography (n.) An account of the hours.

Horography (n.) The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

Horologe (n.) A servant who called out the hours.

Horologe (n.) An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.

Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.

Horological (a.) Relating to a horologe, or to horology.

Horologiographer (n.) A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.

Horologiographic (a.) Of or pertaining to horologiography.

Horologiography (n.) An account of instruments that show the hour.

Horologiography (n.) The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.

Horologist (n.) One versed in horology.

Horology (n.) The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.

Horometer (n.) An instrument for measuring time.

Horometrical (a.) Belonging to horometry.

Horometry (n.) The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.

Horopter (n.) The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.

Horopteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the horopter.

Horoscope (n.) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment.

Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.

Horoscope (n.) The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.

Horoscope (n.) A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.

Horoscoper (n.) Alt. of Horoscopist

Horoscopist (n.) One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.

Horoscopy (n.) The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.

Horoscopy (n.) Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth.

Horrendous (a.) Fearful; frightful.

Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.

Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.

Horribleness (n.) The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.

Horribly (adv.) In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.

Horrid (a.) Rough; rugged; bristling.

Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.

Horridly (adv.) In a horrid manner.

Horridness (n.) The quality of being horrid.

Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.

Horrification (n.) That which causes horror.

Horrified (imp. & p. p.) of Horrify

Horrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Horrify

Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

Horripilation (n.) A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

Horrisonant (a.) Horrisonous.

Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Horror (n.) A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.

Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.

Horror (n.) That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.

Horror-sticken (a.) Struck with horror; horrified.

Horror-struck (a.) Horror-stricken; horrified.

Hors de combat () Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.

Horse (n.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Horse (n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

Horse (n.) Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.

Horse (n.) A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

Horse (n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

Horse (n.) Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

Horse (n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

Horse (n.) See Footrope, a.

Horse (a.) A breastband for a leadsman.

Horse (a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.

Horse (a.) A jackstay.

Horsed (imp. & p. p.) of Horse

Horsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Horse

Horse (v. t.) To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.

Horse (v. t.) To sit astride of; to bestride.

Horse (v. t.) To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

Horse (v. t.) To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.

Horse (v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

Horse (v. i.) To get on horseback.

Horseback (n.) The back of a horse.

Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition.

Horse-chestnut (n.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.

Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.

Horse-drench (n.) A dose of physic for a horse.

Horse-drench (n.) The appliance by which the dose is administred.

Horsefish (n.) The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).

Horsefish (n.) The sauger.

Horseflesh (n.) The flesh of horses.

Horseflesh (n.) Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh.

Horseflies (pl. ) of Horsefly

Horsefly (n.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

Horsefly (n.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).

Horsefeet (pl. ) of Horsefoot

Horsefoot (n.) The coltsfoot.

Horsefoot (n.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

Horse Guards () A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.

Horsehair (n.) A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.

Horsehead (n.) The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

Horsehide (n.) The hide of a horse.

Horsehide (n.) Leather made of the hide of a horse.

Horse-jockey (n.) A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

Horse-jockey (n.) A trainer and dealer in horses.

Horseknop (n.) Knapweed.

Horselaugh (n.) A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw.

Horse-leech (n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

Horse-litter (n.) A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.

Horsemen (pl. ) of Horseman

Horseman (n.) A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

Horseman (n.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

Horseman (n.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.

Horseman (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).

Horsemanship (n.) The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

Horsemint (n.) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).

Horsemint (n.) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).

Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

Horseplay (n.) Rude, boisterous play.

Horsepond (n.) A pond for watering horses.

Horse power () The power which a horse exerts.

Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc.

Horse power () A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.

Horse-radish (n.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.

Horserake (n.) A rake drawn by a horse.

Horseshoe (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.

Horseshoer (n.) One who shoes horses.

Horseshoeing (n.) The act or employment of shoeing horses.

Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.

Horsetail (n.) A Turkish standard, denoting rank.

Horseweed (n.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.

Horsewhip (n.) A whip for horses.

Horsewhip (v. t.) To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.

Horsewomen (pl. ) of Horsewoman

Horsewoman (n.) A woman who rides on horseback.

Horsewood (n.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.

Horseworm (n.) The larva of a botfly.

Horsiness (n.) The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse.

Horsiness (n.) Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

Horsly (a.) Horselike.

Horsy (a.) Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.

Hortation (n.) The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.

Hortative (a.) Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative.

Hortative (n.) An exhortation.

Hortatory (a.) Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.

Hortensial (a.) Fit for a garden.

Horticultor (n.) One who cultivates a garden.

Horticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

Horticulture (n.) The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

Horticulturist (n.) One who practices horticulture.

Hortulan (a.) Belonging to a garden.

Hortus siccus () A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.

Hortyard (n.) An orchard.

Hosannas (pl. ) of Hosanna

Hosanna (n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.

Hose (pl. ) of Hose

Hosen (pl. ) of Hose

Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.

Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.

Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.

Hosen (n. pl.) See Hose.

Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

Hosiery (n.) The business of a hosier.

Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.

Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.

Hospitable (a.) Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

Hospitable (a.) Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.

Hospitableness (n.) The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

Hospitably (adv.) In a hospitable manner.

Hospitage (n.) Hospitality.

Hospital (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.

Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.

Hospital (a.) Hospitable.

Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.

Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.

Hospitalism (n.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

Hospitalities (pl. ) of Hospitality

Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

Hospitalize (v. t.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

Hospitate (v. i.) To receive hospitality; to be a guest.

Hospitate (v. t.) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.

Hospitium (n.) An inn; a lodging; a hospice.

Hospitium (n.) An inn of court.

Hospodar (n.) A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.

Host (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

Host (n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.

Host (n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.

Host (n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

Host (v. t.) To give entertainment to.

Host (v. i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

Hostage (n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.

Hostel (n.) An inn.

Hostel (n.) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hosteler (n.) The keeper of a hostel or inn.

Hosteler (n.) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.

Hostelry (n.) An inn; a lodging house.

Hostess (n.) A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.

Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.

Hostess-ship (n.) The character, personality, or office of a hostess.

Hostie (n.) The consecrated wafer; the host.

Hostile (a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Hostile (n.) An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.

Hostilely (adv.) In a hostile manner.

Hostilities (pl. ) of Hostility

Hostility (n.) State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.

Hostility (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

Hostilize (v. t.) To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.

Hosting (n.) An encounter; a battle.

Hosting (n.) A muster or review.

Hostler (n.) An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

Hostler (n.) The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.

Hostler (n.) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

Hostless (a.) Inhospitable.

Hostry (n.) A hostelry; an inn or lodging house.

Hostry (n.) A stable for horses.

Hot () imp. & p. p. of Hote.

Hot (superl.) Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.

Hot (superl.) Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.

Hot (superl.) Lustful; lewd; lecherous.

Hot (superl.) Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

Hotbed (n.) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.

Hotbed (n.) A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.

Hot blast () See under Blast.

Hot-blooded (a.) Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

Hot-brained (a.) Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth.

Hotchpot (n.) Alt. of Hotchpotch

Hotchpotch (n.) A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.

Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given.

Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

Hatte (pres. & imp.) of Hote

Hot () of Hote

Hote (p. p.) of Hote

Hoten () of Hote

Hot () of Hote

Hote (v. t. & i.) To command; to enjoin.

Hote (v. t. & i.) To promise.

Hote (v. t. & i.) To be called; to be named.

Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

Hotel (n.) In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

Hotel-de-ville (n.) A city hall or townhouse.

Hotel-Dieu (n.) A hospital.

Hoten () p. p. of Hote.

Hotfoot (adv.) In haste; foothot.

Hot-head (n.) A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.

Hot-headed (a.) Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.

Hothouse (n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

Hothouse (n.) A bagnio, or bathing house.

Hothouse (n.) A brothel; a bagnio.

Hothouse (n.) A heated room for drying green ware.

Hot-livered (a.) Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.

Hotly (a.) In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.

Hotly (a.) In a lustful manner; lustfully.

Hot-mouthed (a.) Headstrong.

Hotness (n.) The quality or state of being hot.

Hotness (n.) Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury.

Hotpress (v. t.) To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

Hotpressed (a.) Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.

Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.

Hot-spirited (a.) Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.

Hotspur (n.) A rash, hot-headed man.

Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurred

Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.

Hottentot (n.) One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.

Hottentot (n.) The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds.

Hottentotism (n.) A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.

Houdah (n.) See Howdah.

Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint.

Houghed (imp. & p. p.) of Hough

Houghing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hough

Hough (v. t.) Same as Hock, to hamstring.

Hough (n.) An adz; a hoe.

Hough (v. t.) To cut with a hoe.

Houlet (n.) An owl. See Howlet.

Hoult (n.) A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.

Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.

Hound (n.) A despicable person.

Hound (n.) A houndfish.

Hound (n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Hounded (imp. & p. p.) of Hound

Hounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hound

Hound (v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.

Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.

Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.

Hounding (n.) The act of one who hounds.

Hounding (n.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.

Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.

Houp (n.) See Hoopoe.

Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?

Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.

Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

Hour (n.) A measure of distance traveled.

Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

Houris (pl. ) of Houri

Houri (n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

Hourly (a.) Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.

Hourly (adv.) Every hour; frequently; continually.

Hours (n. pl.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.

Housage (n.) A fee for keeping goods in a house.

Houses (pl. ) of House

House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.

House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house; a household.

House (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.

House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.

House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment.

House (n.) A public house; an inn; a hotel.

House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.

House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

House (n.) An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.

House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul.

House (n.) The grave.

Housed (imp. & p. p.) of House

Housing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of House

House (v. t.) To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.

House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter.

House (v. t.) To admit to residence; to harbor.

House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

House (v. t.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.

House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.

House (v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.

Housebote (n.) Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.

Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.

Housebuilder (n.) One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.

Housecarl (n.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.

Household (n.) Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

Household (n.) A line of ancestory; a race or house.

Household (a.) Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

Householder (n.) The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

Housekeeper (n.) One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.

Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.

Housekeeper (n.) A house dog.

Housekeeping (n.) The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

Housekeeping (n.) Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.

Housel (n.) The eucharist.

Housel (v. t.) To administer the eucharist to.

Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.

Houseless (a.) Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.

Houselessness (n.) The state of being houseless.

Houseline (n.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing.

Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.

Housemaid (n.) A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.

Housemate (n.) One who dwells in the same house with another.

Houseroom (n.) Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.

Housewarming (n.) A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.

Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

Housewife (n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy.

Housewife (n.) A hussy.

Housewife (v. t.) Alt. of Housewive

Housewive (v. t.) To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.

Housewifely (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.

Housewifery (n.) The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

Housewright (n.) A builder of houses.

Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.

Housing (n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.

Housing (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.

Housing (n.) A niche for a statue.

Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.

Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

Housing (n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.

Housing (n.) A houseline. See Houseline.

Housing (n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

Housing (n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire.

Houss (n.) A saddlecloth; a housing.

Houtou (n.) A beautiful South American motmot.

Houve (n.) A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.

Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.

Hove () imp. & p. p. of Heave.

Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.

Hove (v. i.) To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.

Hovel (n.) An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Hovel (n.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Hoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Hovel

Hovelled () of Hovel

Hoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hovel

Hovelling () of Hovel

Hovel (v. t.) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.

Hoven () p. p. of Heave.

Hoven (a.) Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.

Hover (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection.

Hovered (imp. & p. p.) of Hover

Hovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hover

Hover (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.

Hover (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.

Hoverer (n.) A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

Hover-hawk (n.) The kestrel.

Hoveringly (adv.) In a hovering manner.

How (adv.) In what manner or way; by what means or process.

How (adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.

How (adv.) For what reason; from what cause.

How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight.

How (adv.) By what name, designation, or title.

How (adv.) At what price; how dear.

Howadji (n.) A traveler.

Howadji (n.) A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.

Howbeit (conj.) Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.

Howdah (n.) A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.

Howdy (n.) A midwife.

Howel (n.) A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.

Howel (v. t.) To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.

Howell (n.) The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.

However (adv.) In whetever manner, way, or degree.

However (adv.) At all events; at least; in any case.

However (conj.) Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.

Howitz (n.) A howitzer.

Howitzer (n.) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.

Howitzer (n.) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.

Howker (n.) Same as Hooker.

Howled (imp. & p. p.) of Howl

Howling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Howl

Howl (v. i.) To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

Howl (v. i.) To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.

Howl (v. t.) To utter with outcry.

Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

Howler (n.) One who howls.

Howler (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.

Howlet (n.) An owl; an owlet.

Howp (v. i.) To cry out; to whoop.

Howso (adv.) Howsoever.

Howsoever (adj. & conj.) In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however.

Howsoever (adj. & conj.) Although; though; however.

Howve (n.) A hood. See Houve.

Hox (v. t.) To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.

Hoy (n.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

Hoy (interj.) Ho! Halloe! Stop!

Hoyden (n.) Same as Hoiden.

Hoymen (pl. ) of Hoyman

Hoyman (n.) One who navigates a hoy.

Huanaco (n.) See Guanaco.

Hub (n.) The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

Hub (n.) The hilt of a weapon.

Hub (n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

Hub (n.) A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

Hub (n.) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

Hub (n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.

Hubble-bubble (n.) A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.

Hubbub (v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.

Hubby (a.) Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.

Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

Huch (n.) Alt. of Huchen

Huchen (n.) A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.

Huck (v. i.) To higgle in trading.

Huckaback (n.) A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

Huckle (n.) The hip; the haunch.

Huckle (n.) A bunch or part projecting like the hip.

Huckle-backed (a.) Round-shoulded.

Huckleberry (n.) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.

Huckleberry (n.) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.

Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

Huckster (n.) A mean, trickish fellow.

Huckstered (imp. & p. p.) of Huckster

Huckstering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huckster

Huckster (v. i.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.

Hucksterage (n.) The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.

Hucksterer (n.) A huckster.

Huckstress (n.) A female huckster.

Hud (n.) A huck or hull, as of a nut.

Huddled (imp. & p. p.) of Huddle

Huddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huddle

Huddle (v. i.) To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.

Huddle (v. t.) To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

Huddle (v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together.

Huddle (n.) A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.

Huddler (n.) One who huddles things together.

Hudge (n.) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.

Hudibrastic (a.) Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.

Hudsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.

Hue (n.) Color or shade of color; tint; dye.

Hue (n.) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

Hue (n.) A shouting or vociferation.

Hued (a.) Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued.

Hueless (a.) Destitute of color.

Huer (n.) One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.

Huffed (imp. & p. p.) of Huff

Huffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huff

Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.

Huff (v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.

Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.

Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.

Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.

Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.

Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully.

Huffcap (a.) Blustering; swaggering.

Huffer (n.) A bully; a blusterer.

Huffiness (n.) The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.

Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly.

Huffish (a.) Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

Huffy (a.) Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

Hugged (imp. & p. p.) of Hug

Hugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hug

Hug (v. i.) To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

Hug (v. i.) To crowd together; to cuddle.

Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.

Hug (v. t.) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

Hug (v. t.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.

Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

Huge (superl.) Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference.

Hugger (n.) One who hugs or embraces.

Hugger (v. t. & i.) To conceal; to lurk ambush.

Hugger-mugger (n.) Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

Hugger-mugger (a.) Secret; clandestine; sly.

Hugger-mugger (a.) Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

Huggle (v. t.) To hug.

Huguenot (n.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Huguenotism (n.) The religion of the Huguenots in France.

Hugy (a.) Vast.

Huia bird () A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.

Huisher (n.) See Usher.

Huisher (v. t.) To usher.

Huke (n.) An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.

Hulan (n.) See Uhlan.

Hulch (n.) A hunch.

Hulchy (a.) Swollen; gibbous.

Hulk (n.) The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.

Hulk (n.) A heavy ship of clumsy build.

Hulk (n.) Anything bulky or unwieldly.

Hulk (v. t.) To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare.

Hulking (a.) Alt. of Hulky

Hulky (a.) Bulky; unwiedly.

Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

Hull (v. t.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.

Hulled (imp. & p. p.) of Hull

Hulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hull

Hull (v. t.) To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.

Hull (v. t.) To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

Hull (v. i.) To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.

Hullabaloo (n.) A confused noise; uproar; tumult.

Hulled (a.) Deprived of the hulls.

Huller (n.) One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

Hullo (interj.) See Hollo.

Hully (a.) Having or containing hulls.

Huloist (n.) See Hyloist.

Hulotheism (n.) See Hylotheism.

Hulver (n.) Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.

Hummed (imp. & p. p.) of Hum

Humming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hum

Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.

Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.

Hum (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.

Hum (v. i.) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.

Hum (v. i.) To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.

Hum (v. t.) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.

Hum (v. t.) To express satisfaction with by humming.

Hum (v. t.) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.

Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.

Hum (n.) Any inarticulate and buzzing sound

Hum (n.) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.

Hum (n.) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.

Hum (n.) An imposition or hoax.

Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.

Hum (interj.) A kind of strong drink formerly used.

Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

Human (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.

Human (n.) A human being.

Humanate (a.) Indued with humanity.

Humane (a.) Pertaining to man; human.

Humane (a.) Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.

Humane (a.) Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.

Humanics (n.) The study of human nature.

Humanify (v. t.) To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate.

Humanism (n.) Human nature or disposition; humanity.

Humanism (n.) The study of the humanities; polite learning.

Humanist (n.) One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.

Humanist (n.) One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

Humanist (n.) One versed in knowledge of human nature.

Humanistic (a.) Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.

Humanistic (a.) Pertaining to polite kiterature.

Humanitarian (a.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

Humanitarian (a.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.

Humanitarian (a.) Benevolent; philanthropic.

Humanitarian (n.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

Humanitarian (n.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.

Humanitarian (n.) One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.

Humanitarianism (n.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

Humanitarianism (n.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.

Humanitian (n.) A humanist.

Humanities (pl. ) of Humanity

Humanity (n.) The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

Humanity (n.) Mankind collectively; the human race.

Humanity (n.) The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

Humanity (n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

Humanization (n.) The act of humanizing.

Humanized (imp. & p. p.) of Humanize

Humanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Humanize

Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.

Humanize (v. t.) To give a human character or expression to.

Humanize (v. t.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.

Humanize (v. i.) To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.

Humanizer (n.) One who renders humane.

Humankind (n.) Mankind.

Humanly (adv.) In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue.

Humanly (adv.) Kindly; humanely.

Humanness (n.) The quality or state of being human.

Humate (n.) A salt of humic acid.

Humation (n.) Interment; inhumation.

Humbird (n.) Humming bird.

Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

Humble (superl.) Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

Humble (a.) Hornless. See Hummel.

Humbled (imp. & p. p.) of Humble

Humbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Humble

Humble (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

Humble (v. t.) To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.

Humblebee (n.) The bumblebee.

Humblehead (n.) Humble condition or estate; humility.

Humbleness (n.) The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

Humbler (n.) One who, or that which, humbles some one.

Humbles (n. pl.) Entrails of a deer.

Humblesse (n.) Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance.

Humbly (adv.) With humility; lowly.

Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

Humbug (n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.

Humbug (n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.

Humbugged (imp. & p. p.) of Humbug

Humbugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Humbug

Humbug (v. t.) To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

Humbugger (n.) One who humbugs.

Humbuggery (n.) The practice of imposition.

Humdrum (a.) Monotonous; dull; commonplace.

Humdrum (n.) A dull fellow; a bore.

Humdrum (n.) Monotonous and tedious routine.

Humdrum (n.) A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.

Humect (v. t.) Alt. of Humectate

Humectate (v. t.) To moisten; to wet.

Humectant (a.) Diluent.

Humectant (n.) A diluent drink or medicine.

Humectation (n.) A moistening.

Humective (a.) Tending to moisten.

Humeral (a.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial.

Humeri (pl. ) of Humerus

Humerus (n.) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.

Humerus (n.) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

Humic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See Humin.

Humicubation (n.) The act or practice of lying on the ground.

Humid (a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.

Humidity (n.) Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.

Humidness (n.) Humidity.

Humifuse (a.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.

Humiliant (a.) Humiliating; humbling.

Humiliated (imp. & p. p.) of Humiliate

Humiliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Humiliate

Humiliate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

Humiliation (n.) The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

Humiliation (n.) The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission.

Humilities (pl. ) of Humility

Humility (n.) The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.

Humility (n.) An act of submission or courtesy.

Humin (n.) A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.

Humiri (n.) A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.

Humite (n.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.

Hummel (v. t.) To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.

Hummel (a.) Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.

Hummeler (n.) One who, or a machine which, hummels.

Hummer (n.) One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.

Hummer (n.) A humming bird.

Humming (a.) Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

Humming (n.) A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.

Hummock (n.) A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.

Hummock (n.) A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.

Hummock (n.) Timbered land. See Hammock.

Hummocking (n.) The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.

Hummocky (a.) Abounding in hummocks.

Hummum (n.) A sweating bath or place for sweating.

Humor (n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

Humor (n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.

Humor (n.) State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.

Humor (n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.

Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.

Humored (imp. & p. p.) of Humor

Humoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Humor

Humor (v. t.) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.

Humor (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

Humoral (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.

Humoralism (n.) The state or quality of being humoral.

Humoralism (n.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.

Humoralist (n.) One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.

Humorism (n.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.

Humorism (n.) The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.

Humorist (n.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

Humorist (n.) One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.

Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.

Humoristic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

Humorize (v. t.) To humor.

Humorless (a.) Destitute of humor.

Humorous (a.) Moist; humid; watery.

Humorous (a.) Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.

Humorous (a.) Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.

Humorously (adv.) Capriciously; whimsically.

Humorously (adv.) Facetiously; wittily.

Humorousness (n.) Moodiness; capriciousness.

Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.

Humorsome (a.) Moody; whimsical; capricious.

Humorsome (a.) Jocose; witty; humorous.

Humorsomely (adv.) Pleasantly; humorously.

Humorsomeness (n.) Quality of being humorsome.

Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

Hump (n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

Humpback (n.) A crooked back; a humped back.

Humpback (n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.

Humpback (n.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.

Humpback (n.) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

Humpbacked (a.) Having a humped back.

Humped (a.) Having a hump, as the back.

Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

Humpless (a.) Without a hump.

Hump-shouldered (a.) Having high, hunched shoulders.

Humpy (a.) Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

Humstrum (n.) An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

Humulin (n.) An extract of hops.

Humus (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.

Hun (n.) One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.

Hunch (n.) A hump; a protuberance.

Hunch (n.) A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.

Hunch (n.) A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Hunched (imp. & p. p.) of Hunch

Hunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunch

Hunch (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.

Hunchback (n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

Hunchbacked (a.) Having a humped back.

Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.

Hundred (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.

Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.

Hundreder (n.) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.

Hundreder (n.) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs.

Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred.

Hundredfold (n.) A hundred times as much or as many.

Hundredth (a.) Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.

Hundredth (a.) Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.

Hundredth (n.) One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

Hundredweight (n.) A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.

Hung () imp. & p. p. of Hang.

Hungarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.

Hungarian (n.) A native or one of the people of Hungary.

Hungary (n.) A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Hunger (n.) An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

Hunger (n.) Any strong eager desire.

Hungered (imp. & p. p.) of Hunger

Hungering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunger

Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.

Hunger (n.) To have an eager desire; to long.

Hunger (v. t.) To make hungry; to famish.

Hunger-bit (a.) Alt. of Hunger-bitten

Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.

Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.

Hungerer (n.) One who hungers; one who longs.

Hungerly (a.) Wanting food; starved.

Hungerly (adv.) With keen appetite.

Hunger-starve (v. t.) To starve with hunger; to famish.

Hungred (a.) Hungered; hungry.

Hungrily (adv.) In a hungry manner; voraciously.

Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.

Hungry (superl.) Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.

Hungry (superl.) Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.

Hunk (n.) A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.

Hunker (n.) Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy.

Hunkerism (n.) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.

Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.

Hunted (imp. & p. p.) of Hunt

Hunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunt

Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.

Hunt (v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

Hunt (v. t.) To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Hunt (v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

Hunt (v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.

Hunt (n.) The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

Hunt (n.) The game secured in the hunt.

Hunt (n.) A pack of hounds.

Hunt (n.) An association of huntsmen.

Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.

Hunt-counter (n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.

Hunte (n.) A hunter.

Hunter (n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.

Hunter (n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.

Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.

Hunter (n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

Hunterian (a.) Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.

Hunting (n.) The pursuit of game or of wild animals.

Huntress (n.) A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.

Huntsmen (pl. ) of Huntsman

Huntsman (n.) One who hunts, or who practices hunting.

Huntsman (n.) The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds.

Huntsmanship (n.) The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.

Hunt's-up (n.) A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.

Hurden (n.) A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden.

Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

Hurdle (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.

Hurdleed (imp. & p. p.) of Hurdle

Hurdleing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurdle

Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.

Hurdlework (n.) Work after manner of a hurdle.

Hurds (n.) The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.

Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.

Hurdy-gurdy (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.

Hurkaru (n.) In India, a running footman; a messenger.

Hurled (imp. & p. p.) of Hurl

Hurling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurl

Hurl (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

Hurl (v. t.) To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective.

Hurl (v. t.) To twist or turn.

Hurl (v. i.) To hurl one's self; to go quickly.

Hurl (v. i.) To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).

Hurl (v. i.) To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

Hurl (n.) The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling.

Hurl (n.) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.

Hurl (n.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

Hurlbat (n.) See Whirlbat.

Hurlbone (n.) See Whirlbone.

Hurlbone (n.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse.

Hurler (n.) One who hurls, or plays at hurling.

Hurling (n.) The act of throwing with force.

Hurling (n.) A kind of game at ball, formerly played.

Hurlwind (n.) A whirlwind.

Hurly (n.) Noise; confusion; uproar.

Hurly-burly (n.) Tumult; bustle; confusion.

Huronian (a.) Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archaean age.

Huron-Iroquous (n.) A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.

Hurons (n. pl.) ; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.

Hurr (v. i.) To make a rolling or burring sound.

Hurrah (interj.) Alt. of Hurra

Hurra (interj.) A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome.

Hurrah (n.) A cheer; a shout of joy, etc.

Hurrah (v. i.) To utter hurrahs; to huzza.

Hurrah (v. t.) To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.

Hurricane (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.

Hurricanoes (pl. ) of Hurricano

Hurricano (n.) A waterspout; a hurricane.

Hurried (a.) Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

Hurried (a.) Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job.

Hurrier (n.) One who hurries or urges.

Hurries (n.) A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

Hurried (imp. & p. p.) of Hurry

Hurrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurry

Hurry (v. t.) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

Hurry (v. t.) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

Hurry (v. t.) To cause to be done quickly.

Hurry (v. i.) To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.

Hurry (n.) The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.

Hurryingly (adv.) In a hurrying manner.

Hurry-skurry (adv.) Confusedly; in a bustle.

Hurst (n.) A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.

Hurt (n.) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

Hurt (n.) A husk. See Husk, 2.

Hurt (imp. & p. p.) of Hurt

Hurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurt

Hurt (v. t.) To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.

Hurt (v. t.) To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.

Hurt (v. t.) To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.

Hurter (n.) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.

Hurter (n.) An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.

Hurter (n.) Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.

Hurter (n.) One who hurts or does harm.

Hurter (v. t.) A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.

Hurtful (a.) Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

Hurtled (imp. & p. p.) of Hurtle

Hurtling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hurtle

Hurtle (v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.

Hurtle (v. t.) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.

Hurtle (v. t.) To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.

Hurtle (v. t.) To push; to jostle; to hurl.

Hurtleberry (n.) See Whortleberry.

Hurtless (a.) Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm.

Husband (n.) The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

Husband (n.) A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.

Husband (n.) One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.

Husband (n.) A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.

Husband (n.) The male of a pair of animals.

Husbanded (imp. & p. p.) of Husband

Husbanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Husband

Husband (v. t.) To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.

Husband (v. t.) To cultivate, as land; to till.

Husband (v. t.) To furnish with a husband.

Husbandable (a.) Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.

Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.

Husbandless (a.) Destitute of a husband.

Husbandly (a.) Frugal; thrifty.

Husbandmen (pl. ) of Husbandman

Husbandman (n.) The master of a family.

Husbandman (n.) A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Husbandry (n.) Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.

Husbandry (n.) The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.

Hushed (imp. & p. p.) of Hush

Hushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hush

Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.

Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.

Hush (a.) Silent; quiet.

Husher (n.) An usher.

Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.

Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Husk

Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Husk

Husk (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

Husked (a.) Covered with a husk.

Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.

Huskily (adv.) In a husky manner; dryly.

Huskiness (n.) The state of being husky.

Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.

Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.

Husking (n.) A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also

Husky (n.) Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

Huso (n.) A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.

Huso (n.) The huchen, a large salmon.

Hussar (n.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.

Hussite (n.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.

Hussy (n.) A housewife or housekeeper.

Hussy (n.) A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach.

Hussy (n.) A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely.

Hussy (n.) A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.

Hustings (n. pl.) A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant.

Hustings (n. pl.) Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.

Hustings (n. pl.) The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.

Hustled (imp. & p. p.) of Hustle

Hustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hustle

Hustle (v. t.) To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.

Hustle (v. i.) To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.

Huswife (n.) A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.

Huswife (n.) A worthless woman; a hussy.

Huswife (n.) A case for sewing materials. See Housewife.

Huswife (v. t.) To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman.

Huswifely (a.) Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.

Huswifely (adv.) In a huswifely manner.

Huswifery (n.) The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.

Hut (n.) A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.

Hutted (imp. & p. p.) of Hutch

Hutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hutch

Hutch (v. t. & i.) To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.

Hutch (n.) A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.

Hutch (n.) A measure of two Winchester bushels.

Hutch (n.) The case of a flour bolt.

Hutch (n.) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.

Hutch (n.) A jig for washing ore.

Hutched (imp. & p. p.) of Hutch

Hutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hutch

Hutch (v. t.) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.

Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

Hutchunsonian (n.) A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.

Huttonian (a.) Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton.

Huxter (n. & v. i.) See Huckster.

Huyghenian (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.

Huzz (v. i.) To buzz; to murmur.

Huzza (interj.) A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.

Huzza (n.) A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.

Huzzaed (imp. & p. p.) of Huzza

Huzzaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huzza

Huzza (v. i.) To shout huzza; to cheer.

Huzza (v. t.) To receive or attend with huzzas.

Hy (a.) High.

Hyacine (n.) A hyacinth.

Hyacinth (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.

Hyacinth (n.) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.

Hyacinth (n.) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.

Hyacinth (n.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.

Hyacinthian (a.) Hyacinthine.

Hyacinthine (a.) Belonging to the hyacinth; resemblingthe hyacinth; in color like the hyacinth.

Hyades (n.pl.) Alt. of Hyads

Hyads (n.pl.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.

Hyaena (n.) Same as Hyena.

Hyalea (n.) A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

Hyalescence (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.

Hyaline (a.) Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.

Hyaline (n.) A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.

Hyaline (n.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.

Hyaline (n.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.

Hyalite (n.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.

Hyalograph (n.) An instrument for tracing designs on glass.

Hyalography (n.) Art of writing or engraving on glass.

Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope.

Hyalophane (n.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.

Hyalospongia (n. pl.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae.

Hyalotype (n.) A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency.

Hybernacle () Alt. of Hybernation

Hybernate () Alt. of Hybernation

Hybernation () See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.

Hyblaean (a.) Pertaining to Hybla, an ancient town of Sicily, famous for its bees.

Hybodont (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.

Hybodus (n.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.

Hybrid (n.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Hybrid (a.) Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

Hybridism (n.) The state or quality of being hybrid.

Hybridist (n.) One who hybridizes.

Hybridity (n.) Hybridism.

Hybridizable (a.) Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.

Hybridization (n.) The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.

Hybridized (imp. & p. p.) of Hybridize

Hybridizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hybridize

Hybridize (v. t.) To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

Hybridizer (n.) One who hybridizes.

Hybridous (a.) Same as Hybrid.

Hydage (n.) A land tax. See Hidage.

Hydantoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See Glycoluric.

Hydantoin (n.) A derivative of urea, C3H4N2O2, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also glycolyl urea.

Hydatid (n.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.

Hydatiform (a.) Resembling a hydatid.

Hydatoid (a.) Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.

Hydr- () See under Hydro-.

Hydras (pl. ) of Hydra

Hydrae (pl. ) of Hydra

Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.

Hydra (n.) Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.

Hydra (n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.

Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

Hydrachnid (n.) An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachnids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.

Hydracid (n.) An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid.

Hydracrylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.

Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.

Hydraemia (n.) An abnormally watery state of the blood; anaemia.

Hydragogue (a.) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.

Hydragogue (n.) A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Hydramide (n.) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.

Hydramine (n.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines.

Hydrangea (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan.

Hydrant (n.) A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

Hydranth (n.) One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.

Hydrargochloride (n.) A compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride.

Hydrargyrate (a.) Of or pertaining to mercury; containing, or impregnated with, mercury.

Hydrargyrism (n.) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.

Hydrargyrum (n.) Quicksilver; mercury.

Hydrarthrosis (n.) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

Hydrastine (n.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.

Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.

Hydrate (n.) A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.

Hydrate (n.) A substance which does not contain water as such, but has its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl; hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or slaked lime.

Hydrated (imp. & p. p.) of Hydrate

Hydrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hydrate

Hydrate (v. t.) To form into a hydrate; to combine with water.

Hydrated (a.) Formed into a hydrate; combined with water.

Hydration (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate.

Hydraulic (a.) Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.

Hydraulical (a.) Hydraulic.

Hydraulicon (n.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.

Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.

Hydrazine (n.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc.

Hydrencephsloid (a.) Same as Hydrocephaloid.

Hydria (n.) A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.

Hydriad (n.) A water nymph.

Hydric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen; as, hydric oxide.

Hydride (n.) A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.

Hydriform (a.) Having the form or structure of a hydra.

Hydrina (n. pl.) The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong.

Hydriodate (n.) Same as Hydriodide.

Hydriodic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; -- said of an acid produced by the combination of these elements.

Hydriodide (n.) A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine combines with the base.

Hydro- () Alt. of Hydr-

Hydr- () A combining form from Gr. /, /, water (see Hydra).

Hydr- () A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.

Hydrobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.

Hydrobilirubin (n.) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.

Hydrobranchiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera.

Hydrobromate (n.) Same as Hydrobromide.

Hydrobromic (a.) Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid.

Hydrobromide (n.) A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base.

Hydrocarbon (n.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

Hydrocarbonaceous (a.) Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbonate (n.) A hydrocarbon.

Hydrocarbonate (n.) A hydrous carbonate, as malachite.

Hydrocarbostyril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril.

Hydrocarburet (n.) Carbureted hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon.

Hydrocauli (pl. ) of Hydrocaulus

Hydrocaulus (n.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.

Hydrocele (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.

Hydrocephalic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.

Hydrocephaloid (a.) Resembling hydrocephalus.

Hydrocephalous (a.) Having hydrocephalus.

Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.

Hydrochlorate (n.) Same as Hydrochloride.

Hydrochloric (a.) Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric.

Hydrochloride (n.) A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base.

Hydrocorallia (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora.

Hydrocyanate (n.) See Hydrocyanide.

Hydrocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from the combination of, hydrogen and cyanogen.

Hydrocyanide (n.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.

Hydrodynamic (a.) Alt. of Hydrodynamical

Hydrodynamical (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.

Hydrodynamics (n.) That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.

Hydrodynamometer (n.) An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.

Hydro-electric (a.) Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.

Hydro-extractor (n.) An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.

Hydroferricyanic (n.) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See Ferricyanic.

Hydroferrocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See Ferrocyanic.

Hydrofluate (n.) A supposed compound of hydrofluoris acid and a base; a fluoride.

Hydrofluoric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as, hydrofluoric acid.

Hydrofluosilicate (n.) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid; a silicofluoride. See Silicofluoride.

Hydrofluosilicic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See Silicofluoric.

Hydrogalvanic (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of, electricity evolved by the action or use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic currents.

Hydrogen (n.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.

Hydrogenated (imp. & p. p.) of Hydrogenate

Hydrogenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hydrogenate

Hydrogenate (v. t.) To hydrogenize.

Hydrogenation (n.) The act of combining with hydrogen, or the state of being so combined.

Hydrogenide (n.) A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.

Hydrogenium (n.) Hydrogen; -- called also in view of its supposed metallic nature.

Hydrogenized (imp. & p. p.) of Hydrogenize

Hydrogenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hydrogenize

Hydrogenize (v. t.) To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with oxidize.

Hydrogenous (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrogen; containing hydrogen.

Hydrognosy (n.) A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water of the earth.

Hydrogode (n.) The negative pole or cathode.

Hydrographer (n.) One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.

Hydrographic (a.) Alt. of Hydrographical

Hydrographical (a.) Of or relating to hydrography.

Hydrography (n.) The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes, rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.

Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.

Hydroguret (n.) A hydride.

Hydroid (a.) Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea.

Hydroid (n.) One of the Hydroideas.

Hydroidea (n. pl.) An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephae.

Hydrokinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the forces which produce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic.

Hydrological (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrology.

Hydrologist (n.) One skilled in hydrology.

Hydrology (n.) The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.

Hydrolytic (a.) Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.

Hydromagnesite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of magnesia occurring in white, early, amorphous masses.

Hydromancy (n.) Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients.

Hydromantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination by water.

Hydromechanics (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.

Hydromedusae (pl. ) of Hydromedusa

Hydromedusa (n.) Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusae.

Hydromel (n.) A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.

Hydromellonic (a.) See Cyamellone.

Hydrometallurgical (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.

Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.

Hydrometeor (n.) A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.

Hydrometeorological (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.

Hydrometeorology (n.) That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.

Hydrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.

Hydrometer (n.) An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.

Hydrometric (a.) Alt. of Hydrometrical

Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination of the specific gravity of fluids.

Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.

Hydrometrical (a.) Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations.

Hydrometrograph (n.) An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.

Hydrometry (n.) The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.

Hydrometry (n.) The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.

Hydromica (n.) A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.

Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.

Hydropath (n.) A hydropathist.

Hydropathic (a.) Alt. of Hydropathical

Hydropathical (a.) Of or pertaining to hydropathy.

Hydropathist (n.) One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor.

Hydropathy (n.) The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.

Hydroperitoneum (n.) Same as Ascites.

Hydrophane (n.) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.

Hydrophanous (a.) Made transparent by immersion in water.

Hydrophid (n.) Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming.

Hydrophlorone (n.) A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of phlorone.

Hydrophobia (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.

Hydrophobic (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.

Hydrophoby (n.) See Hydrophobia.

Hydrophora (n. pl.) The Hydroidea.

Hydrophore (n.) An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens of water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the ocean.

Hydrophyllia (pl. ) of Hydrophyllium

Hydrophylliums (pl. ) of Hydrophyllium

Hydrophyllium (n.) One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.

Hydrophyte (n.) An aquatic plant; an alga.

Hydrophytology (n.) The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

Hydropic (a.) Alt. of Hydropical

Hydropical (a.) Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.

Hydropically (adv.) In a hydropical manner.

Hydropiper (n.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

Hydropneumatic (a.) Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases over water or other liquids.

Hydropsy (n.) Same as Dropsy.

Hydropult (n.) A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc.

Hydroquinone (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene.

Hydrorhizae (pl. ) of Hydrorhiza

Hydrorhizas (pl. ) of Hydrorhiza

Hydrorhiza (n.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

Hydrosalt (n.) A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base.

Hydrosalt (n.) An acid salt.

Hydrosalt (n.) A hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or crystallization.

Hydroscope (n.) An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air.

Hydroscope (n.) A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.

Hydrosome (n.) Alt. of Hydrosoma

Hydrosoma (n.) All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.

Hydrosorbic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.

Hydrostat (n.) A contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers.

Hydrostatic (a.) Alt. of Hydrostatical

Hydrostatical (a.) Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.

Hydrostatically (adv.) According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles.

Hydrostatician (n.) One who is versed or skilled in hydrostatics.

Hydrostatics (n.) The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.

Hydrosulphate (n.) Same as Hydrosulphurent.

Hydrosulphide (n.) One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans.

Hydrosulphite (n.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.

Hydrosulphuret (n.) A hydrosulphide.

Hydrosulphureted (a.) Combined with hydrogen sulphide.

Hydrosulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuric acid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water.

Hydrosulphurous (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.

Hydrotellurate (n.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.

Hydrotelluric (a.) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride.

Hydrothecae (pl. ) of Hydrotheca

Hydrothecas (pl. ) of Hydrotheca

Hydrotheca (n.) One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian.

Hydrotherapy (n.) See Hydropathy.

Hydrothermal (a.) Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.

Hydrothorax (n.) An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.

Hydrotic (a.) Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.

Hydrotic (n.) A hydrotic medicine.

Hydrotical (a.) Hydrotic.

Hydrotrope (n.) A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.

Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.

Hydrotropism (n.) A tendency towards moisture.

Hydrous (a.) Containing water; watery.

Hydrous (a.) Containing water of hydration or crystallization.

Hydroxanthane (n.) A persulphocyanate.

Hydroxanthic (a.) Persulphocyanic.

Hydroxide (n.) A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.

Hydroxy- () A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl as an ingredient.

Hydroxyl (n.) A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.

Hydroxylamine (n.) A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.

Hydrozoa (n. pl.) The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.

Hydrozoal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.

Hydrozoa (pl. ) of Hydrozoon

Hydrozoons (pl. ) of Hydrozoon

Hydrozoon (n.) One of the Hydrozoa.

Hydruret (n.) A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.

Hydrus (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

Hye (n. & v.) See Hie.

Hyemal (a.) Belonging to winter; done in winter.

Hyemate (v. i.) To pass the winter.

Hyemation (n.) The passing of a winter in a particular place; a wintering.

Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.

Hyen (n.) A hyena.

Hyenas (pl. ) of Hyena

Hyena (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits.

Hyetal (a.) Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.

Hyetograph (n.) A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

Hyetographic (a.) Of or pertaining to to hyetography.

Hyetography (n.) The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

Hygeia (n.) The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.

Hygeian (a.) Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation.

Hygeist (n.) One skilled in hygiena; a hygienist.

Hygieist (n.) A hygienist.

Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

Hygienic (a.) Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.

Hygienics (n.) The science of health; hygiene.

Hygienism (n.) Hygiene.

Hygienist (n.) One versed in hygiene.

Hygiology (n.) A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health.

Hygrine (n.) An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor.

Hygrodeik (n.) A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.

Hygrograph (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.

Hygrology (n.) The science which treats of the fluids of the body.

Hygrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere.

Hygrometric (a.) Alt. of Hygrometrical

Hygrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.

Hygrometrical (a.) Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric substances, like potash.

Hygrometry (n.) That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose.

Hygrophanous (a.) Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry.

Hygrophthalmic (a.) Serving to moisten the eye; -- sometimes applied to the lachrymal ducts.

Hygroplasm (n.) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.

Hygroscope (n.) An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.

Hygroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.

Hygroscopic (a.) Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.

Hygroscopicity (n.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Hygrostatics (n.) The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture.

Hyke (n.) See Haik, and Huke.

Hylaeosaur (n.) Alt. of Hylaeosaurus

Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

Hylarchical (a.) Presiding over matter.

Hyleosaur (n.) Same as Hylaeosaur.

Hylic (a.) Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.

Hylicist (n.) A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.

Hylism (n.) A theory which regards matter as the original principle of evil.

Hylobate (n.) Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.

Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.

Hyloism (n.) Same as Hylotheism.

Hyloist (n.) Same as Hylotheist.

Hylopathism (n.) The doctrine that matter is sentient.

Hylopathist (n.) One who believes in hylopathism.

Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.

Hylotheism (n.) The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.

Hylotheist (n.) One who believes in hylotheism.

Hylozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to hylozoism.

Hylozoism (n.) The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.

Hylozoist (n.) A believer in hylozoism.

Hymar (n.) The wild ass of Persia.

Hymen (n.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.

Hymen (n.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.

Hymen (n.) Marriage; union as if by marriage.

Hymeneal (n.) Alt. of Hymenean

Hymenean (n.) Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites.

Hymeneal (n.) Alt. of Hymenean

Hymenean (n.) A marriage song.

Hymenia (pl. ) of Hymenium

Hymeniums (pl. ) of Hymenium

Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

Hymenogeny (n.) The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

Hymenomycetes (n. pl.) One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.

Hymenophore (n.) That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.

Hymenopter (n.) One of the Hymenoptera.

Hymenoptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.

Hymenopteral (a.) Alt. of Hymenopterous

Hymenopterous (a.) Like, or characteristic of, the Hymenoptera; pertaining to the Hymenoptera.

Hymenopteran (n.) One of the Hymenoptera.

Hymn (n.) An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.

Hymned (imp. & p. p.) of Hymn

Hymning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hymn

Hymn (v. t.) To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

Hymn (v. i.) To sing in praise or adoration.

Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Hymnic (a.) Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.

Hymning (a.) Praising with hymns; singing.

Hymning (n.) The singing of hymns.

Hymnist (n.) A writer of hymns.

Hymnody (n.) Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.

Hymnographer (n.) One who writes on the subject of hymns.

Hymnographer (n.) A writer or composed of hymns.

Hymnography (n.) The art or act of composing hymns.

Hymnologist (n.) A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.

Hymnology (n.) The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.

Hymnology (n.) A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

Hympne (n.) A hymn.

Hyndreste (a.) See Hinderest.

Hyne (n.) A servant. See Hine.

Hyo- () A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc.

Hyoganoidei (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins.

Hyoglossal (a.) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane.

Hyoglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

Hyoid (a.) Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/].

Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Hyoid (n.) The hyoid bone.

Hyoideal (a.) Alt. of Hyoidean

Hyoidean (a.) Same as Hyoid, a.

Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes.

Hyomandibular (n.) The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.

Hyomental (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.

Hyopastron (n.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.

Hyoscine (n.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.

Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.

Hyoscyamus (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.

Hyoscyamus (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

Hyosternal (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck.

Hyosternal (a.) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.

Hyosternum (n.) See Hyoplastron.

Hyostylic (a.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.

Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

Hyp (v. t.) To make melancholy.

Hypaethral (a.) Alt. of Hypethral

Hypethral (a.) Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building.

Hypallage (n.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds.

Hypanthia (pl. ) of Hypanthium

Hypanthiums (pl. ) of Hypanthium

Hypanthium (n.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.

Hypapophyles (pl. ) of Hypapophysis

Hypapophysis (n.) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as haemal spines, and chevron bones.

Hyparterial (a.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Hypaspist (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer.

Hypaxial (a.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.

Hyper- () A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.

Hyper- () A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.

Hyperaemia (n.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.

Hyperaesthesia (n.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it.

Hyperapophyses (pl. ) of Hyperapophysis

Hyperapophysis (n.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.

Hyperaspist (n.) One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.

Hyperbatic (a.) Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.

Hyperbaton (n.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

Hyperbola (n.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.

Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.

Hyperbolic (a.) Alt. of Hyperbolical

Hyperbolical (a.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.

Hyperbolical (a.) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.

Hyperbolically (adv.) In the form of an hyperbola.

Hyperbolically (adv.) With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.

Hyperboliform (a.) Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.

Hyperbolism (n.) The use of hyperbole.

Hyperbolist (n.) One who uses hyperboles.

Hyperbolized (imp. & p. p.) of Hyperbolize

Hyperbolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hyperbolize

Hyperbolize (v. i.) To speak or write with exaggeration.

Hyperbolize (v. t.) To state or represent hyperbolically.

Hyperboloid (n.) A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.

Hyperboloid (a.) Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.

Hyperborean (a.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.

Hyperborean (a.) Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere.

Hyperborean (n.) One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.

Hyperborean (n.) An inhabitant of the most northern regions.

Hypercarbureted (a.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates.

Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

Hyperchloric (a.) See Perchloric.

Hyperchromatism (n.) The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.

Hypercritic (n.) One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.

Hypercritic (a.) Hypercritical.

Hypercritical (a.) Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.

Hypercritical (a.) Excessively nice or exact.

Hypercritically (adv.) In a hypercritical manner.

Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Hypercriticism (n.) Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

Hyperdicrotic (a.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

Hyperdicrotism (n.) A hyperdicrotic condition.

Hyperdicrotous (a.) Hyperdicrotic.

Hyperdulia (n.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.

Hyperduly (n.) Hyperdulia.

Hyperesthesia (n.) Same as Hyperaesthesia.

Hypericum (n.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

Hyperinosis (n.) A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.

Hyperion (n.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.

Hyperkinesis (n.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.

Hyperkinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.

Hypermetamorphosis (n.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

Hypermeter (n.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Hypermeter (n.) Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.

Hypermetrical (a.) Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.

Hypermetropia (n.) Alt. of Hypermetropy

Hypermetropy (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

Hypermyriorama (n.) A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views.

Hyperoartia (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.

Hyperopia (n.) Hypermetropia.

Hyperorganic (a.) Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic.

Hyperorthodoxy (n.) Orthodoxy pushed to excess.

Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish.

Hyperoxide (n.) A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide.

Hyperoxygenated (a.) Alt. of Hyperoxygenized

Hyperoxygenized (a.) Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides.

Hyperoxymuriate (n.) A perchlorate.

Hyperoxymuriatic (a.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid.

Hyperphysical (a.) Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.

Hyperplasia (n.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

Hyperplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

Hyperplastic (a.) Tending to excess of formative action.

Hypernoea (n.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea.

Hyperpyrexia (n.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Hypersecretion (n.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

Hypersensibility (n.) See Hyperaesthesia.

Hyperspace (n.) An imagined space having more than three dimensions.

Hypersthene (n.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.

Hypersthenic (a.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

Hyperthetical (a.) Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical.

Hyperthyrion (n.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

Hypertrophic (a.) Alt. of Hypertrophical

Hypertrophical (a.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.

Hypertrophied (a.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

Hypertrophy (n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

Hyphae (n. pl.) The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

Hyphen (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.

Hyphened (imp. & p. p.) of Hyphen

Hyphening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hyphen

Hyphen (v. t.) To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

Hyphenated (a.) United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

Hyphomycetes (n. pl.) One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads.

Hypidiomorphic (a.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.

Hypinosis (n.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

Hypnagogic (a.) Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Hypnobate (n.) A somnambulist.

Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

Hypnogenic (a.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep.

Hypnologist (n.) One who is versed in hypnology.

Hypnology (n.) A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

Hypnosis (n.) Supervention of sleep.

Hypnotic (a.) Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

Hypnotic (a.) Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

Hypnotic (n.) Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

Hypnotic (n.) A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Hypnotism (n.) A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.

Hypnotization (n.) The act or process of producing hypnotism.

Hypnotized (imp. & p. p.) of Hypnotize

Hypnotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hypnotize

Hypnotize (v. t.) To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

Hypnotizer (n.) One who hypnotizes.

Hypnum (n.) The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Hypo- () A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.

Hypo- () A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.

Hypo (n.) Hypochondria.

Hypo (n.) Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.

Hypoarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.

Hypoaria (pl. ) of Hypoarion

Hypoarion (n.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.

Hypoblast (n.) The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.

Hypoblastic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.

Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.

Hypobranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch.

Hypobranchial (n.) A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.

Hypocarp (n.) Alt. of Hypocarpium

Hypocarpium (n.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.

Hypocarpogean (a.) Producing fruit below the ground.

Hypocaust (n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.

Hypochlorite (n.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.

Hypochlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.

Hypochondres (n. pl.) The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium.

Hypochondria (n.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.

Hypochondriac (a.) Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

Hypochondriac (a.) Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.

Hypochondriac (n.) A person affected with hypochondriasis.

Hypochondriacal (a.) Same as Hypochondriac, 2.

Hypochondriacism (n.) Hypochondriasis.

Hypochondriasis (n.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.

Hypochondriasm (n.) Hypochondriasis.

Hypochondria (pl. ) of Hypochondrium

Hypochondriums (pl. ) of Hypochondrium

Hypochondrium (n.) Either of the hypochondriac regions.

Hypochondry (n.) Hypochondriasis.

Hypocist (n.) An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.

Hypocleida (pl. ) of Hypocleidium

Hypocleidiums (pl. ) of Hypocleidium

Hypocleidium (n.) A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.

Hypocoristic (a.) Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.

Hypocrateriform (a.) hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped.

Hypocraterimorphous (a.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.

Hypocrisies (pl. ) of Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy (n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.

Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.

Hypocritely (adv.) Hypocritically.

Hypocritic (a.) See Hypocritical.

Hypocritical (a.) Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.

Hypocrystalline (a.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.

Hypocycloid (n.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.

-tyla (pl. ) of Hypodactylum

Hypodactylum (n.) The under side of the toes.

Hypoderm (n.) Same as Hypoblast.

Hypoderma (n.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

Hypoderma (n.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Hypodermatic (a.) Hypodermic.

Hypodermic (a.) Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.

Hypodermis (n.) Same as Hypoblast.

Hypodermis (n.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.

Hypodicrotic (a.) Alt. of Hypodicrotous

Hypodicrotous (a.) Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.

Hypogaeic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis hypogaea).

Hypogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.

Hypogastrium (n.) The lower part of the abdomen.

Hypogean (a.) Hypogeous.

Hypogene (a.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.

Hypogeous (a.) Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground.

Hypogea (pl. ) of Hypogeum

Hypogeum (n.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.

Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.

Hypoglossal (n.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.

Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.

Hypogyn (n.) An hypogynous plant.

Hypogynous (a.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.

Hypohyal (a.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.

Hypohyal (n.) One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.

Hyponastic (a.) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface.

Hyponitrite (n.) A salt of hyponitrous acid.

Hyponitrous (a.) Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.

Hypopharynx (n.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.

Hypophosphate (n.) A salt of hypophosphoric acid.

Hypophosphite (n.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid.

Hypophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid.

Hypophosphorous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.

Hypophyllous (a.) Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.

Hypophysial (a.) Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.

Hypophysis (n.) See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.

Hypophysis (n.) Cataract.

Hypoplastra (pl. ) of Hypoplastron

Hypoplastron (n.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

Hypoptila (pl. ) of Hypoptilum

Hypoptilums (pl. ) of Hypoptilum

Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

Hyporadii (pl. ) of Hyporadius

Hyporadius (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather.

Hyporhachides (pl. ) of Hyporhachis

Hyporhachis (n.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

Hyposkeletal (a.) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal.

Hypospadias (n.) A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

Hypostases (pl. ) of Hypostasis

Hypostasis (n.) That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Hypostasis (n.) Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.

Hypostasis (n.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

Hypostasize (v. t.) To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.

Hypostatic (a.) Alt. of Hypostatical

Hypostatical (a.) Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.

Hypostatical (a.) Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.

Hypostatical (a.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.

Hypostatically (adv.) In a hypostatic manner.

Hypostatize (v. t.) To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.

Hypostatize (v. t.) To attribute actual or personal existence to.

Hyposterna (pl. ) of Hyposternum

Hyposternums (pl. ) of Hyposternum

Hyposternum (n.) See Hypoplastron.

Hypostome (n.) Alt. of Hypostoma

Hypostoma (n.) The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.

Hypostrophe (n.) The act of a patient turning himself.

Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease.

Hypostyle (a.) Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.

Hyposulphate (n.) A salt of hyposulphuric acid.

Hyposulphite (n.) A salt of what was formerly called hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate.

Hyposulphite (n.) A salt of hyposulphurous acid proper.

Hyposulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.

Hyposulphurous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.

Hypotarsi (pl. ) of Hypotarsus

Hypotarsus (n.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

Hypotenuse (n.) Alt. of Hypothenuse

Hypothenuse (n.) The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

Hypothec (n.) A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

Hypotheca (n.) An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.

Hypothecated (imp. & p. p.) of Hypothecate

Hypothecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hypothecate

Hypothecate (v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.

Hypothecation (n.) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.

Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.

Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

Hypothenal (a.) Alt. of Hypothenar

Hypothenar (a.) Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.

Hypothenar (n.) The hypothenar eminence.

Hypothenusal (a.) Of or pertaining to hypothenuse.

Hypothenuse (n.) Same as Hypotenuse.

Hypotheses (pl. ) of Hypothesis

Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.

Hypothesis (n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.

Hypothetic (a.) Alt. of Hypothetical

Hypothetical (a.) Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.

Hypothetist (n.) One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.

Hypotrachelium (n.) Same as Gorgerin.

Hypotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body.

Hypotrochoid (n.) A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.

Hypotyposis (n.) A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

Hypoxanthin (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.

Hypozoic (a.) Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains.

Hyppish (a.) Affected with hypochondria; hypped.

Hyppogriff (n.) See Hyppogriff.

Hypsiloid (a.) Resembling the Greek letter / in form; hyoid.

Hypsometer (n.) An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.

Hypsometric (a.) Alt. of Hypsometrical

Hypsometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to hypsometry.

Hypsometry (n.) That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively.

Hypural (a.) Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.

Hyracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hyracoidea.

Hyracoid (n.) One of the Hyracoidea.

Hyracoidea (n. pl.) An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.

Hyrax (n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.

Hyrcanian (a.) Alt. of Hyrcan

Hyrcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea.

Hyrse (n.) Millet.

Hyrst (n.) A wood. See Hurst.

Hyson (n.) A fragrant kind of green tea.

Hyssop (n.) A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.

Hysteranthous (a.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.

Hysteresis (n.) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.

Hysteria (n.) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.

Hysteric (a.) Alt. of Hysterical

Hysterical (a.) Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; convulsive, fitful.

Hysterics (n. pl.) Hysteria.

Hysteroepilepsy (n.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body.

Hysterogenic (a.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria.

Hysterology (n.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.

Hysteron proteron () A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."

Hysteron proteron () An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.

Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter.

Hysterotomy (n.) The Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

Hystricine (a.) Like or pertaining to the porcupines.

Hystricomorphous (a.) Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.

Hystrix (n.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

Hythe (n.) A small haven. See Hithe.

I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon.

I () In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.

I- (prefix.) See Y-.

We (pl. ) of I

Our (pl. ) of I

Ours (pl. ) of I

Us (pl. ) of I

I (object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

Iamatology (n.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

Iamb (n.) An iambus or iambic.

Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

Iambic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

Iambic (n.) An iambic foot; an iambus.

Iambic (n.) A verse composed of iambic feet.

Iambic (n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Iambical (a.) Iambic.

Iambically (adv.) In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

Iambize (v. t.) To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

Iambi (pl. ) of Iambus

Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambus

Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

Ianthinae (pl. ) of Ianthina

Ianthinas (pl. ) of Ianthina

Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.

Iatraliptic (a.) Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method.

Iatric (a.) Alt. of Iatrical

Iatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.

Iatrochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

Iatrochemist (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

Iatrochemistry (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

Iatromathematical (a.) Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.

Iatromathematician (n.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.

Iberian (a.) Of or pertaining to Iberia.

Ibexes (pl. ) of Ibex

Ibices (pl. ) of Ibex

Ibex (n.) One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

Ibidem (adv.) In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.

Ibis (n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.

-ible () See -able.

-ic () A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

-ic () A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.

Icarian (a.) Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

Ice (n.) Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4¡ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

Ice (n.) Concreted sugar.

Ice (n.) Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.

Ice (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.

Iced (imp. & p. p.) of Ice

Icing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ice

Ice (v. t.) To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

Ice (v. t.) To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.

Ice (v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

Icebird (n.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

Icebound (a.) Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.

Ice-built (a.) Composed of ice.

Ice-built (a.) Loaded with ice.

Iced (a.) Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.

Iced (a.) Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.

Icefall (n.) A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.

Icelander (n.) A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.

Icelandic (a.) Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.

Icelandic (n.) The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.

Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.

Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.

Icemen (pl. ) of Iceman

Iceman (n.) A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.

Iceman (n.) One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.

Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.

Ich (pron.) I.

Ichneumon (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.

Ichneumon (n.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.

Ichneumonidan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon flies.

Ichneumonidan (n.) One of the Ichneumonidae.

Ichneumonides (n. pl.) The ichneumon flies.

Ichnite (n.) A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.

Ichnographic (a.) Alt. of Ichnographical

Ichnographical (a.) Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.

Ichnography (n.) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

Ichnolite (n.) A fossil footprint; an ichnite.

Ichnolithology (n.) Same as Ichnology.

Ichnological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichnology.

Ichnology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

Ichnoscopy (n.) The search for the traces of anything.

Ichor (n.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Ichor (n.) A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.

Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.

Ichorous (a.) Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.

Ichthidin (n.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

Ichthin (n.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.

Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.

Ichthus (n.) In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words /, /, / /, /, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.

Ichthyic (a.) Like, or pertaining to, fishes.

Ichthyocol (n.) Alt. of Ichthyocolla

Ichthyocolla (n.) Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.

Ichthyocoprolite (n.) Fossil dung of fishes.

Ichthyodorulite (n.) One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.

Ichthyography (n.) A treatise on fishes.

Ichthyoid (a.) Alt. of Ichthyoidal

Ichthyoidal (a.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.

Ichthyolatry (n.) Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.

Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.

Ichthyologic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyological

Ichthyological (a.) Of or pertaining to ichthyology.

Ichthyologist (n.) One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.

Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Ichthyomancy (n.) Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.

Ichthyomorpha (n. pl.) The Urodela.

Ichthyomorphic (a.) Alt. of Ichthyomorphous

Ichthyomorphous (a.) Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.

Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish.

Ichthyophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, fish.

Ichthyohagy (n.) The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.

Ichthyophthalmite (n.) See Apophyllite.

Ichthyophthira (n. pl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.

Ichthyopsida (n. pl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.

Ichthyopterygia (n. pl.) See Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.

Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.

Ichthyosaur (n.) One of the Ichthyosaura.

Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.

Ichthyosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosaurian (n.) One of the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosauri (pl. ) of Ichthyosaurus

Ichthyosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.

Ichthyosis (n.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin.

Ichthyotomist (n.) One skilled in ichthyotomy.

Ichthyoomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of fishes.

Ichthys (n.) Same as Ichthus.

Icicle (n.) A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.

Icicled (a.) Having icicles attached.

Icily (adv.) In an icy manner; coldly.

Iciness (n.) The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.

Icing (n.) A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.

Ickle (n.) An icicle.

Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Iconical (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

Iconism (n.) The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.

Iconize (v. t.) To form an image or likeness of.

Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Iconoclast (n.) A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.

Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.

Iconodule (n.) Alt. of Iconodulist

Iconodulist (n.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast.

Iconographer (n.) A maker of images.

Iconographic (a.) Of or pertaining to iconography.

Iconographic (a.) Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia.

Iconography (n.) The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

Iconography (n.) The study of representative art in general.

Iconolater (n.) One who worships images.

Iconolatry (n.) The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

Iconomachy (n.) Hostility to images as objects of worship.

Iconomical (a.) Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship.

Iconophilist (n.) A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.

Icosahedral (a.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.

Icosahedron (n.) A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.

Icosandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Icosandrian (a.) Alt. of Icosandrous

Icosandrous (a.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Icositetrahedron (n.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.

-ics () A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics, politics, athletics.

Icteric (n.) A remedy for the jaundice.

Icteric (a.) Alt. of Icterical

Icterical (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.

Icterical (a.) Good against the jaundice.

Icteritious (a.) Alt. of Icteritous

Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.

Icteroid (a.) Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.

Icterus (a.) The jaundice.

Ictic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt.

Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

Ictus (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

Icy (superl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

Icy (superl.) Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.

Icy-pearled (a.) Spangled with ice.

I'd () A contraction from I would or I had.

Id (n.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.

Idalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.

Ide (n.) Same as Id.

-ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.

Ideas (pl. ) of Idea

Idea (n.) The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.

Idea (n.) A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.

Idea (n.) Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.

Idea (n.) A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.

Idea (n.) A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.

Idea (n.) A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.

Idea (n.) A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.

Ideal (a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

Ideal (a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.

Ideal (a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.

Ideal (a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.

Ideal (a.) Imaginary.

Ideal (n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.

Idealess (a.) Destitute of an idea.

Idealism (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.

Idealism (n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.

Idealism (n.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.

Idealist (n.) One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.

Idealist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

Idealistic (a.) Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

Idealities (pl. ) of Ideality

Ideality (n.) The quality or state of being ideal.

Ideality (n.) The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.

Ideality (n.) The conceptive faculty.

Idealization (n.) The act or process of idealizing.

Idealization (n.) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Idealized (imp. & p. p.) of Idealize

Idealizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize

Idealize (v. t.) To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.

Idealize (v. t.) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.

Idealize (v. i.) To form ideals.

Idealizer (n.) An idealist.

Ideally (adv.) In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.

Idealogic (a.) Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.

Idealogue (n.) One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.

Ideat (n.) Alt. of Ideate

Ideate (n.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

Ideate (v. t.) To form in idea; to fancy.

Ideate (v. t.) To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.

Ideation (n.) The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.

Ideational (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.

Idem (pron. / adj.) The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.

Identic (a.) Identical.

Identical (a.) The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.

Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.

Identically (adv.) In an identical manner; with respect to identity.

Identicalness (n.) The quality or state of being identical; sameness.

Identifiable (a.) Capable of being identified.

Identification (n.) The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

Identified (imp. & p. p.) of Identify

Identifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Identify

Identify (v. t.) To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.

Identify (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.

Identify (v. i.) To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.

Identism (n.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system / doctrine of identity.

Identities (pl. ) of Identity

Identity (n.) The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

Identity (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

Identity (n.) An identical equation.

Ideo- () A combining form from the Gr. /, an idea.

Ideogenical (a.) Of or relating to ideology.

Ideogeny (n.) The science which treats of the origin of ideas.

Ideogram (n.) An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.

Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc.

Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.

Ideograph (n.) Same as Ideogram.

Ideographic (a.) Alt. of Ideographical

Ideographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself.

Ideographics (n.) The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.

Ideography (n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.

Ideological (a.) Of or pertaining to ideology.

Ideologist (n.) One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

Ideology (n.) The science of ideas.

Ideology (n.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.

Ideo-motion (n.) An ideo-motor movement.

Ideo-motor (a.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.

Ides (n. pl.) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

Idio- () A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.

Idioblast (n.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.

Idiocrasis (n.) Idiocracy.

Idiocrasies (pl. ) of Idiocracy

Idiocracy (n.) Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

Idiocratic (a.) Alt. of Idiocratical

Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

Idiocy (n.) The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.

Idiocyclophanous (a.) Same as Idiophanous.

Idioelectric (a.) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.

Idioelectric (n.) An idioelectric substance.

Idiograph (n.) A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.

Idiographic (a.) Alt. of Idiographical

Idiographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an idiograph.

Idiolatry (n.) Self-worship; excessive self-esteem.

Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.

Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Idiomatic (a.) Alt. of Idiomatical

Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase.

Idiomorphic (a.) Idiomorphous.

Idiomorphous (a.) Having a form of its own.

Idiomorphous (a.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.

Idiomuscular (a.) Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

Idiopathetic (a.) Idiopathic.

Idiopathic (a.) Alt. of Idiopathical

Idiopathical (a.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.

Idiopathies (pl. ) of Idiopathy

Idiopathy (n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.

Idiopathy (n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.

Idiophanous (a.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.

Idioplasm (n.) Same as Idioplasma.

Idioplasma (n.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.

Idiorepulsive (a.) Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.

Idiosyncrasies (pl. ) of Idiosyncrasy

Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.

Idiosyncratic (a.) Alt. of Idiosyncratical

Idiosyncratical (a.) Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.

Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.

Idiot (n.) An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.

Idiot (n.) A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.

Idiot (n.) A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.

Idiotcy (n.) Idiocy.

Idioted (a.) Rendered idiotic; befooled.

Idiothermic (a.) Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.

Idiotic (a.) Alt. of Idiotical

Idiotical (a.) Common; simple.

Idiotical (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.

Idiotically (adv.) In a idiotic manner.

Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.

Idiotish (a.) Like an idiot; foolish.

Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language.

Idiotism (n.) Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.

Idiotize (v. i.) To become stupid.

Idiotry (n.) Idiocy.

Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

Idle (superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

Idled (imp. & p. p.) of Idle

Idling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idle

Idle (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Idle-headed (a.) Foolish; stupid.

Idle-headed (a.) Delirious; infatuated.

Idleness (n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

Idle-pated (a.) Idle-headed; stupid.

Idler (n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.

Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

Idless (n.) Alt. of Idlesse

Idlesse (n.) Idleness.

Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.

Idocrase (n.) Same as Vesuvianite.

Idol (n.) An image or representation of anything.

Idol (n.) An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.

Idol (n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.

Idol (n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

Idolastre (n.) An idolater.

Idolater (n.) A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.

Idolater (n.) An adorer; a great admirer.

Idolatress (n.) A female worshiper of idols.

Idolatrical (a.) Idolatrous.

Idolatrized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolatrize

Idolatrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolatrize

Idolatrize (v. i.) To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.

Idolatrize (v. t.) To make in idol of; to idolize.

Idolatrous (a.) Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.

Idolatrous (a.) Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

Idolatrously (adv.) In a idolatrous manner.

Idolatries (pl. ) of Idolatry

Idolatry (n.) The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.

Idolatry (n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.

Idolish (a.) Idolatrous.

Idolism (n.) The worship of idols.

Idolist (n.) A worshiper of idols.

Idolized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolize

Idolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolize

Idolize (v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

Idolize (v. t.) To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

Idolize (v. i.) To practice idolatry.

Idolizer (n.) One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.

Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.

Idolographical (a.) Descriptive of idols.

Idolous (a.) Idolatrous.

Idoneous (a.) Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate.

Idorgan (n.) A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.

Idrialine (n.) Alt. of Idrialite

Idrialite (n.) A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

Idumean (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.

Idumean (n.) An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.

Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.

Idyllic (a.) Of or belonging to idyls.

I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.

If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.

If (conj.) Whether; -- in dependent questions.

I' faith () In faith; indeed; truly.

Ifere (a.) Together.

Igasuric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.

Igasurine (n.) An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.

Igloo (n.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.

Ignatius bean () See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.

Igneous (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.

Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.

Ignescent (a.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.

Ignicolist (n.) A worshiper of fire.

Igniferous (a.) Producing fire.

Ignifluous (a.) Flowing with fire.

Ignified (imp. & p. p.) of Ignify

Ignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignify

Ignify (v. t.) To form into fire.

Ignigenous (a.) Produced by the action of fire, as lava.

Ignipotence (n.) Power over fire.

Ignipotent (a.) Presiding over fire; also, fiery.

Ignes fatui (pl. ) of Ignis fatuus

Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.

Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.

Ignited (imp. & p. p.) of Ignite

Igniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignite

Ignite (v. t.) To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

Ignite (v. t.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

Ignite (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn.

Ignitible (a.) Capable of being ignited.

Ignition (n.) The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

Ignition (n.) The state of being ignited or kindled.

Ignitor (n.) One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.

Ignivomous (a.) Vomiting fire.

Ignobility (n.) Ignobleness.

Ignoble (a.) Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.

Ignoble (a.) Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.

Ignoble (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Ignoble (v. t.) To make ignoble.

Ignobleness (n.) State or quality of being ignoble.

Ignobly (adv.) In an ignoble manner; basely.

Ignominious (a.) Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful.

Ignominious (a.) Deserving ignominy; despicable.

Ignominious (a.) Humiliating; degrading; as, an ignominious judgment or sentence.

Ignominiously (adv.) In an ignominious manner; disgracefully; shamefully; ingloriously.

Ignominies (pl. ) of Ignominy

Ignominy (n.) Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.

Ignominy (n.) An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Ignomy (n.) Ignominy.

Ignoramus (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.

Ignoramuses (pl. ) of Ignoramus

Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

Ignorance (n.) The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.

Ignorant (a.) Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.

Ignorant (a.) Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.

Ignorant (a.) Unknown; undiscovered.

Ignorant (a.) Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

Ignorant (n.) A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.

Ignorantism (n.) The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.

Ignorantist (n.) One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.

Ignorantly (adv.) In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently.

Ignored (imp. & p. p.) of Ignore

Ignoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignore

Ignore (v. t.) To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

Ignore (v. t.) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.

Ignore (v. t.) Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.

Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.

Ignote (a.) Unknown.

Ignote (n.) One who is unknown.

Iguana (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.

Iguanian (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.

Iguanid (a.) Same as Iguanoid.

Iguanodon (n.) A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

Iguanodont (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon.

Iguanoid (a.) Pertaining to the Iguanidae.

Ihlang-ihlang (n.) A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree.

Ihram (n.) The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.

Ik (pron.) I.

Il- () A form of the prefix in-, not, and in-, among. See In-.

Ile (n.) Ear of corn.

Ile (n.) An aisle.

Ile (n.) An isle.

Ileac (a.) Pertaining to the ileum.

Ileac (a.) See Iliac, 1.

Ileocaecal (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and caecum.

Ileocolic (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

Ileum (n.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

Ileum (n.) See Ilium.

Ileus (n.) A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, / iliac, passion.

Ilex (n.) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).

Ilex (n.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.

Iliac (a.) Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.

Iliac (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.

Iliac (a.) See Ileac, 1.

Iliacal (a.) Iliac.

liad (n.) A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

Ilial (a.) Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.

Iliche (adv.) Alike.

Ilicic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the holly (Ilex), and allied plants; as, ilicic acid.

Ilicin (n.) The bitter principle of the holly.

Ilio- () A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.

Iliofemoral (a.) Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

Iliolumbar (a.) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.

Iliopsoas (n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.

Ilium (n.) The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

Ilixanthin (n.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.

Ilk (a.) Same; each; every.

Ilke (a.) Same.

Ilkon (pron.) Alt. of Ilkoon

Ilkoon (pron.) Each one; every one.

Ill (a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.

Ill (a.) Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.

Ill (a.) Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.

Ill (a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.

Ill (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.

Ill (n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.

Ill (adv.) In a ill manner; badly; weakly.

I' ll () Contraction for I will or I shall.

Illabile (a.) Incapable of falling or erring; infalliable.

Illacerable (a.) Not lacerable; incapable of being torn or rent.

Illacrymable (a.) Incapable of weeping.

Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error.

Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illapse

Illapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illapse

Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack.

Illaqueable (a.) Capable of being insnared or entrapped.

Illaqueated (imp. & p. p.) of Illaqueate

Illaqueating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illaqueate

Illaqueate (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Illaqueation (n.) The act of catching or insnaring.

Illaqueation (n.) A snare; a trap.

Illation (n.) The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.

Illative (a.) Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.

Illative (n.) An illative particle, as for, because.

Illatively (adv.) By inference; as an illative; in an illative manner.

Illaudable (a.) Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation.

Ill-boding (a.) Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.

Ill-bred (a.) Badly educated or brought up; impolite; incivil; rude. See Note under Ill, adv.

Illecebration (n.) Allurement.

Illecebrous (a.) Alluring; attractive; enticing.

Illegal (a.) Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.

Illegalities (pl. ) of Illegality

Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

Illegalized (imp. & p. p.) of Illegalize

Illegalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illegalize

Illegalize (v. t.) To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

Illegally (adv.) In a illegal manner; unlawfully.

Illegalness (n.) Illegality, unlawfulness.

Illegibility (n.) The state or quality of being illegible.

Illegible (a.) Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.

Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.

Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference.

Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word.

Illegitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Illegitimate

Illegitimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illegitimate

Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.

Illegitimation (n.) The act of illegitimating; bastardizing.

Illegitimation (n.) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.

Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

Illesive (a.) Not injurious; harmless.

Illeviable (a.) Not leviable; incapable of being imposed, or collected.

Ill-favored (a.) Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.

Illiberal (a.) Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

Illiberal (a.) Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

Illiberal (a.) Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.

Illiberalism (n.) Illiberality.

Illiberality (n.) The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.

Illiberalized (imp. & p. p.) of Illiberalize

Illiberalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illiberalize

Illiberalize (v. t.) To make illiberal.

Illiberally (adv.) In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

Illiberalness (n.) The state of being illiberal; illiberality.

Illicit (a.) Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.

Illicitous (a.) Illicit.

Illicium (n.) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.

Illighten (v. t.) To enlighten.

Illimitable (a.) Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space.

Illimitation (n.) State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation.

Illimited (a.) Not limited; interminable.

Illinition (n.) A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment.

Illinition (n.) A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.

Illinois (n.sing. & pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

Illiquation (n.) The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.

Illish (a.) Somewhat ill.

Illision (n.) The act of dashing or striking against.

Illiteracies (pl. ) of Illiteracy

Illiteracy (n.) The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

Illiteracy (n.) An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

Illiteral (a.) Not literal.

Illiterate (a.) Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Illiterature (n.) Want of learning; illiteracy.

Ill-judged (a.) Not well judged; unwise.

Ill-lived (a.) Leading a wicked life.

Ill-looking (a.) Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.

Ill-mannered (a.) Impolite; rude.

Ill-minded (a.) Ill-disposed.

Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

Ill-natured (a.) Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful.

Ill-natured (a.) Intractable; not yielding to culture.

Illness (n.) The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness.

Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

Illness (n.) Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.

Ill-nurtured (a.) Ill-bred.

Illocality (n.) Want of locality or place.

Illogical (a.) Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference.

Ill-omened (a.) Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under Ill, adv.

Ill-starred (a.) Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day.

Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

Ill-tempered (a.) Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.

Ill-timed (a.) Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.

Illtreat (v. t.) To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

Illuded (imp. & p. p.) of Illude

Illuding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illude

Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Illumed (imp. & p. p.) of Illume

Illuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illume

Illume (v. t.) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.

Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.

Illuminant (n.) That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants.

Illuminary (a.) Illuminative.

Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminate

Illuminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illuminate

Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

Illuminate (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.

Illuminate (v. t.) To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

Illuminate (v. t.) To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

Illuminate (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.

Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.

Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Illuminati (v. t.) Literally, those who are enlightened

Illuminati (v. t.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.

Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.

Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years.

Illuminati (v. t.) An obscure sect of French Familists;

Illuminati (v. t.) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;

Illuminati (v. t.) The Rosicrucians.

Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

Illuminating (a.) Giving or producing light; used for illumination.

Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

Illumination (n.) Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

Illumination (n.) Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.

Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.

Illumination (v. t.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.

Illuminatism (n.) Illuminism.

Illuminative (a.) Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.

Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Illuminator (v. t.) A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.

Illumine (v. t.) To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.

Illuminee (n.) One of the Illuminati.

Illuminer (n.) One who, or that which, illuminates.

Illuminism (n.) The principles of the Illuminati.

Illuministic (a.) Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.

Illuminized (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminize

Illuminizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illuminize

Illuminize (v. t.) To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

Illuminous (a.) Bright; clear.

Illure (v. t.) To deceive; to entice; to lure.

Ill-used (a.) Misapplied; treated badly.

Illusion (n.) An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

Illusion (n.) Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.

Illusion (n.) A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.

Illusionable (a.) Liable to illusion.

Illusionist (n.) One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

Illusive (a.) Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.

Illusively (adv.) In a illusive manner; falsely.

Illusiveness (n.) The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.

Illusory (a.) Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

Illustrable (a.) Capable of illustration.

Illustrated (imp. & p. p.) of Illustrate

Illustrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illustrate

Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, bright, or luminous.

Illustrate (v. t.) To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.

Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

Illustrate (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

Illustrate (v. t.) To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

Illustrate (a.) Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.

Illustration (n.) The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Illustration (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

Illustration (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Illustrative (a.) Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.

Illustrative (a.) Making illustrious.

Illustratively (adv.) By way of illustration or elucidation.

Illustrator (n.) One who illustrates.

Illustratory (a.) Serving to illustrate.

Illustrious (a.) Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid.

Illustrious (a.) Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished.

Illustrious (a.) Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles.

Illustriously (adv.) In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously.

Illustriousness (n.) The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame.

Illustrous (a.) Without luster.

Illutation (n.) The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.

Illuxurious (a.) Not luxurious.

Ill-will () See under Ill, a.

Ill-wisher (n.) One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.

Ilmenite (n.) Titanic iron. See Menaccanite.

Ilmenium (n.) A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann.

Ilvaite (n.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.

I'm () A contraction of I am.

Im- () A form of the prefix in- not, and in- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank, imbitter.

Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.

Image (n.) Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.

Image (n.) Show; appearance; cast.

Image (n.) A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.

Image (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

Image (n.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

Imaged (imp. & p. p.) of Image

Imaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Image

Image (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

Image (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.

Imageable (a.) That may be imaged.

Imageless (a.) Having no image.

Imager (n.) One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.

Imagery (n.) The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

Imagery (n.) Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

Imagery (n.) The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Imaginability (n.) Capacity for imagination.

Imaginable (a.) Capable of being imagined; conceivable.

Imaginal (a.) Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.

Imaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to an imago.

Imaginant (a.) Imagining; conceiving.

Imaginant (n.) An imaginer.

Imaginarily (a.) In a imaginary manner; in imagination.

Imaginariness (n.) The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality.

Imaginary (a.) Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.

Imaginary (n.) An imaginary expression or quantity.

Imaginate (a.) Imaginative.

Imagination (n.) The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.

Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

Imagination (n.) The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.

Imagination (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Imaginational (a.) Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.

Imaginationalism (n.) Idealism.

Imaginative (a.) Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.

Imaginative (a.) Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.

Imaginative (a.) Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.

Imagined (imp. & p. p.) of Imagine

Imagining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imagine

Imagine (v. t.) To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.

Imagine (v. t.) To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.

Imagine (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

Imagine (v. i.) To think; to suppose.

Imaginer (n.) One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.

Imaginous (a.) Imaginative.

Imagoes (pl. ) of Imago

Imago (n.) An image.

Imago (n.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

Imam (n.) Alt. of Imaum

Iman (n.) Alt. of Imaum

Imaum (n.) Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.

Imaum (n.) A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.

Imaret (n.) A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.

Imbalm (v. t.) See Embalm.

Imban (v. t.) To put under a ban.

Imband (v. t.) To form into a band or bands.

Imbanked (imp. & p. p.) of Imbank

Imbanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbank

Imbank (v. t.) To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.

Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.

Imbannered (a.) Having banners.

Imbar (v. t.) To bar in; to secure.

Imbargo (n.) See Embargo.

Imbark (v. i. & t.) See Embark.

Imbarn (v. t.) To store in a barn.

Imbase (v. t.) See Embase.

Imbase (v. i.) To diminish in value.

Imbastardize (v. t.) To bastardize; to debase.

Imbathe (v. t.) To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce.

Imbay (v. t.) See Embay.

Imbecile (a.) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

Imbecile (n.) One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.

Imbecile (v. t.) To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.

Imbecilitate (v. t.) To weaken, as to the body or the mind; to enfeeble.

Imbecilities (pl. ) of Imbecility

Imbecility (n.) The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.

Imbedded (imp. & p. p.) of Imbed

Imbedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbed

Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

Imbellic (a.) Not warlike or martial.

Imbenching (n.) A raised work like a bench.

Imber-goose (n.) The loon. See Ember-goose.

Imbezzle (v. t.) See Embezzle.

Imbibed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbibe

Imbibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbibe

Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

Imbibe (v. t.) To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.

Imbibe (v. t.) To saturate; to imbue.

Imbiber (n.) One who, or that which, imbibes.

Imbibition (n.) The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

Imbittered (imp. & p. p.) of Imbitter

Imbittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbitter

Imbitter (v. t.) To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.

Imbitterer (n.) One who, or that which, imbitters.

Imbitterment (n.) The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.

Imblaze (v. t.) See Emblaze.

Imblazon (v. t.) See Emblazon.

Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.

Imboil (v. t. & i.) See Emboil.

Imbolden (v. t.) See Embolden.

Imbonity (n.) Want of goodness.

Imbordered (imp. & p. p.) of Imborder

Imbordering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imborder

Imborder (v. t.) To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of.

Imbosked (imp. & p. p.) of Imbosk

Imbosking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbosk

Imbosk (v. t.) To conceal, as in bushes; to hide.

Imbosk (v. i.) To be concealed.

Imbosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbosom

Imbosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbosom

Imbosom (v. t.) To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.

Imbosom (v. t.) To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove.

Imboss (v. t.) See Emboss.

Imbosture (n.) Embossed or raised work.

Imbound (v. t.) To inclose in limits; to shut in.

Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Imbowel (v. t.) See Embowel.

Imbower (v. t. & i.) See Embower.

Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.

Imbox (v. t.) To inclose in a box.

Imbracery (n.) Embracery.

Imbraid (v. t.) See Embraid.

Imbrangle (v. t.) To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.

Imbreed (v. t.) To generate within; to inbreed.

Imbricate (a.) Alt. of Imbricated

Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

Imbricated (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.

Imbricated (a.) In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.

Imbricate (v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.

Imbrication (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.

Imbricative (a.) Imbricate.

Imbrocadoes (pl. ) of Imbrocado

Imbrocado (n.) Cloth of silver or of gold.

Imbrocata (n.) Alt. of Imbroccata

Imbroccata (n.) A hit or thrust.

Imbroglios (pl. ) of Imbroglio

Imbroglio (n.) An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.

Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.

Imbureed (imp. & p. p.) of Imbrue

Imbureing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbrue

Imbrue (v. t.) To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood.

Imbruement (n.) The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued.

Imbruted (imp. & p. p.) of Imbrute

Imbruting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbrute

Imbrute (v. t.) To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.

Imbrute (v. i.) To sink to the state of a brute.

Imbrutement (n.) The act of imbruting, or the state of being imbruted.

Imbued (imp. & p. p.) of Imbue

Imbuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imbue

Imbue (v. t.) To tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

Imbue (v. t.) To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.

Imbuement (n.) The act of imbuing; the state of being imbued; hence, a deep tincture.

Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money.

Imbursement (n.) The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.

Imbursement (n.) Money laid up in stock.

Imbution (n.) An imbuing.

Imesatin (n.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.

Imide (n.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimide.

Imido (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group.

Imitability (n.) The quality of being imitable.

Imitable (a.) Capble of being imitated or copied.

Imitable (a.) Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.

Imitableness (n.) The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.

Imitancy (n.) Tendency to imitation.

Imitated (imp. & p. p.) of Imitate

Imitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imitate

Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.

Imitate (v. t.) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.

Imitate (v. t.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.

Imitation (n.) The act of imitating.

Imitation (n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.

Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.

Imitation (n.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Imitational (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.

Imitative (a.) Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.

Imitative (a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original.

Imitative (a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.

Imitative (n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.

Imitater (n.) One who imitates.

Imitatorship (n.) The state or office of an imitator.

Imitatress (n.) A woman who is an imitator.

Imitatrix (n.) An imitatress.

Immaculate (a.) Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

Immailed (a.) Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor.

Immalleable (a.) Not maleable.

Immanacled (imp. & p. p.) of Immanacle

Immanacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immanacle

Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.

Immanation (n.) A flowing or entering in; -- opposed to emanation.

Immane (a.) Very great; huge; vast; also, monstrous in character; inhuman; atrocious; fierce.

Immanence (n.) Alt. of Immanency

Immanency (n.) The condition or quality of being immanent; inherence; an indwelling.

Immanent (a.) Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective.

Immanifest (a.) Not manifest.

Immanity (n.) The state or quality of being immane; barbarity.

Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.

Immanuel (n.) God with us; -- an appellation of the Christ.

Immarcescible (a.) Unfading; lasting.

Immarcescibly (adv.) Unfadingly.

Immarginate (a.) Not having a distinctive margin or border.

Immartial (a.) Not martial; unwarlike.

Immask (v. t.) To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal.

Immatchable (a.) Matchless; peerless.

Immaterial (a.) Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

Immaterial (a.) Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.

Immaterialism (n.) The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.

Immaterialism (n.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.

Immaterialist (n.) One who believes in or professes, immaterialism.

Immaterialities (pl. ) of Immateriality

Immateriality (n.) The state or quality of being immaterial or incorporeal; as, the immateriality of the soul.

Immaterialize (v. t.) To render immaterial or incorporeal.

Immaterially (adv.) In an immaterial manner; without matter or corporeal substance.

Immaterially (adv.) In an unimportant manner or degree.

Immaterialness (n.) The state or quality of being immaterial; immateriality.

Immateriate (a.) Immaterial.

Immature (a.) Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

Immature (a.) Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.

Immatured (a.) Immature.

Immaturely (adv.) In an immature manner.

Immatureness (n.) The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.

Immaturity (n.) The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

Immeability (n.) Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness.

Immeasurability (n.) The quality of being immeasurable; immensurability.

Immeasurable (a.) Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast.

Immeasurableness (n.) The state or quality of being immeasurable.

Immeasurably (adv.) In an immeasurable manner or degree.

Immeasured (a.) Immeasurable.

Immechanical (a.) Not mechanical.

Immediacy (n.) The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.

Immediate (a.) Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact.

Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.

Immediate (a.) Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceived, or produced, directly; as, an immediate cause.

Immediately (adv.) In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.

Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

Immediately (adv.) As soon as. Cf. Directly, 8, Note.

Immediateness (n.) The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.

Immedeatism (n.) Immediateness.

Immedicable (a.) Not to be healed; incurable.

Immelodious (a.) Not melodious.

Immemorable (a.) Not memorable; not worth remembering.

Immemorial (a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial.

Immemorially (adv.) Beyond memory.

Immense (a.) Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge.

Immensely (adv.) In immense manner or degree.

Immenseness (n.) The state of being immense.

Immensible (a.) Immeasurable.

Immensities (pl. ) of Immensity

Immensity (n.) The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.

Immensive (a.) Huge.

Immensurability (n.) The quality of being immensurable.

Immensurable (a.) Immeasurable.

Immensurate (a.) Unmeasured; unlimited.

Immerged (imp. & p. p.) of Immerge

Immerging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immerge

Immerge (v. t.) To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.

Immerge (v. i.) To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun.

Immerit (n.) Want of worth; demerit.

Immerited (a.) Unmerited.

Immeritous (a.) Undeserving.

Immersable (a.) See Immersible.

Immerse (a.) Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

Immersed (imp. & p. p.) of Immerse

Immersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immerse

Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.

Immerse (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.

Immerse (v. t.) To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

Immersed (p. p. & a.) Growing wholly under water.

Immersible (a.) Capable of being immersed.

Immersible (a.) Not capable of being immersed.

Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

Immersion (n.) Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.

Immersion (n.) The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.

Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion.

Immersionist (n.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.

Immeshed (imp. & p. p.) of Immesh

Immeshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immesh

Immesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare.

Immethodical (a.) Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused.

Immethodically (adv.) Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

Immethodicalness (n.) Want of method.

Immethodize (v. t.) To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse.

Immetrical (a.) Not metrical or rhythmical.

Immew (v. t.) See Emmew.

Immigrant (n.) One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.

Immigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Immigrate

Immigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immigrate

Immigrate (v. t.) To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate.

Immigration (n.) The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Imminence (n.) The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.

Imminence (n.) That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.

Imminent (a.) Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.

Imminent (a.) Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.

Imminent (a.) (With upon) Bent upon; attentive to.

Imminently (adv.) In an imminent manner.

Immingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend.

Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.

Immiscibility (n.) Incapability of being mixed, or mingled.

Immiscible (a.) Not capable of being mixed or mingled.

Immission (n.) The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection; -- the correlative of emission.

Immitted (imp. & p. p.) of Immit

Immiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immit

Immit (v. t.) To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.

Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased.

Immitigably (adv.) In an immitigable manner.

Immix (v. t.) To mix; to mingle.

Immixable (a.) Not mixable.

Immixed (a.) Unmixed.

Immixture (n.) Freedom from mixture; purity.

Immobile (a.) Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.

Immobility (n.) The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.

Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

Immoble (a.) See Immobile.

Immoderacy (n.) Immoderateness.

Immoderancy (n.) Immoderateness; excess.

Immoderate (a.) Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.

Immoderately (adv.) In an immoderate manner; excessively.

Immoderateness (n.) The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.

Immoderation (n.) Want of moderation.

Immodest (a.) Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.

Immodest (a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.

Immodestly (adv.) In an immodest manner.

Immodesty (n.) Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.

Immolated (imp. & p. p.) of Immolate

Immolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immolate

Immolate (v. t.) To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.

Immolation (n.) The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

Immolation (n.) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Immolator (n.) One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.

Immold (v. t.) Alt. of Immould

Immould (v. t.) To mold into shape, or form.

Immoment (a.) Trifling.

Immomentous (a.) Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.

Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

Immoralities (pl. ) of Immorality

Immorality (n.) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

Immorality (n.) An immoral act or practice.

Immorally (adv.) In an immoral manner; wickedly.

Immorigerous (a.) Rude; uncivil; disobedient.

Immortal (a.) Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.

Immortal (a.) Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.

Immortal (a.) Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.

Immortal (a.) Great; excessive; grievous.

Immortal (n.) One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation.

Immortalist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.

Immortalities (pl. ) of Immortality

Immortality (n.) The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.

Immortality (n.) Exemption from oblivion; perpetuity; as, the immortality of fame.

Immortalization (n.) The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.

Immortalized (imp. & p. p.) of Immortalize

Immortalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immortalize

Immortalize (v. t.) To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.

Immortalize (v. t.) To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.

Immortalize (v. i.) To become immortal.

Immortally (adv.) In an immortal manner.

Immortelles (pl. ) of Immortelle

Immortelle (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.

Immovability (n.) The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.

Immovable (a.) Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.

Immovable (a.) Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.

Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.

Immovable (a.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.

Immovable (n.) That which can not be moved.

Immovable (n.) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.

Immovableness (n.) Quality of being immovable.

Immovably (adv.) In an immovable manner.

Immund (a.) Unclean.

Immundicity (n.) Uncleanness; filthness.

Immune (a.) Exempt; protected by inoculation.

Immunities (pl. ) of Immunity

Immunity (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.

Immunity (a.) Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.

Immured (imp. & p. p.) of Immure

Immuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Immure

Immure (v. t.) To wall around; to surround with walls.

Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.

Immure (n.) A wall; an inclosure.

Immurement (n.) The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

Immusical (a.) Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.

Immutability (n.) The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.

Immutable (a.) Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable.

Immutate (a.) Unchanged.

Immutation (n.) Change; alteration; mutation.

Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.

Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.

Imp (n.) An offspring; progeny; child; scion.

Imp (n.) A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker.

Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line.

Imped (imp. & p. p.) of Imp

Imping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imp

Imp (n.) To graft; to insert as a scion.

Imp (n.) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip.

Impacable (a.) Not to be appeased or quieted.

Impackment (n.) The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice.

Impacted (imp. & p. p.) of Impact

Impacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impact

Impact (v. t.) To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

Impact (n.) Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.

Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.

Impacted (a.) Driven together or close.

Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.

Impaint (v. t.) To paint; to adorn with colors.

Impaired (imp. & p. p.) of Impair

Impairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impair

Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

Impair (v. t.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Impair (a.) Not fit or appropriate.

Impair (n.) Diminution; injury.

Impairer (n.) One who, or that which, impairs.

Impairment (n.) The state of being impaired; injury.

Impalatable (a.) Unpalatable.

Impaled (imp. & p. p.) of Impale

Impaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impale

Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.

Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.

Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.

Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.

Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.

Impalement (n.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.

Impalla (n.) The pallah deer of South Africa.

Impallid (v. t.) To make pallid; to blanch.

Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.

Impalpability (n.) The quality of being impalpable.

Impalpable (a.) Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal.

Impalpable (a.) Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.

Impalpably (adv.) In an impalpable manner.

Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Impanate (a.) Embodied in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

Impanated (imp. & p. p.) of Impanate

Impanating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impanate

Impanate (v. t.) To embody in bread, esp. in the bread of the eucharist.

Impanation (a.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.

Impanator (n.) One who holds the doctrine of impanation.

Impaneled (imp. & p. p.) of Impanel

Impanelled () of Impanel

Impaneling () of Impanel

Impanelling () of Impanel

Impanel (v. t.) To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.

Impanelment (n.) The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.

Imparadised (imp. & p. p.) of Imparadise

Imparadising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imparadise

Imparadise (v. t.) To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.

Imparalleled (a.) Unparalleled.

Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.

Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Imparisyllabic (a.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

Imparity (n.) Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.

Imparity (n.) Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.

Imparity (n.) Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.

Imparked (imp. & p. p.) of Impark

Imparking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impark

Impark (v. t.) To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.

Imparl (v. i.) To hold discourse; to parley.

Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.

Imparlance (n.) Mutual discourse; conference.

Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party.

Imparlance (n.) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.

Imparsonee (a.) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.

Imparsonee (n.) A clergyman so inducted.

Imparted (imp. & p. p.) of Impart

Imparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impart

Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.

Impart (n.) To obtain a share of; to partake of.

Impart (n.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.

Impart (v. i.) To give a part or share.

Impart (v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation.

Impartance (n.) Impartation.

Impartation (n.) The act of imparting, or the thing imparted.

Imparter (n.) One who imparts.

Impartial (a.) Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

Impartialist (n.) One who is impartial.

Impartiality (n.) The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.

Impartially (a.) In an impartial manner.

Impartialness (n.) Impartiality.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being impartible; communicability.

Impartibility (n.) The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility.

Impartible (a.) Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Impartible (a.) Not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible; as, an impartible estate.

Impartment (n.) The act of imparting, or that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed.

Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.

Impassibility (a.) The quality or condition of being impassible; insusceptibility of injury from external things.

Impassible (a.) Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.

Impassibleness (n.) Impassibility.

Impassion (v.) To move or affect strongly with passion.

Impassionable (a.) Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.

Impassionate (a.) Strongly affected.

Impassionate (v. t.) To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of.

Impassionate (a.) Without passion or feeling.

Impassioned (p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Impassive (a.) Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassivity (n.) The quality of being insusceptible of feeling, pain, or suffering; impassiveness.

Impastation (n.) The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

Impasted (imp. & p. p.) of Impaste

Impasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impaste

Impaste (v. t.) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.

Impaste (v. t.) To lay color on canvas by uniting them skillfully together. [R.] Cf. Impasto.

Impasting () The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

Impasto (n.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.

Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.

Impatible (a.) Not capable of being borne; impassible.

Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.

Impatiency (n.) Impatience.

Impatiens (n.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.

Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under.

Impatient (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Impatient (n.) One who is impatient.

Impatiently (adv.) In an impatient manner.

Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.

Impatronized (imp. & p. p.) of Impatronize

Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatronize

Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory.

Impave (v. t.) To pave.

Impavid (a.) Fearless.

Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impawn

Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impawn

Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.

Impeached (imp. & p. p.) of Impeach

Impeaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeach

Impeach (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

Impeach (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

Impeach (v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.

Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

Impeachable (a.) That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.

Impeacher (n.) One who impeaches.

Impeachment (n.) The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached

Impeachment (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.

Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration.

Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives.

Impearled (imp. & p. p.) of Impearl

Impearling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impearl

Impearl (v. t.) To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls.

Impearl (v. t.) To decorate as with pearls or with anything resembling pearls.

Impeccability (n.) the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense.

Impeccable (a.) Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

Impeccable (n.) One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.

Impeccancy (n.) Sinlessness.

Impeccant (a.) Sinless; impeccable.

Impecuniosity (n.) The state of being impecunious.

Impecunious (a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Impeded (imp. & p. p.) of Impede

Impeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impede

Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

Impedible (a.) Capable of being impeded or hindered.

Impediment (n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

Impediment (v. t.) To impede.

Impedimental (a.) Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.

Impedite (a.) Hindered; obstructed.

Impedite (v. t.) To impede.

Impedition (n.) A hindering; a hindrance.

Impeditive (a.) Causing hindrance; impeding.

Impelled (imp. & p. p.) of Impel

Impelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impel

Impel (v. t.) To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

Impellent (a.) Having the quality of impelling.

Impellent (n.) An impelling power or force.

Impeller (n.) One who, or that which, impels.

Impenned (imp. & p. p.) of Impen

Impent () of Impen

Impenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impen

Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen.

Impend (v. t.) To pay.

Impended (imp. & p. p.) of Impend

Impending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impend

Impend (v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.

Impendence (n.) Alt. of Impendency

Impendency (n.) The state of impending; also, that which impends.

Impendent (a.) Impending; threatening.

Impending (a.) Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening.

Impenetrability (n.) Quality of being impenetrable.

Impenetrability (n.) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space.

Impenetrability (n.) Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.

Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

Impenetrable (a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.

Impenetrable (a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.

Impenetrableness (n.) The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Impenitency (n.) Impenitence.

Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.

Impennate (n.) One of the Impennes.

Impennes (n. pl.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.

Impennous (a.) Having no wings, as some insects.

Impeopled (imp. & p. p.) of Impeople

Impeopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impeople

Impeople (v. t.) To people; to give a population to.

Imperant (a.) Commanding.

Imperate (a.) Done by express direction; not involuntary; communded.

Imperatival (a.) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

Imperative (a.) Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

Imperative (a.) Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

Imperative (n.) The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Imperatively (adv.) In an imperative manner.

Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Imperatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the title or office of imperator.

Imperatorian (a.) Imperial.

Imperatory (a.) Imperative.

Imperceivable (a.) Imperceptible.

Imperceived (a.) Not perceived.

Imperceptibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperceptible.

Imperceptible (a.) Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.

Imperception (n.) Want of perception.

Imperceptive (a.) Unable to perceive.

Impercipient (a.) Not perceiving, or not able to perceive.

Imperdibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperdible.

Imperdible (a.) Not destructible.

Imperfect (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

Imperfect (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.

Imperfect (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

Imperfect (v. t.) To make imperfect.

Imperfectibility (n.) The state or quality of being imperfectible.

Imperfectible (a.) Incapable of being mad perfect.

Imperfection (a.) The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

Imperfectness (n.) The state of being imperfect.

Imperforable (a.) Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

Imperforata (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Imperforate (a.) Alt. of Imperforated

Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.

Imperforation (n.) The state of being without perforation.

Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Imperial (a.) Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

Imperial (a.) Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

Imperial (n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

Imperial (n.) An outside seat on a diligence.

Imperial (n.) A luggage case on the top of a coach.

Imperial (n.) Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

Imperial (n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

Imperial (n.) A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

Imperialism (n.) The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

Imperialist (n.) One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

Imperialities (pl. ) of Imperiality

Imperiality (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiality (n.) An imperial right or privilegs. See Royalty.

Imperialized (imp. & p. p.) of Imperialize

Imperializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperialize

Imperialize (v. t.) To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire.

Imperially (adv.) In an imperial manner.

Imperially (n.) Imperial power.

Imperiled (imp. & p. p.) of Imperil

Imperilled () of Imperil

Imperiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imperil

Imperilling () of Imperil

Imperil (v. t.) To bring into peril; to endanger.

Imperilment (n.) The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.

Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Imperious (a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

Imperious (a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

Imperiously (adv.) In an imperious manner.

Imperiousnes (n.) The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.

Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.

Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

Imperiwigged (a.) Wearing a periwig.

Impermanence (n.) Alt. of Impermanency

Impermanency (n.) lack of permanence.

Impermanent (a.) Not permanent.

Impermeability (n.) The quality of being impermeable.

Impermeable (a.) Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.

Impermissible (a.) Not permissible.

Imperscrutable (a.) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.

Imperseverant (a.) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.

Impersonal (a.) Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

Impersonal (n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

Impersonality (n.) The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

Impersonally (adv.) In an impersonal manner.

Impersonated (imp. & p. p.) of Impersonate

Impersonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impersonate

Impersonate (v. t.) To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Impersonate (v. t.) To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.

Impersonate (v. t.) To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.

Impersonation (n.) Alt. of Impersonification

Impersonification (n.) The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

Impersonator (n.) One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

Imperspicuity (n.) Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

Imperspicuous (a.) Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

Impersuadable (a.) Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.

Impersuasible (a.) Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.

Impertinence (n.) The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

Impertinence (n.) Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.

Impertinence (n.) That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.

Impertinency (n.) Impertinence.

Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

Impertinent (a.) Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.

Impertinent (n.) An impertinent person.

Impertinently (adv.) In an impertinent manner.

Impertransibility (n.) The quality or state of being impertransible.

Impertransible (a.) Incapable of being passed through.

Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.

Imperturbably (adv.) In an imperturbable manner; calmly.

Imperturbation (n.) Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude.

Imperturbed (a.) Not perturbed.

Imperviability (n.) The quality of being imperviable.

Imperviable (a.) Not pervious; impervious.

Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.

Impery (n.) Empery.

Impest (v. t.) To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague.

Impester (v. t.) See Pester.

Impetiginous (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo.

Impetigo (n.) A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Impetrate (a.) Obtained by entreaty.

Impetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Impetrate

Impetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impetrate

Impetrate (v. t.) To obtain by request or entreaty.

Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.

Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.

Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.

Impetratory (a.) Containing or expressing entreaty.

Impetuosity (n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.

Impetuosity (n.) Vehemence, or furiousnes of temper.

Impetuous (a.) Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.

Impetuous (a.) Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.

Impetus (n.) A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.

Impetus (n.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

Impeyan pheasant () An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.

Imphee (n.) The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

Impictured (a.) Pictured; impressed.

Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.

Impierceable (a.) Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable.

Impieties (pl. ) of Impiety

Impiety (n.) The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.

Impiety (n.) An impious act; an act of wickednes.

Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.

Impignoration (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.

Imping (n.) The act or process of grafting or mending.

Imping (n.) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

Impinged (imp. & p. p.) of Impinge

Impinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impinge

Impinge (v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.

Impingement (n.) The act of impinging.

Impingent (a.) Striking against or upon.

Impinguate (v. t.) To fatten; to make fat.

Impinguation (n.) The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.

Impious (a.) Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.

Impire (n.) See Umpire.

Impishly (a.) Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.

Impishly (adv.) In the manner of an imp.

Imppiteous (a.) Pitiless; cruel.

Implacability (n.) The quality or state of being implacable.

Implacable (a.) Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

Implacable (a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.

Implacableness (n.) The quality of being implacable; implacability.

Implacably (adv.) In an implacable manner.

Implacental (a.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes.

Implacental (n.) A mammal having no placenta.

Implacentalia (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.

Implanted (imp. & p. p.) of Implant

Implanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implant

Implant (v. t.) To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.

Implantation (n.) The act or process of implantating.

Implated (imp. & p. p.) of Implate

Implating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implate

Implate (v. t.) To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron.

Implausibility (n.) Want of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.

Implausible (a.) Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.

Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.

Impleaded (imp. & p. p.) of Implead

Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implead

Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.

Implead (v. i.) To sue at law.

Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous.

Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Impleasing (a.) Unpleasing; displeasing.

Impledge (v. t.) To pledge.

Implement (n.) That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.

Implement (v. t.) To accomplish; to fulfill.

Implement (v. t.) To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.

Implement (v. t.) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.

Implemental (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

Impletion (n.) The act of filling, or the state of being full.

Impletion (n.) That which fills up; filling.

Implex (a.) Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.

Implexion (n.) Act of involving, or state of being involved; involution.

Impliable (a.) Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.

Implicated (imp. & p. p.) of Implicate

Implicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implicate

Implicate (v. t.) To infold; to fold together; to interweave.

Implicate (v. t.) To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

Implication (n.) The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

Implication (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Implicative (a.) Tending to implicate.

Implicatively (adv.) By implication.

Implicit (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.

Implicit (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.

Implicit (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.

Implicitly (adv.) In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.

Implicitly (adv.) By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.

Implicitness (n.) State or quality of being implicit.

Implicity (n.) Implicitness.

Implied (a.) Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

Impliedly (adv.) By implication or inference.

Imploded (a.) Formed by implosion.

Implodent (n.) An implosive sound.

Imploration (n.) The act of imploring; earnest supplication.

Implorator (n.) One who implores.

Imploratory (a.) Supplicatory; entreating.

Implored (imp. & p. p.) of Implore

Imploring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implore

Implore (v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought.

Implore (v. i.) To entreat; to beg; to prey.

Implore (n.) Imploration.

Implorer (n.) One who implores.

Imploring (a.) That implores; beseeching; entreating.

Implosion (n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.

Implosive (a.) Formed by implosion.

Implosive (n.) An implosive sound, an implodent.

Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.

Implunge (v. t.) To plunge.

Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.

Implied (imp. & p. p.) of Imply

Implying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imply

Imply (v. t.) To infold or involve; to wrap up.

Imply (v. t.) To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.

Imply (v. t.) To refer, ascribe, or attribute.

Impoison (v. t.) To poison; to imbitter; to impair.

Impoisoner (n.) A poisoner.

Impoisonment (n.) The act of poisoning or impoisoning.

Impolarily (adv.) Alt. of Impolarly

Impolarly (adv.) Not according to or in, the direction of the poles.

Impolicy (n.) The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.

Impolite (a.) Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure.

Impolitical (a.) Impolitic.

Impoliticly (adv.) In an impolitic manner.

Impoliticness (n.) The quality of being impolitic.

Imponderability (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness.

Imponderable (a.) Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Imponderable (n.) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

Imponderableness (n.) The quality or state of being imponderable.

Imponderous (a.) Imponderable.

Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.

Impoofo (n.) The eland.

Impoon (n.) The duykerbok.

Impoor (v. t.) To impoverish.

Imporosity (n.) The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.

Imporous (a.) Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.

Imported (imp. & p. p.) of Import

Importing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Import

Import (v. t.) To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

Import (v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.

Import (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.

Import (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

Import (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

Import (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

Import (n.) Importance; weight; consequence.

Importable (a.) Capable of being imported.

Importable (a.) Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.

Importance (n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

Importance (n.) Subject; matter.

Importance (n.) Import; meaning; significance.

Importance (n.) Importunity; solicitation.

Importancy (n.) Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.

Important (v. t.) Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

Important (v. t.) Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.

Important (v. t.) Bearing on; forcible; driving.

Important (v. t.) Importunate; pressing; urgent.

Importantly (adv.) In an important manner.

Importation (v. t.) The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.

Importation (v. t.) The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.

Importation (v. t.) That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

Importing (a.) Full of meaning.

Importless (a.) Void of meaning.

Importunable (a.) Heavy; insupportable.

Importunacy (n.) The quality of being importunate; importunateness.

Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.

Importunate (a.) Hard to be borne; unendurable.

Importunator (n.) One who importunes; an importuner.

Importunee (a.) Inopportune; unseasonable.

Importunee (a.) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.

Importuned (imp. & p. p.) of Importune

Importuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Importune

Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

Importune (a.) To import; to signify.

Importune (v. i.) To require; to demand.

Importunely (adv.) In an importune manner.

Importuner (n.) One who importunes.

Importunities (pl. ) of Importunity

Importunity (n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.

Importuous (a.) Without a port or harbor.

Imposable (a.) Capable of being imposed or laid on.

Imposableness (n.) Quality of being imposable.

Imposed (imp. & p. p.) of Impose

Imposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impose

Impose (v. t.) To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.

Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

Impose (v. t.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

Impose (v. i.) To practice trick or deception.

Impose (n.) A command; injunction.

Imposement (n.) Imposition.

Imposer (n.) One who imposes.

Imposing (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.

Imposing (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.

Imposing (a.) Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

Imposing (n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Imposingly (adv.) In an imposing manner.

Imposingness (n.) The quality of being imposing.

Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.

Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.

Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.

Imposition (n.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Impossibilities (pl. ) of Impossibility

Impossibility (n.) The quality of being impossible; impracticability.

Impossibility (n.) An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.

Impossibility (n.) Inability; helplessness.

Impossible (a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.

Impossible (n.) An impossibility.

Impossibly (adv.) Not possibly.

Impost (n.) That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.

Imposthumate (v. t.) To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess.

Imposthumated (imp. & p. p.) of Imposthumate

Imposthumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imposthumate

Imposthumate (v. t.) To affect with an imposthume or abscess.

Imposthumate (a.) Imposthumated.

Imposthumation (n.) The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.

Imposthumation (n.) An abscess; an imposthume.

Imposthume (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.

Imposthume (v. t. & i.) Same as Imposthumate.

Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.

Impostorship (n.) The condition, character, or practice of an impostor.

Impostress (n.) Alt. of Impostrix

Impostrix (n.) A woman who imposes upon or deceives others.

Impostrous (n.) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.

Imposturage (n.) Imposture; cheating.

Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

Impostured (a.) Done by imposture.

Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.

Impostury (n.) Imposture.

Impotence (n.) Alt. of Impotency

Impotency (n.) The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.

Impotency (n.) Want of self-restraint or self-control.

Impotency (n.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.

Impotent (a.) Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.

Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.

Impotent (a.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.

Impotent (n.) One who is imoitent.

Impotently (adv.) In an impotent manner.

Impounded (imp. & p. p.) of Impound

Impounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impound

Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

Impoundage (n.) The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.

Impoundage (n.) The fee or fine for impounding.

Impounder (n.) One who impounds.

Impoverished (imp. & p. p.) of Impoverish

Impoverishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impoverish

Impoverish (v. t.) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

Impoverish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.

Impoverisher (n.) One who, or that which, impoverishes.

Impoverishment (n.) The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.

Impower (v. t.) See Empower.

Imp-pole (n.) A pole for supporting a scaffold.

Impracticabilities (pl. ) of Impracticability

Impracticability (n.) The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility.

Impracticability (n.) An impracticable thing.

Impracticability (n.) Intractableness; stubbornness.

Impracticable (a.) Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.

Impracticable (a.) Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.

Impracticableness (n.) The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.

Impracticably (adv.) In an impracticable manner.

Impractical (a.) Not practical.

Imprecated (imp. & p. p.) of Imprecate

Imprecating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprecate

Imprecate (v. t.) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

Imprecate (v. t.) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.

Imprecation (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

Imprecatory (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.

Imprecision (n.) Want of precision.

Impregn (v. t.) To impregnate; to make fruitful.

Impregnability (n.) The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.

Impregnable (a.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.

Impregnant (n.) That which impregnates.

Impregnant (a.) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.

Impregnated (imp. & p. p.) of Impregnate

Impregnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impregnate

Impregnate (v. t.) To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

Impregnate (v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.

Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.

Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.

Impregnate (v. i.) To become pregnant.

Impregnate (a.) Impregnated; made prolific.

Impregnation (n.) The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

Impregnation (n.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

Impregnation (n.) That with which anything is impregnated.

Impregnation (n.) Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

Impregnation (n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Imprejudicate (a.) Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial.

Imprenable (a.) Impregnable.

Impreparation (n.) Want of preparation.

Impresa (n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.

Impresarios (pl. ) of Impresario

Impresario (n.) The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.

Imprescriptibility (n.) The quality of being imprescriptible.

Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription.

Imprescriptible (a.) Not derived from, or dependent on, external authority; self-evidencing; obvious.

Imprescriptibly (adv.) In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.

Imprese (n.) A device. See Impresa.

Impressed (imp. & p. p.) of Impress

Impressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impress

Impress (v. t.) To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

Impress (v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

Impress (v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

Impress (n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.

Impress (v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.

Impresses (pl. ) of Impress

Impress (n.) The act of impressing or making.

Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.

Impress (n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

Impress (n.) A device. See Impresa.

Impress (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.

Impressibility (n.) The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.

Impressible (a.) Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.

Impression (n.) The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

Impression (n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.

Impression (n.) Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.

Impression (n.) An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

Impression (n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.

Impression (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.

Impression (n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.

Impressionability (n.) The quality of being impressionable.

Impresionable (a.) Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible.

Impressionableness (n.) The quality of being impressionable.

Impressionism (n.) The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.

Impressionist (n.) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called.

Impressionistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.

Impressionless (a.) Having the quality of not being impressed or affected; not susceptible.

Impressive (a.) Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

Impressive (a.) Capable of being impressed.

Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.

Impressor (n.) One who, or that which, impresses.

Impressure (n.) Dent; impression.

Imprested (imp. & p. p.) of Imprest

Impresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprest

Imprest (n.) To advance on loan.

Imprest (v. t.) A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.

Imprevalence (n.) Alt. of Imprevalency

Imprevalency (n.) Want of prevalence.

Impreventability (n.) The state or quality of being impreventable.

Impreventable (a.) Not preventable; invitable.

Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.

Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.

Impriming (n.) A beginning.

Imprimis (adv.) In the first place; first in order.

Imptrinted (imp. & p. p.) of Imprint

Imprinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprint

Imprint (v. t.) To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

Imprint (v. t.) To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).

Imprint (v. t.) To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.

Imprint (v. t.) Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.

Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Imprison

Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imprison

Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

Imprison (v. t.) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way.

Imprisoner (n.) One who imprisons.

Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint.

Improbabilities (pl. ) of Improbability

Improbability (n.) The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

Improbable (a.) Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.

Improbate (v. t.) To disapprove of; to disallow.

Improbation (n.) The act of disapproving; disapprobation.

Improbation (n.) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.

Improbative (a.) Alt. of Improbatory

Improbatory (a.) Implying, or tending to, improbation.

Improbity (n.) Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.

Improficience (n.) Alt. of Improficiency

Improficiency (n.) Want of proficiency.

Improfitable (a.) Unprofitable.

Improgressive (a.) Not progressive.

Improlific (a.) Not prolific.

Improlificate (v. t.) To impregnate.

Imprompt (a.) Not ready.

Impromptu (adv. / a.) Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

Impromptu (n.) Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.

Impromptu (n.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

Improper (a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress.

Improper (a.) Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.

Improper (a.) Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.

Improper (v. t.) To appropriate; to limit.

Improperation (n.) The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.

Improperia (n. pl.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual.

Improperly (adv.) In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.

Improperty (n.) Impropriety.

Impropitious (a.) Unpropitious; unfavorable.

Improportionable (a.) Not proportionable.

Improportionate (a.) Not proportionate.

Impropriated (imp. & p. p.) of Impropriate

Impropriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impropriate

Impropriate (v. t.) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.

Impropriate (v. t.) To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.

Impropriate (v. i.) To become an impropriator.

Impropriate (a.) Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.

Impropriation (n.) The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.

Impropriation (n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation.

Impropriation (n.) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.

Impropriator (n.) One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property.

-trixes (pl. ) of Impropriatrix

-trices (pl. ) of Impropriatrix

Impropriatrix (n.) A female impropriator.

Improprieties (pl. ) of Impropriety

Impropriety (n.) The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

Impropriety (n.) That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language.

Improsperity (n.) Want of prosperity.

Improsperous (a.) Not prosperous.

Improvability (n.) The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.

Improvable (a.) Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.

Improvable (a.) Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.

Improve (v. t.) To disprove or make void; to refute.

Improve (v. t.) To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence.

Improved (imp. & p. p.) of Improve

Improving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improve

Improve (v. t.) To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.

Improve (v. t.) To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.

Improve (v. t.) To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad.

Improve (v. i.) To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.

Improve (v. i.) To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.

Improve (v. i.) To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.

Improvement (n.) The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.

Improvement (n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.

Improvement (n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.

Improvement (n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.

Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.

Improvement (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Improver (n.) One who, or that which, improves.

Improvided (a.) Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.

Improvidence (n.) The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

Improvident (a.) Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.

Improvidentially (adv.) Improvidently.

Improvidently (adv.) In a improvident manner.

Improving (a.) Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better.

Improvisate (a.) Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore.

Improvisated (imp. & p. p.) of Improvisate

Improvisating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improvisate

Improvisate (v. t. & i.) To improvise; to extemporize.

Improvisation (n.) The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.

Improvisation (n.) That which is improvised; an impromptu.

Improvisatize (v. t. & i.) Same as Improvisate.

Improvisator (n.) An improviser, or improvvisatore.

Improvisatore (n.) See Improvvisatore.

Improvisatorial (a.) Alt. of Improvisatory

Improvisatory (a.) Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.

Improvisatrice (n.) See Improvvisatrice.

Improvised (imp. & p. p.) of Improvise

Improvising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Improvise

Improvise (v. t.) To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

Improvise (v. t.) To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.

Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.

Improvise (v. i.) To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.

Improviser (n.) One who improvises.

Improvision (n.) Improvidence.

Improviso (a.) Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous.

Improvvisatori (pl. ) of Improvvisatore

Improvvisatore (n.) One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously.

Improvvisatrici (pl. ) of Improvvisatrice

Improvvisatrice (n.) A female improvvisatore.

Imprudence (n.) The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.

Imprudent (a.) Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

Impuberal (a.) Not having arrived at puberty; immature.

Impuberty (n.) The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; want of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into.

Impudence (n.) The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty.

Impudency (n.) Impudence.

Impudent (a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.

Impudently (adv.) In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.

Impudicity (n.) Immodesty.

Impugned (imp. & p. p.) of Impugn

Impugning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impugn

Impugn (v. t.) To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.

Impugnable (a.) Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid.

Impugnation (n.) Act of impugning; opposition; attack.

Impugner (n.) One who impugns.

Impugnment (n.) The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned.

Impuissance (n.) Lack of power; inability.

Impuissant (a.) Weak; impotent; feeble.

Impulse (n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.

Impulse (n.) The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.

Impulse (n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.

Impulse (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.

Impulse (v. t.) To impel; to incite.

Impulsion (n.) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.

Impulsion (n.) Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.

Impulsive (a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.

Impulsive (a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.

Impulsive (a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.

Impulsive (n.) That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.

Impulsively (adv.) In an impulsive manner.

Impulsiveness (n.) The quality of being impulsive.

Impulsor (n.) One who, or that which, impels; an inciter.

Impunctate (a.) Not punctuate or dotted.

Impunctual (a.) Not punctual.

Impunctuality (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality.

Impune (a.) Unpunished.

Impunibly (adv.) Without punishment; with impunity.

Impunity (n.) Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.

Impuration (n.) Defilement; obscuration.

Impure (a.) Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

Impure (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.

Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

Impure (a.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.

Impure (a.) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

Impure (v. t.) To defile; to pollute.

Impurely (adv.) In an impure manner.

Impureness (n.) The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.

Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.

Impurpled (imp. & p. p.) of Impurple

Impurpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impurple

Impurple (v. t.) To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.

Imputability (n.) The quality of being imputable; imputableness.

Imputable (a.) That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable.

Imputable (a.) Accusable; culpable.

Imputableness (n.) Quality of being imputable.

Imputably (adv.) By imputation.

Imputation () The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.

Imputation () Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

Imputation () A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.

Imputation () Opinion; intimation; hint.

Imputative (a.) Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed.

Imputed (imp. & p. p.) of Impute

Imputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impute

Impute (v. t.) To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.

Impute (v. t.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.

Impute (v. t.) To take account of; to consider; to regard.

Imputer (n.) One who imputes.

Imputrescible (a.) Not putrescible.

Imrigh (n.) A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland.

In- (prep.) A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.

In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.

-in () A suffix. See the Note under -ine.

In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.

In (prep.) With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.

In (prep.) With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

In (prep.) With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.

In (prep.) With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.

In (prep.) With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.

In (prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

In (prep.) With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.

In (adv.) Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

In (adv.) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband.

In (n.) One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.

In (n.) A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

In (v. t.) To inclose; to take in; to harvest.

Inability (n.) The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

Inable (v. t.) See Enable.

Inablement (n.) See Enablement.

Inabstinence (n.) Want of abstinence; indulgence.

Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.

Inabusively (adv.) Without abuse.

Inaccessibility (n.) The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.

Inaccessible (a.) Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc.

Inaccordant (a.) Not accordant; discordant.

Inaccuracies (pl. ) of Inaccuracy

Inaccuracy (n.) The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.

Inaccurate (a.) Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

Inaccurately (adv.) In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.

Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.

Inacquiescent (a.) Not acquiescent or acquiescing.

Inaction (n.) Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

Inactive (a.) Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

Inactive (a.) Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.

Inactive (a.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.

Inactively (adv.) In an inactive manner.

Inactivity (n.) The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.

Inactose (n.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.

Inactuate (v. t.) To put in action.

Inactuation (n.) Operation.

Inadaptation (n.) Want of adaptation; unsuitableness.

Inadequacy (n.) The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

Inadequate (a.) Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

Inadequation (n.) Want of exact correspondence.

Inadherent (a.) Not adhering.

Inadherent (a.) Free; not connected with the other organs.

Inadhesion (n.) Want of adhesion.

Inadmissibility (n.) The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to be received.

Inadmissible (a.) Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation.

-ces (pl. ) of Inadvertence

-cies (pl. ) of Inadvertency

Inadvertence (n.) Alt. of Inadvertency

Inadvertency (n.) The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.

Inadvertency (n.) An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.

Inadvertent (a.) Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.

Inadvisable (a.) Not advisable.

Inaffability (n.) Want of affability or sociability; reticence.

Inaffable (a.) Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.

Inaffectation (n.) Freedom from affectation; naturalness.

Inaffected (a.) Unaffected.

Inaidable (a.) Incapable of being assisted; helpless.

Inalienability (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable.

Inalienable (a.) Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.

Inalienableness (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.

Inalienably (adv.) In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.

Inalimental (a.) Affording no aliment or nourishment.

Inalterability (n.) The quality of being unalterable or unchangeable; permanence.

Inalterable (a.) Not alterable; incapable of being altered or changed; unalterable.

Inamiable (a.) Unamiable.

Inamissible (a.) Incapable of being lost.

Inamorata (n.) A woman in love; a mistress.

Inamorate (a.) Enamored.

Inamoratos (pl. ) of Inamorato

Inamorato (n.) A male lover.

Inamovable (a.) Not amovable or removable.

In-and-in (n.) An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.

In and an (a. & adv.) Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.

Inane (a.) Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.

Inane (n.) That which is void or empty.

Inangular (a.) Not angular.

Inaniloquent (a.) Alt. of Inaniloquous

Inaniloquous (a.) Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.

Inanimate (v. t.) To animate.

Inanimate (a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.

Inanimated (a.) Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.

Inanimateness (n.) The quality or state of being inanimate.

Inanimation (n.) Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.

Inanimation (n.) Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.

Inanitiate (v. t.) To produce inanition in; to exhaust for want of nourishment.

Inanitiation (n.) Inanition.

Inanition (n.) The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.

Inanities (pl. ) of Inanity

Inanity (n.) Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

Inanity (n.) Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

Inanity (n.) An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.

Inantherate (a.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

In antis () Between antae; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.

Inapathy (n.) Sensibility; feeling; -- opposed to apathy.

Inappealable (a.) Not admitting of appeal; not appealable.

Inappeasable (a.) Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable.

Inappellability (n.) The quality of being inappellable; finality.

Inappellable (a.) Inappealable; final.

Inappetence (n.) Alt. of Inappetency

Inappetency (n.) Want of appetency; want of desire.

Inapplicability (n.) The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.

Inapplicable (a.) Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case.

Inapplication (n.) Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.

Inapposite (a.) Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent.

Inappreciable (a.) Not appreciable; too small to be perceived; incapable of being duly valued or estimated.

Inappreciation (n.) Want of appreciation.

Inapprehensible (a.) Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable.

Inapprehension (n.) Want of apprehension.

Inapprehensive (a.) Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.

Inapproachable (a.) Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled.

Inappropriate (a.) Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.

Inapt (a.) Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

Inaptitude (n.) Want of aptitude.

Inaquate (a.) Embodied in, or changed into, water.

Inaquation (n.) The state of being inaquate.

Inarable (a.) Not arable.

Inarched (imp. & p. p.) of Inarch

Inarching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inarch

Inarch (v. t.) To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach.

Inarching (n.) A method of ingrafting. See Inarch.

Inarticulate (a.) Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

Inarticulate (a.) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm.

Inarticulate (a.) Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods.

Inarticulate (a.) Incapable of articulating.

Inarticulated (a.) Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.

Inarticulately (adv.) In an inarticulate manner.

Inarticulateness (n.) The state or quality of being inarticulate.

Inarticulation (n.) Inarticulateness.

Inartificial (a.) Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.

Inasmuch (adv.) In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.

Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Inattentive (a.) Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit.

Inaudibility (n.) The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness.

Inaudible (a.) Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.

Inaugur (v. t.) To inaugurate.

Inaugural (a.) Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.

Inaugural (n.) An inaugural address.

Inaugurate (a.) Invested with office; inaugurated.

Inaugurated (imp. & p. p.) of Inaugurate

Inaugurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inaugurate

Inaugurate (v. t.) To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.

Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc.

Inaugurate (v. t.) To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.

Inaugurate (v. t.) To begin with good omens.

Inauguration (n.) The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

Inauguration (n.) The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

Inaugurator (n.) One who inaugurates.

Inauguratory (a.) Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration.

Inaurate (a.) Covered with gold; gilded.

Inaurate (v. t.) To cover with gold; to gild.

Inauration (n.) The act or process of gilding or covering with gold.

Inauspicate (a.) Inauspicious.

Inauspicious (a.) Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

Inauthoritative (a.) Without authority; not authoritative.

Inbarge (v. t. & i.) To embark; to go or put into a barge.

Inbeaming (n.) Shining in.

Inbeing (n.) Inherence; inherent existence.

Inbind (v. t.) To inclose.

Inblown (a.) Blown in or into.

Inboard (a. & adv.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.

Inboard (a. & adv.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke.

Inborn (a.) Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.

Inbreak (n.) Alt. of Inbreaking

Inbreaking (n.) A breaking in; inroad; invasion.

Inbreathed (imp. & p. p.) of Inbreathe

Inbreathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbreathe

Inbreathe (v. t.) To infuse by breathing; to inspire.

Inbred (a.) Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.

Inbred (imp. & p. p.) of Inbreed

Inbreeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbreed

Inbreed (v. t.) To produce or generate within.

Inbreed (v. t.) To breed in and in. See under Breed, v. i.

Inburning (a.) Burning within.

Inburnt (a.) Burnt in; ineffaceable.

Inburst (n.) A bursting in or into.

Inc (n.) A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards.

Inca (n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun.

Inca (n.) The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe.

Incaged (imp. & p. p.) of Incage

Incaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incage

Incage (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up.

Incagement (n.) Confinement in, or as in, cage.

Incalculability (n.) The quality or state of being incalculable.

Incalculable (a.) Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.

Incalescence (n.) The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm.

Incalescency (n.) Incalescence.

Incalescent (a.) Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Incameration (n.) The act or process of uniting lands, rights, or revenues, to the ecclesiastical chamber, i. e., to the pope's domain.

Incan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Incas.

Incandescence (n.) A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Incandescent (a.) White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.

Incanescent (a.) Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.

Incanous (a.) Hoary with white pubescence.

Incantation (n.) The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment.

Incantation (n.) A formula of words used as above.

Incantatory (a.) Dealing by enchantment; magical.

Incanting (a.) Enchanting.

Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.

Incapability (n.) The quality of being incapable; incapacity.

Incapability (n.) Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.

Incapable (a.) Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.

Incapable (a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.

Incapable (a.) Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.

Incapable (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.

Incapable (a.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.

Incapable (n.) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Incapableness (n.) The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.

Incapably (adv.) In an incapable manner.

Incapacious (a.) Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul.

Incapacitated (imp. & p. p.) of Incapacitate

Incapacitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incapacitate

Incapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

Incapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.

Incapacitation (n.) The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.

Incapacities (pl. ) of Incapacity

Incapacity (n.) Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

Incapacity (n.) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.

Incapsulate (v. t.) To inclose completely, as in a membrane.

Incapsulation (n.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.

Incarcerated (imp. & p. p.) of Incarcerate

Incarcerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incarcerate

Incarcerate (v. t.) To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

Incarcerate (v. t.) To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.

Incarcerate (a.) Imprisoned.

Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Incarceration (n.) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

Incarceration (n.) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Incarcerator (n.) One who incarcerates.

Incarn (v. t.) To cover or invest with flesh.

Incarn (v. i.) To develop flesh.

Incarnadine (a.) Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color.

Incarnadine (v. t.) To dye red or crimson.

Incarnate (a.) Not in the flesh; spiritual.

Incarnate (a.) Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.

Incarnate (a.) Flesh-colored; rosy; red.

Incarnated (imp. & p. p.) of Incarnate

Incarnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incarnate

Incarnate (v. t.) To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.

Incarnate (v. i.) To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.

Incarnation (n.) The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

Incarnation (n.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.

Incarnation (n.) An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.

Incarnation (n.) A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation.

Incarnation (n.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

Incarnative (a.) Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative.

Incarnative (n.) An incarnative medicine.

Incarnification (n.) The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.

Incased (imp. & p. p.) of Incase

Incasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incase

Incase (v. t.) To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

Incasement (n.) The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.

Incasement (n.) That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.

Incask (v. t.) To cover with a casque or as with a casque.

Incastellated (a.) Confined or inclosed in a castle.

Incastelled (a.) Hoofbound.

Incatenation (n.) The act of linking together; enchaining.

Incaution (n.) Want of caution.

Incautious (a.) Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

Incavated (a.) Made hollow; bent round or in.

Incavation (n.) Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression.

Incaved (a.) Inclosed in a cave.

Incaverned (a.) Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern.

Incedingly (adv.) Majestically.

Incelebrity (n.) Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity.

Incend (v. t.) To inflame; to excite.

Incendiarism (n.) The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

Incendiaries (pl. ) of Incendiary

Incendiary (n.) Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.

Incendiary (n.) A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.

Incendiary (a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.

Incendiary (a.) Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.

Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Incensant (a.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.

Incensation (n.) The offering of incense.

Incensed (imp. & p. p.) of Incense

Incensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incense

Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

Incense (v. t.) To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

Incensed (imp. & p. p.) of Incense

Incensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incense

Incense (n.) To offer incense to. See Incense.

Incense (n.) To perfume with, or as with, incense.

Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

Incense (n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.

Incense (n.) Also used figuratively.

Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.

Incensed (a.) Angered; enraged.

Incensed (a.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.

Incensement (n.) Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement.

Incenser (n.) One who instigates or incites.

Incension (n.) The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.

Incensive (a.) Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.

Incensor (n.) A kindler of anger or enmity; an inciter.

Incensories (pl. ) of Incensory

Incensory (n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.

Incensurable (a.) Not censurable.

Incenter (n.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.

Incentive (a.) Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

Incentive (a.) Serving to kindle or set on fire.

Incentive (n.) That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.

Incentively (adv.) Incitingly; encouragingly.

Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Inception (n.) Reception; a taking in.

Inceptive (a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative.

Inceptive (n.) An inceptive word, phrase, or clause.

Inceptor (n.) A beginner; one in the rudiments.

Inceptor (n.) One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.

Inceration (n.) The act of smearing or covering with wax.

Incerative (a.) Cleaving or sticking like wax.

Incertain (n.) Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

Incertainty (n.) Uncertainty.

Incertitude (n.) Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

Incertum (a.) Doubtful; not of definite form.

Incessable (a.) Unceasing; continual.

Incessancy (n.) The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.

Incessant (a.) Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.

Incessantly (adv.) Unceasingly; continually.

Incession (n.) Motion on foot; progress in walking.

Incest (n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Incesttuous (a.) Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection.

Inch (n.) An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.

Inch (n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.

Inched (imp. & p. p.) of Inch

Inching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inch

Inch (v. t.) To drive by inches, or small degrees.

Inch (v. t.) To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.

Inch (a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

Inchambered (imp. & p. p.) of Inchamber

Inchambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inchamber

Inchamber (v. t.) To lodge in a chamber.

Inchangeability (n.) Unchangeableness.

Inchant (v. t.) See Enchant.

Incharitable (a.) Uncharitable; unfeeling.

Incharity (n.) Want of charity.

Inchase (v. t.) See Enchase.

Inchastity (n.) Unchastity.

Inched (a.) Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.

Inchest (v. t.) To put into a chest.

Inchipin (n.) See Inchpin.

Inchmeal (n.) A piece an inch long.

Inchmeal (adv.) Little by little; gradually.

Inchoate (a.) Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.

Inchoate (v. t.) To begin.

Inchoation (n.) Act of beginning; commencement; inception.

Inchoative (a.) Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.

Inchoative (n.) An inchoative verb. See Inceptive.

Inchpin (n.) The sweetbread of a deer.

Inchworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.

Incicurable (a.) Untamable.

Incide (v. t.) To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines.

Incidence (n.) A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

Incidence (n.) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.

Incidency (n.) Incidence.

Incident (a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

Incident (a.) Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.

Incident (a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.

Incident (a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Incident (n.) That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.

Incident (n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.

Incident (n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.

Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.

Incendental (n.) An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals.

Incidently (adv.) Incidentally.

Incinerable (a.) Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes.

Incinerate () Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

Incinerated (imp. & p. p.) of Incinerate

Incinerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incinerate

Incinerate (v. t.) To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.

Incineration (n.) The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.

Incipience (n.) Alt. of Incipiency

Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

Incipient (a.) Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day.

Incircle (v. t.) See Encircle.

Incirclet (n.) A small circle.

Incircumscriptible (a.) Incapable of being circumscribed or limited.

Incircumscription (n.) Condition or quality of being incircumscriptible or limitless.

Incircumspect (a.) Not circumspect; heedless; careless; reckless; impolitic.

Incircumspection (n.) Want of circumspection.

Incised (imp. & p. p.) of Incise

Incising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incise

Incise (v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

Incise (v. t.) To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

Incised (a.) Cut in; carved; engraved.

Incised (a.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.

Incisely (adv.) In an incised manner.

Incision (n.) The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.

Incision (n.) That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.

Incision (n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

Incisive (a.) Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

Incisive (a.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.

Incisor (n.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.

Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.

Incisory (a.) Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.

Incisure (n.) A cut; an incision; a gash.

Incitant (a.) Inciting; stimulating.

Incitant (n.) That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.

Incitation (n.) The act of inciting or moving to action.

Incitation (n.) That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.

Incitative (n.) A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.

Incited (imp. & p. p.) of Incite

Inciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incite

Incite (v. t.) To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

Incitement (n.) The act of inciting.

Incitement (n.) That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.

Inciter (n.) One who, or that which, incites.

Incitingly (adv.) So as to incite or stimulate.

Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.

Incito-motory (a.) Incitomotor.

Incivil (a.) Uncivil; rude.

Incivilities (pl. ) of Incivility

Incivility (n.) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

Incivility (n.) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.

Incivility (n.) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.

Incivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; want of civilization; barbarism.

Incivilly (adv.) Uncivilly.

Incivism (n.) Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government.

Inclamation (n.) Exclamation.

Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.

Inclaudent (a.) Not closing or shutting.

Inclavated (a.) Set; fast; fixed.

Inclave (a.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

Incle (n.) Same as Inkle.

Inclemencies (pl. ) of Inclemency

Inclemency (n.) The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.

Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.

Inclement (a.) Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.

Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather.

Inclemently (adv.) In an inclement manner.

Inclinable (a.) Leaning; tending.

Inclinable (a.) Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.

Inclinableness (n.) The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.

Inclinnation (n.) The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.

Inclinnation (n.) A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.

Inclinnation (n.) A tendency towards another body or point.

Inclinnation (n.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23¡ 28'; the inclination of two rays of light.

Inclinnation (n.) A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love.

Inclinnation (n.) A person or thing loved or admired.

Inclinnation (n.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring.

Inclinatory (a.) Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle.

Inclined (imp. & p. p.) of Incline

Inclining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incline

Incline (v. i.) To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.

Incline (v. i.) Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.

Incline (v. i.) To bow; to incline the head.

Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.

Incline (v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.

Incline (v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.

Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue.

Inclined (p. p. & a.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.

Inclined (p. p. & a.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.

Incliner (n.) One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.

Inclining (a.) Same as Inclined, 3.

Inclining (n.) Inclination; disposition.

Inclining (n.) Party or side chosen; a following.

Inclinnometer (n.) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle.

Inclip (v. t.) To clasp; to inclose.

Incloister (v. t.) To confine as in a cloister; to cloister.

Inclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Inclose

Inclosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inclose

Inclose (v. t.) To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.

Inclose (v. t.) To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.

Inclose (v. t.) To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.

Inclose (v. t.) To put into harness; to harness.

Incloser (n.) One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

Inclosure (n.) That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.

Inclosure (n.) That which incloses; a barrier or fence.

Incloud (v. t.) To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure.

Included (imp. & p. p.) of Include

Including (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Include

Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.

Include (v. t.) To conclude; to end; to terminate.

Included (a.) Inclosed; confined.

Includible (a.) Capable of being included.

Inclusa (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.

Inclusion (n.) The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.

Inclusion (n.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.

Inclusive (a.) Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.

Inclusive (a.) Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to exclusive.

Inclusively (adv.) In an inclusive manner.

Incoach (v. t.) To put a coach.

Incoact (a.) Alt. of Incoacted

Incoacted (a.) Not compelled; unconstrained.

Incoagulable (a.) Not coagulable.

Incoalescence (n.) The state of not coalescing.

Incocted (a.) Raw; indigestible.

Incoercible (a.) Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

Incoercible (a.) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its critical point; -- also particularly of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide, formerly regarded as incapable of liquefaction at any temperature or pressure.

Incoercible (a.) That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.

Incoexistence (n.) The state of not coexisting.

Incog (adv.) Incognito.

Incogitable (a.) Not cogitable; inconceivable.

Incogitance (n.) Alt. of Incogitancy

Incogitancy (n.) Want of thought, or of the power of thinking; thoughtlessness; unreasonableness.

Incogitant (a.) Toughtless; inconsiderate.

Incogitantly (adv.) In an incogitant manner.

Incogitative (a.) Not cogitative; not thinking; wanting the power of thought; as, a vegetable is an incogitative being.

Incogitativity (n.) The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking.

Incognita (n.) A woman who is unknown or in disguise.

Incognita (n.) The state of being in disguise; -- said of a woman.

Incognitant (a.) Ignorant.

Incognito (a. / adv.) Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice.

Incognitos (pl. ) of Incognito

Incognito (a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.

Incognito (a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

Incognizable (a.) Not cognizable; incapable of being recognized, known, or distinguished.

Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice.

Incognizant (a.) Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice.

Incognoscible (a.) Incognizable.

Incoherence (n.) Alt. of Incoherency

Incoherency (n.) The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence.

Incoherency (n.) Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc.

Incoherency (n.) That which is incoherent.

Incoherent (a.) Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances.

Incoherent (a.) Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected.

Incoherentific (a.) Causing incoherence.

Incoherently (adv.) In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherentness (n.) Incoherence.

Incoincidence (n.) The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.

Incoincident (a.) Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle.

Incolumity (n.) Safety; security.

Incomber (v. t.) See Encumber.

Incombine (v. i.) To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ.

Incombustibility (n.) The quality of being incombustible.

Incombustible (a.) Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas.

Income (n.) A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.

Income (n.) That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.

Income (n.) That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income.

Income (n.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output.

Incomer (n.) One who comes in.

Incomer (n.) One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc.

Incoming (a.) Coming in; accruing.

Incoming (a.) Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.

Incoming (n.) The act of coming in; arrival.

Incoming (n.) Income; gain.

Incomity (n.) Want of comity; incivility; rudeness.

In commendam () See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership.

Incommensurability (n.) The quality or state of being incommensurable.

Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.

Incommensurable (n.) One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

Incommensurate (a.) Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

Incommensurate (a.) Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

Incommiscible (a.) Not commiscible; not mixable.

Incommixture (n.) A state of being unmixed; separateness.

Incommodated (imp. & p. p.) of Incommodate

Incommodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incommodate

Incommodate (v. t.) To incommode.

Incommodation (n.) The state of being incommoded; inconvenience.

Incommoded (imp. & p. p.) of Incommode

Incommoding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incommode

Incommode (v. t.) To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room.

Incommode (n.) An inconvenience.

Incommodement (n.) The act of incommoded.

Incommodious (a.) Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement.

Incommodities (pl. ) of Incommodity

Incommodity (n.) Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance.

Incommunicability (n.) The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.

Incommunicable (a.) Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others.

Incommunicated (a.) Not communicated or imparted.

Incommunicating (a.) Having no communion or intercourse with each other.

Incommunicative (a.) Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive.

Incommutability (n.) The quality or state of being incommutable.

Incommutable (a.) Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another.

Incompact (a.) Alt. of Incompacted

Incompacted (a.) Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete.

Incomparable (a.) Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

Incompared (a.) Peerless; incomparable.

Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.

Incompassion (n.) Want of compassion or pity.

Incompassionate (a.) Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.

-ties (pl. ) of Incompatibility

Incompatibility (n.) The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.

Incompatible (a.) Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition.

Incompatible (a.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Incompatible (n.) An incompatible substance; esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.

Incompatibleness (n.) The quality or state of being incompatible; incompatibility.

Incompatibly (adv.) In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.

Incompetence (n.) Alt. of Incompetency

Incompetency (n.) The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.

Incompetency (n.) Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Incompetent (a.) Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.

Incompetent (a.) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence.

Incompetent (a.) Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.

Incompetently (adv.) In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.

Incompetibility (n.) See Incompatibility.

Incompetible (a.) See Incompatible.

Incomplete (a.) Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.

Incomplete (a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.

Incompletely (adv.) In an incomplete manner.

Incompleteness (n.) The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.

Incompletion (n.) Want of completion; incompleteness.

Incomplex (a.) Not complex; uncompounded; simple.

Incompliable (a.) Not compliable; not conformable.

Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.

Incompliance (n.) Refusal or failure to comply.

Incompliant (a.) Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn.

Incomposed (a.) Disordered; disturbed.

Incomposite (a.) Not composite; uncompounded; simple.

Incompossible (a.) Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.

Incomprehense (a.) Incomprehensible.

Incomprehensibility (n.) The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.

Incomprehensible (a.) Not capable of being contained within limits.

Incomprehensible (a.) Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.

Incomprehension (n.) Want of comprehension or understanding.

Incomprehensive (a.) Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited.

Incompressibility (n.) The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.

Incompressible (a.) Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible.

Incomputable (a.) Not computable.

Inconcealable (a.) Not concealable.

Inconceivability (n.) The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness.

Inconceivable (a.) Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.

Inconceptible (a.) Inconceivable.

Inconcerning (a.) Unimportant; trifling.

Inconcinne (a.) Dissimilar; incongruous; unsuitable.

Inconcinnity (n.) Want of concinnity or congruousness; unsuitableness.

Inconcinnous (a.) Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant.

Inconcludent (a.) Not inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive.

Inconcluding (a.) Inferring no consequence.

Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt.

Inconcoct (a.) Inconcocted.

Inconcocted (a.) Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened.

Inconcoction (n.) The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.

Inconcrete (a.) Not concrete.

Inconcurring (a.) Not concurring; disagreeing.

Inconcussible (a.) Not concussible; that cannot be shaken.

Incondensability (n.) Alt. of Incondensibility

Incondensibility (n.) The quality or state of being incondensable.

Incondensable (a.) Alt. of Incondensible

Incondensible (a.) Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.

Incondite (a.) Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.

Inconditional (a.) Unconditional.

Inconditionate (a.) Not conditioned; not limited; absolute.

Inconform (a.) Unconformable.

Inconformable (a.) Unconformable.

Inconformity (n.) Want of conformity; nonconformity.

Inconfused (a.) Not confused; distinct.

Inconfusion (n.) Freedom from confusion; distinctness.

Inconfutable (a.) Not confutable.

Incongealable (a.) Not congealable; incapable of being congealed.

Incongenial (a.) Not congenial; uncongenial.

Incongruence (n.) Want of congruence; incongruity.

Incongruent (a.) Incongruous.

Incongruities (pl. ) of Incongruity

Incongruity (n.) The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety.

Incongruity (n.) Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony.

Incongruity (n.) That which is incongruous; want of congruity.

Incongruous (a.) Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc.

Inconnected (a.) Not connected; disconnected.

Inconnection (n.) Disconnection.

Inconnexedly (adv.) Not connectedly; without connection.

Inconscionable (a.) Unconscionable.

Inconscious (a.) Unconscious.

Inconsecutiveness (n.) The state or quality of not being consecutive.

Inconsequence (n.) The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness.

Inconsequent (a.) Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence.

Inconsequential (a.) Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence.

Inconsequentiality (n.) The state of being inconsequential.

Inconsequentness (n.) Inconsequence.

Inconsiderable (a.) Not considerable; unworthy of consideration or notice; unimportant; small; trivial; as, an inconsiderable distance; an inconsiderable quantity, degree, value, or sum.

Inconsideracy (n.) Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness.

Inconsiderate (a.) Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct.

Inconsiderate (a.) Inconsiderable.

Inconsiderately (adv.) In an inconsiderate manner.

Inconsiderateness (n.) The quality or state of being inconsiderate.

Inconsideration (n.) Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness.

Inconsistence (n.) Inconsistency.

Inconsistencies (pl. ) of Inconsistency

Inconsistency (n.) The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility.

Inconsistency (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.

Inconsistency (n.) Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.

Inconsistent (a.) Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

Inconsistent (a.) Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.

Inconsistently (adv.) In an inconsistent manner.

Inconsistentness (n.) Inconsistency.

Inconsisting (a.) Inconsistent.

Inconsolable (a.) Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.

Inconsonance (n.) Alt. of Inconsonancy

Inconsonancy (n.) Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.

Inconsonant (a.) Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant.

Inconspicuous (a.) Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible.

Inconstance (n.) Inconstancy.

Inconstancy (n.) The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.

Inconstant (a.) Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.

Inconstantly (adv.) In an inconstant manner.

Incomsumable (a.) Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent.

Inconsummate (a.) Not consummated; not finished; incomplete.

Inconsumptible (a.) Inconsumable.

Incontaminate (a.) Not contaminated; pure.

Incontentation (n.) Discontent.

Incontestability (n.) The quality or state of being incontestable.

Incontestable (a.) Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts.

Incontested (a.) Not contested.

Incontiguous (a.) Not contiguous; not adjoining or in contact; separate.

Incontinence (n.) Alt. of Incontinency

Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.

Incontinency (n.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.

Incontinent (a.) Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

Incontinent (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations.

Incontinent (n.) One who is unchaste.

Incontinent (adv.) Incontinently; instantly immediately.

Incontinently (adv.) In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.

Incontinently (adv.) Immediately; at once; forthwith.

Incontracted (a.) Uncontracted.

Incontrollable (a.) Not controllable; uncontrollable.

Incontrovertibility (n.) The state or condition of being incontrovertible.

Incontrovertible (a.) Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.

Inconvenience (n.) The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement.

Inconvenience (n.) That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty.

Inconvenience (v. t.) To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor.

Inconveniency (n.) Inconvenience.

Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.

Inconvenient (a.) Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.

Inconveniently (adv.) In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

Inconversable (a.) Incommunicative; unsocial; reserved.

Inconversant (a.) Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

Inconverted (a.) Not turned or changed about.

Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie.

Inconvertibleness (n.) Inconvertibility.

Inconvertibly (adv.) In an inconvertible manner.

Inconvincible (a.) Not convincible; incapable of being convinced.

Inconvincibly (adv.) In a manner not admitting of being convinced.

Incony (a.) Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.

Incoordinate (a.) Not coordinate.

Incoordination (n.) Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.

Incoronate (a.) Crowned.

Incorporal (a.) Immaterial; incorporeal; spiritual.

Incorporality (n.) Incorporeality.

Incorporally (adv.) Incorporeally.

Incorporate (a.) Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Incorporate (a.) Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.

Incorporate (a.) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

Incorporated (imp. & p. p.) of Incorporate

Incorporating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incorporate

Incorporate (v. t.) To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients. into one consistent mass.

Incorporate (v. t.) To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

Incorporate (v. t.) To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; -- used with with and into.

Incorporate (v. t.) To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work.

Incorporate (v. t.) To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

Incorporate (v. i.) To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; -- usually followed by with.

Incorporated (a.) United in one body; formed into a corporation; made a legal entity.

Incorporation (n.) The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

Incorporation (n.) The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.

Incorporation (n.) The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic.

Incorporation (n.) The act of creating a corporation.

Incorporation (n.) A body incorporated; a corporation.

Incorporative (a.) Incorporating or tending to incorporate; as, the incorporative languages (as of the Basques, North American Indians, etc. ) which run a whole phrase into one word.

Incorporator (n.) One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.

Incorporeal (a.) Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.

Incorporeal (a.) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal.

Incorporealism (n.) Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.

Incorporealist (n.) One who believes in incorporealism.

Incorporeality (n.) The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism.

Incorporeally (adv.) In an incorporeal manner.

Incorporeity (n.) The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality.

Incorpse (v. t.) To incorporate.

Incorrect (a.) Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

Incorrect (a.) Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation.

Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct.

Incorrection (n.) Want of correction, restraint, or discipline.

Incorrectly (adv.) Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.

Incorrectness (n.) The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.

Incorrespondence (n.) Alt. of Incorrespondency

Incorrespondency (n.) Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.

Incorresponding (a.) Not corresponding; disagreeing.

Incorrigibility (n.) The state or quality of being incorrigible.

Incorrigible (a.) Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.

Incorrigible (n.) One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.

Incorrigibleness (n.) Incorrigibility.

Incorrigibly (adv.) In an incorrigible manner.

Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.

Incorrupt (a.) Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

Incorrupt (a.) Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest.

Incorrupted (a.) Uncorrupted.

Incorruptibility (n.) The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.

Incorruptible (a.) Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.

Incorruptible (a.) Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

Incorruptible (n.) One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.

Incorruptible (n.) The quality or state of being incorruptible.

Incorruptibly (adv.) In an incorruptible manner.

Incorruption (n.) The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.

Incorruptive (a.) Incorruptible; not liable to decay.

Incorruptly (adv.) Without corruption.

Incorruptness (n.) Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.

Incorruptness (n.) Probity; integrity; honesty.

Incrassated (imp. & p. p.) of Incrassate

Incrassating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incrassate

Incrassate (v. t.) To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts.

Incrassate (v. i.) To become thick or thicker.

Incrassate (a.) Alt. of Incrassated

Incrassated (a.) Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.

Incrassated (a.) Thickened; becoming thicker.

Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects.

Incrassation (n.) The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.

Incrassation (n.) The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.

Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.

Incrassative (n.) A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors.

Increasable (a.) Capable of being increased.

Increased (imp. & p. p.) of Increase

Increasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Increase

Increase (v. i.) To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.

Increase (v. i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

Increase (v. i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

Increase (v. t.) To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.

Increase (v. i.) Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.

Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

Increase (v. i.) Progeny; issue; offspring.

Increase (v. i.) Generation.

Increase (v. i.) The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.

Increaseful (a.) Full of increase; abundant in produce.

Increasement (n.) Increase.

Increaser (n.) One who, or that, increases.

Increasingly (adv.) More and more.

Increated (imp. & p. p.) of Increate

Increating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Increate

Increate (v. t.) To create within.

Increate (a.) Alt. of Increated

Increated (a.) Uncreated; self-existent.

Incredibility (n.) The quality or state of being incredible; incredibleness.

Incredibility (n.) That which is incredible.

Incredible (a.) Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.

Incredibleness (n.) Incredibility.

Incredibly (adv.) In an incredible manner.

Incredited (a.) Uncredited.

Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.

Incredulous (a.) Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.

Incredulous (a.) Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.

Incredulous (a.) Incredible; not easy to be believed.

Incredulously (adv.) In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.

Incredulousness (n.) Incredulity.

Incremable (a.) Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.

Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate.

Incremation (n.) Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation.

Increment (n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

Increment (n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.

Increment (n.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased.

Increment (n.) An amplification without strict climax,

Incremental (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.

Increpate (v. t.) To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.

Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.

Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.

Increst (v. t.) To adorn with a crest.

Incriminated (imp. & p. p.) of Incriminate

Incriminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incriminate

Incriminate (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.

Incrimination (n.) The act of incriminating; crimination.

Incriminatory (a.) Of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory.

Incruental (a.) Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice.

Incrusted (imp. & p. p.) of Incrust

Incrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incrust

Incrust (v. t.) To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar.

Incrust (v. t.) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

Incrustate (a.) Incrusted.

Incrustate (v. t.) To incrust.

Incrustation (n.) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

Incrustation (n.) A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.

Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

Incrustation (n.) Anything inlaid or imbedded.

Incrustment (n.) Incrustation.

Incrystallizable (a.) Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.

Incubated (imp. & p. p.) of Incubate

Incubating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incubate

Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

Incubation (n.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)

Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.

Incubative (a.) Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.

Incubator (n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

Incubatory (a.) Serving for incubation.

Incube (v. t.) To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly.

Incubiture (n.) Incubation.

Incubous (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.

Incubuses (pl. ) of Incubus

Incubi (pl. ) of Incubus

Incubus (n.) A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.

Incubus (n.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.

Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Inculcated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculcate

Inculcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculcate

Inculcate (v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.

Inculcation (n.) A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions.

Inculcator (n.) One who inculcates.

Inculk (v. t.) To inculcate.

Inculp (v. t.) To inculpate.

Inculpable (a.) Faultless; blameless; innocent.

Inculpableness (n.) Blamelessness; faultlessness.

Inculpably (adv.) Blamelessly.

Inculpated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculpate

Inculpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculpate

Inculpate (v. t.) To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

Inculpation (n.) Blame; censure; crimination.

Inculpatory (a.) Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

Incult (a.) Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.

Incultivated (a.) Uncultivated.

Incultivation (n.) Want of cultivation.

Inculture (n.) Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.

Incumbencies (pl. ) of Incumbency

Incumbency (n.) The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.

Incumbency (n.) The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.

Incumbent (a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.

Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.

Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

Incumbently (adv.) In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

Incumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Incumber

Incumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incumber

Incumber (v. t.) See Encumber.

Incumbition (n.) Incubation.

Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.

Incumbrancer (n.) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.

Incumbrous (a.) Cumbersome; troublesome.

Incunabula (pl. ) of Incunabulum

Incunabulum (n.) A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.

Incurred (imp. & p. p.) of Incur

Incurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incur

Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc.

Incur (v. t.) To render liable or subject to; to occasion.

Incur (v. i.) To pass; to enter.

Incurability (n.) The state of being uncurable; irremediableness.

Incurable (a.) Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.

Incurable (a.) Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.

Incurable (n.) A person diseased beyond cure.

Incurableness (n.) The state of being incurable; incurability.

Incurably (adv.) In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably.

Incuriosity (n.) Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.

Incurious (a.) Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.

Incuriously (adv.) In an curious manner.

Incuriousness (n.) Unconcernedness; incuriosity.

Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.

Incurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.

Incursion (n.) A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence.

Incursive (a.) Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.

Incurtain (v. t.) To curtain.

Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.

Incurvated (imp. & p. p.) of Incurvate

Incurvating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurvate

Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.

Incurvation (n.) The act of bending, or curving.

Incurvation (n.) The state of being bent or curved; curvature.

Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.

Incurved (imp. & p. p.) of Incurve

Incurving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurve

Incurve (v. t.) To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.

Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.

Incus (n.) An anvil.

Incus (n.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.

Incus (n.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

Incuse (v. t.) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving.

Incuse (v. t.) Alt. of Incuss

Incuss (v. t.) To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.

Incute (v. t.) To strike or stamp in.

Incyst (v. t.) See Encyst.

Incysted (a.) See Encysted.

Ind (n.) India.

Indagate (v. t.) To seek or search out.

Indagation (n.) Search; inquiry; investigation.

Indagative (a.) Searching; exploring; investigating.

Indagator (n.) A searcher; an explorer; an investigator.

Indamage (v. t.) See Endamage.

Indamaged (a.) Not damaged.

Indart (v. t.) To pierce, as with a dart.

Indazol (n.) A nitrogenous compound, C7H6N2, analogous to indol, and produced from a diazo derivative or cinnamic acid.

Inde (a.) Azure-colored; of a bright blue color.

Indear (v. t.) See Endear.

Indebted (imp. & p. p.) of Indebt

Indebting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indebt

Indebt (v. t.) To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used in the participle indebted.

Indebted (a.) Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.

Indebted (a.) Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement.

Indebtedness (n.) The state of being indebted.

Indebtedness (n.) The sum owed; debts, collectively.

Indebtment (n.) Indebtedness.

Indecence (n.) See Indecency.

Indecencies (pl. ) of Indecency

Indecency (n.) The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.

Indecency (n.) That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.

Indecent (a.) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.

Indecently (adv.) In an indecent manner.

Indeciduate (a.) Indeciduous.

Indeciduate (a.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate.

Indeciduous (a.) Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.

Indecimable (a.) Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.

Indecipherable (a.) Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved.

Indecision (n.) Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

Indecisive (a.) Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

Indecisive (a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.

Indecisively (adv.) Without decision.

Indecisiveness (n.) The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

Indecinable (a.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.

Indecinable (n.) An indeclinable word.

Indecinably (adv.) Without variation.

Indecinably (adv.) Without variation of termination.

Indecomposable (a.) Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.

Indecomposableness (n.) Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.

Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.

Indecorously (adv.) In an indecorous manner.

Indecorousness (n.) The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.

Indecorum (n.) Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.

Indecorum (n.) An indecorous or becoming action.

Indeed (adv.) In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies.

Indefatigability (n.) The state of being indefatigable.

Indefatigable (a.) Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application.

Indefatigableness (n.) Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency.

Indefatigably (adv.) Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.

Indefatigation (n.) Indefatigableness; unweariedness.

Indefeasibility (n.) The quality of being undefeasible.

Indefeasible (a.) Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title.

Indefectibility (n.) The quality of being indefectible.

Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay.

Indefective (a.) Not defective; perfect; complete.

Indefeisible (a.) Indefeasible.

Indefensibility (n.) The quality or state of not being defensible.

Indefensible () Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.

Indefensibly (adv.) In an indefensible manner.

Indefensive (a.) Defenseless.

Indeficiency (n.) The state or quality of not being deficient.

Indeficient (a.) Not deficient; full.

Indefinable (a.) Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.

Indefinably (adv.) In an indefinable manner.

Indefinite (a.) Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.

Indefinite (a.) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.

Indefinite (a.) Boundless; infinite.

Indefinite (a.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.

Indefinitely (adv.) In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.

Indefiniteness (n.) The quality of being indefinite.

Indefinitude (n.) Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite.

Indehiscence (n.) The property or state of being indehiscent.

Indehiscent (a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.

Indelectable (a.) Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.

Indeliberate (a.) Done without deliberation; unpremeditated.

Indeliberated (a.) Indeliberate.

Indelibility (n.) The quality of being indelible.

Indelible (a.) That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.

Indelible (a.) That can not be annulled; indestructible.

Indelicacies (pl. ) of Indelicacy

Indelicacy (n.) The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.

Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.

Indemnification (n.) The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.

Indemnification (n.) That which indemnifies.

Indemnified (imp. & p. p.) of Indemnify

Indemnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indemnify

Indemnify (v. t.) To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

Indemnify (v. t.) To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.

Indemnities (pl. ) of Indemnity

Indemnity (n.) Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

Indemnity (n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.

Indemonstrability (n.) The quality of being indemonstrable.

Indemonstrable (a.) Incapable of being demonstrated.

Indenization (n.) The act of naturalizing; endenization.

Indenize (v. t.) To naturalize.

Indenizened (imp. & p. p.) of Indenizen

Indenizening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indenizen

Indenizen (v. t.) To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.

Indented (imp. & p. p.) of Indent

Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indent

Indent (v. t.) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.

Indent (v. t.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

Indent (v. i.) To be cut, notched, or dented.

Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.

Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression.

Indent (n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.

Indent (n.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.

Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.

Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Indentation (n.) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.

Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.

Indented (a.) Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

Indented (a.) Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

Indented (a.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.

Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.

Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.

Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.

Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.

Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4.

Indentment (n.) Indenture.

Indenture (n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.

Indentured (imp. & p. p.) of Indenture

Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indenture

Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

Independence (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Independence (n.) Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Independency (n.) Independence.

Independency (n.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.

Independent (a.) Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.

Independent (a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

Independent (a.) Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.

Independent (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.

Independent (a.) Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

Independent (a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.

Independent (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.

Independent (a.) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

Independent (n.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

Independent (n.) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Independentism (n.) Independency; the church system of Independents.

Independently (adv.) In an independent manner; without control.

Indeposable (a.) Incapable of being deposed.

Indepravate (a.) Undepraved.

Indeprecable (a.) Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated.

Indeprehensible (a.) Incapable of being found out.

Indeprivable (a.) Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.

Indescribable (a.) Incapable of being described.

Indescriptive (a.) Not descriptive.

Indesert (n.) Ill desert.

Indesinent (a.) Not ceasing; perpetual.

Indesirable (a.) Undesirable.

Indestructibility (n.) The quality of being indestructible.

Indestructible (a.) Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.

Indeterminable (a.) Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited.

Indeterminable (n.) An indeterminable thing or quantity.

Indeterminate (a.) Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.

Indetermination (n.) Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.

Indetermination (n.) Want of fixed or stated direction.

Indetermined (a.) Undetermined.

Indevirginate (a.) Not devirginate.

Indevote (a.) Not devoted.

Indevotion (n.) Want of devotion; impiety; irreligion.

Indevout (a.) Not devout.

Indew (v. t.) To indue.

Indexes (pl. ) of Index

Indices (pl. ) of Index

Index (n.) That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist.

Index (n.) A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.

Index (n.) A prologue indicating what follows.

Index (n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.

Index (n.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.

indices (pl. ) of Index

Indexed (imp. & p. p.) of Index

Indexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Index

Index (v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.

Indexer (n.) One who makes an index.

Indexical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.

Indexically (adv.) In the manner of an index.

Indexterity (n.) Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness.

India (n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.

Indiadem (v. t.) To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.

Indiamen (pl. ) of Indiaman

Indiaman (n.) A large vessel in the India trade.

Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.

Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India.

Indian (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.

Indianeer (n.) An Indiaman.

India rubber () See Caoutchouc.

Indical (a.) Indexical.

Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo.

Indican (n.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.

Indicant (a.) Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

Indicant (n.) That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.

Indicated (imp. & p. p.) of Indicate

Indicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indicate

Indicate (v. t.) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

Indicate (v. t.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

Indicate (v. t.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

Indicated (a.) Shown; denoted; registered; measured.

Indication (n.) Act of pointing out or indicating.

Indication (n.) That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

Indication (n.) Discovery made; information.

Indication (n.) Explanation; display.

Indication (n.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

Indicative (a.) Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.

Indicative (a.) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.

Indicative (n.) The indicative mood.

Indicatively (adv.) In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.

Indicator (n.) One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

Indicator (n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part

Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).

Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc.

Indicator (n.) The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.

Indicator (n.) Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.

Indicator (n.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.

Indicatory (a.) Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic.

Indicavit (n.) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts.

Indice (n.) Index; indication.

Indices (n. pl.) See Index.

Indicia (n. pl.) Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.

Indicible (a.) Unspeakable.

Indicolite (n.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.

Indicted (imp. & p. p.) of Indict

Indicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indict

Indict (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.

Indictable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

Indictee (n.) A person indicted.

Indicter (n.) One who indicts.

Indiction (n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.

Indiction (n.) A cycle of fifteen years.

Indictive (a.) Proclaimed; declared; public.

Indictment (n.) The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.

Indictment (n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.

Indictment (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.

Indictor (n.) One who indicts.

Indies (n. pl.) A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

Indifference (n.) The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.

Indifference (n.) Passableness; mediocrity.

Indifference (n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.

Indifference (n.) Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.

Indifferency (n.) Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference.

Indifferent (a.) Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without significance or importance.

Indifferent (a.) Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.

Indifferent (a.) Not inclined to one side, party, or choice more than to another; neutral; impartial.

Indifferent (a.) Feeling no interest, anxiety, or care, respecting anything; unconcerned; inattentive; apathetic; heedless; as, to be indifferent to the welfare of one's family.

Indifferent (a.) Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested.

Indifferent (adv.) To a moderate degree; passably; tolerably.

Indifferentism (n.) State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.

Indifferentism (n.) Same as Identism.

Indifferentism (n.) A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good.

Indifferentist (n.) One governed by indifferentism.

Indifferently (adv.) In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably.

Indifulvin (n.) A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican.

Indifuscin (n.) A brown amorphous powder, obtained from indican.

Indigeen (n.) Same as Indigene.

Indigence (n.) The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.

Indigency (n.) Indigence.

Indigene (n.) One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon.

Indigenous (a.) Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.

Indigenous (a.) Native; inherent; innate.

Indigent (a.) Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.

Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.

Indigently (adv.) In an indigent manner.

Indigest (a.) Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.

Indigest (n.) Something indigested.

Indigested (a.) Not digested; undigested.

Indigested (a.) Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts.

Indigested (a.) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.

Indigested (a.) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.

Indigested (a.) Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.

Indigestedness (n.) The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness.

Indigestibility (n.) The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.

Indigestible (a.) Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

Indigestible (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile.

Indigestion (n.) Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.

Indigitate (v. i.) To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.

Indigitated (imp. & p. p.) of Indigitate

Indigitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indigitate

Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate.

Indigitation (n.) The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.

Indiglucin (n.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.

Indign (a.) Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading.

Indignance (n.) Alt. of Indignancy

Indignancy (n.) Indignation.

Indignant (a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.

Indignantly (adv.) In an indignant manner.

Indignation (n.) The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

Indignation (n.) The effect of anger; punishment.

Indignify (v. t.) To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn.

Indignities (pl. ) of Indignity

Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.

Indignly (adv.) Unworthily.

Indigoes (pl. ) of Indigo

Indigo (n.) A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.

Indigo (n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.

Indigo (a.) Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.

Indigofera (n.) A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil.

Indigogen (n.) See Indigo white, under Indigo.

Indigogen (n.) Same as Indican, 2.

Indigometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis.

Indigometry (n.) The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.

Indigotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.

Indigotin (n.) See Indigo blue, under Indigo.

Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.

Indihumin (n.) A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.

Indilatory (a.) Not dilatory.

Indiligence (n.) Want of diligence.

Indiligent (a.) Not diligent; idle; slothful.

Indiminishable (a.) Incapable of being diminished.

Indin (n.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.

Indirect (a.) Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.

Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.

Indirect (a.) Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.

Indirect (a.) Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.

Indirected (a.) Not directed; aimless.

Indirection (n.) Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.

Indirectly (adv.) In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.

Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.

Indiretin (n.) A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

Indirubin (n.) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.

Indiscernible (a.) Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.

Indiscerpibility (n.) Alt. of Indiscerptibility

Indiscerptibility (n.) The state or quality of being indiscerpible.

Indiscerpible (a.) Alt. of Indiscerptible

Indiscerptible (a.) Not discerpible; inseparable.

Indisciplinable (a.) Not disciplinable; undisciplinable.

Indiscipline (n.) Want of discipline or instruction.

Indiscoverable (a.) Not discoverable; undiscoverable.

Indiscovery (n.) Want of discovery.

Indiscreet (a.) Not discreet; wanting in discretion.

Indiscrete (a.) Indiscreet.

Indiscrete (a.) Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous.

Indiscretion (n.) The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.

Indiscretion (n.) An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

Indiscriminate (a.) Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous.

Indiscriminating (a.) Not discriminating.

Indiscrimination (n.) Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality.

Indiscriminative (a.) Making no distinction; not discriminating.

Indiscussed (a.) Not discussed.

Indispensability (n.) Indispensableness.

Indispensable (a.) Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

Indispensable (a.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.

Indispensable (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Indispensableness (n.) The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.

Indispensably (adv.) In an indispensable manner.

Indispersed (a.) Not dispersed.

Indisposed (imp. & p. p.) of Indispose

Indisposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indispose

Indispose (v. t.) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

Indispose (v. t.) To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.

Indispose (v. t.) To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.

Indisposedness (n.) The condition or quality of being indisposed.

Indisposition (n.) The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.

Indisposition (n.) A slight disorder or illness.

Indisputability (n.) Indisputableness.

Indisputable (a.) Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.

Indisputed (a.) Undisputed.

Indissipable (a.) Incapable o/ being dissipated.

Indisdolubility (n.) The quality or state of being indissoluble.

Indissoluble (a.) Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water.

Indissoluble (a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant.

Indissolubleness (n.) Indissolubility.

Indissolubly (adv.) In an indissoluble manner.

Indissolvable (a.) Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable o/ separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union.

Indissolvableness (n.) Indissolubleness.

Indistancy (n.) Want of distance o/ separation; nearness.

Indistinct (a.) Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.

Indistinct (a.) Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.

Indistinctible (a.) Indistinguishable.

Indistinction (n.) Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.

Indistinctive (a.) Having nothing distinctive; common.

Indistinctly (adv.) In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.

Indistinctness (n.) The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.

Indistinguishable (a.) Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.

Indistinguishably (adv.) In a indistinguishable manner.

Indistinguished (a.) Indistinct.

Indistinguishing (a.) Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities.

Indisturbance (n.) Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.

Inditch (v. t.) To bury in, or cast into, a ditch.

Indited (imp. & p. p.) of Indite

Inditing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indite

Indite (v. t.) To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

Indite (v. t.) To invite or ask.

Indite (v. t.) To indict; to accuse; to censure.

Indite (v. i.) To compose; to write, as a poem.

Inditement (n.) The act of inditing.

Inditer (n.) One who indites.

Indium (n.) A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.

Indivertible (a.) Not to be diverted or turned aside.

Individable (a.) Indivisible.

Individed (a.) Undivided.

Individual (a.) Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

Individual (a.) Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.

Individual (n.) A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.

Individual (n.) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.

Individual (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.

Individualism (n.) The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

Individualism (n.) An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.

Individualistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism.

Individualities (pl. ) of Individuality

Individuality (n.) The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

Individuality (n.) The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

Individualization (n.) The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation.

Individualized (imp. & p. p.) of Individualize

Individualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Individualize

Individualize (v. t.) The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.

Individualizer (n.) One who individualizes.

Individually (adv.) In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself.

Individually (adv.) In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individuallyhe same.

Individuate (a.) Undivided.

Individua (imp. & p. p.) of Individuate

Individuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Individuate

Individuate (v. t.) To distinguish from others from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.

Individuation (n.) The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.

Individuator (n.) One who, or that which, individuates.

Individuity (n.) Separate existence; individuality; oneness.

Indivinity (n.) Want or absence of divine power or of divinity.

Indivisibility (n.) The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability.

Indivisible (a.) Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts.

Indivisible (a.) Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.

Indivisible (n.) That which is indivisible.

Indivisible (n.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

Indivisibleness (n.) The state of being indivisible; indivisibility.

Indivisibly (adv.) In an indivisible manner.

Indivision (n.) A state of being not divided; oneness.

Indo- () A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.

Indoaniline (n.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes.

IndoBriton (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste.

Indo-Chinese (a.) Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).

Indocibility (n.) The state of being indocible; indocibleness; indocility.

Indocible (a.) Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile.

Indocile (a.) Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

Indocility (n.) The quality or state of being indocile; dullness of intellect; unteachableness; intractableness.

Indoctrinated (imp. & p. p.) of Indoctrinate

Indoctrinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indoctrinate

Indoctrinate (v. t.) To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed by in.

Indoctrination (n.) The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information.

Indo-English (a.) Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian.

Indo-European (a.) Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.

Indogen (n.) A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.

Indogenide (n.) Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus.

Indo-Germanic (a.) Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.

Indo-Germanic (a.) Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language.

Indoin (n.) A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds.

Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.

Indolence (n.) Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.

Indolence (n.) The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity.

Indolency (n.) Indolence.

Indolent (a.) Free from toil, pain, or trouble.

Indolent (a.) Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.

Indolent (a.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor.

Indolently (adv.) In an indolent manner.

Indoles (n.) Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.

Indolin (n.) A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.

Indomable (a.) Indomitable.

Indomitable (a.) Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.

Indomite (a.) Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.

Indomptable (a.) Indomitable.

Indoor (a.) Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.

Indoors (adv.) Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.

Indophenol (n.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.

Indorsable (a.) Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.

Indorsation (n.) Indorsement.

Indorsed (imp. & p. p.) of Indorse

Indorsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indorse

Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.

Indorse (v. t.) To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.).

Indorse (v. t.) To give one's name or support to; to sanction; to aid by approval; to approve; as, to indorse an opinion.

Indorsed (a.) See Addorsed.

Indorsee (n.) The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.

Indorsement (n.) The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.

Indorsement (n.) That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.

Indorsement (n.) Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.

Indorser (n.) Alt. of Indorsor

Indorsor (n.) The person who indorses.

Indow (v. t.) See Endow.

Indowment (n.) See Endowment.

Indoxyl (n.) A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.

Indoxylic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or producing, indoxyl; as, indoxylic acid.

Indraught (n.) An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.

Indraught (n.) A draught of air or flow of water setting inward.

Indrawn (a.) Drawn in.

Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.

Indris (n.) Alt. of Indri

Indri (n.) Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.

Indubious (a.) Not dubious or doubtful; certain.

Indubious (a.) Not doubting; unsuspecting.

Indubitable (a.) Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion.

Indubitable (n.) That which is indubitable.

Indubitableness (n.) The state or quality of being indubitable.

Indubitably (adv.) Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt.

Indubitate (a.) Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain.

Indubitate (v. t.) To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.

Induced (imp. & p. p.) of Induce

Inducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Induce

Induce (v. t.) To lead in; to introduce.

Induce (v. t.) To draw on; to overspread.

Induce (v. t.) To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.

Induce (v. t.) To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure.

Induce (v. t.) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state.

Induce (v. t.) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

Inducement (n.) The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

Inducement (n.) That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil.

Inducement (n.) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.

Inducer (n.) One who, or that which, induces or incites.

Inducible (a.) Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.

Inducible (a.) Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.

Inducted (imp. & p. p.) of Induct

Inducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Induct

Induct (v. t.) To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

Induct (v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.

Inducteous (a.) Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.

Inductile (a.) Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.

Inductility (n.) The quality or state of being inductile.

Induction (n.) The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

Induction (n.) An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue.

Induction (n.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.

Induction (n.) The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.

Induction (n.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction.

Induction (n.) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.

Inductional (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction; inductive.

Inductive (a.) Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.

Inductive (a.) Tending to induce or cause.

Inductive (a.) Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.

Inductive (a.) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.

Inductive (a.) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.

Inductively (adv.) By induction or inference.

Inductometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.

Inductor (n.) The person who inducts another into an office or benefice.

Inductor (n.) That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.

Inductoriums (pl. ) of Inductorium

Inductoria (pl. ) of Inductorium

Inductorium (n.) An induction coil.

Inductric (a.) Alt. of Inductrical

Inductrical (a.) Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.

Indued (imp. & p. p.) of Indue

Induing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indue

Indue (v. t.) To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

Indue (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities.

Induement (n.) The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.

Indulged (imp. & p. p.) of Indulge

Indulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indulge

Indulge (v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

Indulge (v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.

Indulge (v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

Indulge (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.

Indulgement (n.) Indulgence.

Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Indulgence (n.) An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.

Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.

Indulgence (v. t.) To grant an indulgence to.

Indulgency (n.) Indulgence.

Indulgent (a.) Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent.

Indulgential (a.) Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.

Indulgently (adv.) In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.

Indulger (n.) One who indulges.

Indulgiate (v. t.) To indulge.

Induline (n.) Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.

Induline (n.) A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black.

Indult (n.) Alt. of Indulto

Indulto (n.) A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.

Indulto (n.) A duty levied on all importations.

Indument (n.) Plumage; feathers.

Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.

Induplicate (a.) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.

Induplicative (a.) Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation.

Induplicative (a.) Having induplicate leaves in vernation.

Indurance (n.) See Endurance.

Indurate (a.) Hardened; not soft; indurated.

Indurate (a.) Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate.

Indurated (imp. & p. p.) of Indurate

Indurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indurate

Indurate (v. t.) To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air.

Indurate (v. t.) To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate.

Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat.

Indurated (a.) Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart.

Induration (n.) The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.

Induration (n.) State of being indurated, or of having become hard.

Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.

Indusial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.

Indusiate (a.) Alt. of Indusiated

Indusiated (a.) Furnished with an indusium.

Indusia (pl. ) of Indusium

Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.

Indusium (n.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.

Indusium (n.) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.

Industrial (a.) Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.

Industrialism (n.) Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.

Industrialism (n.) The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.

Industrially (adv.) With reference to industry.

Industrious (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.

Industrious (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.

Industries (pl. ) of Industry

Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.

Industry (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.

Industry (n.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.

Indutive (a.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.

Induviae (n. pl.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.

Induviate (a.) Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.

Indwelt (imp. & p. p.) of Indwell

Indwelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indwell

Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

Indweller (n.) An inhabitant.

Indwelling (n.) Residence within, as in the heart.

-ine () A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, and alkaloidal in their nature.

-ine () A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc.

Inearth (v. t.) To inter.

Inebriant (a.) Intoxicating.

Inebriant (n.) Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.

Inebriated (imp. & p. p.) of Inebriate

Inebriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inebriate

Inebriate (v. t.) To make drunk; to intoxicate.

Inebriate (v. t.) Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.

Inebriate (v. i.) To become drunk.

Inebriate (a.) Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.

Inebriate (n.) One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum fro inebriates.

Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.

Inebriety (n.) Drunkenness; inebriation.

Inebrious (a.) Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating.

Inedited (a.) Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript.

Inee (n.) An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.

Ineffability (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.

Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.

Ineffableness (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.

Ineffably (adv.) In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.

Ineffaceable (a.) Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.

Ineffaceably (adv.) So as not to be effaceable.

Ineffectible (a.) Ineffectual; impracticable.

Ineffective (a.) Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

Ineffectively (adv.) In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.

Ineffectiveness (n.) Quality of being ineffective.

Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.

Ineffectuality (n.) Ineffectualness.

Ineffectually (adv.) Without effect; in vain.

Ineffectualness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.

Ineffervescence (n.) Want of effervescence.

Ineffervescent (a.) Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.

Ineffervescibility (n.) The quality of being ineffervescible.

Ineffervescible (a.) Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.

Inefficacious (a.) Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.

Inefficaciously (adv.) without efficacy or effect.

Inefficaciousness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.

Inefficacy (n.) Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.

Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.

Inefficient (a.) Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.

Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.

Inefficiently (adv.) In an inefficient manner.

Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

Inelastic (a.) Not elastic.

Inelasticity (n.) Want of elasticity.

Inelegances (pl. ) of Inelegancy

Inelegancies (pl. ) of Inelegancy

Inelegance (n.) Alt. of Inelegancy

Inelegancy (n.) The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.

Inelegancy (n.) Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.

Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

Inelegantly (adv.) In an inelegant manner.

Ineligibility (n.) The state or quality of being ineligible.

Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable.

Inelligibly (adv.) In an ineligible manner.

Ineloquent (a.) Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.

Ineloquently (adv.) Without eloquence.

Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.

Ineludible (a.) Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.

Inembryonate (a.) Not embryonate.

Inernarrable (a.) Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.

Inept (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.

Inept (a.) Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.

Ineptitude (n.) The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

Ineptitude (n.) Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.

Ineptly (adv.) Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.

Ineptness (n.) Unfitness; ineptitude.

Inequable (a.) Unequable.

Inequal (a.) Unequal; uneven; various.

Inequalities (pl. ) of Inequality

Inequality (n.) The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.

Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.

Inequality (n.) Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.

Inequality (n.) Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.

Inequality (n.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (< or >) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1.

Inequality (n.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.

Inequation (n.) An inequality.

Inequidistant (a.) Not equally distant; not equidistant.

Inequilateral (a.) Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.

Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.

Inequilobate (a.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

Inequitable (a.) Not equitable; not just.

Inequitate (v. t.) To ride over or through.

Inequity (n.) Want of equity; injustice; wrong.

Inequivalve (a.) Alt. of Inequivalvular

Inequivalvular (a.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

Ineradicable (a.) Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.

Ineradicably (adv.) So as not to be eradicable.

Inergetic (a.) Alt. of Inergetical

Inergetical (a.) Having no energy; sluggish.

Inergetically (adv.) Without energy.

Inerm (a.) Alt. of Inermous

Inermous (a.) Same as Inermis.

Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf.

Inerrability (n.) Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility.

Inerrable (a.) Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring.

Inerrableness (n.) Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility.

Inerrably (adv.) With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.

Inerrancy (n.) Exemption from error.

Inerratic (a.) Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established.

Inerringly (adv.) Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly.

Inert (a.) Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.

Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

Inert (a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.

Inertia (n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.

Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.

Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

Inertion (n.) Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.

Inertitude (n.) Inertness; inertia.

Inertly (adv.) Without activity; sluggishly.

Inertness (n.) Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.

Inertness (n.) Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.

Inerudite (a.) Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.

Inescapable (a.) Not escapable.

Inescate (v. t.) To allure; to lay a bait for.

Inescation (n.) The act of baiting; allurement.

Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.

In esse () In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.

Inessential (a.) Having no essence or being.

Inessential (a.) Not essential; unessential.

Inestimable (a.) Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.

Inestimably (adv.) In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.

Inevasible (a.) Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.

Inevidence (n.) Want of evidence; obscurity.

Inevident (a.) Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.

Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.

Inevitable (a.) Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.

Inevitable (a.) Irresistible.

Inevitableness (n.) The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.

Inevitably (adv.) Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.

Inexact (a.) Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

Inexactitude (n.) Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.

Inexactly (adv.) In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.

Inexactness (n.) Incorrectness; want of exactness.

Inexcitability (n.) The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.

Inexcitable (a.) Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.

Inexcusable (a.) Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.

Inexcusableness (n.) The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness.

Inexcusably (adv.) With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.

Inexecrable (a.) That can not be execrated enough.

Inexecutable (a.) Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.

Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty.

Inexertion (n.) Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness.

Inexhalable (a.) Incapable of being exhaled.

Inexhausted (a.) Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted.

Inexhaustedly (adv.) Without exhaustion.

Inexhaustibility (n.) The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.

Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.

Inexhaustive (a.) Inexhaustible.

Inexist (v. i.) To exist within; to dwell within.

Inexistant (a.) Inexistent; not existing.

Inexistence (n.) Inherence; subsistence.

Inexistence (n.) That which exists within; a constituent.

Inexistence (n.) Want of being or existence.

Inexistent (a.) Not having being; not existing.

Inexistent (a.) Inherent; innate; indwelling.

Inexorability (n.) The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty.

Inexorable (a.) Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge.

Inexorableness (n.) The quality or state of being inexorable.

Inexorably (adv.) In an inexorable manner; inflexibly.

Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension.

Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated.

Inexpectant (a.) Not expectant.

Inexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation.

Inexpected (a.) Unexpected.

Inexpectedly (adv.) Unexpectedly.

Inexpectedness (n.) Unexpectedness.

Inexpedience (n.) Alt. of Inexpediency

Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures.

Inexpedient (a.) Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another.

Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.

Inexpensive (a.) Not expensive; cheap.

Inexperience (n.) Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.

Inexperienced (a.) Not having experience unskilled.

Inexpert (a.) Destitute of experience or of much experience.

Inexpert (a.) Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.

Inexpertness (n.) Want of expertness or skill.

Inexpiable (a.) Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense.

Inexpiable (a.) Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable.

Inexpiableness (n.) Quality of being inexpiable.

Inexpiably (adv.) In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement.

Inexpiate (a.) Not appeased or placated.

Inexplainable (a.) Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.

Inexpleably (adv.) Insatiably.

Inexplicability (n.) The quality or state of being inexplicable.

Inexplicable (a.) Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery.

Inexplicableness (n.) A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability.

Inexplicably (adv.) In an inexplicable manner.

Inexplicit (a.) Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.

Inexplorable (a.) Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered.

Inexplosive (a.) Not explosive.

Inexposure (n.) A state of not being exposed.

Inexpressible (a.) Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure.

Inexpressibles (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers.

Inexpressibly (adv.) In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably.

Inexpressive (a.) Inexpressible.

Inexpressive (a.) Without expression or meaning; not expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an inexpressive countenance.

Inexpressiveness (n.) The state or quality of being inexpressive.

Inexpugnable (a.) Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable.

Inexpugnably (adv.) So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner.

Inexsuperable (a.) Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.

Inextended (a.) Not extended.

Inextensible (a.) Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers.

Inextension (n.) Want of extension; unextended state.

Inexterminable (a.) Incapable of extermination.

Inextinct (a.) Not quenched; not extinct.

Inextinguible (a.) Inextinguishable.

Inextinguishable (a.) Not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds.

Inextinguishably (adv.) So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner.

Inextirpable (a.) Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.

Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion.

Inextricable (a.) Inevitable.

Inextricableness (n.) The state of being inextricable.

Inextricably (adv.) In an inextricable manner.

Ineyed (imp. & p. p.) of Ineye

Ineyeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ineye

Ineye (v. t.) To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate.

Infabricated (a.) Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural.

Infallibilist (n.) One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility.

Infallibility (n.) The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability.

Infallible (a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.

Infallible (a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.

Infallible (a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.

Infallibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility.

Infallibly (adv.) In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.

Infame (v. t.) To defame; to make infamous.

Infamized (imp. & p. p.) of Infamize

Infamizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infamize

Infamize (v. t.) To make infamous; to defame.

Infamous (a.) Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

Infamous (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

Infamous (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

Infamous (a.) Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

Infamously (adv.) In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.

Infamousness (n.) The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.

Infamies (pl. ) of Infamy

Infamy (n.) Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

Infamy (n.) A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.

Infamy (n.) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.

Infancy (n.) The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

Infancy (n.) The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.

Infancy (n.) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.

Infandous (a.) Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.

Infangthef (n.) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.

Infant (n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.

Infant (n.) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.

Infant (n.) Same as Infante.

Infant (a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.

Infant (a.) Intended for young children; as, an infant school.

Infant (v. t.) To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.

Infanta (n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.

Infante (n.) A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Infanthood (n.) Infancy.

Infanticidal (a.) Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder.

Infanticide (n.) The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

Infanticide (n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.

Infantile (a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

Infantine (a.) Infantile; childish.

Infantlike (a.) Like an infant.

Infantly (a.) Like an infant.

Infantry (n.) A body of children.

Infantry (n.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.

Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell.

Infarction (n.) The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.

Infare (n.) A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.

Infashionable (a.) Unfashionable.

Infatigable (a.) Indefatigable.

Infatuate (a.) Infatuated.

Infatuated (imp. & p. p.) of Infatuate

Infatuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infatuate

Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.

Infatuate (v. t.) To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming.

Infatuated (a.) Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.

Infatuation (n.) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.

Infaust (a.) Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.

Infausting (n.) The act of making unlucky; misfortune; bad luck.

Infeasibility (n.) The state of being infeasible; impracticability.

Infeasible (a.) Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable.

Infeasibleness (n.) The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility.

Infect (v. t.) Infected. Cf. Enfect.

Infected (imp. & p. p.) of Infect

Infecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infect

Infect (v. t.) To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.

Infect (v. t.) To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.

Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious.

Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

Infecter (n.) One who, or that which, infects.

Infectible (a.) Capable of being infected.

Infection (n.) The act or process of infecting.

Infection (n.) That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

Infection (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Infectious (a.) Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.

Infectious (a.) Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.

Infectious (a.) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.

Infectious (a.) Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.

Infectiously (adv.) In an infectious manner.

Infectiousness (n.) The quality of being infectious.

Infective (a.) Infectious.

Infecund (a.) Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile.

Infecundity (n.) Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.

Infecundous (a.) Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive.

Infeeble (v. t.) See Enfeeble.

Infelicitous (a.) Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words.

Infelicities (pl. ) of Infelicity

Infelicity (n.) The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.

Infelicity (n.) That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.

Infelonious (a.) Not felonious, malignant, or criminal.

Infelt (a.) Felt inwardly; heartfelt.

Infeodation (n.) See Infeudation.

Infeoff (v. t.) See Enfeoff.

Infeoffment (n.) See Enfeoffment.

Inferred (imp. & p. p.) of Infer

Inferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infer

Infer (v. t.) To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

Infer (v. t.) To offer, as violence.

Infer (v. t.) To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.

Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.

Infer (v. t.) To show; to manifest; to prove.

Inferable (a.) Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises.

Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

Inferential (a.) Deduced or deducible by inference.

Inferentially (adv.) By way of inference.

Inferiae (n. pl.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.

Inferior (a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.

Inferior (a.) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.

Inferior (a.) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

Inferior (a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.

Inferior (a.) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

Inferior (a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.

Inferior (n.) A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.

Inferiority () The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.

Inferiorly (adv.) In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.

Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.

Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct.

Infernal (n.) An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.

Infernally (adv.) In an infernal manner; diabolically.

Inferobranchian (n.) One of the Inferobranchiata.

Inferobranchiata (n. pl.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.

Inferobranchiate (a.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.

Inferrible (a.) Inferable.

Infertile (a.) Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

Infertilely (adv.) In an infertile manner.

Infertility (n.) The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

Infest (v. t.) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

Infested (imp. & p. p.) of Infest

Infesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infest

Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.

Infesttation (n.) The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.

Infester (n.) One who, or that which, infests.

Infestive (a.) Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.

Infestivity (n.) Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness.

Infestuous (a.) Mischievous; harmful; dangerous.

Infeudation (n.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.

Infeudation (n.) The granting of tithes to laymen.

Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock.

Infibulation (n.) The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.

Infidel (a.) Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity.

Infidel (n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.

Infidelities (pl. ) of Infidelity

Infidelity (n.) Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.

Infidelity (n.) Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.

Infidelity (n.) Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a servant.

Infield (v. t.) To inclose, as a field.

Infield (n.) Arable and manured land kept continually under crop; -- distinguished from outfield.

Infield (n.) The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5.

Infile (v. t.) To arrange in a file or rank; to place in order.

Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror.

Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilter

Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilter

Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.

Infiltrated (imp. & p. p.) of Infiltrate

Infiltrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infiltrate

Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.

Infiltration (n.) The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

Infiltration (n.) The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.

Infiltrative (a.) Of or pertaining to infiltration.

Infinite (a.) Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.

Infinite (a.) Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.

Infinite (a.) Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.

Infinite (a.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.

Infinite (a.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.

Infinite (n.) That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.

Infinite (n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.

Infinite (n.) An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.

Infinite (n.) The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.

Infinitely (adv.) Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.

Infinitely (adv.) Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.

Infiniteness (n.) The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.

Infinitesimal (a.) Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.

Infinitesimal (n.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.

Infinitesimally (adv.) By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.

Infinitival (a.) Pertaining to the infinite mood.

Infinitive (n.) Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

Infinitive (n.) An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.

Infinitive (adv.) In the manner of an infinitive mood.

Infinito (a.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5.

Infinitude (n.) The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.

Infinitude (n.) Infinite extent; unlimited space; immensity; infinity.

Infinitude (n.) Boundless number; countless multitude.

Infinituple (a.) Multipied an infinite number of times.

Infinities (pl. ) of Infinity

Infinity (n.) Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.

Infinity (n.) Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.

Infinity (n.) Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.

Infinity (n.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.

Infinity (n.) That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity.

Infirm (a.) Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

Infirm (a.) Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.

Infirm (a.) Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

Infirm (v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.

Infirmarian (n.) A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

Infirmaries (pl. ) of Infirmary

Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

Infirmative (a.) Weakening; annulling, or tending to make void.

Infirmatory (n.) An infirmary.

Infirmities (pl. ) of Infirmity

Infirmity (a.) The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.

Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.

Infirmly (adv.) In an infirm manner.

Infirmness (n.) Infirmity; feebleness.

Infixed (imp. & p. p.) of Infix

Infixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infix

Infix (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

Infix (v. t.) To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.

Infix (n.) Something infixed.

Inflamed (imp. & p. p.) of Inflame

Inflaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflame

Inflame (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

Inflame (v. t.) Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.

Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

Inflame (v. t.) To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

Inflame (v. i.) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Inflamed (p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.

Inflamer (n.) The person or thing that inflames.

Inflammabillty (n.) Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Inflammable (a.) Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

Inflammable (a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.

Inflammableness (n.) The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability.

Inflammbly (adv.) In an inflammable manner.

Inflammation (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

Inflammation (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.

Inflammative (a.) Inflammatory.

Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

Inflammatory (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.

Inflammatory (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.

Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.

Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.

Inflated (imp. & p. p.) of Inflate

Inflating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflate

Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.

Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

Inflate (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.

Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

Inflater (n.) One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.

Inflatingly (adv.) In a manner tending to inflate.

Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.

Inflationist (n.) One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.

Inflatus (v. t.) A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.

Inflected (imp. & p. p.) of Inflect

Inflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflect

Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

Inflect (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.

Inflect (v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.

Inflected (a.) Bent; turned; deflected.

Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective.

Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.

Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.

Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.

Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.

Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.

Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.

Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.

Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.

Inflesh (v. t.) To incarnate.

Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

Inflexed (a.) Turned; bent.

Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.

Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.

Inflexible (a.) Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

Inflexible (a.) Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.

Inflexible (a.) Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.

Inflexibleness (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.

Inflexibly (adv.) In an inflexible manner.

Inflexion (n.) Inflection.

Inflexive (a.) Inflective.

Inflexive (a.) Inflexible.

Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.

Inflicted (imp. & p. p.) of Inflict

Inflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inflict

Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.

Inflicter (n.) One who inflicts.

Infliction (n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

Infliction (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.

Inflictive (a.) Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.

Inflorescence (n.) A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

Inflorescence (n.) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other.

Inflorescence (n.) An axis on which all the flower buds.

Inflow (v. i.) To flow in.

Influence (n.) A flowing in or upon; influx.

Influence (n.) Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.

Influence (n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.

Influence (n.) Induction.

Influenced (imp. & p. p.) of Influence

Influencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Influence

Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.

Influencer (n.) One who, or that which, influences.

Influencive (a.) Tending toinfluence; influential.

Influent (a.) Flowing in.

Influent (a.) Exerting influence; influential.

Inflential (a.) Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.

Influentially (adv.) In an influential manner.

Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.

Influx (n.) The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

Influx (n.) A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver.

Influx (n.) Influence; power.

Influxion (n.) A flowing in; infusion.

Influxious (a.) Influential.

Influxive (a.) Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.

Influxively (adv.) By influxion.

Infolded (imp. & p. p.) of Infold

Infolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infold

Infold (v. t.) To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.

Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.

Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

Infoliate (v. t.) To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.

Inform (a.) Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

Informed (imp. & p. p.) of Inform

Informing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inform

Inform (v. t.) To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.

Inform (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.

Inform (v. t.) To communicate a knowledge of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.

Inform (v. t.) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

Inform (v. t.) To give intelligence or information; to tell.

Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.

Informal (a.) Deranged in mind; out of one's senses.

Informalities (pl. ) of Informality

Informality (n.) The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

Informality (n.) An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule.

Informally (adv.) In an informal manner.

Informant (v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

Informant (v. t.) One who imparts information or instruction.

Informant (v. t.) One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.

Information (v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

Information (v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.

Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.

Informative (a.) Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.

Informatory (a.) Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.

Informed (a.) Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

Informer (v.) One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Informer (v.) One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.

Informer (v.) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.

Informidable (a.) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.

Informity (a.) Want of regular form; shapelessness.

Informous (a.) Of irregular form; shapeless.

Infortunate (a.) Unlucky; unfortunate.

Infortune (n.) Misfortune.

Infortuned (a.) Unfortunate.

Infound (v. t.) To pour in; to infuse.

Infra (adv.) Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.

Infra-axillary (a.) Situated below the axil, as a bud.

Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Infraclavicular (a.) Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa.

Infract (a.) Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.

Infracted (imp. & p. p.) of Infract

Infracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infract

Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe.

Infractible (a.) Capable of being broken.

Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.

Infractor (n.) One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Infragrant (a.) Not fragrant.

Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).

Infralabial (a.) Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.

Infralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

Infralapsarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.

Infralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians.

Inframarginal (a.) Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.

Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve.

Inframaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.

Inframedian (a.) Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.

Inframundane (a.) Lying or situated beneath the world.

Infranchise (v. t.) See Enfranchise.

Infrangibility (n.) The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.

Infrangible (a.) Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.

Infrangible (a.) Not to be infringed or violated.

Infrangibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.

Infraocular (a.) Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.

Infraorbital (a.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.

Infrapose (v. t.) To place under or beneath.

Infraposition (n.) A situation or position beneath.

Infrascapular (a.) Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Infraspinal (a.) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.

Infraspinal (a.) Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

Infraspinate (a.) Alt. of Infraspinous

Infraspinous (a.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

Infrastapedial (a.) Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes.

Infrastapedial (n.) The infrastapedial part of the columella.

Infrasternal (a.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Infratemporal (a.) Below the temple; below the temporal bone.

Infraterritorial (a.) Within the territory of a state.

Infratrochlear (a.) Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Infrequence (n.) Alt. of Infrequency

Infrequency (n.) The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.

Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.

Infrequent (a.) Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

Infrequently (adv.) Not frequently; rarely.

Infrigidate (v. t.) To chill; to make cold; to cool.

Infrigidation (n.) The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.

Infringed (imp. & p. p.) of Infringe

Infringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infringe

Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.

Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.

Infringe (v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

Infringe (v. i.) To encroach; to trespass; -- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.

Infringement (n.) The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.

Infringer (n.) One who infringes or violates; a violator.

Infructuose (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.

Infrugal (a.) Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time.

Infrugiferous (a.) Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.

Infucate (v. t.) To stain; to paint; to daub.

Infucation (n.) The act of painting or staining, especially of painting the face.

Infule (pl. ) of Infula

Infula (n.) A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.

Infumated (imp. & p. p.) of Infumate

Infumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infumate

Infumate (v. t.) To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Infumated (a.) Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.

Infumation (n.) Act of drying in smoke.

Infumed (a.) Dried in smoke; smoked.

Infundibular (a.) Alt. of Infundibulate

Infundibulate (a.) Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum.

Infundibuliform (a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.

Infundibuliform (a.) Same as Funnelform.

Infundibula (pl. ) of Infundibulum

Infundibulums (pl. ) of Infundibulum

Infundibulum (n.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.

Infundibulum (n.) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.

Infundibulum (n.) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.

Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury.

Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.

Infuriate (v. t.) Enraged; rading; furiously angry; infuriated.

Infuriated (imp. & p. p.) of Infuriate

Infuriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuriate

Infuriate (v. t.) To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate.

Infuriated (a.) Enraged; furious.

Infuscate (v. t.) To darken; to make black; to obscure.

Infuscated (a.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.

Infuscation (n.) The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.

Infused (imp. & p. p.) of Infuse

Infusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infuse

Infuse (v. t.) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Infuse (v. t.) To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.

Infuse (v. t.) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed by with.

Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.

Infuse (v. t.) To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture; to saturate.

Infuse (n.) Infusion.

Infuser (n.) One who, or that which, infuses.

Infusibility (n.) Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled.

Infusibility (n.) Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved; as, the infusibility of carbon.

Infusible (v.) Capable of being infused.

Infusible (a.) Not fusible; incapble or difficalt of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted.

Infusibleness (n.) Infusibility.

Infusion (v. t.) The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

Infusion (v. t.) That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.

Infusion (v. t.) The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.

Infusion (v. t.) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.

Infusion (v. t.) The liquid extract obtained by this process.

Infusionism (n.) The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to tradicianism and creationism.

Infusive (a.) Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.

Infusoria (n. pl.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size.

Infusorial (a.) Belonging to the Infusoria; composed of, or containing, Infusoria; as, infusorial earth.

Infusorian (n.) One of the Infusoria.

Infusory (a.) Infusorial.

Infusories (pl. ) of Infusory

Infusory (n.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.

-ing () A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

-ing () A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

-ing () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.

Ing (n.) A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.

Ingannation (n.) Cheat; deception.

Ingate (n.) Entrance; ingress.

Ingate (n.) The aperture in a mold for pouring in the metal; the gate.

Ingathering (n.) The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.

Ingelable (a.) Not congealable.

Ingeminate (a.) Redoubled; repeated.

Ingeminated (imp. & p. p.) of Ingeminate

Ingeminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingeminate

Ingeminate (v. t.) To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.

Ingemination (n.) Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.

Ingena (n.) The gorilla.

Ingender (v. t.) See Engender.

Ingenerabillty (n.) Incapacity of being engendered or produced.

Ingenerable (a.) Incapble of being engendered or produced; original.

Ingenerably (adv.) In an ingenerable manner.

Ingenerate (a.) Generated within; inborn; innate; as, ingenerate powers of body.

Ingenerat (imp. & p. p.) of Ingenerate

Ingenerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingenerate

Ingenerate (v. t.) To generate or produce within; to begete; to engener; to occasion; to cause.

Ingeneration (n.) Act of ingenerating.

Ingeniate (v. t. & i.) To invent; to contrive.

Ingenie (n.) See Ingeny.

Ingeniosity (n.) Ingenuity; skill; cunning.

Ingenious (a.) Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.

Ingenious (a.) Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.

Ingenious (a.) Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.

Ingenious (a.) Mental; intellectual.

Ingeniously (adv.) In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly.

Ingeniousness (n.) The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.

Ingenite (a.) Alt. of Ingenit

Ingenit (a.) Innate; inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate.

Ingenuity (n.) The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

Ingenuity (n.) Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.

Ingenuity (n.) Openness of heart; ingenuousness.

Ingenuous (a.) Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.

Ingenuous (a.) Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.

Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.

Ingenuous (a.) Ingenious.

Ingenuously (adv.) In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.

Ingenuousness (n.) The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

Ingenuousness (n.) Ingenuity.

Ingeny (n.) Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.

Ingerminate (v. t.) To cause to germinate.

Ingest (v. t.) To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

Ingesta (n. pl.) That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.

Ingestion (n.) The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

Inghalla (n.) The reedbuck of South Africa.

Ingirt (v. t.) To encircle to gird; to engirt.

Ingirt (a.) Surrounded; encircled.

Ingle (n.) Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.

Ingle (n.) A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart; an engle.

Ingle (v. t.) To cajole or coax; to wheedle. See Engle.

Inglobate (a.) In the form of a globe or sphere; -- applied to nebulous matter collected into a sphere by the force of gravitation.

Inglobe (v. t.) To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly.

Inglorious (a.) Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.

Inglorious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc.

Ingloriously (adv.) In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.

Ingloriousness (n.) The state of being inglorious.

Inglut (v. t.) To glut.

Ingluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to the indulges or crop of birds.

Ingluvies (n.) The crop, or craw, of birds.

Ingluvious (a.) Gluttonous.

In-going (n.) The act of going in; entrance.

In-going (a.) Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.

Ingorge (v. t. & i.) See Engorge.

Ingot (n.) That in which metal is cast; a mold.

Ingot (n.) A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

Ingrace (v. t.) To ingratiate.

Ingracious (a.) Ungracious; unkind.

Ingraff (v. t.) See Ingraft.

Ingrafted (imp. & p. p.) of Ingraft

Ingrafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingraft

Ingraft (v. t.) To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.

Ingraft (v. t.) To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.

Ingrafter (n.) A person who ingrafts.

Ingraftment (n.) The act of ingrafting.

Ingraftment (n.) The thing ingrafted; a scion.

Ingrain (a.) Dyed with grain, or kermes.

Ingrain (a.) Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

Ingrain (n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

Ingrained (imp. & p. p.) of Ingrain

Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrain

Ingrain (v. t.) To dye with or in grain or kermes.

Ingrain (v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

Ingrain (v. t.) To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.

Ingrate (a.) Ingrateful.

Ingrate (n.) An ungrateful person.

Ingrateful (a.) Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.

Ingrateful (a.) Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.

Ingrately (adv.) Ungratefully.

Ingratiated (imp. & p. p.) of Ingratiate

Ingratiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingratiate

Ingratiate (v. t.) To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought.

Ingratiate (v. t.) To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to.

Ingratiate (v. i.) To gain favor.

Ingratitude (n.) Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.

Ingrave (v. t.) To engrave.

Ingrave (v. t.) To bury.

Ingravidate (v. t.) To impregnate.

Ingravidation (n.) The state of being pregnant or impregnated.

Ingreat (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to magnify.

Ingredience (n.) Alt. of Ingrediency

Ingrediency (n.) Entrance; ingress.

Ingrediency (n.) The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part.

Ingredient (n.) That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.

Ingredient (a.) Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.

Ingress (n.) The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

Ingress (n.) Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

Ingress (n.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

Ingress (v. i.) To go in; to enter.

Ingression (n.) Act of entering; entrance.

Ingrieve (v. t.) To render more grievous; to aggravate.

Ingroove (v. t.) To groove in; to join in or with a groove.

Ingross (v. t.) See Engross.

Ingrowing (a.) Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.

Ingrowth (n.) A growth or development inward.

Inguen (n.) The groin.

Inguilty (a.) Not guilty.

Inguinal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.

Ingulfed (imp. & p. p.) of Ingulf

Ingulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingulf

Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.

Ingulfment (n.) The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.

Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle.

Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf.

Ingurgitate (v. i.) To guzzle; to swill.

Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.

Ingustable (a.) Tasteless; insipid.

Inhabile (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; not convenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; as, inhabile matter.

Inhabile (a.) Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person.

Inhability (n.) Unsuitableness; unaptness; unfitness; inability.

Inhabited (imp. & p. p.) of Inhabit

Inhabiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhabit

Inhabit (v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

Inhabit (v. i.) To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.

Inhabitable (a.) Capable of being inhabited; habitable.

Inhabitable (a.) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.

Inhabitance (n.) Alt. of Inhabitancy

Inhabitancy (n.) The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.

Inhabitancy (n.) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy.

Inhabitant (n.) One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state.

Inhabitant (n.) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident.

Inhabitate (v. t.) To inhabit.

Inhabitation (n.) The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.

Inhabitation (n.) Abode; place of dwelling; residence.

Inhabitation (n.) Population; inhabitants.

Inhabitativeness (n.) A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.

Inhabited (a.) Uninhabited.

Inhabiter (n.) An inhabitant.

Inhabitiveness (n.) See Inhabitativeness.

Inhabitress (n.) A female inhabitant.

Inhalant (a.) Inhaling; used for inhaling.

Inhalant (n.) An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be inhaled.

Inhalation (n.) The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.

Inhaled (imp. & p. p.) of Inhale

Inhaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhale

Inhale (v. t.) To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

Inhalent (a.) Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct.

Inhaler (n.) One who inhales.

Inhaler (n.) An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.

Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.

Inhance (v. t.) See Enhance.

Inharmonic (a.) Alt. of Inharmonical

Inharmonical (a.) Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.

Inharmonious (a.) Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.

Inharmonious (a.) Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.

Inharmoniously (adv.) Without harmony.

Inharmoniousness (n.) The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord.

Inharmony (n.) Want of harmony.

Inhaul (n.) Alt. of Inhauler

Inhauler (n.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.

Inhearsed (imp. & p. p.) of Inhearse

Inhearsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhearse

Inhearse (v. t.) To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin.

Inhered (imp. & p. p.) of Inhere

Inhering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhere

Inhere (v. i.) To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.

Inherence (n.) Alt. of Inherency

Inherency (n.) The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection.

Inherent (a.) Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.

Inherently (adv.) By inherence; inseparably.

Inherited (imp. & p. p.) of Inherit

Inheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inherit

Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.

Inherit (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc.

Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

Inherit (v. t.) To put in possession of.

Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance.

Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.

Inheritable (a.) Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.

Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.

Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.

Inheritably (adv.) By inheritance.

Inheritance (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

Inheritance (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

Inheritance (n.) A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.

Inheritance (n.) Possession; ownership; acquisition.

Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

Inheritance (n.) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.

Inheritor (n.) One who inherits; an heir.

Inheritress (n.) A heiress.

Inheritrix (n.) Same as Inheritress.

Inherse (v. t.) See Inhearse.

Inhesion (n.) The state of existing, of being inherent, in something; inherence.

Inhiation (n.) A gaping after; eager desire; craving.

Inhibited (imp. & p. p.) of Inhibit

Inhibiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhibit

Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Inhibit (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.

Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.

Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.

Inhibition (n.) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.

Inhibitor (n.) That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.

Inhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.

Inhibitory-motor (a.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue.

Inhive (v. t.) To place in a hive; to hive.

Inheld (imp. & p. p.) of Inhold

Inholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhold

Inhold (v. t.) To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess.

Inholder (n.) An inhabitant.

Inhoop (v. t.) To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop.

Inhospitable (a.) Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.

Inhospitality (n.) The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

Inhuman (a.) Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.

Inhuman (a.) Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.

Inhumanities (pl. ) of Inhumanity

Inhumanity (n.) The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

Inhumanly (adv.) In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.

Inhumate (v. t.) To inhume; to bury; to inter.

Inhumation (n.) The act of inhuming or burying; interment.

Inhumation (n.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.

Inhumation (n.) Arenation.

Inhumed (imp. & p. p.) of Inhume

Inhuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inhume

Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter.

Inhume (v. t.) To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.

Inia (n.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.

Inial (a.) Pertaining to the inion.

Inimaginable (a.) Unimaginable; inconceivable.

Inimical (a.) Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.

Inimical (a.) Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.

Inimicality (n.) The state or quality of being inimical or hostile; hostility; unfriendliness.

Inimically (adv.) In an inimical manner.

Inimicitious (a.) Inimical; unfriendly.

Inimicous (a.) Inimical; hurtful.

Inimitability (n.) The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.

Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.

Inion (n.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull.

Iniquitous (a.) Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.

Iniquitously (adv.) In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.

Iniquities (pl. ) of Iniquity

Iniquity (n.) Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.

Iniquity (n.) An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o/ unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.

Iniquity (n.) A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice.

Iniquous (a.) Iniquitous.

Inirritable (a.) Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle.

Inirritative (a.) Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever.

Inisle (v. t.) To form into an island; to surround.

Initial (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.

Initial (a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.

Initial (n.) The first letter of a word or a name.

Initialed (imp. & p. p.) of Initial

Initialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Initial

Initial (v. t.) To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.

Initially (adv.) In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.

Initiated (imp. & p. p.) of Initiate

Initiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Initiate

Initiate (v. t.) To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

Initiate (v. t.) To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

Initiate (a.) Unpracticed; untried; new.

Initiate (a.) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

Initiate (n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated.

Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

Initiation (n.) The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Initiative (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

Initiative (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

Initiator (n.) One who initiates.

Initiatory (a.) Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.

Initiatory (a.) Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.

Initiatory (n.) An introductory act or rite.

Inition (n.) Initiation; beginning.

Injected (imp. & p. p.) of Inject

Injecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inject

Inject (v. t.) To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.

Inject (v. t.) Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.

Inject (v. t.) To cast or throw; -- with on.

Inject (v. t.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

Injection (n.) The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.

Injection (n.) That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.

Injection (n.) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.

Injection (n.) A specimen prepared by injection.

Injection (n.) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

Injection (n.) The cold water thrown into a condenser.

Injector (n.) One who, or that which, injects.

Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.

Injelly (v. t.) To place in jelly.

Injoin (v. t.) See Enjoin.

Injoint (v. t.) To join; to unite.

Injoint (v. t.) To disjoint; to separate.

Injucundity (n.) Unpleasantness; disagreeableness.

Injudicable (a.) Not cognizable by a judge.

Injudicial (a.) Not according to the forms of law; not judicial.

Injudicious (a.) Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.

Injudicious (a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure.

Injudiciously (adv.) In an injudicious manner.

Injudiciousness (n.) The quality of being injudicious; want of sound judgment; indiscretion.

Injunction (n.) The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.

Injunction (n.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.

Injured (imp. & p. p.) of Injure

Injuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Injure

Injure (v. t.) To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.

Injurer (n.) One who injures or wrongs.

Injurie (pl. ) of Injuria

Injuria (n.) Injury; invasion of another's rights.

Injurious (a.) Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable.

Injurious (a.) Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.

Injuriously (adv.) In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.

Injuriousness (n.) The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.

Injuries (pl. ) of Injury

Injury (a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.

Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.

Injustice (n.) An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.

Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.

Ink (n.) A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.

Ink (n.) A pigment. See India ink, under India.

Inked (imp. & p. p.) of Ink

Inking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ink

Ink (v. t.) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.

Inker (n.) One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.

Inkfish (n.) A cuttlefish. See Cuttlefish.

Inkhorn (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.

Inkhorn (a.) Learned; pedantic; affected.

Inkhornism (n.) Pedantry.

Inkiness (n.) The state or quality of being inky; blackness.

Inking (a.) Supplying or covering with ink.

Inkle (n.) A kind of tape or braid.

Inkle (v. t.) To guess.

Inkling (n.) A hint; an intimation.

Inknee (n.) Same as Knock-knee.

Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.

Inknot (v. t.) To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.

Inkstand (n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials.

Inkstone (n.) A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink.

Inky (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.

Inlaced (imp. & p. p.) of Inlace

Inlacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inlace

Inlace (v. t.) To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.

Inlagation (n.) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.

Inlaid (p. p.) of Inlay.

Inland (a.) Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

Inland (a.) Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.

Inland (a.) Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.

Inland (n.) The interior part of a country.

Inland (adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.

Inlander (n.) One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.

Inlandish (a.) Inland.

Inlapidate (v. t.) To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.

Inlard (v. t.) See Inlard.

Inlaw (v. t.) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.

Inlaied (imp. & p. p.) of Inlay

Inlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inlay

Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.

Inlay (n.) Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.

Inlayer (n.) One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.

Inleagued (imp. & p. p.) of Inleague

Inleaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inleague

Inleague (v. t.) To ally, or form an alliance witgh; to unite; to combine.

Inleaguer (v. t.) To beleaguer.

Inlet (n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.

Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.

Inlet (n.) That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.

Inlighten (v. t.) See Enlighten.

Inlist (v. t.) See Enlist.

Inlive (v. t.) To animate.

Inlock (v. t.) To lock in, or inclose.

In loco () In the place; in the proper or natural place.

Inlumine (v. t.) See Illumine.

Inly (a.) Internal; interior; secret.

Inly (adv.) Internally; within; in the heart.

Inmacy (n.) The state of being an inmate.

Inmate (n.) One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.

Inmate (a.) Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

Inmeats (n.pl.) The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

Inmeshed (imp. & p. p.) of Inmesh

Inmeshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inmesh

Inmesh (v. t.) To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.

Inmew (v. t.) To inclose, as in a mew or cage.

Inmost (a.) Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.

Inn (n.) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

Inn (n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

Inn (n.) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.

Inn (n.) One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.

Inned (imp. & p. p.) of Inn

Inning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inn

Inn (v. i.) To take lodging; to lodge.

Inn (v. t.) To house; to lodge.

Inn (v. t.) To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

Innate (a.) Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

Innate (a.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive.

Innate (a.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.

Innate (v. t.) To cause to exit; to call into being.

Innately (adv.) Naturally.

Innateness (n.) The quality of being innate.

Innative (a.) Native.

Innavigable (a.) Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.

Inne (adv. & prep.) In.

Inner (a.) Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

Inner (a.) Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.

Innerly (adv.) More within.

Innermost (a.) Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within.

Innermostly (adv.) In the innermost place.

Innervate (v. t.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

Innervation (n.) The act of innerving or stimulating.

Innervation (n.) Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs.

Innervation (n.) The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.

Innerved (imp. & p. p.) of Innerve

Innerving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innerve

Innerve (v. t.) To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.

Innholder (n.) One who keeps an inn.

Inning (n.) Ingathering; harvesting.

Inning (n.) The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

Inning (n.) Lands recovered from the sea.

Innitency (n.) A leaning; pressure; weight.

Innixion (n.) Act of leaning upon something; incumbency.

Innkeeper (n.) An innholder.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.

Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.

Innocence (n.) Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.

Innocency (n.) Innocence.

Innocent (a.) Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

Innocent (a.) Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

Innocent (a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

Innocent (a.) Simple; artless; foolish.

Innocent (a.) Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

Innocent (n.) An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

Innocent (n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Innocently (adv.) In an innocent manner.

Innocuity (n.) Innocuousness.

Innocuous (a.) Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

Innodated (imp. & p. p.) of Innodate

Innodating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innodate

Innodate (v. t.) To bind up,as in a knot; to include.

Innominable (a.) Not to be named.

Innominate (a.) Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.

Innominate (a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.

Innovated (imp. & p. p.) of Innovate

Innovating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Innovate

Innovate (v. t.) To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act.

Innovate (v. t.) To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.

Innovate (v. i.) To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.

Innovation (n.) The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

Innovation (n.) A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.

Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Innovationist (n.) One who favors innovation.

Innovative (a.) Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.

Innovator (n.) One who innovates.

Innoxious (a.) Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless.

Innoxious (a.) Free from crime; pure; innocent.

Innubilous (a.) Cloudless.

Innuedoes (pl. ) of Innuendo

Innuendo (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

Innuent (a.) Conveying a hint; significant.

Innuit (n.) An Eskimo.

Innumerability (n.) State of being innumerable.

Innumerable (a.) Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.

Innumerous (a.) Innumerable.

Innutrition (n.) Want of nutrition; failure of nourishment.

Innutritious (a.) Not nutritious; not furnishing nourishment.

Innutritive (a.) Innutritious.

Innyard (n.) The yard adjoining an inn.

Inobedience (n.) Disobedience.

Inobedient (a.) Not obedient; disobedient.

Inobservable (a.) Not observable.

Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.

Inobservant (a.) Not observant; regardless; heedless.

Inobservation (n.) Neglect or want of observation.

Inobtrusive (a.) Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.

Inocarpin (n.) A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).

Inoccupation (n.) Want of occupation.

Inoceramus (n.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

Inoculability (n.) The qual ity or state of being inoculable.

Inoculable (a.) Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.

Inocular (a.) Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.

Inoculated (imp. & p. p.) of Inoculate

Inoculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inoculate

Inoculate (v. t.) To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

Inoculate (v. t.) To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

Inoculate (v. t.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.

Inoculate (v. t.) Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.

Inoculate (v. i.) To graft by inserting buds.

Inoculate (v. i.) To communicate disease by inoculation.

Inoculation (n.) The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

Inoculation (n.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.

Inoculation (n.) Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.

Inoculator (n.) One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.

Inodiate (v. t.) To make odious or hateful.

Inodorate (a.) Inodorous.

Inodorous (a.) Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.

Inoffensive (a.) Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.

Inoffensive (a.) Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.

Inoffensive (a.) Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.

Inofficial (a.) Not official; not having official sanction or authoriy; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence.

Inofficially (adv.) Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.

Inofficious (a.) Indifferent to obligation or duty.

Inofficious (a.) Not officious; not civil or attentive.

Inofficious (a.) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.

Inofficiously (adv.) Not-officiously.

Inogen (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.

Inoperation (n.) Agency; influence; production of effects.

Inoperative (a.) Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

Inopercular (a.) Alt. of Inoperculate

Inoperculate (a.) Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.

Inopinable (a.) Not to be expected; inconceivable.

Inopinate (a.) Not expected or looked for.

Inopportune (a.) Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc.

Inopportunely (adv.) Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.

Inopportunity (n.) Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience.

Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Inopulent (a.) Not opulent; not affluent or rich.

Inordinacy (n.) The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire.

Inordinate (a.) Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.

Inordination (n.) Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy.

Inorganic (a.) Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate; as, all chemical compounds are inorganic substances.

Inorganical (a.) Inorganic.

Inorganically (adv.) In an inorganic manner.

Inorganity (n.) Quality of being inorganic.

Inorganization (n.) The state of being without organization.

Inorganized (a.) Not having organic structure; devoid of organs; inorganic.

Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.

Inosculated (imp. & p. p.) of Inosculate

Inosculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inosculate

Inosculate (v. i.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

Inosculate (v. i.) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.

Inosculate (v. t.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.

Inosculate (v. t.) To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.

Inosculation (n.) The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc.

Inosinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, inosite; as, inosinic acid.

Inosite (n.) A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.

Inoxidizable (a.) Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.

Inoxidize (v. i.) To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.

In posse () In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse.

Inquartation (n.) Quartation.

Inquest (n.) Inquiry; quest; search.

Inquest (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.

Inquest (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.

Inquest (n.) The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.

Inquiet (v. t.) To disquiet.

Inquietation (n.) Disturbance.

Inquietness (n.) Unquietness.

Inquietude (n.) Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.

Inquiline (n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.

Inquinate (v. t.) To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.

Inquination (n.) A defiling; pollution; stain.

Inquirable (a.) Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.

Inquirance (n.) Inquiry.

Inquired (imp. & p. p.) of Inquire

Inquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inquire

Inquire (v. i.) To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

Inquire (v. i.) To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.

Inquire (v. t.) To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.

Inquire (v. t.) To call or name.

Inquirent (a.) Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning.

Inquirer (n.) One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.

Inquiring (a.) Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.

Inquiringly (adv.) In an inquiring manner.

Inquiries (pl. ) of Inquiry

Inquiry (n.) The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Inquiry (n.) Search for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries.

Inquisible (a.) Admitting judicial inquiry.

Inquisition (n.) The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.

Inquisition (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.

Inquisition (n.) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

Inquisition (n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.

Inquisition (v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.

Inquisitional (a.) Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.

Inquisitionary (a.) Inquisitional.

Inquisitive (a.) Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.

Inquisitive (a.) Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.

Inquisitive (n.) A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.

Inquisitively (adv.) In an inquisitive manner.

Inquisitiveness (n.) The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.

Inquisitor (n.) An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions.

Inquisitor (n.) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.

Inquisitor (n.) A member of the Court of Inquisition.

Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.

Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.

Inquisitorially (adv.) In an inquisitorial manner.

Inquisitorious (a.) Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.

Inquisiturient (a.) Inquisitorial.

Inracinate (v. t.) To enroot or implant.

Inrailed (imp. & p. p.) of Inrail

Inrailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inrail

Inrail (v. t.) To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails.

Inreristered (imp. & p. p.) of Inregister

Inregistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inregister

Inregister (v. t.) To register; to enter, as in a register.

Inroad (n.) The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.

Inroaded (imp. & p. p.) of Inroad

Inroading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inroad

Inroad (v. t.) To make an inroad into; to invade.

Inroll (v. t.) See Enroll.

Inrunning (n.) The act or the place of entrance; an inlet.

Inrush (n.) A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide.

Inrush (v. i.) To rush in.

Insabbatati (n. pl.) The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes.

Insafety (n.) Insecurity; danger.

Insalivation (n.) The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.

Insalubrious (a.) Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.

Insalubrity (n.) Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate.

Insalutary (a.) Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health.

Insalutary (a.) Not tending to safety; productive of evil.

Insanability (n.) The state of being insanable or incurable; insanableness.

Insanable (a.) Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.

Insanableness (n.) The state of being insanable; insanability; incurableness.

Insanably (adv.) In an incurable manner.

Insane (a.) Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

Insane (a.) Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.

Insane (a.) Causing insanity or madness.

Insane (a.) Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.

Insanely (adv.) Without reason; madly; foolishly.

Insaneness (n.) Insanity; madness.

Insaniate (v. t.) To render unsound; to make mad.

Insanie (n.) Insanity.

Insanitary (a.) Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.

Insanitation (n.) Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.

Insanity (n.) The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

Insanity (n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility.

Insapory (a.) Tasteless; unsavory.

Insatiability (n.) The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.

Insatiable (a.) Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.

Insatiableness (n.) Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability.

Insatiably (adv.) In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably.

Insatiate (a.) Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst.

Insatiately (adv.) Insatiably.

Insatiateness (n.) The state of being insatiate.

Insatiety (n.) Insatiableness.

Insatisfaction (n.) Insufficiency; emptiness.

Insatisfaction (n.) Dissatisfaction.

Insaturable (a.) Not capable of being saturated or satisfied.

Inscience (n.) Want of knowledge; ignorance.

Inscient (a.) Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly.

Inscient (a.) Having knowledge or insight; intelligent.

Insconce (v. t.) See Ensconce.

Inscribable (a.) Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.

Inscribableness (n.) Quality of being inscribable.

Inscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Inscribe

Inscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inscribe

Inscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

Inscribe (v. t.) To mark with letters, charakters, or words.

Inscribe (v. t.) To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.

Inscribe (v. t.) To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

Inscribe (v. t.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.

Inscriber (n.) One who inscribes.

Inscriptible (a.) Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.

Inscription (n.) The act or process of inscribing.

Inscription (n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

Inscription (n.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

Inscription (n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Inscriptive (a.) Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.

Inscrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Inscroll

Inscrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inscroll

Inscroll (v. t.) To write on a scroll; to record.

Inscrutability (n.) The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.

Inscrutable (a.) Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.

Inscrutableness (n.) The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.

Inscrutably (adv.) In an inscrutable manner.

Insculp (v. t.) To engrave; to carve; to sculpture.

Insculption (n.) Inscription.

Insculpture (n.) An engraving, carving, or inscription.

Insculptured (p. a.) Engraved.

Inseamed (imp. & p. p.) of Inseam

Inseaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inseam

Inseam (v. t.) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.

Insearch (v. t.) To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.

Insecable (a.) Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible.

Insect (n.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

Insect (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

Insect (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

Insect (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.

Insect (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

Insect (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

Insecta (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.

Insecta (n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.

Insecta (n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.

Insectary (n.) A place for keeping living insects.

Insectation (n.) The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution.

Insectator (n.) A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.

Insected (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect.

Insecticide (n.) An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.

Insectile (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects.

Insection (n.) A cutting in; incisure; incision.

Insectivora (n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.

Insectivora (n. pl.) A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.

Insectivores (pl. ) of Insectivore

Insectivore (n.) One of the Insectivora.

Insectivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.

Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.

Insectivorous (a.) the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.

Insectologer (n.) An entomologist.

Insectology (n.) Entomology.

Insecure (a.) Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.

Insecure (a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss.

Insecurely (adv.) In an insecure manner.

Insecureness (n.) Insecurity.

Insecurities (pl. ) of Insecurity

Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

Insecurity (n.) The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.

Insecution (n.) A following after; close pursuit.

Inseminate (v. t.) To sow; to impregnate.

Insemination (n.) A sowing.

Insensate (a.) Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.

Insense (v. t.) To make to understand; to instruct.

Insensibility (n.) The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.

Insensibility (n.) Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.

Insensible (a.) Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

Insensible (a.) Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with of or to.

Insensible (a.) Incapable of being perceived by the senses; imperceptible. Hence: Progressing by imperceptible degrees; slow; gradual; as, insensible motion.

Insensible (a.) Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.

Insensibleness (n.) Insensibility.

Insensibly (adv.) In a manner not to be felt or perceived; imperceptibly; gradually.

Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.

Insensuous (a.) Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses.

Insentiment (a.) Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception.

Inseparability (n.) The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness.

Inseparable (a.) Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.

Inseparable (a.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.

Inseparableness (n.) The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability.

Inseparably (adv.) In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable.

Inseparate (a.) Not separate; together; united.

Inseparately (adv.) Inseparably.

Inserted (imp. & p. p.) of Insert

Inserting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insert

Insert (v. t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.

Inserted (a.) Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle.

Inserting (n.) A setting in.

Inserting (n.) Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.

Insertion (n.) The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

Insertion (n.) The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

Insertion (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.

Insertion (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.

Inserve (v. i.) To be of use to an end; to serve.

Inservient (a.) Conducive; instrumental.

Insession (n.) The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.

Insession (n.) That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.

Insessores (pl. ) of Insessor

Insessor (n.) One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.

Insessores (n. pl.) An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.

Insessorial (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.

Insessorial (a.) Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.

Inset (v. t.) To infix.

Inset (n.) That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

Inset (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

Inseverable (a.) Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.

Inshaded (a.) Marked with different shades.

Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Insheathe (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Inshell (v. t.) To hide in a shell.

Inship (v. t.) To embark.

Inshore (a.) Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents.

Inshore (adv.) Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.

Inshrine (v. t.) See Enshrine.

Insiccation (n.) The act or process of drying in.

Inside (adv.) Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

Inside (a.) Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.

Inside (a.) Adapted to the interior.

Inside (n.) The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

Inside (n.) The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.

Inside (n.) An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

Insidiate (v. t.) To lie in ambush for.

Insidiator (n.) One who lies in ambush.

Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe.

Insidious (a.) Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.

Insight (n.) A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.

Insignia (n. pl.) Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.

Insignia (n. pl.) Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade.

Insignificance (n.) The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.

Insignificance (n.) Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.

Insignificance (n.) Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of influence or standing; meanness.

Insignificancy (n.) Insignificance.

Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

Insignificant (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.

Insignificant (a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.

Insignificantly (adv.) without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.

Insignificative (a.) Not expressing meaning; not significant.

Insignment (n.) A token, mark, or explanation.

Insimulate (v. t.) To accuse.

Insincere (a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.

Insincere (a.) Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.

Insincerely (adv.) Without sincerity.

Insincerity (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.

Insinewed (imp. & p. p.) of Insinew

Insinewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insinew

Insinew (v. t.) To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate.

Insinuant (a.) Insinuating; insinuative.

Insinuated (imp. & p. p.) of Insinuate

Insinuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insinuate

Insinuate (v. t.) To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

Insinuate (v. t.) To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.

Insinuate (v. t.) To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?

Insinuate (v. t.) To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.

Insinuate (v. i.) To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

Insinuate (v. i.) To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.

Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.

Insinuatingly (adv.) By insinuation.

Insinuation (n.) The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

Insinuation (n.) The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.

Insinuation (n.) The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.

Insinuation (n.) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

Insinuative (a.) Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.

Insinuative (a.) Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark.

Insinuator (n.) One who, or that which, insinuates.

Insinuatory (a.) Insinuative.

Insipid (a.) Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.

Insipid (a.) Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

Insipidity (n.) Alt. of Insipidness

Insipidness (n.) The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.

Insipidly (adv.) In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.

Insipience (n.) Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly.

Insipient (a.) Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.

Insipient (n.) An insipient person.

Insisted (imp. & p. p.) of Insist

Insisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insist

Insist (v. i.) To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.

Insist (v. i.) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.

Insistence (n.) The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

Insistent (a.) Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.

Insistent (a.) Insisting; persistent; persevering.

Insistent (a.) See Incumbent.

Insistently (adv.) In an insistent manner.

Insisture (n.) A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.

Insitency (n.) Freedom from thirst.

Insition (n.) The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

In situ () In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.

Insnared (imp. & p. p.) of Insnare

Insnaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insnare

Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.

Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle.

Insnarer (n.) One who insnares.

Insnarl (v. t.) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.

Insobriety (n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

Insociability (n.) The quality of being insociable; want of sociability; unsociability.

Insociable (a.) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.

Insociable (a.) Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.

Insociably (adv.) Unsociably.

Insociate (a.) Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse.

Insolated (imp. & p. p.) of Insolate

Insolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insolate

Insolate (v. t.) To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

Insolation (n.) The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.

Insolation (n.) A sunstroke.

Insolation (n.) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.

Insole (n.) The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.

Insolence (n.) The quality of being unusual or novel.

Insolence (n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.

Insolence (n.) Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.

Insolence (v. t.) To insult.

Insolency (n.) Insolence.

Insolent (a.) Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.

Insolent (a.) Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.

Insolent (a.) Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.

Insolently (adv.) In an insolent manner.

Insolidity (n.) Want of solidity; weakness; as, the insolidity of an argument.

Insolubility (n.) The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.

Insolubility (n.) The quality of being inexplicable or insolvable.

Insoluble (a.) Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

Insoluble (a.) Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.

Insoluble (a.) Strong.

Insolubleness (n.) The quality or state of being insoluble; insolubility.

Insolvable (a.) Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.

Insolvable (a.) Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.

Insolvable (a.) Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.

Insolvencies (pl. ) of Insolvency

Insolvency (n.) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency.

Insolvency (n.) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate.

Insolvent (a.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.

Insolvent (a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.

Insolvent (a.) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.

Insolvent (n.) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.

Insomnia (n.) Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

Insomnious (a.) Restless; sleepless.

Insomnolence (n.) Sleeplessness.

Insomuch (adv.) So; to such a degree; in such wise; -- followed by that or as, and formerly sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.

Insonorous (a.) Not clear or melodious.

Insooth (adv.) In sooth; truly.

Insouciance (n.) Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Insouciant (a.) Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.

Insoul (v. t.) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

Inspan (v. t. & i.) To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.

Inspected (imp. & p. p.) of Inspect

Inspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inspect

Inspect (v. t.) To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.

Inspect (v. t.) To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.

Inspect (v. t.) Inspection.

Inspecttion (n.) The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.

Inspecttion (n.) The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.

Inspective (a.) Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.

Inspector (n.) One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.

Inspectorate (n.) Inspectorship.

Inspectorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.

Inspectorship (n.) The office of an inspector.

Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.

Inspectress (n.) A female inspector.

Insperse (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Inspersion (n.) The act of sprinkling.

Inspeximus (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

Insphered (imp. & p. p.) of Insphere

Insphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insphere

Insphere (v. t.) To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.

Inspirable (a.) Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.

Inspiration (n.) The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.

Inspiration (n.) The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.

Inspiration (n.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

Inspirational (a.) Pertaining to inspiration.

Inspirationist (n.) One who holds to inspiration.

Inspirator (n.) A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2.

Inspirtory (a.) Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration; as, the inspiratory muscles.

Inspire (v. t.) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Inspire (v. t.) To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

Inspire (v. t.) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.

Inspired (imp. & p. p.) of Inspire

Inspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inspire

Inspire (v. i.) To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.

Inspire (v. i.) To breathe; to blow gently.

Inspired (a.) Breathed in; inhaled.

Inspired (a.) Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

Inspired (a.) Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.

Inspirer (n.) One who, or that which, inspirer.

Inspiring (a.) Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.

Inspirited (imp. & p. p.) of Inspirit

Inspiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inspirit

Inspirit (v. t.) To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

Inspissated (imp. & p. p.) of Inspissate

Inspissating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inspissate

Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.

Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.

Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.

Instabilities (pl. ) of Instability

Instability (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.

Instability (n.) Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc.

Instable (a.) Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.

Instableness (n.) Instability; unstableness.

Installed (imp. & p. p.) of Install

Installing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Install

Install (v. t.) To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

Install (v. t.) To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.

Installation (n.) The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.

Installation (n.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

Installment (n.) The act of installing; installation.

Installment (n.) The seat in which one is placed.

Installment (n.) A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.

Instamp (v. t.) See Enstamp.

Instance (n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

Instance (n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.

Instance (n.) Occasion; order of occurrence.

Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.

Instance (n.) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.

Instanced (imp. & p. p.) of Instance

Instancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instance

Instance (v. t.) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.

Instance (v. i.) To give an example.

Instancy (n.) Instance; urgency.

Instant (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Instant (a.) Present; current.

Instant (adv.) Instantly.

Instant (a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.

Instant (a.) A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.

Instantaneity (n.) Quality of being instantaneous.

Instantaneous (a.) Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.

Instantaneous (a.) At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.

Instanter (a.) Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.

Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.

Instar (v. t.) To stud as with stars.

Instated (imp. & p. p.) of Instate

Instating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instate

Instate (v. t.) To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor.

Instaurated (imp. & p. p.) of Instaurate

Instaurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instaurate

Instaurate (v. t.) To renew or renovate.

Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

Instaurator (n.) One who renews or restores to a former condition.

Instaure (v. t.) To renew or renovate; to instaurate.

Instead (adv.) In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.

Instead (adv.) Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.

Insteeped (imp. & p. p.) of Insteep

Insteeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insteep

Insteep (v. t.) To steep or soak; to drench.

Instep (n.) The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

Instep (n.) That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.

Instigated (imp. & p. p.) of Instigate

Instigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instigate

Instigate (v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

Instigatingly (adv.) Incitingly; temptingly.

Instigation (n.) The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

Instigator (n.) One who instigates or incites.

Instilled (imp. & p. p.) of Instill

Instilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instill

Instill (v. t.) To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

Instillation (n.) The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

Instilllator (n.) An instiller.

Instilllatory (a.) Belonging to instillation.

Instiller (n.) One who instills.

Instillment (n.) The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.

Instimulate (v. t.) Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.

Instimulate (v. t.) To stimulate; to excite.

Instimulation (n.) Stimulation.

Instinct (a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

Instinct (a.) Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.

Instinct (a.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

Instinct (a.) A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.

Instinct (v. t.) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.

Instinction (n.) Instinct; incitement; inspiration.

Instinctive (a.) Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.

Instinctively (adv.) In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.

Instinctivity (n.) The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.

Instipulate (a.) See Exstipulate.

Institute (p. a.) Established; organized; founded.

Instituted (imp. & p. p.) of Institute

Instituting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Institute

Institute (v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

Institute (v. t.) To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

Institute (v. t.) To nominate; to appoint.

Institute (v. t.) To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

Institute (v. t.) To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.

Institute (v. t.) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

Institute (a.) The act of instituting; institution.

Institute (a.) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.

Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.

Institute (n.) An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

Institute (n.) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Instituter (n.) An institutor.

Institution (n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

Institution (n.) Instruction; education.

Institution (n.) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.

Institution (n.) That which instituted or established

Institution (n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.

Institution (n.) An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.

Institution (n.) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.

Institution (n.) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.

Institutional (a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.

Institutional (a.) Instituted by authority.

Institutional (a.) Elementary; rudimental.

Institutionary (a.) Relating to an institution, or institutions.

Institutionary (a.) Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.

Institutist (n.) A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.

Institutive (a.) Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.

Institutive (a.) Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.

Institutively (adv.) In conformity with an institution.

Institutor (n.) One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.

Institutor (n.) One who educates; an instructor.

Institutor (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams.

Instore (v. t.) To store up; to inclose; to contain.

Instratified (a.) Interstratified.

Instruct (a.) Arranged; furnished; provided.

Instruct (a.) Instructed; taught; enlightened.

Instructed (imp. & p. p.) of Instruct

Instructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Instruct

Instruct (v. t.) To put in order; to form; to prepare.

Instruct (v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.

Instruct (v. t.) To furnish with directions; to advise; to direct; to command; as, the judge instructs the jury.

Instructer (n.) See Instructor.

Instructible (a.) Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible.

Instruction (n.) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

Instruction (n.) That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted

Instruction (n.) Precept; information; teachings.

Instruction (n.) Direction; order; command.

Instructional (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.

Instructive (a.) Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.

Instructor (n.) One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

Instructress (n.) A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.

Instrument (n.) That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.

Instrument (n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.

Instrument (n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.

Instrument (n.) One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.

Instrument (v. t.) To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.

Instrumental (a.) Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.

Instrumental (a.) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.

Instrumental (a.) Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.

Instrumentalist (n.) One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

Instrumentalities (pl. ) of Instrumentality

Instrumentality (n.) The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

Instrumentally (adv.) By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.

Instrumentally (adv.) With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied.

Instrumentalness (n.) Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality.

Instrumentary (a.) Instrumental.

Instrumentation (n.) The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

Instrumentation (n.) The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.

Instrumentation (n.) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.

Instrumentist (n.) A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.

Instyle (v. t.) To style.

Insuavity (n.) Want of suavity; unpleasantness.

Insubjection (n.) Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.

Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.

Insubmission (n.) Want of submission; disobedience; noncompliance.

Insubordinate (a.) Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

Insubordination (n.) The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.

Insubstantial (a.) Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

Insubstantiality (n.) Unsubstantiality; unreality.

Insuccation (n.) The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.

Insuccess (n.) Want of success.

Insue (v. i.) See Ensue, v. i.

Insuetude (n.) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit.

Insufferable (a.) Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs.

Insufferable (a.) Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.

Insufferably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.

Insufficience (n.) Insufficiency.

Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

Insufficiency (n.) Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.

Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

Insufficient (a.) Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.

Insufficiently (adv.) In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.

Insufflation (n.) The act of breathing on or into anything

Insufflation (n.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.

Insufflation (n.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.

Insuitable (a.) Unsuitable.

Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

Insular (a.) Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.

Insular (n.) An islander.

Insularity (n.) The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation.

Insularity (n.) Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy.

Insularly (adv.) In an insular manner.

Insulary (a.) Insular.

Insulated (imp. & p. p.) of Insulate

Insulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insulate

Insulate (v. t.) To make an island of.

Insulate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

Insulate (v. t.) To prevent the transfer o/ electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

Insulated (p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.

Insulated (p. a.) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.

Insulated (p. a.) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is insensible.

Insulation (n.) The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.

Insulation (n.) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated.

Insulator (n.) One who, or that which, insulates.

Insulator (n.) The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.

Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.

Insulous (a.) Abounding in islands.

Insulse (a.) Insipid; dull; stupid.

Insulsity (n.) Insipidity; stupidity; dullness.

Insult (v. t.) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.

Insulted (imp. & p. p.) of Insult

Insulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insult

Insult (v. t.) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

Insult (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

Insult (v. i.) To leap or jump.

Insult (v. i.) To behave with insolence; to exult.

Insultable (a.) Capable of being insulted or affronted.

Insultation (n.) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.

Insultation (n.) Exultation.

Insulter (n.) One who insults.

Insulting (a.) Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.

Insultment (n.) Insolent treatment; insult.

Insume (v. t.) To take in; to absorb.

Insuperability (n.) The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.

Insuperable (a.) Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain.

Insupposable (a.) Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.

Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.

Insuppressive (a.) Insuppressible.

Insurable (a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.

Insurance (n.) The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.

Insurance (n.) The premium paid for insuring property or life.

Insurance (n.) The sum for which life or property is insured.

Insurance (n.) A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.

Insurancer (n.) One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter.

Insurant (n.) The person insured.

Insured (imp. & p. p.) of Insure

Insuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insure

Insure (v. t.) To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.

Insure (v. i.) To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.

Insurer (n.) One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.

Insurgence (n.) Alt. of Insurgency

Insurgency (n.) A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.

Insurgent (a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.

Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.

Insurmountability (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable.

Insurmountable (a.) Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.

Insurmountableness (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.

Insurmountably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.

Insurrection (n.) A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

Insurrection (n.) A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.

Insurrectional (a.) Pertaining to insurrection; consisting in insurrection.

Insurrectionary (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection; rebellious; seditious.

Insurrectionist (n.) One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.

Insusceptibility (n.) Want of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.

Insusceptible (a.) Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery.

Insusceptive (a.) Not susceptive or susceptible.

Insusurration (n.) The act of whispering into something.

Inswathed (imp. & p. p.) of Inswathe

Inswating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inswathe

Inswathe (v. t.) To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.

Intact (a.) Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.

Intactible (a.) Alt. of Intactable

Intactable (a.) Not perceptible to the touch.

Intagliated (a.) Engraved in intaglio; as, an intagliated stone.

Intaglius (pl. ) of Intaglio

Intagli (pl. ) of Intaglio

Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.

Intail (v. t.) See Entail, v. t.

Intake (n.) The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

Intake (n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.

Intake (n.) The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.

Intaminated (a.) Uncontaminated.

Intangibilities (pl. ) of Intangibility

Intangibility (n.) The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.

Intangible (a.) Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.

Intangle (v. t.) See Entangle.

Intastable (a.) Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory.

Integer (n.) A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.

Integrability (n.) The quality of being integrable.

Integrable (a.) Capable of being integrated.

Integral (a.) Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.

Integral (a.) Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant.

Integral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional.

Integral (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus.

Integral (n.) A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.

Integral (n.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf. Fluent.

Integrality (n.) Entireness.

Integrally (adv.) In an integral manner; wholly; completely; also, by integration.

Integrant (a.) Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral.

Integrated (imp. & p. p.) of Integrate

Integrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Integrate

Integrate (v. t.) To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

Integrate (v. t.) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.

Integration (n.) The act or process of making whole or entire.

Integration (n.) The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.

Integration (n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.

Integrator (n.) That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.

Integrity (n.) The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.

Integrity (n.) Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.

Integrity (n.) Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

Integropallial (a.) Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.

Integumation (n.) That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.

Integument (n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.

Integumentary (n.) Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.

Integumentation (n.) The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.

Intellect (n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Intellected (a.) Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities.

Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.

Intellective (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.

Intellective (a.) Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational.

Intellective (a.) Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.

Intellectively (adv.) In an intellective manner.

Intellectual (a.) Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

Intellectual (a.) Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.

Intellectual (a.) Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.

Intellectual (a.) Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.

Intellectual (n.) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Intellectualism (n.) Intellectual power; intellectuality.

Intellectualism (n.) The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

Intellectualist (n.) One who overrates the importance of the understanding.

Intellectualist (n.) One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.

Intellectuality (n.) Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.

Intellectualize (v. t.) To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize.

Intellectualize (v. t.) To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.

Intellectually (adv.) In an intellectual manner.

Intelligence (n.) The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

Intelligence (n.) The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.

Intelligence (n.) Information communicated; news; notice; advice.

Intelligence (n.) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

Intelligence (n.) Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.

Intelligence (n.) An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.

Intelligencer (n.) One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger.

Intelligencing (a.) Informing; giving information; talebearing.

Intelligency (n.) Intelligence.

Intelligent (a.) Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

Intelligent (a.) Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.

Intelligent (a.) Gognizant; aware; communicate.

Intelligential (a.) Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.

Intelligential (a.) Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.

Intelligentiary (n.) One who gives information; an intelligencer.

Intelligently (adv.) In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.

Intelligibility () The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.

Intelligible () Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc.

Intelligibleness (n.) The quality or state of being intelligible; intelligibility.

Intelligibly (adv.) In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly.

Intemerate (a.) Alt. of Intemerated

Intemerated (a.) Pure; undefiled.

Intemerateness (n.) The state of being unpolluted; purity.

Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part.

Intemperance (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.

Intemperance (n.) Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.

Intemperancy (n.) Intemperance.

Intemperant (a.) Intemperate.

Intemperate (a.) Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.

Intemperate (a.) Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.

Intemperate (a.) Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.

Intemperate (v. t.) To disorder.

Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

Intemperateness (n.) The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

Intemperateness (n.) Severity of weather; inclemency.

Intemperature (n.) Intemperateness.

Intempestive (a.) Out of season; untimely.

Intempestively (adv.) Unseasonably.

Intempestivity (n.) Unseasonableness; untimeliness.

Intenable (a.) Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress.

Intended (imp. & p. p.) of Intend

Intending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intend

Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.

Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.

Intend (v. t.) To intensify; to strengthen.

Intend (v. t.) To apply with energy.

Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.

Intend (v. t.) To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.

Intend (v. t.) To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.

Intend (v. t.) To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.

Intend (v. t.) To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

Intendancies (pl. ) of Intendancy

Intendancy (n.) The office or employment of an intendant.

Intendancy (n.) A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.

Intendant (n.) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.

Intendant (a.) Attentive.

Intended (a.) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.

Intended (a.) Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.

Intended (a.) Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.

Intended (n.) One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.

Intendedly (adv.) Intentionally.

Intendent (n.) See Intendant, n.

Intender (n.) One who intends.

Intendiment (n.) Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.

Intendment (n.) Charge; oversight.

Intendment (n.) Intention; design; purpose.

Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.

Intenerated (imp. & p. p.) of Intenerate

Intenerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intenerate

Intenerate (a.) To make tender or sensitive; to soften.

Intenerate (a.) Made tender or soft; softened.

Inteneration (n.) The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.

Intenible (a.) Incapable of holding or containing.

Intensated (imp. & p. p.) of Intensate

Intensating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intensate

Intensate (v. t.) To intensify.

Intensation (n.) The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.

Intensative (a.) Adding intensity; intensifying.

Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

Intense (a.) Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

Intensely (adv.) Intently.

Intensely (adv.) To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.

Intenseness (n.) The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.

Intensification (n.) The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

Intensifier (n.) One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

Intensified (imp. & p. p.) of Intensify

Intensifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intensify

Intensify (v. t.) To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

Intensify (v. i.) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

Intension (n.) Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.

Intension (n.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere.

Intensitive (a.) Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence.

Intensity (n.) The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

Intensity (n.) The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

Intensity (n.) The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.

Intensity (n.) The degree or depth of shade in a picture.

Intensive (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.

Intensive (a.) Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.

Intensive (a.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.

Intensive (n.) That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.

Intensively (adv.) In an intensive manner; by increase of degree.

Intensiveness (n.) The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.

Intent (a.) Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

Intent (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.

Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

Intentation (n.) Intention.

Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

Intention (n.) A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.

Intention (n.) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.

Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.

Intention (n.) Any mental apprehension of an object.

Intentional (a.) Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.

Intentionality (n.) The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.

Intentionally (adv.) In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.

Intentioned (a.) Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.

Intentive (n.) Attentive; intent.

Intentively (adv.) Attentively; closely.

Intentiveness (n.) Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.

Intently (adv.) In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

Intentness (n.) The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

Inter- () A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.

Interred (imp. & p. p.) of Inter

Interring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inter

Inter (v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.

Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

Interact (v. i.) To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.

Interaction (n.) Intermediate action.

Interaction (n.) Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.

Interadditive (a.) Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.

Interagency (n.) Intermediate agency.

Interagent (n.) An intermediate agent.

Interall (n.) Entrail or inside.

Interalveolar (a.) Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.

Interambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.

Interambulacra (pl. ) of Interambulacrum

Interambulacrums (pl. ) of Interambulacrum

Interambulacrum (n.) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.

Interamnian (a.) Situated between rivers.

Interanimate (v. t.) To animate or inspire mutually.

Interarboration (n.) The interweaving of branches of trees.

Interarticular (a.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

Interatomic (a.) Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.

Interaulic (a.) Existing between royal courts.

Interauricular (a.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.

Interaxal (a.) Situated in an interaxis.

Interaxillary (a.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.

Interaxes (pl. ) of Interaxis

Interaxis (n.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.

Interbastation (n.) Patchwork.

Interbrachial (a.) Between the arms.

Interbrain (n.) See Thalamencephalon.

Interbranchial (a.) Between the branchiae.

Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

Intercalar (a.) Intercalary.

Intercalary (a.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

Intercalary (n.) Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.

Intercalated (imp. & p. p.) of Intercalate

Intercalating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercalate

Intercalate (v. t.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.

Intercalate (v. t.) To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.

Intercalation (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.

Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.

Intercarotid (a.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.

Intercarpal (a.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.

Intercartilaginous (a.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.

Intercavernous (a.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.

Interceded (imp. & p. p.) of Intercede

Interceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercede

Intercede (v. i.) To pass between; to intervene.

Intercede (v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.

Intercede (v. t.) To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.

Intercedence (n.) The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.

Intercedent (a.) Passing between; mediating; pleading.

Interceder (n.) One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.

Intercellular (a.) Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.

Intercentral (a.) Between centers.

Intercentra (pl. ) of Intercentrum

Intercentrum (n.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.

Intercepted (imp. & p. p.) of Intercept

Intercepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercept

Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.

Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.

Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.

Intercept (v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.

Intercept (n.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.

Intercepter (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts.

Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.

Interceptive (a.) Intercepting or tending to intercept.

Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.

Intercessional (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.

Intercessionate (v. t.) To entreat.

Intercessor (n.) One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.

Intercessor (n.) A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.

Intercessorial (a.) Intercessory.

Intercessory (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.

Interchained (imp. & p. p.) of Interchain

Interchaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchain

Interchain (v. t.) To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.

Interchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Interchange

Interchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchange

Interchange (v. t.) To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.

Interchange (v. t.) To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.

Interchange (v. i.) To make an interchange; to alternate.

Interchange (n.) The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons.

Interchange (n.) The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.

Interchange (n.) Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

Interchangeability (n.) The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.

Interchangeable (a.) Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.

Interchangeable (a.) Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons.

Interchangement (n.) Mutual transfer; exchange.

Interchapter (n.) An intervening or inserted chapter.

Intercidence (n.) The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.

Intercident (a.) Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.

Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.

Intercipient (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage.

Inrecision (n.) A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption.

Intercitizenship (n.) The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States.

Interclavicle (n.) See Episternum.

Interclavicular (a.) Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum.

Interclavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.

Interclose (v. t.) To shut in; to inclose.

Intercloud (v. t.) To cloud.

Intercluded (imp. & p. p.) of Interclude

Intercluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interclude

Interclude (v. t.) To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.

Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.

Intercollegiate (a.) Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

Intercolline (a.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

Intercolonial (a.) Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.

Intercolumnar (a.) Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

Intercolumniation (n.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.

Intercombat (n.) Combat.

Intercoming (n.) The act of coming between; intervention; interference.

Intercommoned (imp. & p. p.) of Intercommon

Intercommoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercommon

Intercommon (v. t.) To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table.

Intercommon (v. t.) To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.

Intercommonage (n.) The right or privilege of intercommoning.

Intercommuned (imp. & p. p.) of Intercommune

Intercommuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercommune

Intercommune (v. i.) To intercommunicate.

Intercommune (v. i.) To have mutual communication or intercourse by conservation.

Intercommunicable (a.) Capable of being mutually communicated.

Intercommunicate (v. i.) To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

Intercommunicate (v. t.) To communicate mutually; to interchange.

Intercommunication (n.) Mutual communication.

Intercommunion (n.) Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.

Intercommunity (n.) Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

Intercomparison (n.) Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

Intercondylar (a.) Alt. of Intercondyloid

Intercondyloid (a.) Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

Interconnect (v. t.) To join together.

Interconnection (n.) Connection between; mutual connection.

Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Interconvertible (a.) Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Intercourse (n.) A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

Intercrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Intercross

Intercrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercross

Intercross (v. t. & i.) To cross each other, as lines.

Intercross (v. t. & i.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.

Intercross (n.) The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.

Intercrural (a.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Intercur (v. i.) To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.

Intercurrence (n.) A passing or running between; occurrence.

Intercurrent (a.) Running between or among; intervening.

Intercurrent (a.) Not belonging to any particular season.

Intercurrent (a.) Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease.

Intercurrent (n.) Something intervening.

Intercutaneous (a.) Subcutaneous.

Interdashed (imp. & p. p.) of Interdash

Interdashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interdash

Interdash (v. t.) To dash between or among; to intersperse.

Interdeal (v. i.) To intrigue.

Interdental (a.) Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

Interdental (a.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.

Interdentil (n.) The space between two dentils.

Interdependence (n.) Mutual dependence.

Interdependency (n.) Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests.

Interdependent (a.) Mutually dependent.

Interdicted (imp. & p. p.) of Interdict

Interdicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interdict

Interdict (n.) To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

Interdict (n.) To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.

Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.

Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.

Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

Interdictive (a.) Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.

Interdictory (a.) Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.

Interdigital (a.) Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

Interdigitate (v. t.) To interweave.

Interdigitate (v. i.) To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle.

Interdigitation (n.) The state of interdigitating; interdigital space.

Interdome (n.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

Interduce (n.) An intertie.

Interepimeral (a.) Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Interequinoctial (a.) Coming between the equinoxes.

Interess (v. t.) To interest or affect.

Interesse (n.) Interest.

Interested (imp. & p. p.) of Interest

Interesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interest

Interest (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

Interest (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.

Interest (n.) To cause or permit to share.

Interest (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.

Interest (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

Interest (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.

Interest (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.

Interest (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Interested (v. t.) Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.

Interested (v. t.) Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.

Interestedness (n.) The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.

Interesting (a.) Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news.

Interestingly (adv.) In an interesting manner.

Interestingness (n.) The condition or quality of being interesting.

Interfacial (a.) Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.

Interfascicular (a.) Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.

Interferant (n.) One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.

Interfered (imp. & p. p.) of Interfere

Interfering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interfere

Interfere (v. i.) To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.

Interfere (v. i.) To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.

Interfere (v. i.) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

Interfere (v. i.) To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.

Interfere (v. i.) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.

Interference (n.) The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.

Interference (n.) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.

Interference (n.) The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.

Interferer (n.) One who interferes.

Interferingly (adv.) By or with interference.

Interflow (v. i.) To flow in.

Interfluent (a.) Alt. of Interfluous

Interfluous (a.) Flowing between or among; intervening.

Interfolded (p. a.) Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.

Interfoliaceous (a.) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.

Interfoliate (v. t.) To interleave.

Interfollicular (a.) Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.

Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.

Interfulgent (a.) Shining between.

Interfuse (v. t.) To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.

Interfuse (v. t.) To spread through; to permeate; to pervade.

Interfuse (v. t.) To mix up together; to associate.

Interfusion (n.) The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused.

Interganglionic (a.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

Interglobular (a.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.

Intergraved (imp.) of Intergrave

Intergraved (p. p.) of Intergrave

Intergraven () of Intergrave

Intergraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intergrave

Intergrave (v. t.) To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

Interhemal (a.) Alt. of Interhaemal

Interhaemal (a.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines.

Interhaemal (n.) An interhemal spine or cartilage.

Interhyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.

Interhyal (n.) An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

Interim (n.) The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.

Interim (n.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

Interior (a.) Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.

Interior (a.) Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.

Interior (n.) That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

Interior (n.) The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

Interiority (n.) State of being interior.

Interiorly (adv.) Internally; inwardly.

Interjacence (n.) Alt. of Interjacency

Interjacency (n.) The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

Interjacent (a.) Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.

Interjaculate (v. t.) To ejaculate parenthetically.

Interjangle (v. i.) To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily.

Interjected (imp. & p. p.) of Interject

Interjecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interject

Interject (v. t.) To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.

Interject (v. i.) To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose.

Interjection (n.) The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

Interjection (n.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.

Interjectional (a.) Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

Interjectional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.

Interjectionalize (v. t.) To convert into, or to use as, an interjection.

Interjectionally (adv.) In an interjectional manner.

Interjectionary (a.) Interjectional.

Interjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Interjoin

Interjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interjoin

Interjoin (v. t.) To join mutually; to unite.

Interjoist (n.) The space or interval between two joists.

Interjoist (n.) A middle joist or crossbeam.

Interjunction (n.) A mutual joining.

Interknit (v. t.) To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Interknow (v. t.) To know mutually.

Interknowledge (n.) Mutual knowledge or acquaintance.

Interlaced (imp. & p. p.) of Interlace

Interlacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interlace

Interlace (v. t. & i.) To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

Interlacement (n.) The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

Interlamellar (a.) Alt. of Interlaminar

Interlaminar (a.) Between lammellae or laminae; as, interlamellar spaces.

Interlaminated (a.) Placed between, or containing, laminae or plates.

Interlamination (n.) The state of being interlaminated.

Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Interlarded (imp. & p. p.) of Interlard

Interlarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interlard

Interlard (v. t.) To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean.

Interlard (v. t.) Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions.

Interlaid (imp. & p. p.) of Interlay

Interlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interlay

Interlay (v. t.) To lay or place among or between.

Interleaves (pl. ) of Interleaf

Interleaf (n.) A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

Interleaved (imp. & p. p.) of Interleave

Interleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interleave

Interleave (v. t.) To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

Interlibel (v. t.) To libel mutually.

Interlined (imp. & p. p.) of Interline

Interlining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interline

Interline (v. t.) To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book.

Interline (v. t.) To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English.

Interline (v. t.) To mark or imprint with lines.

Interlineal (a.) Alt. of Interlinear

Interlinear (a.) Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc.

Interlineary (a.) Interlinear.

Interlineary (n.) A book containing interlineations.

Interlineation (n.) The act of interlining.

Interlineation (n.) That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.

Interlining (n.) Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.

Interlink (v. t.) To link together; to join, as one chain to another.

Interlink (n.) An intermediate or connecting link.

Interlobar (a.) Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

Interlobular (a.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Interlocation (n.) A placing or coming between; interposition.

Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

Interlock (v. t.) To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

Interlocution (n.) Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.

Interlocution (n.) An intermediate act or decree before final decision.

Interlocution (n.) Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.

Interlocutor (n.) One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.

Interlocutor (n.) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.

Interlocutory (a.) Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.

Interlocutory (a.) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.

Interlocutory (n.) Interpolated discussion or dialogue.

Interlocutrice (n.) A female interlocutor.

Interloped (imp. & p. p.) of Interlope

Interloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interlope

Interlope (v. i.) To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

Interloper (n.) One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.

Interlucate (v. t.) To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.

Interlucation (n.) Act of thinning a wood to let in light.

Interlucent (a.) Shining between.

Interlude (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

Interlude (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.

Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.

Interluded (a.) Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.

Interluder (n.) An actor who performs in an interlude.

Interluency (n.) A flowing between; intervening water.

Interlunar (a.) Alt. of Interlunary

Interlunary (a.) Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.

Intermandibular (a.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.

Intermarriage (n.) Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.

Intermarry (v. i.) To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.

Intermaxillae (pl. ) of Intermaxilla

Intermaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Intermaxillary (a.) Between the maxillary bones.

Intermaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillae.

Intermaxillary (n.) An intermaxilla.

Intermean (n.) Something done in the meantime; interlude.

Intermeation (n.) A flowing between.

Intermeddle (v. i.) To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.

Intermeddle (v. t.) To intermix; to mingle.

Intermeddler (n.) One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.

Intermeddlesome (a.) Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.

Intermeddling (n.) The act of improperly interfering.

Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.

Intermediacy (n.) Interposition; intervention.

Intermediae (n. pl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.

Intermedial (a.) Lying between; intervening; intermediate.

Intermedian (a.) Intermediate.

Intermediary (a.) Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

Intermediaries (pl. ) of Intermediary

Intermediary (n.) One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.

Intermediate (a.) Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.

Intermediate (v. i.) To come between; to intervene; to interpose.

Intermediately (adv.) In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.

Intermediation (n.) The act of coming between; intervention; interposition.

Intermediator (n.) A mediator.

Intermedious (a.) Intermediate.

Intermediums (pl. ) of Intermedium

Intermedia (pl. ) of Intermedium

Intermedium (n.) Intermediate space.

Intermedium (n.) An intervening agent or instrument.

Intermedium (n.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.

Intermell (v. i. & t.) To intermeddle; to intermix.

Intermembral (a.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.

Intermembranous (a.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.

Interment (v. t.) The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

Intermention (v. t.) To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally.

Intermesenteric (a.) Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.

Intermetacarpal (a.) Between the metacarpal bones.

Intermetatarsal (a.) Between the metatarsal bones.

Intermezzo (n.) An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

Intermicate (v. i.) To flash or shine between or among.

Intermication (n.) A shining between or among.

Intermigration (n.) Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.

Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings.

Interminableness (n.) The state of being endless.

Interminably (adv.) Without end or limit.

Interminate (a.) Endless; as, interminate sleep.

Interminate (v. t.) To menace; to threaten.

Interminated (a.) Interminable; interminate; endless; unending.

Intermination (n.) A menace or threat.

Intermine (v. t.) To intersect or penetrate with mines.

Intermingle (v. t.) To mingle or mix together; to intermix.

Intermingle (v. i.) To be mixed or incorporated.

Intermise (n.) Interference; interposition.

Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.

Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.

Intermission (n.) Intervention; interposition.

Intermissive (a.) Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

Intermitted (imp. & p. p.) of Intermit

Intermitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intermit

Intermit (v. t.) To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

Intermit (v. i.) To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.

Intermittence (n.) Act or state of intermitting; intermission.

Intermittent (a.) Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever.

Intermittent (n.) An intermittent fever or disease.

Intermittently (adv.) With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.

Intermittingly (adv.) With intermissions; at intervals.

Intermix (v. t.) To mix together; to intermingle.

Intermix (v. i.) To be mixed together; to be intermingled.

Intermixedly (adv.) In a mixed manner.

Intermixture (n.) A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

Intermixture (n.) Admixture; an additional ingredient.

Intermobility (n.) Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.

Intermodillion (n.) The space between two modillions.

Intermontane (a.) Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.

Intermundane (a.) Being, between worlds or orbs.

Intermundian (a.) Intermundane.

Intermural (a.) Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.

Intermured (imp. & p. p.) of Intermure

Intermuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intermure

Intermure (v. t.) To wall in; to inclose.

Intermuscular (a.) Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.

Intermutation (n.) Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.

Intermutual (a.) Mutual.

Intern (a.) Internal.

Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

Internal (a.) Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

Internal (a.) Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

Internal (a.) Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

Internal (a.) Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.

Internal (a.) Intrinsic; inherent; real.

Internal (a.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

Internality (n.) The state of being internal or within; interiority.

Internally (adv.) Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

Internally (adv.) Hence: Mentally; spiritually.

Internasal (a.) Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.

International (a.) Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.

International (a.) Of or concerning the association called the International.

International (n.) The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the International Workingmen's Association, the name of an association, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.

International (n.) A member of the International Association.

Internationalism (n.) The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

Internationalism (n.) The doctrines or organization of the International.

Internationalist (n.) One who is versed in the principles of international law.

Internationalist (n.) A member of the International; one who believes in, or advocates the doctrines of, the International.

Internationalize (v. t.) To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic enterprise.

Internationally (adv.) In an international manner; from an international point of view.

Interne (a.) That which is within; the interior.

Interneciary (a.) Alt. of Internecinal

Internecinal (a.) Internecine.

Internecine (a.) Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.

Internecion (n.) Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre.

Internecive (a.) Internecine.

Internection (n.) Intimate connection.

Interneural (a.) Between the neural arches or neural spines.

Interneural (n.) An interneural spine or cartilage.

Internity (n.) State of being within; interiority.

Internment (n.) Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

Internodal (a.) Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.

Internode (n.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.

Internode (n.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.

Internodial (a.) Internodal.

Internuncial (a.) Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

Internuncial (a.) Communicating or transmitting impressions between different parts of the body; -- said of the nervous system.

Internunciess (n.) A female messenger.

Internuncios (pl. ) of Internuncio

Internuncio (n.) A messenger between two parties.

Internuncio (n.) A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

Internuncioship (n.) The office or function of an internuncio.

Internuncius (n.) Internuncio.

Interoceanic (a.) Between oceans; connecting oceans; as, interoceanic communication; an interoceanic canal.

Interocular (a.) Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects.

Interpercular (a.) Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.

Interpercular (n.) The interopercular bone.

-la (pl. ) of Interoperculum

Interoperculum (n.) The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.

Interorbital (a.) Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum.

Interosculant (a.) Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles.

Interosculant (a.) Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.

Interosculate (v. i. & t.) To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.

Interosculate (v. i. & t.) To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.

Interosseal (a.) Alt. of Interosseous

Interosseous (a.) Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.

Interpale (v. t.) To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.

Interpale (v. t.) To interweave or interlace.

Interparietal (a.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture.

Interparietal (n.) The interparietal bone or cartilage.

Interpause (n.) An intermission.

Interpeal (v. t.) To interpel.

Interpedencular (a.) Between peduncles; esp., between the peduncles, or crura, of the cerebrum.

Interpel (v. t.) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.

Interpellant (a.) Interpelling; interrupting.

Interpellant (n.) One who, or that which, interpels.

Interpellate (v. t.) To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.

Interpellation (n.) The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.

Interpellation (n.) The act of interposing or interceding; intercession.

Interpellation (n.) An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.

Interpellation (n.) A official summons or citation.

Interpenetrate (v. t.) To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.

Interpenetrate (v. i.) To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.

Interpenetration (n.) The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.

Interpenetrative (a.) Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.

Interpetalary (a.) Between the petals of a flower.

Interpetiolar (a.) Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar.

Interphalangeal (a.) Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations.

Interpilaster (n.) The interval or space between two pilasters.

Interplace (v. t.) To place between or among; as, to interplace a name.

Interplanetary (a.) Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces.

Interplay (n.) Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.

Interplead (v. i.) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader.

Interpleader (n.) One who interpleads.

Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.

Interpledge (v. t.) To pledge mutually.

Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Interpolable (a.) That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.

Interpolated (imp. & p. p.) of Interpolate

Interpolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interpolate

Interpolate (v. t.) To renew; to carry on with intermission.

Interpolate (v. t.) To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author.

Interpolate (v. t.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the series.

Interpolated (a.) Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.

Interpolated (a.) Provided with necessary interpolations; as, an interpolated table.

Interpolated (a.) Introduced or determined by interpolation; as, interpolated quantities or numbers.

Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.

Interpolation (n.) The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.

Interpolator (n.) One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.

Interpone (v. t.) To interpose; to insert or place between.

Interponent (n.) One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent.

Interposal (n.) The act of interposing; interposition; intervention.

Interposed (imp. & p. p.) of Interpose

Interposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interpose

Interpose (v. t.) To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.

Interpose (v. t.) To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for troubling.

Interpose (v. t.) To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument.

Interpose (v. i.) To be or come between.

Interpose (v. i.) To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace.

Interpose (v. i.) To utter a sentiment by way of interruption.

Interpose (n.) Interposition.

Interposer (n.) One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties.

Interposit (n.) An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.

Interposition (n.) The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

Interposition (n.) The thing interposed.

Interposure (n.) Interposition.

Interpreted (imp. & p. p.) of Interpret

Interpreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interpret

Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

Interpret (v. t.) To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.

Interpret (v. i.) To act as an interpreter.

Interpretable (a.) Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

Interpretament (n.) Interpretation.

Interpretation (n.) The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

Interpretation (n.) The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

Interpretation (n.) The power or explaining.

Interpretation (n.) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

Interpretation (n.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Interpretative (a.) Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.

Interpretative (a.) According to interpretation; constructive.

Interpretatively (adv.) By interpretation.

Interpreter (n.) One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.

Interpretive (a.) Interpretative.

Interpubic (a.) Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.

Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

Interradial (a.) Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.

Interramal (a.) Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.

Interreceive (v. t.) To receive between or within.

Interregency (n.) An interregnum.

Interregent (n.) A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum.

Interregnums (pl. ) of Interregnum

Interregnum (n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

Interregnum (n.) Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

Interreign (n.) An interregnum.

Interrelated (a.) Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

Interrelation (n.) Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.

Interrenal (a.) Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes.

Interrenal (n.) The interrenal body.

Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.

Interrer (n.) One who inters.

Interrexes (pl. ) of Interrex

Interreges (pl. ) of Interrex

Interrex (n.) An interregent, or a regent.

Interrogating (imp. & p. p.) of Interrogate

Interrogate (v. t.) To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

Interrogate (v. i.) To ask questions.

Interrogate (n.) An interrogation; a question.

Interrogatee (n.) One who is interrogated.

Interrogation (n.) The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

Interrogation (n.) A question put; an inquiry.

Interrogation (n.) A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.

Interrogative (a.) Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

Interrogative (n.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?

Interrogatively (adv.) In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.

Interrogator (n.) One who asks questions; a questioner.

Interrogatories (pl. ) of Interrogatory

Interrogatory (n.) A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.

Interrogatory (a.) Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.

Interrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Interrupt

Interrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interrupt

Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.

Interrupt (v. t.) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

Interrupt (p. a.) Broken; interrupted.

Interrupted (a.) Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.

Interruptedly (adv.) With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.

Interrupter (n.) One who, or that which, interrupts.

Interrupter (n.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself.

Interruption (n.) The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

Interruption (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.

Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.

Interruption (n.) Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Interruptive (a.) Tending to interrupt; interrupting.

Interscapular (a.) Between the scapulae or shoulder blades.

Interscapular (a.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.

Interscapulars (n. pl.) The interscapular feathers of a bird.

Interscendent (a.) Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, xÃ2, or xÃa.

Interscinded (imp. & p. p.) of Interscind

Interscinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interscind

Interscind (v. t.) To cut off.

Interscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Interscribe

Interscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interscribe

Interscribe (v. t.) To write between.

Intersecant (a.) Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.

Intersected (imp. & p. p.) of Intersect

Intersecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intersect

Intersect (v. t.) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.

Intersect (v. i.) To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.

Intersection (n.) The act, state, or place of intersecting.

Intersection (n.) The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.

Intersectional (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.

Interseminate (v. t.) To sow between or among.

Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.

Interserted (imp. & p. p.) of Intersert

Interserting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intersert

Intersert (v. t.) To put in between other things; to insert.

Interserttion (n.) The act of interserting, or that which is interserted.

Intersesamoid (a.) Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.

Interset (v. t.) To set between or among.

Intershock (v. t.) To shock mutually.

Intersidereal (a.) Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.

Intersocial (a.) Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.

Intersomnious (a.) Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.

Interspace (n.) Intervening space.

Interspeech (n.) A speech interposed between others.

Interspersed (imp. & p. p.) of Intersperse

Interspersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intersperse

Intersperse (v. t.) To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.

Intersperse (v. t.) To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures.

Interspersion (n.) The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.

Interspinal (a.) Alt. of Interspinous

Interspinous (a.) Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.

Interspiration (n.) Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals.

Interstapedial (a.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial.

Interstapedial (n.) The interstapedial part of the columella.

Interstate (a.) Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce.

Interstellar (a.) Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space.

Interstellary (a.) Interstellar.

Intersternal (a.) Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Interstices (pl. ) of Interstice

Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.

Interstice (n.) An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.

Intersticed (a.) Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.

Interstinctive (a.) Distinguishing.

Interstitial (a.) Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.

Interstition (n.) An intervening period of time; interval.

Interstratification (n.) Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.

Interstratified (a.) Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.

Interstratify (v. t.) To put or insert between other strata.

Intertalk (v. i.) To converse.

Intertangle (v. t.) To entangle; to intertwine.

Intertarsal (a.) Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.

Intertex (v. t.) To intertwine; to weave or bind together.

Intertexture (n.) The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven.

Interthoracic (a.) In the thorax.

Intertie (n.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.

Intertissued (a.) Interwoven.

Intertraffic (n.) Mutual trade of traffic.

Intertranspicuous (a.) Transpicuous within or between.

Intertransverse (a.) Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae.

Intertrigo (n.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.

Intertrochanteric (a.) Between the trochanters of the femur.

Intertropical (a.) Situated between or within the tropics.

Intertubular (a.) Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.

Intertwine (v. t.) To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

Intertwine (v. i.) To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.

Intertwine (n.) The act intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.

Intertwiningly (adv.) By intertwining or being intertwined.

Intertwist (v. t.) To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

Intertwistingly (adv.) By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

Interungular (a.) Alt. of Interungulate

Interungulate (a.) Between ungulae; as, interungular glands.

Interval (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

Interval (n.) Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

Interval (n.) A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

Interval (n.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.

Interval (n.) Alt. of Intervale

Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

Intervallums (pl. ) of Intervallum

Intervalla (pl. ) of Intervallum

Intervallum (n.) An interval.

Intervary (v. i.) To alter or vary between; to change.

Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins.

Intervened (imp. & p. p.) of Intervene

Intervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervene

Intervene (v. i.) To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.

Intervene (v. i.) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

Intervene (v. t.) To come between.

Intervene (n.) A coming between; intervention; meeting.

Intervener (n.) One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

Intervenience (n.) Alt. of Interveniency

Interveniency (n.) Intervention; interposition.

Intervenient (a.) Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.

Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Intervention (n.) The act of intervening; interposition.

Intervention (n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.

Intervention (n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

Interventor (n.) One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.

Interventricular (a.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.

Intervenue (n.) Interposition.

Intervert (v. t.) To turn to another course or use.

Intervertebral (a.) Between vertebrae.

Interview (n.) A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

Interview (n.) A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.

Interview (v. t.) To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

Interviewer (n.) One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.

Interviewing (n.) The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

Intervisible (a.) Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.

Intervisit (v. i.) To exchange visits.

Intervital (a.) Between two lives.

Intervolution (n.) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.

Intervolved (imp. & p. p.) of Intervolve

Intervolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervolve

Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

Interwove (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Interweave

Interwoven (p. p.) of Interweave

Interweaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interweave

Interweave (v. t.) To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

Interweave (v. t.) To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.

Interwish (v. t.) To wish mutually in regarded to each other.

Interworking (n.) The act of working in together; interweaving.

Interworld (n.) A world between other worlds.

Interwove () Alt. of Interwoven

Interwoven () imp. & p. p. of Interweave.

Interwreathe (v. t.) To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.

Intestable (a.) Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.

Intestacy (n.) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.

Intestate (a.) Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.

Intestate (a.) Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

Intestate (n.) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments.

Intestine (a.) Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

Intestine (a.) Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.

Intestine (a.) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.

Intestine (a.) Shut up; inclosed.

Intestines (pl. ) of Intestine

Intestine (a.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Intestine (a.) The bowels; entrails; viscera.

Intext (n.) The text of a book.

Intextine (n.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera.

Intextured (a.) Inwrought; woven in.

Inthirst (v. t.) To make thirsty.

Inthralled (imp. & p. p.) of Inthrall

Inthralling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inthrall

Inthrall (v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.

Inthrallment (n.) Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.

Inthrone (v. t.) Same as Enthrone.

Inthrong (v. i.) To throng or collect together.

Inthronization (n.) Enthronement.

Inthronize (v. t.) To enthrone.

Intice (v. t.) See Entice.

Intimacies (pl. ) of Intimacy

Intimacy (n.) The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Intimate (a.) Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

Intimate (a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.

Intimate (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Intimate (n.) An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

Intimated (imp. & p. p.) of Intimate

Intimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intimate

Intimate (a.) To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.

Intimate (a.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.

Intimately (adv.) In an intimate manner.

Intimation (n.) The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

Intimation (n.) Announcement; declaration.

Intimation (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

Intime (a.) Inward; internal; intimate.

Intimidated (imp. & p. p.) of Intimidate

Intimidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intimidate

Intimidate (v. t.) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

Intimidation (n.) The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.

Intimidatory (a.) Tending or serving to intimidate.

Intinction (n.) The act of tingeing or dyeing.

Intinction (n.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.

Intinctivity (n.) The want of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies.

Intine (n.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

Intire (adv.) Alt. of Intirely

Intirely (adv.) See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.

Intitle (v. t.) See Entitle.

Intituled (imp. & p. p.) of Intitule

Intituling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intitule

Intitule (v. t.) To entitle; to give a title to.

Into (prep.) To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.

Into (prep.) Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.

Into (prep.) Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.

Into (prep.) Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.

Into (prep.) Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.

Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.

Intolerability (n.) The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness.

Intolerable (a.) Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.

Intolerable (a.) Enormous.

Intolerance (n.) Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

Intolerance (n.) The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.

Intolerancy (n.) Intolerance.

Intolerant (a.) Not enduring; not able to endure.

Intolerant (a.) Not tolerating difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted.

Intolerant (n.) An intolerant person; a bigot.

Intolerantly (adv.) In an intolerant manner.

Intolerated (a.) Not tolerated.

Intolerating (a.) Intolerant.

Intoleration (n.) Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.

Intombed (imp. & p. p.) of Intomb

Intombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intomb

Intomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.

Intombment (n.) See Entombment.

Intonate (v. i.) To thunder.

Intonated (imp. & p. p.) of Intonate

Intonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intonate

Intonate (v. i.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.

Intonate (v. i.) To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

Intonate (v. t.) To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.

Intonation (n.) A thundering; thunder.

Intonation (n.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

Intonation (n.) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

Intonation (n.) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.

Intoned (imp. & p. p.) of Intone

Intoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intone

Intone (v. t.) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.

Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.

Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting.

Intorsion (n.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Intorted (imp. & p. p.) of Intort

Intorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intort

Intort (v. t.) To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.

Intortion (n.) See Intorsion.

Intoxicant (n.) That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.

Intoxicate (a.) Intoxicated.

Intoxicate (a.) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.

Intoxicated (imp. & p. p.) of Intoxicate

Intoxicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intoxicate

Intoxicate (v. t.) To poison; to drug.

Intoxicate (v. t.) To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by strong drink or by a narcotic substance.

Intoxicate (v. t.) To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively.

Intoxicatedness (n.) The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness.

Intoxicating (a.) Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.

Intoxication (n.) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

Intoxication (n.) The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.

Intoxication (n.) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Intra- () A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.

Intraaxillary (a.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.

Intracellular (a.) Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells.

Intracolic (a.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve.

Intracranial (a.) Within the cranium or skull.

Intractability (n.) The quality of being intractable; intractableness.

Intractable (a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.

Intractile (a.) Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.

Intrados (n.) The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.

Intrafoliaceous (a.) Growing immediately above, or in front of, a leaf; as, intrafoliaceous stipules.

Intrafusion (n.) The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.

Intralobular (a.) Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins.

Intramarginal (a.) Situated within the margin.

Intramercurial (a.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial.

Intramolecular (a.) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.

Intramundane (a.) Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.

Intramural (a.) Being within the walls, as of a city.

Intramural (a.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.

Intranquillity (n.) Unquietness; restlessness.

Intranscalent (a.) Impervious to heat; adiathermic.

Intransgressible (a.) Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or crossed.

Intranssient (a.) Not transient; remaining; permanent.

Intransigent (a.) Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable.

Intransigentes (n. pl.) The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.

Intransitive (a.) Not passing farther; kept; detained.

Intransitive (a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs.

Intransitively (adv.) Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb.

In transitu () In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.

Intransmissible (a.) Not capable of being transmitted.

Intransmutability (n.) The quality of being intransmutable.

Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

Intrant (a.) Entering; penetrating.

Intrant (n.) One who enters; especially, a person entering upon some office or station.

Intranuclear (a.) Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.

Intrap (v. t.) See Entrap.

Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

Intrapetiolar (a.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning.

Intraterritorial (a.) Within the territory or a territory.

Intrathoracic (a.) Within the thora/ or chest.

Intratropical (a.) Within the tropics.

Intrauterine (a.) Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.

Intravalvular (a.) Between valves.

Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.

Intraventricular (a.) Within or between ventricles.

Intreasure (v. t.) To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard.

Intreat (v. t.) See Entreat.

Intreatable (a.) Not to be entreated; inexorable.

Intreatance (n.) Entreaty.

Intreatful (a.) Full of entreaty.

Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrench

Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrench

Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself.

Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.

Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.

Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Intrepid (a.) Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

Intrepidity (n.) The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.

Intrepidly (adv.) In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.

Intricable (a.) Entangling.

Intricacies (pl. ) of Intricacy

Intricacy (n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.

Intricate (a.) Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

Intricate (v. t.) To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.

Intricately (adv.) In an intricate manner.

Intricateness (n.) The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.

Intrication (n.) Entanglement.

Intrigante (n.) A female intriguer.

Intrigued (imp. & p. p.) of Intrigue

Intriguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrigue

Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

Intrigue (v. i.) To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

Intrigue (v. t.) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.

Intrigue (v. i.) Intricacy; complication.

Intrigue (v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

Intrigue (v. i.) The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.

Intrigue (v. i.) A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.

Intriguer (n.) One who intrigues.

Intriguery (n.) Arts or practice of intrigue.

Intriguingly (adv.) By means of, or in the manner of, intrigue.

Intrinse (a.) Tightly drawn; or (perhaps) intricate.

Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.

Intrinsic (a.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.

Intrinsic (n.) A genuine quality.

Intrinsical (a.) Intrinsic.

Intrinsical (a.) Intimate; closely familiar.

Intrinsicality (n.) The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.

Intrinsically (adv.) Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.

Intrinsicalness (n.) The quality of being intrinsical; intrinsicality.

Intrinsicate (a.) Intricate.

Intro- () A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.

Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts.

Introduced (imp. & p. p.) of Introduce

Introducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Introduce

Introduce (v. t.) To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

Introduce (v. t.) To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.

Introduce (v. t.) To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another.

Introduce (v. t.) To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant.

Introduce (v. t.) To produce; to cause to exist; to induce.

Introduce (v. t.) To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Introducement (n.) Introduction.

Introducer (n.) One who, or that which, introduces.

Introduct (v. t.) To introduce.

Introduction (n.) The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

Introduction (n.) The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

Introduction (n.) That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.

Introduction (n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

Introductive (a.) Serving to introduce; introductory.

Introductor (n.) An introducer.

Introductorily (adv.) By way of introduction.

Introductory (a.) Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

Introductress (n.) A female introducer.

Introflexed (a.) Flexed or bent inward.

Introgression (n.) The act of going in; entrance.

Introit (n.) A going in.

Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.

Introit (n.) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.

Introit (n.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

Introit (n.) Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.

Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

Intromission (n.) The act of letting go in; admission.

Intromission (n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

Intromitted (imp. & p. p.) of Intromit

Intromitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intromit

Intromit (v. t.) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.

Intromit (v. t.) To allow to pass in; to admit.

Intromit (v. i.) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

Intromittent (a.) Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.

Intromittent (a.) Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

Intromitter (n.) One who intromits.

Intropression (n.) Pressure acting within.

Introreception (n.) The act of admitting into or within.

Introrse (a.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs.

Introspect (v. t.) To look into or within; to view the inside of.

Introspection (n.) A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.

Introspectionist (n.) One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.

Introspective (a.) Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.

Introspective (a.) Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational.

Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.

Introsusception (n.) The act or process of receiving within.

Introsusception (n.) Same as Intussusception.

Introvenient (a.) Coming in together; entering; commingling.

Introversion (n.) The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.

Introverted (imp. & p. p.) of Introvert

Introverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Introvert

Introvert (v. t.) To turn or bend inward.

Introvert (v. t.) To look within; to introspect.

Intrude (v. i.) To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.

Intruded (imp. & p. p.) of Intrude

Intruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrude

Intrude (v. t.) To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.

Intrude (v. t.) To enter by force; to invade.

Intrude (v. t.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.

Intruded (p. a.) Same as Intrusive.

Intruder (n.) One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

Intrudress (n.) A female intruder.

Intrunk (v. t.) To inclose as in a trunk; to incase.

Intrusion (n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.

Intrusion (n.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.

Intrusion (n.) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.

Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.

Intrusional (a.) Of or pertaining to intrusion.

Intrusionist (n.) One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.

Intrusive (a.) Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.

Intrusted (imp. & p. p.) of Intrust

Intrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrust

Intrust (v. t.) To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.

Intubation (n.) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.

Intuition (n.) A looking after; a regard to.

Intuition (n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.

Intuition (n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.

Intuitional (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.

Intuitionalism (n.) The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.

Intuitionalist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.

Intuitionism (n.) Same as Intuitionalism.

Intuitionist (n.) Same as Intuitionalist.

Intuitive (a.) Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.

Intuitive (a.) Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.

Intuitive (a.) Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive.

Intuitively (adv.) In an intuitive manner.

Intuitivism (n.) The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive.

Intumesced (imp. & p. p.) of Intumesce

Intumescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intumesce

Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.

Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.

Intumescence (n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.

Intumulated (a.) Unburied.

Intune (v. t.) To intone. Cf. Entune.

Inturbidated (imp. & p. p.) of Inturbidate

Inturbidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inturbidate

Inturbidate (v. t.) To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.

Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled.

Intuse (n.) A bruise; a contusion.

Intussuscepted (a.) Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated.

Intussusception (n.) The reception of one part within another.

Intussusception (n.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination.

Intussusception (n.) The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.

Intussusception (n.) The act of taking foreign matter, as food, into a living body; the process of nutrition, by which dead matter is absorbed by the living organism, and ultimately converted into the organized substance of its various tissues and organs.

Intwine (v. t.) To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.

Intwine (v. i.) To be or to become intwined.

Intwinement (n.) The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.

Intwist (v. t.) To twist into or together; to interweave.

Inuendo (n.) See Innuendo.

Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.

Inuloid (n.) A substance resembling inulin, found in the unripe bulbs of the dahila.

Inumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken.

Inuncted (a.) Anointed.

Inunction (n.) The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.

Inunctuosity (n.) The want of unctuosity; freedom from greasiness or oiliness; as, the inunctuosity of porcelain clay.

Inundant (a.) Overflowing.

Inundated (imp. & p. p.) of Inundate

Inundating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inundate

Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

Inundate (v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

Inundation (n.) The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.

Inunderstanding (a.) Void of understanding.

Inurbane (a.) Uncivil; unpolished; rude.

Inurbanity (n.) Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.

Inured (imp. & p. p.) of Inure

Inuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inure

Inure (v. t.) To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.

Inure (v. i.) To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs.

Inurement (n.) Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.

Inurned (imp. & p. p.) of Inurn

Inurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inurn

Inurn (v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.

Inusitate (a.) Unusual.

Inusitation (n.) Want of use; disuse.

Inust (a.) Burnt in.

Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.

Inutile (a.) Useless; unprofitable.

Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.

Inutterable (a.) Unutterable; inexpressible.

In vacuo () In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.

Invaded (imp. & p. p.) of Invade

Invading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invade

Invade (v. t.) To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.

Invade (v. t.) To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.

Invade (v. t.) To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.

Invade (v. t.) To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

Invade (v. i.) To make an invasion.

Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.

Invaginate (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in.

Invaginate (a.) Alt. of Invaginated

Invaginated (a.) Sheathed.

Invaginated (a.) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

Invagination (n.) The condition of an invaginated organ or part.

Invagination (n.) One of the methods by which the various germinal layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Invalescence (n.) Strength; health.

Invaletudinary (a.) Wanting health; valetudinary.

Invalid (a.) Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

Invalid (a.) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.

Invalid (a.) A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.

Invalid (n.) Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.

Invalid (v. t.) To make or render invalid or infirm.

Invalid (v. t.) To classify or enroll as an invalid.

Invalidated (imp. & p. p.) of Invalidate

Invalidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invalidate

Invalidate (v. t.) To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.

Invalidation (n.) The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.

Invalide (n.) See Invalid, n.

Invalidism (n.) The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.

Invalidity (n.) Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.

Invalidity (n.) Want of health; infirmity.

Invalidness (n.) Invalidity; as, the invalidness of reasoning.

Invalorous (a.) Not valorous; cowardly.

Invaluable (a.) Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.

Invaluably (adv.) Inestimably.

Invalued (a.) Inestimable.

Invariability (n.) The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.

Invariable (a.) Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform.

Invariable (n.) An invariable quantity; a constant.

Invariance (n.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions.

Invariant (n.) An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations.

Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

Invasion (n.) A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.

Invasion (n.) The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.

Invasive (a.) Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.

Invect (v. i.) To inveigh.

Invected (a.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.

Invection (n.) An inveighing against; invective.

Invective (a.) Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.

Invective (n.) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny.

Invectively (adv.) In an invective manner.

Inveighed (imp. & p. p.) of Inveigh

Inveighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inveigh

Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse.

Inveigher (n.) One who inveighs.

Inveigled (imp. & p. p.) of Inveigle

Inveigling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inveigle

Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.

Inveiglement (n.) The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction.

Inveigler (n.) One who inveigles.

Inveil (v. t.) To cover, as with a vail.

Invendibility (n.) The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.

Invendible (a.) Not vendible or salable.

Invenom (v. t.) See Envenom.

Invented (imp. & p. p.) of Invent

Inventing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invent

Invent (v. t.) To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

Invent (v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.

Invent (v. t.) To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

Inventer (n.) One who invents.

Inventful (a.) Full of invention.

Inventible (a.) Capable of being invented.

Inventibleness (n.) Quality of being inventible.

Invention (n.) The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.

Invention (n.) That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.

Invention (n.) Thought; idea.

Invention (n.) A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.

Invention (n.) The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.

Invention (n.) The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.

Inventious (a.) Inventive.

Inventive (a.) Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.

Inventor (n.) One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

Inventorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an inventory.

Inventories (pl. ) of Inventory

Inventory (n.) An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business.

Inventoried (imp. & p. p.) of Inventory

Inventorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inventory

Inventory (v. t.) To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock.

Inventress (n.) A woman who invents.

Inveracity (n.) Want of veracity.

Inverisimilitude (n.) Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.

Inverse (a.) Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.

Inverse (a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

Inverse (a.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.

Inverse (n.) That which is inverse.

Inversely (adv.) In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.

Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.

Inversion (n.) A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.

Inversion (n.) A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on.

Inversion (n.) A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.

Inversion (n.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.

Inversion (n.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."

Inversion (n.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.

Inversion (n.) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.

Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.

Inversion (n.) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.

Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.

Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.

Inversion (n.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).

Inverted (imp. & p. p.) of Invert

Inverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invert

Invert (v. t.) To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.

Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

Invert (v. t.) To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

Invert (v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

Invert (v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Invert (a.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.

Invert (n.) An inverted arch.

Invertebral (a.) Same as Invertebrate.

Invertebrata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Invertebrate (a.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.

Invertebrate (n.) One of the Invertebrata.

Invertebrated (a.) Having no backbone; invertebrate.

Inverted (a.) Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

Inverted (a.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.

Invertedly (adv.) In an inverted order.

Invertible (a.) Capable of being inverted or turned.

Invertible (a.) Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.

Invertible (a.) Incapable of being turned or changed.

Invertin (n.) An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.

Invested (imp. & p. p.) of Invest

Investing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invest

Invest (v. t.) To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

Invest (v. t.) To put on.

Invest (v. t.) To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate.

Invest (v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend.

Invest (v. t.) To confer; to give.

Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

Invest (v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

Investient (a.) Covering; clothing.

Investigable (a.) Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.

Investigable (a.) Unsearchable; inscrutable.

Investigated (imp. & p. p.) of Investigate

Investigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Investigate

Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.

Investigate (v. i.) To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.

Investigation (n.) The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

Investigative (a.) Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.

Investigator (n.) One who searches diligently into a subject.

Investiture (n.) The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

Investiture (n.) Livery of seizin.

Investiture (n.) That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.

Investive (a.) Investing.

Investment (n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

Investment (n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

Investment (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

Investment (n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.

Investor (n.) One who invests.

Investure (n.) Investiture; investment.

Investure (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; to install.

Inveteracy (n.) Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.

Inveteracy (n.) Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.

Inveterate (a.) Old; long-established.

Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse.

Inveterate (a.) Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.

Inveterate (a.) Malignant; virulent; spiteful.

Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.

Inveterately (adv.) In an inveterate manner or degree.

Inveterateness (n.) Inveteracy.

Inveteration (n.) The act of making inveterate.

Invict (a.) Invincible.

Invidious (a.) Envious; malignant.

Invidious (a.) Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.

Invidious (a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.

Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilancy

Invigilancy (n.) Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.

Invigor (v. t.) To invigorate.

Invigorated (imp. & p. p.) of Invigorate

Invigorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invigorate

Invigorate (v. t.) To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

Invigoration (n.) The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

Invile (v. t.) To render vile.

Invillaged (p. a.) Turned into, or reduced to, a village.

Invincibility (n.) The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.

Invincible (a.) Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.

Inviolability (n.) The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Inviolable (a.) Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine.

Inviolable (a.) Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.

Inviolable (a.) Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.

Inviolableness (n.) The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.

Inviolably (adv.) Without violation.

Inviolacy (n.) The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.

Inviolate (a.) Alt. of Inviolated

Inviolated (a.) Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.

Inviolated (a.) Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.

Inviolately (adv.) In an inviolate manner.

Inviolaness (n.) The state of being inviolate.

Invious (a.) Untrodden.

Invirile (a.) Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate.

Invirility (n.) Absence of virility or manhood; effeminacy.

Inviscated (imp. & p. p.) of Inviscate

Inviscating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inviscate

Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Inviscerated (imp. & p. p.) of Inviscerate

Inviscerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inviscerate

Inviscerate (v. t.) To breed; to nourish.

Inviscerate (a.) Deep-seated; internal.

Invisibilities (pl. ) of Invisibility

Invisibility (n.) The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible.

Invisible (a.) Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.

Invisible (n.) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.

Invisible (n.) A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.

Invisible (n.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

Invisibleness (n.) The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.

Invisibly (adv.) In an invisible manner.

Invision (n.) Want of vision or of the power of seeing.

Invitation (n.) The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

Invitation (n.) A document written or printed, or spoken words, /onveying the message by which one is invited.

Invitation (n.) Allurement; enticement.

Invitatory (a.) Using or containing invitations.

Invitatories (pl. ) of Invitatory

Invitatory (n.) That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.

Invited (imp. & p. p.) of Invite

Inviting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invite

Invite (v. t.) To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.

Invite (v. t.) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Invite (v. t.) To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

Invite (v. i.) To give invitation.

Invitement (n.) Invitation.

Inviter (n.) One who, or that which, invites.

Invitiate (a.) Not vitiated.

Inviting (a.) Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.

Invitrifiable (a.) Not admitting of being vitrified, or converted into glass.

Invocated (imp. & p. p.) of Invocate

Invocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invocate

Invocate (v. t.) To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.

Invocation (n.) The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.

Invocation (n.) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.

Invocatory (a.) Making or containing invocation; invoking.

Invoice (n.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed.

Invoice (n.) The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

Invoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Invoice

Invoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invoice

Invoice (v. t.) To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.

Invoked (imp. & p. p.) of Invoke

Invoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invoke

Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.

Involucel (n.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre.

Involucellate (a.) Furnished with involucels.

Involucella (pl. ) of Involucellum

Involucellum (n.) See Involucel.

Involucral (a.) Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.

Involucrate (a.) Alt. of Involucrated

Involucrated (a.) Having an involucre; involucred.

Involucre (n.) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head.

Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns.

Involucre (n.) The peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.

Involucred (a.) Having an involucre, as umbels, heads, etc.

Involucret (n.) An involucel.

Involucra (pl. ) of Involucrum

Involucrums (pl. ) of Involucrum

Involucrum (n.) See Involucre.

Involucrum (n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Involuntarily (adv.) In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.

Involuntariness (n.) The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

Involuntary (a.) Not having will or the power of choice.

Involuntary (a.) Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.

Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.

Involute (a.) Alt. of Involuted

Involuted (a.) Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in aestivation.

Involuted (a.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.

Involuted (a.) Rolled inward spirally.

Involute (n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.

Involution (n.) The act of involving or infolding.

Involution (n.) The state of being entangled or involved; complication; entanglement.

Involution (n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope.

Involution (n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.

Involution (n.) The act or process of raising a quantity to any power assigned; the multiplication of a quantity into itself a given number of times; -- the reverse of evolution.

Involution (n.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution.

Involution (n.) The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

Involved (imp. & p. p.) of Involve

Involving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Involve

Involve (v. t.) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

Involve (v. t.) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.

Involve (v. t.) To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.

Involve (v. t.) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

Involve (v. t.) To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.

Involve (v. t.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

Involved (a.) Same as Involute.

Involvedness (n.) The state of being involved.

Involvement (n.) The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

Invulgar (v. t.) To cause to become or appear vulgar.

Invulgar (a.) Not vulgar; refined; elegant.

Invulnerability (n.) Quality or state of being invulnerable.

Invulnerable (a.) Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

Invulnerable (a.) Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.

Invulnerableness (n.) Invulnerability.

Invulnerate (a.) Invulnerable.

Inwalled (imp. & p. p.) of Inwall

Inwalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inwall

Inwall (v. t.) To inclose or fortify as with a wall.

Inwall (n.) An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.

Inward (a.) Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.

Inward (a.) Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.

Inward (a.) Intimate; domestic; private.

Inward (n.) That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.

Inward (n.) The mental faculties; -- usually pl.

Inward (n.) An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.

Inward (a.) Alt. of Inwards

Inwards (a.) Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.

Inwards (a.) Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.

Inwardly (adv.) In the inner parts; internally.

Inwardly (adv.) Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.

Inwardly (adv.) In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret/y; as, he inwardly repines.

Inwardly (adv.) Intimately; thoroughly.

Inwardness (n.) Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

Inwardness (n.) Intimacy; familiarity.

Inwardness (n.) Heartiness; earnestness.

Inwards (adv.) See Inward.

Inweave (v. t.) To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace.

Inwheel (v. t.) To encircle.

Inwit (n.) Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.

Inwith (prep.) Within.

Inwork (v. t. & i.) To work in or within.

Itworn (p. a.) Worn, wrought, or stamped in.

Inwrap (v. t.) To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc.

Inwrap (v. t.) To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex.

Inwreathe (v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.

Inwrought (p. p. / a.) Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures.

Ios (pl. ) of Io

Io (n.) An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.

Iod- () See Iodo-.

Iodal (n.) An oily liquid, Cl3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal.

Iodate (n.) A salt of iodic acid.

Iodhydrin (n.) One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins.

Iodic (a.) to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid.

Iodide (n.) A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide.

Iodine (n.) A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.

Iodism (n.) A morbid state produced by the use of iodine and its compounds, and characterized by palpitation, depression, and general emaciation, with a pustular eruption upon the skin.

Iodized (imp. & p. p.) of Iodize

Iodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Iodize

Iodize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography.

Iodizer (n.) One who, or that which, iodizes.

Iodo- () Alt. of Iod-

Iod- () A prefix, or combining from, indicating iodine as an ingredient; as, iodoform.

Iodoform (n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.

Iodoquinine (n.) A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite.

Iodous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix).

Ioduret (n.) Iodide.

Iodyrite (n.) Silver iodide, a mineral of a yellowish color.

Iolite (n.) A silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for its dichroism, and is also called dichroite.

Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles.

-ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction.

Ion (n.) One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.

Ionian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.

Ionian (n.) A native or citizen of Ionia.

Ionic (a.) Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

Ionic (a.) Pertaining to the Ionic order of architecture, one of the three orders invented by the Greeks, and one of the five recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. Its distinguishing feature is a capital with spiral volutes. See Illust. of Capital.

Ionic (a.) Of or pertaining to an ion; composed of ions.

Ionic (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic.

Ionic (n.) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.

Ionic (n.) The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.

Ionic (n.) Ionic type.

Ionidium (n.) A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.

Ioqua shell () The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the west coast of North America.

Iota (n.) The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (/) corresponding with the English i.

Iota (n.) A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.

Iotacism (n.) The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /.

I O U () A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill.

Iowas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of Iowa.

Ipecac (n.) An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.

Ipecacuanha (n.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).

Ipocras (n.) Hippocras.

Ipomoea (n.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.

Ipomoeic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.

Ir- () A form of the prefix in-. See In-.

Iracund (a.) Irascible; choleric.

Irade (n.) A decree of the Sultan.

Iran (n.) The native name of Persia.

Iranian (a.) Of or pertaining to Iran.

Iranian (n.) A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages.

Iranic (a.) Iranian.

Irascibility (n.) The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.

Irascible (a.) Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.

Irate (a.) Angry; incensed; enraged.

Ire (n.) Anger; wrath.

Ireful (a.) Full of ire; angry; wroth.

Irefulness (n.) Wrathfulness.

Irenarch (n.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding to those of a justice of the peace.

Irenic (a.) Alt. of Irenical

Irenical (a.) Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.

Irenicon (n.) A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.

Irenics (n.) That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.

Irestone (n.) Any very hard rock.

Irian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris.

Iricism (n.) Irishism.

Iridaceous (a.) Alt. of Irideous

Irideous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.

Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.

Iridectomy (n.) The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.

Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.

Iridescent (a.) Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.

Iridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.

Iridiated (a.) Iridescent.

Iridic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.

Iridic (a.) Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.

Iridioscope (n.) A kind of ophthalmoscope.

Iridious (a.) Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence.

Iridium (n.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.

Iridized (imp. & p. p.) of Iridize

Iridizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Iridize

Iridize (v. t.) To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen.

Iridize (v. t.) To make iridescent; as, to iridize glass.

Iridoline (n.) A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.

Iridosmine (n.) Alt. of Iridosmium

Iridosmium (n.) The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens.

Irises (pl. ) of Iris

Irides (pl. ) of Iris

Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

Iris (n.) The rainbow.

Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.

Iris (n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.

Iris (n.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.

Irisated (a.) Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.

Iriscope (n.) A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.

Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.

Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.

Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.

Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.

Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishman

Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.

Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.

Iritis (n.) An inflammation of the iris of the eye.

Irk (v. t.) To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.

Irksome (a.) Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.

Irksome (a.) Weary; vexed; uneasy.

Iron (n.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.

Iron (n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.

Iron (n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.

Iron (n.) Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

Iron (n.) Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

Iron (n.) Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

Iron (n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

Iron (n.) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

Iron (n.) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

Iron (n.) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

Iron (n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

Ironed (imp. & p. p.) of Iron

Ironing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Iron

Iron (v. t.) To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.

Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Iron (v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

Ironbark tree () The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

Ironbound (a.) Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.

Ironbound (a.) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.

Iron-cased (a.) Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.

Ironclad (a.) Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.

Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge.

Ironclad (n.) A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

Ironer (n.) One who, or that which, irons.

Iron-fisted (a.) Closefisted; stingy; mean.

Iron-gray (a.) Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.

Iron-gray (n.) An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.

Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.

Iron-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.

Ironic (a.) Ironical.

Ironical (a.) Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.

Ironical (a.) Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.

Ironing (n.) The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.

Ironing (n.) The clothes ironed.

Ironish (a.) Resembling iron, as in taste.

Ironist (n.) One who uses irony.

Ironmaster (n.) A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein.

Ironmonger (n.) A dealer in iron or hardware.

Ironmongery (n.) Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.

Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Iron-sided (a.) Having iron sides, or very firm sides.

Ironsides (n. /) A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.

Ironsmith (n.) A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.

Ironsmith (n.) An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith.

Ironstone (n.) A hard, earthy ore of iron.

Ironware (n.) Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.

Ironweed (n.) A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.

Ironwood (n.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Ironwork (n.) Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.

Iron works () See under Iron, a.

Ironwort (n.) An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.

Irony (a.) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.

Irony (a.) Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.

Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

Irony (n.) A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.

Iroquois (n. sing. & pl.) A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.

Irous (a.) Irascible; passionate.

Irp (n.) Alt. of Irpe

Irpe (n.) A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body.

Irp (a.) Making irps.

Irradiance (n.) Alt. of Irradiancy

Irradiancy (n.) The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.

Irradiancy (n.) That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy.

Irradiant (a.) Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon.

Irradiated (imp. & p. p.) of Irradiate

Irradiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irradiate

Irradiate (v. t.) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.

Irradiate (v. t.) To animate by heat or light.

Irradiate (v. t.) To radiate, shed, or diffuse.

Irradiate (v. i.) To emit rays; to shine.

Irradiate (a.) Illuminated; irradiated.

Irradiation (n.) Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

Irradiation (n.) Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy.

Irradiation (n.) Fig.: Mental light or illumination.

Irradiation (n.) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus.

Irradicate (v. t.) To root deeply.

Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals.

Irrational (a.) Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.

Irrational (a.) Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd.

Irrationality (n.) The quality or state of being irrational.

Irrationally (adv.) In an irrational manner.

Irrationalness (n.) Irrationality.

Irrebuttable (a.) Incapable of being rebutted.

Irreceptive (a.) Not receiving; incapable of receiving.

Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.

Irrecognition (n.) A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.

Irrecognizable (a.) Not recognizable.

Irreconcilability (n.) The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.

Irreconcilable (a.) Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements.

Irreconcile (v. t.) To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.

Irreconcilement (n.) The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.

Irreconciliation (n.) Want of reconciliation; disagreement.

Irrecordable (a.) Not fit or possible to be recorded.

Irrecoverable (a.) Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.

Irrecuperable (a.) Irrecoverable.

Irrecured (a.) Incurable.

Irrecusable (a.) Not liable to exception or rejection.

Irredeemability (n.) The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.

Irredeemable (a.) Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.

Irreducibility (n.) The state or quality of being irreducible.

Irreducible (a.) Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.

Irreducible (a.) Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula.

Irreflection (n.) Want of reflection.

Irreflective (a.) Not reflective.

Irrefromable (a.) Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.

Irrefragability (n.) The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.

Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.

Irrefrangibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.

Irrefrangible (a.) Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another.

Irrefutable (a.) Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.

Irregeneracy (n.) Unregeneracy.

Irregeneration (n.) An unregenerate state.

Irregular (a.) Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular.

Irregular (n.) One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.

Irregularist (n.) One who is irregular.

Irregularities (pl. ) of Irregularity

Irregularity (n.) The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

Irregularly (adv.) In an irregular manner.

Irregulate (v. t.) To make irregular; to disorder.

Irregulous (a.) Lawless.

Irrejectable (a.) That can not be rejected; irresistible.

Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.

Irrelate (a.) Irrelative; unconnected.

Irrelation (n.) The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.

Irrelative (a.) Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected.

Irrelavance (n.) Irrelevancy.

Irrelavancy (n.) The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument.

Irrelavant (a.) Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case.

Irrelievable (a.) Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.

Irreligion (n.) The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety.

Irreligionist (n.) One who is irreligious.

Irreligious (a.) Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.

Irreligious (a.) Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech.

Irreligiously (adv.) In an irreligious manner.

Irreligiousness (n.) The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.

Irremeable (a.) Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way.

Irremediable (a.) Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.

Irremediableness (n.) The state or quality of being irremediable.

Irremediably (adv.) In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction.

Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes.

Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.

Irremissive (a.) Not remitting; unforgiving.

Irremittable (a.) Not capable of being remitted; irremissible.

Irremobability (n.) The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.

Irremovable (a.) Not removable; immovable; inflexible.

Irremoval (n.) Absence of removal.

Irremunerable (a.) Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration.

Irrenowned (a.) Not renowned.

Irreparability (n.) The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness.

Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.

Irreparableness (n.) Quality of being irreparable.

Irreparably (adv.) In an irreparable manner.

Irrepealability (n.) The quality or state of being irrepealable.

Irrepealable (a.) Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.

Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.

Irrepleviable (a.) Alt. of Irreplevisable

Irreplevisable (a.) Not capable of being replevied.

Irreprehensible (a.) Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.

Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.

Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.

Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

Irreproachable (a.) Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.

Irreproachableness (n.) The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.

Irreproachably (adv.) In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.

Irreprovable (a.) Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright.

Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.

Irreputable (a.) Disreputable.

Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

Irresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission.

Irresistibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.

Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.

Irresistibleness (n.) Quality of being irrestible.

Irresistibly (adv.) In an irrestible manner.

Irresistless (a.) Irresistible.

Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.

Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being relieved or assisted.

Irresolubleness (n.) The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.

Irresolute (a.) Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.

Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.

Irresolvability (n.) The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.

Irresolvable (a.) Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.

Irresolvableness (n.) The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.

Irresolvedly (adv.) Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.

Irrespective (a.) Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.

Irrespective (a.) Disrespectful.

Irrespectively (adv.) Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration.

Irrespirable (a.) Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

Irresponsibility (n.) Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.

Irresponsible (a.) Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

Irresponsible (a.) Not to be trusted; unreliable.

Irresponsibly (adv.) So as not to be responsible.

Irresponsive (a.) Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.

Irresuscitable (a.) Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.

Irretention (n.) Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.

Irretentive (a.) Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

Irretraceable (a.) Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.

Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.

Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.

Irretrievable (a.) Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.

Irretrievableness (n.) The state or quality of being irretrievable.

Irretrievably (adv.) In an irretrievable manner.

Irreturnable (a.) Not to be returned.

Irrevealable (a.) Incapable of being revealed.

Irreverence (n.) The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Irreverend (a.) Irreverent.

Irreverent (a.) Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

Irreverently (adv.) In an irreverent manner.

Irreversibility (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.

Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.

Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.

Irreversibleness (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible.

Irreversibly (adv.) In an irreversible manner.

Irrevocability (n.) The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.

Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.

Irrevokable (a.) Irrevocable.

Irrevoluble (a.) That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.

Irrhetorical (a.) Not rethorical.

Irrigated (imp. & p. p.) of Irrigate

Irrigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irrigate

Irrigate (v. t.) To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

Irrigate (v. t.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

Irrigation (n.) The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Irriguous (a.) Watered; watery; moist; dewy.

Irriguous (a.) Gently penetrating or pervading.

Irrisible (a.) Not risible.

Irrision (n.) The act of laughing at another; derision.

Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

Irritability (n.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.

Irritability (n.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Irritable (a.) Capable of being irriated.

Irritable (a.) Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.

Irritable (a.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.

Irritable (a.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Irritableness (n.) Irritability.

Irritably (adv.) In an irritable manner.

Irritancy (n.) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.

Irritancy (n.) The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.

Irritant (a.) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

Irritant (a.) Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.

Irritant (n.) That which irritates or excites.

Irritant (n.) Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.

Irritant (n.) A poison that produces inflammation.

Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.

Irritated (imp. & p. p.) of Irritate

Irritating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irritate

Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.

Irritate (v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.

Irritate (v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.

Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.

Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.

Irritation (n.) The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.

Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.

Irritation (n.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.

Irritative (a.) Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever.

Irritatory (a.) Exciting; producing irritation; irritating.

Irrorated (imp. & p. p.) of Irrorate

Irrorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irrorate

Irrorate (v. t.) To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew.

Irrorate (a.) Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand.

Irroration (n.) The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew.

Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Irrubrical (a.) Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.

Irrugate (v. t.) To wrinkle.

Irrupted (a.) Broken with violence.

Irruption (n.) A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.

Irruption (n.) A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.

Irruptive (a.) Rushing in or upon.

Irvingite (n.) The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.

Is- () See Iso-.

Is (v. i.) The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.

Isabel () Alt. of Isabel color

Isabel color () See Isabella.

Isabella () Alt. of Isabella color

Isabella color () A brownish yellow color.

Isabella grape () A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox.

Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part.

Isabelline (a.) Of an isabel or isabella color.

Isagelous (a.) Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences.

Isagel (n.) One of two or more objects containing the same information.

Isagoge (n.) An introduction.

Isagogic (a.) Alt. of Isagogical

Isagogical (a.) Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.

Isagogics (n.) That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.

Isagon (a.) A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.

Isapostolic (a.) Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.

Isatic (a.) Alt. of Isatinic

Isatinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, isatin; as, isatic acid, which is also called trioxindol.

Isatide (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of isatin.

Isatin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo.

Isatis (n.) A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.

Isatogen (n.) A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue.

Isatropic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid.

Ischias (a.) See Ischial.

Ischiadic (a.) Ischial.

Ischial (a.) Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic.

Ischiatic (a.) Same as Ishial.

Ischiocapsular (a.) Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

Ischiocerite (n.) The third joint or the antennae of the Crustacea.

Ischion (n.) Alt. of Ischium

Ischium (n.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

Ischium (n.) One of the pleurae of insects.

Ischiopodite (n.) The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Ischiorectal (a.) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.

Ischuretic (a.) Having the quality of relieving ischury.

Ischuretic (n.) An ischuretic medicine.

Ischury (n.) A retention or suppression of urine.

-ise () See -ize.

Isentropic (a.) Having equal entropy.

Isethionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.

-ish () A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white.

-ish () A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.

Ishmaelite (n.) A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him."

Ishmaelite (n.) One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast.

Ishmaelite (n.) See Ismaelian.

Ishmaelitish (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.

Isiac (a.) Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries.

Isicle (n.) A icicle.

Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century.

Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue.

Isinglass (n.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.

Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.

Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.

Isis (n.) One of the asteroids.

Islam (n.) The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.

Islam (n.) The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.

Islamism (n.) The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.

Islamite (n.) A Mohammedan.

Islamitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan.

Islamized (imp. & p. p.) of Islamize

Islamizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Islamize

Islamize (v. i. & t.) To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam.

Island (n.) A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

Island (n.) Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.

Island (n.) See Isle, n., 2.

Island (v. t.) To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

Island (v. t.) To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.

Islander (n.) An inhabitant of an island.

Islandy (a.) Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.

Isle (n.) See Aisle.

Isle (n.) An island.

Isle (n.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.

Islet (n.) A little island.

-ism () A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism.

Ism (n.) A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

Ismaelian (n.) Alt. of Ismaelite

Ismaelite (n.) One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali.

Iso- () Alt. of Is-

Is- () A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic.

Is- () Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in isocyanic.

Is- () Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane.

Isobar (n.) A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line.

Isobaric (a.) Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.

Isobar (n.) The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.

Isobarometric (a.) Indicating equal barometric pressure.

Isobathytherm (n.) A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.

Isobathythermic (a.) Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same temperature at the same depth.

Isocephalism (n.) A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia.

Isochasm (n.) A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras.

Isochasmic (a.) Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.

Isocheim (n.) A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.

Isocheimal (a.) Alt. of Isochimal

Isochimal (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.

Isocheimenal (a.) Alt. of Isochimenal

Isochimenal (a.) The same as Isocheimal.

Isocheimic (a.) The same as Isocheimal.

Isochimene (n.) The same as Isocheim.

Isochromatic (a.) Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals.

Isochronal (a.) Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or oscillations.

Isochronic (a.) Isochronal.

Isochronism (n.) The state or quality of being isochronous.

Isochronon (n.) A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

Isochronous (a.) Same as Isochronal.

Isochroous (a.) Having the same tint or color throughout; uniformly or evenly colored.

Isoclinal (a.) Alt. of Isoclinic

Isoclinic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip.

Isocrymal (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or illustrating, an isocryme; as, an isocrymal line; an isocrymal chart.

Isocryme (n.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Isocrymic (a.) Isocrymal.

Isocyanic (a.) Designating an acid isomeric with cyanic acid.

Isocyanuric (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, an acid isomeric with cyanuric acid, and called also fulminuric acid. See under Fulminuric.

Isodiabatic (a.) Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance.

Isodiametric (a.) Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.

Isodiametric (a.) Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.

Isodimorphic (a.) Isodimorphous.

Isodimorphism (n.) Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances.

Isodimorphous (a.) Having the quality of isodimorphism.

Isodulcite (n.) A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (ductile, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses.

Isodynamic (a.) Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.

Isodynamous (a.) Of equal force or size.

Isogeotherm (n.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.

Isogeothermal (a.) Alt. of Isogeothermic

Isogeothermic (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart.

Isogeothermic (n.) An isogeotherm.

Isogonic (a.) Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles.

Isogonic (a.) Characterized by isogonism.

Isogonism (n.) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids.

Isographic (a.) Of or pertaining to isography.

Isography (n.) Imitation of another's handwriting.

Isohyetose (a.) Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall.

Isohyetose (n.) An isohyetose line.

Isolable (a.) Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is isolable.

Isolated (imp. & p. p.) of Isolate

Isolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Isolate

Isolate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

Isolate (v. t.) To insulate. See Insulate.

Isolate (v. t.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.

Isolated (a.) Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.

Isolatedly (adv.) In an isolated manner.

Isolation (n.) The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

Isolator (n.) One who, or that which, isolates.

Isologous (a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series.

Isomer (n.) A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.

Isomeric (a.) Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric.

Isomeride (n.) An isomer.

Isomerism (n.) The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances.

Isomeromorphism (n.) Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.

Isometric (a.) Alt. of Isometrical

Isometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure.

Isometrical (a.) Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization.

Isomorph (n.) A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form and composition.

Isomorphic (a.) Isomorphous.

Isomorphism (n.) A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium (SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly called homoeomorphism.

Isomorphous (a.) Having the quality of isomorphism.

Isonandra (n.) A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.

Isonephelic (a.) Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line.

Isonicotine (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric with nicotine.

Isonicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, isonicotine.

Isonicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid.

Isonitroso- () A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, NOH, called the isonitroso group.

Isonomic (a.) The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar.

Isonomy (n.) Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.

Isopathy (n.) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.

Isopathy (n.) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.

Isopathy (n.) The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.

Isopepsin (n.) Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.

Isoperimetrical (a.) Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.

Isoperimetry (n.) The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.

Isopiestic (a.) Having equal pressure.

Isopleura (n. pl.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.

Isopod (a.) Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.

Isopod (n.) One of the Isopoda.

Isopoda (n. pl.) An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.

Isopodiform (a.) Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvae of certain insects.

Isopodous (a.) Same as Isopod.

Isopogonous (a.) Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.

Isoprene (n.) An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.

Isopycnic (a.) Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.

Isopycnic (n.) A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same.

Isorcin (n.) A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.

Isorropic (a.) Of equal value.

Isosceles (a.) Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.

Isospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms.

Isospondylous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.

Isosporic (a.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic.

Isostemonous (a.) Having exactly as many stamens as petals.

Isostemony (n.) The quality or state of being isostemonous.

Isosulphocyanate (n.) A salt of isosulphocyanic acid.

Isosulphocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric with sulphocyanic acid.

Isotheral (a.) Having the nature of an isothere; indicating the distribution of temperature by means of an isothere; as, an isotheral chart or line.

Isothere (n.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature.

Isotherm (n.) A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean.

Isothermal (a.) Relating to equality of temperature.

Isothermal (a.) Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart.

Isothermobath (n.) A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

Isothermobathic (a.) Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean.

Isotherombrose (n.) A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.

Isotonic (a.) Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.

Isotrimorphic (a.) Isotrimorphous.

Isotrimorphism (n.) Isomorphism between the three forms, severally, of two trimorphous substances.

Isotrimorphous (a.) Having the quality of isotrimorphism; isotrimorphic.

Isotropic (a.) Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions.

Isotropism (n.) Isotropy.

Isotropous (a.) Isotropic.

Isotropy (n.) Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.

Isouric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, isomeric with uric acid.

Israelite (n.) A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.

Israelitic (a.) Alt. of Israelitish

Israelitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew.

Issuable (a.) Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.

Issuable (a.) Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds.

Issuably (adv.) In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably.

Issuance (n.) The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

Issuant (a.) Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another.

Issue (n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.

Issue (n.) The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.

Issue (n.) That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.

Issue (n.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.

Issue (n.) Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.

Issue (n.) A discharge of flux, as of blood.

Issue (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.

Issue (n.) The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.

Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.

Issue (n.) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.

Issued (imp. & p. p.) of Issue

Issuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Issue

Issue (v. i.) To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.

Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.

Issue (v. i.) To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.

Issue (v. i.) To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.

Issue (v. i.) To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.

Issue (v. i.) To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.

Issue (v. i.) To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.

Issue (v. i.) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.

Issue (v. t.) To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.

Issue (v. t.) To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.

Issue (v. t.) To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.

Issueless (a.) Having no issue or progeny; childless.

Issuer (n.) One who issues, emits, or publishes.

-ist () A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism; sensualist, one given to sensuality.

Is't () A contraction of is it.

Isthmian (a.) Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.

Isthmuses (pl. ) of Isthmus

Isthmus (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.

Istle (n.) Same as Ixtle.

Isuret (n.) An artificial nitrogenous base, isomeric with urea, and forming a white crystalline substance; -- called also isuretine.

It (pron.) The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their or theirs, them).

It (pron.) As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.

It (pron.) As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John.

It (pron.) As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.

It (pron.) As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man?

It (pron.) As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).

Itacism (n.) Pronunciation of / (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by Reu/hlin and his followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. See Etacism.

Itacist (n.) One who is in favor of itacism.

Itacolumite (n.) A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.

Itaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids.

Itala (n.) An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version).

Italian (a.) Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.

Italian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Italy.

Italian (n.) The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.

Italianate (v. t.) To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.

Italianate (a.) Italianized; Italianated.

Italianism (n.) A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism.

Italianism (n.) Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.

Italianized (imp. & p. p.) of Italianize

Italianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Italianize

Italianize (v. i.) To play the Italian; to speak Italian.

Italianize (v. i.) To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.

Italic (a.) Relating to Italy or to its people.

Italic (a.) Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.

Italics (pl. ) of Italic

Italic (n.) An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.

Italicism (n.) A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language; to Italianism.

Italicism (n.) The use of Italics.

Italicized (imp. & p. p.) of Italicize

Italicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Italicize

Italicize (v. t. & i.) To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

Ita palm () A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.

Itched (imp. & p. p.) of Itch

Itching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Itch

Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

Itch (v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.

Itch (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.

Itch (n.) Any itching eruption.

Itch (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.

Itch (n.) A constant irritating desire.

Itchiness (n.) The state of being itchy.

Itchless (a.) Free from itching.

Itchy (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

-ite () A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite.

-ite () A suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in writing.

-ite () A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc.

Item (adv.) Also; as an additional article.

Item (n.) An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.

Item (n.) A hint; an innuendo.

Item (n.) A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.

Itemed (imp. & p. p.) of Item

Iteming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Item

Item (v. t.) To make a note or memorandum of.

Itemize (v. t.) To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

Iter (n.) A passage; esp., the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of Sylvius.

Iterable (a.) Capable of being iterated or repeated.

Iterance (n.) Iteration.

Iterant (a.) Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo.

Iterate (a.) Uttered or done again; repeated.

Iterated (imp. & p. p.) of Iterate

Iterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Iterate

Iterate (v. t.) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice.

Iterate (adv.) By way of iteration.

Iteration (n.) Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

Iterative (a.) Repeating.

Ithyphallic (a.) Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.

Itineracy (n.) The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy.

Itinerancy (n.) A passing from place to place.

Itinerancy (n.) A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty.

Itinerant (a.) Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.

Itinerant (a.) One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.

Itinerantly (adv.) In an itinerant manner.

Itinerary (a.) Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

Itineraries (pl. ) of Itinerary

Itinerary (a.) An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.

Itinerated (imp. & p. p.) of Itinerate

Itinerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Itinerate

Itinerate (v. i.) To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc.

-itis () A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis.

Its () Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.

Itself (pron.) The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself.

Ittria (n.) See Yttria.

Ittrium (n.) See Yttrium.

Itzibu (n.) A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents.

Iulidan (n.) One of the Iulidae, a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See Iulus.

Iulus (n.) A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha.

Ivan Ivanovitch () An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.

I've () Colloquial contraction of I have.

-ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

Ivied (a.) Overgrown with ivy.

Ivoride (n.) A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.

Ivories (pl. ) of Ivory

Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

Ivory (n.) The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.

Ivory (n.) Any carving executed in ivory.

Ivory (n.) Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.

Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.

Ivorytype (n.) A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype.

Ivies (pl. ) of Ivy

Ivy (n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.

Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.

Iwis (adv.) Indeed; truly. See Ywis.

Ixia (n.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

Ixodes (n.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.

Ixodian (n.) A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family Ixodidae.

Ixtle (n.) Alt. of Ixtli

Ixtli (n.) A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber.

Izard (n.) A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.

-ize () A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; as apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize.

Izedi (n.) One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil.

Izedism (n.) The religion of the Izedis.

Izzard (n.) See Izard.

Izzard (n.) The letter z; -- formerly so called.

J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.

Jaal goat () A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and jaela.

Jab (v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.

Jab (n.) A thrust or stab.

Jabbered (imp. & p. p.) of Jabber

Jabbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jabber

Jabber (v. i.) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.

Jabber (v. t.) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French.

Jabber (n.) Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.

Jabber (n.) One who jabbers.

Jabberingly (adv.) In a jabbering manner.

Jabberment (n.) Jabber.

Jabbernowl (n.) Same as Jobbernowl.

Jabiru (n.) One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.

Jaborandi (n.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.

Jaborine (n.) An alkaloid found in jaborandi leaves, from which it is extracted as a white amorphous substance. In its action it resembles atropine.

Jabot (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.

Jabot (n.) An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.

Jacamar (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.

Jacana (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird.

Jacaranda (n.) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.

Jacaranda (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

Jacare (n.) A cayman. See Yacare.

Jacchus (n.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus.

Jacconet (n.) See Jaconet.

Jacent (a.) Lying at length; as, the jacent posture.

Jacinth (n.) See Hyacinth.

Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow.

Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.

Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.

Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.

Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack

Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.

Jack (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck.

Jack (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.

Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.

Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

Jack (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.

Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.

Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.

Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.

Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.

Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.

Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.

Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.

Jack (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass.

Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.

Jack (n.) The jurel.

Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.

Jack (n.) The wall-eyed pike.

Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.

Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.

Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.

Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.

Jack (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.

Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.

Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.

Jack-a-dandy (n.) A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.

Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

Jackal (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.

Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.

Jackanapes (n.) A monkey; an ape.

Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

Jackass (n.) The male ass; a donkey.

Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n.

Jackeen (n.) A drunken, dissolute fellow.

Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

Jacket (n.) An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.

Jacket (n.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.

Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

Jacket (v. t.) To thrash; to beat.

Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.

Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman.

Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.

Jackmen (pl. ) of Jackman

Jackman (n.) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.

Jackman (n.) A cream cheese.

Jack-o'-lantern (n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.

Jackpudding (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Jacksaw (n.) The merganser.

Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5.

Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.

Jacksmith (n.) A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.

Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.

Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.

Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.

Jackstraw (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.

Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.

Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.

Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.

Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower.

Jacobean (a.) Alt. of Jacobian

Jacobian (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England.

Jacobin (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris.

Jacobin (n.) One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.

Jacobin (n.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short.

Jacobin (a.) Same as Jacobinic.

Jacobine (n.) A Jacobin.

Jacobinic (a.) Alt. of Jacobinical

Jacobinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.

Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.

Jacobinized (imp. & p. p.) of Jacobinize

Jacobinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jacobinize

Jacobinize (v. t.) To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism.

Jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary.

Jacobite (n.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.

Jacobite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Jacobitic (a.) Alt. of Jacobitical

Jacobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism.

Jacobitism (n.) The principles of the Jacobites.

Jacobuses (pl. ) of Jacobus

Jacobus (n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.

Jaconet (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc.

Jacquard (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.

Jacqueminot (n.) A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

Jacquerie (n.) The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.

Jactancy (n.) A boasting; a bragging.

Jactation (n.) A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation.

Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

Jactitation (n.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.

Jaculable (a.) Fit for throwing.

Jaculated (imp. & p. p.) of Jaculate

Jaculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaculate

Jaculate (v. t.) To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.

Jaculation (n.) The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.

Jaculator () One who throws or casts.

Jaculator () The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator).

Jaculatory (a.) Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.

Jadding (n.) See Holing.

Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.

Jade (n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.

Jade (n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.

Jade (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

Jaded (imp. & p. p.) of Jade

Jading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jade

Jade (v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.

Jade (v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible.

Jade (v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.

Jade (v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit.

Jadeite (n.) See Jade, the stone.

Jadery (n.) The tricks of a jade.

Jadish (a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.

Jadish (a.) Unchaste; -- applied to a woman.

Jaeger (n.) See Jager.

Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

Jag (n.) A part broken off; a fragment.

Jag (n.) A cleft or division.

Jagged (imp. & p. p.) of Jag

Jagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jag

Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.

Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore.

Jag (v. t.) To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.

Jaganatha (n.) Alt. of Jaganatha

Jaganatha (n.) See Juggernaut.

Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.

Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).

Jagg (v. t. & n.) See Jag.

Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.

Jagger (n.) One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag.

Jagger (n.) One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t.

Jaggery (n.) Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis).

Jaggy (a.) Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.

Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.

Jaghirdar (n.) The holder of a jaghir.

Jagua palm () A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.

Jaguar (n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.

Jaguarondi (n.) A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds.

Jah (n.) Jehovah.

Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Jail (v. t.) To imprison.

Jailer (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.

Jain (n.) Alt. of Jaina

Jaina (n.) One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.

Jainism (n.) The heterodox Hindoo religion, of which the most striking features are the exaltation of saints or holy mortals, called jins, above the ordinary Hindoo gods, and the denial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.

Jairou (n.) The ahu or Asiatic gazelle.

Jak (n.) see Ils Jack.

Jakes (n.) A privy.

Jakie (n.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog.

Jako (n.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot.

Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.

Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.

Jalapic (a.) Of or pertaining to jalap.

Jalapin (n.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.

Jalons (n. pl.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals.

Jalousie (n.) A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.

Jalousied (a.) Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.

Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.

Jam (n.) See Jamb.

Jammed (imp. & p. p.) of Jam

Jamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jam

Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.

Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Jam (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

Jam (n.) An injury caused by jamming.

Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

Jamacina (n.) Jamaicine.

Jamadar (n.) Same as Jemidar.

Jamaica (n.) One of the West India is islands.

Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.

Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.

Jamaicine (n.) An alkaloid said to be contained in the bark of Geoffroya inermis, a leguminous tree growing in Jamaica and Surinam; -- called also jamacina.

Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.

Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Jamb (v. t.) See Jam, v. t.

Jambee (n.) A fashionable cane.

Jambes (n.) Alt. of Jambeux

Jambeux (n.) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees.

Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.

Jamdani (n.) A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers.

Jamesonite (n.) A steel-gray mineral, of metallic luster, commonly fibrous massive. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead, with a little iron.

James's powder () Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician; -- called also fever powder.

Jamestown weed () The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.

Jan (n.) One of intermediate order between angels and men.

Jane (n.) A coin of Genoa; any small coin.

Jane (n.) A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See Jean.

Jane-of-apes (n.) A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes.

Jangled (imp. & p. p.) of Jangle

Jangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jangle

Jangle (v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

Jangle (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.

Jangle (v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.

Jangle (v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.

Jangle (n.) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.

Jangle (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.

Jangler (n.) An idle talker; a babbler; a prater.

Jangler (n.) A wrangling, noisy fellow.

Jangleress (n.) A female prater or babbler.

Janglery (n.) Jangling.

Jangling (a.) Producing discordant sounds.

Jangling (n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation.

Jangling (n.) Wrangling; altercation.

Janissary (n.) See Janizary.

Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

Janitress (n.) Alt. of Janitrix

Janitrix (n.) A female janitor.

Janizar (n.) A janizary.

Janizarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.

Janizaries (pl. ) of Janizary

Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.

Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.

Jansenism (n.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.

Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.

Jant (v. i.) See Jaunt.

Janthina (n.) See Ianthina.

Jantily (adv.) See Jauntily.

Jantiness (n.) See Jauntiness.

Jantu (n.) A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land.

Janty (a.) See Jaunty.

January (n.) The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Janus (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.

Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.

Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.

Japan (n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.

Japanned (imp. & p. p.) of Japan

Japanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Japan

Japan (v. t.) To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.

Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes.

Japanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

Japanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.

Japanese (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the people of Japan.

Japanned (a.) Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner.

Japanner (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art.

Japanner (n.) A bootblack.

Japanning (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

Japannish (a.) After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles.

Jape (v. i.) To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.

Jape (v. t.) To mock; to trick.

Japer (n.) A jester; a buffoon.

Japery (n.) Jesting; buffoonery.

Japhethite (n.) A Japhetite.

Japhetic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.

Japhetite (n.) A descendant of Japheth.

Japonica (n.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.

Jar (n.) A turn. [Only in phrase.]

Jar (n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar.

Jar (n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.

Jarred (imp. & p. p.) of Jar

jarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jar

Jar (v. i.) To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears.

Jar (v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.

Jar (v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.

Jar (v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.

Jar (n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.

Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.

Jar (n.) A regular vibration, as of a pendulum.

Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.

Jararaca (n.) A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

Jarble (v. t.) To wet; to bemire.

Jardiniere (n.) An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.

Jards (n.) A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.

Jargle (v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

Jargoned (imp. & p. p.) of Jargon

Jargoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jargon

Jargon (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.

Jargon (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.

Jargonelle (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early.

Jargonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

Jargonist (n.) One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.

Jarl (n.) A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.

Jarnut (n.) An earthnut.

Jarosite (n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.

Jar-owl (n.) The goatsucker.

Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

Jarring (a.) Shaking; disturbing; discordant.

Jarring (n.) A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.

Jarring (n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.

Jarringly (adv.) In a jarring or discordant manner.

Jarvey (n.) Alt. of Jarvy

Jarvy (n.) The driver of a hackney coach.

Jarvy (n.) A hackney coach.

Jasey (n.) A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn.

Jashawk (n.) A young hawk.

Jasmine (n.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea.

Jasp (n.) Jasper.

Jaspachate (n.) Agate jasper.

Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.

Jasperated (a.) mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.

Jasperize (v. t.) To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.

Jaspery (a.) Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.

Jaspidean (a.) Alt. of Jaspideous

Jaspideous (a.) Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.

Jaspilite (n.) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.

Jaspoid (a.) Resembling jasper.

Jasponyx (n.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.

Jatrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha.

Jaunce (v. i.) To ride hard; to jounce.

Jaundice (n.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood.

Jaundice (v. t.) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Jaundiced (a.) Affected with jaundice.

Jaundiced (a.) Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.

Jaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Jaunt

Jaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaunt

Jaunt (v. i.) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

Jaunt (v. i.) To ride on a jaunting car.

Jaunt (v. t.) To jolt; to jounce.

Jaunt (n.) A wearisome journey.

Jaunt (n.) A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

Jauntily (adv.) In a jaunty manner.

Jauntiness (n.) The quality of being jaunty.

Jaunty (superl.) Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

Java (n.) One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

Java (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.

Javanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Java, or to the people of Java.

Javanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Java.

Javel (n.) A vagabond.

Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.

Javelin (v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.

Javelinier (n.) A soldier armed with a javelin.

Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Jaw (n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.

Jaw (n.) In the plural, the mouth.

Jaw (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.

Jaw (n.) A notch or opening.

Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.

Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.

Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

Jaw (n.) Impudent or abusive talk.

Jawed (imp. & p. p.) of Jaw

Jawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jaw

Jaw (v. i.) To scold; to clamor.

Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.

Jawbone (n.) The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

Jawed (a.) Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.

Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits.

Jaw-fallen (a.) Dejected; chopfallen.

Jawfoot (n.) See Maxilliped.

Jawing (n.) Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.

Jawn (v. i.) See Yawn.

Jawy (a.) Relating to the jaws.

Jay (n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.

Jayet (n.) See Jet.

Jayhawker (n.) A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.

Jazel (n.) A gem of an azure color.

Jazerant (n.) A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.

Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

Jealous (a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.

Jealous (a.) Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.

Jealous (a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

Jealoushood (n.) Jealousy.

Jealously (adv.) In a jealous manner.

Jealousness (n.) State or quality of being jealous.

Jealousies (pl. ) of Jealousy

Jealousy (n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

Jeames (n.) A footman; a flunky.

Jean (n.) A twilled cotton cloth.

Jears (n. pl.) See 1st Jeer (b).

Jeat (n.) See Jet.

Jedding ax (n.) A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part.

Jee (v. t. & i.) See Gee.

Jeel (n.) A morass; a shallow lake.

Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.

Jeer (n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.

Jeered (imp. & p. p.) of Jeer

Jeering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeer

Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.

Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

Jeerer (n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

Jeering (a.) Mocking; scoffing.

Jeering (n.) A mocking utterance.

Jeers (n. pl.) See 1st Jeer (b).

Jeffersonia (n.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.

Jeffersonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines.

Jeffersonite (n.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

Jeg (n.) See Jig, 6.

Jehovah (n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.

Jehovist (n.) The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.

Jehovistic (a.) Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic.

Jehu (n.) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.

Jejunal (a.) Pertaining to the jejunum.

Jejune (a.) Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

Jejune (a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative.

Jejunity (n.) The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

Jejunum (n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.

Jelerang (n.) A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.

Jell (v. i.) To jelly.

Jellied (a.) Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.

Jellies (pl. ) of Jelly

Jelly (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.

Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.

Jellied (imp. & p. p.) of Jelly

Jellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jelly

Jelly (v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.

Jellyfish (n.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.

Jemidar (n.) The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army.

Jemlah goat () The jharal.

Jemminess (n.) Spruceness.

Jemmy (a.) Spruce.

Jemmy (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy.

Jemmy (n.) A baked sheep's head.

Jeniquen (n.) A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber.

Jenite (n.) See Yenite.

Jenkins (n.) name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper.

Jennet (n.) A small Spanish horse; a genet.

Jenneting (n.) A variety of early apple. See Juneating.

Jennies (pl. ) of Jenny

Jenny (n.) A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

Jenny (n.) A familiar name of the European wren.

Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.

Jentling (n.) A fish of the genus Leuciscus; the blue chub of the Danube.

Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.

Jeoparded (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopard

Jeoparding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopard

Jeopard (v. t.) To put in jeopardy; to expose to loss or injury; to imperil; to hazard.

Jeoparder (n.) One who puts in jeopardy.

Jeopardized (imp. & p. p.) of Jeopardize

Jeopardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jeopardize

Jeopardize (v. t.) To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

Jeopardous (a.) Perilous; hazardous.

Jeopardy (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.

Jeopardy (v. t.) To jeopardize.

Jerboa (n.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus Dipus, esp. D. Aegyptius, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail.

Jereed (n.) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.

Jeremiad (n.) Alt. of Jeremiade

Jeremiade (n.) A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.

Jerfalcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.

Jerguer (n.) See Jerquer.

Jerid (n.) Same as Jereed.

Jerk (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

Jerked (imp. & p. p.) of Jerk

Jerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jerk

Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.

Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.

Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.

Jerk (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.

Jerker (n.) A beater.

Jerker (n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.

Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).

Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.

Jerkin (n.) A male gyrfalcon.

Jerking (n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.

Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

Jermoonal (n.) The Himalayan now partridge.

Jeronymite (n.) One belonging of the mediaeval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome.

Jeropigia (n.) See Geropigia.

Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

Jerquing (n.) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.

Jerry-built (a.) Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.

Jerseys (pl. ) of Jersey

Jersey (n.) The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.

Jersey (n.) A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet).

Jersey (n.) One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.

Jerusalem (n.) The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.

Jervine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

Jesses (pl. ) of Jess

Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon.

Jessamine (n.) Same as Jasmine.

Jessant (a.) Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

Jesse (n.) Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art

Jesse (n.) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass.

Jesse (n.) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse.

Jessed (a.) Having jesses on, as a hawk.

Jest (n.) A deed; an action; a gest.

Jest (n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

Jest (n.) Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.

Jest (v. i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

Jested (imp. & p. p.) of Jest

Jesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jest

Jest (v. i.) To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

Jest (v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

Jester (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

Jester (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.

Jestful (a.) Given to jesting; full of jokes.

Jesting (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

Jesting (n.) The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.

Jestingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.

Jesuit (n.) One of a religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola, and approved in 1540, under the title of The Society of Jesus.

Jesuit (n.) Fig.: A crafty person; an intriguer.

Jesuited (a.) Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.

Jesuitess (n.) One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.

Jesuitic (a.) Alt. of Jesuitical

Jesuitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.

Jesuitical (a.) Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

Jesuitically (adv.) In a jesuitical manner.

Jesuitism (n.) The principles and practices of the Jesuits.

Jesuitism (n.) Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

Jesuitocracy (n.) Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a country.

Jesuitry (n.) Jesuitism; subtle argument.

Jesus (n.) The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.

Jet (n.) Same as 2d Get.

Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.

Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.

Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

Jet (n.) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

Jetted (imp. & p. p.) of Jet

Jetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jet

Jet (v. i.) To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

Jet (v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

Jet (v. t.) To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

Jet-black (a.) Black as jet; deep black.

Jets d'eau (pl. ) of Jet d'eau

Jet d'eau () A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.

Jeterus (n.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

Jetsam (n.) Alt. of Jetson

Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

Jetson (n.) Jettison. See Jettison, 1.

Jetteau (n.) See Jet d'eau.

Jettee (n.) See Jetty, n.

Jetter (n.) One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop.

Jettiness (n.) The state of being jetty; blackness.

Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

Jettison (n.) See Jetsam, 1.

Jetton (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.

Jetty (a.) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

Jetties (pl. ) of Jetty

Jetty (n.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

Jetty (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Jetty (v. i.) To jut out; to project.

Jeu d'esprit () A witticism.

Jew (n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.

Jewbush (n.) A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P. tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful emetic and drastic qualities.

Jewel (n.) An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.

Jewel (n.) A precious stone; a gem.

Jewel (n.) An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.

Jewel (n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.

Jeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Jewel

Jewelled () of Jewel

Jeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jewel

Jewelling () of Jewel

Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.

Jeweler (n.) One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

Jewellery (n.) See Jewelry.

Jewelry (n.) The art or trade of a jeweler.

Jewelry (n.) Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.

Jewelweed (n.) See Impatiens.

Jewess (fem.) A Hebrew woman.

Jewfish (n.) A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.

Jewfish (n.) A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.

Jewfish (n.) The black grouper of Florida and Texas.

Jewfish (n.) A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.

Jewise (n.) Same as Juise.

Jewish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.

Jewry (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.

Jew's-ear (n.) A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, / Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.

Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.

Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Jew's-stone (n.) Alt. of Jewstone

Jewstone (n.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.

Jezebel (n.) A bold, vicious woman; a termagant.

Jharal (n.) A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.

Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.

Jib (v. i.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.

Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.

Jibber (n.) A horse that jibs.

Jibed (imp. & p. p.) of Jibe

Jibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jibe

Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

Jibe (v. i.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.

Jibe (v. t.) To agree; to harmonize.

Jiffy (n.) A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

Jig (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.

Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

Jig (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.

Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

Jig (n.) A small machine or handy tool

Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.

Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.

Jigged (imp. & p. p.) of Jig

Jigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jig

Jig (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.

Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.

Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

Jig (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.

Jigger (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.

Jigger (n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.

Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.

Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.

Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.

Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.

Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).

Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).

Jigging (n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.

Jiggish (a.) Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.

Jiggish (a.) Playful; frisky.

Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Jigjog (n.) A jolting motion; a jogging pace.

Jigjog (a.) Having a jolting motion.

Jill (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill.

Jill-flirt (n.) A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt.

Jilt (n.) A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.

Jilted (imp. & p. p.) of Jilt

Jilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jilt

Jilt (v. t.) To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love.

Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.

Jimcrack (n.) See Gimcrack.

Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.

Jim-crow (n.) A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.

Jimmies (pl. ) of Jimmy

Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

Jimp (a.) Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.

Jimson weed () See Jamestown weed.

Jin (n.) Alt. of Jinn

Jinn (n.) See Jinnee.

Jingal (n.) A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel.

Jingle (v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.

Jingle (v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

Jingled (imp. & p. p.) of Jingle

Jingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jingle

Jingle (v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

Jingle (n.) A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

Jingle (n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.

Jingler (n.) One who, or that which, jingles.

Jingling (n.) The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.

Jinglingly (adv.) So as to jingle.

Jingoes (pl. ) of Jingo

Jingo (n.) A word used as a jocular oath.

Jingo (n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.

Jingoism (n.) The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.

Jinn (pl. ) of Jinnee

Jinnee (n.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms.

Jinny road () An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones.

Jinrikisha (n.) A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one more men.

Jippo (n.) A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

Joes (pl. ) of Jo

Jo (n.) A sweetheart; a darling.

Job (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

Job (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.

Job (n.) A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

Job (n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

Job (n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.

Jobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Job

Jobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Job

Job (v. t.) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

Job (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.

Job (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.

Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.

Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Job (v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.

Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.

Jobber (n.) One who works by the job.

Jobber (n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.

Jobber (n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.

Jobber (n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.

Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Jobbery (n.) The act or practice of jobbing.

Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery.

Jobbing (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician.

Jocantry (n.) The act or practice of jesting.

Jockeys (pl. ) of Jockey

Jockey (n.) A professional rider of horses in races.

Jockey (n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.

Jockey (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

Jockeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Jockey

Jockeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jockey

Jockey (v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one."

Jockey (v. t.) To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.

Jockey (v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

Jockeying (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.

Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.

Jockeyship (n.) The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.

Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.

Jocoserious (a.) Mingling mirth and seriousness.

Jocosity (n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.

Jocular (a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.

Jocular (a.) Sportive; merry.

Jocularity (n.) Jesting; merriment.

Jocularly (adv.) In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.

Joculary (a.) Jocular; jocose; sportive.

Joculator (n.) A jester; a joker.

Joculatory (a.) Droll; sportive.

Jocund () Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.

Jocund (adv.) Merrily; cheerfully.

Jocundity (n.) The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.

Joe (n.) See Johannes.

Joe Miller () A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.

Joe-Pye weed () A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.

Jogged (imp. & p. p.) of Jog

Jogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jog

Jog (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.

Jog (v. t.) To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.

Jog (v. t.) To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.

Jog (v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over.

Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.

Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane.

Jogger (n.) One who jogs.

Jogging (n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

Joggled (imp. & p. p.) of Joggle

Joggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joggle

Joggle (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

Joggle (v. t.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.

Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

Joggle (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.

Johannean (a.) Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.

Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.

Johannisberger (n.) A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.

John (n.) A proper name of a man.

Johnadreams (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow.

Johnnies (pl. ) of Johnny

Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.

Johnny (n.) A sculpin.

Johnnycake (n.) A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.

Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.

Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.

Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.

Johnsonianism (n.) A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.

John's-wort (n.) See St. John's-wort.

Joined (imp. & p. p.) of Join

Joining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join

Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

Join (v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.

Join (v. t.) To unite in marriage.

Join (v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command.

Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.

Join (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.

Join (n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.

Joinant (a.) Adjoining.

Joinder (v. t.) The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.

Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.

Joinder (v. t.) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.

Joinder (v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.

Joiner (n.) One who, or that which, joins.

Joiner (n.) One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.

Joiner (n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.

Joinery (n.) The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.

Joinhand (n.) Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.

Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.

Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.

Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.

Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.

Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.

Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.

Joint (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.

Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.

Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.

Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.

Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Joint

Jointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joint

Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.

Joint (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

Jointed (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.

Jointer (n.) One who, or that which, joints.

Jointer (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined

Jointer (n.) The longest plane used by a joiner.

Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves.

Jointer (n.) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.

Jointer (n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.

Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

Jointing (n.) The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.

Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.

Jointly (adv.) In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.

Jointress (n.) A woman who has a jointure.

Jointure (n.) A joining; a joint.

Jointure (n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

Jointured (imp. & p. p.) of Jointure

Jointuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jointure

Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.

Jointureless (a.) Having no jointure.

Jointuress (n.) See Jointress.

Jointweed (n.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.

Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.

Joist (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a.

Joisted (imp. & p. p.) of Joist

Joisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joist

Joist (v. t.) To fit or furnish with joists.

Joke (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.

Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.

Joked (imp. & p. p.) of Joke

Joking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joke

Joke (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.

Joke (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

Joker (n.) One who makes jokes or jests.

Joker (n.) See Rest bower, under 2d Bower.

Jokingly (adv.) In a joking way; sportively.

Jole (v. t. & n.) Alt. of Joll

Joll (v. t. & n.) Same as Jowl.

Jolif (a.) Joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly.

Jollification (n.) A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

Jollily (adv.) In a jolly manner.

Jolloment (n.) Jollity.

Jolliness (n.) Jollity; noisy mirth.

Jollity (n.) Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

Jolly (superl.) Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

Jolly (superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.

Jolly (superl.) Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.

Jolly-boat (n.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

Jollyhead (n.) Jollity.

Jolted (imp. & p. p.) of Jolt

Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

Jolt (v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.

Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.

Jolter (n.) One who, or that which, jolts.

Jolterhead (n.) Alt. of Jolthead

Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

Joltingly (adv.) In a jolting manner.

Jolty (a.) That jolts; as, a jolty coach.

Jonah (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.

Jonesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jones.

Jongleur (n.) Alt. of Jongler

Jongler (n.) In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.

Jongler (n.) A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler.

Jonquil (n.) Alt. of Jonquille

Jonquille (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.

Joram (n.) See Jorum.

Jordan (n.) Alt. of Jorden

Jorden (n.) A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.

Jorden (n.) A chamber pot.

Jorum (n.) A large drinking vessel; also, its contents.

Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.

Joseph's flower () A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.

Joso (n.) A small gudgeon.

Joss (n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

Jossa (interj.) A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still."

Jostled (imp. & p. p.) of Jostle

Jostling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jostle

Jostle (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.

Jostle (v. i.) To push; to crowd; to hustle.

Jostle (n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.

Jostlement (n.) Crowding; hustling.

Jot (n.) An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.

Jotted (imp. & p. p.) of Jot

Jotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jot

Jot (v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.

Jotter (n.) One who jots down memoranda.

Jotter (n.) A memorandum book.

Jougs (n.) An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.

Jouissance (n.) Jollity; merriment.

Jouk (v. i.) See Juke.

Joul (v. t.) See Jowl.

Joule (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds.

Jounced (imp. & p. p.) of Jounce

Jouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jounce

Jounce (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

Jounce (n.) A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.

Journal (a.) Daily; diurnal.

Journal (a.) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.

Journal (a.) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.

Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.

Journal (a.) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.

Journal (a.) A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.

Journal (a.) That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.

Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.

Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.

Journalism (n.) The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.

Journalist (n.) One who keeps a journal or diary.

Journalist (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical.

Journalistic (a.) Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature or enterprise.

Journalized (imp. & p. p.) of Journalize

Journalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journalize

Journalize (v. t.) To enter or record in a journal or diary.

Journalize (v. i.) to conduct or contribute to a public journal; to follow the profession of a journalist.

Journeys (pl. ) of Journey

Journey (n.) The travel or work of a day.

Journey (n.) Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.

Journeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Journey

Journeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Journey

Journey (v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.

Journey (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.

Journey-bated (a.) Worn out with journeying.

Journeyer (n.) One who journeys.

Journeymen (pl. ) of Journeyman

Journeyman (n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.

Journeywork (n.) Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

Jouster (n.) One who jousts or tilts.

Jove (n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.

Jove (n.) The planet Jupiter.

Jove (n.) The metal tin.

Jovial (a.) Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.

Jovial (a.) Sunny; serene.

Jovial (a.) Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.

Jovialist (n.) One who lives a jovial life.

Joviality (n.) The quality or state of being jovial.

Jovially (adv.) In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly.

Jovialness (n.) Noisy mirth; joviality.

Jovialty (n.) Joviality.

Jovian (a.) Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet).

Jovicentric (a.) Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.

Jovinianist (n.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time.

Jowl (n.) The cheek; the jaw.

Jowl (v. t.) To throw, dash, or knock.

Jowler (n.) A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.

Jowter (n.) A mounted peddler of fish; -- called also jouster.

Joy (n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.

Joy (n.) That which causes joy or happiness.

Joy (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

Joyed (imp. & p. p.) of Joy

Joying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joy

Joy (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.

Joy (v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.

Joy (v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Joy (v. t.) To enjoy.

Joyace (n.) Enjoyment; gayety; festivity; joyfulness.

Joyancy (n.) Joyance.

Joyful (a.) Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart.

Joyless (a.) Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.

Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Joysome (a.) Causing joyfulness.

Jub (n.) A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug.

Jubae (pl. ) of Juba

Juba (n.) The mane of an animal.

Juba (n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses.

Jubate (a.) Fringed with long, pendent hair.

Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.

Jube (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.

Jubilant (a.) Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.

Jubilantly (adv.) In a jubilant manner.

Jubilar (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee.

Jubilate (n.) The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."

Jubilate (n.) A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version.

Jubilate (v. i.) To exult; to rejoice.

Jubilation (n.) A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.

Jubilee (n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners.

Jubilee (n.) The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.

Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist.

Jubilee (n.) A season of general joy.

Jubilee (n.) A state of joy or exultation.

Jucundity (n.) Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity.

Judahite (n.) One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.

Judaic (a.) Alt. of Judaical

Judaical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jews.

Judaically (adv.) After the Jewish manner.

Judaism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.

Judaism (n.) Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies.

Judaist (n.) One who believes and practices Judaism.

Judaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Judaism.

Judaization (n.) The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual.

Judaized (imp. & p. p.) of Judaize

Judaizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judaize

Judaize (v. i.) To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.

Judaize (v. t.) To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism.

Judaizer (n.) One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.

Judas (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.

Judas (a.) Treacherous; betraying.

Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.

Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.

Judean (a.) Of or pertaining to Judea.

Judean (n.) A native of Judea; a Jew.

Judge (v. i.) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.

Judge (v. i.) One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.

Judge (v. i.) A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.

Judge (v. i.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.

Judge (v. i.) The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.

Judged (imp. & p. p.) of Judge

Judging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Judge

Judge (a.) To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.

Judge (a.) To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3.

Judge (v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.

Judge (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

Judge (v. t.) To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.

Judge (v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.

Judge (v. t.) To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.

Judge (v. t.) To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.

Judger (n.) One who judges.

Judgeship (n.) The office of a judge.

Judgment (v. i.) The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence.

Judgment (v. i.) The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.

Judgment (v. i.) The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

Judgment (v. i.) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or sentence of God as the judge of all.

Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical.

Judgment (v. i.) That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2.

Judgment (v. i.) A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.

Judgment (v. i.) The final award; the last sentence.

Judicable (v. i.) Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon.

Judicative (a.) Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.

Judicatory (a.) Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.

Judicatory (n.) A court of justice; a tribunal.

Judicatory (n.) Administration of justice.

Judicature (n.) The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.

Judicature (n.) A court of justice; a judicatory.

Judicature (n.) The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.

Judicial (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.

Judicial (a.) Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.

Judicial (a.) Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.

Judicial (a.) Judicious.

Judicially (adv.) In a judicial capacity or judicial manner.

Judiciary (a.) Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.

Judiciary (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.

Judicious (a.) Of or relating to a court; judicial.

Judicious (a.) Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.

Judiciously (adv.) In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

Judiciousness (n.) The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

Jug (n.) A pitcher; a ewer.

Jug (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.

Jugged (imp. & p. p.) of Jug

Jugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jug

Jug (v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.

Jug (v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

Jug (v. i.) To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.

Jugal (a.) Relating to a yoke, or to marriage.

Jugal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone.

Jugata (n. pl.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.

Jugated (a.) Coupled together.

Juge (n.) A judge.

Jugement (n.) Judgment.

Juger (n.) A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.

Jugger (n.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.

Juggernaut (n.) One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos.

Juggled (imp. & p. p.) of Juggle

Juggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Juggle

Juggle (v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

Juggle (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.

Juggle (v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.

Juggle (n.) A trick by sleight of hand.

Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.

Juggle (n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.

Juggler (n.) One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

Juggler (n.) A deceiver; a cheat.

Juggleress (n.) A female juggler.

Jugglery (n.) The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

Jugglery (n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.

Juggling (a.) Cheating; tricky.

Juggling (n.) Jugglery; underhand practice.

Juggs (n. pl.) See Jougs.

Juglandin (n.) An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.

Juglandine (n.) An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).

Juglans (n.) A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.

Juglone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.

Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.

Jugular (a.) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.

Jugular (a.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.

Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.

Jugular (a.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).

Jugulated (imp. & p. p.) of Jugulate

Jugulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jugulate

Jugulate (v. t.) To cut the throat of.

Jugula (pl. ) of Jugulum

Jugulum (n.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.

Juga (pl. ) of Jugum

Jugums (pl. ) of Jugum

Jugum (n.) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Juice (n.) The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.

Juice (v. t.) To moisten; to wet.

Juiceless (a.) Lacking juice; dry.

Juiciness (n.) The state or quality of being juicy; succulence plants.

Juicy (superl.) A bounding with juice; succulent.

Juise (n.) Judgment; justice; sentence.

Jujube (n.) The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.

Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.

Juke (n.) The neck of a bird.

Juke (v. i.) To perch on anything, as birds do.

Julaceous (a.) Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.

Julep (n.) A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs

Julep (n.) a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.

Julep (n.) A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep.

Julian (a.) Relating to, or derived from, Julius Caesar.

Julienne (n.) A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.

Juliform (a.) Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.

Juli (pl. ) of Julus

Julus (n.) A catkin or ament. See Ament.

Julies (pl. ) of July

July (n.) The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.

Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

Jumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Jumble

Jumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jumble

Jumble (v. t.) To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

Jumble (v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.

Jumble (n.) A confused mixture; a mass or collection without order; as, a jumble of words.

Jumble (n.) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Jumblement (n.) Confused mixture.

Jumbler (n.) One who confuses things.

Jumblingly (adv.) In a confused manner.

Jument (n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden.

Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.

Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Jumped (imp. & p. p.) of Jump

Jumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jump

Jump (v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

Jump (v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

Jump (v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.

Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.

Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

Jump (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

Jump (v. t.) To join by a butt weld.

Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

Jump (v. t.) To bore with a jumper.

Jump (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

Jump (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture.

Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.

Jump (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

Jump (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Jump (adv.) Exactly; pat.

Jumper (n.) One who, or that which, jumps.

Jumper (n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

Jumper (n.) A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

Jumper (n.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

Jumper (n.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

Jumper (n.) A loose upper garment

Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.

Jumper (n.) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

Jumping (p. a. & vb. n.) of Jump, to leap.

Jumpweld (v. t.) See Buttweld, v. t.

Juncaceous (a.) Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceae), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.

Juncate (n.) See Junket.

Juncite (n.) A fossil rush.

Junco (n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.

Juncous (a.) Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous.

Junction (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

Junction (n.) The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.

Juncture (n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.

Juncture (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.

Juncture (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.

June (n.) The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.

Juneating (n.) A kind of early apple.

Juneberry (n.) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry.

Juneberry (n.) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree.

Jungermanniae (pl. ) of Jungermannia

Jungermannia (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae.

Jungle (n.) A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.

Jungly (a.) Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.

Junior (a.) Less advanced in age than another; younger.

Junior (a.) Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.

Junior (a.) Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.

Junior (n.) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

Junior (n.) A younger person.

Junior (n.) Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.

Juniority (n.) The state or quality of being junior.

Juniper (n.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.

Juniperin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries.

Juniperite (n.) One of the fossil Coniferae, evidently allied to the juniper.

Junk (n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

Junk (n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

Junk (n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Junker (n.) A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

Junkerism (n.) The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

Junket (n.) A feast; an entertainment.

Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.

Junketed (imp. & p. p.) of Junket

Junketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Junket

Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.

Junketing (n.) A feast or entertainment; a revel.

Junketries (n. pl.) Sweetmeats.

Junos (pl. ) of June

June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.

June (n.) One of the early discovered asteroids.

Juntas (pl. ) of Junta

Junta (n.) A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.

Juntos (pl. ) of Junto

Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.

Junartie (n.) Jeopardy.

Jupati palm () A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.

Jupe (n.) Same as Jupon.

Jupiter (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.

Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.

Jupon (n.) Alt. of Juppon

Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.

Juppon (n.) A petticoat.

Jura (n.) 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.

Jura (n.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.

Jural (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right.

Jural (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.

Juramenta (pl. ) of Juramentum

Juramentum (n.) An oath.

Jurassic (a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains.

Jurassic (n.) The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.

Jurat (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.

Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.

Juratory (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.

Jura-trias (n.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.

Jurdiccion (n.) Jurisdiction.

Jurdon (n.) Jordan.

Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.

Juridic (a.) Alt. of Juridical

Juridical (a.) Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.

Juridically (adv.) In a juridical manner.

Jurisconsult (n.) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.

Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission.

Jurisdiction (a.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.

Jurisdiction (a.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.

Jurisdictional (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.

Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction.

Jurisprudence (a.) The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.

Jurisprudent (a.) Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.

Jurisprudent (n.) One skilled in law or jurisprudence.

Jurisprudential (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.

Jurist (a.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.

Juristic (a.) Alt. of Juristical

Juristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence.

Juror (n.) A member of a jury; a juryman.

Juror (n.) A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.

Jury (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

Juries (pl. ) of Jury

Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.

Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.

Jurymen (pl. ) of Juryman

Juryman (n.) One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.

Jury-rigged (a.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a.

Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.

Just (a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.

Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.

Just (a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

Just (adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.

Just (adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.

Just (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

Just (v. i.) To joust.

Just (n.) A joust.

Justice (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.

Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.

Justice (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.

Justice (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.

Justice (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.

Justice (v. t.) To administer justice to.

Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.

Justicehood (n.) Justiceship.

Justicement (n.) Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.

Justicer (n.) One who administers justice; a judge.

Justiceship (n.) The office or dignity of a justice.

Justiciable (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice.

Justiciar (n.) Same as Justiciary.

Justiciary (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.

Justico (n.) Alt. of Justicoat

Justicoat (n.) Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.

Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.

Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.

Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.

Justification (n.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.

Justification (n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.

Justificative (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory.

Justificator (n.) One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier.

Justificatory (a.) Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.

Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.

Justified (imp. & p. p.) of Justify

Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justify

Justify (a.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

Justify (a.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.

Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.

Justify (a.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.

Justify (a.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.

Justify (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.

Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Justinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.

Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.

Justled (imp. & p. p.) of Justle

Justling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justle

Justle (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.

Justle (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.

Justly (a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.

Justness (n.) The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause.

Jutted (imp. & p. p.) of Jut

Jutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jut

Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

Jut (v. i.) To butt.

Jut (n.) That which projects or juts; a projection.

Jut (n.) A shove; a push.

Jute (n.) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.

Jutes (n. pl.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.

Jutlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.

Jutlandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.

Jutting (a.) Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.

Jutty (n.) A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty.

Jutty (v. t. & i.) To project beyond.

Juvenal (n.) A youth.

Juvenescence (n.) A growing young.

Juvenescent (a.) Growing or becoming young.

Juvenile (a.) Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

Juvenile (a.) Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

Juvenile (n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.

Juvenileness (n.) The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.

Juvenilities (pl. ) of Juvenility

Juvenility (n.) Youthfulness; adolescence.

Juvenility (n.) The manners or character of youth; immaturity.

Juvia (n.) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.

Juwansa (n.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.

Juwise (n.) Same as Juise.

Juxtapose (v. t.) To place in juxtaposition.

Juxtaposited (imp. & p. p.) of Juxtaposit

Juxtapositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Juxtaposit

Juxtaposit (v. t.) To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.

Juxtaposition (v. i.) A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

Junold (a.) See Gimmal.

K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

Kaama (n.) The hartbeest.

Kabala (n.) See Cabala.

Kabassou (n.) See Cabassou.

Kabob (n. & v. t.) See Cabob, n. & v. t.

Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

Kabyle (n.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber.

Kadder (n.) The jackdaw.

Kadi (n.) Alt. of Kadiaster

Kadiaster (n.) A Turkish judge. See Cadi.

Kafal (n.) The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.

Kaffir (n.) Alt. of Kafir

Kafir (n.) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.

Kafir (n.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.

Kaffle (n.) See Coffle.

Kafilah (n.) See Cafila.

Kaftan (n & v.) See Caftan.

Kage (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.

Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.

Kaguan (n.) The colugo.

Kahani (n.) A kind of notary public, or attorney, in the Levant.

Kahau (n.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey.

Kail (n.) A kind of headless cabbage. Same as Kale, 1.

Kail (n.) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.

Kail (n.) A broth made with kail or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.

Kaimacam (n.) Same as Caimacam.

Kain (n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.

Kainit (n.) Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.

Kainite (n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.

Kainozoic (a.) See Cenozoic.

Kaique (n.) See Caique.

Kairine (n.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.

Kairoline (n.) An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine.

Kaiser (n.) The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.

Kaka (n.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

Kakapo (n.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

Kakaralli (n.) A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.

Kakistocracy (n.) Government by the worst men.

Kakoxene (n.) See Cacoxene.

Kalan (n.) The sea otter.

Kalasie (n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

Kale (n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.

Kale (n.) See Kail, 2.

Kaleege (n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.

Kaleidophon () Alt. of Kaleidophone

Kaleidophone () An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.

Kaleidoscope (n.) An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.

Kaleidoscopic (a.) Alt. of Kaleidoscopical

Kaleidoscopical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.

Kalendar (n.) See Calendar.

Kalendarial (a.) See Calendarial.

Kalender (n.) See 3d Calender.

Kalends (n.) Same as Calends.

Kali (n.) The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.

Kali (n.) The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna.

Kali (n.) The glasswort (Salsola Kali).

Kalif (n.) See Caliph.

Kaliform (a.) Formed like kali, or glasswort.

Kaligenous (a.) Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.

Kalium (n.) Potassium; -- so called by the German chemists.

Kalki (n.) The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.

Kalmia (n.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.

Kalmuck (n.) See Calmucks.

Kalmuck (n.) A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin.

Kalmuck (n.) A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.

Kalong (n.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).

Kaloyer (n.) See Caloyer.

Kalpa (n.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.

Kalsomine (n. & v. t.) Same as Calcimine.

Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.

Kama (n.) The Hindoo Cupid. He is represented as a beautiful youth, with a bow of sugar cane or flowers.

Kamala (n.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.

Kame (n.) A low ridge.

Kami (n. pl.) A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado.

Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.

Kamptulicon (n.) A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

Kampylite (n.) A variety of mimetite or arseniate of lead in hexagonal prisms of a fine orange yellow.

Kamsin (n.) Alt. of Khamsin

Khamsin (n.) A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.

Kamtschadales (n. pl.) An aboriginal tribe inhabiting the southern part of Kamtschatka.

Kan (v. t.) To know; to ken.

Kan (n.) See Khan.

Kanacka (n.) Alt. of Kanaka

Kanaka (n.) A native of the Sandwich Islands.

Kanchil (n.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

Kand (n.) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.

Kangaroo (n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

Kansas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

Kantian (a.) Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant.

Kantian (n.) A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

Kantianism (n.) Alt. of Kantism

Kantism (n.) The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.

Kantist (n.) A disciple or follower of Kant.

Kanttry (n.) Same as Cantred.

Kaolin (n.) Alt. of Kaoline

Kaoline (n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.

Kaolinization (n.) The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.

Kaolinize (v. t.) To convert into kaolin.

Kapelle (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.

Kapellmeister (n.) See Capellmeister.

Kapia (n.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.

Kapnomar (n. Chem.) ) See Capnomor.

Karagane (n.) A species of gray fox found in Russia.

Karaism (n.) Doctrines of the Karaites.

Karaite (n.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.

Karatas (n.) A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium Karatas).

Karma (n.) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.

Karmathian (n.) One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.

Karn (n.) A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn.

Karob (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.

Karpholite (n.) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.

Karroos (pl. ) of Karreo

Karreo (n.) One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.

Karstenite (n.) Same as Anhydrite.

Karvel (n.) See Carvel, and Caravel.

Karyokinesis (n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.

Karyokinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.

Karyomiton (n.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell.

Karyoplasma (n.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell.

Karyostenosis (n.) Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.

Kasack (n.) Same as Cossack.

Kat (n.) An Arabian shrub Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.

Katabolic (a.) Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability.

Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Katastate (n.) (Physiol.) A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.

Kate (n.) The brambling finch.

Kathetal (a.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.

Kathetometer (n.) Same as Cathetometer.

Kattinumdoo (n.) A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.

Katydid (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.

Kauri (n.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin.

Kava (n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.

Kavasses (pl. ) of Kavass

Kavass (n.) An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.

Kaw (v. i. & n.) See Caw.

Kawaka (n.) a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.

Kawn (n.) An inn.

Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.

Kayaker (n.) One who uses a kayak.

Kayko (n.) The dog salmon.

Kayles (n. pl.) A game; ninepins.

Kaynard (n.) A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.

Kecked (imp. & p. p.) of Keck

Kecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keck

Keck (v. i.) To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit.

Keck (n.) An effort to vomit; queasiness.

Keckle (v. i. & n.) See Keck, v. i. & n.

Keckled (imp. & p. p.) of Keckle

Keckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keckle

Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.

Keckling (n.) Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.

Kecklish (a.) Inclined to vomit; squeamish.

Kecksies (pl. ) of Kecksy

Kecksy (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock.

Kecky (a.) Resembling a kecksy.

Kedged (imp. & p. p.) of Kedge

Kedging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kedge

Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

Kedge (v. t.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.

Kedger (n.) A small anchor; a kedge.

Kedlook (n.) See Charlock.

Kee (n. pl.) See Kie, Ky, and Kine.

Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.

Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

Keel (n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

Keel (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.

Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.

Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.

Keel (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.

Keel (n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

Keeled (imp. & p. p.) of Keel

Keeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keel

Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Keelage (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.

Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf.

Keeled (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.

Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.

Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc.

Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhaul

Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhaul

Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.

Keeling (n.) A cod.

Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.

men (pl. ) of Keelman

Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1.

Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.

Keels (n. pl.) Ninepins. See Kayles.

Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.

Keelvat (n.) See Keelfat.

Keen (superl.) Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

Keen (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.

Keen (superl.) Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.

Keen (superl.) Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.

Keen (superl.) Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.

Keen (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.

Keen (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.

Keen (v. i.) To wail as a keener does.

Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.

Keenly (adv.) In a keen manner.

Keenness (n.) The quality or state of being keen.

Kept (imp. & p. p.) of Keep

Keeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keep

Keep (v. t.) To care; to desire.

Keep (v. t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.

Keep (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

Keep (v. t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

Keep (v. t.) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.

Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

Keep (v. t.) To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

Keep (v. t.) To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

Keep (v. t.) To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.

Keep (v. t.) To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.

Keep (v. t.) To have habitually in stock for sale.

Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.

Keep (v. t.) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.

Keep (v. t.) To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.

Keep (v. t.) To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.

Keep (v. i.) To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

Keep (v. i.) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

Keep (v. i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

Keep (v. i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.

Keep (n.) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

Keep (n.) The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.

Keep (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.

Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.

Keep (n.) That which is kept in charge; a charge.

Keep (n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

Keeper (n.) One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Keeper (n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.

Keeper (n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.

Keeper (n.) A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.

Keepership (n.) The office or position of a keeper.

Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.

Keeping (n.) Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.

Keeping (n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Keepsake (n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Keesh (n.) See Kish.

Keeve (n.) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.

Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.

Keeve (n.) A large vat used in dressing ores.

Keeved (imp. & p. p.) of Keeve

Keeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keeve

Keeve (v. t.) To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.

Keeve (v. t.) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

Keever (n.) See Keeve, n.

Keffe-kil (n.) See Kiefekil.

Keg (n.) A small cask or barrel.

Keilhau-ite (n.) A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.

Keir (n.) See Kier.

Keitloa (n.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.

Keld (a.) Having a kell or covering; webbed.

Kele (v. t.) To cool.

Kell (n.) A kiln.

Kell (n.) A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2.

Kell (n.) The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.

Kell (n.) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.

Keloid (a.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin.

Keloid (n.) A keloid tumor.

Kelotomy (n.) See Celotomy.

Kelp (n.) The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.

Kelp (n.) Any large blackish seaweed.

Kelpfish (n.) A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.

Kelpies (pl. ) of Kelpy

Kelpie (n.) Alt. of Kelpy

Kelpy (n.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned.

Kelpware (n.) Same as Kelp, 2.

Kelson (n.) See Keelson.

Kelt (n.) See Kilt, n.

Kelt (n.) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.

Kelt (n.) A salmon after spawning.

Kelt (n.) Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.

Kelter (n.) Regular order or proper condition.

Keltic (a. & n.) Same as Celtic, a. & n.

Kembed (imp. & p. p.) of Kemb

Kempt () of Kemb

Kembing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kemb

Kemb (v. t.) To comb.

Kemelin (n.) A tub; a brewer's vessel.

Kemp (n.) Alt. of Kempty

Kempty (n.) Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.

Kempe (a.) Rough; shaggy.

Kemps (n. pl.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata).

Kempt () p. p. of Kemb.

Ken (n.) A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.

Kenned (imp. & p. p.) of Ken

Kenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ken

Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.

Ken (n. t.) To recognize; to descry; to discern.

Ken (v. i.) To look around.

Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.

Kendal green () Alt. of Kendal

Kendal () A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England.

Kennel (n.) The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.

Kennel (n.) A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.

Kennel (n.) A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.

Kennel (n.) The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.

Kenneled (imp. & p. p.) of Kennel

Kennelled () of Kennel

Kennelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kennel

Kennel (v. i.) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.

Kennel (v. t.) To put or keep in a kennel.

Kennel coal () See Cannel coal.

Kenning (v. t.) Range of sight.

Kenning (v. t.) The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

Keno (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.

Kenogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic processes.

Kenspeckle (a.) Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.

Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.

Kentle (n.) A hundred weight; a quintal.

Kentledge (n.) Pigs of iron used for ballast.

Kentucky (n.) One of the United States.

Kephalin (n.) One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.

Kept (imp. & p. p.) of Keep.

Keramic (a.) Same as Ceramic.

Keramics (n.) Same as Ceramics.

Keramographic (a.) Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.

Kerana (n.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.

Kerargyrite (n.) See Cerargyrite.

Kerasin (n.) A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.

Kerasine (a.) Resembling horn; horny; corneous.

Keratin (n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.

Keratitis (n.) Inflammation of the cornea.

Keratode (n.) See Keratose.

Keratogenous (a.) Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.

Keratoidea (n. pl.) Same as Keratosa.

Keratome (n.) An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.

Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.

Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.

Keratosa (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.

Keratose (n.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.

Keratose (a.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.

Keraunograph (n.) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.

Kerb (n.) See Curb.

Kerbstone (n.) See Curbstone.

Kercher (n.) A kerchief.

Kerchered (a.) Covered, or bound round, with a kercher.

Kerchiefs (pl. ) of Kerchief

Kerchief (n.) A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief.

Kerchief (n.) A lady who wears a kerchief.

Kerchiefed (a.) Alt. of Kerchieft

Kerchieft (a.) Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief.

Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.

Kerite (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy.

Kerl (n.) See Carl.

Kermes (n.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine.

Kermes (n.) A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.

Kermesse (n.) See Kirmess.

Kern (n.) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.

Kern (n.) Any kind of boor or low-lived person.

Kern (n.) An idler; a vagabond.

Kern (n.) A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.

Kerned (imp. & p. p.) of Kern

Kerning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kern

Kern (v. t.) To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.

Kern (n.) A churn.

Kern (n.) A hand mill. See Quern.

Kern (v. i.) To harden, as corn in ripening.

Kern (v. i.) To take the form of kernels; to granulate.

Kerned (a.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.

Kernel (n.) The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Kernel (n.) A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.

Kernel (n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

Kernel (n.) The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.

Kerneled (imp. & p. p.) of Kernel

Kernelled () of Kernel

Kerneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kernel

Kernelling () of Kernel

Kernel (v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.

Kerneled (a.) Alt. of Kernelled

Kernelled (a.) Having a kernel.

Kernelly (a.) Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels.

Kerish (a.) Clownish; boorish.

Kerolite (n.) Same as Cerolite.

Kerosene (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series.

Kers (n.) Alt. of Kerse

Kerse (n.) A cress.

Kerseys (pl. ) of Kersey

Kersey (n.) A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

Kerseymere (n.) See Cassimere.

Kerseynette (n.) See Cassinette.

Kerve (v. t.) To carve.

Kerver (n.) A carver.

Kesar (n.) See Kaiser.

Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet.

Kess (v. t.) To kiss.

Kest (imp.) of Cast.

Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Ket (n.) Carrion; any filth.

Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.

Ketch (n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.

Ketch (v. t.) To catch.

Ketchup (n.) A sauce. See Catchup.

Ketine (n.) One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.

Ketmie (n.) The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage.

Ketol (n.) One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.

Ketone (n.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.

Ketonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.

Kettle (n.) A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

Kettledrum (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.

Kettledrum (n.) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.

Kettledrummer (n.) One who plays on a kettledrum.

Keuper (n.) The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of Geology.

Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Kevel (n.) A stone mason's hammer.

Kevel (n.) Alt. of Kevin

Kevin (n.) The gazelle.

Kever (v. t. &) i. To cover.

Keverchief (n.) A kerchief.

Kex (n.) A weed; a kecksy.

Kex (n.) A dry husk or covering.

Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.

Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.

Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.

Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem.

Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position.

Key (n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge.

Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.

Key (n.) A keystone.

Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock.

Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.

Key (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit.

Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key.

Key (n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote.

Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.

Keved (imp. & p. p.) of Key

Keying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Key

Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

Keyage (n.) Wharfage; quayage.

Keyboard (n.) The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

Key-cold (a.) Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.

Keyed (a.) Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune.

Keyhole (n.) A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.

Keyhole (n.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them.

Keyhole (n.) a mortise for a key or cotter.

Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.

Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.

Keyseat (v. t.) To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.

Keystone (n.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.

Key tone () See Keynote.

Keyway (n.) See Key way, under Key.

Khaliff (n.) See Caliph.

Khamsin (n.) Same as Kamsin.

Khan (n.) A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.

Khan (n.) An Eastern inn or caravansary.

Khanate (n.) Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.

Khaya (n.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

Khedive (n.) A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

Khenna (n.) See Henna.

Kholah (n.) The Indian jackal.

Kholsun (n.) The dhole.

Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.

Kiabooca wood () See Kyaboca wood.

Kiang (n.) The dziggetai.

Kibble (v. t.) To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats.

Kibble (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.

Kibblings (n. pl.) Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.

Kibe (n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.

Kibed (a.) Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains; as kibed heels.

Kibitkas (pl. ) of Kibitka

Kibitka (n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.

Kibitka (n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

Kiblah (n.) See Keblah.

Kiby (a.) Affected with kibes.

Kichil (n.) See Kechil.

Kicred (imp. & p. p.) of Kick

Kicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kick

Kick (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.

Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.

Kick (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.

Kick (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.

Kick (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.

Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.

Kickable (a.) Capable or deserving of being kicked.

Kickapoos (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.

Kicker (n.) One who, or that which, kicks.

Kickshaw (n.) See Kickshaws, the correct singular.

Kickshawses (pl. ) of Kickshaws

Kickshaws (n.) Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.

Kickshaws (n.) A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.

Kickshoe (n.) A kickshaws.

Kicksy-wicksy (n.) Alt. of Kicky-wisky

Kicky-wisky (n.) That which is restless and uneasy.

Kicksy-wicksy (a.) Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames.

Kickup (n.) The water thrush or accentor.

Kid (n.) A young goat.

Kid (n.) A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.

Kid (n.) A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.

Kid (n.) Gloves made of kid.

Kid (n.) A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.

Kidded (imp. & p. p.) of Kid

Kidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kid

Kid (v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.

Kid (n.) A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

Kid (p. p.) of Kythe.

Kid (v. t.) See Kiddy, v. t.

Kidde (imp.) of Kythe.

Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.

Kiddier (n.) A huckster; a cadger.

Kiddle (n.) A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish.

Kiddow (n.) The guillemot.

Kiddy (v. t.) To deceive; to outwit; to hoax.

Kiddy (n.) A young fellow; formerly, a low thief.

Kiddyish (a.) Frolicsome; sportive.

Kidfox () A young fox.

Kidling (n.) A young kid.

Kidnaped (imp. & p. p.) of Kidnap

Kidnapped () of Kidnap

Kidnaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kidnap

Kidnapping () of Kidnap

Kidnap (v. t.) To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

Kidnaper (n.) Alt. of Kidnapper

Kidnapper (n.) One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

Kidneys (pl. ) of Kidney

Kidney (n.) A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

Kidney (n.) Habit; disposition; sort; kind.

Kidney (n.) A waiter.

Kidney-form (a.) Alt. of Kidney-shaped

Kidney-shaped (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.

Kidneywort (n.) A kind of saxifrage (Saxifrage stellaris).

Kidneywort (n.) The navelwort.

Kie (n. pl.) Kine; cows.

Kiefekil (n.) A species of clay; meerschaum.

Kier (n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.

Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite.

Kieserite (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.

Kieve (n.) See Keeve, n.

Kike (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.

Kike (v. t. & i.) To kick.

Kilderkin (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.

Kill (n.) A kiln.

Kill (n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

Killed (imp. & p. p.) of Kill

Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kill

Kill (v. t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.

Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.

Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.

Killdee (n.) Alt. of Killdeer

Killdeer (n.) A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).

Killer (n.) One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.

Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.

Killesse (n.) A gutter, groove, or channel.

Killesse (n.) A hipped roof.

Killifish (n.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.

Killigrew (n.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough.

Killikinick (n.) See Kinnikinic.

Killing (a.) Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible.

Kill-joy (n.) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.

Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.

Killow (n.) An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.

Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

Kiln (n.) A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

Kiln-dry (v. t.) To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.

Kilnhole (n.) The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln.

Kilos (pl. ) of Kilo

Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

Kilogram (n.) Alt. of Kilogramme

Kilogramme (n.) A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39¡ Fahrenheit.

Kilogrammeter (n.) Alt. of Kilogrammetre

Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.

Kiloliter (n.) Alt. of Kilolitre

Kilolitre (n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.

Kilometer (n.) Alt. of Kilometre

Kilometre (n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.

Kilostere (n.) A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.

Kilowatt (n.) One thousand watts.

Kilt () p. p. from Kill.

Kilt (n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg.

Kilted (imp. & p. p.) of Kilt

Kilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kilt

Kilt (v. t.) To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes.

Kilted (a.) Having on a kilt.

Kilted (a.) Plaited after the manner of kilting.

Kilted (a.) Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.

Kilter (n.) See Kelter.

Kilting (n.) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.

Kimmerian (a.) See Cimmerian.

Kimnel (n.) A tub. See Kemelin.

Kimry (n.) See Cymry.

kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

Kin (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

Kin (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kin (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

Kin (a.) Of the same nature or kind; kinder.

Kinaesodic (a.) Kinesodic.

Kinaesthesis (n.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.

Kinate (n.) See Quinate.

Kincob (n.) India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold.

Kincob (a.) Of the nature of kincob; brocaded.

Kind (superl.) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Kind (superl.) Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.

Kind (superl.) Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.

Kind (superl.) Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.

Kind (superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

Kind (a.) Nature; natural instinct or disposition.

Kind (a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.

Kind (a.) Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.

Kind (v. t.) To beget.

Kindergarten (n.) A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.

Kindergartner (n.) One who teaches in a kindergarten.

Kind-hearted (a.) Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.

Kind-heartedness (n.) The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.

Kindle (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young.

Kindled (imp. & p. p.) of Kindle

Kindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kindle

Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.

Kindle (v. t.) Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.

Kindle (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.

Kindle (v. i.) Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

Kindler (n.) One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.

Kindless (a.) Destitute of kindness; unnatural.

Kindliness (n.) Natural inclination; natural course.

Kindliness (n.) The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words.

Kindliness (n.) Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season.

Kinding (n.) The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.

Kinding (n.) Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire.

Kindly (n.) According to the kind or nature; natural.

Kindly (n.) Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.

Kindly (n.) Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.

Kindly (adv.) Naturally; fitly.

Kindly (adv.) In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.

Kindness (a.) The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

Kindness (a.) A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.

Kindred (n.) Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

Kindred (n.) Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.

Kindred (a.) Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

Kine (n. pl.) Cows.

Kinematic (a.) Alt. of Kinematical

Kinematical (a.) Of or pertaining to kinematics.

Kinematics (n.) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.

Kinepox (n.) See Cowpox.

Kinepox (n.) See Kinetoscope.

Kinesiatrics (n.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.

Kinesipathy (n.) See Kinesiatrics.

Kinesitherapy (n.) See Kinesiatrics.

Kinesipathy (n.) See Kinesiatrics.

Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.

Kinetic (q.) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.

Kinetics (n.) See Dynamics.

Kinetogenesis (n.) An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope.

King (n.) A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

King (n.) A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.

King (n.) One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.

King (n.) The chief piece in the game of chess.

King (n.) A crowned man in the game of draughts.

King (n.) The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

Kinged (imp. & p. p.) of King

Kinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of King

King (v. i.) To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.

Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.

Kingbird (n.) The king tody. See under King.

Kingbolt (n.) A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts.

King Charles spaniel () A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.

Kingcraft (n.) The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.

Kingcup (n.) The common buttercup.

Kingdom (n.) The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

Kingdom (n.) The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.

Kingdom (n.) An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.

Kingdomed (a.) Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom.

Kingfish (n.) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.

Kingfish (n.) The opah.

Kingfish (n.) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See Cero.

Kingfish (n.) The queenfish.

Kingfisher (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.

Kinghood (n.) The state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship.

Kingless (a.) Having no king.

Kinglet (n.) A little king; a weak or insignificant king.

Kinglet (n.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae.

Kinglihood (n.) King-liness.

Kingliness (n.) The state or quality of being kingly.

Kingling (n.) Same as Kinglet, 1.

Kingly (superl.) Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand.

Kingly (adv.) In a kingly or kinglike manner.

King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation.

Kingship (n.) The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty.

Kingston (n.) Alt. of Kingstone

Kingstone (n.) The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.

Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery.

Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.

Kingtruss () A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc.

Kinic (a.) See Quinic.

Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

Kink (n.) An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

Kinked (imp. & p. p.) of Kink

Kinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kink

Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.

Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.

Kinkajou (n.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.

Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.

Kinkle (n.) Same as 3d Kink.

Kinky (a.) Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair.

Kinky (a.) Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

Kinnikinic (n.) Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi).

Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

Kinology (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies.

Kinone (n.) See Quinone.

Kinoyl (n.) See Quinoyl.

Kinrede (n.) Kindred.

Kinsfolk (n.) Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

Kinship (n.) Family relationship.

Kinsmen (pl. ) of Kinsman

Kinsman (n.) A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

Kinsmanship (n.) Kinship.

Kinswomen (pl. ) of Kinswoman

Kinswoman (n.) A female relative.

Kintlidge (n.) See Kentledge.

Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

Kioways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.

Kip (n.) The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

Kipe (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish.

Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.

Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.

Kippered (imp. & p. p.) of Kipper

Kippering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kipper

Kipper (v. t.) To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.

Kipper (a.) Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.

Kippernut (n.) A name given to earthnuts of several kinds.

Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

Kirk (n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.

Kirked (a.) Turned upward; bent.

Kirkmen (pl. ) of Kirkman

Kirkman (n.) A clergyman or officer in a kirk.

Kirkman (n.) A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion.

Kirkyard (n.) A churchyard.

Kirmess (n.) In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined.

Kirschwasser (n.) An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.

Kirsome (a.) Christian; christened.

Kirtle (n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.

Kirtled (a.) Wearing a kirtle.

Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

Kish (n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Kismet (n.) Destiny; fate.

Kissed (imp. & p. p.) of Kiss

Kissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kiss

Kiss (v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.

Kiss (v. t.) To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.

Kiss (v. i.) To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.

Kiss (v. i.) To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.

Kiss (v.) A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation.

Kiss (v.) A small piece of confectionery.

Kisser (n.) One who kisses.

Kissingcrust (n.) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.

Kist (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin.

Kist (n.) A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land; hence, the time for such payment.

Kistvaen (n.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

Kitte (imp.) of Kit

Kit (v. t.) To cut.

Kit (n.) A kitten.

Kit (n.) A small violin.

Kit (m.) A large bottle.

Kit (m.) A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel.

Kit (m.) straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.

Kit (m.) A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.

Kit (m.) A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.

Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies.

Kitcat (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club.

Kitcat (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat.

Kitchen (n.) A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.

Kitchen (n.) A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.

Kitchen (v. t.) To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen.

Kitchener (n.) A kitchen servant; a cook.

Kitchenmaid (n.) A woman employed in the kitchen.

Kitchen middens () Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.

Kitchen-ry (n.) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.

Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.

Kite (n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

Kite (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

Kite (n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

Kite (n.) The brill.

Kite (v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

Kite (n.) The belly.

Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.

Kiteflier (n.) See Kite, n., 6.

Kith (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.

Kithara (n.) See Cithara.

Kithe (v. t.) See Kythe.

Kitish (a.) Like or relating to a kite.

Kitling (n.) A young kitten; a whelp.

Kitte (imp.) of Kit to cut.

Kittel (v. t.) See Kittle, v. t.

Kitten (n.) A young cat.

Kittened (imp. & p. p.) of Kitten

Kittening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kitten

Kitten (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.

Kittenish (a.) Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.

Kittiwake (n.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.

Kittle (v. i.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

Kittle (v. t.) To tickle.

Kittle (a.) Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.

Kittlish (a.) Ticklish; kittle.

Kittysol (n.) The Chinese paper parasol.

Kive (n.) A mash vat. See Keeve.

Kiver (v. t.) To cover.

Kiver (n.) A cover.

Kivikivies (pl. ) of Kiwikiwi

Kiwikiwies (pl. ) of Kiwikiwi

Kivikivi (n.) Alt. of Kiwikiwi

Kiwikiwi (n.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. A. australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. Called also kiwi. See Apteryx.

Kjoekken moeddings () See Kitchen middens.

Klamaths (n. pl.) A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati.

Kleeneboc (n.) (Zool.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmaeus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.

Kleptomaniac (n.) A person affected with kleptomania.

Klick (n. & v.) See Click.

Klicket (n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties.

Klinkstone (n.) See Clinkstone.

Klinometer (n.) See Clinometer.

Klipdas (n.) Alt. of Klipdachs

Klipdachs (n.) A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.

Klipfish (n.) Dried cod, exported from Norway.

Klipspringer (n.) A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.

Kloof (n.) A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.

Klopemania (n.) See Kleptomania.

Knabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Knab

Knabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knab

Knab (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.

Knab (v. t.) To nab. See Nab, v. t.

Knabble (v. i.) To bite or nibble.

Knack (v. i.) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.

Knack (v. i.) To speak affectedly.

Knack (n.) A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

Knack (n.) A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.

Knack (n.) Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

Knacker (n.) One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.

Knacker (n.) a harness maker.

Knacker (n.) One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.

Knackish (a.) Trickish; artful.

Knack-kneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.

Knacky (a.) Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.

Knag (n.) A knot in wood; a protuberance.

Knag (n.) A wooden peg for hanging things on.

Knag (n.) The prong of an antler.

Knag (n.) The rugged top of a hill.

Knagged (a.) Full of knots; knaggy.

Knaggy (a.) Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.

Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.

Knapped (imp. & p. p.) of Knap

Knapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knap

Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.

Knap (v. t.) To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.

Knap (v. i.) To make a sound of snapping.

Knap (n.) A sharp blow or slap.

Knapbottle (n.) The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

Knappish (a.) Snappish; peevish.

Knapple (v.) To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

Knappy (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

Knapsack (v. t.) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.

Knapweed (n.) The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

Knar (n.) See Gnar.

Knarl (n.) A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

Knarled (a.) Knotted. See Gnarled.

Knarred (a.) Knotty; gnarled.

Knarry (a.) Knotty; gnarled.

Knave (n.) A boy; especially, a boy servant.

Knave (n.) Any male servant; a menial.

Knave (n.) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.

Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

Knaveries (pl. ) of Knavery

Knavery (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

Knavery (n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks.

Knaveship (n.) A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.

Knavess (n.) A knavish woman.

Knavish (a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.

Knavish (a.) Mischievous; roguish; waggish.

Knavishly (adv.) In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.

Knavishly (adv.) Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.

KNavishness (n.) The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.

Knaw (v. t.) See Gnaw.

Knawel (n.) A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.

Kneaded (imp. & p. p.) of Knead

Kneading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knead

Knead (v. t.) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.

Knead (v. t.) Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.

Kneadable (a.) That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.

Kneader (n.) One who kneads.

Kneadingly (adv.) In the manner of one kneading.

Knebelite (n.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.

Kneck (n.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.

Knee (n.) In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.

Knee (n.) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.

Knee (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

Knee (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.

Knee (v. t.) To supplicate by kneeling.

Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Kneebrush (n.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.

Kneecap (n.) The kneepan.

Kneecap (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.

Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.

Kneed (a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.

Kneed (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.

Knee-deep (a.) Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.

Knee-deep (a.) Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.

Knee-high (a.) Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.

Kneejoint (n.) The joint of the knee.

Kneejoint (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.

Kneejointed (a.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

Knelt (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel

Kneeled () of Kneel

Kneeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kneel

Kneel (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

Kneeler (n.) One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.

Kneeler (n.) A cushion or stool to kneel on.

Kneeler (n.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

Kneelingly (adv.) In a kneeling position.

Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

Kneepiece (n.) A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.

Knelled (imp. & p. p.) of Knell

Knelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knell

Knell (n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

Knell (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.

Knelt (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel.

Knew (imp.) of Know.

Knicker (n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.

Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Knickknack (n.) A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

Knickknackatory (n.) A collection of knickknacks.

Knickknackery (n.) Knickknacks.

Knives (pl. ) of Knife

Knife (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..

Knife (n.) A sword or dagger.

Knifed (imp. & p. p.) of Knife

Knifing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knife

Knife (v. t.) To prune with the knife.

Knife (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife.

Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.

Knight (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.

Knight (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.

Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Knighted (imp. & p. p.) of Knight

Knighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knight

Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.

Knightage (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively.

Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelor

Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

Knights bannerets (pl. ) of Knight banneret

Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.

Knight baro-net () See Baronet.

Knight-errants (pl. ) of Knight-errant

Knights-errant (pl. ) of Knight-errant

Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

Knight-errantries (pl. ) of Knight-errantry

Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

Knight-er-ratic (a.) Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.

Knighthead (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

Knighthood (n.) The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.

Knighthood (n.) The whole body of knights.

Knightless (a.) Unbecoming a knight.

Knightliness (n.) The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.

Knightly (adv.) In a manner becoming a knight.

Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.

Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.

Knights Templars (pl. ) of Knight Templar

Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.

Knit (imp. & p. p.) of Knit

Knitted () of Knit

Knitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knit

Knit (v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

Knit (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.

Knit (v. t.) To join; to cause to grow together.

Knit (v. t.) To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

Knit (v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

Knit (v. i.) To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

Knit (n.) Union knitting; texture.

Knitback (n.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.

Knitch (n.) Alt. of Knitchet

Knitchet (n.) A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.

Knits (n. pl.) Small particles of ore.

Knitster (n.) A woman who knits.

Knitter (n.) One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

Knitting (n.) The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

Knitting (n.) Union formed by knitting, as of bones.

Knittle (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.

Knittle (n.) See Nettles.

Knives (n. pl.) of Knife. See Knife.

Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

Knob (n.) See Knop.

Knob (v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

Knobbed (a.) Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

Knobber (n.) See Knobbler.

Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

Knobbler (n.) The hart in its second year; a young deer.

Knobbling fire () A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

Knobby (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.

Knobby (a.) Irregular; stubborn in particulars.

Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.

Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.

Knocked (imp. & p. p.) of Knock

Knocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knock

Knock (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

Knock (v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

Knock (v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.

Knock (v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

Knock (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

Knockdown (n.) A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.

Knocker (n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

Knocking (n.) A beating; a rap; a series of raps.

Knockings (n. pl.) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

Knock-kneed (a.) Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.

Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.

Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.

Knolled (imp. & p. p.) of Knoll

Knolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knoll

Knoll (v. t.) To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.

Knoll (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to knell.

Knoll (n.) The tolling of a bell; a knell.

Knoller (n.) One who tolls a bell.

Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.

Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.

Knopped (a.) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.

Knoppern (n.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.

Knopweed (n.) Same as Knapweed.

Knor (n.) See Knur.

Knosp (n.) Same as Knop,2.

Knot (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

Knot (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.

Knot (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.

Knot (n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

Knot (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.

Knot (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.

Knot (n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.

Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.

Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

Knot (n.) See Node.

Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.

Knot (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.

Knot (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

Knotted (imp. & p. p.) of Knot

Knotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knot

Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.

Knot (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.

Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.

Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

Knot (v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads.

Knotberry (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.

Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.

Knotgrass (n.) The dog grass. See under Dog.

Knotless (a.) Free from knots; without knots.

Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.

Knotted (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.

Knotted (a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.

Knotted (a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.

Knotted (a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty.

Knottiness (n.) The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.

Knottiness (n.) Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.

Knotty (superl.) Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.

Knotty (superl.) Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.

Knotty (superl.) Difficult; intricate; perplexed.

Knotweed (n.) See Knot/rass.

Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).

Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

Knout (v. t.) To punish with the knout.

Know (n.) Knee.

Knew (imp.) of Know

Known (p. p.) of Know

Knowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Know

Know (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

Know (v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

Know (v. i.) To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

Know (v. i.) To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

Know (v. i.) To have sexual commerce with.

Know (v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.

Know (v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident.

Knowable (a.) That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.

Knowa bleness (n.) The state or quality of being knowable.

Know-all (n.) One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical.

Knower (n.) One who knows.

Knowing (a.) Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.

Knowing (a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.

Knowing (n.) Knowledge; hence, experience.

Knowingly (adv.) With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.

Knowingly (adv.) By experience.

Knowingness (n.) The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

Knowleche (n. & v.) See Knowl, edge.

Knowleching (n.) Knowledge.

Knowledge (v. i.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

Knowledge (v. i.) That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Knowledge (v. i.) That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.

Knowledge (v. i.) That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.

Knowledge (v. i.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.

Knowledge (v. i.) Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.

Knowledge (v. t.) To acknowledge.

Known (p. p.) of Know.

Know-nothing (n.) A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.

Know-nothingism (n.) The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

Knuckle (n.) The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.

Knuckle (n.) The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.

Knuckle (n.) The joint of a plant.

Knuckle (n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.

Knuckle (n.) A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.

Knuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Knuckle

Knuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knuckle

Knuckle (v. i.) To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.

Knuckle (v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.

Knuckled (a.) Jointed.

Knuff (n.) A lout; a clown.

Knur (n.) A knurl.

Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.

Knurl (n.) One who, or that which, is crossgrained.

Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.

Knurled (a.) Full of knots; gnarled.

Knurled (a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.

Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.

Knurry (a.) Full of knots.

Koaita (n.) Same as Coaita.

Koala (n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.

Kob (n.) Alt. of Koba

Koba (n.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing.

Kobalt (n.) See Cobalt.

Kobellite (n.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.

Kobold (n.) A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.

Kodak (n.) A kind of portable camera.

Koel (n.) Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.

Koff (n.) A two-masted Dutch vessel.

Kohinoor (n.) Alt. of Kohnur

Kohnur (n.) A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.

Kohl (n.) A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.

Kohl-rabies (pl. ) of Kohl-rabi

Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.

Kokama (n.) The gemsbok.

Koklass (n.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras.

Kokoon (n.) The gnu.

Kolarian (n.) An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan.

Kolarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Kolarians.

Komenic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid.

Komtok (n.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.

Kon (v. t.) To know. See Can, and Con.

Konite (n.) See Conite.

Konze (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.

Koodoo (n.) A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut.

Kookoom (n.) The oryx or gemsbok.

Koolokamba (n.) A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.

Koolslaa (n.) See Coleslaw.

Koord (n.) See Kurd.

Koordish (n.) See Kurdish.

Koorilian (a & n.) Same as Kurilian.

Kopeck (n.) A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents.

Koran (n.) The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran.

Korin (n.) The gazelle.

Korrigum (n.) A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.

Kosmos (n.) See Cosmos.

Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.

Kotowed (imp. & p. p.) of Kotow

Kotowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kotow

Kotow (v. i.) To perform the kotow.

Koulan (n.) A wild horse (Equus, / Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager.

Koumiss (n.) An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe.

Kousso (n.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge.

Kowtow (n. & v. i.) The same as Kotow.

Kra (n.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.

Kraal (n.) A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.

Kraal (n.) An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.

Krait (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.

Kraken (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.

Krakowiak (n.) A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.

Krameria (n.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.

Krameric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid.

Krang (n.) The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed.

Kranging hook () A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.

Kreatic (a.) See Creatic.

Kreatin (n.) See Creatin.

Kreatinin (n.) See Creatinin.

Kreel (n.) See Creel.

Kremlin (n.) The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc.

Krems (n.) A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n.

Kreng (n.) See Krang.

Kreosote (n.) See Creosote.

Kreutzer (n.) A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin.

Kriegsspiel (n.) A game of war, played for practice, on maps.

Kris (n.) A Malay dagger. See Creese.

Krishna (n.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Kritarchy (n.) The rule of the judges over Israel.

Krokidolite (n.) See Crocidolite.

Krone (n.) A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9.

Kroomen (pl. ) of Krooman

Krooman (n.) One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard.

Kruller (n.) See Cruller.

Krummhorn (n.) Alt. of Krumhorn

Krumhorn (n.) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1, a.).

Krumhorn (a.) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.

Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid.

Kryolite (n.) See Cryolite.

Ksar (n.) See Czar.

Kshatriya (n.) Alt. of Kshatruya

Kshatruya (n.) The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste.

Kuda (n.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.

Kudos (n.) Glory; fame; renown; praise.

Kudos (v. t.) To praise; to extol; to glorify.

Kudu (n.) See Koodoo.

Kufic (a.) See Cufic.

Kukang (n.) The slow lemur. See Lemur.

Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan.

Kulan (n.) See Koulan.

Kumish (n.) Alt. of Kumiss

Kumiss (n.) See Koumiss.

Kummel (n.) A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.

Kumquat (n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.

Kupfernickel (n.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite.

Kurd (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.

Kurdish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Kurds.

Kurilian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso.

Kurilian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands.

Kursaal (n.) A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.

Kusimanse (n.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue.

Kuskus () See Vetiver.

Kussier (n.) (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched.

Kutauss (n.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).

Kutch (n.) The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.

Kutch (n.) See Catechu.

Ky (n. pl.) Kine.

Kyaboca wood () Amboyna wood.

Kyaboca wood () Sandalwood (Santalum album).

Kyannite (n.) See Cyanite.

Kyanized (imp. & p. p.) of Kyanize

Kyanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kyanize

Kyanize (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

Kyanol (n.) Aniline.

Kyanol (n.) A base obtained from coal tar.

Kyanophyll (n.) Same as Cyanophyll.

Kyar (n.) Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.

Kyaw (n.) A daw.

Kyd () p. p. of Kythe.

Kydde () imp. of Kythe, to show.

Kyke (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze.

Kyley (n.) A variety of the boomerang.

Kyloes (n. pl.) The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands.

Kymnel (n.) See Kimnel.

Kymograph (n.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.

Kymographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing.

Kymric (a & n.) See Cymric, a. & n.

Kymry (n.) See Cymry.

Kynrede (n.) Kindred.

Kynurenic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid.

Kyrie (n.) See Kyrie eleison.

Kyrie eleison () Greek words, meaning "Lord, have mercy upon us," used in the Mass, the breviary offices, the litany of the saints, etc.

Kyrie eleison () The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the service of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Kyrielle (n.) A litany beginning with the words.

Kyriolexy (n.) Alt. of Kyriology

Kyriology (n.) The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones.

Kyriological (a.) Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic.

Kydde (imp.) of Kithe

Kidde () of Kithe

Kythed (p. p.) of Kithe

Kything (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kithe

Kythe (v. t.) Alt. of Kithe

Kithe (v. t.) To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.

Kythe (v. t.) To come into view; to appear.

Kytomiton (n.) See Karyomiton.

Kytoplasma (n.) See Karyoplasma.

L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus).

L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.

L (n.) An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.

L (n.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.

La (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

La (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.

La (interj.) Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you.

La (interj.) An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!

Laas (n.) A lace. See Lace.

Lab (v. i.) To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.

Lab (n.) A telltale; a prater; a blabber.

Labadist (n.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.

Labarraque's solution () An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.

Labara (pl. ) of Labarum

Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.

Labdanum (n.) See Ladanum.

Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.

Labefy (v. t.) To weaken or impair.

Label (n.) A tassel.

Label (n.) A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.

Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

Label (n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.

Label (n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.

Label (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.

Label (n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.

Label (n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

Labeled (imp. & p. p.) of Label

Labelled () of Label

Labeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Label

Labelling () of Label

Label (v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

Label (v. t.) To affix in or on a label.

Labeler (n.) One who labels.

Labella (pl. ) of Labellum

Labellums (pl. ) of Labellum

Labellum (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

Labellum (n.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.

Labia (n. pl.) See Labium.

Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.

Labial (a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.

Labial (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.

Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.

Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.

Labial (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

Labial (n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.

Labial (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

Labialism (n.) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.

Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Labialize (v. t.) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

Labially (adv.) In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.

Labiate (v. t.) To labialize.

Labiate (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.

Labiate (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.

Labiate (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.

Labiated (a.) Same as Labiate, a. (a).

Labiatifloral (a.) Alt. of Labiatifloral

Labiatifloral (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

Labidometer (n.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

Labile (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.

Labimeter (n.) See Labidometer.

Labiodental (a.) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.

Labiodental (n.) A labiodental sound or letter.

Labionasal (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose.

Labionasal (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.

Labiose (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

Labipalpi (pl. ) of Labipalpus

Labipalpus (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

Labia (pl. ) of Labium

Labiums (pl. ) of Labium

Labium (n.) A lip, or liplike organ.

Labium (n.) The lip of an organ pipe.

Labium (n.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.

Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).

Labium (n.) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

Lablab (n.) an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).

Labor (n.) Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.

Labor (n.) Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.

Labor (n.) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Labor (n.) Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.

Labor (n.) Any pang or distress.

Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Labor (n.) A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.

Labored (imp. & p. p.) of Labor

Laboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Labor

Labor (n.) To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

Labor (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.

Labor (n.) To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

Labor (n.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Labor (v. t.) To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.

Labor (v. t.) To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.

Labor (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument.

Labor (v. t.) To belabor; to beat.

Laborant (n.) A chemist.

Laboratories (pl. ) of Laboratory

Laboratory (n.) The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

Labored (a.) Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

Laboredly (adv.) In a labored manner; with labor.

Laborer (n.) One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

Laboring (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.

Laboring (a.) Suffering pain or grief.

Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

Laborious (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.

Laborless (a.) Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

Laborous (a.) Laborious.

Labor-saving (a.) Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.

Laborsome (a.) Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.

Laborsome (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.

Labrador (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

Labradorite (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

Labras (n. pl.) Lips.

Labroid (a.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.

Labrose (a.) Having thick lips.

Labra (pl. ) of Labrum

Labrums (pl. ) of Labrum

Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin.

Labrum (n.) An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera.

Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Labri (pl. ) of Labrus

Labrus (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

Laburnic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.

Laburnine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

Laburnum (n.) A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.

Labyrinth (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.

Labyrinth (n.) Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.

Labyrinth (n.) Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.

Labyrinth (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.

Labyrinth (n.) The internal ear. See Note under Ear.

Labyrinth (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.

Labyrinth (n.) A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.

Labyrinthal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.

Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

Labyrinthibranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.

Labyrinthibranch (n.) One of the Labyrinthici.

Labyrinthic (a.) Alt. of Labyrinthical

Labyrinthical (a.) Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.

Labyrinthici (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.

Labyrinthiform (a.) Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.

Labyrinthine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.

Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

Labyrinthodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.

Labyrinthodont (n.) One of the Labyrinthodonta.

Labyrinthodonta (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.

Lac (n.) Alt. of Lakh

Lakh (n.) One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.

Lac (n.) A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.

Laccic (a.) Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.

Laccin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.

Laccolite (n.) Alt. of Laccolith

Laccolith (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.

Lace (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

Lace (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.

Lace (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.

Laced (imp. & p. p.) of Lace

Lacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lace

Lace (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.

Lace (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.

Lace (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.

Lace (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).

Lace (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.

Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

Laced (a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

Laced (v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.

Lacedaemonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.

Lacedaemonian (n.) A Spartan.

Lacemen (pl. ) of Laceman

Laceman (n.) A man who deals in lace.

Lacerable (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.

Lacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Lacerate

Lacerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacerate

Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

Lacerate (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated

Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.

Lacerated (p. a.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.

Laceration (n.) The act of lacerating.

Laceration (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating.

Lacerative (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.

Lacert (n.) A muscle of the human body.

Lacerta (n.) A fathom.

Lacerta (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.

Lacerta (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.

Lacertian (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.

Lacertian (n.) One of the Lacertilia.

Lacertilia (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.

Lacertilian (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian.

Lacertiloid (a.) Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.

Lacertine (a.) Lacertian.

Lacerti (pl. ) of Lacertus

Lacertus (n.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.

Lacewing (n.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvae are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.

Lace-winged (a.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.

Laches (n.) Alt. of Lache

Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

Lachrymable (a.) Lamentable.

Lachrymae Christi () A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.

Lachrymal (a.) Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.

Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland.

Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.

Lacrymal (n.) Alt. of Lacrymal

Lacrymal (n.) See Lachrymatory.

Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.

Lachrymate (v. i.) To weep.

Lachrymation (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.

ries (pl. ) of Lachrymatory

Lachrymatory (n.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.

Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.

Lachrymose (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.

Lacing (n.) A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.

Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.

Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.

Laciniae (pl. ) of Lacinia

Lacinia (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.

Lacinia (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

Lacinia (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

Laciniate (a.) Alt. of Laciniated

Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.

Laciniated (a.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.

Laciniolate (a.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.

Lacinulae (pl. ) of Lacinula

Lacinulas (pl. ) of Lacinula

Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.

Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

Lacked (imp. & p. p.) of Lack

Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack

Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.

Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

Lack (v. i.) To be in want.

Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.

Lackadaisical (a.) Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

Lackadaisy (interj.) An expression of languor.

Lackadaisy (a.) Lackadaisical.

Lackaday (interj.) Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Lacker (n.) One who lacks or is in want.

Lacker (n. & v.) See Lacquer.

Lackeys (pl. ) of Lackey

Lackey (v.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

Lackeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Lackey

Lackeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lackey

Lackey (v. i.) To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Lackluster (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre

Lacklustre (n.) A want of luster.

Lacklustre (a.) Wanting luster or brightness.

Lacmus (n.) See Litmus.

Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.

Laconian (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

Laconic (a.) Alt. of Laconical

Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.

Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.

Laconic (n.) Laconism.

Laconical (a.) See Laconic, a.

Laconically (adv.) In a laconic manner.

LaconIcism (n.) Same as Laconism.

Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.

Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.

Laconized (imp. & p. p.) of Laconize

Laconizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laconize

Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.

Lacquer (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.

Lacquered (imp. & p. p.) of Lacquer

Lacquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacquer

Lacquer (v. t.) To cover with lacquer.

Lacquerer (n.) One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.

Lacquering (n.) The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.

Lacrimoso (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.

Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

Lacrymal (n. & a.) See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.

Lacrymary () Alt. of Lacrymose

Lacrytory () Alt. of Lacrymose

Lacrymose () See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.

Lactage (n.) The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.

Lactam (n.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.

Lactamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.

Lactamide (n.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.

Lactant (a.) Suckling; giving suck.

Lactarene (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.

Lactary (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk.

Lactary (n.) a dairyhouse.

Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.

Lactation (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.

Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.

Lacteal (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

Lacteally (adv.) Milkily; in the manner of milk.

Lactean (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.

Lactean (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.

Lacteous (a.) Milky; resembling milk.

Lacteous (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.

Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.

Lactescence (n.) The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.

Lactescence (n.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.

Lactescent (a.) Having a milky look; becoming milky.

Lactescent (a.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.

Lactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.

Lactide (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.

Lactiferous (a.) Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.

Lactific (a.) Alt. of Lactifical

Lactifical (a.) Producing or yielding milk.

Lactifuge (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

Lactim (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

Lactimide (n.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

Lactin (n.) See Lactose.

Lactoabumin (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.

Lactobutyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

Lactodensimeter (n.) A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

Lactometer (n.) An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

Lactone (n.) One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.

Lactonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.

Lactonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).

Lactoprotein (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

Lactory (a.) Lactiferous.

Lactoscope (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.

Lactose (n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.

Lactose (n.) See Galactose.

Lactuca (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.

Lactucarium (n.) The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.

Lactucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.

Lactucin (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.

Lactucone (n.) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Lacturamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

Lactyl (n.) An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.

Lacunae (pl. ) of Lacuna

Lacunas (pl. ) of Lacuna

Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.

Lacunal (a.) Alt. of Lacunar

Lacunar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.

Lacunars (pl. ) of Lacunar

Lacunaria (pl. ) of Lacunar

Lacunar (n.) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.

Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.

Lacune (n.) A lacuna.

Lacunose (a.) Alt. of Lacunous

Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf.

Lacustral (a.) Alt. of Lacustrine

Lacustrine (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.

Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.

Lad () p. p. of Lead, to guide.

Lad (n.) A boy; a youth; a stripling.

Lad (n.) A companion; a comrade; a mate.

Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.

Ladde (obs. imp.) of Lead, to guide.

Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.

Ladder (v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.

Laddie (n.) A lad; a male sweetheart.

Laded (imp.) of Lade

Laded (p. p.) of Lade

Laded () of Lade

Lading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lade

Lade (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.

Lade (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.

Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Lade (v. t.) To draw water.

Lade (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

Lade (n.) The mouth of a river.

Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Lademan (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.

Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

Ladied (a.) Ladylike; not rough; gentle.

Ladies' eardrops () The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.

Ladify (v. t.) To make a lady of; to make ladylike.

Ladin (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.

Lading (n.) The act of loading.

Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.

Ladinos (pl. ) of Ladino

Ladino (n.) One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.

Ladkin (n.) A little lad.

Ladle (v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

Ladle (v. t.) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.

Ladle (v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.

Ladle (v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

Ladled (imp. & p. p.) of Ladle

Ladling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ladle

Ladle (v. t.) To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

Ladlefuls (pl. ) of Ladleful

Ladleful (n.) A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.

Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.

Ladies (pl. ) of Lady

Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

Lady (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.

Lady (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.

Lady (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

Lady (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

Ladybird (n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.

Ladybug (n.) Same as Ladybird.

Ladyclock (n.) See Ladyrird.

Lady () The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.

Ladyfish (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.

Ladyfish (n.) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.

Ladyhood (n.) The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.

Lady-killer (n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.

Lady-killing (n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.

Ladykin (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

Ladylike (a.) Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

Ladylike (a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.

Ladylike (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Ladylikeness (n.) The quality or state of being ladylike.

Ladylove (n.) A sweetheart or mistress.

Lady's bedstraw () The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.

Lady's bower () A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).

Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.

Lady's cushion () An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).

Lady's finger () The kidney vetch.

Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato.

Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.

Lady's garters () Ribbon grass.

Lady's hair () A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

Ladyship (n.) The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).

Lady's laces () A slender climbing plant; dodder.

Lady's looking-glass () See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

Lady's mantle () A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.

Lady's seal () The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).

Lady's seal () The black bryony (Tamus communis).

Lady's slipper () Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).

Lady's smock () A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.

Lady's thimble () The harebell.

Lady's thumb () An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.

Lady's traces () Alt. of Ladies' tresses

Ladies' tresses () A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.

Laemmergeyer (n.) See Lammergeir.

Laemodipod (n.) One of the Laemodipoda.

Laemodipoda (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.

Laemodipodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda.

Laetere Sunday () The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Laetare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.

Laevigate (a.) Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

Laevo- () A prefix. See Levo.

Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

Laevulose (n.) See Levulose.

Lafayette (n.) The dollar fish.

Lafayette (n.) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

Laft () p. p. of Leave.

Lafte () imp. of Leave.

Lag (a.) Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.

Lag (a.) Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Lag (n.) One who lags; that which comes in last.

Lag (n.) The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.

Lag (n.) See Graylag.

Lagged (imp. & p. p.) of Lag

Lagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lag

Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Lag (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lag (n.) One transported for a crime.

Lag (v. t.) To transport for crime.

Lagan (n. & v.) See Ligan.

Lagarto (n.) An alligator.

Lagenae (pl. ) of Lagena

Lagenas (pl. ) of Lagena

Lagena (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.

Lagenian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

Lageniform (a.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

Lager (n.) Lager beer.

Lager beer () Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.

Lager wine () Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.

Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.

Laggard (n.) One who lags; a loiterer.

Lagger (n.) A laggard.

Lagging (n.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

Lagging (n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

Laggingly (adv.) In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Lagly (adv.) Laggingly.

Lagomorph (n.) One of the Lagomorpha.

Lagemorpha (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

Lagoon (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

Lagoon (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagophthalmia (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos

Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

Lagopous (a.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

Lagune (n.) See Lagoon.

Laic (a.) Alt. of Laical

Laical (a.) Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.

Laic (n.) A layman.

Laicality (n.) The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

Laically (adv.) As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

Laid (imp. & p. p.) of Lay.

Laidly (a.) Ugly; loathsome.

Lain (p. p.) of Lie, v. i.

Lainere (n.) See Lanier.

Lair (n.) A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

Lair (n.) A burying place.

Lair (n.) A pasture; sometimes, food.

Laird (n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.

Lairdship (n.) The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.

Laism (n.) See Lamaism.

Laissez faire () Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

Laity (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

Laity (a.) The state of a layman.

Laity (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

Lakao (n.) Sap green.

Lake (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.

Lake (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

Lake (v. i.) To play; to sport.

Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.

Lake-dweller (n.) See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

Lakelet (n.) A little lake.

Lakeweed (n.) The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.

Lakh (n.) Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

Lakin (n.) See Ladykin.

Lakke (n. & v.) See Lack.

Laky (a.) Pertaining to a lake.

Laky (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

Lallation (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

Lalo (n.) The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous.

Lammed (imp. & p. p.) of Lam

Lamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lam

Lam (v. t.) To beat soundly; to thrash.

Lama (n.) See Llama.

Lama (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

Lamaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

Lamaism (n.) A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

Lamaist (n.) Alt. of Lamaite

Lamaite (n.) One who believes in Lamaism.

Lamaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

Lamantin (n.) The manatee.

Lamarckian (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.

Lamarckianism (n.) Lamarckism.

Lamarckism (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.

Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.

Lamb (n.) The young of the sheep.

Lamb (n.) Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.

Lambed (imp. & p. p.) of Lamb

Lambing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lamb

Lamb (v. i.) To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Lambale (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.

Lambative (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.

Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.

Lambda (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

Lambdacism (n.) A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.

Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.

Lambdoidal (a.) Same as Lambdoid.

Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.

Lambent (a.) Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.

Lambert pine () The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

Lambkin (n.) A small lamb.

Lamblike (a.) Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

Lamboys (n. pl.) Same as Base, n., 19.

Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

Lambrequin (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.

Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

Lambskin (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.

Lambskin (n.) A kind of woolen.

Lambskinnet (n.) See Lansquenet.

Lamb's-quarters (n.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Lamdoidal (a.) Lambdoid.

Lame (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

Lame (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.

Lame (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

Lamed (imp. & p. p.) of Lame

Laming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lame

Lame (v. t.) To make lame.

Lamel (n.) See Lamella.

Lamellae (pl. ) of Lamella

Lamellas (pl. ) of Lamella

Lamella (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

Lamellar (a.) Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellae.

Lamellarly (adv.) In thin plates or scales.

Lamellary (a.) Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.

Lamellate (a.) Alt. of Lamellated

Lamellated (a.) Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae.

Lamellibranch (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata

Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

Lamellibranchiate (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.

Lamellibranchiate (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia.

Lamellicorn (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.

Lamellicorn (n.) A lamellicorn insect.

Lamellicornia (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

Lamelliform (a.) Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

Lamellose (a.) Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.

Lamely (adv.) An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

Lameness (n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

Lament (v. i.) To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Lamented (imp. & p. p.) of Lament

Lamenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lament

Lament (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Lament (v.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

Lamentable (a.) Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.

Lamentable (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.

Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

Lamentation (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

Lamentation (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

Lamented (a.) Mourned for; bewailed.

Lamenter (n.) One who laments.

Lamentin (n.) See Lamantin.

Lamenting (n.) Lamentation.

Lamentingly (adv.) In a lamenting manner.

Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.

Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.

Lamia (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

Laminae (pl. ) of Lamina

Laminas (pl. ) of Lamina

Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.

Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Laminability (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.

Laminable (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.

Laminar (a.) Alt. of Laminal

Laminal (a.) In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.

Laminaria (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.

Laminarite (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Laminary (a.) Laminar.

Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Laminated (imp. & p. p.) of Laminate

Laminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laminate

Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Laminate (v. i.) To separate into laminae.

Laminated (a.) Laminate.

Laminating (a.) Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.

Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers.

Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.

Lamish (a.) Somewhat lame.

Lamm (v. t.) See Lam.

Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.

Lammergeir (n.) Alt. of Lammergeier

Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.

Lamnunguia (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea.

Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.

Lamp (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.

Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.

Lampad (n.) A lamp or candlestick.

Lampadist (n.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

Lampadrome (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Lampas (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.

Lampate (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.

Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.

Lamper eel () See Lamprey.

Lampern (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).

Lampers (n.) See Lampas.

Lampic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

Lamping (a.) Shining; brilliant.

Lampless (a.) Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.

Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.

Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.

Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.

Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

Lampooned (imp. & p. p.) of Lampoon

Lampooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lampoon

Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

Lampooner (n.) The writer of a lampoon.

Lampoonry (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

Lamprel (n.) See Lamprey.

Lampreys (pl. ) of Lamprey

Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.

Lampron (n.) See Lamprey.

Lampyrine (n.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.

Lampyris (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

Lanarkite (n.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.

Lanary (n.) A place for storing wool.

Lanate () Alt. of Lanated

Lanated () Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

Lacashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

Lacasterian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.

Lance (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

Lance (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

Lance (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

Lanced (imp. & p. p.) of Lance

Lancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance

Lance (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

Lance (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

Lancegay (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye

Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.

Lancelet (n.) A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.

Lancely (a.) Like a lance.

Lanceolar (a.) Lanceolate.

Lanceolate (a.) Alt. of Lanceolated

Lanceolated (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

Lancepesade (n.) An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.

Lancer (n.) One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.

Lancer (n.) A lancet.

Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.

Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).

Lanched (imp. & p. p.) of Lanch

Lanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanch

Lanch (v. t.) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

Lanciferous (a.) Bearing a lance.

Lanciform (a.) Having the form of a lance.

Lancinated (imp. & p. p.) of Lanciname

Lancinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanciname

Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.

Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).

Lancination (n.) A tearing; laceration.

Land (n.) Urine. See Lant.

Land (n.) The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.

Land (n.) Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.

Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.

Land (n.) The inhabitants of a nation or people.

Land (n.) The mainland, in distinction from islands.

Land (n.) The ground or floor.

Land (n.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.

Land (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.

Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.

Landed (imp. & p. p.) of Land

Landing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land

Land (v. t.) To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.

Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.

Land (v. t.) To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.

Land (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.

Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

Landau (n.) A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.

Landaulet (n.) A small landau.

Landed (a.) Having an estate in land.

Landed (a.) Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.

Lander (n.) One who lands, or makes a landing.

Lander (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

Landfall (n.) A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

Landfall (n.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Landgrave (n.) A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

Landgraviate (n.) The territory held by a landgrave.

Landgraviate (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

Landgravine (n.) The wife of a landgrave.

Landholder (n.) A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

Landing (a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

Landing (n.) A going or bringing on shore.

Landing (n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

Landing (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Landladies (pl. ) of Landlady

Landlady (n.) A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlady (n.) The mistress of an inn or lodging house.

Landleaper (n.) See Landlouper.

Landless (a.) Having no property in land.

Landlock (v. t.) To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.

Landlocked (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.

Landlocked (a.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.

Landloper (n.) Same as Landlouper.

Landlord (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlord (n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

Landlordism (n.) The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.

Landlordry (n.) The state of a landlord.

Landlouper (n.) A vagabond; a vagrant.

Landlouping (a.) Vagrant; wandering about.

Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Landmen (pl. ) of Landman

Landman (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landman (n.) An occupier of land.

Landmark (n.) A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

Landmark (n.) Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

Landowner (n.) An owner of land.

Landowning (n.) The owning of land.

Landowning (a.) Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

Landscape (n.) A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

Landscape (n.) A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.

Landscape (n.) The pictorial aspect of a country.

Landscapist (n.) A painter of landscapes.

Landskip (n.) A landscape.

Landslip (n.) Alt. of Landslide

Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.

Landsmen (pl. ) of Landsman

Landsman (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landsman (n.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Landstreight (n.) A narrow strip of land.

Landsturm (n.) That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.

Landtag (n.) The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.

Landwaiter (n.) See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.

Landward (adv. & a.) Toward the land.

Landwehr (n.) That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.

Lane (a.) Alone.

Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

Lang (a. & adv.) Long.

Langaha (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

Langarey (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.

Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

Langdak (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

Langrage (n.) Alt. of Langrel

Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.

Langret (n.) A kind of loaded die.

Langridge (n.) See Langrage.

Langsyne (adv. & n.) Long since; long ago.

Langteraloo (n.) An old game at cards. See Loo (a).

Language (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.

Language (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.

Language (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.

Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.

Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

Language (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.

Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.

Language (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.

Languaged (imp. & p. p.) of Language

Languaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Language

Language (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languaged (a.) Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.

Languageless (a.) Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.

Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Langue d'oc () The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oil, F. oui).

Languente (adv.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.

Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.

Languid (a.) Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

Languid (a.) Slow in progress; tardy.

Languid (a.) Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.

Languished (imp. & p. p.) of Languish

Languishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Languish

Languish (v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

Languish (v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.

Languish (n.) See Languishiment.

Languisher (n.) One who languishes.

Languishing (a.) Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Languishing (a.) Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

Languishingly (adv.) In a languishing manner.

Languishment (n.) The state of languishing.

Languishment (n.) Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

Languishness (n.) Languishment.

Languor (n.) A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

Languor (n.) Any enfeebling disease.

Languor (n.) Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope.

Languorous (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.

Langure (v. i.) To languish.

Langya (n.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

Laniard (n.) See Lanyard.

Laniariform (a.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniary (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.

Laniary (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.

Laniary (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniate (v. t.) To tear in pieces.

Laniation (n.) A tearing in pieces.

Lanier (n.) A thong of leather; a whip lash.

Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.

Laniferous (n.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanifical (a.) Working in wool.

Lanifice (n.) Anything made of wool.

Lanigerous (a.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).

Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Lank (superl.) Languid; drooping.

Lank (v. i. & t.) To become lank; to make lank.

Lankiness (n.) The condition or quality or being lanky.

Lankly (adv.) In a lank manner.

Lankness (n.) The state or quality of being lank.

Lanky (a.) Somewhat lank.

Lanner (n. m.) Alt. of Lanneret

Lanneret (n. m.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

Lanolin (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Lanseh (n.) The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.

Lansquenet (n.) A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.

Lansquenet (n.) A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.

Lant (n.) Urine.

Lant (n.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.

Lant (n.) See Lanterloo.

Lantanium (n.) Alt. of Lantanum

Lantanum (n.) See Lanthanum.

Lantanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.

Lanterloo (n.) An old name of loo (a).

Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.

Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.

Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.

Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.

Lanterned (imp. & p. p.) of Lantern

Lanterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lantern

Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

Lantern-jawed (a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

Lanthanite (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.

Lanthanum (n.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.

Lanthopine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Lanthorn (n.) See Lantern.

Lanuginose (a.) Alt. of Lanuginous

Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.

Lanugo (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.

Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.

Lanyer (n.) See Lanier.

Laocoon (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

Laodicean (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.

Lap (n.) That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

Lap (n.) One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.

Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

Lap (n.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

Lapped (imp. & p. p.) of Lap

Lapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lap

Lap (v. t.) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

Lap (v. t.) To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

Lap (n.) To wrap or wind around something.

Lap (n.) To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.

Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

Lap (v. i.) To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.

Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Lap (v. i.) To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

Lap (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

Lap (n.) The sound of lapping.

Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

Laparotomy (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

Lapboard (n.) A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

Lapdog (n.) A small dog fondled in the lap.

Lapel (n.) That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.

Lapelled (a.) Furnished with lapels.

Lapfuls (pl. ) of Lapful

Lapful (n.) As much as the lap can contain.

Lapicide (n.) A stonecutter.

Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

Lapidarious (a.) Consisting of stones.

Lapidaries (pl. ) of Lapidary

Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.

Lapidary (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.

Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.

Lapidate (v. t.) To stone.

Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.

Lapideous (a.) Of the nature of stone.

Lapidescence (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.

Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.

Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Lapidescent (a.) Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Lapidific (a.) Alt. of Lapidifical

Lapidifical (a.) Forming or converting into stone.

Lapidification (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

Lapidified (imp. & p. p.) of Lapidify

Lapidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapidify

Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.

Lapidist (n.) A lapidary.

Lapillation (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony.

Lapilli (n. pl.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.

Lapides (pl. ) of Lapis

Lapis (n.) A stone.

Lapis lazuli () An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.

Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

Laplander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Laplandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland.

Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Lapp (n.) Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.

Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Lappeted (imp. & p. p.) of Lappet

Lappeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lappet

Lappet (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

Lappic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.

Lappic (n.) The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.

Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Lappish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.

Lappish (n.) The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.

Lapponian (a.) Alt. of Lapponic

Lapponic (a.) Laplandish; Lappish.

Lapps (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.

Lapsable (a.) Lapsible.

Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.

Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.

Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Lapse

Lapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapse

Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.

Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.

Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.

Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.

Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.

Lapsided (a.) See Lopsided.

Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

Lapstreak (a.) Alt. of Lapstrake

Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.

Lap-welded (a.) Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.

Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.

Lapwork (n.) Work in which one part laps over another.

Laguay (n.) A lackey.

Laquearia (pl. ) of Laquear

Laquear (n.) A lacunar.

Laqueary (a.) Using a noose, as a gladiator.

Lares (pl. ) of Lar

Lars (pl. ) of Lar

Lar (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.

Lar (n.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

Laramie group () An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.

Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.

Larboard (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.

Larcener (n.) Alt. of Larcenist

Larcenist (n.) One who commits larceny.

Larcenous (a.) Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.

Larcenies (pl. ) of Larceny

Larceny (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

Larch (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

Larchen (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch.

Lard (n.) Bacon; the flesh of swine.

Lard (n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.

Larded (imp. & p. p.) of Lard

Larding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lard

Lard (n.) To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.

Lard (n.) To fatten; to enrich.

Lard (n.) To smear with lard or fat.

Lard (n.) To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lard (v. i.) To grow fat.

Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

Lardaceous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lard.

Larder (n.) A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

Larderer (n.) One in charge of the larder.

Lardery (n.) A larder.

Lardon (n.) Alt. of Lardoon

Lardoon (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

Lardry (n.) A larder.

Lardy (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

Lare (n.) Lore; learning.

Lare (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair.

Lare (v. t.) To feed; to fatten.

Lares (n. pl.) See 1st Lar.

Large (superl.) Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

Large (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

Large (superl.) Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

Large (superl.) Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.

Large (superl.) Free; unembarrassed.

Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.

Large (superl.) Prodigal in expending; lavish.

Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.

Large (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Large-acred (a.) Possessing much land.

Large-handed (a.) Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Large-hearted (a.) Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

Largely (adv.) In a large manner.

Largeness (n.) The quality or state of being large.

Largess (a.) Alt. of Largesse

Largesse (a.) Liberality; generosity; bounty.

Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.

Larget (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.

Larghetto (a. & adv.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

Largifical (a.) Generous; ample; liberal.

Largifluous (a.) Flowing copiously.

Largiloquent (a.) Grandiloquent.

Largish (a.) Somewhat large.

Largition () The bestowment of a largess or gift.

Largo (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.

Largo (n.) A movement or piece in largo time.

Lariat (n.) A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.

Lariated (imp. & p. p.) of Lariat

Lariating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lariat

Lariat (v. t.) To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.

Larine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae).

Larixinic (a.) Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.

Lark (v. i.) A frolic; a jolly time.

Larked (imp. & p. p.) of Lark

Larking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lark

Lark (v. i.) To sport; to frolic.

Lark (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.

Lark (v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.

Lark-colored (a.) Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

Larker (n.) A catcher of larks.

Larker (n.) One who indulges in a lark or frolic.

Lark's-heel (n.) Indian cress.

Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.

Larmier (n.) See Tearpit.

Laroid (a.) Like or belonging to the Gull family (Laridae).

Larruped (imp. & p. p.) of Larrup

Larruping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Larrup

Larrup (v. t.) To beat or flog soundly.

Larry (n.) Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.

Larum (n.) See Alarum, and Alarm.

Larvae (pl. ) of Larva

Larvas (pl. ) of Larva

Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.

Larva (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.

Larval (a.) Of or pertaining to a larva.

Larvalia (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.

Larvated (a.) Masked; clothed as with a mask.

Larves (pl. ) of Larve

Larve (n.) A larva.

Larviform (a.) Having the form or structure of a larva.

Larviparous (a.) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.

Lary (n.) A guillemot; -- called also lavy.

Laryngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

Laryngean (a.) See Laryngeal.

Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

Laryngitis (n.) Inflammation of the larynx.

Laryngological (a.) Of or pertaining to laryngology.

Laryngologist (n.) One who applies himself to laryngology.

Laryngology (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.

Laryngophony (n.) The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

Larungoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.

Laryngoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx.

Laryngoscopist (n.) One skilled in laryngoscopy.

Laryngoscopy (n.) The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

Laryngotome (n.) An instrument for performing laryngotomy.

Laryngotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.

Laryngotracheal (a.) Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.

Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

Las (n.) A lace. See Lace.

Las (a. & adv.) Less.

Lascar (n.) A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.

Lascious (a.) Loose; lascivious.

Lasciviency (n.) Lasciviousness; wantonness.

Lascivient (a.) Lascivious.

Lascivious (a.) Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.

Lascivious (a.) Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.

Laserwort (n.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.

Lash (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

Lash (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Lash (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Lashed (imp. & p. p.) of Lash

Lashng (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lash

Lash (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.

Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

Lash (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

Lash (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

Lash (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

Lasher (n.) One who whips or lashes.

Lasher (n.) A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.

Lasher (n.) A weir in a river.

Lashing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Lashing (n.) See 2d Lasher.

Lask (n.) A diarrhea or flux.

Lasket (n.) latching.

Lass (n.) A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

Lasse (a. & adv.) Less.

Lassie (n.) A young girl; a lass.

Lassitude (n.) A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.

Lasslorn () Forsaken by a lass.

Lassos (pl. ) of Lasso

Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.

Lassoed (imp. & p. p.) of Lasso

Lassoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lasso

Lasso (v. t.) To catch with a lasso.

Last (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

Last (a.) Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.

Last (a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.

Last (a.) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

Last (a.) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.

Last (a.) Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.

Last (a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.

Last (a.) In conclusion; finally.

Last (a.) At a time next preceding the present time.

Lasted (imp. & p. p.) of Last

Lasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Last

Last (v. i.) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.

Last (v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.

Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.

Last (v. t.) To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.

Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.

Last (n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.

Lastage (n.) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.

Lastage (n.) A tax on wares sold by the last.

Lastage (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast.

Lastage (n.) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Laste (obs. imp.) of Last, to endure.

Laster (n.) A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.

Lastery (n.) A red color.

Lasting (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

Lasting (n.) Continuance; endurance.

Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.

Lasting (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.

Lasting (adv.) In a lasting manner.

Lastly (adv.) In the last place; in conclusion.

Lastly (adv.) at last; finally.

Lat (v. t.) To let; to allow.

Latakia (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.

Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.

Latch (n.) A latching.

Latch (n.) A crossbow.

Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latch

Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latch

Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.

Latch (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

Latching (n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.

Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.

Latchstring (n.) A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.

Late (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

Late (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.

Late (v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.

Late (v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.

Late (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.

Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.

Late (a.) Not long ago; lately.

Late (a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

Lated (a.) Belated; too late.

Lateen (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.

Lately (adv.) Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.

Latence (n.) Latency.

Latency (n.) The state or quality of being latent.

Lateness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

Latent (a.) Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.

Latently (adv.) In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.

Lateres (pl. ) of Later

Later (n.) A brick or tile.

Later (a.) Compar. of Late, a. & adv.

Laterad (adv.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.

Lateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

Lateral (a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.

Lateral (a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.

Laterality (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.

Laterally (adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.

Lateran (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.

Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory.

Laterifolious (a.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.

Laterite (n.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.

Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.

Lateritious (a.) Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.

Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.

Latescence (n.) A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.

Latescent (a.) Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.

Latewake (n.) See Lich wake, under Lich.

Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward.

Latex (n.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.

Laths (pl. ) of Lath

Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.

Lathed (imp. & p. p.) of Lath

Lathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lath

Lath (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.

Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.

Lathe (n.) A granary; a barn.

Lathe (n.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.

Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.

Lather (n.) Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.

Lathered (imp. & p. p.) of Lather

Lathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lather

Lather (n.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.

Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.

Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.

Lathereeve (n.) Alt. of Lathreeve

Lathreeve (n.) Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

Lathing (n.) The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths.

Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.

Lathwork (n.) Same as Lathing.

Lathy (a.) Like a lath; long and slender.

Latian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.

Latibulized (imp. & p. p.) of Latibulize

Latibulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latibulize

Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.

Latibula (pl. ) of Latibulum

Latibulum (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.

Laticiferous (a.) Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.

Laticlave (n.) A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.

Latidentate (a.) Broad-toothed.

Latifoliate (a.) Alt. of Latifolious

Latifolious (a.) Having broad leaves.

Latimer (n.) An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke.

Latin (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.

Latin (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.

Latin (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.

Latin (n.) The language of the ancient Romans.

Latin (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.

Latin (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Latin (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.

Latinism (n.) A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

Latinist (n.) One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar.

Latinistic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.

Latinitaster (n.) One who has but a smattering of Latin.

Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.

Latinization (n.) The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.

Latinized (imp. & p. p.) of Latinize

Latinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latinize

Latinize (v. t.) To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.

Latinize (v. t.) To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech.

Latinize (v. t.) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.

Latinize (v. i.) To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.

Latinize (v. i.) To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.

Latinly (adv.) In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.

Lation (n.) Transportation; conveyance.

Latirostral (a.) Alt. of Latirostrous

Latirostrous (a.) Having a broad beak.

Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.

Latish (a.) Somewhat late.

Latisternal (a.) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.

Latitancy (n.) Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.

Latitant (a.) Lying hid; concealed; latent.

Latitat (n.) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.

Latitation (n.) A lying in concealment; hiding.

Latitude (n.) Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.

Latitude (n.) Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.

Latitude (n.) Extent; size; amplitude; scope.

Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.

Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Latitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.

Latitudinarian (a.) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

Latitudinarian (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology.

Latitudinarian (a.) Lax in moral or religious principles.

Latitudinarian (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.

Latitudinarian (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.

Latitudinarian (n.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.

Latitudinarianism (n.) A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.

Latitudinous (a.) Having latitude, or wide extent.

Laton (n.) Alt. of Latoun

Latoun (n.) Latten, 1.

Latrant (a.) Barking.

Latrate (v. i.) To bark as a dog.

Latration (n.) A barking.

Latreutical (a.) Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.

Latreutical (a.) Of or pertaining to latria.

Latria (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.

Latrine (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.

Latrociny (n.) Theft; larceny.

Latten (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.

Latten (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.

Latter (a.) Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.

Latter (a.) Of two things, the one mentioned second.

Latter (a.) Recent; modern.

Latter (a.) Last; latest; final.

Latter-day saint () A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.

Latterkin (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.

Latterly (adv.) Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.

Lattermath (n.) The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.

Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.

Lattice (n.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.

Latticed (imp. & p. p.) of Lattice

Latticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lattice

Lattice (v. i.) To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.

Lattice (v. i.) To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window.

Latticework (n.) Same as Lattice, n., 1.

Latticing (n.) The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to.

Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.

Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.

Laud (v. i.) High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.

Laud (v. i.) A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.

Laud (v. i.) Music or singing in honor of any one.

Lauded (imp. & p. p.) of Laud

Lauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laud

Laud (v. i.) To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.

Laudability (n.) Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

Laudable (v. i.) Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.

Laudable (v. i.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.

Laudableness (n.) The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.

Laudably (adv.) In a laudable manner.

Laudanine (n.) A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.

Laudanum (n.) Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.

Laudation (v. t.) The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.

Laudative (a.) Laudatory.

Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.

Laudator (n.) One who lauds.

Laudator (n.) An arbitrator.

Laudatory (a.) Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden.

Lauder (n.) One who lauds.

Laughed (imp. & p. p.) of Laugh

Laughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laugh

Laugh (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

Laugh (v. i.) Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

Laugh (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

Laugh (v. t.) To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.

Laugh (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.

Laughable (a.) Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.

Laugher (n.) One who laughs.

Laugher (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Laughing (a. & n.) from Laugh, v. i.

Laughingly (adv.) With laughter or merriment.

Laughingstock (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.

Laughsome (a.) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.

Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i.

Laughterless (a.) Not laughing; without laughter.

Laughworthy (a.) Deserving to be laughed at.

Laumontite (n.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.

Launce (n.) A lance.

Launce (n.) A balance.

Launce (n.) See Lant, the fish.

Launcegaye (n.) See Langegaye.

Launched (imp. & p. p.) of Launch

Launching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Launch

Launch (v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.

Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.

Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.

Launch (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.

Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.

Launch (n.) The act of launching.

Launch (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.

Launch (n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.

Laund (n.) A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.

Launder (n.) A washerwoman.

Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

Laundered (imp. & p. p.) of Launder

Laundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Launder

Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

Launder (v. i.) To lave; to wet.

Launderer (n.) One who follows the business of laundering.

Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

Laundress (n.) A woman whose employment is laundering.

Laundress (v. i.) To act as a laundress.

Laundries (pl. ) of Laundry

Laundry (n.) A laundering; a washing.

Laundry (n.) A place or room where laundering is done.

Laundrymen (pl. ) of Laundryman

Laundryman (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering.

Laura (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

Lauraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.

Laurate (n.) A salt of lauric acid.

Laureate (a.) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

Laureate (n.) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

Laureated (imp. & p. p.) of Laureate

Laureating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laureate

Laureate (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

Laureateship (n.) State, or office, of a laureate.

Laureation (n.) The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.

Laurel (n.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.

Laurel (n.) A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.

Laurel (n.) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

Laureled (a.) Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.

Laurentian (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.

Laurer (n.) Laurel.

Laurestine (n.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths.

Lauric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis).

Lauriferous (a.) Producing, or bringing, laurel.

Laurin (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.

Laurinol (n.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.

Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.

Laurite (n.) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.

Laurone (n.) The ketone of lauric acid.

Laurus (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.

Laus (a.) Loose.

Lava (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.

Lavaret (n.) A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

Lavatic (a.) Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.

Lavation (n.) A washing or cleansing.

Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

Lavatories (pl. ) of Lavatory

Lavatory (n.) A place for washing.

Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.

Lavatory (n.) A wash or lotion for a diseased part.

Lavatory (n.) A place where gold is obtained by washing.

Lavature (n.) A wash or lotion.

Laved (imp. & p. p.) of Lave

Laving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lave

Lave (v. t.) To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.

Lave (v. i.) To bathe; to wash one's self.

Lave (v. t.) To lade, dip, or pour out.

Lave (n.) The remainder; others.

Lave-eared (a.) Having large, pendent ears.

Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.

Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.

Lavender (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

Lavender (n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

Laver (n.) A vessel for washing; a large basin.

Laver (n.) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.

Laver (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.

Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.

Laver (n.) One who laves; a washer.

Laver (n.) The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.

Laverock (n.) The lark.

Lavic (a.) See Lavatic.

Lavish (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

Lavish (a.) Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

Lavished (imp. & p. p.) of Lavish

Lavishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lavish

Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

Lavisher (n.) One who lavishes.

Lavishly (adv.) In a lavish manner.

Lavishment (n.) The act of lavishing.

Lavishness (n.) The quality or state of being lavish.

Lav/sium (n.) A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.

Lavolt (n.) Alt. of Lavolta

Lavolta (n.) An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.

Lavoltateer (n.) A dancer of the lavolta.

Lavour (n.) A laver.

Lavrock (n.) Same as Laverock.

Law (n.) In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.

Law (n.) In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.

Law (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.

Law (n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.

Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.

Law (n.) In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.

Law (n.) In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.

Law (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.

Law (n.) Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.

Law (n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.

Law (n.) Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.

Law (n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court.

Law (v. t.) Same as Lawe, v. t.

Law (interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.

Law-abiding (a.) Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.

Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.

Lawe (v. t.) To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.

Lawer (n.) A lawyer.

Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

Lawful (a.) Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.

Lawgiver (n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.

Lawgiving (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.

Lawing (n.) Going to law; litigation.

Lawing (n.) Expeditation.

Lawless (a.) Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.

Lawless (a.) Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.

Lawless (a.) Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.

Lawmaker (n.) A legislator; a lawgiver.

Lammaking (a.) Enacting laws; legislative.

Lammaking (n.) The enacting of laws; legislation.

Lawmonger (n.) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.

Lawn (n.) An open space between woods.

Lawn (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

Lawm (n.) A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.

Lawnd (n.) See Laund.

Lawny (a.) Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.

Lawny (a.) Made of lawn or fine linen.

Lawsonia (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

Lawyer (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

Lawyer (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).

Lawyer (n.) The burbot (Lota maculosa).

Lawyerlike (a.) Alt. of Lawyerly

Lawyerly (a.) Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.

Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Lax (n.) A looseness; diarrhea.

Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

Laxative (a.) Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.

Laxative (n.) A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.

Laxativeness (n.) The quality of being laxative.

Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part.

Laxity (a.) The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

Laxly (adv.) In a lax manner.

Laxness (n.) The state of being lax; laxity.

Lay (imp.) of Lie, to recline.

Lay (a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

Lay (a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Lay (a.) Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

Lay (n.) The laity; the common people.

Lay (n.) A meadow. See Lea.

Lay (n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.

Lay (n.) A law.

Lay (n.) An obligation; a vow.

Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

Lay (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.

Laid (imp. & p. p.) of Lay

Laying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lay

Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

Lay (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.

Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.

Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

Lay (v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

Lay (v. t.) To apply; to put.

Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

Lay (v. t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.

Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

Lay (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

Lay (v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

Lay (v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

Lay (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.

Lay (v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

Lay (v. t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

Lay (v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.

Lay (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

Lay (v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.

Lay (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

Lay (v. t.) A wager.

Lay (v. t.) A job, price, or profit.

Lay (v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.

Lay (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

Lay (v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.

Lay (v. t.) A plan; a scheme.

Layer (n.) One who, or that which, lays.

Layer (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.

Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

Layer (n.) An artificial oyster bed.

Layering (n.) A propagating by layers.

Laying (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lays.

Laying (n.) The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.

Laying (n.) The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.

Layland (n.) Land lying untilled; fallow ground.

Laymen (pl. ) of Layman

Layman (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.

Layman (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).

Layner (n.) A whiplash.

Layship (n.) The condition of being a layman.

Laystall (n.) A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.

Laystall (n.) A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.

Lazar (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.

Lazaret (n.) Alt. of Lazaretto

Lazaretto (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

Lazarist (n.) Alt. of Lazarite

Lazarite (n.) One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.

Lazarlike (a.) Alt. of Lazarly

Lazarly (a.) Full of sores; leprous.

Lazaroni (n. pl.) See Lazzaroni.

Lazarwort (n.) Laserwort.

Lazed (imp. & p. p.) of Laze

Lazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laze

Laze (v. i.) To be lazy or idle.

Laze (v. t.) To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days.

Lazily (adv.) In a lazy manner.

Laziness (n.) The state or quality of being lazy.

Lazuli (n.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone.

Lazulite (n.) A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.

Lazy (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Lazy (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.

Lazy (superl.) Wicked; vicious.

Lazyback (n.) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.

Lazybones (n.) A lazy person.

Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.

Lea (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.

Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Lea (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.

Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leach

Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leach

Leach (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician.

Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.

Lead (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead

Lead (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.

Lead (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

Lead (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.

Leaded (imp. & p. p.) of Lead

Leading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead

Lead (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

Lead (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.

Led (imp. & p. p.) of Lead

Leading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead

Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.

Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.

Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.

Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.

Lead (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.

Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).

Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.

Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.

Lead (v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

Lead (n.) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.

Lead (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.

Lead (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.

Lead (n.) An open way in an ice field.

Lead (n.) A lode.

Lead (n.) The course of a rope from end to end.

Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

Lead (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

Leaded (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.

Leaded (a.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.

Leaden (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

Leaden (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.

Leaden (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.

Leader (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

Leader (n.) One who goes first.

Leader (n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.

Leader (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.

Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

Leader (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.

Leader (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

Leader (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

Leader (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.

Leader (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

Leader (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

Leader (n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

Leader (n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.

Leadership (n.) The office of a leader.

Leadhillite (n.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.

Leading (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.

Leading (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.

Leading (n.) Suggestion; hint; example.

Leadmen (pl. ) of Leadman

Leadman (n.) One who leads a dance.

Leadsmen (pl. ) of Leadsman

Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.

Leadwort (n.) A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.

Leady (a.) Resembling lead.

Leaves (pl. ) of Leaf

Leaf (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.

Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.

Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.

Leafed (imp. & p. p.) of Leaf

Leafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaf

Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

Leafage (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage.

Leafcup (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

Leafed (a.) Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.

Leafet (n.) A leaflet.

Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).

Leafiness (n.) The state of being leafy.

Leafless (a.) Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.

Leaflet (n.) A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.

Leaflet (n.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.

Leaflet (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.

Leaf-nosed (n.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.

Leafstalk (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Leafy (superl) Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.

Leafy (superl) Consisting of leaves.

League (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.

League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

League (n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.

Leagued (imp. & p. p.) of League

Leaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of League

League (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.

League (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.

Leaguer (n.) The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.

Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering.

Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

Leak (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.

Leak (a.) Leaky.

Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Leak

Leaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leak

Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.

Leak (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.

Leakage (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

Leakage (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

Leakiness (n.) The quality of being leaky.

Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.

Leaky (superl.) Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.

Leal (a.) Faithful; loyal; true.

Leam (n. & v. i.) See Leme.

Leam (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.

Leamer (n.) A dog held by a leam.

Lean (v. t.) To conceal.

Leaned (imp. & p. p.) of Lean

Leant () of Lean

Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean

Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.

Lean (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.

Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.

Lean (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.

Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.

Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.

Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

Lean (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.

Lean (n.) Unremunerative copy or work.

Lean-faced (a.) Having a thin face.

Lean-faced (a.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.

Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

Leanly (adv.) Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.

Leanness (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.

Lean-to (a.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.

Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.

Lean-witted (a.) Having but little sense or shrewdness.

Leany (a.) Lean.

Leap (n.) A basket.

Leap (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.

Leaped (imp. & p. p.) of Leap

Leapt () of Leap

Leaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leap

Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.

Leap (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

Leap (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

Leap (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

Leap (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

Leap (n.) A fault.

Leap (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.

Leaper (n.) One who, or that which, leaps.

Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

Leapful (n.) A basketful.

Leaping (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump.

Leapingly (adv.) By leaps.

Leap year () Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.

Lear (v. t.) To learn. See Lere, to learn.

Lear (n.) Lore; lesson.

Lear (a.) See Leer, a.

Lear (n.) An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

Learned (imp. & p. p.) of Learn

Learnt () of Learn

Learning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Learn

Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something.

Learn (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to teach.

Learn (v. i.) To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.

Learnable (a.) Such as can be learned.

Learned (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.

Learner (n.) One who learns; a scholar.

Learning (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

Learning (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.

Leasable (a.) Such as can be leased.

Lease (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

Leased (imp. & p. p.) of Lease

Leasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lease

Lease (v. t.) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.

Lease (v. t.) To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.

Lease (v. t.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.

Lease (v. t.) The contract for such letting.

Lease (v. t.) Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Leasehold (a.) Held by lease.

Leasehold (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.

Leaseholder (n.) A tenant under a lease.

Leaser (n.) One who leases or gleans.

Leaser (n.) A liar.

Leash (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.

Leash (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.

Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

Leashed (imp. & p. p.) of Leash

Leashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leash

Leash (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

Leasing (a.) The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.

Leasow (n.) A pasture.

Least (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

Least (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.

Least (conj.) See Lest, conj.

Leastways (adv.) Alt. of Leastwise

Leastwise (adv.) At least; at all events.

Leasy (a.) Flimsy; vague; deceptive.

Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.

Leather (n.) The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.

Leather (n.) The skin.

Leathered (imp. & p. p.) of Leather

Leathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leather

Leather (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather.

Leatherback (n.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.

Leatheret (n.) Alt. of Leatherette

Leatherette (n.) An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

Leatherhead (n.) The friar bird.

Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.

Leatherneck (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

Leatherwood (n.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.

Leathery (a.) Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

Leaved (imp. & p. p.) of Leave

Leaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave

Leave (v. i.) To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy.

Leave (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.

Left (imp. & p. p.) of Leave

Leaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave

Leave (v.) To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

Leave (v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

Leave (v.) To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

Leave (v.) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.

Leave (v.) To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

Leave (v. i.) To depart; to set out.

Leave (v. i.) To cease; to desist; to leave off.

Leaved (a.) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved.

Leaveless (a.) Leafless.

Leaven (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.

Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

Leavened (imp. & p. p.) of Leaven

Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaven

Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.

Leavening (n.) That which leavens or makes light.

Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven.

Leaver (n.) One who leaves, or withdraws.

Leaves (n.) pl. of Leaf.

Leave-taking (n.) Taking of leave; parting compliments.

Leaviness (n.) Leafiness.

Leavings (n. pl.) Things left; remnants; relics.

Leavings (n. pl.) Refuse; offal.

Leavy (a.) Leafy.

Leban (n.) Alt. of Lebban

Lebban (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.

Lecama (n.) The hartbeest.

Lecanomancy (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.

Lecanoric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, / diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.

Lecanorin (n.) See Lecanoric.

Lech (v. t.) To lick.

Leche (n.) See water buck, under 3d Buck.

Lecher (n.) A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.

Lechered (imp. & p. p.) of Lecher

Lechering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lecher

Lecher (v. i.) To practice lewdness.

Lecherer (n.) See Lecher, n.

Lecherous (a.) Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking.

Lechery (n.) Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.

Lechery (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight.

Lecithin (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.

lectern (n.) See Lecturn.

Lecticae (pl. ) of Lectica

Lectica (n.) A kind of litter or portable couch.

Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.

Lection (n.) A reading; a variation in the text.

-ries (pl. ) of Lectionary

Lectionary (n.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.

Lector (n.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.

Lectual (a.) Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.

Lecture (n.) The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.

Lecture (n.) A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.

Lecture (n.) A rehearsal of a lesson.

Lectured (imp. & p. p.) of Lecture

Lecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lecture

Lecture (v. t.) To read or deliver a lecture to.

Lecture (v. t.) To reprove formally and with authority.

Lecture (v. i.) To deliver a lecture or lectures.

Lecturer (n.) One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

Lectureship (n.) The office of a lecturer.

Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]

Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.

Led (imp. & p. p.) of Lead.

Leden (n.) Alt. of Ledden

Ledden (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry.

Ledge (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.

Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

Ledge (n.) A layer or stratum.

Ledge (n.) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

Ledgement (n.) See Ledgment.

Ledger (n.) A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.

Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.

Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight.

Ledgment (n.) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.

Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.

Ledgy (a.) Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.

Lee (v. i.) To lie; to speak falsely.

Lees (pl. ) of Lee

Lee (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.

Lee (n.) A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.

Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.

Lee (a.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.

Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.

Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.

Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t.

Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.

Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.

Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.

Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leech

Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leech

Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

Leech (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.

Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.

Leed (n.) Alt. of Leede

Leede (n.) A caldron; a copper kettle.

Leef (a. & adv.) See Lief.

Leek (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.

Leeme (v. & n.) See Leme.

Leep (strong imp.) Leaped.

Leer (v. t.) To learn.

Leer (a.) Empty; destitute; wanting

Leer (a.) Empty of contents.

Leer (a.) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.

Leer (a.) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

Leer (n.) An oven in which glassware is annealed.

Leer (n.) The cheek.

Leer (n.) Complexion; aspect; appearance.

Leer (n.) A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.

Leered (imp. & p. p.) of Leer

Leering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leer

Leer (v. i.) To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

Leer (v. t.) To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.

Leere (n.) Tape or braid; an ornament.

Leeringly (adv.) In a leering manner.

Lees (n. pl.) Dregs. See 2d Lee.

Lees (n.) A leash.

Leese (v. t.) To lose.

Leese (v. t.) To hurt.

Leet (obs. imp.) of Let, to allow.

Leet (n.) A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.

Leet (n.) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.

Leet (n.) The European pollock.

Leetmen (pl. ) of Leetman

Leetman (n.) One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

Leeward (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.

Leeward (n.) The lee side; the lee.

Leeward (adv.) Toward the lee.

Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

Left (imp. & p. p.) of Leave.

Left (a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.

Left (n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North.

Left (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.

Left-hand (a.) Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.

Left-handed (a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

Left-handed (a.) Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.

Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.

Left-handedness (n.) Alt. of Left-handiness

Left-handiness (n.) The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.

Left-off (a.) Laid aside; cast-off.

Leftward (adv.) Toward or on the left side.

Leful (a.) See Leveful.

Leg (n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

Leg (n.) That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.

Leg (n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.

Leg (n.) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

Leg (n.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

Leg (n.) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.

Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

Leg (v. t.) To use as a leg, with it as object

Leg (v. t.) To bow.

Leg (v. t.) To run.

Legacies (pl. ) of Legacy

Legacy (n.) A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

Legacy (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.

Legal (a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.

Legal (a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.

Legal (a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.

Legal (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.

Legalism (n.) Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.

Legalist (n.) One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).

Legality (n.) The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.

Legality (n.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.

Legalization (n.) The act of making legal.

Legalized (imp. & p. p.) of Legalize

Legalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legalize

Legalize (v. t.) To make legal.

Legalize (v. t.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.

Legally (adv.) In a legal manner.

Legantine (a.) See Legatine.

Legatary (n.) A legatee.

Legate (n.) An ambassador or envoy.

Legate (n.) An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

Legate (n.) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.

Legatee (n.) One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

Legateship (n.) The office of a legate.

Legatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.

Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.

Legation (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.

Legation (n.) A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.

Legation (n.) The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.

Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

Legato (a.) Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.

Legator (n.) A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.

Legatura (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.

Legature (n.) Legateship.

Lege (v. t.) To allege; to assert.

Legement (n.) See Ledgment.

Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.

Legend (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.

Legend (n.) Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.

Legend (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.

Legend (v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend.

Legendary (a.) Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.

Legendary (n.) A book of legends; a tale or narrative.

Legendary (n.) One who relates legends.

Leger (n.) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

Leger (n.) A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.

Leger (n.) A ledger.

Leger (a.) Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.

Leger (a.) Light; slender; slim; trivial.

Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.

Legerdemainist (n.) One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

Legerity (n.) Lightness; nimbleness.

Legge (v. t.) To lay.

Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.

Legged (a.) Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.

Leggiadro (a. & adv.) Alt. of Leggiero

Leggiero (a. & adv.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.

Legging (n.) Alt. of Leggin

Leggin (n.) A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.

Legging () a. & vb. n., from Leg, v. t.

Leggy (a.) Having long legs.

Leghorn (n.) A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

Legibility (n.) The quality of being legible; legibleness.

Legible (a.) Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

Legible (a.) Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances.

Legibleness (n.) The state or quality of being legible.

Legibly (adv.) In a legible manner.

Legific (a.) Of or pertaining to making laws.

Legion (n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.

Legion (n.) A military force; an army; military bands.

Legion (n.) A great number; a multitude.

Legion (n.) A group of orders inferior to a class.

Legionary (a.) Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force.

Legionaries (pl. ) of Legionary

Legionary (n.) A member of a legion.

Legioned (a.) Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.

Legionry (n.) A body of legions; legions, collectively.

Legislated (imp. & p. p.) of Legislate

Legislating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legislate

Legislate (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.

Legislation (n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

Legislative (a.) Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.

Legislative (a.) Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.

Legislatively (adv.) In a legislative manner.

Legislator (n.) A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

Legislatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

Legislatorship (n.) The office of a legislator.

Legislatress (n.) Alt. of Legislatrix

Legislatrix (n.) A woman who makes laws.

Legislature (n.) The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.

Legist (n.) One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.

Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

Legitimacy (a.) The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.

Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

Legitimate (a.) Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.

Legitimate (a.) Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.

Legitimated (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimate

Legitimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legitimate

Legitimate (v. t.) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.

Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

Legitimateness (n.) The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

Legitimation (n.) The act of making legitimate.

Legitimation (n.) Lawful birth.

Legitimatist (n.) See Legitimist.

Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.

Legitimism (n.) The principles or plans of legitimists.

Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.

Legitimist (n.) Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.

Legitimized (imp. & p. p.) of Legitimize

Legitimizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Legitimize

Legitimize (v. t.) To legitimate.

Legless (a.) Not having a leg.

Lego-literary (a.) Pertaining to the literature of law.

Leguleian (a.) Lawyerlike; legal.

Leguleian (n.) A lawyer.

Legume (n.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

Legume (n.) The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

Legumina (pl. ) of Legumen

Legumens (pl. ) of Legumen

Legumen (n.) Same as Legume.

Legumin (n.) An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.

Leguminous (a.) Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

Leguminous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

Leiger (n.) See Leger, n., 2.

Leiotrichan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.

Leiotrichan (n.) One of the Leiotrichi.

Leiotrichi (n. pl.) The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.

Leiotrichous (a.) Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.

Leipoa (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.

Leipothymic (a.) See Lipothymic.

Leister (n.) Alt. of Lister

Lister (n.) A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

Leisurable (a.) Leisurely.

Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.

Leisurably (adv.) At leisure.

Leisure (n.) Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

Leisure (n.) Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Leisure (a.) Unemployed; as, leisure hours.

Leisured (a.) Having leisure.

Leisurely (a.) Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.

Leisurely (adv.) In a leisurely manner.

Leitmotif (n.) See Leading motive, under Leading, a.

Leman (n.) A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.

Leme (n.) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

Leme (v. i.) To shine.

Lemmata (pl. ) of Lemma

Lemmas (pl. ) of Lemma

Lemma (n.) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.

Lemman (n.) A leman.

Lemming (n.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

Lemnian (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.

Lemniscata (n.) Alt. of Lemniscate

Lemniscate (n.) A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.

Lemnisci (pl. ) of Lemniscus

Lemniscus (n.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Lemon (n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.

Lemon (n.) The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

Lemonade (n.) A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.

Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.

Lemures (n. pl.) Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.

Lemuria (n.) A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.

Lemurid (a. & n.) Same as Lemuroid.

Lemuridous (a.) Alt. of Lemurine

Lemurine (a.) Lemuroid.

Lemuroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.

Lemuroid (n.) One of the Lemuroidea.

Lemuroidea (n. pl.) A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.

Lena (n.) A procuress.

Lent (imp. & p. p.) of Lend

Lending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lend

Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.

Lend (v. t.) To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.

Lend (v. t.) To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.

Lendable (a.) Such as can be lent.

Lender (n.) One who lends.

Lendes (n. pl.) See Lends.

Lending (n.) The act of one who lends.

Lending (n.) That which is lent or furnished.

Lends (n. pl.) Loins.

Lene (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit.

Lene (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing.

Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).

Lene (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

Lene (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).

Lenger (a.) Alt. of Lengest

Lengest (a.) Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long.

Length (a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.

Length (a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.

Length (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.

Length (a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.

Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.

Length (a.) Distance.

Length (v. t.) To lengthen.

Lengthened (imp. & p. p.) of Lengthen

Lengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lengthen

Lengthen (v. t.) To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.

Lengthen (v. i.) To become longer.

Lengthful (a.) Long.

Lengthily (adv.) In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.

Lengthiness (n.) The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

Lengthways (adv.) Alt. of Lengthwise

Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.

Lenience (n.) Alt. of Leniency

Leniency (n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

Lenient (a.) Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.

Lenient (n.) A lenitive; an emollient.

Leniently (adv.) In a lenient manner.

Lenify (v. t.) To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Leniment (n.) An assuasive.

Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

Lenitive (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.

Lenitive (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.

Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.

Lenitiveness (n.) The quality of being lenitive.

Lenitude (n.) The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity.

Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.

Lenni-Lenape (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.

Leno (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Lenocinant (a.) Given to lewdness.

Lenses (pl. ) of Lens

Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure.

Lent () imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Lent (n.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Lent (a.) Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Lent (a.) See Lento.

Lentamente (adv.) Slowly; in slow time.

Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

Lenten (n.) Lent.

Lenten (n.) Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.

Lenten (n.) Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.

Lententide (n.) The season of Lenten or Lent.

Lenticel (n.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.

Lenticel (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.

Lenticellate (a.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.

Lenticelle (n.) Lenticel.

Lenticulas (pl. ) of Lenticula

Lenticulae (pl. ) of Lenticula

Lenticula (n.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.

Lenticula (n.) A lens of small size.

Lenticula (n.) A lenticel.

Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.

Lenticularly (adv.) In the manner of a lens; with a curve.

Lentiform (a.) Lenticular.

Lentiginose (a.) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.

Lentiginous (a.) Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.

Lentigo (n.) A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.

Lentil (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.

Lentiscus (n.) Alt. of Lentisk

Lentisk (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.

Lentitude (a.) Slowness; sluggishness.

Lento (a. & adv.) Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.

Lentoid (a.) Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.

Lentor (a.) Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.

Lentor (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness.

Lentous (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious.

L'envoi (n.) Alt. of L'envoy

L'envoy (n.) One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.

L'envoy (n.) A conclusion; a result.

Leo (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.

Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.

Leod (n.) People; a nation; a man.

Leon (n.) A lion.

Leonced (a.) See Lionced.

Leonese (a.) Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.

Leonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Leon.

Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

Leonine (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity.

Leontodon (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth.

Leopard (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.

Leopard's bane () A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.

Leopardwood (n.) See Letterwood.

Lep (obs. strong imp.) of Leap. Leaped.

Lepadite (n.) Same as Lepadoid.

Lepadoid (n.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.

Lepal (n.) A sterile transformed stamen.

Lepas (n.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.

Leper (n.) A person affected with leprosy.

Lepered (a.) Affected or tainted with leprosy.

Leperize (v. t.) To affect with leprosy.

Leperous (a.) Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.

Lepid (a.) Pleasant; jocose.

Lepidine (n.) An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.

Lepidodendrid (n.) One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.

Lepidodendroid (a.) Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.

Lepidodendroid (n.) A lepidodendrid.

Lepidodendron (n.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

Lepidoganoid (n.) Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.

Lepidolite (n.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.

Lepidomelane (n.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.

Lepidopter (n.) One of the Lepidoptera.

Lepidoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.

Lepidopteral (a.) Alt. of Lepidopterous

Lepidopterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

Lepidopterist (n.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.

Lepidosauria (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.

Lepidosiren (n.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

Lepidote (a.) Alt. of Lepidoted

Lepidoted (a.) Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.

Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

Lepismoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Lepisma.

Leporine (a.) Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.

Lepra (n.) Leprosy.

Lepre (n.) Leprosy.

Leprose (a.) Covered with thin, scurfy scales.

Leprosity (n.) The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.

Leprosy (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.

Leprous (a.) Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.

Leprous (a.) Leprose.

Lepry (n.) Leprosy.

Leptiform (a.) Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva.

Leptocardia (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus.

Leptocardian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia.

Leptocardian (n.) One of the Leptocardia.

Leptodactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having slender toes.

Leptodactylous (a.) Having slender toes.

Leptology (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

Leptomeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

Leptorhine (a.) Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.

Leptostraca (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.

Leptothrix (n.) A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.

Leptothrix (n.) Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.

Leptus (n.) The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.

Leptynite (n.) See Granulite.

Lere (n.) Learning; lesson; lore.

Lere (v. t. & i.) To learn; to teach.

Lere (a.) Empty.

Lere (n.) Flesh; skin.

Lered (v. t.) Learned.

Lernaea (n.) A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae.

Lernaeacea (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

Lernean (n.) One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Lerot (n.) A small European rodent (Eliomys nitela), allied to the dormouse.

Les (n.) A leash.

Lesbian (a.) Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

Lese (v. t.) To lose.

Lese-majesty (n.) See Leze majesty.

Lesion (n.) A hurt; an injury.

Lesion (n.) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.

Lesion (n.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.

-less () A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.

Less (conj.) Unless.

Less (a.) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.

Less (adv.) Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.

Less (n.) A smaller portion or quantity.

Less (n.) The inferior, younger, or smaller.

Less (v. t.) To make less; to lessen.

Lessee (v. t.) The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.

Lessened (imp. & p. p.) of Lessen

Lessening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lessen

Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.

Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.

Lessener (n.) One who, or that which, lessens.

Lesser (a.) Less; smaller; inferior.

Lesser (adv.) Less.

Lesses (v. t.) The leavings or dung of beasts.

Lesson (n.) Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.

Lesson (n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.

Lesson (n.) A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.

Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

Lesson (n.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Lessoned (imp. & p. p.) of Lesson

Lessoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lesson

Lesson (v. t.) To teach; to instruct.

Lessor (v. t.) One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.

Lest (v. i.) To listen.

Lest (n.) Lust; desire; pleasure.

Lest (a.) Last; least.

Lest (a.) For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.

Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

-let () A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.

Let (v. t.) To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.

Let (n.) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

Let (imp. & p. p.) of Let

Letted () of Let

Letting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Let

Let (v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.

Let (v. t.) To consider; to think; to esteem.

Let (v. t.) To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.

Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.

Let (v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.

Let (v. t.) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.

Let (v. i.) To forbear.

Let (v. i.) To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.

Let-alone (a.) Letting alone.

Letch (v. & n.) See Leach.

Letch (n.) Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).

Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

Lete (v. t.) To let; to leave.

Leten () p. p. of Lete.

Lethal (n.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

Lethal (a.) Deadly; mortal; fatal.

Lethality (n.) The quality of being lethal; mortality.

Lethargic (a.) Alt. of Lethargical

Lethargical (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.

Lethargized (imp. & p. p.) of Lethargize

Lethargizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lethargize

Lethargize (v. t.) To make lethargic.

-gies (pl. ) of Lethargy

Lethargy (n.) Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

Lethargy (n.) A state of inaction or indifference.

Lethargy (v. t.) To lethargize.

Lethe (n.) Death.

Lethe (n.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.

Lethe (n.) Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.

Lethean (a.) Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe.

Letheed (a.) Caused by Lethe.

Letheon (n.) Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent.

Letheonize (v. t.) To subject to the influence of letheon.

Lethiferous (a.) Deadly; bringing death or destruction.

Lethy (a.) Lethean.

Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

Letted (imp. & p. p.) of Lette

Lette (v. t.) To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder.

Letter (n.) One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

Letter (n.) One who retards or hinders.

Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.

Letter (n.) A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.

Letter (n.) A writing; an inscription.

Letter (n.) Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.

Letter (n.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.

Letter (n.) Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.

Letter (n.) A letter; an epistle.

Lettered (imp. & p. p.) of Letter

Lettering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Letter

Letter (v. t.) To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.

Lettered (a.) Literate; educated; versed in literature.

Lettered (a.) Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.

Lettered (a.) Inscribed or stamped with letters.

Letterer (n.) One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.

Lettering (n.) The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.

Lettering (n.) The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

Letterless (a.) Not having a letter.

Letterless (a.) Illiterate.

Lettern (n.) See Lecturn.

Letterpress (n.) Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.

Letterure (n.) Letters; literature.

Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.

Lettic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish.

Lettic (a.) Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.

Lettic (n.) The language of the Letts; Lettish.

Lettic (n.) The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.

Lettish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Letts.

Lettish (n.) The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.

Lettrure (n.) See Letterure.

Letts (n. pl.) An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.

Lettuce (n.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis.

Letuary (n.) Electuary.

Let-up (n.) Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.

Leuc- () Same as Leuco-.

Leucadendron (n.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.

Leucaniline (n.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.

Leuchaemia (n.) See Leucocythaemia.

Leucic (a.) Alt. of Leucinic

Leucinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid.

Leucin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid.

Leucite (n.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius.

Leucite (n.) A leucoplast.

Leucitic (a.) Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks.

Leucitoid (n.) The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.

Leuco- () Alt. of Leuc-

Leuc- () A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.

Leucocyte (n.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc.

Leucocythaemia (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia

Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.

Leucocytogenesis (n.) The formation of leucocytes.

Leucoethiopic (a.) White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race.

Leucoethiops (n.) An albino.

Leucoline (n.) A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.

Leucoma (n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.

Leucomaine (n.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.

Leuconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.

Leucopathy (n.) The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.

Leucophane (n.) A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite.

Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.

Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.

Leucophyll (n.) A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green.

Leucophyllous (a.) Having white or silvery foliage.

Leucoplast (n.) Alt. of Leucoplastid

Leucoplastid (n.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.

Leucopyrite (n.) A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.

Leucorrhoea (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.

Leucoryx (n.) A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok.

Leucoscope (n.) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness.

Leucosoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa.

Leucosphere (n.) The inner corona.

Leucoturic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalantin.

Leucous (a.) White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.

Leucoxene (n.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.

Leukaemia (n.) Leucocythaemia.

Leuke (n.) Alt. of Leukeness

Leukeness (n.) See Luke, etc.

Leukoplast (n.) See Leucoplast.

Levana (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants.

Levant (a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

Levant (n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

Levant (n.) A levanter (the wind so called).

Levant (a.) Eastern.

Levant (v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

Levanter (v.) One who levants, or decamps.

Levanter (n.) A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.

Levantine (n.) Of or pertaining to the Levant.

Levantine (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Levant.

Levantine (n.) A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.

Levari facias () A writ of execution at common law.

Levation (n.) The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.

Levator (n.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

Levator (n.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Leve (a.) Dear. See Lief.

Leve (n. & v.) Same as 3d & 4th Leave.

Leve (v. i.) To live.

Leve (v. t.) To believe.

Leve (v. t.) To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.

Levee (n.) The act of rising.

Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

Levee (v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.

Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.

Leveful (n.) Allowable; permissible; lawful.

Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.

Level (n.) A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the apparent level at the given point.

Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea.

Level (n.) Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation.

Level (n.) A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.

Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.

Level (n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.

Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.

Level (a.) Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake.

Level (a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level.

Level (a.) Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to.

Level (a.) Straightforward; direct; clear; open.

Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.]

Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.

Leveled (imp. & p. p.) of Level

Levelled () of Level

Leveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Level

Levelling () of Level

Level (v. t.) To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.

Level (v. t.) To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.

Level (v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.

Level (v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.

Level (v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children.

Level (v. i.) To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.

Level (v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.

Leveler (n.) One who, or that which, levels.

Leveler (n.) One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.

Leveling (n.) The act or operation of making level.

Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.

Levelism (n.) The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.

Levelly (adv.) In an even or level manner.

Levelness (n.) The state or quality of being level.

Leven (n.) Lightning.

Lever (a.) More agreeable; more pleasing.

Lever (adv.) Rather.

Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.

Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

Leverage (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

Leveret (n.) A hare in the first year of its age.

Leverock (n.) A lark.

Leverwood (n.) The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.

Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.

Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.

Leviable (a.) Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums leviable by course of law.

Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.

Leviathan (n.) The whale, or a great whale.

Levier (n.) One who levies.

Levigable (v. t.) Capable of being levigated.

Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.

Levigated (imp. & p. p.) of Levigate

Levigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levigate

Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in various senses

Levigate (v. t.) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.

Levigate (v. t.) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.

Levigate (v. t.) To polish.

Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in action.

Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.

Levigate (a.) Made smooth, as if polished.

Levigation (n.) The act or operation of levigating.

Levin (n.) Lightning.

Leviner (n.) A swift hound.

Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.

Levirate (a.) Alt. of Leviratical

Leviratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.

Leviration (n.) Levirate marriage or marriages.

Levirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.

Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.

Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.

Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.

Levite (n.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.

Levite (n.) A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.

Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.

Levitical (a.) Priestly.

Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.

Levitically (adv.) After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.

Leviticus (n.) The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.

Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.

Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.

Levity (n.) Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.

Levo- () A prefix from L. laevus

Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.

Levo- () Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.

Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.

Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.

Levulin (n.) A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.

Levulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).

Levulosan (n.) An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.

Levulose (n.) A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left.

Levies (pl. ) of Levy

Levy (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.

Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.

Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.

Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

Levied (imp. & p. p.) of Levy

Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levy

Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege.

Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.

Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.

Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.

Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.

Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.

Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynite

Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.

Lew (a.) Lukewarm; tepid.

Lewd (superl.) Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.

Lewd (superl.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.

Lewd (superl.) Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.

Lewd (superl.) Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.

Lewdster (n.) A lewd person.

Lewis (n.) Alt. of Lewisson

Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.

Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.

Leges (pl. ) of Lex

Lex (n.) Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.

Lexical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.

Lexicographer (n.) The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.

Lexicographic (a.) Alt. of Lexicographical

Lexicographical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.

Lexicographist (n.) A lexicographer.

Lexicography (n.) The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

Lexicologist (n.) One versed in lexicology.

Lexicology (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

Lexicon (n.) A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.

Lexiconist (n.) A writer of a lexicon.

Lexigraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.

Lexigraphy (n.) The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.

Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.

Lexiphanicism (n.) The use of pretentious words, language, or style.

Lexipharmic (a.) See Alexipharmic.

Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.

Ley (n.) Law.

Ley (n.) See Lye.

Ley (n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.

Ley (a.) Fallow; unseeded.

Leyden jar () Alt. of Leyden phial

Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

Leyser (n.) Leisure.

Leze majesty () Any crime committed against the sovereign power.

Lherzolite (n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).

Li (n.) A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.

Li (n.) A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.

Liabilities (pl. ) of Liability

Liability (n.) The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.

Liability (n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.

Liability (n.) the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.

Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.

Liableness (n.) Quality of being liable; liability.

Liage (n.) Union by league; alliance.

Liaison (n.) A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.

Liane (n.) Alt. of Liana

Liana (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.

Liar (n.) A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

Liard (a.) Gray.

Liard (n.) A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.

Lias (n.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.

Liassic (a.) Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation.

Liassic (n.) Same as Lias.

Lib (v. t.) To castrate.

Libament (n.) Libation.

Libant (a.) Sipping; touching lightly.

Libation (n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.

Libatory (a.) Pertaining to libation.

Libbard (n.) A leopard.

Libbard's bane () Leopard's bane.

Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

Libel (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

Libel (n.) A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.

Libel (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.

Libel (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.

Libeled (imp. & p. p.) of Libel

Libelled () of Libel

Libeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Libel

Libelling () of Libel

Libel (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.

Libel (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.

Libel (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.

Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.

Libeler (n.) One who libels.

Libelist (n.) A libeler.

Li bella (n.) A small balance.

Li bella (n.) A level, or leveling instrument.

Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.

Libelluloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.

Libelous (a.) Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.

Liber (n.) The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.

Liberal (a.) Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.

Liberal (a.) Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.

Liberal (a.) Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.

Liberal (a.) Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.

Liberal (a.) Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.

Liberal (a.) Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.

Liberal (a.) Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.

Liberal (n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.

Liberalism (n.) Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

Liberalist (n.) A liberal.

Liberalistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.

Liberalities (pl. ) of Liberality

Liberality (n.) The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.

Liberality (n.) A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.

Liberalization (n.) The act of liberalizing.

Liberalized (imp. & p. p.) of Liberalize

Liberalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liberalize

Liberalize (v. t.) To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.

Liberalizer (n.) One who, or that which, liberalizes.

Liberally (adv.) In a liberal manner.

Liberated (imp. & p. p.) of Liberate

Liberating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liberate

Liberate (a.) To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases.

Liberation (n.) The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

Liberator (n.) One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.

Liberatory (a.) Tending, or serving, to liberate.

Libertarian (a.) Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

Libertarian (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of free will.

Libertarianism (n.) Libertarian principles or doctrines.

Liberticide (n.) The destruction of civil liberty.

Liberticide (n.) A destroyer of civil liberty.

Libertinage (n.) Libertinism; license.

Libertine (n.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

Libertine (n.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.

Libertine (n.) One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.

Libertine (n.) A defamatory name for a freethinker.

Libertine (n.) Free from restraint; uncontrolled.

Libertine (n.) Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners.

Libertinism (n.) The state of a libertine or freedman.

Libertinism (n.) Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.

Libertinism (n.) Licentiousness of principle or opinion.

Liberties (pl. ) of Liberty

Liberty (n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

Liberty (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.

Liberty (n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.

Liberty (n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.

Liberty (n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.

Liberty (n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.

Liberty (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Liberty (n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

Libethenite (n.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.

Libidinist (n.) One given to lewdness.

Libidinosity (n.) The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.

Libidinous (a.) Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.

Libken (n.) Alt. of Libkin

Libkin (n.) A house or lodging.

Librae (pl. ) of Libra

Libra (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.

Libra (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Libral (a.) Of a pound weight.

Librarian (n.) One who has the care or charge of a library.

Librarian (n.) One who copies manuscript books.

Librarianship (n.) The office of a librarian.

Libraries (pl. ) of Library

Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

Library (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.

Librated (imp. & p. p.) of Librate

Librating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Librate

Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.

Librate (v. t.) To poise; to balance.

Libration (n.) The act or state of librating.

Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.

Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.

Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.

Librettist (n.) One who makes a libretto.

Librettos (pl. ) of Libretto

Libretti (pl. ) of Libretto

Libretto (n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.

Libretto (n.) The words themselves.

Libriform (a.) Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.

Libyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.

Lice (n.) pl. of Louse.

Licensable (a.) That can be licensed.

License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.

License (n.) The document granting such permission.

License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.

License (n.) That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.

Licensed (imp. & p. p.) of License

Licensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of License

License (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.

Licensed (a.) Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.

Licensee (n.) The person to whom a license is given.

Licenser (n.) One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.

Licensure (n.) A licensing.

Licentiate (n.) One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.

Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.

Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.

Licentiate (n.) On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.

Licentiate (v. t.) To give a license to.

Licentious (a.) Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life.

Lich (a.) Like.

Lich (a.) A dead body; a corpse.

Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.

Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.

Lichened (a.) Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.

Lichenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.

Licheniform (a.) Having the form of a lichen.

Lichenin (n.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.

Lichenographic (a.) Alt. of Lichenographical

Lichenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to lichenography.

Lichenographist (n.) One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.

Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.

Lichenologist (n.) One versed in lichenology.

Lichenology (n.) The science which treats of lichens.

Lichenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.

Lichi (n.) See Litchi.

Lichwale (n.) The gromwell.

Lichwort (n.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.

Licit (a.) Lawful.

Licitation (n.) The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.

Licked (imp. & p. p.) of Lick

Licking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lick

Lick (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.

Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.

Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.

Lick (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs.

Lick (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.

Lick (n.) A slap; a quick stroke.

Licker (n.) One who, or that which, licks.

Lickerish (a.) Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.

Lickerish (a.) Tempting the appetite; dainty.

Lickerish (a.) Lecherous; lustful.

Lickerous (a.) Lickerish; eager; lustful.

Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.

Licking (n.) A flogging or castigation.

Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.

Lick-spigot (n.) A tapster.

Lick-spittle (n.) An abject flatterer or parasite.

Licorice (n.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.

Licorous (a.) See Lickerish.

Licour (n.) Liquor.

Lictor (n.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.

Lid (n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

Lid (n.) The cover of the eye; an eyelid.

Lid (n.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.

Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.

Lid (n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.

Lidded (a.) Covered with a lid.

Lidge (n.) Same as Ledge.

Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.

Lie (n.) See Lye.

Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.

Lie (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.

Lie (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.

Lied (imp. & p. p.) of Lie

Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie

Lie (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

Lay (imp.) of Lie

Lain (p. p.) of Lie

Lien () of Lie

Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie

Lie (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

Lie (adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.

Lie (adj.) To lodge; to sleep.

Lie (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

Lie (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Lie (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.

Lieberkuhn's glands () The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.

Lieder (pl. ) of Lied

Lied (n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.

Liedertafel (n.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.

Lief (n.) Same as Lif.

Lief (n.) Dear; beloved.

Lief (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.

Lief (n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.

Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.

Liefsome (a.) Pleasing; delightful.

Liegance (n.) Same as Ligeance.

Liege (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.

Liege (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.

Liege (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Liege (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

Liegemen (pl. ) of Liegeman

Liegeman (n.) Same as Liege, n., 2.

Lieger (n.) A resident ambassador.

Liegiancy (n.) See Ligeance.

Lien (obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.

Lien (n.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.

Lienal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.

Lienculi (pl. ) of Lienculus

Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.

Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog.

Lienteric (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.

Lienteric (n.) A lientery.

Lientery (n.) A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.

Lier (n.) One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.

Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

Lieu (n.) Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.

Lieutenancy (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.

Lieutenancy (n.) The body of lieutenants or subordinates.

Lieutenant (n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.

Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.

Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.

Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

Lieutenantry (n.) See Lieutenancy.

Lieutenantship (n.) Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

Lieve (a.) Same as Lief.

Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Lives (pl. ) of Life

Life (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.

Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.

Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.

Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.

Life (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.

Life (n.) Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.

Life (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.

Life (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.

Life (n.) A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.

Life (n.) The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.

Life (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.

Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.

Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.

Life (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.

Lifeblood (n.) The blood necessary to life; vital blood.

Lifeblood (n.) Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.

Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Lifeful (a.) Full of vitality.

Life-giving (a.) Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.

Lifehold (n.) Land held by a life estate.

Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story.

Lifelike (a.) Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.

Lifelong (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.

Lifely (a.) In a lifelike manner.

Lifemate (n.) Companion for life.

Lifen (v. t.) To enliven.

Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.

Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

Life-size (a.) Of full size; of the natural size.

Lifesome (a.) Animated; sprightly.

Lifespring (n.) Spring or source of life.

Lifestring (n.) A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life.

Lifetime (n.) The time that life continues.

Life-weary (a.) Weary of living.

Liflode (n.) Livelihood.

Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Lifted (imp. & p. p.) of Lift

Lifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lift

Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

Lift (v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.

Lift (v. t.) To bear; to support.

Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Lift (v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Lift (v. i.) To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.

Lift (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.

Lift (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

Lift (n.) A handle.

Lift (n.) An exercising machine.

Lift (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

Lift (n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

Lift (n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Lift (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.

Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Liftable (a.) Such as can be lifted.

Lifter (n.) One who, or that which, lifts.

Lifter (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.

Lifting (a.) Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

Lig (v. i.) To recline; to lie still.

Ligament (n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.

Ligament (n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.

Ligament (n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.

Ligamental (a.) Alt. of Ligamentous

Ligamentous (a.) Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane.

Ligan (n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam.

Ligate (v. t.) To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.

Ligation (n.) The act of binding, or the state of being bound.

Ligation (n.) That which binds; bond; connection.

Ligator (n.) An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.

Ligature (n.) The act of binding.

Ligature (n.) Anything that binds; a band or bandage.

Ligature (n.) A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.

Ligature (n.) A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.

Ligature (n.) The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

Ligature (n.) Impotence caused by magic or charms.

Ligature (n.) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.

Ligature (n.) A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as ae, /, /.

Ligature (v. t.) To ligate; to tie.

Lige (v. t. & i.) To lie; to tell lies.

Ligeance (n.) The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.

Ligement (n.) See Ledgment.

Ligge (v. i.) To lie or recline.

Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a.

Ligger (a.) See Ledger, 2.

Light (n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

Light (n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.

Light (n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.

Light (n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes.

Light (n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.

Light (n.) Life; existence.

Light (n.) Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.

Light (n.) The power of perception by vision.

Light (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.

Light (n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.

Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.

Light (n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.

Light (n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.

Light (n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.

Light (superl) Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.

Light (superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.

Lighted (imp. & p. p.) of Light

Lit () of Light

Lighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Light

Light (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.

Light (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.

Light (n.) To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

Light (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.

Light (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.

Light (superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.

Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.

Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.

Light (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.

Light (superl.) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.

Light (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.

Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.

Light (superl.) Slight; not important; as, a light error.

Light (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.

Light (superl.) Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.

Light (superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.

Light (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.

Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.

Light (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.

Light (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

Light (superl.) Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.

Light (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.

Light (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.

Light (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.

Light (adv.) Lightly; cheaply.

Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

Lighted (imp. & p. p.) of Light

Lit () of Light

Lighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Light

Light (v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.

Light (v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy.

Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.

Light (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.

Light (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

Lightable (a.) Such as can be lighted.

Light-armed (a.) Armed with light weapons or accouterments.

Light-boat (n.) Light-ship.

Lighte () imp. of Light, to alight.

Lighten (v. i.) To descend; to light.

Lightened (imp. & p. p.) of Lighten

Lightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighten

Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.

Lighten (v. i.) To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

Lighten (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.

Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.

Lighten (v. t.) To free from trouble and fill with joy.

Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.

Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.

Lighten (v. t.) To cheer; to exhilarate.

Lighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

Lighter (n.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.

Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.

Lighterage (n.) The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

Lighterage (n.) The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.

Lightermen (pl. ) of Lighterman

Lighterman (n.) A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.

Light-fingered (a.) Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.

Light-foot (a.) Alt. of Light-footed

Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.

Lightful (a.) Full of light; bright.

Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.

Light-headed (a.) Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.

Light-headed (a.) Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.

Light-hearted (a.) Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.

Light-heeled (a.) Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

-men (pl. ) of Light-horseman

Light-horseman (n.) A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.

Light-horseman (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.

Lighthouses (pl. ) of Lighthouse

Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.

Lighting (n.) A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.

Light-legged (a.) Nimble; swift of foot.

Lightless (a.) Destitute of light; dark.

Lightly (adv.) With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.

Lightly (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.

Lightly (adv.) Without deep impression.

Lightly (adv.) In a small degree; slightly; not severely.

Lightly (adv.) With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.

Lightly (adv.) Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.

Lightly (adv.) Commonly; usually.

Lightly (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully.

Lightly (adv.) Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.

Lightly (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly.

-men (pl. ) of Lightman

Lightman (n.) A man who carries or takes care of a light.

Light-minded (a.) Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.

Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

Lightness (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.

Lightness (n.) Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.

Lightning (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening.

Light-o'-love (n.) An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.

Light-o'-love (n.) Hence: A light or wanton woman.

Lightroom (n.) A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.

Lights (n. pl.) The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.

Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.

Lightsome (a.) Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.

Lightsome (a.) Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.

Light-winged (a.) Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.

Lightwood (n.) Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

Lighty (a.) Illuminated.

Lign-aloes (n.) Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.

Lign-aloes (n.) A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.

Ligneous (a.) Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.

Ligniferous (a.) Yielding or producing wood.

Lignification (n.) A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.

Ligniform (a.) Like wood.

Lignified (imp. & p. p.) of Lignify

Lignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lignify

Lignify (v. t.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.

Lignify (v. i.) To become wood.

Lignin (n.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.

Ligniperdous (a.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.

Lignireose (n.) See Lignin.

Lignite (n.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.

Lignitic (a.) Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.

Lignitiferous (a.) Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.

Lignoceric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.

Lignone (n.) See Lignin.

Lignose (a.) Alt. of Lignous

Lignous (a.) Ligneous.

Lignose (n.) See Lignin.

Lignose (n.) An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

Lignum rhodium () The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.

Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.

Ligroin (n.) A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.

Ligsam (n.) Same as Ligan.

Ligulae (pl. ) of Ligula

Ligulas (pl. ) of Ligula

Ligula (n.) See Ligule.

Ligula (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.

Ligula (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.

Ligulate (a.) Alt. of Ligulated

Ligulated (a.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.

Ligulated (a.) Composed of ligules.

Ligule (n.) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.

Ligule (n.) A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositae.

Ligule (n.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

Liguliflorous (a.) Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc.

Ligure (n.) A kind of precious stone.

Ligustrin (n.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.

Likable (a.) Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.

Like (superl.) Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.

Like (superl.) Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.

Like (superl.) Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.

Like (superl.) Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.

Like (n.) That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.

Like (n.) A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.

Like (a.) In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.

Like (a.) In a like or similar manner.

Like (a.) Likely; probably.

Liked (imp. & p. p.) of Like

Liking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Like

Like (a.) To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.

Like (a.) To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.

Like (a.) To liken; to compare.

Like (v. i.) To be pleased; to choose.

Like (v. i.) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

Like (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.

Likeable (a.) See Likable.

Likehood (n.) Likelihood.

Likelihood (n.) Appearance; show; sign; expression.

Likelihood (n.) Likeness; resemblance.

Likelihood (n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.

Likeliness (n.) Likelihood; probability.

Likeliness (n.) Suitableness; agreeableness.

Likely (a.) Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.

Likely (a.) Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.

Likely (a.) Similar; like; alike.

Likely (a.) Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.

Likely (a.) Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.

Likely (adv.) In all probability; probably.

Like-minded (a.) Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.

Likened (imp. & p. p.) of Liken

Likening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liken

Liken (a.) To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.

Liken (a.) To make or cause to be like.

Likeness (n.) The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

Likeness (n.) Appearance or form; guise.

Likeness (n.) That which closely resembles; a portrait.

Likeness (n.) A comparison; parable; proverb.

Likerous (n.) Alt. of Likerousness

Likerousness (n.) See Lickerish, Lickerishness.

Likewise (n.) In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.

Liking (p. a.) Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look.

Liking (n.) The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking, below.

Liking (n.) The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for.

Liking (n.) Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition.

Lilac (n.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.

Lilac (n.) A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.

Lilacin (n.) See Syringin.

Liliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.

Liliaceous (a.) Like the blossom of a lily in general form.

Lilial (a.) Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.

Lilied (a.) Covered with, or having many, lilies.

Lill (v. i.) To loll.

Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."

Lilliputian (n.) A person or thing of very small size.

Lilliputian (a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.

Lilly-pilly (n.) An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.

Lilt (v. i.) To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

Lilt (v. i.) To sing cheerfully.

Lilt (v. t.) To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

Lilt (n.) Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

Lilt (n.) A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

Lilies (pl. ) of Lily

Lily (n.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.

Lily (n.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.

Lily (n.) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

Lily-handed (a.) Having white, delicate hands.

Lily-livered (a.) White-livered; cowardly.

Lilywort (n.) Any plant of the Lily family or order.

Lim (n.) A limb.

Lima (n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America.

Limaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.

Limacina (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

Lima/on (n.) A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos / + b.

Limaille (n.) Filings of metal.

Liman (n.) The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.

Limation (n.) The act of filing or polishing.

Limature (n.) The act of filing.

Limature (n.) That which is filed off; filings.

Limax (n.) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug.

Limb (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

Limb (n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.

Limb (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

Limb (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Limb (v. t.) To supply with limbs.

Limb (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

Limb (n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.

Limb (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.

Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.

Limb (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

Limbat (n.) A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.

Limbate (a.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.

Limbec (n.) An alembic; a still.

Limbec (v. t.) To distill.

Limbed (a.) Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.

Limber (n.) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.

Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

Limbered (imp. & p. p.) of Limber

Limbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limber

Limber (v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.

Limber (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

Limber (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Limberness (n.) The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.

Limbless (a.) Destitute of limbs.

Limbmeal (adv.) Piecemeal.

Limbo (n.) Alt. of Limbus

Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.

Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.

Limbus (n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Lime (n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

Lime (n.) The linden tree. See Linden.

Lime (n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.

Lime (n.) Birdlime.

Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.

Limed (imp. & p. p.) of Lime

Liming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lime

Lime (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

Lime (v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.

Lime (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.

Lime (v. t.) To cement.

Limehound (n.) A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.

Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.

Limenean (a.) Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru.

Limenean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Lima.

Limer (n.) A limehound; a limmer.

Limestone (n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.

Lime twig () See under 4th Lime.

Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.

Limewater (n.) Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.

Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.

Limicoline (a.) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolae.

Liminess (n.) The state or quality of being limy.

Limit (v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.

Limit (v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.

Limit (v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Limit (v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.

Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.

Limited (imp. & p. p.) of Limit

Limiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limit

Limit (v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.

Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

Limitable (a.) Capable of being limited.

Limitaneous (v. t.) Of or pertaining to a limit.

Limitarian (a.) Tending to limit.

Limitary (v. t.) Placed at the limit, as a guard.

Limitary (v. t.) Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.

Limitary (v. t.) Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.

-ries (pl. ) of Limitary

Limitary (n.) That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.

Limitary (n.) A limiter. See Limiter, 2.

Limitate (v. t.) Bounded by a distinct line.

Limitation (v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.

Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.

Limitation (v. t.) A limited time within or during which something is to be done.

Limitation (v. t.) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.

Limitation (v. t.) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.

Limitation (v. t.) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation.

Limited (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.

Limitedly (adv.) With limitation.

Limitedness (n.) The quality of being limited.

Limiter (n.) One who, or that which, limits.

Limiter (n.) A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.

Limitive (a.) Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.

Limitless (a.) Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.

Limitour (n.) See Limiter, 2.

Limmer (a.) Limber.

Limmer (n.) A limehound; a leamer.

Limmer (n.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.

Limmer (n.) A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.

Limmer (n.) A man rope at the side of a ladder.

Limned (imp. & p. p.) of Limn

Limning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limn

Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

Limn (v. t.) To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

Lim naea (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.

Limner (n.) A painter; an artist

Limner (n.) One who paints portraits.

Limner (n.) One who illuminates books.

Limniad (n.) See Limoniad.

Limning (n.) The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.

Limoges (n.) A city of Southern France.

Limoniad (n.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.

Limonin (n.) A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.

Limonite (n.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.

Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.

Limous (a.) Muddy; slimy; thick.

Limped (imp. & p. p.) of Limp

Limping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Limp

Limp (v. i.) To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

Limp (n.) A halt; the act of limping.

Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Limp (a.) Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

Limp (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

Limper (n.) One who limps.

Limpet (n.) In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.

Limpet (n.) Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.

Limpet (n.) Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.

Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.

Limpid (a.) Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.

Limpidity (n.) The quality or state of being limpid.

Limpidness (n.) Quality of being limpid; limpidity.

Limpin (n.) A limpet.

Limpingly (adv.) In a limping manner.

Limpitude (n.) Limpidity.

Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.

Limpness (n.) The quality or state of being limp.

Limpsy (a.) Alt. of Limsy

Limsy (a.) Limp; flexible; flimsy.

Limu (n.) The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.

Limule (n.) A limulus.

Limuloidea (n. pl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.

Limuli (pl. ) of Limulus

Limulus (n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.

Limy (a.) Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.

Limy (a.) Containing lime; as, a limy soil.

Limy (a.) Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.

Lin (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.

Lin (v. t.) To cease from.

Lin (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.

Lin (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.

Lin (n.) A steep ravine.

Linage (n.) See Lineage.

Linament (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.

Linarite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.

Linch (n.) A ledge; a right-angled projection.

Linchi (n.) An esculent swallow.

Linchpin (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

Lincoln green () A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.

Lincture (n.) Alt. of Linctus

Linctus (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Lind (n.) The linden. See Linden.

Linden (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.

Linden (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

Lindia (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

Lindiform (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

Line (n.) Flax; linen.

Line (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.

Lined (imp. & p. p.) of Line

Lining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Line

Line (v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.

Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.

Line (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.

Line (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.

Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.

Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.

Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.

Line (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.

Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.

Line (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.

Line (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.

Line (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

Line (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.

Line (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.

Line (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.

Line (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.

Line (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.

Line (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.

Line (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.

Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

Line (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.

Line (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.

Line (n.) A measuring line or cord.

Line (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

Line (n.) Instruction; doctrine.

Line (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.

Line (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.

Line (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.

Line (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

Line (n.) A trench or rampart.

Line (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.

Line (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

Line (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.

Line (n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.

Line (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.

Line (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

Line (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.

Line (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.

Line (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.

Line (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

Lineage (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.

Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.

Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.

Lineality (n.) The quality of being lineal.

Lineally (adv.) In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.

Lineament (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.

Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

Linear (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

Linearensate (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.

Linearly (adv.) In a linear manner; with lines.

Linear-shaped (a.) Of a linear shape.

Lineary (a.) Linear.

Lineate (a.) Alt. of Lineated

Lineated (a.) Marked with lines.

Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.

Lineation (n.) Delineation; a line or lines.

Lineature (n.) Anything having outline.

Linemen (pl. ) of Lineman

Lineman (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc.

Lineman (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.

Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

Linen (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

Linen (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.

Linen (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

Linener (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.

Lineolate (a.) Marked with little lines.

Lineolate (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines.

Liner (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.

Liner (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.

Liner (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.

Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.

Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.

Liner (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.

-ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.

-ling () An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.

Ling (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.

Ling (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.

Ling (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.

Ling (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.

Ling (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).

Linga (n.) Alt. of Lingam

Lingam (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.

Ling-bird (n.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.

Lingel (n.) A shoemaker's thread.

Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

Lingence (n.) A linctus.

Lingered (imp. & p. p.) of Linger

Lingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger

Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.

Linger (v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.

Lingerer (n.) One who lingers.

Lingering (a.) Delaying.

Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.

Lingeringly (adv.) With delay; slowly; tediously.

Linget (n.) An ingot.

Lingism (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.

Lingle (n.) See Lingel.

Lingo (n.) Language; speech; dialect.

Lingoa wood () Amboyna wood.

Lingot (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.

Linguae (pl. ) of Lingua

Lingua (n.) A tongue.

Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.

Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

Linguadental (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.

Lingua Franca () The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.

Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

Lingual (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.

Linguality (n.) The quality of being lingual.

Linguatulida (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.

Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.

Linguidental (a. & n.) Linguadental.

Linguiform (a.) Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.

Linguist (n.) A master of the use of language; a talker.

Linguist (n.) A person skilled in languages.

Linguistic (a.) Alt. of Linguistical

Linguistical (a.) Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.

Linguistically (adv.) In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.

Linguistics (n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

-lae (pl. ) of Lingula

Lingula (n.) A tonguelike process or part.

Lingula (n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Linigerous (a.) Bearing flax; producing linen.

Liniment (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.

Lining (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.

Lining (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.

Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

Link (n.) A single ring or division of a chain.

Link (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.

Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.

Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Link (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

Link (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.

Link (n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Link (n.) Sausages; -- because linked together.

Linked (imp. & p. p.) of Link

Linking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Link

Link (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.

Link (v. i.) To be connected.

Linkage (n.) The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

Linkage (n.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.

Linkage (n.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.

Linkboy (n.) Alt. of Linkman

Linkman (n.) A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.

Linkwork (n.) A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.

Linkwork (n.) Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.

Linnaea borealis () The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.

Linnaean (a.) Alt. of Linnean

Linnean (a.) Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.

Linnaeite (n.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.

Linne (n.) Flax. See Linen.

Linnet (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.

Linoleate (n.) A salt of linoleic acid.

Linoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.

Linoleum (n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.

Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

Linoxin (n.) A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.

Linsang (n.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.

Linseed (n.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.

Linsey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.

Linsey-woolsey (n.) Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.

Linsey-woolsey (n.) Jargon.

Linsey-woolsey (a.) Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.

Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

Lint (n.) Flax.

Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.

Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.

Lintie (n.) Alt. of Lintwhite

Lintwhite (n.) See Linnet.

Lintseed (n.) See Linseed.

Linum (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).

Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.

Lion (n.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.

Lion (n.) An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.

Lionced (a.) Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross.

Lioncel (n.) A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.

Lionel (n.) The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.

Lioness (n.) A female lion.

Lionet (n.) A young or small lion.

Lion-heart (n.) A very brave person.

Lion-hearted (a.) Very brave; brave and magnanimous.

Lionhood (n.) State of being a lion.

Lionism (n.) An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.

Lionized (imp. & p. p.) of Lionize

Lionizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lionize

Lionize (v. t.) To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.

Lionize (v. t.) To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.

Lionlike (a.) Like a lion; brave as a lion.

Lionly (a.) Like a lion; fierce.

Lion's ear () A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia.

Lion's foot () A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States.

Lion's foot () The edelweiss.

Lionship (n.) The state of being a lion.

Lion's leaf () A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.

Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.

Lions' teeth (pl. ) of Lion's tooth

Lion's tooth () See Leontodon.

Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.

Lip (n.) An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

Lip (n.) The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Lip (n.) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Lip (n.) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.

Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Lipped (imp. & p. p.) of Lip

Lipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lip

Lip (v. t.) To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

Lip (v. t.) To utter; to speak.

Lip (v. t.) To clip; to trim.

Lipaemia (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

Lipans (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.

Liparian (n.) Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.

Liparite (n.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.

Lipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.

Lipinic (a.) Lipic.

Lipless (a.) Having no lips.

Liplet (n.) A little lip.

Lipocephala (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Lipochrin (n.) A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.

Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

Lipogrammatic (a.) Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.

Lipogrammatist (n.) One who makes a lipogram.

Lipoma (n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.

Lipothymic (a.) Tending to swoon; fainting.

Lipothymous (a.) Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.

Lipothymy (n.) A fainting; a swoon.

Lipped (a.) Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.

Lipped (a.) Labiate.

Lippitude (n.) Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed; blearedness.

Lipse (v. i.) To lisp.

Lipyl (n.) A hypothetical radical of glycerin.

Liquable (v. i.) Capable of being melted.

Liquate (v. i.) To melt; to become liquid.

Liquate (v. t.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.

Liquation (n.) The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.

Liquation (n.) The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.

Liquefacient (n.) That which serves to liquefy.

Liquefacient (n.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.

Liquefaction (n.) The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.

Liquefaction (n.) The state of being liquid.

Liquefaction (n.) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.

Liquefiable (a.) Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.

Liquefier (n.) That which liquefies.

Liquefied (imp. & p. p.) of Liquefy

Liquefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liquefy

Liquefy (v. t.) To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.

Liquefy (v. i.) To become liquid.

Liquescency (n.) The quality or state of being liquescent.

Liquescent (a.) Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.

Liqueur (n.) An aromatic alcoholic cordial.

Liquid (a.) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

Liquid (a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.

Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

Liquid (a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.

Liquid (a.) Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.

Liquid (a.) Clear; definite in terms or amount.

Liquid (n.) A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform.

Liquid (n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.

Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.

Liquidambar (n.) The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.

Liquidamber (n.) See Liquidambar.

Liquidated (imp. & p. p.) of Liquidate

Liquidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liquidate

Liquidate (v. t.) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.

Liquidate (v. t.) In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).

Liquidate (v. t.) To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.

Liquidate (v. t.) To make clear and intelligible.

Liquidate (v. t.) To make liquid.

Liquidation (n.) The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

Liquidator (n.) One who, or that which, liquidates.

Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company.

Liquidity (n.) The state or quality of being liquid.

Liquidized (imp. & p. p.) of Liquidize

Liquidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liquidize

Liquidize (v. t.) To render liquid.

Liquidly (adv.) In a liquid manner; flowingly.

Liquidness (n.) The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.

Liquor (n.) Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.

Liquor (n.) Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.

Liquor (n.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua.

Liquored (imp. & p. p.) of Liquor

Liquoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Liquor

Liquor (v. t.) To supply with liquor.

Liquor (v. t.) To grease.

Liquorice (n.) See Licorice.

Liquorish (a.) See Lickerish.

Liquorous (a.) Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish.

Lire (pl. ) of Lira

Lira (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.

Lirella (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

Lirelliform (a.) Like a lirella.

Liriodendra (pl. ) of Liriodendron

Liriodendron (n.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.

Liripipe (n.) See Liripoop.

Liripoop (n.) A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.

Liripoop (n.) Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.

Liripoop (n.) A silly person.

Liroconite (n.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.

Lisbon (n.) A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.

Lisle (n.) A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.

Lisne (n.) A cavity or hollow.

Lisped (imp. & p. p.) of Lisp

Lisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lisp

Lisp (v. i.) To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

Lisp (v. i.) To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.

Lisp (v. i.) To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.

Lisp (v. t.) To pronounce with a lisp.

Lisp (v. t.) To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.

Lisp (v. t.) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

Lisp (n.) The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.

Lisper (n.) One who lisps.

Lispingly (adv.) With a lisp; in a lisping manner.

Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.

Liss (v. t.) To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.

Lissencephala (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

Lissom (a.) Alt. of Lissome

Lissome (a.) Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

Lissome (a.) Light; nimble; active.

List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.

List (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

List (v. i.) To hearken; to attend; to listen.

List (v. t.) To listen or hearken to.

List (v. i.) To desire or choose; to please.

List (v. i.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

List (n.) Inclination; desire.

List (n.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

List (n.) A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.

List (n.) A limit or boundary; a border.

List (n.) The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.

List (n.) A stripe.

List (n.) A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.

List (n.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.

List (n.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.

List (n.) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

List (n.) The first thin coat of tin.

List (n.) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

Listed (imp. & p. p.) of List

Listing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of List

List (v. t.) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.

List (v. t.) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

List (v. t.) To enroll; to place or register in a list.

List (v. t.) To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

List (v. t.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.

List (v. i.) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

Listel (n.) Same as List, n., 6.

Listened (imp. & p. p.) of Listen

Listening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Listen

Listen (v. i.) To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

Listen (v. i.) To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.

Listen (v. t.) To attend to.

Listener (n.) One who listens; a hearkener.

Lister (n.) One who makes a list or roll.

Lister (n.) Same as Leister.

Listerian (a.) Of or pertaining to listerism.

Listerism (n.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

Listful (a.) Attentive.

Listing (n.) The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.

Listing (n.) The selvedge of cloth; list.

Listing (n.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

Listing (n.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops.

Listless (a.) Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.

Lit () a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.

Litanies (pl. ) of Litany

Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

Litarge (n.) Litharge.

Litchi (n.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.

Lite (adv., & n.) Little.

Liter (n.) Alt. of Litre

Litre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Literacy (n.) State of being literate.

Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.

Literal (a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

Literal (a.) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.

Literal (n.) Literal meaning.

Literalism (n.) That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.

Literalism (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

Literalist (n.) One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Literalty (n.) The state or quality of being literal.

Literalization (n.) The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.

Literalized (imp. & p. p.) of Literalize

Literalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Literalize

Literalize (v. t.) To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

Literalizer (n.) A literalist.

Literally (adv.) According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.

Literally (adv.) With close adherence to words; word by word.

Literalness (n.) The quality or state of being literal; literal import.

Literary (a.) Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

Literary (a.) Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

Literate (a.) Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

Literate (n.) One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.

Literate (n.) A literary man.

Literati (n. pl.) Learned or literary men. See Literatus.

Literatim (adv.) Letter for letter.

Literation (n.) The act or process of representing by letters.

Literator (n.) One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster.

Literator (n.) A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.

Literator (n.) A learned person; a literatus.

Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

Literature (n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

Literature (n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.

Literati (pl. ) of Literatus

Literatus (n.) A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.

-lith () Alt. of -lite

-lite () Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.

Lith () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth.

Lith (n.) A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.

Lithaemia (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.

Lithagogue (n.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.

Litharge (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.

Lithargyrum (n.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.

Lithate (n.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.

Lithe (v. i. & i.) To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

Lithe (a.) Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.

Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.

Lithe (a.) To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Lithely (adv.) In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.

Litheness (n.) The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.

Lither (a.) Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.

Litherly (a.) Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.

Lithesome (a.) Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

Lithia (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.

Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.

Lithic (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.

Lithic (a.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.

Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

Lithic (a.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.

Lithiophilite (n.) A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.

Lithium (n.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.

Litho () A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone.

Lithobilic (a.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.

Lithocarp (n.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

Lithochromatics (n.) See Lithochromics.

Lithochromics (n.) The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.

Lithoclast (n.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

Lithocyst (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.

Lithodome (n.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.

Lithodomous (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

Lithodomus (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

Lithofellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

Lithofracteur (n.) An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

Lithogenesy (n.) The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Lithogenous (a.) Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Lithoglyph (n.) An engraving on a gem.

Lithoglypher (n.) One who curs or engraves precious stones.

Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

Lithoglyptics (n.) The art of cutting and engraving gems.

Lithographed (imp. & p. p.) of Lithograph

Lithographing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lithograph

Lithograph (v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

Lithograph (n.) A print made by lithography.

Lithographer (n.) One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.

Lithographic (a.) Alt. of Lithographical

Lithographical (a.) Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.

Lithography (n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.

Lithoid (a.) Alt. of Lithoidal

Lithoidal (a.) Like a stone; having a stony structure.

Litholatry (n.) The worship of a stone or stones.

Lithologic (a.) Alt. of Lithological

Lithological (a.) Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.

Lithological (a.) Of or pertaining to lithology.

Lithologically (adv.) From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.

Lithologist (n.) One who is skilled in lithology.

Lithology (n.) The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

Lithology (n.) A treatise on stones found in the body.

Lithomancy (n.) Divination by means of stones.

Lithomarge (n.) A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

Lithonthriptic (a. & n.) Alt. of Lithonthryptic

Lithonthryptic (a. & n.) Same as Lithontriptic.

Lithontriptic (a.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps.

Lithontriptic (n.) A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.

Lithontriptist (n.) Same as Lithotriptist.

Lithontriptor (n.) See Lithotriptor.

Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.

Lithophagous (a.) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.

Lithophane (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

Lithophosphor (n.) A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.

Lithophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.

Lithophotography (n.) Same as Photolithography.

Lithophyll (n.) A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.

Lithophyse (n.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.

Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.

Lithophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Lithophytous (a.) Lithophytic.

Lithosian (n.) Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.

Lithotint (n.) A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.

Lithotint (n.) A picture produced by this process.

Lithotome (n.) A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

Lithotome (n.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.

Lithotomic (a.) Alt. of Lithotomical

Lithotomical (a.) Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.

Lithotomist (n.) One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.

Lithotomy (n.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

Lithotripsy (n.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

Lithotriptic (a. & n.) Same as Lithontriptic.

Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.

Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

Lithotrite () Alt. of Lithotritor

Lithotritor () A lithotriptor.

Lithotritist (n.) A lithotriptist.

Lithotrity (n.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

Lithotype (n.) A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.

Lithotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Lithotype

Lithotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lithotype

Lithotype (v. t.) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Lithotypic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

Lithotypy (n.) The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Lithoxyl (n.) Petrified wood.

Lithuanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).

Lithuanian (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.

Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.

Litigable (a.) Such as can be litigated.

Litigant (a.) Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant.

Litigant (n.) A person engaged in a lawsuit.

Litigated (imp. & p. p.) of Litigate

Litigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Litigate

Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.

Litigate (v. i.) To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Litigation (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

Litigator (n.) One who litigates.

Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

Litigious (a.) Of or pertaining to legal disputes.

Litigiously (adv.) In a litigious manner.

Litigiousness (n.) The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

Litraneter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.

Litre (n.) Same as Liter.

Litter (n.) A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.

Litter (n.) Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.

Litter (n.) Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.

Litter (n.) Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.

Litter (n.) The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.

Littered (imp. & p. p.) of Litter

Littering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Litter

Litter (v. t.) To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

Litter (v. t.) To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.

Litter (v. t.) To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.

Litter (v. i.) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

Litter (v. i.) To produce a litter.

Litterateur (n.) One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.

Littery (a.) Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.

Little (a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.

Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.

Little (a.) Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.

Little (a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.

Little (a.) Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.

Little (a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

Little (n.) That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.

Little (n.) A small degree or scale; miniature.

Little (adv.) In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.

Little-ease (n.) An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

Littleness (n.) The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

Littoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

Littoral (a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.

Littorina (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

Littress (n.) A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.

Litate (a.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

Lituiform (a.) Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

Lituite (n.) Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Liturate (a.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

Liturate (a.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

Liturgic () Alt. of Liturgical

Liturgical () Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.

Liturgically (adv.) In the manner of a liturgy.

Liturgics (n.) The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

Liturgiologist (n.) One versed in liturgiology.

Liturgiology (n.) The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.

Liturgist (n.) One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.

Liturgies (pl. ) of Liturgy

Liturgy (a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

Litui (pl. ) of Lituus

Lituus (n.) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.

Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

Lituus (n.) A spiral whose polar equation is r2/ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.

Livable (a.) Such as can be lived.

Livable (a.) Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.

Lived (imp. & p. p.) of Live

Living (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Live

Live (v. i.) To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

Live (v. i.) To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

Live (v. i.) To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.

Live (v. i.) To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.

Live (v. i.) To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.

Live (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

Live (v. i.) To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.

Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

Live (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

Live (v. t.) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

Live (v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

Live (a.) Having life; alive; living; not dead.

Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.

Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

Live (a.) Vivid; bright.

Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.

Live (n.) Life.

Lived (a.) Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

Live-forever (n.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

Livelihed (n.) See Livelihood.

Livelihood (n.) Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.

Livelihood (n.) Liveliness; appearance of life.

Livelily (adv.) In a lively manner.

Liveliness (n.) The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.

Liveliness (n.) An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.

Liveliness (n.) Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.

Livelode (n.) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.

Livelong (a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.

Livelong (a.) Lasting; durable.

Lively (superl.) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

Lively (superl.) Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.

Lively (superl.) Gay; airy; animated; spirited.

Lively (superl.) Representing life; lifelike.

Lively (superl.) Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.

Lively (adv.) In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.

Lively (adv.) With strong resemblance of life.

Liver (n.) One who, or that which, lives.

Liver (n.) A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.

Liver (n.) One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.

Liver (n.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

Liver (n.) The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Liver-colored (a.) Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Livered (a.) Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

Liver-grown (a.) Having an enlarged liver.

Liveried (a.) Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3.

Livering (n.) A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork.

Liverleaf (n.) Same as Liverwort.

Liverwort (n.) A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

Liverwort (n.) A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.

Liveries (pl. ) of Livery

Livery (n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.

Livery (n.) Release from wardship; deliverance.

Livery (n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.

Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

Livery (n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.

Livery (n.) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.

Livery (n.) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.

Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

Livery (n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.

Livery (n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.

Livery (n.) A low grade of wool.

Livery (v. t.) To clothe in, or as in, livery.

Liverymen (pl. ) of Liveryman

Liveryman (n.) One who wears a livery, as a servant.

Liveryman (n.) A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.

Liveryman (n.) One who keeps a livery stable.

Livery stable () A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).

Lives (n.) pl. of Life.

Lives (a. & adv.) Alive; living; with life.

Livid (a.) Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.

Lividity (n.) The state or quality of being livid.

Lividness (n.) Lividity.

Laving (v. i.) Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.

Laving (v. i.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.

Laving (v. i.) Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.

Laving (v. i.) Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.

Laving (v. i.) Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.

Living (n.) The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.

Living (n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.

Living (n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.

Living (n.) Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.

Living (n.) The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.

Livingly (adv.) In a living state.

Livingness (n.) The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.

Livonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.

Livinian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.

Livor (n.) Malignity.

Livraison (n.) A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.

Livre (n.) A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

Lixivial (a.) Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.

Lixivial (a.) Of the color of lye; resembling lye.

Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.

Lixiviate (a.) Alt. of Lixivited

Lixivited (a.) Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

Lixivited (a.) Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.

Lixiviated (imp. & p. p.) of Lixiviate

Lixiviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lixiviate

Lixiviate (v. t.) To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.

Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

Lixivious (a.) See Lixivial.

Lixivium (n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

Lixt () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest.

Liza (n.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema).

Lizard (n.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

Lizard (n.) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

Lizard's tail () A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.

Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.

Llandeilo group () A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.

Llanero (n.) One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.

Llanos (pl. ) of Llano

Llano (n.) An extensive plain with or without vegetation.

Lloyd's (n.) An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.

Lloyd's (n.) A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.

Lo (interj.) Look; see; behold; observe.

Loach (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

Load (v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.

Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.

Load (v.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.

Load (v.) Weight or violence of blows.

Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

Loaded (imp. & p. p.) of Load

Loading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Load

Load (v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.

Load (v. t.) To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.

Load (v. t.) To magnetize.

Loader (n.) One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

Loading (n.) The act of putting a load on or into.

Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.

Loadmanage (n.) Alt. of Lodemanage

Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.

Loadsman (n.) Alt. of Lodesman

Lodesman (n.) A pilot.

Loadstar (n.) Alt. of Lodestar

Lodestar (n.) A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.

Loadstone (n.) Alt. of Lodestone

Lodestone (n.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

Loaves (pl. ) of Loaf

Loaf (n.) Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

Loafed (imp. & p. p.) of Loaf

Loafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loaf

Loaf (v. i.) To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.

Loaf (v. t.) To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Loafer (n.) One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

Loam (n.) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Loamed (imp. & p. p.) of Loam

Loaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loam

Loam (v. i.) To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Loamy (a.) Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Loan (n.) A loanin.

Loan (n.) The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

Loan (n.) That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

Loaned (imp. & p. p.) of Loan

Loaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loan

Loan (n. t.) To lend; -- sometimes with out.

Loanable (a.) Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.

Loanin (n.) Alt. of Loaning

Loaning (n.) An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane.

Loanmonger (n.) A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

Loath (a.) Hateful; odious; disliked.

Loath (a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.

Loathed (imp. & p. p.) of Loathe

Loathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loathe

Loathe (v. t.) To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

Loathe (v. t.) To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.

Loathe (v. i.) To feel disgust or nausea.

Loather (n.) One who loathes.

Loathful (a.) Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.

Loathful (a.) Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.

Loathing (n.) Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.

Loathingly (adv.) With loathing.

Loathliness (n.) Loathsomeness.

Loathly (a.) Loathsome.

Loathly (adv.) Unwillingly; reluctantly.

Loathly (adv.) (/) So as to cause loathing.

Loathness (n.) Unwillingness; reluctance.

Loathsome (a.) Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.

Loathy (a.) Loathsome.

Loaves (n.) pl. of Loaf.

Lob (n.) A dull, heavy person.

Lob (n.) Something thick and heavy.

Lobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Lob

Lobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lob

Lob (v. t.) To let fall heavily or lazily.

Lob (v. t.) See Cob, v. t.

Lob (n.) The European pollock.

Lobar (a.) Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.

Lobate (a.) Alt. of Lobated

Lobated (a.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.

Lobated (a.) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.

Lobated (a.) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.

Lobately (adv.) As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.

Lobbish (a.) Like a lob; consisting of lobs.

Lobbies (pl. ) of Lobby

Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.

Lobby (n.) That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency.

Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Lobbied (imp. & p. p.) of Lobby

Lobbying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lobby

Lobby (v. i.) To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.

Lobby (v. t.) To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.

Lobbyist (n.) A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.

Lobcock (n.) A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob.

Lobe (n.) Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form

Lobe (n.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf.

Lobe (n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.

Lobe (n.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain.

Lobe (n.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.

Lobed (a.) Having lobes; lobate.

Lobefoot (n.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.

Lobe-footed (a.) Lobiped.

Lobelet (n.) A small lobe; a lobule.

Lobelia (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

Lobeliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.

Lobelin (n.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.

Lobeline (n.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.

Lobiped (a.) Having lobate toes, as a coot.

Loblolly (n.) Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

Lobosa (n. pl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.

Lobscouse (n.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.

Lobsided (a.) See Lopsided.

Lobspound (n.) A prison.

Lobster (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

Lobular (a.) Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.

Lobulate (a.) Alt. of Lobulated

Lobulated (a.) Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.

Lobule (n.) A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.

Lobulette (n.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.

Lobworm (n.) The lugworm.

Local (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.

Local (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.

Local (n.) On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.

Locale (n.) A place, spot, or location.

Locale (n.) A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.

Localism (n.) The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.

Localism (n.) A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

Localitiees (pl. ) of Locality

Locality (n.) The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.

Locality (n.) Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.

Locality (n.) Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial.

Locality (n.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Localization (n.) Act of localizing, or state of being localized.

Localized (imp. & p. p.) of Localize

Localizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Localize

Localize (v. t.) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

Locally (adv.) With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.

Located (imp. & p. p.) of Locate

Locating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Locate

Locate (v. t.) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

Locate (v. t.) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.

Locate (v. i.) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.

Location (n.) The act or process of locating.

Location (n.) Situation; place; locality.

Location (n.) That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.

Location (n.) A leasing on rent.

Location (n.) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.

Location (n.) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.

Locative (a.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun.

Locative (n.) The locative case.

Locator (n.) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.

Locellate (a.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.

Loch (n.) A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.

Loch (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

Lochaber ax () Alt. of Lochaber axe

Lochaber axe () A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

Lochage (n.) An officer who commanded a company; a captain.

Lochan (n.) A small lake; a pond.

Loche (n.) See Loach.

Lochia (n. pl.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.

Lochial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lochia.

Lock (n.) A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

Lock (n.) Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.

Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.

Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.

Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock.

Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.

Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling.

Locked (imp. & p. p.) of Lock

Locking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lock

Lock (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.

Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.

Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.

Lock (v. t.) To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.

Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.

Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.

Lockage (n.) Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.

Lockage (n.) Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.

Lockage (n.) Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.

Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.

Locked-jaw (n.) See Lockjaw.

Locken (obs. p. p.) of Lock.

Locken (n.) The globeflower (Trollius).

Locker (n.) One who, or that which, locks.

Locker (n.) A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.

Locket (n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.

Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.

Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.

Lockjaw (n.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Lockless (a.) Destitute of a lock.

Lockman (n.) A public executioner.

Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

Lockram (n.) A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany.

Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.

Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.

Locky (a.) Having locks or tufts.

Loco (adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

Loco (n.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

Locofoco (n.) A friction match.

Locofoco (n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.

Locomotion (n.) The act of moving from place to place.

Locomotion (n.) The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.

Locomotive (a.) Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.

Locomotive (a.) Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.

Locomotive (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Locomotiveness (n.) Alt. of Locomotivity

Locomotivity (n.) The power of changing place.

Locomotor (a.) Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.

Loculament (n.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.

Locular (a.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular.

Loculate (a.) Divided into compartments.

Locule (n.) A little hollow; a loculus.

Loculicidal (a.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.

Loculose (a.) Alt. of Loculous

Loculous (a.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.

Loculi (pl. ) of Loculus

Loculus (n.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

Loculus (n.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

Locum tenens () A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

Loci (pl. ) of Locus

Loca (pl. ) of Locus

Locus (n.) A place; a locality.

Locus (n.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.

Locust (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.

Locust (n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).

Locusta (n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.

Locustella (n.) The European cricket warbler.

Locustic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.

Locusting (p. a.) Swarming and devastating like locusts.

Locust tree () A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.

Locution (n.) Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

Locutory (n.) A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.

Lodde (n.) The capelin.

Lode (n.) A water course or way; a reach of water.

Lode (n.) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.

Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage.

Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.

Lodesman (n.) Same as Loadsman.

Lodestar (n.) Same as Loadstar.

Lodestone (n.) Same as Loadstone.

Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.

Lodge (n.) A den or cave.

Lodge (n.) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.

Lodge (n.) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

Lodge (n.) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt.

Lodge (n.) A collection of objects lodged together.

Lodge (n.) A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.

Lodged (imp. & p. p.) of Lodge

Lodging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lodge

Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street.

Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

Lodge (v. i.) To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

Lodge (n.) To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.

Lodge (n.) To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

Lodge (n.) To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

Lodge (n.) To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

Lodge (n.) To lay down; to prostrate.

Lodgeable (a.) That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.

Lodgeable (a.) Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.

Lodged (a.) Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey.

Lodgement (n.) See Lodgment.

Lodger (n.) One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.

Lodging (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lodges.

Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.

Lodging (n.) Abiding place; harbor; cover.

Lodgment (v.) The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.

Lodgment (v.) A lodging place; a room.

Lodgment (v.) An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.

Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.

Lodicule (n.) One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

Loellingite (n.) A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.

Loess (n.) A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.

Loeven's larva () The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.

Loffe (v. i.) To laugh.

Loft (n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation.

Loft (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.

Loft (n.) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.

Loft (n.) A floor or room placed above another; a story.

Loft (a.) Lofty; proud.

Loftily (adv.) In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.

Loftiness (n.) The state or quality of being lofty.

Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

Lofty (superl.) Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.

Log (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

Log (n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

Log (n.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.

Log (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

Log (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

Logged (imp. & p. p.) of Log

Logging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Log

Log (v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.

Log (v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.

Log (v. i.) To move to and fro; to rock.

Logan (n.) A rocking or balanced stone.

Logaoedic (a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

Logarithmetic (a.) Alt. of Logarithmetical

Logarithmetical (a.) See Logarithmic.

Logarithmetically (adv.) Logarithmically.

Logarithmic (a.) Alt. of Logarithmical

Logarithmical (a.) Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.

Logarithmically (adv.) By the use of logarithms.

Log-chip (n.) A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.

Logcock (n.) The pileated woodpecker.

Loge (n.) A lodge; a habitation.

Loggan (n.) See Logan.

Loggat (n.) A small log or piece of wood.

Loggat (n.) An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground.

Logge (n. & v.) See Lodge.

Logged (a.) Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged.

Logger (n.) One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i.

Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

Loggerhead (n.) A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.

Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.

Loggerhead (n.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.

Loggerhead (n.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.

Loggerheaded (a.) Dull; stupid.

Loggerheads (n.) The knapweed.

Loggia (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.

Logging (n.) The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.

Logic (n.) The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.

Logic (n.) A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.

Logical (a.) Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.

Logical (a.) According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical.

Logical (a.) Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker.

Logicality (n.) Logicalness.

Logically (adv.) In a logical manner; as, to argue logically.

Logicalness (n.) The quality of being logical.

Logician (n.) A person skilled in logic.

Logics (n.) See Logic.

Logistic (a.) Alt. of Logistical

Logistical (a.) Logical.

Logistical (a.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.

Logistics (n.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.

Logistics (n.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.

Logmen (pl. ) of Logman

Logman (n.) A man who carries logs.

Logodaedaly (n.) Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.

Logogram (n.) A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Logographer (n.) A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.

Logographer (n.) One skilled in logography.

Logographic (a.) Alt. of Logographical

Logographical (a.) Of or pertaining to logography.

Logography (n.) A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.

Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words.

Logogriph (n.) A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.

Logomachist (n.) One who contends about words.

Logomachy (n.) Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

Logomachy (n.) A game of word making.

Logometric (a.) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.

Logos (n.) A word; reason; speech.

Logos (n.) The divine Word; Christ.

Logothete () An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.

Logotype (n.) A single type, containing two or more letters; as, ae, Ae, /, /, /, etc. ; -- called also ligature.

Logroll (v. i. & t.) To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.

Logroller (n.) One who engages in logrolling.

Logrolling (n.) The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.

Logrolling (n.) Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.

Log-ship (n.) A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.

Logwood (n.) The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

-logy () A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.

Logy (a.) Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse.

Lohock (n.) See Loch, a medicine.

Loimic (a.) Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.

Loin (n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

Loir (n.) A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis).

Loitered (imp. & p. p.) of Loiter

Loitering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loiter

Loiter (v. i.) To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

Loiter (v. i.) To wander as an idle vagrant.

Loiterer (n.) One who loiters; an idler.

Loiterer (n.) An idle vagrant; a tramp.

Loiteringly (adv.) In a loitering manner.

Lok (n.) Alt. of Loki

Loki (n.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians.

Locao (n.) A green vegetable dye imported from China.

Loke (n.) A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.

Lokorys (n.) Liquorice.

Loligo (n.) A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.

Lolled (imp. & p. p.) of Loll

Lolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loll

Loll (v. i.) To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

Loll (v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.

Loll (v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.

Loll (v. t.) To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.

Lollard (n.) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.

Lollard (n.) One of the followers of Wyclif in England.

Lollardism (n.) Alt. of Lollardy

Lollardy (n.) The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.

Loller (n.) One who lolls.

Loller (n.) An idle vagabond.

Loller (n.) A Lollard.

Lollingly (adv.) In a lolling manner.

Lollipop (n.) A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.

Lollop (v. i.) To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.

Lomata (pl. ) of Loma

Loma (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

Lomatinous (a.) Furnished with lobes or flaps.

Lombard (a.) Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

Lombard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

Lombard (n.) A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards.

Lombard (n.) Same as Lombard-house.

Lombard (n.) A form of cannon formerly in use.

Lombardeer (n.) A pawnbroker.

Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-house

Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.

Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete.

Lombardic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.

Loment (n.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

Lomentaceous (a.) Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

Lomonite (n.) Same as Laumontite.

Lompish (a.) Lumpish.

Lond (n.) Land.

London (n.) The capital city of England.

Londoner (n.) A native or inhabitant of London.

Londonism (n.) A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

Londonize (v. i.) To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.

Londonize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the people of London.

Lone (n.) A lane. See Loanin.

Lone (a.) Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.

Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

Lone (a.) Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house.

Lone (a.) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

Loneliness (n.) The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

Loneliness (n.) The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road.

Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.

Loneliness (n.) A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.

Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Lonely (superl.) Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.

Lonely (superl.) Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.

Lonely (superl.) Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.

Loneness (n.) Solitude; seclusion.

Lonesome (superl.) Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

Lonesome (superl.) Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome.

Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

Long (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

Long (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

Long (superl.) Far-reaching; extensive.

Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30.

Long (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

Long (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.

Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.

Long (adv.) To a great extent in time; during a long time.

Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.

Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration.

Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?

Long (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of.

Longed (imp. & p. p.) of Long

Longing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Long

Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.

Long (a.) To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.

Longan (n.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).

Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

Long-armed (a.) Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.

Longbeak (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

Longboat (n.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.

Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length.

Longe (n.) A thrust. See Lunge.

Longe (n.) The training ground for a horse.

Longe (n.) Same as 4th Lunge.

Longer (n.) One who longs for anything.

Longeval (a.) Long-loved; longevous.

Longevity (n.) Long duration of life; length of life.

Longevous (a.) Living a long time; of great age.

Longhand (n.) The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

Longheaded (a.) Having unusual foresight or sagacity.

Longhorn (n.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned.

Long-horned (a.) Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles (Longicornia).

Longicorn (a.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.

Longicorn (n.) One of the Longicornia.

Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.

Longilateral (a.) Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.

Longiloquence (n.) Long-windedness.

Longimanous (a.) Having long hands.

Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

Longing (n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Longingly (adv.) With longing.

Longinquity (n.) Greatness of distance; remoteness.

Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.

Longipennate (a.) Having long wings, or quills.

Longipennes (n. pl.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.

Longipennine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

Longirostres (pl. ) of Longiroster

Longirosters (pl. ) of Longiroster

Longiroster (n.) One of the Longirostres.

Longirostral (a.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.

Longish (a.) Somewhat long; moderately long.

Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.

Longitude (n.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79¡.

Longitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

Longitudinal (a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.

Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Longitudinally (adv.) In the direction of length.

Longlegs (n.) A daddy longlegs.

Long-lived (a.) Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.

Longly (adv.) With longing desire.

Longly (adv.) For a long time; hence, wearisomely.

Longmynd rocks () The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.

Longness (n.) Length.

Longnose (n.) The European garfish.

Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.

Longshanks (n.) The stilt.

Longshore (a.) Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.

Longshoremen (pl. ) of Longshoreman

Longshoreman (n.) One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.

Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness.

Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.

Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.

Long-sightedness (n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.

Long-sightedness (n.) See Hypermetropia.

Longsome (a.) Extended in length; tiresome.

Longspun (a.) Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.

Longspur (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.

Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent.

Long-suffering (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

Long-suffering (n.) Long patience of offense.

Longtail (n.) An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.

Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.

Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue.

Long-tongued (a.) Talkative; babbling; loquacious.

Longulite (n.) A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.

Long-waisted (a.) Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.

Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.

Longways (adv.) Lengthwise.

Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.

Longwise (adv.) Lengthwise.

Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

Loo (n.) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.

Looed (imp. & p. p.) of Loo

Looing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loo

Loo (v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.

Loob (n.) The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.

Loobily (a.) Loobylike; awkward.

Loobily (adv.) Awkwardly.

Loobies (pl. ) of Looby

Looby (n.) An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.

Looch (n.) See 2d Loch.

Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.

Loof (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.

Loof (n.) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.

Loof (v. i.) See Luff.

Looked (imp. & p. p.) of Look

Looking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Look

Look (v. i.) To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.

Look (v. i.) To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.

Look (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.

Look (v. i.) To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.

Look (v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.

Look (v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.

Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.

Look (v. t.) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

Look (v. t.) To seek; to search for.

Look (v. t.) To expect.

Look (v. t.) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.

Look (v. t.) To express or manifest by a look.

Look (n.) The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.

Look (n.) Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look.

Look (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.

Lookdown (n.) See Moonfish (b).

Looker (n.) One who looks.

Looking (a.) Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

Looking (n.) The act of one who looks; a glance.

Looking (n.) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.

Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.

Lookout (n.) A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

Lookout (n.) The place from which such observation is made.

Lookout (n.) A person engaged in watching.

Lookout (n.) Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.

Lool (n.) A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.

Loom (n.) See Loon, the bird.

Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

Loomed (imp. & p. p.) of Loom

Looming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loom

Loom (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.

Loom (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

Loom (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.

Loom-gale (n.) A gentle gale of wind.

Looming (n.) The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.

Loon (n.) A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.

Loon (n.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.

Loony (a.) See Luny.

Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Loop (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.

Loop (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Loop (n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.

Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Loop (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.

Looped (imp. & p. p.) of Loop

Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loop

Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.

Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string.

Looped (a.) Full of holes.

Looper (n.) An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.

Looper (n.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.

Loophole (n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.

Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.

Loopholed (a.) Provided with loopholes.

Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.

Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loop.

Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.

Loord (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.

Loos (n.) Praise; fame; reputation.

Loose (superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

Loose (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.

Loose (superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

Loose (superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

Loose (superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

Loose (superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

Loose (superl.) Unconnected; rambling.

Loose (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

Loose (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

Loose (n.) Freedom from restraint.

Loose (n.) A letting go; discharge.

Loosed (imp. & p. p.) of Loose

Loosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loose

Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

Loose (a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

Loose (a.) To solve; to interpret.

Loose (v. i.) To set sail.

Loosely (adv.) In a loose manner.

Loosened (imp. & p. p.) of Loosen

Loosening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loosen

Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.

Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

Loosen (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.

Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.

Loosener (n.) One who, or that which, loosens.

Looseness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

Loosestrife (n.) The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.

Loosestrife (n.) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.

Loosish (a.) Somewhat loose.

Loot (n.) The act of plundering.

Loot (n.) Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.

Looted (imp. & p. p.) of Loot

Looting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loot

Loot (v. t. & i.) To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Looter (n.) A plunderer.

Loover (n.) See Louver.

Lop (n.) A flea.

Lopped (imp. & p. p.) of Lop

Lopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lop

Lop (v. t.) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches.

Lop (v. t.) To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.

Lop (n.) That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.

Lop (v. i.) To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

Lop (v. t.) To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

Lop (a.) Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.

Lope (imp.) of Leap.

Loped (imp. & p. p.) of Lope

Loping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lope

Lope (v. i.) To leap; to dance.

Lope (v. i.) To move with a lope, as a horse.

Lope (n.) A leap; a long step.

Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.

Lopeared (a.) Having ears which lop or hang down.

Lopeman (n.) Leaper; ropedancer.

Loper (n.) One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.

Loper (n.) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

Lophine (n.) A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name.

Lophiomys (n.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidae), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.

Lophobranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.

Lophobranch (n.) One of the Lophobranchii.

Lophobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.

Lophobranchii (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes.

Lophophore (n.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.

Lophopoda (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolemata.

Lophostea (pl. ) of Lophosteon

Lophosteons (pl. ) of Lophosteon

Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

Loppard (n.) A tree, the top of which has been lopped off.

Lopper (n.) One who lops or cuts off.

Loppered (imp. & p. p.) of Lopper

Loppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lopper

Lopper (v. i.) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.

Lopping (n.) A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.

Loppy (a.) Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.

Lopseed (n.) A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits.

Lopsided (a.) Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship.

Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.

Loquacious (a.) Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.

Loquacious (a.) Speaking; expressive.

Loquacious (a.) Apt to blab and disclose secrets.

Loquaciously (adv.) In a loquacious manner.

Loquaciousness (n.) Loquacity.

Loquacity (n.) The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.

Loquat (n.) The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.

Loral (n.) Of or pertaining to the lores.

Lorate (a.) Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.

Lorcha (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.

Lord (n.) A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

Lord (n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.

Lord (n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.

Lord (n.) A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.

Lord (n.) A husband.

Lord (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

Lord (n.) The Supreme Being; Jehovah.

Lord (n.) The Savior; Jesus Christ.

Lord (v. t.) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

Lord (v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.

Lorded (imp. & p. p.) of Lord

Lording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lord

Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

Lording (n.) The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.

Lording (n.) A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.

Lordkin (n.) A little lord.

Lordlike (a.) Befitting or like a lord; lordly.

Lordlike (a.) Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.

Lordliness (n.) The state or quality of being lordly.

Lordling (n.) A little or insignificant lord.

Lordly (superl.) Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.

Lordly (superl.) Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Lordly (adv.) In a lordly manner.

Lordolatry (n.) Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such.

Lordosis (n.) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region.

Lordosis (n.) Any abnormal curvature of the bones.

Lords and Ladies () The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.

Lordship (n.) The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.

Lordship (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Lordship (n.) Dominion; power; authority.

Lore (n.) The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.

Lore (n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Lore (obs. imp. & p. p.) Lost.

Lore (v. t.) That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore.

Lore (v. t.) That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.

Lore (v. t.) Workmanship.

Loreal (a.) Alt. of Loral

Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.

Lorel (n.) A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.

Loren (obs. strong p. p.) of Lose.

Loresman (n.) An instructor.

Lorette (n.) In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.

Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.

Lorgnette (n.) An opera glass

Lorgnette (n.) elaborate double eyeglasses.

Lori (n.) Same as Lory.

Loricae (pl. ) of Lorica

Lorica (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.

Lorica (n.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.

Lorica (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.

Loricata (n. pl.) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.

Loricata (n. pl.) The crocodilia.

Loricated (imp. & p. p.) of Loricate

Loricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loricate

Loricate (v. t.) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

Loricate (v.) Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.

Loricate (n.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

Lorication (n.) The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.

Lorikeet (n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.

Lorimer (n.) Alt. of Loriner

Loriner (n.) A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler.

Loring (n.) Instructive discourse.

Loriot (n.) The golden oriole of Europe. See Oriole.

Loris (n.) Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.

Lorn (a.) Lost; undone; ruined.

Lorn (a.) Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as, a lone, lorn woman.

Lorries (pl. ) of Lorry

Lorrie (n.) Alt. of Lorry

Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

Lories (pl. ) of Lory

Lory (n.) Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers.

Los (n.) Praise. See Loos.

Losable (a.) Such as can be lost.

Losange (n.) See Lozenge.

Losing (imp. & p. p.) of Lose

Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

Lose (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

Lose (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

Lose (v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

Lose (v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

Lose (v. t.) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

Lose (v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

Lose (v. t.) To cause to part with; to deprive of.

Lose (v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

Lose (v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

Losel (n.) One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.

Losel (a.) Wasteful; slothful.

Losenger (n.) A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.

Losengerie (n.) Flattery; deceit; trickery.

Loser (n.) One who loses.

Losing (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.

Losing (v. t.) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.

Losingly (adv.) In a manner to incur loss.

Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

Loss (v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.

Loss (v. t.) That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.

Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.

Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.

Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.

Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.

Lossful (a.) Detrimental.

Lossless (a.) Free from loss.

Lost (v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

Lost (v. t.) Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

Lost (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

Lost (v. t.) Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

Lost (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.

Lost (v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.

Lost (v. t.) Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

Lost (v. t.) Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

Lot (n.) The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

Lot (n.) A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

Lot (n.) A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.

Lot (n.) A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.

Lot (n.) A prize in a lottery.

Lotted (imp. & p. p.) of Lot

Lotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lot

Lot (v. t.) To allot; to sort; to portion.

Lote (n.) A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree.

Lote (n.) The European burbot.

Lote (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.

Loth (a.) Alt. of Lothsome

Lothly (a.) Alt. of Lothsome

Lothsome (a.) See Loath, Loathly, etc.

Lothario (n.) A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

Lotion (n.) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.

Lotion (n.) A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.

Loto (n.) See Lotto.

Lotong (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).

Lotophagi (n. pl.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.

Lotos (n.) See Lotus.

Lotteries (pl. ) of Lottery

Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.

Lottery (n.) Allotment; thing allotted.

Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno.

Loture (n.) See Lotion.

Lotus (n.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.

Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.

Lotus (n.) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.

Lotus (n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.

Lotus (n.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

Lotus-eater (n.) Alt. of Lotos-eater

Lotos-eater (n.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.

Louchettes (n. pl.) Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.

Loud (superl.) Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

Loud (superl.) Clamorous; boisterous.

Loud (superl.) Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort.

Loud (superl.) Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors.

Loud (adv.) With loudness; loudly.

Loudful (a.) Noisy.

Loudly (adv.) In a loud manner.

Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

Loudness (n.) The quality or state of being loud.

Loud-voiced (a.) Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.

Lough (n.) A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Lough (obs. strong imp.) of Laugh.

Louis d'or () Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

Lonis quatorze () Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

Louk (n.) An accomplice; a "pal."

Lounged (imp. & p. p.) of Lounge

Lounging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lounge

Lounge (a.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

Lounge (n.) An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.

Lounge (n.) A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Lounger (n.) One who lounges; ar idler.

Loup (n.) See 1st Loop.

Loup-cervier (n.) The Canada lynx. See Lynx.

Loup-loup (n.) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.

Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

Lour (n.) An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

Louri (n.) See Lory.

Lice (pl. ) of Louse

Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.

Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.

Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.

Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.

Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice.

Lousewort (n.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.

Lousily (adv.) In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily.

Lousiness (n.) The state or quality of being lousy.

Lousy (a.) Infested with lice.

Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.

Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.

Lout (n.) A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

Lout (v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Loutish (a.) Clownish; rude; awkward.

Loutou (n.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

Louver (n.) Alt. of Louvre

Louvre (n.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).

Lovable (a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

Lovage (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

Love (n.) A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Love (n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.

Love (n.) Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Love (n.) Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.

Love (n.) Due gratitude and reverence to God.

Love (n.) The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address.

Love (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.

Love (n.) A thin silk stuff.

Love (n.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).

Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.

Loved (imp. & p. p.) of Love

Loving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Love

Love (n.) To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.

Love (n.) To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.

Love (n.) To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.

Love (v. i.) To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

Loveable (a.) See Lovable.

Love-drury (n.) Affection.

Lovee (n.) One who is loved.

Loveful (a.) Full of love.

Loveless (a.) Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.

Loveless (a.) Not attracting love; unattractive.

Lovelily (adv.) In manner to excite love; amiably.

Loveliness (n.) The state or quality of being lovely.

Lovelock (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

Lovelorn (a.) Forsaken by one's love.

Lovely (superl.) Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.

Lovely (superl.) Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.

Lovely (superl.) Loving; tender.

Lovely (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.

Lovely (adv.) In a manner to please, or to excite love.

Love-making (n.) Courtship.

Lovemonger (n.) One who deals in affairs of love.

Lover (n.) One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

Lover (n.) A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.

Lover (n.) One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.

Lover (n.) Alt. of Lovery

Lovery (n.) See Louver.

Loverwise (adv.) As lovers do.

Love-sick (a.) Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.

Love-sick (a.) Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.

Love-sickness (n.) The state of being love-sick.

Lovesome (a.) Lovely.

Loving (a.) Affectionate.

Loving (a.) Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.

Loving-kindness (n.) Tender regard; mercy; favor.

Lovingly (adv.) With love; affectionately.

Lovingness (n.) Affection; kind regard.

Lovyer (n.) A lover.

Low () strong imp. of Laugh.

Lowed (imp. & p. p.) of Low

Lowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Low

Low (v. i.) To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.

Low (n.) The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave.

Low (n.) Fire; a flame; a light.

Low (v. i.) To burn; to blaze.

Low (superl.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.

Low (superl.) Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.

Low (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.

Low (superl.) Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

Low (superl.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

Low (superl.) Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.

Low (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.

Low (superl.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.

Low (superl.) Numerically small; as, a low number.

Low (superl.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

Low (superl.) Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.

Low (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

Low (superl.) Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.

Low (superl.) Submissive; humble.

Low (superl.) Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.

Low (superl.) Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

Low (superl.) Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

Low (superl.) Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.

Low (n.) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

Low (adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

Low (adv.) Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.

Low (adv.) In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.

Low (adv.) In time approaching our own.

Low (adv.) With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.

Low (adv.) With a low musical pitch or tone.

Low (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.

Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

Low (v. t.) To depress; to lower.

Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

Lowbell (n.) A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

Lowbell (v. t.) To frighten, as with a lowbell.

Lowborn (a.) Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.

Lowbred (a.) Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.

Low-church (a.) Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.

Low-churchism (n.) The principles of the low-church party.

-men (pl. ) of Low-churchman

Low-churchman (n.) One who holds low-church principles.

Low-churchmanship (n.) The state of being a low-churchman.

Lower (a.) Compar. of Low, a.

Lowered (imp. & p. p.) of Lower

Lowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lower

Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.

Lower (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.

Lower (a.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.

Lower (a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.

Lower (a.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.

Lower (a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.

Lower (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.

Lowered (imp. & p. p.) of Lower

Lowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lower

Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.

Lower (v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.

Lower (n.) Cloudiness; gloominess.

Lower (n.) A frowning; sullenness.

Lower-case (a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

Lowering (a.) Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.

Loweringly (adv.) In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

Lowermost (superl.) Lowest.

Lowery (a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.

Lowgh () Alt. of Lowh

Lowh () strong imp. of Laugh.

Lowing (n.) The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Lowish (a.) Somewhat low.

Lowk (n.) See Louk.

Lowland (n.) Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.

Lowlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

Lowlihood (n.) Alt. of Lowlihead

Lowlihead (n.) A lowly state.

Lowlily (adv.) In a lowly place or manner; humbly.

Lowliness (n.) The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.

Lowliness (n.) Low condition, especially as to manner of life.

Low-lived (a.) Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

Lowly (a.) Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Lowly (a.) Low in rank or social importance.

Lowly (a.) Not lofty or sublime; humble.

Lowly (a.) Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

Lowly (adv.) In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

Lowly (adv.) In a low condition; meanly.

Low-minded (a.) Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

Low-mindedness (n.) The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.

Lown (n.) A low fellow.

Low-necked (a.) Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.

Lowness (n.) The state or quality of being low.

Low-pressure (a.) Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Low-spirited (a.) Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

Low-studded (a.) Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.

Low-thoughted (a.) Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

Loxodromic (a.) Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.

Loxodromics (n.) The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.

Loxodremism (n.) The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

Loxodromy (n.) The science of loxodromics.

Loy (n.) A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

Loyal (a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.

Loyal (a.) True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.

Loyalist (n.) A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.

Loyally (adv.) In a loyal manner; faithfully.

Loyalness (n.) Loyalty.

Loyalty (n.) The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.

Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Lozenge (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.

Lozenge (n.) Anything in the form of lozenge.

Lozenge (n.) A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.

Lozenged (a.) Alt. of Lozenge-shaped

Lozenge-shaped (a.) Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.

Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

Lu (n. & v. t.) See Loo.

Lubbard (n.) A lubber.

Lubbard (a.) Lubberly.

Lubber (n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

Lubberly (a.) Like a lubber; clumsy.

Lubberly (adv.) Clumsily; awkwardly.

Lubric (a.) Alt. of Lubrical

Lubrical (a.) Having a smooth surface; slippery.

Lubrical (a.) Lascivious; wanton; lewd.

Lubricant (a.) Lubricating.

Lubricant (n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

Lubricate (v. t.) To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.

Lubricate (v. t.) To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.

Lubrication (n.) The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

Lubricator (n.) One who, or that which, lubricates.

Lubricator (n.) A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

Lubricitate (v. i.) See Lubricate.

Lubricity (n.) Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil.

Lubricity (n.) Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.

Lubricity (n.) Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.

Lubricous (a.) Lubric.

Lubrification (n.) Alt. of Lubrifaction

Lubrifaction (n.) The act of lubricating, or making smooth.

Lucarne (n.) A dormer window.

Lucchese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

Luce (n.) A pike when full grown.

Lucency (n.) The quality of being lucent.

Lucent (a.) Shining; bright; resplendent.

Lucern (n.) A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.

Lucern (n.) An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).

Lucern (n.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.

Lucern (n.) A lamp.

Lucernal (a.) Of or pertaining to a lamp.

Lucernaria (n.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

Lucernarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.

Lucernarian (n.) One of the Lucernarida.

lucernarida (n. pl.) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.

lucernarida (n. pl.) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.

Lucerne (n.) See Lucern, the plant.

Lucid (n.) Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.

Lucid (n.) Clear; transparent.

Lucid (n.) Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.

Lucid (n.) Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.

Lucidity (n.) The quality or state of being lucid.

Lucidly (adv.) In a lucid manner.

Lucidness (n.) The quality of being lucid; lucidity.

Lucifer (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.

Lucifer (n.) Hence, Satan.

Lucifer (n.) A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.

Lucifer (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.

Luciferian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.

Luciferian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.

Luciferian (n.) One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.

Luciferous (a.) Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.

Luciferously (adv.) In a luciferous manner.

Lucific (a.) Producing light.

Luciform (a.) Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.

Lucifrian (a.) Luciferian; satanic.

Lucimeter (n.) an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.

Luck (n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.

Luckily (adv.) In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.

Luckiness (n.) The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.

Luckiness (n.) Good fortune; favorable issue or event.

Luckless (a.) Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

Lucky (superl.) Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

Lucky (superl.) Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.

Lucky proach () See Fatherlasher.

Lucrative (a.) Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.

Lucrative (a.) Greedy of gain.

Lucratively (adv.) In a lucrative manner.

Lucre (n.) Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.

Lucriferous (a.) Gainful; profitable.

Lucrific (a.) Producing profit; gainful.

Luctation (n.) Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.

Luctual (a.) Producing grief; saddening.

Lucubrated (imp. & p. p.) of Lucubrate

Lucubrated (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lucubrate

Lucubrate (n.) To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

Lucubrate (v. t.) To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

Lucubration (n.) The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.

Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.

Lucubrator (n.) One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.

Lucubratory (a.) Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.

Lucule (n.) A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.

Luculent (a.) Lucid; clear; transparent.

Luculent (a.) Clear; evident; luminous.

Luculent (a.) Bright; shining in beauty.

Luculently (adv.) In a luculent manner; clearly.

Lucullite (n.) A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.

Lucuma (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.

Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.

Ludibrious (a.) Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.

Ludibund (a.) Sportive.

Ludicrous (a.) Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.

Ludification (n.) The act of deriding.

Ludificatory (a.) Making sport; tending to excite derision.

Ludlamite (n.) A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

Ludlow group () A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.

Ludwigite (n.) A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.

Lues (n.) Disease, especially of a contagious kind.

Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.

Luff (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.

Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.

Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

Luffed (imp. & p. p.) of Luff

Luffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luff

Luff (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.

Luffer (n.) See Louver.

Lug (n.) The ear, or its lobe.

Lug (n.) That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.

Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

Lug (n.) The lugworm.

Lugged (imp. & p. p.) of Lug

Lugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lug

Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.

Lug (v. i.) To move slowly and heavily.

Lug (n.) The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.

Lug (n.) Anything which moves slowly.

Lug (n.) A rod or pole.

Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.

Luggage (n.) That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

Lugger (n.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.

Lugger (n.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

Lugmark (n.) A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

Lugubrious (a.) Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.

Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.

Luke (a.) Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.

Lukewarm (a.) Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.

Lulled (imp. & p. p.) of Lull

Lulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lull

Lull (v. t.) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

Lull (n.) The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.

Lull (n.) A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

lullaby (v. t.) A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.

lullaby (v. t.) Hence: Good night; good-by.

Luller (n.) One who, or that which, lulls.

Lullingly (adv.) In a lulling manner; soothingly.

Lum (n.) A chimney.

Lum (n.) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.

Lum (n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool.

Lumachel (n.) Alt. of Lumachella

Lumachella (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

Lumbaginous (a.) Of or pertaining to lumbago.

Lumbago (n.) A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

Lumbar (a.) Alt. of Lumbal

Lumbal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.

Lumber (n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

Lumber (n.) Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.

Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.

Lumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Lumber

Lumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lumber

Lumber (b. t.) To heap together in disorder.

Lumber (b. t.) To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

Lumber (v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened.

Lumber (v. i.) To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.

Lumber (v. i.) To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.

Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.

Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.

Lumbermen (pl. ) of Lumberman

Lumberman (n.) One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.

Lumbosacral (n.) Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.

Lumbric (n.) An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.

Lumbrical (a.) Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet.

Lumbrical (n.) A lumbrical muscle.

Lumbriciform (a.) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.

Lumbricoid (a.) Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidae.

Lumbricus (n.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.

Luminant (a.) Luminous.

Luminaries (pl. ) of Luminary

Luminary (n.) Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.

Luminary (n.) One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.

Luminate (v. t.) To illuminate.

Lumination (n.) Illumination.

Lumine (v. i.) To illumine.

Luminiferous (a.) Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.

Luminosity (n.) The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

Luminous (a.) Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.

Luminous (a.) Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.

Luminous (a.) Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.

Lummox (n.) A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

Lump (n.) A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

Lump (n.) A mass or aggregation of things.

Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

Lumped (imp. & p. p.) of Lump

Lumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lump

Lump (v. i.) To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

Lump (v. i.) To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.

Lump (v. i.) To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.

Lumper (n.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

Lumper (n.) One who lumps.

Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.

Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.

Lumping (a.) Bulky; heavy.

Lumpish (a.) Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

Lumpsucker (n.) The lumprish.

Lumpy (superl.) Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

Luna (n.) The moon.

Luna (n.) Silver.

Lunacies (pl. ) of Lunacy

Lunacy (n.) Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.

Lunacy (n.) A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.

Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.

Lunar (a.) Resembling the moon; orbed.

Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.

Lunar (a.) Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs.

Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.

Lunar (n.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.

Lunarian (n.) An inhabitant of the moon.

Lunary (a.) Lunar.

Lunary (n.) The herb moonwort or "honesty".

Lunary (n.) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.

Lunate (a.) Alt. of Lunated

Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.

Lunatic (a.) Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

Lunatic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.

Lunatic (n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

Lunation (n.) The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.

Lunch (n.) A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.

Lunched (imp. & p. p.) of Lunch

Lunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lunch

Lunch (v. i.) To take luncheon.

Luncheon (n.) A lump of food.

Luncheon (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.

Luncheon (v. i.) To take luncheon.

Lune (n.) Anything in the shape of a half moon.

Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.

Lune (n.) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Lunet (n.) A little moon or satellite.

Lunette (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.

Lunette (n.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.

Lunette (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.

Lunette (n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

Lunette (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.

Lunette (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

Lung (n.) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.

Lunge (n.) A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

Lunged (imp. & p. p.) of Lunge

Lunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lunge

Lunge (v. i.) To make a lunge.

Lunge (v. t.) To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.

Lunge (n.) Same as Namaycush.

Lunged (a.) Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.

Lungfish (n.) Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

Lung-grown (a.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

Lungie (n.) A guillemot.

Lungis (n.) A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.

Lungless (a.) Being without lungs.

Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.

Lungworm (n.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.

Lungwort (n.) An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.

Lungwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Mertensia (esp. M. Virginica and M. Sibirica) plants nearly related to Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip.

Lunicurrent (a.) Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.

Luniform (a.) Resembling the moon in shape.

Lunisolar (a.) Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.

Lunistice (n.) The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

Lunitidal (a.) Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.

Lunt (n.) The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.

Lunt (n.) A puff of smoke.

Lunulae (pl. ) of Lunula

Lunula (n.) Same as Lunule.

Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

Lunulate (a.) Alt. of Lunulated

Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.

Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.

Lunule (n.) A lune. See Lune.

Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.

Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

Lunulite (n.) Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form.

Luny (a.) Crazy; mentally unsound.

Lupercal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.

Lupercal (n.) A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.

Lupercalia (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.

Lupine (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

Lupine (n.) Wolfish; ravenous.

Lupinin (n.) A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.

Lupinine (n.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.

Lupulin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from hops.

Lupulin (n.) The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.

Lupuline (n.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.

Lupulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.

Lupus (n.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.

Lupus (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

Lurcation (n.) Gluttony; gormandizing.

Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

Lurch (n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

Lurch (v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.

Lurch (v. t.) To steal; to rob.

Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.

Lurched (imp. & p. p.) of Lurch

Lurching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lurch

Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.

Lurch (v. i.) To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.

Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.

Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.

Lurcher (n.) A glutton; a gormandizer.

Lurchline (n.) The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.

Lurdan (a.) Stupid; blockish.

Lurdan (n.) A blockhead.

Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

Lure (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.

Lure (n.) A velvet smoothing brush.

Lured (imp. & p. p.) of Lure

Luring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lure

Lure (n.) To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.

Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.

Lurg (n.) A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.

Lurid (a.) Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.

Lurid (a.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.

Lurid (a.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.

Lurked (imp. & p. p.) of Lurk

Lurking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lurk

Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.

Lurk (v. i.) To keep out of sight.

Lurker (n.) One who lurks.

Lurker (n.) A small fishing boat.

Lurry (n.) A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds.

Luscious (a.) Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.

Luscious (a.) Cloying; fulsome.

Luscious (a.) Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene.

Lusern (n.) A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.

Lush (a.) Full of juice or succulence.

Lushburg (n.) See Lussheburgh.

Lusitanian (a.) Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.

Lusitanian (n.) One of the people of Lusitania.

Lusk (a.) Lazy; slothful.

Lusk (n.) A lazy fellow; a lubber.

Lusk (v. i.) To be idle or unemployed.

Luskish (a.) Inclined to be lazy.

Lusorious (a.) Alt. of Lusory

Lusory (a.) Used in play; sportive; playful.

Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.

Lust (n.) Pleasure.

Lust (n.) Inclination; desire.

Lust (n.) Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.

Lust (n.) Licentious craving; sexual appetite.

Lust (n.) Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.

Lusted (imp. & p. p.) of Lust

Lusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lust

Lust (n.) To list; to like.

Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.

Luster (n.) One who lusts.

Luster Lustre (n.) A period of five years; a lustrum.

Luster (n.) Alt. of Lustre

Lustre (n.) Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.

Lustre (n.) Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.

Lustre (n.) A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.

Lustre (n.) The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.

Lustre (n.) A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.

Lustre (n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.

Lustred (imp. & p. p.) of Lustre

Lustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lustre

Lustring () of Lustre

Luster (v. t.) Alt. of Lustre

Lustre (v. t.) To make lustrous.

Lustering (n.) The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.

Lustering (n.) The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.

Lusterless (a.) Alt. of Lustreless

Lustreless (a.) Destitute of luster; dim; dull.

Lustful (a.) Full of lust; excited by lust.

Lustful (a.) Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality.

Lustful (a.) Strong; lusty.

Lustic (a.) Lusty; vigorous.

Lustihead (n.) See Lustihood.

Lustihood (n.) State of being lusty; vigor of body.

Lustily (adv.) In a lusty or vigorous manner.

Lustiness (n.) State of being lusty; vigor; strength.

Lustless (a.) Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.

Lustless (a.) Free from sexual lust.

Lustral (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.

Lustral (a.) Of or pertaining to a lustrum.

Lustrated (imp. & p. p.) of Lustrate

Lustrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lustrate

Lustrate (v. t.) To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

Lustration (n.) The act of lustrating or purifying.

Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

Lustre (n.) Same as Luster.

Lustrical (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, purification.

Lustring (n.) A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

Lustrous (a.) Bright; shining; luminous.

Lustrums (pl. ) of Lustrum

Lustra (pl. ) of Lustrum

Lustrum (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.

Lustwort (n.) See Sundew.

Lusty (superl.) Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.

Lusty (superl.) Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.

Lusty (superl.) Of large size; big. [Obs.] " Three lusty vessels." Evelyn. Hence, sometimes, pregnant.

Lusty (superl.) Lustful; lascivious.

Lusus naturae () Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.

Lutanist (n.) A person that plays on the lute.

Lutarious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.

Lutation (n.) The act or method of luting vessels.

Lute (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.

Lute (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lute (n.) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.

Luted (imp. & p. p.) of Lute

Luting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lute

Lute (v. t.) To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.

Lute (v. i.) To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.

Lute (v. t.) To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Lute-backed (a.) Having a curved spine.

Luteic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).

Luteic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.

Lutein (n.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

Lutenist (n.) Same as Lutanist.

Luteo- () A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.

Luteocobaltic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic.

Luteolin (n.) A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola).

Luteous (a.) Yellowish; more or less like buff.

Luter (n.) One who plays on a lute.

Luter (n.) One who applies lute.

Lutescent (a.) Of a yellowish color.

Lutestring (n.) A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.

Luth (n.) The leatherback.

Lutheran (a.) Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

Lutheran (n.) One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

Lutheranism (n.) Alt. of Lutherism

Lutherism (n.) The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.

Luthern (n.) A dormer window. See Dormer.

Lutidine (n.) Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.

Luting (n.) See Lute, a cement.

Lutist (n.) One who plays on a lute.

Lutose (a.) Covered with clay; miry.

Lutulence (n.) The state or quality of being lutulent.

Lutulent (a.) Muddy; turbid; thick.

Luwack (n.) See Paradoxure.

Lux (v. t.) To put out of joint; to luxate.

Luxate (a.) Luxated.

Luxated (imp. & p. p.) of Luxate

Luxating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luxate

Luxate (v. t.) To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.

Luxation (n.) The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

Luxe (n.) Luxury.

Luxive (a.) Given to luxury; voluptuous.

Luxullianite (n.) A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.

Luxuriance (n.) The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.

Luxuriancy (n.) The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.

Luxuriant (a.) Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

Luxuriantly (adv.) In a luxuriant manner.

Luxuriated (imp. & p. p.) of Luxuriate

Luxuriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luxuriate

Luxuriate (v. i.) To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

Luxuriate (v. i.) To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.

Luxuriate (v. i.) To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.

Luxuriation (n.) The act or process luxuriating.

Luxuriety (n.) Luxuriance.

Luxurious (a.) Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease.

Luxurist (n.) One given to luxury.

Luxuries (pl. ) of Luxury

Luxury (n.) A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

Luxury (n.) Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.

Luxury (n.) Lechery; lust.

Luxury (n.) Luxuriance; exuberance.

Luz (n.) A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.

-ly (a.) A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance.

Lyam (n.) A leash.

Lycanthrope (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.

Lycanthrope (n.) One affected with lycanthropy.

Lycanthropia (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2.

Lycanthropic (a.) Pertaining to lycanthropy.

Lycanthropist (n.) One affected by the disease lycanthropy.

Lycanthropous (a.) Lycanthropic.

Lycanthropy (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.

Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

Lyceums (pl. ) of Lyceum

Lycea (pl. ) of Lyceum

Lyceum (n.) A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

Lyceum (n.) A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.

Lyceum (n.) A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.

Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.

Lyche (a.) Like.

Lychee (n.) See Litchi.

Lych gate () See under Lich.

Lychnis (n.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.

Lychnobite (n.) One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.

Lychnoscope (n.) Same as Low side window, under Low, a.

Lycine (n.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.

Lycoperdon (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.

Lycopod (n.) A plant of the genus Lycopodium.

Lycopode (n.) Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.

Lycopodiaceous (a.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.

Lycopodite (n.) An old name for a fossil club moss.

Lycopodium (n.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.

Lycotropous (a.) Campylotropous.

Lyden (n.) See Leden.

Lydian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.

Lydine (n.) A violet dye derived from aniline.

Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.

Lye (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

Lye (n.) A falsehood.

Lyencephala (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.

Lyencephalous (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.

Lyerman (n.) The cicada.

Lygodium (n.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.

Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to tell a falsehood.

Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to be supported horizontally.

Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement.

Lying-in (n.) The act of bearing a child.

Lyingly (adv.) In a lying manner; falsely.

Lyken (v. t.) To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.

Lym (n.) Alt. of Lymhound

Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.

Lymail (n.) See Limaille.

Lyme grass () A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

Lymph (n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.

Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.

Lymphadenitis (n.) Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.

Lymphadenoma (n.) See Lymphoma.

Lymphangeitis (n.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.

Lymphangial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.

Lymphate (a.) Alt. of Lymphated

Lymphated (a.) Frightened into madness; raving.

Lymphatic (a.) pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.

Lymphatic (a.) Madly enthusiastic; frantic.

Lymphatic (n.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.

Lymphatic (n.) A mad enthusiast; a lunatic.

Lymphitis (n.) See Lymphadenitis.

Lymphogenic (a.) Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.

Lymphography (n.) A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.

Lymphoid (a.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.

Lymphoma (n.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.

Lymphy (a.) Containing, or like, lymph.

Lyn (n.) A waterfall. See Lin.

Lyncean (a.) Of or pertaining to the lynx.

Lynched (imp. & p. p.) of Lynch

Lynching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lynch

Lynch (v. t.) To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.

Lyncher (n.) One who assists in lynching.

Lynch law () The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.

Lynde (n.) Alt. of Lynden

Lynden (n.) See Linden.

Lyne (n.) Linen.

Lynx (n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.

Lynx (n.) One of the northern constellations.

Lynx-eyed (a.) Having acute sight.

Lyonnaise (a.) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.

Lyopomata (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.

Lyra (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.

Lyra (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.

Lyraid (n.) Same as Lyrid.

Lyrate (a.) Alt. of Lyrated

Lyrated (a.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.

Lyrated (a.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

Lyre (n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.

Lyric (a.) Alt. of Lyrical

Lyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet.

Lyric (n.) A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

Lyric (n.) A composer of lyric poems.

Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Lyric (n.) The words of a song.

Lyrically (adv.) In a lyrical manner.

Lyricism (n.) A lyric composition.

Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

Lyrie (n.) A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.

Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.

Lyrism (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

Lyrist (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

Lysimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.

Lysis (n.) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

Lyssa (n.) Hydrophobia.

Lyterian (a.) Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a disease.

Lythe (n.) The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.

Lythe (a.) Soft; flexible.

Lythonthriptic (a.) Alt. of Lythontriptic

Lythontriptic (a.) See Lithontriptic.

Lyttae (pl. ) of Lytta

Lytta (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

M () M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178-180, 242.

M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

M (n.) A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect square; also, the size of such a square in any given size of type, used as the unit of measurement for that type: 500 m's of pica would be a piece of matter whose length and breadth in pica m's multiplied together produce that number.

M (n.) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy.

Ma (n.) A child's word for mother.

Ma (n.) In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.

Ma (conj.) But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).

Maa (n.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.

Maad (p. p.) Made.

Maalin (n.) The sparrow hawk.

Maalin (n.) The kestrel.

Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.

Maara shell () A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

Maasha (n.) An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.

Maat (a.) Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.

Mad (n.) A slattern.

Mad (n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.

Mabble (v. t.) To wrap up.

Mabby (n.) A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.

Mabolo (n.) A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

Mac () A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.

Macaco (n.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).

Macacus (n.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.

Macadamization (n.) The process or act of macadamizing.

Macadamized (imp. & p. p.) of Macadamize

Macadamizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macadamize

Macadamize (v. t.) To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Maoadam road () A macadamized road.

Macao (n.) A macaw.

Macaque (n.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

Macaranga gum () A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.

Macarize (v. t.) To congratulate.

Macaronis (pl. ) of Macaroni

Macaronies (pl. ) of Macaroni

Macaroni (n.) Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.

Macaroni (n.) A medley; something droll or extravagant.

Macaroni (n.) A sort of droll or fool.

Macaroni (n.) A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.

Macaroni (n.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.

Macaronian (a.) Alt. of Macaronic

Macaronic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

Macaronic (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

Macaronic (n.) A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.

Macaroon (n.) A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.

Macaroon (n.) A finical fellow, or macaroni.

Macartney (n.) A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.

Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

Macauco (n.) Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

Macavahu (n.) A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

Macaw (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

Maccabean (a.) Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

Maccabees (n. pl.) The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.

Maccabees (n. pl.) The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.

Maccaboy (n.) Alt. of Maccoboy

Maccoboy (n.) A kind of snuff.

Macco (n.) A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.

Mace (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

Mace (n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.

Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.

Mace (n.) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.

Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Mace (n.) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.

Macedonian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.

Macedonian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.

Macedonian (n.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son.

Macedonianism (n.) The doctrines of Macedonius.

Macer (n.) A mace bearer; an officer of a court.

Macerated (imp. & p. p.) of Macerate

Macerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macerate

Macerate (v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.

Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

Macerate (v. t.) To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.

Macerater (n.) One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

Maceration (n.) The act or process of macerating.

Machaerodus (n.) Alt. of Machairodus

Machairodus (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.

Machete (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.

Machiavelian (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.

Machiavelian (n.) One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.

Machiavelism (n.) Alt. of Machiavelianism

Machiavelianism (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.

Machicolated (a.) Having machicolations.

Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.

Machicolation (n.) The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

Machicoulis (n.) Same as Machicolation.

Machinal (a.) Of or pertaining to machines.

Machinated (imp. & p. p.) of Machinate

Machinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machinate

Machinate (v. i.) To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

Machinate (v. t.) To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.

Machination (n.) The act of machinating.

Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

Machinator (n.) One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.

Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.

Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.

Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.

Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.

Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Machined (imp. & p. p.) of Machine

Machining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machine

Machine (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

Machiner (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.

Machinery (n.) Machines, in general, or collectively.

Machinery (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.

Machinery (n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.

Machinery (n.) The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.

Machining (a.) Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.

Machinist (n.) A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

Machinist (n.) One skilled in the use of machine tools.

Machinist (n.) A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

Macho (n.) The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).

Macilency (n.) Leanness.

Macilent (a.) Lean; thin.

Macintosh (n.) Same as Mackintosh.

Mackerel (n.) A pimp; also, a bawd.

Mackerel (n.) Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

Mackinaw blanket () Alt. of Mackinaw

Mackinaw () A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

Mackintosh (n.) A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Mackle (n.) Same Macule.

Mackle (v. t. & i.) To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.

Macle (n.) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.

Macle (n.) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.

Macle (n.) A twin crystal.

Macled (a.) Marked like macle (chiastolite).

Macled (a.) Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.

Macled (a.) See Mascled.

Maclurea (n.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.

Maclurin (n.) See Morintannic.

Macrame lace () A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.

Macrencephalic (a.) Alt. of Macrencephalous

Macrencephalous (a.) Having a large brain.

Macro- () A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.

Macrobiotic (a.) Long-lived.

Macrobiotics (n.) The art of prolonging life.

Macrocephalous (a.) Having a large head.

Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body.

Macro-chemistry (n.) The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry.

Macrochires (n. pl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

Macrocosm (n.) The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

Macrocosmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the macrocosm.

Macrocystis (n.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.

Macrodactyl (n.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.

Macrodactylic (a.) Alt. of Macrodactylous

Macrodactylous (a.) Having long toes.

Macrodiagonal (n.) The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.

Macrodome (n.) A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.

Macrodont (a.) Having large teeth.

Macrodont (n.) A macrodont animal.

Macrofarad (n.) See Megafarad.

Macroglossia (n.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

Macrognathic (a.) Long-jawed.

Macrology (n.) Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.

Macrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.

Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc.

Macropetalous (a.) Having long or large petals.

Macrophyllous (a.) Having long or large leaves.

Macropinacoid (n.) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

Macropodal (a.) Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

Macropodian (n.) A macropod.

Macropodous (a.) Having long legs or feet.

Macroprism (n.) A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.

Macropteres (n. pl.) A division of birds; the Longipennes.

Macropterous (a.) Having long wings.

Macropus (n.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

Macropyramid (n.) See Macroprism.

Macroscopic (a.) Alt. of Macroscopical

Macroscopical (a.) Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.

Macrosporangium (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.

Macrospore (n.) One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.

Macrosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to macrospores.

Macrotone (n.) Same as Macron.

Macrotous (a.) Large-eared.

Macroura (a.) Alt. of Macroural

Macroural (a.) Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.

Macrozoospore (n.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.

Macrura (n. pl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.

Macrural (a.) Same as Macrurous.

Macruran (n.) One of the Macrura.

Macruroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

Macrurous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.

Mactation (n.) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.

Mactra (n.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.

Maculae (pl. ) of Macula

Macula (n.) A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

Macula (n.) A rather large spot or blotch of color.

Maculate (v.) To spot; to stain; to blur.

Maculate (a.) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.

Maculated (a.) Having spots or blotches; maculate.

Maculation (n.) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

Maculatory (a.) Causing a spot or stain.

Maculature (n.) Blotting paper.

Macule (n.) A spot.

Macule (n.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.

Macule (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.

Maculose (a.) Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.

Mad () p. p. of Made.

Mad (superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.

Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.

Mad (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

Mad (superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.

Mad (superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

Mad (superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

Mad (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

Madded (imp. & p. p.) of Mad

Madding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mad

Mad (v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.

Mad (v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.

Mad (n.) An earthworm.

Madams (pl. ) of Madam

Mesdames (pl. ) of Madam

Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.

Mesdames (pl. ) of Madame

Madame (n.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.

Mad-apple (n.) See Eggplant.

Madbrain (a.) Hot-headed; rash.

Madbrain (n.) A rash or hot-headed person.

Madbrained (a.) Disordered in mind; hot-headed.

Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.

Madcap (a.) Wild; reckless.

Madcap (n.) A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.

Maddened (imp. & p. p.) of Madden

Maddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madden

Madden (v. t.) To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.

Madden (v. i.) To become mad; to act as if mad.

Madder (n.) A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

Madderwort (n.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.

Madding (a.) Affected with madness; raging; furious.

Maddish (a.) Somewhat mad.

Made (n.) See Mad, n.

Made () imp. & p. p. of Make.

Made (a.) Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.

Madecass (n.) Alt. of Madecassee

Madecassee (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Madecassee (a.) Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

Madefaction (n.) Alt. of Madefication

Madefication (n.) The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.

Madefied (imp. & p. p.) of Madefy

Madefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madefy

Madefy (v. t.) To make wet or moist.

Madegassy (n. & a.) See Madecassee.

Madeira (n.) A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.

Mesdemoiselles (pl. ) of Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.

Mademoiselle (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

Madge (n.) The barn owl.

Madge (n.) The magpie.

Mad-headed (a.) Wild; crack-brained.

Madhouse (n.) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Madia (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.

Madid (a.) Wet; moist; as, a madid eye.

Madisterium (n.) An instrument to extract hairs.

Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.

Madly (a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

Madmen (pl. ) of Madman

Madman (n.) A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

Madnep (n.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).

Madness (a.) The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

Madness (a.) Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.

Madonna (n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.

Madonna (n.) A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).

Madoqua (n.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

Madrague (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

Madreperl (n.) Mother-of-pearl.

Madrepora (n.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.

Madreporaria (n. pl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.

Madrepore (n.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

Madreporian (a.) Alt. of Madreporic

Madreporic (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.

Madreporiform (a.) Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.

Madreporite (n.) A fossil coral.

Madreporite (n.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.

Madrier (n.) A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes

Madrier (n.) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.

Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Madrigal (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.

Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

Madrigaler (n.) A madrigalist.

Madrigalist (n.) A composer of madrigals.

Madrilenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.

Madrilenian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madrid.

Madrina (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

Madro–a (n.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro–a apples.

Madwort (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.

Maegbote (n.) Alt. of Magbote

Magbote (n.) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.

Maelstrom (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

Maelstrom (n.) Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.

Maenad (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.

Maenad (n.) A frantic or frenzied woman.

Maestoso (a. & adv.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

Maestricht monitor () The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

Maestro (n.) A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.

Maffle (v. i.) To stammer.

Maffler (n.) A stammerer.

Magazine (n.) A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.

Magazine (n.) The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.

Magazine (n.) A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.

Magazine (n.) A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.

Magazined (imp. & p. p.) of Magazine

Magazining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magazine

Magazine (v. t.) To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.

Magaziner (n.) One who edits or writes for a magazine.

Magazining (n.) The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine.

Magazinist (n.) One who edits or writes for a magazine.

Magbote (n.) See Maegbote.

Magdala (a.) Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.

Magdalen (n.) A reformed prostitute.

Magdaleon (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

Magdeburg (n.) A city of Saxony.

Mage (n.) A magician.

Magellanic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.

Magenta (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.

Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace.

Maggiore (a.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.

Maggot (n.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

Maggot (n.) A whim; an odd fancy.

Maggotiness (n.) State of being maggoty.

Maggotish (a.) Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.

Maggot-pie (n.) A magpie.

Maggoty (a.) Infested with maggots.

Maggoty (a.) Full of whims; capricious.

Maghet (n.) A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.

Magi (n. pl.) A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.

Magian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Magi.

Magian (n.) One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.

Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.

Magic (a.) Alt. of Magical

Magical (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.

Magical (a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.

Magically (adv.) In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.

Magician (n.) One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

Magilp (n.) Alt. of Magilph

Magilph (n.) See Megilp.

Magister (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.

Magisterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.

Magisterial (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.

Magisteriality (n.) Magisterialness; authoritativeness.

Magisterially (adv.) In a magisterial manner.

Magisterialness (n.) The quality or state of being magisterial.

Magistery (n.) Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.

Magistery (n.) A magisterial injunction.

Magistery (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth.

Magistracies (pl. ) of Magistracy

Magistracy (n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate.

Magistracy (n.) The collective body of magistrates.

Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.

Magistral (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.

Magistral (a.) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

Magistral (n.) A sovereign medicine or remedy.

Magistral (n.) A magistral line.

Magistral (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.

-ties (pl. ) of Magistrality

Magistrality (n.) Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism.

Magistrally (adv.) In a magistral manner.

Magistrate (n.) A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.

Magistratic (a.) Alt. of Magistratical

Magistratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.

Magistrature (n.) Magistracy.

Magma (n.) Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.

Magma (n.) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.

Magma (n.) A salve or confection of thick consistency.

Magma (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.

Magma (n.) The glassy base of an eruptive rock.

Magma (n.) The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.

Magna Charta () The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.

Magna Charta () Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.

Magnality (n.) A great act or event; a great attainment.

Magnanimity (n.) The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.

Magnanimous (a.) Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.

Magnanimous (a.) Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.

Magnanimously (adv.) In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.

Magnase black () A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.

Magnate () A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.

Magnate () One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.

Magnes (n.) Magnet.

Magnesia (n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium.

Magnesian (a.) Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.

Magnesic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, magnesic oxide.

Magnesite (n.) Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.

Magnesium (n.) A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75.

Magnet (n.) The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet.

Magnet (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.

Magnetic (a.) Alt. of Magnetical

Magnetical (a.) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.

Magnetical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.

Magnetical (a.) Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.

Magnetical (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.

Magnetical (a.) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.

Magnetic (n.) A magnet.

Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.

Magnetically (adv.) By or as by, magnetism.

Magneticalness (n.) Quality of being magnetic.

Magnetician (n.) One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.

Maneticness (n.) Magneticalness.

Magnetics (n.) The science of magnetism.

Magnetiferous (a.) Producing or conducting magnetism.

Magnetism (n.) The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.

Magnetism (n.) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.

Magnetism (n.) Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.

Magnetist (n.) One versed in magnetism.

Magnetite (n.) An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called also magnetic iron.

Magnetizable (a.) Capable of magnetized.

Magnetization (n.) The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.

Magnetized (imp. & p. p.) of Magnetize

Magnetizing (prep. & adv.) of Magnetize

Magnetize (v. t.) To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.

Magnetize (v. t.) To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence.

Magnetize (v. t.) To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.

Magnetizee (n.) A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism.

Magnetizer (n.) One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.

Magneto- () A prefix meaning pertaining to, produced by, or in some way connected with, magnetism.

Magneto-electric (a.) Alt. of Magneto-electrical

Magneto-electrical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.

Magneto-electricity (n.) Electricity evolved by the action of magnets.

Magneto-electricity (n.) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism.

Magnetograph (n.) An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.

Magnetometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination.

Magnetometric (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.

Magnetomotor (n.) A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.

Magnetotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

Magnifiable (a.) Such as can be magnified, or extolled.

Magnific (a.) Alt. of Magnifical

Magnifical (a.) Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent.

Magnificat (n.) The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.

Magnificate (v. t.) To magnify or extol.

Magnification (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

Magnificence (n.) The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

Magnificent (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.

Magnificent (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.

Magnificently (adv.) In a Magnificent manner.

Magnificoes (pl. ) of Magnifico

Magnifico (n.) A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.

Magnifico (n.) A rector of a German university.

Magnifier (n.) One who, or that which, magnifies.

Magnified (imp. & p. p.) of Magnify

Magnifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnify

Magnify (v. t.) To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.

Magnify (v. t.) To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.

Magnify (v. t.) To praise highly; to land; to extol.

Magnify (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.

Magnify (v. i.) To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.

Magnify (v. i.) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

Magniloquence (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

Magniloquous (a.) Magniloquent.

Magnitude (n.) Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

Magnitude (n.) That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.

Magnitude (n.) Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.

Magnitude (n.) Greatness; grandeur.

Magnitude (n.) Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude.

Magnolia (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.

Magnoliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples.

Magnum (n.) A large wine bottle.

Magnum (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.

Magot (n.) The Barbary ape.

Magot-pie (n.) A magpie.

Magpie (n.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.

Maguari (n.) A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail.

Maguey (n.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.

Magyar (n.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian.

Magyar (n.) The language of the Magyars.

Maha (n.) A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.

Mahabarata (n.) Alt. of Mahabharatam

Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.

Mahaled (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

Maharajah (n.) A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

Maharif (n.) An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

Maharmah (n.) A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

Mahdi (n.) Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.

Mahl-stick (n.) See Maul-stick.

Mahoe (n.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.

Mahogany (n.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America.

Mahogany (n.) The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.

Mahogany (n.) A table made of mahogany wood.

Maholi (n.) A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large ears.

Mahomedan (n.) Alt. of Mahometan

Mahometan (n.) See Mohammedan.

Mahometanism (n.) See Mohammedanism.

Mahometanized (imp. & p. p.) of Mahometanize

Mahometanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mahometanize

Mahometanize (v. t.) To convert to the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize.

Mahometism (n.) See Mohammedanism.

Mahometist (n.) A Mohammedan.

Mahometry (n.) Mohammedanism.

Mahone (n.) A large Turkish ship.

Mahonia (n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

Mahon stock () An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.

Mahoohoo (n.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus).

Mahori (n.) One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

Mahound (n.) A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.

Mahout (n.) The keeper and driver of an elephant.

Mahovo (n.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.

Mahrati (n.) The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the Deccan and Concan.

Mahratta (n.) One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.

Mahratta (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas.

Mahumetan (n.) Alt. of Mahumetanism

Mahumetanism (n.) See Mohammedan, Mohammedanism.

Mahwa tree () An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.

Maia (n.) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).

Maia (n.) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).

Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae.

Maid (n.) An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

Maid (n.) A man who has not had sexual intercourse.

Maid (n.) A female servant.

Maid (n.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).

Maiden (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

Maiden (n.) A female servant.

Maiden (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.

Maiden (n.) A machine for washing linen.

Maiden (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.

Maiden (a.) Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.

Maiden (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.

Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.

Maiden (v. t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.

Maidenhair (n.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.

Maidenhead (n.) The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.

Maidenhead (n.) The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.

Maidenhead (n.) The hymen, or virginal membrane.

Maidenhood (n.) The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

Maidenhood (n.) Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

Maidenlike (a.) Like a maiden; modest; coy.

Maidenliness (n.) The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Maidenly (a.) Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

Maidenly (adv.) In a maidenlike manner.

Maidenship (n.) Maidenhood.

Maidhood (n.) Maidenhood.

Maidmarian (n.) The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes.

Maidmarian (n.) A kind of dance.

Maidpale (a.) Pale, like a sick girl.

Maidservant (n.) A female servant.

Maid's hair () The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

Maieutic (a.) Alt. of Maieutical

Maieutical (a.) Serving to assist childbirth.

Maieutical (a.) Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.

Maieutics (n.) The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth.

Maiger (n.) The meagre.

Maigre (a.) Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day.

Maihem (n.) See Maim, and Mayhem.

Maikel (n.) A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

Maikong (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.

Mail (n.) A spot.

Mail (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.

Mail (n.) Rent; tribute.

Mail (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

Mail (n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.

Mail (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

Mail (n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.

Mail (v. t.) To arm with mail.

Mail (v. t.) To pinion.

Mail (n.) A bag; a wallet.

Mail (n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.

Mail (n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.

Mail (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

Mailed (imp. & p. p.) of Mail

Mailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mail

Mail (v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.

Mailable (a.) Admissible lawfully into the mail.

Mailclad (a.) Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.

Mailed (a.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.

Mailed (a.) Spotted; speckled.

Mailing (n.) A farm.

Mail-shell (n.) A chiton.

Maimed (imp. & p. p.) of Maim

Maiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maim

Maim (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.

Maim (v. t.) To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.

Maim (v.) The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.

Maim (v.) The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.

Maimedly (adv.) In a maimed manner.

Maimedness (n.) State of being maimed.

Main (n.) A hand or match at dice.

Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.

Main (n.) The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.

Main (n.) A match at cockfighting.

Main (n.) A main-hamper.

Main (v.) Strength; force; might; violent effort.

Main (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

Main (v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.

Main (v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.

Main (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.

Main (a.) Very or extremely strong.

Main (a.) Vast; huge.

Main (a.) Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.

Main (a.) Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.

Main (a.) Important; necessary.

Main (a.) Very; extremely; as, main heavy.

Maine (n.) One of the New England States.

Main-gauche (n.) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.

Main-hamper (n.) A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.

Mainland (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula.

Mainly (adv.) Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.

Mainly (adv.) Principally; chiefly.

Mainmast (n.) The principal mast in a ship or other vessel.

Mainor (n.) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.

Mainpernable (a.) Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.

Mainpernor (n.) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.

Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.

Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.

Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

Mainprised (imp. & p. p.) of Mainprise

Mainprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mainprise

Mainprise (v. t.) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.

Mains (n.) The farm attached to a mansion house.

Mainsail (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.

Mainstay (n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.

Maintained (imp. & p. p.) of Maintain

Maintaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maintain

Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.

Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.

Maintain (v. t.) To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.

Maintain (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.

Maintain (v. t.) To affirm; to support or defend by argument.

Maintainable (a.) That maybe maintained.

Maintainer (n.) One who maintains.

Maintainor (n.) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.

Maintenance (n.) The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

Maintenance (n.) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.

Maintop (n.) The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.

Main yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.

Maioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.

Maister (n.) Master.

Maister (a.) Principal; chief.

Maistre (n.) Alt. of Maistry

Maistrie (n.) Alt. of Maistry

Maistry (n.) Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.

Maistress (n.) Mistress.

Maithes (n.) Same as Maghet.

Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.

Majestatic (a.) Alt. of Majestatal

Majestatal (a.) Majestic.

Majestic (a.) Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.

Majestical (a.) Majestic.

Majesticness (n.) The quality or state of being majestic.

Majesties (pl. ) of Majesty

Majesty (n.) The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.

Majesty (n.) Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.

Majesty (n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style.

Majolica (n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

Major (a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.

Major (a.) Of full legal age.

Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.

Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

Major (a.) A person of full age.

Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].

Major (a.) A mayor.

Majorat (a.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.

Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.

Majorate (n.) The office or rank of a major.

Majorate (a.) To augment; to increase.

Majoration (n.) Increase; enlargement.

Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.

Majorcan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Majorca.

Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

Majorities (pl. ) of Majority

Majority (n.) The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.

Majority (n.) The military rank of a major.

Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

Majority (n.) The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

Majority (n.) Ancestors; ancestry.

Majority (n.) The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Majorship (n.) The office of major.

Majoun (n.) See Madjoun.

Majusculae (n. pl.) Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.

Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

Makable (a.) Capable of being made.

Makaron (n.) See Macaroon, 2.

Make (n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

Made (imp. & p. p.) of Make

Making (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make

Make (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

Make (v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

Make (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

Make (v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

Make (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

Make (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.

Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

Make (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

Make (v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

Make (v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

Make (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

Make (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

Make (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.

Make (v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

Make (v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Make (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

Make (v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

Make (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.

Make (v. i.) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Make (n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

Make-belief (n.) A feigning to believe; make believe.

Make-believe (n.) A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

Make-believe (a.) Feigned; insincere.

Maked (p. p.) Made.

Make-game (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt.

Makeless (a.) Matchless.

Makeless (a.) Without a mate.

Make-peace (n.) A peacemaker.

Maker (n.) One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

Maker (n.) The person who makes a promissory note.

Maker (n.) One who writes verses; a poet.

Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

Make-up (n.) The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

Makeweight (n.) That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

Maki (n.) A lemur. See Lemur.

Making (n.) The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; the making of peace or war was in his power.

Making (n.) Composition, or structure.

Making (n.) a poem.

Making (n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was the making of him.

Making (n.) External appearance; from.

Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.

Making-up (n.) The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof.

Making-up (n.) The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.

Mal- () A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.

Mala (n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

Malabar (n.) A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea.

Malacatune (n.) See Melocoton.

Malacca (n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

Malachite (n.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

Malacissant (a.) Softening; relaxing.

Malacissation (n.) The act of making soft or supple.

Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.

Malacoderm (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.

Malacolite (n.) A variety of pyroxene.

Malacologist (n.) One versed in the science of malacology.

Malacology (n.) The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.

Malacopoda (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.

Malacopterygian (n.) One of the Malacopterygii.

Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.

Malacopterygious (a.) Belonging to the Malacopterygii.

Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

Malacostomous (a.) Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.

Malacostraca (n. pl.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.

Malacostracan (n.) One of the Malacostraca.

Malacostracology (n.) That branch of zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.

Malacostracous (a.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.

Malacotoon (n.) See Melocoton.

Malacozoa (n. pl.) An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria.

Malacozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.

Maladdress (n.) Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one.

Maladjustment (n.) A bad adjustment.

Maladministration (n.) Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.

Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.

Maladies (pl. ) of Malady

Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

Malady (n.) A moral or mental defect or disorder.

Malaga (n.) A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.

Malagash (n.) Same as Malagasy.

Malagasy (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language.

Malaise (n.) An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.

Malamate (n.) A salt of malamic acid.

Malambo (n.) A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo.

Malamethane (n.) A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.

Malamic (a.) Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.

Malamide (n.) The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.

Malanders (n. pl.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders.

Malapert (a.) Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.

Malapert (n.) A malapert person.

Malapropism (n.) A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

Malapropos (a. & adv.) Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Malapterurus (n.) A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.

Malar (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal.

Malar (n.) The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

Malaria (n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.

Malaria (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.

Malarial (a.) Alt. of Malarious

Malarian (a.) Alt. of Malarious

Malarious (a.) Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.

Malashaganay (n.) The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).

Malassimilation (n.) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

Malassimilation (n.) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood.

Malate (n.) A salt of malic acid.

Malax (v. t.) Alt. of Malaxate

Malaxate (v. t.) To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner substance.

Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.

Malaxator (n.) One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass.

Malay (n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.

Malay (a.) Alt. of Malayan

Malayan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.

Malayan (n.) The Malay language.

Malayalam (n.) The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil.

Malbrouck (n.) A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).

Malconformation (n.) Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.

Malcontent (a.) discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.

Malcontent (n.) One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts.

Malcontented (a.) Malcontent.

Maldanian (n.) Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or family Maldanidae. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud.

Male- () See Mal-.

Male (a.) Evil; wicked; bad.

Male (n.) Same as Mail, a bag.

Male (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.

Male (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.

Male (v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

Male (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.

Male (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.

Male (n.) An animal of the male sex.

Male (n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Naleadministration (n.) Maladministration.

Maleate (n.) A salt of maleic acid.

Malebranchism (n.) The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God.

Maleconformation (n.) Malconformation.

Malecontent (a.) Malcontent.

Maledicency (n.) Evil speaking.

Maledicent (a.) Speaking reproachfully; slanderous.

Maledict (a.) Accursed; abominable.

Malediction (n.) A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

Malefaction (n.) A crime; an offense; an evil deed.

Malefactor (n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

Malefactor (n.) One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.

Malefactress (n.) A female malefactor.

Malefeasance (n.) See Malfeasance.

Malefic (a.) Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.

Malefice (n.) An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.

Maleficence (n.) Evil doing, esp. to others.

Maleficent (a.) Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

Maleficial (a.) Injurious.

Maleficiate (v. t.) To bewitch; to harm.

Maleficiation (n.) A bewitching.

Maleficience (n.) The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.

Maleficient (a.) Doing evil, harm, or mischief.

Maleformation (n.) See Malformation.

Maleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.

Malengine (n.) Evil machination; guile; deceit.

Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.

Male-odor (n.) See Malodor.

Malepractice (n.) See Malpractice.

Male-spirited (a.) Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous.

Malet (n.) A little bag or budget.

Maletreat (v. t.) See Maltreat.

Malevolence (n.) The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

Malevolent (a.) Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.

Malevolently (adv.) In a malevolent manner.

Malevolous (a.) Malevolent.

Malexecution (n.) Bad execution.

Maleyl (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.

Malfeasance (n.) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.

Malformation (n.) Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Malgracious (a.) Not graceful; displeasing.

Malgre (prep.) See Mauger.

Malic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.

Malice (n.) Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil.

Malice (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.

Malice (v. t.) To regard with extreme ill will.

Malicho (n.) Mischief.

Malicious (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.

Malicious (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.

Malign (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

Malign (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.

Malign (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.

Maligned (imp. & p. p.) of Malign

Maligning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malign

Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.

Malign (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.

Malign (v. i.) To entertain malice.

Malignance (n.) Alt. of Malignancy

Malignancy (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

Malignancy (n.) Unfavorableness; evil nature.

Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.

Malignancy (n.) The state of being a malignant.

Malignant (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.

Malignant (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.

Malignant (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.

Malignant (n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.

Malignant (n.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.

Malignantly (adv.) In a malignant manner.

Maligner (n.) One who maligns.

Malignified (imp. & p. p.) of Malignify

Malignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malignify

Malignify (v. t.) To make malign or malignant.

Malignity (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

Malignity (n.) Virulence; deadly quality.

Malignity (n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.

Malignly (adv.) In a malign manner; with malignity.

MAlingered (imp. & p. p.) of Malinger

Malingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malinger

Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.

Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.

Malingery (n.) The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.

Malison (n.) Malediction; curse; execration.

Malkin (n.) Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.

Malkin (n.) A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.

Malkin (n.) A scarecrow.

Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Mall (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

Mall (n.) A heavy blow.

Mall (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

Mall (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.

Malled (imp. & p. p.) of Mall

Malling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mall

Mall (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

Mall (n.) Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.

Mall (n.) A court of justice.

Mall (n.) A place where justice is administered.

Mall (n.) A place where public meetings are held.

Mallard (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.

Mallard (a.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.

Malleability (n.) The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.

Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

Malleableize (v. t.) To make malleable.

Malleableness (n.) Quality of being malleable.

Malleal (a.) Pertaining to the malleus.

Malleated (imp. & p. p.) of Malleate

Malleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malleate

Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.

Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.

Mallecho (n.) Same as Malicho.

Mallee bird () The leipoa. See Leipoa.

Mallemock (n.) Alt. of Mallemoke

Mallemoke (n.) See Mollemoke.

Mallenders (n. pl.) Same as Malanders.

Malleolar (a.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.

Malleoli (pl. ) of Malleolus

Malleolus (n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.

Malleolus (n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.

Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

Mallei (pl. ) of Malleus

Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.

Malleus (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.

Malleus (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.

Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.

Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.

Mallow (n.) Alt. of Mallows

Mallows (n.) A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.

Mallowwort (n.) Any plant of the order Malvaceae.

Malm (n.) Alt. of Malmbrick

Malmbrick (n.) A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.

Malma (n.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.

Malmag (n.) The tarsius, or spectral lemur.

Malmsey (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.

Malnutrition (n.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

Malobservation (n.) Erroneous observation.

Malodor (n.) An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.

Malonate (a.) At salt of malonic acid.

Malonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.

Malonyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.

Malpighia (n.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.

Malpighiaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.

Malpighian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.

Malposition (n.) A wrong position.

Malpractice (n.) Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.

Malt (n.) Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.

Malt (a.) Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.

Malted (imp. & p. p.) of Malt

Malting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malt

Malt (v. t.) To make into malt; as, to malt barley.

Malt (v. i.) To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.

Maltalent (n.) Ill will; malice.

Maltese (a.) Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.

Maltese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.

Maltha (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.

Maltha (n.) Mortar.

Malthusian (a.) Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.

Mathusian (n.) A follower of Malthus.

Malthusianism (n.) The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.

Maltin (n.) Alt. of Maltine

Maltine (n.) The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.

Malting (n.) The process of making, or of becoming malt.

Maltmen (pl. ) of Maltman

Maltman (n.) A man whose occupation is to make malt.

Maltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic.

Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.

Maltreated (imp. & p. p.) of Maltreat

Maltreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maltreat

Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.

Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.

Maltster (n.) A maltman.

Maltworm (n.) A tippler.

Malty (a.) Consisting, or like, malt.

Mala (pl. ) of Malum

Malum (n.) An evil. See Mala.

Malvaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

Malvesie (n.) Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.

Mam (n.) Mamma.

Mama (n.) See Mamma.

Mamaluke (n.) Same as Mameluke.

Mamelon (n.) A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.

Mameluco (n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.

Mameluke (n.) One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.

Mamillated (a.) See Mammillated.

Mamma (n.) Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

Mammae (pl. ) of Mamma

Mamma (n.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.

Mammals (pl. ) of Mammal

Mammal (n.) One of the Mammalia.

Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.

Mammalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.

Mammaliferous (a.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.

Mammalogical (a.) Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

Mammalogist (n.) One versed in mammalogy.

Mammalogy (n.) The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.

Mammary (a.) Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.

Mammee (n.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.

Mammer (v. i.) To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.

Mammet (n.) An idol; a puppet; a doll.

Mammetry (n.) See Mawmetry.

Mammifer (n.) A mammal. See Mammalia.

Mammiferous (a.) Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.

Mammiform (a.) Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammae.

Mammilae (pl. ) of Mammilla

Mammilla (n.) The nipple.

Mammillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.

Mammillary (a.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.

Mammillate (a.) Alt. of Mammillated

Mammillated (a.) Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.

Mammillated (a.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some shells.

Mammilliform (a.) Having the form of a mammilla.

Mammilloid (a.) Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.

Mammock (n.) A shapeless piece; a fragment.

Mammock (v. t.) To tear to pieces.

Mammodis (n.) Coarse plain India muslins.

Mammology (n.) Mastology. See Mammalogy.

Mammon (n.) Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.

Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.

Mammonism (n.) Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness.

Mammonist (n.) A mammonite.

Mammonite (n.) One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon.

Mammonization (n.) The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.

Mammonize (v. t.) To make mammonish.

Mammose (a.) Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.

Mammoth (n.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.

Mammoth (a.) Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.

Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.

Mammies (pl. ) of Mammy

Mammy (n.) A child's name for mamma, mother.

Mamzer (n.) A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.

Men (pl. ) of Man

Man (n.) A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

Man (n.) Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.

Man (n.) The human race; mankind.

Man (n.) The male portion of the human race.

Man (n.) One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.

Man (n.) An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.

Man (n.) A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!

Man (n.) A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.

Man (n.) One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.

Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.

Manned (imp. & p. p.) of Man

Manning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Man

Man (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.

Man (v. t.) To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.

Man (v. t.) To tame, as a hawk.

Man (v. t.) To furnish with a servants.

Man (v. t.) To wait on as a manservant.

Manable (a.) Marriageable.

Manace (n. & v.) Same as Menace.

Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

Manacled (imp. & p. p.) of Manacle

Manacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manacle

Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers.

Manage (n.) The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

Managed (imp. & p. p.) of Manage

Managing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manage

Manage (n.) To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.

Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.

Manage (n.) To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

Manage (n.) To treat with care; to husband.

Manage (n.) To bring about; to contrive.

Manage (v. i.) To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.

Manageability (n.) The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.

Manageable (a.) Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

Manageless (a.) Unmanageable.

Management (v.) The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.

Management (v.) Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.

Management (v.) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.

Management (v.) The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.

Manager (n.) One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.

Manager (n.) A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist.

Manager (n.) A contriver; an intriguer.

Managerial (a.) Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.

Managership (n.) The office or position of a manager.

Managery (n.) Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

Managery (n.) Husbandry; economy; frugality.

Manakin (n.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.

Manakin (n.) A dwarf. See Manikin.

Manatee (n.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called alsosea cow.

Manation (n.) The act of issuing or flowing out.

Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).

Manca (n.) See Mancus.

Manche (n.) A sleeve.

Manchet (n.) Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread.

Manchineel (n.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.

Manchu (a.) Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants.

Manchu (n.) A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.

Mancipate (v. t.) To enslave; to bind; to restrict.

Mancipation (n.) Slavery; involuntary servitude.

Manciple (n.) A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court.

Mancona bark () See Sassy bark.

Mancus (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.

-mancy () A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.

Mand (n.) A demand.

Mandamus (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.

Mandarin (n.) A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

Mandarin (n.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --.

Mandarinate (n.) The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.

Mandarinic (a.) Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

Mandarining (n.) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid.

Mandarinism (n.) A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.

Mandatary (n.) One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.

Mandatary (n.) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.

Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

Mandate (n.) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.

Mandate (n.) A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.

Mandator (n.) A director; one who gives a mandate or order.

Mandator (n.) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.

Mandatory (a.) Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

Mandatory (n.) Same as Mandatary.

Mandelate (n.) A salt of mandelic acid.

Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid.

Mander (v. t. & i.) See Maunder.

Manderil (n.) A mandrel.

Mandible (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.

Mandible (n.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.

Mandibular (a.) Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.

Mandibular (n.) The principal mandibular bone; the mandible.

Mandibulate (a.) Alt. of Mandibulated

Mandibulated (a.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Mandibulate (n.) An insect having mandibles.

Mandibuliform (a.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.

Mandibulohyoid (a.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.

Mandil (n.) A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.

Mandilion (n.) See Mandil.

Mandingos (n. pl.) ; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.

Mandioc (n.) Alt. of Mandioca

Mandioca (n.) See Manioc.

Mandlestone (n.) Amygdaloid.

Mandment (n.) Commandment.

Mandolin (n.) Alt. of Mandoline

Mandoline (n.) A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.

Mandore (n.) A kind of four-stringed lute.

Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.

Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.

Mandrake (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum.

Mandrel (n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

Mandrill (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

Manducable (a.) Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.

Manducated (imp. & p. p.) of Manducate

Manducating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manducate

Manducate (v. t.) To masticate; to chew; to eat.

Manducation (n.) The act of chewing.

Manducatory (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.

Manducus (n.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.

Mane (n.) The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.

Man-eater (n.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.

Maned (a.) Having a mane.

Manege (n.) Art of horsemanship, or of training horses.

Manege (n.) A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.

Maneh (n.) A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.

Maneless (a.) Having no mane.

Manequin (n.) An artist's model of wood or other material.

Manerial (a.) See Manorial.

Manes (n. pl.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.

Manesheet (n.) A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

Maneuver (n.) Alt. of Manoeuvre

Manoeuvre (n.) Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

Manoeuvre (n.) Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.

Maneuvered (imp. & p. p.) of Manoeuvre

Manoeuvred () of Manoeuvre

Maneuvering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manoeuvre

Manoeuvring () of Manoeuvre

Maneuver (n.) Alt. of Manoeuvre

Manoeuvre (n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.

Manoeuvre (n.) To manage with address or art; to scheme.

Maneuver (v. t.) Alt. of Manoeuvre

Manoeuvre (v. t.) To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

Maneuverer (n.) Alt. of Manoeuvrer

Manoeuvrer (n.) One who maneuvers.

Manful (a.) Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

Mamgabey (n.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black.

Mangan (n.) See Mangonel.

Manganate (n.) A salt of manganic acid.

Manganesate (n.) A manganate.

Manganese (n.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.

Manganesian (a.) Manganic.

Manganesic (a.) Manganic.

Manganesious (a.) Manganous.

Manganesium (n.) Manganese.

Manganesous (a.) Manganous.

Manganic (a.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.

Manganiferous (a.) Containing manganese.

Manganite (n.) One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive.

Manganite (n.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.

Manganium (n.) Manganese.

Manganous (a.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide.

Mangcorn (n.) A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain.

Mange (n.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.

Mangel-wurzel (n.) A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet.

Manger (n.) A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

Manger (n.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.

Mangily (adv.) In a mangy manner; scabbily.

Manginess (n.) The condition or quality of being mangy.

Mangled (imp. & p. p.) of Mangle

Mangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mangle

Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.

Mangle (v. t.) To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.

Mangle (n.) A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.

Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.

Mangler (n.) One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.

Mangler (n.) One who smooths with a mangle.

Mangoes (pl. ) of Mango

Mango (n.) The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

Mango (n.) A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.

Mangoldwurzel (n.) See Mangel-wurzel.

Mangonel (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

Mangonism (n.) The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage.

Mangonist (n.) One who mangonizes.

Mangonist (n.) A slave dealer; also, a strumpet.

Mangonize (v. t.) To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.

Mangosteen (n.) Alt. of Mangostan

Mangostan (n.) A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.

Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.

Mangrove (n.) The mango fish.

Mangue (n.) The kusimanse.

Mangy (superl.) Infected with the mange; scabby.

Manhaden (n.) See Menhaden.

Manhead (n.) Manhood.

Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

Manhood (n.) The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

Manhood (n.) Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.

Mania (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

Mania (n.) Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.

Maniable (a.) Manageable.

Maniac (a.) Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

Maniac (n.) A raving lunatic; a madman.

Maniacal (a.) Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

Manicate (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Manichaean (n.) Alt. of Manichee

Manichean (n.) Alt. of Manichee

Manichee (n.) A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.

Manichaean (a.) Alt. of Manichean

Manichean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Manichaeans.

Manichaeism (n.) Alt. of Manicheism

Manicheism (n.) The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans.

Manicheist (n.) Manichaean.

Manichord () Alt. of Manichordon

Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

Manicure (n.) A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.

Manid (n.) Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidae.

Manie (n.) Mania; insanity.

Manifest (a.) Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.

Manifest (a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.

Manifests (pl. ) of Manifest

Manifest (a.) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.

Manifest (a.) A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse.

Manifested (imp. & p. p.) of Manifest

Manifesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manifest

Manifest (v. t.) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

Manifest (v. t.) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Manifestable (a.) Such as can be manifested.

Manifestation (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation.

Manifestible (a.) Manifestable.

Manifestly (adv.) In a manifest manner.

Manifestness (n.) The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.

Manifestoes (pl. ) of Manifesto

Manifesto (n. & a.) A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives.

Manifold (a.) Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.

Manifold (a.) Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number.

Manifold (n.) A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.

Manifold (n.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.

Manifold (n.) The third stomach of a ruminant animal.

Manifolded (imp. & p. p.) of Manifold

Manifolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manifold

Manifold (v. t.) To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.

Manifolded (a.) Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield.

Manifoldly (adv.) In a manifold manner.

Manifoldness (n.) Multiplicity.

Manifoldness (n.) A generalized concept of magnitude.

Maniform (a.) Shaped like the hand.

Maniglion (n.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.

Manihoc (n.) Alt. of Manihot

Manihot (n.) See Manioc.

Manikin (n.) A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

Manikin (n.) A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.

Manila (a.) Alt. of Manilla

Manilla (a.) Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.

Manilio (n.) See Manilla, 1.

Manilla (n.) A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa.

Manilla (n.) A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.

Manilla (a.) Same as Manila.

Manille (n.) See 1st Manilla, 1.

Manioc (n.) The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

Maniple (a.) A handful.

Maniple (a.) A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.

Maniple (a.) Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.

Manipular (a.) Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.

Manipular (a.) Manipulatory; as, manipular operations.

Manipulated (imp. & p. p.) of Manipulate

Manipulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manipulate

Manipulate (v. t.) To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.

Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns.

Manipulate (v. i.) To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.

Manipulation (n.) The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.

Manipulation (n.) The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

Manipulation (n.) Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Manipulative (a.) Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

Manipulator (n.) One who manipulates.

Manipulatory (a.) Of or pertaining to manipulation.

Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

Manito (n.) Alt. of Manitu

Manitou (n.) Alt. of Manitu

Manitu (n.) A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.

Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.

Mankind (n.) The human race; man, taken collectively.

Mankind (n.) Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.

Mankind (n.) Human feelings; humanity.

Mankind (a.) Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.

Manks (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man.

Manks (n.) The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.

Manless (a.) Destitute of men.

Manless (a.) Unmanly; inhuman.

Manlessly (adv.) Inhumanly.

Manlike (a.) Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

Manliness (n.) The quality or state of being manly.

Manling (n.) A little man.

Manly (superl.) Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

Manly (adv.) In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.

Manna (n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.

Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.

Manna (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.

Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.

Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.

Manner (n.) Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

Manner (n.) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.

Manner (n.) Customary method of acting; habit.

Manner (n.) Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.

Manner (n.) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

Manner (n.) Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.

Manner (n.) Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

Mannered (a.) Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.

Mannered (a.) Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.

Mannerism (n.) Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

Mannerist (n.) One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.

Mannerliness (n.) The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

Mannerly (a.) Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

Mannerly (adv.) With good manners.

Mannheim gold () A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.

Mannide (n.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

Mannish (a.) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

Mannish (a.) Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.

Mannish (a.) Fond of men; -- said of a woman.

Mannitan (n.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.

Mannitate (n.) A salt of mannitic acid.

Mannite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.

Mannitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.

Mannitol (n.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.

Mannitose (n.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.

Manoeuvre (n. & v.) See Maneuver.

Men-of-war (pl. ) of Manofwar

Manofwar (n) A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.

Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.

Manometric (a.) Alt. of Manometrical

Manometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

Manor (n.) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.

Manor (n.) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.

Manorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.

Manoscope (n.) Same as Manometer.

Manoscopy (n.) The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.

Manovery (n.) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Manqueller (n.) A killer of men; a manslayer.

Manred (n.) Alt. of Manrent

Manrent (n.) Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.

Manrope (n.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.

Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.

Manse (n.) A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

Manse (n.) The parsonage; a clergyman's house.

Manservant (n.) A male servant.

Mansion (n.) A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.

Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.

Mansion (n.) The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution.

Mansion (v. i.) To dwell; to reside.

Mansionary (a.) Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.

Mansionry (n.) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place.

Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.

Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

Manstealer (n.) A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.

Manstealing (n.) The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.

Mansuete (a.) Tame; gentle; kind.

Mansuetude (n.) Tameness; gentleness; mildness.

Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.

Manta (n.) See Coleoptera and Sea devil.

Mantchoo (a. & n.) Same as Manchu.

Manteaux (pl. ) of Manteau

Manteaus (pl. ) of Manteau

Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

Manteau (n.) A gown worn by women.

Mantel (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.

Mantelet (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.

Mantelpiece (n.) Same as Mantel.

Mantelshelf (n.) The shelf of a mantel.

Manteltree (n.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

Mantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.

Mantilla (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

Mantis (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.

Mantispid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

Mantissa (n.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.

Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.

Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane.

Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.

Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.

Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.

Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantle

Mantling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mantle

Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.

Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.

Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.

Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.

Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.

Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

Manto (n.) See Manteau.

Mantologist (n.) One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.

Mantology (n.) The act or art of divination.

Mantra (n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

Mantrap (n.) A trap for catching trespassers.

Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.

Mantua (n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.

Mantuamaker (n.) One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

Mantuan (a.) Of or pertaining to Mantua.

Mantuan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mantua.

Manu (n.) One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.

Manual (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

Manual (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

Manualist (n.) One who works with the hands; an artificer.

Manually (adv.) By hand.

Manuary (a.) Manual.

Manuary (n.) An artificer.

Manubial (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

Manubrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

Manubria (pl. ) of Manubrium

Manubriums (pl. ) of Manubrium

Manubrium (n.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.

Manubrium (n.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

Manucode (n.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.

Manuducent (n.) One who leads by the hand; a manuductor.

Manuduction (n.) Guidance by the hand.

Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music.

-ries (pl. ) of Manufactory

Manufactory (n.) Manufacture.

Manufactory (n.) A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.

Manufactory (a.) Pertaining to manufacturing.

Manufactural (a.) Of or pertaining to manufactures.

Manufacture (n.) The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

Manufacture (n.) Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

Manufactured (imp. & p. p.) of Manufacture

Manufacturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manufacture

Manufacture (v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

Manufacture (v. t.) To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.

Manufacture (v. i.) To be employed in manufacturing something.

Manufacturer (n.) One who manufactures.

Manufacturing (a.) Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

Manufacturing (a.) Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.

Manul (n.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

Manumise (v. t.) To manumit.

Manumission (n.) The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

Manumitted (imp. & p. p.) of Manumit

Manumitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manumit

Manumit (v. t.) To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

Manumotive (a.) Movable by hand.

Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.

Manurable (a.) Capable of cultivation.

Manurable (a.) Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.

Manurage (n.) Cultivation.

Manurance (n.) Cultivation.

Manured (imp. & p. p.) of Manure

Manuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manure

Manure (v. t.) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

Manure (v. t.) To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

Manurement (n.) Cultivation.

Manurer (n.) One who manures land.

Manurial (a.) Relating to manures.

Manuring (n.) The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

Manus (pl. ) of Manus

Manus (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

Manuscript (a.) Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

Manuscript (a.) A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.

Manuscript (a.) Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

Manuscriptal (a.) Manuscript.

Manutenency (n.) Maintenance.

Manway (n.) A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.

Manx (a.) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.

Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.

Many (n.) A retinue of servants; a household.

Many (a. / pron.) Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.

Many (a.) The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.

Many (a.) A large or considerable number.

Many-minded (a.) Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

Manyplies (n.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.

Many-sided (a.) Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.

Many-sided (a.) Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.

Manyways (adv.) Alt. of Manywise

Manywise (adv.) In many different ways; variously.

Manzanita (n.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.

Maoris (pl. ) of Maori

Maori (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.

Maori (a.) Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

Map (n.) A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.

Map (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.

Mapped (imp. & p. p.) of Map

Mapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Map

Map (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.

Mapach (n.) The raccoon.

Maple (n.) A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.

Maplike (a.) Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.

Mappery (n.) The making, or study, of maps.

Maqui (n.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.

Mar (n.) A small lake. See Mere.

Marred (imp. & p. p.) of Mar

Marring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mar

Mar (v.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.

Mar (v.) To spoil; to ruin.

Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

Mara (n.) The principal or ruling evil spirit.

Mara (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

Mara (n.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).

Marabou (n.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant.

Marabou (n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

Marabout (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

Maracan (n.) A macaw.

Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.

Maranatha (n.) "Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.

Maranta (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

Maraschino (n.) A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.

Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Marauded (imp. & p. p.) of Maraud

Marauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maraud

Maraud (v. i.) To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.

Maraud (n.) An excursion for plundering.

Marauder (v.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.

Maravedi (n.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.

Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.

Marble (n.) A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.

Marble (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

Marble (a.) Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.

Marble (a.) Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.

Marbled (imp. & p. p.) of Marble

Marbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marble

Marble (n.) To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.

Marbled (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble.

Marbled (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.

Marbled (a.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.

Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.

Marbleized (imp. & p. p.) of Marbleize

Marbleizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marbleize

Marbleize (v. t.) To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.

Marbler (n.) One who works upon marble or other stone.

Marbler (n.) One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.

Marbling (n.) The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.

Marbling (n.) An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.

Marbling (n.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.

Marbly (a.) Containing, or resembling, marble.

Marbrinus (n.) A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Marc (n.) The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.

Marc (n.) A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.

Marc (n.) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.

Marc (n.) A German coin and money of account. See Mark.

Marcantant (n.) A merchant.

Marcasite (n.) A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.

Marcasitic (a.) Alt. of Marcasitical

Marcasitical (a.) Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.

Marcassin (n.) A young wild boar.

Marcato (a.) In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.

Marceline (n.) A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses.

Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.

Marcescible (a.) Li/ble to wither or decay.

March (n.) The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

March (n.) A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.

March (v. i.) To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.

Marched (imp. & p. p.) of March

Marching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of March

March (v. i.) To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.

March (v. i.) To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

March (v. t.) TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.

March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.

March (n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.

March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.

March (n.) A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.

Macher (n.) One who marches.

Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

Marchet (n.) Alt. of Merchet

Merchet (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.

Marching () a. & n., fr. March, v.

Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.

March-mad (a.) Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month.

Marchman (n.) A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.

Marchpane (n.) A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar.

March-ward (n.) A warden of the marches; a marcher.

Marcian (a.) Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.

Marcid (a.) Pining; lean; withered.

Marcid (a.) Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.

Marcidity (n.) The state or quality of being withered or lean.

Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation.

Marcobrunner (n.) A celebrated Rhine wine.

Marcor (n.) A wasting away of flesh; decay.

Marcosian (n.) One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.

Mardi gras (n.) The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.

Mare (n.) The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.

Marechal Niel () A kind of large yellow rose.

Mareis (n.) A Marsh.

Marena (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.

Mareschal (n.) A military officer of high rank; a marshal.

Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.

Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.

Margarate (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.

Margaric (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.

Marasritaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Margarite (n.) A pearl.

Margarite (n.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.

Margaritic (a.) Margaric.

Margaritiferous (a.) Producing pearls.

Margarodite (n.) A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.

Margarone (n.) The ketone of margaric acid.

Margarous (a.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid.

Margate fish () A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.

Margay (n.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.

Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.

Margent (n.) A margin; border; brink; edge.

Margent (v. t.) To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.

Margin (n.) A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

Margin (n.) Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

Margin (n.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.

Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.

Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.

Margined (imp. & p. p.) of Margin

Marginging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Margin

Margin (v. t.) To furnish with a margin.

Margin (v. t.) To enter in the margin of a page.

Marginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a margin.

Marginal (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.

Marginalia (n. pl.) Marginal notes.

Marginally (adv.) In the margin of a book.

Marginate (n.) Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.

Marginate (v. t.) To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.

Marginated (a.) Same as Marginate, a.

Margined (a.) Having a margin.

Margined (a.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.

Marginella (n.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

Marginicidal (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

Margravate (n.) Alt. of Margraviate

Margraviate (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

Margrave (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.

Margravine (n.) The wife of a margrave.

Marguerite (n.) The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.

Marian (a.) Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.

Marie (interj.) Marry.

Mariet (n.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.

Marigenous (a.) Produced in or by the sea.

Marigold (n.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

Marikina (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

Marimba (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

Marimonda (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

Marinade (n.) A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.

Marinate (v. t.) To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

Marine (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

Marine (a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.

Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

Marine (a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.

Marine (a.) A picture representing some marine subject.

Marined (a.) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.

Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Marinership (n.) Seamanship.

Marinorama (n.) A representation of a sea view.

Mariolater (n.) One who worships the Virgin Mary.

Mariolatry (n.) The worship of the Virgin Mary.

Marionette (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

Marionette (n.) The buffel duck.

Mariotte's law () See Boyle's law, under Law.

Mariposa lily () One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.

Mariput (n.) A species of civet; the zoril.

Marish (n.) Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.

Marish (a.) Moory; fenny; boggy.

Marish (a.) Growing in marshes.

Marital (v.) Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.

Maritated (a.) Having a husband; married.

Maritimal (a.) Alt. of Maritimale

Maritimale (a.) See Maritime.

Maritime (a.) Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states.

Maritime (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.

Marjoram (n.) A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

Mark (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque.

Mark (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc.

Mark (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.

Mark (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.

Mark (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.

Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.

Mark (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.

Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.

Mark (n.) An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.

Mark (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.

Mark (n.) Attention, regard, or respect.

Mark (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.

Mark (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.

Mark (n.) Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.

Mark (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.

Mark (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.

Mark (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.

Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."

Marked (imp. & p. p.) of Mark

Marking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mark

Mark (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.

Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.

Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.

Mark (v. t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.

Mark (v. t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.

Mark (v. i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.

Markable (a.) Remarkable.

Marked (a.) Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.

Markee (n.) See Marquee.

Marker (n.) One who or that which marks.

Marker (n.) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.

Marker (n.) A counter used in card playing and other games.

Marker (n.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.

Marker (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

Market (n.) A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.

Market (n.) A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.

Market (n.) An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.

Market (n.) Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.

Market (n.) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.

Market (n.) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.

Marketed (imp. & p. p.) of Market

Marketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Market

Market (v. i.) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.

Market (v. t.) To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops.

Marketable (a.) Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.

Marketable (a.) Current in market; as, marketable value.

Marketable (a.) Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country.

Marketableness (n.) Quality of being marketable.

Marketer (n.) One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.

Marketing (n.) The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.

Marketing (n.) Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.

Marketstead (n.) A market place.

Markhoor (n.) A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.

Marking (n.) The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.

Markis (n.) A marquis.

Markisesse (n.) A marchioness.

Markman (n.) A marksman.

Marksmen (pl. ) of Marksman

Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.

Marksman (n.) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.

Marksmanship (n.) Skill of a marksman.

Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

Marl (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.

Marled (imp. & p. p.) of Marl

Marling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marl

Marl (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.

Marlaceous (a.) Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.

Marlin (n.) The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).

Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.

Marline (v. t.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.

Marlite (n.) A variety of marl.

Marlitic (a.) Partaking of the qualites of marlite.

Marlpit (n.) Apit where marl is dug.

Marlstone (n.) A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.

Marly (superl.) Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.

Marmalade (n.) A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.

Marmalet (n.) See Marmalade.

Marmatite (n.) A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.

Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.

Marmoraceous (a.) Pertaining to, or like, marble.

Marmorate (a.) Alt. of Marmorated

Marmorated (a.) Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.

Marmoration (n.) A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.

Marmoratum opus () A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.

Marmoreal (a.) Alt. of Marmorean

Marmorean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.

Marmorosis (n.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.

Marmose (n.) A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

Marmoset (n.) Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.

Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.

Marmot (n.) Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.

Marmottes oil () A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.

Marmozet (n.) See Marmoset.

Marone (n.) See Maroon, the color.

Maronites (pl. ) of Maronite

Maronite (n.) One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.

Maroon (n.) In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

Marooned (imp. & p. p.) of Maroon

Marooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maroon

Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Maroon (a.) Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.

Maroon (n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

Maroon (n.) An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

Marplot (n.) One who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.

Marque (n.) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

Marquee (n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.

Marquess (n.) A marquis.

Marquetry (n.) Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.

Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.

Marquisate (n.) The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.

Marquisdom (n.) A marquisate.

Marquise (n.) The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.

Marquisship (n.) A marquisate.

Marram (n.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.

Marrer (n.) One who mars or injures.

Marriable (a.) Marriageable.

Marriage (v. t.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

Marriage (v. t.) The marriage vow or contract.

Marriage (v. t.) A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.

Marriage (v. t.) Any intimate or close union.

Marriageability (n.) The quality or state of being marriageable.

Marriageable (a.) Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.

Marrried (a.) Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.

Marrried (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.

Marrier (n.) One who marries.

Marron (a.) A large chestnut.

Marron (a.) A chestnut color; maroon.

Marron (a.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.

Marroon (n. & a.) Same as 1st Maroon.

Marrot (n.) The razor-billed auk. See Auk.

Marrot (n.) The common guillemot.

Marrot (n.) The puffin.

Marrow (n.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.

Marrow (n.) The essence; the best part.

Marrow (n.) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

Marrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Marrow

Marrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marrow

Marrow (v. t.) To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.

Marrowbone (n.) A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

Marrowfat (n.) A rich but late variety of pea.

Marrowish (a.) Of the nature of, or like, marrow.

Marrowless (a.) Destitute of marrow.

Marrowy (a.) Full of marrow; pithy.

Marrubium (n.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.

Married (imp. & p. p.) of Marry

Marrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marry

Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.

Marry (v. t.) To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.

Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

Marry (v. t.) To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.

Marry (v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

Marry (v. i.) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

Marry (interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

Mars (n.) The god of war and husbandry.

Mars (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.

Mars (n.) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars.

Marsala (n.) A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.

Marseillais (a. f.) Alt. of Marseillaise

Marseillaise (a. f.) Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants.

Marseillais (n. f.) Alt. of Marseillaise

Marseillaise (n. f.) A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.

Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.

Marshal (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

Marshal (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like

Marshal (n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

Marshal (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.

Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.

Marshal (n.) The highest military officer.

Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.

Marshaled (imp. & p. p.) of Marshal

Marshalled () of Marshal

Marshaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marshal

Marshalling () of Marshal

Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.

Marshal (v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.

Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.

Marshaler (n.) One who marshals.

Marshaling (n.) The act of arranging in due order.

Marshaling (n.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.

Marshalsea (n.) The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.

Marshalship (n.) The office of a marshal.

Marshbanker (n.) Alt. of Marsebanker

Marsebanker (n.) The menhaden.

Marshiness (n.) The state or condition of being marshy.

Marsh marigold () A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.

Marshy (a.) Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.

Marshy (a.) Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed.

Marsipobranch (n.) One of the Marsipobranchia.

Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.

Marsupial (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

Marsupial (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

Marsupial (n.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.

Marsupialian (n.) Alt. of Marsupian

Marsupian (n.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupiate (a.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.

Marsupion (n.) Same as Marsupium.

Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.

Marsupia (pl. ) of Marsupium

Marsupium (n.) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.

Marsupium (n.) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.

Mart (n.) A market.

Mart (n.) A bargain.

Mart (v. t.) To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.

Mart (v. t.) To traffic.

Mart (n.) The god Mars.

Mart (n.) Battle; contest.

Martagon (n.) A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.

Martel (v. i.) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.

Martel de fer () A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.

Marteline (n.) A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

Martello tower () A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.

Marten (n.) A bird. See Martin.

Marten (n.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.

Marten (n.) The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.

Martern (n.) Same as Marten.

Mar-text (n.) A blundering preacher.

Martial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.

Martial (a.) Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.

Martial (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.

Martial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.

Martial (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.

Martialism (n.) The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.

Martialist (n.) A warrior.

Martialized (imp. & p. p.) of Martialize

Martializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Martialize

Martialize (v. t.) To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.

Martially (adv.) In a martial manner.

Martialness (n.) The quality of being martial.

Martin (n.) A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.

Martinet (n.) In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.

Martinet (n.) The martin.

Martineta (n.) A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.

Martinetism (n.) The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.

Martingale (n.) Alt. of Martingal

Martingal (n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.

Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.

Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.

Martinmas (n.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans.

Martite (n.) Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.

Martlemas (n.) See Martinmas.

Martlet (n.) The European house martin.

Martlet (n.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

Martyr (n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

Martyr (n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.

Martyred (imp. & p. p.) of Martyr

Martyring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Martyr

Martyr (v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.

Martyrdom (n.) The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.

Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

Martyrization (n.) Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture.

Martyrize (v. t.) To make a martyr of.

Martyrly (adv.) In the manner of a martyr.

Martyrologe (n.) A martyrology.

Martyrologic (a.) Alt. of Martyrological

Martyrological (a.) Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

Martyrologist (n.) A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.

-gies (pl. ) of Martyrology

Martyrology (n.) A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.

Martyrship (n.) Martyrdom.

Marvel (n.) That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

Marvel (n.) Wonder.

Marveled (imp. & p. p.) of Marvel

Marvelled () of Marvel

Marveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marvel

Marvelling () of Marvel

Marvel (v. i.) To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.

Marvel (v. t.) To marvel at.

Marvel (v. t.) To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.

Marvelous (n.) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

Marvelous (n.) Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible.

Marvelously (adv.) In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.

Marvelousness (n.) The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.

Marver (n.) A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.

Mary (n.) Marrow.

Mary (interj.) See Marry.

Mary-bud (n.) The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.

Maryolatry (n.) Mariolatry.

Marysole (n.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.

Mascagnin (n.) Alt. of Mascagnite

Mascagnite (n.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.

Mascle (n.) A lozenge voided.

Mascled (a.) Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.

Mascot (n.) Alt. of Mascotte

Mascotte (n.) A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

Masculate (v. t.) To make strong.

Masculine (a.) Of the male sex; not female.

Masculine (a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

Masculine (a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.

Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

Masculinity (n.) The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

Mase (n. & v.) See Maze.

Maselyn (n.) A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2.

Maser (n.) Same as Mazer.

Mash (n.) A mesh.

Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.

Mash (n.) A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.

Mash (n.) A mess; trouble.

Mashed (imp. & p. p.) of Mash

Mashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mash

Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.

Masher (n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

Masher (n.) A charmer of women.

Mashlin (n.) See Maslin.

Mashy (a.) Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.

Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

Mask (n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

Mask (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.

Mask (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.

Mask (n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

Mask (n.) A screen for a battery.

Mask (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

Masked (imp. & p. p.) of Mask

Masking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mask

Mask (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

Mask (v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.

Mask (v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.

Mask (v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

Mask (v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

Masked (a.) Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.

Masked (a.) Same as Personate.

Masked (a.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

Masker (n.) One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.

Masker (v. t.) To confuse; to stupefy.

Maskery (n.) The dress or disguise of a maske/; masquerade.

Maskinonge (n.) The muskellunge.

Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.

Maslach (n.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.

Maslin (n.) A mixture composed of different materials

Maslin (n.) A mixture of metals resembling brass.

Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye.

Maslin (n.) A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a).

Maslin (a.) Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.

Mason (n.) One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.

Mason (n.) A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Mason (v. t.) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Masonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.

Masonry (n.) The art or occupation of a mason.

Masonry (n.) The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.

Masonry (n.) That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.

Masonry (n.) The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.

Masoola boat () A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced.

Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.

Masoret (n.) A Masorite.

Masoretic (a.) Alt. of Masoretical

Masoretical (a.) Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.

Masorite (n.) One of the writers of the Masora.

Masque (n.) A mask; a masquerade.

Masquerade (n.) An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

Masquerade (n.) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.

Masquerade (n.) Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

Masquerade (n.) A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Masqueraded (imp. & p. p.) of Masquerade

Masquerading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masquerade

Masquerade (v. i.) To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

Masquerade (v. i.) To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

Masquerade (v. t.) To conceal with masks; to disguise.

Masquerader (n.) One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

Mass (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

Mass (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.

Massed (imp. & p. p.) of Mass

Massing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mass

Mass (v. i.) To celebrate Mass.

Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.

Mass (n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

Mass (n.) A large quantity; a sum.

Mass (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

Mass (n.) The principal part; the main body.

Mass (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.

Mass (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.

Massacre (n.) Murder.

Massacred (imp. & p. p.) of Massacre

Massacring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Massacre

Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.

Massacrer (n.) One who massacres.

Massage (n.) A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.

Massasauga (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.

Masse (n.) Alt. of Masse shot

Masse shot (n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Masser (n.) A priest who celebrates Mass.

Masseter (n.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.

Masseteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the masseter.

Masseterine (a.) Masseteric.

Masseur (n. f.) Alt. of Masseuse

Masseuse (n. f.) One who performs massage.

Massicot (n.) Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment.

Massiness (n.) The state or quality of being massy; ponderousness.

Massive (a.) Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

Massive (a.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.

Massively (adv.) In a heavy mass.

Massiveness (n.) The state or quality of being massive; massiness.

Massoola boat () See Masoola boat.

Massora (n.) Same as Masora.

Massoret (n.) Same as Masorite.

Massy (superl.) Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock.

Mast (n.) The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.

Mast (n.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.

Masted (imp. & p. p.) of Mast

Masting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mast

Mast (v. t.) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.

Mastax (n.) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.

Mastax (n.) The lore of a bird.

Masted (a.) Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.

Master (n.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.

Master (n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.

Master (n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.

Master (n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.

Master (n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.

Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

Master (n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

Mastered (imp. & p. p.) of Master

Mastering (p. pr. vb. n.) of Master

Master (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

Master (v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.

Master (v. t.) To own; to posses.

Master (v. i.) To be skillful; to excel.

Masterdom (n.) Dominion; rule; command.

Masterful (a.) Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.

Masterful (a.) Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.

Masterfully (adv.) In a masterful manner; imperiously.

Masterhood (n.) The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector.

Masterless (a.) Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable.

Masterliness (n.) The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.

Masterly (a.) Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy.

Masterly (a.) Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.

Masterly (adv.) With the skill of a master.

Masterous (a.) Masterly.

Masterpiece (n.) Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.

Mastership (n.) The state or office of a master.

Mastership (n.) Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.

Mastership (n.) Chief work; masterpiece.

Mastership (n.) An ironical title of respect.

Mastersinger (n.) One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

Masterwort (n.) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).

Masterwort (n.) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre.

Masterwort (n.) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).

Masteries (pl. ) of Mastery

Mastery (n.) The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

Mastery (n.) Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.

Mastery (n.) Contest for superiority.

Mastery (n.) A masterly operation; a feat.

Mastery (n.) Specifically, the philosopher's stone.

Mastery (n.) The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.

Mastful (a.) Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.

Masthead (n.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

Masthead (v. t.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.

Masthouse (n.) A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc.

Mastic (n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.

Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.

Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.

Masticable (a.) Capable of being masticated.

Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit.

Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticate

Masticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masticate

Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

Masticater (n.) One who masticates.

Mastication (n.) The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.

Masticator (n.) One who masticates.

Masticator (n.) A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture.

Masticatory (a.) Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.

-ries (pl. ) of Masticatory

Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.

Mastich (n.) See Mastic.

Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.

Masticot (n.) Massicot.

Mastiffs (pl. ) of Mastiff

Mastives (pl. ) of Mastiff

Mastiff (n.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries.

Mastigopod (n.) One of the Mastigopoda.

Mastigopoda (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Mastigure (n.) Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.

Masting (n.) The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.

Mastitis (n.) Inflammation of the breast.

Mastless (a.) Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech.

Mastless (a.) Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.

Mastlin (n.) See Maslin.

Mastodon (n.) An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.

Mastodonsaurus (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

Mastodontic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions.

Mastodynia (n.) Alt. of Mastodyny

Mastodyny (n.) Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.

Mastoid (a.) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.

Mastoid (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.

Mastoidal (a.) Same as Mastoid.

Mastology (n.) The natural history of Mammalia.

Mastress (n.) Mistress.

Masturbation (n.) Onanism; self-pollution.

Masty (a.) Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc.

Masula boat () Same as Masoola boat.

Mat (n.) A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

Mat (a.) Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.

Mat (n.) A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

Mat (n.) Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.

Mat (n.) Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

Mat (n.) An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

Matted (imp. & p. p.) of Mat

Matting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mat

Mat (v. t.) To cover or lay with mats.

Mat (v. t.) To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Mat (v. i.) To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.

Mataco (n.) The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.

Matadore (n.) Alt. of Matador

Matador (n.) The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.

Matador (n.) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.

Matagasse (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.

Matamata (n.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.

Matanza (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.

Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.

Match (v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.

Match (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like

Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.

Match (v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.

Match (v.) An agreement, compact, etc.

Match (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.

Match (v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition.

Match (v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.

Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.

Matched (imp. & p. p.) of Match

Matching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Match

Match (v. t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.

Match (v. t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.

Match (v. t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

Match (v. t.) To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.

Match (v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).

Match (v. t.) To marry; to give in marriage.

Match (v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.

Match (v. i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.

Match (v. i.) To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.

Matchable (a.) Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.

Match-cloth (n.) A coarse cloth.

Match-coat (n.) A coat made of match-cloth.

Matcher (n.) One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d Match.

Matchless (a.) Having no equal; unequaled.

Matchless (a.) Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.

Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.

Matchmaker (n.) One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

Matchmaker (n.) One who tries to bring about marriages.

Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.

Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.

Matchmaking (a.) Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.

Mate (n.) The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.

Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.

Mate (a.) See 2d Mat.

Mate (v. t.) To confuse; to confound.

Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.

Mate (n.) One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.

Mate (n.) Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.

Mate (n.) A suitable companion; a match; an equal.

Mate (n.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.

Mated (imp. & p. p.) of Mate

Mating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mate

Mate (v. t.) To match; to marry.

Mate (v. t.) To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.

Mate (v. i.) To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.

Mateless (a.) Having no mate.

Matelote (n.) A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.

Mateology (n.) A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.

Mateotechny (n.) Any unprofitable science.

Mater (n.) See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.

Material (a.) Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

Material (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.

Material (a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.

Material (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.

Material (n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

Material (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.

Materialism (n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

Materialism (n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

Materialism (n.) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Materialist (n.) One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.

Materialist (n.) One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.

Materialistic (a.) Alt. of Materialistical

Materialistical (a.) Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.

Materiality (n.) The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

Materiality (n.) Importance; as, the materiality of facts.

Materialization (n.) The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.

Materialized (imp. & p. p.) of Materialize

Materializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Materialize

Materialize (v. t.) To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.

Materialize (v. t.) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

Materialize (v. t.) To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.

Materialize (v. t.) To make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said of spirits.

Materialize (v. i.) To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.

Materially (adv.) In the state of matter.

Materially (adv.) In its essence; substantially.

Materially (adv.) In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.

Materialness (n.) The state of being material.

Materia medica () Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

Materia medica () That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.

Materiarian (n.) See Materialist.

Materiate (a.) Alt. of Materiated

Materiated (a.) Consisting of matter.

Materiation (n.) Act of forming matter.

Materiel (n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

Materious (a.) See Material.

Maternal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Maternally (adv.) In a motherly manner.

Maternity (n.) The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.

Matfelon (n.) The knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath.

Mathematic (a.) See Mathematical.

Mathematical (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.

Mathematician (n.) One versed in mathematics.

Mathematics (n.) That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.

Mather (n.) See Madder.

Mathes (n.) The mayweed. Cf. Maghet.

Mathesis (n.) Learning; especially, mathematics.

Mathurin (n.) See Trinitarian.

Matico (n.) A Peruvian plant (Piper, / Artanthe, elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.

Matie (n.) A fat herring with undeveloped roe.

M/tin (n.) A French mastiff.

Matin (n.) Morning.

Matin (n.) Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.

Matin (n.) Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.

Matin (a.) Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.

Matinal (a.) Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.

Matinee (n.) A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe.

Matrass (n.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.

Matress (n.) See Matress.

Matriarch (n.) The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

Matriarchal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch.

Matriarchate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.

Matrice (n.) See Matrix.

Matricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to matricide.

Matricide (n.) The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.

Matricide (n.) One who murders one's own mother.

Matriculated (imp. & p. p.) of Matriculate

Matriculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Matriculate

Matriculate (v. t.) To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.

Matriculate (v. i.) To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.

Matriculate (a.) Matriculated.

Matriculate (n.) One who is matriculated.

Matriculation (n.) The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated.

Matrimoine (n.) Matrimony.

Matrimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.

Matrimonially (adv.) In a matrimonial manner.

Matrimonious (a.) Matrimonial.

Matrimony (n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.

Matrimony (n.) A kind of game at cards played by several persons.

Matrices (pl. ) of Matrix

Matrix (n.) The womb.

Matrix (n.) Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything

Matrix (n.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.

Matrix (n.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.

Matrix (n.) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.

Matrix (n.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.

Matrix (n.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.

Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.

Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.

Matronage (n.) The state of a matron.

Matronage (n.) The collective body of matrons.

Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

Matronhood (n.) The state of being a matron.

Matronized (imp. & p. p.) of Matronize

Matronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Matronize

Matronize (v. t.) To make a matron of; to make matronlike.

Matronize (v. t.) To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.

Matronlike (a.) Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.

Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Matronly (a.) Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.

Matronymic (n.) See Metronymic.

Matross (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.

Matt (n.) See Matte.

Mattages (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.

Mattamore (n.) A subterranean repository for wheat.

Matte (n.) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.

Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.

Matted (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.

Matted (a.) Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.

Matted (a.) Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.

Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

Matter (n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.

Matter (n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.

Matter (n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.

Matter (n.) Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.

Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.

Matter (n.) Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.

Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

Matter (n.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.

Matter (n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

Mattered (imp. & p. p.) of Matter

Mattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Matter

Matter (v. i.) To be of importance; to import; to signify.

Matter (v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Matter (v. t.) To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.

Matterless (a.) Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits.

Matterless (a.) Unimportant; immaterial.

Matter-of-fact (a.) Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

Mattery (a.) Generating or containing pus; purulent.

Mattery (a.) Full of substance or matter; important.

Matting (v. t. & i.) The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.

Matting (v. t. & i.) Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc.

Matting (v. t. & i.) Materials for mats.

Matting (v. t. & i.) An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.

Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.

Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.

Mattowacca (n.) An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring.

Mattress (n.) A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened.

Mattress (n.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves.

Maturant (n.) A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.

Maturated (imp. & p. p.) of Maturate

Maturating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maturate

Maturate (a.) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.

Maturate (a.) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).

Maturate (v. i.) To ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to suppurate.

Maturation (n.) The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

Maturative (a.) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.

Maturative (n.) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.

Mature (superl.) Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.

Mature (superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.

Mature (superl.) Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.

Mature (superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

Matured (imp. & p. p.) of Mature

Maturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mature

Mature (v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.

Mature (v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.

Mature (v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note.

Maturely (adv.) In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.

Maturely (adv.) With caution; deliberately.

Maturely (adv.) Early; soon.

Matureness (n.) The state or quality of being mature; maturity.

Maturer (n.) One who brings to maturity.

Maturescent (a.) Approaching maturity.

Maturing (a.) Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.

Maturity (n.) The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.

Maturity (n.) Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.

Matutinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the morning; early.

Matutinary (a.) Matutinal.

Matutine (a.) Matutinal.

Matweed (n.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

Maty (n.) A native house servant in India.

Matzoth (n.) A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.

Maucaco (n.) A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs.

Maud (n.) A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland.

Maudle (v. t.) To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin.

Maudlin (a.) Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.

Maudlin (a.) Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.

Maudlin (n.) Alt. of Maudeline

Maudeline (n.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.

Muadlinism (n.) A maudlin state.

Maudlinwort (n.) The oxeye daisy.

Mauger (prep.) Alt. of Maugre

Maugre (prep.) In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding.

Maugre (v. t.) To defy.

Maukin (n.) See Malkin.

Maukin (n.) A hare.

Maul (n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

Mauled (imp. & p. p.) of Maul

Mauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maul

Maul (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.

Maul (v. t.) To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

Maule (n.) The common mallow.

Mauling (n.) A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.

Maul-stick (n.) A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.

Maumet (n.) See Mawmet.

Maunch (v. t.) To munch.

Maunch (n.) See Manche.

Maund (n.) A hand basket.

Maund (n.) An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.

Maund (v. i.) Alt. of Maunder

Maunder (v. i.) To beg.

Maunder (v. i.) To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.

Maunder (v. t.) To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.

Maunder (n.) A beggar.

Maunderer (n.) One who maunders.

Maundril (n.) A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

Maundy Thursday () The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.

Maungy (a.) Mangy.

Mauresque (a. & n.) See Moresque.

Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature.

Mausolean (a.) Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.

Mausoleums (pl. ) of Mausoleum

-lea (pl. ) of Mausoleum

Mausoleum (n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

Mauther (n.) A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.

Mauvaniline (n.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.

Mauve (n.) A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.

Mauveine (n.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.

Mauvine (a.) Mauve-colored.

Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle.

Mavis (n.) The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).

Maw (n.) A gull.

Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.

Maw (n.) Appetite; inclination.

Maw (n.) An old game at cards.

Mawk (n.) A maggot.

Mawk (n.) A slattern; a mawks.

Mawkin (n.) See Malkin, and Maukin.

Mawkingly (adv.) Slatternly.

Mawkish (a.) Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

Mawkish (a.) Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.

Mawkishly (adv.) In a mawkish way.

Mawkishness (n.) The quality or state of being mawkish.

Mawks (n.) A slattern; a mawk.

Mawky (a.) Maggoty.

Mawmet (n.) A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed.

Mawmetry (n.) The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet.

Mawmish (a.) Nauseous.

Mawseed (n.) The seed of the opium poppy.

Mawworm (n.) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.

Mawworm (n.) One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot.

Maxillae (pl. ) of Maxilla

Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

Maxilla (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.

Maxilla (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

Maxillar (a.) Alt. of Maxillary

Maxillary (a.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.

Maxillary (n.) The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Maxillary (n.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.

Maxilliform (a.) Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.

Maxilliped (n.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.

Maxillo-mandibular (a.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve.

Maxillo-palatine (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n.

Maxilloturbinal (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.

Maxilloturbinal (n.) The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.

Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.

Maxim (n.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.

Maximilian (n.) A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.

Maximization (n.) The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.

Maximize (v. t.) To increase to the highest degree.

Maxima (pl. ) of Maximum

Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.

Maximum (a.) Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.

Might (imp.) of May

May (v.) An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

May (n.) A maiden.

May (n.) The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

May (n.) The early part or springtime of life.

May (n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

May (n.) The merrymaking of May Day.

Maya (n.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

Maybe (adv.) Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.

Maybe (a.) Possible; probable, but not sure.

Maybe (n.) Possibility; uncertainty.

Maybird (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.

Maybird (n.) The knot.

Maybird (n.) The bobolink.

Maybloom (n.) The hawthorn.

Maybush (n.) The hawthorn.

Mayduke (n.) A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.

Mayfish (n.) A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.

Mayflower (n.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.

Mayhap (adv.) Perhaps; peradventure.

Mayhem (n.) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.

Maying (n.) The celebrating of May Day.

Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.

Mayor (n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.

Mayoral (n.) The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.

Mayoralty (n.) The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.

Mayoress (n.) The wife of a mayor.

Mayorship (n.) The office of a mayor.

Maypole (n.) A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.

Maypop (n.) The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple.

Mayweed (n.) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States.

Mayweed (n.) The feverfew.

Mazama (n.) Alt. of Mazame

Mazame (n.) A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat.

Mazard (n.) A kind of small black cherry.

Mazard (n.) The jaw; the head or skull.

Mazard (v. t.) To knock on the head.

Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.

Mazarine (n.) Mazarine blue.

Mazdean (a.) Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.

Mazdeism (n.) The Zoroastrian religion.

Maze (n.) A wild fancy; a confused notion.

Maze (n.) Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.

Maze (n.) A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.

Mazed (imp. & p. p.) of Maze

Mazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maze

Maze (v. t.) To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.

Maze (v. i.) To be bewildered.

Mazedness (n.) The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.

Mazeful (a.) Mazy.

Mazer (n.) A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.

Mazily (adv.) In a mazy manner.

Maziness (n.) The state or quality of being mazy.

Mazological (a.) Of or pertaining to mazology.

Mazologist (n.) One versed in mazology or mastology.

Mazology (n.) Same as Mastology.

Mazourka (n.) Alt. of Mazurka

Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.

Mazy (a.) Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.

Me (pron.) One. See Men, pron.

Me (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I; as, he struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the money to me; he got me a hat, or he got a hat for me.

Meach (v. i.) To skulk; to cower. See Mich.

Meacock (n.) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.

Mead (n.) A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.

Mead (n.) A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.

Mead (n.) A meadow.

Meadow (n.) A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.

Meadow (n.) Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.

Meadow (a.) Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow.

Meadowsweet (n.) Alt. of Meadowwort

Meadowwort (n.) The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.

Meadowy (a.) Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or consisting of, meadow.

Meager (a.) Alt. of Meagre

Meagre (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.

Meagre (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

Meager (v. t.) Alt. of Meagre

Meagre (v. t.) To make lean.

Meagerly (adv.) Alt. of Meagrely

Meagrely (adv.) Poorly; thinly.

Meagerness (n.) Alt. of Meagreness

Meagreness (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

Meagre (n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.

Meak (n.) A hook with a long handle.

Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

Meal (n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.

Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.

Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.

Meal (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.

Meal (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.

Meal (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

Mealies (n. pl.) Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.

Mealiness (n.) The quality or state of being mealy.

Meal-mouthed (a.) See Mealy-mouthed.

Mealtime (n.) The usual time of eating a meal.

Mealy (superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.

Mealy (superl.) Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.

Mealy-mouthed (a.) Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

Meant (imp. & p. p.) of Mean

Meaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mean

Mean (v. t.) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

Mean (v. t.) To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

Mean (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.

Mean (superl.) Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.

Mean (superl.) Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

Mean (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Mean (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

Mean (superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.

Mean (a.) Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

Mean (a.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

Mean (n.) That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

Mean (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.

Mean (n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.

Mean (n.) Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.

Mean (n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.

Mean (n.) Meantime; meanwhile.

Mean (n.) A mediator; a go-between.

Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

Meander (n.) A tortuous or intricate movement.

Meander (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.

Meander (v. t.) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Meandered (imp. & p. p.) of Meander

Meandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meander

Meander (v. i.) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

Meandrian (a.) Winding; having many turns.

Meandrina (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

Meandrous (a.) Alt. of Meandry

Meandry (a.) Winding; flexuous.

Meaning (n.) That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.

Meaning (n.) That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.

Meaning (n.) Sense; power of thinking.

Meanly (adv.) Moderately.

Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.

Meanness (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

Meanness (n.) A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

Mean-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.

Meant () imp. & p. p. of Mean.

Meantime (n.) Alt. of Meanwhile

Meanwhile (n.) The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

Meantime (adv.) Alt. of Meanwhile

Meanwhile (adv.) In the intervening time; during the interval.

Mear (n.) A boundary. See Mere.

Mease (n.) Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings.

Measelry (n.) Leprosy.

Measle (n.) A leper.

Measle (n.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.

Measled (a.) Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.

Measles (n.) Leprosy; also, a leper.

Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.

Measles (n.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.

Measles (n.) A disease of trees.

Measles (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

Measly (a.) Infected with measles.

Measly (a.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

Measurable (a.) Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.

Measurable (a.) Moderate; temperate; not excessive.

Measure (n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

Measure (n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

Measure (n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

Measure (n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.

Measure (n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.

Measure (n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.

Measure (n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

Measure (n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

Measure (n.) Regulated division of movement

Measure (n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.

Measure (n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.

Measure (n.) The space between two bars.

Measure (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.

Measure (a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.

Measure (a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

Measure (a.) The act of measuring; measurement.

Measure (a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.

Measured (imp. & p. p.) of Measure

Measuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Measure

Measure (n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.

Measure (n.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.

Measure (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.

Measure (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.

Measure (n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.

Measure (v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements.

Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

Measure (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

Measured (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.

Measureless (a.) Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.

Measurement (n.) The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

Measurement (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.

Measurer (n.) One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.

Measuring (a.) Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.

Meat (n.) Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.

Meat (n.) The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

Meat (n.) Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.

Meat (v. t.) To supply with food.

Meatal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus.

Meated (a.) Fed; fattened.

Meated (a.) Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated.

Meath (n.) Alt. of Meathe

Meathe (n.) A sweet liquor; mead.

Meatiness (n.) Quality of being meaty.

Meatless (a.) Having no meat; without food.

Meatoscope (n.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

Meatotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

Meatuses (pl. ) of Meatus

Meatus (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

Meaty (a.) Abounding in meat.

Meaw (n.) The sea mew.

Meaw (v. i.) See Mew, to cry as a cat.

Meawl (v. i.) See Mewl, and Miaul.

Meazel (n.) See 1st Measle.

Meazling (a.) Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing.

Mebles (n. pl.) See Moebles.

Mecate (n.) A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc.

Meccawee (a.) Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia.

Meccawee (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mecca.

Mechanic (a.) The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.

Mechanic (a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.

Mechanic (a.) Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.

Mechanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.

Mechanic (a.) Base.

Mechanical (a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.

Mechanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.

Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.

Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.

Mechanical (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.

Mechanical (n.) A mechanic.

Mechanicalize (v. t.) To cause to become mechanical.

Mechanically (adv.) In a mechanical manner.

Mechanicalness (n.) The state or quality of being mechanical.

Mechanician (n.) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist.

Mechanico-chemical (a.) Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism.

Mechanics (n.) That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

Mechanism (n.) The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

Mechanism (n.) Mechanical operation or action.

Mechanism (n.) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

Mechanist (n.) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

Mechanist (n.) One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.

Mechanized (imp. & p. p.) of Mechanize

Mechanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mechanize

Mechanize (v. t.) To cause to be mechanical.

Mechanograph (n.) One of a number of copies of anything multiplied mechanically.

Mechanographic (a.) Treating of mechanics.

Mechanographic (a.) Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints.

Mechanographist (n.) An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art.

Mechanography (n.) The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art.

Mechanurgy (n.) That branch of science which treats of moving machines.

Mechitarist (n.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.

Mechlin (n.) A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in Belgium.

Mechoacan (n.) A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.

Meckelian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist.

Meconate (n.) A salt of meconic acid.

Meconic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Meconidine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.

Meconidium (n.) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.

Meconin (n.) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.

Meconinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.

Meconium (n.) Opium.

Meconium (n.) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.

Medal (n.) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.

Medaled (imp. & p. p.) of Medal

Medalled () of Medal

Medaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Medal

Medalling () of Medal

Medal (v. t.) To honor or reward with a medal.

Medalet (n.) A small medal.

Medalist (n.) A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.

Medalist (n.) A designer of medals.

Medalist (n.) One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.

Medallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals.

Medallion (n.) A large medal or memorial coin.

Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.

Medalurgy (n.) The art of making and striking medals and coins.

Meddled (imp. & p. p.) of Meddle

Meddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meddle

Meddle (v. i.) To mix; to mingle.

Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense.

Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.

Meddle (v. t.) To mix; to mingle.

Meddler (n.) One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.

Meddlesome (a.) Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.

Meddling (a.) Meddlesome.

Meddlingly (adv.) In a meddling manner.

Mede (n.) A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia.

Mede (n.) See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed.

Media (n.) pl. of Medium.

Mediae (pl. ) of Media

Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.

Mediacy (n.) The state or quality of being mediate.

Mediaeval (a.) Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.

Mediaevalism (n.) The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages.

Mediaevalist (n.) One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages.

Mediaevally (adv.) In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with mediaevalism.

Mediaevals (n. pl.) The people who lived in the Middle Ages.

Medial (a.) Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

Medial (n.) See 2d Media.

Medialuna (n.) See Half-moon.

Median (a.) Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

Median (a.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.

Median (n.) A median line or point.

Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

Mediastinal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.

Mediastine (n.) Alt. of Mediastinum

Mediastinum (n.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.

Mediate (a.) Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

Mediate (a.) Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.

Mediate (a.) Gained or effected by a medium or condition.

Mediated (imp. & p. p.) of Mediate

Mediating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mediate

Mediate (a.) To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.

Mediate (a.) To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.

Mediate (v. t.) To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.

Mediate (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts.

Mediately (adv.) In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.

Mediateness (n.) The state of being mediate.

Mediation (a.) The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

Mediation (a.) Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.

Mediative (a.) Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts.

Mediatization (n.) The act of mediatizing.

Mediatized (imp. & p. p.) of Mediatize

Mediatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mediatize

Mediatize (v. t.) To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.

Mediator (n.) One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.

Mediatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.

Mediatorship (n.) The office or character of a mediator.

Mediatory (a.) Mediatorial.

Mediatress (n.) Alt. of Mediatrix

Mediatrix (n.) A female mediator.

Medic (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.

Medic (a.) Medical.

Medicable (a.) Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.

Medical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.

Medical (a.) Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.

Medically (adv.) In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art.

Medicament (n.) Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

Medicamental (a.) Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.

Medicaster (n.) A quack.

Medicated (imp. & p. p.) of Medicate

Medicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Medicate

Medicate (v. t.) To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

Medicate (v. t.) To treat with medicine.

Medication () The act or process of medicating.

Medicative (a.) Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

Medicean (a.) Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the Medicean Venus.

Medicinable (a.) Medicinal; having the power of healing.

Medicinal (a.) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.

Medicinal (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.

Medicinally (adv.) In a medicinal manner.

Medicine (n.) The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

Medicine (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.

Medicine (n.) A philter or love potion.

Medicine (n.) A physician.

Medicine (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.

Medico-legal (a.) Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.

Medicommissure (n.) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.

Medicornua (pl. ) of Medicornu

Medicornu (n.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Medics (n.) Science of medicine.

Mediety (n.) The middle part; half; moiety.

Medieval () Alt. of Medievalist

Medievalism () Alt. of Medievalist

Medievalist () Same as Medi/val, Medi/valism, etc.

Medina epoch () A subdivision of the Niagara period in the American upper Silurian, characterized by the formations known as the Oneida conglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology.

Medino (n.) Same as Para.

Mediocral (a.) Mediocre.

Mediocre (a.) Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

Mediocre (n.) A mediocre person.

Mediocre (n.) A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

Mediocrist (n.) A mediocre person.

Mediocrity (n.) The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

Mediocrity (n.) Moderation; temperance.

Mediostapedial (a.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella.

Mediostapedial (n.) The mediostapedial part of the columella.

Medioxumous (a.) Intermediate.

Meditance (n.) Meditation.

Meditated (imp. & p. p.) of Meditate

Meditating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meditate

Meditate (v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.

Meditate (v. t.) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.

Meditate (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war.

Meditation (n.) The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

Meditation (n.) Thought; -- without regard to kind.

Meditatist (n.) One who is given to meditation.

Meditative (a.) Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood.

Mediterranean (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.

Mediterranean (a.) Inland; remote from the ocean.

Mediterranean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.

Mediterraneous (a.) Inland.

Media (pl. ) of Medium

Mediums (pl. ) of Medium

Medium (n.) That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

Medium (n.) See Mean.

Medium (n.) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

Medium (n.) A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.

Medium (n.) An average.

Medium (n.) A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

Medium (n.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

Medium-sized (a.) Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man.

Medii (pl. ) of Medius

Medius (n.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.

Medlar (n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.

Medle (v. t.) To mix; to mingle; to meddle.

Medleys (pl. ) of Medley

Medley (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.

Medley (n.) The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee.

Medley (n.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.

Medley (n.) A cloth of mixed colors.

Medley (a.) Mixed; of mixed material or color.

Medley (a.) Mingled; confused.

Medly (v. t.) See Medle.

Medoc (n.) A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of Medoc in the department of Gironde.

Medregal (n.) See Bonito, 3.

Medrick (n.) A species of gull or tern.

Medulla (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence.

Medulla (n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.

Medulla (n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.

Medullar (a.) See Medullary.

Medullary (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.

Medullary (a.) Pertaining to the medula oblongata.

Medullary (a.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.

Medullated (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.

Medullin (n.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose.

Medusa (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.

Medusae (pl. ) of Medusa

Medusa (n.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.

Medusian (n.) A medusa.

Medusiform (a.) Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.

Medusoid (a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.

Medusoid (n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

Meech (v. i.) See Mich.

Meed (n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.

Meed (n.) Merit or desert; worth.

Meed (n.) A gift; also, a bride.

Meed (v. t.) To reward; to repay.

Meed (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.

Meedful (a.) Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious.

Meedfully (adv.) According to merit; suitably.

Meek (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.

Meek (superl.) Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.

Meek (v. t.) Alt. of Meeken

Meeken (v. t.) To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.

Meekly (adv.) In a meek manner.

Meekness (n.) The quality or state of being meek.

Meer (a.) Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a.

Meer (n.) See Mere, a lake.

Meer (n.) A boundary. See Mere.

Meerkat (n.) A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons.

Meerschaum (n.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.

Meerschaum (n.) A tobacco pipe made of this mineral.

Met (imp. & p. p.) of Meet

Meeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meet

Meet (v. t.) To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

Meet (v. t.) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

Meet (v. t.) To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

Meet (v. t.) To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

Meet (v. t.) To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

Meet (v. t.) To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

Meet (v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

Meet (v. t.) To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

Meet (v. t.) To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

Meet (n.) An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

Meet (a.) Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

Meet (adv.) Meetly.

Meeten (v. t.) To render fit.

Meeter (n.) One who meets.

Meeth (n.) Mead. See Meathe.

Meeting (n.) A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress.

Meeting (n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.

Meeting (n.) A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.

Meeting (n.) An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

Meetinghouse (n.) A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.

Meetly (adv.) Fitly; suitably; properly.

Meetness (n.) Fitness; suitableness; propriety.

Meg- () Alt. of Megalo-

Mega () Alt. of Megalo-

Megalo- () Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm.

Megalo- () A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.

Megacephalic (a.) Alt. of Megacephalous

Megacephalous (a.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.

Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.

Megachile (n.) A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter, under Leaf.

Megacosm (n.) See Macrocosm.

Megacoulomb (n.) A million coulombs.

Megaderm (n.) Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of the genus Megaderma.

Megadyne (n.) One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.

Megafarad (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

Megalerg (n.) A million ergs; a megerg.

Megalesian (a.) Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.

Megalethoscope (n.) An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.

Megalith (n.) A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building.

Megalo- () See Meg-.

Megalocyte (n.) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anaemia.

Megalomania (n.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

Megalonyx (n.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

Megalophonous (a.) Having a loud voice.

Megalopolis (n.) A chief city; a metropolis.

Megalops (n.) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

Megalops (n.) A large fish; the tarpum.

Megalopsychy (n.) Greatness of soul.

Megalosaur (n.) Alt. of Megalosaurus

Megalosaurus (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

Megameter (n.) An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.

Megameter (n.) A micrometer.

Megameter (n.) Alt. of Megametre

Megametre (n.) In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.

Megampere (n.) A million amperes.

Megaphone (n.) A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.

Megaphyton (n.) An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.

Megapode (n.) Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.

Megapolis (n.) A metropolis.

Megarian (a.) Alt. of Megaric

Megaric (a.) Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece.

Megascope (n.) A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.

Megaseme (a.) Having the orbital index relatively large; having the orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.

Megass (n.) Alt. of Megasse

Megasse (n.) See Bagasse.

Megasthene (n.) One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.

Megasthenic (a.) Having a typically large size; belonging to the megasthenes.

Megastome (n.) One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth.

Megathere (n.) Alt. of Megatherium

Megatherium (n.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.

Megatheroid (n.) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.

Megavolt (n.) One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.

Megaweber (n.) A million webers.

Megerg (n.) One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.

Megilp (n.) Alt. of Megilph

Megilph (n.) A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors.

Megohm (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms.

Megrim (n.) A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.

Megrim (n.) A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.

Megrim (n.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.

Megrim (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).

Meibomian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius.

Meine (v. t.) See Menge.

Meine (n.) Alt. of Meiny

Meiny (n.) A family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue; train.

Meiny (n.) Company; band; army.

Meiocene (a.) See Miocene.

Meionite (n.) A member of the scapolite, group, occuring in glassy crystals on Monte Somma, near Naples.

Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

Melostemonous (a.) Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla.

Meistersinger (n.) See Mastersinger.

Mekhitarist (n.) See Mechitarist.

Melaconite (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.

Melada (n.) Alt. of Melado

Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

Melaena (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

Melain (n.) The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

Melainotype (n.) See Melanotype.

Melam (n.) A white or buff-colored granular powder, C6H9N11, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.

Melamine (n.) A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

Melampode (n.) The black hellebore.

Melampyrin (n.) Alt. of Melampyrite

Melampyrite (n.) The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.

Melanaemia (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

Melanagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

Melancholia (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.

Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.

Melancholic (n.) One affected with a gloomy state of mind.

Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.

Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.

Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.

Melancholious (a.) Melancholy.

Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.

Melancholize (v. i.) To become gloomy or dejected in mind.

Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.

Melancholy (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.

Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.

Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.

Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.

Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.

Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.

Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

Melanesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Melanesia.

Melange (n.) A mixture; a medley.

Melanian (n.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.

Melanic (a.) Melanotic.

Melanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.

Melaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.

Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.

Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

Melanism (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.

Melanistic (a.) Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.

Melanite (n.) A black variety of garnet.

Melanochroi (n. pl.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites.

Melanochroic (a.) Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.

Melanochroite (n.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.

Melanocomous (a.) Having very dark or black hair; black-haired.

Melanorrhoea (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.

Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit.

Melanosis () The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.

Melanosperm (n.) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.

Melanotic (a.) Melanistic.

Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture.

Melanterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

Melanure (n.) A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See Gilthead (a).

Melanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.

Melaphyre (n.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.

Melasma (n.) A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.

Melasses (n.) See Molasses.

Melassic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.

Melastoma (n.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.

Melastomaceous (a.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.

Melchite (n.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.

Meleagrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.

Meleagris (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.

Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.

Melena (n.) See Melaena.

Melene (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.

Melenite (n.) An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.

Meletin (n.) See Quercitin.

Melezitose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).

Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Melibean (a.) Alt. of Melib/an

Melib/an (a.) Alternately responsive, as verses.

Melic () Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.

Melicerous (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

Melic grass () A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.

Melicotoon (n.) See Melocoton.

Melicratory (n.) A meadlike drink.

Melilite (n.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.

Melilot (n.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.

Melilotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.

Meliorated (imp. & p. p.) of Meliorate

Meliorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meliorate

Meliorate (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

Meliorate (v. i.) To grow better.

Meliorater (n.) Same as Meliorator.

Melioration (n.) The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

Meliorator (n.) One who meliorates.

Meliorism (n.) The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement.

Meliority (n.) The state or quality of being better; melioration.

Meliphagan (a.) Belonging to the genus Meliphaga.

Meliphagan (n.) Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater; -- called also meliphagidan.

Meliphagous (a.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey.

Melismata (pl. ) of Melisma

Melisma (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.

Melisma (n.) A grace or embellishment.

Melissa (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).

Melissic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.

Melissyl (n.) See Myricyl.

Melissylene (n.) See Melene.

Melitose (n.) A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus).

Mell (v. i. & t.) To mix; to meddle.

Mell (n.) Honey.

Mell (n.) A mill.

Mellate (n.) A mellitate.

Mellay (n.) A melee; a conflict.

Mellic (a.) See Mellitic.

Melliferous (a.) Producing honey.

Mellific (a.) Producing honey.

Mellification (n.) The making or production of honey.

Mellifluence (n.) A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.

Mellifluent (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.

Mellifluently (adv.) In a mellifluent manner.

Mellifluous (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.

Melligenous (a.) Having the qualities of honey.

Melligo (n.) Honeydew.

Melliloquent (a.) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.

Melliphagan (n.) See Meliphagan.

Melliphagous (a.) See Meliphagous.

Mellitate (n.) A salt of mellitic acid.

Mellite (n.) A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.

Mellitic (a.) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.

Mellitic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.

Mellone (n.) A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called mellonides.

Mellonide (n.) See Mellone.

Mellow (superl.) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.

Mellow (superl.) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.

Mellow (superl.) Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

Mellow (superl.) Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.

Mellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Mellow

Mellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mellow

Mellow (v. t.) To make mellow.

Mellow (v. i.) To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.

Mellowly (adv.) In a mellow manner.

Mellowness (n.) Quality or state of being mellow.

Mellowy (a.) Soft; unctuous.

Melluco (n.) A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.

Melne (n.) A mill.

Melocoton (n.) Alt. of Melocotoon

Melocotoon (n.) A quince.

Melocotoon (n.) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.

Melodeon (n.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.

Melodeon (n.) A music hall.

Melodic (a.) Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

Melodiograph (n.) A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.

Melodious (a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

Melodist (n.) A composer or singer of melodies.

Melodized (imp. & p. p.) of Melodize

Melodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Melodize

Melodize (v. t.) To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.

Melodize (v. i.) To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.

Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".

Melodramatic (a.) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Melodramatist (n.) One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.

Melodrame (n.) Melodrama.

Melodies (pl. ) of Melody

Melody (n.) A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

Melody (n.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

Melody (n.) The air or tune of a musical piece.

Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.

Melograph (n.) Same as Melodiograph.

Melolonthidian (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May.

Melon (n.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.

Melon (n.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo.

Melopiano (n.) A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.

Meloplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek.

Meloplasty (n.) The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part.

Melop/ia (n.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.

Melotype (n.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.

Melpomene (n.) The Muse of tragedy.

Melpomene (n.) The eighteenth asteroid.

Melrose (n.) Honey of roses.

Melt (n.) See 2d Milt.

Melted (imp. & p. p.) of Melt

Molten (p. p.) of Melt

Melting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Melt

Melt (v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.

Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

Melt (v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

Melt (v. i.) To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

Melt (v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.

Melt (v. i.) To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.

Meltable (a.) Capable of being melted.

Melter (n.) One who, or that which, melts.

Melting (n.) Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.

Melting (a.) Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.

Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

Member (v. t.) To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

Member (n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

Member (n.) Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body

Member (n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.

Member (n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.

Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

Member (n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.

Member (n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.

Membered (a.) Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.

Membered (a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.

Membership (n.) The state of being a member.

Membership (n.) The collective body of members, as of a society.

Membral (a.) Relating to a member.

Membranaceous (a.) Same as Membranous.

Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.

Membrane (n.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.

Membraneous (a.) See Membranous.

Membraniferous (a.) Having or producing membranes.

Membraniform (a.) Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.

Membranology (n.) The science which treats of membranes.

Membranous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.

Membranous (a.) Membranaceous.

Mementos (pl. ) of Memento

Memento (n.) A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.

Meminna (n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.

Memnon (n.) A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.

Memoir (n.) Alt. of Memoirs

Memoirs (n.) A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.

Memoirs (n.) A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.

Memoirs (n.) An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.

Memoirist (n.) A writer of memoirs.

Memorabilia (n. pl.) Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.

Memorability (n.) The quality or state of being memorable.

Memorable (a.) Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

Memorandums (pl. ) of Memorandum

Memoranda (pl. ) of Memorandum

Memorandum (n.) A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory.

Memorandum (n.) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form.

Memorate (v. t.) To commemorate.

Memorative (a.) Commemorative.

Memoria (n.) Memory.

Memorial (a.) Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

Memorial (a.) Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Memorial (n.) Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

Memorial (n.) A memorandum; a record.

Memorial (n.) A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.

Memorial (n.) Memory; remembrance.

Memorial (n.) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

Memorialist (n.) One who writes or signs a memorial.

Memorialized (imp. & p. p.) of Memorialize

Memorializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Memorialize

Memorialize (v. t.) To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.

Memorializer (n.) One who petitions by a memorial.

Memorist (n.) One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.

Memoriter (adv.) By, or from, memory.

Memorized (imp. & p. p.) of Memorize

Memorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Memorize

Memorize (v. t.) To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.

Memorize (v. t.) To commit to memory; to learn by heart.

Memories (pl. ) of Memory

Memory (n.) The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

Memory (n.) The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong.

Memory (n.) The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands.

Memory (n.) The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man.

Memory (n.) Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory.

Memory (n.) A memorial.

Memphian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

Men (n.) pl. of Man.

Men (pron.) A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they.

Menaccanite (n.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite.

Menace (n.) The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.

Menaced (imp. & p. p.) of Menace

Menacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Menace

Menace (n.) To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war.

Menace (n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.

Menace (v. i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.

Menacer (n.) One who menaces.

Menacingly (adv.) In a threatening manner.

Menage (n.) See Manage.

Menage (n.) A collection of animals; a menagerie.

Menagerie (n.) A piace where animals are kept and trained.

Menagerie (n.) A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.

Menagogue (n.) Emmenagogue.

Menaia (pl. ) of Menaion

Menaion (n.) A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.

Menald (a.) Alt. of Menild

Menild (a.) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.

Mended (imp. & p. p.) of Mend

Mending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mend

Mend (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

Mend (v. t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

Mend (v. t.) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

Mend (v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Mendable (a.) Capable of being mended.

Mendacious (a.) Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.

Mendacious (a.) False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement.

Mendacities (pl. ) of Mendacity

Mendacity (n.) The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying.

Mendacity (n.) A falsehood; a lie.

Mender (n.) One who mends or repairs.

Mendiant (n.) See Mendinant.

Mendicancy (n.) The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.

Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.

Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.

Mendicate (v. t.& i.) To beg.

Mendication (n.) The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.

Mendicity (n.) The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.

Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.

Mendment (n.) Amendment.

Mendole (n.) The cackerel.

Mendregal (n.) Medregal.

Mends (n.) See Amends.

Mente (imp.) of Menge

Meinte () of Menge

Ment (p. p.) of Menge

Meint () of Menge

Menge (v. i.) To mix.

Menhaden (n.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

Menhir (n.) A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe.

Menial (n.) Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.

Menial (n.) Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean.

Menial (n.) A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.

Menial (n.) A person of a servile character or disposition.

Meniere's disease () A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Meniere, a French physician.

Menilite (n.) See Opal.

Meningeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the meninges.

Meninges (n. pl.) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.

Meningitis (n.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

Meniscal (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.

Meniscoid (a.) Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.

Menisci (pl. ) of Meniscus

Meniscuses (pl. ) of Meniscus

Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Meniscus (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.

Meniscus (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.

Menispermaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.

Menispermic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus.

Menispermine (n.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina.

Meniver (a.) Same as Miniver.

Mennonist (n.) Alt. of Mennonite

Mennonite (n.) One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin, that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service.

Menobranch (n.) Alt. of Menobranchus

Menobranchus (n.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills.

Menologia (pl. ) of Menology

Menologies (pl. ) of Menology

Menologium (n.) Alt. of Menology

Menology (n.) A register of months.

Menology (n.) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written.

Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.

Menopoma (n.) Alt. of Menopome

Menopome (n.) The hellbender.

Menorrhagia (n.) Profuse menstruation.

Menorrhagia (n.) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.

Menostasis (n.) Stoppage of the mences.

Menostation (n.) Same as Menostasis.

Menow (n.) A minnow.

Men-pleaser (n.) One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.

Mensal (a.) Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation.

Mensal (a.) Occurring once in a month; monthly.

Mense (n.) Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility.

Mense (v. t.) To grace.

Menses (n. pl.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

Menstrual (a.) Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.

Menstrual (a.) Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period.

Menstrual (a.) Of or pertaining to a menstruum.

Menstruant (a.) Subject to monthly flowing or menses.

Menstruate (a.) Menstruous.

Menstruated (imp. & p. p.) of Menstruate

Menstruating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Menstruate

Menstruate (v. i.) To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow.

Menstruation (n.) The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Menstrue (n.) The menstrual flux; menses.

Menstruous (a.) Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.

Menstruous (a.) Of or pertaining tj the monthly flow; catamenial.

Menstruums (pl. ) of Menstruum

Menstrua (pl. ) of Menstruum

Menstruum (n.) Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.

Mensurability (n.) The quality of being mensurable.

Mensurable (a.) Capable of being measured; measurable.

Mensurableness (n.) The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness.

Mensural (a.) Of or pertaining to measure.

Mensurate (v.) To measure.

Mensuration (n.) The act, process, or art, of measuring.

Mensuration (n.) That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.

-ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.

Ment () p. p. of Menge.

Mentagra (n.) Sycosis.

Mental (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

Mental (n.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Mental (a.) Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.

Mentality (n.) Quality or state of mind.

Mentally (adv.) In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea.

Mentha (n.) A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.

Menthene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.

Menthol (n.) A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint camphor or peppermint camphor.

Menthyl (n.) A compound radical forming the base of menthol.

Menticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind.

Mention (n.) A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

Mentioned (imp. & p. p.) of Mention

Mentioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mention

Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.

Mentionable (a.) Fit to be mentioned.

Mentomeckelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.

Mentomeckelian (n.) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.

Mentor (n.) A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.

Mentorial (a.) Containing advice or admonition.

Mentum (n.) The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.

Menu (n.) The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.

Menuse (v. i.) See Amenuse.

Meow (v. i. & n.) See 6th and 7th Mew.

Mephistophelian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.

Mephitic (a.) Alt. of Mephitical

Mephitical (a.) Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.

Mephitical (a.) Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.

Mephitis (n.) Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.

Mephitis (n.) A genus of mammals, including the skunks.

Mephitism (n.) Same as Mephitis, 1.

Meracious (a.) Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy.

Mercable (a.) Capable of being bought or sold.

Mercantile (a.) Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.

Mercaptal (n.) Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.

Mercaptan (n.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.

Mercaptide (n.) A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.

Mercat (n.) Market; trade.

Mercatante (n.) A foreign trader.

Mercator's chart () See under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under Projection.

Mercature (n.) Commerce; traffic; trade.

Merce (v. t.) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.

Mercenaria (n.) The quahog.

Mercenarian (n.) A mercenary.

Mercenarily (adv.) In a mercenary manner.

Mercenariness (n.) The quality or state of being mercenary; venality.

Mercenary (a.) Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.

Mercenary (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.

Mercenaries (pl. ) of Mercenary

Mercenary (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.

Mercer (n.) Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.

Mercership (n.) The business of a mercer.

Mercery (n.) The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals.

Merchand (v. i.) To traffic.

Merchandisable (a.) Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.

Merchandise (n.) The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

Merchandise (n.) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Merchandised (imp. & p. p.) of Merchandise

Merchandising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merchandise

Merchandise (v. i.) To trade; to carry on commerce.

Merchandise (v. t.) To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.

Merchandiser (n.) A trader.

Merchandry (n.) Trade; commerce.

Merchant (n.) One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

Merchant (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Merchant (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Merchant (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.

Merchant (v. i.) To be a merchant; to trade.

Merchantable (a.) Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

Merchantly (a.) Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant.

Merchantmen (pl. ) of Merchantman

Merchantman (n.) A merchant.

Merchantman (n.) A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Merchantry (n.) The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country.

Merchantry (n.) The business of a merchant; merchandise.

Merciable (a.) Merciful.

Merciful (a.) Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

Merciful (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

Mercify (v. t.) To pity.

Merciless (a.) Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

Mercurammonium (n.) A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the substitution of mercury for a portion of the hydrogen.

Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.

Mercurial (a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.

Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.

Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.

Mercurial (a.) Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.

Mercurial (n.) A person having mercurial qualities.

Mercurial (n.) A preparation containing mercury.

Mercurialist (n.) One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.

Mercurialist (n.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice.

Mercurialized (imp. & p. p.) of Mercurialize

Mercurializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mercurialize

Mercurialize (v. t.) To affect with mercury.

Mercurialize (v. t.) To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.

Mercurialize (v. i.) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.

Mercurially (adv.) In a mercurial manner.

Mercuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion.

Mercurification (n.) The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.

Mercurification (n.) The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury.

Mercurified (imp. & p. p.) of Mercurify

Mercurifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mercurify

Mercurify (v. t.) To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.

Mercurify (v. t.) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.

Mercurism (n.) A communication of news; an announcement.

Mercurous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion.

Mercury (n.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.

Mercury (n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.

Mercury (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.

Mercury (n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.

Mercury (n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.

Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.

Mercury (v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury.

Mercies (pl. ) of Mercy

Mercy (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.

Mercy (n.) Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence.

Mercy (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.

Mercy (n.) A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.

Merd (n.) Ordure; dung.

-mere () A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.

Mere (n.) A pool or lake.

Mere (n.) A boundary.

Mere (v. t.) To divide, limit, or bound.

Mere (n.) A mare.

Mere (Superl.) Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.

Mere (Superl.) Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.

Merely (adv.) Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.

Merely (adv.) Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.

Merenchyma (n.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

Meresman (n.) An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.

Merestead (n.) The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm.

Merestone (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.

Meretricious (a.) Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

Meretricious (a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.

Merganser (n.) Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

Merged (imp. & p. p.) of Merge

Merging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merge

Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

Merge (v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.

Merger (n.) One who, or that which, merges.

Merger (n.) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.

Mericarp (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

Meride (n.) A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides.

Meridian (a.) Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.

Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.

Meridian (a.) Midday; noon.

Meridian (a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.

Meridian (a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.

Meridian (a.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles.

Meridional (a.) Of or pertaining to the meridian.

Meridional (a.) Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly.

Meridionality (n.) The state of being in the meridian.

Meridionality (n.) Position in the south; aspect toward the south.

Meridionally (adv.) In the direction of the meridian.

Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.

Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

Merino (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain.

Merino (a.) Made of the wool of the merino sheep.

Merinos (pl. ) of Merino

Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool.

Merino (n.) A fine fabric of merino wool.

Merismatic (a.) Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.

Meristem (n.) A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.

Merit (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.

Merited (imp. & p. p.) of Merit

Meriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merit

Merit (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.

Merit (n.) To reward.

Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

Meritable (a.) Deserving of reward.

Meritedly (adv.) By merit; deservedly.

Merithal (n.) Alt. of Merithallus

Merithallus (n.) Same as Internode.

Meritmonger (n.) One who depends on merit for salvation.

Meritorious (a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.

Meritory (a.) Meritorious.

Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.

Merk (n.) An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.

Merk (n.) A mark; a sign.

Merke (a.) Murky.

Merkin (n.) Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.

Merl (n.) Alt. of Merle

Merle (n.) The European blackbird. See Blackbird.

Merlin (n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).

Merling (n.) The European whiting.

Merlon (n.) One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.

Merluce (n.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike.

Mermaid (n.) A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

Mermen (pl. ) of Merman

Merman (n.) The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.

Meroblast (n.) An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast.

Meroblastic (a.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.

Merocele (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .

Meroistic (a.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.

Meropidan (n.) One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the bee-eaters.

Meropodite (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

Merorganization (n.) Organization in part.

Meros (n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.

Meros (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.

Merosome (n.) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.

Merostomata (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.

Merou (n.) See Jack, 8 (c).

Merovingian (a.) Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France.

Merovingian (n.) One of the kings of this dynasty.

Merrily (adv.) In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.

Merrimake (n.) See Merrymake, n.

Merrimake (v. i.) See Merrymake, v.

Merriment (n.) Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.

Merriness (n.) The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter.

Merry (superl.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.

Merry (superl.) Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

Merry (superl.) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.

Merry (n.) A kind of wild red cherry.

Merry-andrew (n.) One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.

Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

Merrymake (n.) Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival.

Merrymake (v. i.) To make merry; to be jolly; to feast.

Merrymaker (n.) One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.

Merrymaking (a.) Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.

Merrymaking (n.) The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity.

Merrymeeting (n.) A meeting for mirth.

Merrythought (n.) The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.

Mersion (n.) Immersion.

Merulidan (n.) A bird of the Thrush family.

Merus (n.) See Meros.

Mervaille (n.) Marvel.

Mes- () See Meso-.

Mesa (/.) A high tableland; a plateau on a hill.

Mesaconate (n.) A salt of mesaconic acid.

Mesaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.

Mesad (adv.) Same as Mesiad.

Mesal (a.) Same as Mesial.

Mesalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.

Mesally (adv.) Same as Mesially.

Mesam/boid (n.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.

Mesaraic (a.) Mesenteric.

Mesaticephalic (a.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.

Mesaticephalous (a.) Mesaticephalic.

Mescal (n.) A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.

Mesdames (n.) pl. of Madame and Madam.

Meseemed (imp.) of Meseems

Meseems (v. impers.) It seems to me.

Mesel (n.) A leper.

Meselry (n.) Leprosy.

Mesembryanthemum (n.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f/eshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.

Mesencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.

Mesencephalon (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

Mesenchyma (n.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.

Mesenteric (a.) Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

Mesenteron (n.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.

Mesentery (n.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.

Mesentery (n.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.

Meseraic (a.) Mesaraic.

Mesethmoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone.

Mesethmoid (n.) The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone.

Mesh (n.) The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

Mesh (n.) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

Meshed (imp. & p. p.) of Mesh

Meshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mesh

Mesh (v. t.) To catch in a mesh.

Mesh (v. i.) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.

Meshed (a.) Mashed; brewed.

Meshy (a.) Formed with meshes; netted.

Mesiad (adv.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad.

Mesial (a.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.

Mesially (adv.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.

Mesityl (n.) A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.

Mesitylenate (n.) A salt of mesitylenic acid.

Mesitylene (n.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid.

Mesitylol (n.) A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.

Meslin (n.) See Maslin.

Mesmeree (n.) A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized.

Mesmeric (a.) Alt. of Mesmerical

Mesmerical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.

Mesmerism (n.) The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

Mesmerist (n.) One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.

Mesmerization (n.) The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.

Mesmerized (imp. & p. p.) of Mesmerize

Mesmerizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mesmerize

Mesmerize (v. t.) To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Mesmerizer (n.) One who mesmerizes.

Mesne (a.) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.

Meso- () Alt. of Mes-

Mes- () A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate;

Mes- () denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.

Mesoarium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

Mesoblast (n.) The mesoderm.

Mesoblast (n.) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.

Mesoblastic (a.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.

Mesobranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.

Mesobronchia (pl. ) of Mesobronchium

Mesobronchium (n.) The main bronchus of each lung.

Mesocaecum (n.) The fold of peritoneum attached to the caecum.

Mesocarp (n.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.

Mesocephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure.

Mesocephalic (a.) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic.

Mesocephalic (a.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.

Mesocephalon (n.) The pons Varolii.

Mesocephalous (a.) Mesocephalic.

Mesocoele (n.) Alt. of Mesocoelia

Mesocoelia (n.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.

Mesocolon (n.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon.

Mesocoracoid (n.) A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.

Mesocuneiform (n.) Alt. of Mesocuniform

Mesocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.

Mesoderm (n.) The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.

Mesoderm (n.) The middle body layer in some invertebrates.

Mesoderm (n.) The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.

Mesodermal (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues.

Mesodermic (a.) Same as Mesodermal.

Mesodont (a.) Having teeth of moderate size.

Mesogaster (n.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.

Mesogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.

Mesogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.

Mesogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.

Mesogastrium (n.) The umbilical region.

Mesogastrium (n.) The mesogaster.

Mesogl/a (n.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain coelenterates.

Mesognathous (a.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

Mesohepar (n.) A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.

Mesohippus (n.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

Mesolabe (n.) An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.

Mesole (n.) Same as Thomsonite.

Mesolite (n.) A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.

Mesologarithm (n.) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.

Mesometrium (n.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.

Mesomyodian (n.) A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.

Mesomyodous (a.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

Meson (n.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson.

Mesonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.

Mesonephric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.

Mesonephros (n.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.

Mesonotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.

Mesophl/um (n.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.

Mesophryon (n.) See Glabella.

Mesophyllum (n.) The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces.

Mesoplast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.

Mesopodial (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

Mesopodialia (pl. ) of Mesopodiale

Mesopodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

Mesopodium (n.) The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Mesopterygium (n.) The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.

Mesorchium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.

Mesorectum (n.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum.

Mesorhine (a.) Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine and platyrhine.

Mesosauria (n.) Same as Mosasauria.

Mesoscapula (n.) A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.

Mesoscapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.

Mesoscutum (n.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Mesoseme (a.) Having a medium orbital index; having orbits neither broad nor narrow; between megaseme and microseme.

Mesosiderite (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.

Mesosperm (n.) A membrane of a seed. See Secundine.

Mesostate (n.) A product of metabolic action.

Mesosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.

Mesosternum (n.) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum.

Mesosternum (n.) The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax in insects.

Mesotartaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive tartaric acid.

Mesotheca (n.) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.

Mesothelium (n.) Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum.

Mesothoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Mesothorax (n.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Mesotrochal (a.) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia; -- said of the larvae of certain marine annelids.

Mesotype (n.) An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype.

Mesovarium (n.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

Mesoxalate (n.) A salt of mesoxalic acid.

Mesoxalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2, obtained from amido malonic acid.

Mesozoa (n. pl.) A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.

Mesozoic (a.) Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian age, or the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of Geology.

Mesozoic (n.) The Mesozoic age or formation.

Mesprise (n.) Contempt; scorn.

Mesprise (n.) Misadventure; ill-success.

Mesquite (n.) Alt. of Mesquit

Mesquit (n.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.

Mess (n.) Mass; church service.

Mess (n.) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.

Mess (n.) A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess.

Mess (n.) A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.

Mess (n.) The milk given by a cow at one milking.

Mess (n.) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.

Messed (imp. & p. p.) of Mess

Messing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mess

Mess (v. i.) To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

Mess (v. t.) To supply with a mess.

Message (n.) Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

Message (n.) Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message.

Message (v. t.) To bear as a message.

Message (n.) A messenger.

Messager (n.) A messenger.

Messenger (n.) One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages.

Messenger (n.) One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.

Messenger (n.) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.

Messenger (n.) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.

Messet (n.) A dog.

Messiad (n.) A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.

Messiah (n.) The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ.

Messiahship (n.) The state or office of the Messiah.

Messianic (a.) Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character.

Messias (n.) The Messiah.

Messidor (n.) The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendEmiaire.

Messieurs (n. pl.) Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr.

Messinese (a.) Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans.

Messmate (n.) An associate in a mess.

Messuage (n.) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household.

Mest (a.) Most.

Mestee (n.) The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies.

Mester (n.) See Mister, a trade.

Mestinos (pl. ) of Mestino

Mestino (n.) See Mestizo.

Mestizos (pl. ) of Mestizo

Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.

Mestling (n.) A kind of brass. See Maslin.

Mesymnicum (n.) A repetition at the end of a stanza.

Met () imp. & p. p. of Meet.

Met () imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure.

Met () p. p. of Mete, to dream.

Meta- () Alt. of Met-

Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.

Met- () Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.

Met- () That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-.

Met- () Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.

Metabases (pl. ) of Metabasis

Metabasis (n.) A transition from one subject to another.

Metabasis (n.) Same as Metabola.

Metabola (n.) Alt. of Metabole

Metabole (n.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

Metabola (n. pl.) Alt. of Metabolia

Metabolia (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.

Metabolian (n.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.

Metabolic (a.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

Metabolic (a.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.

Metabolisis (n.) Metabolism.

Metabolism (n.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).

Metabolite (n.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.

Metabolize (v. t. & i.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism.

Metabranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.

Metacarpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus.

Metacarpal (n.) A metacarpal bone.

Metacarpus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Metacenter (n.) Alt. of -tre

-tre (n.) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.

Metacetone (n.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.

Metachloral (n.) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.

Metachronism (n.) An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.

Metachrosis (n.) The power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc.

Metacinnabarite (n.) Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color.

Metacism (n.) A defect in pronouncing the letter m, or a too frequent use of it.

Metacrolein (n.) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.

Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.

Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta.

Metagastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.

Metage (v.) Measurement, especially of coal.

Metage (v.) Charge for, or price of, measuring.

Metagenesis (n.) The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.

Metagenesis (n.) Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy.

Metagenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to metagenesis.

Metagenic (a.) Metagenetic.

Metagnathous (a.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill.

Metagrammatism (n.) Anagrammatism.

Metagraphic (a.) By or pertaining to metagraphy.

Metagraphy (n.) The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration.

Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.

Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.

Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken.

Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.

Metal (n.) Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.

Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.

Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion.

Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad.

Metaled (imp. & p. p.) of Metal

Metalled () of Metal

Metaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metal

Metalling () of Metal

Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.

Metalammonium (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen.

Metalbumin (n.) A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.

Metaldehyde (n.) A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same.

Metalepses (pl. ) of Metalepsis

Metalepsis (n.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

Metalepsy (n.) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.

Metaleptic (a.) Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.

Metaleptic (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

Metaleptic (a.) Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.

Metaleptical (a.) Metaleptic.

Metallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.

Metallic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.

Metallical (a.) See Metallic.

Metallicly (adv.) In a metallic manner; by metallic means.

Metallifacture (n.) The production and working or manufacture of metals.

Metalliferous (a.) Producing metals; yielding metals.

Metalliform (a.) Having the form or structure of a metal.

Metalline (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties.

Metalline (a.) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water.

Metalline (n.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.

Metallist (n.) A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.

Metallization (n.) The act or process of metallizing.

Metallized (imp. & p. p.) of Metallize

Metallizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metallize

Metallize (v. t.) To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.

Metallochrome (n.) A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.

Metallochromy (n.) The art or process of coloring metals.

Metallograph (n.) A print made by metallography.

Metallographic (a.) Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.

Metallographist (n.) One who writes on the subject of metals.

Metallography (n.) The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

Metallography (n.) A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action.

Metallography (n.) A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone.

Metalloid (n.) Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.

Metalloid (n.) Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids.

Metalloid (a.) Having the appearance of a metal.

Metalloid (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.

Metalloidal (a.) Metalloid.

Metallorganic (a.) Metalorganic.

Metallotherapy (n.) Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.

Metallurgic (a.) Alt. of Metallurgical

Metallurgical (a.) Of or pertaining to metallurgy.

Metallurgist (n.) One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy.

Metallurgy (n.) The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.

Metalmen (pl. ) of Metalman

Metalman (n.) A worker in metals.

Metalogical (a.) Beyond the scope or province of logic.

Metalorganic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.

Metamer (n.) Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene.

Metamere (n.) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.

Metameric (a.) Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.

Metameric (a.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation.

Metamerically (adv.) In a metameric manner.

Metamerism (n.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.

Metamerism (n.) The state or quality of being metameric; also, the relation or condition of metameric compounds.

Metamorphic (a.) Subject to change; changeable; variable.

Metamorphic (a.) Causing a change of structure.

Metamorphic (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.

Metamorphism (n.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble.

Metamorphist (n.) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the Deity when he ascended.

Metamorphize (v. t.) To metamorphose.

Metamorphosed (imp. & p. p.) of Metamorphose

Metamorphosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metamorphose

Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.

Metamorphose (n.) Same as Metamorphosis.

Metamorphoser (n.) One who metamorphoses.

Metamorphosic (a.) Changing the form; transforming.

Metamorphoses (pl. ) of Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis (n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation.

Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.

Metamorphosis (n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.

Metanauplius (n.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.

Metanephritic (a.) Of or pertaining to the metanephros.

Metanephros (n.) The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.

Metanotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

Metantimonate (n.) A salt of metantimonic acid.

Metantimonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (HSbO3).

Metantimonic (a.) Formerly, designating an acid, which is now properly called pyroantimonic acid, and analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

Metapectic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained from pectin.

Metapectin (n.) A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.

Metapeptone (n.) An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.

Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Metaphoric (a.) Alt. of Metaphorical

Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.

Metaphorist (n.) One who makes metaphors.

Metaphosphate (n.) A salt of metaphosphoric acid.

Metaphosphoric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid.

Metaphrase (n.) A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.

Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.

Metaphrased (a.) Translated literally.

Metaphrasis (n.) Metaphrase.

Metaphrast (n.) A literal translator.

Metaphrastic (a.) Alt. of Metaphrastical

Metaphrastical (a.) Close, or literal.

Metaphysic (n.) See Metaphysics.

Metaphysic (a.) Metaphysical.

Metaphysical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphysics.

Metaphysical (a.) According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning.

Metaphysical (a.) Preternatural or supernatural.

Metaphysically (adv.) In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician.

Metaphysician (n.) One who is versed in metaphysics.

Metaphysics (n.) The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.

Metaphysics (n.) Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.

Metaphysis (n.) Change of form; transformation.

Metaplasm (n.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.

Metaplast (n.) A word having more than one form of the root.

Metapode (n.) The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Metapodial (a.) Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

Metapodialia (pl. ) of Metapodiale

Metapodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.

Metapodia (pl. ) of Metapodium

Metapodium (n.) Same as Metapode.

Metapophyses (pl. ) of Metapophysis

Metapophysis (n.) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebr/; a mammillary process.

Metapterygium (n.) The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.

Metasilicate (n.) A salt of metasilicic acid.

Metasilicic (a.) Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.

Metasomatism (n.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.

Metasome (n.) One of the component segments of the body of an animal.

Metastannate (n.) A salt of metastannic acid.

Metastannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.

Metastases (pl. ) of Metastasis

Metastasis (n.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.

Metastasis (n.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.

Metastasis (n.) The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

Metastatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.

Metasternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

Metasternum (n.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.

Metasternum (n.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

Metastoma (n.) Alt. of Metastome

Metastome (n.) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

Metatarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.

Metatarsal (n.) A metatarsal bone.

Metatarse (n.) Metatarsus.

Metatarsi (pl. ) of Metatarsus

Metatarsus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Metatheses (pl. ) of Metathesis

Metathesis (n.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.

Metathesis (n.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.

Metathesis (n.) The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt.

Metathetic (a.) Alt. of Metathetical

Metathetical (a.) Of or pertaining to metathesis.

Metathoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

Metathorax (n.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Metatitanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid.

Metatungstate (n.) A salt of metatungstic acid.

Metatungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or pyrotungstic, acid.

Metavanadate (n.) A salt of metavanadic acid.

Metavanadic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous to metaphosphoric acid.

Metaxylene (n.) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid.

Metayage (n.) A system of farming on halves.

Metayer (a.) One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.

Metazoa (n. pl.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.

Metazoans (pl. ) of Metazoan

Metazoan (n.) One of the Metazoa.

Metazoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Metazoa.

Metazoon (n.) One of the Metazoa.

Mete (n.) Meat.

Mete (v. t. & i.) To meet.

Mette (imp.) of Mete

Met (p. p.) of Mete

Mete (v. i. & t.) To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.

Meted (imp. & p. p.) of Mete

Meting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mete

Mete (a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.

Mete (v. i.) To measure.

Mete (n.) Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

Metecorn (n.) A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.

Metely (a.) According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate.

Metempiric (a.) Alt. of Metempirical

Metempirical (a.) Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics.

Metempiricism (n.) The science that is concerned with metempirics.

Metempirics (n.) The concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.

Metempsychosed (imp. & p. p.) of Metempsychose

Metempsychosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metempsychose

Metempsychose (v. t.) To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another.

Metempsychosis (n.) The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.

Metemptosis (n.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.

Metencephalon (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.

Metensomatosis (n.) The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.

Meteor (n.) Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.

Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.

Meteoric (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

Meteoric (a.) Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.

Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame.

Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.

Meteorism (n.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.

Meteorite (n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.

Meteorize (v. i.) To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor.

Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.

Meteorographic (a.) Of or pertaining to meteorography.

Meteorography (n.) The registration of meteorological phenomena.

Meteoroid (n.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.

Meteoroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.

Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.

Meteoroligic (a.) Alt. of Meteorological

Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology.

Meteorologist (n.) A person skilled in meteorology.

Meteorology (n.) The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.

Meteorometer (n.) An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.

Meteoroscope (n.) An astrolabe; a planisphere.

Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.

Meteorous (a.) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

-meter () A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.

Meter (n.) One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

Meter (n.) An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.

Meter (n.) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

Meter (n.) Alt. of Metre

Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.

Metre (n.) A poem.

Metre (n.) A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.

Meterage (n.) The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.

Metergram (n.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

Metewand (n.) A measuring rod.

Meteyard (n.) A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.

Meth (n.) See Meathe.

Methaemoglobin (n.) A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains.

Methal (n.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.

Methane (n.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.

Metheglin (n.) A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.

Methene (n.) See Methylene.

Methenyl (n.) The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.

Methide (n.) A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium methide, Al2(CH3)6.

Methought (imp.) of Methinks

Methinks (v. impers.) It seems to me; I think. See Me.

Methionate (n.) A salt of methionic acid.

Methionic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts.

Method (n.) An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.

Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.

Method (n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.

Methodic (a.) Alt. of Methodical

Methodical (a.) Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise.

Methodical (a.) Proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

Methodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.

Methodios (n.) The art and principles of method.

Methodism (n.) The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists.

Methodist (n.) One who observes method.

Methodist (n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.

Methodist (n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.

Methodist (n.) A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.

Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.

Methodistic (a.) Alt. of Methodistical

Methodistical (a.) Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists.

Methodization (n.) The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.

Methodized (imp. & p. p.) of Methodize

Methodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Methodize

Methodize (v. t.) To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.

Methodizer (n.) One who methodizes.

Methodological (a.) Of or pertaining to methodology.

Methodology (n.) The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.

Methol (n.) The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.

Methoxyl (n.) A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl.

Methyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc.

Methylal (n.) A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.

Methylamine (n.) See Methyl amine, under Methyl.

Methylate (n.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.

Methylate (v. t.) To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.

Methylated (a.) Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.

Methylene (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene.

Methylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl.

Methysticin (n.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.

Metic (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.

Meticulous (a.) Timid; fearful.

Metif (n. f.) Alt. of Metive

Metive (n. f.) See Metis.

Metis (n. f.) Alt. of Metisse

Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.

Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.

Metoche (n.) The space between two dentils.

Metoche (n.) The space between two triglyphs.

Metonic (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.

Metonymic (a.) Alt. of Metonymical

Metonymical (a.) Used by way of metonymy.

Metonymy (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

Metope (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.

Metope (n.) The face of a crab.

Metopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.

Metopomancy (n.) Fortune telling by physiognomy.

Metoposcopic (a.) Alt. of Metoposcopical

Metoposcopical (a.) Of or relating to metoposcopy.

Metoposcopist (n.) One versed in metoposcopy.

Metoposcopy (n.) The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.

Metosteon (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.

Metre (n.) See Meter.

Metric (a.) Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

Metric (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.

Metrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

Metrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.

Metrically (adv.) In a metrical manner.

Metrician (n.) A composer of verses.

Metric system () See Metric, a.

Metrification (n.) Composition in metrical form; versification.

Metrify (v. i.) To make verse.

Metrist (n.) A maker of verses.

Metritis (n.) Inflammation of the womb.

Metrochrome (n.) An instrument for measuring colors.

Metrograph (n.) An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

Metrological (a.) Of or pertaining to metrology.

Metrology (n.) The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

Metromania (n.) A mania for writing verses.

Metromaniac (n.) One who has metromania.

Metrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of the womb.

Metronome (n.) An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.

Metronomy (n.) Measurement of time by an instrument.

Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.

Metropole (n.) A metropolis.

Metropolis (n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.

Metropolis (n.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.

Metropolitan (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

Metropolitan (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.

Metropolitan (n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

Metropolitan (n.) An archbishop.

Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

Metropolitanate (n.) The see of a metropolitan bishop.

Metropolite (n.) A metropolitan.

Metropolitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair.

Metrorrhagia (n.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.

Metroscope (n.) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.

Metrosideros (n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.

Metrotome (n.) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.

Metrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section.

-metry () A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.

Mette () imp. of Mete, to dream.

Mettle (n.) Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense.

Mettled (a.) Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.

Mettlesome (a.) Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.

Meute (n.) A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1.

Meve (v. t. & i.) To move.

Mew (n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

Mewed (imp. & p. p.) of Mew

Mewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mew

Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.

Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.

Mew (n.) A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.

Mew (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

Mew (v. i.) To cry as a cat.

Mew (n.) The common cry of a cat.

Mewled (imp. & p. p.) of Mewl

Mewling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mewl

Mewl (v. i.) To cry, as a young child; to squall.

Mewler (n.) One that mewls.

Mews (n. sing. & pl.) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

Mexal (mexcal.) Alt. of Mexical

Mexical (mexcal.) See Mescal.

Mexican (a.) Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.

Mexican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mexico.

Mexicanize (v. t.) To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.

Mexicanize (v. i.) To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.

Neyne (n.) Same as Meine.

Mezcal (n.) Same as Mescal.

Mezereon (n.) A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.

Mezquita (n.) A mosque.

Mezuzoth (n.) A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

Mezzanine (n.) Same as Entresol.

Mezzanine (n.) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.

Mezza voce () With a medium fullness of sound.

Mezzo (a.) Mean; not extreme.

Mezzo-relievo (n.) Mezzo-rilievo.

Mezzo-rilievo (n.) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.

Mezzo-rilievo (n.) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.

Mezzo-soprano (a.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.

Mezzo-soprano (n.) A mezzo-soprano voice.

Mezzo-soprano (n.) A person having such a voice.

Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.

Mezzotint (v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint.

Mezzotinter (n.) One who engraves in mezzotint.

Mezzotinto (n.) Mezzotint.

Mezzotintoed (imp. & p. p.) of Mezzotinto

Mezzotintoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mezzotinto

Mezzotinto (v. t.) To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.

Mhorr (n.) See Mohr.

Mi (n.) A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.

Miamis (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.

Miargyrite (n.) A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.

Mias (n.) The orang-outang.

Miascite (n.) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.

Miasm (n.) Miasma.

Miasmata (pl. ) of Miasma

Miasma (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Miasmal (a.) Containing miasma; miasmatic.

Miasmatic (a.) Alt. of Miasmatical

Miasmatical (a.) Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.

Miasmatist (n.) One who has made a special study of miasma.

Miasmology (n.) That department of medical science which treats of miasma.

Miauled (imp. & p. p.) of Miaul

Miauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miaul

Miaul (v. i.) To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul.

Miaul (n.) The crying of a cat.

Mica (n.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.

Micaceo-calcareous (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.

Micaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminae or leaves like mica.

Mice (n.) pl of Mouse.

Micellae (pl. ) of Micella

Micella (n.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.

Mich (v. i.) Alt. of Miche

Miche (v. i.) To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly.

Michaelmas (n.) The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.

Micher (n.) One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc.

Michery (n.) Theft; cheating.

Miching (a.) Hiding; skulking; cowardly.

Mickle (a.) Much; great.

Micmacs (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Mico (n.) A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Micracoustic (a.) Same as Microustic.

Micraster (n.) A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.

Micrencephalous () Having a small brain.

Micro- () Alt. of Micr-

Micr- () A combining form

Micr- () Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope.

Micr- () A millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.

Microampere (n.) One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere.

Microbacteria (n. pl.) In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.

Microbe (n.) Alt. of Microbion

Microbion (n.) A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.

Microbian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.

Microbic (a.) Of or pertaining to a microbe.

Microbicide (n.) Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.

Microcephalic (a.) Alt. of Microcephalous

Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.

Micro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test.

Micro-chemistry (n.) The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.

Microchronometer (n.) A chronoscope.

Microcline (n.) A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.

Micrococcal (a.) Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci.

Micrococci (pl. ) of Micrococcus

Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.

Microcosm (n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.

Microcosmic (a.) Alt. of Microcosmical

Microcosmical (a.) Of or pertaining to the microcosm.

Microcosmography (n.) Description of man as a microcosm.

Microcoulomb (n.) A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.

Microcoustic (a.) Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing.

Microcoustic (n.) An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person.

Microcrith (n.) The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith.

Microcrystalline (a.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.

Microcyte (n.) One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.

Microdont (a.) Having small teeth.

Microfarad (n.) The millionth part of a farad.

Microform (n.) A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.

Micro-geological (a.) Of or pertaining to micro-geology.

Micro-geology (n.) The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.

Micrograph (n.) An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Micrographic (a.) Of or pertaining to micrography.

Micrography (n.) The description of microscopic objects.

Microhm (n.) The millionth part of an ohm.

Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.

Microlestes (n.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.

Microlite (n.) A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.

Microlite (n.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.

Microlith (n.) Same as Microlite, 2.

Microlithic (a.) Formed of small stones.

Micrologic (a.) Alt. of Micrological

Micrological (a.) Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as, micrologic examination.

Micrology (n.) That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.

Micrology (n.) Attention to petty items or differences.

Micromere (n.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.

Micrometer (n.) An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.

Micrometric (a.) Alt. of Micrometrical

Micrometrical (a.) Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer.

Micrometry (n.) The art of measuring with a micrometer.

Micromillimeter (n.) The millionth part of a meter.

Micron (n.) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

Micronesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.

Micronesians (n. pl.) A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and Papuans.

Micronometer (n.) An instrument for noting minute portions of time.

Microorganism (n.) Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.

Micropantograph (n.) A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopically minute.

Micropegmatite (n.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).

Microphone (n.) An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations.

Microphonics (n.) The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.

Microphonous (a.) Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic.

Microphotograph (n.) A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.

Microphotograph (n.) An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.

Microphotography (n.) The art of making microphotographs.

Microphthalmia (n.) Alt. of Microphthalmy

Microphthalmy (n.) An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development.

Microphyllous (a.) Small-leaved.

Microphytal (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, microphytes.

Microphyte (n.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.

Micropyle (n.) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted.

Micropyle (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.

Microscopal (a.) Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope.

Microscope (n.) An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.

Microscopial (a.) Microscopic.

Microscopic (a.) Alt. of Microscopical

Microscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

Microscopical (a.) Able to see extremely minute objects.

Microscopical (a.) Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect.

Microscopically (adv.) By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

Microscopist (n.) One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.

Microscopy (n.) The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.

Microseme (a.) Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.

Microspectroscope (n.) A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.

Microsporangium (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium.

Microspore (n.) One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.

Microsporic (a.) Of or pertaining to microspores.

Microsthene (n.) One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.

Microsthenic (a.) Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes.

Microtasimeter (n.) A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring very small extensions. See Tasimeter.

Microtome (n.) An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.

Microtomist (n.) One who is skilled in or practices microtomy.

Microtomy (n.) The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on with the microtome.

Microvolt (n.) A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt.

Microweber (n.) The millionth part of one weber.

Microzoa (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Microzoospore (n.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae.

Microzyme (n.) A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.

Micturition (n.) The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

Mid (superl.) Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.

Mid (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.

Mid (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.

Mid (n.) Middle.

Mid (prep.) See Amid.

Mida (n.) The larva of the bean fly.

Midas (n.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.

Midas's ear () A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, / Ellobium, aurismidae); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.

Midbrain (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

Midday (a.) The middle part of the day; noon.

Midday (a.) Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.

Midden (n.) A dunghill.

Midden (n.) An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.

Midden crow () The common European crow.

Middest (superl.) Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost.

Middest (n.) Midst; middle.

Midding (n.) Same as Midden.

Middle (a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.

Middle (a.) Intermediate; intervening.

Middle (a.) The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion

Middle (a.) the waist.

Middle-age () Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval.

Middle-aged (a.) Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old.

Middle-earth (n.) The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell.

Middle-ground (n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

Middlemen (pl. ) of Middleman

Middleman (n.) An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.

Middleman (n.) A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.

Middleman (n.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.

Middlemost (a.) Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.

Middler (n.) One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.

Middling (a.) Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

Middlings (n. pl.) A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.

Middlings (n. pl.) In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also middles.

Middies (pl. ) of Middy

Middy (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.

Midfeather (n.) A support for the center of a tunnel.

Midgard (n.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the abode of human beings; the earth.

Midge (n.) Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvae are usually aquatic.

Midge (n.) A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.

Midget (n.) A minute bloodsucking fly.

Midget (n.) A very diminutive person.

Midgut (n.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.

Midheaven (n.) The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.

Midheaven (n.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian.

Midland (a.) Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants.

Midland (a.) Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.

Midland (n.) The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural.

Midmain (n.) The middle part of the main or sea.

Midmost (a.) Middle; middlemost.

Midnight (n.) The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

Midnight (a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.

Midrashim (pl. ) of Midrash

Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midrash

Midrash (n.) A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

Midrib (n.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf.

Midriff (n.) See Diaphragm, n., 2.

Mid sea () Alt. of Mid-sea

Mid-sea () The middle part of the sea or ocean.

Midship (a.) Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship.

Midshipmen (pl. ) of Midshipman

Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.

Midshipman (n.) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.

Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign.

Midshipman (n.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish.

Midships (adv.) In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.

Midships (n. pl.) The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel.

Midst (n.) The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.

Midst (prep.) In the midst of; amidst.

Midst (adv.) In the middle.

Midsummer (n.) The middle of summer.

Midward (a.) Situated in the middle.

Midward (adv.) In or toward the midst.

Midway (n.) The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

Midway (a.) Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air.

Midway (adv.) In the middle of the way or distance; half way.

Midweek (n.) The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.

Midwives (pl. ) of Midwife

Midwife (n.) A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

Midwife (v. t.) To assist in childbirth.

Midwife (v. i.) To perform the office of midwife.

Midwifery (n.) The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.

Midwifery (n.) Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production.

Midwinter (n.) The middle of winter.

Midwive (v. t.) To midwife.

Mien (n.) Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.

Miff (n.) A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.

Miff (v. t.) To offend slightly.

Might () imp. of May.

Might (v.) Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.

Mightful (a.) Mighty.

Mightily (adv.) In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully.

Mightily (adv.) To a great degree; very much.

Mightiness (n.) The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity.

Mightiness (n.) Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.

Mightless (a.) Without; weak.

Mighty (n.) Possessing might; having great power or authority.

Mighty (n.) Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.

Mighty (n.) Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc.

Mighties (pl. ) of Mighty

Mighty (n.) A warrior of great force and courage.

Mighty (adv.) In a great degree; very.

Migniard (a.) Soft; dainty.

Migniardise (n.) Delicate fondling.

Mignon (a.) See 3d Minion.

Mignon (v. t.) To flatter.

Mignonette (n.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.

Migraine (n.) Same as Megrim.

Migrant (a.) Migratory.

Migrant (n.) A migratory bird or other animal.

Migrated (imp. & p. p.) of Migrate

Migrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Migrate

Migrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.

Migrate (v. i.) To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

Migration (n.) The act of migrating.

Migratory (a.) Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.

Migratory (a.) Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.

Mikado (n.) The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.

Mikmaks (n.) Same as Micmacs.

Milage (n.) Same as Mileage.

Milanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants.

Milanese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.

Milch (a.) Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts.

Milch (a.) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Mild (superl.) Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.

Milden (v. t.) To make mild, or milder.

Mildew (n.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

Mildewed (imp. & p. p.) of Mildew

Mildewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mildew

Mildew (v. t.) To taint with mildew.

Mildew (v. i.) To become tainted with mildew.

Mildly (adv.) In a mild manner.

Mildness (n.) The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

Mile (n.) A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

Mileage (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.

Mileage (n.) Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.

Milepost (n.) A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

Milesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.

Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.

Milesian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Miletus.

Milesian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Ireland.

Milestone (n.) A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Milfoil (n.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.

Miliaria (n.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.

Miliary (a.) Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.

Miliary (a.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.

Miliary (a.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.

Miliary (n.) One of the small tubercles of Echini.

Milice (n.) Militia.

Miliola (n.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.

Miliolite (n.) A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.

Miliolite (a.) The same Milliolitic.

Miliolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing miliolites.

Militancy (n.) The state of being militant; warfare.

Militancy (n.) A military spirit or system; militarism.

Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.

Militar (a.) Military.

Militarily (adv.) In a military manner.

Militarism (n.) A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.

Militarism (n.) The spirit and traditions of military life.

Militarist (n.) A military man.

Military (a.) Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.

Military (a.) Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition.

Military (n.) The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.

Militated (imp. & p. p.) of Militate

Militating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Militate

Militate (v. i.) To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.

Militia (n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.

Militia (n.) Military service; warfare.

Militiamen (pl. ) of Militiaman

Militiaman (n.) One who belongs to the militia.

Militiate (v. i.) To carry on, or prepare for, war.

Milk (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.

Milk (n.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

Milk (n.) An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

Milk (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Milked (imp. & p. p.) of Milk

Milking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Milk

Milk (v. t.) To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

Milk (v. t.) To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.

Milk (v. i.) To draw or to yield milk.

Milken (a.) Consisting of milk.

Milker (n.) One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.

Milker (n.) A cow or other animal that gives milk.

Milkful (a.) Full of milk; abounding with food.

Milkily (adv.) In a milky manner.

Milkiness (n.) State or quality of being milky.

Milk-livered (a.) White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

Milkmaid (n.) A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.

Milkmen (pl. ) of Milkman

Milkman (n.) A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers.

Milksop (n.) A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.

Milk vetch () A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.

Milkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.

Milkwort (n.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.

Milky (a.) Consisting of, or containing, milk.

Milky (a.) Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice."

Milky (a.) Yielding milk.

Milky (a.) Mild; tame; spiritless.

Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.

Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill.

Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.

Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.

Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill.

Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.

Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot.

Mill (n.) A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.

Mill (n.) A pugilistic.

Milled (imp. & p. p.) of Mill

Milling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mill

Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute.

Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.

Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin.

Mill (n.) To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

Mill (n.) To beat with the fists.

Mill (n.) To roll into bars, as steel.

Mill (v. i.) To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.

Millboard (n.) A kind of stout pasteboard.

Mill-cake (n.) The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation.

Milldam (n.) A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.

Milled (a.) Having been subjected to some process of milling.

Millefiore glass () Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and other small articles.

Millenarian (a.) Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians.

Millenarian (n.) One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.

Millenarianism (n.) Alt. of Millenarism

Millenarism (n.) The doctrine of Millenarians.

Millenary (a.) Consisting of a thousand; millennial.

Millenary (n.) The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian.

Millennial (a.) Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness.

Millennialist (n.) One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period.

Millennialism (n.) Alt. of Millenniarism

Millenniarism (n.) Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium; millenarianism.

Millennist (n.) One who believes in the millennium.

Millennium (n.) A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints.

Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm.

Millepora (n.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores.

Millepore (n.) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.

Milleporite (n.) A fossil millepore.

Miller (n.) One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.

Miller (n.) A milling machine.

Miller (n.) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller.

Miller (n.) The eagle ray.

Miller (n.) The hen harrier.

Millerite (n.) A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.

Millerite (n.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites.

Millesimal (a.) Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as, millesimal fractions.

Millet (n.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.

Milli- () A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter, milligram, milliampere.

Milliampere (n.) The thousandth part of one ampere.

Milliard (n.) A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.

Milliary (a.) Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles.

Milliaries (pl. ) of Milliary

Milliary (a.) A milestone.

Millier (n.) A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.

Millifold (a.) Thousandfold.

Milligram (n.) Alt. of Milligramme

Milligramme (n.) A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.

Milliliter (n.) Alt. of Millilitre

Millilitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.

Millimeter (n.) Alt. of Millimetre

Millimetre (n.) A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.

Milliner (n.) Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.

Milliner (n.) A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.

Millinery (n.) The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.

Millinery (n.) The business of work of a milliner.

Millinet (n.) A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.

Milling (n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill.

Million (n.) The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred.

Million (n.) A very great number; an indefinitely large number.

Million (n.) The mass of common people; -- with the article the.

Millionaire (n.) One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more.

Millionairess (n.) A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire.

Millionary (a.) Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits.

Millioned (a.) Multiplied by millions; innumerable.

Millionnaire (n.) Millionaire.

Millionth (a.) Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; being one of a million.

Millionth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.

Milliped (n.) The same Milleped.

Millistere (n.) A liter, or cubic decimeter.

Milliweber (n.) The thousandth part of one weber.

Millrea (n.) Alt. of Millreis

Millree (n.) Alt. of Millreis

Millreis (n.) See Milreis.

Millrind (n.) Alt. of Millrynd

Millrynd (n.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.

Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).

Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills.

Millwork (n.) The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.

Millwright (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery.

Milreis (n.) A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.

Milt (n.) The spleen.

Milt (n.) The spermatic fluid of fishes.

Milt (n.) The testes, or spermaries, of fishes when filled with spermatozoa.

Milt (v. t.) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Milter (n.) A male fish.

Miltonian (a.) Miltonic.

Miltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.

Miltwaste () A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used in medicine.

Milvine (a.) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.

Milvine (n.) A bird related to the kite.

Milvus (n.) A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite.

Mime (n.) A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.

Mime (n.) An actor in such representations.

Mime (v. i.) To mimic.

Mimeograph (n.) An autographic stencil copying device invented by Edison.

Mimesis (n.) Imitation; mimicry.

Mimetene (n.) See Mimetite.

Mimetic () Alt. of Mimetical

Mimetical () Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.

Mimetical () Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.

Mimetism (n.) Same as Mimicry.

Mimetite (n.) A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.

Mimic (a.) Alt. of Mimical

Mimical (a.) Imitative; mimetic.

Mimical (a.) Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures.

Mimical (a.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Mimic (n.) One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.

Mimicked (imp. & p. p.) of Mimic

Mimicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mimic

Mimic (v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.

Mimic (v. t.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Mimically (adv.) In an imitative manner.

Mimicker (n.) One who mimics; a mimic.

Mimicker (n.) An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits.

Mimicry (n.) The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.

Mimicry (n.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism.

Mimographer (n.) A writer of mimes.

Mimosa (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).

Mimotannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannin or tannic acid found in Acacia, Mimosa, etc.

Minae (pl. ) of Mina

Minas (pl. ) of Mina

Mina (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

Mina (n.) See Myna.

Minable (a.) Such as can be mined; as, minable earth.

Minacious (a.) Threatening; menacing.

Minacity (n.) Disposition to threaten.

Minaret (n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.

Minargent (n.) An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium; -- used by jewelers.

Minatorially (adv.) Alt. of Minatorily

Minatorily (adv.) In a minatory manner; with threats.

Minatory (a.) Threatening; menacing.

Minaul (n.) Same as Manul.

Minced (imp. & p. p.) of Mince

Minging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mince

Mince (v. t.) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.

Mince (v. t.) To affect; to make a parade of.

Mince (v. i.) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

Mince (v. i.) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

Mince (n.) A short, precise step; an affected manner.

Mince-meat (n.) Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.

Mince pie () A pie made of mince-meat.

Mincer (n.) One who minces.

Mincing (a.) That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.

Mincingly (adv.) In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety.

Mind (v.) The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.

Mind (v.) The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.

Mind (v.) Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.

Mind (v.) Courage; spirit.

Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

Minded (imp. & p. p.) of Mind

Minding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mind

Mind (n.) To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.

Mind (n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.

Mind (n.) To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.

Mind (n.) To have in mind; to purpose.

Mind (n.) To put in mind; to remind.

Mind (v. i.) To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.

Minded (a.) Disposed; inclined; having a mind.

Minder (n.) One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.

Minder (n.) One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person.

Mindful (a.) Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.

Minding (n.) Regard; mindfulness.

Mindless (a.) Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.

Mindless (a.) Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless.

Mine (n.) See Mien.

Mine (pron. & a.) Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.

Mine (v. i.) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.

Mine (v. i.) To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.

Mined (imp. & p. p.) of Mine

Mining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mine

Mine (v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

Mine (v. t.) To dig into, for ore or metal.

Mine (v. t.) To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.

Mine (v. i.) A subterranean cavity or passage

Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.

Mine (v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.

Mine (v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.

Mine (v. i.) Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.

Miner (n.) One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.

Miner (n.) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.

Miner (n.) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).

Mineral (v. i.) An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.

Mineral (v. i.) A mine.

Mineral (v. i.) Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).

Mineral (a.) Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.

Mineral (a.) Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.

Mineralist (n.) One versed in minerals; mineralogist.

Mineralization (n.) The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

Mineralization (n.) The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.

Mineralization (n.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

Mineralized (imp. & p. p.) of Mineralize

Mineralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mineralize

Mineralize (v. t.) To transform into a mineral.

Mineralize (v. t.) To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.

Mineralize (v. i.) To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Mineralizer (n.) An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.

Mineralogical (a.) Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.

Mineralogically (adv.) According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.

Mineralogist (n.) One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

Mineralogist (n.) A carrier shell (Phorus).

Mineralogize (v. i.) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.

Mineralogies (pl. ) of Mineralogy

Mineralogy (n.) The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

Mineralogy (n.) A treatise or book on this science.

Minerva (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.

Minette (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.

Minever (n.) Same as Miniver.

Minge (v. t.) To mingle; to mix.

Minge (n.) A small biting fly; a midge.

Mingled (imp. & p. p.) of Mingle

Mingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mingle

Mingle (v. t.) To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.

Mingle (v. t.) To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.

Mingle (v. t.) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

Mingle (v. t.) To put together; to join.

Mingle (v. t.) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

Mingle (v. i.) To become mixed or blended.

Mingle (n.) A mixture.

Mingleable (a.) That can be mingled.

Mingledly (adv.) Confusedly.

Mingle-mangle (v. t.) To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.

Mingle-mangle (n.) A hotchpotch.

Minglement (n.) The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.

Mingler (n.) One who mingles.

Minglingly (adv.) In a mingling manner.

Minaceous (a.) Of the color of minium or red lead; miniate.

Miniard (a.) Migniard.

Miniardize (v. t.) To render delicate or dainty.

Miniated (imp. & p. p.) of Miniate

Miniating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miniate

Miniate (v. t.) To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.

Miniate (a.) Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Miniature (v.) Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.

Miniature (v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

Miniature (v.) Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

Miniature (v.) A particular feature or trait.

Miniature (a.) Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.

Miniature (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.

Miniaturist (n.) A painter of miniatures.

Minibus (n.) A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons.

Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.

Minie rifle () A rifle adapted to minie balls.

Minified (imp. & p. p.) of Minify

Minifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minify

Minify (v. t.) To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.

Minikin (n.) A little darling; a favorite; a minion.

Minikin (n.) A little pin.

Minikin (a.) Small; diminutive.

Minim (n.) Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.

Minim (n.) The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

Minim (n.) A small fish; a minnow.

Minim (n.) A little man or being; a dwarf.

Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

Minim (n.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.

Minim (n.) A short poetical encomium.

Minim (a.) Minute.

Miniment (n.) A trifle; a trinket; a token.

Minimization (n.) The act or process of minimizing.

Minimized (imp. & p. p.) of Minimize

Minimizimg (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minimize

Minimize (v. t.) To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.

Minima (pl. ) of Minimum

Minimum (n.) The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

Minimi (pl. ) of Minimus

Minimus (n.) A being of the smallest size.

Minimus (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.

Mining (v. i.) The act or business of making mines or of working them.

Mining (a.) Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region.

Minion (n.) Minimum.

Minion (n.) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense.

Minion (n.) An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite.

Minion (n.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil.

Minion (n.) An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches.

Minion (a.) Fine; trim; dainty.

Minionette (a.) Small; delicate.

Minionette (n.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc.

Minioning (n.) Kind treatment.

Minionize (v. t.) To flavor.

Minionlike (a. & adv.) Alt. of Minionly

Minionly (a. & adv.) Like a minion; daintily.

Minionship (n.) State of being a minion.

Minious (a.) Of the color of red or vermilion.

Minish (a.) To diminish; to lessen.

Minishment (n.) The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution.

Minister (n.) A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

Minister (n.) An officer of justice.

Minister (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.

Minister (n.) A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

Minister (n.) One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.

Ministered (imp. & p. p.) of Minister

Ministering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minister

Minister (n.) To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

Minister (v. i.) To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

Minister (v. i.) To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.

Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.

Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.

Ministerial (a.) Tending to advance or promote; contributive.

Ministerialist (n.) A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.

Ministerially (adv.) In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.

Ministery (n.) See Ministry.

Ministracy (n.) Ministration.

Ministral (a.) Ministerial.

Ministrant (a.) Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate.

Ministrant (n.) One who ministers.

Ministration (n.) The act of ministering; service; ministry.

Ministrative (a.) Serving to aid; ministering.

Ministress (n.) A woman who ministers.

Ministry (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service.

Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.

Ministry (n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.

Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.

Ministry (n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.

Ministryship (n.) The office of a minister.

Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.

Miniver (n.) A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.

Minivet (n.) A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidae.

Mink (n.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.

Minnesinger (n.) A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.

Minnow (n.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.

Minnow (n.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.

Minny (n.) A minnow.

Mino bird () An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.

Minor (a.) Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

Minor (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.

Minor (n.) A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.

Minor (n.) The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.

Minor (n.) A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.

Minorate (v. t.) To diminish.

Minoration (n.) A diminution.

Minoress (n.) See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.

Minorite (n.) A Franciscan friar.

Minorities (pl. ) of Minority

Minority (a. & n.) The state of being a minor, or under age.

Minority (a. & n.) State of being less or small.

Minority (a. & n.) The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.

Minos (n.) A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.

Minotaur (n.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.

Minow (n.) See Minnow.

Minster (n.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church.

Minstrel (n.) In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.

Minstrelsy (n.) The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

Minstrelsy (n.) Musical instruments.

Minstrelsy (n.) A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs.

Mint (n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

Mint (n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.

Mint (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

Minted (imp. & p. p.) of Mint

Minting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mint

Mint (v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

Mint (v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

Mintage (n.) The coin, or other production, made in a mint.

Mintage (n.) The duty paid to the mint for coining.

Minter (n.) One who mints.

Mintmen (pl. ) of Mintman

Mintman (n.) One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner.

Mint-master (n.) The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.

Minuend (n.) The number from which another number is to be subtracted.

Minuet (n.) A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.

Minuet (n.) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.

Minum (n.) A small kind of printing type; minion.

Minum (n.) A minim.

Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.

Minuscule (n.) Any very small, minute object.

Minuscule (n.) A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.

Minuscule (a.) Of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules.

Minutary (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.

Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10¡ 20').

Minute (n.) A nautical or a geographic mile.

Minute (n.) A coin; a half farthing.

Minute (n.) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.

Minute (n.) A point of time; a moment.

Minute (n.) The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate.

Minute (n.) A fixed part of a module. See Module.

Minute (a.) Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

Minute (p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Minute (a.) Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.

Minute (a.) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.

Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.

Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.

Minutely (adv.) In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.

Minutely (a.) Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.

Minutely (adv.) At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.

Minutemen (pl. ) of Minuteman

Minuteman (n.) A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.

Minuteness (n.) The quality of being minute.

Minutiae (pl. ) of Minutia

Minutia (n.) A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Minx (n.) A pert or a wanton girl.

Minx (n.) A she puppy; a pet dog.

Minx (n.) The mink; -- called also minx otter.

Miny (a.) Abounding with mines; like a mine.

Miocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.

Miocene (n.) The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.

Miohippus (n.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

Miquelet (n.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

Mir (n.) A Russian village community.

Mir (n.) Same as Emir.

Mira (n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).

Mirabilaries (pl. ) of Mirabilary

Mirabilary (n.) One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders.

Mirabilis (n.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Mirabilite (n.) Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.

Mirable (a.) Wonderful; admirable.

Miracle (n.) A wonder or wonderful thing.

Miracle (n.) Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.

Miracle (n.) A miracle play.

Miracle (n.) A story or legend abounding in miracles.

Miracle (v. t.) To make wonderful.

Miraculize (v. t.) To cause to seem to be a miracle.

Miraculous (a.) Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

Miraculous (a.) Supernatural; wonderful.

Miraculous (a.) Wonder-working.

Mirador (n.) Same as Belvedere.

Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.

Mirbane (n.) See Nitrobenzene.

Mire (n.) An ant.

Mire (n.) Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.

Mired (imp. & p. p.) of Mire

Miring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mire

Mire (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

Mire (v. t.) To soil with mud or foul matter.

Mire (v. i.) To stick in mire.

Mirific (a.) Alt. of Mirifical

Mirifical (a.) Working wonders; wonderful.

Mirificent (a.) Wonderful.

Miriness (n.) The quality of being miry.

Mirk (a.) Dark; gloomy; murky.

Mirk (n.) Darkness; gloom; murk.

Mirksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; murky.

Mirky (a.) Dark; gloomy. See Murky.

Mirror (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

Mirror (n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.

Mirror (n.) See Speculum.

Mirrored (imp. & p. p.) of Mirror

Mirroring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mirror

Mirror (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror.

Mirth (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

Mirth (n.) That which causes merriment.

Mirthful (a.) Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.

Mirthful (a.) Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.

Mirthless (a.) Without mirth.

Miry (a.) Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.

Mirza (n.) The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.

Mis- () A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.

Mis (a. & adv.) Wrong; amiss.

Misacceptation (n.) Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.

Misaccompt (v. t.) To account or reckon wrongly.

Misadjust (v. t.) To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment.

Misadjustment (n.) Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.

Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.

Misadventured (a.) Unfortunate.

Misadventurous (a.) Unfortunate.

Misadvertence (n.) Inadvertence.

Misadvice (n.) Bad advice.

Misadvise (v. t.) To give bad counsel to.

Misadvised (a.) Ill advised.

Misaffect (v. t.) To dislike.

Misaffected (a.) Ill disposed.

Misaffection (n.) An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected.

Misaffirm (v. t.) To affirm incorrectly.

Misaimed (a.) Not rightly aimed.

Misallegation (n.) A erroneous statement or allegation.

Misallege (v. t.) To state erroneously.

Misalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

Misallied (a.) Wrongly allied or associated.

Misallotment (n.) A wrong allotment.

Misalter (v. t.) To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse.

Misanthrope (n.) A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.

Misanthropic (a.) Alt. of Misanthropical

Misanthropical (a.) Hating or disliking mankind.

Misanthropist (n.) A misanthrope.

Misanthropos (n.) A misanthrope.

Misanthropy (n.) Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.

Misapplication (n.) A wrong application.

Misapplied (imp. & p. p.) of Misapply

Misapplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misapply

Misapply (v. t.) To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.

Misappreciated (a.) Improperly appreciated.

Misapprehend (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.

Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Misapprehensively (adv.) By, or with, misapprehension.

Misappropriate (v. t.) To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

Misappropriation (n.) Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

Misarranged (imp. & p. p.) of Misarrange

Misarranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misarrange

Misarrange (v. t.) To place in a wrong order, or improper manner.

Misarrangement (n.) Wrong arrangement.

Misarcribe (v. t.) To ascribe wrongly.

Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully.

Misassign (v. t.) To assign wrongly.

Misattend (v. t.) To misunderstand; to disregard.

Misaventure (n.) Misadventure.

Misavize (v. t.) To misadvise.

Misbear (v. t.) To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; to misbehave.

Misbecome (v. t.) Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to.

Misbecoming (a.) Unbecoming.

Misbode (imp.) of Misbede

Misboden (p. p.) of Misbede

Misbede (v. t.) To wrong; to do injury to.

Misbefitting (a.) No befitting.

Misbegot (p. a.) Alt. of Misbegotten

Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.

Misbehaved (imp. & p. p.) of Misbehave

Misbehaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misbehave

Misbehave (v. t. & i.) To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.

Misbehaved (a.) Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude.

Misbehavior (n.) Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

Misbelief (n.) Erroneous or false belief.

Misbelieve (v. i.) To believe erroneously, or in a false religion.

Misbeliever (n.) One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.

Misbeseem (v. t.) To suit ill.

Misbestow (v. t.) To bestow improperly.

Misbestowal (n.) The act of misbestowing.

Misbileve (n.) Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion.

Misbode () imp. of Misbede.

Misboden () p. p. of Misbede.

Misborn (a.) Born to misfortune.

Miscalculate (v. t. & i.) To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.

Miscall (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.

Miscall (v. t.) To call by a bad name; to abuse.

Miscarriage (n.) Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

Miscarriage (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

Miscarriage (n.) The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Miscarriageable (a.) Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail.

Miscarried (imp. & p. p.) of Miscarry

Miscarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miscarry

Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

Miscarry (v. i.) To bring forth young before the proper time.

Miscast (v. t.) To cast or reckon wrongly.

Miscast (n.) An erroneous cast or reckoning.

Miscegenation (n.) A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Miscellanarian (a.) Of or pertaining to miscellanies.

Miscellanarian (n.) A writer of miscellanies.

Miscellane (n.) A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin.

Miscellanea (n. pl.) A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

Miscellaneous (a.) Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection.

Miscellanist (n.) A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

Miscellanies (pl. ) of Miscellany

Miscellany (n.) A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.

Miscellany (a.) Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.

Miscensure (v. t.) To misjudge.

Miscensure (n.) Erroneous judgment.

Mischance (n.) Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.

Mischance (v. i.) To happen by mischance.

Mischanceful (a.) Unlucky.

Mischaracterize (v. t.) To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.

Mischarge (v. t.) To charge erroneously, as in account.

Mischarge (n.) A mistake in charging.

Mischief (n.) Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport.

Mischief (n.) Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.

Mischief (v. t.) To do harm to.

Mischiefable (a.) Mischievous.

Mischiefful (a.) Mischievous.

Mischief-maker (n.) One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Mischief-making (a.) Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.

Mischief-making (n.) The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

Mischievous (a.) Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

Mischna (n.) See Mishna.

Mischnic (a.) See Mishnic.

Mischose (imp.) of Mischoose

Mischosen (p. p.) of Mischoose

Mischoosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mischoose

Mischoose (v. t.) To choose wrongly.

Mischoose (v. i.) To make a wrong choice.

Mischristen (v. t.) To christen wrongly.

Miscibility (n.) Capability of being mixed.

Miscible (a.) Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions.

Miscitation (n.) Erroneous citation.

Miscite (v. t.) To cite erroneously.

Misclaim (n.) A mistaken claim.

Miscognizant (a.) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.

Miscognize (v. t.) To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.

Miscollocation (n.) Wrong collocation.

Miscolor (v. t.) To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts.

Miscomfort (n.) Discomfort.

Miscomprehend (v. t.) To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.

Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.

Miscompute (v. t.) To compute erroneously.

Misconceit (n.) Misconception.

Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceive

Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceive

Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.

Misconception (n.) Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

Misconclusion (n.) An erroneous inference or conclusion.

Misconduct (n.) Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

Misconduct (v. t.) To conduct amiss; to mismanage.

Misconduct (v. i.) To behave amiss.

Misconfident (a.) Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.

Misconjecture (n.) A wrong conjecture or guess.

Misconjecture (v. t. & i.) To conjecture wrongly.

Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss.

Misconsecration (n.) Wrong consecration.

Misconsequence (n.) A wrong consequence; a false deduction.

Misconstruable (a.) Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct.

Misconstruct (v. t.) To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.

Misconstruction (n.) Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.

Misconstrued (imp. & p. p.) of Misconstrue

Misconstruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconstrue

Misconstrue (v. t.) To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.

Misconstruer (n.) One who misconstrues.

Miscontent (a.) Discontent.

Miscontinuance (n.) Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.

Miscopy (v. t.) To copy amiss.

Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.

Miscorrect (v. t.) To fail or err in attempting to correct.

Miscounsel (v. t.) To counsel or advise wrongly.

Miscount (v. t. & i.) To count erroneously.

Miscount (n.) An erroneous counting.

Miscovet (v. t.) To covet wrongfully.

Miscreance (n.) Alt. of Miscreancy

Miscreancy (n.) The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith.

Miscreant (n.) One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.

Miscreant (n.) One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a while wretch.

Miscreant (a.) Holding a false religious faith.

Miscreant (a.) Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous.

Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles.

Miscreate (v. t.) To create badly or amiss.

Miscreated (a.) Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.

Miscreative (a.) Creating amiss.

Miscredent (n.) A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine.

Miscredulity (n.) Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.

Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

Misdated (imp. & p. p.) of Misdate

Misdating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdate

Misdate (v. t.) To date erroneously.

Misdealt (imp. & p. p.) of Misdeal

Misdealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdeal

Misdeal (v. t. & i.) To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a wrong distribution.

Misdeal (n.) The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to the players.

Misdeed (n.) An evil deed; a wicked action.

Misdeem (v. t.) To misjudge.

Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.

Misdemeanant (n.) One guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor (n.) Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.

Misdemeanor (n.) A crime less than a felony.

Misdempt () p. p. of Misdeem.

Misdepart (v. t.) To distribute wrongly.

Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.

Misderive (v. t.) To derive erroneously.

Misdescribe (v. t.) To describe wrongly.

Misdesert (n.) Ill desert.

Misdevotion (n.) Mistaken devotion.

Misdiet (n.) Improper.

Misdiet (v. t.) To diet improperly.

Misdight (a.) Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.

Misdirect (v. t.) To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

Misdirection (n.) The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

Misdirection (n.) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.

Misdisposition (n.) Erroneous disposal or application.

Misdistinguish (v. t.) To make wrong distinctions in or concerning.

Misdivide (v. t.) To divide wrongly.

Misdivision (n.) Wrong division.

Misdid (imp.) of Misdo

Misdone (p. p.) of Misdo

Misdoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdo

Misdo (v.) To do wrongly.

Misdo (v.) To do wrong to; to illtreat.

Misdo (v. i.) To do wrong; to commit a fault.

Misdoer (n.) A wrongdoer.

Misdoing (n.) A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing.

Misdoubt (v. t. & i.) To be suspicious of; to have suspicion.

Misdoubt (n.) Suspicion.

Misdoubt (n.) Irresolution; hesitation.

Misdoubtful (a) Misgiving; hesitating.

Misdread (n.) Dread of evil.

Mise (n.) The issue in a writ of right.

Mise (n.) Expense; cost; disbursement.

Mise (n.) A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.

Misease (n.) Want of ease; discomfort; misery.

Miseased (a.) Having discomfort or misery; troubled.

Miseasy (a.) Not easy; painful.

Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.

Miseducate (v. t.) To educate in a wrong manner.

Misemploy (v. t.) To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.

Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.

Misenter (v. t.) To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.

Misentreat (v. t.) To treat wrongfully.

Misentry (n.) An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

Miser (n.) A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

Miser (n.) A despicable person; a wretch.

Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.

Miser (n.) A kind of large earth auger.

Miserable (a.) Very unhappy; wretched.

Miserable (a.) Causing unhappiness or misery.

Miserable (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.

Miserable (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Miserable (n.) A miserable person.

Miserableness (n.) The state or quality of being miserable.

Miserably (adv.) In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.

Miseration (n.) Commiseration.

Miserere (n.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere.

Miserere (n.) A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.

Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.

Miserere (n.) Same as Ileus.

Misericorde (n.) Compassion; pity; mercy.

Misericorde (n.) Same as Misericordia, 2.

Misericordia (n.) An amercement.

Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.

Misericordia (n.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.

Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Miseries (pl. ) of Misery

Misery (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Misesteem (n.) Want of esteem; disrespect.

Misestimate (v. t.) To estimate erroneously.

Misexplanation (n.) An erroneous explanation.

Misexplication (n.) Wrong explication.

Misexposition (n.) Wrong exposition.

Misexpound (v. t.) To expound erroneously.

Misexpression (n.) Wrong expression.

Misfaith (n.) Want of faith; distrust.

Misfell (imp.) of Misfall

Misfallen (p. p.) of Misfall

Misfalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misfall

Misfall (v. t.) To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.

Misfare (v. i.) To fare ill.

Misfare (n.) Misfortune.

Misfashion (v. t.) To form wrongly.

Misfeasance (n.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.

Misfeature (n.) Ill feature.

Misfeeling (a.) Insensate.

Misfeign (v. i.) To feign with an evil design.

Misfit (n.) The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Misfit (n.) Something that fits badly, as a garment.

Misformed (imp. & p. p.) of Misform

Misforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misform

Misform (v. t.) To make in an ill form.

Misformation (n.) Malformation.

Misfortunate (a.) Producing misfortune.

Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

Misfortune (v. i.) To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.

Misfortuned (a.) Unfortunate.

Misframe (v. t.) To frame wrongly.

Misget (v. t.) To get wrongfully.

Misgie (v. t.) See Misgye.

Misgave (imp.) of Misgive

Misgiven (p. p.) of Misgive

Misgiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misgive

Misgive (v. t.) To give or grant amiss.

Misgive (v. t.) Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun.

Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.

Misgive (v. i.) To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.

Misgiving (n.) Evil premonition; doubt; distrust.

Migo (v. i.) To go astray.

Misgotten (a.) Unjustly gotten.

Misgovern (v. t.) To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country.

Misgovernance (n.) Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior.

Misgoverned (a.) Ill governed, as a people; ill directed.

Misgovernment (n.) Bad government; want of government.

Misgracious (a.) Not gracious.

Misgraff (v. t.) To misgraft.

Misgraft (v. t.) To graft wrongly.

Misground (v. t.) To found erroneously.

Misgrowth (n.) Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.

Misguess (v. t. & i.) To guess wrongly.

Misguidance (n.) Wrong guidance.

Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.

Misguide (n.) Misguidance; error.

Misguiding (a.) Misleading.

Misgye (v. t.) To misguide.

Mishandle (v. t.) To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

Mishap (n.) Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.

Mishap (v. i.) To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally.

Mishappen (v. i.) To happen ill or unluckily.

Mishappy (a.) Unhappy.

Mishcup (n.) The scup.

Mishear (v. t. & i.) To hear incorrectly.

Mishmash (n.) A hotchpotch.

Mishna (n.) A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.

Mishnic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mishna.

Misimagination (n.) Wrong imagination; delusion.

Misimprove (v. t.) To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc.

Misimprovement (n.) Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.

Misincline (v. t.) To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.

Misinfer (v. t.) To infer incorrectly.

Misinform (v. t.) To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

Misinform (v. i.) To give untrue information; (with against) to calumniate.

Misinformant (n.) A misinformer.

Misinformation (n.) Untrue or incorrect information.

Misinformer (n.) One who gives or incorrect information.

Misinstruct (v. t.) To instruct amiss.

Misinstruction (n.) Wrong or improper instruction.

Misintelligence (n.) Wrong information; misinformation.

Misintelligence (n.) Disagreement; misunderstanding.

Misintend (v. t.) To aim amiss.

Misinterpret (v. t.) To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

Misinterpretable (a.) Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.

Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

Misinterpreter (n.) One who interprets erroneously.

Misjoin (v. t.) To join unfitly or improperly.

Misjoinder (n.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil.

Misjudge (v. t. & i.) To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.

Misjudgment (n.) A wrong or unjust judgment.

Miskeep (v. t.) To keep wrongly.

Misken (v. t.) Not to know.

Miskin (n.) A little bagpipe.

Miskindle (v. t.) To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.

Misknow (v. t.) To have a mistaken notion of or about.

Mislactation (n.) Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk.

Mislaid (imp. & p. p.) of Mislay

Mislaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mislay

Mislay (v. t.) To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.

Mislay (v. t.) To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.

Mislayer (n.) One who mislays.

Misled (imp. & p. p.) of Misle

Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misle

Misle (v. i.) To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle.

Misle (n.) A fine rain; a thick mist; mizzle.

Misled (imp. & p. p.) of Mislead

Misleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mislead

Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.

Misleader (n.) One who leads into error.

Misleading (a.) Leading astray; delusive.

Mislearn (v. t.) To learn wrongly.

Misled () imp. & p. p. of Mislead.

Milen (n.) See Maslin.

Misletoe (n.) See Mistletoe.

Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.

Misliked (imp. & p. p.) of Mislike

Misliking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mislike

Mislike (v.) To dislike; to disapprove of; to have aversion to; as, to mislike a man.

Mislike (n.) Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.

Misliker (n.) One who dislikes.

Misliking (n.) Dislike; aversion.

Mislin (n. & a.) See Maslin.

Mislive (v. i.) To live amiss.

Mislodge (v. t.) To lodge amiss.

Misluck (n.) Ill luck; misfortune.

Misly (a.) Raining in very small drops.

Mistake (v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

Mismanage (v. t. & i.) To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

Mismanagement (n.) Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

Mismanager (n.) One who manages ill.

Mismark (v. t.) To mark wrongly.

Mismatch (v. t.) To match unsuitably.

Mismate (v. t.) To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.

Mismeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate incorrectly.

Mismeasurement (n.) Wrong measurement.

Mismeter (v. t.) To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.

Misname (v. t.) To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.

Misnomer (n.) The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.

Misnomer (v. t.) To misname.

Misnumber (v. t.) To number wrongly.

Misnurture (v. t.) To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture children.

Misobedience (n.) Mistaken obedience; disobedience.

Misobserve (v. t.) To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.

Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.

Misogamist (n.) A hater of marriage.

Misogamy (n.) Hatre/ of marriage.

Misogynist (n.) A woman hater.

Misogynous (a.) Hating women.

Misogyny (n.) Hatred of women.

Misology (n.) Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment.

Misopinion (n.) Wrong opinion.

Misorder (v. t.) To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly.

Misorder (n.) Irregularity; disorder.

Misorderly (a.) Irregular; disorderly.

Misordination (n.) Wrong ordination.

Misotheism (n.) Hatred of God.

Mispaint (v. t.) To paint ill, or wrongly.

Mispassion (n.) Wrong passion or feeling.

Mispay (v. t.) To dissatisfy.

Mispell (v. t.) Alt. of Mispend

Mispend (v. t.) See Misspell, Misspend, etc.

Mispense (n.) See Misspense.

Misperception (n.) Erroneous perception.

Mispersuade (v. t.) To persuade amiss.

Mispersuasion (n.) A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion.

Mispickel (n.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Misplaced (imp. & p. p.) of Misplace

Misplacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misplace

Misplace (v. t.) To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.

Misplacement (n.) The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.

Misplead (v. i.) To err in pleading.

Mispleading (n.) An error in pleading.

Mispoint (v. t.) To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.

Mispolicy (n.) Wrong policy; impolicy.

Mispractice (n.) Wrong practice.

Mispraise (v. t.) To praise amiss.

Misprint (v. t.) To print wrong.

Misprint (n.) A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints.

Misprise (v. t.) See Misprize.

Misprise (v. t.) To mistake.

Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.

Misprision (n.) Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.

Misprision (n.) A neglect, negligence, or contempt.

Misprize (v.) To slight or undervalue.

Misproceeding (n.) Wrong or irregular proceding.

Misprofess (v. i.) To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

Misprofess (v. t.) To make a false profession of.

Mispronounced (imp. & p. p.) of Mispronounce

Mispronouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mispronounce

Mispronounce (v. t. & i.) To pronounce incorrectly.

Mispronunciation (n.) Wrong or improper pronunciation.

Misproportion (v. t.) To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

Misproud (a.) Viciously proud.

Mispunctuate (v. t.) To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.

Misquotation (n.) Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

Misquote (v. t. & i.) To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

Misraise (v. t.) To raise or exite unreasonable.

Misrate (v. t.) To rate erroneously.

Misread (imp. & p. p.) of Misread

Misreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misread

Misread (v. t.) To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.

Misreceive (v. t.) To receive wrongly.

Misrecital (n.) An inaccurate recital.

Misrecite (v. t. & i.) To recite erroneously.

Misreckon (v. t. & i.) To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate.

Misreckoning (n.) An erroneous computation.

Misrecollect (v. t. & i.) To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects.

Misrecollection (n.) Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.

Misreform (v. t.) To reform wrongly or imperfectly.

Misregard (n.) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.

Misregulate (v. t.) To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

Misrehearse (v. t.) To rehearse or quote incorrectly.

Misrelate (v. t.) To relate inaccurately.

Misrelation (n.) Erroneous relation or narration.

Misreligion (n.) False religion.

Misremember (v. t. & i.) To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.

Misrender (v. t.) To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly.

Misrepeat (v. t.) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.

Misreport (v. t. & i.) To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.

Misreport (n.) An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given.

Misrepresent (v. t.) To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

Misrepresent (v. i.) To make an incorrect or untrue representation.

Misrepresentation (n.) Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives.

Misrepresentative (a.) Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

Misrepresenter (n.) One who misrepresents.

Misrepute (v. t.) To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.

Misrule (v. t. & i.) To rule badly; to misgovern.

Misrule (n.) The act, or the result, of misruling.

Misrule (n.) Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.

Misruly (a.) Unruly.

Misses (pl. ) of Miss

Miss (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

Miss (n.) A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

Miss (n.) A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.

Miss (n.) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

Missed (imp. & p. p.) of Miss

Missing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miss

Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.

Miss (v. t.) To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.

Miss (v. t.) To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.

Miss (v. i.) To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

Miss (v. i.) To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.

Miss (v. i.) To go wrong; to err.

Miss (v. i.) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

Miss (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

Miss (n.) Loss; want; felt absence.

Miss (n.) Mistake; error; fault.

Miss (n.) Harm from mistake.

Missae (pl. ) of Missa

Missa (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.

Missal (n.) The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book.

Missal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book.

Missay (v. t.) To say wrongly.

Missay (v. t.) To speak evil of; to slander.

Missay (v. i.) To speak ill.

Misseek (v. t.) To seek for wrongly.

Misseem (v. i.) To make a false appearance.

Misseem (v. i.) To misbecome; to be misbecoming.

Missel (n.) Mistletoe.

Misseldine (n.) The mistletoe.

Misseltoe (n.) See Mistletoe.

Missemblance (n.) False resemblance or semblance.

Missend (v. t.) To send amiss or incorrectly.

Misserve (v. t. & i.) To serve unfaithfully.

Misset (v. t.) To set pr place wrongly.

Misshape (v. t.) To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.

Misshapen (a.) Having a bad or ugly form.

Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.

Missificate (v. i.) To perform Mass.

Missile (a.) Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance.

Missile (n.) A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

Missing (v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Missingly (adv.) With a sense of loss.

Mission (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

Mission (n.) That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.

Mission (n.) Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.

Mission (n.) An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.

Mission (n.) An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.

Mission (n.) A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers.

Mission (n.) Dismission; discharge from service.

Mission (v. t.) To send on a mission.

Missionaries (pl. ) of Missionary

Missionary (n) One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion.

Missionary (a.) Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.

Missioner (n.) A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6.

Missis (n.) A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.

Missish (a.) Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.

Missit (v. t.) To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome.

Missive (n.) Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

Missive (n.) Missile.

Missive (n.) That which is sent; a writing containing a message.

Missive (n.) One who is sent; a messenger.

Missound (v. t.) To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly.

Misspeak (v. i.) To err in speaking.

Misspeak (v. t.) To utter wrongly.

Misspeech (n.) Wrong speech.

Misspelled (imp. & p. p.) of Misspell

Misspelt () of Misspell

Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspell

Misspell (v. t.) To spell incorrectly.

Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.

Misspent (imp. & p. p.) of Misspend

Misspending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspend

Misspend (v. t.) To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money.

Misspender (n.) One who misspends.

misspense (n.) A spending improperly; a wasting.

Misspent () imp. & p. p. of Misspend.

Misstate (v. t.) To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate.

Misstatement (n.) An incorrect statement.

Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Misstep (n.) A wrong step; an error of conduct.

Misstep (v. i.) To take a wrong step; to go astray.

Missuccess (n.) Failure.

Missuggestion (n.) Wrong or evil suggestion.

Missummation (n.) Wrong summation.

Misswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.

Missy (n.) See Misy.

Missy (n.) An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss.

Missy (a.) Like a miss, or girl.

Mist (n.) Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.

Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

Mist (n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

Misted (imp. & p. p.) of Mist

Misting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mist

Mist (v. t.) To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

Mist (v. i.) To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Mistakable (a.) Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.

Mistook (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Mistake

Mistaken (p. p.) of Mistake

Mistaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistake

Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.

Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

Mistake (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

Mistake (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistake (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

Mistaken (p.a.) Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.

Mistakenly (adv.) By mistake.

Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.

Mistaker (n.) One who mistakes.

Mistaking (n.) An error; a mistake.

Mistakingly (adv.) Erroneously.

Mistaught (a.) Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth.

Mistaught (imp. & p. p.) of Misteach

Misteaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misteach

Misteach (v. t.) To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.

Mistold (imp. & p. p.) of Mistell

Mistelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistell

Mistell (v. t.) To tell erroneously.

Mistemper (v. t.) To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head.

Mister (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.

Mister (v. t.) To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way.

Mister (n.) A trade, art, or occupation.

Mister (n.) Manner; kind; sort.

Mister (n.) Need; necessity.

Mister (v. i.) To be needful or of use.

Misterm (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to miscall.

Mistery (n.) See Mystery, a trade.

Mistful (a.) Clouded with, or as with, mist.

Misthink (v. i.) To think wrongly.

Misthink (v. t.) To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of.

Misthought (n.) Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error.

Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.

Misthrow (v. t.) To throw wrongly.

Mistic (n.) Alt. of Mistico

Mistico (n.) A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.

Mistide (v. i.) To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune.

Mistigris (n.) Alt. of Mistigri

Mistigri (n.) A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.

Mistihead (n.) Mistiness.

Mistily (adv.) With mist; darkly; obscurely.

Mistime (v. t.) To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.

Mistiness (n.) State of being misty.

Mistion (n.) Mixture.

Mistitle (v. t.) To call by a wrong title.

Mistle (v. i.) To fall in very fine drops, as rain.

Mistletoe (n.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.

Mistonusk (n.) The American badger.

Mistook () imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.

Mistradition (n.) A wrong tradition.

Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.

Mistral (n.) A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.

Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.

Mistranslation (n.) Wrong translation.

Mistransport (v. t.) To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion.

Mistreading (n.) Misstep; misbehavior.

Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.

Mistreatment (n.) Wrong treatment.

Mistress (n.) A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.

Mistress (n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.

Mistress (n.) A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.

Mistress (n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.

Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.

Mistress (n.) A married woman; a wife.

Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.

Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

Mistressship (n.) Female rule or dominion.

Mistressship (n.) Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun.

Mistrial (n.) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

Mistrist (v. t.) To mistrust.

Mistrow (v. i.) To think wrongly.

Mistrust (n.) Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

Mistrust (v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.

Mistrust (v. t.) To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.

Mistruster (n.) One who mistrusts.

Mistrustful (a.) Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.

Mistrustingly (adv.) With distrust or suspicion.

Mistrustless (a.) Having no mistrust or suspicion.

Mistune (v. t.) To tune wrongly.

Mistura (n.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.

Mistura (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.

Misturn (v. t.) To turn amiss; to pervert.

Mistutor (v. t.) To instruct amiss.

Misty (superl.) Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

Misty (superl.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight.

Misunderstood (imp. & p. p.) of Misunderstand

Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstand

Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

Misunderstander (n.) One who misunderstands.

Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

Misunderstanding (n.) Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Misurato (a.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.

Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.

Misuse (v. t.) To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

Misuse (v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.

Misuse (n.) Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.

Misuse (n.) Violence, or its effects.

Misusement (n.) Misuse.

Misuser (n.) One who misuses.

Misuser (n.) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right.

Misvalue (v. t.) To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.

Misvouch (v. t.) To vouch falsely.

Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.

Misway (n.) A wrong way.

Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill.

Miswed (v. t.) To wed improperly.

Misween (v. i.) To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken.

Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray.

Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.

Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.

Misworship (n.) Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion.

Misworship (v. t.) To worship wrongly.

Misworshiper (n.) One who worships wrongly.

Miswrite (v. t.) To write incorrectly.

Miswrought (a.) Badly wrought.

Misy (n.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

Misyoke (v. t.) To yoke improperly.

Miszealous (a.) Mistakenly zealous.

Mite (n.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

Mite (n.) A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

Mite (n.) A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

Mite (n.) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

Miter (n.) Alt. of Mitre

Mitre (n.) A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.

Mitre (n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.

Mitre (n.) A sort of base money or coin.

Mitered (imp. & p. p.) of Mitre

Mitred () of Mitre

Mitering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mitre

Mitring () of Mitre

Miter (v. t.) Alt. of Mitre

Mitre (v. t.) To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.

Mitre (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.

Miter (v. i.) Alt. of Mitre

Mitre (v. i.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.

Miterwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.

Mithic (a.) See Mythic.

Mithras (n.) The sun god of the Persians.

Mithridate (n.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.

Mithridatic (a.) Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a mithridate.

Mitigable (a.) Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.

Mitigant (a.) Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.

Mitigated (imp. & p. p.) of Mitigate

Mitigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mitigate

Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

Mitigate (v. t.) To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.

Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.

Mitigative (a.) Tending to mitigate; alleviating.

Mitigator (n.) One who, or that which, mitigates.

Mitigatory (a.) Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.

Miting (n.) A little one; -- used as a term of endearment.

Mitome (n.) The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.

Mitosis (n.) See Karyokinesis.

Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.

Mitrailleur (n.) One who serves a mitrailleuse.

Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.

Mitral (a.) Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.

Mitre (n. & v.) See Miter.

Mitriform (a.) Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap; as, a mitriform calyptra.

Mitt (n.) A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.

Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger.

Mitten (n.) A cover for the wrist and forearm.

Mittened (a.) Covered with a mitten or mittens.

Mittent (a.) Sending forth; emitting.

Mittimus (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.

Mittimus (n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another.

Mitter's green () A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.

Mitty (n.) The stormy petrel.

Mitu (n.) A South American curassow of the genus Mitua.

Mity (a.) Having, or abounding with, mites.

Mixed (imp. & p. p.) of Mix

Mixt () of Mix

Mixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mix

Mix (v. t.) To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.

Mix (v. t.) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

Mix (v. t.) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.

Mix (v. i.) To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

Mix (v. i.) To associate; to mingle.

Mixable (a.) Capable of being mixed.

Mixed (a.) Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.

Mixedly (adv.) In a mixed or mingled manner.

Mixen (n.) A compost heap; a dunghill.

Mixer (n.) One who, or that which, mixes.

Mixogamous (a.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.

Mixolydian mode () The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.

Mixtilineal (a.) Alt. of Mixtilinear

Mixtilinear (a.) Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve.

Mixtion (n.) Mixture.

Mixtion (n.) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

Mixtly (adv.) With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly.

Mixture (n.) The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

Mixture (n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley.

Mixture (n.) An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.

Mixture (n.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.

Mixture (n.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.

Mixture (n.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.

Mizmaze (n.) A maze or labyrinth.

Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

Mizzen (n.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.

Mizzenmast (n.) The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel.

Mizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Mizzle

Mizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mizzle

Mizzle (v. i.) To rain in very fine drops.

Mizzle (v. i.) To take one's self off; to go.

Mizzle (n.) Mist; fine rain.

Mizzy (n.) A bog or quagmire.

Mnemonic (a.) Alt. of Mnemonical

Mnemonical (a.) Assisting in memory.

Mnemonician (n.) One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.

Mnemonics (n.) The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.

Mnemosyne (n.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.

Mnemotechny (n.) Mnemonics.

Mo (a., adv., & n.) More; -- usually, more in number.

-mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc.

Moa (n.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich.

Moabite (n.) One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.

Moabitess (n.) A female Moabite.

Moabitish (a.) Moabite.

Moaned (imp. & p. p.) of Moan

Moaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moan

Moan (v. i.) To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

Moan (v. i.) To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

Moan (v. t.) To bewail audibly; to lament.

Moan (v. t.) To afflict; to distress.

Moan (v. i.) A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.

Moan (v. i.) A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

Moanful (a.) Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.

Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.

Moat (v. t.) To surround with a moat.

Moate (v. i.) To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute.

Mob (n.) A mobcap.

Mob (v. t.) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Mob (n.) The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it.

Mob (n.) A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd.

Mobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Mob

Mobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mob

Mob (v. t.) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.

Mobbish (a.) Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act.

Mobcap (n.) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself.

Mobile (a.) Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.

Mobile (a.) Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.

Mobile (a.) Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

Mobile (a.) Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.

Mobile (a.) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Mobile (a.) The mob; the populace.

Mobility (n.) The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.

Mobility (n.) The mob; the lower classes.

Mobilization (n.) The act of mobilizing.

Mobilized (imp. & p. p.) of Mobilize

Mobilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mobilize

Mobilize (v. t.) To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

Moble (v. t.) To wrap the head of in a hood.

Mobles (n. pl.) See Moebles.

Mobocracy (n.) A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.

Mobocrat (n.) One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.

Mobocratic (a.) Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.

Moccasin (n.) A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.

Moccasin (n.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.

Moccasined (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins.

Mocha (n.) A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.

Mocha (n.) A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.

Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

Moche (n.) A bale of raw silk.

Moche (a.) Much.

Mochel (a. & adv.) Much.

Mochila (n.) A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.

Mocked (imp. & p. p.) of Mock

Mocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mock

Mock (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

Mock (v. t.) To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

Mock (v. t.) To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

Mock (v. i.) To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

Mock (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

Mock (n.) Imitation; mimicry.

Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

Mockable (a.) Such as can be mocked.

Mockado (n.) A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.

Mockadour (n.) See Mokadour.

Mockage (n.) Mockery.

Mockbird (n.) The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).

Mocker (n.) One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.

Mocker (n.) A deceiver; an impostor.

Mocker (n.) A mocking bird.

Mockeries (pl. ) of Mockery

Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

Mockery (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.

Mockery (n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

Mocking (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

Mockingly (adv.) By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Mockingstock (n.) A butt of sport; an object of derision.

Mockish (a.) Mock; counterfeit; sham.

Mockle (a.) See Mickle.

Moco (n.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy.

Modal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

Modal (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.

Modalist (n.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity.

Modality (n.) The quality or state of being modal.

Modality (n.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.

Modally (adv.) In a modal manner.

Mode (n.) Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

Mode (n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.

Mode (n.) Variety; gradation; degree.

Mode (n.) Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.

Mode (n.) The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.

Mode (n.) Same as Mood.

Mode (n.) The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.

Mode (n.) A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.

Model (n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.

Model (n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.

Model (n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.

Model (n.) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

Model (n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.

Model (a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.

Modeled (imp. & p. p.) of Model

Modelled () of Model

Modeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Model

Modelling () of Model

Model (v. t.) To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.

Model (v. i.) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

Modeler (n.) One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.

Modeling (n.) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form.

Modelize (v. t.) To model.

Modena (n.) A certain crimsonlike color.

Modenese (a.) Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants.

Modenese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.

Moder (n.) A mother.

Moder (n.) The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

Moder (v. t.) To moderate.

Moderable (a.) Modeate; temperate.

Moderance (n.) Moderation.

Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

Moderate (a.) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

Moderate (a.) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.

Moderate (a.) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.

Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.

Moderate (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.

Moderate (a.) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.

Moderate (a.) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.

Moderate (n.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

Moderated (imp. & p. p.) of Moderate

Moderating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moderate

Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.

Moderate (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.

Moderate (v. i.) To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

Moderate (v. i.) To preside as a moderator.

Moderately (adv.) In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.

Moderateness (n.) The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

Moderation (n.) The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

Moderation (n.) The state or quality of being mmoderate.

Moderation (n.) Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation.

Moderation (n.) The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

Moderatism (n.) Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.

Moderato (a. & adv.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.

Moderator (n.) One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.

Moderator (n.) The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.

Moderator (n.) In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Moderator (n.) A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.

Moderatorship (n.) The office of a moderator.

Moderatress (n.) A female moderator.

Moderatrix (n.) A female moderator.

Modern (a.) Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.

Modern (a.) New and common; trite; commonplace.

Modern (n.) A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.

Modernism (n.) Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

Modernist (n.) One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

Modernity (n.) Modernness; something modern.

Modernization (n.) The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

Modernized (imp. & p. p.) of Modernize

Modernizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modernize

Modernize (v. t.) To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

Modernizer (n.) One who modernizes.

Modernly (adv.) In modern times.

Modernness (n.) The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.

Modest (a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

Modestly (adv.) In a modest manner.

Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

Modesty (n.) Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.

Modicity (n.) Moderateness; smallness; meanness.

Modicum (n.) A little; a small quantity; a measured simply.

Modifiability (n.) Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.

Modifiable (a.) Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Modificable (a.) Modifiable.

Modificate (v. t.) To qualify.

Modification (n.) The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light.

Modificative (n.) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.

Modificatory (a.) Tending or serving to modify; modifying.

Modifier (n.) One who, or that which, modifies.

Modified (imp. & p. p.) of Modify

Modifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modify

Modify (v. t.) To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

Modify (v. t.) To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.

Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

Modiolar (a.) Shaped like a bushel measure.

Modioli (pl. ) of Modiolus

Modiolus (n.) The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Modish (a.) According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast.

Modist (n.) One who follows the fashion.

Modiste (n.) A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.

Modii (pl. ) of Modius

Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.

Modocs (n. pl.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Modular (a.) Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

Modulated (imp. & p. p.) of Modulate

Modulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modulate

Modulate (v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

Modulate (v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.

Modulate (v. i.) To pass from one key into another.

Modulation (n.) The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

Modulation (n.) Sound modulated; melody.

Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.

Modulator (n.) One who, or that which, modulates.

Module (n.) A model or measure.

Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.

Module (n.) To model; also, to modulate.

Moduli (pl. ) of Modulus

Modulus (n.) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter.

Modi (pl. ) of Modus

Modus (n.) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

Modus (n.) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.

Modus (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

Mody (a.) Fashionable.

Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.

Moe (v. i.) To make faces; to mow.

Moe (a., adv., & n.) More. See Mo.

Moebles (n. pl.) Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).

Moelline (n.) An unguent for the hair.

Moellon (n.) Rubble masonry.

Moesogothic (a.) Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia.

Moesogothic (n.) The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.

Moeve (v. t. & i.) To move.

Moff (n.) A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

Moggan (n.) A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material.

Mogul (n.) A person of the Mongolian race.

Mogul (n.) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck.

Moha (n.) A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

Mohair (n.) The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

Mohammedan (a.) Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed.

Mohammedan (n.) A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism.

Mohammedanism (n.) Alt. of Mohammedism

Mohammedism (n.) The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism.

Mohammedanize (v. t.) Alt. of Mohammedize

Mohammedize (v. t.) To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, of Mohammedanism.

Mohawk (n.) One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.

Mohicans (n. pl.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York.

Moho (n.) A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.

Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.

Moholi (n.) See Maholi.

Mohr (n.) A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on which are eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the species which produce bezoar.

Mohur (n.) A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21.

Mohurrum (n.) Alt. of Muharram

Muharram (n.) The first month of the Mohammedan year.

Muharram (n.) A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.

Moider (v. i.) To toil.

Moidore (n.) A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.

Moieties (pl. ) of Moiety

Moiety (a.) One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.

Moiety (a.) An indefinite part; a small part.

Moiled (imp. & p. p.) of Moil

Moiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moil

Moil (v. t.) To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

Moil (v. i.) To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.

Moil (n.) A spot; a defilement.

Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe anciently worn.

Moineau (n.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.

Moira (n.) The deity who assigns to every man his lot.

Moire (n.) Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.

Moire (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.

Moire metallique () A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.

Moist (a.) Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air.

Moist (a.) Fresh, or new.

Moist (v. t.) To moisten.

Moistened (imp. & p. p.) of Moisten

Moistening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moisten

Moisten (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

Moisten (v. t.) To soften by making moist; to make tender.

Moistener (n.) One who, or that which, moistens.

Moistful (a.) Full of moisture.

Moistless (a.) Without moisture; dry.

Moistness (n.) The quality or state of being moist.

Moisture (n.) A moderate degree of wetness.

Moisture (n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

Moistureless (a.) Without moisture.

Moisty (a.) Moist.

Moither (v. t.) To perplex; to confuse.

Moither (v. i.) To toil; to labor.

Mokadour (n.) A handkerchief.

Moke (n.) A donkey.

Moke (n.) A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.

Moky (a.) Misty; dark; murky; muggy.

Mola (n.) See Sunfish, 1.

Molar (a.) Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

Molar (a.) Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.

Molar (n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.

Molary (a.) Same as 2d Molar.

Molasse (n.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Molasses (n.) The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.

Mold (n.) A spot; a blemish; a mole.

Mold (v.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

Mould (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

Molded (imp. & p. p.) of Mould

Moulded () of Mould

Molding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mould

Moulding () of Mould

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To cover with mold or soil.

Mold (n.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

Mold (v. i.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. i.) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

Mold (n.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

Mould (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.

Mould (n.) Cast; form; shape; character.

Mould (n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

Mould (n.) A fontanel.

Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

Mould (v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

Mould (v. t.) To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

Mould (v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

Moldable (a.) Alt. of Mouldable

Mouldable (a.) Capable of being molded or formed.

Moldboard (n.) Alt. of Mouldboard

Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.

Mouldboard (n.) A follow board.

Molder (n.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (n.) One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

Moldered (imp. & p. p.) of Moulder

Mouldered () of Moulder

Moldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moulder

Mouldering () of Moulder

Molder (v. i.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (v. i.) To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away.

Molder (v. t.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (v. t.) To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.

Moldery (a.) Alt. of Mouldery

Mouldery (a.) Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold.

Moldiness (n.) Alt. of Mouldiness

Mouldiness (n.) The state of being moldy.

Molding (n.) Alt. of Moulding

Moulding (n.) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

Moulding (n.) Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.

Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.

Molding (p.a.) Alt. of Moulding

Moulding (p.a.) Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.

Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwarp

Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.

Moldy (superl.) Alt. of Mouldy

Mouldy (superl.) Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.

Mole (n.) A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

Mole (n.) A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

Mole (n.) A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

Mole (n.) Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

Mole (n.) A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

Moled (imp. & p. p.) of Mole

Moling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mole

Mole (v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

Mole (v. t.) To clear of molehills.

Molebut (n.) The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).

Molecast (n.) A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.

Molech (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch.

Molecular (a.) Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.

Molecularity (n.) The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.

Molecularly (adv.) With molecules; in the manner of molecules.

Molecule (n.) One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

Molecule (n.) The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.

Molecule (n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.

Mole-eyed (a.) Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

Molehill (n.) A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.

Molendinaceous (a.) Alt. of Molendinarious

Molendinarious (a.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Moleskin (n.) Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Molested (imp. & p. p.) of Molest

Molesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Molest

Molest (v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

Molest (n.) Molestation.

Molestation (n.) The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

Molester (n.) One who molests.

Molestful (a.) Troublesome; vexatious.

Molestie (n.) Alt. of Molesty

Molesty (n.) Molestation.

Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.

Moliminous (a.) Of great bulk or consequence; very important.

Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Molinism (n.) The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians.

Molinist (n.) A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

Moll (a.) Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.

Mollah (n.) One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man.

Molle (a.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.

Mollebart (n.) An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man.

Mollemoke (n.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar.

Mollient (a.) Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

Molliently (adv.) Assuagingly.

Mollifiable (a.) Capable of being mollified.

Mollification (n.) The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.

Mollifier (n.) One who, or that which, mollifies.

Mollified (imp. & p. p.) of Mollify

Mollifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mollify

Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

Mollify (v. t.) To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

Mollinet (n.) A little mill.

Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.

Mollities (n.) Unnatural softness of any organ or part.

Mollitude (n.) Softness; effeminacy; weakness.

Mollusc (n.) Same as Mollusk.

Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.

Molluscan (a.) Of or pertaining to mollusks.

Molluscan (n.) A mollusk; one of the Mollusca.

Molluscoid (a.) Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea.

Molluscoid (n.) One of the Molluscoidea.

Molluscoidal (a.) Molluscoid.

Molluscoidea (n. pl.) A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.

Molluscous (a.) Molluscan.

Molluscum (n.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals.

Mollusk (n.) One of the Mollusca.

Molly (n.) Same as Mollemoke.

Molly (n.) A pet or colloquial name for Mary.

Molly-mawk (n.) See Mollemoke.

Moloch (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.

Moloch (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

Molosse (n.) See Molossus.

Molosses (n.) Molasses.

Molossine (n.) A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

Molossus (n.) A foot of three long syllables.

Molt () imp. of Melt.

Molted (imp. & p. p.) of Moult

Moulted () of Moult

Molting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moult

Moulting () of Moult

Molt (v. t.) Alt. of Moult

Moult (v. t.) To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.

Molt (v. t.) Alt. of Moult

Moult (v. t.) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.

Molt (n.) Alt. of Moult

Moult (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Moltable (a.) Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.

Molten (a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.

Molten (a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.

Molto (adv.) Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.

Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.

Moly (n.) A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; -- called also golden garlic.

Molybdate (n.) A salt of molybdic acid.

Molybdena (n.) See Molybdenite.

Molybdenite (n.) A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.

Molybdenous (a.) See Molybdous.

Molybdenum (n.) A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.

Molybdic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.

Molybdite (n.) Molybdic ocher.

Molybdous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.

Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead.

Moment (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

Moment (n.) Impulsive power; force; momentum.

Moment (n.) Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.

Moment (n.) An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.

Moment (n.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

Moment (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

Momental (a.) Lasting but a moment; brief.

Momental (a.) Important; momentous.

Momental (a.) Of or pertaining to moment or momentum.

Momentally (adv.) For a moment.

Momentaneous (a.) Alt. of Momentany

Momentany (a.) Momentary.

Momentarily (adv.) Every moment; from moment to moment.

Momentariness (n.) The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Momentary (a.) Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

Momently (adv.) For a moment.

Momently (adv.) In a moment; every moment; momentarily.

Momentous (a.) Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.

Momenta (pl. ) of Momentum

Momentums (pl. ) of Momentum

Momentum (n.) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.

Momentum (n.) Essential element, or constituent element.

Momier (n.) A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

Mommery (n.) See Mummery.

Momot (n.) See Motmot.

Momus (n.) The god of mockery and censure.

Mon- () Same as Mono-.

Mona (n.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.

Monachal (a.) Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

Monachism (n.) The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

Monacid (a.) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said of bases, and of certain metals.

Monad (n.) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

Monad (n.) The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.

Monad (n.) One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

Monad (n.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.

Monad (n.) An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen.

Monadaria (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Monadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.

Monadelphian (a.) Alt. of Monadelphous

Monadelphous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments.

Monadic (a.) Alt. of Monadical

Monadical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses. See Monad, n.

Monadiform (a.) Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young.

Monadology (n.) The doctrine or theory of monads.

Monal (n.) Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.

Monamide (n.) An amido compound with only one amido group.

Monamine (n.) A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl amine is a monamine.

Monander (n.) One of the Monandria.

Monandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.

Monandrian (a.) Same as Monandrous.

Monandric (a.) Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

Monandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.

Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Monanthous (a.) Having but one flower; one-flowered.

Monarch (n.) A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

Monarch (n.) One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.

Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.

Monarch (n.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.

Monarch (a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.

Monarchal (a.) Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial.

Monarchess (n.) A female monarch.

Monarchial (a.) Monarchic.

Monarchian (n.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.

Monarchic (a.) Alt. of Monarchical

Monarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy.

Monarchism (n.) The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.

Monarchist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.

Monarchized (imp. & p. p.) of Monarchize

Monarchizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Monarchize

Monarchize (v. i.) To play the sovereign; to act the monarch.

Monarchize (v. t.) To rule; to govern.

Monarchizer (n.) One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist.

Monarcho (n.) The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.

Monarchies (pl. ) of Monarchy

Monarchy (n.) A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Monarchy (n.) A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

Monarchy (n.) The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Monas (n.) A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

Monasterial (a.) Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life.

Monasteries (pl. ) of Monastery

Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

Monastic (n.) A monk.

Monastic (a.) Alt. of Monastical

Monastical (a.) Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

Monastical (a.) Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse.

Monastically (adv.) In a monastic manner.

Monasticism (n.) The monastic life, system, or condition.

Monasticon (n.) A book giving an account of monasteries.

Monatomic (adv.) Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic.

Monatomic (adv.) Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.

Monaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development.

Monazite (n.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.

Monday (n.) The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

Monde (n.) The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.

Mone (n.) The moon.

Mone (n.) A moan.

Monecian (a.) Alt. of Monecious

Monecious (a.) See Monoecian, and Monoecious.

Monembryony (n.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.

Moner (n.) One of the Monera.

Monera (n. pl.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

Moneral (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monera.

Moneran (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monera.

Moneran (n.) One of the Monera.

Monera (pl. ) of Moneron

Monerons (pl. ) of Moneron

Moneron (n.) One of the Monera.

Monerula (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.

Monesia (n.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.

Monesin (n.) The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine.

Monest (v. t.) To warn; to admonish; to advise.

Monetary (a.) Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary.

Moneth (n.) A month.

Monetization (n.) The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting as money; as, the monetization of silver.

Monetize (v. t.) To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver.

Moneys (pl. ) of Money

Money (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin.

Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling.

Money (n.) In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.

Money (v. t.) To supply with money.

Moneyage (n.) A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

Moneyage (n.) Mintage; coinage.

Moneyed (adv.) Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men.

Moneyed (adv.) Converted into money; coined.

Moneyed (adv.) Consisting in, or composed of, money.

Moneyer (n.) A person who deals in money; banker or broker.

Moneyer (n.) An authorized coiner of money.

Moneyless (a.) Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious.

Money-maker (n.) One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.

Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

Money-making (n.) The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.

Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business.

Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man.

Moneywort (n.) A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

Mongcorn (n.) See Mangcorn.

Monger (n.) A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

Monger (n.) A small merchant vessel.

Monger (v. t.) To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

Mongol (n.) One of the Mongols.

Mongol (a.) Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Mongolian (a.) Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Mongolian (n.) One of the Mongols.

Mongolic (a.) See Mongolian.

Mongoloid (a.) Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols.

Mongols (n. pl.) Alt. of Mongolians

Mongolians (n. pl.) One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks.

Mongoose (n.) Alt. of Mongoos

Mongoos (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).

Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.

Mongrel (a.) Not of a pure breed.

Mongrel (a.) Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

Mongrelize (v. t. & i.) To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

'Mongst (prep.) See Amongst.

Monied (a.) See Moneyed.

Monifier (n.) A fossil fish.

Moniliform (a.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.

Moniment (n.) Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record.

Monish (v. t.) To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

Monisher (n.) One who monishes; an admonisher.

Monishment (n.) Admonition.

Monism (n.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

Monism (n.) See Monogenesis, 1.

Monist (n.) A believer in monism.

Monistic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.

Monition (n.) Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

Monition (n.) Information; indication; notice; advice.

Monition (n.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

Monition (n.) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.

Monitive (a.) Conveying admonition; admonitory.

Monitor (n.) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

Monitor (n.) Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.

Monitor (n.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.

Monitor (n.) An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.

Monitor (n.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.

Monitorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.

Monitorial (a.) Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction.

Monitorially (adv.) In a monitorial manner.

Monitorship (n.) The post or office of a monitor.

Monitory (a.) Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.

Monitory (n.) Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.

Monitress (n.) Alt. of Monitrix

Monitrix (n.) A female monitor.

Monk (n.) A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.

Monk (n.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

Monk (n.) A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

Monk (n.) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.

Monk (n.) The European bullfinch.

Monkeries (pl. ) of Monkery

Monkery (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

Monkery (n.) A collective body of monks.

Monkeys (pl. ) of Monkey

Monkey (n.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

Monkey (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.

Monkey (n.) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons.

Monkey (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

Monkey (n.) The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Monkey (n.) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkey (v. t. & i.) To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

Monkey-bread (n.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.

Monkey-cup (n.) See Nepenthes.

Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

Monkey's puzzle () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi–on by the Chilians.

Monkeytail (n.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.

Monkfish (n.) The angel fish (Squatina).

Monkfish (n.) The angler (Lophius).

Monkflower (n.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.).

Monkhood (n.) The character or condition of a monk.

Monkhood (n.) Monks, regarded collectively.

Monking (a.) Monkish.

Monkish (a.) Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.

Monkly (a.) Like, or suitable to, a monk.

Monkshood (n.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.

Monk's seam () An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.

Mono- () Alt. of Mon-

Mon- () A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, radical, or group of that to the name of which it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide, monatomic, etc.

Mono (n.) The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).

Monobasic (a.) Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic.

Monocarbonic (a.) Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.

Monocardian (a.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.

Monocardian (n.) An animal having a single heart.

Monocarp (n.) A monocarpic plant.

Monocarpellary (a.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.

Monocarpic (a.) Alt. of Monocarpous

Monocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

Monocephalous (a.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.

Monoceros (n.) A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.

Monoceros (n.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.

Monochlamydeous (a.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.

Monochromatic (a.) Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

Monochrome (n.) A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Monochromic (a.) Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.

Monochromy (n.) The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.

Monochronic (a.) Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.

Monociliated (a.) Having but one cilium.

Monocle (n.) An eyeglass for one eye.

Monoclinal (a.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

Monocline (n.) A monoclinal fold.

Monoclinic (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Monoclinous (a.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.

Monocondyla (n. pl.) A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Monocotyl (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant.

Monocotyle (a.) Monocotyledonous.

Monocotyledon (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.

Monocotyledonous (a.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf.

Monocracy (n.) Government by a single person; undivided rule.

Monocrat (n.) One who governs alone.

Monocrotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.

Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Monocular (a.) Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

Monocular (a.) Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.

Monocule (n.) A small crustacean with one median eye.

Monoculous (a.) Monocular.

Monocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Monodactylous (a.) Having but one finger or claw.

Monodelph (n.) Alt. of Monodelphian

Monodelphian (n.) One of the Monodelphia.

Monodelphia (n. pl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

Monodelphic (a.) Alt. of Monodelphous

Monodelphous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.

Monodic (a.) Alt. of Monodical

Monodical (a.) Belonging to a monody.

Monodical (a.) For one voice; monophonic.

Monodical (a.) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

Monodimetric (a.) Dimetric.

Monodist (n.) A writer of a monody.

Monodrama (n.) Alt. of Monodrame

Monodrame (n.) A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Monodramatic (a.) Pertaining to a monodrama.

Monodies (pl. ) of Monody

Monody (n.) A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Monodynamic (a.) Possessing but one capacity or power.

Monodynamism (n.) The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force.

Monoecia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.

Monoecian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious.

Monoecian (n.) One of the Monoecia.

Monoecian (n.) A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks.

Monoecious (a.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious.

Monoecism (n.) The state or condition of being monoecious.

Monogam (n.) One of the Monogamia.

Monogamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.

Monogamian (a.) Alt. of Monogamic

Monogamic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

Monogamic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Monogamist (n.) One who practices or upholds monogamy.

Monogamous (a.) Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

Monogamous (a.) Same as Monogamian.

Monogamous (a.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals.

Monogamy (n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

Monogamy (n.) State of being paired with a single mate.

Monogastric (a.) Having but a single stomach.

Monogenesis (n.) Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism.

Monogenesis (n.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction.

Monogenesis (n.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis.

Monogenetic (a.) One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range.

Monogenetic (a.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings.

Monogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis.

Monogenic (a.) Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way.

Monogenism (n.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

Monogenist (n.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.

Monogenistic (a.) Monogenic.

Monogenous (a.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.

Monogeny (n.) Monogenesis.

Monogeny (n.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin.

Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.

Monogram (n.) A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.

Monogram (n.) A picture in lines; a sketch.

Monogram (n.) An arbitrary sign for a word.

Monogrammal (a.) See Monogrammic.

Monogrammatic (a.) Monogrammic.

Monogrammic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.

Monogrammous (a.) Monogrammic.

Monograph (n.) A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

Monographer (n.) A writer of a monograph.

Monographic (a.) Alt. of Monographical

Monographical (a.) Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture.

Monographist (n.) One who writes a monograph.

Monographous (a.) Monographic.

Monography (n.) Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.

Monography (n.) A monograph.

Monogyn (n.) One of the Monogynia.

Monogynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

Monogynian (a.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous.

Monogynian (n.) One of the Monogynia.

Monogynous (a.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

Monogyny (n.) Marriage with the one woman only.

Monogyny (n.) The state or condition of being monogynous.

Monohemerous (a.) Lasting but one day.

Monoicous (a.) Monoecious.

Monolatry (n.) Worship of a single deity.

Monolith (n.) A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

Monolithal (a.) Monolithic.

Monolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.

Monologist (n.) One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company.

Monologue (n.) A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue.

Monologue (n.) A dramatic composition for a single performer.

Monology (n.) The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.

Monomachia (n.) Alt. of Monomachy

Monomachy (n.) A duel; single combat.

Monomachist (n.) One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

Monomane (n.) A monomaniac.

Monomania (n.) Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.

Monomaniac (n.) A person affected by monomania.

Monomaniac (a.) Alt. of Monomaniacal

Monomaniacal (a.) Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

Monome (n.) A monomial.

Monomerous (a.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

Monomerous (a.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.

Monometallic (a.) Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

Monometallism (n.) The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.

Monometallist (n.) One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.

Monometer (n.) A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

Monometric (a.) Same as Isometric.

Monomial (n.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.

Monomial (a.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.

Monomorphic (a.) Alt. of Monomorphous

Monomorphous (a.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.

Monomya (n.pl.) Alt. of Monomyaria

Monomyaria (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

Monomyarian (a.) Alt. of Monomyary

Monomyary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya.

Monomyary (n.) One of the Monomya.

Mononomial (n. & a.) Monomyal.

Monoousian (a.) Alt. of Monoousious

Monoousious (a.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Monopathy (n.) Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function.

Monopersonal (a.) Having but one person, or form of existence.

Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Monophanous (a.) Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Monophonic (a.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

Monophthong (n.) A single uncompounded vowel sound.

Monophthong (n.) A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

Monophthongal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Monophyletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

Monophyllous (a.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.

Monophyodont (a.) Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

Monophysite (n.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

Monophysitical (a.) Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.

Monoplast (n.) A monoplastic element.

Monoplastic (a.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.

Monoplegia (n.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.

Monopneumona (n. pl.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus.

Monopode (n.) One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot.

Monopode (n.) A monopodium.

Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

Monopodia (pl. ) of Monopodium

-ums (pl. ) of Monopodium

Monopodium (n.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.

Monopody (n.) A measure of but a single foot.

Monopoler (n.) A monopolist.

Monopolist (n.) One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

Monopolistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a monopolist.

Monopolite (n.) A monopolist.

Monopolized (imp. & p. p.) of Monopolize

Monopolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Monopolize

Monopolize (v. t.) To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

Monopolizer (n.) One who monopolizes.

Monopolies (pl. ) of Monopoly

Monopoly (n.) The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.

Monopoly (n.) Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.

Monopoly (n.) The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.

Monopolylogue (n.) An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Monopsychism (n.) The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Monopteral (a.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

Monoptera (pl. ) of Monopteron

Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.

Monoptote (n.) A noun having only one case.

Monoptote (n.) A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.

Monopyrenous (a.) Having but a single stone or kernel.

Monorganic (a.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.

Monorhina (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Monorhyme (n.) A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.

Monosepalous (a.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.

Monosperm (n.) A monospermous plant.

Monospermal (a.) Alt. of Monospermous

Monospermous (a.) Having only one seed.

Monospherical (a.) Consisting of one sphere only.

Monostich (n.) A composition consisting of one verse only.

Monostichous (a.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae.

Monostrophe (n.) A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.

Monostrophic (a.) Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure.

Monosulphide (n.) A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.

Monosulphuret (n.) See Monosulphide.

Monosyllabic (a.) Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.

Monosyllabism (n.) The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.

Monosyllable (n.) A word of one syllable.

Monosyllabled (a.) Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.

Monosymmetric (a.) Alt. of Monosymmetrical

Monosymmetrical (a.) Same as Monoclinic.

Monotessaron (n.) A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.

Monothalama (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

Monothalaman (n.) A foraminifer having but one chamber.

Monothalamous (a.) One-chambered.

Monothalmic (a.) Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits.

Monothecal (a.) Having a single loculament.

Monotheism (n.) The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

Monotheist (n.) One who believes that there is but one God.

Monotheistic (a.) Of or pertaining to monotheism.

Monothelism (n.) Alt. of Monothelitism

Monothelitism (n.) The doctrine of the Monothelites.

Monothelite (n.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite.

Monothelitic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine.

Monotocous (a.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.

Monotocous (a.) Uniparous; laying a single egg.

Monotomous (a.) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.

Monotone (n.) A single unvaried tone or sound.

Monotone (n.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.

Monotonic (a.) Alt. of Monotonical

Monotonical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.

Monotonist (n.) One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

Monotonous (a.) Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.

Monotony (n.) A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.

Monotony (n.) Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.

Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.

Monotrematous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.

Monotreme (n.) One of the Monotremata.

Monotriglyph (n.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

Monotropa (n.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.

Monotype (a.) Alt. of Monotypic

Monotypic (a.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

Monovalent (a.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

Monoxide (n.) An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.

Monoxylon (n.) A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.

Monoxylous (a.) Made of one piece of wood.

Monozoa (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.

Monroe doctrine () See under Doctrine.

Messeigneurs (pl. ) of Monseigneur

Monseigneur (n.) My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

Monsel's salt () A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.

Monsel's solution () An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.

Messieurs (pl. ) of Monsieur

Monsieur (n.) The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.

MM. (pl. ) of Monsieur

Messrs. (pl. ) of Monsieur

Monsieur (n.) The oldest brother of the king of France.

Monsieur (n.) A Frenchman.

Monsignors (pl. ) of Monsignore

Monsignore (n.) My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

Monsoon (n.) A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

Monster (n.) Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

Monster (n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.

Monster (n.) Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

Monster (a.) Monstrous in size.

Monster (v. t.) To make monstrous.

Monstrance (n.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

Monstration (n.) The act of demonstrating; proof.

Monstrosities (pl. ) of Monstrosity

Monstrosity (n.) The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.

Monstrous (a.) Marvelous; strange.

Monstrous (a.) Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth.

Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.

Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.

Monstrous (a.) Abounding in monsters.

Monstrous (adv.) Exceedingly; very; very much.

Monstrously (adv.) In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked.

Monstrousness (n.) The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary.

Monstruosity (n.) Monstrosity.

Monstruous (a.) Monstrous.

Mont (n.) Mountain.

Montaigne (n.) A mountain.

Montanic (n.) Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

Montanist (n.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life.

Montant (n.) An upward thrust or blow.

Montant (n.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile.

Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.

Monte (n.) A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.

Monte-acid (n.) An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.

Monteith (n.) See Monteth.

Montem (n.) A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.

Montero (n.) An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen.

Monteth (n.) Alt. of Monteith

Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.

Monthling (n.) That which is a month old, or which lives for a month.

Monthly (a.) Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

Monthly (a.) Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine.

Monthlies (pl. ) of Monthly

Monthly (n.) A publication which appears regularly once a month.

Monthly (adv.) Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly.

Monthly (adv.) As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic.

Monticle (n.) A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence.

Monticulate (a.) Furnished with monticles or little elevations.

Monticule (n.) See Monticle.

Monticulous (a.) Monticulate.

Montiform (a.) Resembling a mountain in form.

Montigenous (a.) Produced on a mountain.

Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Monton (n.) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

Montross (n.) See Matross.

Montrue (n.) That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse.

Monument (n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

Monument (n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.

Monument (n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.

Monumental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.

Monumental (a.) Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.

Monumentally (adv.) By way of memorial.

Monumentally (adv.) By means of monuments.

Monureid (n.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid.

Moo (adv., & n.) See Mo.

Mooed (imp. & p. p.) of Moo

Mooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moo

Moo (v. i.) To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child's word.

Moo (n.) The lowing of a cow.

Mood (n.) Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

Mood (n.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.

Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.

Mooder (n.) Mother.

Moodily (adv.) In a moody manner.

Moodiness (n.) The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods.

Moodir (n.) The governor of a province in Egypt, etc.

Moodish (a.) Moody.

Moodishly (adv.) Moodily.

Moody (superl.) Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.

Moolah (n.) Alt. of Moollah

Moollah (n.) See Mollah.

Moolley (n.) Same as Mulley.

Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

Moon (n.) A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

Moon (n.) The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Mooned (imp. & p. p.) of Moon

Mooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moon

Moon (v. t.) To expose to the rays of the moon.

Moon (v. i.) To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

Moonbeam (n.) A ray of light from the moon.

Moonblind (a.) Dim-sighted; purblind.

Moonblink (n.) A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.

Mooncalf (n.) A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.

Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.

Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.

Mooned (a.) Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.

Mooner (n.) One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck.

Moonery (n.) Conduct of one who moons.

Moonet (n.) A little moon.

Moon-eye (n.) A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.

Moon-eye (n.) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon, esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters.

Moon-eye (n.) The cisco.

Moon-eyed (a.) Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.

Moon-faced (a.) Having a round, full face.

Moonfish (n.) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.

Moonfish (n.) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish.

Moonfish (n.) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.

Moonflower (n.) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy.

Moonflower (n.) A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night.

Moong (n.) Same as Mung.

Moonglade (n.) The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.

Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.

Moonish (a.) Like the moon; variable.

Moonless (a.) Being without a moon or moonlight.

Moonlight (n.) The light of the moon.

Moonlight (a.) Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

Moonling (n.) A simpleton; a lunatic.

Moonlit (a.) Illumined by the moon.

Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

Moonrise (n.) The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising.

Moonsail (n.) A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.

Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Moonset (n.) The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.

Moonshee (n.) A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.

Moonshine (n.) The light of the moon.

Moonshine (n.) Hence, show without substance or reality.

Moonshine (n.) A month.

Moonshine (n.) A preparation of eggs for food.

Moonshine (a.) Moonlight.

Moonshiner (n.) A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.

Moonshiny (a.) Moonlight.

Moonstone (n.) A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.

Moonsticken (a.) See Moonstruck.

Moonstruck (a.) Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

Moonstruck (a.) Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.

Moonstruck (a.) Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence.

Moonwort (n.) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.

Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.

Moony (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon.

Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.

Moony (a.) Silly; weakly sentimental.

Moor (n.) One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.

Moor (n.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.

Moor (n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

Moor (n.) A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Moored (imp. & p. p.) of Moor

Mooring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moor

Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.

Moor (v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.

Moor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to become fast.

Moorage (n.) A place for mooring.

Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.

Moorband (n.) See Moorpan.

Mooress (n.) A female Moor; a Moorish woman.

Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.

Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.

Mooring (n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined.

Moorish (a.) Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.

Moorish (a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.

Moorland (n.) Land consisting of a moor or moors.

Moorpan (n.) A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc.

Moorstone (n.) A species of English granite, used as a building stone.

Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue.

Moory (a.) Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.

Moory (n.) A kind of blue cloth made in India.

Moose (n.) A large cervine mammal (Alces machlis, or A. Americanus), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zoologists is considered the same species. See Elk.

Moosewood (n.) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).

Moosewood (n.) Leatherwood.

Moot (v.) See 1st Mot.

Moot (n.) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Mooted (imp. & p. p.) of Moot

Mooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moot

Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

Moot (v. t.) Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.

Moot (v. i.) To argue or plead in a supposed case.

Moot (n.) A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.

Moot (v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

Moot (a.) Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

Mootable (a.) Capable of being mooted.

Mooter (n.) A disputer of a mooted case.

Moot-hall (n.) Alt. of Moot-house

Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment.

Moot-hill (n.) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill.

Mootmen (pl. ) of Mootman

Mootman (n.) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

Mop (n.) A made-up face; a grimace.

Mop (v. i.) To make a wry mouth.

Mop (n.) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

Mop (n.) A fair where servants are hired.

Mop (n.) The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.

Mopped (imp. & p. p.) of Mop

Mopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mop

Mop (v. t.) To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.

Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

Moped (imp. & p. p.) of Mope

Moping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mope

Mope (v. i.) To be dull and spiritless.

Mope (v. t.) To make spiritless and stupid.

Mope (n.) A dull, spiritless person.

Mope-eyed (a.) Shortsighted; purblind.

Mopeful (a.) Mopish.

Mopish (a.) Dull; spiritless; dejected.

Moplah (n.) One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar.

Moppet (n.) A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.

Moppet (n.) A long-haired pet dog.

Mopsey (n.) Alt. of Mopsy

Mopsy (n.) A moppet.

Mopsy (n.) A slatternly, untidy woman.

Mopsical (a.) Shortsighted; mope-eyed.

Mopstick (n.) The long handle of a mop.

Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone.

Moquette (n.) A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.

Mora (n.) A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

Mora (n.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.

Mora (n.) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.

Moraine (n.) An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.

Morainic (a.) Of or pertaining to a moranie.

Moral (a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.

Moral (a.) Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.

Moral (a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.

Moral (a.) Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.

Moral (a.) Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.

Moral (a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.

Moral (n.) The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.

Moral (n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.

Moral (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5.

Moral (v. i.) To moralize.

Morale (a.) The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.

Moraler (n.) A moralizer.

Moralism (n.) A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.

Moralist (n.) One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.

Moralist (n.) One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.

Moralities (pl. ) of Morality

Morality (n.) The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.

Morality (n.) The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.

Morality (n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.

Morality (n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.

Morality (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.

Morality (n.) Intent; meaning; moral.

Moralization (n.) The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.

Moralization (n.) Explanation in a moral sense.

Moralized (imp. & p. p.) of Moralize

Moralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moralize

Moralize (v. t.) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

Moralize (v. t.) To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

Moralize (v. t.) To render moral; to correct the morals of.

Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.

Moralize (v. i.) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

Moralizer (n.) One who moralizes.

Morally (adv.) In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.

Morally (adv.) According to moral rules; virtuously.

Morally (adv.) In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.

Morally (adv.) In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.

Morass (n.) A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

morassy (a.) Marshy; fenny.

Morate (n.) A salt of moric acid.

Moration (n.) A delaying tarrying; delay.

Moravian (a.) Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n.

Moravian (n.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.

Moravianism (n.) The religious system of the Moravians.

Moray (n.) A muraena.

Morbid (a.) Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.

Morbid (a.) Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.

Morbidezza (n.) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

Morbidezza (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.

Morbidity (n.) The quality or state of being morbid.

Morbidity (n.) Morbid quality; disease; sickness.

Morbidity (n.) Amount of disease; sick rate.

Morbidly (adv.) In a morbid manner.

Morbidness (n.) The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.

Morbific (a.) Alt. of Morbifical

Morbifical (a.) Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.

Morbillous (a.) Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.

Morbose (a.) Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.

Morbosity (n.) A diseased state; unhealthiness.

Morceau (n.) A bit; a morsel.

Mordacious (a.) Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.

Mordacity (n.) The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.

Mordant (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Mordant (a.) Serving to fix colors.

Mordant (n.) Any corroding substance used in etching.

Mordant (n.) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.

Mordant (n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.

Mordanted (imp. & p. p.) of Mordant

Mordanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mordant

Mordant (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.

Mordantly (adv.) In the manner of a mordant.

Mordente (n.) An embellishment resembling a trill.

Mordicancy (n.) A biting quality; corrosiveness.

Mordicant (a.) Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body.

Mordication (n.) The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

Mordicative (a.) Biting; corrosive.

More (n.) A hill.

More (n.) A root.

More (superl.) Greater; superior; increased

More (superl.) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.

More (superl.) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural.

More (superl.) Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more words to conquer.

More (n.) A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.

More (n.) That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.

More (adv.) In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.

More (adv.) With a verb or participle.

More (adv.) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.

More (adv.) In addition; further; besides; again.

More (v. t.) To make more; to increase.

Moreen (n.) A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

Morel (n.) An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces.

Morel (n.) Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.

Morel (n.) A kind of cherry. See Morello.

Moreland (n.) Moorland.

Morelle (n.) Nightshade. See 2d Morel.

Morello (n.) A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.

Morendo (a. & n.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.

Moreness (n.) Greatness.

Moreover (adv.) Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise.

Morepork (n.) The Australian crested goatsucker (Aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

Moresk (a. & n.) Moresque.

Moresque (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish.

Moresque (n.) The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish.

Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband.

Morgay (n.) The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish.

Morglay (n.) A sword.

Morgue (n.) A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.

Moria (n.) Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.

Morian (n.) A Moor.

Moribund (a.) In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.

Moribund (n.) A dying person.

Moric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid.

Morice (n.) See Morisco.

Morigerate (a.) Obedient.

Morigeration (n.) Obsequiousness; obedience.

Morigerous (a.) Obedient; obsequious.

Moril (n.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel.

Morin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid.

Morinda (n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.

Morindin (n.) A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).

Morinel (n.) The dotterel.

Moringa (n.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.

Moringic (a.) Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa.

Morintannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin.

Morion (n.) A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat.

Morion (n.) A dark variety of smoky quartz.

Morioplasty (n.) The restoration of lost parts of the body.

Morisco (a.) Moresque.

Morisco (n.) A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.

Morisk (n.) Same as Morisco.

Morkin (n.) A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.

Morland (n.) Moorland.

Morling (n.) Mortling.

Mormal (n.) A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer.

Mormo (n.) A bugbear; false terror.

Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.

Mormon (n.) The mandrill.

Mormon (n.) One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.

Mormon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

Mormondom (n.) The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

Mormonism (n.) The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.

Mormonite (n.) A Mormon.

Mormonite (a.) Mormon.

Morn (n.) The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Morne (a.) Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.

Morne (n.) A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Morne (a.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

Morne (n.) The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

Morne (n.) The first or early part; as, the morning of life.

Morne (n.) The goddess Aurora.

Morning (a.) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.

Morning-glory (n.) A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.

Morningtide (n.) Morning time.

Mornward (adv.) Towards the morn.

Moro (n.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.

Moroccan (a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.

Morocco (n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.

Morology (n.) Foolish talk; nonsense; folly.

Morone (n.) Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.

Morosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.

Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

Morosely (adv.) Sourly; with sullen austerity.

Moroseness (n.) Sourness of temper; sulenness.

Morosis (n.) Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.

Morosity (n.) Moroseness.

Moroshop (n.) A philosophical or learned fool.

Morosous (a.) Morose.

Moroxite (n.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.

Moroxylate (n.) A morate.

Moroxylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.

Morphean (a.) Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep.

Morpheus (n.) The god of dreams.

Morphew (n.) A scurfy eruption.

Morphew (v. t.) To cover with a morphew.

Morphia (n.) Morphine.

Morphine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.

Morphinism (n.) A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.

Morpho (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots.

Morphogeny (n.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny.

Morphologic (a.) Alt. of Morphological

Morphological (a.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.

Morphologist (n.) One who is versed in the science of morphology.

Morphology (n.) That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

Morphon (n.) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology.

Morphonomy (n.) The laws of organic formation.

Morphophyly (n.) The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny which treats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from the tribal history of functions.

Morphosis (n.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.

Morphotic (a.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue, proteids.

-morphous () A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.

Morpion (n.) A louse.

Morrice (n.) Same as 1st Morris.

Morrice (a.) Dancing the morrice; dancing.

Morricer (n.) A morris dancer.

Morrimal (n. & a.) See Mormal.

Morris (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.

Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.

Morris (n.) An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.

Morris (n.) A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

Morris-pike (n.) A Moorish pike.

Morrot (n.) See Marrot.

Morrow (n.) Morning.

Morrow (n.) The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood.

Morrow (n.) The day following the present; to-morrow.

Morse (n.) The walrus. See Walrus.

Morse (n.) A clasp for fastening garments in front.

Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them.

Morsel (n.) A little bite or bit of food.

Morsel (n.) A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.

Morsing horn () A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming.

Morsitation (n.) The act of biting or gnawing.

Morsure (n.) The act of biting.

Mort (n.) A great quantity or number.

Mort (n.) A woman; a female.

Mort (n.) A salmon in its third year.

Mort (n.) Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.

Mort (n.) A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.

Mort (n.) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.

Mortal (a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

Mortal (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

Mortal (a.) Fatally vulnerable; vital.

Mortal (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of death.

Mortal (a.) Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

Mortal (a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.

Mortal (n.) A being subject to death; a human being; man.

Mortality (n.) The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.

Mortality (n.) Human life; the life of a mortal being.

Mortality (n.) Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature.

Mortality (n.) Death; destruction.

Mortality (n.) The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.

Mortalized (imp. & p. p.) of Mortalize

Mortalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortalize

Mortalize (v. t.) To make mortal.

Mortally (adv.) In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.

Mortally (adv.) In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.

Mortally (adv.) In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.

Mortalness (n.) Quality of being mortal; mortality.

Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

Mortar (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45¡, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.

Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.

Mortar (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar.

Mortar (n.) A chamber lamp or light.

Mortgage (n.) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.

Mortgage (n.) State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage.

Mortgaged (imp. & p. p.) of Mortgage

Mortgaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortgage

Mortgage (v. t.) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption.

Mortgage (v. t.) Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation.

Mortgagee (n.) The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given.

Mortgageor (n.) Alt. of Mortgagor

Mortgagor (n.) One who gives a mortgage.

Mortgager (n.) gives a mortgage.

Mortiferous (a.) Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb.

Mortification (n.) The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

Mortification (n.) The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.

Mortification (n.) Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.

Mortification (n.) Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.

Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.

Mortification (n.) That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.

Mortification (n.) A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.

Mortified () imp. & p. p. of Mortify.

Mortifiedness (n.) The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of the passions.

Mortifier (n.) One who, or that which, mortifies.

Mortified (imp. & p. p.) of Mortify

Mortifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortify

Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.

Mortify (v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

Mortify (v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.

Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

Mortify (v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

Mortifying (a.) Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.

Mortifying (a.) Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances.

Mortifying (a.) Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.

Mortifyingly (adv.) In a mortifying manner.

Mortise (n.) A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.

Mortised (imp. & p. p.) of Mortise

Mortising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortise

Mortise (v. t.) To cut or make a mortisein.

Mortise (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.

Mortling (n.) An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling.

Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.

Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.

Mortmal (n.) See Mormal.

Mortpay (n.) Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.

Mortress (n.) Alt. of Mortrew

Mortrew (n.) A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida.

Mortuaries (pl. ) of Mortuary

Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

Mortuary (a.) A burial place; a place for the dead.

Mortuary (a.) A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.

Morulae (pl. ) of Morula

Morula (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.

Morulation (n.) The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed.

Morus (n.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.

Morwe (n.) See Morrow.

Morwening (n.) Morning.

Mosaic (n.) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.

Mosaic (n.) A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.

Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.

Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

Mosaical (a.) Mosaic (in either sense).

Mosaically (adv.) In the manner of a mosaic.

Mosaism (n.) Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.

Mosasaur (n.) Alt. of Mosasaurian

Mosasaurian (n.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.

Mosasauria (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.

Mosasaurus (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.

Moschatel (n.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot.

Moschine (a.) Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk deer.

Mosel (n. & v.) See Muzzle.

Moselle (n.) A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle.

Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

Mosk (n.) See Mosque.

Moslems (pl. ) of Moslem

Moslem (pl. ) of Moslem

Moslem (n.) A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.]

Moslem (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.

Mososaurus (n.) Same as Mosasaurus.

Mosque (n.) A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship.

Mosquitoes (pl. ) of Mosquito

Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.

Moss (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.

Moss (n.) A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.

Mossed (imp. & p. p.) of Moss

Mossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moss

Moss (v. t.) To cover or overgrow with moss.

Mossback (n.) A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

Mossbanker (n.) Alt. of Mossbunker

Mossbunker (n.) The menhaded.

Moss-grown (a.) Overgrown with moss.

Mossiness (n.) The state of being mossy.

Mosstrooper (n.) One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.

Mossy (superl.) Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams.

Mossy (superl.) Resembling moss; as, mossy green.

Most (a.) Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

Most (a.) Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it.

Most (a.) Highest in rank; greatest.

Most (a.) In the greatest or highest degree.

Mostahiba (n.) See Mustaiba.

Moste () imp. of Mote.

Mostic (n.) Alt. of Mostick

Mostick (n.) A painter's maul-stick.

Mostly (adv.) For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.

Mostra (n.) See Direct, n.

Mostwhat (adv.) For the most part.

Mot (Sing. pres. ind.) of Mot

Mote () of Mot

Moot () of Mot

Mot (pl.) of Mot

Mote () of Mot

Moote () of Mot

Mote (pres. subj.) of Mot

Moste (imp.) of Mot

Mot (v.) May; must; might.

Mot (n.) A word; hence, a motto; a device.

Mot (n.) A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.

Mot (n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Motacil (n.) Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.

Motation (n.) The act of moving; motion.

Mote (v.) See 1st Mot.

Mote (n.) A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.

Mote (n.) A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

Mote (n.) A place of meeting for discussion.

Mote (n.) The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort.

Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.

Moted (a.) Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air.

Motet (n.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

Moth (n.) A mote.

Moths (pl. ) of Moth

Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.

Moth (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.

Moth (n.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.

Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Moth-eat (v. t.) To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.

Mothen (a.) Full of moths.

Mother (n.) A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

Mother (n.) That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

Mother (n.) An old woman or matron.

Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.

Mother (n.) Hysterical passion; hysteria.

Mother (a.) Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.

Mothered (imp. & p. p.) of Mother

Mothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mother

Mother (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

Mother (n.) A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.

Mother (v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

Mothered (a.) Thick, like mother; viscid.

Motherhood (n.) The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.

Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.

Motherland (n.) The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

Motherless (a.) Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

Motherliness (n.) The state or quality of being motherly.

Motherly (a.) Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care.

Motherly (adv.) In a manner of a mother.

Mother-naked (a.) Naked as when born.

Mother-of-pearl (n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

Mother-of-thyme (n.) An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.

Motherwort (n.) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.

Motherwort (n.) The mugwort. See Mugwort.

Mothery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).

Mothy (a.) Infested with moths; moth-eaten.

Motif (n.) Motive.

Motific (a.) Producing motion.

Motile (a.) Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

Motile (a.) Producing motion; as, motile powers.

Motility (n.) Capability of motion; contractility.

Motion (n.) The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.

Motion (n.) Power of, or capacity for, motion.

Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.

Motion (n.) Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.

Motion (n.) Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.

Motion (n.) A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.

Motion (n.) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.

Motion (n.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.

Motion (n.) A puppet show or puppet.

Motioned (imp. & p. p.) of Motion

Motioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Motion

Motion (v. i.) To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.

Motion (v. i.) To make proposal; to offer plans.

Motion (v. t.) To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.

Motion (v. t.) To propose; to move.

Motioner (n.) One who makes a motion; a mover.

Motionist (n.) A mover.

Motionless (a.) Without motion; being at rest.

Motive (n.) That which moves; a mover.

Motive (n.) That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.

Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading.

Motive (n.) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.

Motive (a.) Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.

Motive (v. t.) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Motiveless (a.) Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.

Motivity (n.) The power of moving or producing motion.

Motivity (n.) The quality of being influenced by motives.

Motivo (n.) See Motive, n., 3, 4.

Motley (a.) Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

Motley (a.) Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.

Motley (n.) Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.

Motley (n.) A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.

Motley (n.) Hence, a jester, a fool.

Motley-minded (a.) Having a mind of a jester; foolish.

Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.

Moto (n.) Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.

Moton (n.) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

Motor (n.) One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

Motor (n.) Alt. of Motorial

Motory (n.) Alt. of Motorial

Motorial (n.) Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

Motorman (n.) A man who controls a motor.

Motorpathic (a.) Of or pertaining to motorpathy.

Motorpathy (n.) Kinesiatrics.

Motte (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.

Mottled (imp. & p. p.) of Mottle

Mottling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mottle

Mottle (v. t.) To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Mottle (n.) A mottled appearance.

Mottled (a.) Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood.

Mottoes (pl. ) of Motto

Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.

Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.

Mottoed (a.) Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.

Motty (a.) Full of, or consisting of, motes.

Mouchoir (n.) A handkerchief.

Mouazzin (n.) See Muezzin.

Mouflon (n.) A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.

Mought (imp.) Might.

Mouillation (n.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.

Mouille (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and –; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

Mould () Alt. of Mouldy

Moulder () Alt. of Mouldy

Mouldy () See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.

Moule (v. i.) To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold.

Mouline (n.) Alt. of Moulinet

Moulinet (n.) The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.

Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon.

Moult (v. & n.) See Molt.

Moulten (a.) Having molted.

Moun (v.) pl. of Mow, may.

Mounch (v. t.) To munch.

Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.

Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

Mounded (imp. & p. p.) of Mound

Mounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mound

Mound (v. t.) To fortify or inclose with a mound.

Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

Mount (v.) A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.

Mount (v.) A bank; a fund.

Mounted (imp. & p. p.) of Mount

Mounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mount

Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.

Mount (n.) To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

Mount (n.) To attain in value; to amount.

Mount (v. t.) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.

Mount (v. t.) To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.

Mount (v. t.) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.

Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.

Mount (v.) That upon which a person or thing is mounted

Mount (v.) A horse.

Mount (v.) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

Mountable (a.) Such as can be mounted.

Mountain (n.) A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount.

Mountain (n.) A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains.

Mountain (n.) A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk.

Mountain (a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

Mountain (a.) Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.

Mountaineer (n.) An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.

Mountaineer (n.) A rude, fierce person.

Mountaineer (v. i.) To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.

Mountainer (n.) A mountaineer.

Mountainet (n.) A small mountain.

Mountainous (a.) Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.

Mountainous (a.) Inhabiting mountains.

Mountainous (a.) Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap.

Mountainousness (n.) The state or quality of being mountainous.

Mountance (n.) Amount; sum; quantity; extent.

Mountant (a.) Raised; high.

Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.

Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.

Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.

Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

Mountebankish (a.) Like a mountebank or his quackery.

Mountebankism (n.) The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.

Mounted (a.) Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.

Mounted (a.) Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.

Mountenaunce (n.) Mountance.

Mounter (n.) One who mounts.

Mounter (n.) An animal mounted; a monture.

Mounting (n.) The act of one that mounts.

Mounting (n.) That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.

Mountingly (adv.) In an ascending manner.

Mountlet (n.) A small or low mountain.

Mounty (v.) The rise of a hawk after prey.

Mourned (imp. & p. p.) of Mourn

Mourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mourn

Mourn (v. i.) To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

Mourn (v. i.) To wear the customary garb of a mourner.

Mourn (v. t.) To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.

Mourn (v. t.) To utter in a mournful manner or voice.

Mourne (n.) The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached.

Mourner (n.) One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.

Mournful (a.) Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss.

Mourning (n.) The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.

Mourning (n.) Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.

Mourning (a.) Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.

Mourning (a.) Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.

Mourningly (adv.) In a mourning manner.

Mournival (n.) See Murnival.

Mice (pl. ) of Mouse

Mouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

Mouse (n.) Same as 2d Mousing, 2.

Mouse (n.) A familiar term of endearment.

Mouse (n.) A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

Mouse (n.) A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Moused (imp. & p. p.) of Mouse

Mousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mouse

Mouse (v. i.) To watch for and catch mice.

Mouse (v. i.) To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Mouse (v. t.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2.

Mouse-ear (n.) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.

Mouse-ear (n.) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).

Mousefish (n.) See Frogfish.

Mousehole (n.) A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

Mousekin (n.) A little mouse.

Mouser (n.) A cat that catches mice.

Mouser (n.) One who pries about on the lookout for something.

Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

Mousie (n.) Diminutive for Mouse.

Mousing (a.) Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.

Mousing (n.) The act of hunting mice.

Mousing (n.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.

Mousing (n.) A ratchet movement in a loom.

Mousle (v. t.) To sport with roughly; to rumple.

Mousseline (n.) Muslin.

Moustache (n.) Mustache.

Mousy (a.) Infested with mice; smelling of mice.

Moutan (n.) The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors.

Mouths (pl. ) of Mouth

Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.

Mouth (n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;

Mouth (n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

Mouth (n.) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.

Mouth (n.) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.

Mouth (n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.

Mouth (n.) The entrance into a harbor.

Mouth (n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

Mouth (n.) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

Mouth (n.) Cry; voice.

Mouth (n.) Speech; language; testimony.

Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Mouthed (imp. & p. p.) of Mouth

Mouthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mouth

Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.

Mouth (v. t.) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.

Mouth (v. t.) To make mouths at.

Mouth (v. i.) To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.

Mouth (v. i.) To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.

Mouth (v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.

Mouthed (a.) Furnished with a mouth.

Mouthed (a.) Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed.

Mouther (n.) One who mouths; an affected speaker.

Mouth-footed (a.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Mouthfuls (pl. ) of Mouthful

Mouthful (n.) As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

Mouthful (n.) Hence, a small quantity.

Mouthless (a.) Destitute of a mouth.

Mouth-made (a.) Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt.

Mouthpiece (n.) The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

Mouthpiece (n.) An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.

Mouthpiece (n.) One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.

Movability (n.) Movableness.

Movable (a.) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.

Movable (a.) Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.

Movables (pl. ) of Movable

Movable (n.) An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Movable (n.) Property not attached to the soil.

Movableness (n.) The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.

Movably (adv.) In a movable manner or condition.

Moved (imp. & p. p.) of Move

Moving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Move

Move (v. t.) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

Move (v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

Move (v. t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Move (v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

Move (v. t.) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

Move (v. t.) To apply to, as for aid.

Move (v. i.) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

Move (v. i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

Move (v. i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

Move (v. i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

Move (n.) The act of moving; a movement.

Move (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.

Move (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

Moveless (a.) Motionless; fixed.

Movement (n.) The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

Movement (n.) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Movement (n.) Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.

Movement (n.) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.

Movement (n.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.

Movement (n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.

Movent (a.) Moving.

Movent (n.) That which moves anything.

Mover (n.) A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

Mover (n.) A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.

Mover (n.) One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.

Mover (n.) A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.

Moving (a.) Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.

Moving (a.) Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal.

Moving (n.) The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business.

Movingly (adv.) In a moving manner.

Movingness (n.) The power of moving.

Mow (n.) A wry face.

Mow (v. i.) To make mouths.

Mow (n.) Same as Mew, a gull.

Mow (pres. sing.) of Mow

Mowe (pl.) of Mow

Mowen () of Mow

Moun () of Mow

Mow (v.) May; can.

Mowed (imp.) of Mow

Mowed (p. p.) of Mow

Mown () of Mow

Mowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mow

Mow (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

Mow (v. t.) To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.

Mow (v. i.) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Mowburn (v. i.) To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.

Mowe (v.) See 4th Mow.

Mowe (n. & v.) See 1st & 2d Mow.

Mower (n.) One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.

Mowing (n.) The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.

Mowing (n.) Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.

Mown (p. p. & a.) Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field.

Mowyer (n.) A mower.

Moxa (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.

Moxa (n.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.

Moxie (n.) energy; pep.

Moxie (n.) courage, determination.

Moxie (n.) Know-how, expertise.

Moya (n.) Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.

Moyle (n. & v.) See Moil, and Moile.

Mozarab () Alt. of Mozarabic

Mozarabic () Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.

Mozetta (n.) Alt. of Mozzetta

Mozzetta (n.) A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. () The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.

Mrs. () The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing.

Mucamide (n.) The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Mucate (n.) A salt of mucic acid.

Muce (n.) See Muse, and Muset.

Mucedin (n.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also mucin.

Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time.

Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Many in number.

Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) High in rank or position.

Much (n.) A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I.

Much (n.) A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.

Much (a.) To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly.

Muchel (a.) Much.

Muchness (n.) Greatness; extent.

Muchwhat (adv.) Nearly; almost; much.

Mucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.

Mucid (a.) Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.

Mucific (a.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.

Mucific (a.) Secreting mucus.

Muciform (a.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

Mucigen (n.) A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.

Mucigenous (a.) Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin.

Mucilage (n.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.

Mucilage (n.) An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.

Mucilaginous (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

Mucilaginous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.

Mucilaginous (a.) Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.

Mucin (n.) See Mucedin.

Mucin (n.) An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.

Mucinogen (n.) Same as Mucigen.

Muciparous (a.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

Mucivore (n.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.

Muck () abbreviation of Amuck.

Muck (n.) Dung in a moist state; manure.

Muck (n.) Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.

Muck (n.) Anything filthy or vile.

Muck (n.) Money; -- in contempt.

Muck (a.) Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

Muck (v. t.) To manure with muck.

Muckender (n.) A handkerchief.

Mucker (n.) A term of reproach for a low or vulgar labor person.

Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts.

Muckerer (n.) A miser; a niggard.

Muckiness (n.) The quality of being mucky.

Muckle (a.) Much.

Muckmidden (n.) A dunghill.

Mucksy (a.) Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy.

Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.

Mucky (a.) Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.

Mucky (a.) Vile, in a moral sense; sordid.

Mucocele (n.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.

Mucoid (a.) Resembling mucus.

Muconate (n.) A salt of muconic acid.

Muconic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid.

Mucopurulent (a.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.

Mucor (n.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.

Mucosity (n.) The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.

Mucous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.

Mucous (a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.

Mucousness (n.) The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.

Mucro (n.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.

Mucronate (a.) Alt. of Mucronated

Mucronated (a.) Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.

Mucronulate (a.) Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.

Muculent (a.) Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

Mucus (n.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.

Mucus (n.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.

Mucus (n.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and other plants.

Mucusin (n.) Mucin.

Mud (n.) Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

Mud (v. t.) To bury in mud.

Mud (v. t.) To make muddy or turbid.

Mudar (n.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.

Mudarin (n.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.

Muddily (adv.) In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.

Muddiness (n.) The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

Muddiness (n.) Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.

Muddled (imp. & p. p.) of Muddle

Muddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muddle

Muddle (v. t.) To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

Muddle (v. t.) To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

Muddle (v. t.) To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

Muddle (v. t.) To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

Muddle (v. i.) To dabble in mud.

Muddle (v. i.) To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

Muddle (n.) A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.

Muddlehead (n.) A stupid person.

Muddler (n.) One who, or that which, muddles.

Muddy (superl.) Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots.

Muddy (superl.) Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.

Muddy (superl.) Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.

Muddy (superl.) Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.

Muddy (superl.) Not clear or bright.

Muddied (imp. & p. p.) of Muddy

Muddying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muddy

Muddy (v. t.) To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.

Muddy (v. t.) Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy.

Muddy-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.

Muddy-mettled (a.) Dull-spirited.

Mudfish (n.) The European loach.

Mudfish (n.) The bowfin.

Mudfish (n.) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren.

Mudfish (n.) The mud minnow.

Mudhole (n.) A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.

Mudhole (n.) A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn.

Mudir (n.) Same as Moodir.

Mudsill (n.) The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.

Mudsucker (n.) A woodcock.

Mudwall (n.) The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater.

Mudwort (n.) A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).

Mue (v. i.) To mew; to molt.

Muezzin (n.) A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.

Muff (n.) A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

Muff (n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.

Muff (n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

Muff (n.) A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.

Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

Muff (n.) The whitethroat.

Muffed (imp. & p. p.) of Muff

Muffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muff

Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.

Muffetee (n.) A small muff worn over the wrist.

Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Muffineer (n.) A dish for keeping muffins hot.

Muffish (a.) Stupid; awkward.

Muffle (n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

Muffled (imp. & p. p.) of Muffle

Muffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muffle

Muffle (v. t.) To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.

Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.

Muffle (v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

Muffle (v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

Muffle (v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.

Muffle (v. t.) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.

Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Muffler (n.) Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.

Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.

Muffler (n.) A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.

Muffler (n.) One who muffles.

Muflon (n.) See Mouflon.

Muftis (pl. ) of Mufti

Mufti (n.) An official expounder of Mohammedan law.

Mufti (n.) Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India.

Mug (n.) A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

Mug (n.) The face or mouth.

Muggard (a.) Sullen; displeased.

Mugget (n.) The small entrails of a calf or a hog.

Mugginess (n.) The condition or quality of being muggy.

Muggish (a.) See Muggy.

Muggletonian (n.) One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired.

Muggy (superl.) Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.

Muggy (superl.) Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather.

Mughouse (n.) An alehouse; a pothouse.

Mugiency (n.) A bellowing.

Mugient (a.) Lowing; bellowing.

Mugil (n.) A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.

Mugiloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidae.

Mugweed (n.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.

Mugwort (n.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.

Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

Mugwumpery (n.) Alt. of Mugwumpism

Mugwumpism (n.) The acts and views of the mugwumps.

Muhammadan (a. & n.) Alt. of Muhammedan

Muhammedan (a. & n.) Mohammedan.

Muhammadanism (n.) Mohammedanism.

Mulada (n.) A moor.

Mulada (n.) A drove of mules.

Mulattoes (pl. ) of Mulatto

Mulatto (n.) The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Mulattress (n.) A female mulatto.

Mulberries (pl. ) of Mulberry

Mulberry (n.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.

Mulberry (n.) A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.

Mulberry-faced (a.) Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

Mulch (n.) Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.

Mulched (imp. & p. p.) of Mulch

Mulching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mulch

Mulch (v. t.) To cover or dress with mulch.

Mulct (n.) A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

Mulct (n.) A blemish or defect.

Mulcted (imp. & p. p.) of Mulct

Mulcting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mulct

Mulct (v. t.) To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.

Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline.

Mulctary (a.) Alt. of Mulctuary

Mulctuary (a.) Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.

Mule (n.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

Mule (n.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

Mule (n.) A very stubborn person.

Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Mule-jenny (n.) See Mule, 4.

Muleteer (n.) One who drives mules.

Mulewort (n.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis.

Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate.

Muley (n.) See Mulley.

Muliebrity (n.) The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.

Muliebrity (n.) Hence: Effeminancy; softness.

Mulier (n.) A woman.

Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son.

Mulier (n.) A woman; a wife; a mother.

Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.

Mulierose (a.) Fond of woman.

Mulierosity (n.) A fondness for women.

Mulierty (n.) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.

Mulish (a.) Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.

Mull (n.) A thin, soft kind of muslin.

Mull (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.

Mull (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Mull (n.) Dirt; rubbish.

Mull (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize.

Mull (v. i.) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.

Mull (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Mulled (imp. & p. p.) of Mull

Mulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mull

Mull (v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.

Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Mulla (n.) Same as Mollah.

Mullagatawny (n.) An East Indian curry soup.

Mullah (n.) See Mollah.

Mullar (n.) A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.

Mullein (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus.

Mullen (n.) See Mullein.

Muller (n.) One who, or that which, mulls.

Muller (n.) A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

Muller (n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.

Mullerian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Muller.

Mullet (n.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

Mullet (n.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.

Mullet (n.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.

Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.

Mulley (n.) Alt. of Moolley

Moolley (n.) A mulley or polled animal.

Moolley (n.) A cow.

Mulley (a.) Alt. of Moolley

Moolley (a.) Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow.

Mulligatawny (n.) See Mullagatawny.

Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.

Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks.

Mullingong (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck.

Mullion (n.) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.

Mullion (n.) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.

Mullion (v. t.) To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Mullock (n.) Rubbish; refuse; dirt.

Mulliod (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

Mulmul (n.) A fine, soft muslin; mull.

Mulse (n.) Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

Mult- () See Multi-.

Multangular (a.) Having many angles.

Multanimous (a.) Many-minded; many-sided.

Multarticulate (a.) Having many articulations or joints.

Multeity (n.) Multiplicity.

Multi- () Alt. of Mult-

Mult- () A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

Multiaxial (a.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.

Multicapsular (a.) Having many, or several, capsules.

Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.

Multicavous (a.) Having many cavities.

Multicellular (a.) Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Multicentral (a.) Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.

Multicipital (a.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.

Multicolor (a.) Having many, or several, colors.

Multicostate (a.) Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

Multicuspid (a.) Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Multicuspidate (a.) Having many cusps or points.

Multidentate (a.) Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Multidigitate (a.) Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Multifaced (a.) Having many faces.

Multifarious (a.) Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

Multifarious (a.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Multifariously (adv.) With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

Multifariousness (n.) Multiplied diversity.

Multifariousness (n.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them.

Multiferous (a.) Bearing or producing much or many.

Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Multiflorous (a.) Having many flowers.

Multiflue (a.) Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.

Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.

Multifoil (a.) Having more than five divisions or foils.

Multifold (a.) Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Multiform (a.) Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.

Multiformity (n.) The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing.

Multiformous (a.) Multiform.

Multigenerous (a.) Having many kinds.

Multigranulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, many grains.

Multijugate (a.) Having many pairs of leaflets.

Multijugous (a.) Consisting of many parts.

Multijugous (a.) Same as Multijugate.

Multilateral (a.) Having many sides; many-sided.

Multilineal (a.) Having many lines.

Multilobar (a.) Consisting of, or having, many lobes.

Multilocular (a.) Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule.

Multiloquence (n.) Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness.

Multiloquent (a.) Alt. of Multiloquous

Multiloquous (a.) Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.

Multiloquy (n.) Excess of words or talk.

Multinodate (a.) Having many knots or nodes.

Multinodous (a.) Same as Multinodate.

Multinomial (n. & a.) Same as Polynomial.

Multinominal (a.) Alt. of Multinominous

Multinominous (a.) Having many names or terms.

Multinuclear (a.) Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.

Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleated

Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.

Multiparous (a.) Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.

Multipartite (a.) Divided into many parts; having several parts.

Multiped (n.) An insect having many feet, as a myriapod.

Multiped (a.) Having many feet.

Multiple (a.) Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

Multiple (n.) A quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder.

Multiplex (a.) Manifold; multiple.

Multipliable (a.) Capable of being multiplied.

Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.

Multiplicand (n.) The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Multiplicate (a.) Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold.

Multiplication (n.) The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation.

Multiplication (n.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division.

Multiplication (n.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation.

Multiplication (n.) The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists.

Multiplicative (a.) Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.

Multiplicatively (adv.) So as to multiply.

Multiplicator (n.) The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier.

Multiplicious (a.) Manifold.

Multiplicity (n.) The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

Multiplier (n.) One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number.

Multiplier (n.) The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication.

Multiplier (n.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier.

Multiplied (imp. & p. p.) of Multiply

Multiplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Multiply

Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

Multiply (v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

Multiply (v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

Multiply (v. i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.

Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

Multiply (v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

Multipolar (a.) Having many poles; -- applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.

Multipotent (a.) Having manifold power, or power to do many things.

Multipresence (n.) The state or power of being multipresent.

Multipresent (a.) Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once.

Multiradiate (a.) Having many rays.

Multiramified (a.) Divided into many branches.

Multiramose (a.) Having many branches.

Multiscious (a.) Having much or varied knowledge.

Multisect (a.) Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect or myriapod.

Multiseptate (a.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed.

Multiserial (a.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.

Multisiliquous (a.) Having many pods or seed vessels.

Multisonous (a.) Having many sounds, or sounding much.

Multispiral (a.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.

Multistriate (a.) Having many streaks.

Multisulcate (a.) Having many furrows.

Multisyllable (n.) A word of many syllables; a polysyllable.

Multititular (a.) Having many titles.

Multitubular (a.) Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.

Multitude (n.) A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

Multitude (n.) A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.

Multitude (n.) The state of being many; numerousness.

Multitudinary (a.) Multitudinous.

Multitudinous (a.) Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves.

Multitudinous (a.) Of or pertaining to a multitude.

Multivagant (a.) Alt. of Multivagous

Multivagous (a.) Wandering much.

Multivalence (n.) Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.

Multivalent (a.) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

Multivalent (a.) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.

Multivalve (n.) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.

Multivalve (a.) Alt. of Multivalvular

Multivalvular (a.) Having many valves.

Multivalvular (a.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons.

Multiversant (a.) Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.

Multivious (a. & adv.) Having many ways or roads; by many ways.

Multivocal (a.) Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.

Multivocal (n.) A multivocal word.

Multocular (a.) Having many eyes, or more than two.

Multum (n.) An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.

Multungulate (a.) Having many hoofs.

Multure (n.) The toll for grinding grain.

Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.

Mum (a.) Silent; not speaking.

Mum (interj.) Be silent! Hush!

Mum (n.) Silence.

Mum (n.) A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

Mumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Mumble

Mumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mumble

Mumble (v.) To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.

Mumble (v.) To chew something gently with closed lips.

Mumble (v. t.) To utter with a low, inarticulate voice.

Mumble (v. t.) To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.

Mumble (v. t.) To suppress, or utter imperfectly.

Mumblenews (n.) A talebearer.

Mumbler (n.) One who mumbles.

Mumbling (a.) Low; indistinct; inarticulate.

Mumbo Jumbo () An object of superstitious homage and fear.

Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Mum-chance (n.) A silent, stupid person.

Mum-chance (a.) Silent and idle.

Mummed (imp. & p. p.) of Mumm

Mumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mumm

Mumm (v. i.) To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.

Mummer (n.) One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.

Mummeries (pl. ) of Mummery

Mummery (n.) Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.

Mummery (n.) Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies.

Mummichog (n.) Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow.

Mummification (n.) The act of making a mummy.

Mummified (a.) Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.

Mummiform (a.) Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects.

Mummified (imp. & p. p.) of Mummify

Mummifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mummify

Mummify (v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.

Mummies (pl. ) of Mummy

Mummy (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

Mummy (n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.

Mummy (n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

Mummy (n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

Mummy (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

Mummy (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.

Mummied (imp. & p. p.) of Mummy

Mummying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mummy

Mummy (v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

Mummychog (n.) See Mummichog.

Mump (v. i.) To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.

Mump (v. i.) To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.

Mump (v. i.) To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.

Mump (v. i.) To be sullen or sulky.

Mumped (imp. & p. p.) of Mump

Mumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mump

Mump (v. t.) To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.

Mump (v. t.) To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.

Mump (v. t.) To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.

Mumper (n.) A beggar; a begging impostor.

Mumpish (a.) Sullen, sulky.

Mumps (n.) Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.

Mumps (n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

Mun (n.) The mouth.

Munched (imp. & p. p.) of Munch

Munching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Munch

Munch (v. t. & i.) To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.

Munchausenism (n.) An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.

Muncher (n.) One who munches.

Mund (n.) See Mun.

Mundane (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

Mundanity (n.) Worldliness.

Mundation (n.) The act of cleansing.

Mundatory (a.) Cleansing; having power to cleanse.

Mundic (n.) Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners.

Mundificant (a.) Serving to cleanse and heal.

Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.

Mundification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing.

Mundificative (a.) Cleansing.

Mundificative (n.) A detergent medicine or preparation.

Mundify (v. t.) To cleanse.

Mundil (n.) A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.

Mundivagant (a.) Wandering over the world.

Mundungus (n.) A stinking tobacco.

Munnerary (a.) Having the nature of a gift.

Munnerate (v. t.) To remunerate.

Muneration (n.) Remuneration.

Mung (n.) Green gram, a kind of pulse (Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India.

Munga (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.

Mungcorn (n.) Same as Mangcorn.

Mungo (n.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

Mungoose (n.) Alt. of Mungoos

Mungoos (n.) See Mongoose.

Mungrel (n. & a.) See Mongrel.

Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.

Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.

Municipalism (n.) Municipal condition.

Municipalities (pl. ) of Municipality

Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

Municipally (adv.) In a municipal relation or condition.

Munific (a.) Munificent; liberal.

Munificate (v. t.) To enrich.

Munificence (n.) Means of defense; fortification.

Munificence (n.) The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.

Munificent (a.) Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.

Munify (v. t. & i.) To prepare for defense; to fortify.

Muniment (n.) The act of supporting or defending.

Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.

Muniment (n.) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.

Munite (v. t.) To fortify; to strengthen.

Munition (n.) Fortification; stronghold.

Munition (n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.

Munity (n.) Freedom; security; immunity.

Munjeet (n.) See Indian madder, under Madder.

Munjistin (n.) An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista).

Munnion (n.) See Mullion.

Muntin (n.) Alt. of Munting

Munting (n.) Same as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.

Muntjac (n.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands.

Muntz metal () See under Metal.

Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Muraenoid (a.) Alt. of Murenoid

Murenoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muraena, or family Muraenidae.

Murage (n.) A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

Mural (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.

Mural (a.) Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.

Murder (n.) The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

Murdered (imp. & p. p.) of Murder

Murdering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murder

Murder (n.) To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

Murder (n.) To destroy; to put an end to.

Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Murderer (n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

Murderer (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.

Murderess (n.) A woman who commits murder.

Murderment (n.) Murder.

Murderous (a.) Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault.

Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Mure (n.) A wall.

Mured (imp. & p. p.) of Mure

Mure (n.) To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.

Murenger (n.) One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

Murices (pl. ) of Murex

Murex (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.

Murexan (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.

Murexide (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.

Murexoin (n.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.

Muriate (n.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.

Muriated (a.) Put in brine.

Muriated (a.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.

Muriated (a.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.

Muriatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.

Muriatiferous (a.) Producing muriatic substances or salt.

Muricate (a.) Alt. of Muricated

Muricated (a.) Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.

Muricoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricidae.

Muriculate (a.) Minutely muricate.

Muride (n.) Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.

Muriform (a.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.

Murine (a.) Pertaining to a family of rodents (Muridae), of which the mouse is the type.

Murine (n.) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.

Muringer (n.) See Murenger.

Murk (a.) Dark; murky.

Murk (n.) Darkness; mirk.

Murk (n.) The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.

Murkily (adv.) Darkly; gloomily.

Murkiness (n.) The state of being murky.

Murky (superl.) Dark; obscure; gloomy.

Murlins (n.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.

Murmur (v. i.) A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.

Murmured (imp. & p. p.) of Murmur

Murmuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murmur

Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.

Murmur (v. i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against.

Murmur (v. t.) To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.

Murmuration (n.) The act of murmuring; a murmur.

Murmurer (n.) One who murmurs.

Murmuring (a. & n.) Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.

Murmurous (a.) Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring.

Murnival (n.) In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything.

Murphy (n.) A potato.

Murr (n.) A catarrh.

Murrain (n.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.

Murrain (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain.

Murrayin (n.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance.

Murre (n.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot.

Murrelet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.

Murrey (n.) A dark red color.

Murrey (a.) Of a dark red color.

Murrhine (a.) Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels.

Murrion (a.) Infected with or killed by murrain.

Murrion (n.) A morion. See Morion.

Murry (n.) See Muraena.

Murth (n.) Plenty; abundance.

Murther (n. & v.) Murder, n. & v.

Murtherer (n.) A murderer.

Murza (n.) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.

Mures (pl. ) of Mus

Mus (n.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.

Musae (pl. ) of Musa

Musa (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.

Musaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.

Musal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry.

Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.

Musar (n.) An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.

Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.

Muscae (pl. ) of Musca

Musca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.

Musca (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.

Muscadel (n.) See Muscatel, n.

Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.

Muscadine (n.) A fragrant and delicious pear.

Muscadine (n.) See Muscardin.

Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.

Muscallonge (n.) See Muskellunge.

Muscardin (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.

Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.

Muscariform (a.) Having the form of a brush.

Muscarin (n.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.

Muscat (n.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color.

Muscatel (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.

Muscatel (n.) A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.

Muscatel (n.) Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."

Muschelkalk (n.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.

Musci (n. pl.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.

Muscicapine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.

Muscid (n.) Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.

Musciform (a.) Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.

Musciform (a.) Having the appearance or form of a moss.

Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

Muscle (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.

Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.

Muscle (n.) See Mussel.

Muscled (a.) Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled.

Muscling (n.) Exhibition or representation of the muscles.

Muscogees (n. pl.) See Muskogees.

Muscoid (a.) Mosslike; resembling moss.

Muscoid (n.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.

Muscology (n.) Bryology.

Muscosity (n.) Mossiness.

Muscovado (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.

Muscovado (n.) Unrefined or raw sugar.

Muscovite (n.) A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.

Muscovite (n.) Common potash mica. See Mica.

Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.

Muscovy glass () Mica; muscovite. See Mica.

Muscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.

Muscular (a.) Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.

Muscular (a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.

Muscularity (n.) The state or quality of being muscular.

Muscularize (v. t.) To make muscular.

Muscularly (adv.) In a muscular manner.

Musculation (n.) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.

Musculature (n.) Musculation.

Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

Musculin (n.) See Syntonin.

Musculocutaneous (a.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.

Musculophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.

Musculosity (n.) The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity.

Musculospiral (a.) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.

Musculous (a.) Muscular.

Muse (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

Muse (n.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.

Muse (n.) A particular power and practice of poetry.

Muse (n.) A poet; a bard.

Mused (imp. & p. p.) of Muse

Musing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muse

Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

Muse (n.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.

Muse (n.) To wonder.

Muse (v. t.) To think on; to meditate on.

Muse (v. t.) To wonder at.

Muse (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.

Muse (n.) Wonder, or admiration.

Museful (a.) Meditative; thoughtfully silent.

Museless (a.) Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical.

Muser (n.) One who muses.

Muset (n.) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.

Musette (n.) A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.

Musette (n.) An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.

Museum (n.) A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.

Mush (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.

Mush (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.

Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.

Mushroom (n.) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.

Mushroom (n.) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Mushroom (a.) Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.

Mushroom (a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.

Mushroom-headed (a.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.

Mushy (a.) Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.

Music (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.

Music (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.

Music (n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.

Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.

Music (n.) Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.

Music (n.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.

Musical (a.) Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.

Musical (n.) Music.

Musical (n.) A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.

Musicale (n.) A social musical party.

Musically (adv.) In a musical manner.

Musicalness (n.) The quality of being musical.

Musician (n.) One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

Musicomania (n.) A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties.

Musimon (n.) See Mouflon.

Musingly (adv.) In a musing manner.

Musit (n.) See Muset.

Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.

Musk (n.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).

Musk (n.) The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.

Musk (n.) The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).

Musk (n.) A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.

Musk (n.) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.

Musk (v. t.) To perfume with musk.

Muskadel (n.) See Muscadel.

Muskat (n.) See Muscat.

Muskellunge (n.) A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish.

Musket (n.) The male of the sparrow hawk.

Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.

Musketeer (n.) A soldier armed with a musket.

Musketo (n.) See Mosquito.

Musketoon (n.) A short musket.

Musketoon (n.) One who is armed with such a musket.

Musketry (n.) Muskets, collectively.

Musketry (n.) The fire of muskets.

Muskiness (n.) The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.

Muskmelon (n.) The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.

Muskogees (n. pl.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy.

Muskrat (n.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.

Muskrat (n.) The musk shrew.

Muskrat (n.) The desman.

Muskwood (n.) The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).

Muskwood (n.) The wood of an Australian tree (Eurybia argophylla).

Musky (a.) Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like.

Muslim (n.) See Moslem.

Muslin (n.) A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.

Muslinet (n.) A sort of coarse or light cotton cloth.

Musmon (n.) See Mouflon.

Musomania (n.) See Musicomania.

Musquash (n.) See Muskrat.

Musquaw (n.) The American black bear. See Bear.

Musquet (n.) See Musket.

Musquito (n.) See Mosquito.

Musrole (n.) Alt. of Musrol

Musrol (n.) The nose band of a horse's bridle.

Muss (n.) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.

Muss (n.) A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.

Mussed (imp. & p. p.) of Muss

Mussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muss

Muss (v. t.) To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple.

Muss (n.) A term of endearment.

Mussel (n.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe.

Mussel (n.) Any one of numerous species of Unio, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. See Naiad, and Unio.

Mussitation (n.) A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.

Mussite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.

Mussulmans (pl. ) of Mussulman

Mussulman (n.) A Mohammedan; a Moslem.

Mussulmanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their customs: Mohammedan.

Mussulmanish (a.) Mohammedan.

Mussulmanism (n.) Mohammedanism.

Mussulmanly (adv.) In the manner of Moslems.

Mussy (a.) Disarranged; rumpled.

Must (v. i. / auxiliary) To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.

Must (v. i. / auxiliary) To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane.

Must (n.) The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.

Must (n.) Mustiness.

Must (v. t. & i.) To make musty; to become musty.

Mustac (n.) A small tufted monkey.

Mustaches (pl. ) of Mustache

Mustache (n.) That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

Mustache (n.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose.

Mustache (n.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.

Mustachios (pl. ) of Mustacho

Mustacho (n.) A mustache.

Mustachoed (a.) Having mustachios.

Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like.

Mustang (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.

Mustard (n.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum).

Mustard (n.) A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.

Mustee (n.) See Mestee.

Musteline (a.) Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.

Muster (v. t.) Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

Muster (v. t.) A show; a display.

Muster (v. t.) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.

Muster (v. t.) The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.

Muster (v. t.) Any assemblage or display; a gathering.

Mustered (imp. & p. p.) of Muster

Mustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muster

Muster (v. t.) To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.

Muster (v. t.) Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.

Muster (v. i.) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force.

Mustily (a.) In a musty state.

Mustiness (n.) The quality or state of being musty.

Musty (n.) Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.

Musty (n.) Spoiled by age; rank; stale.

Musty (n.) Dull; heavy; spiritless.

Mutability (n.) The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.

Mutable (a.) Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.

Mutable (a.) Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.

Mutableness (n.) The quality of being mutable.

Mutably (adv.) Changeably.

Mutacism (n.) See Mytacism.

Mutage (n.) A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes.

Mutanda (pl. ) of Mutandum

Mutandum (n.) A thing which is to be changed; something which must be altered; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Mutation (n.) Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.

Mutch (n.) The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman.

Muchkin (n.) A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.

Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.

Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.

Mute (n.) The dung of birds.

Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.

Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.

Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.

Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.

Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.

Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.

Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.

Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.

Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.

Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.

Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.

Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill.

Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.

Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

Mutic (a.) Alt. of Muticous

Muticous (a.) Without a point or pointed process; blunt.

Mutilate (a.) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.

Mutilate (n.) A cetacean, or a sirenian.

Mutilated (imp. & p. p.) of Mutilate

Mutilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutilate

Mutilate (v. t.) To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.

Mutilate (v. t.) To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.

Mutilation (n.) The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

Mutilator (n.) One who mutilates.

Mutilous (a.) Mutilated; defective; imperfect.

Mutine (n.) A mutineer.

Mutine (v. i.) To mutiny.

Mutineer (n.) One guilty of mutiny.

Muting (n.) Dung of birds.

Mutinous (a.) Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.

Mutinies (pl. ) of Mutiny

Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.

Mutiny (n.) Violent commotion; tumult; strife.

Mutinied (imp. & p. p.) of Mutiny

Mutinying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutiny

Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.

Mutiny (v. i.) To fall into strife; to quarrel.

Mutism (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

Muttered (imp. & p. p.) of Mutter

Muttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutter

Mutter (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.

Mutter (v. i.) To sound with a low, rumbling noise.

Mutter (v. t.) To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats.

Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.

Mutterer (n.) One who mutters.

Mutteringly (adv.) With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

Mutton (n.) A sheep.

Mutton (n.) The flesh of a sheep.

Mutton (n.) A loose woman; a prostitute.

Muttony (a.) Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.

Mutual (a.) Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.

Mutual (a.) Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort.

Mutualism (n.) The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare.

Mutuality (n.) The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.

Mutuality (n.) Reciprocity of consideration.

Mutually (adv.) In a mutual manner.

Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.

Mutuation (n.) The act of borrowing or exchanging.

Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.

Mux (n.) Dirt; filth; muck.

Mux (v. t.) To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.

Muxy (a.) Soft; sticky, and dirty.

Muzarab (n.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own.

Muzarabic (a.) Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.

Muzziness (n.) The state or quality of being muzzy.

Muzzle (v. i.) The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

Muzzle (v. i.) The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun.

Muzzle (v. i.) A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.

Muzzled (imp. & p. p.) of Muzzle

Muzzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muzzle

Muzzle (v. t.) To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action.

Muzzle (v. t.) To fondle with the closed mouth.

Muzzle (v. i.) To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

Muzzle-loading (a.) Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

Muzzy (a.) Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.

My (a.) Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine. See Mine.

Mya (n.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.

Myalgia (n.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

Myall wood () A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.

Myaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

Myceloid (a.) Resembling mycelium.

Mycetes (n.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.

Mycetoid () Resembling a fungus.

Mycoderma (n.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zooloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.

Mycoderma (n.) A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother.

Mycologic (a.) Alt. of Mycological

Mycological (a.) Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi.

Mycologist (n.) One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.

Mycology (n.) That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.

Mycomelic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.

Mycoprotein (n.) The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed.

Mycose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose.

Mycothrix (n.) The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.

Mydaleine (n.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.

Mydatoxin (n.) A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare.

Mydaus (n.) The teledu.

Mydriasis (n.) A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.

Mydriatic (a.) Causing dilatation of the pupil.

Mydriatic (n.) A mydriatic medicine or agent, as belladonna.

Myelencephala (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.

Myelencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal.

Myelencephalon (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.

Myelencephalon (n.) The metencephalon.

Myelencephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.

Myelin (n.) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat.

Myelin (n.) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.

Myelitis (n.) Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.

Myelocoele (n.) The central canal of the spinal cord.

Myelogenic (a.) Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.

Myeloid (a.) Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor.

Myeloidin (n.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.

Myelon (n.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)

Myelonal (a.) Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or spinal, nerves.

Myeloneura (n. pl.) The Vertebrata.

Myeloplaxes (pl. ) of Myeloplax

Myeloplaces (pl. ) of Myeloplax

Myeloplax (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

Mygale (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii).

Mylodon (n.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium.

Mylohyoid (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve.

Myna (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird.

Mynchen (n.) A nun.

Mynchery (n.) A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.

Mynheer (n.) The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman.

Myo- () A combining form of Gr. /, /, a muscle; as, myograph, myochrome.

Myocarditis (n.) Inflammation of the myocardium.

Myocardium (n.) The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.

Myochrome (n.) A colored albuminous substance in the serum from red-colored muscles. It is identical with hemoglobin.

Myocommata (pl. ) of Myocomma

Myocommas (pl. ) of Myocomma

Myocomma (n.) A myotome.

Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

Myodynamiometer (n.) A myodynamometer.

Myodynamometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer.

Myoepithelial (a.) Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms.

Myoepithelial (a.) Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra.

Myogalid (n.) One of the Myogalodae, a family of Insectivora, including the desman, and allied species.

Myogram (n.) See Muscle curve, under Muscle.

Myograph (n.) An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.

Myographic (a.) Alt. of Myographical

Myographical (a.) Of or pertaining to myography.

Myography (n.) The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology.

Myohaematin (n.) A red-colored respiratory pigment found associated with hemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate.

Myoid (a.) Composed of, or resembling, muscular fiber.

Myolemma (n.) Sarcolemma.

Myolin (n.) The essential material of muscle fibers.

Myologic (a.) Alt. of Myological

Myological (a.) Of or pertaining to myology.

Myologist (n.) One skilled in myology.

Myology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of muscles.

Myoma (n.) A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.

Myomancy (n.) Divination by the movements of mice.

Myomorph (n.) One of the Myomorpha.

Myomorpha (n. pl.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.

Myopathia (n.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.

Myopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to myopathia.

Myopathy (n.) Same as Myopathia.

Myope (n.) A person having myopy; a myops.

Myophan (n.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

Myopia (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.

Myopic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted.

Myips (n.) See Myope.

Myopsis (n.) The appearance of muscae volitantes. See Muscae volitantes, under Musca.

Myopy (n.) Myopia.

Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.

Myosis (n.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Myositic (a.) Myotic.

Myositis (n.) Inflammation of the muscles.

Myosotis (n.) A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear.

Myotic (a.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.

Myotic (n.) A myotic agent.

Myotome (n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.

Myotome (n.) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.

Myotome (n.) The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.

Myotomic (a.) Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.

Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.

Myrcia (n.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.

Myria- () A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter.

Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.

Myriad (n.) The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.

Myriad (n.) An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.

Myriad (a.) Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.

Myriagram (n.) Alt. of Myriagramme

Myriagramme (n.) A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.

Myrialiter (n.) Alt. of Myrialitre

Myrialitre (n.) A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.

Myriameter (n.) Alt. of Myriametre

Myriametre (n.) A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.

Myriapod (n.) One of the Myriapoda.

Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.

Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.

Myriare (n.) A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.

Myrica (n.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.

Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol.

Myricyl (n.) A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue of myricin; -- called also melissyl.

Myriological (a.) Of or relating to a myriologue.

Myriologist (n.) One who composes or sings a myriologue.

Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.

Myriophyllous (a.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.

Myriopoda (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.

Myriorama (n.) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes.

Myrioscope (n.) A form of kaleidoscope.

Myristate (n.) A salt of myristic acid.

Myristic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.

Myristin (n.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc.

Myristone (n.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Myrmicine (a.) Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (M. molesta), and many others.

Myrmidon (n.) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.

Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.

Myrmidonian (a.) Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.

Myrmotherine (a.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.

Myrobalan (n.) Alt. of Myrobolan

Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.

Myronic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.

Myropolist (n.) One who sells unguents or perfumery.

Myrosin (n.) A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.

Myroxylon (n.) A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.

Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.

Myrrhic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.

Myrrhine (a.) Murrhine.

Myrtaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.

Myrtiform (a.) Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a myrtle leaf.

Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

Ourselves (pl. ) of Myself

Myself (pron.) I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.

Myselven (pron.) Myself.

Mysis (n.) A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.

Mystacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or mustache.

Mystagogic (a.) Alt. of Mystagogical

Mystagogical (a.) Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.

Mystagogue (n.) interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.

Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.

Mystagogy (n.) The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.

Mysterial (a.) Mysterious.

Mysteriarch (n.) One presiding over mysteries.

Mysterious (a.) Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.

Mysteriously (adv.) In a mysterious manner.

Mysteriousness (n.) The state or quality of being mysterious.

Mysteriousness (n.) Something mysterious; a mystery.

Mysterized (imp. & p. p.) of Mysterize

Mysterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mysterize

Mysterize (v. t.) To make mysterious; to make a mystery of.

Mysteries (pl. ) of Mystery

Mystery (a.) A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.

Mystery (a.) A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.

Mystery (a.) The consecrated elements in the eucharist.

Mystery (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.

Mysteries (pl. ) of Mystery

Mystery (n.) A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.

Mystery (n.) A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.

Mystic (a.) Alt. of Mystical

Mystical (a.) Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

Mystical (a.) Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.

Mystic (n.) One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism.

Mysticete (n.) Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea.

Mysticism (n.) Obscurity of doctrine.

Mysticism (n.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained.

Mysticism (n.) The doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith.

Mystification (n.) The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.

Mystificator (n.) One who mystifies.

Mystified (imp. & p. p.) of Mystify

Mystifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mystify

Mystify (v. t.) To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

Mystify (v. t.) To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent.

Mytacism (n.) Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it.

Myth (n.) A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical.

Myth (n.) A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

Mythe (n.) See Myth.

Mythic (a.) Alt. of Mythical

Mythical (a.) Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.

Mythographer (n.) A composer of fables.

Mythologer (n.) A mythologist.

Mythologian (n.) A mythologist.

Mythologic (a.) Alt. of Mythological

Mythological (a.) Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; mythical; fabulous.

Mythologist (n.) One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths.

Mythologize (v. i.) To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.

Mythologize (v. i.) To construct and propagate myths.

Mythologizer (n.) One who, or that which, mythologizes.

Mythologue (n.) A fabulous narrative; a myth.

Mythologies (pl. ) of Mythology

Mythology (n.) The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.

Mythology (n.) A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.

Mythoplasm (n.) A narration of mere fable.

Mythopoeic (a.) Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.

Mythopoetic (a.) Making or producing myths or mythical tales.

Mytiloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family Mytilidae.

Mytilotoxine (n.) A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood.

Mytilus (n.) A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.

Myxa (n.) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Myxine (n.) A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See Hag, 4.

Myxinoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Myxine.

Myxinoid (n.) A hagfish.

Myxocystodea (n. pl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.

Myxomata (pl. ) of Myxoma

Myxoma (n.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.

Myxopod (n.) A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.

Myzontes (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Myzostomata (n. pl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.

N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.

N (n.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.

Na (a. & adv.) No, not. See No.

Nab (n.) The summit of an eminence.

Nab (n.) The cock of a gunlock.

Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Nabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Nab

Nabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nab

Nab (v. t.) To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.

Nabit (n.) Pulverized sugar candy.

Nabk (n.) The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe.

Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.

Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth.

Nacarat (n.) A pale red color, with a cast of orange.

Nacarat (n.) Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.

Nacker (n.) See Nacre.

Nacre (n.) A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.

Nacreous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.

Nad () Alt. of Nadde

Nadde () Had not.

Nadder (n.) An adder.

Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.

Nadir (n.) The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.

Naenia (n.) See Nenia.

Naeve (n.) A naevus.

Naevoid (a.) Resembling a naevus or naevi; as, naevoid elephantiasis.

Naevose (a.) Spotted; frecled.

Naevi (pl. ) of Navus

Navus (n.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.

Nag (n.) A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

Nag (n.) A paramour; -- in contempt.

Nagged (imp. & p. p.) of Nag

Nagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nag

Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.

Nagging (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.

Naggy (a.) Irritable; touchy.

Nagor (n.) A West African gazelle (Gazella redunca).

Nagyagite (n.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

Naiad (n.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

Naiad (n.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.

Naiad (n.) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.

Naiad (n.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

Naiant (a.) See Natant.

Naid (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chaetopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochaeta.

Naif (a.) Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.

Naif (a.) Naive; as, a naif remark.

Naik (n.) A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.

Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.

Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.

Nailed (imp. & p. p.) of Nail

Nailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nail

Nail (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.

Nail (n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.

Nail (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.

Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon.

Nailbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the nails.

Nailer (n.) One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.

Nailer (n.) One who fastens with, or drives, nails.

Naileress (n.) A women who makes nailes.

Naileries (pl. ) of Nailery

Nailery () A manufactory where nails are made.

Nail-headed (a.) Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.

Nailless (a.) Without nails; having no nails.

Nainsook (n.) A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.

Nais (n.) See Naiad.

Naissant (a.) Same as Jessant.

Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

Naively (adv.) In a naive manner.

Naivete (n.) Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.

Naivety (n.) Naivete.

Nake (v.t.) To make naked.

Naked (a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

Naked (a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.

Naked (a.) Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.

Naked (a.) Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.

Naked (a.) Mere; simple; plain.

Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.

Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth.

Nakedly (adv.) In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.

Nakedness (n.) The condition of being naked.

Nakedness (n.) The privy parts; the genitals.

Naker (n.) Same as Nacre.

Naker (n.) A kind of kettledrum.

Nakoo (n.) The gavial.

Nale (n.) Ale; also, an alehouse.

Nall (n.) An awl.

Nam () Am not.

Nam () imp. of Nim.

Namable (a.) Capable of being named.

Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.

Namaycush (n.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

Namby-pamby (n.) Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

Namby-pamby (a.) Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.

Name (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

Name (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.

Name (n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.

Name (n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

Name (n.) A person, an individual.

Named (imp. & p. p.) of Name

Naming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Name

Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.

Name (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.

Name (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.

Name (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.

Nameless (a.) Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.

Nameless (a.) Undistinguished; not noted or famous.

Nameless (a.) Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer.

Nameless (a.) Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.

Namelessly (adv.) In a nameless manner.

Namely (adv.) By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.

Namely (adv.) That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.

Namer (n.) One who names, or calls by name.

Namesake (n.) One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

Namo (adv.) No more.

Nan (inerj.) Anan.

Nandine (n.) An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.

Nandou (n.) Alt. of Nandu

Nandu (n.) Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea.

Nankeen (n.) A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.

Nankeen (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.

Nankeen (n.) Trousers made of nankeen.

Nanny (n.) A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.

Nannyberry (n.) See Sheepberry.

Nanpie (n.) The magpie.

Naos (n.) A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.

Napped (imp. & p. p.) of Nap

Napping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nap

Nap (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

Nap (v. i.) To be in a careless, secure state.

Nap (n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

Nap (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

Nap (v. t.) To raise, or put, a nap on.

Nape (n.) The back part of the neck.

Nape-crest (n.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

Naperies (pl. ) of Napery

Napery (n.) Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.

Napha water () A perfume distilled from orange flowers.

Naphew (n.) See Navew.

Naphtha (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

Naphtha (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.

Naphthalate (n.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.

Naphthalene (n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.

Naphthalenic (a.) Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.

Naphthalic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids.

Naphthalic (a.) Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid.

Naphthalidine (n.) Same as Naphthylamine.

Naphthalin (n.) Alt. of Naphthaline

Naphthaline (n.) See Naphthalene.

Naphthalize (v. t.) To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.

Naphthazarin (n.) A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.

Naphthene (n.) A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

Naphthide (n.) A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as, mercuric naphthide.

Naphthoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids.

Naphthol (n.) Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.

Naphthoquinone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.

Naphthyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.

Naphthylamine (n.) One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C10H7.NH2, forming crystalline solids.

Napierian (a.) Alt. of Naperian

Naperian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper.

Napier's bones () Alt. of Napier's rods

Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

Napiform (a.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

Napkin (n.) A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

Napkin (n.) A handkerchief.

Napless (a.) Without nap; threadbare.

Naples yellow () See under Yellow.

Napoleon (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

Napoleonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.

Napoleonist (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Nappe (n.) Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.

Nappiness (n.) The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

Napping (n.) The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

Napping (n.) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.

Nappy (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.

Nappy (a.) Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale.

Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.

Nappies (pl. ) of Nappy

Nappy (n.) A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.

Nap-taking (n.) A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.

Napu (n.) A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.

Napus (n.) A kind of turnip. See Navew.

Narceine (n.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.

Narcissine (a.) Of or pertaining to Narcissus.

Narcissuses (pl. ) of Narcissus

Narcissus (n.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.

Narcissus (n.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.

Narcosis (n.) Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.

Narcotic (a.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.

Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.

Narcotical (a.) Narcotic.

Narcotine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.

Narcotinic (a.) Pertaining to narcotine.

Narcotism (n.) Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.

Narcotized (imp. & p. p.) of Narcotize

Narcotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narcotize

Narcotize (v. t.) To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.

Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

Nard (n.) An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.

Nard (n.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.

Nardine (a.) Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.

Nardoo (n.) An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

Nare (n.) A nostril.

Nares (n. pl.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.

Nargile (n.) Alt. of Nargileh

Nargileh (n.) An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

Narica (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.

Nariform (a.) Formed like the nose.

Narine (a.) Of or belonging to the nostrils.

Narrable (a.) Capable of being narrated or told.

Narragansetts (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

Narrated (imp. & p. p.) of Narrate

Narrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narrate

Narrate (v. t.) To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.

Narration (n.) The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

Narration (n.) That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.

Narration (n.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Narrative (a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

Narrative (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.

Narrative (n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.

Narratively (adv.) In the style of narration.

Narrator (n.) One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

Narratory (a.) Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters.

Narre (a.) Nearer.

Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

Narrow (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.

Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

Narrow (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.

Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Narrow (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Narrow (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.

Narrows (pl. ) of Narrow

Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

Narrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Narrow

Narrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Narrow

Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

Narrow (v. t.) To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.

Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrower (n.) One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.

Narrowing (n.) The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.

Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

Narrowly (adv.) With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

Narrowly (adv.) Without much extent; contractedly.

Narrowly (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly.

Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped.

Narrowly (adv.) Sparingly; parsimoniously.

Narrow-minded (a.) Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.

Narrowness (n.) The condition or quality of being narrow.

Nart () Art not.

Narthex (n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

Narthex (n.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.

Narwal (n.) See Narwhal.

Narwe (a.) Narrow.

Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.

Nas () Was not.

Nas () Has not.

Nasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose.

Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

Nasal (n.) An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

Nasal (n.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

Nasal (n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

Nasal (n.) One of the nasal bones.

Nasal (n.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Nasality (n.) The quality or state of being nasal.

Nasalization (n.) The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

Nasalized (imp. & p. p.) of Nasalize

Nasalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nasalize

Nasalize (v. t.) To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

Nasalize (v. t.) To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

Nasally (adv.) In a nasal manner; by the nose.

Nascal (n.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.

Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.

Nascent (a.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.

Naseberry (n.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla.

Nash (a.) Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly.

Nasicornous (a.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

Nasiform (a.) Having the shape of a nose.

Nasion (n.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.

Naso- () A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, the nose; as, nasofrontal.

Nasobuccal (a.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.

Nasofrontal (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.

Nasolachrymal (a.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.

Nasopalatal (a.) Alt. of Nasopalatine

Nasopalatine (a.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

Nasopharyngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.

Nasoseptal (a.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.

Nasoturbinal (a.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal.

Nasoturbinal (n.) The nasoturbinal bone.

Nassas (pl. ) of Nassa

NassAe (pl. ) of Nassa

Nassa (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.

Nastily (adv.) In a nasty manner.

Nastiness (n.) The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.

Nasturtion (n.) Same as Nasturtium.

Nasturtium (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.

Nasturtium (n.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.

Nasty (superl.) Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

Nasty (superl.) Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.

Nasty (superl.) Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

Nasute (a.) Having a nice sense of smell.

Nasute (a.) Critically nice; captious.

Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness.

Nat (adv.) Not.

Nat () Not at; nor at.

Natal (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.

Natal (a.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.

Natalitial (a.) Alt. of Natalitious

Natalitious (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's nativity.

Nataloin (n.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.

Natal plum () The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).

Natals (n. pl.) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.

Natant (a.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.

Natant (a.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.

Natantly (adv.) In a floating manner; swimmingly.

Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.

Natatores (n. pl.) The swimming birds.

Natatorial (a.) Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds.

Natatorious (a.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects.

Natatorium (n.) A swimming bath.

Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs.

Natch (n.) The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.

Natchez (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.

Natchnee (n.) An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant.

Nates (n. pl.) The buttocks.

Nates (n. pl.) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

Nates (n. pl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Nath () hath not.

Nathless (conj.) Nevertheless.

Nathmore (adv.) Not the more; never the more.

Naticas (pl. ) of Natica

NaticAe (pl. ) of Natica

Natica (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.

Naticoid (a.) Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticidae.

Nation (n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

Nation (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.

Nation (n.) Family; lineage.

Nation (n.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

Nation (n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.

Nation (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.

National (a.) Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

National (a.) Attached to one's own country or nation.

Nationalism (n.) The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

Nationalism (n.) An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.

Nationalism (n.) National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.

Nationalist (n.) One who advocates national unity and independence; one of a party favoring Irish independence.

Nationalities (pl. ) of Nationality

Nationality (n.) The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.

Nationality (n.) The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.

Nationality (n.) A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.

Nationality (n.) Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.

Nationality (n.) The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

Nationalization (n.) The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.

Nationalized (imp. & p. p.) of Nationalize

Nationalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nationalize

Nationalize (v. t.) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Nationally (adv.) In a national manner or way; as a nation.

Nationalness (n.) The quality or state of being national; nationality.

Native (a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Native (a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.

Native (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.

Native (a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.

Native (a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.

Native (a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Native (a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.

Native (a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.

Native (n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.

Native (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

Natively (adv.) By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.

Nativeness (n.) The quality or state of being native.

Nativism (n.) The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.

Nativism (n.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

Nativist (n.) An advocate of nativism.

Nativistic (a.) Relating to nativism.

Nativies (pl. ) of Nativity

Nativity (n.) The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.

Nativity (n.) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.

Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.

Natka (a.) A species of shrike.

Natrium (n.) The technical name for sodium.

Natrolite (n.) A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.

Natron (n.) Native sodium carbonate.

Natter (v. i.) To find fault; to be peevish.

Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back.

Natty (a.) Neat; tidy; spruce.

Natural (a.) Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; not artifical, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.

Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death.

Natural (a.) Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.

Natural (a.) Conformed to truth or reality

Natural (a.) Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a natural gesture, tone, etc.

Natural (a.) Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; -- said of anything copied or imitated; as, a portrait is natural.

Natural (a.) Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.

Natural (a.) Connected by the ties of consanguinity.

Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.

Natural (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.

Natural (a.) Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.

Natural (a.) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.

Natural (a.) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.

Natural (a.) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.

Natural (n.) A native; an aboriginal.

Natural (n.) Natural gifts, impulses, etc.

Natural (n.) One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.

Natural (n.) A character [/] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.

Naturalism (n.) A state of nature; conformity to nature.

Naturalism (n.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.

Naturalist (n.) One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.

Naturalist (n.) One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion.

Naturalistic (a.) Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.

Naturalistic (a.) Closely resembling nature; realistic.

Naturality (n.) Nature; naturalness.

Naturalization (n.) The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.

Naturalized (imp. & p. p.) of Naturalize

Naturalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Naturalize

Naturalize (v. t.) To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

Naturalize (v. t.) To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.

Naturalize (v. t.) To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.

Naturalize (v. t.) To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.

Naturalize (v. i.) To become as if native.

Naturalize (v. i.) To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.

Naturally (adv.) In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.

Naturalness (n.) The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

Nature (n.) The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.

Nature (n.) The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence.

Nature (n.) The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

Nature (n.) Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

Nature (n.) The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.

Nature (n.) Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.

Nature (n.) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

Nature (n.) Natural affection or reverence.

Nature (n.) Constitution or quality of mind or character.

Nature (v. t.) To endow with natural qualities.

Natured (a.) Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.

Natureless (a.) Not in accordance with nature; unnatural.

Naturism (n.) The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

Naturist (n.) One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.

Naturity (n.) The quality or state of being produced by nature.

Naturize (v. t.) To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature.

Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.

Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.

Naught (adv.) Nothing.

Naught (adv.) The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.

Naught (adv.) In no degree; not at all.

Naught (a.) Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

Naught (a.) Hence, vile; base; naughty.

Naughtily (adv.) In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.

Naughtiness (n.) The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.

Naughtly (adv.) Naughtily; wrongly.

Naughty (superl.) Having little or nothing.

Naughty (superl.) Worthless; bad; good for nothing.

Naughty (superl.) hence, corrupt; wicked.

Naughty (superl.) Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.

Naumachy (n.) A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.

Naumachy (n.) A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place for such exhibitions.

Nauplii (pl. ) of Nauplius

Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

Nauropometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.

Nauscopy (n.) The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.

Nausea (n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

Nauseant (n.) A substance which produces nausea.

Nauseated (imp. & p. p.) of Nauseate

Nauseating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nauseate

Nauseate (v. i.) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

Nauseate (v. t.) To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.

Nauseate (v. t.) To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.

Nauseation (n.) The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.

Nauseative (a.) Causing nausea; nauseous.

Nauseous (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.

Nautch (n.) An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.

Nautic (a.) Nautical.

Nautical (a.) Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.

Nautically (adv.) In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.

Nautiform (a.) Shaped like the hull of a ship.

Nautilite (n.) A fossil nautilus.

Nautiloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.

Nautiloid (n.) A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae.

Nautiluses (pl. ) of Nautilus

Nautili (pl. ) of Nautilus

Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.

Nautilus (n.) The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.

Nautilus (n.) A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

Navajoes (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.

Naval (a.) Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Navals (n.pl.) Naval affairs.

Navarch (n.) The commander of a fleet.

Navarchy (n.) Nautical skill or experience.

Navarrese (a.) Of or pertaining to Navarre.

Navarrese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.

Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.

Nave (n.) The navel.

Nave (n.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.

Navel (n.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

Navel (n.) The central part or point of anything; the middle.

Navel (n.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord.

Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

Navew (n.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica.

Navicular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

Navicular (a.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.

Navicular (n.) The navicular bone.

Navigability (n.) The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

Navigated (imp. & p. p.) of Navigate

Navigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Navigate

Navigate (v. i.) To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.

Navigate (v. t.) To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.

Navigation (n.) The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

Navigation (n.) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.

Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.

Navigation (n.) Ships in general.

Navigator (n.) One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.

Navies (pl. ) of Navvy

Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.

Navies (pl. ) of Navy

Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.

Navy (n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

Navy (n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

Nawab (n.) A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

Nawl (n.) An awl.

Nay (adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

Nay (adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.

Nays (pl. ) of Nay

Nay (n.) Denial; refusal.

Nay (n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

Nay (v. t. & i.) To refuse.

Nayaur (n.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

Nayt (v. t.) To refuse; to deny.

Nayward (n.) The negative side.

Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.

Nazarene (n.) A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

Nazarene (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.

Nazarite (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

Nazariteship (n.) The state of a Nazarite.

Nazaritic (a.) Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.

Nazaritism (n.) The vow and practice of a Nazarite.

Naze (n.) A promotory or headland.

Nazirite (n.) A Nazarite.

Ne (adv.) Not; never.

Ne (adv.) Nor.

Neaf (n.) See 2d Neif.

Neal (v. t.) To anneal.

Neal (v. i.) To be tempered by heat.

Neap (n.) The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

Neap (a.) Low.

Neap (n.) A neap tide.

Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

Neapolitan (a.) Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy.

Neapolitan (n.) A native or citizen of Naples.

Near (adv.) At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

Near (adv.) Nearly; almost; well-nigh.

Near (adv.) Closely; intimately.

Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.

Near (adv.) Closely connected or related.

Near (adv.) Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.

Near (adv.) Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.

Near (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.

Near (adv.) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.

Near (a) Immediate; direct; close; short.

Near (a) Close-fisted; parsimonious.

Near (prep.) Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.

Neared (imp. & p. p.) of Near

Nearing (p. pr. & vb. n) of Near

Near (adv.) To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.

Near (v. i.) To draw near; to approach.

Nearctic (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

Nearhand (a. & adv.) Near; near at hand; closely.

Near-legged (a.) Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.

Nearly (adv.) In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

Nearness (n.) The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

Nearsighted (a.) Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.

Nearsightedness (n.) See Myopic, and Myopia.

Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

Neat (n.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.

Neat (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.

Neat (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.

Neat (a.) Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.

Neat (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.

Neat (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]

'Neath (prep. & adv.) An abbreviation of Beneath.

Neatherd (n.) A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.

Neathouse (n.) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

Neatify (v. t.) To make neat.

Neatly (adv.) In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

neatness (n.) The state or quality of being neat.

Neatress (n.) A woman who takes care of cattle.

Neb (n.) The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

Nebalia (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)

Neb-neb (n.) Same as Bablh.

Nebulae (pl. ) of Nebula

Nebula (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

Nebula (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.

Nebula (n.) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

Nebular (a.) Of or pertaining to nebulae; of the nature of, or resembling, a nebula.

Nebulated (a.) Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.

nebulation (n.) The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark.

Nebule (n.) A little cloud; a cloud.

Nebule (a.) Alt. of Nebuly

Nebuly (a.) Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

Nebulization (n.) The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.

Nebulize (v. t.) To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.

Nebulizer (n.) An atomizer.

Nebulose (a.) Nebulous; cloudy.

Nebulosity (n.) The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness.

Nebulosity (n.) The stuff of which a nebula is formed.

Nebulosity (n.) A nebula.

Nebulous (a.) Cloudy; hazy; misty.

Nebulous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike.

Nebuly (n.) A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbulE

Necessarian (n.) An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a nacessitarian.

Necessarian (a.) Of or pertaining to necessarianism.

Necessarianism (n.) The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism.

Necessarily (adv.) In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

Necessariness (n.) The quality of being necessary.

Necessary (a.) Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

Necessary (a.) Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential.

Necessary (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

Necessaries (pl. ) of Necessary

Necessary (n.) A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

Necessary (n.) A privy; a water-closet.

Necessary (n.) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

Necessitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian.

Necessitarian (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.

Necessitarianism (n.) The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; deteminism.

Necessitated (imp. & p. p.) of Necessitate

Necessitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Necessitate

Necessitate (v. t.) To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

Necessitattion (n.) The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion.

Necessitied (a.) In a state of want; necessitous.

Necessitous (a.) Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances.

Necessitude (n.) Necessitousness; want.

Necessitude (n.) Necessary connection or relation.

Necessities (pl. ) of Necessity

Necessity (n.) The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

Necessity (n.) The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.

Necessity (n.) That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural.

Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality.

Necessity (n.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.

Neck (n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal

Neck (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.

Neck (n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.

Neck (n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.

Neck (n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.

Necked (imp. & p. p.) of Neck

Necking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neck

Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.

Neck (v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.

Neckar nut () See Nicker nut.

Neckband (n.) A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the top of a garment.

Neckcloth (n.) A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.

Necked (a.) Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked.

Necked (a.) Cracked; -- said of a treenail.

Neckerchief (n.) A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.

Necking (n.) Same as Neckmold.

Necklace (n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.

Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

necklaced (a.) Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.

neckland (n.) A neck of land.

necklet (n.) A necklace.

Neckmold (n.) Alt. of Neckmould

Neckmould (n.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.

Neckplate (n.) See Gorget, 1 and 2.

Necktie (n.) A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck.

Neckwear (n.) A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.

Neckweed (n.) An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.

Neckweed (n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.

Necrobiosis (n.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy.

Necrobiotic (a.) Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobiotic metamorphosis.

Necrolatry (n.) The worship of the dead; manes worship.

Necrolite (n.) Same as Necronite.

Necrologic (a.) Alt. of Necrological

Necrological (a.) Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.

Necrologist (n.) One who gives an account of deaths.

Necrologies (pl. ) of Necrology

Necrology (n.) An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

Necromancer (n.) One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

Necromancy (n.) The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.

Necromantic (n.) Conjuration.

Necromantic (a.) Alt. of Necromantical

Necromantical (a.) Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy.

Necronite (n.) Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.

Necrophagan (a.) Eating carrion.

Necrophagan (n.) Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

Necrophagous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

Necrophobia (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.

Necrophore (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.

Necropolises (pl. ) of Necropolis

Necropolis (n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

Necropsy (n.) A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.

Necroscopic (a.) Alt. of Necroscopical

Necroscopical (a.) Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.

Necrose (v. t. & i.) To affect with necrosis; to unergo necrosis.

Necrosed (a.) Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone.

Necrosis (n.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.

Necrosis (n.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

Necrotic (a.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process.

Nectar (n.) The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

Nectar (n.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.

Nectareal (a.) Nectareous.

Nectareal (a.) Of or pertaining to a nectary.

Nectarean (a.) Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.

Nectared (a.) Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.

Nectareous (a.) Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean.

Nectarial (a.) Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Nectaried (a.) Having a nectary.

Nectariferous (a.) Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.

Nectarine (a.) Nectareous.

Nectarine (n.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach.

Nectarized (imp. & p. p.) of Nectarize

Nectarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nectarize

Nectarize (v. t.) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.

Nectarous (a.) Nectareous.

Nectaries (pl. ) of Nectary

Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

Nectocalyces (pl. ) of Nectocalyx

Nectocalyx (n.) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.

Nectocalyx (n.) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.

Nectosac (n.) Alt. of Nectosack

Nectosack (n.) The cavity of a nectocalyx.

Nectostem (n.) That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

Nedder (n.) An adder.

Neddies (pl. ) of Neddy

Neddy (n.) A pet name for a donkey.

Nee (p. p., fem.) Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Stael, nee Necker.

Need (n.) A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Need (n.) Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

Need (n.) That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.

Need (n.) Situation of need; peril; danger.

Needed (imp. & p. p.) of Need

Needing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Need

Need (n.) To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

Need (v. i.) To be wanted; to be necessary.

Need (adv.) Of necessity. See Needs.

Needer (n.) One who needs anything.

Needful (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

Needful (a.) Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.

Needily (adv.) In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.

Neediness (n.) The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.

Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

Needle (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.

Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.

Needle (n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.

Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

Needle (v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

Needle (v. i.) To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

Needlecase (n.) A case to keep needles.

Needlefish (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.

Needlefish (n.) The garfish.

needlefuls (pl. ) of needleful

needleful (n.) As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.

Needle-pointed (a.) Pointed as needles.

Needler (n.) One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles.

Needless (a.) Having no need.

Needless (a.) Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses.

Needless (a.) Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.

Needlestone (n.) Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite.

Needlewomen (pl. ) of Needlewoman

Needlewoman (n.) A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

Needlework (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

Needly (a.) Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard.

Needly (adv.) Necessarily; of necessity.

Needment (n.) Something needed or wanted.

Needment (n.) Outfit; necessary luggage.

Needs (adv.) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need.

Needscost (adv.) Of necessity.

Needsly (adv.) Of necessity.

Needy (superl.) Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.

Needy (superl.) Necessary; requiste.

Neeld (n.) Alt. of Neele

Neele (n.) A needle.

Neelghau (n.) See Nylghau.

Neem tree () An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.

Neer (adv. & a.) Nearer.

Ne'er (adv.) a contraction of Never.

Neesed (imp. & p. p.) of Neese

Neesing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neese

Neese (v. i.) To sneeze.

Neesing (n.) Sneezing.

Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree.

Nef (n.) The nave of a church.

Nefand (a.) Alt. of Nefandous

Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.

Nefarious (adv.) Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

Nefasch (n.) Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large species inhabit the Nile.

Nefast (a.) Wicked.

Negation (adv.) The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation.

Negation (adv.) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.

Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.

Negative (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.

Negative (a.) Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

Negative (a.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

Negative (n.) A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Negative (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

Negative (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

Negative (n.) The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negatived (imp. & p. p.) of Negative

Negativing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Negative

Negative (v. t.) To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.

Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

Negative (v. t.) To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Negatively (adv.) In a negative manner; with or by denial.

Negatively (adv.) In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.

Negativeness (n.) Alt. of Negativity

Negativity (n.) The quality or state of being negative.

Negatory (a.) Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.

Neginoth (n. pl.) Stringed instruments.

Neglected (imp. & p. p.) of Neglect

Neglecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neglect

Neglect (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.

Neglect (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.

Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.

Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.

Neglect (v.) Habitual carelessness; negligence.

Neglect (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.

Neglectedness (n.) The state of being neglected.

Neglecter (n.) One who neglects.

Neglectful (a.) Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.

Neglectingly (adv.) Carelessly; heedlessly.

Neglection (n.) The state of being negligent; negligence.

Neglective (a.) Neglectful.

Negligee (n.) An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.

Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

Negligence (n.) An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.

Negligence (n.) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.

Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order.

Negligently (adv.) In a negligent manner.

Negligible (a.) That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.

Negoce (n.) Business; occupation.

Negotiability (n.) The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.

Negotiable (a.) Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.

Negotiant (n.) A negotiator.

Negotiate (v. i.) To transact business; to carry on trade.

Negotiate (v. i.) To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.

Negotiate (v. i.) To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.

Negotiate (v. i.) To intrigue; to scheme.

Negotiated (imp. & p. p.) of Negotiate

Negotiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Negotiate

Negotiate (v. t.) To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange.

Negotiate (v. t.) To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.

Negotiation (n.) The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.

Negotiation (n.) Hence, mercantile business; trading.

Negotiation (n.) The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent.

Negotiator (n.) One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.

Negotiatory (a.) Of or pertaining to negotiation.

Negotiatrix (n.) A woman who negotiates.

Negotiosity (n.) The state of being busy; multitude of business.

Negotious (a.) Very busy; attentive to business; active.

Negotiousness (n.) The state of being busily occupied; activity.

Negresses (pl. ) of Negress

Negress (n.) A black woman; a female negro.

Negrita (n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.

Negritic (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.

Negritos (n. pl.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

Negroes (pl. ) of Negro

Negro (n.) A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

Negro (a.) Of or pertaining to negroes; black.

Negroid (a.) Characteristic of the negro.

Negroid (a.) Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.

Negroloid (a.) See Negroid.

Negus (n.) A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.

Nehiloth (n. pl.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes.

Nehushtan (n.) A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.

Neif (n.) Alt. of Neife

Neife (n.) A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.

Neif (n.) Alt. of Neaf

Neaf (n.) The fist.

Neighed (imp. & p. p.) of Neigh

Neighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neigh

Neigh (v. i.) To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

Neigh (v. i.) To scoff or sneer; to jeer.

Neigh (n.) The cry of a horse; a whinny.

Neighbor (n.) A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

Neighbor (n.) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

Neighbor (n.) One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.

Neighbor (a.) Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.

Neighbored (imp. & p. p.) of neighbor

Neighboring (p. pr. & vb. n) of neighbor

neighbor (v. t.) To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.

neighbor (v. t.) To associate intimately with.

Neighbor (v. i.) To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.

Neighborhood (n.) The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

Neighborhood (n.) A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.

Neighborhood (n.) The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.

Neighborhood (n.) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

Neighboring (a.) Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.

Neighborliness (n.) The quality or state of being neighborly.

Neighborly (a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.

Neighborly (adv.) In a neigborly manner.

Neighborship (n.) The state of being neighbors.

Neishout (n.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood.

Neither (a.) Not either; not the one or the other.

Neither (conj.) not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coordinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.

Nelumbo (n.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa.

Nemaline (a.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.

Nemalite (n.) A fibrous variety of brucite.

Nematelmia (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.

Nemathecia (pl. ) of Nemathecium

Nemathecium (n.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.

Nemthelminthes (n. pl.) Alt. of Nematelminthes

Nematelminthes (n. pl.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms.

Nemato- () A combining form from Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread.

Nematoblast (n.) A spermatocyte or spermoblast.

Nematocalyces (pl. ) of Nematocalyx

Calyxes (pl. ) of Nematocalyx

Nematocalyx (n.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.

Nematocera (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.

Nematocyst (n.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.

Nematode (a. & n.) Same as Nematoid.

Nematogene (n.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene.

Nematognath (n.) one of the Nematognathi.

Nematognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.

Nematoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nematoidea.

Nematoid (n.) One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.

Nematoidea (n. pl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda.

Nematoidean (a. & n.) Nematoid.

Nematophora (n. pl.) Same as Coelenterata.

Nemean (a.) Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

Nemetean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina.

Nemetean (n.) One of the Nemertina.

Nemertes (n.) A genus of nemertina.

Nemertian (a. & n.) Nemertean.

Nemertid (a. & n.) Nemertean.

Nemertida (n. pl.) Nemertina.

Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.

Nemesis (n.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.

Nemophilist (n.) One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.

Nemophily (n.) Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods.

Nemoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.

Nemorous (a.) Woody.

Nempne (v.) To name or call.

Nempt (p. p.) Called; named.

Nems (n.) The ichneumon.

Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.

Nenuphar (n.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.

Neo- () A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.

Neocarida (n. pl.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.

Neocene (a.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

Neo-Christianity (n.) Rationalism.

Neocomian (n.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.

Neocomian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.

Neocosmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.

Neocracy (n.) Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

Neodamode (n.) In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service.

Neodymium (n.) An elementary substance which forms one of the constituents of didymium. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8.

Neogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.

Neogamist (n.) A person recently married.

Neogen (n.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.

Neography (n.) A new method or system of writing.

Neo-Latin (a.) Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.

Neolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.

Neologian (a.) Neologic; neological.

Neologian (n.) A neologist.

Neologianism (n.) Neologism.

Neologic (a.) Alt. of Neological

Neological (a.) Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.

Neologically (adv.) In a neological manner.

Neologism (n.) The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.

Neologism (n.) A new word, phrase, or expression.

Neologism (n.) A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.

Neologist (n.) One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.

Neologist (n.) An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called.

Neologistic (a.) Alt. of Neologistical

Neologistical (a.) Of or pertaining to neology; neological.

Neologization (n.) The act or process of neologizing.

Neologize (v. i.) To introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words.

Neologize (v. i.) To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in theological doctrine.

Neology (n.) The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.

Neology (n.) A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.

Neomenia (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.

Neomenoidea (n. pl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

Neomorph (n.) A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a pre existing form.

Neonism (n.) Neologism.

Neonomian (n.) One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.

Neonomian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance with their doctrines.

Neonomianism (n.) The doctrines or belief of the neonomians.

Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.

Neophyte (n.) A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.

Neoplasia (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.

Neoplasm (n.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.

Neoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.

Neoplasty (n.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.

Neoplatonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.

Neoplatonician (n.) A neoplatonist.

Neoplatonism (n.) A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.

Neoplatonist (n.) One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.

Neorama (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

Neossine (n.) The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

Neossology (n.) The study of young birds.

Neoteric (a.) Alt. of Neoterical

Neoterical (a.) Recent in origin; modern; new.

Neoteric (n.) One of modern times; a modern.

Neoterically (adv.) Recently; newly.

Neoterism (n.) An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.

Neoterist (n.) One ho introduces new word/ or phrases.

Neoterized (imp. & p. p.) of Neoterize

Neoterized (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neoterize

Neoterize (v. i.) To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.

Neotropical (a.) Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Neozoic (a.) More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Nep (n.) Catnip.

Nepa (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

Nepaulese (a.) Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan.

Nepaulese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Nepaul.

Nepenthe (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.

Nepenthes (n.) Same as Nepenthe.

Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.

Nepeta (n.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.

Nephalism (n.) Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.

Nephalist (n.) One who advocates or practices nephalism.

Nepheline (n.) Alt. of Nephelite

Nephelite (n.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.

Nephelodometer (n.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.

Nephelometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.

Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.

Nephew (n.) A cousin.

Nephew (n.) The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Nephilim (n. pl.) Giants.

Nephoscope (n.) An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.

Nephralgia (n.) Alt. of Nephralgy

Nephralgy (n.) Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.

Nephridial (a.) Of or pertaining to a nephridium.

Nephridia (pl. ) of Nephridium

Nephridium (n.) A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.

Nephrite (n.) A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.

Nephritic (a.) Alt. of Nephritical

Nephritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease.

Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient.

Nephritical (a.) Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; as, a nephritic medicine.

Nephritic (n.) A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.

Nephritis (n.) An inflammation of the kidneys.

nephrolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi.

Nephrology (n.) A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

Nephrostome (n.) The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Nephrotomy (n.) Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

Nepotal (a.) Of or relating to a nephew.

Nepotic (a.) Of or pertaining to npotism.

Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.

Nepotist (n.) One who practices nepotism.

Neptune (n.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

Neptune (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.

Neptunian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.

Neptunian (a.) Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.

Neptunian (n.) Alt. of Neptunist

Neptunist (n.) One who adopts the neptunian theory.

Neptunicentric (a.) As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as, Neptunicentric longitude or force.

Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite.

Ner (adv. & a.) nearer.

Nere () Were not.

Nereids (pl. ) of Nereid

Nereides (pl. ) of Nereid

Nereid (n.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

Nereid (n.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.

Nereidian (n.) Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridae or allied families.

Nereides (pl. ) of Nereis

Nereis (n.) A Nereid. See Nereid.

Nereis (n.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.

Nereites (n. pl.) Fossil tracks of annelids.

Nereocystis (n.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

Nerfling (n.) The id.

Nerita (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.

Nerite (n.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

Neritina (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.

Neroli (n.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.

Nerre (adv. & a.) Nearer.

Nervate (a.) Nerved.

Nervation (n.) The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.

Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.

Nerve (n.) A sinew or a tendon.

Nerve (n.) Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.

Nerve (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

Nerve (n.) Audacity; assurance.

Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.

Nerve (n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.

Nerved (imp. & p. p.) of Nerve

Nerving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nerve

Nerve (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.

Nerved (a.) Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.

Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.

Nerveless (a.) Destitute of nerves.

Nerveless (a.) Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless.

Nervelessness (n.) The state of being nerveless.

Nerve-shaken (a.) Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.

Nervimotion (n.) The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.

Nervimotor (n.) Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.

Nervine (a.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.

Nervine (n.) A nervine agent.

Nervomuscular (a.) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.

Nervose (a.) Same as Nerved.

Nervosity (n.) Nervousness.

Nervous (a.) possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.

Nervous (a.) Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.

Nervous (a.) Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.

Nervous (a.) Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.

Nervous (a.) Sensitive; excitable; timid.

Nervously (adv.) In a nervous manner.

Nervousness (n.) State or quality of being nervous.

Nervure (n.) One of the nerves of leaves.

Nervure (n.) One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of incests.

Nervy (superl. -) Strong; sinewy.

Nescience (n.) Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.

Nese (n.) Nose.

Nesh (a.) Soft; tender; delicate.

Ness (n.) A promontory; a cape; a headland.

-ness () A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.

Nesslerize (v. t.) To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is called Nessler's solution or Nessler's test, and is used to detect the presence of ammonia.

Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

Nest (n.) Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.

Nest (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.

Nest (n.) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

Nest (n.) A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

Nest (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

Nest (v. i.) To build and occupy a nest.

Nest (v. t.) To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

Nestfuls (pl. ) of Nestful

Nestful (n.) As much or many as will fill a nest.

Nestled (imp. & p. p.) of Nestle

Nestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nestle

Nestle (v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.

Nestle (v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.

Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.

Nestle (v. t.) To house, as in a nest.

Nestle (v. t.) To cherish, as a bird her young.

Nestling (n.) A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.

Nestling (n.) A nest; a receptacle.

Nestling (a.) Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.

Nestor (n.) A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian.

Nestorian (a.) Of or relating to the Nestorians.

Nestorian (a.) relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.

Nestorianism (n.) The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.

Ney (n.) A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

Ney (n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.

Ney (n.) Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.

Ney (n.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.

Netted (imp. & p. p.) of Net

Netting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Net

Net (v. t.) To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

Net (v. t.) To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.

Net (v. i.) To form network or netting; to knit.

Net (a.) Without spot; pure; shining.

Net (a.) Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.

Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc.

Netted (imp. & p. p.) of Net

Netting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Net

Net (v. t.) To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.

Netfish (n.) An astrophyton.

Nether (a.) Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper.

Neithermore (a.) Lower, nether.

Nethermost (a.) Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss.

Nethinim (n. pl.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.

Netify (v. t.) To render neat; to clean; to put in order.

Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.

Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.

Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding.

Netting (n.) Urine.

Nettle (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

Nettled (imp. & p. p.) of Nettle

Nettling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nettle

Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

Nettlebird (n.) the European whitethroat.

Nettler (n.) One who nettles.

Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

Nettles (n. pl.) Reef points.

Nettling (n.) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are jointed end so as to form one rope.

Nettling (n.) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.

Nettling (p. pr. & a.) Stinging; irritating.

Netty (a.) Like a net, or network; netted.

Net-veined (a.) Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.

Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.

Network (n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

Neurad (adv.) Toward the neural side; -- opposed to haemad.

Neural (a.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal.

Neuralgia (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.

Neuralgic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.

Neuralgy (n.) Neuralgia.

Neurapophysial (a.) Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.

Neurapophyses (pl. ) of Neurapophysis

Neurapophysis (n.) One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch.

Neurapophysis (n.) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.

Neurasthenia (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.

Neuration (n.) The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation.

Neuraxis (n.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.

Neurenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Neuridin (n.) a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.

Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

Neurilemma (n.) The perineurium.

Neurility (n.) The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.

Neurine (n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.

Neurism (n.) Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital.

Neuritis (n.) Inflammation of a nerve.

Neuro- () A combining denoting a nerve, of / pertaining to a nerve / the nervous system.

Neuro-central (a.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture.

Neurochord (a.) Alt. of Neurochordal

Neurochordal (a.) See Neurocord.

Neurocity (n.) Nerve force.

Neurocoele (n.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.

Neurocord (n.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.

Neuro-epidermal (a.) Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epiderms; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm.

Neuroglia (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

Neurography (n.) A description of the nerves.

Neurokeratin (n.) A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.

Neurological (a.) Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

Neurologist (n.) One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases.

Neurology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

Neuroma (n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

Neuromere (n.) A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.

Neuromuscular (a.) Nervomuscular.

Neura (pl. ) of Neuron

Neuron (n.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.

Neuropathic (a.) Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.

Neuropathy (n.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

Neuropod (n.) A neuropodous animal.

Neuropodium (n.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.

Neuropodous (a.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous.

Neuropore (n.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.

Neuropter (n.) One of the Neuroptera.

Neuroptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.

Neropteral (a.) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.

Neuropteran (n.) A neuropter.

Neuropteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.

Neuropterous (a.) Neuropteral.

Neurosensiferous (a.) Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.

Neurosis (n.) A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

Neuroskeletal (a.) Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.

Neuroskeleton (n.) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation.

Neurospast (n.) A puppet.

Neurotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

Neurotic (a.) Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Neurotic (n.) A disease seated in the nerves.

Neurotic (n.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.

Neurotome (n.) An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.

Neurotome (n.) A neuromere.

Neurotomical (a.) Of or pertaining to neurotomy.

Neurotomist (n.) One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.

Neurotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

Neurotomy (n.) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes.

Neurula (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Neuter (a.) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.

Neuter (a.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.

Neuter (a.) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.

Neuter (a.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.

Neuter (n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.

Neuter (n.) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

Neuter (n.) An intransitive verb.

Neuter (n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

Neutral (a.) Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

Neutral (a.) Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.

Neutral (a.) Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.

Neutral (a.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.

Neutral (n.) A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

Neutralist (n.) A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

Neutrality (n.) The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.

Neutrality (n.) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.

Neutrality (n.) The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.

Neutrality (a.) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.

Neutrality (a.) Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

Neutralization (n.) The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

Neutralization (n.) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.

Neutralized (imp. & p. p.) of Neutralize

Neutralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neutralize

Neutralize (v. t.) To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

Neutralize (v. t.) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.

Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.

Neutralizer (n.) One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.

Neutrally (adv.) In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Nevadite (n.) A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.

Neve (n.) The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual snow. See Galcier.

Neven (v. t.) To name; to mention; to utter.

Never (adv.) Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.

Never (adv.) In no degree; not in the least; not.

Nevermore (adv.) Never again; at no time hereafter.

Neverthelater (adv. / conj.) Nevertheless.

Nevertheless (adv. / conj.) Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.

Nevew (n.) Nephew.

New (superl.) Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.

New (superl.) Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.

New (superl.) Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.

New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.

New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous.

New (superl.) Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

New (superl.) Fresh from anything; newly come.

New (adv.) Newly; recently.

New (v. t. & i.) To make new; to renew.

Newborn (a.) Recently born.

Newcome (a.) Recently come.

Newcomer (n.) One who has lately come.

Newel (n.) A novelty; a new thing.

Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow.

Newfangle (a.) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.

Newfangle (v. t.) To change by introducing novelties.

Newfangled (a.) Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.

Newfangled (a.) Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions.

Newfangledness (n.) Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

Newfangleness (n.) Newfangledness.

Newfanglist (n.) One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change.

Newfangly (adv.) In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty.

Newfashioned (a.) Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

Newfoundland (n.) An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.

Newfoundland (n.) A Newfoundland dog.

Newing (v. t.) Yeast; barm.

Newish (a.) Somewhat new; nearly new.

Newly (adv.) Lately; recently.

Newly (adv.) Anew; afresh; freshly.

Newmarket (n.) A long, closely fitting cloak.

New-model (v. t.) To remodel.

Newness (n.) The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.

News (n) A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.

News (n) Something strange or newly happened.

News (n) A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.

News-book (n.) A newspaper.

newsboy (n.) A boy who distributes or sells newspaper.

News-letter (n.) A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.

Newsmen (pl. ) of Newsman

Newsman (n.) One who brings news.

Newsman (n.) A man who distributes or sells newspapers.

Newsmonger (n.) One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.

Newspaper (n.) A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

Newsroom (n.) A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.

News-vnder (n.) A seller of newspapers.

News-writer (n.) One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters.

Newsy (a.) Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.

Newt (n.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.

Newtonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.

Newtonian (n.) A follower of Newton.

New-year (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.

New Year's Day () the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.

New Zealand () A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Nexible (a.) That may be knit together.

Next (superl.) Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

Next (superl.) Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

Next (superl.) Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

Next (superl.) Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.

Next (adv.) In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

Nexus (n.) Connection; tie.

Nez Perces () A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.

Ngina (n.) The gorilla.

Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.

Nias (n.) A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.

Nib (n.) A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.

Nib (n.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

Nib (n.) The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

Nib (n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

Nebbed (imp. & p. p.) of Nib

Nibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nib

Nib (v. t.) To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

Nibbed (a.) Having a nib or point.

Nibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Nibble

Nibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nibble

Nibble (v. t.) To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

Nibble (v. t.) To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.

Nibble (n.) A small or cautious bite.

Nibbler (n.) One who, or that which, nibbles.

Nibblingly (adv.) In a nibbling manner; cautiously.

Niblick (n.) A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc.

Nicagua (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.

Nicaragua wood () Brazil wood.

Niccolite (n.) A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.

Nice (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

Nice (superl.) Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.

Nice (superl.) Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

Nice (superl.) Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

Nice (superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Nice (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

Nice (superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Nicely (adv.) In a nice manner.

Nicene (a.) Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.

Niceness (n.) Quality or state of being nice.

Nicery (n.) Nicety.

Niceties (pl. ) of Nicety

Nicety (n.) The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

Nicety (n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.

Nicety (n.) A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

Niche (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

Niched (a.) Placed in a niche.

Nick (n.) An evil spirit of the waters.

Nick (n.) A notch cut into something

Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.

Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.

Nick (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

Nicked (imp. & p. p.) of Nick

Nicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nick

Nick (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

Nick (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in.

Nick (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

Nick (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

Nick (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).

Nick (v. t.) To nickname; to style.

Nickar nut () Alt. of Nickar tree

Nickar tree () Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.

Nickel (n.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.

Nickel (n.) A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.

Nickelic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.

Nickeliferous (a.) Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.

Nickeline (n.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.

Nickeline (n.) Niccolite.

Nickelous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.

Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.

Nicker (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.

Nicker tree () The plant producing nicker nuts.

Nicking (v. t.) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.

Nicking (v. t.) Small coal produced in making the nicking.

Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker.

Nicknack (n.) See Knickknack.

Nicknackery (n.) See Knickknackery.

Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

Nicknamed (imp. & p. p.) of Nickname

Nicknaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nickname

Nickname (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

Nicolaitan (n.) One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15.

Nicotian (n.) Tobacco.

Nicotian (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.

Nicotiana (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.

Nicotianine (n.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.

Nicotic (a.) Nicotinic.

Nicotidine (n.) A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.

Nicotine (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.

Nicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.

Nictate (v. i.) To wink; to nictitate.

Nictation (n.) the act of winking; nictitation.

Nictitate (v. i.) To wink; to nictate.

Nictitation (n.) The act of winking.

Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.

Nidary (n.) A collection of nests.

Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.

Nidering (a.) Infamous; dastardly.

Nidgery (n.) A trifle; a piece of foolery.

Nidget (n.) A fool; an idiot, a coward.

Nidificated (imp. & p. p.) of Nidificate

Nidificating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nidificate

Nidificate (v. i.) To make a nest.

Nidification (n.) The act or process of building a nest.

Niding (n.) A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.

Nidor (n.) Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.

Nidorose (a.) Nidorous.

Nidorous (a.) Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.

Nidulant (a.) Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.

Nidulant (a.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.

Nidulated (imp. & p. p.) of Nidulate

Nidulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nidulate

Nidulate (v. i.) To make a nest, as a bird.

Nidulation (n.) The time of remaining in the nest.

Nidulite (n.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.

nidi (pl. ) of Nidus

Nidus (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.

Niece (n.) A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.

Niece (n.) A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

Nief (n.) See Neif, the fist.

Niellist (n.) One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.

Niello (n.) A metallic alloy of a deep black color.

Niello (n.) The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy.

Niello (n.) A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.

Niello (n.) An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.

Nifle (n.) A trifle.

Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.

Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Niggard (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

Niggardise (n.) Niggardliness.

Niggardish (a.) Somewhat niggard.

Niggardliness (n.) The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Niggardly (adv.) In a niggard manner.

Niggardness (n.) Niggardliness.

Niggardous (a.) Niggardly.

Niggardship (n.) Niggardliness.

Niggardy (n.) Niggardliness.

nigged (n.) Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.

Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.

Niggish (a.) Niggardly.

Niggled (imp. & p. p.) of Niggle

Niggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Niggle

Niggle (v. t.) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

Niggle (v. t.) To trifle or play.

Niggle (v. t.) To act or walk mincingly.

Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.

Niggler (n.) One who niggles.

Nigh (superl.) Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

Nigh (superl.) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

Nigh (a.) In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.

Nigh (a.) Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

Nigh (v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Nigh (prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.

Nighly (adv.) In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost.

Nighness (n.) The quality or state of being nigh.

Night (n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

Night (n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

Night (n.) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.

Night (n.) The period after the close of life; death.

Night (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

Night-blooming (a.) Blooming in the night.

Nightcap (n.) A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

Nightcap (n.) A potion of spirit drank at bedtime.

Nightdress (n.) A nightgown.

Nighted (a.) Darkness; clouded.

Nighted (a.) Overtaken by night; belated.

Nightertale (n.) period of night; nighttime.

Night-eyed (a.) Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.

Nightfall (n.) The close of the day.

Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.

Nightgown (n.) A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garnment.

Nightingale (n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.

Nightingale (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Nightish (a.) Of or pertaining to night.

Nightjar (n.) A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker.

Nightless (a.) Having no night.

Nightlong (a.) Lasting all night.

Nightly (a.) Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.

Nightly (adv.) At night; every night.

Nightmen (pl. ) of Nightman

Nightman (n.) One whose business is emptying privies by night.

Nightmare (n.) A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.

Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.

Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.

Nightshade (n.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.

Nightshirt (n.) A kind of nightgown for men.

Nighttime (n.) The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

Nightward (a.) Approaching toward night.

Nigraniline (n.) The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black.

Nigrescent (a.) Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

Nigrification (n.) The act or process of making black.

Nigrine (n.) A ferruginous variety of rutile.

Nigritude (n.) Blackness; the state of being black.

Nigromancie (n.) Necromancy.

Nigromancien (n.) A necromancer.

Nigrosine (n.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue.

Nigua (n.) The chigoe.

Nihil (n.) Nothing.

Nihilism (n.) Nothingness; nihility.

Nihilism (n.) The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.

Nihilism (n.) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.

Nihilist (n.) One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.

Nihilist (n.) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.

Nihilistic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.

Nihility (n.) Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

Nil (v. t.) Will not.

Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.

Nile (n.) The great river of Egypt.

Nilgau (n.) see Nylghau.

Nilled (imp. & p. p.) of Nill

Nilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nill

Nill (v. t.) Not to will; to refuse; to reject.

Nill (v. i.) To be unwilling; to refuse to act.

Nill (n.) Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

Nill (n.) Scales of hot iron from the forge.

Nilometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.

Niloscope (n.) A Nilometer.

Nilotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.

Nilt () Wilt not.

Nam (imp.) of Nim

Nimmed () of Nim

Nomen (p. p.) of Nim

Nome () of Nim

Nim (v. t.) To take; to steal; to filch.

Nimbiferous (a.) Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather.

Nimble (superl.) Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

Nimbleness (n.) The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.

Nimbless (n.) Nimbleness.

Nimbly (adv.) In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.

Nimbose (a.) Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.

Nimbi (pl. ) of Nimbus

Nimbuses (pl. ) of Nimbus

Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.

Nimbus (n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.

Nimiety (n.) State of being in excess.

Nimious (a.) Excessive; extravagant; inordinate.

Nimmer (n.) A thief.

Nin () Not in.

Nincompoop (n.) A fool; a silly or stupid person.

Nine (a.) Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.

Nine (n.) The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.

Nine (n.) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

Nine-bark (n.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.

Nine-eyes (n.) The lamprey.

Ninefold (a.) Nine times repeated.

Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

Nine-killer (n.) The northern butcher bird.

Ninepences (pl. ) of Ninepence

Ninepence (n.) An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.

Ninepence (n.) A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.

Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

Ninescore (a.) Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.

Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.

Nineteen (a.) Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.

Nineteen (n.) The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.

Nineteen (n.) A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.

Nineteenth (a.) Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.

Nineteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Nineteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything.

Nineteenth (n.) The next in order after the eighteenth.

Nineteenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a fifth.

Ninetieth (a.) Next in order after the eighty-ninth.

Ninetieth (a.) Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.

Ninetieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.

Ninetieth (n.) The next in order after the eighty-ninth.

Ninety (a.) Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

Nineties (pl. ) of Ninety

Ninety (n.) The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.

Ninety (n.) A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.

Ninnies (pl. ) of Ninny

Ninny (n.) A fool; a simpleton.

Ninnyhammer (n.) A simpleton; a silly person.

Ninth (a.) Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.

Ninth (a.) Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.

Ninth (n.) The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.

Ninth (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second.

Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Ninthly (adv.) In the ninth place.

Ninut (n.) The magpie.

Niobate (n.) Same as Columbate.

Niobe (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.

Niobic (a.) Same as Columbic.

Niobite (n.) Same as Columbite.

Niobium (n.) A later name of columbium. See Columbium.

Niopo (n.) A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree.

Nip (n.) A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Nipped (imp. & p. p.) of Nip

Nipt () of Nip

Nipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nip

Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nip (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nip (v. t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nip (n.) A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nip (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nip (n.) A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nip (n.) A short turn in a rope.

Nipper (n.) One who, or that which, nips.

Nipper (n.) A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.

Nipper (n.) A satirist.

Nipper (n.) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.

Nipper (n.) The cunner.

Nipper (n.) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).

Nipperkin (n.) A small cup.

Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.

Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.

Nippers (n. pl.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.

Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

Nippingly (adv.) In a nipping manner.

Nippitate (a.) Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor.

Nippitato (n.) Strong liquor.

Nipple (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

Nipple (n.) The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.

Nipple (n.) Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge.

Nipple (n.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.

Nipplewort (n.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress.

Nirvana (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.

Nis () Is not.

Nisan (n.) The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.

Nyseys (pl. ) of Nisey

Nisey (n.) A simpleton.

Nisi (conj.) Unless; if not.

Niste () Wist not; knew not.

Nisus (n.) A striving; an effort; a conatus.

Nit (n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.

Nitency (n.) Brightness; luster.

Nitency (n.) Endeavor; rffort; tendency.

Niter (n.) Alt. of Nitre

Nitre (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.

Nitre (n.) Native sodium carbonate; natron.

Nithing (n.) See Niding.

Nitid (a.) Bright; lustrous; shining.

Nitid (a.) Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons.

Nitranilic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone.

Nitraniline (n.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.

Nitrate (n.) A salt of nitric acid.

Nitrated (a.) Combined, or impregnated, with nitric acid, or some of its compounds.

Nitrated (a.) Prepared with nitrate of silver.

Nitratine (n.) A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter.

Nitre (n.) See Niter.

Nitriary (n.) An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.

Nitric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.

Nitride (n.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.

Nitriferous (a.) Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.

Nitrification (n.) The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds.

Nitrification (n.) The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.

Nitrification (n.) A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.

Nitrifier (n.) An agent employed in nitrification.

Nitrified (imp. & p. p.) of Nitrify

Nitrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nitrify

Nitrify (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

Nitrile (n.) Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

Nitrite (n.) A salt of nitrous acid.

Nitro- () A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

Nitro- () A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene.

Nitrobenzene (n.) A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.

Nitrobenzol (n.) Alt. of Nitrobenzole

Nitrobenzole (n.) See Nitrobenzene.

Nitrocalcite (n.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.

Nitrocarbol (n.) See Nitromethane.

Nitrocellulose (n.) See Gun cotton, under Gun.

Nitro-chloroform (n.) Same as Chlorpicrin.

Nitroform (n.) A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.

Nitrogelatin (n.) An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.

Nitrogen (n.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.

Nitrogenized (imp. & p. p.) of Nitrogenize

Nitrogenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nitrogenize

Nitrogenize (v. t.) To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.

Nitrogenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.

Nitroglycerin (n.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion.

Nitrohydrochloric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids.

Nitrol (n.) Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.

Nitroleum (n.) Nitroglycerin.

Nitrolic (a.) Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.

Nitromagnesite (n.) Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.

Nitrometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.

Nitromethane (n.) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.

Nitromuriatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.

Nitrophnol (n.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid.

Nitroprussic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.

Nitroprusside (n.) See Nitroprussic.

Nitroquinol (n.) A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.

Niteosaccharin (n.) An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.

Nitrosalicylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.

Nitrose (a.) See Nitrous.

Nitroso- () (/ / /). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.

Nitrosyl (n.) the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.

Nitrosylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.

Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

Nitrous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds.

Nitroxyl (n.) The group NO2, usually called the nitro group.

Nitrum (n.) Niter.

Nitry (a.) Nitrous.

Nitryl (n.) A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.

Nitter (n.) The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.

Nittily (adv.) Lousily.

Nittings (n. pl.) The refuse of good ore.

Nitty (a.) Full of nits.

Nitty (a.) Shining; elegant; spruce.

Nival (a.) Abounding with snow; snowy.

Niveous (a.) Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.

Nivose (n.) The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire.

Nix (fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

Nixie (n.) See Nix.

Nizam (n.) The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.

No (a.) Not any; not one; none.

No (adv.) Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.

Noes (pl. ) of No

No (n.) A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.

No (n.) A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.

Noachian (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.

Noah (n.) A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge.

Nob (n.) The head.

Nob (n.) A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.

Nobbily (adv.) In a nobby manner.

Nobbler (n.) A dram of spirits.

Nobby (a.) Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.

Nobiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility.

Nobiliary (n.) A history of noble families.

Nobilify (v. t.) To make noble; to nobiliate.

Nobilitate (v. t.) To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt.

Nobilitation (n.) The act of making noble.

Nobility (n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Nobility (n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.

Nobility (n.) Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

Noble (superl.) Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.

Noble (superl.) Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.

Noble (superl.) Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.

Noble (n.) A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.

Noble (n.) An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.

Noble (n.) A European fish; the lyrie.

Noble (v. t.) To make noble; to ennoble.

Noblemen (pl. ) of Nobleman

Nobleman (n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

Noble-minded (a.) Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.

Nobleness (n.) The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.

Nobless (n.) Alt. of Noblesse

Noblesse (n.) Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition.

Noblesse (n.) The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females.

Noblewomen (pl. ) of Noblewoman

Noblewoman (n.) A female of noble rank; a peeress.

Nobley (n.) The body of nobles; the nobility.

Nobley (n.) Noble birth; nobility; dignity.

Nobly (adv.) Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.

Nobly (adv.) In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.

Nobly (adv.) Splendidly; magnificently.

Nobodies (pl. ) of Nobody

Nobody (n.) No person; no one; not anybody.

Nobody (n.) A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person.

Nocake (n.) Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians.

Nocent (a.) Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities.

Nocent (a.) Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent.

Nocent (n.) A criminal.

Nocently (adv.) Hurtfully; injuriosly.

Nocive (a.) Hurtful; injurious.

Nock (n.) A notch.

Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Nock (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.

Noctambulation (n.) Somnambulism; walking in sleep.

Noctambulism (n.) Somnambulism.

Noctambulist (n.) A somnambulist.

Noctambulo (n.) A noctambulist.

Noctidial (a.) Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day.

Noctiferous (a.) Bringing night.

Noctilionid (n.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

NoctilucAe (pl. ) of Noctiluca

Noctiluca (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.

Noctiluca (n.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae.

Noctilucin (n.) A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

Noctilucine (a.) Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.

Noctilucous (a.) Shining in the night.

Noctivagant (a.) Going about in the night; night-wandering.

Noctivagation (n.) A roving or going about in the night.

Noctivagous (a.) Noctivagant.

Noctograph (n.) A kind of writing frame for the blind.

Noctograph (n.) An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.

Noctuary (n.) A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary.

Noctuid (n.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night.

Noctuid (a.) Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.

Noctule (n.) A large European bat (Vespertilio, / Noctulina, altivolans).

Nocturn (n.) An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

Nocturn (n.) One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.

Nocturnal (a.) Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.

Nocturnal (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.

Nocturnal (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.

Nocturnally (adv.) By night; nightly.

Nocturne (n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.

Nocument (n.) Harm; injury; detriment.

Nocuous (a.) Hurtful; noxious.

Nod (v. i.) To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.

Nod (v. i.) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

Nod (v. i.) To be drowsy or dull; to be careless.

Nodded (imp. & p. p.) of Nod

Nodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nod

Nod (v. t.) To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.

Nod (v. t.) To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.

Nod (v. t.) To cause to bend.

Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.

Nod (n.) A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command.

Nodal (a.) Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.

Nodated (a.) Knotted.

Nodation (n.) Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.

Nodder (n.) One who nods; a drowsy person.

Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Noddle (n.) The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.

Noddle (n.) The back part of the head or neck.

Noddies (pl. ) of Noddy

Noddy (n.) A simpleton; a fool.

Noddy (n.) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus.

Noddy (n.) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.

Noddy (n.) An old game at cards.

Noddy (n.) A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.

Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

Node (n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary.

Node (n.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted.

Node (n.) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.

Node (n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.

Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

Node (n.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.

Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.

Node (n.) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.

Node (n.) A swelling.

Nodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

Nodosarine (a.) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.

Nodosarine (n.) A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.

Nodose (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

Nodose (a.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects.

Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.

Nodosity (n.) A knot; a node.

Nodosous (a.) Alt. of Nodous

Nodous (a.) Nodose; knotty; knotted.

Nodular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.

Nodule (n.) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Noduled (a.) Having little knots or lumps.

Nodulose (a.) Alt. of Nodulous

Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

Noel (n.) Same as Nowel.

Noematachograph (n.) An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.

Noematic (a.) Alt. of Noematical

Noematical (a.) Of or pertaining to the understanding.

Noemics (n.) The science of the understanding; intellectual science.

Noetian (n.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Noetic (a.) Alt. of Noetical

Noetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.

Nof () Not of; nor of.

Nog (n.) A noggin.

Nog (n.) A kind of strong ale.

Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.

Nog (n.) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.

Nog (n.) A treenail to fasten the shores.

Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.

Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails.

Noggen (a.) Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh.

Noggin (n.) A small mug or cup.

Noggin (n.) A measure equivalent to a gill.

Nogging (v. t.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

Noght (adv.) Not.

Noiance (n.) Annoyance.

Noie (v. t.) To annoy. See Noy.

Noier (n.) An annoyer.

Noils (n. pl.) Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

Noint (v. t.) To anoint.

Noious (a.) Annoying; troublesome.

Noise (n.) Sound of any kind.

Noise (n.) Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.

Noise (n.) Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.

Noise (n.) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.

Noise (v. i.) To sound; to make a noise.

Noised (imp. & p. p.) of Noise

Noising (p pr. & vb. n.) of Noise

Noise (v. t.) To spread by rumor or report.

Noise (v. t.) To disturb with noise.

Noiseful (a.) Loud; clamorous.

Noiseless (a.) Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.

Noisette (n.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.

Noisily (adv.) In a noisy manner.

Noisiness (n.) The state or quality of being noisy.

Noisome (a.) Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia.

Noisome (a.) Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.

Noisy (superl.) Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

Noisy (superl.) Full of noise.

Nolde () Would not.

Nole (n.) The head.

Noli-me-tangere (n.) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.

Noli-me-tangere (n.) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

Noli-me-tangere (n.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.

Nolition (n.) Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.

Noll (n.) The head; the noddle.

Nolleity (n.) The state of being unwilling; nolition.

Nolle prosequi () Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.

Nolo contendere () A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.

Nol. pros. () An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.

-prossed (imp. & p. p.) of Nol-pros

-prossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nol-pros

Nol-pros (v. t.) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

Nolt (n. sing. & pl.) Neat cattle.

Nom (n.) Name.

Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1.

Nomad (n.) One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.

Nomad (a.) Roving; nomadic.

Nomade (n.) See Nomad, n.

Nomadian (n.) A nomad.

Nomadic (a.) Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.

Nomadism (n.) The state of being a nomad.

Nomadized (imp. & p. p.) of Nomadize

Nomadizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nomadize

Nomadize (v. i.) To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage.

Nomancy (n.) The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.

No-man's land () A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.

No-man's land () Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.

Nomarch (n.) The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.

Nomarchies (pl. ) of Nomarchy

Nomarchy (n.) A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.

Nombles (n. pl.) The entrails of a deer; the umbles.

Nombril (n.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Nome (n.) A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

Nome (n.) Any melody determined by inviolable rules.

Nome (n.) See Term.

Nome () Alt. of Nomen

Nomen () p. p. of Nim.

Nomenclator (n.) One who calls persons or things by their names.

Nomenclator (n.) One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

Nomenclatress (n.) A female nomenclator.

Nomenclatural (a.) Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.

Nomenclature (n.) A name.

Nomenclature (n.) A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.

Nomenclature (n.) The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.

Nomial (n.) A name or term.

Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.

Nomic (n.) Nomic spelling.

Nominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.

Nominal (a.) Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.

Nominal (n.) A nominalist.

Nominal (n.) A verb formed from a noun.

Nominal (n.) A name; an appellation.

Nominalism (n.) The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.

Nominalist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.

Nominalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.

Nominalize (v. t.) To convert into a noun.

Nominally (adv.) In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

Nominated (imp. & p. p.) of Nominate

Nominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nominate

Nominate (v. t.) To mention by name; to name.

Nominate (v. t.) To call; to entitle; to denominate.

Nominate (v. t.) To set down in express terms; to state.

Nominate (v. t.) To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.

Nominately (adv.) By name; particularly; namely.

Nomination (n.) The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

Nomination (n.) The denomination, or name.

Nominatival (a.) Of or pertaining to the nominative case.

Nominative (a.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

Nominative (n.) The nominative case.

Nominatively (adv.) In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.

Nominator (n.) One who nominates.

Nominee (n.) A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.

Nominor (n.) A nominator.

Nomocracy (n.) Government in accordance with a system of law.

Nomography (n.) A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.

Nomology (n.) The science of law; legislation.

Nomology (n.) The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.

Nomopelmous (a.) Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

Nomothete (n.) A lawgiver.

Nomothetic (a.) Alt. of Nomothetical

Nomothetical (a.) Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power.

Non (a.) No; not. See No, a.

Non- () A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

Nonability (n.) Want of ability.

Nonability (n.) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.

Nonacceptance (n.) A neglect or refusal to accept.

Nonacid (a.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

Nonacquiescence (n.) Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

Nonadmission (n.) Failure to be admitted.

Nonadult (a.) Not adult; immature.

Nonaerobiotic (a.) Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobiotic.

Nonage (n.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.

Nonage (n.) Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.

Nonaged (a.) Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature.

Nonagenarian (n.) A person ninety years old.

Nonagesimal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.

Nonagesimal (n.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.

Nonagon (n.) A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

Nonane (n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

Nonappointment (n.) Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.

Nonarrival (n.) Failure to arrive.

Non assumpsit () The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

Nonattendance (n.) A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

Nonattention (n.) Inattention.

Nonbituminous (a.) Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

Nonce (n.) The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Nonchalance (n.) Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Nonchalant (a.) Indifferent; careless; cool.

Nonchalantly (adv.) In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.

Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

Noncohesion (n.) Want of cohesion.

Noncoincidence (n.) Lack of coincidence.

Noncoincident (a.) Not coincident.

Noncombatant (n.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.

Noncommissioned (a.) Not having a commission.

Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.

Noncompletion (n.) Lack of completion; failure to complete.

Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

Noncomplying (a.) Neglecting or refusing to comply.

Non compos () Alt. of Non compos mentis

Non compos mentis () Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.

Noncon. (n.) See Noncontent.

Nonconcluding (a.) Not concluding.

Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.

Nonconcurrence (n.) Refusal to concur.

Noncondensible (a.) Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.

Noncondensing (a.) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Nonconducting (a.) Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

Nonconduction (n.) The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

Nonconductor (n.) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.

Nonconforming (a.) Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

Nonconformist (n.) One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

Nonconformity (n.) Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.

Nonconstat (n.) It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.

Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

Noncontent (n.) One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.

Noncontributing (a.) Alt. of Noncontributory

Noncontributory (a.) Not contributing.

Nonda (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

Nondecane (n.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.

Nondeciduate (a.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.

Nondelivery (n.) A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

Nondeposition (n.) A failure to deposit or throw down.

Nondescript (a.) Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.

Nondescript (n.) A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.

Nondevelopment (n.) Failure or lack of development.

Nondiscovery (n.) Want or failure of discovery.

Nondo (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.

None (a.) No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.

None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.

None (n.) Same as Nones, 2.

Noneffective (a.) Not effective.

Noneffective (a.) Not fit or available for duty.

Non-ego (n.) The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.

Nonelastic (a.) Not having elasticity.

Nonelect (n. sing. & pl.) A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.

Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.

Nonelectric (a.) Alt. of Nonelectrical

Nonelectrical (a.) Not electric; conducting electricity.

Nonelectric (n.) A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.

Nonemphatic (a.) Alt. of Nonemphatical

Nonemphatical (a.) Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

Nonentities (pl. ) of Nonentity

Nonentity (n.) Nonexistence; the negation of being.

Nonentity (n.) A thing not existing.

Nonentity (n.) A person or thing of little or no account.

Non-Episcopal (a.) Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.

Nones (n. pl.) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.

Nones (n. pl.) The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.

Nones (n. pl.) The hour of dinner; the noonday meal.

Nonessential (a.) Not essential.

Nonessential (n.) A thing not essential.

Non est factum () The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.

Non est inventus () The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.

Nonesuch (n.) A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

Nonet (n.) Alt. of Nonetto

Nonetto (n.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.

Nonett (n.) The titmouse.

Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.

Nonexistence (n.) Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.

Nonexistence (n.) A thing that has no existence.

Nonexistent (a.) Not having existence.

Nonexportation (n.) A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

Nonextensile (a.) Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.

Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.

Nonfulfillment (n.) Neglect or failure to fulfill.

Nonillion (n.) According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

Nonimportation (n.) Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Nonimporting (a.) Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.

Noninflectional (a.) Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.

Noninhabitant (n.) One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.

Nonintervention (n.) The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.

Nonius (n.) A vernier.

Nonjoinder (n.) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.

Nonjurant (a.) Nonjuring.

Nonjuring (a.) Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.

Nonjuror (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.

Nonjurorism (n.) The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.

Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.

Non liquet () It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.

Nonmalignant (a.) Not malignant, as a disease.

Nonmanufacturing (a.) Not carrying on manufactures.

Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.

Nonmember (n.) One who is not a member.

Nonmembership (n.) State of not being a member.

Nonmetal (n.) Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

Nonmetallic (a.) Not metallic.

Nonmetallic (a.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.

Nonnatural (a.) Not natural; unnatural.

Nonne (n.) A nun.

Nonnecessity (n.) Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

Nonnitrognous (a.) Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.

Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.

Nonny (n.) A silly fellow; a ninny.

Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.

Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

Non obstante () Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.

Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights.

Nonoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic.

Nonone (n.) Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.

Nonoxygenous (a.) Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.

Nonpareil (a.) Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

Nonpareil (a.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

Nonpareil (a.) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch.

Nonpareil (a.) Any other similar bird of the same genus.

Nonpareil (a.) Having no equal; peerless.

Nonpayment (n.) Neglect or failure to pay.

Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.

Nonphotobiotic (a.) Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.

Nonplane (a.) Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.

Nonplus (n.) A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

Nonplused (imp. & p. p.) of Nonplus

Nonplussed () of Nonplus

Nonplusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nonplus

Nonplussing () of Nonplus

Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.

Nonpresentation (n.) Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

Nonproduction (n.) A failure to produce or exhibit.

Nonprofessional (a.) Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

Nonproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

Nonproficient (n.) One who has failed to become proficient.

Non pros. () An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.

Nonprossed (imp. & p. p.) of Non-pros

Non-prossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Non-pros

Non-pros (v. t.) To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.

Non prosequitur () A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.

Nonrecurrent (a.) Not recurring.

Nonrecurring (a.) Nonrecurrent.

Nonregardance (n.) Want of due regard; disregard; slight.

Nonregent (n.) A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.

Nonrendition (n.) Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.

Nonresemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Nonresidence (n.) The state or condition of being nonresident,

Nonresident (a.) Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.

Nonresident (n.) A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the State or jurisdiction.

Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

Nonresistant (a.) Making no resistance.

Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.

Nonresisting (a.) Not making resistance.

Nonruminant (a.) Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.

Nonsane (a.) Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.

Nonsense (n.) That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

Nonsense (n.) Trifles; things of no importance.

Nonsensical (a.) Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

Nonsensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

Non sequitur () An inference which does not follow from the premises.

Nonsexual (a.) Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

Nonslaveholding (a.) Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

Nonsolution (n.) Failure of solution or explanation.

Nonsolvency (n.) Inability to pay debts; insolvency.

Nonsolvent (a.) Not solvent; insolvent.

Nonsolvent (n.) An insolvent.

Nonsonant (a.) Not sonant.

Nonsonant (n.) A nonsonant or nonvocal consonant.

Nonsparing (a.) Sparing none.

Nonstriated (a.) Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.

Nonsubmission (n.) Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.

Nonsubmissive (a.) Not submissive.

Nonsuch (n.) See Nonesuch.

Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.

Nonsuited (imp. & p. p.) of Nonsuit

Nonsuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nonsuit

Nonsuit (v. t.) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.

Nonsuit (a.) Nonsuited.

Nonsurety (n.) Insecurity.

Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.

Nonterm (n.) A vacation between two terms of a court.

Nontoxic (a.) Not toxic.

Nontronite (n.) A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.

Nonuniformist (n.) One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.

Nonunionist (n.) One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.

Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.

Nonuser () A not using; failure to use.

Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.

Nonvascular (a.) Destitute of vessels; extravascular.

Nonvernacular (a.) Not vernacular.

Nonvocal (a.) Not vocal; destitute of tone.

Nonvocal (n.) A nonvocal consonant.

Nonyl (n.) The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

Nonylene (n.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.

Nonylenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.

Nonylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.

Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Noodle (n.) A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.

Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners.

Noological (a.) Of or pertaining to noology.

Noologist (n.) One versed in noology.

Noology (n.) The science of intellectual phenomena.

Noon (a.) No. See the Note under No.

Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination.

Noon (a.) Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.

Noon (v. i.) To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Noonday (n.) Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

Noonday (a.) Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat.

Noon-flower (n.) The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.

Nooning (n.) A rest at noon; a repast at noon.

Noonshun (n.) See Nunchion.

Noonstead (n.) The position of the sun at noon.

Noontide (n.) The time of noon; midday.

Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Noosed (imp. & p. p.) of Noose

Noosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Noose

Noose (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

Noot () See lst Not.

Nopal (n.) A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.

Nopalries (pl. ) of Nopalry

Nopalry (n.) A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.

Nope (n.) A bullfinch.

Nor (conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.

Norbertine (n.) See Premonstrant.

Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

Norian (a.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks.

Norice (n.) Nurse.

Norie (n.) The cormorant.

Norimons (pl. ) of Norimon

Norimon (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.

Norite (n.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

Norium (n.) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.

Norm (a.) A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

Norm (a.) A typical, structural unit; a type.

Norma (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.

Norma (n.) A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.

Norma (n.) A templet or gauge.

Normal (a.) According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.

Normal (a.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.

Normal (a.) Standard; original; exact; typical.

Normal (a.) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.

Normal (a.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5.

Normal (a.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.

Normal (a.) Any perpendicular.

Normal (a.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.

Normalcy (n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

Normalization (n.) Reduction to a standard or normal state.

Normally (adv.) In a normal manner.

Norman (n.) A wooden bar, or iron pin.

Norman (a.) Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.

Norman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror.

Normanism (n.) A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.

Norn (n.) Alt. of Norna

Norna (n.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.

Norna (n.) A tutelary deity; a genius.

Noropianic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

Norroy (n.) The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King.

Norse (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.

Norse (n.) The Norse language.

Norsemen (pl. ) of Norseman

Norseman (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.

Nortelry (n.) Nurture; education; culture; bringing up.

North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

North (n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

North (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

North (a.) Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.

North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

North (adv.) Northward.

Northeast (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

Northeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind.

Northeast (adv.) Toward the northeast.

Northeaster (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

Northeasterly (a.) Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.

Northeasterly (adv.) Toward the northeast.

Northeastern (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

Northeastward (adv.) Alt. of Northeastwardly

Northeastwardly (adv.) Toward the northeast.

Norther (n.) A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

Northerliness (n.) The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

Northerly (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

Northerly (adv.) Toward the north.

Northern (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

Northern (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Northerner (n.) One born or living in the north.

Northerner (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Southerner.

Northernly (adv.) Northerly.

Northernmost (a.) Farthest north.

Northing (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.

Northing (n.) The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.

Northmen (pl. ) of Northman

Northman (n.) One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.

Northmost (a.) Lying farthest north; northernmost.

Northness (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.

Northumbrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.

Northumbrian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.

Northward (a.) Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Northward (adv.) Alt. of Northwards

Northwards (adv.) Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Northwardly (a.) Having a northern direction.

Northwardly (adv.) In a northern direction.

Northwest (n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

Northwest (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

Northwest (a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.

Northwest (adv.) Toward the northwest.

Northwester (n.) A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

Northwesterly (a.) Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

Northwestern (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Northwestward (adv.) Alt. of Northwestwardly

Northwestwardly (adv.) Toward the northwest.

Norwegian (a.) Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.

Norwegian (n.) A native of Norway.

Norwegian (n.) That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.

Norwegium (n.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.

Norweyan (a.) Norwegian.

Nose (n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.

Nose (n.) The power of smelling; hence, scent.

Nose (n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.

Nosed (imp. & p. p.) of Nose

Nosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nose

Nose (v. t.) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.

Nose (v. t.) To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.

Nose (v. t.) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.

Nose (v. i.) To smell; to sniff; to scent.

Nose (v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.

Nosebag (n.) A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.

Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

Nosebleed (n.) A bleeding at the nose.

Nosebleed (n.) The yarrow. See Yarrow.

Nosed (a.) Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed.

Nosegay (n.) A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.

Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

Noseless (a.) Destitute of a nose.

Nosesmart (n.) A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.

Nosethirl (n.) Alt. of Nosethril

Nosethril (n.) Nostril.

Nosing (n.) That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.

Nosle (n.) Nozzle.

Nosocomial (a.) Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.

Nosography (n.) A description or classification of diseases.

Nosological (a.) Of or pertaining to nosology.

Nosologist (n.) One versed in nosology.

Nosology (n.) A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

Nosology (n.) That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

Nosopoetic (a.) Producing diseases.

Nost () Wottest not; knowest not.

Nostalgia (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

Nostalgic (a.) Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

Nostalgy (n.) Same as Nostalgia.

Nostoc (n.) A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.

Nostril (n.) Perception; insight; acuteness.

Nostrums (pl. ) of Nostrum

Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

Nostrum (n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

Not () Wot not; know not; knows not.

Not (a.) Shorn; shaven.

Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

Notabilia (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice.

Notabilities (pl. ) of Notability

Notability (n.) Quality of being notable.

Notability (n.) A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note.

Notability (n.) A notable saying.

Notable (a.) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

Notable (a.) Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

Notable (a.) Well-known; notorious.

Notable (n.) A person, or thing, of distinction.

Notable (n.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Notableness (n.) The quality of being notable.

Notably (adv.) In a notable manner.

Notaeum (n.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

Notal (a.) Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.

Notanda (pl. ) of Notandum

Notandum (n.) A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Notarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

Notarially (adv.) In a notarial manner.

Notaries (pl. ) of Notary

Notary (n.) One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

Notary (n.) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.

Notate (a.) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.

Notation (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.

Notation (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

Notch (n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Notched (imp. & p. p.) of Notch

Notching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notch

Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

Notch (v. t.) To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

Notchboard (n.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

Notching (n.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.

Notchweed (n.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

Note (v. t.) To butt; to push with the horns.

Note () Know not; knows not.

Note (n.) Nut.

Note (n.) Need; needful business.

Note (n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

Note (n.) A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

Note (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

Note (n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

Note (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.

Note (n.) A short informal letter; a billet.

Note (n.) A diplomatic missive or written communication.

Note (n.) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

Note (n.) A list of items or of charges; an account.

Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:

Note (n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

Note (n.) A key of the piano or organ.

Note (n.) Observation; notice; heed.

Note (n.) Notification; information; intelligence.

Note (n.) State of being under observation.

Note (n.) Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

Note (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.

Noted (imp. & p. p.) of Note

Noting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Note

Note (n.) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.

Note (n.) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

Note (n.) To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.

Note (n.) To denote; to designate.

Note (n.) To annotate.

Note (n.) To set down in musical characters.

Notebook (n.) A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

Notebook (n.) A book in which notes of hand are registered.

Noted (a.) Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler.

Noteful (a.) Useful.

Noteless (a.) Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.

Notelessness (n.) A state of being noteless.

Notelet (n.) A little or short note; a billet.

Note paper () Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.

Noter (n.) One who takes notice.

Noter (n.) An annotator.

Noteworthy (a.) Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.

Nother (conj.) Neither; nor.

Nothing (n.) Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.

Nothing (n.) Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.

Nothing (n.) A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.

Nothing (n.) A cipher; naught.

Nothing (adv.) In no degree; not at all; in no wise.

Nothingarian (n.) One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.

Nothingism (n.) Nihility; nothingness.

Nothingness (n.) Nihility; nonexistence.

Nothingness (n.) The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.

Notice (n.) The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

Notice (n.) Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.

Notice (n.) An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.

Notice (n.) A writing communicating information or warning.

Notice (n.) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

Noticed (imp. & p. p.) of Notice

Noticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notice

Notice (v. t.) To observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.

Notice (v. t.) To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.

Notice (v. t.) To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.

Noticeable (a.) Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.

Noticeably (adv.) In a noticeable manner.

Noticer (n.) One who notices.

Notidanian (n.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

Notification (n.) The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

Notification (n.) Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.

Notification (n.) The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.

Notified (imp. & p. p.) of Notify

Notifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notify

Notify (v. t.) To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.

Notify (v. t.) To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.

Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.

Notion () A sentiment; an opinion.

Notion () Sense; mind.

Notion () An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.

Notion () Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.

Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

Notional (a.) Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.

Notional (a.) Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

Notionality (n.) A notional or groundless opinion.

Notionally (adv.) In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Notionate (a.) Notional.

Notionist (n.) One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.

Notist (n.) An annotator.

Notobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

Notobranchiata (n. pl.) The Dorsibranchiata.

Notobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.

Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Notochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Notodontian (n.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.

Notopodia (pl. ) of Notopodium

E (pl. ) of Notopodium

Notopodiums (pl. ) of Notopodium

Notopodium (n.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Notoriety (n.) The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.

Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

Notornis (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

Nototherium (n.) An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

Nototrema (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

Not-pated (a.) Alt. of Nott-pated

Nott-pated (a.) Same as Nott-headed.

Notself (n.) The negative of self.

Nott (a.) Shorn.

Nott (v. t.) To shear.

Nott-headed (a.) Having the hair cut close.

Notturno (n.) Same as Nocturne.

Nota (pl. ) of Notum

Notum (n.) The back.

Notus (n.) The south wind.

Notwheat (n.) Wheat not bearded.

Notwithstanding (prep.) Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.

Notwithstanding (adv. / conj.) Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

Nouch (n.) An ouch; a jewel.

Nougat (n.) A cake, sweetmeat, or confection made with almonds or other nuts.

Nought (n. & adv.) See Naught.

Nould () Would not.

Noule (n.) The top of the head; the head or noll.

Noumenal (a.) Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.

Noumenon (n.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Nounal (a.) Of or pertaining to a noun.

Nounize (v. t.) To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

Nourice (n.) A nurse.

Nourished (imp. & p. p.) of Nourish

Nourishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nourish

Nourish (v. t.) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

Nourish (v. t.) To support; to maintain.

Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

Nourish (v. t.) To cherish; to comfort.

Nourish (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

Nourish (v. i.) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

Nourish (v. i.) To gain nourishment.

Nourish (n.) A nurse.

Nourishable (a.) Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body.

Nourishable (a.) Capable of giving nourishment.

Nourisher (n.) One who, or that which, nourishes.

Nourishing (a.) Promoting growth; nutritious,

Nourishingly (adv.) Nutritively; cherishingly.

Nourishment (n.) The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

Nourishment (n.) That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

Nouriture (n.) Nurture.

Noursle (v. t.) To nurse; to rear; to bring up.

Nous (n.) Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Nousel (v. t.) Alt. of Nousle

Nousle (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap.

Nouthe (adv.) Alt. of Nowthe

Nowthe (adv.) Just now; at present.

Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Novatianism (n.) The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.

Novation (n.) Innovation.

Novation (n.) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.

Novator (n.) An innovator.

Novel (a.) Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Novel (a.) That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

Novel (a.) News; fresh tidings.

Novel (a.) A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.

Novel (a.) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

Novelette (n.) A short novel.

Novelism (n.) Innovation.

Novelist (n.) An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

Novelist (n.) A writer of news.

Novelist (n.) A writer of a novel or novels.

Novelize (v. i.) To innovate.

Novelized (imp. & p. p.) of Novelize

Novelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Novelize

Novelize (v. t.) To innovate.

Novelize (v. t.) To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction.

Novelry (n.) Novelty; new things.

Novelties (pl. ) of Novelty

Novelty (n.) The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Novelty (n.) Something novel; a new or strange thing.

November (n.) The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.

Novenary (a.) Of or pertaining to the number nine.

Novenary (n.) The number of nine units; nine, collectively.

Novene (a.) Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.

Novennial (a.) Done or recurring every ninth year.

Novercal (a.) Done or recurring every ninth year.

Novercal (a.) Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.

Novice (n.) One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

Novice (n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

Novice (n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

Novice (a.) Like a novice; becoming a novice.

Noviceship (n.) The state of being a novice; novitiate.

Novilunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the new moon.

Novitiate (n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

Novitiate (n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

Novitiate (n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.

Novitiate (n.) The place where novices live or are trained.

Novitious (a.) Newly invented; recent; new.

Novity (n.) Newness; novelty.

Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.

Now (adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

Now (adv.) Very lately; not long ago.

Now (adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

Now (adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

Now (a.) Existing at the present time; present.

Now (n.) The present time or moment; the present.

Nowadays (adv.) In these days; at the present time.

Noway (adv.) Alt. of Noways

Noways (adv.) In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.

Nowch (n.) See Nouch.

Nowd (n.) The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).

Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

Nowel (n.) Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.

Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol.

Nowel (n.) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.

Nowel (n.) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

Nowes (n. pl.) The marriage knot.

Nowhere (adv.) Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.

Nowhither (adv.) Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere.

Nowise (n.) Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.

Nowt (n. pl.) Neat cattle.

Nowthe () See Nouthe.

Noxious (a.) Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.

Noxious (a.) Guilty; criminal.

Noy (v. t.) To annoy; to vex.

Noy (n.) That which annoys.

Noyance (n.) Annoyance.

Noyau (n.) A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

Noyer (n.) An annoyer.

Noyful (a.) Full of annoyance.

Noyls (n. pl.) See Noils.

Noyous (a.) Annoying; disagreeable.

Nozle (n.) Nozzle.

Nozzle (n.) The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.

Nozzle (n.) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.

Nozzle (n.) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

Nub (v. t.) To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

Nubbin (n.) A small or imperfect ear of maize.

Nubble (v. t.) To beat or bruise with the fist.

Nubeculae (pl. ) of Nubecula

Nubecula (n.) A nebula.

Nubecula (n.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.

Nubecula (n.) A slight spot on the cornea.

Nubecula (n.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.

Nubia (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

Nubian (a.) Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.

Nubian (n.) A native of Nubia.

Nubiferous (a.) Bringing, or producing, clouds.

Nubigenous (a.) Born of, or produced from, clouds.

Nubilate (v. t.) To cloud.

Nubile (a.) Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.

Nubility (n.) The state of being marriageable.

Nubilose (a.) Alt. of Nubilous

Nubilous (a.) Cloudy.

Nucament (n.) A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

Nucamentaceous (a.) Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits.

Nucelli (pl. ) of Nucellus

Nucellus (n.) See Nucleus, 3 (a).

Nuch/ (pl. ) of Nucha

Nucha (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.

Nuchal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.

Nuciferous (a.) Bearing, or producing, nuts.

Nuciform (a.) Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.

Nucin (n.) See Juglone.

Nucleal (a.) Alt. of Nuclear

Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.

Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.

Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center.

Nucleated (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.

Nucleiform (a.) Formed like a nucleus or kernel.

Nuclein (n.) A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.

Nucleobranch (a.) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.

Nucleobranch (n.) One of the Nucleobranchiata.

Nucleobranchiata (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.

Nucleoidioplasma (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.

Nucleolar (a.) Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.

Nucleolated (a.) Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.

Nucleole (n.) The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

Nucleoli (pl. ) of Nucleolus

Nucleolus (n.) A little nucleus.

Nucleolus (n.) A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

Nucleoplasm (n.) The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.

Nucleoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.

Nucleuses (pl. ) of Nucleus

Nuclei (pl. ) of Nucleus

Nucleus (n.) A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.

Nucleus (n.) The body or the head of a comet.

Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.

Nucleus (n.) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.

Nucleus (n.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.

Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.

Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.

Nucleus (n.) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.

Nucula (n.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.

Nucle (n.) Same as Nutlet.

Nucumentaceous (a.) See Nucamentaceous.

Nudation (n.) The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.

Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.

Nude (a.) Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

Nude (a.) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum.

Nudge/ (imp. & p. p.) of Nudge

Nudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nudge

Nudge (v. t.) To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.

Nudge (n.) A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.

Nudibrachiate (a.) Having tentacles without vibratile cilia.

Nudibranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.

Nudibranch (n.) One of the Nudibranchiata.

Nudibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.

Nudibranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Nudibranch.

Nudicaul (a.) Having the stems leafless.

Nudification (n.) The act of making nude.

Nudities (pl. ) of Nudity

Nudity (n.) The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

Nudity (n.) That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.

Nudum pactum () A bare, naked contract, without any consideration.

Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.

Nugae (n. pl.) Trifles; jests.

Nugation (n.) The act or practice of trifling.

Nugatory (a.) Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.

Nugatory (a.) Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.

Nugget (n.) A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

Nugify (v. t.) To render trifling or futile; to make silly.

Nuisance (n.) That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

Nuisancer (n.) One who makes or causes a nuisance.

Nul (a.) No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.

Null (a.) Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

Null (n.) Something that has no force or meaning.

Null (n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.

Null (v. t.) To annul.

Null (n.) One of the beads in nulled work.

Nulled (a.) Turned so as to resemble nulls.

Nullibiety (n.) The state or condition of being nowhere.

Nullification (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

Nullifidian (a.) Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to solifidian.

Nullifidian (n.) An unbeliever.

Nullifier (n.) One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.

Nullified (imp. & p. p.) of Nullify

Nullifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nullify

Nullify (a.) To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

Nullipore (n.) A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.

Nullities (pl. ) of Nullity

Nullity (n.) The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

Nullity (n.) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.

Nullity (n.) That which is null.

Numb (a.) Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.

Numb (a.) Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.

Numbed (imp. & p. p.) of Numb

Numbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Numb

Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

Numbedness (n.) Numbness.

Number (n.) That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.

Number (n.) A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.

Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.

Number (n.) Numerousness; multitude.

Number (n.) The state or quality of being numerable or countable.

Number (n.) Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.

Number (n.) That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Number (n.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.

Number (n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.

Numbered (imp. & p. p.) of Number

Numbering (p. pr & vb. n.) of Number

Number (n.) To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.

Number (n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

Number (n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.

Number (n.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

Numberer (n.) One who numbers.

Numberful (a.) Numerous.

Numberless (a.) Innumerable; countless.

Numberous (a.) Numerous.

Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

Numbfish (n.) The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

Numbless (n. pl.) See Nombles.

Numbness (n.) The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.

Numerable (v. t.) Capable of being numbered or counted.

Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

Numeral (n.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

Numeral (n.) A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.

Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.

Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.

Numerary (a.) Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.

Numerated (imp. & p. p.) of Numerate

Numerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Numerate

Numerate (v.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

Numeration (n.) The act or art of numbering.

Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method.

Numerative (a.) Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system.

Numerator (n.) One who numbers.

Numerator (n.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.

Numeric (n.) Alt. of Numerical

Numerical (n.) Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.

Numerical (n.) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body.

Numeric (n.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nÃ-1, where m and n are real numerics.

Numerically (adv.) In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.

Numerist (n.) One who deals in numbers.

Numero (n.) Number; -- often abbrev. No.

Numerosity (n.) The state of being numerous; numerousness.

Numerosity (n.) Rhythm; harmony; flow.

Numerous (a.) Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army.

Numerous (a.) Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.

Numidian (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.

Numismatic (a.) Alt. of Numismatical

Numismatical (a.) Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.

Numismatics (n.) The science of coins and medals.

Numismatist (n.) One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.

Numismatography (n.) A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.

Numismatologist (n.) One versed in numismatology.

Numismatology (n.) The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

Nummary (a.) Of or relating to coins or money.

Nummular (a.) Alt. of Nummulary

Nummulary (a.) Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.

Nummulary (a.) Having the appearance or form of a coin.

Nummulation (n.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

Nummulite (n.) A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.

Nummulites (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

Nummulitic (a.) Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.

Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.

Numskull (n.) A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

Numskulled (a.) Stupid; doltish.

Nun (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

Nun (n.) The smew.

Nun (n.) The European blue titmouse.

Nunchion (v. i.) A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon.

Nunciate (n.) One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.

Nunciature (n.) The office of a nuncio.

Nuncios (pl. ) of Nuncio

Nuncio (n.) A messenger.

Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

Nuncii (pl. ) of Nuncius

Nuncius (n.) A messenger.

Nuncius (n.) The information communicated.

Nuncupate (v. t.) To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.

Nuncupate (v. t.) To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book.

Nuncupation (n.) The act of nuncupating.

Nuncupative (a.) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.

Nuncupative (a.) Nominal; existing only in name.

Nuncupative (a.) Oral; not written.

Nuncupatory (a.) Nuncupative; oral.

Nundinal (n.) A nundinal letter.

Nundinal (a.) Alt. of Nundinary

Nundinary (a.) Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.

Nundinate (a.) To buy and sell at fairs or markets.

Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.

Nunnation (n.) The pronunciation of n at the end of words.

Nunneries (pl. ) of Nunnery

Nunnery (n.) A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.

Nunnish (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun.

Nup (n.) Same as Nupson.

Nuphar (n.) A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.

Nupson (n.) A simpleton; a fool.

Nuptial (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.

Nuptials (pl. ) of Nuptial

Nuptial (n.) Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.

Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.

Nurled (imp. & p. p.) of Nurl

Nurling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurl

Nurl (v. t.) To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.

Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.

Nursed (imp. & p. p.) of Nurse

Nursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurse

Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foster

Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.

Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.

Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.

Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.

Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

Nurseries (pl. ) of Nursery

Nursery (n.) The act of nursing.

Nursery (n.) The place where nursing is carried on

Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.

Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.

Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.

Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.

Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryman

Nurseryman (n.) One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.

Nursing (a.) Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.

Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.

Nurture (n.) The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

Nurture (n.) That which nourishes; food; diet.

Nurtured (imp. & p. p.) of Nurture

Nurturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurture

Nurture (v. t.) To feed; to nourish.

Nurture (v. t.) To educate; to bring or train up.

Nustle (v. t.) To fondle; to cherish.

Nut (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.

Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.

Nut (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.

Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.

Nutted (imp. & p. p.) of Nut

Nutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nut

Nut (v. i.) To gather nuts.

Nutant (a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.

Nutation (n.) The act of nodding.

Nutation (n.) A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.

Nutation (n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening.

Nutation (n.) Circumnutation.

Nutbreaker (n.) The European nuthatch.

Nutbreaker (n.) The nutcracker.

Nut-brown (a.) Brown as a nut long kept and dried.

Nutcracker (n.) An instrument for cracking nuts.

Nutcracker (n.) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.

Nutcracker (n.) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.

Nutgall (n.) A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut.

Nuthatch (n.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.

Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors.

Nutjobber (n.) The nuthatch.

Nutlet (n.) A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.

Nutmeg (n.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

Nutmegged (a.) Seasoned with nutmeg.

Nutpecker (n.) The nuthatch.

Nutria (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.

Nutrication (n.) The act or manner of feeding.

Nutrient (a.) Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

Nutrient (n.) Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.

Nutriment (n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

Nutriment (n.) That which promotes development or growth.

Nutrimental (a.) Nutritious.

Nutritial (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious.

Nutrition (n.) In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.

Nutrition (n.) In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.

Nutrition (n.) That which nourishes; nutriment.

Nutritional (a.) Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.

Nutritious (a.) Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.

Nutritive (a.) Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.

Nutriture (n.) Nutrition; nourishment.

Nutshell (n.) The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.

Nutshell (n.) A shell of the genus Nucula.

Nutter (n.) A gatherer of nuts.

Nutting (n.) The act of gathering nuts.

Nutty (a.) Abounding in nuts.

Nutty (a.) Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.

Nux vomica () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.

Nuzzied (imp. & p. p.) of Nuzzle

Nuzzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nuzzle

Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.

Nuzzle (v. t.) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

Nuzzle (v. i.) To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.

Nuzzle (v. i.) To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.

Nuzzle (v. t.) To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.

Nuzzle (v. t.) To loiter; to idle.

Ny () Not I; nor I.

Ny (a. & adv.) Alt. of Nye

Nye (a. & adv.) Nigh.

Nyas (n.) See Nias.

Nyctalopia (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.

Nyctalopia (n.) See Moonblink.

Nyctalops (n.) One afflicted with nyctalopia.

Nyctalopy (n.) Same as Nyctalopia.

Nycthemeron (n.) The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.

Nyctibune (n.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.

Nyctitropic (a.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.

Nyctophile (n.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.

Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.

Nyentek (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

Nylghau (n.) Alt. of Nylgau

Nylgau (n.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, / Portax, tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown.

Nymph (n.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.

Nymph (n.) A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.

Nymph (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Nymph (n.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.

Nymph/ (pl. ) of Nympha

Nympha (n.) Same as Nymph, 3.

Nympha (n.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.

Nymphaea (n.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.

Nymphal (a.) Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.

Nymphales (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies.

Nymphean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.

Nymphet (n.) A little or young nymph.

Nymphic (a.) Alt. of Nymphical

Nymphical (a.) Of or pertaining to nymphs.

Nymphiparous (a.) Producing pupas or nymphs.

Nymphish (a.) Relating to nymphs; ladylike.

Nymphlike (a.) Alt. of Nymphly

Nymphly (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.

Nympholepsy (n.) A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

Nympholeptic (a.) Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

Nymphomania (n.) Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Nymphomany (n.) Same as Nymphomania.

Nymphotomy (n.) Excision of the nymphae.

Nys () Is not. See Nis.

Nystagmus (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

Nyula (n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre.

O () Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.

O's (pl. ) of O

Oes (pl. ) of O

O (n.) The letter O, or its sound.

O (n.) Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.

O (n.) A cipher; zero.

O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.

O' (prep.) A shortened form of of or on.

O (a.) One.

O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.

Oad (n.) See Woad.

Oaf (n.) Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Oafish (a.) Like an oaf; simple.

Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.

Oak (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.

Oaken (a.) Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.

Oaker (n.) See Ocher.

Oakling (n.) A young oak.

Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

Oakum (n.) The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.

Oaky (n.) Resembling oak; strong.

Oar (n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.

Oar (n) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.

Oar (n) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Oared (imp. & p. p.) of Oar

Oaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oar

Oar (v. t. & i.) To row.

Oared (a.) Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat.

Oared (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.

Oared (a.) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of Aves.

Oarfish (n.) The ribbon fish.

Oarfoot (n.) Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.

Oar-footed (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.

Oarless (a.) Without oars.

Oarlock (n.) The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

Oarsmen (pl. ) of Oarsman

Oarsman (n.) One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

Oarsweed (n.) Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

Oary (a.) Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet.

Oases (pl. ) of Oasis

Oasis (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

Oast (n.) A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.

Oats (pl. ) of Oat

Oat (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

Oat (n.) A musical pipe made of oat straw.

Oatcake (n.) A cake made of oatmeal.

Oaten (a.) Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.

Oaten (a.) Made of oatmeal; as, oaten cakes.

Oaths (pl. ) of Oath

Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.

Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.

Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.

Oathable (a.) Capable of having an oath administered to.

Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury.

Oatmeal (n.) Meal made of oats.

Oatmeal (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.

Ob- () A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.

Obcompressed (a.) Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.

Obconic (a.) Alt. of Obconical

Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.

Obcordate (a.) Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.

Obdiplostemonous (a.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.

Obdiplostemony (n.) The condition of being obdiplostemonous.

Obdormition (n.) Sleep.

Obduce (v. t.) To draw over, as a covering.

Obduct (v. t.) To draw over; to cover.

Obduction (n.) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.

Obduracy (n.) The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.

Obdurate (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.

Obdurate (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.

Obdurate (v. t.) To harden.

Obduration (n.) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

Obdure (v. t.) To harden.

Obdure (a.) Alt. of Obdured

Obdured (a.) Obdurate; hard.

Obdureness (n.) Alt. of Obduredness

Obduredness (n.) Hardness.

Obbe (n.) See Obi.

Obeah (n.) Same as Obi.

Obeah (a.) Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man.

Obedible (a.) Obedient.

Obedience (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

Obedience (n.) Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.

Obedience (n.) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.

Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows.

Obedience (n.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.

Obedienciary (n.) One yielding obedience.

Obedient (a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

Obediential (a.) According to the rule of obedience.

Obediently (adv.) In an obedient manner; with obedience.

Obeisance (n.) Obedience.

Obeisance (n.) A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.

Obeisancy (n.) See Obeisance.

Obeisant (a.) Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.

Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Obeliscal (a.) Formed like an obelisk.

Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.

Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2.

Obelisked (imp. & p. p.) of Obelisk

Obelisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelisk

Obelisk (v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk.

Obelized (imp. & p. p.) of Obelize

Obelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelize

Obelize (v. t.) To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.

Obeli (pl. ) of Obelus

Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.

Obequitate (v. i.) To ride about.

Oberon (n.) The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.

Oberration (n.) A wandering about.

Obese (a.) Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

Obeseness (n.) Quality of being obese; obesity.

Obesity (n.) The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

Obeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Obey

Obeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obey

Obey (v. t.) To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

Obey (v. t.) To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.

Obey (v. t.) To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.

Obey (v. i.) To give obedience.

Obeyer (n.) One who yields obedience.

Obeyingly (adv.) Obediently; submissively.

Obfirm (v. t.) Alt. of Obfirmate

Obfirmate (v. t.) To make firm; to harden in resolution.

Obfirmation (n.) Hardness of heart; obduracy.

Obfuscate (a.) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Obfuscated (imp. & p. p.) of Obfuscate

Obfuscating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obfuscate

Obfuscate (v. t.) To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder.

Obfuscation (n.) The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

Obi (n.) A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.

Obi (n.) A charm or fetich.

Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.

Obit (n.) Death; decease; the date of one's death.

Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.

Obit (n.) A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.

Obiter (adv.) In passing; incidentally; by the way.

Obitual (a.) Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days.

Obituarily (adv.) In the manner of an obituary.

Obiyuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.

Obituaries (pl. ) of Obituary

Obituary (n.) That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch.

Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.

Objected (imp. & p. p.) of Object

Objecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Object

Object (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

Object (v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.

Object (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.

Object (v. t.) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.

Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.

Object (v. t.) That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause.

Object (v. t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.

Object (v. t.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.

Object (a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.

Objectable (a.) Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.

Objectify (v. t.) To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective.

Objection (n.) The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

Objection (n.) That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections.

Objection (n.) Cause of trouble; sorrow.

Objectionable (a.) Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words.

Objectist (n.) One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy.

Objectivate (v. t.) To objectify.

Objectivation (n.) Converting into an object.

Objective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object.

Objective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective.

Objective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See Accusative, n.

Objective (n.) The objective case.

Objective (n.) An object glass. See under Object, n.

Objective (n.) Same as Objective point, under Objective, a.

Objectively (adv.) In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.

Objectiveness (n.) Objectivity.

Objectivity (n.) The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.

Obectize (v. t.) To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.

Objectless (a.) Having no object; purposeless.

Objector (n.) One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.

Objibways (n.pl.) See Chippeways.

Objicient (n.) One who makes objection; an objector.

Objuration (n.) A binding by oath.

Objurgated (imp. & p. p.) of Objurgate

Objurgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Objurgate

Objurgate (v. t.) To chide; to reprove.

Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.

Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.

Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

Oblate (a.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.

Oblate (a.) Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n.

Oblate (a.) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates.

Oblate (a.) One of the Oblati.

Oblateness (n.) The quality or state of being oblate.

Oblati (n. pl.) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.

Oblati (n. pl.) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.

Oblation (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering.

Oblation (n.) Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.

Oblation (n.) A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.

Oblationer (n.) One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.

Oblatrate (v. i.) To bark or snarl, as a dog.

Oblatration (n.) The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.

Oblata (pl. ) of Oblatum

Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

Oblectate (v. t.) To delight; to please greatly.

Oblectation (n.) The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.

Obligable (a.) Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.

Obligated (imp. & p. p.) of Obligate

Obligating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obligate

Obligate (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.

Obligation (n.) The act of obligating.

Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.

Obligation (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.

Obligation (n.) The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place others under obligations to one.

Obligation (n.) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.

Obligato (a.) See Obbligato.

Obligatorily (adv.) In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.

Obligatoriness (n.) The quality or state of being obligatory.

Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier.

Obliged (imp. & p. p.) of Oblige

Obliging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblige

Oblige (v. t.) To attach, as by a bond.

Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.

Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.

Obligee (n.) The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.

Obligement (n.) Obligation.

Obliger (n.) One who, or that which, obliges.

Obliging (a.) Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.

Obligor (n.) The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.

Obliquation (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes.

Obliquation (n.) Deviation from moral rectitude.

Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Oblique (n.) An oblique line.

Obliqued (imp. & p. p.) of Oblique

Obliquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblique

Oblique (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

Oblique (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.

Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.

Obliquely (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.

Obliqueness (n.) Quality or state of being oblique.

Obliquities (pl. ) of Obliquity

Obliquity (n.) The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

Obliquity (n.) Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.

Oblite (a.) Indistinct; slurred over.

Obliterated (imp. & p. p.) of Obliterate

Obliterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obliterate

Obliterate (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

Obliterate (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Obliterate (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.

Obliteration (n.) The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.

Obliterative (a.) Tending or serving to obliterate.

Oblivion (n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.

Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion.

Oblivious (a.) Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.

Oblivious (a.) Evincing oblivion; forgetful.

Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer.

Oblong (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.

Oblong (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.

Oblongata (n.) The medulla oblongata.

Oblongatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.

Oblongish (a.) Somewhat oblong.

Oblongly (adv.) In an oblong form.

Oblongness (n.) State or quality of being oblong.

Oblong-ovate (a.) Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.

Oblonga (pl. ) of Oblongum

Oblongum (n.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

Obloquious (a.) Containing obloquy; reproachful

Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

Obloquy (n.) Cause of reproach; disgrace.

Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.

Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.

Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.

Obnoxious (a.) Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.

Obnoxious (a.) Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.

Obnoxious (a.) Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.

Obnubilate (v. t.) To cloud; to obscure.

Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.

Oboist (n.) A performer on the oboe.

Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.

Obolize (v. t.) See Obelize.

Obolo (n.) A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.

Oboli (pl. ) of Obolus

Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.

Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.

Obomegoid (a.) Obversely omegoid.

Oboval (a.) Obovate.

Obovate (a.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

Obreption (n.) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.

Obreption (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

Obreptitious (a.) Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.

Obrogate (v. t.) To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.

Obrok (n.) A rent.

Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.

Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.

Obscene (a/) Foul; fifthy; disgusting.

Obscene (a/) Inauspicious; ill-omened.

Obscenities (pl. ) of Obscenity

Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.

Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.

Obscurantism (n.) The system or the principles of the obscurants.

Obscurantist (n.) Same as Obscurant.

Obscuration (v. t.) The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.

Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.

Obscure (superl.) Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.

Obscure (superl.) Not noticeable; humble; mean.

Obscure (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

Obscure (superl.) Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects.

Obscured (imp. & p. p.) of Obscure

Obscuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obscure

Obscure (a.) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

Obscure (v. i.) To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.

Obscure (n.) Obscurity.

Obscurely (adv.) In an obscure manner.

Obscurement (n.) The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration.

Obscureness (n.) Obscurity.

Obscurer (n.) One who, or that which, obscures.

Obscurity (n.) The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.

Obsecrated (imp. & p. p.) of Obsecrate

Obsecrating (p. pr. & vb, n.) of Obsecrate

Obsecrate (v. t.) To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.

Obsecration (n.) The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By."

Obsecration (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

Obsecratory (a.) Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.

Obsequent (a.) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.

Obsequience (n.) Obsequiousness.

Obsequies (n.pl.) See Obsequy.

Obsequious (a.) Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

Obsequious (a.) Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.

Obsequious (a.) Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.

Obsequiously (adv.) In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.

Obsequiously (adv.) In a manner appropriate to obsequies.

Obsequiousness (n.) The quality or state of being obsequious.

Obsequies (pl. ) of Obsequy

Obsequy (n.) The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural.

Obsequy (n.) Obsequiousness.

Observable (a.) Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.

Observance (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.

Observance (n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.

Observance (n.) Servile attention; sycophancy.

Observancy (n.) Observance.

Observanda (pl. ) of Observandum

Observandum (n.) A thing to be observed.

Observant (a.) Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.

Observant (a.) Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules.

Observant (n.) One who observes forms and rules.

Observant (n.) A sycophantic servant.

Observant (n.) An Observantine.

Observantine (n.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.

Observantly (adv.) In an observant manner.

Observation (n.) The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

Observation (n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.

Observation (n.) Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.

Observation (n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

Observation (n.) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.

Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.

Observation (n.) The information so acquired.

Observational (a.) Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations.

Observative (a.) Observing; watchful.

Observator (n.) One who observes or takes notice.

Observator (n.) One who makes a remark.

Observatories (pl. ) of Observatory

Observatory (n.) A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.

Observatory (n.) A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena.

Observatory (n.) A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.

Observatory (n.) A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire.

Observed (imp. & p. p.) of Observe

Observing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Observe

Observe (v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.

Observe (v. t.) To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army.

Observe (v. t.) To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.

Observe (v. i.) To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.

Observe (v. i.) To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon.

Observer (n.) One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.

Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice.

Observer (n.) One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises.

Observer (n.) A sycophantic follower.

Observership (n.) The office or work of an observer.

Observing (a.) Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind.

Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

Obsession (n.) The act of besieging.

Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.

Obsidional (a.) Of or pertaining to a siege.

Obsigillation (n.) A sealing up.

Obsign (v. t.) To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.

Obsignate (v. t.) To seal; to ratify.

Obsignation (n.) The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.

Obsignatory (a.) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.

Obsolesce (v. i.) To become obsolescent.

Obsolescence (n.) The state of becoming obsolete.

Obsolescent (a.) Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.

Obsolete (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

Obsolete (a.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

Obsolete (v. i.) To become obsolete; to go out of use.

Obsoletely (adv.) In an obsolete manner.

Obsoleteness (n.) The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude.

Obsoleteness (n.) Indistinctness; want of development.

Obsoletism (n.) A disused word or phrase; an archaism.

Obstacle (v.) That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

Obstancy (n.) Opposition; impediment; obstruction.

Obstetric (a.) Alt. of Obstetrical

Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art.

Obstetricate (v. i.) To perform the office of midwife.

Obstetricate (v. t.) To assist as a midwife.

Obstetrication (n.) The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery.

Obstetrician (n.) One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.

Obstetricious (a.) Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance.

Obstetrics (n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

Obstetricy (n.) Obstetrics.

Obstinacy (n.) A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.

Obstinacy (n.) The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

Obstinate (a.) Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.

Obstinate (a.) Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

Obstination (n.) Obstinacy; stubbornness.

Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage.

Obstipation (n.) Extreme constipation.

Obstreperous (a.) Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.

Obstriction (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.

Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.

Obstructed (imp. & p. p.) of Obstruct

Obstructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obstruct

Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.

Obstruct (v. t.) To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation.

Obstructer (n.) One who obstructs or hinders.

Obstruction (n.) The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

Obstruction (n.) That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.

Obstruction (n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Obstructionism (n.) The act or the policy of obstructing progress.

Obstructionist (n.) One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body.

Obstructionist (a.) Of or pertaining to obstructionists.

Obstructive (a.) Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.

Obstructive (n.) An obstructive person or thing.

Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.

Obstruent (n.) Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.

Obstupefaction (n.) See Stupefaction.

Obstupefactive (a.) Stupefactive.

Obstupefy (v. t.) See Stupefy.

Obtained (imp. & p. p.) of Obtain

Obtaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obtain

Obtain (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.

Obtain (v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

Obtain (v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

Obtain (v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.

Obtainable (a.) Capable of being obtained.

Obtainer (n.) One who obtains.

Obtainment (n.) The act or process of obtaining; attainment.

Obtected (a.) Covered; protected.

Obtected (a.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.

Obtemper (v. t. & i.) To obey (a judgment or decree).

Obtemperate (v. t.) To obey.

Obtended (imp. & p. p.) of Obtend

Obtending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obtend

Obtend (v. t.) To oppose; to hold out in opposition.

Obtend (v. t.) To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.

Obtenebration (n.) The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.

Obtension (n.) The act of obtending.

Obtested (imp. & p. p.) of Obtest

Obtesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obtest

Obtest (v. t.) To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.

Obtest (v. t.) To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for.

Obtest (v. i.) To protest.

Obtestation (n.) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.

Obtrectation (n.) Slander; detraction; calumny.

Obtruded (imp. & p. p.) of Obtrude

Obtruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obtrude

Obtrude (v. t.) To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.

Obtrude (v. t.) To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.

Obtrude (v. i.) To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.

Obtruder (n.) One who obtrudes.

Obtruncate (v. t.) To deprive of a limb; to lop.

Obtruncation (n.) The act of lopping or cutting off.

Obtrusion (n.) The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.

Obtrusion (n.) That which is obtruded.

Obtrusionist (n.) One who practices or excuses obtrusion.

Obtrusive (a.) Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.

Obtunded (imp. & p. p.) of Obtund

Obtunding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obtund

Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.

Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent.

Obtunder (n.) That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which blunts sensibility.

Obturation (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.

Obturator (n.) That which closes or stops an opening.

Obturator (n.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.

Obturator (a.) Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve.

Obtusangular (a.) See Obstuseangular.

Obtuse (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.

Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

Obtuse-angled (a.) Alt. of obtuse-angular

obtuse-angular (a.) Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.

Obtusely (adv.) In an obtuse manner.

Obtuseness (n.) State or quality of being obtuse.

Obtusion (n.) The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.

Obtusion (n.) The state of being dulled or blunted; as, the obtusion of the senses.

Obtusity (n.) Obtuseness.

Obumbrant (a.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers.

Obumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken; to cloud.

Obumbration (n.) Act of darkening or obscuring.

Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.

Obvention (n.) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.

Obversant (a.) Conversant; familiar.

Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

Obverse (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

Obverse (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.

Obversely (adv.) In an obverse manner.

Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.

Obversion (n.) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."

Obverted (imp. & p. p.) of Obvert

Obverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obvert

Obvert (v. t.) To turn toward.

Obviated (imp. & p. p.) of Obviate

Obviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obviate

Obviate (v. t.) To meet in the way.

Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.

Obviation (n.) The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

Obvious (a.) Opposing; fronting.

Obvious (a.) Exposed; subject; open; liable.

Obvious (a.) Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.

Obvolute (a.) Alt. of Obvoluted

Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.

Oby (n.) See Obi.

Oca (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

Occamy (n.) An alloy imitating gold or silver.

Occasion (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.

Occasion (n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.

Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.

Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Occasioned (imp. & p. p.) of Occasion

Occasioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occasion

Occasion (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.

Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused.

Occasional (a.) Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.

Occasional (a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing.

Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.

Occasionality (n.) Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.

Occasionally (adv.) In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.

Occasionate (v. t.) To occasion.

Occasioner (n.) One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces.

Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

Occecation (n.) The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.

Occident (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.

Occidental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.

Occidentals (n.pl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.

Occiduous (a.) Western; occidental.

Occipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.

Occipital (n.) The occipital bone.

Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.

Occipitoaxial (a.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.

Occipita (pl. ) of Occiput

Occiputs (pl. ) of Occiput

Occiput (n.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.

Occiput (n.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.

Occision (n.) A killing; the act of killing.

Occlude (v. t.) To shut up; to close.

Occlude (v. t.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.

Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.

Occludent (n.) That which closes or shuts up.

Occluse (a.) Shut; closed.

Occlusion (n.) The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

Occlusion (n.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

Occrustate (v. t.) To incrust; to harden.

Occult (a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

Occult (v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.

Occultation (n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.

Occultation (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.

Occulted (a.) Hidden; secret.

Occulted (a.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.

Occulting (n.) Same as Occultation.

Occultism (n.) A certain Oriental system of theosophy.

Occultist (n.) An adherent of occultism.

Occultly (adv.) In an occult manner.

Occultness (n.) State or quality of being occult.

Occupancy (n.) The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.

Occupant (n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.

Occupant (n.) A prostitute.

Occupate (v. t.) To occupy.

Occupation (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.

Occupier (n.) One who occupies, or has possession.

Occupier (n.) One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman.

Occupied (imp. & p. p.) of Occupy

Occupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occupy

Occupy (v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

Occupy (v. t.) To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.

Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.

Occupy (v. t.) To do business in; to busy one's self with.

Occupy (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of.

Occupy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.

Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.

Occupy (v. i.) To follow business; to traffic.

Occurred (imp. & p. p.) of Occur

Occurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occur

Occur (v. i.) To meet; to clash.

Occur (v. i.) To go in order to meet; to make reply.

Occur (v. i.) To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.

Occur (v. i.) To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory.

Occurrence (n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

Occurrence (n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.

Occurrent (a.) Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

Occurrent (n.) One who meets; hence, an adversary.

Occurrent (n.) Anything that happens; an occurrence.

Occurse (n.) Same as Occursion.

Occursion (n.) A meeting; a clash; a collision.

Ocean (n.) The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

Ocean (n.) One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

Ocean (n.) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

Ocean (a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.

Oceanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.

Oceanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.

Oceanography (n.) A description of the ocean.

Oceanology (n.) That branch of science which relates to the ocean.

Oceanus (n.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.

Ocellary (a.) Of or pertaining to ocelli.

Ocellate (a.) Same as Ocellated.

Ocellated (a.) Resembling an eye.

Ocellated (a.) Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny.

Ocelli (pl. ) of Ocellus

Ocellus (n.) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

Ocellus (n.) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.

Oceloid (a.) Resembling the ocelot.

Ocelot (n.) An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.

Ocher (n.) Alt. of Ochre

Ochre (n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.

Ochre (n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.

Ocherous (a.) Alt. of Ochreous

Ochreous (a.) Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.

Ochery (a.) Ocherous.

Ochimy (n.) See Occamy.

Ochlesis (n.) A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.

Ochlocracy (n.) A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy.

Ochlocratic (a.) Alt. of Ochlocratical

Ochlocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; mobocratic.

Ochraceous (a.) Ocherous.

Ochre (n.) See Ocher.

Ochreaee (pl. ) of Ochrea

Ochrea (n.) A greave or legging.

Ochrea (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

Ochreate (a.) Alt. of Ochreated

Ochreated (a.) Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.

Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.

Ochreous (a.) See Ocherous.

Ochrey (a.) See Ochery.

Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.

Ochry (a.) See Ochery.

Ochymy (n.) See Occamy.

-ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.

Ocra (n.) See Okra.

Ocrea (n.) See Ochrea.

Ocreate (a.) Alt. of Ocreated

Ocreated (a.) Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.

Octa- () A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.

Octachord (n.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

Octad (n.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.

Octaedral (a.) See Octahedral.

Octaemeron (n.) A fast of eight days before a great festival.

Octagon (n.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.

Octagon (n.) Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.

Octagonal (a.) Having eight sides and eight angles.

Octagynous (a.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.

Octahedral (a.) Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.

Octahedrite (n.) Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

Octahedron (n.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

Octamerous (a.) Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps.

Octameter (n.) A verse containing eight feet; as, --//Deep# in|to# the | dark#ness | peer#ing, | long# I | stood# there | wond'#ring, | fear#ing.

Octander (n.) One of the Octandria.

Octandria (n.pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.

Octandrian (a.) Alt. of Octandrous

Octandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct stamens.

Octane (n.) Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons (C8H18) of the methane series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or ligroin.

Octangular (a.) Having eight angles; eight-angled.

Octant (n.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Octant (n.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.

Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant.

Octant (n.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes.

Octapla (sing.) A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

Octaroon (n.) See Octoroon.

Octastyle (a.) See Octostyle.

Octateuch (n.) A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.

Octavalent (a.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.

Octave (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

Octave (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.

Octave (n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.

Octave (n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

Octave (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.

Octave (a.) Consisting of eight; eight.

Octavos (pl. ) of Octavo

Octavo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8¡.

Octavo (a.) Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

Octene (n.) Same as Octylene.

Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years.

Octet (n.) A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.

Octic (a.) Of the eighth degree or order.

Octic (n.) A quantic of the eighth degree.

Octile (n.) Same as Octant, 2.

Octillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

Octo- () Alt. of Octa-

Octa- () A combining form meaning eight; as in octodecimal, octodecimal, octolocular.

Octoate (n.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate.

October (n.) The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

October (n.) Ale or cider made in that month.

Octocera (n.pl.) Octocerata.

Octocerata (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

Octochord (n.) See Octachord.

Octodecimo (a.) Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

Octodecimos (pl. ) of Octodecimo

Octodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18¡, and called eighteenmo.

Octodentate (a.) Having eight teeth.

Octodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.

Octoedrical (a.) See Octahedral.

Octofid (a.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.

Octogamy (n.) A marrying eight times.

Octogenarian (n.) A person eighty years, or more, of age.

Octogenary (a.) Of eighty years of age.

Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.

Octogonal (a.) See Octagonal.

Octogynia (n.pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.

Octogynian (a.) Alt. of Octogynous

Octogynous (a.) Having eight pistils; octagynous.

Octoic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called caprylic acid.

Octolocular (a.) Having eight cells for seeds.

Octonaphthene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum.

Octonary (a.) Of or pertaining to the number eight.

Octonocular (a.) Having eight eyes.

Octopede (n.) An animal having eight feet, as a spider.

Octopetalous (a.) Having eight petals or flower leaves.

Octopod (n.) One of the Octocerata.

Octopoda (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.

Octopoda (n.pl.) Same as Arachnida.

Octopodia (n.pl.) Same as Octocerata.

Octopus (n.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

Octoradiated (a.) Having eight rays.

Octoroon (n.) The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

Octospermous (a.) Containing eight seeds.

Octostichous (a.) In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem.

Octostyle (a.) Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle.

Octostyle (n.) An octostyle portico or temple.

Octosyllabic (a.) Alt. of Octosyllabical

Octosyllabical (a.) Consisting of or containing eight syllables.

Octosyllable (a.) Octosyllabic.

Octosyllable (n.) A word of eight syllables.

Octoyl (n.) A hypothetical radical (C8H15O), regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.

Octroi (n.) A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.

Octroi (n.) A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.

Octuor (n.) See Octet.

Octuple (a.) Eightfold.

Octyl (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.

Octylene (n.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.

Octylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; as, octylic ether.

Ocular (a.) Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.

Ocular (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.

Ocular (n.) The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.

Ocularly (adv.) By the eye, or by actual sight.

Oculary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines.

Oculate (a.) Alt. of Oculated

Oculated (a.) Furnished with eyes.

Oculated (a.) Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.

Oculiform (a.) In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble.

Oculina (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

Oculinacea (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.

Oculist (n.) One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.

Oculo- () A combining form from L. oculus the eye.

Oculomotor (a.) Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.

Oculomotor (n.) The oculomotor nerve.

Oculonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic.

Oculi (pl. ) of Oculus

Oculus (n.) An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.

Oculus (n.) A round window, usually a small one.

Ocypodian (n.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.

Od (n.) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force.

Odalisque (n.) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.

Odd (superl.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

Odd (superl.) Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.

Odd (superl.) Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.

Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.

Odd (superl.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.

Odd Fellow () A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.

Oddities (pl. ) of Oddity

Oddity (n.) The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

Oddity (n.) That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.

Oddly (adv.) In an odd manner; unevently.

Oddly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.

Oddly (adv.) In a manner measured by an odd number.

Oddness (n.) The state of being odd, or not even.

Oddness (n.) Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event.

Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.

Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.

Ode (n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

Odelet (n.) A little or short ode.

Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Odeum (n.) See Odeon.

Odible (a.) Fitted to excite hatred; hateful.

Odic (a.) Of or pertaining to od. See Od.

Odin (n.) The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden, of the German tribes.

Odinic (a.) Of or pertaining to Odin.

Odious (a.) Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice.

Odious (a.) Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell.

Odist (n.) A writer of an ode or odes.

Odium (n.) Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.

Odium (n.) The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

Odized (imp. & p. p.) of Odize

Odizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Odize

Odize (v. t.) To charge with od. See Od.

Odmyl (n.) A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.

Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.

Odometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it.

Odometrous (a.) Serving to measure distance on a road.

Odometry (n.) Measurement of distances by the odometer.

Odonata (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.

Odontalgia (n.) Toothache.

Odontalgic (a.) Of or pertaining to odontalgia.

Odontalgic (n.) A remedy for the toothache.

Odontalgy (n.) Same as Odontalgia.

Odontiasis (n.) Cutting of the teeth; dentition.

Odonto- () A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.

Odontoblast (n.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.

Odontoblast (n.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.

Odontocete (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.

Odontogeny (n.) Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.

Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.

Odontographic (a.) Of or pertaining to odontography.

Odontography (n.) A description of the teeth.

Odontoid (a.) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.

Odontoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.

Odontolcae (n. pl.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis.

Odontolite (n.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.

Odontology (n.) The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

Odontophora (n.pl.) Same as Cephalophora.

Odontophore (n.) A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

Odontophorous (a.) Having an odontophore.

Odontoplast (n.) An odontoblast.

Odontopteryx (n.) An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

Odontornithes (n. pl.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae.

Odontostomatous (a.) Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

Odontotormae (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

Odor (n.) Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

Odorament (n.) A perfume; a strong scent.

Odorant (a.) Yielding odors; fragrant.

Odorate (a.) Odorous.

Odorating (a.) Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.

Odoriferous (a.) Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

Odorline (n.) A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.

Odorless (a.) Free from odor.

Odorous (a.) Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.

Ods (interj.) A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.

Odyl (n.) Alt. of Odyle

Odyle (n.) See Od. [Archaic].

Odylic (a.) Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force.

Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.

Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.

Oecoid (n.) The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.

Oecology (n.) The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world.

Oeconomical (a.) See Economical.

Oeconomics (n.) See Economics.

Oeconomy (n.) See Economy.

Oecumenical (a.) See Ecumenical.

Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Oedematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.

Oeiliad (n.) Alt. of Oeillade

Oeillade (n.) A glance of the eye; an amorous look.

Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet.

Oenanthate (n.) A salt of the supposed /nanthic acid.

Oenanthic (a.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic.

Oenanthol (n.) An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.

Oenanthone (n.) The ketone of oenanthic acid.

Oenanthyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.

Oenanthylate (n.) A salt of /nanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.

Oenanthylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid.

Oenanthylidene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine.

Oenanthylous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid.

Oenocyan (n.) The coloring matter of red wines.

Oenology (n.) Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.

Oenomania (n.) Delirium tremens.

Oenomania (n.) Dipsomania.

Oenomel (n.) Wine mixed with honey; mead,

Oenometer (n.) See Alcoholometer.

Oenophilist (n.) A lover of wine.

Oenothionic (a.) Pertaining to an acid now called sulphovinic, / ethyl sulphuric, acid.

O'er (prep. & adv.) A contr. of Over.

Oesophagus (a.) Alt. of Oesophageal

Oesophageal (a.) Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc.

Oestrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the gadflies.

Oestrian (n.) A gadfly.

Oestrual (a.) Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence.

Oestruation (n.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire.

Oestrus (n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.

Oestrus (n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.

Of (prep.) In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:

Of (prep.) Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood.

Of (prep.) Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.

Of (prep.) Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.

Of (prep.) Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.

Of (prep.) Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.

Of (prep.) Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements.

Of (prep.) Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.

Of (prep.) Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.

Of (prep.) Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.

Of (prep.) Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.

Of (prep.) Denoting passage from one state to another; from.

Of (prep.) During; in the course of.

Off (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:

Off (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

Off (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.

Off (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.

Off (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.

Off (interj.) Away; begone; -- a command to depart.

Off (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.

Off (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.

Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.

Off (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

Offal (n.) The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.

Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.

Offal (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.

Offcut (n.) That which is cut off.

Offcut (n.) A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.

Offence (n.) See Offense.

Offended (imp. & p. p.) of Offend

Offending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offend

Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.

Offend (v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.

Offend (v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

Offend (v. t.) To transgress; to violate; to sin against.

Offend (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Odfend (v. i.) To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.

Odfend (v. i.) To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

Offendant (n.) An offender.

Offender (n.) One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

Offendress (n.) A woman who offends.

Offense (n.) Alt. of Offence

Offence (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.

Offence (n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.

Offence (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.

Offenseful (a.) Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.

Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.

Offensible (a.) That may give offense.

Offension (n.) Assault; attack.

Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

Offensive (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.

Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons.

Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.

Offered (imp. & p. p.) of Offer

Offering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offer

Offer (v. t.) To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

Offer (v. t.) To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.

Offer (v. t.) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.

Offer (v. t.) To attempt; to undertake.

Offer (v. t.) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

Offer (v. i.) To present itself; to be at hand.

Offer (v. i.) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.

Offer (v. t.) The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

Offer (v. t.) That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.

Offer (v. t.) Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

Offerable (a.) Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

Offerer (n.) One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.

Offering (n.) The act of an offerer; a proffering.

Offering (n.) That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.

Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.

Offertories (pl. ) of Offertory

Offertory (n.) The act of offering, or the thing offered.

Offertory (n.) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass.

Offertory (n.) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.

Offertory (n.) The oblation of the elements.

Offertory (n.) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.

Offertory (n.) The offerings themselves.

Offerture (n.) Offer; proposal; overture.

Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.

Offhand (adv.) In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.

Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.

Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.

Office (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.

Office (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.

Office (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.

Office (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.

Office (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.

Office (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.

Office (v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.

Officeholder (n.) An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.

Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.

Officered (imp. & p. p.) of Officer

Officering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Officer

Officer (v. t.) To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.

Officer (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Official (n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

Official (n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.

Official (n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

Official (n.) Discharging an office or function.

Official (a.) One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Officialism (n.) The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.

Officialily (n.) See Officialty.

Officially (adv.) By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

Officialty (n.) The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.

Officiant (n.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.

Officiary (a.) Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.

Officiated (imp. & p. p.) of Officiate

Officiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Officiate

Officiate (v. i.) To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

Officiate (v. t.) To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function.

Officiator (n.) One who officiates.

Officinal (a.) Used in a shop, or belonging to it.

Officinal (a.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Officious (a.) Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.

Officious (a.) Disposed to serve; kind; obliging.

Officious (a.) Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.

Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.

Offish (a.) Shy or distant in manner.

Offlet (n.) A pipe to let off water.

Offscouring (n.) That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.

Offscum (n.) Removed scum; refuse; dross.

Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.

Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.

Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.

Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.

Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offset

Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offset

Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.

Offset (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Offset (v. i.) To make an offset.

Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Offshore (a.) From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Offskip (n.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance.

Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.

Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.

Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) Origin; lineage; family.

Offuscate () Alt. of Offuscation

Offuscation () See Obfuscate, Obfuscation.

Oft (adv.) Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.

Oft (a.) Frequent; often; repeated.

Often (adv.) Frequently; many times; not seldom.

Often (a.) Frequent; common; repeated.

Oftenness (n.) Frequency.

Oftensith (adv.) Frequently; often.

Oftentide (adv.) Frequently; often.

Oftentimes (adv.) Frequently; often; many times.

Ofter (adv.) Compar. of Oft.

Ofttimes (adv.) Frequently; often.

Ogam (n.) Same as Ogham.

Ogdoad (n.) A thing made up of eight parts.

Ogdoastich (n.) A poem of eight lines.

Ogee (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.

Ogee (n.) Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.

Ogeechee lime () The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.

Ogeechee lime () The tree which bears this fruit.

Ogganition (n.) Snarling; grumbling.

Ogham (n.) A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.

Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Ogled (imp. & p. p.) of Ogle

Ogling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ogle

Ogle (v. t.) To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

Ogle (n.) An amorous side glance or look.

Ogler (n.) One who ogles.

Oglio (n.) See Olio.

Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

Ogreish (a.) Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre.

Ogress (n.) A female ogre.

Ogreism (n.) Alt. of Ogrism

Ogrism (n.) The character or manners of an ogre.

Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.

Oh (interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

Ohm (n.) The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.

Oho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, etc.

-oid () A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.

Oidium (n.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes.

Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

Oiled (imp. & p. p.) of Oil

Oiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oil

Oil (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

Oilbird (n.) See Guacharo.

Oilcloth (n.) Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc.

Oiled (a.) Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.

Oiler (n.) One who deals in oils.

Oiler (n.) One who, or that which, oils.

Oilery (n.) The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

Oiliness (n.) The quality of being oily.

Oillet (n.) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications.

Oillet (n.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.

Oilmen (pl. ) of Oilman

Oilman (n.) One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.

Oilnut (n.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.

Oilseed (n.) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.

Oilseed (n.) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa).

Oilseed (n.) The sesame.

Oilskin (n.) Cloth made waterproof by oil.

Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.

Oily (superl.) Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.

Oily (superl.) Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.

Oily (superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.

Oinement (n.) Ointment.

Oinomania (n.) See oenomania.

Ointed (imp. & p. p.) of Oint

Ointing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Oint

Oint (v. t.) To anoint.

Ointment (n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.

Ojibways (n. pl.) Same as Chippeways.

Ojo (n.) A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis.

Oke (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2/ pounds.

Oke (n.) An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2/ pints.

Okenite (n.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.

Oker (n.) See Ocher.

Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.

-ol () A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.

Olay (n. pl.) Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel.

Old (n.) Open country.

Old (superl.) Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.

Old (superl.) Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.

Old (superl.) Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.

Old (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.

Old (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.

Old (superl.) Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.

Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

Old (superl.) More than enough; abundant.

Old (superl.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.

Old (superl.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

Old (superl.) Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.

Olden (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time.

Olden (v. i.) To grow old; to age.

Old-fashioned (a.) Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl.

Old-gentlemanly (a.) Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.

Oldish (a.) Somewhat old.

Old lang syne () See Auld lang syne.

Old-maidish (a.) Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

Old-maidism (n.) The condition or characteristics of an old maid.

Oldness (n.) The state or quality of being old; old age.

Oldster (n.) An old person.

Old-womanish (a.) Like an old woman; anile.

Olea (n.) A genus of trees including the olive.

Oleaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.

Oleaginous (a.) Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.

Oleaginousness (n.) Oiliness.

Oleamen (n.) A soft ointment prepared from oil.

Oleander (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

Oleandrine (n.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.

Oleaster (n.) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).

Oleaster (n.) Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.

Oleate (n.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

Olecranal (a.) Of or pertaining to the olecranon.

Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

Olefiant (a.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene.

Olefine (n.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.

Oleic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.

Oleiferous (a.) Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.

Olein (n.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.

Olent (a.) Scented.

Oleograph (n.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.

Oleograph (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.

Oleomargarine (n.) A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.

Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.

Oleometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.

Oleone (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.

Oleoptene (n.) See Eleoptene.

Oleoresin (n.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.

Oleoresin (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.

Oleose (a.) Alt. of Oleous

Oleous (a.) Oily.

Oleosity (n.) The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.

Oleraceous (a.) Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.

Olf (n.) The European bullfinch.

Olfaction (n.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.

Olfactive (a.) See Olfactory, a.

Olfactor (n.) A smelling organ; a nose.

Olfactory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.

Olfactories (pl. ) of Olfactory

Olfactory (n.) An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.

Oliban (n.) See Olibanum.

Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

Olibene (n.) A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.

Olid (a.) Alt. of Olidous

Olidous (a.) Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid.

Olifant (n.) An elephant.

Olifant (n.) An ancient horn, made of ivory.

Oligandrous (a.) Having few stamens.

Oliganthous (a.) Having few flowers.

Oligarch (n.) A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.

Oligarchal (a.) Oligarchic.

Oligarchic (a.) Alt. of Oligarchical

Oligarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.

Oligarchist (n.) An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.

Oligarchies (pl. ) of Oligarchy

Oligarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.

Oligist (a.) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.

Oligist (a.) Alt. of Oligistic

Oligistic (a.) Of or pertaining to hematite.

Oligo- () A combining form from Gr. /, few, little, small.

Oligocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.

Oligocene (n.) The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

Oligochaeta (n. pl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.

Oligochete (a.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochaeta.

Oligoclase (n.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

Oligomerous (a.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.

Oligomyold (a.) Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi).

Oligopetalous (a.) Having few petals.

Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.

Oligosiderite (n.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

Oligospermous (a.) Having few seeds.

Oligotokous (a.) Producing few young.

Olio (n.) A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.

Olio (n.) A mixture; a medley.

Olio (n.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Olitory (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.

Oliva (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

Olivaceous (a.) Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.

Olivary (a.) Like an olive.

Olivaster (a.) Of the color of the olive; tawny.

Olive (n.) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.

Olive (n.) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.

Olive (n.) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.

Olive (n.) The oyster catcher.

Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

Olive (n.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.

Olive (n.) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Olived (a.) Decorated or furnished with olive trees.

Olivenite (n.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.

Oliver (n.) An olive grove.

Oliver (n.) An olive tree.

Oliver (n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Oliverian (n.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.

Olivewood (n.) The wood of the olive.

Olivewood (n.) An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees themselves.

Olivil (n.) A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.

Olivin (n.) A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite.

Olivine (n.) A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.

Olivite (n.) See Olivin.

Olla (n.) A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.

Olla (n.) A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.

Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.

Olla-podrida (n.) Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.

Ology (n.) A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

Olpe (n.) Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.

Olusatrum (n.) An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).

Olympiad (n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

Olympian (a.) Alt. of Olympic

Olympic (a.) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

Olympionic (n.) An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games.

-oma () A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.

Omagra (n.) Gout in the shoulder.

Omahas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

Omander wood () The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

Omasum (n.) The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

Omber (n.) Alt. of Ombre

Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.

Ombre (n.) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

Omega (n.) The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

Omega (n.) The last; the end; hence, death.

Omegoid (a.) Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (/).

Omelet (n.) Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan; as, a plain omelet.

Omen (n.) An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.

Omened (imp. & p. p.) of Omen

Omening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Omen

Omen (v. t.) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

Omened (a.) Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

Omental (a.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

Omenta (pl. ) of Omentum

Omentum (n.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.

Omer (n.) A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah.

Omiletical (a.) Homiletical.

Ominate (v. t. & i.) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.

Omination (n.) The act of ominating; presaging.

Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.

Omissible (a.) Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

Omission (n.) That which is omitted or is left undone.

Omissive (a.) Leaving out; omitting.

Omitted (imp. & p. p.) of Omit

Omitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Omit

Omit (v. t.) To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.

Omit (v. t.) To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.

Omittance (n.) The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect.

Omitter (n.) One who omits.

Ommateal (a.) Of or pertaining to an ommateum.

Ommatea (pl. ) of Ommateum

Ommateum (n.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

Ommatidia (pl. ) of Ommatidium

Ommatidium (n.) One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.

Omni- () A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

Omnibus (n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.

Omnibus (n.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.

Omnicorporeal (a.) Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.

Omniety (n.) That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity.

Omnifarious (a.) Of all varieties, forms, or kinds.

Omniferous (a.) All-bearing; producing all kinds.

Omnific (a.) All-creating.

Omniform (a.) Having every form or shape.

Omniformity (n.) The condition or quality of having every form.

Omnify (v. t.) To render universal; to enlarge.

Omnigenous (a.) Consisting of all kinds.

Omnigraph (n.) A pantograph.

Omniparient (a.) Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing.

Omniparity (n.) Equality in every part; general equality.

Omniparous (a.) Producing all things; omniparient.

Omnipatient (a.) Capable of enduring all things.

Omnipercipience (n.) Alt. of Omnipercipiency

Omnipercipiency (n.) Perception of everything.

Omnipercipient (a.) Perceiving everything.

Omnipotence (n.) Alt. of Omnipotency

Omnipotency (n.) The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity.

Omnipotency (n.) Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's omnipotence.

Omnipotent (a.) Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.

Omnipotent (a.) Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love.

Omnipotently (adv.) In an omnipotent manner.

Omnipresence (n.) Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity.

Omnipresency (n.) Omnipresence.

Omnipresent (a.) Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah.

Omnipresential (a.) Implying universal presence.

Omniprevalent (a.) Prevalent everywhere or in all things.

Omniscience (n.) The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God.

Omnisciency (n.) Omniscience.

Omniscient (a.) Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.

Omniscious (a.) All-knowing.

Omnispective (a.) Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all-seeing.

Omnium (n.) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded.

Omnium-gatherum (n.) A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley.

Omnivagant (a.) Wandering anywhere and everywhere.

Omnivora (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

Omnivorous (a.) All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food.

Omo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.

Omohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

Omophagic (a.) Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites.

Omoplate (n.) The shoulder blade, or scapula.

Omostegite (n.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.

Omosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.

Omosternum (n.) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

Omphacine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as, omphacine oil.

Omphalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

Omphalo- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

Omphalocele (n.) A hernia at the navel.

Omphalode (n.) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called also omphalodium.

Omphalomancy (n.) Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.

Omphalomesaraic (a.) Omphalomesenteric.

Omphalomesenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus.

Omphalopsychite (n.) A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

Omphalopter (n.) Alt. of Omphaloptic

Omphaloptic (n.) An optical glass that is convex on both sides.

Omphalos (n.) The navel.

Omphalotomy (n.) The operation of dividing the navel-string.

Omy (a.) Mellow, as land.

On (prep.) The general signification of on is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath

On (prep.) At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island.

On (prep.) To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; as, rain falls on the earth.

On (prep.) Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an impression on the mind.

On (prep.) At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast.

On (prep.) In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on mischief; loss on loss; thought on thought.

On (prep.) Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.

On (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym).

On (prep.) At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive; as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform. Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded.

On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him.

On (prep.) At the peril of, or for the safety of.

On (prep.) By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor.

On (prep.) To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all the blame; a curse on him.

On (prep.) In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society.

On (prep.) Of.

On (prep.) Occupied with; in the performance of; as, only three officers are on duty; on a journey.

On (prep.) In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee.

On (prep.) Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; as, move on; go on.

On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on.

On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on.

On (prep.) Adhering; not off; as in the phrase, "He is neither on nor off," that is, he is not steady, he is irresolute.

On (prep.) Attached to the body, as clothing or ornament, or for use.

On (prep.) In progress; proceeding; as, a game is on.

Onagri (pl. ) of Onager

Onagers (pl. ) of Onager

Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

Onager (n.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.

Onagga (n.) The dauw.

Onagraceous (a.) Alt. of Onagrarieous

Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera).

Onanism (n.) Self-pollution; masturbation.

Onappo (n.) A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey.

Ince (n.) The ounce.

Once (adv.) By limitation to the number one; for one time; not twice nor any number of times more than one.

Once (adv.) At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely.

Once (adv.) At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched.

Oncidium (n.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.

Oncograph (n.) An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.

Oncometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

Oncotomy (n.) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.

Onde (n.) Hatred; fury; envy.

On dit () They say, or it is said.

On dit (n.) A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.

-one () A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.

-one () A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.

One (a.) Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.

One (a.) Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.

One (a.) Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without the.

One (a.) Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.

One (a.) Single in kind; the same; a common.

One (a.) Single; inmarried.

One (n.) A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.

One (n.) A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.

One (n.) A single person or thing.

One (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.

One (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.

Oneberry (n.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb.

One-hand (a.) Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

One-horse (a.) Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.

One-horse (a.) Second-rate; inferior; small.

Oneidas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.

Oneirocritic (a.) An interpreter of dreams.

Oneirocritic (a.) Alt. of Oneirocritical

Oneirocritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.

Oneirocriticism (n.) Alt. of Oneirocritics

Oneirocritics (n.) The art of interpreting dreams.

Oneiromancy (n.) Divination by means of dreams.

Oneiroscopist (n.) One who interprets dreams.

Oneiroscopy (n.) The interpretation of dreams.

Oneliness (n.) The state of being one or single.

Onely (a.) See Only.

Onement (n.) The state of being at one or reconciled.

Oneness (n.) The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

Onerated (imp. & p. p.) of Onerate

Onerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Onerate

Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.

Oneration (n.) The act of loading.

Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

Onerously (adv.) In an onerous manner.

Ones (adv.) Once.

Oneself (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.

One-sided (a.) Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement.

One-sided (a.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.

Onethe (adv.) Scarcely. See Unnethe.

Ongoing (n.) The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

Onguent (n.) An unguent.

On-hanger (n.) A hanger-on.

Onion (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

Onirocritic (a.) See Oneirocritic.

Onliness (n.) The state of being alone.

Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.

On-looker (n.) A looker-on.

On-looking (a.) Looking on or forward.

Only (a.) One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.

Only (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.

Only (a.) Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief.

Only (a.) In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.

Only (a.) So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly.

Only (a.) Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.

Only (a.) Above all others; particularly.

Only (conj.) Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.

Onocerin (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

Onology (n.) Foolish discourse.

Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.

Onomantic (a.) Alt. of Onomantical

Onomantical (a.) Of or pertaining to onomancy.

Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.

Onomasticon (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.

Onomatechny (n.) Prognostication by the letters of a name.

Onomatologist (n.) One versed in the history of names.

Onomatology (n.) The science of names or of their classification.

Onomatope (n.) An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.

Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

Onomatopoeic (a.) Onomatopoetic.

Onomatopoetic (a.) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.

Onomatopy (n.) Onomatopoeia.

Onomomancy (n.) See Onomancy.

Onondagas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.

Onrush (n.) A rushing onward.

Onset (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

Onset (n.) A setting about; a beginning.

Onset (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

Onset (v. t.) To assault; to set upon.

Onset (v. t.) To set about; to begin.

Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

Onslaught (n.) A bloody fray or battle.

Onstead (n.) A single farmhouse; a steading.

Onto (prep.) On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep.

Ontogenesis (n.) Alt. of Ontogeny

Ontogeny (n.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Ontogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.

Ontogenic (a.) Ontogenetic.

Ontologic (a.) Ontological.

Ontological (a.) Of or pertaining to ontology.

Ontologically (adv.) In an ontological manner.

Ontologist (n.) One who is versed in or treats of ontology.

Ontology (n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.

Onward (a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.

Onward (adv.) Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.

Onwardness (n.) Progress; advancement.

Onwards (adv.) Onward.

Ony (a.) Any.

Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.

Onycha (n.) The precious stone called onyx.

Onychia (n.) A whitlow.

Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.

Onychophora (n. pl.) Malacopoda.

Onyx (n.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.

Oo (a.) One.

Oo (n.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

Ooecia (pl. ) of Ooecium

Ooecium (n.) One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa.

Oogenesis (n.) The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.

Oogonia (pl. ) of Oogonium

Oogoniums (pl. ) of Oogonium

Oogonium (n.) A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and Peronosporeae.

Ooidal (a.) Shaped like an egg.

Ook (n.) Oak.

Oolite (n.) A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

Oolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to oolite; composed of, or resembling, oolite.

Oological (a.) Of or pertaining to oology.

Oologist (n.) One versed in oology.

Oology (n.) The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.

Oolong (n.) A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea.

Oomiac (n.) Alt. of Oomiak

Oomiak (n.) A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos.

Oon (a.) One.

Oones (adv.) Once.

Oop (v. t.) To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite.

Oopack (n.) Alt. of Oopak

Oopak (n.) A kind of black tea.

Oophore (n.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.

Oophorectomy (n.) Ovariotomy.

Oophoric (a.) Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oophore.

Oophorida (pl. ) of Oophoridium

Oophoridiums (pl. ) of Oophoridium

Oophoridium (n.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants.

Oophoritis (n.) Ovaritis.

Oophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion.

Oophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to an oophyte.

Oorial (n.) A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It is reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest.

Oosperm (n.) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation.

Oospere (n.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oogonium.

Oospere (n.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle.

Oosporangia (pl. ) of Oosporangium

Oosporangiums (pl. ) of Oosporangium

Oosporangium (n.) An oogonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oospores.

Oospore (n.) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids.

Oospore (n.) A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

Oosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to an oospore.

Oostegite (n.) One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.

Oothecae (pl. ) of Ootheca

Ootheca (n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

Ootooid (n.) Alt. of Ootocoid

Ootocoid (n.) A half oviparous, or an oviparous, mammal; a marsupial or monotreme.

Ootype (n.) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.

Ooze (n.) Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

Ooze (n.) Soft flow; spring.

Ooze (n.) The liquor of a tan vat.

Oozed (imp. & p. p.) of Ooze

Oozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ooze

Ooze (n.) To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.

Ooze (n.) Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.

Ooze (v. t.) To cause to ooze.

Oozoa (n. pl.) Same as Acrita.

Oozy (a.) Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed of a river.

Opacate (v. t.) To darken; to cloud.

Opacity (n.) The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.

Opacity (n.) Obscurity; want of clearness.

Opacous (a.) Opaque.

Opacular (a.) Opaque.

Opah (n.) A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings.

Opake (a.) See Opaque.

Opal (n.) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.

Opalesced (imp. & p. p.) of Opalesce

Opalescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Opalesce

Opalesce (v. i.) To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.

Opalescence (n.) A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.

Opalescent (a.) Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.

Opaline (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal.

Opalized (imp. & p. p.) of Opalize

Opalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Opalize

Opalize (v. t.) To convert into opal, or a substance like opal.

Opalotype (n.) A picture taken on "milky" glass.

Opaque (a.) Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.

Opaque (a.) Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.

Opaque (n.) That which is opaque; opacity.

Opaqueness (n.) The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.

Ope (a.) Open.

Ope (v. t. & i.) To open.

Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it.

Opelet (n.) A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, / Anthea, sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles.

Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.

Open (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.

Open (a.) Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.

Open (a.) Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.

Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc.

Open (a.) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.

Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter.

Open (a.) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.

Open (a.) Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.

Open (a.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say.

Open (a.) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.

Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.

Open (a.) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.

Open (n.) Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.

Opened (imp. & p. p.) of Open

Opening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Open

Open (v. t.) To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.

Open (v. t.) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.

Open (v. t.) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

Open (v. t.) To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc.

Open (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.

Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.

Open (v. i.) To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.

Open (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view.

Open (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.

Open (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.

Open-air (a.) Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.

Openbill (n.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.

Opener (n.) One who, or that which, opens.

Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.

Open-handed (a.) Generous; liberal; munificent.

Open-headed (a.) Bareheaded.

Open-hearted (a.) Candid; frank; generous.

Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.

Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.

Opening (n.) Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.

Opening (n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.

Openly (adv.) In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.

Openly (adv.) Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.

Open-mouthed (a.) Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.

Openness (n.) The quality or state of being open.

Openwork (n.) Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

Openwork (n.) A quarry; an open cut.

Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.

Opera (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.

Operable (a.) Practicable.

Operameter (n.) An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter.

Operance (n.) Alt. of Operancy

Operancy (n.) The act of operating or working; operation.

Operand (n.) The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; -- called also faciend.

Operant (a.) Operative.

Operant (n.) An operative person or thing.

Operated (imp. & p. p.) of Operate

Operating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Operate

Operate (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

Operate (v. i.) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.

Operate (v. i.) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.

Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.

Operate (v. i.) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.

Operate (v. t.) To produce, as an effect; to cause.

Operate (v. t.) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

Operatic (a.) Alt. of Operatical

Operatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.

Operation (n.) The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

Operation (n.) The method of working; mode of action.

Operation (n.) That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

Operation (n.) Effect produced; influence.

Operation (n.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.

Operation (n.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.

Operative (a.) Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

Operative (a.) Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.

Operative (a.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.

Operative (n.) A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

Operatively (adv.) In an operative manner.

Operator (n.) One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

Operator (n.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.

Operator (n.) A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.

Operator (n.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.

Operatory (n.) A laboratory.

Opercle (n.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.

Opercle (n.) An operculum.

Opercula (n. pl.) See Operculum.

Oparcular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, an operculum.

Opercular (n.) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.

Operculate (a.) Alt. of Operculated

Operculated (a.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.

Operculated (a.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.

Operculiferous (a.) Bearing an operculum.

Operculiform (a.) Having the form of a lid or cover.

Operculigenous (a.) Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the foot, of certain mollusks.

Opercula (pl. ) of Operculum

Operculums (pl. ) of Operculum

Operculum (n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.

Operculum (n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.

Operculum (n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle.

Operculum (n.) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid.

Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.

Operculum (n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.

Operculum (n.) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.

Operetta (n.) A short, light, musical drama.

Operose (a.) Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.

Operosity (n.) Laboriousness.

Operous (a.) Operose.

Opertaneous (a.) Concealed; private.

Opetide (n.) Open time; -- applied to different things

Opetide (n.) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.

Opetide (n.) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.]

Opetide (n.) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock.

Ophelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic.

Ophicleide (n.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas.

Ophidia (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.

Ophidian (n.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

Ophidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.

Ophidioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidae, a family of fishes which includes many slender species.

Ophidioid (n.) One of the Ophidiidae.

Ophidia (pl. ) of Ophidion

Ophidion (n.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] See Illust. under Ophidioid.

Ophidious (a.) Ophidian.

Ophiolatry (n.) The worship of serpents.

Ophiologic (a.) Alt. of Ophiological

Ophiological (a.) Of or pertaining to ophiology.

Ophiologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of serpents.

Ophiology (n.) That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.

Ophiomancy (n.) Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.

Ophiomorpha (n. pl.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.

Ophiomorphite (n.) An ammonite.

Ophiomorphous (a.) Having the form of a serpent.

Ophiophagous (a.) Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles.

Ophiophagus (n.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes.

Ophite (a.) Of or pertaining to a serpent.

Ophite (n.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.

Ophite (a.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.

Ophiuchus (n.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.

Ophiura (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.

Ophiuran (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea.

Ophiuran (n.) One of the Ophiurioidea.

Ophiurid (n.) Same as Ophiurioid.

Ophiurida (n. pl.) Same as Ophiurioidea.

Ophiurioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea.

Ophiurioid (n.) One of the Ophiurioidea.

Ophiurioidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Ophiuroidea

Ophiuroidea (n. pl.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

Ophryon (n.) The supraorbital point.

Ophthalmia (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

Ophthalmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead.

Ophthalmite (n.) An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.

Ophthalmological (a.) Of or pertaining to ophthalmology.

Ophthalmologist (n.) One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.

Ophthalmology (n.) The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye.

Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

Ophthalmoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens.

Ophthalmoscopy (n.) A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a person's temper and character from the appearance of the eyes.

Ophthalmoscopy (n.) Examination of the eye with the ophthalmoscope.

Ophthalmy (n.) Same as Ophthalmia.

Opianic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the oxidation of narcotine.

Opianine (n.) An alkaloid found in small quantity in opium. It is identical with narcotine.

Opianyl (n.) Same as Meconin.

Opiate (n.) Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.

Opiate (n.) Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.

Opiate (n.) Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.

Opiate (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.

Opiate (v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.

Opiated (a.) Mixed with opiates.

Opiated (a.) Under the influence of opiates.

Opie (n.) Opium.

Opiferous (a.) Bringing help.

Opifice (n.) Workmanship.

Opificer (n.) An artificer; a workman.

Opinable (a.) Capable of being opined or thought.

Opination (n.) The act of thinking; a supposition.

Opinative (a.) Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated.

Opinator (n.) One fond of his own opinious; one who holds an opinion.

Opined (imp. & p. p.) of Opine

Opining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Opine

Opine (v. t. & i.) To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.

Opiner (n.) One who opines.

Opiniaster (a.) Alt. of Opiniatre

Opiniatre (a.) Opinionated.

Opiniastrous (a.) See Opiniaster. [Obs.].

Opinlate (v. t.) To hold or maintain persistently.

Opiniated (a.) Opinionated.

Opiniative (a.) Opinionative.

Opiniator (n.) Alt. of Opiniatre

Opiniatre (n.) One who is opinionated.

Opiniatre (a.) See Opiniaster.

Opiniatrety (n.) Obstinacy in opinious.

Opinicus (n.) An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.

Opining (n.) Opinion.

Opinion (n.) That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.

Opinion (n.) The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

Opinion (n.) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

Opinion (n.) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

Opinion (n.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

Opinion (v. t.) To opine.

Opinionable (a.) Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine.

Opinionate (a.) Opinionated.

Opinionated (a.) Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

Opinionately (adv.) Conceitedly.

Opinionatist (n.) An opinionist.

Opinionative (a.) Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.

Opinionative (a.) Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured.

Opinionator (n.) An opinionated person; one given to conjecture.

Opinioned (a.) Opinionated; conceited.

Opinionist (n.) One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions.

Opiparous (a.) Sumptuous.

Opisometer (n.) An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map.

Opisthion (n.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.

Opisthobranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Opisthobranchiata

Opisthobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

Opisthobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.

Opisthobranchiate (n.) One of the Opisthobranchiata.

Opisthocoelian (a.) Alt. of Opisthocoelous

Opisthocoelous (a.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

Opisthodome (n.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.

Opisthoglypha (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.

Opisthography (n.) A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a leaf or sheet already written upon on one side.

Opisthomi (n. pl.) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull.

Opisthopulmonate (a.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca.

Opisthotic (n.) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.

Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.

Opitulation (n.) The act of helping or aiding; help.

Opium (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy.

Ople tree () The witch-hazel.

Opobalsam (n.) Alt. of Opobalsamum

Opobalsamum (n.) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under Balm.

Opodeldoc (n.) A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, -- used for external injuries.

Opodeldoc (n.) A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils; soap liniment.

Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.

Opossum (n.) Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

Oppidan (a.) Of or pertaining to a town.

Oppidan (n.) An inhabitant of a town.

Oppidan (n.) A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family.

Oppignerate (v. i.) To pledge; to pawn.

Oppilated (imp. & p. p.) of Oppilate

Oppilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppilate

Oppilate (v. t.) To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.

Oppilation (n.) The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines.

Oppilative (a.) Obstructive.

Opplete (a.) Alt. of Oppleted

Oppleted (a.) Filled; crowded.

Oppletion (n.) The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up; fullness.

Oppone (v. t.) To oppose.

Opponency (n.) The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.

Opponent (a.) Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

Opponent (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.

Opportune (a.) Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely.

Opportune (v. t.) To suit.

Opportunism (n.) The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences.

Opportunist (n.) One who advocates or practices opportunism.

Opportunities (pl. ) of Opportunity

Opportunity (n.) Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

Opportunity (n.) Convenience of situation; fitness.

Opportunity (n.) Importunity; earnestness.

Opposability (n.) The condition or quality of being opposable.

Opposable (a.) Capable of being opposed or resisted.

Opposable (a.) Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.

Opposal (n.) Opposition.

Opposed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppose

Opposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppose

Oppose (n.) To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.

Oppose (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.

Oppose (n.) To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize.

Oppose (v. i.) To be set opposite.

Oppose (v. i.) To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.

Oppose (v. i.) To make objection or opposition in controversy.

Opposeless (a.) Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible.

Opposer (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

Opposite (a.) Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

Opposite (a.) Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.

Opposite (a.) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Opposite (a.) Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

Opposite (a.) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.

Opposite (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.

Opposite (n.) That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.

Oppositely (adv.) In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely.

Oppositeness (n.) The quality or state of being opposite.

Oppositifolious (a.) Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.

Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

Opposition (n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.

Opposition (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.

Opposition (n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.

Opposition (n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.

Opposition (n.) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.

Oppositionist (n.) One who belongs to the opposition party.

Oppositipetalous (a.) Placed in front of a petal.

Oppositisepalous (a.) Placed in front of a sepal.

Oppositive (a.) Capable of being put in opposition.

Oppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppress

Oppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oppress

Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

Oppress (v. t.) To ravish; to violate.

Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

Oppress (v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

Oppression (n.) The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.

Oppression (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.

Oppression (n.) Ravishment; rape.

Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands.

Oppressive (a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe.

Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

Oppressure (n.) Oppression.

Opprobrious (a.) Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.

Opprobrious (a.) Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.

Opprobrium (n.) Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language.

Opprobry (n.) Opprobrium.

Oppugned (imp. & p. p.) of Oppugn

Oppugning (p pr. & vb. n.) of Oppugn

Oppugn (v. t.) To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

Oppugnancy (n.) The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance.

Oppugnant (a.) Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.

Oppugnant (n.) An opponent.

Oppugnation (n.) Opposition.

Oppugner (n.) One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.

Opsimathy (n.) Education late in life.

Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight.

Opsonation (n.) A catering; a buying of provisions.

Optable (a.) That may be chosen; desirable.

Optate (v. i.) To choose; to wish for; to desire.

Optation (n.) The act of optating; a wish.

Optative (a.) Expressing desire or wish.

Optative (n.) Something to be desired.

Optative (n.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.

Optatively (adv.) In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.

Optic (a.) The organ of sight; an eye.

Optic (a.) An eyeglass.

Optic (a.) Alt. of Optical

Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to vision or sight.

Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.

Optical (a.) Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works.

Optically (adv.) By optics or sight; with reference to optics.

Optician (a.) One skilled in optics.

Optician (a.) One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.

Optics (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.

Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.

Optimacy (n.) Government by the nobility.

Optimacy (n.) Collectively, the nobility.

Optimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy.

Optimate (n.) A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city.

Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.

Optime (n.) One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.

Optimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

Optimism (n.) A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.

Optimist (n.) One who holds the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

Optimist (n.) One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; -- opposed to pessimist.

Optimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

Optimistic (a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.

Optimity (n.) The state of being best.

Option (n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

Option (n.) The exercise of the power of choice; choice.

Option (n.) A wishing; a wish.

Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.

Option (n.) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.

Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.

Optional (n.) See Elective, n.

Optionally (adv.) In an optional manner.

Optocoele (n.) Alt. of Optocoelia

Optocoelia (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.

Optogram (n.) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography.

Optography (n.) The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.

Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.

Opulence (n.) Wealth; riches; affluence.

Opulency (n.) See Opulence.

Opulent (a.) Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.

Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

Opera (pl. ) of Opus

Opus (n.) A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

Opuscle (n.) Alt. of Opuscule

Opuscule (n.) A small or petty work.

Opuscula (pl. ) of Opusculum

Opusculum (n.) An opuscule.

Opye (n.) Opium.

Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

-or () A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.

-or () A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.

Or (conj.) A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.

Or (prep. & adv.) Ere; before; sooner than.

Or (n.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.

Ora (n.) A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.

Orabassu (n.) A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp.

Orach (n.) Alt. of Orache

Orache (n.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.

Oracle (n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.

Oracle (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.

Oracle (n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.

Oracle (n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.

Oracle (n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.

Oracle (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.

Oracle (n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.

Oracled (imp. & p. p.) of Oracle

Oracling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oracle

Oracle (v. i.) To utter oracles.

Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.

Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.

Oraculous (a.) Oracular; of the nature of an oracle.

Oragious (a.) Stormy.

Oraison (n.) See Orison.

Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.

Oral (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.

Orally (adv.) In an oral manner.

Orally (adv.) By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally.

Orang (n.) See Orang-outang.

Orange (n.) The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.

Orange (n.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

Orange (n.) The color of an orange; reddish yellow.

Orange (a.) Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

Orangeade (n.) A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.

Orangeat (n.) Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.

Orangeism (n.) Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

-men (pl. ) of Orangeman

Orangeman (n.) One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England.

Orangeroot (n.) An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.

Orangery (n.) A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.

Orangetawny (a. & n.) Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow.

Orangite () An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway.

Orang-outang (n.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang.

Orarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.

Oration (v. i.) To deliver an oration.

Orator (n.) A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.

Orator (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.

Orator (n.) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.

Orator (n.) An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.

Oratorial (a.) Oratorical.

Oratorian (a.) Oratorical.

Oratorian (n.) See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory.

Oratorical (a.) Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay.

Oratorio (n.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

Oratorio (n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.

Oratorious (a.) Oratorical.

Oratorize (v. i.) To play the orator.

Oratories (pl. ) of Oratory

Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.

Oratress (n.) A woman who makes public addresses.

Oratrix (n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.

Orb (n.) A blank window or panel.

Orb (n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.

Orb (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.

Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

Orb (n.) The eye, as luminous and spherical.

Orb (n.) A revolving circular body; a wheel.

Orb (n.) A sphere of action.

Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.

Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.

Orbed (imp. & p. p.) of Orb

Orbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orb

Orb (v. t.) To form into an orb or circle.

Orb (v. t.) To encircle; to surround; to inclose.

Orb (v. i.) To become round like an orb.

Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.

Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.

Orbed (a.) Having the form of an orb; round.

Orbic (a.) Alt. of Orbical

Orbical (a.) Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular.

Orbicle (n.) A small orb, or sphere.

Orbicula (n.) Same as Discina.

Orbicular (a.) Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.

Orbiculate (n.) That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.

Orbiculate (a.) Alt. of Orbiculated

Orbiculated (a.) Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.

Orbiculation (n.) The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness.

Orbit (n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

Orbit (n.) An orb or ball.

Orbit (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

Orbit (n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

Orbital (a.) Of or pertaining to an orbit.

Orbitar (a.) Orbital.

Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird.

Orbitelae (n. pl.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.

Orbitolites (n.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

Orbitonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve.

Orbitosphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone.

Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

Orbitosphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.

Orbituary (a.) Orbital.

Orbitude (n.) Alt. of Orbity

Orbity (n.) Orbation.

Orbulina (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

Orby (a.) Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving.

Orc (n.) The grampus.

Orcadian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

Orcein (n.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, /, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.

Orchal (n.) See Archil.

Orchanet (n.) Same as Alkanet, 2.

Orchard (n.) A garden.

Orchard (n.) An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.

Orcharding (n.) The cultivation of orchards.

Orcharding (n.) Orchards, in general.

Orchardist (n.) One who cultivates an orchard.

Orchel (n.) Archil.

Orchesography (n.) A treatise upon dancing.

Orchester (n.) See Orchestra.

Orchestian (n.) Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach.

Orchestra (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.

Orchestra (n.) The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.

Orchestra (n.) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.

Orchestra (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.

Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.

Orchestra (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

Orchestral (a.) Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.

Orchestration (n.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

Orchestre (n.) See Orchestra.

Orchestric (a.) Orchestral.

Orchestrion (n.) A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.

Orchid (n.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.

Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.

Orchidean (a.) Orchidaceous.

Orchideous (a.) Same as Orchidaceous.

Orchidologist (n.) One versed in orchidology.

Orchidology (n.) The branch of botany which treats of orchids.

Orchil (n.) See Archil.

Orchilla weed () The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.

Orchises (pl. ) of Orchis

Orchis (n.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.

Orchis (n.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.

Orchitis (n.) Inflammation of the testicles.

Orchotomy (n.) The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

Orcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.

Ord (n.) An edge or point; also, a beginning.

Ordained (imp. & p. p.) of Ordain

Ordaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ordain

Ordain (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.

Ordain (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Ordain (v. t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.

Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.

Ordainer (n.) One who ordains.

Ordainment (n.) Ordination.

Ordal (n.) Ordeal.

Ordalian (a.) Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.

Ordeal (n.) An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

Ordeal (n.) Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.

Ordeal (a.) Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.

Order (n.) Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

Order (n.) Of material things, like the books in a library.

Order (n.) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.

Order (n.) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

Order (n.) Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

Order (n.) The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.

Order (n.) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

Order (n.) A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

Order (n.) Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.

Order (n.) A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.

Order (n.) A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.

Order (n.) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.

Order (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.

Order (n.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

Order (n.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

Order (n.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.

Ordered (imp. & p. p.) of Order

Ordering (p pr. & vb. n.) of Order

Order (n.) To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

Order (n.) To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

Order (n.) To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Order (v. i.) To give orders; to issue commands.

Orderable (a.) Capable of being ordered; tractable.

Orderer (n.) One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.

Orderer (n.) One who gives orders.

Ordering (n.) Disposition; distribution; management.

Orderless (a.) Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.

Orderliness (n.) The state or quality of being orderly.

Orderly (a.) Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.

Orderly (a.) Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.

Orderly (a.) Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.

Orderly (a.) Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.

Orderly (adv.) According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.

Orderlies (pl. ) of Orderly

Orderly (n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.

Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.

Ordinability (n.) Capability of being ordained or appointed.

Ordinable (a.) Capable of being ordained or appointed.

Ordinal (a.) Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

Ordinal (a.) Of or pertaining to an order.

Ordinal (n.) A word or number denoting order or succession.

Ordinal (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.

Ordinal (n.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.

Ordinalism (n.) The state or quality of being ordinal.

Ordinance (n.) Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance.

Ordinance (n.) An established rite or ceremony.

Ordinance (n.) Rank; order; station.

Ordinance (n.) Ordnance; cannon.

Ordinand (n.) One about to be ordained.

Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.

Ordinant (n.) One who ordains.

Ordinarily (adv.) According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe.

Ordinary (a.) According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

Ordinary (a.) Common; customary; usual.

Ordinary (a.) Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.

Ordinaries (pl. ) of Ordinary

Ordinary (n.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.

Ordinary (n.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.

Ordinary (n.) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.

Ordinary (n.) The mass; the common run.

Ordinary (n.) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.

Ordinary (n.) Anything which is in ordinary or common use.

Ordinary (n.) A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.

Ordinary (n.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.

Ordinaryship (n.) The state of being an ordinary.

Ordinate (a.) Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

Ordinate (n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.

Ordinate (v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.

Ordinately (adv.) In an ordinate manner; orderly.

Ordination (n.) The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

Ordination (n.) Disposition; arrangement; order.

Ordinative (a.) Tending to ordain; directing; giving order.

Ordinator (n.) One who ordains or establishes; a director.

Ordnance (n.) Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.

Ordonnance (n.) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.

Ordonnant (a.) Of or pertaining to ordonnance.

Ordovian (a. & n.) Ordovician.

Ordovician (a.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian.

Ordovician (n.) The Ordovician formation.

Ordure (n.) Dung; excrement; faeces.

Ordure (n.) Defect; imperfection; fault.

Ordurous (a.) Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.

Ore (n.) Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.

Ore (n.) The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

Ore (n.) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

Ore (n.) Metal; as, the liquid ore.

Oread (n.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.

Oreades (n. pl.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2.

Orectic (a.) Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetitive.

Oregon grape () An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.

Oreide (n.) See Oroide.

Oreodon (n.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.

Oreodont (a.) Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.

Oreographic (a.) Of or pertaining to oreography.

Oreography (n.) The science of mountains; orography.

Oreoselin (n.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition.

Oreosoma (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.

Oreweed (n.) Same as Oarweed.

Orewood (n.) Same as Oarweed.

Orf (n.) Alt. of Orfe

Orfe (n.) A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See Id.

Orfgild (n.) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.

Orfray (n.) The osprey.

Orfrays (n.) See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Orgal (n.) See Argol.

Organ (n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

Organ (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

Organ (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

Organ (v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Organdie (n.) Alt. of Organdy

Organdy (n.) A kind of transparent light muslin.

Organic (a.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.

Organic (a.) Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.

Organic (a.) Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

Organic (a.) Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.

Organic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with inorganic.

Organical (a.) Organic.

Organically (adv.) In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally.

Organicalness (n.) The quality or state of being organic.

Organicism (n.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.

Organific (a.) Making an organic or organized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs.

Organism (n.) Organic structure; organization.

Organism (n.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual.

Organist (n.) One who plays on the organ.

Organist (n.) One of the priests who organized or sung in parts.

Organista (n.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.

Organity (n.) Organism.

Organizability (n.) Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.

Organizable (a.) Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.

Organization (n.) The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

Organization (n.) The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition.

Organization (n.) That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism

Organization (n.) an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life.

Organized (imp. & p. p.) of Organize

Organizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Organize

Organize (v. t.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.

Organize (v. t.) To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc.

Organize (v. t.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem.

Organizer (n.) One who organizes.

Organling (n.) A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.

Organo- () A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs.

Organogen (n.) A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.

Organogenesis (n.) The origin and development of organs in animals and plants.

Organogenesis (n.) The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny.

Organogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to organogenesis.

Organogeny (n.) Organogenesis.

Organographic (a.) Alt. of Organographical

Organographical (a.) Of or pertaining to organography.

Organographist (n.) One versed in organography.

Organography (n.) A description of the organs of animals or plants.

Organoleptic (a.) Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.

Organological (a.) Of or relating to organology.

Organology (n.) The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure.

Organology (n.) That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology.

Organometallic (a.) Metalorganic.

Organon (n.) Alt. of Organum

Organum (n.) An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method.

Organonymy (n.) The designation or nomenclature of organs.

Organophyly (n.) The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.

Organoplastic (a.) Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.

Organoscopy (n.) Phrenology.

Organotrophic (a.) Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts.

Organule (n.) One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense.

Organy (n.) See Origan.

Organzine (n.) A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.

Orgasm (n.) Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.

Orgeat (n.) A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles.

Orgeis (n.) See Organling.

Orgiastic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.

Orgies (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.

Orgies (n. pl.) Drunken revelry; a carouse.

Orgillous (a.) Proud; haughty.

Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.

Orgue (n.) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.

Orgulous (a.) See Orgillous.

Orgies (pl. ) of Orgy

Orgy (n.) A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.

Oricalche (n.) See Orichalch.

Orichalceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass.

Orichalch (n.) A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.

Oriel (n.) A gallery for minstrels.

Oriel (n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.

Oriel (n.) A bay window. See Bay window.

Oriency (n.) Brightness or strength of color.

Orient (a.) Rising, as the sun.

Orient (a.) Eastern; oriental.

Orient (a.) Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.

Orient (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

Orient (n.) The countries of Asia or the East.

Orient (n.) A pearl of great luster.

Orient (v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

Orient (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

Oriental (a.) Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

Oriental (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

Oriental (n.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

Orientalism (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.

Orientalism (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.

Orientalist (n.) An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

Orientalist (n.) One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.

Orientality (n.) The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.

Orientalized (imp. & p. p.) of Orientalize

Orientalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientalize

Orientalize (v. t.) to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Orientated (imp. & p. p.) of Orientate

Orientating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orientate

Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

Orientate (v. t.) To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.

Orientate (v. i.) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Orientation (n.) The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

Orientation (n.) The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

Orientation (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

Orientness (n.) The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.

Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

Oriflamb (n.) Alt. of Oriflamme

Oriflamme (n.) The ancient royal standard of France.

Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle.

Origan (n.) Alt. of Origanum

Origanum (n.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).

Origenism (n.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.

Origenist (n.) A follower of Origen of Alexandria.

Origin (n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

Origin (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Originable (a.) Capable of being originated.

Original (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.

Original (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

Original (a.) Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

Original (a.) Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.

Original (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.

Original (n.) An original thinker or writer; an originator.

Original (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.

Original (n.) The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.

Originalist (n.) One who is original.

Originality (n.) The quality or state of being original.

Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.

Originally (adv.) At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand.

Originalness (n.) The quality of being original; originality.

Originant (a.) Originating; original.

Originary (a.) Causing existence; productive.

Originary (a.) Primitive; primary; original.

Originated (imp. & p. p.) of Originate

Originating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Originate

Originate (v. t.) To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

Originate (v. i.) To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.

Origination (n.) The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

Origination (n.) Mode of production, or bringing into being.

Originative (a.) Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating.

Originator (n.) One who originates.

Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.

Oriol (n.) See Oriel.

Oriole (n.) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note.

Oriole (n.) In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.

Orion (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.

Oriskany (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.

Orismological (a.) Of or pertaining to orismology.

Orismology (n.) That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

Orison (n.) A prayer; a supplication.

Orisont (n.) Horizon.

Ork (n.) See Orc.

Orkneyan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands.

Orle (n.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.

Orleans (n.) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

Orleans (n.) A variety of the plum. See under Plum.

Orlo (n.) A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.

Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.

Ormer (n.) An abalone.

Ormolu (n.) A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold.

Ormuzd (n.) The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.

Orn (v. t.) To ornament; to adorn.

Ornament (n.) That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

Ornamented (imp. & p. p.) of Ornament

Ornamenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ornament

Ornament (v. t.) To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.

Ornamental (a.) Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.

Ornamentally (adv.) By way of ornament.

Ornamentation (n.) The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

Ornamentation (n.) That which ornaments; ornament.

Ornamenter (n.) One who ornaments; a decorator.

Ornate (a.) Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

Ornate (a.) Finely finished, as a style of composition.

Ornate (v. t.) To adorn; to honor.

Ornately (adv.) In an ornate manner.

Ornateness (n.) The quality of being ornate.

Ornature (n.) Decoration; ornamentation.

Ornithic (a.) Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils.

Ornithichnite (n.) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.

Ornithichnology (n.) The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.

Ornitho- () A combining form fr. Gr. /, /, a bird.

Ornithodelphia (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.

Ornithoidichnite (n.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird.

Ornitholite (n.) The fossil remains of a bird.

Ornitholite (n.) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.

Ornithologic (a.) Alt. of Ornithological

Ornithological (a.) Of or pertaining to ornithology.

Ornithologist (n.) One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

Ornithology (n.) That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

Ornithology (n.) A treatise or book on this science.

Ornithomancy (n.) Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.

Ornithon (n.) An aviary; a poultry house.

Ornithopappi (n. pl.) An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archaeopteryx.

Ornithopoda (n. pl.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

Ornithorhynchus (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck.

Ornithosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.

Ornithoscelida (n. pl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.

Ornithoscopy (n.) Observation of birds and their habits.

Ornithotomical (a.) Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.

Ornithotomist (n.) One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

Ornithotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of birds.

Orographic (a.) Alt. of Orographical

Orographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orography.

Orography (n.) That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.

Orohippus (n.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.

Oroide (n.) An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy.

Orological (a.) Of or pertaining to orology.

Orologist (n.) One versed in orology.

Orology (n.) The science or description of mountains.

Orotund (a.) Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.

Orotund (n.) The orotund voice or utterance

Orotundity (n.) The orotund mode of intonation.

Orphaline (n.) See Orpheline.

Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

Orphaned (imp. & p. p.) of Orphan

Orphaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Orphan

Orphan (v. t.) To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

Orphanage (n.) The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.

Orphanage (n.) An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.

Orphancy (n.) Orphanhood.

Orphanet (n.) A little orphan.

Orphanhood (n.) The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.

Orphanism (n.) Orphanhood.

Orphanotrophism (n.) The care and support of orphans.

Orphanotrophy (n.) A hospital for orphans.

Orphanotrophy (n.) The act of supporting orphans.

Orpharion (n.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind.

Orphean (a.) Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains.

Orpheline (n.) An orphan.

Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.

Orphic (a.) Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

Orphrey (n.) A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics.

Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.

Orpin (n.) A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red.

Orpin (n.) The orpine.

Orpine (n.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever.

Orrach (n.) See Orach.

Orreries (pl. ) of Orrery

Orrery (n.) An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.

Orris (n.) A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.

Orris (n.) A sort of gold or silver lace.

Orris (n.) A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.

Orsedew (n.) Alt. of Orsedue

Orsedue (n.) Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.

Orseille (n.) See Archil.

Orsellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid.

Orsellinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.

Orts (pl. ) of Ort

Ort (n.) A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural.

Ortalidian (n.) Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.

Orthid (n.) A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family Orthidae.

Orthis (n.) An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic rocks.

Orthite (n.) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.

Ortho- () A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.

Ortho- () A combining form (also used adjectively)

Ortho- () The one of several acids of the same element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups; as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. Normal.

Ortho- () Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.

Orthocarbonic (a.) Designating a complex ether, C.(OC2H5)4, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid, C.(OH)4.

Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.

Orthoceras (n.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.

Orthoceratite (n.) An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.

Orthoclase (n.) Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.

Orthoclastic (a.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.

Orthodiagonal (n.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.

Orthodome (n.) See the Note under Dome, 4.

Orthodox (a.) Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.

Orthodox (a.) According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

Orthodox (a.) Approved; conventional.

Orthodoxal (a.) Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.

Orthodoxality (n.) Orthodoxness.

Orthodoxally (adv.) Orthodoxly.

Orthodoxastical (a.) Orthodox.

Orthodoxical (a.) Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.

Orthodoxly (adv.) In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.

Orthodoxness (n.) The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy.

Orthodoxy (n.) Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy.

Orthodoxy (n.) Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.

Orthodoxy (n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.

Orthodromic (a.) Of or pertaining to orthodromy.

Orthodromics (n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.

Orthodromy (n.) The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

Orthoepic (a.) Alt. of Orthoepical

Orthoepical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation.

Orthoepist (n.) One who is skilled in orthoepy.

Orthoepy (n.) The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy.

Orthognathic (a.) Orthognathous.

Orthognathism (n.) The quality or state of being orthognathous.

Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

Orthogon (n.) A rectangular figure.

Orthogonal (a.) Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.

Orthogonally (adv.) Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally.

Orthographer (n.) One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.

Orthographic (a.) Alt. of Orthographical

Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic.

Orthographical (a.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles.

Orthographically (adv.) In an orthographical manner

Orthographically (adv.) according to the rules of proper spelling

Orthographically (adv.) according to orthographic projection.

Orthographist (n.) One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.

Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.

Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.

Orthography (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.

Orthography (n.) A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.

Orthology (n.) The right description of things.

Orthometric (a.) Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of crystals or crystalline forms.

Orthometry (n.) The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.

Orthomorphic (a.) Having the right form.

Orthopedic (a.) Alt. of Orthopedical

Orthopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

Orthopedist (n.) One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children.

Orthopedy (n.) The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

Orthophony (n.) The art of correct articulation; voice training.

Orthopinacoid (n.) A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

Orthopn/a (n.) Alt. of Orthopny

Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.

Orthopoda (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.

Orthopraxy (n.) The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances.

Orthoptera (n. pl.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

Orthopteran (n.) One of the Orthoptera.

Orthopterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.

Orthorhombic (a.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.

Orthoscope (n.) An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye.

Orthoscopic (a.) Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.

Orthosilicic (a.) Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or highest number of hydroxyl groups.

Orthospermous (a.) Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to coelospermous.

Orthostade (n.) A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.

Orthostichies (pl. ) of Orthostichy

Orthostichy (n.) A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.

Orthotomic (a.) Cutting at right angles.

Orthotomous (a.) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.

Orthotomy (n.) The property of cutting at right angles.

Orthotone (a.) Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.

Orthotropal (a.) Alt. of Orthotropous

Orthotropous (a.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

Orthotropic (a.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.

Orthoxylene (n.) That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.

Ortive (a.) Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the ortive amplitude of a planet.

Ortolan (n.) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.

Ortolan (n.) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).

Ortolan (n.) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.

Ortygan (n.) One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix.

Orval (n.) A kind of sage (Salvia Horminum).

Orvet (n.) The blindworm.

Orvietan (n.) A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue.

-ory () An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.

-ory () A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.

Oryal (n.) Alt. of Oryall

Oryall (n.) See Oriel.

Oryctere (n.) The aard-vark.

Orycterope (n.) Same as Oryctere.

Oryctognosy (n.) Mineralogy.

Oryctography (n.) Description of fossils.

Oryctological (a.) Of or pertaining to oryctology.

Oryctologist (n.) One versed in oryctology.

Oryctology (n.) An old name for paleontology.

Oryctology (n.) An old name for mineralogy and geology.

Oryx (n.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.

Oryza (n.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

Ossa (pl. ) of Os

Os (n.) A bone.

Ora (pl. ) of Os

Os (n.) A mouth; an opening; an entrance.

Osar (pl. ) of Os

Os (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.

Osage orange () An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.

Osages (n. pl.) A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.

Osanne (n.) Hosanna.

Osar (n. pl.) See 3d Os.

Oscan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy.

Oscan (n.) The language of the Osci.

Oscillancy (n.) The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion.

Oscillaria (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.

Oscillated (imp. & p. p.) of Oscillate

Oscillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oscillate

Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

Oscillate (v. i.) To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

Oscillating (a.) That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.

Oscillation (n.) The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

Oscillation (n.) Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.

Oscillative (a.) Tending to oscillate; vibratory.

Oscillatoria (n. pl.) Same as Oscillaria.

Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.

Oscine (a.) Relating to the Oscines.

Oscines (n. pl.) Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.

Oscinian (n.) One of the Oscines, or singing birds.

Oscinian (n.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family Oscinidae.

Oscinine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Oscines.

Oscitancy (n.) The act of gaping or yawning.

Oscitancy (n.) Drowsiness; dullness; sluggishness.

Oscitant (a.) Yawning; gaping.

Oscitant (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.

Oscitantly (adv.) In an oscitant manner.

Oscitate (v. i.) To gape; to yawn.

Oscitation (n.) The act of yawning or gaping.

Osculant (a.) Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

Osculant (a.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.

Osculant (a.) Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.

Osculated (imp. & p. p.) of Osculate

Osculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Osculate

Osculate (v. t.) To kiss.

Osculate (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.

Osculate (v. i.) To kiss one another; to kiss.

Osculate (v. i.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.

Osculate (v. i.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.

Osculation (n.) The act of kissing; a kiss.

Osculation (n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.

Osculatory (a.) Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.

Osculatory (a.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point.

Osculatory (n.) Same as Pax, 2.

Osculatrixes (pl. ) of Osculatrix

Osculatrix (n.) A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

Oscule (n.) One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

Oscula (pl. ) of Osculum

Osculum (n.) Same as Oscule.

-ose () A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe.

-ose () A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc.

Osier (n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.

Osier (n.) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

Osier (a.) Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers.

Osiered (a.) Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks.

Osiery (n.) An osier bed.

Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis.

Osmanlis (pl. ) of Osmanli

Osmanli (n.) A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.

Osmate (n.) A salt of osmic acid.

Osmateria (pl. ) of Osmaterium

Osmaterium (n.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.

Osmazome (n.) A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth their characteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or several of the class of nitrogenous substances which are called extractives.

Osmiamate (n.) A salt of osmiamic acid.

Osmiamic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts.

Osmic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.

Osmidrosis (n.) The secretion of fetid sweat.

Osmious (a.) Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as, osmious chloride.

Osmite (n.) A salt of osmious acid.

Osmium (n.) A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.

Osmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.

Osmometry (n.) The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

Osmose (n.) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion.

Osmose (n.) The action produced by this tendency.

Osmosis (n.) Osmose.

Osmotic (a.) Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmose; as, osmotic force.

Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.

Osnaburg (n.) A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg, Germany.

Oso-berry (n.) The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the Cherry tribe of Rosaceae.

Osphradia (pl. ) of Osphradium

Osphradium (n.) The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration.

Osprey (n.) Alt. of Ospray

Ospray (n.) The fishhawk.

Oss (n.) To prophesy; to presage.

Osse (n.) A prophetic or ominous utterance.

Ossean (n.) A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.

Ossein (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.

Osselet (n.) A little bone.

Osselet (n.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.

Osseous (a.) Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

Osseter (n.) A species of sturgeon.

Ossianic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.

Ossicle (n.) A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

Ossicle (n.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Ossiculated (a.) Having small bones.

Ossicula (pl. ) of Ossiculum

Ossiculum (n.) Same as Ossicle.

Ossiferous (a.) Containing or yielding bone.

Ossific (a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.

Ossification (n.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.

Ossification (n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.

Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

Ossifrage (n.) The lammergeir.

Ossifrage (n.) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.

Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.

Ossified (imp. & p. p.) of Ossify

Ossifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ossify

Ossify (v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

Ossify (v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.

Ossify (v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

Ossifying (a.) Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.

Ossivorous (a.) Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.

Osspringer (n.) The osprey.

Ossuarium (n.) A charnel house; an ossuary.

-ries (pl. ) of Ossuary

Ossuary (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.

Ost (n.) See Oast.

Osteal (a.) Osseous.

Ostein (n.) Ossein.

Osteitis (n.) Inflammation of bone.

Osteler (n.) Same as Hosteler.

Ostend (v. t.) To exhibit; to manifest.

Ostensibility (n.) The quality or state of being ostensible.

Ostensible (a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.

Ostensibly (adv.) In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.

Ostension (n.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

Ostensive (a.) Showing; exhibiting.

Ostensively (adv.) In an ostensive manner.

-soria (pl. ) of Ostensory

-sories (pl. ) of Ostensory

Ostensorium (n.) Alt. of Ostensory

Ostensory (n.) Same as Monstrance.

Ostent (n.) Appearance; air; mien.

Ostent (n.) Manifestation; token; portent.

Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.

Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

Ostentation (n.) A show or spectacle.

Ostentatious (a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.

Ostentive (a.) Ostentatious.

Ostentous (a.) Ostentatious.

Osteo- () A combining form of Gr. / a bone.

Osteoblast (n.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

Osteoclast (n.) A myeloplax.

Osteoclast (n.) An instrument for performing osteoclasis.

Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.

Osteocolla (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

Osteocommata (pl. ) of Osteocomma

Osteocommas (pl. ) of Osteocomma

Osteocomma (n.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.

Osteocope (n.) Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.

Osteocranium (n.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.

Osteodentine (n.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.

Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.

Osteogenesis (n.) Alt. of Osteogeny

Osteogeny (n.) The formation or growth of bone.

Osteogenetic (a.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.

Osteogenic (a.) Osteogenetic.

Osteographer (n.) An osteologist.

Osteography (n.) The description of bones; osteology.

Osteoid (a.) Resembling bone; bonelike.

Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.

Osteologer (n.) One versed in osteology; an osteologist.

Osteologic (a.) Alt. of Osteological

Osteological (a.) Of or pertaining to osteology.

Osteologist (n.) One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

Osteology (n.) The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.

Osteomata (pl. ) of Osteoma

Osteoma (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.

Osteomanty (n.) Divination by means of bones.

Osteomere (n.) An osteocomma.

Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Osteoplast (n.) An osteoblast.

Osteoplastic (a.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.

Osteoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation.

Osteoplasty (n.) An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.

Osteopterygious (a.) Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.

Osteosarcomata (pl. ) of Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma (n.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

Osteotome (n.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

Osteotomist (n.) One skilled in osteotomy.

Osteotomy (n.) The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

Osteotomy (n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.

Osteozoa (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.

-ries (pl. ) of Ostiary

Ostiary (n.) The mouth of a river; an estuary.

Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.

Ostic (a.) Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.

Ostiole (n.) The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.

Ostiole (n.) Any small orifice.

Ostitis (n.) See Osteitis.

Ostia (pl. ) of Ostium

Ostium (n.) An opening; a passage.

Ostler (n.) See Hostler.

Ostleress (n.) A female ostler.

Ostlery (n.) See Hostelry.

Ostmen (n. pl.) East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.

Ostosis (n.) Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

Ostracea (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Ostracean (n.) Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

Ostracion (n.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.

Ostraciont (n.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.

Ostracism (n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

Ostracism (n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.

Ostracite (n.) A fossil oyster.

Ostracized (imp. & p. p.) of Ostracize

Ostracizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ostracize

Ostracize (v. t.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends.

Ostracoda (n. pl.) Ostracoidea.

Ostracodermi (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

Ostracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea.

Ostracoid (n.) One of the Ostracoidea.

Ostracoidea (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.

Ostrea (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

Ostreaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.

Ostreaculture (n.) The artificial cultivation of oysters.

Ostreophagist (n.) One who feeds on oysters.

Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

Ostriferous (a.) Producing oysters; containing oysters.

Ostrogoth (n.) One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth.

Ostrogothic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.

Oswego tea () An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.

Otacoustic (a.) Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

Otacoustic (n.) Alt. of Otacousticon

Otacousticon (n.) An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.

Otaheite apple () The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.

Otaheite apple () A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.

Otalgia (n.) Pain in the ear; earache.

Otalgic (a.) Of or pertaining to otalgia.

Otalgic (n.) A remedy for otalgia.

Otalgy (n.) Pain in the ear; otalgia.

Otaries (pl. ) of Otary

Otary (n.) Any eared seal.

Otheoscope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter.

Other (conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

Other (pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

Other (pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.

Other (pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.

Other (pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.

Other (adv.) Otherwise.

Othergates (adv.) In another manner.

Otherguise (a. & adv.) Alt. of Otherguess

Otherguess (a. & adv.) Of another kind or sort; in another way.

Otherness (n.) The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

Otherways (adv.) See Otherwise.

Otherwhere (adv.) In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere.

Otherwhile (adv.) Alt. of Otherwhiles

Otherwhiles (adv.) At another time, or other times; sometimes; /ccasionally.

Otherwise (adv.) In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.

Otherwise (adv.) In other respects.

Otherwise (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.

Othman (n. & a.) See Ottoman.

Otic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

Otiose (a.) Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

Otiosity (n.) Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease.

Otis (n.) A genus of birds including the bustards.

Otitis (n.) Inflammation of the ear.

Oto- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear.

Otoba fat () A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.

Otoconite (n.) A mass of otoliths.

Otoconite (n.) An otolith.

Otocrane (n.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

Otocranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.

Otocyst (n.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.

Otography (n.) A description of the ear.

Otolith (n.) Alt. of Otolite

Otolite (n.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

Otolithic (a.) Alt. of Otolitic

Otolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to otoliths.

Otological (a.) Of or pertaining tootology.

Otologist (n.) One skilled in otology; an aurist.

Otology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

Otopathy (n.) A diseased condition of the ear.

Otorrh/a (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

Otoscope (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Otoscopeic (a.) Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.

Otoscopy (n.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

Otosteal (n.) An auditory ossicle.

Otozoum (n.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

Ottar (n.) See Attar.

Ottawas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

Otter (n.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit South America and Asia.

Otter (n.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.

Otter (n.) A corruption of Annotto.

Otto (n.) See Attar.

Ottoman (a.) Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

Ottomans (pl. ) of Ottoman

Ottoman (n.) A Turk.

Ottoman (n.) A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

Ottomite (n.) An Ottoman.

Ottrelite (n.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.

Ouakari (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially B. ouakari.

Ouanderoo (n.) The wanderoo.

Ouarine (n.) A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.

Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

Ouch (n.) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.

Oughne (a.) Own.

Ought (n. & adv.) See Aught.

Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.

Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Owned; possessed.

Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.

Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.

Oughtness (n.) The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness.

Oughwhere (adv.) Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher.

Ouistiti (n.) See Wistit.

Oul (n.) An awl.

Oul (n.) An owl.

Oulachan (n.) Same as Eulachon.

Ounce (n.) A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.

Ounce (n.) The twelfth part of a troy pound.

Ounce (n.) Fig.: A small portion; a bit.

Ounce (n.) A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, / uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

Ounded (a.) Alt. of Oundy

Oundy (a.) Wavy; waving/ curly.

Ounding (vb. n.) Waving.

Ouphe (n.) A fairy; a goblin; an elf.

Ouphen (a.) Elfish.

Our (possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.

-our () See -or.

Ourang (n.) The orang-outang.

Ourang-outang (n.) See Orang-outang.

Ouranographist (n.) See Uranographist.

Ouranography (n.) See Uranography.

Ourebi (n.) A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.

Ouretic (a.) Uric.

Ourology (n.) See Urology.

Ouroscopy (n.) Ourology.

Ours (possessive pron.) See Note under Our.

Ourselves (pron.) ; sing. Ourself (/). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.

-ous () An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc.

-ous () A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

Ouse (n. & v.) See Ooze.

Ousel (n.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

Oust (n.) See Oast.

Ousted (imp. & p. p.) of Oust

Ousting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oust

Oust (v. t.) To take away; to remove.

Oust (v. t.) To eject; to turn out.

Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.

Out (a.) In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.

Out (a.) Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.

Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.

Out (a.) Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out.

Out (a.) Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.

Out (a.) Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.

Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.

Out (n.) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.

Out (n.) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.

Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Out (v. t.) To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.

Out (v. t.) To come out with; to make known.

Out (v. t.) To give out; to dispose of; to sell.

Out (v. i.) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.

Out (interj.) Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.

Outact (v. t.) To do or beyond; to exceed in acting.

Outagamies (n. pl.) See lst Fox, 7.

Outargue (v. t.) To surpass or conquer in argument.

Outbabble (v. t.) To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling.

Outbalance (v. t.) To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Outbar (v. t.) To bar out.

Outbeg (v. t.) To surpass in begging.

Outbid (imp.) of Outbid

Outbade () of Outbid

Outbid (p. p.) of Outbid

Outbidden () of Outbid

Outbidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outbid

Outbid (v. t.) To exceed or surpass in bidding.

Outbidder (n.) One who outbids.

Outbleat (v. t.) To surpass in bleating.

Outblown (a.) Inflated with wind.

Outblush (v. t.) To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color.

Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

Outborn (a.) Foreign; not native.

Outbound (a.) Outward bound.

Outbounds (n. pl.) The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries.

Outbow (v. t.) To excel in bowing.

Outbowed (a.) Convex; curved outward.

Outbrag (v. t.) To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.

Outbrave (v. t.) To excel in bravery o/ in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity

Outbrave (v. t.) To excel in magnificence or comeliness.

Outbray (v. t.) To exceed in braying.

Outbray (v. t.) To emit with great noise.

Outbrazen (v. t.) To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.

Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.

Outbreaking (n.) The act of breaking out.

Outbreaking (n.) That which bursts forth.

Outbreast (v. t.) To surpass in singing. See Breast, n., 6.

Outbreathe (v. t.) To breathe forth.

Outbreathe (v. t.) To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust.

Outbreathe (v. i.) To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale.

Outbribe (v. t.) To surpass in bribing.

Outbring (v. t.) To bring or bear out.

Outbud (v. i.) To sprout.

Outbuilt (imp. & p. p.) of Outbuild

Outbuilded () of Outbuild

Outbuilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outbuild

Outbuild (v. t.) To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

Outbuilding (n.) A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house; an outhouse.

Outburn (v. t. & i.) To exceed in burning.

Outburn (v. t. & i.) To burn entirely; to be consumed.

Outburst (n.) A bursting forth.

Outcant (v. t.) To surpass in canting.

Outcast (a.) Cast out; degraded.

Outcast (n.) One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

Outcasting (n.) That which is cast out.

Outcept (prep.) Except.

Outcheat (v. t.) To exceed in cheating.

Outclimb (v. t.) To climb bevond; to surpass in climbing.

Outcome (n.) That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

Outcompass (v. t.) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Outcourt (n.) An outer or exterior court.

Outcrafty (v. t.) To exceed in cunning.

Outcrier (n.) One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier.

Outcrop (n.) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.

Outcrop (n.) That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.

Outcrop (v. i.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.

Outcry (n.) A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

Outcry (n.) Sale at public auction.

Outdare (v. t.) To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.

Outdated (a.) Being out of date; antiquated.

Outdazzle (v. t.) To surpass in dazzing.

Outdid (imp.) of Outdo

Outdone (p. p.) of Outdo

Outdoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outdo

Outdo (v. t.) To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Outdoors (adv.) Abread; out of the house; out of doors.

Outdraw (v. t.) To draw out; to extract.

Outdream (v. t.) To pass, or escape, while dreaming.

Outdrink (v. t.) To exceed in drinking.

Outdure (v. t.) To outlast.

Outdwell (v. t.) To dwell or stay beyond.

Outdweller (n.) One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere.

Outer (a.) Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world.

Outer (n.) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.

Outer (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

Outer (v.) One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.

Outerly (adv.) Utterly; entirely.

Outerly (adv.) Toward the outside.

Outermost (a.) Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row.

Outfaced (imp. & p. p.) of Outface

Outfacing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Outface

Outface (v. t.) To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.

Outfall (n.) The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

Outfall (n.) A quarrel; a falling out.

Outfangthef (v. t.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty.

Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.

Outfawn (v. t.) To exceed in fawning.

Outfeast (v. t.) To exceed in feasting.

Outfeat (v. t.) To surpass in feats.

Outfield (n.) Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.

Outfield (n.) A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.

Outfield (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.

Outfield (n.) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.

Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.

Outfitter (n.) One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.

Outflank (v. t.) To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

Outflatter (v. t.) To exceed in flattering.

Outfling (n.) A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

Outflow (n.) A flowing out; efflux.

Outflow (v. i.) To flow out.

Outflew (imp.) of Outfly

Outflown (p. p.) of Outfly

Outflying () of Outfly

Outfly (v. t.) To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than.

Outfool (v. t.) To exceed in folly.

Outform (n.) External appearance.

Outfrown (v. t.) To frown down; to overbear by frowning.

Outgate (n.) An outlet.

Outgaze (v. t.) To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.

Outgeneraled (imp. & p. p.) of Outgeneral

Outgeneralled () of Outgeneral

Outgeneraling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outgeneral

Outgeneralling () of Outgeneral

Outgeneral (v. t.) To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver.

Outgive (v. t.) To surpass in giving.

Outwent (imp.) of Outgo

Outgone (p. p.) of Outgo

Outgoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outgo

Outgo (v. t.) To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

Outgo (v. t.) To circumvent; to overreach.

Outgoes (pl. ) of Outgo

Outgo (n.) That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income.

Outgoer (n.) One who goes out or departs.

Outgoing (n.) The act or the state of going out.

Outgoing (n.) That which goes out; outgo; outlay.

Outgoing (n.) The extreme limit; the place of ending.

Outgoing (a.) Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.

Outground (n.) Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.

Outgrew (imp.) of Outgrow

Outgrown (p. p.) of Outgrow

Outgrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outgrow

Outgrow (v. t.) To surpass in growing; to grow more than.

Outgrow (v. t.) To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

Outgrowth (n.) That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

Outguard (n.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Outgush (n.) A pouring out; an outburst.

Outgush (v. i.) To gush out; to flow forth.

Outhaul (n.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.

Outhess (n.) Outcry; alarm.

Outher (conj.) Other.

Out-Herod (v. t.) To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.

Outhire (v. t.) To hire out.

Outhouse (n.) A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

Outing (n.) The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.

Outing (n.) A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.

Outjest (v. t.) To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting.

Outjet (n.) That which jets out or projects from anything.

Outjuggle (v. t.) To surpass in juggling.

Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

Outknave (v. t.) To surpass in knavery.

Outlabor (v. t.) To surpass in laboring.

Outland (a.) Foreign; outlandish.

Outlander (n.) A foreigner.

Outlandish (a.) Foreign; not native.

Outlandish (a.) Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech.

Outlast (v. t.) To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.

Outlaugh (v. t.) To surpass or outdo in laughing.

Outlaugh (v. t.) To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down.

Outlaw (n.) A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

Outlawed (imp. & p. p.) of Outlaw

Outlawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outlaw

Outlaw (v. t.) To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.

Outlaw (v. t.) To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.

Outlawries (pl. ) of Outlawry

Outlawry (n.) The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.

Outlawry (n.) The state of being an outlaw.

Outlay (v. t.) To lay out; to spread out; to display.

Outlay (n.) A laying out or expending.

Outlay (n.) That which is expended; expenditure.

Outlay (n.) An outlying haunt.

Outleap (v. t.) To surpass in leaping.

Outleap (n.) A sally.

Outlearn (v. t.) To excel or surpass in learing.

Outlearn (v. t.) To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.

Outlet (n.) The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

Outlet (v. t.) To let out; to emit.

Outlie (v. t.) To exceed in lying.

Outlier (n.) One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is.

Outlier (n.) That which lies, or is, away from the main body.

Outlier (n.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.

Outlimb (n.) An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb.

Outline (n.) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.

Outline (n.) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.

Outline (n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

Outlined (imp. & p. p.) of Outline

Outlining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outline

Outline (v. t.) To draw the outline of.

Outline (v. t.) Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.

Outlinear (a.) Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline.

Outlived (imp. & p. p.) of Outlive

Outliving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outlive

Outlive (v. t.) To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.

Outliver (n.) One who outlives.

Outlook (v. t.) To face down; to outstare.

Outlook (v. t.) To inspect throughly; to select.

Outlook (n.) The act of looking out; watch.

Outlook (n.) One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower.

Outlook (n.) The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.

Outloose (n.) A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion.

Outlope (n.) An excursion.

Outluster (v. t.) Alt. of Outlustre

Outlustre (v. t.) To excel in brightness or luster.

Outlying (a.) Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.

Outmaneuver (v. t.) Alt. of Outmanoeuvre

Outmanoeuvre (v. t.) To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.

Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress.

Outmarch (v. t.) To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

Outmeasure (v. t.) To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than.

Outmost (a.) Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.

Outmount (v. t.) To mount above.

Outname (v. t.) To exceed in naming or describing.

Outname (v. t.) To exceed in name, fame, or degree.

Outness (n.) The state of being out or beyond; separateness.

Outness (n.) The state or quality of being distanguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity.

Outnoise (v. t.) To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness.

Outnumber (v. t.) To exceed in number.

Out-of-door (a.) Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.

Out-of-the-way (a.) See under Out, adv.

Outpace (v. t.) To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.

Outparamour (v. t.) To exceed in the number of mistresses.

Outparish (n.) A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town.

Outpart (n.) An outlying part.

Outpass (v. t.) To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.

Outpassion (v. t.) To exceed in passion.

Out-patient (n.) A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.

Outpeer (v. t.) To excel.

Outplay (v. t.) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.

Outpoise (v. t.) To outweigh.

Outport (n.) A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade.

Outpost (n.) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

Outpost (n.) The troops placed at such a station.

Outpour (v. t.) To pour out.

Outpour (n.) A flowing out; a free discharge.

Outpower (v. t.) To excel in power; to overpover.

Outpray (v. t.) To exceed or excel in prayer.

Outpreach (v. t.) To surpass in preaching.

Outprize (v. t.) To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value.

Output (n.) The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.

Output (n.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the faeces. See Income.

Outquench (v. t.) To quench entirely; to extinguish.

Outrage (v. t.) To rage in excess of.

Outrage (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.

Outrage (n.) Excess; luxury.

Outragen (imp. & p. p.) of Outrage

Outraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outrage

Outrage (n.) To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Outrage (n.) Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

Outrage (v. t.) To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

Outrageous (n.) Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.

Outrance (n.) The utmost or last extremity.

Outrank (v. t.) To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.

Outray (v. t.) To outshine.

Outray (v. i.) To spread out in array.

Outraye (v. i.) See Outrage, v. i.

Outraze (v. t.) To obliterate.

Outre (a.) Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre.

Outreach (v. t.) To reach beyond.

Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.

Outreckon (v. t.) To exceed in reckoning or computation.

Outrecuidance (n.) Excessive presumption.

Outrede (v. t.) To surpass in giving rede, or counsel.

Outreign (v. t.) To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than.

Outride (v. t.) To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

Outride (n.) A riding out; an excursion.

Outride (n.) A place for riding out.

Outrider (n.) A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.

Outrider (n.) One who rides out on horseback.

Outrider (n.) A servant on horseback attending a carriage.

Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

Outrigger (n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.

Outrigger (n.) A boat thus equipped.

Outrigger (n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end.

Outright (adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.

Outright (adv.) Completely; utterly.

Outring (v. t.) To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.

Outrival (v. t.) To surpass in a rivalry.

Outrive (v. t.) To river; to sever.

Outroad (n.) Alt. of Outrode

Outrode (n.) An excursion.

Outroar (v. t.) To exceed in roaring.

Outromance (v. t.) To exceed in romantic character.

Outroom (n.) An outer room.

Outroot (v. t.) To eradicate; to extirpate.

Outran (imp.) of Outrun

Outrun (p. p.) of Outrun

Outrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outrun

Outrun (v. t.) To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Outrunner (n.) An offshoot; a branch.

Outrush (v. i.) To rush out; to issue, or ru/ out, forcibly.

Outsail (v. t.) To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than.

Outscent (v. t.) To exceed in odor.

Outscold (v. t.) To exceed in scolding.

Outscorn (v. t.) To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn.

Outscouring (n.) That which is scoured out o/ washed out.

Outscout (v. t.) To overpower by disdain; to outface.

Outsee (v. t.) To see beyond; to excel in cer/ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.

Outsell (v. t.) To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

Outsell (v. t.) To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value.

Outsentry (n.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

Outset (n.) A setting out, starting, or beginning.

Outsettler (n.) One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

Outshine (v. i.) To shine forth.

Outshine (v. t.) To excel in splendor.

Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.

Outshut (v. t.) To shut out.

Outside (n.) The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.

Outside (n.) The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary.

Outside (n.) The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.

Outside (n.) One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See Inside, n. 3.

Outside (a.) Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.

Outside (a.) Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate.

Outside (adv.) or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.

Outsider (n.) One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.

Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.

Outsider (n.) A horse which is not a favorite in the betting.

Outsing (v. t.) To surpass in singing.

Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.

Outskirt (n.) A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.

Outsleep (v. t.) To exceed in sleeping.

Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.

Outsoar (v. t.) To soar beyond or above.

Outsole (n.) The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

Outsound (v. t.) To surpass in sounding.

Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon.

Outsparkle (v. t.) To exceed in sparkling.

Outspeak (v. t.) To exceed in speaking.

Outspeak (v. t.) To speak openly or boldly.

Outspeak (v. t.) To express more than.

Outspeed (v. t.) To excel in speed.

Outspend (n.) Outlay; expenditure.

Outspin (v. t.) To spin out; to finish.

Outspoken (a.) Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.

Outsport (v. t.) To exceed in sporting.

Outspread (v. t.) To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. / adj.

Outspring (v. i.) To spring out; to issue.

Outstand (v. i.) To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.

Outstand (v. t.) To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding.

Outstand (v. t.) To stay beyond.

Outstanding (a.) That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

Outstart (v. i.) To start out or up.

Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.

Outstep (v. t.) To exceed in stepping.

Outstorm (v. t.) To exceed in storming.

Outstreet (n.) A street remote from the center of a town.

Outstretch (v. t.) To stretch out.

Outstride (v. t.) To surpass in striding.

Outstrike (v. t.) To strike out; to strike faster than.

Outstripped (imp. & p. p.) of Outstrip

Outstripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outstrip

Outstrip (v. t.) To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

Outsuffer (v. t.) To exceed in suffering.

Outswear (v. t.) To exceed in swearing.

Outsweeten (v. t.) To surpass in sweetness.

Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.

Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Outtake (prep.) Except.

Outtaken (p. p.) or prep. Excepted; save.

Outtalk (v. t.) To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down.

Outtell (v. t.) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.

Outterm (n.) An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc.

Outthrow (v. t.) To throw out.

Outthrow (v. t.) To excel in throwing, as in ball playing.

Outtoil (v. t.) To exceed in toiling.

Outtongue (v. t.) To silence by talk, clamor, or noise.

Outtop (v. t.) To overtop.

Outtravel (v. t.) To exceed in speed o/ distance traveled.

Outtwine (v. t.) To disentangle.

Outvalue (v. t.) To exceed in value.

Outvenom (v. t.) To exceed in venom.

Outvie (v. t.) To exceed in vying.

Outvillain (v. t.) To exceed in villainy.

Outvoice (v. t.) To exceed in noise.

Outvote (v. t.) To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.

Outwalk (v. t.) To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking.

Outwall (n.) The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance.

Outward (adv.) Alt. of Outwards

Outwards (adv.) From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

Outward (a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

Outward (a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.

Outward (a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.

Outward (a.) Tending to the exterior or outside.

Outward (n.) External form; exterior.

Outwards (adv.) See Outward, adv.

Outwatch (v. t.) To exceed in watching.

Outway (n.) A way out; exit.

Outwear (v. t.) To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

Outwear (v. t.) To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other.

Outweary (v. t.) To weary out.

Outweed (v. t.) To weed out.

Outweep (v. t.) To exceed in weeping.

Outweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight or value.

Outwell (v. t.) To pour out.

Outwell (v. i.) To issue forth.

Outwent () imp. of Outgo.

Outwhore (v. t.) To exceed in lewdness.

Outwin (v. t.) To win a way out of.

Outwind (v. t.) To extricate by winding; to unloose.

Outwing (v. t.) To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying.

Outwit (v. t.) To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

Outwit (n.) The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.

Outwoe (v. t.) To exceed in woe.

Outwork (v. t.) To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

Outwork (n.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.

Outworth (v. t.) To exceed in worth.

Outwrest (v. t.) To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

Outwrite (v. t.) To exceed or excel in writing.

Outzany (v. t.) To exceed in buffoonery.

Ouvarovite (n.) Chrome garnet.

Ouze (n. & v.) See Ooze.

Ouzel (n.) Same as Ousel.

Ova (n. pl.) See Ovum.

Oval (a.) Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

Oval (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.

Oval (a.) Broadly elliptical.

Oval (n.) A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Ovalbumin (n.) Alt. of Ovalbumen

Ovalbumen (n.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.

Ovaliform (a.) Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.

Ovally (adv.) In an oval form.

Ovant (a.) Exultant.

Ovarian (a.) Alt. of Ovarial

Ovarial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ovary.

Ovariole (n.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

Ovariotomist (n.) One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

Ovariotomy (n.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oophorectomy.

Ovarious (a.) Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food.

Ovaritis (n.) Inflammation of the ovaries.

Ovaria (pl. ) of Ovarium

Ovariums (pl. ) of Ovarium

Ovarium (n.) An ovary. See Ovary.

Ovaries (pl. ) of Ovary

Ovary (n.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

Ovary (n.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

Ovate (a.) Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

Ovate (a.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal.

Ovate-acuminate (a.) Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.

Ovate-cylindraceous (a.) Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

Ovated (a.) Ovate.

Ovate-lanceolate (a.) Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.

Ovate-oblong (a.) Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

Ovate-rotundate (a.) Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.

Ovate-subulate (a.) Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

Ovation (n.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

Ovation (n.) Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.

Ovato-acuminate (a.) Same as Ovate-acuminate.

Ovato-cylindraceous (a.) Same as Ovate-cylindraceous.

Ovato-oblong (a.) Same as Ovate-oblong.

Ovato-rotundate (a.) Same as Ovate-rotundate.

Oven (n.) A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

Ovenbird (n.) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests.

Ovenbird (n.) In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; -- called also golden-crowned thrush.

Ovenbird (n.) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.

Over (prep.) Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.

Over (prep.) Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.

Over (prep.) Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.

Over (prep.) Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen.

Over (prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.

Over (prep.) Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.

Over (prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.

Over (prep.) Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars.

Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.

Over (adv.) From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.

Over (adv.) From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy.

Over (adv.) Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.

Over (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.

Over (adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim.

Over (adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over.

Over (adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.

Over (adv.) At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.

Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.

Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

Overabound (v. i.) To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant.

Overact (v. t.) To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.

Overact (v. t.) To act upon, or influence, unduly.

Overact (v. i.) To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.

Overaction (n.) Per/ormance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.

Overaffect (v. t.) To affect or care for unduly.

Overagitate (v. t.) To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.

Overall (adv.) Everywhere.

Overalls (n. pl.) A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.

Overalls (n. pl.) Waterproof leggings.

Overanxiety (n.) The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

Overanxious (a.) Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.

Overarch (v. t. & i.) To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.

Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.

Overawed (imp. & p. p.) of Overawe

Overawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overawe

Overawe (v. t.) To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

Overawful (a.) Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree.

Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.

Overbalance (v. t.) To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

Overbalance (n.) Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports.

Overbarren (a.) Excessively barren.

Overbattle (a.) Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.

Overbear (v. t.) To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

Overbear (v. t.) To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

Overbear (v. i.) To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

Overbearing (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing.

Overbearing (a.) Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

Overbend (v. t.) To bend to excess.

Overbend (v. i.) To bend over.

Overbid (v. t.) To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

Overbide (v. t.) To outlive.

Overblow (v. i.) To blow over, or be subdued.

Overblow (v. i.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

Overblow (v. t.) To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.

Overboard (adv.) Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.

Overboil (v. i.) To boil over or unduly.

Overbold (a.) Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.

Overbookish (a.) Excessively bookish.

Overbounteous (a.) Bounteous to excess.

Overbow (v. t.) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.

Overbreed (v. t.) To breed to excess.

Overbrim (v. i.) To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.

Overbrow (v. t.) To hang over like a brow; to impend over.

Overbuild (v. t.) To build over.

Overbuild (v. t.) To build too much; to build beyond the demand.

Overbuilt (a.) Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.

Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Overburdensome (a.) Too burdensome.

Overburn (v. t. & i.) To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Over-busy (a.) Too busy; officious.

Overbuy (v. t.) To buy too much.

Overbuy (v. t.) To buy at too dear a rate.

Overcanopy (v. t.) To cover as with a canopy.

Overcapable (a.) Too capable.

Overcare (n.) Excessive care.

Overcareful (a.) Too careful.

Overcarking (a.) Too anxious; too full of care.

Overcarry (v. t. & i.) To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point.

Overcast (v. t.) To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

Overcast (v. t.) To compute or rate too high.

Overcast (v. t.) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Overcatch (v. t.) To overtake.

Overcautious (a.) Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.

Overchange (n.) Too much or too frequent change; fickleness.

Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

Overcharge (v. t.) To fill too full; to crowd.

Overcharge (v. t.) To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

Overcharge (v. t.) To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.

Overcharge (v. i.) To make excessive charges.

Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.

Overcharge (n.) An excessive charge in an account.

Overclimb (v. t.) To climb over.

Overcloud (v. t.) To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

Overcloy (v. t.) To fill beyond satiety.

Overcoat (n.) A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

Overcold (a.) Cold to excess.

Overcolor (v. t.) To color too highly.

Overcame (imp.) of Overcome

Overcome (p. p.) of Overcome

Overcoming (p. pr & vb. n.) of Overcome

Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.

Overcome (v. t.) To overflow; to surcharge.

Overcome (v. t.) To come or pass over; to spreads over.

Overcome (v. i.) To gain the superiority; to be victorious.

Overcomer (n.) One who overcomes.

Overcoming (a.) Conquering; subduing.

Overconfidence (n.) Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

Overconfident (a.) Confident to excess.

Overcostly (a.) Too costly.

Overcount (v. t.) To rate too high; to outnumber.

Overcover (v. t.) To cover up.

Overcredulous (a.) Too credulous.

Overcrow (v. t.) To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower.

Overcrowd (v. t.) To crowd too much.

Overcunning (a.) Exceedingly or excessively cunning.

Overcurious (a.) Too curious.

Overdare (v. t. & i.) To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Overdate (v. t.) To date later than the true or proper period.

Overdeal (n.) The excess.

Overdelicate (a.) Too delicate.

Overdelighted (a.) Delighted beyond measure.

Overdight (a.) Covered over.

Overdid (imp.) of Overdo

Overdone (p. p.) of Overdo

Overdoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overdo

Overdo (v. t.) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

Overdo (v. t.) To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

Overdo (v. t.) To surpass; to excel.

Overdo (v. t.) To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

Overdo (v. i.) To labor too hard; to do too much.

Overdoer (n.) One who overdoes.

Overdose (v. t.) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

Overdose (n.) Too great a dose; an excessive dose.

Overdrew (imp.) of Overdraw

Overdrawn (p. p.) of Overdraw

Overdrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overdraw

Overdraw (v. t.) To exaggerate; to overdo.

Overdraw (v. t.) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

Overdress (v. t.) To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

Overdrink (v. t. & i.) To drink to excess.

Overdtive (v. t. & i.) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Overdrown (v. t.) To wet or drench to excess.

Overdry (v. t.) To dry too much.

Overdue (a.) Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.

Overdye (v. t.) To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).

Overeager (a.) Too eager; too impatient.

Overearnest (a.) Too earnest.

Overeat (v. t. & i.) To gnaw all over, or on all sides.

Overeat (v. t. & i.) To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.

Overelegant (a.) Too elegant.

Overempty (v. t.) To make too empty; to exhaust.

Overest (Superl.) Uppermost; outermost.

Overestimate (v. t.) To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

Overestimate (n.) An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

Overexcite (v. t.) To excite too much.

Overexcitement (n.) Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.

Overexert (v. t.) To exert too much.

Overexertion (n.) Excessive exertion.

Overexquisite (a.) Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful.

Overeye (v. t.) To superintend; to oversee; to inspect.

Overeye (v. t.) To see; to observe.

Overfall (n.) A cataract; a waterfall.

Overfall (n.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.

Overfatigue (n.) Excessive fatigue.

Overfatigue (v. t.) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.

Overfed (imp. & p. p.) of Overfeed

Overfeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfeed

Overfeed (v. t. & i.) To feed to excess; to surfeit.

Overfierce (a.) Excessively fierce.

overfill (v. t.) To fill to excess; to surcharge.

Overfish (v. t.) To fish to excess.

Overfloat (v. t.) To overflow.

Overflourish (v. t.) To make excessive display or flourish of.

Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.

Overflowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overflow

Overflowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflow

Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

Overflow (v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

Overflow (v. i.) To run over the bounds.

Overflow (v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.

Overflow (n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.

Overflow (n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.

Overflow (n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Overflowing (n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

Overflowingly (adv.) In great abundance; exuberantly.

Overflush (v. t.) To flush to excess.

Overflutter (v. t.) To flutter over.

Overflux (n.) Overflow; exuberance.

Overflew (imp.) of Overfly

Overflown (p. p.) of Overfly

Overflying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfly

Overfly (v. t.) To cross or pass over by flight.

Overfond (a.) Fond to excess.

Overforce (n.) Excessive force; violence.

Overforward (a.) Forward to excess; too forward.

Overfree (a.) Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.

Overfreighted (imp. & p. p.) of Overfreight

Overfraught () of Overfreight

Overfreighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfreight

Overfreight (v. t.) To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

Overfrequent (a.) Too frequent.

Overfrieze (v. t.) To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze.

Overfront (v. t.) To confront; to oppose; to withstand.

Overfruitful (a.) Too fruitful.

Overfull (a.) Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.

Overfullness (n.) The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

Over-garment (n.) An outer garment.

Overgarrison (v. t.) To garrison to excess.

Overgaze (v. t.) To gaze; to overlook.

Overget (v. t.) To reach; to overtake; to pass.

Overget (v. t.) To get beyond; to get over or recover from.

Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.

Overgird (v. t.) To gird too closely.

Overgive (v. t.) To give over; to surrender; to yield.

Overglad (a.) Excessively or unduly glad.

Overglance (v. t.) To glance over.

Overglide (v. t.) To glide over.

Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.

Overwent (imp.) of Overgo

Overgone (p. p.) of Overgo

Overgoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overgo

Overgo (v. t.) To travel over.

Overgo (v. t.) To exceed; to surpass.

Overgo (v. t.) To cover.

Overgo (v. t.) To oppress; to weigh down.

Overgorge (v. t.) To gorge to excess.

Overgrace (v. t.) To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert.

Overgrassed (a.) Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass.

Overgreat (a.) Too great.

Overgreatness (n.) Excessive greatness.

Overgreedy (a.) Excessively greedy.

Overgross (a.) Too gross.

Overground (a.) Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.

Overgrew (imp.) of Overgrow

Overgrown (p. p.) of Overgrow

Overgrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overgrow

Overgrow (v. t.) To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.

Overgrow (v. t.) To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.

Overgrow (v. i.) To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox.

Overgrowth (n.) Excessive growth.

Overhall (v. t.) See Overhaul.

Overhale (v. t.) See Overhaul.

Overhand (n.) The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

Overhand (a.) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.

Overhand (a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.

Overhand (adv.) In an overhand manner or style.

Overhandle (v. t.) To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often.

Overhung (imp. & p. p.) of Overhang

Overhanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhang

Overhang (v. t.) To impend or hang over.

Overhang (v. t.) To hang over; to jut or project over.

Overhang (v. i.) To jut over.

Overhang (n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

Overhang (n.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

Overhang (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

Overhang (n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

Overhappy (a.) Exceedingly happy.

Overharden (v. t.) To harden too much; to make too hard.

Overhardy (a.) Too hardy; overbold.

Overhaste (n.) Too great haste.

Overhasty (a.) Too hasty; precipitate; rash.

Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhaul

Overhauling () of Overhaul

Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

Overhaul (v. t.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhauling

Overhauling (n.) A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

Overheard (imp. & p. p.) of Overhear

Overhearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhear

Overhear (v. t.) To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.

Overhear (v. t.) To hear again.

Overheat (v. t.) To heat to excess; to superheat.

Overheavy (a.) Excessively heavy.

Overhele (v. t.) To hele or cover over.

Overhent (v. t.) To overtake.

Overhigh (a.) Too high.

Overhighly (adv.) Too highly; too greatly.

Overhipped (imp. & p. p.) of Overhip

Overhipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhip

Overhip (v. t.) To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass.

Overhold (v. t.) To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.

Overhung (a.) Covered over; ornamented with hangings.

Overhung (a.) Suspended from above or from the top.

Overinfluence (v. t.) To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

Overinform (v. t.) To inform, fill, or animate, excessively.

Overissue (n.) An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority.

Overissue (v. t.) To issue in excess.

Overjealous (a.) Excessively jealous; too jealous.

Overjoy (v. t.) To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.

Overjoy (n.) Excessive joy; transport.

Overjump (v. t.) To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore.

Overking (n.) A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.

Overknowing (a.) Too knowing or too cunning.

Overlabored (imp. & p. p.) of Overlabor

Overlaboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlabor

Overlabor (v. t.) To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.

Overlabor (v. t.) To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.

Overladed (imp.) of Overlade

Overladen (p. p.) of Overlade

Overlading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlade

Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.

Overland (a.) Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.

Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land.

Overlander (n.) One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

Overlanguaged (a.) Employing too many words; diffuse.

Overlap (v. t. & i.) To lap over; to lap.

Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

Overlap (n.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Overlarge (a.) Too large; too great.

Overlargeness (n.) Excess of size or bulk.

Overlash (v. i.) To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.

Overlashing (n.) Excess; exaggeration.

Overlate (a.) Too late; exceedingly late.

Overlave (v. t.) To lave or bathe over.

Overlavish (a.) Lavish to excess.

Overlaid (imp. & p. p.) of Overlay

Overlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlay

Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

Overlay (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

Overlay (v. t.) To put an overlay on.

Overlay (n.) A covering.

Overlay (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

Overlayer (n.) One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

Overlaying (n.) A superficial covering; a coating.

Overlead (v. t.) To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity.

Overleap (v. t.) To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

Overlearned (a.) Too learned.

Overleather (n.) Upper leather.

Overleaven (v. t.) To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.

Overliberal (a.) Too liberal.

Overliberally (adv.) In an overliberal manner.

Overlick (v. t.) To lick over.

Overlay (imp.) of Overlie

Overlain (p. p.) of Overlie

Overlying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlie

Overlie (v. t.) To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

Overlight (n.) Too strong a light.

Overlight (a.) Too light or frivolous; giddy.

Overliness (n.) The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.

Overlinger (v. t.) To cause to linger; to detain too long.

Overlip (n.) The upper lip.

Overlive (v. t.) To outlive.

Overlive (v. i.) To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Overliver (n.) A survivor.

Overloaded (imp. & p. p.) of Overload

Overloading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overload

Overload (v. t.) To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

Overload (n.) An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Overlogical (a.) Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

Overlong (a. & adv.) Too long.

Overlooked (imp. & p. p.) of Overlook

Overlooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlook

Overlook (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.

Overlook (v. t.) To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

Overlook (v. t.) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.

Overlooker (n.) One who overlooks.

Overloop (n.) See Orlop.

Overlord (n.) One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.

Overlordship (n.) Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.

Overloud (a.) Too loud; noisy.

Overlove (v. t.) To love to excess.

Overluscious (a.) Excessively luscious.

Overlusty (a.) Too lusty, or lively.

Overly (a.) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.

Overly (a.) Excessive; too much.

Overly (adv.) In an overly manner.

Overlying (a.) Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.

Overmalapert (a.) Excessively malapert or impudent.

Overmanner (adv.) In an excessive manner; excessively.

Overmarch (v. t. & i.) To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching.

Overmast (v. t.) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmatch (v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.

Overmatch (v. t.) To marry (one) to a superior.

Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.

Overmeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate too largely.

Overmeasure (n.) Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmeddle (v. t.) To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling (n.) Excessive interference.

Overmellow (a.) Too mellow; overripe.

Overmerit (n.) Excessive merit.

Overmickle (a. & adv.) Overmuch.

Overmix (v. t.) To mix with too much.

Overmodest (a.) Modest to excess; bashful.

Overmoist (a.) Excessively moist.

Overmoisture (n.) Excess of moisture.

Overmore (adv.) Beyond; moreover.

Overmorrow (n.) The day after or following to-morrow.

Overmost (a.) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.

Overmount (v. t.) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Overmuch (a.) Too much.

Overmuch (adv.) In too great a degree; too much.

Overmuch (n.) An excess; a surplus.

Overmuchness (n.) The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.

Overmultiply (v. t. & i.) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.

Overmultitude (v. t.) To outnumber.

Overname (v. t.) To name over or in a series; to recount.

Overneat (a.) Excessively neat.

Overnice (a.) Excessively nice; fastidious.

Overnight (n.) The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.

Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

Overnoise (v. t.) To overpower by noise.

Overnumerous (a.) Excessively numerous; too many.

Overoffice (v. t.) To domineer over by virtue of office.

Overofficious (a.) Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious.

Overpaint (v. t.) To color or describe too strongly.

Overpamper (v. t.) To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much.

Overpart (v. t.) To give too important or difficult a part to.

Overpassed (imp. & p. p.) of Overpass

Overpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpass

Overpass (v. t.) To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

Overpass (v. t.) To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

Overpass (v. t.) To surpass; to excel.

Overpass (v. i.) To pass over, away, or off.

Overpassionate (a.) Passionate to excess.

Overpatient (a.) Patient to excess.

Overpaid (imp. & p. p.) of Overpay

Overpaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpay

Overpay (v. t.) To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Overpeer (v. t.) To peer over; to rise above.

Overpeople (v. t.) To people too densely.

Overperch (v. t.) To perch upon; to fly over.

Overpersuade (v. t.) To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overpester (v. t.) To pester exceedingly or excessively.

Overpicture (v. t.) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of.

Overplease (v. t.) To please excessively.

Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus.

Overply (v. t.) To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.

Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Overpolish (v. t.) To polish too much.

Overponderous (a.) Too heavy.

Overpost (v. t.) To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post.

Overpotent (a.) Too potent or powerful.

Overpowered (imp. & p. p.) of Overpower

Overpowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpower

Overpower (v. t.) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

Overpower (n.) A dominating power.

Overpowering (a.) Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.

Overpraise (v. t.) To praise excessively or unduly.

Overpraising (n.) The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Overpress (v. t.) To overcome by importunity.

Overpressure (n.) Excessive pressure or urging.

Overprize (v. t.) Toprize excessively; to overvalue.

Overproduction (n.) Excessive production; supply beyond the demand.

Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.

Overproof (a.) Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

Overproportion (v. t.) To make of too great proportion.

Overproud (a.) Exceedingly or unduly proud.

Overprovident (a.) Too provident.

Overprovoke (v. t.) To provoke excessively.

Overquell (v. t.) To quell or subdue completely.

Overquietness (n.) Too much quietness.

Overraked (imp. & p. p.) of Overrake

Overraking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrake

Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.

Overrank (a.) Too rank or luxuriant.

Overrated (imp. & p. p.) of Overrate

Overrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrate

Overrate (v. t.) To rate or value too highly.

Overrate (n.) An excessive rate.

Overreached (imp. & p. p.) of Overreach

Overraught () of Overreach

Overreaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overreach

Overreach (v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.

Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.

Overreach (v. i.) To reach too far

Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

Overreach (v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.

Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

Overreacher (n.) One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.

Overread (v. t.) To read over, or peruse.

Overready (a.) Too ready.

Overreckon (v. t.) To reckon too highly.

Overred (v. t.) To smear with red.

Overrefine (v. t.) To refine too much.

Overrefinement (n.) Excessive refinement.

Overrent (v. t.) To rent for too much.

Overrich (a.) Exccessively rich.

Overrode (imp.) of Override

Overridden (p. p.) of Override

Overrode () of Override

Overrid () of Override

Overriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Override

Override (v. t.) To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.

Override (v. t.) To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.

Override (v. t.) To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Overrigged (a.) Having too much rigging.

Overrighteous (a.) Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.

Overrigid (a.) Too rigid; too severe.

Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.

Overripe (a.) Matured to excess.

Overripen (v. t.) To make too ripe.

Overroast (v. t.) To roast too much.

Overruled (imp. & p. p.) of Overrule

Overruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrule

Overrule (v. t.) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

Overrule (v. t.) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.

Overrule (v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

Overrule (v. i.) To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.

Overruler (n.) One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.

Overruling (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.

Overran (imp.) of Overrun

Overrun (p. p.) of Overrun

Overrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrun

Overrun (v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.

Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.

Overrun (v. t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.

Overrun (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.

Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.

Overrun (v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.

Overrun (v. i.) To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Overrun (v. i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.

Overrunner (n.) One that overruns.

Oversaturate (v. t.) To saturate to excess.

Oversay (v. t.) To say over; to repeat.

Overscented (a.) Scented excessively.

Overscented (a.) Covered or concealed by a different odor.

Overscrupulosity (n.) Overscrupulousness.

Overscrupulous (a.) Scrupulous to excess.

Overscrupulousness (n.) The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.

Oversea (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.

Oversea (adv.) Alt. of Overseas

Overseas (adv.) Over the sea; abroad.

Oversearch (v. t.) To search all over.

Overseason (v. t.) To season too highly.

Oversaw (imp.) of Oversee

Overseen (p. p.) of Oversee

Overseeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversee

Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

Oversee (v. t.) To omit or neglect seeing.

Oversee (v. i.) To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.

Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

Overseership (n.) The office of an overseer.

Oversold (imp. & p. p.) of Oversell

Overselling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversell

Oversell (v. t.) To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.

Oversell (v. t.) To sell beyond means of delivery.

Overset (imp. & p. p.) of Overset

Oversetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overset

Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building.

Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.

Overset (v. t.) To fill too full.

Overset (v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset.

Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

Overset (n.) An excess; superfluity.

Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.

Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshadow

Overshadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshadow

Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.

Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything.

Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.

Overshake (v. t.) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Overshine (v. t.) To shine over or upon; to illumine.

Overshine (v. t.) To excel in shining; to outshine.

Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.

Overshot (imp. & p. p.) of Overshoot

Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoot

Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.

Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.

Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.

Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.

Overshot (a.) From Overshoot, v. t.

Oversight (n.) Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.

Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.

Oversize (v. t.) To surpass in size.

Oversize (v. t.) To cover with viscid matter.

Overskip (v. t.) To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.

Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

Overslaugh (n.) A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.

Overslaugh (v. t.) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.

Oversleep (v. t.) To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

Oversleep (v. i.) To sleep too long.

Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.

Overslip (v. t.) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.

Overslop (n.) An outer garment, or slop.

Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.

Overslow (a.) Too slow.

Oversmen (pl. ) of Oversman

Oversman (n.) An overseer; a superintendent.

Oversman (n.) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.

Oversnow (v. t.) To cover with snow, or as with snow.

Oversoon (adv.) Too soon.

Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess.

Oversoul (n.) The all-containing soul.

Oversow (v. t.) To sow where something has already been sown.

Overspan (v. t.) To reach or extend over.

Overspeak (v. t. & i.) To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.

Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Overspread (imp. & p. p.) of Overspread

Overspreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overspread

Overspread (v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.

Overspread (v. i.) To be spread or scattered over.

Overspring (v. t.) To spring or leap over.

Overstand (v. t.) To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.

Overstare (v. t.) To outstare.

Overstare (v. i.) To stare wildly.

Overstated (imp. & p. p.) of Overstate

Overstating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstate

Overstate (v. t.) To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

Overstatement (n.) An exaggerated statement or account.

Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Overstay

Overstaid () of Overstay

Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstay

Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.

Overstepped (imp. & p. p.) of Overstep

Overstepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstep

Overstep (v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.

Overstock (n.) Stock in excess.

Overstocked (imp. & p. p.) of Overstock

Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstock

Overstock (v. t.) To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

Overstore (v. t.) To overstock.

Over-story (n.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.

Overstrained (imp. & p. p.) of Overstrain

Overstraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstrain

Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.

Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

Overstraw (v. t.) To overstrew.

Overstrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over.

Overstrict (a.) Excessively strict.

Overstride (v. t.) To stride over or beyond.

Overstrike (v. t.) To strike beyond.

Overstrow (v. t.) See Overstrew.

Overstudious (a.) Too studious.

Oversubtile (a.) Excessively subtile.

Oversum (n.) A sum or quantity over; surplus.

Oversupply (v. t.) To supply in excess.

Oversupply (n.) An excessive supply.

Oversure (a.) Excessively sure.

Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.

Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.

Overt (a.) Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.

Overt (a.) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.

Overtook (imp.) of Overtake

Overtaken (p. p.) of Overtake

Overtaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overtake

Overtake (v. t.) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

Overtake (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.

Overtalk (v. i.) To talk to excess.

Overtask (v. t.) To task too heavily.

Overtax (v. t.) To tax or to task too heavily.

Overtedious (a.) Too tedious.

Overtempt (v. t.) To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.

Overthrew (imp.) of Overthrow

Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthrow

Overthrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overthrow

Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

Overthrow (n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.

Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.

Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.

Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.

Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.

Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely.

Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

Overtilt (v. t.) To tilt over; to overturn.

Overtime (n.) Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

Overtire (v. t.) To tire to excess; to exhaust.

Overtire (v. t.) To become too tired.

Overtitle (v. t.) To give too high a title to.

Overtly (adv.) Publicly; openly.

Overtoil (v. t.) To overwork.

Overtoil (v. t.) To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.

Overtopped (imp. & p. p.) of Overtop

Overtopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overtop

Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.

Overtop (v. t.) To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.

Overtop (v. t.) To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.

Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.

Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.

Overtrade (v. i.) To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

Overtrading (n.) The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

Overtread (v. t.) To tread over or upon.

Overtrip (v. t.) To trip over nimbly.

Overtroubled (a.) Excessively troubled.

Overtrow (v. i.) To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much.

Overtrust (n.) Excessive confidence.

Overtrust (v. t. & i.) To trust too much.

Overture () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

Overture () Disclosure; discovery; revelation.

Overture () A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.

Overture () A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.

Overture (v. t.) To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Overturned (imp. & p. p.) of Overturn

Overturning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overturn

Overturn (v. t.) To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

Overturn (v. t.) To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

Overturn (v. t.) To overpower; to conquer.

Overturn (n.) The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.

Overturnable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.

Overturner (n.) One who overturns.

Overvail (v. t.) See Overveil.

Overvaluation (n.) Excessive valuation; overestimate.

Overvalued (imp. & p. p.) of Overvalue

Overvaluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overvalue

Overvalue (v. t.) To value excessively; to rate at too high a price.

Overvalue (v. t.) To exceed in value.

Overveil (v. t.) To veil or cover.

Overview (n.) An inspection or overlooking.

Overvote (v. t.) To outvote; to outnumber in votes given.

Overwalk (v. t.) To walk over or upon.

Overwar (v. t.) To defeat.

Overwary (a.) Too wary; too cautious.

Overwash (v. t.) To overflow.

Overwasted (a.) Wasted or worn out; /onsumed; spent

Overwatch (v. t.) To watch too much.

Overwatch (v. t.) To weary or exhaust by watching.

Overwax (v. i.) To wax or grow too rapindly or too much.

Overweak (a.) Too weak; too feeble.

Overwear (v. t.) To wear too much; to wear out.

Overweary (v. t.) To weary too much; to tire out.

Overweather (v. t.) To expose too long to the influence of the weather.

Overween (v. t.) To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.

Overweener (n.) One who overweens.

Overweening (a.) Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

Overweening (n.) Conceit; arrogance.

Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.

Overweight (n.) Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

Overweight (n.) Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

Overweight (a.) Overweighing; excessive.

Overwell (v. t.) To overflow.

Overwet (n.) Excessive wetness.

Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhelm

Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhelm

Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.

Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover.

Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.

Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.

Overwing (v. t.) To outflank.

Overwise (a.) Too wise; affectedly wise.

Overwit (v. t.) To outwit.

Overword (v. t.) To say in too many words; to express verbosely.

Overworked (imp. & p. p.) of Overwork

Overwrought () of Overwork

Overworking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwork

Overwork (v. t.) To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

Overwork (v. t.) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.

Overwork (v. t.) To decorate all over.

Overwork (v. t.) To work too much, or beyond one's strength.

Overwork (n.) Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.

Overworn (v. t.) Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

Overwrest (v. t.) To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.

Overwrestle (v. t.) To subdue by wrestling.

Overwrought (p. p. & a.) Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

Overzeal (n.) Excess of zeal.

Overzealous (a.) Too zealous.

Ovicapsule (n.) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.

Ovicapsule (n.) Same as Ootheca.

Ovicell (n.) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.

Ovioular (a.) Of or pertaining to an egg.

Ovicyst (n.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

Ovidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.

Oviducal (a.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands.

Oviduct (n.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.

Oviferous (a.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.

Oviform (a.) Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.

Ovigerons (a.) Bearing eggs; oviferous.

Ovile (a.) See Ovine.

Ovine (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

Ovipara (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

Oviparity (n.) Generation by means of ova. See Generation.

Oviparous (a.) Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.

Oviposited (imp. & p. p.) of Oviposit

Ovipositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oviposit

Oviposit (v. i.) To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

Oviposit (v. t.) To deposit or lay (an egg).

Ovipositing (n.) Alt. of Oviposition

Oviposition (n.) The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

Ovipositor (n.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

Ovisac (n.) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.

Ovisac (n.) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

Ovist (n.) Same as Ovulist.

Ovococci (pl. ) of Ovococcus

Ovococcus (n.) A germinal vesicle.

Ovoid (a.) Alt. of Ovoidal

Ovoidal (a.) Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.

Ovoid (n.) A solid resembling an egg in shape.

Ovolo (n.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.

Ovology (n.) That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

Ovoplasma (n.) Yolk; egg yolk.

Ovotesttis (n.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

Ovoviviparous (a.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.

Ovular (a.) Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.

Ovulary (a.) Pertaining to ovules.

Ovulate (a.) Containing an ovule or ovules.

Ovulation (n.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.

Ovule (n.) An ovum.

Ovuliferous (a.) Producing ovules.

Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.

Ovulite (n.) A fossil egg.

Ovula (pl. ) of Ovulum

Ovulum (n.) An ovule.

Ova (pl. ) of Ovum

Ovums (pl. ) of Ovum

Ovum (n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

Ovum (n.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

Owch (n.) See Ouch.

Owed (imp. & p. p.) of Owe

Ought () of Owe

Owing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Owe

Owe (v.) To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own.

Owe (v.) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants.

Owe (v.) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate.

Owe (v.) To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.

Owel (a.) Equal.

Owelty (n.) Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty.

Owen (a.) Own.

Owenite (n.) A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.

Owher (adv.) Anywhere.

Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or held under obligation of paying; due.

Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations.

Owl (n.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits.

Owl (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Owled (imp. & p. p.) of Owl

Owling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Owl

Owl (v. i.) To pry about; to prowl.

Owl (v. i.) To carry wool or sheep out of England.

Owl (v. i.) Hence, to carry on any contraband trade.

Owler (v. i.) One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.

Owleries (pl. ) of Owlery

Owlery (n.) An abode or a haunt of owls.

Owlet (n.) A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).

Owl-eyed (a.) Having eyes like an owl's.

Owling (v. i.) The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.

Owlish (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.

Owllight (n.) Glimmering or imperfect light.

Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.

Own (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.

Owned (imp. & p. p.) of Own

Owning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Own

Own (a.) To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.

Owner (n.) One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

Ownerless (a.) Without an owner.

Ownership (n.) The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

Owre (n.) The aurochs.

Owse (n.) Alt. of Owser

Owser (n.) Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3.

Oxen (pl. ) of Ox

Ox (n.) The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.

Oxacid (n.) See Oxyacid.

Oxalan (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.

Oxalantin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid.

Oxalate (n.) A salt of oxalic acid.

Oxaldehyde (n.) Same as Glyoxal.

Oxalethyline (n.) A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.

Oxalic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, or oxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, and characteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the Buckwheat family.

Oxaline (n.) See Glyoxaline.

Oxalis (n.) A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.

Oxalite (n.) A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron.

Oxaluramide (n.) Same as Oxalan.

Oxalurate (n.) A salt of oxaluric acid.

Oxaluric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance.

Oxalyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.

Oxalyl (n.) An old name for carbonyl.

Oxalyl (n.) An old name for carboxyl.

Oxamate (n.) A salt of oxamic acid.

Oxamethane (n.) Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.

Oxamethylane (n.) Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline substance.

Oxamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid NH2.C2O2.HO obtained as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide with ammonia.

Oxamide (n) A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also oxalamide.

Oxamidine (n.) One of a series of bases containing the amido and the isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.

Oxanillamide (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide.

Oxanilate (n.) A salt of oxanilic acid.

Oxanilic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together.

Oxanilide (n.) a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide.

Oxbane (n.) A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.

Oxbird (n.) The dunlin.

Oxbird (n.) The sanderling.

Oxbird (n.) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).

Oxbiter (n.) The cow blackbird.

Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

Oxeye (n.) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.

Oxeye (n.) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).

Oxeye (n.) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.

Oxeye (n.) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. coeruleus).

Oxeye (n.) The dunlin.

Oxeye (n.) A fish; the bogue, or box.

Oxeyed (a.) Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox.

Oxfly (n.) The gadfly of cattle.

Oxford (a.) Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

Oxgang (n.) See Bovate.

Oxgoad (n.) A goad for driving oxen.

Oxhead (n.) Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead.

Oxheal (n.) Same as Bear's-foot.

Oxheart (n.) A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.

Oxhide (n.) The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.

Oxhide (n.) A measure of land. See 3d Hide.

Oxid (n.) See Oxide.

Oxidability (n.) Capability of being converted into an oxide.

Oxidable (a.) Capable of being converted into an oxide.

Oxidated (imp. & p. p.) of Oxidate

Oxidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oxidate

Oxidate (v. t.) To oxidize.

Oxidation (n.) The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

Oxidator (n.) An oxidizer.

Oxidator (n.) A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.

Oxide (n.) A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Oxidizable (a.) Capable of being oxidized.

Oxidized (imp. & p. p.) of Oxidize

Oxidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oxidize

Oxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent.

Oxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.

Oxidize (v. t.) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.

Oxidize (v. t.) To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.

Oxidizement (n.) Oxidation.

Oxidizer (n.) An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

Oxidulated (a.) Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide.

Oxime (n.) One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

Oxindol (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-called lactam compound.

Oxiodic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.

Oxlike (a.) Characteristic of, or like, an ox.

Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

Oxonate (n.) A salt of oxonic acid.

Oxonian (a.) Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England.

Oxonian (n.) A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.

Oxonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related.

Oxpecker (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater.

Oxshoe (n.) A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof.

Oxter (n.) The armpit; also, the arm.

Oxtongue (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.

Oxy- () A prefix, also used adjectively

Oxy- () A compound containing oxygen.

Oxy- () A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See Hydroxy-.

Oxyacetic (a.) Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

Oxyacid (n.) An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.

Oxyammonia (n.) Same as Hydroxylamine.

Oxybenzene (n.) Hydroxy benzene. Same as Phenol.

Oxybenzoic (a.) Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.

Oxybromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.

Oxybutyric (a.) Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (C3H6.OH.CO2H).

Oxycalcium (a.) Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light.

Oxycaproic (a.) See Leucic.

Oxychloric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.

Oxychloric (a.) Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric.

Oxychloride (n.) A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

Oxycrate (n.) A Mixture of water and vinegar.

Oxycymene (n.) Hydroxy cymene. Same as Carvacrol.

Oxygen (n.) A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.

Oxygen (n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.

Oxygenated (imp. & p. p.) of Oxygenate

Oxygenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oxygenate

Oxygenate (v. t.) To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).

Oxygenation (n.) The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.

Oxygenator (n.) An oxidizer.

Oxygenic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.

Oxygenium (n.) The technical name of oxygen.

Oxygenizable (a.) Oxidizable.

Oxygenized (imp. & p. p.) of Oxygenize

Oxygenizing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Oxygenize

Oxygenize (v. t.) To oxidize.

Oxygenizement (n.) Oxidation.

Oxygenous (a.) Oxygenic.

Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

Oxygonal (a.) Alt. of Oxygonial

Oxygonial (a.) Having acute angles.

OxYhaemacyanin (n.) Alt. of Oxyhaemocyanin

Oxyhaemocyanin (n.) See Haemacyanin.

Oxyhaemoglobin (n.) Alt. of Oxyhemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin (n.) See Hemoglobin.

Oxyhydrogen (a.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.

Oxymel (n.) A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup.

Oxymethylene (n.) Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative.

Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

Oxymuriate (n.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride.

Oxymuriatic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid.

Oxyneurine (n.) See Betaine.

Oxyntic (a.) Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.

Oxyopia (n.) Alt. of Oxyopy

Oxyopy (n.) Excessive acuteness of sight.

Oxyphenic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See Pyrocatechin.

Oxyphenol (n.) A phenol, /////, produced by the distillation of catechin; called also oxyphenic acid, and now pyrocatechin.

Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

Oxyquinoline (n.) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also carbostyril.

Oxyrhyncha (n. pl.) The maioid crabs.

Oxyrrhodine (n.) A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses.

Oxysalt (n.) A salt of an oxyacid, as a sulphate.

Oxysulphide (n.) A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.

Oxysulphuret (n.) An oxysulphide.

Oxytocic (a.) Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.

Oxytocic (n.) An oxytocic medicine or agent.

Oxytoluene (n.) One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene, called the cresols. See Cresol.

Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.

Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

Oxytonical (a.) Oxytone.

Oyer (n.) A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing.

Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Oylet (n.) See Eyelet.

Oylet (n.) Same as Oillet.

Oynoun (n.) Onion.

Oyster (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.

Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Oyster-green (n.) A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

Oystering (n.) Gathering, or dredging for, oysters.

Oysterling (n.) A young oyster.

Ozena (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

Ozocerite (n.) A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called native paraffin, and mineral wax.

Ozonation (n.) The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of converting into, or producing, ozone; ozonization.

Ozone (n.) A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a streng oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by he ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of nitrogen. It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which resembles that of weak chlorine.

Ozonic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, ozone.

Ozonification (n.) The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone.

Ozonization (n.) Ozonation.

Ozonized (imp. & p. p.) of Ozonize

Ozonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ozonize

Ozonize (v. t.) To convert into ozone, as oxygen.

Ozonize (v. t.) To treat with ozone.

Ozonizer (n.) An apparatus or agent for the production or application of ozone.

Ozonometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture.

Ozonometric (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount of ozone; of or relating to ozonometry.

Ozonometry (n.) The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone.

Ozonoscope (n.) An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount, of ozone.

Ozonoscopic (a.) Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone.

Ozonous (a.) Pertaining to or containing, ozone.

P () the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phoenician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.

Pa (n.) A shortened form of Papa.

Paage (n.) A toll for passage over another person's grounds.

Paard (n.) The zebra.

Paas (n.) Pace

Paas (n.) The Easter festival.

Pabular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.

Pabulation (n.) The act of feeding, or providing food.

Pabulation (n.) Food; fodder; pabulum.

Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.

Pabulum (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.

Pac (n.) A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.

Paca (n.) A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.

Pacable (a.) Placable.

Pacane (n.) A species of hickory. See Pecan.

Pacate (a.) Appeased; pacified; tranquil.

Pacated (a.) Pacified; pacate.

Pacation (n.) The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.

Pace (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

Pace (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.

Pace (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.

Pace (n.) A slow gait; a footpace.

Pace (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.

Pace (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure.

Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.

Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.

Paced (imp. & p. p.) of Pace

Pacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pace

Pace (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.

Pace (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on.

Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

Pace (v. i.) To pass away; to die.

Pace (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.

Pace (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.

Pace (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

Paced (a.) Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.

Pacer (n.) One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

Pacha (n.) See Pasha.

Pachacamac (n.) A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

Pachak (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.

Pachalic (a. & n.) See Pashalic.

Pachisi (n.) Alt. of Parchesi

Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

Pachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.

Pachonta (n.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.

Pachy- () A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.

Pachycarpous (a.) Having the pericarp thick.

Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.

Pachydactylous (a.) Having thick toes.

Pachyderm (n.) One of the Pachydermata.

Pachydermal (a.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.

Pachydermata (n. pl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group.

Pachydermatous (a.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.

Pachydermatous (a.) Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.

Pachydermoid (a.) Related to the pachyderms.

Pachyglossal (a.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas.

Pachymeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

Pachymeter (n.) Same as Pachometer.

Pachyote (n.) One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.

Pacifiable (a.) Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.

Pacific (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.

Pacificable (a.) Placable.

Pacifical (a.) Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.

Pacification (n.) The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.

Pacificator (n.) One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.

Pacificatory (a.) Tending to make peace; conciliatory.

Pacfier (n.) One who pacifies.

Pacified (imp. & p. p.) of Pacify

Pacifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pacify

Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.

Pacinian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.

Pack (n.) A pact.

Pack (n.) A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

Pack (n.) A number or quantity of connected or similar things

Pack (n.) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.

Pack (n.) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

Pack (n.) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.

Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.

Pack (n.) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Pack (n.) A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

Pack (n.) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

Pack (n.) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

Packed (imp. & p. p.) of Pack

Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack

Pack (n.) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

Pack (n.) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

Pack (n.) To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.

Pack (n.) Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.

Pack (n.) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

Pack (n.) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

Pack (n.) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

Pack (n.) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

Pack (n.) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.

Pack (n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

Pack (v. i.) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

Pack (v. i.) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

Pack (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

Pack (v. i.) To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.

Pack (v. i.) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

Package (n.) Act or process of packing.

Package (n.) A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

Package (n.) A charge made for packing goods.

Package (n.) A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.

Packer (n.) A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

Packet (n.) A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

Packet (n.) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.

Packeted (imp. & p. p.) of Packet

Packeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Packet

Packet (v. t.) To make up into a packet or bundle.

Packet (v. t.) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

Packet (v. i.) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Packfong (n.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.

Pack herse () See under 2d Pack.

Packhouse (n.) Warehouse for storing goods.

Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs.

Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.

Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious

Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.

Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.

Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.

Packing (n.) Same as Filling.

Packing (n.) A trick; collusion.

Packmen (pl. ) of Packman

Packman (n.) One who bears a pack; a peddler.

Pack saddle () Alt. of Pack thread

Pack thread () See under 2d Pack.

Packwax (n.) Same as Paxwax.

Packway (n.) A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.

Paco (n.) Alt. of Pacos

Pacos (n.) Same as Alpaca.

Pacos (n.) An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.

Pact (v.) An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.

Paction (n.) An agreement; a compact; a bargain.

Pactional (a.) Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction.

Pactitious (a.) Setted by a pact, or agreement.

Pactolian (a.) Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

Pacu (n.) A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidae. It is highly esteemed as food.

Pad (n.) A footpath; a road.

Pad (n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

Pad (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.

Pad (n.) The act of robbing on the highway.

Pad (v. t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.

Pad (v. i.) To travel heavily or slowly.

Pad (v. i.) To rob on foot.

Pad (v. i.) To wear a path by walking.

Pad (n.) A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

Pad (n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.

Pad (n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

Pad (n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

Pad (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

Pad (n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.

Pad (n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

Pad (n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.

Padded (imp. & p. p.) of Pad

Padding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pad

Pad (v. t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

Pad (v. t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.

Padar (n.) Groats; coarse flour or meal.

Padder (n.) One who, or that which, pads.

Padder (n.) A highwayman; a footpad.

Padding (n.) The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

Padding (n.) The material with which anything is padded.

Padding (n.) Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc.

Padding (n.) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.

Paddle (v. i.) To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

Paddle (v. i.) To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.

Paddled (imp. & p. p.) of Paddle

Paddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paddle

Paddle (v. t.) To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.

Paddle (v. t.) To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.

Paddle (v. t.) To pad; to tread upon; to trample.

Paddle (v. i.) An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

Paddle (v. i.) The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.

Paddle (v. i.) One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.

Paddle (v. i.) A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.

Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.

Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.

Paddle (v. i.) See Paddle staff (b), below.

Paddlecock (n.) The lumpfish.

Paddlefish (n.) A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.

Padder (n.) One who, or that which, paddles.

Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.

Paddock (n.) A toad or frog.

Paddock (n.) A small inclosure or park for sporting.

Paddock (n.) A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable.

Paddy (a.) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Paddies (pl. ) of Paddy

Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Paddy (n.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.

Padelion (n.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.

Padella (n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.

Pademelon (n.) See Wallaby.

Padesoy (n.) See Paduasoy.

Padge (n.) The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl.

Padishah (n.) Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.

Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.

Padlock (n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Padlocked (imp. & p. p.) of Padlock

Padlocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Padlock

Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.

Padnag (n.) An ambling nag.

Padow (n.) A paddock, or toad.

Padroni (pl. ) of Padrone

Padrones (pl. ) of Padrone

Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.

Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.

Paduasoy (n.) A rich and heavy silk stuff.

Paducahs (n. pl.) See Comanches.

Paean (n.) An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

Paean (n.) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

Paean (n.) See Paeon.

Paedobaptism (n.) Pedobaptism.

Paedogenesis (n.) Reproduction by young or larval animals.

Paedogenetic (a.) Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.

Paeon (n.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.

Paeonine (n.) An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.

Paeony (n.) See Peony.

Pagan (n.) One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.

Pagan (n.) Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.

Pagandom (n.) The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism.

Paganic (a.) Alt. of Paganical

Paganical (a.) Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.

Paganish (a.) Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish.

Paganism (n.) The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.

Paganity (n.) The state of being a pagan; paganism.

Paganized (imp. & p. p.) of Paganize

Paganizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paganize

Paganize (v. t.) To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.

Paganize (v. i.) To behave like pagans.

Paganly (adv.) In a pagan manner.

Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Page (n.) A boy child.

Page (n.) A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.

Page (n.) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

Page (n.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Page (v. t.) To attend (one) as a page.

Page (n.) One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

Page (n.) Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

Page (n.) The type set up for printing a page.

Paged (imp. & p. p.) of Page

Paging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Page

Page (v. t.) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.

Pageant (n.) A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.

Pageant (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.

Pageant (a.) Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.

Pageant (v. t.) To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Pageantry (n.) Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.

Pagehood (n.) The state of being a page.

Paginae (pl. ) of Pagina

Pagina (n.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.

Paginal (a.) Consisting of pages.

Pagination (n.) The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number.

Paging (n.) The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.

Pagod (n.) A pagoda. [R.] "Or some queer pagod."

Pagod (n.) An idol.

Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.

Pagoda (n.) An idol.

Pagoda (n.) A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

Pagodite (n.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.

Paguma (n.) Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.

Pagurian (n.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.

Pah (interj.) An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.

Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.

Pahi (n.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.

Pahlevi (n.) Same as Pehlevi.

Pahoehoe (n.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.

PahUtes (n. pl.) See Utes.

Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Satisfied; contented.

Paideutics (n.) The science or art of teaching.

Paien (n. & a.) Pagan.

Paigle (n.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.

Paijama (n.) Pyjama.

Pail (n.) A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.

Pailfuls (pl. ) of Pailful

Pailful (n.) The quantity that a pail will hold.

Paillasse (n.) An under bed or mattress of straw.

Pailmall (n. & a.) See Pall-mall.

Pain (n.) Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart.

Pain (n.) Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.

Pain (n.) Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.

Pain (n.) See Pains, labor, effort.

Pained (imp. & p. p.) of Pain

Paining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pain

Pain (n.) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.

Pain (n.) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.

Painable (a.) Causing pain; painful.

Painful (a.) Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

Painful (a.) Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

Painful (a.) Painstaking; careful; industrious.

Painim (n.) A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively.

Painless (a.) Free from pain; without pain.

Pains (n.) Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.

Painstaker (n.) One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.

Painstaking (a.) Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.

Painstaking (n.) The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.

Painsworthy (a.) Worth the pains or care bestowed.

Painted (imp. & p. p.) of Paint

Painting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paint

Paint (v. t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

Paint (v. t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

Paint (v. t.) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

Paint (n.) A pigment or coloring substance.

Paint (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

Paint (n.) A cosmetic; rouge.

Painted (a.) Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.

Painted (a.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.

Painter (n.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.

Painter (n.) The panther, or puma.

Painter (n.) One whose occupation is to paint

Painter (n.) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.

Painter (n.) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

Painterly (a.) Like a painter's work.

Paintership (n.) The state or position of being a painter.

Painting (n.) The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.

Painting (n.) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.

Painting (n.) Color laid on; paint.

Painting (n.) A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Paintless (a.) Not capable of being painted or described.

Painture (v. t.) The art of painting.

Painty (a.) Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.

Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]

Pair (n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

Pair (n.) A married couple; a man and wife.

Pair (n.) A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

Pair (n.) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.

Pair (n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.

Pairs Royal (pl. ) of Pair

Paired (imp. & p. p.) of Pair

Pairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pair

Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.

Pair (v. i.) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Pair (v. i.) Same as To pair off. See phrase below.

Pair (v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.

Pair (v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.

Pair (v. t.) To impair.

Pairer (n.) One who impairs.

Pairing (v. i.) The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.

Pairing (v. i.) See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.

Pairment (n.) Impairment.

Pais (n.) The country; the people of the neighborhood.

Paisano (n.) The chaparral cock.

Paise (n.) See Poise.

Pajock (n.) A peacock.

Pakfong (n.) See Packfong.

Pal (n.) A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.

Palace (n.) The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception.

Palace (n.) The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

Palace (n.) Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.

Palacious (a.) Palatial.

Paladin (n.) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.

Palaeo- () See Paleo-.

Palaeographer (a.) Alt. of Palaeographic

Palaeographic (a.) See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.

Palaeotype (n.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.

Palaestra (n.) See Palestra.

Palaestric (a.) See Palestric.

Palaetiologist (n.) One versed in palaetiology.

Palaetiology (n.) The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth.

Palamme (pl. ) of Palama

Palama (n.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.

Palamedeae (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.

Palampore (n.) See Palempore.

Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

Palanquin (n.) An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.

Palapteryx (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Palatability (n.) Palatableness.

Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.

Palatableness (n.) The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.

Palatably (adv.) In a palatable manner.

Palatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

Palatal (a.) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.

Palatal (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.

Palatalize (v. t.) To palatize.

Palate (n.) The roof of the mouth.

Palate (n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

Palate (n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.

Palate (n.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Palate (v. t.) To perceive by the taste.

Palatial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures.

Palatial (a.) Palatal; palatine.

Palatial (n.) A palatal letter.

Palatic (a.) Palatal; palatine.

Palatic (n.) A palatal.

Palatinate (n.) The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.

Palatinate (v. t.) To make a palatinate of.

Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.

Palatine (n.) One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

Palatine (n.) The Palatine hill in Rome.

Palatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the palate.

Palatine (n.) A palatine bone.

Palative (a.) Pleasing to the taste; palatable.

Palatize (v. t.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound.

Palato- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.

Palatonares (n. pl.) The posterior nares. See Nares.

Palatopterygoid (a.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

Palaver (n.) Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

Palaver (n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.

Palavered (imp. & p. p.) of Palaver

Palavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palaver

Palaver (v. t. & i.) To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.

Palaverer (n.) One who palavers; a flatterer.

Pale (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

Pale (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

Pale (n.) Paleness; pallor.

Paled (imp. & p. p.) of Pale

Paling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pale

Pale (v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

Pale (v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.

Pale (n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.

Pale (n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.

Pale (n.) A stripe or band, as on a garment.

Pale (n.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.

Pale (n.) A cheese scoop.

Pale (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

Paleae (pl. ) of Palea

Palea (n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

Palea (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.

Palea (n.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

Paleaceous (a.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.

Palearctic (a.) Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.

Paled (a.) Striped.

Paled (a.) Inclosed with a paling.

Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.

Paleface (n.) A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.

Paleichthyes (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids.

Palely (a.) In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.

Palempore (n.) A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings.

Paleness (n.) The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.

Palenque (n. pl.) A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.

Paleo- () A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography.

Paleobotanist (n.) One versed in paleobotany.

Paleobotany (n.) That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

Paleocarida (n. pl.) Same as Merostomata.

Paleocrinoidea (n. pl.) A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.

Paleocrystic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation.

Paleogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.

Paleograph (n.) An ancient manuscript.

Paleographer (n.) One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

Paleographic (a.) Alt. of Paleographical

Paleographical (a.) Of or pertaining to paleography.

Paleographist (n.) One versed in paleography; a paleographer.

Paleography (n.) An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.

Paleography (n.) The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.

Paleolae (pl. ) of Paleola

Paleola (n.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.

Paleolith (n.) A relic of the Paleolithic era.

Paleolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.

Paleologist (n.) One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.

Paleology (n.) The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archaeology .

Paleontographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

Paleontography (n.) The description of fossil remains.

Paleontological (a.) Of or pertaining to paleontology.

Paleontologist (n.) One versed in paleontology.

Paleontology (n.) The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

Paleophytologist (n.) A paleobotanist.

Paleophytology (n.) Paleobotany.

Paleornithology (n.) The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

Paleosaurus (n.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

Paleotechnic (a.) Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art.

Paleothere (n.) Any species of Paleotherium.

Paleotherian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.

Paleotherium (n.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.

Paleotheroid () Resembling Paleotherium.

Paleotheroid (n.) An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.

Paleotype (n.) See Palaeotype.

Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Paleozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.

Paleozoology (n.) The Paleozoic time or strata.

Paleozooogy (n.) The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.

Palesie (n.) Alt. of Palesy

Palesy (n.) Palsy.

Palestinian (a.) Alt. of Palestinean

Palestinean (a.) Of or pertaining to Palestine.

Palestrae (pl. ) of Palestra

Palestras (pl. ) of Palestra

Palestra (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.

Palestra (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

Palestrian (a.) Alt. of Palestrical

Palestric (a.) Alt. of Palestrical

Palestrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

Palet (n.) Same as Palea.

Paletot (n.) An overcoat.

Paletot (n.) A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.

Palette (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.

Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Palette (n.) A breastplate for a breast drill.

Palewise (adv.) In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.

Palfrey (n.) A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.

Palfrey (n.) A small saddle horse for ladies.

Palfreyed (a.) Mounted on a palfrey.

Palgrave (n.) See Palsgrave.

Pali (n.) pl. of Palus.

Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.

Palification (n.) The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.

Paliform (a.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.

Palilogy (n.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living, the living, he shall praise thee."

Palimpsest (n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.

Palindrome (n.) A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

Palindromic (a.) Alt. of Palindromical

Palindromical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.

Palindromist (n.) A writer of palindromes.

Paling (n.) Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.

Paling (n.) The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves.

Palingenesia (n.) See Palingenesis.

Palingenesis (n.) Alt. of Palingenesy

Palingenesy (n.) A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.

Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

Palingenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.

Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.

Palinody (n.) See Palinode.

Palinurus (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

Palisade (n.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.

Palisade (n.) Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.

Palisaded (imp. & p. p.) of Palisade

Palisading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palisade

Palisade (v. t.) To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.

Palisading (n.) A row of palisades set in the ground.

Palisadoes (pl. ) of Palisado

Palisado (n.) A palisade.

Palisado (v. t.) To palisade.

Palish (a.) Somewhat pale or wan.

Palissander (n.) Violet wood.

Palissander (n.) Rosewood.

Palissy (a.) Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry.

Palkee (n.) A palanquin.

Pall (n.) Same as Pawl.

Pall (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

Pall (n.) A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.

Pall (n.) Same as Pallium.

Pall (n.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.

Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.

Pall (n.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.

Pall (v. t.) To cloak.

Palled (imp. & p. p.) of Pall

Palling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pall

Pall (a.) To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.

Pall (v. t.) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

Pall (v. t.) To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.

Pall (n.) Nausea.

Palla (n.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.

Palladian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.

Palladic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.

Palladious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.

Palladium (n.) Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

Palladium (n.) Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.

Palladium (n.) A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.

Palladiumized (imp. & p. p.) of Paladiumize

Palladiumizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paladiumize

Paladiumize (v. t.) To cover or coat with palladium.

Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.

Pallas (n.) Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.

Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

Pallet (n.) A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.

Palet (n.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.

Pallet (n.) Same as Palette.

Pallet (n.) A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.

Pallet (n.) A potter's wheel.

Pallet (n.) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.

Pallet (n.) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

Pallet (n.) A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.

Pallet (n.) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.

Pallet (n.) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.

Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.

Pallet (n.) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.

Pallet (n.) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. of Teredo.

Pallet (n.) A cup containing three ounces, -- /ormerly used by surgeons.

Pallial (a.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Palliament (n.) A dress; a robe.

Palliard (n.) A born beggar; a vagabond.

Palliard (n.) A lecher; a lewd person.

Palliasse (n.) See Paillasse.

Palliate (a.) Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.

Palliate (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

Palliated (imp. & p. p.) of Palliate

Palliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palliate

Palliate (v. t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.

Palliate (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.

Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.

Palliation (n.) The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

Palliation (n.) Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

Palliation (n.) That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.

Palliative (a.) Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Palliative (n.) That which palliates; a palliative agent.

Palliatory (a.) Palliative; extenuating.

Pallid (a.) Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

Pallidity (n.) Pallidness; paleness.

Pallidly (adv.) In a pallid manner.

Pallidness (n.) The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.

Palliobranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Brachiopoda.

Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.

Pallia (pl. ) of Pallium

Palliums (pl. ) of Pallium

Pallium (n.) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

Pallium (n.) A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.

Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.

Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bird.

Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.

Pallone (n.) An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.

Pallor (a.) Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.

Palm (n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Palm (n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

Palm (n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Palm (n.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.

Palm (n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

Palm (n.) Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.

Palmed (imp. & p. p.) of Palm

Palming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palm

Palm (v. t.) To handle.

Palm (v. t.) To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.

Palm (v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.

Palmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.

Palma Christi () A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant.

Palmacite (n.) A fossil palm.

Palmar (a.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.

Palmar (a.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.

Palmaria (pl. ) of Palmarium

Palmarium (n.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

Palmary (a.) Palmar.

Palmary (a.) Worthy of the palm; palmy; preeminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work.

Palmate (n.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.

Palmate (a.) Alt. of Palmated

Palmated (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.

Palmated (a.) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed.

Palmated (a.) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.

Palmately (adv.) In a palmate manner.

Palmatifid (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

Palmatilobed (a.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.

Palmatisect (a.) Alt. of Palmatisected

Palmatisected (a.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.

Palmcrist (n.) The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)

Palmed (a.) Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Palmer (v. t.) One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

Palmer (n.) A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.

Palmer (n.) A palmerworm.

Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.

Palmerworm (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.

Palmerworm (n.) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.

Palmette (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.

Palmetto (n.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamaerops, / Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.

Palmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid.

Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.

Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.

Palmigrade (a.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.

Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.

Palmin (n.) Ricinolein.

Palmiped (a.) Web-footed, as a water fowl.

Palmiped (n.) A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.

Palmipedes (n. pl.) Same as Natatores.

Palmister (n.) One who practices palmistry

Palmistry (n.) The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy.

Palmistry (n.) A dexterous use or trick of the hand.

Palmitate (n.) A salt of palmitic acid.

Palmite (n.) A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes.

Palmitic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62¡ C.

Palmitin (n.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.

Palmitolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.

Palmitone (n.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

Palm Sunday () The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.

Palmy (a.) Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore.

Palmy (a.) Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.

Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.

Palola (n.) An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collected for food.

Pallometa (n.) A pompano.

Palp (n.) Same as Palpus.

Palp (v. t.) To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel.

Palpability (n.) The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.

Palpable (a.) Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.

Palpable (a.) Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.

Palpation (n.) Act of touching or feeling.

Palpation (n.) Examination of a patient by touch.

Palpator (n.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

Palpebrae (pl. ) of Palpebra

Palpebra (n.) The eyelid.

Palpebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the eyelids.

Palprbrate (a.) Having eyelids.

Palped (a.) Having a palpus.

Palpi (n.) pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.

Palpicorn (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennae, and long maxillary palpi.

Palpifer (n.) Same as Palpiger.

Palpiform (a.) Having the form of a palpus.

Palpiger (n.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.

Palpigerous (a.) Bearing a palpus.

Palpitant (a.) Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.

Palpitated (imp. & p. p.) of Palpitate

Palpitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palpitate

Palpitate (v. i.) To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.

Palpitation (n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

Palpless (a.) Without a palpus.

Palpocil (n.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.

Palpi (pl. ) of Palpus

Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

Palsgrave (n.) A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.

Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

Palsical (a.) Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic.

Palsied (a.) Affected with palsy; paralyzed.

Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.

Palster (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Palsies (pl. ) of Palsy

Palsy (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

Palsied (imp. & p. p.) of Palsy

Palsying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palsy

Palsy (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.

Paltered (imp. & p. p.) of Palter

Paltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palter

Palter (v. i.) To haggle.

Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Palter (v. i.) To babble; to chatter.

Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Palterer (n.) One who palters.

Palterly (a. & adv.) Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.

Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.

Paltrily (adv.) In a paltry manner.

Paltriness (n.) The state or quality of being paltry.

Paltry (superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

Paludal (a.) Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.

Paludament (n.) See Paludamentum.

Paladumenta (pl. ) of Paludamentum

Paludamentum (n.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Paludicolae (n. pl.) A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.

Paludicole (a.) Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolae

Paludinae (pl. ) of Paludina

Paludinas (pl. ) of Paludina

Paludina (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.

Paludinal (a.) Inhabiting ponds or swamps.

Paludine (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsh.

Paludinous (a.) Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.

Paludinous (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.

Paludism (n.) The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.

Paludose (a.) Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.

Palule (n.) See Palulus or Palus.

Paluli (pl. ) of Palulus

Palulus (n.) Same as Palus.

Pali (pl. ) of Palus

Palus (n.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.

Palustral (a.) Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy.

Palustrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.

Paly (a.) Pale; wanting color; dim.

Paly (a.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.

Pam (n.) The knave of clubs.

Pament (n.) A pavement.

Pampano (n.) Same as Pompano.

Pampas (n. pl.) Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.

Pampered (imp. & p. p.) of Pamper

Pampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pamper

Pamper (v. t.) To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.

Pamper (v. t.) To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination.

Pampered (a.) Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant.

Pamperer (n.) One who, or that which, pampers.

Pamperize (v. t.) To pamper.

Pampero (n.) A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.

Pamperos (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.

Pamphlet (n.) A writing; a book.

Pamphlet (n.) A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.

Pamphlet (v. i.) To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.

Pamphleteer (n.) A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.

Pamphleteer (v. i.) To write or publish pamphlets.

Pampiniform (a.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

Pampre (n.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.

Pamprodactylous (a.) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.

Pan- () Alt. of Panto-

Panta- () Alt. of Panto-

Panto- () Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.

Pan (n.) A part; a portion.

Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Pan (n.) A leaf of gold or silver.

Pan (v. t. & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.

Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.

Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.

Pan (n.) A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.

Pan (n.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

Pan (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

Pan (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.

Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

Pan (n.) The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

Pan (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

Panned (imp. & p. p.) of Pan

Panning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pan

Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.

Pan (v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.

Panabase (n.) Same as Tetrahedrite.

Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

Panacea (n.) The herb allheal.

Panacean (a.) Having the properties of a panacea.

Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

Panada (n.) Alt. of Panade

Panade (n.) Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored.

Panade (n.) A dagger.

Panama hat () A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).

Pan-American (a.) Of or pertaining to both North and South America.

Pan-Anglican (a.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.

Panary (a.) Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking.

Panary (n.) A storehouse for bread.

Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.

Pancarte (n.) A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.

Pance (n.) The pansy.

Panch (n.) See Paunch.

Panchway (n.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.

Pancratian (a.) Pancratic; athletic.

Pancratiast (n.) One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.

Pancratiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancratium.

Pancratic (a.) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.

Pancratic (a.) Alt. of Pancratical

Pancratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.

Pancratist (n.) An athlete; a gymnast.

Pancratium (n.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.

Pancratium (n.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.

Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Pancreatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments.

Pancreatin (n.) One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.

Pancy (n.) See Pansy.

Panda (n.) A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.

Pandanus (n.) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.

Pandar (n.) Same as Pander.

Pandarism (n.) Same as Panderism.

Pandarize (v. i.) To pander.

Pandarous (a.) Panderous.

Pandean (a.) Of or relating to the god Pan.

Pandect (n.) A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.

Pandect (n.) The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law.

Pandemic (a.) Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.

Pandemic (n.) A pandemic disease.

Pandemonium (n.) The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.

Pandemonium (n.) An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.

Pander (n.) A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

Pander (n.) Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.

Pandered (imp. & p. p.) of Pander

Pandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pander

Pander (v. t.) To play the pander for.

Pander (v. i.) To act the part of a pander.

Panderage (n.) The act of pandering.

Panderism (n.) The employment, arts, or practices of a pander.

Panderly (a.) Having the quality of a pander.

Pandermite (n.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.

Panderous (a.) Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander.

Pandiculated (a.) Extended; spread out; stretched.

Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.

Pandit (n.) See Pundit.

Pandoor (n.) Same as Pandour.

Pandora (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

Pandora (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

Pandore (n.) An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.

Pandour (n.) One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came.

Pandowdy (n.) A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.

Pandurate (a.) Alt. of Panduriform

Panduriform (a.) Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

Pane (n.) The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

Pane (n.) A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

Pane (n.) One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.

Pane (n.) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.

Pane (n.) In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

Pane (n.) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.

Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Paned (a.) Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash.

Paned (a.) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six/paned nut.

Panegyric (a.) An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

Panegyric (a.) Alt. of Panegyrical

Panegyrical (a.) Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.

Panegyris (n.) A festival; a public assembly.

Panegyrist (n.) One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.

Panegyrized (imp. & p. p.) of Panegyrize

Panegyrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Panegyrize

Panegyrize (v. t.) To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.

Panegyrize (v. i.) To indulge in panegyrics.

Panegyry (n.) A panegyric.

Panel (n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

Panel (n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.

Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

Panel (n.) Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

Panel (n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

Panel (n.) One of the faces of a hewn stone.

Panel (n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

Panel (n.) A heap of dressed ore.

Panel (n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

Panel (n.) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

Paneled (imp. & p. p.) of Panel

Panelled () of Panel

Paneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Panel

Panelling () of Panel

Panel (v. t.) To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

Panelation (n.) The act of impaneling a jury.

Paneless (a.) Without panes.

Paneling (n.) A forming in panels; panelwork.

Panelwork (n.) Wainscoting.

Paneulogism (n.) Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.

Panfuls (pl. ) of Panful

Panful (n.) Enough to fill a pan.

Pang (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.

Pangenesis (n.) An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

Pangenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Pangful (a.) Full of pangs.

Pangless (a.) Without a pang; painless.

Pangolin (n.) Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

Pangothic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.

Panhellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.

Panhellenism (n.) A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.

Panhellenist (n.) An advocate of Panhellenism.

Panhellenium (n.) An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.

Panic (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

Panic (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.

Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.

Panical (a.) See Panic, a.

Panicle (n.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Panicled (a.) Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.

Panic-stricken (a.) Alt. of Panic-struck

Panic-struck (a.) Struck with a panic, or sudden fear.

Paniculate (a.) Alt. of Paniculated

Paniculated (a.) Same as Panicled.

Panicum (n.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.

Panidiomorphic (a.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.

Panier (n.) See Pannier, 3.

Panification (n.) The act or process of making bread.

Panim (n.) See Painim.

Panislamism (n.) A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.

Panivorous (a.) Eating bread; subsisting on bread.

Pannade (n.) The curvet of a horse.

Pannage (n.) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.

Pannage (n.) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Pannary (a.) See Panary.

Pannel (n.) A kind of rustic saddle.

Pannel (n.) The stomach of a hawk.

Pannel (n.) A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march.

Pannier (n.) A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass

Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

Pannier (n.) A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Panniered (a.) Bearing panniers.

Pannikel (n.) The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.

Pannikin (n.) A small pan or cup.

Pannose (a.) Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

Pannus (n.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.

Panoistic (a.) Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.

Panomphean (a.) Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.

Panoplied (a.) Dressed in panoply.

Panoply (n.) Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

Panopticon (n.) A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

Panopticon (n.) A room for the exhibition of novelties.

Panorama (n.) A complete view in every direction.

Panorama (n.) A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.

Panorama (n.) A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.

Panoramic (a.) Alt. of Panoramical

Panoramical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama.

Panorpian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.

Panorpian (n.) Same as Panorpid.

Panorpid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice.

Panpharmacon (n.) A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.

Panpresbyterian (a.) Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.

Pansclavic () Alt. of Pansclavonian

Pansclavism () Alt. of Pansclavonian

Pansclavist () Alt. of Pansclavonian

Pansclavonian () See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.

Panshon (n.) An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.

Pansied (a.) Covered or adorned with pansies.

Panslavic (a.) Pertaining to all the Slavic races.

Panslavism (n.) A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.

Panslavist (n.) One who favors Panslavism.

Panslavonian (a.) See Panslavic.

Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.

Pansophy (n.) Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.

Panspermatist (n.) Alt. of Panspermist

Panspermist (n.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.

Panspermic (a.) Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.

Panspermy (n.) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.

Panspermy (n.) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.

Panstereorama (n.) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.

Pansies (pl. ) of Pansy

Pansy (n.) A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Panted (imp. & p. p.) of Pant

Panting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pant

Pant (v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

Pant (v. i.) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

Pant (v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.

Pant (v. i.) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

Pant (v. t.) To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

Pant (v. t.) To long for; to be eager after.

Pant (n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

Pant (n.) A violent palpitation of the heart.

Panta- () See Pan-.

Pantable (n.) See Pantofle.

Pantacosm (n.) See Cosmolabe.

Pantagraph (n.) See Pantograph.

Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

Pantagruelism (n.) An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.

Pantalet (n.) One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

Pantaloon (n.) A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.

Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.

Pantaloon (n.) In recent times, same as Trousers.

Pantaloonery (n.) The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.

Pantaloonery (n.) Materials for pantaloons.

Pantamorph (n.) That which assumes, or exists in, all forms.

Pantamorphic (a.) Taking all forms.

Pantascope (n.) A pantascopic camera.

Pantascopic (a.) Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera.

Pantastomata (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.

Pantechnicon (n.) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

Pantelegraph (n.) See under Telegraph.

Panter (n.) One who pants.

Panter (n.) A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.

Panter (n.) A net; a noose.

Panteutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.

Pantheism (n.) The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.

Pantheist (n.) One who holds to pantheism.

Pantheistic (a.) Alt. of Pantheistical

Pantheistical (a.) Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism.

Pantheologist (n.) One versed in pantheology.

Pantheology (n.) A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.

Pantheon (n.) A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

Pantheon (n.) The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

Panther (n.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.

Panther (n.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.

Pantheress (n.) A female panther.

Pantherine (a.) Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

Pantile (n.) A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (/).

Pantingly (adv.) With palpitation or rapid breathing.

Pantisocracy (n.) A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.

Pantisocrat (n.) A pantisocratist.

Pantisocratic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.

Pantisocratist (n.) One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.

Pantler (n.) The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.

Panto- () See Pan-.

Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial.

Pantofle (n.) A slipper for the foot.

Pantograph (n.) An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.

Pantographic (a.) Alt. of Pantographical

Pantographical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.

Pantography (n.) A general description; entire view of an object.

Pantological (a.) Of or pertaining to pantology.

Pantologist (n.) One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.

Pantology (n.) A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

Pantometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.

Pantometry (n.) Universal measurement.

Pantomime (n.) A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.

Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.

Pantomime (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.

Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.

Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

Pantomimic (a.) Alt. of Pantomimical

Pantomimical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show.

Pantomimist (n.) An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.

Panton (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

Pantophagist (n.) A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.

Pantophagous (a.) Eating all kinds of food.

Pantophagy (n.) The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.

Pantopoda (n. pl.) Same as Pycnogonida.

Pantoscopic (a.) Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.

Pantries (pl. ) of Pantry

Pantry (n.) An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.

Panurgic (a.) Skilled in all kinds of work.

Panurgy (n.) Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.

Panyard (n.) See Pannier.

Panym (n. & a.) See Panim.

Panzoism (n.) A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy.

Paolo (n.) An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

Pap (n.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.

Pap (n.) A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.

Pap (n.) A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.

Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.

Pap (n.) The pulp of fruit.

Pap (v. t.) To feed with pap.

Papa (n.) A child's word for father.

Papa (n.) A parish priest in the Greek Church.

Papabote (n.) The upland plover.

Papacy (n.) The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

Papacy (n.) The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

Papacy (n.) The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.

Papagay (n.) See Popinjay, 1 (b).

Papain (n.) A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.

Papal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.

Papal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.

Papalist (n.) A papist.

Papality (n.) The papacy.

Papalize (v. t.) To make papal.

Papalize (v. i.) To conform to popery.

Papally (adv.) In a papal manner; popishly

Papalty (n.) The papacy.

Papaphobia (n.) Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.

Paparchy (n.) Government by a pope; papal rule.

Papaver (n.) A genus of plants, including the poppy.

Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

Papaverine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Papaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.

Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.

Papaw (n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.

Papboat (n.) A kind of sauce boat or dish.

Papboat (n.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.

Papejay (n.) A popinjay.

Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

Paper (n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

Paper (n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

Paper (n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

Paper (n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

Paper (n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

Paper (n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

Paper (a.) Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.

Papered (imp. & p. p.) of Paper

Papering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paper

Paper (v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

Paper (v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper.

Paper (v. t.) To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.

Paperweight (n.) See under Paper, n.

Papery (a.) Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.

Papescent (a.) Containing or producing pap; like pap.

Papess (n.) A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.

Papeterie (n.) A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.

Paphian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.

Paphian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paphos.

Papier-mache (n.) A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.

Papilio (n.) A genus of butterflies.

Papilionaceous (a.) Resembling the butterfly.

Papilionaceous (a.) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.

Papilionaceous (a.) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.

Papiliones (n. pl.) The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.

Papilionides (n. pl.) The typical butterflies.

Papillae (pl. ) of Papilla

Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

Papillar (a.) Same as Papillose.

Papillary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose.

Papillate (v. t. & i.) To cover with papillae; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.

Papillate (a.) Same as Papillose.

Papilliform (a.) Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.

Papillomata (pl. ) of Papilloma

Papilloma (n.) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillae of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.

Papillomatous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.

Papillose (a.) Covered with, or bearing, papillae; resembling papillae; papillate; papillar; papillary.

Papillote (n.) a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.

Papillous (a.) Papillary; papillose.

Papillulate (a.) Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.

Papion (n.) A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.

Papism (n.) Popery; -- an offensive term.

Papist (n.) A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.

Papistic (a.) Alt. of Papistical

Papistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly.

Papistry (n.) The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.

Papized (a.) Conformed to popery.

Papoose (n.) A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.

Pappiform (a.) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.

Pappoose (n.) Same as Papoose.

Pappose (a.) Furnished with a pappus; downy.

Pappous (a.) Pappose.

Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

Pappy (a.) Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.

Papuan (a.) Of or pertaining to Papua.

Papuars (n. pl.) The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.

Papulae (pl. ) of Papula

Papula (n.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.

Papula (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

Papular (a.) Covered with papules.

Papular (a.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.

Papules (pl. ) of Papule

Papule (n.) Same as Papula.

Papulose (a.) Having papulae; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.

Papulous (a.) Covered with, or characterized by, papulae; papulose.

Papyraceous (a.) Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.

Papyrean (a.) Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.

Papyrine (n.) Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.

Papyrography (n.) The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph.

Papyri (pl. ) of Papyrus

Papyrus (n.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.

Papyrus (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.

Papyrus (n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

Paque (n.) See Pasch and Easter.

Par (n.) See Parr.

Par (prep.) By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Par (n.) Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

Par (n.) Equality of condition or circumstances.

Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.

Para- () A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.

Para (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

Parabanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea.

Parablast (n.) A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels.

Parablastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.

Parable (a.) Procurable.

Parable (n.) A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.

Parable (v. t.) To represent by parable.

Parabolas (pl. ) of Parabola

Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus.

Parabola (n.) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.

Parabole (n.) Similitude; comparison.

Parabolic (a.) Alt. of Parabolical

Parabolical (a.) Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.

Parabolical (a.) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.

Parabolical (a.) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid.

Parabolically (adv.) By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.

Parabolically (adv.) In the form of a parabola.

Paraboliform (a.) Resembling a parabola in form.

Parabolism (n.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.

Parabolist (n.) A narrator of parables.

Paraboloid (n.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.

Paraboloidal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.

Parabronchia (pl. ) of Parabronchium

Parabronchium (n.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.

Paracelsian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century.

Paracelsian (n.) A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings.

Paracelsist (n.) A Paracelsian.

Paracentesis (n.) The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.

Paracentric (a.) Alt. of Paracentrical

Paracentrical (a.) Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center.

Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.

Parachordal (n.) A parachordal cartilage.

Parachronism (n.) An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.

Parachrose (a.) Changing color by exposure

Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

Parachute (n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

Paraclete (n.) An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.

Paraclose (n.) See Parclose.

Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.

Paraconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.

Paraconine (n.) A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.

Paracorolla (n.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.

Paracrostic (n.) A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

Paracyanogen (n.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.

Paracymene (n.) Same as Cymene.

Paradactyla (pl. ) of Paradactylum

Paradactylum (n.) The side of a toe or finger.

Parade (v. t.) The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

Parade (v. t.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.

Parade (v. t.) That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen.

Parade (v. t.) Posture of defense; guard.

Parade (v. t.) A public walk; a promenade.

Paraded (imp. & p. p.) of Parade

Parading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parade

Parade (v. t.) To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

Parade (v. t.) To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.

Parade (v. i.) To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

Parade (v. i.) To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.

Paradigm (n.) An example; a model; a pattern.

Paradigm (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.

Paradigm (n.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

Paradigmatic (a.) Alt. of Paradigmatical

Paradigmatical (a.) Exemplary.

Paradigmatic (n.) A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.

Paradigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Paradigmatize

Paradigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paradigmatize

Paradigmatize (v. t.) To set forth as a model or example.

Paradisaic (a.) Alt. of Paradisaical

Paradisaical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal.

Paradisal (a.) Paradisiacal.

Paradise (n.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

Paradise (n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death.

Paradise (n.) A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

Paradise (n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

Paradise (n.) A churchyard or cemetery.

Paradise (v. t.) To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

Paradisean (a.) Paradisiacal.

Paradised (a.) Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.

Paradisiac (a.) Alt. of Paradisiacal

Paradisiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise.

Paradisial (a.) Alt. of Paradisian

Paradisian (a.) Paradisiacal.

Paradisic (a.) Paradisiacal.

Paradisical (a.) Paradisiacal.

Paradoses (pl. ) of Parados

Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.

Paradoxes (pl. ) of Paradox

Paradox (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

Paradoxal (a.) Paradoxical.

Paradoxical (a.) Of the nature of a paradox.

Paradoxical (a.) Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.

Paradoxer (n.) Alt. of Paradoxist

Paradoxist (n.) One who proposes a paradox.

Paradoxides (n.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.

Paradoxology (n.) The use of paradoxes.

Paradoxure (n.) Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang.

Paradoxy (n.) A paradoxical statement; a paradox.

Paradoxy (n.) The quality or state of being paradoxical.

Paraffin (n.) Alt. of Paraffine

Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

Parage (n.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.

Parage (n.) Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.

Parage (n.) Kindred; family; birth.

Paragenesis (n.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

Paragenic (a.) Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.

Paraglobulin (n.) An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.

Paraglossae (pl. ) of Paraglossa

Paraglossa (n.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

Paragnath (n.) Same as Paragnathus.

Paragnathous (a.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.

Paragnathi (pl. ) of Paragnathus

Paragnathus (n.) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.

Paragnathus (n.) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.

Paragoge (n.) The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.

Paragoge (n.) Coaptation.

Paragogic (a.) Alt. of Paragogical

Paragogical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.

Paragon (n.) A companion; a match; an equal.

Paragon (n.) Emulation; rivalry; competition.

Paragon (n.) A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence.

Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

Paragon (v. t.) To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.

Paragon (v. t.) To compare with; to equal; to rival.

Paragon (v. t.) To serve as a model for; to surpass.

Paragon (v. i.) To be equal; to hold comparison.

Paragonite (n.) A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

Paragram (n.) A pun.

Paragrammatist (n.) A punster.

Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.

Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.

Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin.

Paragraph (n.) A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.

Paragraphed (imp. & p. p.) of Paragraph

Paragraphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paragraph

Paragraph (v. t.) To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character /.

Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.

Paragraph (v. t.) To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs

Paragrapher (n.) A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.

Paragraphic (a.) Alt. of Paragraphical

Paragraphical (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs.

Paragraphist (n.) A paragrapher.

Paragraphistical (a.) Of or relating to a paragraphist.

Para grass () A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

Paragrele (n.) A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.

Paraguayan (a.) Of or pertaining to Paraguay.

Paraguayan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.

Paraguay tea () See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.

Parail (n.) See Apparel.

Parakeet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.

Paralactic (a.) Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

Paralbumin (n.) A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.

Paraldehyde (n.) A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice."

Paralepsis (n.) See Paraleipsis.

Paralian (n.) A dweller by the sea.

Paralipomenon (n. pl.) A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.

Paralipsis (n.) See Paraleipsis.

Parallactic (a.) Alt. of Parallactical

Parallactical (a.) Of or pertaining to a parallax.

Parallax (n.) The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.

Parallax (n.) The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.

Parallel (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

Parallel (a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.

Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.

Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.

Parallel (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,

Parallel (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.

Parallel (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.

Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.

Parallel (n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.

Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

Parallel (n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.

Paralleled (imp. & p. p.) of Parallel

Paralleling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parallel

Parallel (v. t.) To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.

Parallel (v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.

Parallel (v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.

Parallel (v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.

Parallel (v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.

Parallelable (a.) Capable of being paralleled, or equaled.

Parallelism (n.) The quality or state of being parallel.

Parallelism (n.) Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.

Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.

Parallelistic (a.) Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.

Parallelize (v. t.) To render parallel.

Parallelless (a.) Matchless.

Parallelly (adv.) In a parallel manner; with parallelism.

Parallelogram (n.) A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.

Parallelogrammatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic.

Parallelogrammic (a.) Alt. of Parallelogrammical

Parallelogrammical (a.) Having the properties of a parallelogram.

Parallelopiped (n.) A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

Parallelopipedon (n.) A parallelopiped.

Paralogical (a.) Containing paralogism; illogical.

Paralogism (n.) A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulae; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.

Paralogized (imp. & p. p.) of Paralogize

Paralogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paralogize

Paralogize (v. i.) To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises.

Paralogy (n.) False reasoning; paralogism.

Paralyse (v. t.) Same as Paralyze.

Paralysis (n.) Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively.

Paralytic (a.) Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

Paralytic (a.) Affected with paralysis, or palsy.

Paralytic (a.) Inclined or tending to paralysis.

Paralytic (n.) A person affected with paralysis.

Paralytical (a.) See Paralytic.

Paralyzation (n.) The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.

Paralyzed (imp. & p. p.) of Paralyze

Paralyzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paralyze

Paralyze (v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.

Param (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- called also dicyandiamide.

Paramagnetic (a.) Magnetic, as opposed to diamagnetic.

Paramagnetic (n.) A paramagnetic substance.

Paramagnetism (n.) Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism.

Paramaleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid.

Paramalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.

Paramastoid (a.) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Paramatta (n.) A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino.

Parament (n.) Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural.

Paramento (n.) Ornament; decoration.

Paramere (n.) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.

Parameter (n.) A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family.

Parameter (n.) Specifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

Parameter (n.) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

Parametritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.

Paramiographer (n.) A collector or writer of proverbs.

Paramitome (n.) The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.

Paramos (pl. ) of Paramo

Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.

Paramorph (n.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite.

Paramorphism (n.) The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.

Paramorphous (a.) Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism.

Paramount (a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.

Paramount (n.) The highest or chief.

Paramountly (adv.) In a paramount manner.

Paramour (n.) A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman.

Paramour (n.) Love; gallantry.

Paramour (adv.) Alt. of Paramours

Paramours (adv.) By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words.

Paramylum (n.) A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.

Paranaphthalene (n.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.

Paranoia (n.) Mental derangement; insanity.

Paranthracene (n.) An inert isomeric modification of anthracene.

Paranucleus (n.) Some as Nucleolus.

Para nut () The Brazil nut.

Paranymph (n.) A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.

Paranymph (n.) The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.

Paranymph (n.) An ally; a supporter or abettor.

Paranymphal (a.) Bridal; nuptial.

Parapectin (n.) A gelatinous modification of pectin.

Parapegm (n.) An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.

Parapeptone (n.) An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

Parapet (n.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.

Parapetalous (a.) Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.

Parapeted (a.) Having a parapet.

Paraph (n.) A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery.

Paraphed (imp. & p. p.) of Paraph

Paraphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paraph

Paraph (v. t.) To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.

Parapherna (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.

Paraphernal (a.) Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property.

Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.

Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.

Paraphosphoric (a.) Pyrophosphoric.

Paraphragmata (pl. ) of Paraphagma

Paraphagma (n.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.

Paraphrase (n.) A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase.

Paraphrased (imp. & p. p.) of Paraphrase

Paraphrasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paraphrase

Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.

Paraphrase (v. i.) To make a paraphrase.

Paraphraser (n.) One who paraphrases.

Paraphrasian (n.) A paraphraser.

Paraphrast (n.) A paraphraser.

Paraphrastic (a.) Alt. of Paraphrastical

Paraphrastical (a.) Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free.

Paraphyses (pl. ) of Paraphysis

Paraphysis (n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

Paraplegia (n.) Alt. of Paraplegy

Paraplegy (n.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.

Parapleurae (pl. ) of Parapleura

Parapleura (n.) A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

Parapodia (pl. ) of Parapodium

Parapodium (n.) One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.

Parapophyses (pl. ) of Parapophysis

Parapophysis (n.) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Paraptera (pl. ) of Parapterum

Parapterum (n.) A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.

Paraquet (n.) Alt. of Paraquito

Paraquito (n.) See Parrakeet.

Parasang (n.) A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.

Parascenia (pl. ) of Parascenium

Parascenium (n.) One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.

Parasceve (n.) Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath.

Parasceve (n.) A preparation.

Paraschematic (a.) Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc.

Paraselenae (pl. ) of Paraselene

Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.

Parasita (n. pl.) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.

Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.

Parasital (a.) Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.

Parasite (n.) One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

Parasite (n.) A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.

Parasite (n.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.

Parasite (n.) An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.

Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.

Parasite (n.) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.

Parasitic (a.) Alt. of Parasitical

Parasitical (a.) Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.

Parasitical (a.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.

Parasiticide (n.) Anything used to destroy parasites.

Parasitism (n.) The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

Parasitism (n.) The state of being parasitic.

Parasol (n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.

Parasol (v. t.) To shade as with a parasol.

Parasolette (n.) A small parasol.

Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

Parasphenoid (n.) The parasphenoid bone.

Parastichy (n.) A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone.

Parasynaxis (n.) An unlawful meeting.

Parasynthetic (a.) Formed from a compound word.

Paratactic (a.) Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.

Parataxis (n.) The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.

Paratheses (pl. ) of Parathesis

Parathesis (n.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.

Parathesis (n.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.

Parathesis (n.) The matter contained within brackets.

Parathesis (n.) A commendatory prayer.

Parathetic (a.) Of or pertaining to parathesis.

Paratonnerre (n.) A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.

Paraunter (adv.) Peradventure. See Paraventure.

Parauque (n.) A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America. It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.

Paravail (a.) At the bottom; lowest.

Paravant (adv.) Alt. of Paravant

Paravant (adv.) In front; publicly.

Paravant (adv.) Beforehand; first.

Paraventure (adv.) Peradventure; perchance.

Paraxanthin (n.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine.

Paraxial (a.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton.

Paraxylene (n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.

Parboiled (imp. & p. p.) of Parboil

Parboiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parboil

Parboil (v. t.) To boil or cook thoroughly.

Parboil (v. t.) To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.

Parbreak (v. i. & t.) To throw out; to vomit.

Parbreak (n.) Vomit.

Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.

Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.

Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckle

Parbuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parbuckle

Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Parcae (n. pl.) The Fates. See Fate, 4.

Parcase (adv.) Perchance; by chance.

Parcel (n.) A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

Parcel (n.) A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

Parcel (n.) An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

Parcel (n.) A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.

Parceled (imp. & p. p.) of Parcel

Parcelled () of Parcel

Parceling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parcel

Parcelling () of Parcel

Parcel (v. t.) To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.

Parcel (v. t.) To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

Parcel (v. t.) To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

Parcel (a. & adv.) Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]

Parceling (n.) The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

Parceling (n.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc.

Parcel-mele (adv.) By parcels or parts.

Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Parcener (n.) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.

Parched (imp. & p. p.) of Parch

Parching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parch

Parch (v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.

Parch (v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.

Parch (v. i.) To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.

Parchedness (n.) The state of being parched.

Parchesi (n.) See Pachisi.

Parching (a.) Scorching; burning; drying.

Parchment (n.) The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.

Parchment (n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

Parcity (n.) Sparingless.

Parclose (n.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.

Pard (n.) A leopard; a panther.

Pardale (n.) A leopard.

Parde (adv. / interj.) Alt. of Pardie

Pardie (adv. / interj.) Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.

Pardine (a.) Spotted like a pard.

Pardo (n.) A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60 cts.

Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.

Pardon (v. t.) The state of being forgiven.

Pardon (v. t.) A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.

Pardoned (imp. & p. p.) of Pardon

Pardoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pardon

Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.

Pardon (v. t.) To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.

Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

Pardon (v. t.) To give leave (of departure) to.

Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.

Pardonableness (n.) The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin.

Pardonably (adv.) In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.

Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.

Pardoner (n.) A seller of indulgences.

Pardoning (a.) Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.

Pared (imp. & p. p.) of Pare

Paring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pare

Pare (v. t.) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

Pare (v. t.) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.

Pare (v. t.) Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

Paregoric (a.) Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

Paregoric (n.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.

Parelcon (n.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.

Parelectronomic (a.) Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle.

Parelectronomy (n.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

Parella (n.) Alt. of Parelle

Parelle (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).

Parelle (n.) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.

Parembole (n.) A kind of parenthesis.

Parement (n.) See Parament.

Paremptosis (n.) Same as Parembole.

Parenchyma (n.) The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.

Parenchymal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.

Parenchymatous (a.) Alt. of Parenchymous

Parenchymous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.

Parenesis (n.) Exhortation.

Parenetic (a.) Alt. of Parenetioal

Parenetioal (a.) Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive.

Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

Parent (n.) That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.

Parentage (n.) Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.

Parental (a.) Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.

Parental (a.) Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.

Parentally (adv.) In a parental manner.

Parentation (n.) Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.

Parentele (n.) Kinship; parentage.

Parentheses (pl. ) of Parenthesis

Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.

Parenthesis (n.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.

Parenthesize (v. t.) To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.

Parenthetic (a.) Alt. of Parenthetical

Parenthetical (a.) Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.

Parenthetical (a.) Using or containing parentheses.

Parenthetically (adv.) In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.

Parenthood (n.) The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.

Parentticide (n.) The act of one who kills one's own parent.

Parentticide (n.) One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.

Parentless (a.) Deprived of parents.

Parepididymis (n.) A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.

Parer (v. t.) One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.

Parergon (n.) See Parergy.

Parergy (n.) Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous.

Paresis (n.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.

Parethmoid (a.) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.

Parethmoid (n.) A parethmoid bone.

Paretic (a.) Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.

Parfay (interj.) By my faith; verily.

Parfit (a.) Perfect.

Parfitly (adv.) Perfectly.

Parforn (v. t.) Alt. of Parfourn

Parfourn (v. t.) To perform.

Pargasite (n.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.

Pargeboard (n.) See Bargeboard.

Pargeted (imp. & p. p.) of Parget

Pargeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parget

Parget (v. t.) To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.

Parget (v. t.) To paint; to cover over.

Parget (v. i.) To lay on plaster.

Parget (v. i.) To paint, as the face.

Parget (n.) Gypsum or plaster stone.

Parget (n.) Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.

Parget (n.) Paint, especially for the face.

Pargeter (n.) A plasterer.

Pargeting (n.) Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

Pargetory (n.) Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster.

Parhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to parhelia.

Parhelia (pl. ) of Parhelion

Parhelion (n.) A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene.

Parhelium (n.) See Parhelion.

Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate.

Pariah (n.) One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste.

Pariah (n.) An outcast; one despised by society.

Parial (n.) See Pair royal, under Pair, n.

Parian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.

Parian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paros.

Parian (n.) A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.

Paridigitata (n. pl.) Same as Artiodactyla.

Parjdigitate (a.) Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet.

Parietes (pl. ) of Paries

Paries (n.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

Parietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.

Parietal (a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.

Parietal (a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.

Parietal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.

Parietal (n.) One of the parietal bones.

Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

Parietary (a.) See Parietal, 2.

Parietary (n.) Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory.

Parietes (n. pl.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.

Parietes (n. pl.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.

Parietic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.

Parietine (n.) A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.

Parieto- () A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

Parigenin (n.) A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin.

Parillin (n.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.

Paring (v. t.) The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.

Paring (v. t.) That which is pared off.

Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

Paris (n.) A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.

Paris (n.) The chief city of France.

Parish (n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

Parish (n.) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.

Parish (n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.

Parish (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.

Parishen (n.) A parishioner.

Parishional (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial.

Parishioner (n.) One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.

Parisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.

Parisian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paris.

Parisienne (n.) A female native or resident of Paris.

Parisology (n.) The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.

Parisyllabic (a.) Alt. of Parisyllabical

Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.

Paritor (n.) An apparitor.

Paritory (n.) Pellitory.

Parity (n.) The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.

Park (n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.

Park (n.) A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

Park (n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.

Park (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.

Park (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

Parked (imp. & p. p.) of Park

Parking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Park

Park (v. t.) To inclose in a park, or as in a park.

Park (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc.

Parker (n.) The keeper of a park.

Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.

Parkesine (n.) A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.

Parkleaves (n.) A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.

Parlance (n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.

Parlando (a. & adv.) Alt. of Parlante

Parlante (a. & adv.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.

Parle (v. i.) To talk; to converse; to parley.

Parle (n.) Conversation; talk; parley.

Parleys (pl. ) of Parley

Parley (n.) Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.

Parleyed (imp. & p. p.) of Parley

Parleying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parley

Parley (v. i.) To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.

Parliament (n.) A parleying; a discussion; a conference.

Parliament (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.

Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.

Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.

Parliamental (a.) Parliamentary.

Parliamentarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Parliament.

Parliamentarian (n.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.

Parliamentarian (n.) One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.

Parliamentarily (adv.) In a parliamentary manner.

Parliamentary (a.) Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.

Parliamentary (a.) Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.

Parliamentary (a.) According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion.

Parlor (n.) A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

Parlor (n.) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.

Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.

Parlor (n.) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.

Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.

Parlous (a.) Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.

Parmesan (a.) Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.

Parnassia (n.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.

Parnassian (a.) Of or pertaining to Parnassus.

Parnassian (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.

Parnassus (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.

Paroccipital (a.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Parochial (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

Parochialism (n.) The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.

Parochiality (n.) The state of being parochial.

Parochialize (v. t.) To render parochial; to form into parishes.

Parochially (adv.) In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.

Parochian (a.) Parochial.

Parochian (n.) A parishioner.

Parodic (a.) Alt. of Parodical

Parodical (a.) Having the character of parody.

Parodist (n.) One who writes a parody; one who parodies.

Parodies (pl. ) of Parody

Parody (n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.

Parody (n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

Parodied (imp. & p. p.) of Parody

Parodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parody

Parody (v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

Paroket (n.) See Paroquet.

Parol (n.) A word; an oral utterance.

Parol (n.) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.

Parol (a.) Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.

Parole (n.) A word; an oral utterance.

Parole (n.) Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.

Parole (n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

Parole (n.) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.

Parole (a.) See 2d Parol.

Paroled (imp. & p. p.) of Parole

Paroling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parole

Parole (v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.

Paromology (n.) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

Paronomasia (n.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.

Paronomastic (a.) Alt. of Paronomastical

Paronomastical (a.) Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.

Paronomasy (n.) Paronomasia.

Paronychia (n.) A whitlow, or felon.

Paronym (n.) A paronymous word.

Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.

Paronymous (a.) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc.

Paronymy (n.) The quality of being paronymous; also, the use of paronymous words.

Paroophoron (n.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

Paroquet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.

Parorchis (n.) The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.

Parosteal () Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.

Parostosis (n.) Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

Parostotic (a.) Pertaining to parostosis.

Parotic (a.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.

Parotid (a.) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.

Parotid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.

Parotid (n.) The parotid gland.

Parotitis (n.) Inflammation of the parotid glands.

Parotoid (a.) Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.

Parotoid (n.) A parotoid gland.

Parousia (n.) The nativity of our Lord.

Parousia (n.) The last day.

Parovarium (n.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron.

Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.

Paroxysm (n.) Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

Paroxysmal (a.) Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper.

Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Parquet (n.) A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.

Parquet (n.) Same as Parquetry.

Parquetage (n.) See Parquetry.

Parqueted (a.) Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures.

Parquetry (n.) A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.

Parquette (n.) See Parquet.

Parr (n.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.

Parr (n.) A young leveret.

Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakeet

Parakeet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.

Parral (n.) Alt. of Parrel

Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.

Parrel (n.) A chimney-piece.

Parraqua (n.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied to the guan.

Parrhesia (n.) Boldness or freedom of speech.

Parricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.

Parricide (n.) Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

Parricide (n.) The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.

Parricidious (a.) Parricidal.

Parrock (n.) A croft, or small field; a paddock.

Parrot (n.) In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.

Parrot (v. t.) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.

Parrot (v. i.) To chatter like a parrot.

Parroter (n.) One who simply repeats what he has heard.

Parrotry (n.) Servile imitation or repetition.

Parrot's-bill (n.) The glory pea. See under Glory.

Parried (imp. & p. p.) of Parry

Parrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parry

Parry (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.

Parries (pl. ) of Parry

Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.

Parsed (imp. & p. p.) of Parse

Parsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parse

Parse (n.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Parsee (n.) One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber.

Parsee (n.) The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.

Parseeism (n.) The religion and customs of the Parsees.

Parser (n.) One who parses.

Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

Parsimony (n.) Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

Parsley (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.

Parsnip (n.) The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.

Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.

Parson (n.) Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.

Parsonage (n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

Parsonage (n.) The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.

Parsonage (n.) Money paid for the support of a parson.

Parsoned (a.) Furnished with a parson.

Parsonic (a.) Alt. of Parsonical

Parsonical (a.) Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.

Parsonish (a.) Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.

Part (n.) One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.

Part (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.

Part (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.

Part (n.) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Part (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.

Part (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.

Part (n.) That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.

Part (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.

Part (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act.

Part (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.

Parted (imp. & p. p.) of Part

Parting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Part

Part (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.

Part (n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.

Part (n.) To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

Part (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.

Part (n.) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.

Part (n.) To leave; to quit.

Part (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.

Part (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.

Part (v. i.) To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from.

Part (v. i.) To have a part or share; to partake.

Part (adv.) Partly; in a measure.

Partable (a.) See Partible.

Partage (n.) Division; the act of dividing or sharing.

Partage (n.) Part; portion; share.

Partook (imp.) of Partake

Partaken (p. p.) of Partake

Partaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Partake

Partake (v. i.) To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others.

Partake (v. i.) To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.

Partake (v. t.) To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.

Partake (v. t.) To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to.

Partake (v. t.) To distribute; to communicate.

Partaker (n.) One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.

Partaker (n.) An accomplice; an associate; a partner.

Partan (n.) An edible British crab.

Parted (a.) Separated; devided.

Parted (a.) Endowed with parts or abilities.

Parted (a.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc.

Parter (n.) One who, or which, parts or separates.

Parterre (n.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.

Parterre (n.) The pit of a theater; the parquet.

Partheniad (n.) A poem in honor of a virgin.

Parthenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniae, or sons of unmarried women.

Parthenogenesis (n.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.

Parthenogenesis (n.) The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.

Parthenogenetic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as, parthenogenetic forms.

Parthenogenitive (a.) Parthenogenetic.

Parthenogeny (n.) Same as Parthenogenesis.

Parthenon (n.) A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.

Partenope (n.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.

Partenope (n.) One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, descovered by M. de Gasparis in 1850.

Parthian (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.

Parthian (n.) A native Parthia.

Partial (n.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

Partial (n.) Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.

Partial (n.) Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.

Partial (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.

Partialism (n.) Partiality; specifically (Theol.), the doctrine of the Partialists.

Partialist (n.) One who is partial.

Partialist (n.) One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, for the elect.

Partiality (n.) The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

Partiality (n.) A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.

Partialize (v. t. & i.) To make or be partial.

Partially (adv.) In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed.

Partially (adv.) In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially.

Partibility (n.) The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance.

Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.

Participable (a.) Capable of being participated or shared.

Participant (a.) Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

Participant (n.) A participator; a partaker.

Participantly (adv.) In a participant manner.

Participate (a.) Acting in common; participating.

Participated (imp. & p. p.) of Participate

Participating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Participate

Participate (v. i.) To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate.

Participate (v. t.) To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of.

Participate (v. t.) To impart, or give, or share of.

Participation (n.) The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.

Participation (n.) Distribution; division into shares.

Participation (n.) community; fellowship; association.

Participative (a.) Capable of participating.

Participator (n.) One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.

Participial (a.) Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.

Participial (n.) A participial word.

Participialized (imp. & p. p.) of Participialize

Participializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Participialize

Participialize (v. t.) To form into, or put in the form of, a participle.

Participially (adv.) In the sense or manner of a participle.

Participle (n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.

Participle (a.) Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.

Particle (n.) A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

Particle (n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

Particle (n.) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.

Particle (n.) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.

Particolored (a.) Same as Party-colored.

Particular (a.) Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation.

Particular (a.) Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.

Particular (a.) Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.

Particular (a.) Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress.

Particular (a.) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.

Particular (a.) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.

Particular (a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.

Particular (n.) A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.

Particular (n.) Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.

Particular (n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.

Particularism (n.) A minute description; a detailed statement.

Particularism (n.) The doctrine of particular election.

Particularism (n.) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.

Particularist (n.) One who holds to particularism.

Particularities (pl. ) of Particularity

Particularity (n.) The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.

Particularity (n.) That which is particular

Particularity (n.) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.

Particularity (n.) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.

Particularity (n.) Something of special or private concern or interest.

Particularization (n.) The act of particularizing.

Particularized (imp. & p. p.) of Particularize

Particularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Particularize

Particularize (v. t.) To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.

Particularize (v. i.) To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.

Particularly (adv.) In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.

Particularly (adv.) In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure.

Particularment (n.) A particular; a detail.

Particulate (v. t. & i.) To particularize.

Particulate (a.) Having the form of a particle.

Particulate (a.) Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.

Parting (v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.

Parting (v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.

Parting (v.) Departing.

Parting (v.) Admitting of being parted; partible.

Parting (n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

Parting (n.) A separation; a leave-taking.

Parting (n.) A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.

Parting (n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.

Parting (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

Parting (n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

Parting (n.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Partisan (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.

Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Partisan (n.) Any member of such a corps.

Partisan (a.) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.

Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.

Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.

Partisanship (n.) The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan.

Partita (n.) A suite; a set of variations.

Partite (a.) Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.

Partition (v.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

Partition (v.) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.

Partition (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

Partition (v.) The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.

Partition (v.) A score.

Partitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Partition

Partitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Partition

Partition (v. t.) To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.

Partition (v. t.) To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.

Partitionment (n.) The act of partitioning.

Partitive (a.) Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

Partitive (n.) A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.

Partitively (adv.) In a partitive manner.

Partlet (n.) A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.

Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

Partly (adv.) In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.

Partner (n.) One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.

Partner (n.) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

Partner (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Partner (v. t.) To associate, to join.

Partnership (n.) The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

Partnership (n.) A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.

Partnership (n.) An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.

Partnership (n.) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.

Partnership (n.) See Fellowship, n., 6.

Partook () imp. of Partake.

Partridge (n.) Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.

Partridge (n.) Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.

Partridge (n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).

Parture (n.) Departure.

Parturiate (v. i.) To bring forth young.

Parturiency (n.) Parturition.

Parturient (a.) Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.

Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing.

Parturious (a.) Parturient.

Parturition (n.) The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

Parturition (n.) That which is brought forth; a birth.

Parturitive (a.) Pertaining to parturition; obstetric.

Parties (pl. ) of Party

Party (v.) A part or portion.

Party (v.) A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

Party (v.) A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.

Party (v.) A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

Party (v.) One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

Party (v.) The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

Party (v.) Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

Party (v.) Cause; side; interest.

Party (v.) A person; as, he is a queer party.

Party (v.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

Party (v.) Partial; favoring one party.

Party (adv.) Partly.

Party-coated (a.) Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors.

Party-colored (a.) Alt. of Parti-colored

Parti-colored (a.) Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower.

Partyism (n.) Devotion to party.

Parumbilical (a.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.

Parusia (n.) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.

Parvanimity (n.) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity.

Parvenu (n.) An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

Parvis (n.) Alt. of Parvise

Parvise (n.) a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.

Parvitude (n.) Alt. of Parvity

Parvity (n.) Littleness.

Parvolin (n.) A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.

Parvoline (n.) A liquid base, C/H/N, of the pyridine group, found in coal tar; also, any one of the series of isometric substances of which it is the type.

Pas (n.) A pace; a step, as in a dance.

Pas (n.) Right of going foremost; precedence.

Pasan (n.) The gemsbok.

Pasch (n.) Alt. of Pascha

Pascha (n.) The passover; the feast of Easter.

Paschal (a.) Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs.

Paseng (n.) The wild or bezoar goat. See Goat.

Pash (v. t.) To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.

Pash (v. t.) The head; the poll.

Pash (v. t.) A crushing blow.

Pash (v. t.) A heavy fall of rain or snow.

Pasha (n.) An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.

Pashalic (n.) The jurisdiction of a pasha.

Pashaw (n.) See Pasha.

Pasigraphic (a.) Alt. of Pasigraphical

Pasigraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.

Pasigraphy (n.) A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.

Pasilaly (n.) A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.

Pask (n.) See Pasch.

Paspy (n.) A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure.

Pasque (n.) See Pasch.

Pasquil (n.) See Pasquin.

Pasquil (v. t.) See Pasquin.

Pasquilant (n.) A lampooner; a pasquiler.

Pasquiler (n.) A lampooner.

Pasquin (n.) A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.

Pasquin (v. t.) To lampoon; to satiraze.

Pasquinade (n.) A lampoon or satirical writing.

Pasquinade (v. t.) To lampoon, to satirize.

Passed (imp. & p. p.) of Pass

Passing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pass

Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.

Pass (v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.

Pass (v. i.) To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.

Pass (v. i.) To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.

Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.

Pass (v. i.) To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.

Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

Pass (v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.

Pass (v. i.) To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.

Pass (v. i.) To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

Pass (v. i.) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.

Pass (v. i.) To take heed; to care.

Pass (v. i.) To go through the intestines.

Pass (v. i.) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.

Pass (v. i.) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

Pass (v. i.) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.

Pass (v. i.) In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.

Pass (v. t.) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.

Pass (v. t.) To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.

Pass (v. t.) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.

Pass (v. t.) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Pass (v. t.) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.

Pass (v. t.) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.

Pass (v. t.) To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

Pass (v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

Pass (v. t.) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.

Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.

Pass (v. i.) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Pass (v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.

Pass (v. i.) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.

Pass (v. i.) State of things; condition; predicament.

Pass (v. i.) Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.

Pass (v. i.) Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.

Pass (v. i.) Estimation; character.

Pass (v. i.) A part; a division.

Passable (a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.

Passable (a.) Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.

Passable (a.) Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.

Passableness (n.) The quality of being passable.

Passably (adv.) Tolerably; moderately.

Passacaglia (n.) Alt. of Passacaglio

Passacaglio (n.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.

Passade (v. i.) Alt. of Passado

Passado (v. i.) A pass or thrust.

Passado (v. i.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Passage (v. i.) The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

Passage (v. i.) Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Passage (v. i.) Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Passage (v. i.) Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Passage (v. i.) Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

Passage (v. i.) A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

Passage (v. i.) A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

Passage (v. i.) A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Passage (v. i.) Reception; currency.

Passage (v. i.) A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

Passage (v. i.) A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

Passager (n.) A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.

Passageway (n.) A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

Passant (v. i.) Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.

Passant (v. i.) Curs/ry, careless.

Passant (v. i.) Surpassing; excelling.

Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.

Passe (a.) Alt. of Passee

Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle.

Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.

Passement (n.) Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment.

Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

Passenger (n.) A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer.

Passenger (n.) A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.

Passe partout (n.) That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct.

Passe partout (n.) A master key; a latchkey.

Passe partout (n.) A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures.

Passer (n.) One who passes; a passenger.

Passer-by (n.) One who goes by; a passer.

Passeres (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

Passeriform (a.) Like or belonging to the Passeres.

Passerine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

Passerine (n.) One of the Passeres.

Passibility (n.) The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility.

Passible (a.) Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents.

Passibleness (n.) Passibility.

Passiflora (n.) A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreae, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.

Passim (adv.) Here and there; everywhere; as, this word occurs passim in the poem.

Passing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.

Passing (a.) Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.

Passing (a.) Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.

Passing (adv.) Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.

Passingly (adv.) Exceedingly.

Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.

Passion (n.) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.

Passion (n.) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.

Passion (n.) The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.

Passion (n.) Disorder of the mind; madness.

Passion (n.) Passion week. See Passion week, below.

Passioned (imp. & p. p.) of Passion

Passioning (p. pr & vb. n.) of Passion

Passion (v. t.) To give a passionate character to.

Passion (v. i.) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.

Passional (a.) Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions.

Passional (n.) A passionary.

Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.

Passionate (a.) Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.

Passionate (a.) Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.

Passionate (a.) Suffering; sorrowful.

Passionate (v. i.) To affect with passion; to impassion.

Passionate (v. i.) To express feelingly or sorrowfully.

Passionately (adv.) In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.

Passionately (adv.) Angrily; irascibly.

Passionateness (n.) The state or quality of being passionate.

Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.

Passionless (a.) Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.

Passiontide (n.) The last fortnight of Lent.

Passive (a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.

Passive (a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.

Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.

Passively (adv.) In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.

Passively (adv.) As a passive verb; in the passive voice.

Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

Passivity (n.) Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.

Passivity (n.) The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia.

Passivity (n.) The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.

Pass-key (n.) A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.

Passless (a.) Having no pass; impassable.

Passmen (pl. ) of Passman

Passman (n.) One who passes for a degree, without honors. See Classman, 2.

Passover (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.

Passover (n.) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.

Pass-parole (n.) An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.

Passport (n.) Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

Passport (n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

Passport (n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

Passport (n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.

Passus (pl. ) of Passus

Passuses (pl. ) of Passus

Passus (n.) A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.

Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

Passymeasure (n.) See Paspy.

Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

Past (n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

Past (prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

Past (prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Past (prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.

Past (adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Paste (n.) A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

Paste (n.) Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

Paste (n.) A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.

Paste (n.) A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

Paste (n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

Paste (n.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

Pasted (imp. & p. p.) of Paste

Pasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paste

Paste (v. t.) To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

Pasteboard (n.) A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.

Pasteboard (n.) A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.

Pastel (n.) A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.

Pastel (n.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.

Paster (n.) One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

Paster (n.) A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.

Pastern (n.) The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.

Pastern (n.) A patten.

Pasteurism (n.) A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.

Pasteurism (n.) Pasteurization.

Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.

Pasteurize (v. t.) To subject to pasteurization.

Pasteurize (v. t.) To treat by pasteurism.

Pasticcio (n.) A medley; an olio.

Pasticcio (n.) A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.

Pasticcio (n.) A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

Pastil (n.) Alt. of Pastille

Pastille (n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

Pastille (n.) An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.

Pastille (n.) See Pastel, a crayon.

Pastime (n.) That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.

Pastime (v. i.) To sport; to amuse one's self.

Pastor (n.) A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

Pastor (n.) A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

Pastor (n.) A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.

Pastorage (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate.

Pastoral (a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

Pastoral (a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

Pastoral (n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Pastorale (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

Pastorale (n.) A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.

Pastorally (adv.) In a pastoral or rural manner.

Pastorally (adv.) In the manner of a pastor.

Pastorate (n.) The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.

Pastorless (a.) Having no pastor.

Pastorling (n.) An insignificant pastor.

Pastorly (a.) Appropriate to a pastor.

Pastorship (n.) Pastorate.

Pastries (pl. ) of Pastry

Pastry (n.) The place where pastry is made.

Pastry (n.) Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.

Pasturable (a.) Fit for pasture.

Pasturage (n.) Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

Pasturage (n.) Grass growing for feed; grazing.

Pasturage (n.) The business of feeding or grazing cattle.

Pasture (n.) Food; nourishment.

Pasture (n.) Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.

Pasture (n.) Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.

Pastured (imp. & p. p.) of Pasture

Pasturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pasture

Pasture (v. t.) To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows.

Pasture (v. i.) To feed on growing grass; to graze.

Pastureless (a.) Destitute of pasture.

Pasturer (n.) One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.

Pasty (a.) Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.

Pasties (pl. ) of Pasty

Pasty (n.) A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.

Patted (imp. & p. p.) of Pat

Patting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pat

Pat (v. t.) To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

Pat (n.) A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

Pat (n.) A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.

Pat (a.) Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.

Pat (adv.) In a pat manner.

Pataca (n.) The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon.

Patache (n.) A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure.

Patacoon (n.) See Pataca.

Patagia (pl. ) of Patagium

Patagium (n.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.

Patagium (n.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Patagonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Patagonia.

Patagonian (n.) A native of Patagonia.

Patamar (n.) A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.

Patas (n.) A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.

Patavinity (n.) The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.

Patch (n.) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

Patch (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

Patch (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

Patch (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

Patched (imp. & p. p.) of Patch

Patching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patch

Patch (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

Patch (v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

Patch (v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

Patch (v. t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.

Patcher (n.) One who patches or botches.

Patchery (n.) Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy.

Patchingly (adv.) Knavishy; deceitfully.

Patchouli (n.) Alt. of Patchouly

Patchouly (n.) A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.

Patchouly (n.) The perfume made from this plant.

Patchwork (n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.

Patchy (a.) Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

Pate (a.) See Patte.

Pate (n.) A pie. See Patty.

Pate (n.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place.

Pate (n.) The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.

Pate (n.) The skin of a calf's head.

Pated (a.) Having a pate; -- used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated.

Patee (n.) See Pattee.

Patefaction (n.) The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.

Patela (n.) A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.

Patellae (pl. ) of Patella

Patella (n.) A small dish, pan, or vase.

Patella (n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.

Patella (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.

Patella (n.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.

Patellar (a.) Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.

Patelliform (a.) Having the form of a patella.

Patelliform (a.) Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.

Patellulae (pl. ) of Patellula

Patellula (n.) A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.

Paten (n.) A plate.

Paten (n.) The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.

Patena (n.) A paten.

Patena (n.) A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.

Patency (n.) The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.

Patency (n.) The state of being patent or evident.

Patent (a.) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.

Patent (a.) Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.

Patent (a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.

Patent (a.) A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.

Patent (a.) A writing securing to an invention.

Patent (a.) A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.

Patent (a.) The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.

Patented (imp. & p. p.) of Patent

Patenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patent

Patent (v. t.) To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.

Patentable (a.) Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

Patentee (n.) One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.

Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Patently (adv.) Openly; evidently.

Paterae (pl. ) of Patera

Patera (n.) A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.

Patera (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.

Paterero (n.) See Pederero.

Pateresfamilias (pl. ) of Paterfamilias

Paterfamilias (n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.

Paternal (a.) Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.

Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.

Paternalism (n.) The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal.

Paternally (adv.) In a paternal manner.

Paternity (n.) The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

Paternity (n.) Origin; authorship.

Paternoster (n.) The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.

Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.

Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.

Paths (pl. ) of Path

Path (n.) A trodden way; a footway.

Path (n.) A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.

Pathed (imp. & p. p.) of Path

Pathing (pr.p. & vb. n.) of Path

Path (v. t.) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).

Path (v. i.) To walk or go.

Pathematic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering.

Pathetic (a.) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

Pathetic (a.) Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.

Pathetical (a.) Pathetic.

Pathetism (n.) See Mesmerism.

Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

Pathic (n.) A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.

Pathic (a.) Passive; suffering.

Pathless (a.) Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods.

Pathmaker (n.) One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

Pathogene (n.) One of a class of virulent microorganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene.

Pathogenesis (n.) Pathogeny.

Pathogenetic (a.) Pathogenic.

Pathogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.

Pathogeny (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.

Pathogeny (n.) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.

Pathognomonic (a.) Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.

Pathognomy (n.) Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.

Pathologic (a.) Alt. of Pathological

Pathological (a.) Of or pertaining to pathology.

Pathologist (n.) One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.

Pathologies (pl. ) of Pathology

Pathology (n.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

-ias (pl. ) of Pathopoela

Pathopoela (n.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.

Pathos (n.) That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.

Pathway (n.) A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.

Patible (a.) Sufferable; tolerable; endurable.

Patibulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution.

Patibulated (a.) Hanged on a gallows.

Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.

Patience (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

Patience (n.) Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

Patience (n.) Sufferance; permission.

Patience (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

Patience (n.) Solitaire.

Patient (a.) Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.

Patient (a.) Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.

Patient (a.) Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.

Patient (a.) Forbearing; long-suffering.

Patient (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.

Patient (v. t.) To compose, to calm.

Patiently (adv.) In a patient manner.

Patin (n.) Alt. of Patine

Patine (n.) A plate. See Paten.

Patina (n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

Patina (n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.

Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.

Patly (adv.) Fitly; seasonably.

Patness (n.) Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.

Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

Patonce (a.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

Patrial (a.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun.

Patrial (n.) A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials.

Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses.

Patriarch (n.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.

Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

Patriarchal (a.) Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.

Patriarchal (a.) Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

Patriarchal (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

Patriarchate (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch.

Patriarchate (n.) The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.

Patriarchate (n.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.

Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.

Patriarchic (a.) Patriarchal.

Patriarchism (n.) Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.

Patriarchship (n.) A patriarchate.

Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Patriarchy (n.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Patrician (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

Patrician (a.) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

Patrician (n.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.

Patrician (n.) A person of high birth; a nobleman.

Patrician (n.) One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.

Patricianism (n.) The rank or character of patricians.

Patriciate (n.) The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch.

Patricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.

Patricide (n.) The murderer of his father.

Patricide (n.) The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.

Patrimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.

Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.

Patrimonies (pl. ) of Patrimony

Patrimony (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

Patrimony (n.) Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

Patriot (n.) One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.

Patriot (a.) Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.

Patriotic (a.) Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.

Patriotical (a.) Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.

Patriotism (n.) Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

Patripassian (n.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian.

Patrist (n.) One versed in patristics.

Patristic (a.) Alt. of Patristical

Patristical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.

Patristics (n.) That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.

Patrizate (v. i.) To imitate one's father.

Patrocinate (v. t.) To support; to patronize.

Patrocination (n.) The act of patrocinating or patronizing.

Patrociny (n.) See Patrocination.

Patrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Patrol

Patrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patrol

Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Patrol (v.) t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

Patrol (v. i.) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

Patrol (v. i.) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.

Patrole (n. & v.) See Patrol, n. & v.

Patrolmen (pl. ) of Patrolman

Patrolman (n.) One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.

Patron (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.

Patron (n.) An advocate or pleader.

Patron (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.

Patron (n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.

Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2.

Patron (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

Patron (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Patronage (n.) Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.

Patronage (n.) Business custom.

Patronage (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.

Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.

Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.

Patronal (a.) Patron; protecting; favoring.

Patronate (n.) The right or duty of a patron; patronage.

Patroness (n.) A female patron or helper.

Patronization (n.) The act of patronizing; patronage; support.

Patronized (imp. & p. p.) of Patronize

Patronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patronize

Patronize (v. t.) To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

Patronize (v. t.) To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.

Patronize (v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.

Patronizer (n.) One who patronizes.

Patronizing (a.) Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.

Patronless (a.) Destitute of a patron.

Patronomayology (n.) That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Patronymic (a.) Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name.

Patronymical (a.) Same as Patronymic.

Patroon (n.) One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Patroonship (n.) The office of a patroon.

Patte (a.) Alt. of Pattee

Pattee (a.) Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross.

Pattemar (n.) See Patamar.

Patten (n.) A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.

Patten (n.) A stilt.

Pattened (a.) Wearing pattens.

Pattered (imp. & p. p.) of Patter

Pattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patter

Patter (v. i.) To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

Patter (v. i.) To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.

Patter (v. i.) To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.

Patter (v. t.) To spatter; to sprinkle.

Patter (v. i.) To mutter; as prayers.

Patter (n.) A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

Patter (n.) Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

Patter (n.) The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

Patterer (n.) One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.

Pattern (n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

Pattern (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

Pattern (n.) Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

Pattern (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

Pattern (n.) Something made after a model; a copy.

Pattern (n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

Pattern (n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

Patterned (imp. & p. p.) of Pattern

Patterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pattern

Pattern (v. t.) To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

Pattern (v. t.) To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

Patties (pl. ) of Patty

Patty (n.) A little pie.

Pattypan (n.) A pan for baking patties.

Pattypan (n.) A patty.

Patulous (a.) Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.

Pau (n.) See Pah.

Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.

Pauciloquy (n.) Brevity in speech.

Paucispiral (a.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.

Paucity (n.) Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.

Paucity (n.) Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.

Paugies (pl. ) of Paugy

Paugie (n.) Alt. of Paugy

Paugy (n.) The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.

Pauhaugen (n.) The menhaden; -- called also poghaden.

Paul (n.) See Pawl.

Paul (n.) An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.

Pauldron (n.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.

Paulian (n.) Alt. of Paulianist

Paulianist (n.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.

Paulician (n.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.

Paulin (n.) See Tarpaulin.

Pauline (a.) Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine.

Paulist (n.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants.

Paulownia (n.) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceae, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.

Paum (v. t. & i.) To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards.

Paunce (n.) The pansy.

Paunch (n.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

Paunch (n.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.

Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

Paunched (imp. & p. p.) of Paunch

Paunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paunch

Paunch (v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Paunch (v. t.) To stuff with food.

Paunchy (a.) Pot-bellied.

Paune (n.) A kind of bread. See Pone.

Pauper (n.) A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.

Pauperism (n.) The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community.

Pauperization (n.) The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

Pauperized (imp. & p. p.) of Pauperize

Pauperizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pauperize

Pauperize (v. t.) To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

Pauropoda (n. pl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.

Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.

Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.

Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.

Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.

Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Pause

Pausing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pause

Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.

Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.

Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

Pauser (n.) One who pauses.

Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.

Pauxi (n.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.

Pavage (n.) See Pavage.

Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

Pave (n.) The pavement.

Paved (imp. & p. p.) of Pave

Paving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pave

Pave (v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.

Pave (v. t.) Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.

Pavement (n.) That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.

Pavement (v. t.) To furnish with a pavement; to pave.

Paven (n.) See Pavan.

Paver (n.) One who paves; one who lays a pavement.

Pavesade (n.) A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Pavese (n.) Alt. of Pavesse

Pavesse (n.) Pavise.

Paviage (n.) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.

Pavian (n.) See Pavan.

Pavid (a.) Timid; fearful.

Pavidity (n.) Timidity.

Pavier (n.) A paver.

Paviin (n.) A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.

Pavilion (n.) A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.

Pavilion (n.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.

Pavilion (n.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.

Pavilion (n.) Same as Tent (Her.)

Pavilion (n.) That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

Pavilion (n.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

Pavilion (n.) A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

Pavilioned (imp. & p. p.) of Pavilion

Pavilioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pavilion

Pavilion (v. t.) To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.

Pavin (n.) See Pavan.

Paving (n.) The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.

Paving (n.) A pavement.

Pavior (n.) One who paves; a paver.

Pavior (n.) A rammer for driving paving stones.

Pavior (n.) A brick or slab used for paving.

Pavise (n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.

Pavisor (n.) A soldier who carried a pavise.

Pavo (n.) A genus of birds, including the peacocks.

Pavo (n.) The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.

Pavon (n.) A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.

Pavone (n.) A peacock.

Pavonian (a.) Of or pertaining to a peacock.

Pavonine (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo.

Pavonine (a.) Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent.

Paw (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

Paw (n.) The hand.

Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Pawed (imp. & p. p.) of Paw

Pawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paw

Paw (v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.

Paw (v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.

Pawk (n.) A small lobster.

Pawky (a.) Arch; cunning; sly.

Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.

Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

Pawn (n.) See Pan, the masticatory.

Pawn (n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Pawn (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.

Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

Pawned (imp. & p. p.) of Pawn

Pawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pawn

Pawn (v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.

Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Pawnable (a.) Capable of being pawned.

Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

Pawnbroking (n.) The business of a pawnbroker.

Pawnee (n.) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

Pawnees (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.

Pawner (n.) Alt. of Pawnor

Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.

Pawpaw (n.) See Papaw.

Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

Pax (n.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.

Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.

Paxilli (pl. ) of Paxillus

Paxillus (n.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

Paxywaxy (n.) See Paxwax.

Pay (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Paid (imp. & p. p.) of Pay

Paying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pay

Pay (v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.

Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.

Pay (v. t.) To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).

Pay (v. t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.

Pay (v. t.) To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.

Pay (v. i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

Pay (v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.

Pay (n.) Satisfaction; content.

Pay (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.

Payable (a.) That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due.

Payable (a.) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value.

Payable (a.) Matured; now due.

Payee (n.) The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.

Payen (n. & a.) Pagan.

Payer (n.) One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

Paymaster (n.) One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.

Payment (n.) The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

Payment (n.) That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return.

Payment (n.) Punishment; chastisement.

Payn (n.) Bread. Having

Payndemain (n.) The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman.

Paynim (n. & a.) See Painim.

Paynize (v. t.) To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing.

Payor (n.) See Payer.

Payse (v. t.) To poise.

Paytine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.

Pea (n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.

Pea (n.) See Peak, n., 3.

Peas (pl. ) of Pea

Pease (pl. ) of Pea

Pea (n.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.

Pea (n.) A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.

Peabird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its note.

Peabody bird () An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.

Peace (v.) A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

Peace (v.) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.

Peace (v.) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.

Peace (v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.

Peace (v.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.

Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.

Peaceable (a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.

Peacebreaker (n.) One who disturbs the public peace.

Peaceful (a.) Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.

Peaceful (a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.

Peaceless (a.) Without peace; disturbed.

Peacemaker (n.) One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance.

Peach (v. t.) To accuse of crime; to inform against.

Peach (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.

Peach (n.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.

Peach-colored (a.) Of the color of a peach blossom.

Peacher (n.) One who peaches.

Peachick (n.) The chicken of the peacock.

Peachy (a.) Resembling a peach or peaches.

Peacock (n.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Peacock (n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.

Peafowl (n.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.

Peage (n.) See Paage.

Peagrit (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.

Peahen (n.) The hen or female peafowl.

Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

Peak (n.) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

Peak (n.) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.

Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.

Peak (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

Peaked (imp. & p. p.) of Peak

Peaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peak

Peak (v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

Peak (v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky.

Peak (v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.

Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.

Peaked (a.) Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.

Peaked (a.) Sickly; not robust.

Peaking (a.) Mean; sneaking.

Peaking (a.) Pining; sickly; peakish.

Peakish (a.) Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.

Peakish (a.) Having peaks; peaked.

Peakish (a.) Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly.

Peaky (a.) Having a peak or peaks.

Peaky (a.) Sickly; peaked.

Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

Peal (v. i.) To appeal.

Peal (n.) A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.

Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.

Pealed (imp. & p. p.) of Peal

Pealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peal

Peal (v. i.) To utter or give out loud sounds.

Peal (v. i.) To resound; to echo.

Peal (v. t.) To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.

Peal (v. t.) To assail with noise or loud sounds.

Peal (v. t.) To pour out.

Pean (n.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

Pean (n.) A song of praise and triumph. See Paean.

Peanism (n.) The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph.

Peanut (n.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.

Pear (n.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.

Pearch (n.) See Perch.

Pearl (n.) A fringe or border.

Pearl (v. t. ) To fringe; to border.

Pearl (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.

Pearl (n.) Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.

Pearl (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.

Pearl (n.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.

Pearl (n.) A light-colored tern.

Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.

Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.

Pearl (n.) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.

Pearl (n.) A size of type, between agate and diamond.

Pearl (a.) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.

Pearl (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.

Pearl (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.

Pearl (v. i.) To resemble pearl or pearls.

Pearl (v. i.) To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.

Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.

Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

Pearlins (n. pl.) Alt. of Pearlings

Pearlings (n. pl.) A kind of lace of silk or thread.

Pearlite (n.) Alt. of Pearlstone

Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

Pearlwort (n.) A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.

Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.

Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.

Pearmain (n.) The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.

Pear-shaped (a.) Of the form of a pear.

Peart (a.) Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.

Peasant (n.) A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.

Peasant (a.) Rustic, rural.

Peasantlike (a.) Rude; clownish; illiterate.

Peasantly (a.) Peasantlike.

Peasantry (n.) Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.

Peasantry (n.) Rusticity; coarseness.

Peascod (n.) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.

Peases (pl. ) of Pease

Peasen (pl. ) of Pease

Pease (n.) A pea.

Pease (n.) A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.

Peastone (n.) Pisolite.

Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing.

Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.

Peat (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.

Peaty (a.) Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.

Peba (n.) An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; -- called also tatouhou.

Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.

Pebble (n.) Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.

Pebbled (imp. & p. p.) of Pebble

Pebbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pebble

Pebble (v. t.) To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

Pebbled (a.) Abounding in pebbles.

Pebblestone () A pebble; also, pebbles collectively.

Pebbly (a.) Full of pebbles; pebbled.

Pebrine (n.) An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood.

Pecan (n.) A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat.

Pecary (n.) See Peccary.

Peccability (n.) The state or quality of being peccable; lability to sin.

Peccable (a.) Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.

Peccadillos (pl. ) of Peccadillo

Peccadillo (n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.

Peccancy (n.) The quality or state of being peccant.

Peccancy (n.) A sin; an offense.

Peccant (a.) Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.

Peccant (a.) Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors.

Peccant (a.) Wrong; defective; faulty.

Peccant (n.) An offender.

Peccantly (adv.) In a peccant manner.

Peccaries (pl. ) of Peccary

Peccary (n.) A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles.

Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Pecco (n.) See Pekoe.

Peck (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

Peck (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Pecked (imp. & p. p.) of Peck

Pecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peck

Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.

Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

Pecker (n.) One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

Pecker (n.) An instrument for pecking; a pick.

Peckish (a.) Inclined to eat; hungry.

Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.

Pecopteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

Pecora (n. pl.) An extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and cattle.

Pectate (n.) A salt of pectic acid.

Pecten (n.) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium.

Pecten (n.) The pubic bone.

Pecten (n.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidae); a scallop. See Scallop.

Pecten (n.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).

Pectic (a.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.

Pectin (n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

Pectinal (a.) Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.

Pectinal (n.) A fish whose bone/ resemble comb teeth.

Pectinate (a.) Alt. of Pectinated

Pectinated (a.) Resembling the teeth of a comb.

Pectinated (a.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae.

Pectinated (a.) Interlaced, like two combs.

Pectinately (adv.) In a pectinate manner.

Pectination (n.) The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.

Pectination (n.) The act of combing; the combing of the head.

Pectination (n.) Comblike toothing.

Pectineal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pecten.

Pectineal (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone.

Pectinibranch (n.) One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

Pectinibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.

Pectinibranchiate (a.) Having pectinated gills.

Pectiniform (a.) Comblike in form.

Pectize (v. i.) To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass.

Pectolite (n.) A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.

Pectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.

Pectoral (a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.

Pectoral (a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.

Pectoral (n.) A covering or protecting for the breast.

Pectoral (n.) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.

Pectoral (n.) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.

Pectoral (n.) A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

Pectorally (adv.) As connected with the breast.

Pectoriloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy.

Pectoriloquism (n.) Pectoriloquy.

Pectoriloquous (a.) Pectoriloquial.

Pectoriloquy (n.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.

Pectose (n.) An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group.

Pectosic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.

Pectostraca (n. pl.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.

Pectous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.

Pectora (pl. ) of Pectus

Pectus (n.) The breast of a bird.

Pecul (n.) See Picul.

Peculated (imp. & p. p.) of Peculate

Peculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peculate

Peculate (v. i.) To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

Peculation (n.) The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.

Peculator (n.) One who peculates.

Peculiar (a.) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.

Peculiar (a.) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

Peculiar (a.) Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.

Peculiar (n.) That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

Peculiar (n.) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.

Peculiarities (pl. ) of Peculiarity

Peculiarity (n.) The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

Peculiarity (n.) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.

Peculiarity (n.) Exclusive possession or right.

Pecularized (imp. & p. p.) of Peculiarize

Pecularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peculiarize

Peculiarize (v. t.) To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession.

Peculiarly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.

Peculiarness (n.) The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity.

Peculium (n.) The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.

Peculium (n.) A special fund for private and personal uses.

Pecunial (a.) Pecuniary.

Pecuniarily (adv.) In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.

Pecuniary (a.) Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward.

Pecunious (a.) Abounding in money; wealthy; rich.

Ped (n.) A basket; a hammer; a pannier.

Pedage (n.) A toll or tax paid by passengers, entitling them to safe-conduct and protection.

Pedagog (n.) Pedagogue.

Pedagogic (a.) See Pedagogics.

Pedagogic (a.) Alt. of Pedagogical

Pedagogical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.

Pedagogics (n.) The science or art of teaching; the principles and rules of teaching; pedagogy.

Pedagogism (n.) The system, occupation, character, or manner of pedagogues.

Pedagogue (n.) A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

Pedagogue (n.) A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.

Pedagogue (n.) One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant.

Pedagogue (v. t.) To play the pedagogue toward.

Pedagogy (n.) Pedagogics; pedagogism.

Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.

Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

Pedal (a.) A pedal curve or surface.

Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal.

Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.

Pedaneous (a.) Going on foot; pedestrian.

Pedant (n.) A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.

Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

Pedantic (a.) Alt. of Pedantical

Pedantical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation.

Pedantically (adv.) In a pedantic manner.

Pedanticly (adv.) Pedantically.

Pedantism (n.) The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry.

Pedantize (v. i.) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.

Pedantocracy (n.) The sway of pedants.

Pedantry (n.) The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.

Pedanty (n.) An assembly or clique of pedants.

Pedarian (n.) One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.

Pedaries (pl. ) of Pedary

Pedary (n.) A sandal.

Pedata (n. pl.) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.

Pedate (a.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf.

Pedatifid (a.) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.

Peddle (v. i.) To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.

Peddle (v. i.) To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.

Peddled (imp. & p. p.) of Peddle

Peddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peddle

Peddle (v. t.) To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.

Peddler (n.) One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.

Peddlery (n.) The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.

Peddlery (n.) Trifling; trickery.

Peddling (a.) Hawking; acting as a peddler.

Peddling (a.) Petty; insignificant.

Pederast (n.) One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

Pederastic (a.) Of or pertaining to pederasty.

Pederasty (n.) The crime against nature; sodomy.

Pederero (n.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.

Pedesis (n.) Same as Brownian movement, under Brownian.

Pedestal (n.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.

Pedestal (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.

Pedestaled (a.) Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted.

Pedestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.

Pedestrially (adv.) In a pedestrial manner.

Pedestrian (a.) Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

Pedestrian (n.) A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.

Pedestrianism (n.) The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.

Pedestrianized (imp. & p. p.) of Pedestrianize

Pedestrianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pedestrianize

Pedestrianize (v. i.) To practice walking; to travel on foot.

Pedestrious (a.) Going on foot; not winged.

Pedetentous (a.) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.

Pedi- () Alt. of Pedo-

Pedo- () Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.

Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal.

Pedicel (n.) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower.

Pedicel (n.) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns.

Pedicel (n.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.

Pedicel (n.) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.

Pedicel (n.) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.

Pediceled (a.) Pedicellate.

Pedicellariae (pl. ) of Pedicellaria

Pedicellaria (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

Pedicellate (a.) Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

Pedicellina (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

Pedicle (n.) Same as Pedicel.

Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.

Pediculate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.

Pediculati (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.

Pediculation (n.) Phthiriasis.

Pedicule (n.) A pedicel.

Pediculina (n. pl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.

Pediculous (a.) Pedicular.

Pediculi (pl. ) of Pediculus

Pediculus (n.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.

Pediform (a.) Shaped like a foot.

Pedigerous (a.) Bearing or having feet or legs.

Pedigree (n.) A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

Pedigree (n.) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.

Pediluvy (n.) The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet.

Pedimana (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums.

Pedimane (n.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.

Pedimanous (a.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.

Pediment (n.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.

Pedimental (a.) Of or pertaining to a pediment.

Pedipalp (n.) One of the Pedipalpi.

Pedipalpi (n pl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.

Pedipalpous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.

Pedipalpi (pl. ) of Pedipalpus

Pedipalpus (n.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.

Pedireme (n.) A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.

Pedlar (n.) Alt. of Pedler

Pedler (n.) See Peddler.

Pedobaptism (n.) The baptism of infants or of small children.

Pedobaptist (n.) One who advocates or practices infant baptism.

Pedomancy (n.) Divination by examining the soles of the feet.

Pedometer (n.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.

Pedometric (a.) Alt. of Pedometrical

Pedometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.

Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.

Pedotrophy (n.) The art of nourishing children properly.

Pedregal (n.) A lava field.

Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.

Peduncle (n.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.

Peduncle (n.) A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.

Peduncled (a.) Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.

Peduncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.

Pedunculata (n. pl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.

Pedunculate (a.) Alt. of Pedunculated

Pedunculated (a.) Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.

Pee (n.) See 1st Pea.

Pee (n.) Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c).

Peece (n. & v.) See Piece.

Peechi (n.) The dauw.

Peek (v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

Peekaboo (n.) A child's game; bopeep.

Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Peel (n.) A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.

Peel (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

Peeled (imp. & p. p.) of Peel

Peeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peel

Peel (v. t.) To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.

Peel (v. t.) To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

Peel (v. i.) To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.

Peel (n.) The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc.

Peeler (n.) One who peels or strips.

Peeler (n.) A pillager.

Peeler (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel.

Peelhouse (n.) See 1st Peel.

Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.

Peen (n.) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.

Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.

Peenge (v. i.) To complain.

Peeped (imp. & p. p.) of Peep

Peeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peep

Peep (v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

Peep (v. i.) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

Peep (v. i.) To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.

Peep (n.) The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

Peep (n.) First outlook or appearance.

Peep (n.) A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

Peep (n.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).

Peep (n.) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

Peeper (n.) A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

Peeper (n.) One who peeps; a prying person; a spy.

Peeper (n.) The eye; as, to close the peepers.

Peephole (n.) A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

Peeping hole () See Peephole.

Peepul tree () A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree.

Peered (imp. & p. p.) of Peer

Peering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peer

Peer (v. i.) To come in sight; to appear.

Peer (v. i.) To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.

Peer (n.) One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

Peer (n.) A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.

Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.

Peer (v. t.) To make equal in rank.

Peer (v. t.) To be, or to assume to be, equal.

Peerage (n.) The rank or dignity of a peer.

Peerage (n.) The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.

Peerdom (n.) Peerage; also, a lordship.

Peeress (n.) The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.

Peerie (a.) Alt. of Peery

Peery (a.) Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp.

Peerless (a.) Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.

Peert (a.) Same as Peart.

Peerweet (n.) Same as Pewit (a & b).

Peevish (a.) Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.

Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling.

Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner.

Peevishness (n.) The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

Peevit (n.) Alt. of Peewit

Peewit (n.) See Pewit.

Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

Peg (n.) A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

Peg (n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."

Pegged (imp. & p. p.) of Peg

Pegging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peg

Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

Peg (v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Pegador (n.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.

Pegasean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.

Pegasoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.

Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration.

Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.

Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.

Pegger (n.) One who fastens with pegs.

Pegging (n.) The act or process of fastening with pegs.

Pegm (n.) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.

Pegmatite (n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.

Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.

Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.

Pegtatoid (a.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.

Pegomancy (n.) Divination by fountains.

Pegroots (n.) Same as Setterwort.

Pehlevi (n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings.

Pein (n.) See Peen.

Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

Peirastic (a.) Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

Peise (n.) A weight; a poise.

Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.

Peitrel (n.) See Peytrel.

Pejorative (a.) Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

Pekan (n.) See Fisher, 2.

Pekoe (n.) A kind of black tea.

Pela (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax.

Pelage (n.) The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.

Pelagian (n.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.

Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.

Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines of Pelagius.

Pelagic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.

Pelargonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

Pelargonium (n.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

Pelasgian (a.) Alt. of Pelasgic

Pelasgic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.

Pelasgic (a.) Wandering.

Pelecan (n.) See Pelican.

Pelecaniformes (n. pl.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

Pelecoid (n.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.

Pelecypoda (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Pelegrine (a.) See Peregrine.

Pelerine (n.) A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

Pelf (n.) Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.

Pelfish (a.) Of or pertaining to pelf.

Pelfray (n.) Alt. of Pelfry

Pelfry (n.) Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash.

Pelican (n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

Pelick (n.) The American coot (Fulica).

Pelicoid (n.) See Pelecoid.

Pelicosauria (n. pl.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.

Peliom (n.) A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.

Pelioma (n.) A livid ecchymosis.

Pelioma (n.) See Peliom.

Pelisse (n.) An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.

Pell (v. t.) To pelt; to knock about.

Pell (n.) A skin or hide; a pelt.

Pell (n.) A roll of parchment; a parchment record.

Pellack (n.) A porpoise.

Pellage (n.) A customs duty on skins of leather.

Pellagra (n.) An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.

Pellagrin (n.) One who is afficted with pellagra.

Pellet (n.) A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

Pellet (n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.

Pellet (v./.) To form into small balls.

Pelleted (a.) Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.

Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.

Pellicle (n.) A thin skin or film.

Pellicle (n.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.

Pellicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a pellicle.

Pellile (n.) The redshank; -- so called from its note.

Pellitory (n.) The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.

Pellitory (n.) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.

Pellitory (n.) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.

Pell-mell (n.) See Pall-mall.

Pellmell (adv.) In utter confusion; with confused violence.

Pellucid (a.) Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.

Pellucidity (n.) Alt. of Pellucidness

Pellucidness (n.) The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.

Pellucidly (adv.) In a pellucid manner.

Pelmata (pl. ) of Pelma

Pelma (n.) The under surface of the foot.

Pelopium (n.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.

Peloponnesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.

Peloponnesian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

Peloria (n.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.

Peloric (a.) Abnormally regular or symmetrical.

Pelotage (n.) Packs or bales of Spanish wool.

Pelt (n.) The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

Pelt (n.) The human skin.

Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Pelted (imp. & p. p.) of Pelt

Pelting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pelt

Pelt (v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.

Pelt (v. t.) To throw; to use as a missile.

Pelt (v. i.) To throw missiles.

Pelt (v. i.) To throw out words.

Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Peltae (pl. ) of Pelta

Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.

Pelta (n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.

Peltate (a.) Alt. of Peltated

Peltated (a.) Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.

Pelter (n.) One who pelts.

Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate.

Pelting (a.) Mean; paltry.

Peltry (n.) Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

Peltryware (n.) Peltry.

Peludo (n.) The South American hairy armadillo (Dasypus villosus).

Pelusiac (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.

Pelvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.

Pelvimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis.

Pelvis (n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.

Pelvis (n.) The calyx of a crinoid.

Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.

Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.

Pemphigus (n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.

Pen (n.) A feather.

Pen (n.) A wing.

Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Pen (n.) Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

Pen (n.) The internal shell of a squid.

Pen (n.) A female swan.

Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen

Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen

Pen (v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen

Pent () of Pen

Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen

Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

Pen (n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

Penal (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence

Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.

Penal (a.) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.

Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.

Penality (n.) The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.

Penalize (v. t.) To make penal.

Penalize (v. t.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.

Penally (adv.) In a penal manner.

Penalties (pl. ) of Penalty

Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.

Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.

Penalty (n.) A handicap.

Penance (n.) Repentance.

Penance (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering.

Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.

Penanced (imp. & p. p.) of Penance

Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.

Penanceless (a.) Free from penance.

Penang nut () The betel nut.

Penannular (a.) Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring.

Penary (a.) Penal.

Penates (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.

Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.

Pencel (n.) A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel.

Penchant (n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

Penchute (n.) See Penstock.

Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.

Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.

Pencil (n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.

Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.

Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.

Pencil (n.) A small medicated bougie.

Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Pencil

Pencilled () of Pencil

Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pencil

Pencilling () of Pencil

Pencil (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.

Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.

Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.

Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.

Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.

Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.

Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillated

Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

Pencraft (n.) Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.

Pencraft (n.) The art of composing or writing; authorship.

Pend (n.) Oil cake; penock.

Pended (imp. & p. p.) of Pend

Pending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pend

Pend (v. i.) To hang; to depend.

Pend (v. i.) To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

Pend (v. t.) To pen; to confine.

Pendant (n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.

Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.

Pendant (n.) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.

Pendant (n.) A pendulum.

Pendant (n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.

Pendency (n.) The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.

Pendency (n.) The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.

Pendent (a.) Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.

Pendent (a.) Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.

Pendentive (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.

Pendently (adv.) In a pendent manner.

Pendice (n.) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.

Pendicle (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.

Pendicler (n.) An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.

Pending (a.) Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

Pending (prep.) During; as, pending the trail.

Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.

Pendular (a.) Pendulous.

Pendulate (v. i.) To swing as a pendulum.

Pendule (n.) A pendulum.

Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.

Pendulosity (n.) The state or quality of being pendulous.

Pendulous (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.

Pendulous (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.

Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

Pendulously (adv.) In a pendulous manner.

Pendulousness (n.) The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

Pendulums (pl. ) of Pendulum

Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

Penelope (n.) A genus of curassows, including the guans.

Penetrability (n.) The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

Penetrail (n.) Penetralia.

Penetralia (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.

Penetralia (n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.

Penetrance (n.) Alt. of Penetrancy

Penetrancy (n.) The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.

Penetrant (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.

Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrate

Penetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penetrate

Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.

Penetrate (v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.

Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

Penetrating (a.) Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

Penetrating (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.

Penetratingly (adv.) In a penetrating manner.

Penetration (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

Penetration (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.

Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.

Penetrative (a.) Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame.

Penetrative (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom.

Penetrativeness (n.) The quality of being penetrative.

Penfish (n.) A squid.

Penfold (n.) See Pinfold.

Pengolin (n.) The pangolin.

Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.

Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.

Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.

Penholder (n.) A handle for a pen.

Penhouse (n.) A penthouse.

Penible (a.) Painstaking; assidous.

Penicil (n.) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.

Penicilliform (a.) Penicillate.

Peninsula (n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Peninsular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form; peninsular people; the peninsular war.

Peninsulated (imp. & p. p.) of Peninsulate

Peninsulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peninsulate

Peninsulate (v. t.) To form into a peninsula.

Penis (n.) The male member, or organ of generation.

Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

Penitency (n.) Penitence.

Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.

Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.

Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.

Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.

Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.

Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiary

Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.

Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.

Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.

Penitently (adv.) In a penitent manner.

Penk (n.) A minnow. See Pink, n., 4.

Penknives (pl. ) of Penknife

Penknife (n.) A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.

Penmen (pl. ) of Penman

Penman (n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.

Penman (n.) An author; a composer.

Penmanship (n.) The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

Pennae (pl. ) of Penna

Penna (n.) A perfect, or normal, feather.

Pennaceous (a.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.

Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.

Pennached (a.) Variegated; striped.

Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.

Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.

Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Pennate (a.) Alt. of Pennated

Pennated (a.) Winged; plume-shaped.

Pennated (a.) Same as Pinnate.

Pennatulae (pl. ) of Pennatula

Pennatulas (pl. ) of Pennatula

Pennatula (n.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches.

Pennatulacea (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.

Penned (a.) Winged; having plumes.

Penned (a.) Written with a pen; composed.

Penner (n.) One who pens; a writer.

Penner (n.) A case for holding pens.

Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or plume.

Pennigerous (a.) Bearing feathers or quills.

Penniless (a.) Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.

Penninerved (a.) Pinnately veined or nerved.

Pennipotent (a.) Strong of wing; strong on the wing.

Pennon (n.) A wing; a pinion.

Pennon (n.) A pennant; a flag or streamer.

Pennoncel (n.) Alt. of Pennoncelle

Pennoncelle (n.) See Pencel.

Penny (a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds.

Pennies (pl. ) of Penny

Pence (pl. ) of Penny

Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

Penny (n.) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver.

Penny (n.) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.

Penny (n.) See Denarius.

Penny (a.) Worth or costing one penny.

Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.

Pennyroyal (n.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.

Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name.

Pennywort (n.) A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.

Pennyworth (n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.

Pennyworth (n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.

Pennyworth (n.) A small quantity; a trifle.

Penock (n.) See Pend.

Penological (a.) Of or pertaining to penology.

Penologist (n.) One versed in, or a student of, penology.

Penology (n.) The science or art of punishment.

Penrack (n.) A rack for pens not in use.

Pens (n.) pl. of Penny.

Pensative (a.) Pensive.

Pensel (n.) A pencel.

Pensible (a.) Held aloft.

Pensile (a.) Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous.

Pensileness (n.) State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.

Pension (n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.

Pension (n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.

Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

Pensioned (imp. & p. p.) of Pension

Pensioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pension

Pension (v. t.) To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.

Pensionary (a.) Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies.

Pensionary (a.) Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.

Pensionaries (pl. ) of Pensionary

Pensionary (n.) One who receives a pension; a pensioner.

Pensionary (n.) One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.

Pensioner (n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.

Pensioner (n.) One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.

Pensioner (n.) In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.

Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

Pensive (a.) Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.

Pensived (a.) Made pensive.

Pensively (adv.) In a pensive manner.

Pensiveness (n.) The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.

Penstock (n.) A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.

Penstock (n.) The barrel of a wooden pump.

Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.

Penta- () A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.

Penta- () Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively.

Pentabasic (a.) Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.

Pentacapsular (a.) Having five capsules.

Pentachenium (n.) A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

Pentachloride (n.) A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.

Pentachord (n.) An ancient instrument of music with five strings.

Pentachord (n.) An order or system of five sounds.

Pentacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases.

Pentacle (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

Pentacoccous (a.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.

Pentaconter (n.) See Penteconter.

Pentacrinin (n.) A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.

Pentacrinite (n.) Any species of Pentacrinus.

Pentacrinoid (n.) An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus.

Pentacrinus (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.

Pentacra (pl. ) of Pentacron

Pentacrons (pl. ) of Pentacron

Pentacron (n.) A solid having five summits or angular points.

Pentacrostic (n.) A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

Pentad (n.) Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.

Pentad (a.) Having the valence of a pentad.

Pentadactyl (a.) Alt. of Pentadactyle

Pentadactyle (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot.

Pentadactyle (a.) Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.

Pentadactyloid (a.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb.

Pentadecane (n.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.

Pentadecatoic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it.

Pentadecylic (a.) Same as Quindecylic.

Pentadelphous (a.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.

Pentafid (a.) Divided or cleft into five parts.

Pentaglot (n.) A work in five different tongues.

Pentagon (n.) A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.

Pentagonal (a.) Having five corners or angles.

Pentagonally (adv.) In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.

Pentagonous (a.) Pentagonal.

Pentagram (n.) A pentacle or a pentalpha.

Pentagraphic (a.) Alt. of Pentagraphical

Pentagraphical (a.) Pantographic. See Pantograph.

Pentagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having five styles or pistils.

Pentagynian (a.) Alt. of Pentagynous

Pentagynous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles.

Pentahedral (a.) Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure.

Pentahedrical (a.) Pentahedral.

Pentahedron (n.) A solid figure having five sides.

Pentahedrous (a.) Pentahedral.

Pentail (n.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.

Pentalpha (n.) A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.

Pentamera (n. pl.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.

Pentameran (n.) One of the Pentamera.

Pentamerous (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.

Pentamerous (a.) Belonging to the Pentamera.

Pentamerus (n.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.

Pentameter (n.) A verse of five feet.

Pentameter (a.) Having five metrical feet.

Pentamethylene (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.

Pentandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having five separate stamens.

Pentandrian (a.) Alt. of Pentandrous

Pentandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.

Pentane (n.) Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.

Pentangle (n.) A pentagon.

Pentangular (a.) Having five corners or angles.

Pentapetalous (a.) Having five petals, or flower leaves.

Pentaphyllous (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

Pentapody (n.) A measure or series consisting of five feet.

Pentaptote (n.) A noun having five cases.

Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.

Pentarchy (n.) A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.

Pentaspast (n.) A purchase with five pulleys.

Pentaspermous (a.) Containing five seeds.

Pentastich (n.) A composition consisting of five verses.

Pentastichous (a.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.

Pentastomida (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.

Pentastyle (a.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.

Pentastyle (n.) A portico having five columns.

Pentateuch (n.) The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.

Pentateuchal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch.

Pentathionic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur.

Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

Pentatomic (a.) Having five atoms in the molecule.

Pentatomic (a.) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.

Pentavalent (a.) Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Penteconter (n.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.

Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.

Pentecostal (a.) Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.

Pentecoster (n.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.

Pentecosties (pl. ) of Pentecosty

Pentecosty (n.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.

Pentelic (a.) Alt. of Pentelican

Pentelican (a.) Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.

Pentene (n.) Same as Amylene.

Penthouse (n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.

Penthouse (a.) Leaning; overhanging.

Pentice (n.) A penthouse.

Pentile (n.) See Pantile.

Pentine (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.

Pentoic (a.) Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.

Pentone (n.) Same as Valylene.

Pentoxide (n.) An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.

Pentremite (n.) Any species of Pentremites.

Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

Pentroof (n.) See Lean-to.

Pentrough (n.) A penstock.

Pentyl (n.) The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.

Pentylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as, pentylic alcohol

Penuchle (n.) Alt. of Pinocle

Pinocle (n.) A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.

Penult (n.) The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.

Penultima (n.) Same as Penult.

Penultimate (a.) Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

Penultimate (n.) The penult.

Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.

Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.

Penumbra (n.) The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.

Penumbrala () Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.

Penurious (a.) Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.

Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Penurious (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.

Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.

Penury (n.) Penuriousness; miserliness.

Penwiper (n.) A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.

Penwomen (pl. ) of Penwoman

Penwoman (n.) A female writer; an authoress.

Peon (n.) See Poon.

Peon (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.

Peon (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.

Peon (n.) See 2d Pawn.

Peonage (n.) The condition of a peon.

Peonism (n.) Same as Peonage.

Peonies (pl. ) of Peony

Peony (n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.

People (n.) The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

People (n.) Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity.

People (n.) The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.

People (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.

People (n.) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers.

Peopled (imp. & p. p.) of People

Peopling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of People

People (v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

Peopled (a.) Stocked with, or as with, people; inhabited.

Peopleless (a.) Destitute of people.

Peopler (n.) A settler; an inhabitant.

Peoplish (a.) Vulgar.

Peorias (n. pl.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Illinois.

Pepastic (a. & n.) Same as Maturative.

Peperine (n.) Alt. of Peperino

Peperino (n.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.

Peplis (n.) A genus of plants including water purslane.

Peplus (n.) An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

Peplus (n.) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen.

Pepo (n.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd.

Pepper (n.) A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

Pepper (n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.

Pepper (n.) Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.

Peppered (imp. & p. p.) of Pepper

Peppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pepper

Pepper (v. t.) To sprinkle or season with pepper.

Pepper (v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.

Pepper (v. i.) To fire numerous shots (at).

Pepperbrand (n.) See 1st Bunt.

Peppercorn (n.) A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

Peppercorn (n.) Anything insignificant; a particle.

Pepper dulse () A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.

Pepperer (n.) A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.

Peppergrass (n.) Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.

Peppergrass (n.) The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.

Pepperidge (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo.

Peppering (a.) Hot; pungent; peppery.

Peppermint (n.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.

Peppermint (n.) A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

Peppermint (n.) A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.

Pepperwort (n.) See Peppergrass.

Peppery (a.) Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.

Peppery (a.) Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.

Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.

Pepsinhydrochloric (a.) Same as Peptohydrochloric.

Pepsinogen (n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

Peptic (a.) Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.

Peptic (a.) Able to digest.

Peptic (a.) Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.

Peptic (n.) An agent that promotes digestion.

Peptic (n.) The digestive organs.

Peptics (n.) The science of digestion.

Peptogen (n.) A substance convertible into peptone.

Peptogenic (a.) Same as Peptogenous.

Peptogenous (a.) Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.

Peptohydrochloric (a.) Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.

Peptone (n.) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.

Peptone (n.) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.

Peptonize (v. t.) To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.

Peptonoid (n.) A substance related to peptone.

Peptonuria (n.) The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.

Peptotoxine (n.) A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.

Pequots (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.

Per- () A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much.

Per- () Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its highest valence; now, only that the element has a higher valence than in other similar compounds; thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium; while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not the highest oxides of those elements.

Per (prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.

Peract (v. t.) To go through with; to perform.

Peracute (a.) Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever.

Peradventure (adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

Peradventure (n.) Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.

Peraeopod (n.) One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

Peragrate (v. t.) To travel over or through.

Peragration (n.) The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution.

Perambulated (imp. & p. p.) of Perambulate

Perambulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perambulate

Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

Perambulate (v. i.) To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Perambulation (n.) The act of perambulating; traversing.

Perambulation (n.) An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

Perambulation (n.) A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.

Perambulator (n.) One who perambulates.

Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.

Perambulator (n.) A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.

Perameles (n.) Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

Perbend (n.) See Perpender.

Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.

Perbromate (n.) A salt of perbromic acid.

Perbromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.

Perbromide (n.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.

Perca (n.) A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.

Percale (n.) A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.

Percaline (n.) A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.

Percarbide (n.) A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.

Percarburet (n.) A percarbide.

Percarbureted (a.) Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.

Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.

Perce (v. t.) To pierce.

Perceivable (a.) Capable of being perceived; perceptible.

Perceivance (n.) Power of perceiving.

Perceived (imp. & p. p.) of Perceive

Perceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perceive

Perceive (v. t.) To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.

Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.

Perceive (v. t.) To be affected of influented by.

Perceiver (n.) One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).

Percely (n.) Parsley.

Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

Percept (n.) That which is perceived.

Perceptibility (n.) The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.

Perceptibility (n.) Perception.

Perceptible (a.) Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.

Perception (n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.

Perception (n.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.

Perception (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.

Perception (n.) An idea; a notion.

Perceptive (a.) Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

Perceptivity (n.) The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.

Percesoces (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.

Perch (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

Perch (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

Perch (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.

Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perched (imp. & p. p.) of Perch

Perching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perch

Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

Perch (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

Perch (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

Perchance (adv.) By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.

Percher (v. i.) One who, or that which, perches.

Percher (v. i.) One of the Insessores.

Percher (v. i.) A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar.

Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

Perchlorate (n.) A salt of perchloric acid.

Perchloric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.

Perchromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.

Perciform (a.) Pertaining to the Perciformes.

Perciformes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.

Percipience (n.) Alt. of Percipiency

Percipiency (n.) The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

Percipient (a.) Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

Percipient (n.) One who, or that which, is percipient.

Perclose (n.) Same as Parclose.

Perclose (n.) Conclusion; end.

Percoid (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.

Percoid (n.) Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae.

Percoidea (n. pl.) Same as Perciformes.

Percolated (imp. & p. p.) of Percolate

Percolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percolate

Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters.

Percomorphi (n. pl.) A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.

Perculaced (a.) Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.

Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.

Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Percussed (imp. & p. p.) of Percuss

Percussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percuss

Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination.

Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3.

Percussion (n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.

Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.

Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.

Percussive (a.) Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.

Percutient (a.) Striking; having the power of striking.

Percutient (n.) That which strikes, or has power to strike.

Perdicine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidae, or partridges.

Perdie (adv.) See Parde.

Perdifoil (n.) A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.

Perdition (n.) Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.

Perdition (n.) Loss of diminution.

Perditionable (a.) Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition.

Perdix (n.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.

Perdu (a.) One placed on watch, or in ambush.

Perdu (a.) A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.

Perdu (a.) Alt. of Perdue

Perdue (a.) Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.

Perdue (a.) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless.

Perduellion (n.) Treason.

Perdulous (a.) Lost; thrown away.

Perdurability (n.) Durability; lastingness.

Perdurable (n.) Very durable; lasting; continuing long.

Perdurance (n.) Alt. of Perduration

Perduration (n.) Long continuance.

Perdure (v. i.) To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting.

Perdy (adv.) Truly. See Parde.

Pere (n.) A peer.

Peregal (a.) Fully equal.

Peregrinate (v. i.) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.

Peregrinate (a.) Having traveled; foreign.

Peregrination (n.) A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.

Peregrinator (n.) One who peregrinates; one who travels about.

Peregrine (a.) Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.

Peregrine (n.) The peregrine falcon.

Peregrinity (n.) Foreignness; strangeness.

Peregrinity (n.) Travel; wandering.

Perel (n.) Apparel.

Perempt (v. t.) To destroy; to defeat.

Peremption (n.) A quashing; a defeating.

Peremptorily (adv.) In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively.

Peremptoriness (n.) The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.

Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.

Peremptory (a.) Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.

Peremptory (a.) Firmly determined; unawed.

Perennial (a.) ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.

Perennial (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.

Perennial (a.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.

Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.

Perennially (adv.) In a perennial manner.

Perennibranchiata (n. pl.) Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus.

Perennibranchiate (a.) Having branchae, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate.

Perennibranchiate (a.) Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.

Perennity (n.) The quality of being perennial.

Pererration (n.) A wandering, or rambling, through various places.

Perfect (a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

Perfect (a.) Well informed; certain; sure.

Perfect (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.

Perfect (n.) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Perfected (imp. & p. p.) of Perfect

Perfecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perfect

Perfect (a.) To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.

Perfecter (n.) One who, or that which, makes perfect.

Perfectibilian (n.) A perfectionist.

Perfectibilist (n.) A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2.

Perfectibility (n.) The quality or state of being perfectible.

Perfectible (a.) Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

Perfection (n.) The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.

Perfection (n.) A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

Perfection (v. t.) To perfect.

Perfectional (a.) Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection.

Perfectionate (v. t.) To perfect.

Perfectionism (n.) The doctrine of the Perfectionists.

Perfectionist (n.) One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.

Perfectionment (n.) The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection.

Perfective (a.) Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.

Perfectively (adv.) In a perfective manner.

Perfectly (adv.) In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly.

Perfectness (n.) The quality or state of being perfect; perfection.

Perfervid (a.) Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.

Perficient (a.) Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual.

Perficient (n.) One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity.

Perfidious (a.) Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.

Perfidious (a.) Involving, or characterized by, perfidy.

Perfidiously (adv.) In a perfidious manner.

Perfidiousness (n.) The quality of being perfidious; perfidy.

Perfidies (pl. ) of Perfidy

Perfidy (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.

Perfit (a.) Perfect.

Perfix (v. t.) To fix surely; to appoint.

Perflable (a.) Capable of being blown through.

Perflate (v. t.) To blow through.

Perflation (n.) The act of perflating.

Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

Perfoliate (a.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind.

Perforata (n. pl.) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.

Perforata (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.

Perforated (imp. & p. p.) of Perforate

Perforating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perforate

Perforate (v.) To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.

Perforate (a.) Alt. of Perforated

Perforated (a.) Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.

Perforation (n.) The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.

Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.

Perforative (a.) Having power to perforate or pierce.

Perforator (n.) One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.

Perforce (adv.) By force; of necessary; at any rate.

Perforce (v. t.) To force; to compel.

Performed (imp. & p. p.) of Perform

Performing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perform

Perform (v. t.) To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

Perform (v. t.) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.

Perform (v. t.) To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.

Perform (v. i.) To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.

Performable (a.) Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.

Performance (n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.

Performance (n.) That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.

Performer (n.) One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

Perfricate (v. t.) To rub over.

Perfumatory (a.) Emitting perfume; perfuming.

Perfumed (imp. & p. p.) of Perfume

Perfuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perfume

Perfume (v. t.) To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Perfume (v.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.

Perfume (v.) A substance that emits an agreeable odor.

Perfumer (n.) One who, oe that which, perfumes.

Perfumer (n.) One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.

Perfumery (n.) Perfumes, in general.

Perfumery (n.) The art of preparing perfumes.

Perfunctorily (adv.) In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.

Perfunctoriness (n.) The quality or state of being perfunctory.

Perfunctory (a.) Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions.

Perfunctory (a.) Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.

Perfuncturate (v. t.) To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently.

Perfused (imp. & p. p.) of Perfuse

Perfusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perfuse

Perfuse (v. t.) To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.

Perfusion (n.) The act of perfusing.

Perfusive (a.) Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.

Pergamenous (a.) Alt. of Pergamentaceous

Pergamentaceous (a.) Like parchment.

Perhaps (adv.) By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.

Peri- () A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.

Peris (pl. ) of Peri

Peri (n.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.

Periagua (n.) See Pirogue.

Perianth (n.) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished.

Perianth (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.

Perianthium (n.) The perianth.

Periapt (n.) A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet.

Periastral (a.) Among or around the stars.

Periastron (n.) That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

Periauger (n.) See Pirogue.

Periblast (a.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.

Periblem (n.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark.

Peribolos (n.) In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

Peribranchial (a.) Surrounding the branchiae; as, a peribranchial cavity.

Peribranchial (a.) Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics.

Pericambium (n.) A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate.

Pericardiac (a.) Alt. of Pericardial

Pericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.

Pericardian (a.) Pericardiac.

Pericardic (a.) Pericardiac.

Pericarditus (n.) Inflammation of the pericardium.

Pericardium (n.) The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.

Pericarp (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

Pericarpial (a.) Alt. of Pericarpic

Pericarpic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp.

Pericellular (a.) Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

Perichaeth (n.) The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.

Perichaetial (a.) Of or pertaining to the perichaeth.

Perichaetia (pl. ) of Perichaetium

Perichaetium (n.) Same as Perichaeth.

Perichaetous (a.) Surrounded by setae; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichaetus).

Perichete (n.) Same as Perichaeth.

Perichondrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.

Perichondritis (n.) Inflammation of the perichondrium.

Perichondrium (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

Perichordal (a.) Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.

Periclase (n.) Alt. of Periclasite

Periclasite (n.) A grayish or dark green mineral, consisting essentially of magnesia (magnesium oxide), occurring in granular forms or in isometric crystals.

Periclinia (pl. ) of Periclinium

Periclinium (n.) The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.

Periclitate (v. t.) To endanger.

Periclitation (n.) Trial; experiment.

Periclitation (n.) The state of being in peril.

Pericope (n.) A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.

Pericranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium.

Pericranium (n.) The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Periculous (a.) Dangerous; full of peril.

Pericula (pl. ) of Periculum

Periculum (n.) Danger; risk.

Periculum (n.) In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation.

Periderm (n.) The outer layer of bark.

Periderm (n.) The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc.

Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

Peridia (pl. ) of Peridium

Peridium (n.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

Peridot (n.) Chrysolite.

Peridotite (n.) An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.

Peridrome (n.) The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

Periecians (n. pl.) See Perioecians.

Perienteron (n.) The primitive perivisceral cavity.

Periergy (n.) Excessive care or diligence.

Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.

Periganglionic (a.) Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.

Perigastric (a.) Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.

Perigean (a.) Pertaining to the perigee.

Perigee (n.) Alt. of Perigeum

Perigeum (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.

Perigenesis (n.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.

Perigenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to perigenesis.

Perigone (n.) Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth.

Perigone (n.) In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

Perigone (n.) A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.

Perigonia (pl. ) of Perigonium

Perigonium (n.) Same as Perigone.

Perigord pie () A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures.

Perigraph (n.) A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.

Perigynia (pl. ) of Perigynium

Perigynium (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae.

Perigynous (a.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

Perihelia (pl. ) of Perihelium

Perihelion (n.) Alt. of Perihelium

Perihelium (n.) That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.

Peril (n.) Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

Periled (imp. & p. p.) of Peril

Perilled () of Peril

Periling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peril

Perilling () of Peril

Peril (v. t.) To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.

Peril (v. i.) To be in danger.

Perilla (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

Perilous (a.) Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.

Perilous (a.) Daring; reckless; dangerous.

Perilymph (n.) The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Perilymphangial (a.) Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

Perilymphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph.

Perilymphatic (a.) Perilymphangial.

Perimeter (n.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

Perimeter (n.) An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.

Perimetric (a.) Alt. of Perimetrical

Perimetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.

Perimetry (n.) The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.

Perimorph (n.) A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph.

Perimysial (a.) Surrounding a muscle or muscles.

Perimysial (a.) Of or pertaining to the perimysium.

Perimysium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.

Perinaeum (n.) See Perineum.

Perineal (a.) Of or pertaining to the perineum.

Perineoplasty (n.) The act or process of restoring an injured perineum.

Perineorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum.

Perinephritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.

Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.

Perineurial (a.) Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to the perineurium.

Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma.

Perinuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm.

Period (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet.

Period (n.) A stated and recurring interval of time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left indefinite; a certain series of years, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman republic.

Period (n.) One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology.

Period (n.) The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end; a conclusion.

Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence.

Period (n.) The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.

Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals.

Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission.

Period (n.) A complete musical sentence.

Period (v. t.) To put an end to.

Period (v. i.) To come to a period; to conclude. [Obs.] "You may period upon this, that," etc.

Periodate (n.) A salt of periodic acid.

Periodic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.

Periodic (a.) Alt. of Periodical

Periodical (a.) Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

Periodical (a.) Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.

Periodical (a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics.

Periodical (a.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence.

Periodical (n.) A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.

Periodicalist (n.) One who publishes, or writes for, a periodical.

Periodically (adv.) In a periodical manner.

Periodicalness (n.) Periodicity.

Periodicities (pl. ) of Periodicity

Periodicity (n.) The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.

Periodide (n.) An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.

Periodontal (a.) Surrounding the teeth.

Periodoscope (n.) A table or other means for calculating the periodical functions of women.

Perioeci (n. pl.) Alt. of Perioecians

Perioecians (n. pl.) Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci.

Periople (n.) The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

Perioplic (a.) Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople.

Periosteal (a.) Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.

Periosteum (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.

Periostitis (n.) Inflammation of the periosteum.

Periostraca (pl. ) of Periostracum

Periostracum (n.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.

Periotic (a.) Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule.

Periotic (n.) A periotic bone.

Peripatecian (n.) A peripatetic.

Peripatetic (a.) Walking about; itinerant.

Peripatetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.

Peripatetic (n.) One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.

Peripatetic (n.) A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

Peripatetical (a.) Peripatetic.

Peripateticism (n.) The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2.

Peripatus (n.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.

Peripetalous (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.

Peripheral (a.) Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

Peripheral (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.

Peripheric (a.) Alt. of Peripherical

Peripherical (a.) See Peripheral.

Peripheries (pl. ) of Periphery

Periphery (n.) The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

Periphery (n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

Periphrased (imp. & p. p.) of Periphrase

Periphrasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Periphrase

Periphrase (v. t.) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

Periphrase (v. i.) To use circumlocution.

Periphrases (pl. ) of Periphrasis

Periphrasis (n.) See Periphrase.

Periphrastic (a.) Alt. of Periphrastical

Periphrastical (a.) Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.

Periphrastically (adv.) With circumlocution.

Periplast (n.) Same as Periblast.

Peripneumonia (n.) Alt. of Peripneumony

Peripneumony (n.) Pneumonia.

Peripneumonic (a.) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.

Periproct (n.) The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.

Periproctitis (n.) Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

Peripteral (a.) Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.

Peripterous (a.) Peripteral.

Peripterous (a.) Feathered all around.

Perisarc (n.) The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.

Periscian (a.) Having the shadow moving all around.

Periscians (n. pl.) Alt. of Periscii

Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.

Periscope (n.) A general or comprehensive view.

Periscope (n.) an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water.

Periscopic (a.) Viewing all around, or on all sides.

Periscopic (a.) of or relating to a periscope{2}.

Perished (imp. & p. p.) of Perish

Perishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perish

Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.

Perishability (n.) Perishableness.

Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.

Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.

Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.

Perishment (n.) The act of perishing.

Perisomata (pl. ) of Perisoma

Perisoma (n.) Same as Perisome.

Perisome (n.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

Perisperm (n.) The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac.

Perispheric (a.) Alt. of Perispherical

Perispherical (a.) Exactly spherical; globular.

Perispomena (pl. ) of Perispomenon

Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.

Perispore (n.) The outer covering of a spore.

Perissad (a.) Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.

Perisse (v. i.) To perish.

Perissodactyl (n.) One of the Perissodactyla.

Perissodactyla (n. pl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

Perissological (a.) Redundant or excessive in words.

Perissology (n.) Superfluity of words.

Peristalsis (n.) Peristaltic contraction or action.

Peristaltic (a.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.

Peristeria (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.

Peristerion (n.) The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).

Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.

Peristeromorphous (a.) Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.

Peristeropodous (a.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.

Peristole (n.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.

Peristomata (pl. ) of Peristoma

Peristoma (n.) Same as Peristome.

Peristome (n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.

Peristome (n.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.

Peristome (n.) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.

Peristomial (a.) Of or pertaining to a peristome.

Peristomium (n.) Same as Peristome.

Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).

Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.

Perisystole (n.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.

Perite (a.) Skilled.

Perithecium (n.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.

Peritomous (a.) Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis.

Peritonaeum (n.) Same as Peritoneum.

Peritoneal (a.) Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.

Peritoneum (n.) The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac.

Peritonitis (n.) Inflammation of the peritoneum.

Peritracheal (a.) Surrounding the tracheae.

Peritreme (n.) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.

Peritreme (n.) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Peritricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.

Peritrochium (n.) The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis.

Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous.

Peritropal (a.) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

Peritropous (a.) Peritropal.

Perityphlitis (n.) Inflammation of the connective tissue about the caecum.

Periuterine (a.) Surrounding the uterus.

Perivascular (a.) Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.

Perivertebral (a.) Surrounding the vertebrae.

Perivisceral (a.) Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.

Perivitelline (a.) Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.

Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.

Perwigged (imp. & p. p.) of Periwig

Perwigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Periwig

Periwig (v. t.) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.

Periwinkle (n.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.

Periwinkle (n.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

Perjenet (n.) A kind of pear.

Perjured (imp. & p. p.) of Perjure

Perjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perjure

Perjure (v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.

Perjure (v. t.) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.

Perjure (n.) A perjured person.

Perjured (a.) Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn.

Perjurer (n.) One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.

Perjurious (a.) Alt. of Perjurous

Perjurous (a.) Guilty of perjury; containing perjury.

Perjuries (pl. ) of Perjury

Perjury (v.) False swearing.

Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations.

Perked (imp. & p. p.) of Perk

Perking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perk

Perk (v. t.) To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.

Perk (v. i.) To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily.

Perk (a.) Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.

Perk (v. i.) To peer; to look inquisitively.

Perkin (n.) A kind of weak perry.

Perkinism (n.) A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.

Perky (a.) Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.

Perlaceous (a.) Pearly; resembling pearl.

Perlid (n.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone.

Perlite (n.) Same as Pearlite.

Perlitic (a.) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.

Perlous (a.) Perilous.

Perlustration (n.) The act of viewing all over.

Permanable (a.) Permanent; durable.

Permanence (n.) Alt. of Permanency

Permanency (n.) The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.

Permanent (a.) Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression.

Permanently (adv.) In a permanent manner.

Permanganate (n.) A salt of permanganic acid.

Permanganic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids of manganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates.

Permansion (n.) Continuance.

Permeability (n.) The quality or state of being permeable.

Permeable (a.) Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light.

Permeably (adv.) In a permeable manner.

Permeant (a.) Passing through; permeating.

Permeated (imp. & p. p.) of Permeate

Permeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Permeate

Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.

Permeate (v. t.) To enter and spread through; to pervade.

Permeation (n.) The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.

Permian (a.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era.

Permian (n.) The Permian period. See Chart of Geology.

Permians (n. pl.) A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia.

Permiscible (a.) Capable of being mixed.

Permiss (n.) A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent.

Permissibility (n.) The quality of being permissible; permissibleness; allowableness.

Permissible (a.) That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.

Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

Permissive (a.) Permitting; granting leave or liberty.

Permissive (a.) Permitted; tolerated; suffered.

Permissively (adv.) In a permissive manner.

Permistion (n.) The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture.

Permitted (imp. & p. p.) of Permit

Permitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Permit

Permit (v. t.) To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

Permit (v. t.) To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive.

Permit (v. t.) To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.

Permit (v. i.) To grant permission; to allow.

Permit (n.) Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.

Permittance (n.) The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.

Permittee (n.) One to whom a permission or permit is given.

Permitter (n.) One who permits.

Permix (v. t.) To mix; to mingle.

Permixtion (n.) See Permission.

Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.

Permutation (n.) The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.

Permutation (n.) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4.

Permutation (n.) Any one of such possible arrangements.

Permutation (n.) Barter; exchange.

Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.

Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.

Permuter (n.) One who permutes.

Pern (v. t.) To take profit of; to make profitable.

Pern (n.) The honey buzzard.

Pernancy (n.) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.

Pernel (n.) See Pimpernel.

Pernicion (n.) Destruction; perdition.

Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).

Pernicious (a.) Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

Pernicity (n.) Swiftness; celerity.

Pernio (n.) A chilblain.

Pernoctalian (n.) One who watches or keeps awake all night.

Pernoctation (n.) The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining all night.

Pernor (v.) One who receives the profits, as of an estate.

Pernot furnace () A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel.

Pernyi moth () A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.

Perofskite (n.) A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals.

Perogue (n.) See Pirogue.

Peronate (a.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.

Peroneal (a.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.

Perorate (v. i.) To make a peroration; to harangue.

Peroration (n.) The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.

Peroxidation (n.) Act, process, or result of peroxidizing; oxidation to a peroxide.

Peroxide (n.) An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.

Peroxidized (imp. & p. p.) of Peroxidize

Peroxidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peroxidize

Peroxidize (v. t.) To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.

Perpend (v. t.) To weight carefully in the mind.

Perpend (v. i.) To attend; to be attentive.

Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.

Perpendicular (a.) Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.

Perpendicular (a.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.

Perpendicular (n.) A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.

Perpendicular (n.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.

Perpendicularity (n.) The quality or state of being perpendicular.

Perpendicularly (adv.) In a perpendicular manner; vertically.

Perpend stone () See Perpender.

Perpension (n.) Careful consideration; pondering.

Perpensity (n.) Perpension.

Perpent stone () See Perpender.

Perpession (n.) Suffering; endurance.

Perpetrable (a.) Capable of being perpetrated.

Perpetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Perpetrate

Perpetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perpetrate

Perpetrate (v. t.) To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.

Perpetration (n.) The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.

Perpetration (n.) The thing perpetrated; an evil action.

Perpetrator (n.) One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.

Perpetuable (a.) Capable of being perpetuated or continued.

Perpetual (a.) Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.

Perpetually (adv.) In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.

Perpetualty (n.) The state or condition of being perpetual.

Perpetuance (n.) Perpetuity.

Perpetuated (imp. & p. p.) of Perpetuate

Perpetuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perpetuate

Perpetuate (v. t.) To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.

Perpetuate (a.) Made perpetual; perpetuated.

Perpetuation (n.) The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.

Perpetuity (n.) The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.

Perpetuity (n.) Something that is perpetual.

Perpetuity (n.) Endless time.

Perpetuity (n.) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.

Perpetuity (n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.

Perpetuity (n.) A perpetual annuity.

Perpetuity (n.) Duration without limitations as to time.

Perpetuity (n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.

Perplexed (imp. & p. p.) of Perplex

Perplexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perplex

Perplex (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

Perplex (a.) To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.

Perplex (a.) To plague; to vex; to tormen.

Perplex (a.) Intricate; difficult.

Perplexed (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious.

Perplexing (a.) Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome.

Perplexities (pl. ) of Perplexity

Perplexity (n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

Perplexiveness (n.) The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex.

Perplexly (adv.) Perplexedly.

Perpotation (n.) The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout.

Perquisite (n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.

Perquisite (n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.

Perquisited (a.) Supplied with perquisites.

Perquisition (n.) A thorough inquiry of search.

Perradial (a.) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

Perrie (n.) Precious stones; jewels.

Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.

Perroquet (n.) See Paroquet, Parakeet.

Perruque (n.) See Peruke.

Perruquier (n.) A marker of perukes or wigs.

Perry (n.) A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.

Perry (n.) A suddent squall. See Pirry.

Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.

Pers (n.) A cloth of sky-blue color.

Persalt (n.) A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.

Persant (a.) Piercing.

Perscrutation (n.) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.

Persecot (n.) See Persicot.

Persecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Persecute

Persecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persecute

Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.

Persecute (v. t.) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Persecution (n.) The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.

Persecution (n.) The state or condition of being persecuted.

Persecution (n.) A carrying on; prosecution.

Persecutor (n.) One who persecutes, or harasses.

Persecutrix (n.) A woman who persecutes.

Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

Perseus (n.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.

Persever (v. i.) To persevere.

Perseverance (n.) The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.

Perseverance (n.) Discrimination.

Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.

Perseverant (a.) Persevering.

Persevered (imp. & p. p.) of Persevere

Persevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persevere

Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.

Persevering (a.) Characterized by perseverance; persistent.

Persian (a.) Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.

Persian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Persia.

Persian (n.) The language spoken in Persia.

Persian (n.) A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings.

Persian (n.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a.

Persic (a.) Of or relating to Persia.

Persic (n.) The Persian language.

Persicaria (n.) See Lady's thumb.

Persicot (n.) A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.

Persiflage (n.) Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.

Persifleur (n.) One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz.

Persimmon (n.) An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.

Persis (n.) A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.

Persism (n.) A Persian idiom.

Persisted (imp. & p. p.) of Persist

Persisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persist

Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.

Persistence (n.) Alt. of Persistency

Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

Persistency (n.) The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed

Persistency (n.) The persistence of motion.

Persistency (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.

Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Persistent (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.

Persistently (adv.) In a persistent manner.

Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.

Persistive (a.) See Persistent.

Persolve (v. t.) To pay wholly, or fully.

Person (n.) A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.

Person (n.) The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person.

Person (n.) A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child.

Person (n.) A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present.

Person (n.) A parson; the parish priest.

Person (n.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis.

Person (n.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject.

Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

Person (v. t.) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

Personae (pl. ) of Persona

Persona (n.) Same as Person, n., 8.

Personable (a.) Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.

Personable (a.) Enabled to maintain pleas in court.

Personable (a.) Having capacity to take anything granted.

Personage (n.) Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

Personage (n.) Character assumed or represented.

Personage (n.) A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall.

Personal (a.) Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

Personal (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.

Personal (a.) Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.

Personal (a.) Done in person; without the intervention of another.

Personal (a.) Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.

Personal (a.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

Personal (n.) A movable; a chattel.

Personalism (n.) The quality or state of being personal; personality.

Personalities (pl. ) of Personality

Personality (n.) That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.

Personality (n.) Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities.

Personality (n.) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

Personalized (imp. & p. p.) of Personalize

Personalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Personalize

Personalize (v. t.) To make personal.

Personally (adv.) In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally.

Personally (adv.) With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly.

Personally (adv.) With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter.

Personalty (n.) The state of being a person; personality.

Personalty (n.) Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property.

Personated (imp. & p. p.) of Personate

Personating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Personate

Personate (v. t.) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

Personate (v. t.) To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion.

Personate (v. t.) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

Personate (v. t.) To personify; to typify; to describe.

Personate (v. i.) To play or assume a character.

Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.

Personation (n.) The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

Personator (n.) One who personates.

Personeity (n.) Personality.

Personification (n.) The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.

Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands.

Personifier (n.) One who personifies.

Personified (imp. & p. p.) of Personify

Personifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Personify

Personify (v. t.) To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

Personify (v. t.) To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

Personize (v. t.) To personify.

Personnel (n.) The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel.

Perspective (n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

Perspective (n.) Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.

Perspective (a.) A glass through which objects are viewed.

Perspective (a.) That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.

Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.

Perspective (a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.

Perspective (a.) A drawing in linear perspective.

Perspectively (adv.) Optically; as through a glass.

Perspectively (adv.) According to the rules of perspective.

Perspectograph (n.) An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point.

Perspectography (n.) The science or art of delineating objects according to the laws of perspective; the theory of perspective.

Perspicable (a.) Discernible.

Perspicacious (a.) Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

Perspicacious (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

Perspicacity (n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

Perspicacy (n.) Perspicacity.

Perspicience (n.) The act of looking sharply.

Perspicil (n.) An optical glass; a telescope.

Perspicuity (n.) The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.

Perspicuity (n.) The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought.

Perspicuity (n.) Sagacity; perspicacity.

Perspicuous (a.) Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque.

Perspicuous (a.) Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.

Perspirability (n.) The quality or state of being perspirable.

Perspirable (a.) Capable of being perspired.

Perspirable (a.) Emitting perspiration; perspiring.

Perspiration (n.) The act or process of perspiring.

Perspiration (n.) That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.

Perspirative (a.) Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory.

Perspiratory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.

Perspired (imp. & p. p.) of Perspire

Perspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perspire

Perspire (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

Perspire (v. i.) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

Perspire (v. t.) To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Perstreperous (a.) Noisy; obstreperous.

Perstringe (v. t.) To touch; to graze; to glance on.

Perstringe (v. t.) To criticise; to touch upon.

Persuadable (a.) That may be persuaded.

Persuaded (imp. & p. p.) of Persuade

Persuading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persuade

Persuade (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

Persuade (v. t.) To try to influence.

Persuade (v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.

Persuade (v. t.) To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.

Persuade (v. i.) To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.

Persuade (n.) Persuasion.

Persuaded (p. p. & a.) Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.

Persuader (n.) One who, or that which, persuades or influences.

Persuasibility (n.) Capability of being persuaded.

Persuasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.

Persuasible (a.) Persuasive.

Persuasion (n.) The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

Persuasion (n.) The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.

Persuasion (n.) A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.

Persuasion (n.) The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.

Persuasion (n.) That which persuades; a persuasive.

Persuasive (a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.

Persuasive (n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.

Persuasory (a.) Persuasive.

Persulphate (n.) A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.

Persulphide (n.) A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret.

Persulphocyanate (n.) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.

Persulphocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.

Persulphocyanogen (n.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.

Persulphuret (n.) A persulphide.

Pert (a.) Open; evident; apert.

Pert (a.) Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.

Pert (a.) Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.

Pert (v. i.) To behave with pertness.

Pertained (imp. & p. p.) of Pertain

Pertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pertain

Pertain (v. i.) To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.

Pertain (v. i.) To have relation or reference to something.

Perterebration (n.) The act of boring through.

Perthiocyanogen (n.) Same as Persulphocyanogen.

Perthite (n.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.

Pertinacious (a.) Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.

Pertinacious (a.) Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.

Pertinacity (n.) The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.

Pertinacy (n.) The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.

Pertinacy (n.) Pertinacity.

Pertinate (a.) Pertinacious.

Pertinately (adv.) Pertinaciously.

Pertinence (n.) Alt. of Pertinency

Pertinency (n.) The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness.

Pertinent (a.) Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.

Pertinent (a.) Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining.

Pertly (adv.) In a pert manner.

Pertness (n.) The quality or state of being pert.

Pertransient (a.) Passing through or over.

Perturb (v. t.) To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.

Perturb (v. t.) To disorder; to confuse.

Perturbability (n.) The quality or state of being perturbable.

Perturbable (a.) Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.

Perturbance (n.) Disturbance; perturbation.

Perturbate (v. t.) To perturb.

Perturbate (a.) Perturbed; agitated.

Perturbation (n.) The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.

Perturbation (n.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other.

Perturbational (a.) Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets.

Perturbative (a.) Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing.

Perturbator (n.) A perturber.

Perturbed (a.) Agitated; disturbed; troubled.

Perturber (n.) One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.

Pertusate (a.) Pierced at the apex.

Pertuse (a.) Alt. of Pertused

Pertused (a.) Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.

Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein.

Pertusion (n.) A punched hole; a perforation.

Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.

Peruke (n.) A wig; a periwig.

Peruke (v. t.) To dress with a peruke.

Perulae (pl. ) of Perula

Perula (n.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.

Perula (n.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.

Perule (n.) Same as Perula.

Perusal (n.) The act of carefully viewing or examining.

Perusal (n.) The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.

Perused (imp. & p. p.) of Peruse

Perusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peruse

Peruse (v. t.) To observe; to examine with care.

Peruse (v. t.) To read through; to read carefully.

Peruser (n.) One who peruses.

Peruvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.

Peruvian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Peru.

Pervaded (imp. & p. p.) of Pervade

Pervading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pervade

Pervade (v. t.) To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.

Pervade (v. t.) To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.

Pervasion (n.) The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.

Pervasive (a.) Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.

Perverse (a.) Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.

Perversed (a.) Turned aside.

Perversedly (adv.) Perversely.

Perversely (adv.) In a perverse manner.

Perverseness (n.) The quality or state of being perverse.

Perversion (n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.

Perversity (n.) The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.

Perversive (a.) Tending to pervert.

Perverted (imp. & p. p.) of Pervert

Perverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pervert

Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.

Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.

Pervert (v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

Pervert (n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.

Perverter (n.) One who perverts (a person or thing).

Pervertible (a.) Capable of being perverted.

Pervestigate (v. t.) To investigate thoroughly.

Pervestigation (n.) Thorough investigation.

Pervial (a.) Pervious.

Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.

Pervicacity (n.) Obstinacy; pervicaciousness.

Pervicacy (n.) Pervicacity.

Pervigilation (n.) Careful watching.

Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.

Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.

Pervious (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.

Pervis (n.) See Parvis.

Pery (n.) A pear tree. See Pirie.

Pedes (pl. ) of Pes

Pes (n.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.

Pesade (n.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.

Pesage (n.) A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise.

Pesane (n.) See Pusane.

Pesanted (a.) Made heavy or dull; debased.

Peschito (n.) See Peshito.

Pese (n.) A pea.

Peseta (n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.

Peshito (n.) Alt. of Peshitto

Peshitto (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament.

Pesky (a.) Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.

Peso (n.) A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.

Pessaries (pl. ) of Pessary

Pessary (n.) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.

Pessary (n.) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.

Pessimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.

Pessimism (n.) A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.

Pessimist (n.) One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.

Pessimist (n.) One who looks on the dark side of things.

Pessimist (a.) Alt. of Pessimistic

Pessimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.

Pessimistical (a.) Pessimistic.

Pessimize (v. i.) To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism.

Pessuli (pl. ) of Pessulus

Pessulus (n.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.

Pest (n.) Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.

Pestalozzian (a.) Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher.

Pestalozzian (n.) An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.

Pestalozzianism (n.) The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.

Pestered (imp. & p. p.) of Pester

Pestering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pester

Pester (v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.

Pester (v. t.) To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.

Pesterer (n.) One who pesters or harasses.

Pesterment (n.) The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry.

Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.

Pestful (a.) Pestiferous.

Pesthouse (n.) A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

Pestiduct (n.) That which conveys contagion or infection.

Pestiferous (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

Pestiferous (a.) Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.

Pestiferously (adv.) In a pestiferuos manner.

Pestilence (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

Pestilence (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.

Pestilent (a.) Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

Pestilential (a.) Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.

Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.

Pestilentially (adv.) Pestilently.

Pestilentious (a.) Pestilential.

Pestilently (adv.) In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.

Pestilentness (n.) The quality of being pestilent.

Pestilation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.

Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

Pestle (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

Pestled (imp. & p. p.) of Pestle

Pestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pestle

Pestle (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

Pet (n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.

Pet (n.) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.

Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.

Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.

Petted (imp. & p. p.) of Pet

Petting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pet

Pet (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.

Pet (v. i.) To be a pet.

Petal (n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.

Petal (n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.

Petaled (a.) Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled, etc.

Petaliferous (a.) Bearing petals.

Petaliform (a.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.

Petaline (a.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.

Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

Petalite (n.) A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.

Petalody (n.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

Petaloid (a.) Petaline.

Petaloideous (a.) Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline.

Petalosticha (n. pl.) An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.

Petalous (a.) Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.

Petala (pl. ) of Petalum

Petalum (n.) A petal.

Petar (n.) See Petard.

Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.

Petardeer (n.) Alt. of Petardier

Petardier (n.) One who managed a petard.

Petasus (n.) The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

Petaurist (n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.

Petechiae (n. pl.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.

Petechial (a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted.

Peter (n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,

Petered (imp. & p. p.) of Peter

Petering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peter

Peter (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.

Peterel (n.) See Petrel.

Peterero (n.) See Pederero.

Petermen (pl. ) of Peterman

Peterman (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.

Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.

Peterwort (n.) See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint.

Petiolar (a.) Alt. of Petiolary

Petiolary (a.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud.

Petiolate (a.) Alt. of Petiolated

Petiolated (a.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.

Petiole (n.) A leafstalk; the footstalk of a leaf, connecting the blade with the stem. See Illust. of Leaf.

Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.

Petioled (a.) Petiolate.

Petiolulate (a.) Supported by its own petiolule.

Petiolule (n.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

Petit (a.) Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.

Petition (n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer.

Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.

Petitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Petition

Petitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petition

Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.

Petition (v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation.

Petitionarily (adv.) By way of begging the question; by an assumption.

Petitionary (a.) Supplicatory; making a petition.

Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.

Petitionee (n.) A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.

Petitioner (n.) One who presents a petition.

Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

Petitor (n.) One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.

Petitory (a.) Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.

Petong (n.) See Packfong.

Petralogy (n.) See Petrology.

Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

Petrean (a.) Of or pertaining to to rock.

Petre (n.) See Saltpeter.

Petrel (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

Petrescence (n.) The process of changing into stone; petrification.

Petrescent (a.) Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.

Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

Petrifaction (n.) The state or condition of being petrified.

Petrifaction (n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.

Petrifaction (n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.

Petrifactive (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.

Petrifactive (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.

Petrific (a.) Petrifying; petrifactive.

Petrificate (v. t.) To petrify.

Petrification (n.) See Petrifaction.

Petrification (n.) Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.

Petrified (imp. & p. p.) of Petrify

Petrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petrify

Petrify (v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.

Petrify (v. t.) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.

Petrify (v. i.) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

Petrify (v. i.) Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles.

Petro- () A combining form from Gr. / a rock, / a stone; as, petrology, petroglyphic.

Petrogale (n.) Any Australian kangaroo of the genus Petrogale, as the rock wallaby (P. penicillata).

Petroglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to petroglyphy.

Petroglyphy (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.

Petrographic (a.) Alt. of Petrographical

Petrographical (a.) Pertaining to petrography.

Petrography (n.) The art of writing on stone.

Petrography (n.) The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.

Petrohyoid (a.) Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.

Petrol (n.) Petroleum.

Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.

Petroleum (n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.

Petroleur (n. f.) Alt. of Petroleuse

Petroleuse (n. f.) One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes.

Petroline (n.) A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin.

Petrologic (a.) Alt. of Petrological

Petrological (a.) Of or pertaining to petrology.

Petrologically (adv.) According to petrology.

Petrologist (n.) One who is versed in petrology.

Petrology (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

Petrology (n.) A treatise on petrology.

Petromastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone, periotic.

Petromyzont (n.) A lamprey.

Petronel (n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.

Petrosal (a.) Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone.

Petrosal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.

Petrosal (n.) A petrosal bone.

Petrosal (n.) The auditory capsule.

Petrosilex (n.) Felsite.

Petrosilicious (a.) Containing, or consisting of, petrosilex.

Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made.

Petrous (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone.

Petrous (a.) Same as Petrosal.

Pettichaps (n.) See Pettychaps.

Petticoat (n.) A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist.

Pettifogged (imp. & p. p.) of Pettifog

Pettifogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pettifog

Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.

Pettifog (v. t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.

Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

ies (pl. ) of Pettifoggery

Pettifoggery (n.) The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

Pettifogging (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.

Pettifogging (n.) Pettifoggery.

Pettifogulize (v. i.) To act as a pettifogger; to use contemptible tricks.

Pettily (adv.) In a petty manner; frivolously.

Pettiness (n.) The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

Pettitoes (n. pl.) The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet.

Petto (n.) The breast.

Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

Pettywhin (n.) The needle furze. See under Needle.

Petulance (n.) Alt. of Petulancy

Petulancy (n.) The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.

Petulant (a.) Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

Petulant (a.) Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.

Petulantly (adv.) In a petulant manner.

Petulcity (n.) Wantonness; friskiness.

Petulcous (a.) Wanton; frisky; lustful.

Petunia (n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.

Petunse (n.) Alt. of Petuntze

Petuntse (n.) Alt. of Petuntze

Petuntze (n.) Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.

Petworth marble () A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.

Petzite (n.) A telluride of silver and gold, related to hessite.

Peucedanin (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria), and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.

Peucil (n.) A liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.

Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

Pew (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.

Pew (v. t.) To furnish with pews.

Pewee (n.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.

Pewee (n.) The woodcock.

Pewet (n.) Same as Pewit.

Pewfellow (n.) One who occupies the same pew with another.

Pewfellow (n.) An intimate associate; a companion.

Pewit (n.) The lapwing.

Pewit (n.) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.

Pewit (n.) The pewee.

Pewter (n.) A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.

Pewter (n.) Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.

Pewterer (n.) One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.

Pewtery (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.

Pexity (n.) Nap of cloth.

Peyer's glands () Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.

Peytrel (n.) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.

Peziza (n.) A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.

Pezizoid (a.) Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.

Pfennigs (pl. ) of Pfennig

Pfennige (pl. ) of Pfennig

Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.

Phacelli (pl. ) of Phacellus

Phacellus (n.) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

Phacochere (n.) The wart hog.

Phacoid (a.) Resembling a lentil; lenticular.

Phacolite (n.) A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.

Phacops (n.) A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.

Phaeacian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.

Phaenogam (n.) Any plant of the class Phaenogamia.

Phaenogamia (n. pl.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.

Phaenogamian (a.) Alt. of Phaenogamic

Phaenogamic (a.) Same as Phaenogamous.

Phaenogamous (a.) Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.

Phaenomenon (n.) See Phenomenon.

Phaeospore (n.) A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.

Phaethon (n.) The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.

Phaethon (n.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.

Phaeton (n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.

Phaeton (n.) See Phaethon.

Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.

Phagedena (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia.

Phagedena (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

Phagedenic (a.) Alt. of PhagedenicAL

PhagedenicAL (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.

PhagedenicAL (n.) A phagedenic medicine.

Phagedenous (a.) Phagedenic.

Phagocyte (n.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.

Phainopepla (n.) A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.

Phakoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

Phalaena (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.

Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.

Phalangeal (a.) Alt. of Phalangal

Phalangal (a.) Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.

Phalanger (n.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

Phalanges (n.) pl. of Phalanx.

Phalangial (a.) Alt. of Phalangian

Phalangian (a.) Phalangeal.

Phalangides (pl. ) of Phalangid

Phalangid (n.) One of the Phalangoidea.

Phalangious (a.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.

Phalangist (n.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

Phalangister (n.) Alt. of Phalangistine

Phalangistine (n.) Same as Phalangist.

Phalangite (n.) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.

Phalangoidea (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.

Phalanstere (n.) A phalanstery.

Phalansterian (a.) Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.

Phalansterian (n.) One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.

Phalansterism (n.) Alt. of Phalansterianism

Phalansterianism (n.) A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.

-ies (pl. ) of Phalanstery

Phalanstery (n.) An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.

Phalanstery (n.) The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.

Phalanxes (pl. ) of Phalanx

Phalanges (pl. ) of Phalanx

Phalanx (n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

Phalanx (n.) Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

Phalanx (n.) A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

Phalanx (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

Phalanx (n.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

Phalarope (n.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.

Phallic (a.) Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.

Phallicism (n.) See Phallism.

Phallism (n.) The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.

Phalli (pl. ) of Phallus

Phallus (n.) The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

Phallus (n.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.

Phallus (n.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

Phane (n.) See Fane.

Phanerite (a.) Evident; visible.

Phanerocarpae (n. pl.) Same as Acraspeda.

Phanerocodonic (a.) Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

Phanerocrystalline (a.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.

Phanerodactyla (n. pl.) Same as Saururae.

Phanerogamia (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

Phanerogamian (a.) Phanerogamous.

Phanerogamic (a.) Alt. of Phanerogamous

Phanerogamous (a.) Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

Phaneroglossal (a.) Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

Phantascope (n.) An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.

Phantasm (n.) An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

Phantasm (n.) A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.

Phantasma (n.) A phantasm.

Phantasmagoria (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

Phantasmagoria (n.) The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.

Phantasmagoria (n.) Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images.

Phantasmagorial (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.

Phantasmagoric (a.) Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial.

Phantasmagory (n.) See Phantasmagoria.

Phantasmal (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.

Phantasmascope (n.) See Phantascope.

Phantasmatical (a.) Phantasmal.

Phantasmatography (n.) A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.

Phantastic (a.) Alt. of Phantastical

Phantastical (a.) See Fantastic.

Phantasy (n.) See Fantasy, and Fancy.

Phantom (n.) That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

Phantomatic (a.) Phantasmal.

Pharaoh (n.) A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.

Pharaoh (n.) See Faro.

Pharaon (n.) See Pharaoh, 2.

Pharaonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pharaohs, or kings of ancient Egypt.

Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.

Phare (n.) Hence, a harbor.

Pharisaic (a.) Alt. of Pharisaical

Pharisaical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees.

Pharisaical (a.) Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.

Pharisaism (n.) The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.

Pharisaism (n.) Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.

Pharisean (a.) Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic.

Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.

Phariseeism (n.) See Pharisaism.

Pharmaceutic (a.) Alt. of Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical (a.) Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.

Pharmaceutics (n.) The science of preparing medicines.

Pharmaceutist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

Pharmacist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.

Pharmacodynamics (n.) That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines.

Pharmacognosis (n.) That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.

Pharmacognosy (n.) Pharmacognosis.

Pharmacography (n.) See Pharmacognosis.

Pharmacolite (n.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.

Pharmacologist (n.) One skilled in pharmacology.

Pharmacology (n.) Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

Pharmacology (n.) A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Pharmacomathy (n.) See Pharmacognosis.

Pharmacon (n.) A medicine or drug; also, a poison.

Pharmacopoeia (n.) A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.

Pharmacopoeia (n.) A chemical laboratory.

Pharmacopolist (n.) One who sells medicines; an apothecary.

Pharmacosiderite (n.) A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.

Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.

Pharmacy (n.) A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.

Pharo (n.) A pharos; a lighthouse.

Pharo (n.) See Faro.

Pharology (n.) The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.

Pharos (n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

Pharyngal (a.) Pharyngeal.

Pharyngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.

Pharyngeal (n.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.

Pharyngitis (n.) Inflammation of the pharynx.

Pharyngobranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchiae; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal.

Pharyngobranchial (n.) A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.

Pharyngobranchii (n. pl.) Same as Leptocardia.

Pharyngognathi (n. pl.) A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.

Pharyngolaryngeal (a.) Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx.

Pharyngopneusta (n. pl.) A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta.

Pharyngotome (n.) An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc.

Pharyngotomy (n.) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.

Pharyngotomy (n.) Scarification or incision of the tonsils.

pharynges (pl. ) of Pharynx

Pharynx (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

Phascolome (n.) A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.

Phases (pl. ) of Phase

Phase (n.) That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

Phase (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.

Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon.

Phase (n.) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

Phasel (n.) The French bean, or kidney bean.

Phaseless (a.) Without a phase, or visible form.

Phaseolus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

Phaseomannite (n.) Same as Inosite.

Phases (pl. ) of Phasis

Phasis (n.) See Phase.

Phasm (n.) Alt. of Phasma

Phasma (n.) An apparition; a phantom; an appearance.

Phasmid (n.) Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.

Phassachate (n.) The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.

Phatagin (n.) The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.

Pheasant (n.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.

Pheasant (n.) The ruffed grouse.

Pheasantry (n.) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.

Phebe (n.) See Phoebe.

Pheer (n.) See 1st Fere.

Pheese (v. t.) To comb; also, to beat; to worry.

Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.

Phelloderm (n.) A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.

Phellogen (n.) The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.

Phelloplastics (n.) Art of modeling in cork.

Phenacite (n.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.

Phenakistoscope (n.) A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.

Phenanthrene (n.) A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.

Phenanthridine (n.) A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.

Phenanthroline (n.) Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.

Phene (n.) Benzene.

Phenetol (n.) The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C6H5.O.C2H5.

Phenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.

Phenician (a. & n.) See Phoenician.

Phenicine (n.) A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.

Phenicine (n.) A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.

Phenicious (a.) Of a red color with a slight mixture of gray.

Phenicopter (n.) A flamingo.

Phenixes (pl. ) of Phenix

Phenix (n.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.

Phenix (n.) A southern constellation.

Phenix (n.) A marvelous person or thing.

Phenogamia (n. pl.) Same as Phaenogamia.

Phenogamian (a.) Alt. of Phenogamous

Phenogamic (a.) Alt. of Phenogamous

Phenogamous (a.) Same as Phaenogamian, Phaenogamic, etc.

Phenol (n.) A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.

Phenol (n.) Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.

Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.

Phenomenal (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.

Phenomenalism (n.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.

Phenomenist (n.) One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism.

Phenomenology (n.) A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.

Phenomena (pl. ) of Phenomenon

Phenomenon (n.) An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.

Phenomenon (n.) That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.

Phenose (n.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.

Phenyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.

Phenylamine (n.) Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.

Phenylene (n.) A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.

Phenylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl.

Pheon (n.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.

Phial (n.) A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.

Phialed (imp. & p. p.) of Phial

Phialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phial

Phial (v. t.) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

Philabeg (n.) See Filibeg.

Philadelphian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.

Philadelphian (n.) One of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of Love.

Philalethist (n.) A lover of the truth.

Philander (v. i.) To make love to women; to play the male flirt.

Philander (n.) A lover.

Philander (n.) A South American opossum (Didelphys philander).

Philander (n.) An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).

Philanderer (n.) One who hangs about women; a male flirt.

Philanthrope (n.) A philanthropist.

Philanthropic (a.) Alt. of Philanthropical

Philanthropical (a.) Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.

Philanthropinism (n.) A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau.

Philanthropinist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism.

Philanthropist (n.) One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.

Philanthropistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist.

Philanthropy (n.) Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy.

Philatelic (a.) Of or pertaining to philately.

Philatelist (n.) One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps.

Philately (n.) The collection of postage stamps of various issues.

Philatory (n.) A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top.

Philauty (n.) Self-love; selfishness.

Philharmonic (a.) Loving harmony or music.

Philhellene (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.

Philhellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to philhellenism.

Philhellenism (n.) Love of Greece.

Philhellenist (n.) A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.

Philibeg (n.) See Filibeg.

Philip (n.) The European hedge sparrow.

Philip (n.) The house sparrow. Called also phip.

Philippian (a.) Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia.

Philippian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Philippi.

Philippic (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.

Philippic (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.

Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.

Philippized (imp. & p. p.) of Philippize

Philippizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philippize

Philippize (v. i.) To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon.

Philippize (v. i.) To write or speak in the style of a philippic.

Philister (n.) A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

Philistine (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.

Philistine (n.) A bailiff.

Philistine (n.) A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.

Philistine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines.

Philistine (a.) Uncultured; commonplace.

Philistinism (n.) The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.

Phillipsite (n.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.

Phillygenin (n.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.

Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.

Phillyrin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.

Philo- () A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.

Philogynist (n.) A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.

Philogyny (n.) Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.

Philohellenian (n.) A philhellenist.

Philologer (n.) A philologist.

Philologian (n.) A philologist.

Philological (a.) Alt. of Philologic

Philologic (a.) Of or pertaining to philology.

Philologist (n.) One versed in philology.

Philologize (v. i.) To study, or make critical comments on, language.

Philologue (n.) A philologist.

Philology (n.) Criticism; grammatical learning.

Philology (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.

Philology (n.) A treatise on the science of language.

Philomath (n.) A lover of learning; a scholar.

Philomathematic (n.) A philomath.

Philomathic (a.) Of or pertaining to philomathy.

Philomathic (a.) Having love of learning or letters.

Philomathy (n.) The love of learning or letters.

Philomel (n.) Same as Philomela, the nightingale.

Philomela (n.) The nightingale; philomel.

Philomela (n.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.

Philomene (n.) The nightingale.

Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf.

Philomusical (a.) Loving music. [R.]Busby.

Philopena (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.

Philopolemic (a.) Alt. of Philopolemical

Philopolemical (a.) Fond of polemics or controversy.

Philoprogenitive (a.) Having the love of offspring; fond of children.

Philoprogenitiveness (n.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.

Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

Philosophate (v. i.) To play the philosopher; to moralize.

Philosophation (n.) Philosophical speculation and discussion.

Philosophe (n.) A philosophaster; a philosopher.

Philosopheme (n.) A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning.

Philosopher (n.) One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

Philosopher (n.) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.

Philosopher (n.) An alchemist.

Philosophic (a.) Alt. of Philosophical

Philosophical (a.) Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.

Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.

Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistical

Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.

Philosophized (imp. & p. p.) of Philosophize

Philosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philosophize

Philosophize (v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.

Philosophizer (n.) One who philosophizes.

Philosophies (pl. ) of Philosophy

Philosophy (n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

Philosophy (n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.

Philosophy (n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

Philosophy (n.) Reasoning; argumentation.

Philosophy (n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.

Philosophy (n.) A treatise on philosophy.

Philostorgy (n.) Natural affection, as of parents for their children.

Philotechnic (a.) Alt. of Philotechnical

Philotechnical (a.) Fond of the arts.

Philter (n.) A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.

Philtered (imp. & p. p.) of Philter

Philtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philter

Philter (v. t.) To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught.

Philter (v. t.) To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.

Phimosis (n.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.

Phitoness (n.) Pythoness; witch.

Phizes (pl. ) of Phiz

Phiz (n.) The face or visage.

Phlebitis (n.) Inflammation of a vein.

Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.

Phlebolite (n.) Alt. of Phlebolith

Phlebolith (n.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.

Phlebology (n.) A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.

Phlebotomist (n.) One who practiced phlebotomy.

Phlebotomized (imp. & p. p.) of Phlebotomize

Phlebotomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phlebotomize

Phlebotomize (v. t.) To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed.

Phlebotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.

Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.

Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.

Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.

Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.

Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs.

Phlegmatic (a.) Watery.

Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.

Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm.

Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.

Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.

Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.

Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.

Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.

Phleme (n.) See Fleam.

Phleum (n.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.

Phloem (n.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.

Phlogistian (n.) A believer in the existence of phlogiston.

Phlogistic (a.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.

Phlogistic (a.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.

Phlogistical (a.) Phlogistic.

Phlogisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Phlogisticate

Phlogisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phlogisticate

Phlogisticate (v. t.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.

Phlogistication (n.) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.

Phlogiston (n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

Phlogogenous (a.) Causing inflammation.

Phlogopite (n.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.

Phlogosis (n.) Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.

Phlogotic (n.) Of or pertaining to phlogisis.

Phloramine (n.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.

Phloretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.

Phloretin (n.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.

Phlorizin (n.) A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.

Phloroglucin (n.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]

Phlorol (n.) A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.

Phlorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also xyloquinone.

Phlox (n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.

Phlyctenular (a.) Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.

Phoca (n.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.

Phocacean (n.) Any species of Phoca; a seal.

Phocal (a.) Pertaining to seals.

Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.

Phocenin (n.) See Delphin.

Phocine (a.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.

Phocodont (n.) One of the Phocodontia.

Phocodontia (n. pl.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.

Phoebe (n.) The pewee, or pewit.

Phoebus (n.) Apollo; the sun god.

Phoebus (n.) The sun.

Phoenician (a.) Of or pertaining to Phoenica.

Phoenician (n.) A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.

Phoenicious (a.) See Phenicious.

Phoenicopterus (n.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

Phoenix (n.) Same as Phenix.

Phoenix (n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.

Pholad (n.) Any species of Pholas.

Pholadean (n.) Pholad.

Pholades (pl. ) of Pholas

Pholas (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.

Phonal (a.) Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure.

Phonascetics (n.) Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.

Phonation (n.) The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.

Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.

Phonetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.

Phonetic (a.) Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.

Phonetically (adv.) In a phonetic manner.

Phonetician (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

Phonetics (n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

Phonetics (n.) The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.

Phonetism (n.) The science which treats of vocal sounds.

Phonetist (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.

Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.

Phonetization (n.) The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.

Phonetize (v. t.) To represent by phonetic signs.

Phonic (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.

Phonics (n.) See Phonetics.

Phono- () A combining form from Gr. / sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology.

Phono (n.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.

Phonocamptic (a.) Reflecting sound.

Phonogram (n.) A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.

Phonogram (n.) A record of sounds made by a phonograph.

Phonograph (n.) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.

Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound.

Phonographer (n.) One versed or skilled in phonography.

Phonographer (n.) One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See Phonograph, 2.

Phonographic (a.) Alt. of Phonographical

Phonographical (a.) Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography.

Phonographical (a.) Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph.

Phonographically (adv.) In a phonographic manner; by means of phonograph.

Phonographist (n.) Phonographer.

Phonography (n.) A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.

Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.

Phonography (n.) The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.

Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone.

Phonologer (n.) A phonologist.

Phonologic (a.) Alt. of Phonological

Phonological (a.) Of or pertaining to phonology.

Phonologist (n.) One versed in phonology.

Phonology (n.) The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

Phonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.

Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.

Phonorganon (n.) A speaking machine.

Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings.

Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

Phonotypr (n.) A type or character used in phonotypy.

Phonotypic (a.) Alt. of Phonotypical

Phonotypical (a.) Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.

Phonotypist (n.) One versed in phonotypy.

Phonotypy (n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.

Phorminx (n.) A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.

Phormium (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.

Phorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.

Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Phoronomia (n.) See Phoronomics.

Phoronomics (n.) The science of motion; kinematics.

Phosgene (a.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl.

Phosgenite (n.) A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is a chlorocarbonate of lead.

Phospham (n.) An inert amorphous white powder, PN2H, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus.

Phosphate (n.) A salt of phosphoric acid.

Phosphatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules.

Phosphaturia (n.) The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

Phosphene (n.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image.

Phosphide (n.) A binary compound of phosphorus.

Phosphine (n.) A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.

Phosphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.

Phosphite (n.) A salt of phosphorous acid.

Phosphonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives of phosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical, and analogous to the sulphonic acid.

Phosphonium (n.) The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.

Phosphor (n.) Phosphorus.

Phosphor (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer.

Phosphorated (imp. & p. p.) of Phosphorate

Phosphorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phosphorate

Phosphorate (v. t.) To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.

Phosphor-bronze (n.) A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin.

Phosphoreous (a.) Phosphorescent.

Phosphoresced (imp. & p. p.) of Phosphoresce

Phosphorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phosphoresce

Phosphoresce (v. i.) To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit a phosphoric light.

Phosphorescence (n.) The quality or state of being phosphorescent; or the act of phosphorescing.

Phosphorescence (n.) A phosphoric light.

Phosphorescent (a.) Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible heat.

Phosphorescent (n.) A phosphorescent substance.

Phosphoric (a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds.

Phosphoric (a.) Phosphorescent.

Phosphorical (a.) Phosphoric.

Phosphorite (n.) A massive variety of apatite.

Phosphoritic (a.) Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.

Phosphorize (v. t.) To phosphorate.

Phosphorized (a.) Containing, or impregnated with, phosphorus.

Phosphorogenic (a.) Generating phosphorescence; as, phosphorogenic rays.

Phosphoroscope (n.) An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring its duration.

Phosphorous (a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.

Phosphori (pl. ) of Phosphorus

Phosphorus (n.) The morning star; Phosphor.

Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.

Phosphorus (n.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.

Phosphoryl (n.) The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.

Phosphuret (n.) A phosphide.

Phosphureted (a.) Impregnated, or combined, with phosphorus.

Photic (a.) Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.

Photics (n.) The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision.

Photos (pl. ) of Photo

Photo (n.) A contraction of Photograph.

Photo- () A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography, phototype, photometer.

Photobiotic (a.) Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as, photobiotic plant cells.

Photochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina.

Photochemistry (n.) The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography.

Photochromic (a.) Alt. of Photochromatic

Photochromatic (a.) Of or pertaining to photochromy; produced by photochromy.

Photochromy (n.) The art or process of reproducing colors by photography.

Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.

Photo-electric (a.) Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light.

Photo-electrotype (n.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc.

Photo-engraving (n.) The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process.

Photo-epinasty (n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.

Photogalvanography (n.) The art or process of making photo-electrotypes.

Photogen (n.) A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.

Photogene (n.) A photograph.

Photogene (n.) A more or less continued impression or image on the retina.

Photogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to photogeny; producing or generating light.

Photogeny (n.) See Photography.

Photoglyphic (a.) Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.

Photoglyphy (n.) Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.

Photoglyptic (a.) Same as Photoglyphic.

Photogram (n.) A photograph.

Photograph (n.) A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

Photographed (imp. & p. p.) of Photograph

Photographing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Photograph

Photograph (v. t.) To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group.

Photograph (v. i.) To practice photography; to take photographs.

Photographer (n.) One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

Photographic (a.) Alt. of Photographical

Photographical (a.) Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera.

Photographist (n.) A photographer.

Photographometer (n.) An instrument for determining the sensibility of the plates employed in photographic processes to luminous rays.

Photography (n.) The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

Photography (n.) The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light.

Photogravure (n.) A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.

Photoheliograph (n.) A modified kind of telescope adapted to taking photographs of the sun.

Photolithograph (n.) A lithographic picture or copy from a stone prepared by the aid of photography.

Photolithograph (v. t.) To produce (a picture, a copy) by the process of photolithography.

Photolithographer (n.) One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography.

Photolithographic (n.) Of or pertaining to photolithography; produced by photolithography.

Photolithography (n.) The art or process of producing photolithographs.

Photologic (a.) Alt. of Photological

Photological (a.) Pertaining to photology, or the doctrine of light.

Photologist (n.) One who studies or expounds the laws of light.

Photology (n.) The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature and phenomena; optics.

Photomagnetic (a.) Of or pertaining to photomagnetism.

Photomagnetism (n.) The branch of science which treats of the relation of magnetism to light.

Photomechanical (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.

Photometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.

Photometric (a.) Alt. of Photometrical

Photometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to photometry, or to a photometer.

Photometrician (n.) One engaged in the scientific measurement of light.

Photometry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.

Photomicrograph (n.) An enlarged or macroscopic photograph of a microscopic object. See Microphotograph.

Photomicrograph (n.) A microscopically small photograph of an object.

Photomicrography (n.) The art of producing photomicrographs.

Photophobia (n.) A dread or intolerance of light.

Photophone (n.) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light.

Photophonic (a.) Of or pertaining to photophone.

Photophony (n.) The art or practice of using the photophone.

Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene.

Photopsy (n.) Same as Photopsia.

Photorelief (n.) A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations.

Photoscope (n.) Anything employed for the observation of light or luminous effects.

Photoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses.

Photosculpture (n.) A process in which, by means of a number of photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition.

Photosphere (n.) A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.

Photospheric (a.) Of or pertaining to the photosphere.

Phototonus (n.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.

Phototropic (a.) Same as Heliotropic.

Phototype (n.) A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.

Phototypic (a.) Of or pertaining to a phototype or phototypy.

Phototypography (n.) Same as Phototypy.

Phototypy (n.) The art or process of producing phototypes.

Photoxylography (n.) The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver.

Photozincograph (n.) A print made by photozincography.

Photozincography (n.) A process, analogous to photolithography, for reproducing photographed impressions transferred to zinc plate.

Phragmocone (n.) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite.

Phragmosiphon (n.) The siphon of a phragmocone.

Phrasal (a.) Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb.

Phrase (n.) A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

Phrase (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.

Phrase (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.

Phrase (n.) A short clause or portion of a period.

Phrased (imp. & p. p.) of Phrase

Phrasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phrase

Phrase (v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.

Phrase (v. i.) To use proper or fine phrases.

Phrase (v. i.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4.

Phraseless (a.) Indescribable.

Phraseogram (n.) A symbol for a phrase.

Phraseologic (a.) Alt. of Phraseological

Phraseological (a.) Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words.

Phraseologist (n.) A collector or coiner of phrases.

Phraseology (n.) Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.

Phraseology (n.) A collection of phrases; a phrase book.

Phrasing (n.) Method of expression; association of words.

Phrasing (n.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases.

Phratries (pl. ) of Phratry

Phratry (n.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

Phreatic (a.) Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells.

Phrenetic (a.) Alt. of Phrenetical

Phrenetical (a.) Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.

Phrenetic (n.) One who is phrenetic.

Phrenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.

Phrenics (n.) That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy.

Phrenism (n.) See Vital force, under Vital.

Phrenitis (n.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.

Phrenitis (n.) See Frenzy.

Phrenograph (n.) An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.

Phrenologer (n.) A phrenologist.

Phrenologic (a.) Phrenological.

Phrenological (a.) Of or pertaining to phrenology.

Phrenologist (n.) One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

Phrenology (n.) The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.

Phrenology (n.) In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.

Phrenomagnetism (n.) The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence.

Phrenosin (n.) A nitrogenous body, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain.

Phrensied (p. p. & a.) See Frenzied.

Phrensy (n.) Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.

Phrensy (v. t.) To render frantic.

Phrentic (n. & a.) See Phrenetic.

Phryganeid (n.) Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides.

Phryganeides (n. pl.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.

Phrygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.

Phrygian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

Phrygian (n.) A Montanist.

Phthalate (n.) A salt of phthalic acid.

Phthalein (n.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent.

Phthalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by the oxidation of naphthalene and allied substances.

Phthalide (n.) A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type.

Phthalimide (n.) An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imido acid, under Imido.

Phthalin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.

Phthalyl (n.) The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid.

Phthiriasis (n.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

Phthisic (n.) Same as Phthisis.

Phthisical (a.) Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.

Phthisicky (a.) Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.

Phthisiology (n.) A treatise on phthisis.

Phthisipneumonia (n.) Alt. of Phthisipneumony

Phthisipneumony (n.) Pulmonary consumption.

Phthisis (n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.

Phthongal (a.) Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.

Phthongal (n.) A vocalized element or letter.

Phthongometer (n.) An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.

Phthor (n.) Fluorine.

Phycite (n.) See Erythrite, 1.

Phycochrome (n.) A bluish green coloring matter of certain algae.

Phycocyanin (n.) Alt. of Phycocyanine

Phycocyanine (n.) A blue coloring matter found in certain algae.

Phycoerythrin (n.) Alt. of Phycoerythrine

Phycoerythrine (n.) A red coloring matter found in algae of the subclass Florideae.

Phycography (n.) A description of seaweeds.

Phycology (n.) The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology.

Phycomater (n.) A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.

Phycophaeine (n.) A brown coloring matter found in certain algae.

Phycoxanthin (n.) Alt. of Phycoxanthine

Phycoxanthine (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae.

Phylacter (n.) A phylactery.

Phylactered (a.) Wearing a phylactery.

Phylacteric (a.) Alt. of Phylacterical

Phylacterical (a.) Of or pertaining to phylacteries.

Phylacteries (pl. ) of Phylactery

Phylactery (n.) Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.

Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer.

Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.

Phylactocarp (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.

Phylactolaema (n. pl.) Alt. of Phylactolaemata

Phylactolaemata (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.

Phylactolaematous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Phylactolaema.

Phylactolema (n. pl.) Alt. of Phylactolemata

Phylactolemata (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolaema.

Phylarch (n.) The chief of a phyle, or tribe.

Phylarchy (n.) The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.

Phylae (pl. ) of Phyle

Phyle (n.) A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.

Phyllite (n.) A mineral related to ottrelite.

Phyllite (n.) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.

Phyllo- () A combining form from Gr. / a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy.

Phyllobranciae (pl. ) of Phyllobranchia

Phyllobranchia (n.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.

Phyllocladia (pl. ) of Phyllocladium

Phyllocladium (n.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.

Phyllocyanin (n.) A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.

Phyllocyst (n.) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.

Phyllode (n.) Same as Phyllodium.

Phyllodineous (a.) Having phyllodia; relating to phyllodia.

Phyllodia (pl. ) of Phyllodium

Phyllodium (n.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.

Phyllody (n.) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.

Phylloid (a.) Resembling a leaf.

Phyllomania (n.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.

Phyllome (n.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.

Phyllomorphosis (n.) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.

Phyllophagan (n.) One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.

Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers.

Phyllophagous (a.) Substituting on leaves; leaf-eating.

Phyllophorous (a.) Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.

Phyllopod (n.) One of the Phyllopoda. [Also used adjectively.]

Phyllopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.

Phyllopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda.

Phyllorhine (a.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.

Phyllosoma (n.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.

Phyllostome (n.) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.

Phylloltomid (n.) A phyllostome.

Phyllotactic (a.) Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

Phyllotaxy (n.) Alt. of Phyllotaxis

Phyllotaxis (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.

Phylloxanthin (n.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.

Phylloxera (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.

Phylloxera (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.

Phylogenesis (n.) Alt. of Phylogeny

Phylogeny (n.) The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

Phylogenetic (a.) Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.

Phyla (pl. ) of Phylon

Phylon (n.) A tribe.

Phyla (pl. ) of Phylum

Phylum (n.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.

Phymata (pl. ) of Phyma

Phyma (n.) A tubercle on any external part of the body.

Physa (n.) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.

Physalia (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

Physaliae (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.

Physemaria (n. pl.) A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.

Physeter (n.) The genus that includes the sperm whale.

Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Physianthropy (n.) The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

Physic (n.) The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.

Physic (n.) A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

Physic (n.) Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.

Physic (n.) A physician.

Physiced (imp. & p. p.) of Physic

Physicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Physic

Physic (v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.

Physic (v. t.) To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.

Physical (a.) Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.

Physical (a.) Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.

Physical (a.) Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.

Physical (a.) Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.

Physically (adv.) In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.

Physically (adv.) According to the rules of medicine.

Physician (n.) A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

Physician (n.) Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.

Physicianed (a.) Licensed as a physician.

Physicism (n.) The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.

Physicist (n.) One versed in physics.

Physicist (n.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.

Physicking () p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.

Physico- () A combining form, denoting relation to, or dependence upon, natural causes, or the science of physics.

Physicochemical (a.) Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.

Physicologic (n.) Logic illustrated by physics.

Physicological (a.) Of or pertaining to physicologic.

Physicology (n.) Physics.

Physico-mathematics (n.) Mixed mathematics.

Physico-philosophy (n.) The philosophy of nature.

Physico-theology (n.) Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.

Physics (n.) The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

Physiocrat (n.) One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.

Physiogeny (n.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny.

Physiognomer (n.) Physiognomist.

Physiognomic (a.) Alt. of Physiognomical

Physiognomical (a.) Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the principles of physiognomy.

Physiognomist (n.) Same as Physiognomy, 1.

Physiognomist (n.) One skilled in physiognomy.

Physiognomist (n.) One who tells fortunes by physiognomy.

Physiognomize (v. t.) To observe and study the physiognomy of.

Physiognommonic (a.) Physiognomic.

Physiognomies (pl. ) of Physiognomy

Physiognomy (n.) The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.

Physiognomy (n.) The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.

Physiognomy (n.) The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.

Physiognomy (n.) The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.

Physiogony (n.) The birth of nature.

Physiographic (a.) Alt. of Physiographical

Physiographical (a.) Of or pertaining to physiography.

Physiography (n.) The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.

Physiolatry (n.) The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship.

Physiologer (n.) A physiologist.

Physiologic (a.) Physiological.

Physiological (a.) Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry.

Physiologically (adv.) In a physiological manner.

Physiologist (n.) One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

Physiologize (v. i.) To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.

Physiologies (pl. ) of Physiology

Physiology (n.) The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

Physiology (n.) A treatise on physiology.

Physiophyly (n.) The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly.

Physique (n.) The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

Physnomy (n.) Physiogmony.

Physoclist (n.) One of the Physoclisti.

Physoclisti (n. pl.) An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.

Physograde (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia.

Physophorae (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

Physopod (n.) One of the Physopoda; a thrips.

Physopoda (n. pl.) Same as Thysanoptera.

Physostigmine (n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.

Physostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.

Physostomous (a.) Having a duct to the air bladder.

Physostomous (a.) Pertaining to the Physostomi.

Phytelephas (n.) A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.

Phytivorous (a.) Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals.

Phyto- () A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.

Phytochemical (a.) Relating to phytochemistry.

Phytochemistry (n.) Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry.

Phytochimy (n.) Phytochemistry.

Phytogenesis (n.) Alt. of Phytogeny

Phytogeny (n.) The doctrine of the generation of plants.

Phytogeographical (a.) Of or pertaining to phytogeography.

Phytogeography (n.) The geographical distribution of plants.

Phytoglyphic (a.) Relating to phytoglyphy.

Phytoglyphy (n.) See Nature printing, under Nature.

Phytographical (a.) Of or pertaining to phytography.

Phytography (n.) The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.

Phytoid (a.) Resembling a plant; plantlike.

Phytolacca (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.

Phytolite (n.) An old name for a fossil plant.

Phytolithologist (n.) One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.

Phytolithology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.

Phytological (a.) Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical.

Phytologist (n.) One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.

Phytology (n.) The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.

Phytomer (n.) Alt. of Phytomeron

Phytomeron (n.) An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.

Phytons (pl. ) of Phyton

Phyton (n.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.

Phytonomy (n.) The science of the origin and growth of plants.

Phytopathologist (n.) One skilled in diseases of plants.

Phytopathology (n.) The science of diseases to which plants are liable.

Phytophaga (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.

Phytophagic (a.) Phytophagous.

Phytophagous (a.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.

Phytophagy (n.) The eating of plants.

Phytophysiology (n.) Vegetable physiology.

Phytotomist (n.) One versed in phytotomy.

Phytotomy (n.) The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.

Phytozoaria (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.

Phytozoa (pl. ) of Phytozoon

Phytozoon (n.) A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zoophytes.

Phyz (n.) See Phiz.

Pi (n.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.

Pied (imp. & p. p.) of Pi

Pieing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pi

Pi (v. t.) To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form.

Piacaba (n.) See Piassava.

Piacle (n.) A heinous offense which requires expiation.

Piacular (a.) Expiatory; atoning.

Piacular (a.) Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad.

Piacularity (n.) The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness.

Piaculous (a.) Same as Piacular.

Pial (a.) Pertaining to the pia mater.

Pia mater () The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.

Pian (n.) The yaws. See Yaws.

Pianet (n.) The magpie.

Pianet (n.) The lesser woodpecker.

Pianette (n.) A small piano; a pianino.

Pianino (n.) A pianette, or small piano.

Pianissimo (a.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)

Pianist (n.) A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.

Piano (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

Piano (a.) Alt. of Pianoforte

Pianoforte (a.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.

Pianograph (n.) A form of melodiograph applied to a piano.

Piapec (n.) A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis).

Piarist (n.) One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.

Piassava (n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.

Piaster (n.) A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

Piastre (n.) See Piaster.

Piation (n.) The act of making atonement; expiation.

Piatti (n. pl.) Cymbals.

Piazzas (pl. ) of Piazza

Piazza (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.

Pibcorn (n.) A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales.

Pibroch (n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle.

Pic (n.) A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

Pica (n.) The genus that includes the magpies.

Pica (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.

Pica (n.) A service-book. See Pie.

Pica (n.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.

Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.

Picamar (n.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Picapare (n.) The finfoot.

Picard (n.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite.

Picaresque (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.

Picarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Picariae.

Picarian (n.) One of the Picariae.

Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper.

Picayune (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.

Picayunish (a.) Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business.

Piccadil (n.) Alt. of Piccadilly

Piccadilly (n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.

Piccage (n.) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.

Piccalilli (n.) A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.

Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.

Piccolo (n.) A small upright piano.

Piccolo (n.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.

Pice (n.) A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent.

Picea (n.) A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the firs.

Picene (n.) A hydrocarbon (C/H/) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.

Piceous (a.) Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.

Pichey (n.) A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo.

Pichiciago (n.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back.

Pichurim bean () The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.

Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.

Piciform (a.) Of or pertaining to Piciformes.

Piciformes (n. pl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.

Picine (a.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.

Picked (imp. & p. p.) of Pick

Picking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pick

Pick (v.) To throw; to pitch.

Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.

Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.

Pick (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.

Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.

Pick (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.

Pick (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.

Pick (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

Pick (v.) To trim.

Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

Pick (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

Pick (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.

Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.

Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.

Pick (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.

Pick (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.

Pick (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.

Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.

Pickaback (adv.) On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback.

Pickaninnies (pl. ) of Pickaninny

Pickaninny (n.) A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.

Pickapack (adv.) Pickaback.

Pickax (n.) Alt. of Pickaxe

Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.

Pickback (adv.) On the back.

Picked (a.) Pointed; sharp.

Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.

Picked (a.) Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.

Picked (a.) Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.

Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

Pickedness (n.) Fineness; spruceness; smartness.

Pickeered (imp. & p. p.) of Pickeer

Pickeering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pickeer

Pickeer (v. i.) To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon.

Pickeerer (n.) One who pickeers.

Picker (n.) One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker.

Picker (n.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

Picker (n.) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Pickerel (n.) A young or small pike.

Pickerel (n.) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.

Pickerel (n.) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.

Pickering (n.) The sauger of the St.Lawrence River.

Pickery (n.) Petty theft.

Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

Picket (n.) A pointed pale, used in marking fences.

Picket (n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.

Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.

Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Picket (n.) A game at cards. See Piquet.

Picketed (imp. & p. p.) of Picket

Picketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picket

Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.

Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.

Picket (v. t.) To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.

Picket (v. t.) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Picketee (n.) See Picotee.

Pick-fault (n.) One who seeks out faults.

Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.

Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.

Picking (n.) That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.

Picking (n.) Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.

Picking (n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.

Picking (n.) Rough sorting of ore.

Picking (n.) Overburned bricks.

Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.

Picking (a.) Nice; careful.

Pickle (n.) See Picle.

Pickle (v. t.) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

Pickle (v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.

Pickle (v. t.) Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.

Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.

Pickle (v. t.) A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.

Pickled (imp. & p. p.) of Pickle

Pickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pickle

Pickle (v. t.) To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.

Pickle (v. t.) To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

Pickled (a.) Preserved in a pickle.

Pickle-herring (n.) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.

Pickle-herring (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Pickler (n.) One who makes pickles.

Picklock (n.) An instrument for picking locks.

Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.

Pickmire (n.) The pewit, or black-headed gull.

Picknick (n.) See Picnic.

Pickpack (adv.) Pickaback.

Pickpennies (pl. ) of Pickpenny

Pickpenny (n.) A miser; also, a sharper.

Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.

Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses.

Picksy (n.) See Pixy.

Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.

Picktooth (n.) A toothpick.

Picke (n.) A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.

Picnic (v.) Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Picnicked (imp. & p. p.) of Picnic

Picnicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picnic

Picnic (v. i.) To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

Picnicker (n.) One who takes part in a picnic.

Picoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Pici.

Picoline (n.) Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine.

Picotee (n.) Alt. of Picotine

Picotine (n.) A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.

Picquet (n.) See Piquet.

Picra (n.) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.

Picrate (n.) A salt of picric acid.

Picric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter.

Picrite (n.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.

Picrolite (n.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.

Picromel (n.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.

Picrotoxin (n.) A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.

Picryl (n.) The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl.

Pictish (a.) Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts.

Pictograph (n.) A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.

Pictorial (a.) Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.

Pictoric (a.) Alt. of Pictorical

Pictorical (a.) Pictorial.

Picts (n. pl.) A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times.

Pictura (n.) Pattern of coloration.

Picturable (a.) Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.

Pictural (a.) Pictorial.

Pictural (n.) A picture.

Picture (n.) The art of painting; representation by painting.

Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model.

Picture (n.) An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief.

Pictured (imp. & p. p.) of Picture

Picturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picture

Picture (v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.

Pictured (a.) Furnished with pictures; represented by a picture or pictures; as, a pictured scene.

Picturer (n.) One who makes pictures; a painter.

Picturesque (a.) Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.

Picturesquish (a.) Somewhat picturesque.

Picturized (imp. & p. p.) of Picturize

Picturizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picturize

Picturize (v. t.) To picture.

Picturize (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

Picul (n.) A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan.

Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

Pici (pl. ) of Picus

Picus (n.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species.

Piddled (imp. & p. p.) of Piddle

Piddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Piddle

Piddle (v. i.) To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.

Piddle (v. i.) To be squeamishly nice about one's food.

Piddle (v. i.) To urinate; -- child's word.

Piddler (n.) One who piddles.

Piddling (a.) Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things.

Piddock (n.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.

Pie (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.

Pie (n.) See Camp, n., 5.

Pie (n.) A magpie.

Pie (n.) Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera.

Pie (n.) The service book.

Pie (n.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi.

Pie (v. t.) See Pi.

Piebald (a.) Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.

Piebald (a.) Fig.: Mixed.

Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.

Piece (n.) A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

Piece (n.) Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance

Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.

Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.

Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.

Piece (n.) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.

Piece (n.) An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.

Piece (n.) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

Piece (n.) A castle; a fortified building.

Pieced (imp. & p. p.) of Piece

Piecing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Piece

Piece (v. t.) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.

Piece (v. t.) To unite; to join; to combine.

Piece (v. i.) To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

Pieceless (a.) Not made of pieces; whole; entire.

Piecely (adv.) In pieces; piecemeal.

Piecemeal (adv.) In pieces; in parts or fragments.

Piecemeal (adv.) Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.

Piecemeal (a.) Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate.

Piecemeal (n.) A fragment; a scrap.

Piecemealed (a.) Divided into pieces.

Piecener (n.) One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.

Piecener (n.) Same as Piecer, 2.

Piecer (n.) One who pieces; a patcher.

Piecer (n.) A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Piecework (n.) Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.

Pied () imp. & p. p. of Pi, or Pie, v.

Pied (a.) Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored; spotted; piebald.

Piedmont (a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Piedmontite (n.) A manganesian kind of epidote, from Piedmont. See Epidote.

Piedness (n.) The state of being pied.

Piedouche (n.) A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

Piedstall (n.) See Pedestal.

Piemen (pl. ) of Pieman

Pieman (n.) A man who makes or sells pies.

Piend (n.) See Peen.

Pieno (a.) Full; having all the instruments.

Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

Piepoudre (n.) Alt. of Piepowder

Piepowder (n.) An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge.

Pier (n.) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

Pier (n.) A projecting wharf or landing place.

Pierage (n.) Same as Wharfage.

Pierced (imp. & p. p.) of Pierce

Piercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce

Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

Pierce (v. t.) To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship.

Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.

Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.

Pierceable (a.) That may be pierced.

Pierced (a.) Penetrated; entered; perforated.

Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

Piercer (n.) One who, or that which, pierces or perforates

Piercer (n.) An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto.

Piercer (n.) A piercel.

Piercer (n.) The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.

Piercer (n.) An insect provided with an ovipositor.

Piercing (a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.

Pierian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.

Pierid (n.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.

Pierides (n. pl.) The Muses.

Piet (n.) The dipper, or water ouzel.

Piet (n.) The magpie.

Pieta (n.) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels.

Pietism (n.) The principle or practice of the Pietists.

Pietism (n.) Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.

Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

Pietistic (a.) Alt. of Pietistical

Pietistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pietists; hence, in contempt, affectedly or demonstratively religious.

Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.

Piety (n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.

Piety (n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.

Piewipe (n.) The lapwing, or pewit.

Piezometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.

Piezometer (n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.

Piffero (n.) Alt. of Piffara

Piffara (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.

Pig (n.) A piggin.

Pig (n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

Pig (n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

Pig (n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

Pig (n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

Pigged (imp. & p. p.) of Pig

Pigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pig

Pig (v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

Pig (v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Pigeon (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.

Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.

Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.

Pigeonfoot (n.) The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).

Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.

Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.

Pigeonhole (v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

Pigeon-livered (a.) Pigeon-hearted.

Pigeonry (n.) A place for pigeons; a dovecote.

Pigeontoed (a.) Having the toes turned in.

Pig-eyed (a.) Having small, deep-set eyes.

Pigfish (n.) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.

Pigfish (n.) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.

Pigfoot (n.) A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.

Pigg (n.) A piggin. See 1st Pig.

Piggeries (pl. ) of Piggery

Piggery (n.) A place where swine are kept.

Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.

Piggish (a.) Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

Pig-headed (a.) Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.

Pight (imp. & p. p.) Pitched; fixed; determined.

Pightel (n.) A small inclosure.

Pig-jawed (a.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.

Pigmean (a.) See Pygmean.

Pigment (n.) Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

Pigment (n.) Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.

Pigment (n.) Wine flavored with species and honey.

Pigmental (a.) Alt. of Pigmentary

Pigmentary (a.) Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.

Pigmentation (n.) A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

Pigmented (a.) Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.

Pigmentous (a.) Pigmental.

Pigmy (n.) See Pygmy.

Pignerate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.

Pignerate (v. t.) to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does.

Pignoration (n.) The act of pledging or pawning.

Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made.

Pignorative (a.) Pledging, pawning.

Pignora (pl. ) of Pignus

Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.

Pignut (n.) See Groundnut (d).

Pignut (n.) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, / porcina); also, the tree itself.

Pigpen (n.) A pen, or sty, for pigs.

Pigskin (n.) The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.

Pigsney (n.) A word of endearment for a girl or woman.

Pig-sticking (n.) Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians.

Pigsties (pl. ) of Pigsty

Pigsty (n.) A pigpen.

Pigtail (n.) The tail of a pig.

Pigtail (n.) A cue, or queue.

Pigtail (n.) A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.

Pigtailed (a.) Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.

Pigweed (n.) A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's-quarters.

Pigwidgeon (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

Pika (n.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare.

Pike (n. & v.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

Pike (n. & v.) A hayfork.

Pike (n. & v.) A pick.

Pike (n. & v.) A pointed or peaked hill.

Pike (n. & v.) A large haycock.

Pike (n. & v.) A turnpike; a toll bar.

Pike (sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.

Piked (a.) Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.

Pike-devant (n.) A pointed beard.

Pikelet (n.) Alt. of Pikelin

Pikelin (n.) A light, thin cake or muffin.

Pikeman (pl. ) of Pikeman

Pikeman (n.) A soldier armed with a pike.

Pikeman (n.) A miner who works with a pick.

Pikeman (n.) A keeper of a turnpike gate.

Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike.

Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.

Piketail (n.) See Pintail, 1.

Pikrolite (n.) See Picrolite.

Pilage (n.) See Pelage.

Pilaster (n.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.

Pilastered (a.) Furnished with pilasters.

Pilau (n.) See Pillau.

Pilch (n.) A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.

Pilchard (n.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.

Pilcher (n.) A scabbard, as of a sword.

Pilcher (n.) The pilchard.

Pilcrow (n.) a paragraph mark, /.

Pile (n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur.

Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear.

Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.

Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.

Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.

Pile (n.) A funeral pile; a pyre.

Pile (n.) A large building, or mass of buildings.

Pile (n.) Same as Fagot, n., 2.

Pile (n.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.

Piled (imp. & p. p.) of Pile

Piling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pile

Pile (v. t.) To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood.

Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

Pileate (a.) Alt. of Pileated

Pileated (a.) Having the form of a cap for the head.

Pileated (a.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.

Piled (a.) Having a pile or point; pointed.

Piled (a.) Having a pile or nap.

Piled (a.) Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.

Pileiform (a.) Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.

Pilement (n.) An accumulation; a heap.

Pilenta (pl. ) of Pilentum

Pilentum (n.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

Pilorhizae (pl. ) of Pileorhiza

Pileorhiza (n.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Pileous (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

Piler (n.) One who places things in a pile.

Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Pilei (pl. ) of Pileus

Pileus (n.) A kind of skull cap of felt.

Pileus (n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.

Pileus (n.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

Pileworm (n.) The teredo.

Pile-worn (a.) Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

Pilewort (n.) A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.

Pilfered (imp. & p. p.) of Pilfer

Pilfering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pilfer

Pilfer (v. i.) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

Pilfer (v. t.) To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.

Pilferer (n.) One who pilfers; a petty thief.

Pilfering (a.) Thieving in a small way.

Pilfering (n.) Petty theft.

Pilfery (n.) Petty theft.

Pilgarlic (n.) One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.

Pilgrim (n.) A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.

Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.

Pilgrim (a.) Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.

Pilgrim (v. i.) To journey; to wander; to ramble.

Pilgrimage (n.) The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.

Pilgrimage (n.) A tedious and wearisome time.

Pilgrimize (v. i.) To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.

Pildia (pl. ) of Pilidium

Pilidium (n.) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.

Pilifera (n. pl.) Same as Mammalia.

Piliferous (a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.

Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.

Piliform (a.) Resembling hairs or down.

Piligerous (a.) Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.

Piling (n.) The act of heaping up.

Piling (n.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.

Piling (n.) A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.

Pill (n.) The peel or skin.

Pill (v. i.) To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

Pill (v. t.) To deprive of hair; to make bald.

Pill (v. t.) To peel; to make by removing the skin.

Pilled (imp. & p. p.) of Pill

Pilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pill

Pill (v. t. & i.) To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.

Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

Pill (n.) Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.

Pillage (n.) The act of pillaging; robbery.

Pillage (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.

Pillaged (imp. & p. p.) of Pillage

Pillaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillage

Pillage (v. i.) To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.

Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

Pillager (n.) One who pillages.

Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.

Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.

Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

Pillar (n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

Pillar (a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.

Pillared (a.) Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.

Pillaret (n.) A little pillar.

Pillarist (n.) See Stylite.

Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.

Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.

Pilled-garlic (n.) See Pilgarlic.

Piller (n.) One who pills or plunders.

Pilleries (pl. ) of Pillery

Pillery (n.) Plunder; pillage.

Pillion (n.) A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.

Pillorize (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory.

Pillories (pl. ) of Pillory

Pillory (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

Pilloried (imp. & p. p.) of Pillory

Pillorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillory

Pillory (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

Pillory (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

Pillow (n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.

Pillow (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.

Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Pillow (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Pillowed (imp. & p. p.) of Pillow

Pillowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillow

Pillow (v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.

Pillowcase (n.) A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

Pillowed (a.) Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow.

Pillowy (a.) Like a pillow.

Pill-willet (n.) The willet.

Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.

Pillwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.

Pilocarpine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Pilose (a.) Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.

Pilose (a.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.

Pilose (a.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.

Pilosity (n.) The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.

Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Pilot (n.) Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

Piloted (imp. & p. p.) of Pilot

Piloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pilot

Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

Pilot (v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

Pilotage (n.) The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.

Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.

Pilotage (n.) Guidance, as by a pilot.

Pilotism (n.) Alt. of Pilotry

Pilotry (n.) Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot.

Pilour (n.) A piller; a plunderer.

Pilous (a.) See Pilose.

Pilser (n.) An insect that flies into a flame.

Pilular (a.) Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.

Pilulous (a.) Like a pill; small; insignificant.

Pilwe (n.) A pillow.

Pily (a.) Like pile or wool.

Pimaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.

Pimelic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids.

Pimelic (a.) Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.

Pimelite (n.) An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.

Piment (n.) Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3.

Pimenta (n.) Same as Pimento.

Pimento (n.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Pimlico (n.) The friar bird.

Pimp (n.) One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.

Pimped (imp. & p. p.) of Pimp

Pimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pimp

Pimp (v. i.) To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.

Pimpernel (n.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.

Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.

Pimpinel (n.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

Pimping (a.) Little; petty; pitiful.

Pimping (a.) Puny; sickly.

Pimple (n.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Pimpled (a.) Having pimples.

Pimply (a.) Pimpled.

Pimpship (n.) The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp.

Pin (v. t.) To peen.

Pin (v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Pin (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Pin (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

Pin (n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use

Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

Pin (n.) A linchpin.

Pin (n.) A rolling-pin.

Pin (n.) A clothespin.

Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

Pin (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.

Pin (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

Pin (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

Pin (n.) Mood; humor.

Pin (n.) Caligo. See Caligo.

Pin (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

Pin (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

Pinned (imp. & p. p.) of Pin

Pinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pin

Pin (n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

Pinacoid (n.) A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.

Pinacolin (n.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.

Pinacone (n.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type.

Pinacotheca (n.) A picture gallery.

Pinafore (n.) An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

Pinakothek (n.) Pinacotheca.

Pinaster (n.) A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.

Pinaces (pl. ) of Pinax

Pinax (n.) A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.

Pince-nez (n.) Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.

Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinch

Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinch

Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.

Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

Pinch (v. t.) To plait.

Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.

Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.

Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.

Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches.

Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.

Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.

Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.

Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.

Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.

Pincoffin (n.) A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.

Pincpinc (n.) An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).

Pincushion (n.) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.

Pindal (n.) Alt. of Pindar

Pindar (n.) The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.

Pindaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.

Pindaric (n.) A Pindaric ode.

Pindarical (a.) Pindaric.

Pindarism (n.) Imitation of Pindar.

Pindarist (n.) One who imitates Pindar.

Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Pine (n.) Woe; torment; pain.

Pined (imp. & p. p.) of Pine

Pining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pine

Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Pine (v.) To grieve or mourn for.

Pine (v. i.) To suffer; to be afflicted.

Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.

Pine (v. i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.

Pine (n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

Pine (n.) The wood of the pine tree.

Pine (n.) A pineapple.

Pineal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.

Pineapple (n.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

Pineaster (n.) See Pinaster.

Pine-clad (a.) Alt. of Pine-crowned

Pine-crowned (a.) Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.

Pinedrops (n.) A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.

Pinefinch (n.) A small American bird (Spinus, / Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.

Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.

Pinenchyma (n.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.

Pineries (pl. ) of Pinery

Pinery (n.) A pine forest; a grove of pines.

Pinery (n.) A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.

Pinesap (n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

Pinetum (n.) A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.

Pineweed (n.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

Piney (a.) See Piny.

Piney (a.) A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.

Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed.

Pinfeather (n.) A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.

Pinfeathered (a.) Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

Pinfish (n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus, / Lagodon, rhomboides).

Pinfish (n.) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).

Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.

Ping (n.) The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

Pinged (imp. & p. p.) of Ping

Pinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ping

Ping (v. i.) To make the sound called ping.

Pingle (n.) A small piece of inclosed ground.

Pingster (n.) See Pinkster.

Pinguicula (n.) See Butterwort.

Pinguid (a.) Fat; unctuous; greasy.

Pinguidinous (a.) Containing fat; fatty.

Pinguitude (n.) Fatness; a growing fat; obesity.

Pinhold (n.) A place where a pin is fixed.

Pinic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid.

Pining (a.) Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.

Pining (a.) Wasting; consuming.

Piningly (adv.) In a pining manner; droopingly.

Pinion (n.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

Pinion (n.) A feather; a quill.

Pinion (n.) A wing, literal or figurative.

Pinion (n.) The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.

Pinion (n.) A fetter for the arm.

Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.

Pinioned (imp. & p. p.) of Pinion

Pinioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinion

Pinion (v. t.) To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.

Pinion (v. t.) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.

Pinion (v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.

Pinion (v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

Pinioned (a.) Having wings or pinions.

Pinionist (n.) Any winged creature.

Pinite (n.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.

Pinite (n.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.

Pinite (n.) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.

Pink (n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.

Pink (v. i.) To wink; to blink.

Pink (a.) Half-shut; winking.

Pinked (imp. & p. p.) of Pink

Pinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pink

Pink (v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

Pink (v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

Pink (v. t.) To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pink (n.) A stab.

Pink (v. t.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

Pink (v. t.) A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.

Pink (v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

Pink (v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

Pink (a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Pinked (a.) Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge.

Pink-eyed (a.) Having small eyes.

Pinking (n.) The act of piercing or stabbing.

Pinking (n.) The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron.

Pinkish (a.) Somewhat pink.

Pinkness (n.) Quality or state of being pink.

Pinkroot (n.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).

Pinkroot (n.) A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.

Pinkroot (n.) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).

Pinkster (n.) Whitsuntide.

Pink stern () See Chebacco, and 1st Pink.

Pink-sterned (a.) Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel.

Pinky (n.) See 1st Pink.

Pinnae (pl. ) of Pinna

Pinnas (pl. ) of Pinna

Pinna (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

Pinna (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

Pinna (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.

Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.

Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Pinnace (n.) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

Pinnace (n.) A man-of-war's boat.

Pinnace (n.) A procuress; a pimp.

Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.

Pinnacle (n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

Pinnacled (imp. & p. p.) of Pinnacle

Pinnacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinnacle

Pinnacle (v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Pinnage (n.) Poundage of cattle. See Pound.

Pinnate (a.) Alt. of Pinnated

Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

Pinnated (a.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Pinnately (adv.) In a pinnate manner.

Pinnatifid (a.) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Pinnatilobate (a.) Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.

Pinnatiped (a.) Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.

Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.

Pinner (n.) One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.

Pinner (n.) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.

Pinner (n.) An apron with a bib; a pinafore.

Pinner (n.) A cloth band for a gown.

Pinner (n.) A pin maker.

Pinner (n.) One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t.

Pinnet (n.) A pinnacle.

Pinniform (a.) Shaped like a fin or feather.

Pinnigrada (n. pl.) Same as Pinnipedia.

Pinnigrade (n.) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.

Pinniped (n.) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.

Pinniped (n.) One of the Pinnipedes.

Pinnipedes (n. pl.) Same as Steganopodes.

Pinnipedia (n. pl.) A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.

Pinnock (n.) The hedge sparrow.

Pinnock (n.) The tomtit.

Pinnothere (n.) A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.

Pinnulae (pl. ) of Pinnula

Pinnula (n.) Same as Pinnule.

Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae.

Pinnulated (a.) Having pinnules.

Pinnule (n.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.

Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.

Pinocle (n.) See Penuchle.

Pinole (n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.

Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.

Pi–on (n.) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.

Pi–on (n.) See Monkey's puzzle.

Pinpatch (n.) The common English periwinkle.

Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.

Pint (n.) The laughing gull.

Pintados (pl. ) of Pintado

Pintado (n.) Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.

Pintail (n.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.

Pintail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.

Pintle (n.) A little pin.

Pintle (n.) An upright pivot pin

Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Pintle (n.) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.

Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.

Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.

Pinule (n.) One of the sights of an astrolabe.

Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.

Pinweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

Pinworm (n.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.

Pinxit () A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).

Pinxter (n.) See Pinkster.

Piny (a.) Abounding with pines.

Pioned (a.) A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."

Pioneer (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

Pioneered (imp. & p. p.) of Pioneer

Pioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pioneer

Pioneer (v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Pioner (n.) A pioneer.

Piony (n.) See Peony.

Piot (n.) The magpie.

Pious (a.) Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.

Pious (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.

Piously (adv.) In a pious manner.

Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Pip (n.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.

Pipped (imp. & p. p.) of Pip

Pipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pip

Pip (v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

Pipas (pl. ) of Pipa

Pipa (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.

Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

Pipal tree () Same as Peepul tree.

Pipe (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.

Pipe (n.) Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.

Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.

Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.

Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice.

Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.

Pipe (n.) The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.

Pipe (n.) An elongated body or vein of ore.

Pipe (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.

Pipe (n.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.

Pipe (n.) A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.

Pipe (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.

Pipe (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.

Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

Pipe (v. i.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.

Piped (imp. & p. p.) of Pipe

Piping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe

Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.

Pipe (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.

Pipe (v. t.) To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.

Pipe clay () A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

Pipeclay (v. t.) To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.

Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts.

Piped (a.) Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.

Pipefish (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.

Pipelayer () Alt. of Pipe layer

Pipe layer () One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.

Pipe layer () A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.

Pipelaying () Alt. of Pipe laying

Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.

Pipe laying () The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.

Pipemouth (n.) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.

Piper (n.) See Pepper.

Piper (n.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.

Piper (n.) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Piper (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.

Piperaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.

Piperic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance.

Piperidge (n.) Same as Pepperidge.

Piperidine (n.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.

Piperine (n.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.

Piperonal (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.

Piperylene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.

Pipestem (n.) The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.

Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.

Pipette (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

Pipevine (n.) The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman.

Pipewort (n.) Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

Piping (v.) Playing on a musical pipe.

Piping (v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.

Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.

Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.

Piping (n.) A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.

Piping (n.) Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.

Piping (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.

Piping (n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.

Pipistrel (n.) Alt. of Pipistrelle

Pipistrelle (n.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.

Pipit (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.

Pipkin (n.) A small earthen boiler.

Pippin (n.) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple.

Pippin (n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.

Pippul tree () Same as Peepul tree.

Pipras (pl. ) of Pipra

Pipra (n.) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.

Piprine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridae.

Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.

Pipy (a.) Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed.

Piquancy (n.) The quality or state of being piquant.

Piquant (a.) Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.

Piquantly (adv.) In a piquant manner.

Pique (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

Pique (n.) The jigger. See Jigger.

Pique (n.) A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation.

Pique (n.) Keenly felt desire; a longing.

Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

Piqued (imp. & p. p.) of Pique

Piquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pique

Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.

Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.

Pique (v. t.) To pride or value; -- used reflexively.

Pique (v. i.) To cause annoyance or irritation.

Piqueer (v. i.) See Pickeer.

Piqueerer (n.) See Pickeerer.

Piquet (n.) See Picket.

Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.

Piracies (pl. ) of Piracy

Piracy (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.

Piracy (n.) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.

Piracy (n.)

Piragua (n.) See Pirogue.

Pirai (n.) Same as Piraya.

Pirameter (n.) A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.

Pirarucu (n.) Same as Arapaima.

Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.

Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.

Pirate (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.

Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirate

Pirating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pirate

Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

Pirate (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Piratic (a.) Piratical.

Piratical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking.

Piraya (n.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.

Pirie (n.) See Pirry.

Pirie (n.) A pear tree.

Piririgua (n.) A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.

Pirl (v. t.) To spin, as a top.

Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.

Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod.

Pirogue (n.) A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.

Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.

Pirouetted (imp. & p. p.) of Pirouette

Pirouetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pirouette

Pirouette (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.

Pirry (n.) Alt. of Pirrie

Pirrie (n.) A rough gale of wind.

Pisasphaltum (n.) See Pissasphalt.

Pisay (n.) See Pise.

Piscary (n.) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.

Piscation (n.) Fishing; fishery.

Piscator (n.) A fisherman; an angler.

Piscatorial (a.) Alt. of Piscatory

Piscatory (a.) Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.

Pisces (n. pl.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.

Pisces (n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.

Pisces (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.

Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling.

Piscicultural (a.) Relating to pisciculture.

Pisciculture (n.) Fish culture. See under Fish.

Pisciculturist (n.) One who breeds fish.

Pisciform (a.) Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.

Piscina (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.

Piscinal (a.) Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina.

Piscine (a.) Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.

Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.

Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.

Pish (interj.) An exclamation of contempt.

Pish (v. i.) To express contempt.

Pishu (n.) The Canada lynx.

Pisiform (a.) Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.

Pisiform (n.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Pismire (n.) An ant, or emmet.

Pisolite (n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.

Pisolitic (a.) Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.

Pisophalt (n.) Pissasphalt.

Piss (v. t. & i.) To discharge urine, to urinate.

Piss (n.) Urine.

Pissabed (n.) A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.

Pissasphalt (n.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.

Pist (n.) See Piste.

Pistachio (n.) The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily.

Pistacia (n.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.

Pistacite (n.) Epidote.

Pistareen (n.) An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.

Pistazite (n.) Same as Pistacite.

Piste (n.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.

Pistel (n.) Alt. of Pistil

Pistil (n.) An epistle.

Pistic (a.) Pure; genuine.

Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.

Pistillaceous (a.) Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil.

Pistillate (a.) Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

Pistillation (n.) The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.

Pistillida (pl. ) of Pistillidium

Pistillidium (n.) Same as Archegonium.

Pistilliferous (a.) Pistillate.

Pistillody (n.) The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.

Pistol (n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.

Pistoled (imp. & p. p.) of Pistol

Pistoling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pistol

Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.

Pistolade (n.) A pistol shot.

Pistole (n.) The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.

Pistoleer (n.) One who uses a pistol.

Pistolet (n.) A small pistol.

Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.

Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

Pit (n.) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.

Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.

Pit (n.) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.

Pit (n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

Pit (n.) A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

Pit (n.) A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

Pit (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.

Pit (n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).

Pit (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Pit (n.) Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.

Pit (n.) An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pit (n.) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

Pit (n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.

Pitted (imp. & p. p.) of Pit

Pitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pit

Pit (v. t.) To place or put into a pit or hole.

Pit (v. t.) To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

Pita (n.) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.

Pita (n.) The plant which yields the fiber.

Pitahaya (n.) A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.

Pitapat (adv.) In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.

Pitapat (n.) A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.

Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.

Pitch (n.) See Pitchstone.

Pitched (imp. & p. p.) of Pitch

Pitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pitch

Pitch (n.) To cover over or smear with pitch.

Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

Pitch (v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.

Pitch (v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.

Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.

Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.

Pitch (v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value.

Pitch (v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.

Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

Pitch (v. i.) To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.

Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.

Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.

Pitch (n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

Pitch (n.) A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.

Pitch (n.) Height; stature.

Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.

Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.

Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.

Pitch (n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.

Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.

Pitch (n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.

Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.

Pitch-black (a.) Black as pitch or tar.

Pitchblende (n.) A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.

Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.

Pitcher (n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

Pitcher (n.) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Pitcher (n.) A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.

Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.

Pitcherfuls (pl. ) of Pitcherful

Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.

Pitch-faced (a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Pitchfork (v. t.) To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.

Pitchiness (n.) Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.

Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.

Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.

Pitch-ore (n.) Pitchblende.

Pitchstone (n.) An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.

Pitchwork (n.) The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.

Pitchy (a.) Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.

Pitchy (a.) Smeared with pitch.

Pitchy (a.) Black; pitch-dark; dismal.

Piteous (a.) Pious; devout.

Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.

Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.

Piteous (a.) Paltry; mean; pitiful.

Pitfall (n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.

Pitfalling (a.) Entrapping; insnaring.

Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.

Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.

Pith (n.) The spinal cord; the marrow.

Pith (n.) Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.

Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

Pitheci (n. pl.) A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

Pithecoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys.

Pithecoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.

Pithful (a.) Full of pith.

Pithily (adv.) In a pithy manner.

Pithiness (n.) The quality or state of being pithy.

Pithless (a.) Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble.

Pit-hole (n.) A pit; a pockmark.

Pithsome (a.) Pithy; robust.

Pithy (superl.) Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

Pithy (superl.) Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

Pitiable (a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.

Pitier (n.) One who pities.

Pitiful (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

Pitiful (a.) To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.

Pitiless (a.) Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.

Pitiless (a.) Exciting no pity; as, a pitiless condition.

Pitmen (pl. ) of Pitman

Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.

Pitman (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.

Pitot's tube () A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.

Pitpan (n.) A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America.

Pitpat (n. & adv.) See Pitapat.

Pitta (n.) Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true thrushes.

Pittacal (n.) A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.

Pittance (n.) An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.

Pittance (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation.

Pitted (a.) Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2.

Pitted (v. t.) Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.

Pitter (n.) A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.

Pitter (v. i.) To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.

Pittle-pattle (v. i.) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle.

Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.

Pituitary (a.) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa.

Pituite (n.) Mucus, phlegm.

Pituitous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus.

Pities (pl. ) of Pity

Pity (n.) Piety.

Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Pity (n.) A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.

Pitied (imp. & p. p.) of Pity

Pitying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pity

Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.

Pity (v. t.) To move to pity; -- used impersonally.

Pity (v. i.) To be compassionate; to show pity.

Pitying (a.) Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word.

Pityriasis (n.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.

Pityroid (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, bran.

Piu (adv.) A little more; as, piu allegro, a little more briskly.

Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.

Pivot (n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.

Pivot (n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.

Pivoted (imp. & p. p.) of Pivot

Pivoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pivot

Pivot (v. t.) To place on a pivot.

Pivotal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.

Pix (n. & v.) See Pyx.

Pixies (pl. ) of Pixie

Pixy (n.) Alt. of Pixie

Pixie (n.) An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

Pixie (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.

Pixy-led (a.) Led by pixies; bewildered.

Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

Pizzle (n.) The penis; -- so called in some animals, as the bull.

Placability (n.) The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.

Placable (a.) Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.

Placableness (n.) The quality of being placable.

Placard (n.) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.

Placard (n.) Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something.

Placard (n.) A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.

Placard (n.) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.

Placard (n.) A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

Placarded (imp. & p. p.) of Placard

Placarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Placard

Placard (v. t.) To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.

Placard (v. t.) To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.

Placate (n.) Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

Placated (imp. & p. p.) of Placate

Placating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Placate

Placate (v. t.) To appease; to pacify; to concilate.

Placation (n.) The act of placating.

Place (n.) Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.

Place (n.) A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.

Place (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.

Place (n.) Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.

Place (n.) Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).

Place (n.) A definite position or passage of a document.

Place (n.) Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.

Place (n.) Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.

Place (n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.

Placed (imp. & p. p.) of Place

Placing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Place

Place (n.) To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.

Place (n.) To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.

Place (n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.

Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.

Place (n.) To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

Placebo (n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

Placebo (n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.

Placeful (a.) In the appointed place.

Placeless (a.) Having no place or office.

Placemen (pl. ) of Placeman

Placeman (n.) One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.

Placement (n.) The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

Placement (n.) Position; place.

Placentae (pl. ) of Placenta

Placentas (pl. ) of Placenta

Placenta (n.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

Placenta (n.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

Placental (a.) Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

Placental (a.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.

Placental (n.) One of the Placentalia.

Placentalia (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.

Placentation (n.) The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.

Placentation (n.) The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.

Placentiferous (a.) Having or producing a placenta.

Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.

Placentious (a.) Pleasing; amiable.

Place-proud (a.) Proud of rank or office.

Placer (n.) One who places or sets.

Placer (n.) A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.

Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Placet (n.) The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.

Placid (a.) Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.

Placidity (n.) The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity.

Placidly (adv.) In a placid manner.

Placidness (n.) The quality or state of being placid.

Placit (n.) A decree or determination; a dictum.

Placitory (a.) Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law.

Placita (pl. ) of Placitum

Placitum (n.) A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.

Placitum (n.) A court, or cause in court.

Placitum (n.) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.

Plack (n.) A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent.

Placket (n.) A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.

Placket (n.) The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

Placket (n.) A woman's pocket.

Placoderm (n.) One of the Placodermi.

Placodermal (a.) Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.

Placodermata (n. pl.) Same as Placodermi.

Placodermi (n. pl.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.

Placoganoid (a.) Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.

Placoganoidei (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.

Placoid (a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.

Placoid (n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.

Placoid (n.) One of the Placoides.

Placoides (n. pl.) A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.

Placoidian (n.) One of the placoids.

Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.

Plagae (pl. ) of Plaga

Plaga (n.) A stripe of color.

Plagal (a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.

Plagate (a.) Having plagae, or irregular enlongated color spots.

Plage (n.) A region; country.

Plagiarism (n.) The act or practice of plagiarizing.

Plagiarism (n.) That which plagiarized.

Plagiarist (n.) One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

Plagiarized (imp. & p. p.) of Plagiarize

Plagiarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plagiarize

Plagiarize (v. t.) To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

Plagiary (v. i.) To commit plagiarism.

Plagiaries (pl. ) of Plagiary

Plagiary (n.) A manstealer; a kidnaper.

Plagiary (n.) One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.

Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.

Plagiary (a.) Kidnaping.

Plagiary (a.) Practicing plagiarism.

Plagihedral (a.) Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.

Plagiocephalic (a.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Plagiocephaly (n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Plagioclase (n.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.

Plagionite (n.) A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.

Plagiostomatous (a.) Same as Plagiostomous.

Plagiostome (n.) One of the Plagiostomi.

Plagiostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.

Plagiostomous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi.

Plagiotremata (n. pl.) Same as Lepidosauria.

Plagiotropic (a.) Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line.

Plagium (n.) Manstealing; kidnaping.

Plagose (a.) Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master.

Plague (n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.

Plagued (imp. & p. p.) of Plague

Plaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plague

Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.

Plague (v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.

Plagueless (a.) Free from plagues or the plague.

Plaguer (n.) One who plagues or annoys.

Plaguily (adv.) In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.

Plaguy (a.) Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."

Plaice (n.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.

Plaice (n.) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.

Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

Plaided (a.) Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.

Plaided (a.) Wearing a plaid.

Plaiding (n.) Plaid cloth.

Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.

Plain (v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

Plain (superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Plain (superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

Plain (superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

Plain (superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.

Plain (superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.

Plain (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.

Plain (superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.

Plain (adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.

Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

Plain (a.) A field of battle.

Plained (imp. & p. p.) of Plain

Plaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plain

Plain (v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

Plain (v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Plainant (n.) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff.

Plain-dealing (a.) Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.

Plain-hearted (a.) Frank; sincere; artless.

Plaining (n.) Complaint.

Plaining (a.) Complaining.

Plain-laid (a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

Plainly (adv.) In a plain manner; clearly.

Plainness (n.) The quality or state of being plain.

-men (pl. ) of Plainsman

Plainsman (n.) One who lives in the plains.

Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words.

Plaint (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

Plaint (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

Plaint (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

Plaintful (a.) Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.

Plaintiff (n.) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.

Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.

Plaintive (n.) Repining; complaining; lamenting.

Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

Plaintless (a.) Without complaint; unrepining.

Plaisance (n.) See Pleasance.

Plaise (n.) See Plaice.

Plaister (n.) See Plaster.

Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

Plait (n.) A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Plaited (imp. & p. p.) of Plait

Plaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plait

Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.

Plaiter (n.) One who, or that which, plaits.

Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.

Plan (a.) A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.

Plan (a.) A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Planned (imp. & p. p.) of Plan

Planning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan

Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

Planariae (pl. ) of Planaria

-rias (pl. ) of Planaria

Planaria (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.

Planarian (n.) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.

Planarida (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.

Planarioid (a.) Like the planarians.

Planary (a.) Of or pertaining to a plane.

Planch (n.) A plank.

Planched (imp. & p. p.) of Planch

Planching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Planch

Planch (v. t.) To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.

Plancher (n.) A floor of wood; also, a plank.

Plancher (n.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.

Plancher (v. t.) To form of planks.

Planchet (n.) A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

Planchette (n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.

Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.

Plane (n.) Any tree of the genus Platanus.

Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

Plane (a.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.

Plane (a.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.

Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.

Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.

Planed (imp. & p. p.) of Plane

Planing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plane

Plane (a.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.

Plane (a.) To efface or remove.

Plane (a.) Figuratively, to make plain or smooth.

Plane-parallel (a.) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.

Planer (n.) One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

Planer (n.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

Planer tree () A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

Planet (n.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system.

Planet (n.) A star, as influencing the fate of a men.

Plane table () See under Plane, a.

Planetarium (n.) An orrery. See Orrery.

Planetary (a.) Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.

Planetary (a.) Consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.

Planetary (a.) Under the dominion or influence of a planet.

Planetary (a.) Caused by planets.

Planetary (a.) Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering.

Planeted (a.) Belonging to planets.

Planetic (a.) Alt. of Planetical

Planetical (a.) Of or pertaining to planets.

Planetoid (n.) A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.

Planetoidal (a.) Pertaining to a planetoid.

Plane tree () Same as 1st Plane.

Planet-stricken (a.) Alt. of Planet-struck

Planet-struck (a.) Affected by the influence of planets; blasted.

Planetule (n.) A little planet.

Plangency (n.) The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.

Plangent (a.) Beating; dashing, as a wave.

Plani- (a.) Alt. of Plano-

Plano- (a.) Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.

Planifolious (a.) Flat-leaved.

Planiform (a.) Having a plane surface; as, a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation.

Planimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.

Planimetric (a.) Alt. of Planimetrical

Planimetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to planimetry.

Planimetry (n.) The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.

Planing () a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.

Planipennate (a.) Of or pertaining to Planipennia.

Planipennia (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.

Planipetalous (a.) Having flat petals.

Planished (imp. & p. p.) of Planish

Planishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Planish

Planish (v.) To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.

Planisher (n.) One who, or that which, planishes.

Planishing () a. & vb. n. from Planish, v. t.

Planisphere (n.) The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.

Planispheric (a.) Of or pertaining to a planisphere.

Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.

Plank (n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.

Planked (imp. & p. p.) of Plank

Planking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plank

Plank (v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.

Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.

Plank (v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

Planking (n.) The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.

Planking (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.

Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

Planless (a.) Having no plan.

Planner (n.) One who plans; a projector.

Plano- () See Plani-.

Planoblast (n.) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.

Plano-concave (a.) Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See Lens.

Plano-conical (a.) Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.

Plano-convex (a.) Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens.

Plano-horizontal (a.) Having a level horizontal surface or position.

Planometer (n.) An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface.

Planometry (n.) The art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface.

Plano-orbicular (a.) Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other.

Planorbis (n.) Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.

Plano-subulate (a.) Smooth and awl-shaped. See Subulate.

Plant (n.) A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.

Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

Plant (n.) The sole of the foot.

Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.

Plant (n.) A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.

Planted (imp. & p. p.) of Plant

Planting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plant

Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.

Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.

Plant (n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.

Plant (n.) To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

Plant (n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.

Plant (n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.

Plant (n.) To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.

Plant (n.) To set up; to install; to instate.

Plant (v. i.) To perform the act of planting.

Plantable (a.) Capable of being planted; fit to be planted.

Plantage (n.) A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted.

Plantain (n.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.

Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.

Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.

Plantal (a.) Belonging to plants; as, plantal life.

Plantar (a.) Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries.

Plantation (n.) The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.

Plantation (n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

Plantation (n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.

Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.

Planted (a.) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

Planter (n.) One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.

Planter (n.) One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.

Planter (n.) A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.

Plantership (n.) The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.

Planticle (n.) A young plant, or plant in embryo.

Plantigrada (n. pl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

Plantigrade (a.) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.

Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.

Plantigrade (n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.

Planting (n.) The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.

Planting (n.) That which is planted; a plantation.

Planting (n.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Plantless (a.) Without plants; barren of vegetation.

Plantlet (n.) A little plant.

Plantocracy (n.) Government by planters; planters, collectively.

Plantule (n.) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

Planulae (pl. ) of Planula

Planula (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.

Planula (n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.

Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

Plaque (n.) Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

Plash (v.) A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

Plash (v.) A dash of water; a splash.

Plashed (imp. & p. p.) of Plash

Plashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash

Plash (v. i.) To dabble in water; to splash.

Plash (v. t.) To splash, as water.

Plash (v. t.) To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

Plashed (imp. & p. p.) of Plash

Plashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash

Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.

Plash (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

Plashet (n.) A small pond or pool; a puddle.

Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.

Plashing (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

Plashoot (n.) A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed.

Plashy (a.) Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy.

Plashy (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color.

Plasm (n.) A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.

Plasm (n.) Same as Plasma.

Plasma (n.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.

Plasma (n.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.

Plasma (n.) Unorganized material; elementary matter.

Plasma (n.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

Plasmatic (a.) Alt. of Plasmatical

Plasmatical (a.) Forming; shaping; molding.

Plasmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.

Plasmation (n.) The act of forming or molding.

Plasmator (n.) A former; a fashioner.

Plasmature (n.) Form; mold.

Plasmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.

Plasmid (n.) A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.

Plasmin (n.) A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.

Plasmodial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.

Plasmodia (pl. ) of Plasmodium

Plasmodium (n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

Plasmodium (n.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.

Plasmogen (n.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.

Plasson (n.) The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.

Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

Plaster (n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

Plastered (imp. & p. p.) of Plaster

Plastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plaster

Plaster (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

Plaster (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.

Plaster (v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.

Plasterer (n.) One who applies plaster or mortar.

Plasterer (n.) One who makes plaster casts.

Plastering (n.) Same as Plaster, n., 2.

Plastering (n.) The act or process of overlaying with plaster.

Plastering (n.) A covering of plaster; plasterwork.

Plasterly (a.) Resembling plaster of Paris.

Plasterwork (n.) Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

Plastery (a.) Of the nature of plaster.

-plastic () A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.

Plastic (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

Plastic (a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

Plastic (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

plastic (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]

Plastical (a.) See Plastic.

Plastically (adv.) In a plastic manner.

Plasticity (n.) The quality or state of being plastic.

Plasticity (n.) Plastic force.

Plastid (n.) Alt. of Plastide

Plastide (n.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.

Plastide (n.) One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

Plastidozoa (n. pl.) Same as Protoza.

Plastidule (n.) One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.

Plastin (n.) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.

Plastography (n.) The art of forming figures in any plastic material.

Plastography (n.) Imitation of handwriting; forgery.

Plastron (n.) A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

Plastron (n.) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.

Plastron (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

Plastron (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

-plasty () A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.

Platted (imp. & p. p.) of Plat

Platting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plat

Plat (v. t.) To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.

Plat (n.) Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.

Plat (n.) A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.

Plat (v. t.) To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.

Plat (n.) Plain; flat; level.

Plat (adv.) Plainly; flatly; downright.

Plat (adv.) Flatly; smoothly; evenly.

Plat (n.) The flat or broad side of a sword.

Plat (n.) A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.

Platan (n.) The plane tree.

Platanist (n.) The soosoo.

Platanus (n.) A genus of trees; the plane tree.

Platband (n.) A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.

Platband (n.) A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.

Platband (n.) A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.

Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.

Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.

Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.

Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.

Plate (n.) A piece of money, usually silver money.

Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.

Plate (n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.

Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.

Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.

Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.

Plated (imp. & p. p.) of Plate

Plating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plate

Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.

Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.

Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.

Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.

Plate (v. t.) To calender; as, to plate paper.

Plateaux (pl. ) of Plateau

Plateaus (pl. ) of Plateau

Plateau (n.) A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

Plateau (n.) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

Platefuls (pl. ) of Plateful

Plateful (n.) Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

Plate-gilled (a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.

Platel (n.) A small dish.

Platen (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

Platen (n.) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.

Platen (n.) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.

Plater (n.) One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.

Plater (n.) A machine for calendering paper.

Plateresque (a.) Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.

Platetrope (n.) One of a pair of a paired organs.

Platform (n.) A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

Platform (n.) A place laid out after a model.

Platform (n.) Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.

Platform (n.) A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.

Platform (n.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.

Platform (v. t.) To place on a platform.

Platform (v. t.) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

Plathelminth (n.) One of the Platyelminthes.

Plathelminthes (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

Platin (n.) See Platen.

Platina (n.) Platinum.

Plating (n.) The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.

Plating (n.) A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.

Plating (n.) A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

Platinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (PtCl4).

Platinichloric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic, acid.

Platiniferous (a.) Yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand.

Platiniridium (n.) A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.

Platinized (imp. & p. p.) of Platinize

Platinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Platinize

Platinize (v. t.) To cover or combine with platinum.

Platinochloric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid consisting of platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called platinochloric, / chloroplatinous, acid.

Platinochloride (n.) A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.

Platinocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as a cinnaber-red crystalline substance.

Platinocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.

Platinode (n.) A cathode.

Platinoid (a.) Resembling platinum.

Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

Platinotype (n.) A permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black.

Platinotype (n.) The process by which such pictures are produced.

Platinous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a lower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as, platinous chloride (PtCl2).

Platinum (n.) A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.

Platitude (n.) The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.

Platitude (n.) A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.

Platitudinarian (n.) One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms.

Platitudinize (v. i.) To utter platitudes or truisms.

Platitudinous (a.) Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes.

Platly (a.) Flatly. See Plat, a.

Platness (n.) Flatness.

Platometer (n.) See Planimeter.

Platonic (a.) Alt. of Platonical

Platonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.

Platonical (a.) Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.

Platonic (n.) A follower of Plato; a Platonist.

Platonically (adv.) In a Platonic manner.

Platonism (n.) The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.

Platonism (n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.

Platonist (n.) One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato.

Platonized (imp. & p. p.) of Platonize

Platonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Platonize

Platonize (v. i.) To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.

Platonize (v. t.) To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy.

Platonizer (n.) One who Platonizes.

Platoon (n.) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.

Platoon (n.) Now, in the United States service, half of a company.

Platt (n.) See Lodge, n.

Plattdeutsch (n.) The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.

Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.

Platter (n.) One who plats or braids.

Platter (n.) A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.

Platter-faced (a.) Having a broad, flat face.

Platting (n.) Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.

Platy (a.) Like a plate; consisting of plates.

Platy- () A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous.

Platycephalic (a.) Alt. of Platycephalous

Platycephalous (a.) Broad-headed.

Platycnemic (a.) Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.

Platycnemism (n.) Lateral flattening of the tibia.

Platycoelian (a.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.

Platyelminthes (n. pl.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.

Platyhelmia (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

Platymeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics.

Platypod (n.) An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.

Platypoda (n. pl.) Same as Prosobranchiata.

Platyptera (n. pl.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).

Platypus (n.) The duck mole. See under Duck.

Platyrhine (a.) Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine.

Platyrhine (n.) One of the Platyrhini.

Platyrhini (n. pl.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey.

Plaud (v. t.) To applaud.

Plaudit (n.) A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.

Plauditory (a.) Applauding; commending.

Plausibility (n.) Something worthy of praise.

Plausibility (n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness.

Plausibility (n.) Anything plausible or specious.

Plausible (a.) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.

Plausible (a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.

Plausible (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.

Plausibleize (v. t.) To render plausible.

Plausibleness (n.) Quality of being plausible.

Plausibly (adv.) In a plausible manner.

Plausibly (adv.) Contentedly, readily.

Plausive (a.) Applauding; manifesting praise.

Plausive (a.) Plausible, specious.

Played (imp. & p. p.) of Play

Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Play

Play (n.) To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

Play (n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.

Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.

Play (n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.

Play (n.) To act; to behave; to practice deception.

Play (n.) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.

Play (n.) To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.

Play (n.) To act on the stage; to personate a character.

Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.

Play (v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.

Play (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.

Play (v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.

Play (v. t.) To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.

Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.

Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.

Play (n.) Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.

Play (n.) Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.

Play (n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.

Play (n.) Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.

Play (n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.

Play (n.) The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.

Play (n.) Performance on an instrument of music.

Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.

Play (n.) Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.

Playa (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.

Playbill (n.) A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.

Playbook (n.) A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

Playday (n.) A day given to play or diversion; a holiday.

Player (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

Player (n.) One who plays any game.

Player (n.) A dramatic actor.

Player (n.) One who plays on an instrument of music.

Player (n.) A gamester; a gambler.

Playfellow (n.) A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.

Playfere (n.) A playfellow.

Playful (a.) Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

Playgame (n.) Play of children.

Playgoer (n.) One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

Playgoing (a.) Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.

Playgoing (n.) The practice of going to plays.

Playground (n.) A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.

Playhouse (n.) A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

Playing () a. & vb. n. of Play.

Playmaker (n.) A playwright.

Playmate (n.) A companion in diversions; a playfellow.

Playsome (a.) Playful; wanton; sportive.

Playte (n.) See Pleyt.

Plaything (n.) A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion.

Playwright (n.) A maker or adapter of plays.

Playwriter (n.) A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.

Plaza (n.) A public square in a city or town.

Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.

Plea (n.) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.

Plea (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.

Plea (n.) An urgent prayer or entreaty.

Pleached (imp. & p. p.) of Pleach

Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleach

Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

Pleaded (imp. & p. p.) of Plead

Plead () of Plead

Pled () of Plead

Pleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plead

Plead (v. t.) To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.

Plead (v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.

Plead (v. t.) To contend; to struggle.

Plead (v. t.) To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.

Plead (v. t.) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.

Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.

Pleadable (a.) Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.

Pleader (n.) One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.

Pleader (n.) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.

Pleading (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.

Pleadingly (adv.) In a pleading manner.

Pleadings (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point.

Pleasance (n.) Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

Pleasance (n.) A secluded part of a garden.

Pleasant (a.) Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.

Pleasant (a.) Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.

Pleasant (n.) A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

Pleasantly (adv.) In a pleasant manner.

Pleasantness (n.) The state or quality of being pleasant.

Pleasantries (pl. ) of Pleasantry

Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.

Pleasant-tongued (a.) Of pleasing speech.

Pleased (imp. & p. p.) of Please

Pleasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Please

Please (v. t.) To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

Please (v. t.) To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.

Please (v. t.) To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.

Please (v. i.) To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.

Please (v. i.) To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.

Pleased (a.) Experiencing pleasure.

Pleaseman (n.) An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.

Pleaser (n.) One who pleases or gratifies.

Pleasing (a.) Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.

Pleasing (n.) An object of pleasure.

Pleasurable (a.) Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.

Pleasure (n.) The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.

Pleasure (n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.

Pleasure (n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.

Pleasure (n.) That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.

Pleasured (imp. & p. p.) of Pleasure

Pleasuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleasure

Pleasure (v. t.) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

Pleasure (v. i.) To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

Pleasureful (a.) Affording pleasure.

Pleasureless (a.) Devoid of pleasure.

Pleasurer (n.) A pleasure seeker.

Pleasurist (n.) A person devoted to worldly pleasure.

Pleat (n. & v. t.) See Plait.

Plebe (n.) The common people; the mob.

Plebe (n.) A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point.

Plebeian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

Plebeian (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

Plebeian (n.) One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.

Plebeian (n.) One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

Plebeiance (n.) Plebeianism.

Plebeiance (n.) Plebeians, collectively.

Plebeianism (n.) The quality or state of being plebeian.

Plebeianism (n.) The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.

Plebeianized (imp. & p. p.) of Plebeianize

Plebeianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plebeianize

Plebeianize (v. t.) To render plebeian, common, or vulgar.

Plebicolist (n.) One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue.

Plebification (n.) A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing.

Plebiscitary (a.) Of or pertaining to plebiscite.

Plebiscite (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.

Plebiscitum (n.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.

Plectile (a.) Woven; plaited.

Plectognath (a.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

Plectognath (n.) One of the Plectognathi.

Plectognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.

Plectognathic (a.) Alt. of Plec-tognathous

Plec-tognathous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

Plectospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebrae united and much modified; the Eventognathi.

Plectospondylous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli.

Plectra (pl. ) of Plectrum

Plectrum (n.) A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.

Pled () imp. & p. p. of Plead

Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.

Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.

Pledge (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.

Pledge (n.) Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties.

Pledge (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.

Pledge (n.) A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.

Pledged (imp. & p. p.) of Pledge

Pledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pledge

Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.

Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.

Pledge (n.) To secure performance of, as by a pledge.

Pledge (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.

Pledge (n.) To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast.

Pledgee (n.) The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.

Pledgeless (a.) Having no pledge.

Pledgeor (n.) Alt. of Pledgor

Pledgor (n.) One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee.

Pledger (n.) One who pledges.

Pledgery (n.) A pledging; suretyship.

Pledget (n.) A small plug.

Pledget (n.) A string of oakum used in calking.

Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.

Plegepoda (n. pl.) Same as Infusoria.

Pleiad (n.) One of the Pleiades.

Pleiades (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

Pleiades (n. pl.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.

Plein (a.) Plan.

Plein (v. i. & t.) To complain. See Plain.

Plein (a.) Full; complete.

Pleiocene (a.) See Pliocene.

Pleiophyllous (a.) Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.

Pleiosaurus (n.) Same as Pliosaurus.

Pleistocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.

Pleistocene (n.) The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.

Plenal (a.) Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act.

Plenarily (adv.) In a plenary manner.

Plenariness (n.) Quality or state of being plenary.

Plenarty (n.) The state of a benefice when occupied.

Plenary (a.) Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.

Plenary (n.) Decisive procedure.

Plene (ae.) Full; complete; plenary.

Plenicorn (n.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer.

Plenilunary (a.) Of or pertaining to the full moon.

Plenilune (n.) The full moon.

Plenipotence (n.) Alt. of Plenipotency

Plenipotency (n.) The quality or state of being plenipotent.

Plenipotent (a.) Possessing full power.

Plenipotentiaries (pl. ) of Plenipotentiary

Plenipotentiary (n.) A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.

Plenipotentiary (a.) Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers.

Plenish (v. t.) To replenish.

Plenish (v. t.) To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm.

Plenishing (n.) Household furniture; stock.

Plenist (n.) One who holds that all space is full of matter.

Plenitude (n.) The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.

Plenitude (n.) Animal fullness; repletion; plethora.

Plenitudinarian (n.) A plenist.

Plenitudinary (a.) Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough.

Plenteous (a.) Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.

Plenteous (a.) Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.

Plenteous (a.) Having plenty; abounding; rich.

Plentevous (a.) Plenteous.

Plentiful (a.) Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.

Plentiful (a.) Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful.

Plentiful (a.) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.

Plenties (pl. ) of Plenty

Plenty (a.) Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.

Plenty (a.) Plentiful; abundant.

Plenum (n.) That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum.

Pleochroic (a.) Having the property of pleochroism.

Pleochroism (n.) The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.

Pleochromatic (a.) Pleochroic.

Pleochromatism (n.) Pleochroism.

Pleochroous (a.) Pleochroic.

Pleomorphic (a.) Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.

Pleomorphism (n.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.

Pleomorphism (n.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.

Pleomorphous (a.) Having the property of pleomorphism.

Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

Pleonast (n.) One who is addicted to pleonasm.

Pleonaste (n.) A black variety of spinel.

Pleonastic (a.) Alt. of Pleonastical

Pleonastical (a.) Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.

Pleonastically (adv.) In a pleonastic manner.

Pleopods (pl. ) of Pleopod

Pleopoda (pl. ) of Pleopod

Pleopod (n.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

Plerome (n.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.

Plerophory (n.) Fullness; full persuasion.

Plesance (n.) Pleasance.

Plesh (n.) A pool; a plash.

Plesimorphism (n.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.

Plesiomorphous (a.) Nearly alike in form.

Plesiosaur (n.) One of the Plesiosauria.

Plesiosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.

Plesiosaurian (n.) A plesiosaur.

Plesiosauri (pl. ) of Plesiosaurus

Plesiosaurus (n.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.

Plessimeter (n.) See Pleximeter.

Plete (v. t. & i.) To plead.

Plethora (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.

Plethora (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

Plethoretic (a.) Plethoric.

Plethoric (a.) Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically.

Plethorical (a.) Plethoric.

Plethory (n.) Plethora.

Plethra (pl. ) of Plethrum

Plethron (n.) Alt. of Plethrum

Plethrum (n.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.

Plethysmograph (n.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.

Plethysmography (n.) The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.

Pleura (n.) pl. of Pleuron.

Pleurae (pl. ) of Pleura

Pleuras (pl. ) of Pleura

Pleura (n. fem.) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.

Pleura (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.

Pleura (n. fem.) Same as Pleuron.

Pleural (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.

Pleuralgia (n.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.

Pleurapophyses (pl. ) of Pleurapophysis

Pleurapophysis (n.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.

Pleurenchyma (n.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.

Pleuric (a.) Pleural.

Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.

Pleurite (n.) Same as Pleuron.

Pleuritic (a.) Alt. of Pleuritical

Pleuritical (a.) Of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms.

Pleuritical (a.) Suffering from pleurisy.

Pleuritis (n.) Pleurisy.

Pleuro- () A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.

Pleurobrachia (n.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.

Pleurobranch (n.) Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.

Pleuroeranchiae (pl. ) of Pleurobranchia

Pleurobranchia (n.) Same as Pleurobranch.

Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.

Pleurocarpic (a.) Alt. of Pleurocarpous

Pleurocarpous (a.) Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous.

Pleurocentrum (n.) One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.

Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.

Pleurodont (a.) Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.

Pleurodont (n.) Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.

Pleurodynia (n.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.

Pleura (pl. ) of Pleuron

Pleuron (n.) One of the sides of an animal.

Pleuron (n.) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.

Pleuron (n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

Pleuronectoid (a.) Pertaining to the Pleuronectidae, or Flounder family.

Pleuropericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.

Pleuroperipneumony (n.) Pleuropneumonia.

Pleuroperitoneal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.

Pleuroperitoneum (n.) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.

Pleuropneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.

Pleuroptera (n. pl) A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.

Pleurosigma (n.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.

Pleurostea (pl. ) of Pleurosteon

-ons (pl. ) of Pleurosteon

Pleurosteon (n.) The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.

Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.

Pleurotomae (pl. ) of Pleurotoma

Pleurotomas (pl. ) of Pleurotoma

Pleurotoma (n.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.

Plevin (n.) A warrant or assurance.

Plexiform (a.) Like network; complicated.

Pleximeter (n.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.

Plexure (n.) The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.

Plexus (pl. ) of Plexus

Plexuses (pl. ) of Plexus

Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.

Plexus (n.) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.

Pley (v. & n.) See Play.

Pley (a.) Full See Plein.

Pleyt (n.) An old term for a river boat.

Pliability (n.) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.

Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.

Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

Pliancy (n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.

Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.

Plica (v.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.

Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

Plica (v.) The bend of the wing of a bird.

Plicate (a.) Alt. of Plicated

Plicated (a.) Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.

Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.

Plicature (n.) A fold; a doubling; a plication.

Plicidentine (n.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Plied () imp. & p. p. of Ply.

Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.

Pliform (a.) In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling.

Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.

Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Plight

Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plight

Plight (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.

Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.

Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights.

Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water.

Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.

Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.

Pliocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.

Pliocene (n.) The Pliocene period or deposits.

Pliohippus (n.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.

Pliosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.

Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.

Ploc (n.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.

Ploce (n.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."

Plodded (imp. & p. p.) of Plod

Plodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plod

Plod (v. i.) To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

Plod (v. i.) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

Plod (v. t.) To walk on slowly or heavily.

Plodder (n.) One who plods; a drudge.

Plodding (a.) Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.

Plonge (v. t.) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

Plongee (n.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course.

Plot (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

Plot (n.) A plantation laid out.

Plot (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.

Plotted (imp. & p. p.) of Plot

Plotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plot

Plot (v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.

Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.

Plot (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

Plot (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

Plot (n.) A plan; a purpose.

Plot (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

Plot (v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.

Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Plotful (a.) Abounding with plots.

Pletinian (a.) Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.

Plotinist (n.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death.

Plot-proof (a.) Secure against harm by plots.

Plotter (n.) One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

Plough (n. & v.) See Plow.

Plover (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.

Plover (n.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.

Plow (n.) Alt. of Plough

Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.

Plough (n.) Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.

Plough (n.) A carucate of land; a plowland.

Plough (n.) A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.

Plough (n.) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

Plough (n.) Same as Charles's Wain.

Plowed (imp. & p. p.) of Plough

Ploughed () of Plough

Plowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plough

Ploughing () of Plough

Plow (v. t.) Alt. of Plough

Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.

Plough (v. t.) To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.

Plough (v. t.) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.

Plow (v. i.) Alt. of Plough

Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.

Plowable (a.) Alt. of Ploughable

Ploughable (a.) Capable of being plowed; arable.

Plowbote (n.) Alt. of Ploughbote

Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.

Plowboy (n.) Alt. of Ploughboy

Ploughboy (n.) A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

Plower (n.) Alt. of Plougher

Plougher (n.) One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.

Plowfoot (n.) Alt. of Ploughfoot

Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.

Plowgang (n.) Alt. of Ploughgang

Ploughgang (n.) Same as Plowgate.

Plowgate (n.) Alt. of Ploughgate

Ploughgate (n.) The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.

Plowhead (n.) Alt. of Ploughhead

Ploughhead (n.) The clevis or draught iron of a plow.

Plowland (n.) Alt. of Plougland

Plougland (n.) Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.

Plougland (n.) the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.

-men (pl. ) of Ploughman

Plowman (n.) Alt. of Ploughman

Ploughman (n.) One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.

Ploughman (n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

Plowpoint (n.) Alt. of Ploughpoint

Ploughpoint (n.) A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.

Plowshare (n.) Alt. of Ploughshare

Ploughshare (n.) The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.

Plowtail (n.) Alt. of Ploughtail

Ploughtail (n.) The hind part or handle of a plow.

Plowwright (n.) Alt. of Ploughwright

Ploughwright (n.) One who makes or repairs plows.

Ploy (n.) Sport; frolic.

Ploy (v. i.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.

Ployment (n.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.

Plucked (imp. & p. p.) of Pluck

Plucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluck

Pluck (v. t.) To pull; to draw.

Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.

Pluck (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

Pluck (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.

Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.

Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

Pluck (n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.

Pluck (n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.

Pluck (n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.

Pluck (v. t.) The lyrie.

Plucked (a.) Having courage and spirit.

Plucker (n.) One who, or that which, plucks.

Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Pluckily (adv.) In a plucky manner.

Pluckiness (n.) The quality or state of being plucky.

Pluckless (a.) Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.

Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.

Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.

Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.

Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it.

Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

Plug (n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat.

Plug (n.) A worthless horse.

Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.

Plugged (imp. & p. p.) of Plug

Plugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plug

Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Plugger (n.) One who, or that which, plugs.

Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug.

Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.

Plum (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.

Plum (n.) A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.

Plum (n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.

Plumae (pl. ) of Pluma

Pluma (n.) A feather.

Plumage (n.) The entire clothing of a bird.

Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.

Plumassier (n.) One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.

Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.

Plumb (a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

Plumb (adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

Plumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Plumb

Plumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plumb

Plumb (v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

Plumb (v. t.) To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.

Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

Plumb (v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Plumbage (n.) Leadwork

Plumbagin (n.) A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.

Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Plumbaginous (a.) Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.

Plumbago (n.) Same as Graphite.

Plumbago (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.

Plumbean (a.) Alt. of Plumbeous

Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead.

Plumbeous (a.) Dull; heavy; stupid.

Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

Plumber block () A pillow block.

Plumbery (n.) The business of a plumber.

Plumbery (n.) A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.

Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.

Plumbiferous (a.) Producing or containing lead.

Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.

Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.

Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.

Plumbous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.

Plumbum (n.) The technical name of lead. See Lead.

Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

Plume (v.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.

Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.

Plume (v.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.

Plume (v.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.

Plumed (imp. & p. p.) of Plume

Pluming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plume

Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.

Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.

Plume (v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes.

Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.

Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.

Plumelet (n.) A small plume.

Plumery (n.) Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.

Plumicorn (n.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.

Plumigerous (a.) Feathered; having feathers.

Plumiliform (a.) Having the of a plume or feather.

Plumiped (a.) Having feet covered with feathers.

Plumiped (n.) A plumiped bird.

Plummet (n.) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.

Plummet (n.) Hence, any weight.

Plummet (n.) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.

Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.

Plummy (a.) Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.

Plumose (a.) Alt. of Plumous

Plumous (a.) Having feathers or plumes.

Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.

Plumosite (n.) Same as Jamesonite.

Plumosity (n.) The quality or state of being plumose.

Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.

Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.

Plump (a.) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

Plump (a.) To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

Plumped (imp. & p. p.) of Plump

Plumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plump

Plump (v. t.) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.

Plump (v. t.) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.

Plump (v. t.) To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

Plump (a. & v.) Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.

Plumper (n.) A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.

Plumper (n.) A voter who plumps his vote.

Plumper (n.) A downright, unqualified lie.

Plumply (adv.) Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.

Plumpness (n.) The quality or state of being plump.

Plumpy (a.) Plump; fat; sleek.

Plumule (pl. ) of Plumula

-las (pl. ) of Plumula

Plumula (n.) A plumule.

Plumula (n.) A down feather.

Plumulaceous (a.) Downy; bearing down.

Plumular (a.) Relating to a plumule.

Plumularlae (pl. ) of Plumularia

Plumularias (pl. ) of Plumularia

Plumularia (n.) Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms.

Plumularian (n.) Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.

Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.

Plumule (n.) A down feather.

Plumule (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

Plumule (n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Plumulose (a.) Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.

Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.

Plundered (imp. & p. p.) of Plunder

Plundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plunder

Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

Plunder (v. t.) To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

Plunder (n.) The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.

Plunder (n.) That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.

Plunder (n.) Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.

Plunderage (n.) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

Plunderer (n.) One who plunders or pillages.

Plunged (imp. & p. p.) of Plunge

Plunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plunge

Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.

Plunge (v. t.) To baptize by immersion.

Plunge (v. t.) To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.

Plunge (v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.

Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.

Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.

Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.

Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.

Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.

Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

Plunger (n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

Plunger (n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.

Plunger (n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.

Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.

Plunket (n.) A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.

Pluperfect (a.) More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.

Pluperfect (n.) The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.

Plural (a.) Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.

Plural (n.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

Pluralism (n.) The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

Pluralism (n.) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

Pluralist (n.) A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

pluralities (pl. ) of Plurality

Plurality (n.) The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.

Plurality (n.) The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.

Plurality (n.) See Plurality of benefices, below.

Pluralization (n.) The act of pluralizing.

Pluralized (imp. & p. p.) of Pluralize

Pluralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluralize

Pluralize (v. t.) To make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form.

Pluralize (v. t.) To multiply; to make manifold.

Pluralize (v. i.) To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes.

Pluralize (v. i.) To hold more than one benefice at the same time.

Pluralizer (n.) A pluralist.

Plurally (adv.) In a plural manner or sense.

Pluri- () A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral.

Pluries (n.) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

Plurifarious (a.) Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.

Plurifoliolate (a.) Having several or many leaflets.

Pluriliteral (a.) Consisting of more letters than three.

Pluriliteral (n.) A pluriliteral word.

Plurilocular (a.) Having several cells or loculi

Plurilocular (a.) having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits.

Pluriparous (a.) Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.

Pluripartite (a.) Deeply divided into several portions.

Pluripresence (n.) Presence in more places than one.

Plurisy (n.) Superabundance; excess; plethora.

Plus (a.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus.

Plus (a.) Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.

Plush (n.) A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

Plushy (a.) Like plush; soft and shaggy.

Plutarchy (n.) Plutocracy; the rule of wealth.

Pluteal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pluteus.

Plutei (pl. ) of Pluteus

Pluteuses (pl. ) of Pluteus

Pluteus (n.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.

Pluto (n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.

Plutocracy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.

Plutocrat (n.) One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.

Plutocratic (a.) Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas.

Plutology (n.) The science which treats of wealth.

Plutonian (a.) Plutonic.

Plutonian (n.) A Plutonist.

Plutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.

Plutonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.

Plutonism (n.) The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.

Plutonist (n.) One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.

Plutus (n.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit.

Pluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.

Pluvial (a.) Produced by the action of rain.

Pluvial (n.) A priest's cope.

Pluviameter (n.) See Pluviometer.

Pluviametrical (a.) See Pluviometrical.

Pluvian (n.) The crocodile bird.

Pluviometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

Pluviometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer.

Pluviose (n.) The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendemiaire.

Pluvious (a.) Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.

Plied (imp. & p. p.) of Ply

Plying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ply

Ply (v. t.) To bend.

Ply (v. t.) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.

Ply (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily.

Ply (v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.

Ply (v. i.) To bend; to yield.

Ply (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.

Ply (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.

Ply (v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.

Ply (v.) Bent; turn; direction; bias.

Plyer (n.) One who, or that which, plies

Plyer (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.

Plyer (n.) See Pliers.

Plyght (v. & n.) See Plight.

Plymouth Brethren () The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.

Pneometer (n.) A spirometer.

Pneumatic (a.) Alt. of Pneumatical

Pneumatical (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid.

Pneumatical (a.) Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic experiments.

Pneumatical (a.) Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine.

Pneumatical (a.) Fitted to contain air; Having cavities filled with air; as, pneumatic cells; pneumatic bones.

Pneumaticity (n.) The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavities filled with air; as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds.

Pneumatics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics.

Pneumatics (n.) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.

Pneumato- () A combining form from Gr. pney^ma, pney`matos, wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology.

Pneumatocele (n.) A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs.

Pneumatocyst (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.

Pneumatogarm (n.) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.

Pneumatograph (n.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.

Pneumatological (a.) Of or pertaining to pneumatology.

Pneumatologist (n.) One versed in pneumatology.

Pneumatology (n.) The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.

Pneumatology (n.) The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description.

Pneumatometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration.

Pneumatometry (n.) See Spirometry.

Pneumatophore (n.) One of the Pneumonophora.

Pneumatothorax (n.) See Pneumothorax.

Pneumo- () A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology.

Pneumococcus (n.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.

Pneumogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.

Pneumogastric (n.) The pneumogastric nerve.

Pneumograph (n.) Same as Pneumatograph.

Pneumography (n.) A description of the lungs.

Pneumology (n.) The science which treats of the lungs.

Pneumometer (n.) A spirometer.

Pneumometry (n.) Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.

Pneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the lungs.

Pneumonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.

Pneumonic (a.) Of or pertaining to pneumonia; as, pneumonic symptoms.

Pneumonic (n.) A medicine for affections of the lungs.

Pneumonitic (a.) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis.

Pneumonitis (n.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.

Pneumonometer (n.) A spirometer; a pneumometer.

Pneumonophora (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.

Pneumony (n.) See Pneumonia.

Pneumootoka (n. pl.) Same as Sauropsida.

Pneumophora (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.

Pneumoskeleton (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.

Pneumotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.

Pneumothorax (n.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.

Pnigalion (n.) Nightmare.

Pnyx (n.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.

Poa (n.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).

Poached (imp. & p. p.) of Poach

Poaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poach

Poach (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

Poach (v. & n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.

Poach (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

Poach (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.

Poach (v. t.) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.

Poach (v. t.) To make soft or muddy by trampling

Poach (v. t.) To begin and not complete.

Poach (v. i.) To become soft or muddy.

Poachard (n.) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, / red-headed, widgeon.

Poachard (n.) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard.

Poacher (n.) One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.

Poacher (n.) The American widgeon.

Poachiness (n.) The state of being poachy; marshiness.

Poachy (a.) Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land

Poak (n.) Alt. of Poake

Poake (n.) Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.

Pocan (n.) The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also pocan bush.

Pochard (n.) See Poachard.

Pock (n.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.

Pockarred (a.) See Pockmarked.

Pock-broken (a.) Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten.

Pocket (n.) A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

Pocket (n.) One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.

Pocket (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.

Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.

Pocket (n.) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

Pocket (n.) A hole containing water.

Pocket (n.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

Pocket (n.) Same as Pouch.

Pocketed (imp. & p. p.) of Pocket

Pocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pocket

Pocket (v. t.) To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.

Pocket (v. t.) To take clandestinely or fraudulently.

Pocketbook (n.) A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

Pocketfuls (pl. ) of Pocketful

Pocketful (n.) As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.

-knives (pl. ) of Pocketknife

Pocketknife (n.) A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.

Pock-fretten (a.) See Pockmarked.

Pockiness (n.) The state of being pocky.

Pockmark (n.) A mark or pit made by smallpox.

Pockmarked (a.) Marked by smallpox; pitted.

Pock-pitted (a.) Pockmarked; pitted.

Pock-pudding (n.) A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.

Pockwood (n.) Lignum-vitae.

Pocky (superl.) Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease.

Poco (adv.) A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco piu allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow.

Pocock (n.) Peacock.

Pococurante (n.) A careless person; a trifler.

Pococurantism (n.) Carelessness; apathy; indifference.

Pocoson (n.) Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia.

Poculent (a.) Fit for drink.

Poculiform (a.) Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.

-pod () A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.

Pod (n.) A bag; a pouch.

Pod (n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

Pod (n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.

Podded (imp. & p. p.) of Pod

Podding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pod

Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

-poda () A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. /, /, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.

Podagra (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.

Podagric (a.) Alt. of Podagrical

Podagrical (a.) Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.

Podagrical (a.) Afflicted with gout.

Podagrous (a.) Gouty; podagric.

Podalgia (n.) pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.

Podarthra (pl. ) of Podarthrum

Podarthrum (n.) The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.

Podded (a.) Having pods.

Podder (n.) One who collects pods or pulse.

Podesta (n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.

Podesta (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

Podetia (pl. ) of Podetium

Podetiums (pl. ) of Podetium

Podetium (n.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.

Podge (n.) A puddle; a plash.

Podge (n.) Porridge.

Podgy (a.) Fat and short; pudgy.

Podical (a.) Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.

Podiceps (n.) See Grebe.

Podia (pl. ) of Podium

Podium (n.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.

Podium (n.) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.

Podium (n.) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.

Podium (n.) The foot.

Podley (n.) A young coalfish.

Podo- () A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.

Podobranch (n.) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.

Podobranchiae (pl. ) of Podobranchia

Podobranchia (n.) Same as Podobranch.

Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.

Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.

Podogynium (n.) Same as Basigynium

Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.

Podophthalmic (a.) Alt. of Podophthalmous

Podophthalmous (a.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.

Podophthalmous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.

Podophthalmite (n.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.

Podophyllin (n.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

Podophyllous (a.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.

Podophyllous (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof.

Podophyllum (n.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.

Podophyllum (n.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.

Podoscaph (n.) A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.

Podosperm (n.) The stalk of a seed or ovule.

Podostomata (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.

Podothecae (pl. ) of Podotheca

Podotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.

Podrida (n.) A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida.

Podurae (pl. ) of Podura

Poduras (pl. ) of Podura

Podura (n.) Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.

Podurid (n.) Any species of Podura or allied genera.

Podurid (a.) Pertaining to the poduras.

Poe (n.) Same as Poi.

Poebird (n.) The parson bird.

Poecile (n.) Same as Poicile.

Poecilitic (a.) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks.

Poecilitic (a.) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.

Poecilopod (n.) One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively.

Poecilopoda (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea).

Poecilopoda (n. pl.) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.

Poem (n.) A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

Poem (n.) A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.

Poematic (a.) Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.

Poenamu (n.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.

Poenology (n.) See Penology.

Poephaga (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies.

Poesy (n.) The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy.

Poesy (n.) Poetry; metrical composition; poems.

Poesy (n.) A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy.

Poet (n.) One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.

Poetaster (n.) An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art.

Poetastry (n.) The works of a poetaster.

Poetess (n.) A female poet.

Poetic (a.) Alt. of Poetical

Poetical (a.) Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.

Poetical (a.) Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.

Poetically (adv.) In a poetic manner.

Poetics (n.) The principles and rules of the art of poetry.

Poeticule (n.) A poetaster.

Poetized (imp. & p. p.) of Poetize

Poetizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poetize

Poetize (v. i.) To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.

Poetry (n.) The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.

Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.

Poetship (n.) The state or personality of a poet.

Poggy (n.) See Porgy.

Poggy (n.) A small whale.

Pogy (n.) The menhaden.

Poh (interj.) An exclamation expressing contempt or disgust; bah !

Pohagen (n.) See Pauhaugen.

Poi (n.) A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.

Poicile (n.) Alt. of Poecile

Poecile (n.) The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught.

Poignancy (n.) The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.

Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

Poignant (a.) Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.

Poignantly (adv.) In a poignant manner.

Poikilitic (a.) See Poecilitic.

Poikilocyte (n.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.

Poikilothermal (a.) Alt. of Poikilothermic

Poikilothermic (a.) Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.

Poikilothermous (a.) Poikilothermal.

Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.

Poind (v. t.) To impound, as cattle.

Poind (v. t.) To distrain.

Poinder (n.) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.

Poinder (n.) One who distrains property.

Poinsettia (n.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

Point (v. t. & i.) To appoint.

Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.

Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.

Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.

Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.

Point (n.) An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced.

Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge.

Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion.

Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.

Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc.

Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote.

Point (n.) A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.

Point (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time

Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune.

Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes.

Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.

Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.

Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.

Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.

Point (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.

Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.

Point (n.) A switch.

Point (n.) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.

Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.

Point (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type.

Point (n.) A tyne or snag of an antler.

Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.

Point (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.

Pointed (imp. & p. p.) of Point

Pointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Point

Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.

Point (n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.

Point (n.) Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.

Point (n.) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.

Point (n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

Point (n.) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out.

Point (n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.

Point (n.) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

Point (n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

Point (v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.

Point (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

Pointal (n.) The pistil of a plant.

Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.

Pointal (n.) See Poyntel.

Point-blank (n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.

Point-blank (n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory.

Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.

Point-blank (a.) Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.

Point-blank (a.) Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion.

Point-blank (adv.) In a point-blank manner.

Point d'appui () See under Appui.

Point-device (a.) Alt. of Point-devise

Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.

Point-device (adv.) Alt. of Point-devise

Point-devise (adv.) Exactly.

Pointed (a.) Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

Pointed (a.) Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.

Pointel (n.) See Pointal.

Pointer (n.) One who, or that which, points.

Pointer (n.) The hand of a timepiece.

Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.

Pointer (n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.

Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

Pointing (n.) The act of sharpening.

Pointing (n.) The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.

Pointing (n.) The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

Pointing (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.

Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.

Pointingstock (n.) An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.

Pointless (a.) Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

Pointlessly (adv.) Without point.

Pointleted (a.) Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.

Pointrel (n.) A graving tool.

-men (pl. ) of Pointsman

Pointsman (n.) A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.

Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

Poise (v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

Poised (imp. & p. p.) of Poise

Poising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poise

Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.

Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.

Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.

Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.

Poison (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.

Poison (n.) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.

Poisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Poison

Poisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poison

Poison (n.) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.

Poison (n.) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.

Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.

Poison (v. i.) To act as, or convey, a poison.

Poisonable (a.) Capable of poisoning; poisonous.

Poisonable (a.) Capable of being poisoned.

Poisoner (n.) One who poisons.

Poisonous (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

Poisonsome (a.) Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.

Poisure (n.) Weight.

Poitrel (a.) The breastplate of the armor of a horse. See Peytrel.

Poize (n.) See Poise.

Pokal (n.) A tall drinking cup.

Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.

Poke (n.) A bag; a sack; a pocket.

Poke (n.) A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.

Poked (imp. & p. p.) of Poke

Poking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poke

Poke (v. t.) To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

Poke (v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.

Poke (v. t.) To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.

Poke (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.

Poke (n.) The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.

Poke (n.) A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.

Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

Pokebag (n.) The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.

Poker (n.) One who pokes.

Poker (n.) That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

Poker (n.) A poking-stick.

Poker (n.) The poachard.

Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

Poker (n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Pokerish (a.) Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place.

Pokerish (a.) Stiff like a poker.

Poket (n.) A pocket.

Pokeweed (n.) See Poke, the plant.

Pokey (a.) See Poky.

Poking (a.) Drudging; servile.

Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.

Poky (a.) Confined; cramped.

Poky (a.) Dull; tedious; uninteresting.

Polacca (n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.

Polacca (n.) See Polonaise.

Polack (n.) A Polander.

Polacre (n.) Same as Polacca, 1.

Polander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.

Polar (a.) Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.

Polar (a.) Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.

Polar (a.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates.

Polar (n.) The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.

Polarchy (n.) See Polyarchy.

Polaric (a.) See Polar.

Polarily (adv.) In a polary manner; with polarity.

Polarimeter (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.

Polarimetry (n.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

Polaris (n.) The polestar. See North star, under North.

Polariscope (n.) An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

Polariscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.

Polariscopy (n.) The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.

Polaristic (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

Polarity (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

Polarity (n.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n.

Polarizable (a.) Susceptible of polarization.

Polarization (n.) The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.

Polarization (n.) A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions.

Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell.

Polarized (imp. & p. p.) of Polarize

Polarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polarize

Polarize (v. t.) To communicate polarity to.

Polarizer (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

Polary (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.

Polatouche (n.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.

Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.

Poldway (n.) A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks.

Pole (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

Pole (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.

Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.

Poled (imp. & p. p.) of Pole

Poling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pole

Pole (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.

Pole (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.

Pole (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.

Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

Pole (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.

Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.

Pole (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

Pole (n.) The firmament; the sky.

Pole (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.

Poleax (n.) Alt. of Poleaxe

Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.

Polecat (n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.

Polecat (n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Poledavy (n.) A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.

Poleless (a.) Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.

Polemarch (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.

Polemic (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.

Polemic (a.) Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.

Polemic (n.) One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

Polemic (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.

Polemical (a.) Polemic; controversial; disputatious.

Polemicist (n.) A polemic.

Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.

Polemist (n.) A polemic.

Polemoniaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.

Polemonium (n.) A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.

Polemoscope (n.) An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass.

Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition.

Polenta (n.) Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

Poler (n.) One who poles.

Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

Polestar (n.) Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.

Polestar (n.) A guide or director.

Polewards (adv.) Toward a pole of the earth.

Polewig (n.) The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait.

Poley (n.) See Poly.

Poley (a.) Without horns; polled.

Polianite (n.) Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.

Policate (a.) Same as Pollicate.

Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

Police (n.) That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.

Police (n.) The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.

Police (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.

Police (n.) The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state / a camp as to cleanliness.

Policed (imp. & p. p.) of Police

Policing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Police

Police (v. t.) To keep in order by police.

Police (v. t.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.

Policed (a.) Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration.

Policemen (pl. ) of Policeman

Policeman (n.) A member of a body of police; a constable.

Policial (a.) Relating to the police.

Policied (a.) Policed.

Policies (pl. ) of Policy

Policy (n.) Civil polity.

Policy (n.) The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state.

Policy (n.) The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.

Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.

Policy (n.) Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.

Policy (n.) Motive; object; inducement.

Policied (imp. & p. p.) of Policy

Policying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Policy

Policy (v. t.) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.

Policy (n.) A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

Policy (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance.

Policy (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy.

Poling (n.) The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.

Poling (n.) The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.

Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.

Polish (a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

Polish (n.) The language of the Poles.

Polished (imp. & p. p.) of Polish

Polishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polish

Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.

Polish (v. t.) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.

Polish (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.

Polish (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.

Polish (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.

Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.

Polishable (a.) Capable of being polished.

Polished (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

Polishedness (n.) The quality of being polished.

Polisher (n.) One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.

Polishing () a. & n. from Polish.

Polishment (n.) The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.

Polite (v.) Smooth; polished.

Polite (v.) Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.

Polite (v.) Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.

Polite (v. t.) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

Politely (adv.) In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.

Politely (adv.) In a polite manner; with politeness.

Politeness (n.) High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.

Politeness (n.) The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.

Politesse (n.) Politeness.

Politic (a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

Politic (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.

Politic (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.

Politic (n.) A politician.

Political (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.

Political (a.) Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.

Political (a.) Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.

Political (a.) Politic; wise; also, artful.

Politicalism (n.) Zeal or party spirit in politics.

Politically (adv.) In a political manner.

Politically (adv.) Politicly; artfully.

Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.

Politician (n.) One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.

Politician (n.) One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician.

Politician (a.) Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.

Politicist (n.) A political writer.

Politicly (adv.) In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.

Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.

Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery.

Politize (v. i.) To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do.

Politure (v.) Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne.

Polities (pl. ) of Polity

Polity (n.) The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

Polity (n.) Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution.

Polity (n.) Policy; art; management.

Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

Polive (n.) A pulley.

Polka (n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.

Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented.

Poll (n.) A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

Poll (n.) One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

Poll (n.) The head; the back part of the head.

Poll (n.) A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.

Poll (n.) Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

Poll (n.) The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.

Poll (n.) The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.

Poll (n.) The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

Poll (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).

Polled (imp. & p. p.) of Poll

Polling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poll

Poll (v. t.) To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree.

Poll (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.

Poll (v. t.) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

Poll (v. t.) To impose a tax upon.

Poll (v. t.) To pay as one's personal tax.

Poll (v. t.) To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

Poll (v. t.) To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.

Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.

Poll (v. i.) To vote at an election.

Pollack (n.) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.

Pollack (n.) The American pollock; the coalfish.

Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion.

Pollan (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.

Pollard (n.) A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

Pollard (n.) A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.

Pollard (n.) A fish, the chub.

Pollard (n.) A stag that has cast its antlers.

Pollard (n.) A hornless animal (cow or sheep).

Pollarded (imp. & p. p.) of Pollard

Pollarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pollard

Pollard (v. t.) To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.

Pollax (n.) A poleax.

Polled (a.) Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. "The polled bachelor." Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.

Pollen (n.) Fine bran or flour.

Pollen (n.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament.

Pollenarious (a.) Consisting of meal or pollen.

Pollened (a.) Covered with pollen.

Polleniferous (a.) Producing pollen; polliniferous.

Pollenin (n.) A substance found in the pollen of certain plants.

Pollenized (imp. & p. p.) of Pollenize

Pollenizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pollenize

Pollenize (v. t.) To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen.

Poller (n.) One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter.

Pollices (pl. ) of Pollex

Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.

Pollicate (a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.

Pollicitation (n.) A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise.

Pollicitation (n.) A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made.

Pollinate (a.) Pollinose.

Pollinate (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).

Pollinctor (n.) One who prepared corpses for the funeral.

Polling (n.) The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.

Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion.

Polling (n.) The act of voting, or of registering a vote.

Polliniferous (a.) Producing pollen; polleniferous.

Pollinia (pl. ) of Pollinium

Pollinium (n.) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.

Pollinose (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

Polliwig (n.) Alt. of Polliwog

Polliwog (n.) A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.

Pollock (n.) A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.

Pollucite (n.) A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and caesia. Called also pollux.

Polluted (imp. & p. p.) of Pollute

Polluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pollute

Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.

Pollute (v. t.) To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.

Pollute (v. t.) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.

Pollute (a.) Polluted.

Polluted (a.) Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

Polluter (n.) One who pollutes.

Polluting (a.) Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.

Pollution (n.) The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.

Pollution (n.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse.

Pollux (n.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.

Pollux (n.) Same as Pollucite.

Polly (n.) A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.

Pollywog (n.) A polliwig.

Polo (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.

Polo (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

Polonaise (a.) Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.

Polonaise (n.) The Polish language.

Polonaise (n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.

Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.

Polonese (a. & n.) See Polonaise.

Polony (n.) A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.

Polron (n.) See Pauldron.

Polt (n.) A blow or thump.

Polt (a.) Distorted.

Polt-foot (a.) Alt. of Polt-footed

Polt-footed (a.) Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet.

Poltroon (n.) An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

Poltroon (a.) Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

Poltroonery (n.) Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

Poltroonish (a.) Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

Polverine (n.) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass.

Polwig (n.) A polliwig. Holland.

Poly- (a.) A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.

Poly (n.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.

Polyacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases.

Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.

Polyacoustic (n.) A polyacoustic instrument.

Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.

Polyacra (pl. ) of Polyacron

Polyacrons (pl. ) of Polyacron

Polyacron (n.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.

Polyactinia (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.

Polyadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.

Polyadelphian (a.) Alt. of Polyadelphous

Polyadelphous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

Polyandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

Polyandrian (a.) Polyandrous.

Polyandric (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males.

Polyandrous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

Polyandry (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.

Polyanthuses (pl. ) of Polyanthus

Polyanthus (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.

Polyarchist (n.) One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.

Polyarchy (n.) A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.

Polyatomic (a.) Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.

Polyatomic (a.) Having a valence greater than one.

Polyautography (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.

Polybasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.

Polybasite (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.

Polybranchia (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.

Polybromide (n.) A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.

Polycarpellary (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.

Polycarpic (a.) Alt. of Polycarpous

Polycarpous (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.

Polycarpous (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.

Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.

Polychloride (n.) A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule.

Polychoerany (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules.

Polychord (a.) Having many strings.

Polychord (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings.

Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument.

Polychrest (n.) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.

Polychroism (n.) Same as Pleochroism.

Polychroite (n.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.

Polychromate (n.) A salt of a polychromic acid.

Polychromate (n.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.

Polychromatic (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.

Polychrome (n.) Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.

Polychrome (a.) Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.

Polychromic (a.) Polychromatic.

Polychromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium.

Polychromous (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.

Polychromy (n.) The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.

Polychronious (a.) Enduring through a long time; chronic.

Polyclinic (n.) A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.

Polyconic (a.) Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.

Polycotyledon (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.

Polycotyledonary (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.

Polycracy (n.) Government by many rulers; polyarchy.

Polycrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve.

Polycrotism (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism.

Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystidea.

Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystina.

Polycystid (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina.

Polycystidea (n. pl.) A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.

Polycystina (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.

Polycystine (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystina.

Polycystine (n.) One of the Polycystina.

Polycyttaria (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules.

Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

Polydipsia (n.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.

Polyedron (n.) See Polyhedron.

Polyedrous (a.) See Polyhedral.

Polyeidic (a.) Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young.

Polyeidism (n.) The quality or state of being polyeidic.

Polyembryonate (a.) Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic.

Polyembryonic (a.) Polyembryonate.

Polyembryony (n.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Polyfoil (n.) Same as Multifoil.

Polygala (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.

Polygalaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type.

Polygalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.

Polygamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.

Polygamia (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

Polygamian (a.) Polygamous.

Polygamist (a.) One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.

Polygamize (v. i.) To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

Polygamous (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous.

Polygamous (a.) Pairing with more than one female.

Polygamous (a.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.

Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

Polygamy (n.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.

Polygamy (n.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

Polygastrian (n.) One of the Polygastrica.

Polygastric (a.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.

Polygastric (a.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica.

Polygastric (n.) One of the Polygastrica.

Polygastrica (n. pl.) The Infusoria.

Polygenesis (n.) Alt. of Polygeny

Polygeny (n.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.

Polygenetic (a.) Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.

Polygenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.

Polygenic (a.) Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.

Polygenism (n.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.

Polygenist (n.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.

Polygenous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain.

Polyglot (a.) Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.

Polyglot (a.) Versed in, or speaking, many languages.

Polyglot (n.) One who speaks several languages.

Polyglot (n.) A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.

Polyglottous (a.) Speaking many languages; polyglot.

Polygon (n.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles.

Polygonaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.

Polygonal (a.) Having many angles.

Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.

Polygonometry (n.) The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons.

Polygonous (a.) Polygonal.

Polygonum (n.) A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

Polygony (n.) Any plant of the genus Polygonum.

Polygordius (n.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.

Polygram (n.) A figure consisting of many lines.

Polygraph (n.) An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

Polygraph (n.) In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.

Polygraph (n.) An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector

Polygraphic (a.) Alt. of Polygraphical

Polygraphical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphic instrument.

Polygraphical (a.) Done with a polygraph; as, a polygraphic copy.

Polygraphy (n.) Much writing; writing of many books.

Polygraphy (n.) The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same.

Polygraphy (n.) The art or practice of using a polygraph.

Polygrooved (a.) Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling).

Polygyn (n.) A plant of the order Polygynia.

Polygynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having many styles.

Polygynian (a.) Alt. of Polygynous

Polygynous (a.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.

Polygynist (n.) One who practices or advocates polygyny.

Polygyny (n.) The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

Polyhalite (n.) A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.

Polyhedral (a.) Alt. of Polyhedrical

Polyhedrical (a.) Having many sides, as a solid body.

Polyhedrons (pl. ) of Polyhedron

Polyhedra (pl. ) of Polyhedron

Polyhedron (n.) A body or solid contained by many sides or planes.

Polyhedron (n.) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

Polyhedrous (a.) Polyhedral.

Polyhistor (n.) One versed in various learning.

Polyhymnia (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.

Polyiodide (n.) A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule.

Polylogy (n.) Talkativeness.

Polyloquent (a.) Garrulous; loquacious.

Polymastism (n.) The condition of having more than two mammae, or breasts.

Polymathic (a.) Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.

Polymathist (n.) One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning.

Polymathy (n.) The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.

Polymeniscous (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Polymer (n.) Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

Polymeric (a.) Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.

Polymerism (n.) The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances.

Polymerism (n.) The act or process of forming polymers.

Polymerization (n.) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.

Polymerize (v. t.) To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde.

Polymerize (v. i.) To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde.

Polymerous (a.) Having many parts or members in each set.

Polymerous (a.) Polymeric.

Polymnia (n.) See Polyhymnia.

Polymnite (n.) A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.

Polymorph (n.) A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph.

Polymorphic (a.) Polymorphous.

Polymorphism (n.) Same as Pleomorphism.

Polymorphism (n.) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form.

Polymorphism (n.) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.

Polymorphosis (n.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc.

Polymorphous (a.) Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author.

Polymorphous (a.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.

Polymorphy (n.) Existence in many forms; polymorphism.

Poly-mountain (n.) Same as Poly, n.

Poly-mountain (n.) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe.

Poly-mountain (n.) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe.

Polymyodae (n. pl.) Same as Oscines.

Polymyodous (a.) Polymyoid.

Polymyoid (a.) Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to the Polymyodae.

Polyneme (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish.

Polynemoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidae.

Polynesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.

Polynesians (n. pl.) The race of men native in Polynesia.

Polynia (n.) The open sea supposed to surround the north pole.

Polynomial (n.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.

Polynomial (a.) Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.

Polynomial (a.) Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature.

Polynuclear (a.) Containing many nuclei.

Polynucleolar (a.) Having more than one nucleolus.

Polyommatous (a.) Having many eyes.

Polyonomous (a.) Having many names or titles; polyonymous.

Polyonomy (n.) The use of a variety of names for the same object.

Polyonym (n.) An object which has a variety of names.

Polyonym (n.) A polynomial name or term.

Polyonymous (a.) Polyonomous.

Polyoptron (n.) Alt. of Polyoptrum

Polyoptrum (n.) A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.

Polyorama (n.) A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views.

Polyp (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.

Polyp (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Polyp (n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.

Polyparous (a.) Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.

Polyparies (pl. ) of Polypary

Polypary (n.) Same as Polypidom.

Polype (n.) See Polyp.

Polypean (a.) Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.

Polyperythrin (n.) A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.

Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.

Polyphagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.

Polyphagy (n.) The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.

Polypharmacy (n.) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.

Polypharmacy (n.) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.

Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.

Polyphone (n.) A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.

Polyphonic (a.) Having a multiplicity of sounds.

Polyphonic (a.) Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.

Polyphonic (a.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.

Polyphonism (n.) Polyphony.

Polyphonist (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.

Polyphonist (n.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.

Polyphonous (a.) Same as Polyphonic.

Polyphony (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.

Polyphony (n.) Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.

Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.

Polyphore (n.) A receptacle which bears many ovaries.

Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.

Polyphyllous (a.) Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.

Polypi (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.

Polypide (n.) One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.

Polypidom (n.) A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids.

Polypier (n.) A polypidom.

Polypifera (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.

Polypiferous (a.) Bearing polyps, or polypites.

Polypiparous (a.) Producing polyps.

Polypite (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.

Polypite (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.

Polypite (n.) A fossil coral.

Polyplacophora (n. pl.) See Placophora.

Polyplastic (a.) Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.

Polypode (n.) A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.

Polypode (n.) An animal having many feet; a myriapod.

Polypodium (n.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.

Polypody (n.) Any plant of the genus Polypodium.

Polypoid (a.) Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts.

Polypoid (a.) Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.

Polypomedusae (n. pl.) Same as Hydrozoa.

Polyporous (a.) Having many pores.

Polypori (pl. ) of Polyporus

Polyporus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.

Polypous (a.) Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus.

Polypragmatic (a.) Alt. of Polypragmatical

Polypragmatical (a.) Overbusy; officious.

Polypragmaty (n.) The state of being overbusy.

Polyprotodonta (n. pl.) A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.

Polypteroidei (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian.

Polypterus (n.) An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.

Polyptoton (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."

Polypuses (pl. ) of Polypus

Polypi (pl. ) of Polypus

Polypus (n.) Same as Polyp.

Polypus (n.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.

Polyrhizous (a.) Having numerous roots, or rootlets.

Polyschematist (a.) Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions; multiform.

Polyscope (n.) A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

Polyscope (n.) An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.

Polysepalous (a.) Having the sepals separate from each other.

Polysilicic (a.) Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of silicic acid.

Polyspast (n.) A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.

Polyspermous (a.) Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.

Polyspermy (n.) Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoon into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.

Polysporous (a.) Containing many spores.

Polystomata (n. pl.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.

Polystome (a.) Having many mouths.

Polystome (n.) An animal having many mouths; -- applied to Protozoa.

Polystyle (a.) Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall.

Polystyle (n.) A polystyle hall or edifice.

Polysulphide (n.) A sulphide having more than one atom of sulphur in the molecule; -- contrasted with monosulphide.

Polysulphuret (n.) A polysulphide.

Polysyllabic (a.) Alt. of Polysyllabical

Polysyllabical (a.) Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.

Polysyllabicism (n.) Polysyllabism.

Polysyllabicity (n.) Polysyllabism.

Polysyllabism (n.) The quality or state of being polysyllabic.

Polysyllable (n.) A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.

Polysyndetic (a.) Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions.

Polysyndeton (n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.

Polysynthesis (n.) The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.

Polysynthesis (n.) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.

Polysynthetic (a.) Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.

Polsyntheticism (n.) Polysynthesis.

Polytechnic (a.) Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.

Polytechnical (a.) Polytechnic.

Polytechnics (n.) The science of the mechanic arts.

Polythalamia (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

Polythalamous (a.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

Polytheism (n.) The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.

Polytheist (n.) One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods.

Polytheistic (a.) Alt. of Polytheistical

Polytheistical (a.) Of or pertaining to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating polytheism; as, polytheistic worship; a polytheistic author, or nation.

Polytheize (v. i.) To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the doctrine of polytheism.

Polythelism (n.) The condition of having more than two teats, or nipples.

Polytocous (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.

Polytocous (a.) Producing many or young.

Polytomous (a.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves.

Polytomy (n.) A division into many members.

Polytungstate (n.) A salt of polytungstic acid.

Polytungstic (a.) Containing several tungsten atoms or radicals; as, polytungstic acid.

Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief.

Polytype (a.) Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate.

Polytyped (imp. & p. p.) of Polytype

Polytyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polytype

Polytype (v. t.) To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.

Poluria (n.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.

Polyvalent (a.) Multivalent.

Polyve (n.) A pulley.

Polyzoa (n. pl.) Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactolaemata.

Polyzoan (n.) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa.

Polyzoan (n.) A polyzoon.

Polyzoaria (pl. ) of Polyzoarium

Polyzoarium (n.) Same as Polyzoary.

Polyzoary (n.) The compound organism of a polyzoan.

Polyzonal (a.) Consisting of many zones or rings.

Polyzoa (pl. ) of Polyzoon

Polyzoon (n.) One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.

Pomace (n.) The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.

Pomacentroid (a.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridae, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes.

Pomaceous (a.) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes.

Pomaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeae) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.

Pomaceous (a.) Like pomace.

Pomade (n.) Cider.

Pomade (n.) Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

Pomander (n.) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball.

Pomander (n.) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box.

Pomarine (a.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.

Pomatum (n.) A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade.

Pomatum (v. t.) To dress with pomatum.

Pome (n.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

Pome (n.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Pome (n.) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Pomegranate (n.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.

Pomegranate (n.) A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.

Pomel (n.) A pommel.

Pomelo (n.) A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.

Pomely (a.) Dappled.

Pomeranian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea.

Pomeranian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.

Pomewater (n.) A kind of sweet, juicy apple.

Pomeys (pl. ) of Pomey

Pomey (n.) A figure supposed to resemble an apple; a roundel, -- always of a green color.

Pomfret (n.) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia.

Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).

Pomiferous (a.) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits.

Pomiferous (a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.

Pommage (n.) See Pomage.

Pomme (a.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross.

Pomme blanche () The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.

Pommel (n.) A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

Pommel (n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.

Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

Pommel (n.) The top (of the head).

Pommel (n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

Pommeled (imp. & p. p.) of Pommel

Pommelled () of Pommel

Pommeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pommel

Pommelling () of Pommel

Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.

Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon.

Pommette (a.) Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.

Pomological (a.) Of or pertaining to pomology.

Pomologist (n.) One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.

Pomology (n.) The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.

Pomona (n.) The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.

Pomp (n.) A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

Pomp (n.) Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

Pomp (v. i.) To make a pompons display; to conduct.

Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.

Pompano (n.) Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.

Pompano (n.) A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.

Pompatic (a.) Pompous.

Pompelmouses (pl. ) of Pompelmous

Pompelmous (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

Pompet (n.) The ball formerly used to ink the type.

Pompholyx (n.) Impure zinc oxide.

Pompholyx (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever.

Pompillion (n.) An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds.

Pompion (n.) See Pumpion.

Pompire (n.) A pearmain.

Pompoleon (n.) See Pompelmous.

Pompon (n.) Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.

Pompon (n.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.

Pomposities (pl. ) of Pomposity

Pomposity (n.) The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

Pomposo (a. & adv.) Grand and dignified; in grand style.

Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.

Pomptine (a.) See Pontine.

Pomwater (n.) Same as Pomewater.

Ponchos (pl. ) of Poncho

Poncho (n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.

Poncho (n.) A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.

Pond (n.) A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.

Pond (v. t.) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

Pond (v. t.) To ponder.

Pondered (imp. & p. p.) of Ponder

Pondering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ponder

Ponder (v. t.) To weigh.

Ponder (v. t.) To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.

Ponder (v. i.) To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over.

Ponderability (n.) The quality or state of being ponderable.

Ponderable (a.) Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.

Ponderal (a.) Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma.

Ponderance (n.) Weight; gravity.

Ponderary (a.) Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system.

Ponderate (v. t.) To consider; to ponder.

Ponderate (v. i.) To have weight or influence.

Ponderation (n.) The act of weighing.

Ponderer (n.) One who ponders.

Pondering (a.) Deliberating.

Ponderosities (pl. ) of Ponderosity

Ponderosity (n.) The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold.

Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

Ponderous (a.) Important; momentous; forcible.

Ponderous (a.) Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.

Ponderously (adv.) In a ponderous manner.

Ponderousness (n.) The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

Pondfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish.

Pondweed (n.) Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.

Pone (n.) A kind of johnnycake.

Ponent (a.) Western; occidental.

Pongee (n.) A fabric of undyed silk from India and China.

Ponghee (n.) A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah.

Pongo (n.) Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang.

Poniard (n.) A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.

Poniarded (imp. & p. p.) of Poniard

Poniarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poniard

Poniard (v. t.) To pierce with a poniard; to stab.

Ponibility (n.) The capability of being placed or located.

Pontes (pl. ) of Pons

Pons (n.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.

Pontage (n.) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.

Pontee (n.) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.

Pontic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea.

Pontifices (pl. ) of Pontifex

Pontifex (n.) A high priest; a pontiff.

Pontiff (n.) A high priest.

Pontiff (n.) One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus.

Pontiff (n.) The chief priest.

Pontiff (n.) The pope.

Pontific (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.

Pontific (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; papal.

Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.

Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.

Pontifical (n.) A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.

Pontifical (n.) The dress and ornaments of a pontiff.

Pontificality (n.) The state and government of the pope; the papacy.

Pontifically (adv.) In a pontifical manner.

Pontificate (n.) The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.

Pontificate (n.) The term of office of a pontiff.

Pontificate (v. i.) To perform the duty of a pontiff.

Pontifice (n.) Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

Pontificial (a.) Papal; pontifical.

Pontifician (a.) Of or pertaining to the pontiff or pope.

Pontifician (n.) One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist.

Pontil (n.) Same as Pontee.

Pontile (a.) Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons.

Pontine (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.

Pontlevis (n.) The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously.

Ponton (n.) See Pontoon.

Pontoon (n.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

Pontoon (n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.

Pontooning (n.) The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.

Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.

Ponty (n.) See Pontee.

Ponies (pl. ) of Pony

Pony (n.) A small horse.

Pony (n.) Twenty-five pounds sterling.

Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.

Pony (n.) A small glass of beer.

Pood (n.) A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois.

Poodle (n.) A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.

Pooh (interj.) Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.

Pooh-pooh (v. t.) To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

Pookoo (n.) A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.

Pool (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.

Pool (n.) A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

Pool (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Pool (n.) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

Pool (n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

Pool (n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

Pool (n.) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

Pooled (imp. & p. p.) of Pool

Pooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pool

Pool (v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.

Pool (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Pooler (n.) A stick for stirring a tan vat.

Pooling (n.) The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits.

Poon (n.) A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon.

Poonac (n.) A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake, under Cake.

Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).

Poop (n.) See 2d Poppy.

Pooped (imp. & p. p.) of Poop

Pooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poop

Poop (v. i.) To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.

Poop (n.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.

Poop (v. t.) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave.

Poop (v. t.) To strike in the stern, as by collision.

Pooped (p. p. & a.) Having a poop; furnished with a poop.

Pooped (p. p. & a.) Struck on the poop.

Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

Poor (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

Poor (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected

Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.

Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.

Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.

Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.

Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.

Poor (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.

Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.

Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.

Poor (superl.) Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.

Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.

Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.

Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.

Poorly (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.

Poorly (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.

Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

Poorness (n.) The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

Poor-will (n.) A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.

Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit.

Pop (n.) A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

Pop (n.) An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.

Pop (n.) The European redwing.

Popped (imp. & p. p.) of Pop

Popping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pop

Pop (v. i.) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.

Pop (v. i.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc.

Pop (v. i.) To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.

Pop (v. t.) To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door.

Pop (v. t.) To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.

Pop (adv.) Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly.

Pope (n.) Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

Pope (n.) The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.

Pope (n.) A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.

Popedom (n.) The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.

Popedom (n.) The jurisdiction of the pope.

Popeling (n.) A petty or deputy pope.

Popeling (n.) An adherent of the pope.

Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little doll," or "a young butterfly." Cf. Popet.

Popery (n.) The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

Popet (n.) A puppet.

Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.

Popinjay (n.) The green woodpecker.

Popinjay (n.) A parrot.

Popinjay (n.) A target in the form of a parrot.

Popinjay (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb.

Popish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.

Poplar (n.) Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.

Poplar (n.) The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar.

Poplexy (n.) Apoplexy.

Poplin (n.) A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.

Popliteal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.

Poplitic (a.) Popliteal.

Popper (n.) A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.

Popper (n.) A dagger.

Poppet (n.) See Puppet.

Poppet (n.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.

Poppet (n.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Poppied (a.) Mingled or interspersed with poppies.

Poppied (a.) Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive.

Popping () a. & n. from Pop.

Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.

Popple (n.) The poplar.

Popple (n.) Tares.

Poppies (pl. ) of Poppy

Poppy (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.

Poppy (n.) Alt. of Poppyhead

Poppyhead (n.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

Populace (n.) The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

Populacy (n.) Populace.

Popular (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.

Popular (a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.

Popular (a.) Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.

Popular (a.) Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.

Popular (a.) Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.

Popular (a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.

Populares (n. pl.) The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.

Popularities (pl. ) of Popularity

Popularity (n.) The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

Popularity (n.) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.

Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.

Popularity (n.) The act of courting the favor of the people.

Popularity (n.) Public sentiment; general passion.

Popularization (n.) The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.

Popularized (imp. & p. p.) of Popularize

Popularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Popularize

Popularize (v. t.) To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

Popularizer (n.) One who popularizes.

Popularly (adv.) In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.

Popularness (n.) The quality or state of being popular; popularity.

Populate (a.) Populous.

Populated (imp. & p. p.) of Populate

Populating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Populate

Populate (v. t.) To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.

Populate (v. i.) To propagate.

Population (n.) The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

Population (n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

Populator (n.) One who populates.

Populicide (n.) Slaughter of the people.

Populin (n.) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance.

Populosity (n.) Populousness.

Populous (a.) Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.

Populous (a.) Popular; famous.

Populous (a.) Common; vulgar.

Populous (a.) Numerous; in large number.

Poraille (n.) Poor people; the poor.

Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark.

Porcate (a.) Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.

Porcelain (n.) Purslain.

Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.

Porcelainized (a.) Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Porcelaneous (a.) Alt. of Porcellaneous

Porcellaneous (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.

Porcellaneous (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.

Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.

Porcelanous (a.) Alt. of Porcellanous

Porcellanous (a.) Porcelaneous.

Porch (n.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.

Porch (n.) A portico; a covered walk.

Porcine (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.

Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.

Porcupine (n.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.

Pore (v.) One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.

Pored (imp. & p. p.) of Pore

Poring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pore

Pore (v. i.) To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.

Poreblind (a.) Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.

Porer (n.) One who pores.

Porgies (pl. ) of Porgy

Porgy (n.) The scup.

Porgy (n.) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.

Porgy (n.) The margate fish.

Porgy (n.) The spadefish.

Porgy (n.) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.

Porifera (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea.

Poriferan (n.) One of the Polifera.

Poriferata (n. pl.) The Polifera.

Poriform (a.) Resembling a pore, or small puncture.

Porime (n.) A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident.

Poriness (n.) Porosity.

Porism (n.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.

Porism (n.) A corollary.

Porismatic (a.) Alt. of Porismatical

Porismatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic.

Poristic (a.) Alt. of Poristical

Poristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.

Porite (n.) Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritidae.

Porites (n.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.

Pork (n.) The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

Porker (n.) A hog.

Porket (n.) A young hog; a pig.

Porkling (n.) A pig; a porket.

Porkwood (n.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.

Pornerastic (a.) Lascivious; licentious.

Pornographic (a.) Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.

Pornography (n.) Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.

Pornography (n.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.

Porosity (n.) The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.

Porotic (n.) A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.

Porous (n.) Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.

Porously (adv.) In a porous manner.

Porousness (n.) The quality of being porous.

Porousness (n.) The open parts; the interstices of anything.

Porpentine (n.) Porcupine.

Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.

Porphyraceous (a.) Porphyritic.

Porphyre (n.) Porphyry.

Porphyrite (n.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite.

Porphyritic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline.

Porphyrization (n.) The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.

Porphyrize (v. t.) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry.

Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born.

Porphyries (pl. ) of Porphyry

Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles.

Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst.

Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.

Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Porporino (n.) A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold.

Porpus (n.) A porpoise.

Porraceous (a.) Resembling the leek in color; greenish.

Porrect (a.) Extended horizontally; stretched out.

Porrection (n.) The act of stretching forth.

Porret (n.) A scallion; a leek or small onion.

Porridge (n.) A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.

Porringer (n.) A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer.

Port (n.) A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.

Port (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.

Port (n.) A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.

Port (n.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.

Port (n.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.

Ported (imp. & p. p.) of Port

Porting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Port

Port (v. t.) To carry; to bear; to transport.

Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.

Port (n.) The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.

Port (n.) The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.

Port (v. t.) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.

Portae (pl. ) of Porta

Porta (n.) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

Porta (n.) The foramen of Monro.

Portability (n.) The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.

Portable (a.) Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.

Portable (a.) Possible to be endured; supportable.

Portableness (n.) The quality or state of being portable; portability.

Portace (n.) See Portass.

Portage (n.) A sailor's wages when in port.

Portage (n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Portage (n.) A porthole.

Portage (n.) The act of carrying or transporting.

Portage (n.) The price of carriage; porterage.

Portage (n.) Capacity for carrying; tonnage.

Portage (n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.

Portage (v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

Portage group () A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology.

Portague (n.) A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling.

Portal (n.) A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.

Portal (n.) The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

Portal (n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

Portal (n.) By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church.

Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

Portal (n.) A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Portal (a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.

Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.

Portance (n.) See Port, carriage, demeanor.

Portass (n.) A breviary; a prayer book.

Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.

Portative (a.) Portable.

Portative (a.) Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.

Portcluse (n.) A portcullis.

Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.

Portcullis (n.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.

Portcullis (n.) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

Portcullised (imp. & p. p.) of Portcullis

Portcullising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portcullis

Portcullis (v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.

Porte (n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

Porte-cochere (n.) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.

Ported (a.) Having gates.

Portegue (n.) See Portague.

Portemonnaie (n.) A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money.

Portended (imp. & p. p.) of Portend

Portending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portend

Portend (v. t.) To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.

Portend (v. t.) To stretch out before.

Portension (n.) The act of foreshowing; foreboding.

Portent (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

Portentive (a.) Presaging; foreshadowing.

Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.

Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.

Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

Porter (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.

Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.

Porter (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.

Porterage (n.) The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.

Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

Porteress (n.) See Portress.

Porterhouse (n.) A house where porter is sold.

Portesse (n.) See Porteass.

Portfire (n.) A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.

Portfolio (n.) A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

Portfolio (n.) Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio.

Portglave (n.) A sword bearer.

Portgreve () Alt. of Portgrave

Portgrave () In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve.

Porthole (n.) An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

Porthook (n.) One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.

Porthors (n.) See Portass.

Porticoes (pl. ) of Portico

Porticos (pl. ) of Portico

Portico (n.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

Porticoed (a.) Furnished with a portico.

Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.

Portigue (n.) See Portague.

Portingal (a.) Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese.

Portingal (n.) A Portuguese.

Portion (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

Portion (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.

Portion (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.

Portion (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Portioned (imp. & p. p.) of Portion

Portioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portion

Portion (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.

Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Portioner (n.) One who portions.

Portioner (n.) See Portionist, 2.

Portionist (n.) A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster.

Portionist (n.) One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars.

Portionless (a.) Having no portion.

Portise (n.) See Portass.

Portland cement () A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water.

Portland stone () A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.

Portland vase () A celebrated cinerary urn or vase found in the tomb of the Emperor Alexander Severus. It is owned by the Duke of Portland, and kept in the British Museum.

Portlast (n.) The portoise. See Portoise.

Portliness (n.) The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.

Portliness (n.) Bulkiness; corpulence.

Portly (a.) Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.

Portly (a.) Bulky; corpulent.

Portmen (pl. ) of Portman

Portman (n.) An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.

Portmanteaus (pl. ) of Portmanteau

Portmanteau (n.) A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.

Portmantle (n.) A portmanteau.

Portmote (n.) In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.

Portoir (n.) One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces.

Portoise (n.) The gunwale of a ship.

Portos (n.) See Portass.

Portpane (n.) A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands.

Portrait (n.) The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.

Portrait (n.) Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.

Portrait (v. t.) To portray; to draw.

Portraitist (n.) A portrait painter.

Portraiture (n.) A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

Portraiture (n.) Pictures, collectively; painting.

Portraiture (n.) The art or practice of making portraits.

Portraiture (v. t.) To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.

portrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Portray

Portraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portray

Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

Portray (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.

Portray (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

Portrayal (n.) The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

Portrayer (n.) One who portrays.

Portreeve (n.) A port warden.

Portress (n.) A female porter.

Port-royalist (n.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.

Portsale (n.) Public or open sale; auction.

Portuary (n.) A breviary.

Portuguese (a.) Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants.

Portuguese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.

Portulaca (n.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.

Portulacaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.

Porwigle (n.) See Polliwig.

Pory (a.) Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden.

Pose (a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

Pose (n.) A cold in the head; catarrh.

Pose (v. t.) The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.

Posed (imp. & p. p.) of Pose

Posing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pose

Pose (v. t.) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

Pose (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.

Pose (v. t.) To interrogate; to question.

Pose (v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Posed (a.) Firm; determined; fixed.

Poser (n.) One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.

Posied (a.) Inscribed with a posy.

Posingly (adv.) So as to pose or puzzle.

Posited (imp. & p. p.) of Posit

Positing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posit

Posit (v. t.) To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

Posit (v. t.) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.

Position (n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

Position (n.) The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.

Position (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.

Position (n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.

Position (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.

Position (v. t.) To indicate the position of; to place.

Positional (a.) Of or pertaining to position.

Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.

Positive (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.

Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.

Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

Positive (a.) Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.

Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.

Positive (a.) Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.

Positive (a.) Electro-positive.

Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.

Positive (n.) That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.

Positive (n.) That which settles by absolute appointment.

Positive (n.) The positive degree or form.

Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.

Positive (n.) The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Positively (adv.) In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.

Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.

Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable.

Positivist (n.) A believer in positivism.

Positivist (a.) Relating to positivism.

Positivity (n.) Positiveness.

Positure (n.) See Posture.

Posnet (n.) A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.

Posologic (a.) Alt. of Posological

Posological (a.) Pertaining to posology.

Posology (n.) The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.

Pospolite (n.) A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.

Poss (v. t.) To push; to dash; to throw.

Posse (n.) See Posse comitatus.

Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed.

Posse comitatus () A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.

Possessed (imp. & p. p.) of Possess

Possessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Possess

Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

Possess (v. t.) To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.

Possess (v. t.) To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.

Possess (v. t.) To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.

Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.

Possession (n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.

Possession (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.

Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.

Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.

Possessionary (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.

Possessioner (n.) A possessor; a property holder.

Possessioner (n.) An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.

Possessival (a.) Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.

Possessive (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

Possessive (n.) The possessive case.

Possessive (n.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.

Possessively (adv.) In a possessive manner.

Possessor (n.) One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.

Possessory (a.) Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.

Posset (n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.

Posseted (imp. & p. p.) of Posset

Posseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posset

Posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.

Posset (v. t.) To treat with possets; to pamper.

Possibilities (pl. ) of Possibility

Possibility (n.) The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

Possibility (n.) That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.

Possible (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.

Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.

Possum (n.) An opossum.

Post- () A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.

Post (a.) Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.

Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.

Post (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.

Post (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

Post (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.

Post (n.) A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.

Post (n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.

Post (n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

Post (n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.

Post (n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.

Post (n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.

Posted (imp. & p. p.) of Post

Posting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Post

Post (v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.

Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.

Post (v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.

Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.

Post (v. t.) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.

Post (v. t.) To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.

Post (v. t.) To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up.

Post (v. i.) To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.

Post (v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.

Post (adv.) With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.

Post-abdomen (n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

Postable (a.) Capable of being carried by, or as by, post.

Postact (n.) An act done afterward.

Postage (n.) The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.

Postal (a.) Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.

Postanal (a.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.

Postaxial (a.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.

Postboy (n.) One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.

Postboy (n.) A boy who carries letters from the post.

Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.

Postcavae (pl. ) of Postcava

Postcava (n.) The inferior vena cava.

Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Postcommissure (n.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.

Postcomminion (n.) The concluding portion of the communion service.

Postcomminion (n.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.

Postcornua (pl. ) of Postcornu

Postcornu (n.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Postdated (imp. & p. p.) of Postdate

Postdating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postdate

Postdate (v. t.) To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made.

Postdate (v. t.) To affix a date to after the event.

Postdate (a.) Made or done after the date assigned.

Postdate (n.) A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.

Postdiluvial (a.) Alt. of Postdiluvian

Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.

Postdiluvian (n.) One who lived after the flood.

Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished.

Post-disseizor (n.) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor.

Postea (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record.

Postel (n.) Apostle.

Postencephalon (n.) The metencephalon.

Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake.

Postentry (n.) An additional or subsequent entry.

Poster (n.) A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.

Poster (n.) One who posts bills; a billposter.

Poster (n.) One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.

Poster (n.) A post horse.

Posterior (a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

Posterior (a.) Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.

Posterior (a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.

Posterior (a.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.

Posteriority (n.) The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.

Posteriorly (adv.) Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.

Posteriors (n. pl.) The hinder parts, as of an animal's body.

Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.

Posterity (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.

Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate.

Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.

Postern (a.) Back; being behind; private.

Postero () - (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.

Postexist (v. i.) To exist after; to live subsequently.

Postexistence (n.) Subsequent existence.

Postexistent (a.) Existing or living after.

Postfact (a.) Relating to a fact that occurs after another.

Postfact (n.) A fact that occurs after another.

Postfactum (n.) Same as Postfact.

Post-fine (n.) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver.

Postfixes (pl. ) of Postfix

Postfix (n.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.

Postfix (v. t.) To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix.

Postfrontal (a.) Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals.

Postfrontal (n.) A postfrontal bone.

Postfurcae (pl. ) of Postfurca

Postfurca (n.) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.

Postgeniture (n.) The condition of being born after another in the same family; -- distinguished from primogeniture.

Postglenoid (a.) Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.

Posthaste (adv.) With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste.

Posthetomy (n.) Circumcision.

Posthouse (n.) A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.

Posthouse (n.) A house for distributing the malls; a post office.

Posthume (a.) Alt. of Posthumed

Posthumed (a.) Posthumous.

Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.

Posthumous (a.) Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.

Posthumous (a.) Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation.

Posthumously (adv.) In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.

Postic (a.) Backward.

Postticous (a.) Posterior.

Postticous (a.) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.

Postil (n.) Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment.

Postil (n.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.

Postil (v. t.) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.

Postiled (imp. & p. p.) of Postil

Postilled () of Postil

Postiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postil

Postilling () of Postil

Postil (v. i.) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

Postiler (n.) One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin.

Postilion (n.) One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used.

Postillate (v. t.) To explain by marginal notes; to postil.

Postillate (v. i.) To write postils; to comment.

Postillate (v. i.) To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Postillation (n.) The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.

Postillator (n.) One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.

Posttiller (n.) See Postiler.

Posting (n.) The act of traveling post.

Posting (n.) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.

Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently.

Postliminiary (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium.

Postliminium (n.) Alt. of Postliminy

Postliminy (n.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy.

Postliminy (n.) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.

Postlude (n.) A voluntary at the end of a service.

Postmen (pl. ) of Postman

Postman (n.) A post or courier; a letter carrier.

Postman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.

Postmark (n.) The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

Postmarked (imp. & p. p.) of Postmark

Postmarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postmark

Postmark (v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.

Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.

Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.

Postmasters-general (pl. ) of Postmaster-general

Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

Postmastership (n.) The office of postmaster.

Postmeridian (a.) Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)

Postmeridian (a.) Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late.

Post-mortem (a.) After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.

Postnares (n. pl.) The posterior nares. See Nares.

Postnatal (a.) After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.

Postnate (a.) Subsequent.

Post note () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand.

Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.

Post-obit () Alt. of Post-obit bond

Post-obit bond () A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.

Postoblongata (n.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.

Postocular (a. & n.) Same as Postorbital.

Post office (n.) See under 4th Post.

Postoral (a.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.

Postorbital (a.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.

Postorbital (n.) A postorbital bone or scale.

Postpaid (a.) Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.

Postpalatine (a.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.

Postpliocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.

Postponed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpone

Postponing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpone

Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.

Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.

Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2.

Postponer (n.) One who postpones.

Postposed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpose

Postposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpose

Postpose (v. t.) To postpone.

Postposit (v. t.) To postpone.

Postposition (n.) The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.

Postposition (n.) A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.

Postpositional (a.) Of or pertaining to postposition.

Postpositive (a.) Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter.

Postprandial (a.) Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.

Postremogeniture (n.) The right of the youngest born.

Postremote (a.) More remote in subsequent time or order.

Postrider (n.) One who rides over a post road to carry the mails.

Postscapula (n.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

Postscapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.

Postscenium (n.) The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.

Postscribe (v. t.) To make a postscript.

Postscript (n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.

Postscripted (a.) Having a postscript; added in a postscript.

Postscutellum (n.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

Postsphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.

Post-temporal (n.) A post-temporal bone.

Posttertiary (a.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.

Post-tragus (n.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.

Post-tympanic (a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.

Postulant (n.) One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

Postulate (n.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

Postulate (a.) Postulated.

Postulated (imp. & p. p.) of Postulate

Postulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postulate

Postulate (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

Postulate (v. t.) To take without express consent; to assume.

Postulate (v. t.) To invite earnestly; to solicit.

Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference.

Postulation (n.) The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

Postulatory (a.) Of the nature of a postulate.

Postulata (pl. ) of Postulatum

Postulatum (n.) A postulate.

Postumous (a.) See Posthumous.

Postural (a.) Of or pertaining to posture.

Posture (n.) The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.

Posture (n.) Place; position; situation.

Posture (n.) State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

Postured (imp. & p. p.) of Posture

Posturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posture

Posture (v. t.) To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

Posture (v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

Posture (v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

Posturer (n.) One who postures.

Postzygapophyses (pl. ) of Postzygapophysis

Postzygapophysis (n.) A posterior zygapophysis.

Posies (pl. ) of Posy

Posy (n.) A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring.

Posy (n.) A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.

Pot (n.) A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

Pot (n.) An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

Pot (n.) The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

Pot (n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

Pot (n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

Pot (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.

Pot (n.) A size of paper. See Pott.

Potted (imp. & p. p.) of Pot

Potting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pot

Pot (v. t.) To place or inclose in pots

Pot (v. t.) To preserve seasoned in pots.

Pot (v. t.) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.

Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.

Pot (v. t.) To pocket.

Pot (v. i.) To tipple; to drink.

Potable (a.) Fit to be drunk; drinkable.

Potable (n.) A potable liquid; a beverage.

Potableness (n.) The quality of being drinkable.

Potage (n.) See Pottage.

Potager (n.) A porringer.

Potagro (n.) See Potargo.

Potale (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.

Potamian (n.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx.

Potamography (n.) An account or description of rivers; potamology.

Potamology (n.) A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography.

Potamospongiae (n. pl.) The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla.

Potance (n.) The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.

Potargo (n.) A kind of sauce or pickle.

Potash (n.) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash.

Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).

Potashes (n. pl.) Potash.

Potassa (n.) Potassium oxide.

Potassa (n.) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash.

Potassamide (n.) A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.

Pottassic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, potassium.

Potassium (n.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).

Potassoxyl (n.) The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.

Potation (n.) The act of drinking.

Potation (n.) A draught.

Potation (n.) Drink; beverage.

Potatoes (pl. ) of Potato

Potato (n.) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.

Potato (n.) The sweet potato (see below).

Potator (n.) A drinker.

Potatory (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking.

Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

Pot-belly (n.) A protuberant belly.

Potboiler (n.) A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living.

Potboy (n.) A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.

Potch (v. i.) To thrust; to push.

Potch (v. t.) See Poach, to cook.

Potcher (n.) One who, or that which, potches.

Potecary (n.) An apothecary.

Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.

Potelot (n.) Molybdenum sulphide.

Potence (n.) Potency; capacity.

Potency (n.) The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence.

Potent (a.) Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine.

Potent (a.) Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince.

Potent (a.) Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.

Potent (n.) A prince; a potentate.

Potent (n.) A staff or crutch.

Potent (n.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.

Potentacy (n.) Sovereignty.

Potentate (a.) One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.

Potential (a.) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

Potential (a.) Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

Potential (n.) Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.

Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.

Potential (n.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

Potentiality (n.) The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

Potentially (adv.) With power; potently.

Potentially (adv.) In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.

Potentiated (imp. & p. p.) of Potentiate

Potentiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Potentiate

Potentiate (v. t.) To render active or potent.

Potentiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.

Potentized (imp. & p. p.) of Potentize

Potentizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Potentize

Potentize (v. t.) To render the latent power of (anything) available.

Potently (adv.) With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously.

Potentness (n.) The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy.

Potestate (n.) A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Potestative (a.) Authoritative.

Potgun (n.) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.

Potgun (n.) A popgun.

Pothecary (n.) An apothecary.

Potheen (n.) See Poteen.

Pother (n.) Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother.

Pother (v. i.) To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

Pothered (imp. & p. p.) of Pother

Pothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pother

Pother (v. t.) To harass and perplex; to worry.

Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

Pothook (n.) An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

Pothook (n.) A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.

Pothouse (n.) An alehouse.

Potichomania (n.) Alt. of Potichomanie

Potichomanie (n.) The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.

Potion (n.) A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.

Potion (v. t.) To drug.

Potlid (n.) The lid or cover of a pot.

Potluck (n.) Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal.

Potmen (pl. ) of Potman

Potman (n.) A pot companion.

Potman (n.) A servant in a public house; a potboy.

Potoo (n.) A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).

Potoroo (n.) Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat.

Potpie (n.) A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked.

Potpourri (n.) A medley or mixture.

Potpourri (n.) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together.

Potpourri (n.) A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.

Potpourri (n.) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; a medley.

Potpourri (n.) A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.

Potsdam group () A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. See Chart of Geology.

Potshard (n.) Alt. of Potshare

Potshare (n.) A potsherd.

Potsherd (n.) A piece or fragment of a broken pot.

Potstone (n.) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.

Pot-sure (a.) Made confident by drink.

Pott (n.) A size of paper. See under Paper.

Pottage (n.) A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge.

Pottain (n.) Old pot metal.

Potteen (n.) See Poteen.

Potter (n.) One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

Potter (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

Potter (n.) One who pots meats or other eatables.

Potter (n.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.

Pottered (imp. & p. p.) of Potter

Pottering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Potter

Potter (v. i.) To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.

Potter (v. i.) To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

Potter (v. t.) To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.

Pottern (a.) Of or pertaining to potters.

Potteries (pl. ) of Pottery

Pottery (n.) The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.

Pottery (n.) The place where earthen vessels are made.

Potting (n.) Tippling.

Potting (n.) The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation.

Potting (n.) The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.

Pottle (n.) A liquid measure of four pints.

Pottle (n.) A pot or tankard.

Pottle (n.) A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.

Potto (n.) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.

Potto (n.) The kinkajou.

Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.

Potulent (a.) Fit to drink; potable.

Potulent (a.) Nearly drunk; tipsy.

Pot-valiant (a.) Having the courage given by drink.

Pot-walloper (n.) A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.

Pot-walloper (n.) One who cleans pots; a scullion.

Pouch (n.) A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

Pouch (n.) That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch

Pouch (n.) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.

Pouch (n.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.

Pouch (n.) A cyst or sac containing fluid.

Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.

Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.

Pouched (imp. & p. p.) of Pouch

Pouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pouch

Pouch (v. t.) To put or take into a pouch.

Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.

Pouch (v. t.) To pout.

Pouch (v. t.) To pocket; to put up with.

Pouched (a.) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat.

Pouched (a.) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.

Pouched (a.) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.

Pouchet box () See Pouncet box.

Pouch-mouthed (a.) Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.

Pouchong (n.) A superior kind of souchong tea.

Pouch-shell (n.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Poudre (n.) Dust; powder.

Poudrette (n.) A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc.

Poulaine (n.) A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

Pouldavis (n.) Same as Poledavy.

Poulder (n. & v.) Powder.

Pouldron (n.) See Pauldron.

Poulp (n.) Alt. of Poulpe

Poulpe (n.) Same as Octopus.

Poult (n.) A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like.

Poulter (n.) A poulterer.

Poulterer (n.) One who deals in poultry.

Poultice (n.) A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.

Poulticed (imp. & p. p.) of Poultice

Poulticing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poultice

Poultice (v. t.) To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

Poultive (n.) A poultice.

Poultry (n.) Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

Pounce (n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.

Pounce (n.) Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.

Pounded (imp. & p. p.) of Pounce

Pouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pounce

Pounce (v. t.) To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.

Pounce (v. t.) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

Pounce (v. t.) A punch or stamp.

Pounce (v. t.) Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.

Pounce (v. t.) To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.

Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.

Pounced (a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.

Pounced (a.) Ornamented with perforations or dots.

Pouncet box () A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.

Pouncing (n.) The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.

Pouncing (n.) Decorative perforation of cloth.

Pounded (imp. & p. p.) of Pound

Pounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pound

Pound (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

Pound (v. i.) To strike heavy blows; to beat.

Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

Pound (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

Pound (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks.

Pound (n.) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Pound (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Pounds (pl. ) of Pound

Pound (pl. ) of Pound

Pounds (pl. ) of Pound

Pound (n.) A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Poundage (n.) A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

Poundage (n.) A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.

Poundage (n.) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.

Poundage (v. t.) To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

Poundage (n.) Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

Poundage (n.) A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

Poundal (n.) A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.

Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.

Poundcake (n.) A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.

Pounder (n.) One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.

Pounder (n.) An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.

Pounder (n.) A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.

Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.

Pounding (n.) A pounded or pulverized substance.

Pound/keeper (n.) The keeper of a pound.

Poundrate (n.) A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.

Poup (v. i.) See Powp.

Poupart's ligament () A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

Poupeton (n.) A puppet, or little baby.

Pour (a.) Poor.

Pour (v. i.) To pore.

Poured (imp. & p. p.) of Pour

Pouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pour

Pour (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.

Pour (v. t.) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

Pour (v. t.) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

Pour (v. i.) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater.

Pour (n.) A stream, or something like a stream; a flood.

Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.

Pourer (n.) One who pours.

Pourlieu (n.) See Purlieu.

Pourparler (n.) A consultation preliminary to a treaty.

Pourparties (pl. ) of Pourparty

Pourparty (n.) A division; a divided share.

Pourpoint (n.) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.

Pourpresture (n.) See Purpresture.

Poursuivant (n.) See Pursuivant.

Pourtray (v. t.) See Portray.

Pourveyance (n.) See Purveyance.

Pousse (n.) Pulse; pease.

Poussette (n.) A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.

Poussette (v. i.) To perform a certain movement in a dance.

Pout (n.) The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.

Pouted (imp. & p. p.) of Pout

Pouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pout

Pout (v. i.) To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.

Pout (v. i.) To protrude.

Pout (n.) A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.

Pout (n.) The European whiting pout or bib.

Pouter (n.) One who, or that which, pouts.

Pouter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.

Pouting (n.) Childish sullenness.

Poutingly (adv.) In a pouting, or a sullen, manner.

Povert (n.) Poverty.

Poverty (n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.

Poverty (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

Powan (n.) Alt. of Powen

Powen (n.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring.

Powder (n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

Powder (n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

Powdered (imp. & p. p.) of Powder

Powdering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Powder

Powder (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

Powder (v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.

Powder (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

Powder (v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.

Powder (v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Powdered (a.) Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.

Powdered (a.) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.

Powdered (a.) Same as Seme.

Powderflask (n.) A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.

Powderhorn (n.) A horn in which gunpowder is carried.

Powdering () a. & n. from Powder, v. t.

Powdermill (n.) A mill in which gunpowder is made.

Powder-posted (a.) Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry.

Powdery (a.) Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.

Powdery (a.) Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.

Powdery (a.) Resembling powder; consisting of powder.

Powdike (n.) A dike a marsh or fen.

Powdry (a.) See Powdery.

Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish.

Power (n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.

Power (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.

Power (n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

Power (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

Power (n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.

Power (n.) A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

Power (n.) A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.

Power (n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.

Power (n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

Power (n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.

Power (n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Power (n.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.

Power (n.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.

Power (n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.

Power (n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.

Power (n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

Powerable (a.) Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.

Powerable (a.) Capable of exerting power; powerful.

Powerful (a.) Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.

Powerful (a.) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.

Powerless (a.) Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

Powldron (n.) Same as Pauldron.

Powp (v. i.) See Poop, v. i.

Powter (n.) See Pouter.

Powpow (n.) A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.

Powpow (n.) Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes.

Powpow (n.) Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.

Powwow (v. i.) To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.

Powwow (v. i.) Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting.

Pox (n.) Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases.

Poxed (imp. & p. p.) of Pox

Poxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pox

Pox (v. t.) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

Poy (n.) A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.

Poy (n.) A ropedancer's balancing pole.

Poy (n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

Poynado (n.) A poniard.

Poynd (n.) Alt. of Poynder

Poynder (n.) See Poind, Poinder.

Poy nette (n.) A bodkin.

Poyntel (n.) Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally.

Poyou (n.) A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called also sixbanded armadillo.

Poze (v. t.) See 5th Pose.

Pozzuolana (n.) Alt. of Pozzolana

Pozzolana (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water.

Praam (n.) A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war.

Practic (a.) Practical.

Practic (a.) Artful; deceitful; skillful.

Practicability (n.) The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness; feasibility.

Practicable (a.) That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.

Practicable (a.) Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.

Practical (a.) Of or pertaining to practice or action.

Practical (a.) Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.

Practical (a.) Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

Practical (a.) Derived from practice; as, practical skill.

Practicality (n.) The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

Practically (adv.) In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.

Practically (adv.) By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.

Practically (adv.) In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right.

Practically (adv.) Almost.

Practicalness (n.) Same as Practicality.

Practicalize (v. t.) To render practical.

Practice (n.) Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.

Practice (n.) Customary or constant use; state of being used.

Practice (n.) Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.

Practice (n.) Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory.

Practice (n.) Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

Practice (n.) Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.

Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.

Practice (n.) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practice (n.) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Practiced (imp. & p. p.) of Practice

Practicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Practice

Practice (v. t.) To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.

Practice (v. t.) To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

Practice (v. t.) To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

Practice (v. t.) To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.

Practice (v. t.) To make use of; to employ.

Practice (v. t.) To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

Practice (v. i.) To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

Practice (v. i.) To learn by practice; to form a habit.

Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.

Practice (v. i.) To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.

Practiced (a.) Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman.

Practiced (a.) Used habitually; learned by practice.

Practicer (n.) One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.

Practicer (n.) One who exercises a profession; a practitioner.

Practicer (n.) One who uses art or stratagem.

Practician (n.) One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner.

Practick (n.) Practice.

Practisant (n.) An agent or confederate in treachery.

Practise (v. t. & i.) See Practice.

Practisour (n.) A practitioner.

Practitioner (n.) One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.

Practitioner (n.) One who does anything customarily or habitually.

Practitioner (n.) A sly or artful person.

Practive (a.) Doing; active.

Prad (n.) A horse.

Prae- () A prefix. See Pre-.

Praecava (n.) The superior vena cava.

Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.

Praecipe (n.) A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued.

Praecoces (n. pl.) A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched.

Praecocial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Praecoces.

Praecognita (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.

Praecommissure (n.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.

Praecoracoid (n.) See Precoracoid.

Praecordia (n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Praecordial (a.) Same as Precordial.

Praecornua (pl. ) of Praecornu

Praecornu (n.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Praedial (a.) See Predial.

Praefloration (n.) Same as Prefloration.

Praefoliation (n.) Same as Prefoliation.

Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Praemolar (a.) See Premolar.

Praemorse (a.) Same as Premorse.

Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.

Praemunire (n.) The writ grounded on that offense.

Praemunire (n.) The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.

Praemnire (v. t.) The subject to the penalties of praemunire.

Praemunitory (a.) See Premunitory.

Praenares (n. pl.) The anterior nares. See Nares.

Praenasal (a.) Same as Prenasal.

Praenomina (pl. ) of Praenomen

Praenomen (n.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.

Praenominical (a.) Of or pertaining to a praenomen.

Praeoperculum (n.) Same as Preoperculum.

Praesternum (n.) Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

Praeter- () A prefix. See Preter-.

Praeterist (n.) See Preterist.

Praetermit (v. t.) See Pretermit.

Praetextae (pl. ) of Praetexta

Praetextas (pl. ) of Praetexta

Praetexta (n.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

Praetor (n.) See Pretor.

Praetores (n. pl.) A division of butterflies including the satyrs.

Praetorian (a.) See Pretorian.

Praetorium (n.) See Pretorium.

Praezygapophysis (n.) Same as Prezygapophysis.

Pragmatic (a.) Alt. of Pragmatical

Pragmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

Pragmatical (a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

Pragmatical (a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

Pragmatic (n.) One skilled in affairs.

Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.

Pragmatically (adv.) In a pragmatical manner.

Pragmaticalness (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatical.

Pragmatism (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

Pragmatist (n.) One who is pragmatic.

Pragmatize (v. t.) To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.

Prairial (n.) The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.

Prairie (n.) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains.

Prairie (n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.

Praisable (a.) Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable.

Praisably (adv.) In a praisable manner.

Praised (imp. & p. p.) of Praise

Praising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Praise

Praise (v.) To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

Praise (v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.

Praise (v.) To value; to appraise.

Praise (v.) Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.

Praise (v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.

Praise (v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.

Praiseful (a.) Praiseworthy.

Praiseful (a.) Praiseworthy.

Praiseless (a.) Without praise or approbation.

Praise-meeting (n.) A religious service mainly in song.

Praisement (n.) Appraisement.

Praiseer (n.) One who praises.

Praiseer (n.) An appraiser; a valuator.

Praiseworthily (adv.) In a praiseworthy manner.

Praiseworthiness (n.) The quality or state of being praiseworthy.

Praiseworthy (a.) Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.

Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.

Prakritic (a.) Pertaining to Prakrit.

Pram (n.) Alt. of Prame

Prame (n.) See Praam.

Pranced (imp. & p. p.) of Prance

Prancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prance

Prance (v. i.) To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

Prance (v. i.) To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.

Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.

Prancer (n.) A horse which prances.

Prandial (a.) Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.

Prangos (n.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.

Pranked (imp. & p. p.) of Prank

Pranking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prank

Prank (v. t.) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

Prank (v. i.) To make ostentatious show.

Prank (n.) A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.

Prank (a.) Full of gambols or tricks.

Pranker (n.) One who dresses showily; a prinker.

Prankish (a.) Full of pranks; frolicsome.

Prase (n.) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.

Praseo- () A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt.

Praseodymium (n.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.

Praseolite (n.) A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster.

Prasinous (a.) Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture.

Prasoid (a.) Resembling prase.

Prated (imp. & p. p.) of Prate

Prating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prate

Prate (v. i.) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

Prate (v. t.) To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

Prate (n.) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Prateful (a.) Talkative.

Prater (n.) One who prates.

Pratic (n.) See Pratique.

Pratincole (n.) Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

Pratingly (adv.) With idle talk; with loquacity.

Pratique (n.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.

Pratique (n.) Practice; habits.

Prattled (imp. & p. p.) of Prattle

Prattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prattle

Prattle (v. i.) To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

Prattle (v. t.) To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason.

Prattle (n.) Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.

Prattlement (n.) Prattle.

Prattler (n.) One who prattles.

Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature.

Prawn (n.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus.

Praxinoscope (n.) An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.

Praxis (n.) Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.

Praxis (n.) An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Pray (n. & v.) See Pry.

Prayed (imp. & p. p.) of Pray

Praying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pray

Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.

Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

Pray (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

Pray (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.

Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body.

Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer.

Prayer (v. i.) The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers.

Prayerful (a.) Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.

Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.

Praying () a. & n. from Pray, v.

Prayingly (adv.) With supplication to God.

Pre- () A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preeminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent.

Preaccusation (n.) Previous accusation.

Preace (v. & n.) Press.

Preached (imp. & p. p.) of Preach

Preaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preach

Preach (v. i.) To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.

Preach (v. i.) To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher.

Preach (v. t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.

Preach (v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.

Preach (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon.

Preach (v. t.) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.

Preach (v. t.) To advise or recommend earnestly.

Preach (v.) A religious discourse.

Preacher (n.) One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.

Preacher (n.) One who inculcates anything with earnestness.

Preachership (n.) The office of a preacher.

Preachify (v. i.) To discourse in the manner of a preacher.

Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice.

Preachmen (pl. ) of Preachman

Preachman (n.) A preacher; -- so called in contempt.

Preachment (n.) A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.

Preacquaint (v. t.) To acquaint previously or beforehand.

Preacquaintance (n.) Previous acquaintance or knowledge.

Preact (v. t.) To act beforehand; to perform previously.

Preaction (n.) Previous action.

Preadamic (a.) Prior to Adam.

Preadamite (n.) An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.

Preadamite (n.) One who holds that men existed before Adam.

Preadamitic (a.) Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.

Preadjustment (n.) Previous adjustment.

Preadministration (n.) Previous administration.

Preadmonish (v. t.) To admonish previously.

Preadmonition (n.) Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Preadvertise (v. t.) To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.

Preamble (n.) A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.

Preamble (v. t. & i.) To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble.

Preambulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble.

Preambulate (v. i.) To walk before.

Preambulation (n.) A walking or going before; precedence.

Preambulation (n.) A preamble.

Preambulatory (a.) Preceding; going before; introductory.

Preambulous (n.) See Perambulatory.

Preannounce (v. t.) To announce beforehand.

Preantenultimate (a.) Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult.

Preaortic (a.) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.

Preappoint (v. t.) To appoint previously, or beforehand.

Preappointment (n.) Previous appointment.

Preapprehension (n.) An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.

Prearm (v. t.) To forearm.

Prearrange (v. t.) To arrange beforehand.

Prease (v. t. & i.) To press; to crowd.

Prease (n.) A press; a crowd.

Preassurance (n.) Previous assurance.

Preataxic (a.) Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- applied to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.

Preaudience (n.) Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.

Preaxial (a.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.

Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.

Prebend (n.) A prebendary.

Prebendal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall.

Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3.

Prebendary (n.) A prebendaryship.

Prebendaryship (n.) The office of a prebendary.

Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.

Prebendship (n.) A prebendaryship.

Prebronchial (a.) Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.

Precalculate (v. t.) To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange.

Precant (n.) One who prays.

Precarious (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.

Precarious (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.

Precation (n.) The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.

Preative (a.) Alt. of Preatory

Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.

Precaution (n.) Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.

Precaution (n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.

Precaution (v. t.) To warn or caution beforehand.

Precaution (v. t.) To take precaution against.

Precautional (a.) Precautionary.

Precautionary (a.) Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.

Precautious (a.) Taking or using precaution; precautionary.

Precedaneous (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous.

Preceded (imp. & p. p.) of Precede

Preceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precede

Precede (v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance.

Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Precedence (n.) Alt. of Precedency

Precedency (n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.

Precedency (n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.

Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

Precedent (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.

Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.

Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.

Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.

Precedential (a.) Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.

Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.

Preceding (a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.

Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

Precel (v. t. & i.) To surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Precellence (n.) Alt. of Precellency

Precellency (n.) Excellence; superiority.

Precellent (a.) Excellent; surpassing.

Precentor (n.) A leader of a choir; a directing singer.

Precentor (n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.

Precentor (n.) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.

Precentorship (n.) The office of a precentor.

Precent (n.) Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

Precent (n.) A command in writing; a species of writ or process.

Precept (v. t.) To teach by precepts.

Preceptial (a.) Preceptive.

Preception (n.) A precept.

Preceptive (a.) Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.

Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.

Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Preceptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a preceptor.

Preceptory (a.) Preceptive.

Preceptories (pl. ) of Preceptory

Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.

Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

Precession (n.) The act of going before, or forward.

Precessional (a.) Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.

Precessor (n.) A predecessor.

Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.

Precinct (n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.

Precinct (n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support.

Preciosity (n.) Preciousness; something precious.

Precious (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

Precious (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.

Precious (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.

Preciously (adv.) In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.

Preciousness (n.) The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.

Precipe (n.) See Praecipe, and Precept.

Precipice (n.) A sudden or headlong fall.

Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.

Precipient (a.) Commanding; directing.

Precipitability (n.) The quality or state of being precipitable.

Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)

Precipitance (n.) Alt. of Precipitancy

Precipitancy (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.

Precipitant (a.) Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

Precipitant (a.) Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless.

Precipitant (n.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.

Precipitantly (adv.) With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner.

Precipitantness (n.) The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.

Precipitate (a.) Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

Precipitate (a.) Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure.

Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong.

Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease.

Precipitate (n.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface.

Precipitated (imp. & p. p.) of Precipitate

Precipitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precipitate

Precipitate (v. t.) To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.

Precipitate (v. t.) To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict.

Precipitate (v. t.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol.

Precipitate (v. i.) To dash or fall headlong.

Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.

Precipitate (v. i.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n.

Precipitately (adv.) In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.

Precipitation (n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

Precipitation (n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.

Precipitation (n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.

Precipitation (n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.

Precipitator (n.) One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.

Precipitious (a.) Precipitous.

Precipitous (a.) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

Precipitous (a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall.

Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.

Precis (n.) A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a summary.

Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

Precise (a.) Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.

Precisian (n.) One who limits, or restrains.

Precisian (n.) An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans.

Precisianism (n.) The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian.

Precisianist (n.) A precisian.

Precision (n.) The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.

Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction.

Precluded (imp. & p. p.) of Preclude

Precluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preclude

Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

Preclusion (n.) The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.

Preclusive (a.) Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.

Precoce (a.) Precocious.

Precoces (n. pl.) Same as Praecoces.

Precocious (a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

Precocious (a.) Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.

Precociously (adv.) In a precocious manner.

Precociousness (n.) Alt. of Precocity

Precocity (n.) The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.

Precoetanean (n.) One contemporary with, but older than, another.

Precogitate (v. t.) To cogitate beforehand.

Precogita/tion (n.) Previous cogitation.

Precognition (n.) Previous cognition.

Precognition (n.) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution.

Precognizable (a.) Cognizable beforehand.

Precognosce (v. t.) To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence.

Precollection (n.) A collection previously made.

Precomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Precompose

Precomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precompose

Precompose (v. t.) To compose beforehand.

Preconceit (n.) An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.

Preconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Preconceive

Preconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preconceive

Preconceive (v. t.) To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.

Preconception (n.) The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.

Preconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Preconcert

Preconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preconcert

Preconcert (v. t.) To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.

Preconcert (n.) Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.

Preconcerted (a.) Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.

Preconcertion (n.) The act of preconcerting; preconcert.

Precondemn (v. t.) To condemn beforehand.

Precondition (n.) A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

Preconform (v. t. & i.) To conform by way anticipation.

Preconformity (n.) Anticipative or antecedent conformity.

Preconizate (v. t.) To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call.

Preconization (n.) A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.

Preconization (n.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.

Preconize (v. t.) To approve by preconization.

Preconquer (v. t.) To conquer in anticipation.

Preconscious (a.) Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.

Preconsent (n.) A previous consent.

Preconsigned (imp. & p. p.) of Preconsign

Preconsigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preconsign

Preconsign (v. t.) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.

Preconsolidated (a.) Consolidated beforehand.

Preconstitute (v. t.) To constitute or establish beforehand.

Precontracted (imp. & p. p.) of Precontract

Precontracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precontract

Precontract (v. t.) To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.

Precontract (v. i.) To make a previous contract or agreement.

Precontract (n.) A contract preceding another

Precontract (n.) a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.

Precontrive (v. t. & i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Precordial (a.) Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the praecordia.

Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse.

Precurrer (n.) A precursor.

Precurse (n.) A forerunning.

Precursive (a.) Preceding; introductory; precursory.

Precursor (n.) One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

Precursorship (n.) The position or condition of a precursor.

Precursory (a.) Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.

Precursory (n.) An introduction.

Predacean (n.) A carnivorous animal.

Predaceous (a.) Living by prey; predatory.

Predal (a.) Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.

Predate (v. t.) To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

Predation (n.) The act of pillaging.

Predatorily (adv.) In a predatory manner.

Predatory (a.) Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits.

Predatory (a.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

Prede (v. i.) To prey; to plunder.

Prede (n.) Prey; plunder; booty.

Predecay (n.) Premature decay.

Predecease (v. t.) To die sooner than.

Predecease (n.) The death of one person or thing before another.

Predecessive (a.) Going before; preceding.

Predecessor (n.) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Predeclare (v. t.) To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce.

Prededication (n.) A dedication made previously or beforehand.

Predefine (v. t.) To define beforehand.

Predeliberation (n.) Previous deliberation.

Predelineation (n.) Previous delineation.

Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Predesign (v. t.) To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.

Predesignate (a.) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Predestinarian (a.) Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy.

Predestinarian (n.) One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.

Predestinarianism (n.) The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

Predestinary (a.) Predestinarian.

Predestinate (a.) Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

Predestinated (imp. & p. p.) of Predestinate

Predestinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predestinate

Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.

Predestination (n.) The act of predestinating.

Predestination (n.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.

Predestinative (a.) Determining beforehand; predestinating.

Predestinator (n.) One who predestinates, or foreordains.

Predestinator (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian.

Predestined (imp. & p. p.) of Predestine

Predestining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predestine

Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

Predestiny (n.) Predestination.

Predeterminable (a.) Capable of being determined beforehand.

Predeterminate (a.) Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.

Predetermination (n.) The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

Predetermined (imp. & p. p.) of Predetermine

Predermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predetermine

Predetermine (v. t.) To determine (something) beforehand.

Predetermine (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Predetermine (v. i.) To determine beforehand.

Predial (a.) Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate.

Predial (a.) Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.

Predial (a.) Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.

Prediastolic (a.) Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.

Predicability (n.) The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something.

Predicable (a.) Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Predicable (n.) Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

Predicable (n.) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Predicament (n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.

Predicament (n.) See Category.

Predicamental (a.) Of or pertaining to a predicament.

Predicant (a.) Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.

Predicant (n.) One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.

Predicated (imp. & p. p.) of Predicate

Predicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predicate

Predicate (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

Predicate (v. t.) To found; to base.

Predicate (v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

Predicate (v. t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.

Predicate (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

Predicate (a.) Predicated.

Predication (n.) The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

Predication (n.) Preaching.

Predicative (a.) Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

Predicatory (a.) Affirmative; positive.

Predicrotic (a.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.

Predicted (imp. & p. p.) of Predict

Predicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predict

Predict (v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

Predict (n.) A prediction.

Predictable (a.) That may be predicted.

Prediction (n.) The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

Predictional (a.) Prophetic; prognostic.

Predictive (a.) Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.

Predictor (n.) One who predicts; a foreteller.

Predictory (a.) Predictive.

Predigest (v. t.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Predigestion (n.) Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.

Predigestion (n.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.

Predilect (v. t.) To elect or choose beforehand.

Predilection (n.) A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

Prediscover (v. t.) To discover beforehand.

Prediscovery (n.) A previous discovery.

Predisponency (n.) The state of being predisposed; predisposition.

Predisponent (a.) Disposing beforehand; predisposing.

Predisponent (n.) That which predisposes.

Predisposed (imp. & p. p.) of Predispose

Predisposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predispose

Predispose (v. t.) To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

Predispose (v. t.) To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

Predisposition (n.) The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

Predisposition (n.) Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.

Predominance (n.) The superior influence of a planet.

Predominancy (n.) Predominance.

Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.

Predominantly (adv.) In a predominant manner.

Predominated (imp. & p. p.) of Predominate

Predominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predominate

Predominate (v. i.) To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart.

Predominate (v. t.) To rule over; to overpower.

Predomination (n.) The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.

Predoom (v. t.) To foredoom.

Predorsal (a.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Predy (a.) Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship.

Preedy (adv.) With ease.

Preef (n.) Proof.

Preelect (v. t.) To elect beforehand.

Preelection (n.) Election beforehand.

Preeminence (n.) The quality or state of being preeminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preeminence in honor.

Preeminent (a.) Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preeminent in guilt.

Preeminently (adv.) In a preeminent degree.

Preemploy (v. t.) To employ beforehand.

Preempted (imp. & p. p.) of Preempt

Preempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preempt

Preempt (v. t. & i.) To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.

Preemption (n.) The act or right of purchasing before others.

Preemption (n.) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.

Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.

Preemptioner (n.) One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land.

Preemptive (a.) Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.

Preemtor (n.) One who preempts; esp., one who preempts public land.

Preemptory (a.) Pertaining to preemption.

Preen (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

Preened (imp. & p. p.) of Preen

Preening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preen

Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.

Preen (n.) To trim up, as trees.

Preengaged (imp. & p. p.) of Preengage

Preengaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preengage

Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.

Preengagement (n.) Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.

Preerect (v. t.) To erect beforehand.

Prees (n.) Press; throng.

Preestablish (v. t.) To establish beforehand.

Preestablishment (n.) Settlement beforehand.

Preeternity (n.) Infinite previous duration.

Preexamination (n.) Previous examination.

Preexamined (imp. & p. p.) of Preexamine

Preexamining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preexamine

Preexamine (v. t.) To examine beforehand.

Preexisted (imp. & p. p.) of Preexist

Preexisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preexist

Preexist (v. i.) To exist previously; to exist before something else.

Preexistence (n.) Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.

Preexistence (n.) Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers.

Preexistency (n.) Preexistence.

Preexistent (a.) Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preexistent state.

Preexistentism (n.) The theory of a preexistence of souls before their association with human bodies.

Preexistimation (n.) Previous esteem or estimation.

Preexpectation (n.) Previous expectation.

Preface (n.) Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.

Preface (n.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

Prefaced (imp. & p. p.) of Preface

Prefacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preface

Preface (v. t.) To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.

Preface (v. i.) To make a preface.

Prefacer (n.) The writer of a preface.

Prefatorial (a.) Prefatory.

Prefatorily (adv.) In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.

Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.

Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.

Prefect (n.) A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.

Prefect (n.) In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.

Prefectorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a prefect.

Prefectship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.

Prefecture (n.) The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.

Prefecundation (n.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation.

Prefecundatory (a.) Of or pertaining to prefecundation.

Preferred (imp. & p. p.) of Prefer

Preferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefer

Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.

Prefer (v. t.) To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.

Prefer (v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.

Prefer (v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.

Preferability (n.) The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.

Preferable (a.) Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.

Preferableness (n.) The quality or state of being preferable.

Preferably (adv.) In preference; by choice.

Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.

Preference (n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?

Preferential (a.) Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

Preferment (n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.

Preferment (n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.

Preferment (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.

Preferrer (n.) One who prefers.

Prefidence (n.) The quality or state of being prefident.

Prefident (a.) Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident.

Prefigurate (v. t.) To prefigure.

Prefiguration (n.) The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

Prefigurative (a.) Showing by prefiguration.

Prefigured (imp. & p. p.) of Prefigure

Prefiguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefigure

Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

Prefigurement (n.) The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.

Prefine (v. t.) To limit beforehand.

Prefinite (a.) Prearranged.

Prefinition (n.) Previous limitation.

Prefixed (imp. & p. p.) of Prefix

Prefixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefix

Prefix (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

Prefix (v. t.) To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.

Prefix (n.) That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.

Prefixion (n.) The act of prefixing.

Prefloration (n.) Aestivation.

Prefoliation (n.) Vernation.

Preform (v. t.) To form beforehand, or for special ends.

Preformation (n.) An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.

Preformative (n.) A formative letter at the beginning of a word.

Prefrontal (a.) Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes.

Prefrontal (n.) A prefrontal bone or scale.

Prefulgency (n.) Superior brightness or effulgency.

Pregage (v. t.) To preengage.

Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.

Pregnable (a.) Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort.

Pregnance (n.) Pregnancy.

Pregnancy (n.) The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.

Pregnancy (n.) Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility.

Pregnant (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

Pregnant (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.

Pregnant (a.) Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.

Pregnant (n.) A pregnant woman.

Pregnant (a.) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.

Pregnantly (adv.) In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.

Pregnantly (adv.) Unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly; evidently.

Pregravate (v. t.) To bear down; to depress.

Pregravitate (v. i.) To descend by gravity; to sink.

Pregustant (a.) Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste.

Pregustation (n.) The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste.

Prehallux (n.) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.

Prehend (v. t.) To lay hold of; to seize.

Prehensi-ble (a.) Capable of being seized.

Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.

Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.

Prehistoric (a.) Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man.

Prehnite (n.) A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Prehnitic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzene obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called from the resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammillae on the surface of prehnite.

Preindesignate (a.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.

Preindispose (v. t.) To render indisposed beforehand.

Preinstructed (imp. & p. p.) of Preinstruct

Preinstructing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preinstruct

Preinstruct (v. t.) To instruct previously or beforehand.

Preintimation (n.) Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.

Prejudged (imp. & p. p.) of Prejudge

Prejudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prejudge

Prejudge (v. t.) To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.

Prejudgment (n.) The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination.

Prejudicacy (n.) Prejudice; prepossession.

Prejudical (a.) Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.

Prejudicant (a.) Influenced by prejudice; biased.

Prejudicate (a.) Formed before due examination.

Prejudicate (a.) Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced.

Prejudicated (imp. & p. p.) of Prejudicate

Prejudicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prejudicate

Prejudicate (v. t.) To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge.

Prejudicate (v. i.) To prejudge.

Prejudicately (adv.) With prejudice.

Prejudication (n.) The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment.

Prejudication (n.) A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute.

Prejudication (n.) A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.

Prejudicative (a.) Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging.

Prejudice (n.) Foresight.

Prejudice (n.) An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge.

Prejudice (n.) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment.

Prejudice (n.) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

Prejudiced (imp. & p. p.) of Prejudice

Prejudicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prejudice

Prejudice (n.) To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.

Prejudice (n.) To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.

Prejudicial (a.) Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.

Prejudicial (a.) Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.

Preknowledge (n.) Prior knowledge.

Prelacies (pl. ) of Prelacy

Prelacy (n.) The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.

Prelacy (n.) The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries.

Prelal (a.) Of or pertaining to printing; typographical.

Prelate (n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.

Prelate (v. i.) To act as a prelate.

Prelateity (n.) Prelacy.

Prelateship (n.) The office of a prelate.

Prelatess (n.) A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.

Prelatial (a.) Prelatical.

Prelatic (a.) Alt. of Prelatical

Prelatical (a.) Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority.

Prelatically (adv.) In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates.

Prelation (n.) The setting of one above another; preference.

Prelatism (n.) Prelacy; episcopacy.

Prelatist (n.) One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman.

Prelatized (imp. & p. p.) of Prelatize

Prelatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prelatize

Prelatize (v. t.) To bring under the influence of prelacy.

Prelatize (v. i.) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.

Prelatry (n.) Prelaty; prelacy.

Prelature (n.) Alt. of Prelatureship

Prelatureship (n.) The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy.

Prelaty (n.) Prelacy.

Prelected (imp. & p. p.) of Prelect

Prelecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prelect

Prelect (v. t.) To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.

Prelect (v. i.) To discourse publicly; to lecture.

Prelection (n.) A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.

Prelector (n.) A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.

Prelibation (n.) A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.

Prelibation (n.) A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.

Preliminarily (adv.) In a preliminary manner.

Preliminary (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.

Preliminaries (pl. ) of Preliminary

Preliminary (n.) That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.

Prelimit (v. t.) To limit previously.

Prelook (v. i.) To look forward.

Prelude (v. t.) An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.

Preluded (imp. & p. p.) of Prelude

Preluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prelude

Prelude (v. i.) To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as prelude.

Prelude (v. t.) To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.

Prelude (v. t.) To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.

Preluder (n.) One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude.

Preludial (a.) Of or pertaining to a prelude; of the nature of a prelude; introductory.

Preludious (a.) Preludial.

Prelumbar (a.) Situated immediately in front of the loins; -- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.

Prelusive (a.) Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that something of a like kind is to follow.

Prelusorily (adv.) In a prelusory way.

Prelusory (a.) Introductory; prelusive.

Premature (a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.

Premature (a.) Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.

Prematurity (n.) The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.

Premaxillae (pl. ) of Premaxilla

Premaxilla (n.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Premaxillary (a.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillae; intermaxillary.

Premaxillary (n.) A premaxilla.

Premediate (v. t.) To advocate.

Premeditated (imp. & p. p.) of Premeditate

Premeditating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premeditate

Premeditate (v. t.) To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.

Premeditate (v. i.) To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand.

Premeditate (a.) Premeditated; deliberate.

Premeditately (adv.) With premeditation.

Premeditation (n.) The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand.

Premial (a.) Alt. of Premiant

Premiant (a.) Serving to reward; rewarding.

Premices (n. pl.) First fruits.

Premier (a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.

Premier (a.) Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.

Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.

Premiership (n.) The office of the premier.

Premillennial (a.) Previous to the millennium.

Premious (a.) Rich in gifts.

Premises (pl. ) of Premise

Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Premise (n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.

Premise (n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

Premised (imp. & p. p.) of Premise

Premising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premise

Premise (n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

Premise (n.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.

Premise (v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

Premiss (n.) Premise.

Premit (v. t.) To premise.

Premiums (pl. ) of Premium

Premium (n.) A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premium for good behavior or scholarship, for discoveries, etc.

Premium (n.) Something offered or given for the loan of money; bonus; -- sometimes synonymous with interest, but generally signifying a sum in addition to the capital.

Premium (n.) A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind.

Premium (n.) A sum in advance of, or in addition to, the nominal or par value of anything; as, gold was at a premium; he sold his stock at a premium.

Premolar (a.) Situated in front of the molar teeth.

Premolar (n.) An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.

Premonished (imp. & p. p.) of Premonish

Premonishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Premonish

Premonish (v. t.) To forewarn; to admonish beforehand.

Premonishment (n.) Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Premonition (n.) Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

Premonitor (n.) One who, or that which, gives premonition.

Premonitory (a.) Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease.

Premonstrant (n.) A Premonstratensian.

Premonstrate (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foreshow.

Premonstratensian (n.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.

Premonstration (n.) A showing beforehand; foreshowing.

Premonstrator (n.) One who, or that which, premonstrates.

Premorse (a.) Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.

Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history.

Premotion (n.) Previous motion or excitement to action.

Premunire (n.) See Praemunire.

Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.

Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.

Premunitory (a.) Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process.

Prenasal (a.) Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers.

Prenatal (a.) Being or happening before birth.

Prender (n.) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered.

Prenomen (n.) See Praenomen.

Prenominal (a.) Serving as a prefix in a compound name.

Prenominate (a.) Forenamed; named beforehand.

Prenominate (v. t.) To forename; to name beforehand; to tell by name beforehand.

Prenomination (n.) The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first.

Prenostic (n.) A prognostic; an omen.

Prenote (v. t.) To note or designate beforehand.

Prenotion (n.) A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.

Prensation (n.) The act of seizing with violence.

Prentice (n.) An apprentice.

Prenticehood (n.) Apprenticehood.

Prenticeship (n.) Apprenticeship.

Prenunciation (n.) The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand.

Prenuncious (a.) Announcing beforehand; presaging.

Preoblongata (n.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.

Preobtain (v. t.) To obtain beforehand.

Preoccupancy (n.) The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

Preoccupate (v. t.) To anticipate; to take before.

Preoccupate (v. t.) To prepossess; to prejudice.

Preoccupation (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

Preoccupation (n.) Anticipation of objections.

Preoccupied (imp. & p. p.) of Preoccupy

Preoccupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preoccupy

Preoccupy (v. t.) To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

Preoccupy (v. t.) To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.

Preocular (a.) Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennae of certain insects.

Preocular (n.) One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.

Preominate (v. t.) To ominate beforehand; to portend.

Preopercular (a.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum.

Preopercular (n.) The preoperculum.

Preoperculum (n.) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

Preopinion (n.) Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice.

Preoption (n.) Right of first choice.

Preoral (a.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth; as, preoral bands.

Preorbital (a.) Situated in front or the orbit.

Preordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.

Preorder (v. t.) To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.

Preordinance (n.) Antecedent decree or determination.

Preordinate (a.) Preordained.

Preordination (n.) The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

Preparable (a.) Capable of being prepared.

Preparation (n.) The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

Preparation (n.) The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.

Preparation (n.) That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.

Preparation (n.) That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.

Preparation (n.) An army or fleet.

Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

Preparation (n.) Accomplishment; qualification.

Preparative (a.) Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

Preparative (n.) That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.

Preparative (n.) That which is done in the way of preparation.

Preparatively (adv.) By way of preparation.

Preparator (n.) One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc.

Preparatory (a.) Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.

Prepare/ (imp. & p. p.) of Prepare

Preparing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prepare

Prepare (v. t.) To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.

Prepare (v. t.) To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.

Prepare (v. i.) To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.

Prepare (v. i.) To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

Prepare (n.) Preparation.

Prepared (a.) Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions.

Preparer (n.) One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready.

Prepaid (imp. & p. p.) of Prepay

Prepaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prepay

Prepay (v. t.) To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage.

Prepayment (n.) Payment in advance.

Prepenial (a.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.

Prepense (v. t.) To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate.

Prepense (v. i.) To deliberate beforehand.

Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense.

Prepensely (adv.) In a premeditated manner.

Prepollence (n.) Alt. of Prepollency

Prepollency (n.) The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence.

Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

Prepollices (pl. ) of Prepollent

Prepollent (n.) An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.

Preponder (v. t.) To preponderate.

Preponderance (n.) Alt. of Preponderancy

Preponderancy (n.) The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.

Preponderancy (n.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

Preponderant (a.) Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.

Preponderated (imp. & p. p.) of Preponderate

Preponderating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preponderate

Preponderate (v. t.) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.

Preponderate (v. t.) To overpower by stronger or moral power.

Preponderate (v. t.) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.

Preponderate (v. i.) To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated.

Preponderatingly (adv.) In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.

Preponderation (n.) The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons.

Prepose (v. t.) To place or set before; to prefix.

Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.

Preposition (n.) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

Prepositional (a.) Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.

Prepositive (a.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.

Prepositive (n.) A prepositive word.

Prepositor (n.) A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor.

Prepositure (n.) The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.

Prepossessed (imp. & p. p.) of Prepossess

Prepossessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prepossess

Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.

Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.

Prepossessing (a.) Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.

Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation; prior possession.

Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood.

Prepossessor (n.) One who possesses, or occupies, previously.

Preposterous (a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.

Preposterous (a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.

Prepostor (n.) See Prepositor.

Prepotency (n.) The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

Prepotency (n.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.

Prepotent (a.) Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.

Prepotent (a.) Characterized by prepotency.

Preprovide (v. t.) To provide beforehand.

Prepubic (a.) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.

Prepubis (n.) A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

Prepuce (n.) The foreskin.

Preputial (a.) Of or pertaining to the prepuce.

Preraphaelism (n.) Alt. of Preraphaelitism

Preraphaelitism (n.) The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject.

Preraphaelite (a.) Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape.

Preraphaelite (n.) One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.

Preregnant (n.) One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor.

Preremote (a.) More remote in previous time or prior order.

Prerequire (v. t.) To require beforehand.

Prerequisite (a.) Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

Prerequisite (n.) Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.

Preresolved (imp. & p. p.) of Preresolve

Preresolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preresolve

Preresolve (v. t. & i.) To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.

Prerogative (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise.

Prerogative (n.) Precedence; preeminence; first rank.

Prerogatived (a.) Endowed with a prerogative, or exclusive privilege.

Prerogatively (adv.) By prerogative.

Presage (v. t.) Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

Presage (v. t.) Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.

Presaged (imp. & p. p.) of Presage

Presaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Presage

Presage (v. t.) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

Presage (v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.

Presage (v. i.) To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.

Presageful (a.) Full of presages; ominous.

Presagement (n.) The act or art of presaging; a foreboding.

Presagement (n.) That which is presaged, or foretold.

Presager (n.) One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.

Presagious (a.) Foreboding; ominous.

Presbyope (n.) One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person.

Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia.

Presbyopic (a.) Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.

Presbyopy (n.) See Presbyopia.

Presbyte (n.) Same as Presbyope.

Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.

Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Presbyter (n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.

Presbyter (n.) A Presbyterian.

Presbyteral (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.

Presbyterate (n.) A presbytery; also, presbytership.

Presbyteress (n.) A female presbyter.

Presbyterial (a.) Presbyterian.

Presbyterian (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.

Presbyterian (n.) One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.

Presbyterianism (n.) That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.

Presbyterium (n.) Same as Presbytery, 4.

Presbytership (n.) The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.

Presbyteries (pl. ) of Presbytery

Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority.

Presbytery (n.) The Presbyterian religion of polity.

Presbytery (n.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.

Presbytery (n.) The residence of a priest or clergyman.

Presbytia (n.) Presbyopia.

Presbytic (a.) Same as Presbyopic.

Presbytism (n.) Presbyopia.

Presscapula (n.) The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.

Prescapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.

Prescience (n.) Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

Prescient (a.) Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.

Presciently (adv.) With prescience or foresight.

Prescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abstract.

Prescind (v. t.) To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis.

Presciendent (a.) Foreknowing; having foreknowledge; as, prescious of ills.

Prescribed (imp. & p. p.) of Prescribe

Prescribing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Prescribe

Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.

Prescribe (v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

Prescribe (v. i.) To give directions; to dictate.

Prescribe (v. i.) To influence by long use

Prescribe (v. i.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever.

Prescribe (v. i.) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.

Prescriber (n.) One who prescribes.

Prescript (a.) Directed; prescribed.

Prescript (n.) Direction; precept; model prescribed.

Prescript (n.) A medical prescription.

Prescriptibility (n.) The quality or state of being prescriptible.

Prescriptible (a.) Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed.

Prescription (n.) The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

Prescription (n.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy.

Prescription (n.) A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law.

Prescriptive (a.) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.

Prescriptively (adv.) By prescription.

Prescuta (pl. ) of Prescutum

Prescutum (n.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.

Preseance (n.) Priority of place in sitting.

Preselect (v. t.) To select beforehand.

Presence (n.) The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.

Presence (n.) The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse.

Presence (n.) Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.

Presence (n.) The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign.

Presence (n.) An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company.

Presence (n.) Port, mien; air; personal appearence.

Presensation (n.) Previous sensation, notion, or idea.

Presension (n.) Previous perception.

Present (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

Present (a.) Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.

Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

Present (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.

Present (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.

Present (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.

Present (a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.

Present (a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

Presented (imp. & p. p.) of Present

Presenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Present

Present (a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.

Present (a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.

Present (a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.

Present (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.

Present (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.

Present (a.) To present; to personate.

Present (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

Present (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .

Present (a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.

Present (a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries.

Present (a.) To bring an indictment against .

Present (a.) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.

Present (v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.

Present (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.

Present (n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.

Presentable (a.) Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.

Presentable (a.) Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable.

Presentaneous (a.) Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.

Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

Presentation (n.) exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.

Presentation (n.) That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation.

Presentation (n.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.

Presentation (n.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation.

Presentative (a.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative.

Presentative (a.) Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a presentative parsonage.

Presentative (a.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.

Presentee (v. t.) One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice.

Presenter (n.) One who presents.

Presential (a.) Implying actual presence; present, immediate.

Presentiality (n.) State of being actually present.

Presentiate (v. t.) To make present.

Presentient (a.) Feeling or perceiving beforehand.

Presentific (a.) Making present.

Presentifical (a.) Presentific.

Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.

Presentimental (a.) Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding.

Presention (n.) See Presension.

Presentive (a.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.

Presently (adv.) At present; at this time; now.

Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by.

Presently (adv.) With actual presence; actually .

Presentment (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.

Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.

Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself.

Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.

Presentness (n.) The quality or state of being present; presence.

Presentoir (n.) An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.

Preservable (a.) Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

Preservation (n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

Preservative (a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

Preservative (n.) That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.

Preservatory (a.) Preservative.

Preservatories (pl. ) of Preservatory

Preservatory (n.) A preservative.

Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.

Preserved (imp. & p. p.) of Preserve

Preserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preserve

Preserve (v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.

Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.

Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.

Preserve (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.

Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.

Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.

Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.

Preserver (n.) One who makes preserves of fruit.

Preshow (v. t.) To foreshow.

Presided (imp. & p. p.) of Preside

Presiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preside

Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.

Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.

Presidence (n.) See Presidency.

Presidencies (pl. ) of Presidency

Presidency (n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.

Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

Presidency (n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.

Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.

President (n.) Precedent.

President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

President (n.) One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.

President (n.) The chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like.

President (n.) The chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States.

President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.

Presidential (a.) Presiding or watching over.

Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.

Presidentship (n.) The office and dignity of president; presidency.

Presider (n.) One who presides.

Presidial (a.) Alt. of Presidiary

Presidiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.

Presidary (n.) A guard.

Presiding () a. & n. from Preside.

Presidio (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.

Presignification (n.) The act of signifying or showing beforehand.

Presignified (imp. & p. p.) of Presignify

Presignifying (imp. & p. p.) of Presignify

Presignify (v. t.) To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.

Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone).

Presphenoid (n.) The presphenoid bone.

Presphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.

Prespinal (a.) Prevertebral.

Press (n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

Press (n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.

Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Pressed (imp. & p. p.) of Press

Pressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press

Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.

Press (v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.

Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.

Press (v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.

Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

Press (v.) To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.

Press (v.) To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.

Press (v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.

Press (v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.

Press (v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.

Press (n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.

Press (n.) Specifically, a printing press.

Press (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.

Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.

Press (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward.

Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.

Press (n.) A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.

Presser (n.) One who, or that which, presses.

Pressgang (n.) See Press gang, under Press.

Pressing (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.

Pression (n.) The act of pressing; pressure.

Pression (n.) An endeavor to move.

Pressiroster (n.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.

Pressirostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

Pressitant (a.) Gravitating; heavy.

Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.

Pressly (adv.) Closely; concisely.

Pressmen (pl. ) of Pressman

Pressman (n.) One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.

Pressman (n.) One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.

Pressman (n.) One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.

Pressor (a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.

Presspack (v. t.) To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.

Pressurage (n.) Pressure.

Pressurage (n.) The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.

Pressure (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

Pressure (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.

Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.

Pressure (n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business.

Pressure (n.) Impression; stamp; character impressed.

Pressure (n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.

Presswork (n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.

Prest () imp. & p. p. of Press.

Prest (a.) Ready; prompt; prepared.

Prest (a.) Neat; tidy; proper.

Prest (n.) Ready money; a loan of money.

Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

Prest (v. t.) To give as a loan; to lend.

Prestable (a.) Payable.

Prestation (n.) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.

Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

Prester (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.

Prester (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.

Presternum (n.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.

Prestidigital (a.) Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling.

Prestidigitation (n.) Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.

Prestidigitator (n.) One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

Prestige (v.) Delusion; illusion; trick.

Prestige (v.) Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation.

Prestigiation (n.) Legerdemain; prestidigitation.

Prestigiator (n.) A juggler; prestidigitator.

Prestigiatory (a.) Consisting of impostures; juggling.

Prestigious (a.) Practicing tricks; juggling.

Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.

Prestissimo (adv.) Very quickly; with great rapidity.

Presto (a.) Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.

Presto (a.) Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

Presstriction (n.) Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight.

Presultor (n.) A leader in the dance.

Presumable (a.) Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.

Presumably (adv.) In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.

Presumed (imp. & p. p.) of Presume

Presuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Presume

Presume (v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

Presume (v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.

Presume (v. i.) To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.

Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.

Presumedly (adv.) By presumption.

Presumer (n.) One who presumes; also, an arrogant person.

Presumingly (adv.) Confidently; arrogantly.

Presumption (n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.

Presumption (n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.

Presumption (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.

Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.

Presumptive (a.) Presumptuous; arrogant.

Presumptively (adv.) By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably.

Presumptuous (a.) Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.

Presumptuous (a.) Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.

Presumptuous (a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.

Presumptuously (adv.) In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.

Presumptuousness (n.) The quality or state of being presumptuous.

Presupposal (n.) Presupposition.

Presupposed (imp. & p. p.) of Presuppose

Presupposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Presuppose

Presuppose (v. t.) To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

Presupposition (n.) The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption.

Presupposition (n.) That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.

Presurmise (n.) A surmise previously formed.

Presystolic (a.) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.

Pretemporal (a.) Situated in front of the temporal bone.

Pretence (a.) Alt. of Pretenceless

Pretenceful (a.) Alt. of Pretenceless

Pretenceless (a.) See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.

Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Pretend

Pretending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretend

Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

Pretend (v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.

Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

Pretend (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.

Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.

Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.

Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.

Pretendence (n.) The act of pretending; pretense.

Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.

Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.

Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.

Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender.

Pretendingly (adv.) As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.

Pretense (n.) Alt. of Pretence

Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.

Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.

Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.

Pretence (n.) Intention; design.

Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.

Pretenseful (a.) Abounding in pretenses.

Pretenseless (a.) Not having or making pretenses.

Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.

Pretentative (a.) Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.

Pretentious (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Preter- () A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural.

Preterhuman (a.) More than human.

Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states.

Preterimperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called imperfect.

Preterist (n.) One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.

Preterist (n.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.

Preterit (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

Preterit (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

Preterit (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Preterite (a. & n.) Same as Preterit.

Preteriteness (n.) Same as Preteritness.

Preterition (n.) The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.

Preterition (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.

Preterition (n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.

Preteritive (a.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.

Preteritness (n.) The quality or state of being past.

Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages.

Preterlegal (a.) Exceeding the limits of law.

Pretermission (n.) The act of passing by or omitting; omission.

Pretermission (n.) See Preterition.

Pretermitted (imp. & p. p.) of Pretermit

Pretermitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretermit

Pretermit (v. t.) To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

Preternatural (a.) Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor.

Preternaturalism (n.) The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.

Preternaturality (n.) Preternaturalness.

Preternaturally (adv.) In a preternatural manner or degree.

Preternaturalness (n.) The quality or state of being preternatural.

Preterperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called preterit.

Preterpluperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called pluperfect.

Pretertiary (a.) Earlier than Tertiary.

Pretervection (n.) The act of carrying past or beyond.

Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely.

Pretext (n.) Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

Pretexture (n.) A pretext.

Pretibial (a.) Situated in front of the tibia.

Pretor (n.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.

Pretor (n.) Hence, a mayor or magistrate.

Pretorial (a.) Pretorian.

Pretorian (a.) Of or pertaining to a pretor or magistrate; judicial; exercised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority.

Pretorian (n.) A soldier of the pretorian guard.

Pretorium (n.) The general's tent in a Roman camp; hence, a council of war, because held in the general's tent.

Pretorium (n.) The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat.

Pretorship (n.) The office or dignity of a pretor.

Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.

Prettily (adv.) In a pretty manner.

Prettiness (n.) The quality or state of being pretty; -- used sometimes in a disparaging sense.

Pretty (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.

Pretty (superl.) Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Pretty (superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.

Pretty (superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Pretty (superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.

Pretty (adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

Prettyish (a.) Somewhat pretty.

Prettyism (n.) Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc.

Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily.

Pretypified (imp. & p. p.) of Pretypify

Pretypifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretypify

Pretypify (v. t.) To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type.

Pretzel (n.) A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside.

Prevailed (imp. & p. p.) of Prevail

Prevailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevail

Prevail (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.

Prevail (v. i.) To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.

Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.

Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.

Prevailing (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion.

Prevailingly (adv.) So as to prevail.

Prevailment (n.) Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy.

Prevalence (n.) The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.

Prevalency (n.) See Prevalence.

Prevalent (a.) Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious.

Prevalent (a.) Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease.

Prevalently (adv.) In a prevalent manner.

Prevaricated (imp. & p. p.) of Prevaricate

Prevaricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevaricate

Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.

Prevaricate (v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Prevarication (n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

Prevarication (n.) A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

Prevarication (n.) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.

Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Prevaricator (n.) One who prevaricates.

Prevaricator (n.) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.

Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust.

Preve (v. i. & i.) To prove.

Preve (n.) Proof.

Prevenance (n.) A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.

Prevenancy (n.) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness.

Prevene (v. t. & i.) To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent.

Prevenience (n.) The act of going before; anticipation.

Prevenient (a.) Going before; preceding; hence, preventive.

Prevented (imp. & p. p.) of Prevent

Preventing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevent

Prevent (v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

Prevent (v. i.) To come before the usual time.

Preventability (n.) The quality or state of being preventable.

Preventable (a.) Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.

Preventative (n.) That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

Preventer (n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.

Preventer (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.

Preventer (n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.

Preventingly (adv.) So as to prevent or hinder.

Prevention (n.) The act of going, or state of being, before.

Prevention (n.) Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought.

Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

Prevention (n.) Prejudice; prepossession.

Preventional (a.) Tending to prevent.

Preventive (a.) Going before; preceding.

Preventive (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.

Preventive (n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

Preventively (adv.) In a preventive manner.

Prevertebral (a.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.

Previously (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.

Previousness (n.) The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.

Previse (v. t.) To foresee.

Previse (v. t.) To inform beforehand; to warn.

Prevision (n.) Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

Prevoyant (a.) Foreseeing; prescient.

Prewarned (imp. & p. p.) of Prewarn

Prewarning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prewarn

Prewarn (v. t. & i.) To warn beforehand; to forewarn.

Prey (n.) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

Prey (n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.

Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Preyed (imp. & p. p.) of Prey

Preying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prey

Prey (n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.

Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer.

Preyful (a.) Disposed to take prey.

Preyful (a.) Rich in prey.

Prezygapophyses (pl. ) of Prezygapophysis

Prezygapophysis (n.) An anterior zygapophysis.

Prial (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.

Prian (n.) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles.

Priapean (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.

Priapism (n.) More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.

Priapulacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.

Pricasour (n.) A hard rider.

Price (n. & v.) The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost.

Price (n. & v.) Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

Price (n. & v.) Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.

Priced (imp. & p. p.) of Price

Pricing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Price

Price (v. t.) To pay the price of.

Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.

Price (v. t.) To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.

Priced (a.) Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor.

Priceite (n.) A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.

Priceless (a.) Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.

Priceless (a.) Of no value; worthless.

Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.

Prick (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.

Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

Prick (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.

Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.

Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Prick

Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prick

Prick (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.

Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

Prick (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.

Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.

Prick (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.

Prick (n.) To render acid or pungent.

Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.

Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

Prick (n.) To nick.

Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

Prick (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.

Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.

Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.

Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.

Pricker (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.

Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.

Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.

Pricking (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.

Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.

Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds.

Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefish

Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.

Prickling (a.) Prickly.

Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.

Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop.

Prickpunch (n.) A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.

Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.

Pricksong (v. t.) Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down.

Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.

Pricky (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.

Pride (n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.

Pride (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

Pride (n.) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

Pride (n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.

Pride (n.) That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.

Pride (n.) Show; ostentation; glory.

Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.

Pride (n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.

Prided (imp. & p. p.) of Pride

Priding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pride

Pride (v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.

Pride (v. i.) To be proud; to glory.

Prideful (a.) Full of pride; haughty.

Prideless (a.) Without pride.

Pridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday.

Pridingly (adv.) Proudly.

Prie (n.) The plant privet.

Prie (v. i.) To pry.

Pried () imp. & p. p. of Pry.

Priedieu (n.) A kneeling desk for prayers.

Prief (n.) Proof.

Prier (n.) One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.

Priest (n.) A presbyter elder; a minister

Priest (n.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.

Priest (n.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.

Priest (n.) One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

Priest (v. t.) To ordain as priest.

Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.

Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.

Priestery (n.) Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt.

Priestess (n.) A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.

Priesthood (n.) The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

Priesthood (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

Priesting (n.) The office of a priest.

Priestism (n.) The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.

Priestless (a.) Without a priest.

Priestlike (a.) Priestly.

Priestliness (n.) The quality or state of being priestly.

Priestly (a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.

Priest-ridden (a.) Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.

Prieve (v. t.) To prove.

Prigged (imp. & p. p.) of Prig

Prigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prig

Prig (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.

Prig (v. t.) To cheapen.

Prig (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.

Prig (n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.

Prig (n.) A thief; a filcher.

Priggery (n.) Priggism.

Priggish (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.

Priggism (n.) The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.

Priggism (n.) Roguery; thievery.

Prighte () imp. of Prick.

Prill (n.) The brill.

Prill (v. i.) To flow.

Prill (n.) A stream.

Prill (n.) A nugget of virgin metal.

Prill (n.) Ore selected for excellence.

Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.

Prillion (n.) Tin extracted from the slag.

Prim (n.) The privet.

Prim (a.) Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.

Primmed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim

Primming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prim

Prim (v. t.) To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

Prim (v. i.) To dress or act smartly.

Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.

Primacy (a.) The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.

Prima donnas (pl. ) of Prima donna

Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna

Prima donna (a.) The first or chief female singer in an opera.

Prima facie () At first view; on the first appearance.

Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.

Primal (a.) First; primary; original; chief.

Primality (n.) The quality or state of being primal.

Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.

Primariness (n.) The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.

Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.

Primary (a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.

Primary (a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.

Primary (a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.

Primaries (pl. ) of Primary

Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.

Primary (n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.

Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.

Primary (n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.

Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.

Primate (a.) One of the Primates.

Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

Primateship (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.

Primatial (a.) Primatical.

Primatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a primate.

Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.

Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.

Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.

Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.

Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.

Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.

Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.

Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.

Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.

Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prime

Priming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prime

Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.

Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.

Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees.

Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.

Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first.

Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.

Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.

Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.

Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.

Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.

Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes

Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.

Primer (a.) First; original; primary.

Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.

Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

Primer (n.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.

Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown.

Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.

Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.

Primevous (a.) Primeval.

Primigenial (a.) First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.

Primigenious (a.) Alt. of Primigenous

Primigenous (a.) First formed or generated; original; primigenial.

Primine (n.) The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.

Priming (n.) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.

Priming (n.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.

Priming (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.

Primipara (n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.

Primiparous (a.) Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.

Primipilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.

Primitiae (pl. ) of Primitia

Primitias (pl. ) of Primitia

Primitia (n.) The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.

Primitial (a.) Being of the first production; primitive; original.

Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.

Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.

Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.

Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.

Primitively (adv.) Originally; at first.

Primitively (adv.) Primarily; not derivatively.

Primitively (adv.) According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style.

Primitiveness (n.) The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.

Primity (n.) Quality of being first; primitiveness.

Primly (adv.) In a prim or precise manner.

Primness (n.) The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

Primo (a.) First; chief.

Primogenial (a.) First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light.

Primogenitive (a.) Of or pertaining to primogeniture.

Primogenitive (n.) Primogeniture.

Primogenitor (n.) The first ancestor; a forefather.

Primogeniture (a.) The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.

Primogeniture (a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.

Primogenitureship (n.) The state or privileges of the firstborn.

Primordial (a.) First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.

Primordial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.

Primordial (a.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.

Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.

Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.

Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.

Primordian (n.) A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.

Primordiate (a.) Primordial.

Primp (a.) To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.

Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.

Primrose (a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.

Primrose (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.

Primula (n.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).

Primulaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.

Primum mobile () In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline.

Primus (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.

Primy (a.) Being in its prime.

Prince (a.) The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.

Prince (a.) The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.

Prince (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.

Prince (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players.

Prince (v. i.) To play the prince.

Princedom (n.) The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.

Princehood (n.) Princeliness.

Princekin (n.) A petty prince; a princeling.

Princeless (a.) Without a prince.

Princelet (n.) A petty prince.

Princelike (a.) Princely.

Princeliness (n.) The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.

Princeling (n.) A petty prince; a young prince.

Princely (a.) Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

Princely (a.) Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune.

Princely (adv.) In a princely manner.

Princess (n.) A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.

Princess (n.) The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.

Princess (n.) The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

Princesse (a.) A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

Princesslike (a.) Like a princess.

Princewood (n.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.

Princified (a.) Imitative of a prince.

Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.

Principal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prince; princely.

Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.

Principal (n.) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.

Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety.

Principal (n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent.

Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

Principal (n.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit.

Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.

Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason.

Principal (n.) A heirloom; a mortuary.

Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Principal (n.) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle.

Principalities (pl. ) of Principality

Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station.

Principality (n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty.

Principality (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales.

Principally (adv.) In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

Principalness (n.) The quality of being principal.

Principate (n.) Principality; supreme rule.

Principia (n. pl.) First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.

Principial (a.) Elementary.

Principiant (a.) Relating to principles or beginnings.

Principiate (v. t.) To begin; to initiate.

Principiation (n.) Analysis into primary or elemental parts.

Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement.

Principle (n.) A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

Principle (n.) An original faculty or endowment.

Principle (n.) A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.

Principle (n.) A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.

Principle (n.) Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.

Principled (imp. & p. p.) of Principle

Principling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Principle

Principle (v. t.) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.

Princock (n.) Alt. of Princox

Princox (n.) A coxcomb; a pert boy.

Prinked (imp. & p. p.) of Prink

Prinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prink

Prink (v. t.) To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

Prink (v. t.) To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.

Prinker (n.) One who prinks.

Prinpriddle (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.

Printed (imp. & p. p.) of Print

Printing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Print

Print (v. t.) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

Print (v. t.) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.

Print (v. t.) To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.

Print (v. t.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.

Print (v. i.) To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

Print (v. i.) To publish a book or an article.

Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.

Print (n.) A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.

Print (n.) That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.

Print (n.) Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.

Print (n.) That which is produced by printing.

Print (n.) An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate.

Print (n.) A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.

Print (n.) A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.

Print (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.

Print (n.) A core print. See under Core.

Printa-ble (a.) Worthy to be published.

Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

Printery (n.) A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office.

Printing (n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints.

Printless (a.) Making no imprint.

Printless (a.) Making no imprint.

Printshop (n.) A shop where prints are sold.

Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.

Prior (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

Priorate (n.) The dignity, office, or government, of a prior.

Prioress (n.) A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.

Priority (a.) Precedence; superior rank.

Priorly (adv.) Previously.

Priorship (n.) The state or office of prior; priorate.

Priories (pl. ) of Priory

Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.

Pris (n.) See Price, and 1st Prize.

Prisage (n.) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this.

Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Priscillianist (n.) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity.

Prise (n.) An enterprise.

Prise (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.

Priser (n.) See 1st Prizer.

Prism (n.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

Prism (n.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.

Prism (n.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.

Prismatic (a.) Alt. of Prismatical

Prismatical (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage.

Prismatical (a.) Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors.

Prismatical (a.) Same as Orthorhombic.

Prismatically (adv.) In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism.

Prismatoidal (a.) Having a prismlike form.

Prismoid (n.) A body that approaches to the form of a prism.

Prismoidal (a.) Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids.

Prismy (a.) Pertaining to a prism.

Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.

Prisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Prison

Prisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prison

Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

Prison (v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain.

Prisoner (n.) One who is confined in a prison.

Prisoner (n.) A person under arrest, or in custody, whether in prison or not; a person held in involuntary restraint; a captive; as, a prisoner at the bar of a court.

Prisonment (n.) Imprisonment.

Pristinate (a.) Pristine; primitive.

Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.

Pritch (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear.

Pritch (n.) Pique; offense.

Pritchel (n.) A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

Prithee (interj.) A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I.

Prittle-prattle (n.) Empty talk; trifling loquacity; prattle; -- used in contempt or ridicule.

Privacies (pl. ) of Privacy

Privacy (n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.

Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.

Privacy (n.) Concealment of what is said or done.

Privacy (n.) A private matter; a secret.

Privacy (n.) See Privity, 2.

Privado (n.) A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant.

Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.

Private (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.

Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.

Private (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.

Private (a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.

Private (n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

Private (n.) Personal interest; particular business.

Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.

Private (n.) One not invested with a public office.

Private (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.

Private (n.) The private parts; the genitals.

Privateer (n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.

Privateer (n.) The commander of a privateer.

Privateered (imp. & p. p.) of Privateer

Privateering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Privateer

Privateer (v. i.) To cruise in a privateer.

Privateering (n.) Cruising in a privateer.

Privateersmen (pl. ) of Privateersman

Privateersman (n.) An officer or seaman of a privateer.

Privately (adv.) In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.

Privately (adv.) In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.

Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

Privateness (n.) The state of one not invested with public office.

Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

Privation (n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.

Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Privative (a.) Causing privation; depriving.

Privative (a.) Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.

Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.

Privative (n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something.

Privative (n.) A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.

Privative (n.) A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.

Privatively (adv.) In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.

Privativeness (n.) The state of being privative.

Privet (n.) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim.

Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.

Privilege (n.) See Call, Put, Spread, etc.

Privileged (imp. & p. p.) of Privilege

Privileging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Privilege

Privilege (v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.

Privilege (v. t.) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

Privileged (a.) Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.

Privily (adv.) In a privy manner; privately; secretly.

Privities (pl. ) of Privity

Privity (a.) Privacy; secrecy; confidence.

Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.

Privity (a.) A private matter or business; a secret.

Privity (a.) The genitals; the privates.

Privity (a.) A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.

Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

Privy (a.) Secret; clandestine.

Privy (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.

Privy (a.) Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.

Privies (pl. ) of Privy

Privy (n.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.

Privy (n.) A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

Prizable (a.) Valuable.

Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Prize (n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

Prize (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

Prize (n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.

Prize (n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

Prize (v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.

Prized (imp. & p. p.) of Prize

Prizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prize

Prize (v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.

Prize (v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.

Prize (n.) Estimation; valuation.

Prizemen (pl. ) of Prizeman

Prizeman (n.) The winner of a prize.

Prizer (n.) One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.

Prizer (n.) One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.

Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.

Pro- () A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

Pro (a.) A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.

Pro (adv.) For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.

Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.

Proach (v. i.) See Approach.

Proatlas (n.) A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

Probabiliorism (n.) The doctrine of the probabiliorists.

Probabiliorist (n.) One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.

Probabilism (n.) The doctrine of the probabilists.

Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.

Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.

Probabilities (pl. ) of Probability

Probability (n.) The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.

Probability (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.

Probability (n.) Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5.

Probable (a.) Capable of being proved.

Probable (a.) Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.

Probable (a.) Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.

Probably (adv.) In a probable manner; in likelihood.

Probacy (n.) Proof; trial.

Probal (a.) Approved; probable.

Probality (n.) Probability.

Probang (n.) A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

Probate (n.) Proof.

Probate (n.) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.

Probate (n.) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.

Probate (a.) Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.

Probate (v. t.) To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.

Probation (n.) The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.

Probation (n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.

Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.

Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.

Probation (n.) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.

Probational (a.) Probationary.

Probationary (a.) Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.

Probationer (n.) One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.

Probationer (n.) A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach.

Probationership (n.) The state of being a probationer; novitiate.

Probationship (n.) A state of probation.

Probative (a.) Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence.

Probator (n.) An examiner; an approver.

Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence.

Probatory (a.) Serving for trial; probationary.

Probatory (a.) Pertaining to, or serving for, proof.

Probed (imp. & p. p.) of Probe

Probing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Probe

Probe (v. t.) To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

Probe (v. t.) Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.

Probe (n.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.

Probeagle (n.) See Porbeagle.

Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.

Probity (n.) Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.

Problem (n.) A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt.

Problem (n.) Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.

Problematic (a.) Alt. of Problematical

Problematical (a.) Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.

Problematist (n.) One who proposes problems.

Problematize (v. t.) To propose problems.

Proboscidate (a.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

Proboscidea (n. pl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.

Proboscidean (a.) Proboscidian.

Proboscidial (a.) Proboscidate.

Proboscidian (a.) Pertaining to the Proboscidea.

Proboscidian (n.) One of the Proboscidea.

Proboscidifera (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.

Proboscidifera (n. pl.) A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.

Proboscidiform (a.) Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth.

Proboscides (pl. ) of Proboscis

Proboscis (n.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.

Proboscis (n.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

Proboscis (n.) The nose.

Procacious (a.) Pert; petulant; forward; saucy.

Procacity (n.) Forwardness; pertness; petulance.

Procambium (n.) The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated.

Procatarctic (a.) Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.

Procatarxis (n.) The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause.

Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there.

Procedendo (n.) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment.

Procedendo (n.) A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended.

Procedure (n.) The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

Procedure (n.) A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Procedure (n.) That which results; issue; product.

Proceeded (imp. & p. p.) of Proceed

Proceeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proceed

Proceed (v. i.) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

Proceed (v. i.) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

Proceed (v. i.) To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.

Proceed (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.

Proceed (v. i.) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

Proceed (v. i.) To have application or effect; to operate.

Proceed (v. i.) To begin and carry on a legal process.

Proceed (n.) See Proceeds.

Proceeder (n.) One who proceeds.

Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.

Proceeding (n.) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.

Proceeds (n. pl.) That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.

Proceleusmatic (a.) Inciting; animating; encouraging.

Proceleusmatic (a.) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.

Proceleusmatic (n.) A foot consisting of four short syllables.

Procellarian (n.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.

Procellous (a.) Stormy.

Procephalic (a.) Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.

Proception (n.) Preoccupation.

Procere (a.) Of high stature; tall.

Procerebrum (n.) The prosencephalon.

Proceres (n. pl.) An order of large birds; the Ratitae; -- called also Proceri.

Procerite (n.) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of Crustacea.

Procerity (n.) Height of stature; tallness.

Process (n.) The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

Process (n.) A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.

Process (n.) A statement of events; a narrative.

Process (n.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

Procession (n.) The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.

Procession (n.) That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.

Procession (n.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.

Procession (n.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.

Procession (v. t.) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.

Procession (v. i.) To march in procession.

Procession (v. i.) To honor with a procession.

Processional (a.) Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.

Processional (n.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.

Processionalist (n.) One who goes or marches in a procession.

Processionary (a.) Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service.

Processioner (n.) One who takes part in a procession.

Processioner (n.) A manual of processions; a processional.

Processioner (n.) An officer appointed to procession lands.

Processioning (n.) A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession.

Processive (a.) Proceeding; advancing.

Proces verbal () An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts.

Prochein (a.) Next; nearest.

Prochordal (a.) Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Prochronism (n.) The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; -- opposed to metachronism.

Prochronize (v. t.) To antedate.

Procidence (n.) Alt. of Procidentia

Procidentia (n.) A falling down; a prolapsus.

Prociduous (a.) Falling from its proper place.

Procinct (n.) A state of complete readiness for action.

Proclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Proclaim

Proclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proclaim

Proclaim (v. t.) To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

Proclaim (v. t.) To outlaw by public proclamation.

Proclaimer (n.) One who proclaims.

Proclamation (n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

Proclamation (n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.

Proclitic (a.) Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Proclive (a.) Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.

Proclivity (n.) Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.

Proclivity (n.) Readiness; facility; aptitude.

Proclivous (a.) Inclined; tending by nature.

Proclivous (a.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

Procoele (n.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain.

Procoeliae (pl. ) of Procoelia

Procoelia (n.) Same as Procoele.

Procoelia (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front.

Procoelian (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

Procoelian (n.) A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia.

Procoelous (a.) Same as Procoelian.

Proconsul (n.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

Proconsular (a.) Alt. of Proconsulary

Proconsulary (a.) Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.

Proconsulary (a.) Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.

Proconsulate (n.) The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

Proconsulship (n.) Proconsulate.

Procrastinated (imp. & p. p.) of Procrastinate

Procrastinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procrastinate

Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.

Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

Procrastinatory (a.) Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.

Procrastine (v. t.) To procrastinate.

Procreant (a.) Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation.

Procreant (n.) One who, or that which, procreates.

Procreated (imp. & p. p.) of Procreate

Procreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procreate

Procreate (v. t.) To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.

Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

Procreative (a.) Having the power to beget; generative.

Procreativeness (n.) The power of generating.

Procreator (n.) One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.

Procris (n.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.

Procrustean (a.) Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

Procrusteanized (imp. & p. p.) of Procrusteanize

Procrusteanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procrusteanize

Procrusteanize (v. t.) To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

Procrustesian (a.) See Procrustean.

Proctitis (n.) Inflammation of the rectum.

Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.

Proctodaeum (n.) See Mesenteron.

Proctor (n.) One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

Proctor (n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.

Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.

Proctor (n.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.

Proctor (n.) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.

Proctor (v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.

Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt.

Proctorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a proctor, esp. an academic proctor; magisterial.

Proctorical (a.) Proctorial.

Proctorship (n.) The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.

Proctotomy (n.) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.

Proctucha (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.

Proctucha (n. pl.) The Nemertina.

Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone.

Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.

Procurable (a.) Capable of being procured; obtainable.

Procuracies (pl. ) of Procuracy

Procuracy (n.) The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.

Procuracy (n.) Authority to act for another; a proxy.

Procuration (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.

Procuration (n.) The management of another's affairs.

Procuration (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.

Procurator (n.) One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.

Procurator (n.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea.

Procuratorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor.

Procuratorship (n.) The office or term of a procurator.

Procuratory (a.) Tending to, or authorizing, procuration.

Procured (imp. & p. p.) of Procure

Procuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Procure

Procure (v. t.) To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.

Procure (v. t.) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

Procure (v. t.) To solicit; to entreat.

Procure (v. t.) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Procure (v. t.) To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Procure (v. i.) To pimp.

Procure (v. i.) To manage business for another in court.

Procurement (n.) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

Procurement (n.) Efficient contrivance; management; agency.

Procurer (n.) One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.

Procurer (n.) One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander.

Procuress (n.) A female procurer, or pander.

Procyon (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.

Procyon (n.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

Prod (n.) A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

Prod (n.) A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.

Prodded (imp. & p. p.) of Prod

Prodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prod

Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.

Prodd (n.) A crossbow. See Prod, 3.

Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.

Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift.

Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.

Prodigalize (v. i.) To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally.

Prodigalize (v. t.) To expend lavishly.

Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated.

Prodigate (v. t.) To squander.

Prodigence (n.) Waste; profusion; prodigality.

Prodigious (a.) Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

Prodigious (a.) Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.

Prodigiously (adv.) Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.

Prodigiously (adv.) Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased.

Prodigiousness (n.) The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.

Prodigies (pl. ) of Prodigy

Prodigy (n.) Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.

Prodigy (n.) Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.

Prodigy (n.) A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.

Prodition (n.) Disclosure; treachery; treason.

Proitor (n.) A traitor.

Proditorious (a.) Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous.

Proditorious (a.) Apt to make unexpected revelations.

Proditory (a.) Treacherous.

Prodromal (a.) Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.

Prodrome (n.) A forerunner; a precursor.

Prodromous (a.) Precursory.

Prodromus (n.) A prodrome.

Prodromus (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.

Produced (imp. & p. p.) of Produce

Producing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Produce

Produce (v. t.) To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

Produce (v. t.) To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.

Produce (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.

Produce (v. t.) To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.

Produce (v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.

Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.

Produce (v. t.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

Produce (v. i.) To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.

Produce (n.) That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors

Produce (n.) agricultural products.

Producement (n.) Production.

Producent (n.) One who produces, or offers to notice.

Producer (n.) One who produces, brings forth, or generates.

Producer (n.) One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.

Producer (n.) A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel.

Producibility (n.) The quality or state of being producible.

Producible (a.) Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended.

Product (n.) Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain.

Product (n.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.

Product (v. t.) To produce; to bring forward.

Product (v. t.) To lengthen out; to extend.

Product (v. t.) To produce; to make.

Productibility (n.) The state of being productible; producibility.

Productible (a.) Capable of being produced; producible.

Productile (a.) Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.

Production (n.) The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

Production (n.) That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the productions of the earth; the productions of handicraft; the productions of intellect or genius.

Production (n.) The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

Productive (a.) Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.

Productive (a.) Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements.

Productive (a.) Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.

Productivity (n.) The quality or state of being productive; productiveness.

Productress (n.) A female producer.

Productus (n.) An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.

Proeguminal (a.) Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease.

Proem (n.) Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.

Proem (v. t.) To preface.

Proembryo (n.) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.

Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.

Proemial (a.) Introductory; prefatory; preliminary.

Proemptosis (n.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.

Proface (interj.) Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.

Profanate (v. t.) To profane.

Profanation (v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.

Profanation (v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.

Profane (a.) Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place.

Profane (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.

Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.

Profane (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.

Profaned (imp. & p. p.) of Profane

Profaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profane

Profane (a.) To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.

Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

Profanely (adv.) In a profane manner.

Profaneness (n.) The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.

Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language.

Profanity (n.) The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

Profanity (n.) That which is profane; profane language or acts.

Profection (n.) A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression.

Profectitious (a.) Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.

Profert (n.) The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court.

Professed (imp. & p. p.) of Profess

Professing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profess

Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

Profess (v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.

Profess (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.

Profess (v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

Profess (v. i.) To declare friendship.

Provessel (a.) Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.

Professedly (adv.) By profession.

Profession (v.) The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

Profession (v.) That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.

Profession (v.) That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.

Profession (v.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

Profession (v.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Professional (a.) Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.

Professional (a.) Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.

Professional (n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

Professionalism (n.) The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism.

Professionalist (n.) professional person.

Professionally (adv.) In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally.

Professor (n.) One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.

Professor (n.) One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.

Professorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.

Professorialism (n.) The character, manners, or habits of a professor.

Professoriat (n.) See Professoriate.

Professoriate (n.) The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college.

Professoriate (n.) A professorship.

Professorship (n.) The office or position of a professor, or public teacher.

Professory (a.) Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial.

Proffered (imp. & p. p.) of Proffer

Proffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proffer

Proffer (v. t.) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

Proffer (v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.

Proffer (n.) An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.

Proffer (n.) Essay; attempt.

Profferer (n.) One who proffers something.

Proficience (n.) Alt. of Proficiency

Proficiency (n.) The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music.

Proficient (n.) One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc.

Proficient (a.) Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,

Proficiently (adv.) In a proficient manner.

Proficuous (a.) Profitable; advantageous; useful.

Profile (n.) An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

Profile (n.) A human head represented sidewise, or in a side view; the side face or half face.

Profile (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like.

Profile (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.

Profiled (imp. & p. p.) of Profile

Profiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profile

Profile (n.) to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an architectural member.

Profile (n.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.

Profiling (n.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.

Profilist (n.) One who takes profiles.

Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

Profit (n.) Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,

Profited (imp. & p. p.) of Profit

Profiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profit

Profit (n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

Profit (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

Profit (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Profitable (a.) Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.

Profiting (n.) Gain; advantage; profit.

Profitless (a.) Without profit; unprofitable.

Profligacy (a.) The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.

Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

Profligate (a.) Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.

Profligate (n.) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

Profligate (v. t.) To drive away; to overcome.

Profligately (adv.) In a profligate manner.

Profligateness (n.) The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy.

Profligation (n.) Defeat; rout; overthrow.

Profluence (n.) Quality of being profluent; course.

Profluent (a.) Flowing forward,

Profound (a.) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

Profound (a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.

Profound (a.) Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.

Profound (a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.

Profound (n.) The deep; the sea; the ocean.

Profound (n.) An abyss.

Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Profound (v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Profoundly (adv.) In a profound manner.

Profoundness (n.) The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.

Profulgent (a.) Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.

-ties (pl. ) of Profundity

Profundity (n.) The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc.

Profuse (a.) Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality.

Profuse (a.) Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure.

Profuse (v. t.) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

Profusely (adv.) In a profuse manner.

Profuseness (n.) Extravagance; profusion.

Profusion (n.) The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.

Profusion (n.) Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities.

Profusive (a.) Profuse; lavish; prodigal.

Progged (imp. & p. p.) of Prog

Progging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prog

Prog (v. i.) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.

Prog (v. i.) To steal; to rob; to filch.

Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.

Prog (n.) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.

Prog (n.) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

Prog (n.) A goal; progue.

Progenerate (v. t.) To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race.

Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.

Progenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

Progenitorship (n.) The state of being a progenitor.

Progenitress (n.) A female progenitor.

Progeniture (n.) A begetting, or birth.

Progeny (n.) Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

Proglottid (n.) Proglottis.

Proglottides (pl. ) of Proglottis

Proglottis (n.) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.

Prognathi (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.

Prognathic (a.) Prognathous.

Prognathism (n.) Projection of the jaws.

Prognathous (a.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

Progne (n.) A swallow.

Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.

Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma.

Prognosis (n.) The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.

Prognostic (a.) Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

Prognostic (a.) That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.

Prognostic (a.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease.

Prognostic (v. t.) To prognosticate.

Prognosticable (a.) Capable of being prognosticated or foretold.

Prognosticated (imp. & p. p.) of Prognosticate

Prognosticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prognosticate

Prognosticate (v. t.) To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

Prognostication (n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

Prognostication (n.) That which foreshows; a foretoken.

Prognosticator (n.) One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs.

Program (n.) Same as Programme.

Programmata (pl. ) of Programma

Programma (n.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

Programma (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.

Programma (n.) See Programme.

Programma (n.) A preface.

Programme (n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.

Progress (n.) A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

Progress (n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.

Progress (n.) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.

Progress (n.) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.

Progress (n.) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.

Progress (n.) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress.

Progress (n.) A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.

Progressed (imp. & p. p.) of Progress

Progressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Progress

Progress (v. i.) To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.

Progress (v. i.) To make improvement; to advance.

Progress (v. t.) To make progress in; to pass through.

Progression (n.) The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.

Progression (n.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.

Progression (n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

Progressional (a.) Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.

Progressionist (n.) One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.

Progressionist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian.

Progressist (n.) One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.

Progressive (a.) Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

Progressive (a.) Improving; as, art is in a progressive state.

Progue (v. i.) To prog.

Progue (n.) A sharp point; a goad.

Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.

Proheme (n.) Proem.

Prohibited (imp. & p. p.) of Prohibit

Prohibiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prohibit

Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.

Prohibit (v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Prohibiter (n.) One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.

Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.

Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.

Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.

Prohibitive (a.) That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.

Prohibitory (a.) Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.

Proin (v. t.) To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn.

Proin (v. i.) To employed in pruning.

Project (n.) The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

Project (n.) That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

Project (n.) An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects.

Projected (imp. & p. p.) of Project

Projecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Project

Project (v. t.) To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

Project (v. t.) To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.

Project (v. t.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4.

Project (v. i.) To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree.

Project (v. i.) To form a project; to scheme.

Projectile (a.) Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

Projectile (a.) Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion.

Projectile (n.) A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.

Projectile (n.) A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force.

Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.

Projection (n.) A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.

Projection (n.) The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan.

Projection (n.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each.

Projection (n.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.

Projectment (n.) Design; contrivance; projection.

Projector (n.) One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes.

Projecture (n.) A jutting out beyond a surface.

Projet (n.) A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project.

Proke (v. i.) To poke; to thrust.

Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.

Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.

Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.

Prolate (v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.

Prolation (n.) The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation.

Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

Prolation (n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

Prolata (pl. ) of Prolatum

Prolatum (n.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg.

Prolegate (n.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.

Prolegomenary (a.) Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory; prefatory.

Prolegomena (pl. ) of Prolegomenon

Prolegomenon (n.) A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.

Prolepsis (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.

Prolepsis (n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.

Prolepsis (n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time.

Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb.

Proleptic (a.) Alt. of Proleptical

Proleptical (a.) Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.

Proleptical (a.) Previous; antecedent.

Proleptical (a.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

Proleptically (adv.) In a proleptical manner.

Proleptics (n.) The art and science of predicting in medicine.

Proletaire (n.) One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country.

Proletaneous (a.) Having a numerous offspring.

Proletarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.

Proletarian (n.) A proletary.

Proletariat (n.) The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

Proletariate (n.) The lower classes; beggars.

Proletaries (pl. ) of Proletary

Proletary (n.) A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.

Prolicide (n.) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.

Proliferate (v. t.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

Proliferate (v. t.) To produce zooids by budding.

Proliferation (n.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

Proliferation (n.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.

Proliferous (a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae.

Proliferous (a.) Producing young by budding.

Proliferous (a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.

Proliferous (a.) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.

Prolific (a.) Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

Prolific (a.) Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

Prolific (a.) Proliferous.

Prolificacy (n.) Prolificness.

Prolifical (a.) Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific.

Prolificate (v. t.) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.

Prolification (n.) The generation of young.

Prolification (n.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae.

Prolificness (n.) The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy.

Prolix (a.) Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon.

Prolix (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

Prolixious (a.) Dilatory; tedious; superfluous.

Prolixity (n.) The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.

Prolixly (adv.) In a prolix manner.

Prolixness (n.) Prolixity.

Prolled (imp. & p. p.) of Proll

Prolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proll

Proll (v. t.) To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.

Proll (v. i.) To prowl about; to rob.

Proller (n.) Prowler; thief.

Prolocutor (n.) One who speaks for another.

Prolocutor (n.) The presiding officer of a convocation.

Proocutorship (n.) The office of a prolocutor.

Prolog (n. & v.) Prologue.

Prologize (v. i.) To deliver a Prologue.

Prologizer (n.) One who prologizes.

Prologue (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

Prologue (n.) One who delivers a prologue.

Prologued (imp. & p. p.) of Prologue

Prologuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prologue

Prologue (v. t.) To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Prolonged (imp. & p. p.) of Prolong

Prolonging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prolong

Prolong (a.) To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

Prolong (a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.

Prolong (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.

Prolongable (a.) Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care.

Prolongated (imp. & p. p.) of Prolongate

Prolongating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prolongate

Prolongate (v. t.) To prolong; to extend in space or in time.

Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Prolongation (n.) That which forms an additional length.

Prolonge (n.) A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.

Prolonger (n.) One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

Prolongment (n.) Prolongation.

Prolusion (n.) A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.

Promanation (n.) The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.

Promenade (n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

Promenade (n.) A place for walking; a public walk.

Promenaded (imp. & p. p.) of Promenade

Promenading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promenade

Promenade (v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.

Promenader (n.) One who promenades.

Promerit (v. t.) To oblige; to confer a favor on.

Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.

Promerops (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail.

Promethea (n.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.

Promethean (a.) Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.

Promethean (a.) Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.

Promethean (n.) An apparatus for automatic ignition.

Promethean (n.) A kind of lucifer match.

Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.

Prominence (n.) Alt. of Prominency

Prominency (n.) The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.

Prominency (n.) That which is prominent; a protuberance.

Prominent (a.) Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

Prominent (a.) Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building.

Prominent (a.) Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.

Prominently (adv.) In a prominent manner.

Promiscuity (n.) Promiscuousness; confusion.

Promiscuous (a.) Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.

Promiscuous (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.

Promiscuously (adv.) In a promiscuous manner.

Promiscuousness (n.) The quality or state of being promiscuous.

Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.

Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.

Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.

Promise (a.) Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.

Promised (imp. & p. p.) of Promise

Promising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promise

Promise (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.

Promise (v. t.) To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.

Promise (v. t.) To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.

Promise (v. i.) To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.

Promise (v. i.) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.

Promisee (n.) The person to whom a promise is made.

Promiser (n.) One who promises.

Promising (a.) Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.

Promisor (n.) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.

Promissive (a.) Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.

Promissorily (adv.) In a promissory manner.

Promissory (a.) Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.

Promont (n.) Promontory.

Promontories (pl. ) of Promontory

Promontory (n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

Promontory (n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

Promerphological (a.) Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.

Promorphologist (n.) One versed in the science of promorphology.

Promorphology (n.) Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.

Promoted (imp. & p. p.) of Promote

Promoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promote

Promote (v. t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.

Promote (v. t.) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.

Promote (v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.

Promoter (n.) One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.

Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like.

Promoter (n.) One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.

Promoter (n.) An informer; a makebate.

Promottion (n.) The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.

Promotive (a.) Tending to advance, promote, or encourage.

Promove (v. t.) To move forward; to advance; to promote.

Promover (n.) A promoter.

Promt (superl.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.

Promt (superl.) Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.

Promt (superl.) Easy; unobstructed.

Prompt (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

Prompted (imp. & p. p.) of Prompt

Prompting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prompt

Prompt (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.

Prompt (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.

Prompt (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

Prompt-book (n.) The book used by a prompter of a theater.

Prompter (n.) One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.

Prompter (n.) One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.

Promptitude (a.) The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.

Promptly (adv.) In a prompt manner.

Promptness (n.) Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.

Promptness (n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.

Prompt-note (n.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.

Promptuary (a.) Of or pertaining to preparation.

Promptuary (a.) That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.

Prompture (a.) Suggestion; incitement; prompting.

Promulgated (imp. & p. p.) of Promulgate

Promulgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulgate

Promulgate (v. t.) To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

Promulgation (n.) The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.

Promulgator (n.) One who promulgates or publishes.

Promulged (imp. & p. p.) of Promulge

Promulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulge

Promulge (v. t.) To promulgate; to publish or teach.

Promulger (n.) One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.

Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

Pronaos (n.) The porch or vestibule of a temple.

Pronate (a.) Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.

Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.

Pronation (n.) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.

Pronation (n.) The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.

Pronator (n.) A muscle which produces pronation.

Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.

Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

Pronely (adv.) In a prone manner or position.

Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.

Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.

Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.

Proneness (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.

Pronephric (a.) Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

Pronephros (n.) Alt. of Pronephron

Pronephron (n.) The head kidney. See under Head.

Prong (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument.

Prong (n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.

Prong (n.) A sharp projection, as of an antler.

Prong (n.) The fang of a tooth.

Prongbuck (n.) The springbuck.

Prongbuck (n.) The pronghorn.

Pronged (a.) Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.

Prong-hoe (n.) A hoe with prongs to break the earth.

Pronghorn (n.) An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

Pronity (n.) Proneness; propensity.

Pronominal (a.) Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.

Pronominalize (v. t.) To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc.

Pronominally (adv.) In a pronominal manner/ with the nature or office of a pronoun; as a pronoun.

Prononce (a.) Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc.

Pronotary (n.) See Prothonotary.

Pronota (pl. ) of Pronotum

Pronotum (n.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Pronoun (n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

Pronounced (imp. & p. p.) of Pronounce

Pronounging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pronounce

Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.

Pronounce (v. t.) To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.

Pronounce (v. t.) To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.

Pronounce (v. t.) To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.

Pronounce (v. i.) To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.

Pronounce (v. i.) To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.

Pronounce (n.) Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.

Pronounceable (a.) Capable of being pronounced.

Pronounced (a.) Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism]

Pronouncement (n.) The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.

Pronouncer (n.) One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.

Pronouncing (a.) Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary.

Pronubial (a.) Presiding over marriage.

Pronuclei (pl. ) of Pronucleus

Pronucleus (n.) One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.

Pronuncial (a.) Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative.

Pronunciamento (n.) A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

Pronunciamiento (n.) See Pronunciamento.

Pronunciation (n.) The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

Pronunciation (n.) The mode of uttering words or sentences.

Pronunciation (n.) The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.

Pronunciative (a.) Of or pertaining to pronunciation.

Pronunciative (a.) Uttering confidently; dogmatical.

Pronunciator (n.) One who pronounces; a pronouncer.

Pronunciatory (a.) Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.

Proof (n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

Proof (n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

Proof (n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.

Proof (n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.

Proof (v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.

Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.

Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.

Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.

Proof-arm (v. t.) To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.

Proofless (a.) Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.

Proof-proof (a.) Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.

Proostraca (pl. ) of Proostracum

Proostracum (n.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.

Prootic (a.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule.

Prootic (n.) A prootic bone.

Prop (n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props.

Propped (imp. & p. p.) of Prop

Propping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prop

Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.

Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.

Propaedeutic (a.) Alt. of Propaedeutical

Propaedeutical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.

Propaedeutics (n.) The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.

Propagable (a.) Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.

Propagable (a.) Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles.

Propaganda (n.) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.

Propaganda (n.) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.

Propaganda (n.) Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.

Propagandism (n.) The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.

Propagandist (n.) A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.

Propagated (imp. & p. p.) of Propagate

Propagating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propagate

Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.

Propagate (v. t.) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

Propagate (v. t.) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.

Propagate (v. t.) To multiply; to increase.

Propagate (v. t.) To generate; to produce.

Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

Propagation (n.) The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.

Propagation (n.) The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel.

Propagative (a.) Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth.

Propagator (n.) One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

Propagula (pl. ) of Propagulum

Propagulum (n.) A runner terminated by a germinating bud.

Propane (n.) A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

Propargyl (n.) Same as Propinyl.

Proparoxytone (n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Proped (n.) Same as Proleg.

Propelled (imp. & p. p.) of Propel

Propelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propel

Propel (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

Propeller (n.) One who, or that which, propels.

Propeller (n.) A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel.

Propeller (n.) A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

Propend (v. i.) To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.

Propendency (n.) Propensity.

Propendency (n.) Attentive deliberation.

Propendent (a.) Inclining forward or toward.

Propene (n.) Same as Propylene.

Propense (a.) Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness.

Propension (n.) The quality or state of being propense; propensity.

Propensities (pl. ) of Propensity

Propensity (n.) The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.

Propenyl (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

Propepsin (n.) See Persinogen.

Propeptone (n.) A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

Proper (a.) Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

Proper (a.) Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.

Proper (a.) Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.

Proper (a.) Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.

Proper (a.) Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.

Proper (a.) Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.

Proper (a.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.

Proper (adv.) Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.

Properate (v. t. & i.) To hasten, or press forward.

Properation (n.) The act of hastening; haste.

Properispome (n.) Properispomenon.

Properispomena (pl. ) of Properispomenon

Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

Properly (adv.) In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

Properly (adv.) Individually; after one's own manner.

Properness (n.) The quality of being proper.

Properness (n.) Tallness; comeliness.

Propertied (a.) Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money.

Properties (pl. ) of Property

Property (a.) That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.

Property (a.) An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.

Property (a.) The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.

Property (a.) That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.

Property (a.) All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.

Property (a.) Propriety; correctness.

Property (v. t.) To invest which properties, or qualities.

Property (v. t.) To make a property of; to appropriate.

Prophane (a. & v. t.) See Profane.

Prophasis (n.) Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.

Prophecies (pl. ) of Prophecy

Prophecy (n.) A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.

Prophecy (n.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah.

Prophecy (n.) Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.

Prophesier (n.) A prophet.

Prophesied (imp. & p. p.) of Prophesy

Prophesying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prophesy

Prophesy (v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.

Prophesy (v. t.) To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.

Prophesy (v. i.) To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.

Prophesy (v. i.) To give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound.

Prophet (n.) One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

Prophet (n.) One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.

Prophet (n.) An interpreter; a spokesman.

Prophet (n.) A mantis.

Prophetess (n.) A female prophet.

Prophetic (a.) Alt. of Prophetical

Prophetical (a.) Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.

Propheticality (n.) Propheticalness.

Prophetically (adv.) In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

Propheticalness (n.) The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.

Prophetize (v. i.) To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy.

Prophoric (a.) Enunciative.

Prophragmata (pl. ) of Prophragma

Prophragma (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

Prophylactic (n.) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

Prophylactic (a.) Alt. of Prophylactical

Prophylactical (a.) Defending or preserving from disease; preventive.

Prophylaxis (n.) The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.

Propice (a.) Fit; propitious.

Propidene (n.) The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.

Propination (n.) The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.

Propine (v. t.) To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.

Propine (v. t.) Hence, to give in token of friendship.

Propine (v. t.) To give, or deliver; to subject.

Propine (n.) A pledge.

Propine (n.) A gift; esp., drink money.

Propine (n.) Same as Allylene.

Propinquity (n.) Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

Propinquity (n.) Nearness in time.

Propinquity (n.) Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity.

Propinyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.

Propiolate (n.) A salt of propiolic acid.

Propiolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Propionate (n.) A salt of propionic acid.

Propione (n.) The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrant liquid.

Propionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel.

Propionyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.

Propithecus (n.) A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

Propitiable (a.) Capable of being propitiated.

Propitiated (imp. & p. p.) of Propitiate

Propitiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propitiate

Propitiate (v. t.) To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

Propitiate (v. i.) To make propitiation; to atone.

Propitiation (n.) The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

Propitiation (n.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor.

Propitiator (n.) One who propitiates or appeases.

Propitiatorily (adv.) By way of propitiation.

Propitiatory (a.) Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.

Propitiatory (n.) The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

Propitious (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

Propitious (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.

Proplasm (n.) A mold; a matrix.

Proplastic (a.) Forming a mold.

Proplastics (n.) The art of making molds for castings.

Propleg (n.) Same as Proleg.

Propodial (a.) Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

Propodialia (pl. ) of Propodiale

Propodiale (n.) The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.

Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.

Propodia (pl. ) of Propodium

Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

Propodium (n.) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.

Propolis (n.) Same as Bee glue, under Bee.

Propone (v. t.) To propose; to bring forward.

Proponent (a.) Making proposals; proposing.

Proponent (n.) One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.

Proponent (n.) The propounder of a thing.

Proportion (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.

Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.

Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

Proportion (n.) A part considered comparatively; a share.

Proportion (n.) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.

Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.

Proportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Proportion

Proportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proportion

Proportion (v.) To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.

Proportion (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

Proportionable (a.) Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.

Proportionably (adv.) Proportionally.

Proportional (a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.

Proportional (a.) Relating to, or securing, proportion.

Proportional (a.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.

Proportional (n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.

Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.

Proportionality (n.) The state of being in proportion.

Proportionally (adv.) In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.

Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

Proportionated (imp. & p. p.) of Proportionate

Proportionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proportionate

Proportionate (v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

Proportionately (adv.) In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.

Proportionateness (n.) The quality or state of being proportionate.

Proportionless (a.) Without proportion; unsymmetrical.

Proportionment (n.) The act or process of dividing out proportionally.

Proposal (n.) That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.

Proposal (n.) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

Proposed (imp. & p. p.) of Propose

Proposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propose

Propose (v.) To set forth.

Propose (v.) To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

Propose (v.) To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.

Propose (v. i.) To speak; to converse.

Propose (v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

Propose (v. i.) To offer one's self in marriage.

Propose (n.) Talk; discourse.

Proposer (n.) One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.

Proposer (n.) A speaker; an orator.

Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Proposition (n.) That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.

Proposition (n.) A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.

Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.

Proposition (n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.

Proposition (n.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

Proposition (n.) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Propositional (a.) Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense.

Propounded (imp. & p. p.) of Propound

Propounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propound

Propound (v. t.) To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.

Propound (v. t.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.

Propounder (n.) One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.

Propretor (n.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.

Proprietaries (pl. ) of Proprietary

Proprietary (n.) A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.

Proprietary (n.) A body proprietors, taken collectively.

Proprietary (n.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.

Proprietary (a.) Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.

Proprietor (n.) One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.

Proprietorial (a.) Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.

Proprietorship (n.) The state of being proprietor; ownership.

Proprietress (n.) A female proprietor.

Proprieties (pl. ) of Propriety

Propriety (n.) Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

Propriety (n.) That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.

Propriety (n.) The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.

Proproctor (n.) A assistant proctor.

Props (n. pl.) A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

Propterygia (pl. ) of Propterygium

Propterygium (n.) The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.

Propugn (v. t.) To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.

Propugnacle (n.) A fortress.

Propugnation (n.) Means of defense; defense.

Propugner (n.) A defender; a vindicator.

Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.

Propulse (v. t.) To repel; to drive off or away.

Propulsion (n.) The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

Propulsion (n.) An impelling act or movement.

Propulsive (a.) Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.

Propulsory (a.) Propulsive.

Propyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.

Propylaea (pl. ) of Propylaeum

Propylaeum (n.) Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.

Propylene (n.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.

Propylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol.

Propylidene (n.) See Propidene.

Propyla (pl. ) of Propylon

Propylon (n.) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.

Pro rata () In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each.

Proratable (a.) Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately.

Prorated (imp. & p. p.) of Prorate

Prorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorate

Prorate (v. t.) To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.

Prore (n.) The prow or fore part of a ship.

Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.

Prorectorate (n.) The office of prorector.

Prorenal (a.) Pronephric.

Proreption (n.) A creeping on.

Prorhinal (a.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

Prorogate (v. t.) To prorogue.

Prorogation (n.) The act of counting in duration; prolongation.

Prorogation (n.) The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.

Prorogued (imp. & p. p.) of Prorogue

Proroguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorogue

Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.

Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.

Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.

Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.

Prosaic (a.) Alt. of Prosaical

Prosaical (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.

Prosaical (a.) Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person.

Prosaicism (n.) The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.

Prosaism (n.) That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.

Prosaist (n.) A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer.

Prosal (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic.

Proscenia (pl. ) of Proscenium

Proscenium (n.) The part where the actors performed; the stage.

Proscenium (n.) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.

Proscolices (pl. ) of Proscolex

Proscolex (n.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.

Proscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Proscribe

Proscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proscribe

Proscribe (v. t.) To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

Proscribe (v. t.) To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.

Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.

Proscript (n.) A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.

Proscript (n.) One who is proscribed.

Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.

Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.

Proscriptional (a.) Proscriptive.

Proscriptionist (n.) One who proscribes.

Proscriptive (a.) Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.

Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.

Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

Prose (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

Prose (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

Prose (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

Prosed (imp. & p. p.) of Prose

Prosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prose

Prose (v. t.) To write in prose.

Prose (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

Prose (v. i.) To write prose.

Prosector (n.) One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.

Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

Prosecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Prosecute

Prosecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosecute

Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.

Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.

Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.

Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.

Prosecution (n.) The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.

Prosecution (n.) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.

Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.

Prosecution (n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.

Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.

Prosecutor (n.) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.

Prosecutrix (n.) A female prosecutor.

Proselyte (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.

Proselyted (imp. & p. p.) of Proselyte

Proselyting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselyte

Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.

Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.

Proselytism (n.) Conversion to a religion, system, or party.

proselytized (imp. & p. p.) of Proselytize

Proselytizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselytize

Proselytize (v. t.) To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.

Proselytize (v. i.) To make converts or proselytes.

Proselytizer (n.) One who proselytes.

Proseman (n.) A writer of prose.

Proseminary (n.) A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.

Prosemination (n.) Propagation by seed.

Prosencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.

Prosencephalon (n.) The cerebrum.

Prosenchyma (n.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.

Proser (n.) A writer of prose.

Proser (n.) One who talks or writes tediously.

Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.

Prosily (adv.) In a prosy manner.

Prosimetrical (a.) Consisting both of prose and verse.

Prosimiae (n. pl.) Same as Lemuroidea.

Prosiness (n.) The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

Prosing (n.) Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.

Prosingly (adv.) Prosily.

Prosiphon (n.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.

Proslavery (a.) Favoring slavery.

Proslavery (n.) Advocacy of slavery.

Prosobranch (n.) One of the Prosobranchiata.

Prosobranchiata (n. pl.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.

Prosocoele (n.) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon.

Prosocoelle (pl. ) of Prosocoelia

Prosocoelia (n.) Same as Prosocoele.

Prosodiacal (a.) Prosodical.

Prosodiacally (adv.) Prosodically.

Prosodial (a.) Prosodical.

Prosodian (n.) A prosodist.

Prosodical (a.) Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody.

Prosdist (n.) One skilled in prosody.

Prosody (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Prosomata (pl. ) of Prosoma

Prosoma (n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.

Prosopalgia (n.) Facial neuralgia.

Prosopocephala (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.

Prosopolepsy (n.) Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance.

Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.

Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail.

Prospect (v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

Prospect (v.) Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

Prospect (v.) A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

Prospect (v.) Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

Prospect (v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state.

Prospect (v.) That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.

Prospected (imp. & p. p.) of Prospect

Prospecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prospect

Prospect (v. t.) To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

Prospect (v. i.) To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.

Prospection (n.) The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.

Prospective (n.) Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

Prospective (n.) Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective.

Prospective (n.) Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit.

Prospective (n.) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

Prospective (n.) A perspective glass.

Prospectively (adv.) In a prospective manner.

Prospectiveness (n.) Quality of being prospective.

Prospectless (a.) Having no prospect.

Prospector (n.) One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

Prospectus (n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.

Prospered (imp. & p. p.) of Prosper

Prospering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosper

Prosper (v. t.) To favor; to render successful.

Prosper (v. i.) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

Prosper (v. i.) To grow; to increase.

Prosperity (n.) The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity.

Prosperous (a.) Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

Prosperous (a.) Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.

Prosphysis (n.) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.

Prospicience (n.) The act of looking forward.

Prostate (a.) Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra.

Prostate (n.) The prostate gland.

Prostatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.

Prostatitis (n.) Inflammation of the prostate.

Prosternation (n.) Dejection; depression.

Prosternum (n.) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.

Prosthesis (n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis.

Prosthesis (n.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.

Prosthetic (a.) Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word.

Prostibulous (a.) Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.

Prostituted (imp. & p. p.) of Prostitute

Prostituting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prostitute

Prostitute (v. t.) To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

Prostitute (v. t.) To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.

Prostitute (a.) Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.

Prostitute (n.) A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.

Prostitute (n.) A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.

Prostitution (n.) The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

Prostitution (n.) The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press.

Prostitutor (n.) One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes.

Prostomia (pl. ) of Prostomium

Prostomium (n.) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.

Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.

Prostrate (a.) Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.

Prostrate (a.) Lying in a humble, lowly, or suppliant posture.

Prostrate (a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Prostrated (imp. & p. p.) of Prostrate

Prostrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prostrate

Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants.

Prostrate (v. t.) to overthrow; to demolish; to destroy; to deprive of efficiency; to ruin; as, to prostrate a village; to prostrate a government; to prostrate law or justice.

Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself.

Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever.

Prostration (n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

Prostration (n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.

Prostration (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.

Prostration (n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

Prostyle (a.) Having columns in front.

Prostyle (n.) A prostyle portico or building.

Prosy (superl.) Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.

Prosy (superl.) Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.

Prosylogism (n.) A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.

Protactic (a.) Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory.

Protagon (n.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies.

Protagonist (n.) One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.

Protamin (n.) An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases.

Protandric (a.) Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life.

Protandrous (a.) Proterandrous.

Protasis (n.) A proposition; a maxim.

Protasis (n.) The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis.

Protasis (n.) The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis.

Protatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.

Proteaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Proteaceae, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia.

Protean (a.) Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.

Protean (a.) Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.

Proteanly (adv.) In a protean manner.

Protected (imp. & p. p.) of Protect

Protecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protect

Protect (v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

Protectingly (adv.) By way of protection; in a protective manner.

Protection (n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

Protection (n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

Protection (n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

Protection (n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade.

Protectionism (n.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.

Protectionist (n.) One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.

Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Protectiveness (n.) The quality or state of being protective.

Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

Protector (n.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.

Protector (n.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.

Protectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.

Protectorate (n.) Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.

Protectorate (n.) The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.

Protectorial (a.) Same as Protectoral.

Protectorless (a.) Having no protector; unprotected.

Protectorship (n.) The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.

Protectress (n.) Alt. of Protectrix

Protectrix (n.) A woman who protects.

Protege (n. f.) Alt. of Protegee

Protegee (n. f.) One under the care and protection of another.

Proteid (n.) One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing, as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as blood fibrin, casein of milk, etc. Proteids are present in nearly all animal fluids and make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note under Food.

Proteidea (n. pl.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida.

Proteiform (a.) Changeable in form; resembling a Proteus, or an amoeba.

Protein (n.) A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.

Proteinaceous (a.) Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid.

Proteinous (a.) Proteinaceuos.

Proteles (n.) A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf.

Protended (imp. & p. p.) of Protend

Protending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protend

Protend (v. t.) To hold out; to stretch forth.

Protense (n.) Extension.

Protension (n.) A drawing out; extension.

Protensive (a.) Drawn out; extended.

Proteolysis (n.) The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.

Proteolytic (a.) Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.

Proterandrous (a.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.

Proterandry (n.) The condition of being proterandrous.

Proteranthous (a.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants.

Proteroglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia.

Proterogynous (a.) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous.

Proterosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.

Protervity (n.) Peevishness; petulance.

Protested (imp. & p. p.) of Protest

Protesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protest

Protest (v. i.) To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

Protest (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes.

Protest (v. t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.

Protest (v. t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

Protest (v.) A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament.

Protest (v.) A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.

Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them.

Protest (v.) A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary.

Protestancy (n.) Protestantism.

Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

Protestant (a.) Making a protest; protesting.

Protestant (a.) Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.

Protestantical (a.) Protestant.

Protestantism (n.) The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.

Protestantly (adv.) Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.

Protestation (n.) The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.

Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.

Protestator (n.) One who makes protestation; a protester.

Protester (n.) One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.

Protester (n.) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

Protestingly (adv.) By way of protesting.

Proteus (n.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.

Proteus (n.) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.

Proteus (n.) A changeable protozoan; an amoeba.

Prothalamion (n.) Alt. of Prothalamium

Prothalamium (n.) A song in celebration of a marriage.

Prothallia (pl. ) of Prothallium

Prothallium (n.) Same as Prothallus.

Prothalli (pl. ) of Prothallus

Prothallus (n.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc.

Prothesis (n.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.

Prothesis (n.) See Prosthesis.

Prothetic (a.) Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus.

-ries (pl. ) of Protonotary

Prothonotary (n.) Alt. of Protonotary

Protonotary (n.) A chief notary or clerk.

Protonotary (n.) Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.

Protonotary (n.) A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.

Protonotary (n.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.

Protonotary (n.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

Prothonotaryship (n.) Office of a prothonotary.

Prothoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax.

Prothorax (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

Prothyalosomata (pl. ) of Pro thyalosoma

Pro thyalosoma (n.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle.

Prothyalosome (n.) Same as Prothyalosoma.

Protist (n.) One of the Protista.

Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.

Protista (pl. ) of Protiston

Protiston (n.) One of the Protista.

Proto- () A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan.

Proto- () Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc.

Proto- () Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively.

Protocanonical (a.) Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed to deutero-canonical.

Protocatechuic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin.

Protocercal (a.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.

Protococcus (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis).

Protocol (n.) The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

Protocol (n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

Protocol (n.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

Protocol (n.) A convention not formally ratified.

Protocol (n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

Protocol (v. t.) To make a protocol of.

Protocol (v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.

Protocolist (n.) One who draughts protocols.

Protoconch (n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

Proto-Doric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.

Protogine (n.) A kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral.

Protogynous (a.) Same as Proterogynous.

Protohippus (n.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.

Protomartyr (n.) The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

Protomorphic (a.) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue.

Protonemata (pl. ) of Protonema

Protonema (n.) The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.

Protonotary (n.) Same as Prothonotary.

Protoorganism (n.) An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

Protopapas (n.) A protopope.

Protophyte (n.) Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.

Protophytology (n.) Paleobotany.

Protopine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.

Protoplasmatic (a.) Protoplasmic.

Protoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.

Protoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or resembling, protoplasm.

Protoplast (n.) The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.

Protoplast (n.) A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.

Protoplasta (n. pl.) A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus Gromia is one of the best-known.

Protoplastic (a.) First-formed.

Protopodite (n.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.

Protopope (n.) One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas.

Protopterus (n.) See Komtok.

Protosalt (n.) A salt derived from a protoxide base.

Protosilicate (n.) A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule.

Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.

Protosulphide (n.) That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule.

Protosulphuret (n.) A protosulphide.

Prototheria (n. pl.) Same as Monotremata.

Prototracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.

Prototype (n.) An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.

Protovertebrae (pl. ) of Protovertebra

Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Protovertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.

Protoxide (n.) That one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen. See Proto-, 2 (b).

Protoxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.

Protozoa (n. pl.) The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.

Protozoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.

Protozoan (n.) One of the Protozoa.

Protozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.

Protozoic (a.) Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans.

Protozoa (pl. ) of Protozoon

Protozoon (n.) One of the Protozoa.

Protozoon (n.) A single zooid of a compound protozoan.

Protozoonite (n.) One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod.

Protracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.

Protracted (imp. & p. p.) of Protract

Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protract

Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.

Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.

Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.

Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.

Protracter (n.) A protractor.

Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.

Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.

Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.

Protractor (n.) One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.

Protractor (n.) A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular.

Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.

Protreptical (a.) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.

Protrudable (a.) That may be protruded; protrusile.

Protruded (imp. & p. p.) of Protrude

Protruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protrude

Protrude (v. t.) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.

Protrude (v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.

Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.

Protrusion (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

Protrusion (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.

Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.

Protrusive (a.) Capable of being protruded; protrusile.

Protrusively (adv.) In a protrusive manner.

Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.

Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.

Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.

Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.

Protuberous (a.) Protuberant.

Protureter (n.) The duct of a pronephros.

Protyle (n.) The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.

Proud (superl.) Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense

Proud (superl.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.

Proud (superl.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.

Proud (superl.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.

Proud (superl.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.

Proudish (a.) Somewhat proud.

Proudling (n.) A proud or haughty person.

Proudly (adv.) In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully.

Proudness (n.) The quality of being proud; pride.

Proustite (n.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.

Provable (a.) Capable of being proved; demonstrable.

Provand (n.) Alt. of Proant

Proant (n.) Provender or food.

Provant (v. t.) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.

Provant (a.) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.

Proved (imp. & p. p.) of Prove

Proving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prove

Prove (v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.

Prove (v. t.) To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.

Prove (v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.

Prove (v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.

Prove (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.

Prove (v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.

Prove (v. i.) To make trial; to essay.

Prove (v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.

Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.

Provect (a.) Carried forward; advanced.

Provection (n.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.

Provedore (n.) A proveditor; a purveyor.

Proven (p. p. / a.) Proved.

Proven/al (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.

Proven/al (n.) A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.

Proven/al (n.) The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.

Provence rose () The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).

Provence rose () A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.

Provencial (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence in France.

Provend (n.) See Provand.

Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.

Provender (n.) Food or provisions.

Provent (n.) See Provand.

Proventricle (n.) Proventriculus.

Proventriulus (n.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.

Prover (n.) One who, or that which, proves.

Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.

Proverb (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.

Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb.

Proverb (v. t.) To provide with a proverb.

Proverb (v. i.) To write or utter proverbs.

Proverbial (a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.

Proverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.

Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.

Proverbialist (n.) One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.

Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

Proverbially (adv.) In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.

Provexity (n.) Great advance in age.

Provided (imp. & p. p.) of Provide

Providing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provide

Provide (v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

Provide (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.

Provide (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.

Provide (v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.

Provide (v. t.) To foresee.

Provide (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

Provide (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.

Provide (v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.

Provided (conj.) On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.

Providence (n.) The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

Providence (n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.

Providence (n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.

Providence (n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.

Provident (a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.

Providential (a.) Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.

Providently (adv.) In a provident manner.

Providentness (n.) The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.

Provider (n.) One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

Providore (n.) One who makes provision; a purveyor.

Province (n.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.

Province (n.) A region of country; a tract; a district.

Province (n.) A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.

Province (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.

Province (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.

Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

Provincial (a.) Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.

Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.

Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

Provincial (n.) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

Provincial (n.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.

Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality.

Provincialist (n.) One who lives in a province; a provincial.

Provinciality (n.) The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province.

Provincialized (imp. & p. p.) of Provincialize

Provincializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provincialize

Provincialize (v. t.) To render provincial.

Provincially (adv.) In a provincial manner.

Provinciate (v. t.) To convert into a province or provinces.

Provine (v. t.) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.

Provision (n.) The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.

Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.

Provision (n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.

Provision (n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

Provisioned (imp. & p. p.) of Provision

Provisioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provision

Provision (v. t.) To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.

Provisional (a.) Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

Provisionally (adv.) By way of provision for the time being; temporarily.

Provisionary (a.) Provisional.

Provisos (pl. ) of Proviso

Proviso (n.) An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.

Provisor (n.) One who provides; a purveyor.

Provisor (n.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house.

Provisor (n.) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5.

Provisor (n.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.

Provisorily (adv.) In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily.

Provisorship (n.) The office or position of a provisor.

Provisory (a.) Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.

Provisory (a.) Making temporary provision; provisional.

Provocation (n.) The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.

Provocation (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation.

Provocation (n.) Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.

Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.

Provocation (n.) An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]

Provocative (a.) Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

Provocative (n.) Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

Provocativeness (n.) Quality of being provocative.

Provocatory (a.) Provocative.

Provokable (a.) That may be provoked.

Provoked (imp. & p. p.) of Provoke

Provoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provoke

Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.

Provoke (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.

Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism]

Provokement (n.) The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.

Provoking (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.

Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.

Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Provostship (n.) The office of a provost.

Prow (n.) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

Prow (n.) See Proa.

Prow (superl.) Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.

Prow (a.) Benefit; profit; good; advantage.

Prowess (a.) Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

Prowled (imp. & p. p.) of Prowl

Prowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prowl

Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.

Prowl (v. t.) To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.

Prowl (v. i.) To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.

Prowl (n.) The act of prowling.

Prowler (n.) One that prowls.

Prowling (a.) Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey.

Prox (n.) "The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes."

Proxene (n.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.

Proxenet (n.) A negotiator; a factor.

Proximad (adv.) Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.

Proximal (a.) Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.

Proximal (a.) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.

Proximal (a.) Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.

Proximally (adv.) On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

Proximate (a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Proximately (adv.) In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.

Proxime (a.) Next; immediately preceding or following.

Proximious (a.) Proximate.

Proximity (n.) The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.

Proximo () In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

Proxies (pl. ) of Proxy

Proxy (n.) The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.

Proxy (n.) The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.

Proxy (n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.

Proxy (n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

Proxy (n.) See Procuration.

Proxy (v. i.) To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.

Proxyship (n.) The office or agency of a proxy.

Pruce (n.) Prussian leather.

Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.

Prudence (n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

Prudency (n.) Prudence.

Prudent (a.) Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.

Prudent (a.) Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.

Prudential (a.) Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives.

Prudential (a.) Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.

Prudential (n.) That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl.

Prudentialist (n.) One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives.

Prudentiality (n.) The quality or state of being prudential.

Prudentially (adv.) In a prudential manner; prudently.

Prudently (adv.) In a prudent manner.

Pruderies (pl. ) of Prudery

Prudery (n.) The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.

Prudhomme (n.) A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.

Prudish (a.) Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.

Prudishly (adv.) In a prudish manner.

Pruinate (a.) Same as Pruinose.

Pruinose (a.) Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.

Pruinous (a.) Frosty; pruinose.

Pruned (imp. & p. p.) of Prune

Pruning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prune

Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.

Prune (v. t.) To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.

Prune (v. t.) To preen; to prepare; to dress.

Prune (v. i.) To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.

Prune (n.) A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.

Prunella (n.) Angina, or angina pectoris.

Prunella (n.) Thrush.

Prunella (n.) Alt. of Prunello

Prunello (n.) A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

Prunelle (n.) A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.

Prunello (n.) A species of dried plum; prunelle.

Pruner (n.) One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.

Pruniferous (a.) Bearing plums.

Pruning (n.) The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.

Pruning (n.) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.

Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.

Prurience (n.) Alt. of Pruriency

Pruriency (n.) The quality or state of being prurient.

Prurient (a.) Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful.

Pruriginous (a.) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.

Prurigo (n.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color.

Pruritus (n.) Itching.

Prussian (a.) Of or pertaining to Prussia.

Prussian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Prussia.

Prussiate (n.) A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.

Prussic (a.) designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.

Prutenic (a.) Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.

Pry (n.) A lever; also, leverage.

Pried (imp. & p. p.) of Pry

Prying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pry

Pry (v. t.) To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.

Pry (v. i.) To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.

Pry (n.) Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.

Pryan (n.) See Prian.

Prying (a.) Inspecting closely or impertinently.

Pryingly (adv.) In a prying manner.

Prytaneum (n.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.

Prytanes (pl. ) of Prytanis

Prytanis (n.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.

Prytany (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

Prythee (interj.) See Prithee.

Psalm (n.) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.

Psalm (n.) Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.

Psalm (v. t.) To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises.

Psalmist (n.) A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.

Psalmist (n.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church.

Psalmistry (n.) The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.

Psalmodic (a.) Alt. of Psalmodical

Psalmodical (a.) Relating to psalmody.

Psalmodist (n.) One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.

Psalmodize (v. i.) To practice psalmody.

Psalmody (n.) The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.

Psalmograph (n.) A writer of psalms; a psalmographer.

Psalmographer (n.) Alt. of Psalmographist

Psalmographist (n.) A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns.

Psalmography (n.) The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs.

Psalter (n.) The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.

Psalter (n.) Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.

Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms.

Psalterial (a.) Of or pertaining to the psalterium.

Psalteria (pl. ) of Psalterium

Psalterium (n.) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.

Psalterium (n.) The lyra of the brain.

Psalteries (pl. ) of Psaltery

Psaltery (n.) A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known.

Psammite (n.) A species of micaceous sandstone.

Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone.

Psellism (n.) Indistinct pronunciation; stammering.

Psephism (n.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.

Pseudaesthesia (n.) False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot.

Pseudembryo (n.) A false embryo.

Pseudembryo (n.) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.

Pseudepigraphic (a.) Alt. of Pseudepigraphic

Pseudepigraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy.

Pseudepigraphous (a.) Inscribed with a false name.

Pseudepigraphy (n.) The ascription of false names of authors to works.

Pseudhaemal (a.) Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids.

Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.

Pseudobacteria (n. pl.) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.

Pseudoblepsis (n.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects.

Pseudobranch (n.) Same as Pseudobranchia.

Pseudobranchiae (pl. ) of Pseudobranchia

Pseudobranchia (n.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill.

Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.

Pseudocarp (n.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

Pseudo-china (n.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.

Pseudocoele (n.) Same as Pseudocoelia.

Pseudocoelia (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.

Pseudo-cone (n.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.

Pseudo-cumene (n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.

Pseudo-dipteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column.

Pseudo-dipteral (n.) A pseudo-dipteral temple.

Pseudodox (a.) Not true in opinion or doctrine; false.

Pseudodox (n.) A false opinion or doctrine.

Pseudofilari/ (pl. ) of Pseudofilaria

Pseudofilaria (n.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.

Pseudo-galena (n.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).

Pseudograph (n.) A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.

Pseudography (n.) False writing; forgery.

Pseudohalteres (pl. ) of Pseudohalter

Pseudohalter (n.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.

Pseudo-heart (n.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.

Pseudo-hyperthophic (a.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.

Pseudologist (n.) One who utters falsehoods; a liar.

Pseudology (n.) Falsehood of speech.

Pseudo-metallic (a.) Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.

Pseudo-monocotyledonous (a.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut.

Pseudomorph (n.) An irregular or deceptive form.

Pseudomorph (n.) A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.

Pseudomorphism (n.) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.

Pseudomorphous (a.) Not having the true form.

Pseudonavicullae (pl. ) of Pseudonavicella

Pseudonavicella (n.) Same as Pseudonavicula.

Pseudonaviculae (pl. ) of Pseudonavicula

Pseudonavicula (n.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.

Pseudoneuroptera (n. pl.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.

Pseudoneuropterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera.

Pseudonym (n.) A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name.

Pseudonumity (n.) The using of fictitious names, as by authors.

Pseudonymous (a.) Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work.

Pseuso-peripteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end.

Pseuso-peripteral (n.) A pseudo-peripteral temple.

Pseudopod (n.) Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.

Pseudopod (n.) A rhizopod.

Pseudopodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a pseudopod, or to pseudopodia. See Illust. of Heliozoa.

Pseudopodia (pl. ) of Pseudopodium

Pseudopodium (n.) Same as Pseudopod.

Pseudopupae (pl. ) of Pseudopupa

Pseudopupas (pl. ) of Pseudopupa

Pseudopupa (n.) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.

Pseudorhabdite (n.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.

Pseudo-romantic (a.) Falsely romantic.

Pseudoscope (n.) An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.

Pseudoscopic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image.

Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

Pseudosphere (n.) The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.

Pseudospore (n.) A peculiar reproductive cell found in some fungi.

-lae (pl. ) of Pseudostella

Pseudostella (n.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.

Pseudostomata (pl. ) of Pseudostoma

Pseudostoma (n.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them.

Pseudo-symmetric (a.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.

Pseudo-symmetry (n.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.

Pseudotetramera (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.

Pseudotineae (pl. ) of Pseudotinea

Pseudotinea (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria).

Pseudoturbinal (a.) See under Turbinal.

Pseudovaries (pl. ) of Pseudovary

Pseudovary (n.) The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

Pseudova (pl. ) of Pseudovum

Pseudovum (n.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis.

Pshaw (interj.) Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.

Pshaw (v. i.) To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!"

Psilanthropic (a.) Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation."

Psilanthropism (n.) Psilanthropy.

Psilanthropist (n.) One who believes that Christ was a mere man.

Psilanthropy (n.) The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ.

Psilology (n.) Love of empty of empty talk or noise.

Psilomelane (n.) A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.

Psilopaedes (n. pl.) birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; -- called also Gymnopaedes.

Psilopaedic (a.) Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.

Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.

Psittaceous (a.) Alt. of Psittacid

Psittacid (a.) Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci.

Psittacid (n.) One of the Psittaci.

Psittaci (n. pl.) The order of birds which comprises the parrots.

Psitta-co-fulvine (n.) A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.

Psoas (n.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrae and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.

Psora (n.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.

Psoriasis (n.) The state of being affected with psora.

Psoriasis (n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.

Psoric (a.) Of or pertaining to psora.

Psorosperm (n.) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage.

Psychagogic (a.) Attractive; persuasive.

Psychagogue (n.) A necromancer.

Psychal (a.) Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical.

Psyche (n.) A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

Psyche (n.) The soul; the vital principle; the mind.

Psyche (n.) A cheval glass.

Psychian (n.) Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera (family Psychidae). The larvae are called basket worms. See Basket worm, under Basket.

Psychiatria (n.) Alt. of Psychiatry

Psychiatry (n.) The application of the healing art to mental diseases.

Psychiatric (a.) Of or pertaining to psychiatria.

Psychic (a.) Alt. of Psychical

Psychical (a.) Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man.

Psychical (a.) Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.

Psychics (n.) Psychology.

Psychism (n.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.

Psycho- () A combining form from Gr. psychh` the soul, the mind, the understanding; as, psychology.

Psychogenesis (n.) Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.

Psychography (n.) A description of the phenomena of mind.

Psychography (n.) Spirit writing.

Psychologic (a.) Alt. of Psychological

Psychological (a.) Of or pertaining to psychology. See Note under Psychic.

Psychologist (n.) One who is versed in, devoted to, psychology.

Psychologue (n.) A psychologist.

Psychologies (pl. ) of Psychology

Psychology (n.) The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.

Psychomachy (n.) A conflict of the soul with the body.

Psychomancy (n.) Necromancy.

Psychometry (n.) The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.

Psycho-motor (a.) Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will.

Psychopannychism (n.) The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death, and does not wake until the resurrection of the body.

Psychopathy (n.) Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.

Psychophysical (a.) Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.

Psychophysics (n.) The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.

Psychopomp (n.) A leader or guide of souls .

Psychosis (n.) Any vital action or activity.

Psychosis (n.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.

Psychozoic (a.) Designating, or applied to the Era of man; as, the psychozoic era.

Psychrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.

Psychrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry.

Psychrometry (n.) Hygrometry.

Psyllae (pl. ) of Psylla

Psylla (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.

Ptarmigan (n.) Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter.

Ptenoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.

Ptenoglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.

Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.

Pteranodontia (n. pl.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.

Pterichthys (n.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.

Pteridologist (n.) One who is versed in pteridology.

Pteridology (n.) That department of botany which treats of ferns.

Pteridomania (n.) A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns.

Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia.

Pterobranchia (n. pl.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.

Pteroceras (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.

Pterocletes (n. pl.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.

Pterodactyl (n.) An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Pterodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Pterosauria.

Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans.

Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.

Pteropappi (n. pl.) Same as Odontotormae.

Pterophore (n.) Any moth of the genus Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth. See Plume moth, under Plume.

Pteropod (n.) One of the Pteropoda.

Pteropoda (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.

Pteropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.

Pterosaur (n.) A pterodactyl.

Pterosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria.

Pterosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria.

Pterostigmata (pl. ) of Pterostigma

Pterostigma (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.

Pterotic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes.

Pterotic (n.) The pterotic bone.

Pterygiums (pl. ) of Pterygium

Pterygia (pl. ) of Pterygium

Pterygium (n.) A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.

Pterygoid (a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.

Pterygoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.

Pterygoid (n.) A pterygoid bone.

Pterygomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw.

Pterygopalatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones.

Pterygopodia (pl. ) of Pterygopodium

Pterygopodium (n.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.

Pterygoquadrate (a.) Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.

Pterylae (pl. ) of Pteryla

Pteryla (n.) One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.

Pterylography (n.) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds.

Pterylosis (n.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.

Ptilocerque (n.) The pentail.

Ptilopaedes (n. pl.) Same as Dasypaedes.

Ptilopaedic (a.) Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered with down; dasypaedic; -- said of the young of certain birds.

Ptilopteri (n. pl.) An order of birds including only the penguins.

Ptilosis (n.) Same as Pterylosis.

Ptisan (n.) A decoction of barley with other ingredients; a farinaceous drink.

Ptisan (n.) An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tea or tisane.

Ptolemaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.

Ptolemaist (n.) One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.

Ptomaine (n.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines.

Ptosis (n.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.

Ptyalin (n.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.

Ptyalism (n.) Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva.

Ptyalogogue (n.) A ptysmagogue.

Ptysmagogue (n.) A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.

Ptyxis (n.) The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.

Pubble (a.) Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat.

Puberal (a.) Of or pertaining to puberty.

Puberty (n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.

Puberty (n.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.

Puberulent (a.) Very minutely downy.

Pubes (n.) The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.

Pubes (n.) Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.

Pubes (n.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.

Pubescence (n.) The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty.

Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.

Pubescency (n.) Pubescence.

Pubescent (a.) Arrived at puberty.

Pubescent (a.) Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.

Pubic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the hypogastric region. See Pubes.

Pubic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pubis.

Pubis (n.) The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.

Public (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.

Public (a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.

Public (a.) Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.

Public (n.) The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.

Public (n.) A public house; an inn.

Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.

Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine.

Publication (n.) The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.

Publication (n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.

Publication (n.) That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.

Publication (n.) An act done in public.

Public-hearted (a.) Public-spirited.

Publicist (n.) A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.

Publicity (n.) The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

Publicly (adv.) With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.

Publicly (adv.) In the name of the community.

Public-minded (a.) Public-spirited.

Publicness (n.) The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale.

Publicness (n.) The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property.

Public-spirited (a.) Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.

Public-spirited (a.) Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure.

Published (imp. & p. p.) of Publish

Publishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Publish

Publish (v. t.) To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.

Publish (v. t.) To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.

Publish (v. t.) To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press.

Publish (v. t.) To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper.

Publishable (a.) Capable of being published; suitable for publication.

Publisher (n.) One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.

Publishment (n.) The act or process of making publicly known; publication.

Publishment (n.) A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States.

Puccoon (n.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.

Puce (a.) Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.

Pucel (n.) See Pucelle.

Pucelage (n.) Virginity.

Pucelle (n.) A maid; a virgin.

Puceron (n.) Any plant louse, or aphis.

Pucherite (n.) Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.

Puck (n.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.

Puck (n.) The goatsucker.

Puckball (n.) A puffball.

Puckered (imp. & p. p.) of Pucker

Puckering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pucker

Pucker (v. t. & i.) To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

Pucker (n.) A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

Pucker (n.) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.

Puckerer (n.) One who, or that which, puckers.

Puckery (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste.

Puckery (a.) Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.

Puckfist (n.) A puffball.

Puckish (a.) Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.

Pucras (n.) See Koklass.

Pud (n.) Same as Pood.

Pud (n.) The hand; the first.

Puddening (n.) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat.

Puddening (n.) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like.

Puddered (imp. & p. p.) of Pudder

Puddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pudder

Pudder (v. i.) To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.

Pudder (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man.

Pudder (n.) A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.

Pudding (n.) A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.

Pudding (n.) Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.

Pudding (n.) An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage.

Pudding (n.) Any food or victuals.

Pudding (n.) Same as Puddening.

Pudding-headed (a.) Stupid.

Puddle (n.) A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

Puddle (n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

Puddled (imp. & p. p.) of Puddle

Puddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puddle

Puddle (v. t.) To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

Puddle (v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

Puddle (v. t.) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

Puddle (v. t.) To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.

Puddle (v. i.) To make a dirty stir.

Puddle-ball (n.) The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.

Puddle-bar (n.) An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.

Puddler (n.) One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.

Puddling (n.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.

Puddling (n.) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.

Puddling (n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.

Puddly (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.

Puddock (n.) A small inclosure.

Pudency (n.) Modesty; shamefacedness.

Pudenda (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.

Pudendal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.

Pudendum (n.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.

Pudgy (a.) Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand.

Pudic (a.) Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation.

Pudical (a.) Pudic.

Pudicity (n.) Modesty; chastity.

Pudu (n.) A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.

Pued (imp. & p. p.) of Pue

Puing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pue

Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.

Pueblo (n.) A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region.

Puefellow (n.) A pewfellow.

Puer (n.) The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning.

Puerco (n.) A hog.

Puerile (a.) Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

Puerilely (adv.) In a puerile manner; childishly.

Puerileness (n.) The quality of being puerile; puerility.

Puerilities (pl. ) of Puerility

Puerility (n.) The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.

Puerility (n.) That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly.

Puerperal (a.) Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

Puerperous (a.) Bearing children.

Puet (n.) The pewit.

Puff (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

Puff (n.) Anything light and filled with air.

Puff (n.) A puffball.

Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry.

Puff (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

Puffed (imp. & p. p.) of Puff

Puffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puff

Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

Puff (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.

Puff (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

Puff (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.

Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.

Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.

Puffer (n.) One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.

Puffer (n.) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

Puffer (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.

Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise.

Puffer (n.) A kier.

Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.

Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.

Puffin (n.) The puffball.

Puffin (n.) A sort of apple.

Puffiness (n.) The quality or state of being puffy.

Puffing () a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.

Puffingly (adv.) In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.

Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.

Puff-legged (a.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.

Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.

Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.

Pugged (imp. & p. p.) of Pug

Pugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pug

Pug (v. t.) To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

Pug (n.) A pug mill.

Pug (n.) An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.

Pug (n.) A name for a monkey.

Pug (n.) A name for a fox.

Pug (n.) An intimate; a crony; a dear one.

Pug (n.) Chaff; the refuse of grain.

Pug (n.) A prostitute.

Pug (n.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

Pug (n.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Pug-faced (a.) Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

Pugger (v. t.) To pucker.

Puggered (a.) Puckered.

Pugging (v. t.) The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.

Pugging (a.) Thieving.

Pugh (interj.) Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

Pugil (n.) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

Pugilism (n.) The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.

Pugilist (n.) One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.

Pugilistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pugillism.

Pugnacious (a.) Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

Pugnacity (n.) Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness.

Pug nose () A short, thick nose; a snubnose.

Puh (interj.) The same as Pugh.

Puisne (a.) Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.

Puisne (a.) Puny; petty; unskilled.

Puisne (a.) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.

Puisne (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank.

Puisny (a.) Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.

Puissance (n.) Power; strength; might; force; potency.

Puissant (a.) Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire.

Puissantly (adv.) In a puissant manner; powerfully; with great strength.

Puissantness (n.) The state or quality of being puissant; puissance; power.

Puit (n.) A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.

Puked (imp. & p. p.) of Puke

Puking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puke

Puke (v. i.) To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.

Puke (v. t.) To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.

Puke (n.) A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.

Puke (a.) Of a color supposed to be between black and russet.

Puker (n.) One who pukes, vomits.

Puker (n.) That which causes vomiting.

Pulas (n.) The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum.

Pulchritude (n.) That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.

Pulchritude (n.) Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.

Puled (imp. & p. p.) of Pule

Puling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pule

Pule (v. i.) To cry like a chicken.

Pule (v. i.) To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.

Puler (n.) One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.

Pulex (n.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea.

Pulicene (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose.

Pulicose (a.) Alt. of Pulicous

Pulicous (a.) Abounding with fleas.

Puling (n.) A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.

Puling (a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.

Pulingly (adv.) With whining or complaint.

Pulkha (n.) A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.

Pulled (imp. & p. p.) of Pull

Pulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pull

Pull (v. t.) To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

Pull (v. t.) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

Pull (v. t.) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.

Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

Pull (n.) A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

Pull (n.) The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

Pull (n.) The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

Pullail (n.) Poultry.

Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.

Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.

Pulled (a.) Plucked; pilled; moulting.

Pullen (n.) Poultry.

Puller (n.) One who, or that which, pulls.

Pullet (n.) A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.

Pulleys (pl. ) of Pulley

Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.

Pulley (b. t.) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.

Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.

Pullulate (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

Pullulation (n.) A germinating, or budding.

Pulli (pl. ) of Pullus

Pullus (n.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.

Pulmobranchiata (a. & n.) Alt. of Pulmobranchiate

Pulmobranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate.

Pulmocutaneous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.

Pulmogasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae.

Pulmometer (n.) A spirometer.

Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

Pulmonary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.

Pulmonary (a.) Lungwort.

Pulmonata (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.

Pulmonate (a.) Having breathing organs that act as lungs.

Pulmonate (a.) Pertaining to the Pulmonata.

Pulmonate (n.) One of the Pulmonata.

Pulmonated (a.) same as Pulmonate (a).

Pulmonibranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmonibranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Pulmonate.

Pulmonic (a.) Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.

Pulmonic (n.) A pulmonic medicine.

Pulmonifera (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmoniferous (a.) Having lungs; pulmonate.

Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

Pulp (n.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth.

Pulp (n.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.

Pulp (n.) The exterior part of a coffee berry.

Pulp (n.) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

Pulped (imp. & p. p.) of Pulp

Pulping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pulp

Pulp (v. t.) To reduce to pulp.

Pulp (v. t.) To deprive of the pulp, or integument.

Pulpatoon (n.) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit.

Pulpiness (n.) the quality or state of being pulpy.

Pulpit (n.) An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.

Pulpit (n.) The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.

Pulpit (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.

Pulpit (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.

Pulpited (a.) Placed in a pulpit.

Pulpiteer (n.) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.

Pulpiter (n.) A preacher.

Pulpitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit.

Pulpitish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.

Pulpitry (n.) The teaching of the pulpit; preaching.

Pulpous (a.) Containing pulp; pulpy.

Pulpy (n.) Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.

Pulque (n.) An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.

Pulsated (imp. & p. p.) of Pulsate

Pulsating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pulsate

Pulsate (v.) To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.

Pulsatile (a.) Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

Pulsatilla (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally.

Pulsation (n.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

Pulsation (n.) A single beat or throb of a series.

Pulsation (n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.

Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.

Pulsative (a.) Beating; throbbing.

Pulsator (n.) A beater; a striker.

Pulsator (n.) That which beats or throbs in working.

Pulsatory (a.) Capable of pulsating; throbbing.

Pulse (n.) Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

Pulse (n.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

Pulse (n.) Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.

Pulse (v. i.) To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.

Pulse (v. t.) To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.

Pulseless (a.) Having no pulsation; lifeless.

Pulselessness (n.) The state of being pulseless.

Pulsific (a.) Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.

Pulsimeter (n.) A sphygmograph.

Pulsion (n.) The act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction.

Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.

Pulsometer (n.) A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; -- also called vacuum pump.

Pulsometer (n.) A pulsimeter.

Pult (v. t.) To put.

Pultaceous (a.) Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.

Pultesse (n.) Alt. of Pultise

Pultise (n.) Poultry.

Pulu (n.) A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.

Purverable (a.) Capable of being reduced to fine powder.

Pulveraceous (a.) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.

Pulverate (v. t.) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize.

Pulverine (n.) Ashes of barilla.

Pulverizable (a.) Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable.

Pulverization (n.) The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Pulverized (imp. & p. p.) of Pulverize

Pulverizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pulverize

Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.

Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.

Pulverizer (n.) One who, or that which, pulverizes.

Pulverous (a.) Consisting of dust or powder; like powder.

Pulverulence (n.) The state of being pulverulent; abundance of dust or powder; dustiness.

Pulverulent (a.) Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.

Pulvil (n.) A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio.

Pulvil (v. t.) To apply pulvil to.

Pulvillio (n.) Alt. of Pulvillo

Pulvillo (n.) A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags.

Pulvilli (pl. ) of Pulvillus

Pulvillus (n.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

Pulvinar (n.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Pulvinate (a.) Alt. of Pulvinated

Pulvinated (a.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze.

Pulvinated (a.) Having the form of a cushion.

Pulvinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

Pulvinuli (pl. ) of Pulvinulus

Pulvinulus (n.) Same as Pulvillus.

Puma (n.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

Pume (n.) A stint.

Pumicated (imp. & p. p.) of Pumicate

Pumicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pumicate

Pumicate (v. t.) To make smooth with pumice.

Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone.

Pumiced (a.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot.

Pumiceous (a.) Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice.

Pumice stone () Same as Pumice.

Pumiciform (a.) Resembling, or having the structure of, pumice.

Pummace (n.) Same as Pomace.

Pummel (n. & v. t.) Same as Pommel.

Pump (n.) A low shoe with a thin sole.

Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.

Pumped (imp. & p. p.) of Pump

pumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pump

Pump (v. t.) To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.

Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.

Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump.

Pumpage (n.) That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps.

Pumper (n.) One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.

Pumpernickel (n.) A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.

Pumpet (n.) A pompet.

Pumping () a. & n. from pump.

Pumpion (n.) See Pumpkin.

Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.

Pumy (a.) Large and rounded.

Pun (v. t.) To pound.

Pun (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.

Punned (imp. & p. p.) of Pun

Punning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pun

Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.

Pun (v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.

Punch (n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.

Punch (n.) The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.

Punch (n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.

Punch (n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.

Punch (v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.

Punch (n.) A thrust or blow.

Punch (n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.

Punch (n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

Punch (n.) A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

Punched (imp. & p. p.) of Punch

Punching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punch

Punch (n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.

Puncheon (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

Puncheon (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.

Puncheon (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.

Puncheon (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.

Puncher (n.) One who, or that which, punches.

Punchin (n.) See Puncheon.

Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.

Punchy (a.) Short and thick, or fat.

Punctated (a.) Alt. of Punctated

Punctated (a.) Pointed; ending in a point or points.

Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.

Punctator (n.) One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.

Puncticular (a.) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.

Punctiform (a.) Having the form of a point.

Punctilios (pl. ) of Punctilio

Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.

Punctilious (a.) Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.

Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.

Punctist (n.) A punctator.

Puncto (n.) A nice point of form or ceremony.

Puncto (n.) A term applied to the point in fencing.

Punctual (a.) Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.

Punctual (a.) Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.

Punctual (a.) Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment.

Punctualist (n.) One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.

Punctuality (n.) The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

Punctually (adv.) In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.

Punctualness (n.) Punctuality; exactness.

Punctuated (imp. & p. p.) of Punctuate

Punctuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punctuate

Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.

Punctuative (a.) Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.

Punctuator (n.) One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.

Punctuist (n.) A punctator.

Punctulate (a.) Alt. of Punctulated

Punctulated (a.) Marked with small spots.

Punctum (n.) A point.

Puncturation (n.) The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.

Puncture (n.) The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.

Punctured (imp. & p. p.) of Puncture

Puncturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puncture

Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.

Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

Punctured (a.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.

Pundit (n.) A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.

Pundle (n.) A short and fat woman; a squab.

Punese (n.) A bedbug.

Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners.

Pungence (n.) Pungency.

Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.

Pungent (v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Pungently (adv.) In a pungent manner; sharply.

Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).

Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.

Punic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.

Punic (a.) Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.

Punice (n.) See Punese.

Punice (v. t.) To punish.

Puniceous (a.) Alt. of Punicial

Punicial (a.) Of a bright red or purple color.

Puniness (n.) The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.

Punished (imp. & p. p.) of Punish

Punishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punish

Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.

Punish (v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.

Punish (v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.

Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

Punisher (n.) One who inflicts punishment.

Punishment (n.) The act of punishing.

Punishment (n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.

Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.

Punition (n.) Punishment.

Punitive (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.

Punitory (a.) Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.

Punk (n.) Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.

Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.

Punk (n.) An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.

Punk (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.

Punkin (n.) A pumpkin.

Punkling (n.) A young strumpet.

Punner (n.) A punster.

Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.

Punnology (n.) The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.

Punster (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.

Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.

Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.

Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.

Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.

Punt (n.) The act of punting the ball.

Punter (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.

Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.

Puntil (n.) Alt. of Puntel

Puntel (n.) See Pontee.

Punto (n.) A point or hit.

Punty (n.) See Pontee.

Puny (superl.) Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

Puny (n.) A youth; a novice.

Puoy (n.) Same as Poy, n., 3.

Pup (n.) A young dog; a puppy.

Pup (n.) a young seal.

Pupped (imp. & p. p.) of Pup

Pupping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pup

Pup (v. i.) To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

Pup/ (pl. ) of Pupa

Pupas (pl. ) of Pupa

Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.

Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Pupal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.

Pupate (v. i.) To become a pupa.

Pupation (n.) the act of becoming a pupa.

Pupe (n.) A pupa.

Pupelo (n.) Cider brandy.

Pupigerous (a.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.

Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.

Pupil (n.) A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.

Pupil (n.) A person under a guardian; a ward.

Pupil (n.) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.

Pupilage (n.) The state of being a pupil.

Pupillarity (n.) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.

Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.

Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.

Pupillometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.

Pupipara (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.

Pupiparous (a.) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvae, or larval skins, of certain Diptera.

Pupiparous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.

Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.

Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.

Puplican (n.) Publican.

Puppet (n.) A small image in the human form; a doll.

Puppet (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.

Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.

Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Puppetish (a.) Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.

Puppetman (n.) A master of a puppet show.

Puppetry (n.) Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.

Puppies (pl. ) of Puppy

Puppy (n.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.

Puppy (n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.

Puppied (imp. & p. p.) of Puppy

Puppying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puppy

Puppy (v. i.) To bring forth whelps; to pup.

Puppyhood (n.) The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.

Puppyish (a.) Like a puppy.

Puppyism (n.) Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence.

Purred (imp. & p. p.) of Pur

Purring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pur

Pur (v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.

Pur (v. t.) To signify or express by purring.

Pur (n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.

Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.

Puranic (a.) Pertaining to the Puranas.

Purbeck beds () The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.

Purbeck stone () A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.

Purblind (a.) Wholly blind.

Purblind (a.) Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.

Purcelane (n.) Purslane.

Purchasable (a.) Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.

Purchased (imp. & p. p.) of Purchase

Purchasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purchase

Purchase (v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.

Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.

Purchase (v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

Purchase (v. t.) To buy for a price.

Purchase (v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.

Purchase (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

Purchase (v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.

Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.

Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.

Purchase (v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.

Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Purchaser (n.) One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.

Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance.

Purdah (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.

Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.

Pure (superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.

Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.

Pure (superl.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.

Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

Pured (a.) Purified; refined.

Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.

Purely (adv.) In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).

Purely (adv.) Nicely; prettily.

Pureness (n.) The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.

Purfle (v. t.) To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.

Purfle (v. t.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.

Purfle (n.) Alt. of Purflew

Purflew (n.) A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.

Purflew (n.) A border of any heraldic fur.

Purfled (a.) Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.

Purfling (n.) Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.

Purgament (n.) That which is excreted; excretion.

Purgament (n.) A cathartic; a purgative.

Purgation (n.) The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.

Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal.

Purgative (a.) Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

Purgative (n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.

Purgatively (adv.) In a purgative manner.

Purgatorial (a.) Alt. of Purgatorian

Purgatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.

Purgatorian (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.

Purgatory (a.) Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.

Purged (imp. & p. p.) of Purge

Purging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purge

Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

Purge (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.

Purge (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

Purge (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.

Purge (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification.

Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

Purge (v. t.) The act of purging.

Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

Purgery (n.) The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.

Purging (a.) That purges; cleansing.

Purging (n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.

Puri (n.) See Euxanthin.

Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.

Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.

Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.

Purificator (n.) One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier.

Purrificatory (a.) Serving or tending to purify; purificative.

Purifier (n.) One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.

Puriform (a.) In the form of pus.

Purified (imp. & p. p.) of Purify

Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purify

Purify (v. t.) To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.

Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.

Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.

Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.

Purify (v. i.) To grow or become pure or clear.

Purim (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.

Purism (n.) Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.

Purist (n.) One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.

Purist (n.) One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.

Puristic (a.) Alt. of Puristical

Puristical (a.) Of or pertaining to purists or purism.

Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.

Puritan (n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

Puritan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

Puritanic (a.) Alt. of Puritanical

Puritanical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

Puritanically (adv.) In a puritanical manner.

Puritanism (n.) The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

Puritanized (imp. & p. p.) of Puritanize

Puritanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puritanize

Puritanize (v. i.) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.

Purity (n.) The condition of being pure.

Purity (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.

Purity (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.

Purity (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.

Purity (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.

Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

Purkinje's cells () Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.

Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

Purled (imp. & p. p.) of Purl

Purling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purl

Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.

Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.

Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

Purl (n.) A tern.

Purlieu (n.) Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

Purlin (n.) Alt. of Purline

Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.

Purloined (imp. & p. p.) of Purloin

Purloining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purloin

Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

Purloin (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal.

Purloiner (n.) One who purloins.

Purparty (n.) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Purples (pl. ) of Purple

Purple (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.

Purple (n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.

Purple (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.

Purple (n.) Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.

Purple (n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.

Purple (n.) See Purpura.

Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.

Purple (a.) Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.

Purple (a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.

Purple (a.) Blood-red; bloody.

Purpled (imp. & p. p.) of Purple

Purpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purple

Purple (v. t.) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.

Purpleheart (n.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.

Purplewood (n.) Same as Purpleheart.

Purplish (a.) Somewhat purple.

Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

Purport (n.) Disguise; covering.

Purported (imp. & p. p.) of Purport

Purporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purport

Purport (n.) To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.

Purportless (a.) Without purport or meaning.

Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.

Purpose (n.) Proposal to another; discourse.

Purpose (n.) Instance; example.

Purposed (imp. & p. p.) of Purpose

Purposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purpose

Purpose (v. t.) To set forth; to bring forward.

Purpose (v. t.) To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.

Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

Purposedly (adv.) In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.

Purposeful (a.) Important; material.

Purposeless (a.) Having no purpose or result; objectless.

Purposely (adv.) With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.

Purposer (n.) One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.

Purposer (n.) One who forms a purpose; one who intends.

Purposive (a.) Having or indicating purpose or design.

Purpre (n. & a.) Purple.

Purpresture (n.) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.

Purprise (n.) A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.

Purpura (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.

Purpura (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

Purpurate (a.) Of or pertaining to purpura.

Purpurate (n.) A salt of purpuric acid.

Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).

Purpureal (a.) Of a purple color; purple.

Purpureo- () A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.

Purpuric (a.) Of or pertaining to purpura.

Purpuric (a.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.

Purpurin (n.) A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.

Purpuriparous (a.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.

Purpurogenous (a.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual.

Purr (v. i. & t.) To murmur as a cat. See Pur.

Purr (n.) The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.

Purre (n.) The dunlin.

Purree (n.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.

Purrock (n.) See Puddock, and Parrock.

Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

Purse (n.) A specific sum of money

Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.

Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purse

Pursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purse

Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.

Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

Pursefuls (pl. ) of Purseful

Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse.

Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.

Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.

Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.

Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.

Pursership (n.) The office of purser.

Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.

Pursiness (n.) State of being pursy.

Pursive (a.) Pursy.

Pursiveness (n.) Pursiness.

Purslain (n.) Same as Purslane.

Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.

Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted.

Pursual (n.) The act of pursuit.

Pursuance (n.) The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

Pursuance (n.) The state of being pursuant; consequence.

Pursuant (a.) Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.

Pursuant (adv.) Alt. of Pursuantly

Pursuantly (adv.) Agreeably; conformably.

Pursued (imp. & p. p.) of Pursue

Pursuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pursue

Pursue (v. t.) To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.

Pursue (v. t.) To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.

Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.

Pursue (v. t.) To follow as an example; to imitate.

Pursue (v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.

Pursue (v. i.) To go in pursuit; to follow.

Pursue (v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.

Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.

Pursuer (n.) One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

Pursuer (n.) A plaintiff; a prosecutor.

Pursuit (v. t.) The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.

Pursuit (v. t.) A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.

Pursuit (v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.

Pursuit (v. t.) Prosecution.

Pursuivant (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively.

Pursuivant (n.) The king's messenger; a state messenger.

Pursuivant (v. t.) To pursue.

Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence.

Purtenance (n.) That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.

Purrulence (n.) Alt. of Purulency

Purulency (n.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.

Purulent (a.) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.

Purulently (v.) In a purulent manner.

Purveance (n.) Alt. of Purveiaunce

Purveiaunce (n.) Purveyance.

Purveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Purvey

Purveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purvey

Purvey (v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.

Purvey (v. t.) To procure; to get.

Purvey (v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.

Purvey (v. i.) To pander; -- with to.

Purveyance (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

Purveyance (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.

Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.

Purveyor (n.) One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.

Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.

Purveyor (n.) a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.

Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.

Purview (n.) The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.

Purview (n.) Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.

Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

Pusane (n.) A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.

Puseyism (n.) The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. See Tractarianism.

Puseyistic (a.) Alt. of Puseyite

Puseyite (a.) Of or pertaining to Puseyism.

Puseyite (n.) One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.

Push (n.) A pustule; a pimple.

Pushed (imp. & p. p.) of Push

Pushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Push

Push (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.

Push (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

Push (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.

Push (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.

Push (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.

Push (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.

Push (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.

Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

Push (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.

Push (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.

Push (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.

Push (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.

Pusher (n.) One who, or that which, pushes.

Pushing (a.) Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.

Pushpin (n.) A child's game played with pins.

Pusil (a.) Very small; little; petty.

Pusillanimity (n.) The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.

Pusillanimous (a.) Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.

Pusillanimous (a.) Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.

Pusillanimously (adv.) With pusillanimity.

Pusley (n.) Purslane.

Puss (n.) A cat; -- a fondling appellation.

Puss (n.) A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.

Pussy (n.) A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.

Pussy (n.) A catkin of the pussy willow.

Pussy (n.) The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.

Pussy (a.) See Pursy.

Pustulant (v. t.) Producing pustules.

Pustulant (n.) A medicine that produces pustules, as croton oil.

Pustular (a.) Of or pertaining to pustules; as, pustular prominences; pustular eruptions.

Pustular (a.) Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustulate.

Pustulate (v. t.) To form into pustules, or blisters.

Pustulate (a.) Alt. of Pustulated

Pustulated (a.) Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.

Pustulation (n.) The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.

Pustule (n.) A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.

Pustulous (a.) Resembling, or covered with, pustules; pustulate; pustular.

Put (n.) A pit.

Put () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.

Put (n.) A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.

Put (imp. & p. p.) of Put

Putting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Put

Put (v. t.) To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).

Put (v. t.) To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.

Put (v. t.) To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.

Put (v. t.) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

Put (v. t.) To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.

Put (v. t.) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Put (v. t.) To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.

Put (v. t.) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.

Put (v. i.) To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.

Put (v. i.) To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

Put (v. i.) To play a card or a hand in the game called put.

Put (n.) The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball.

Put (n.) A certain game at cards.

Put (n.) A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date.

Put (n.) A prostitute.

Putage (n.) Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman.

Putamen (n.) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.

Putanism (n.) Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.

Putative (a.) Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.

Putchuck (n.) Same as Pachak.

Puteal (n.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.

Puteli (n.) Same as Patela.

Putery (n.) Putage.

Putid (a.) Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor.

Putidity (n.) Alt. of Putidness

Putidness (n.) The quality or state of being putrid.

Putlog (n.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.

Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

Putour (n.) A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.

Putredinous (a.) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.

Putrefaction (n.) The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.

Putrefactive (a.) Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.

Putrefactive (a.) Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.

Putrefied (imp. & p. p.) of Putrefy

Putrefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putrefy

Putrefy (v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

Putrefy (v. t.) To corrupt; to make foul.

Putrefy (v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Putrescence (n.) The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

Putrescent (a.) Becoming putrid or rotten.

Putrescent (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.

Putrescible (a.) Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.

Putrescible (n.) A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.

Putrescin (n.) A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.

Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

Putrid (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.

Putridity (n.) The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

Putridness (n.) Putridity.

Putrifacted (a.) Putrefied.

Putrification (n.) Putrefaction.

Putrify (v. t. & i.) To putrefy.

Putrilage (n.) That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.

Putry (a.) Putrid.

Putry (n.) Putage.

Putter (n.) One who puts or plates.

Putter (n.) Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.

Puttered (imp. & p. p.) of Putter

Puttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putter

Putter (v. i.) To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

Putter-on (n.) An instigator.

Puttier (n.) One who putties; a glazier.

Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.

Puttock (n.) The European kite.

Puttock (n.) The buzzard.

Puttock (n.) The marsh harrier.

Puttock (n.) See Futtock.

Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.

Puttied (imp. & p. p.) of Putty

Puttying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putty

Putty (v. t.) To cement, or stop, with putty.

Putty-faced (a.) White-faced; -- used contemptuously.

Puttyroot (n.) An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.

Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.

Puy (n.) See Poy.

Puzzel (n.) A harlot; a drab; a hussy.

Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

Puzzle (v.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

Puzzled (imp. & p. p.) of Puzzle

Puzzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puzzle

Puzzle (v. t.) To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

Puzzle (v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.

Puzzle (v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.

Puzzle (v. i.) To be bewildered, or perplexed.

Puzzle (v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

Puzzledom (n.) The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively.

Puzzle-headed (a.) Having the head full of confused notions.

Puzzlement (n.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

Puzzier (n.) One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.

Puzzlingly (adv.) In a puzzling manner.

Puzzolan (n.) Alt. of Puzzolana

Puzzolana (n.) See Pozzuolana.

Pyaemia (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.

Pyaemic (a.) Of or pertaining to pyaemia; of the nature of pyaemia.

Pycnaspidean (a.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.

Pycnidia (pl. ) of Pycnidium

Pycnidium (n.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

Pycnite (n.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

Pycnodont (n.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

Pycnodontini (n. pl.) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales.

Pycnogonid (n.) One of the Pycnogonida.

Pycnogonida (n. pl.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.

Pycnometer (n.) A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.

Pycnostyle (a.) See under Intercolumniation.

Pycnostyle (n.) A pycnostyle colonnade.

Pye (n.) See 2d Pie (b).

Pyebald (a.) See Piebald.

Pyelitis (n.) Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.

Pyemia (n.) See PyAemia.

Pyet (n.) A magpie; a piet.

Pygal (a.) Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians.

Pygarg () Alt. of Pygargus

Pygargus () A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump.

Pygargus () The female of the hen harrier.

Pygargus () The sea eagle.

Pygidia (pl. ) of Pygidium

Pygidium (n.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

Pygmy (a.) Alt. of Pygmean

Pygmean (a.) Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small.

Pygmies (pl. ) of Pygmy

Pygmy (n.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

Pygmy (n.) Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.

Pygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.

Pygopod (n.) One of the Pygopodes.

Pygopod (n.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs.

Pygropodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.

Pygopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes.

Pygostyle (n.) The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and supports the uropigium.

Pyin (n.) An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly a mixture of substances rather than a single body.

Pyjama (n.) In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress with legs.

Pykar (n.) An ancient English fishing boat.

Pylae (pl. ) of Pyla

Pylas (pl. ) of Pyla

Pyla (n.) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.

Pylagore (n.) a deputy of a State at the Amphictyonic council.

Pylangia (pl. ) of Pylangium

Pylangium (n.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.

Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway.

Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

Pyloric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pylorus; as, the pyloric end of the stomach.

Pylori (pl. ) of Pylorus

Pylorus (n.) The opening from the stomach into the intestine.

Pylorus (n.) A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates.

Pyne (n. & v.) See Pine.

Pynoun (n.) A pennant.

Pyocyanin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium (Bacillus pyocyaneus).

Pyogenic (a.) Producing or generating pus.

Pyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to pus; of the nature of, or like, pus.

Pyopneumothorax (n.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity.

Pyot (n.) The magpie. See Piet.

Pyoxanthose (n.) A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.

Pyracanth (n.) The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe.

Pyral (a.) Of or pertaining to a pyre.

Pyralid (n.) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.

Pyramid (n.) A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape.

Pyramid (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.

Pyramid (n.) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.

Pyramidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage.

Pyramidal (a.) Same as Tetragonal.

Pyramidal (n.) One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2 (b).

Pyramidally (adv.) Like a pyramid.

Pyramidic (a.) Alt. of Pyramidical

Pyramidical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal.

Pyramidia (pl. ) of Pyramidion

Pyramidion (n.) The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.

Pyramidoid (n.) A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid.

Pyramides (pl. ) of Pyramis

Pyramis (n.) A pyramid.

Pyramoid (n.) See Pyramidoid.

Pyrargyrite (n.) Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.

Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.

Pyrenae (pl. ) of Pyrena

Pyrena (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe.

Pyrene (n.) One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C16H10.

Pyrene (n.) Same as Pyrena.

Pyrenean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain.

Pyrenean (n.) The Pyrenees.

Pyrenoid (n.) A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.

Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.

Pyrethrine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Pyretic (a.) Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.

Pyretology (n.) A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.

Pyrexiae (pl. ) of Pyrexia

Pyrexia (n.) The febrile condition.

Pyrexial (a.) Alt. of Pyrexical

Pyrexical (a.) Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.

Pyrgom (n.) A variety of pyroxene; -- called also fassaite.

Pyrheliometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.

Pyridic (a.) Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases.

Pyridine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

Pyridyl (n.) A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essential residue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl.

Pyriform (a.) Having the form of a pear; pear-shaped.

Pyritaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.

Pyrites (pl. ) of Pyrite

Pyrite (n.) A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide.

Pyrites (n.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.

Pyritic (a.) Alt. of Pyritical

Pyritical (a.) Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites.

Pyritiferous (a.) Containing or producing pyrites.

Pyritize (v. t.) To convert into pyrites.

Pyritohedral (a.) Like pyrites in hemihedral form.

Pyritohedron (n.) The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite.

Pyritoid (n.) Pyritohedron.

Pyritology (n.) The science of blowpipe analysis.

Pyritous (a.) Pyritic.

Pyro- () Alt. of Pyr-

Pyr- () Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.

Pyro (n.) Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.

Pyroacetic (a.) Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also pyroacetic ether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit.

Pyroacid (n.) An acid obtained by sybjecting another acid to the action of heat. Cf. Pyro-.

Pyroantimonate (n.) A salt of pyroantimonic acid.

Pyroantimonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of antimony analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

Pyroarsenate (n.) A salt of pyroarsenic acid.

Pyroarsenic (a.) Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

Pyroborate (n.) A salt of pyroboric acid.

Pyroboric (a.) Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.

Pyrocatechin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc.

Pyrochlore (n.) A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurring usually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and resinous luster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being subjected to heat under the blowpipe.

Pyrocitric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.

Purocoll (n.) A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained by the distillation of gelatin.

Pyroelectric (a.) Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.

Pyroelectric (n.) A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.

Pyroelectricity (n.) Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.

Pyrogallate (n.) A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol.

Pyrogallic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.

Pyrogallol (n.) A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes.

Pyrogen (n.) Electricity.

Pyrogen (n.) A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria.

Pyrogenic (a.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.

Pyrogenous (a.) Produced by fire; igneous.

Pyrognostic (a.) Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.

Pyrognostics (n. pl.) The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.

Pyrography (n.) A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning with heated instruments.

Pyrolator (n.) A fire worshiper.

Pyrolatry (n.) The worship of fire.

Pyroligneous (a.) Alt. of Pyrolignic

Pyrolignic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.

Pyrolignous (a.) Same as Pyroligneous.

Pyrolithic (a.) Same as Pyrouric, or Cyanuric.

Pyrologist (n.) One who is versed in, or makes a study of, pyrology.

Pyrology (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the properties, phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat.

Pyrolusite (n.) Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark steel-gray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).

Pyromagnetic (a.) Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a pyromagnetic machine for producing electric currents.

Pyromalate (n.) A salt of pyromalic acid.

Pyromalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called maleic acid.

Pyromancy (n.) Divination by means of fire.

Pyromania (n.) An insane disposition to incendiarism.

Pyromantic (a.) Of or pertaining to pyromancy.

Pyromantic (n.) One who pretends to divine by fire.

Pyrometer (n.) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

Pyrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.

Pyrometric (a.) Alt. of Pyrometrical

Pyrometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as, pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements.

Pyrometry (n.) The art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat.

Pyromorphite (n.) Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.

Pyromorphous (a.) Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire.

Pyromucate (n.) A salt of pyromucic acid.

Pyromucic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic acid, or by the oxidation of furfurol.

Pyronomics (n.) The science of heat.

Pyrope (n.) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet.

Pyrophane (n.) A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is said to change its color and become transparent by heat.

Pyrophanous (a.) Rendered transparent by heat.

Pyrophone (n.) A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths.

Pyrophoric (a.) Alt. of Pyrophorous

Pyrophorous (a.) Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.

Pyrophorus (n.) Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.

Pyrophosphate (n.) A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.

Pyrophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates.

Pyrophyllite (n.) A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.

Pyroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf.

Pyrosis (n.) See Water brash, under Brash.

Pyrosmalite (n.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe.

Pyrosome (n.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent.

Pyrosulphate (n.) A salt of pyrosulphuric acid.

Pyrosulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and in dehydration.

Pyrotartaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.

Pyrotartrate (n.) A salt of pyrotartaric acid.

Pyrotechnian (n.) A pyrotechnist.

Pyrotechnic (a.) Alt. of Pyrotechnical

Pyrotechnical (a.) Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.

Pyrotechnician (n.) A pyrotechnist.

Pyrotechnics (n.) The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.

Pyrotechnist (n.) One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks.

Pyrotechny (n.) The use and application of fire in science and the arts.

Pyrotechny (n.) Same as Pyrotechnics.

Pyrothonide (n.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent.

Pyrotic (a.) Caustic. See Caustic.

Pyrotic (n.) A caustic medicine.

Pyrotritartaric (a.) Designating an acid which is more commonly called uric acid.

Pyrotungstic (a.) Polytungstic. See Metatungstic.

Pyrouric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called cyanuric acid. See Cyanuric.

Pyrovanadic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

Pyroxanthin (n.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin.

Pyroxene (n.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90¡, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.

Pyroxenic (a.) Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.

Pyroxenite (n.) A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.

Pyroxylic (a.) Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.

Pyroxylin (n.) A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle.

Pyrrhic (a.) Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.

Pyrrhic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.

Pyrrhic (n.) An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick.

Pyrrhic (n.) A foot consisting of two short syllables.

Pyrrhicist (n.) One two danced the pyrrhic.

Pyrrhonean (a.) Alt. of Pyrrhonic

Pyrrhonic (a.) Of or pertaining to pyrrhonism.

Pyrrhonism (n.) Skepticism; universal doubt.

Pyrrhonist (n.) A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic.

Pyrrhotine (n.) Alt. of Pyrrhotite

Pyrrhotite (n.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.

Pyrrol (n.) A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.

Pyrroline (n.) A nitrogenous base, C4H7N, obtained as a colorless liquid by the reduction of pyrrol.

Pyrula (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.

Pyruric (a.) Same as Pyrouric.

Pyrus (n.) A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.

Pyruvic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the distillation of racemic acid.

Pyruvil (n.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating together pyruvic acid and urea.

Pythagorean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.

Pythagorean (n.) A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.

Pythagoreanism (n.) The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.

Pythagoric (a.) Alt. of Pythagorical

Pythagorical (a.) See Pythagorean, a.

Pythagorism (n.) The doctrines taught by Pythagoras.

Pythagorized (imp. & p. p.) of Pythagorize

Pythagorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pythagorize

Pythagorize (v. i.) To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.

Pythiad (n.) The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.

Pythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.

Pythocenic (a.) Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.

Python (n.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.

Python (n.) A diviner by spirits.

Pythoness (n.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.

Pythoness (n.) Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.

Pythonic (a.) Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.

Pythonism (n.) The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.

Pythonist (n.) A conjurer; a diviner.

Pythonomorpha (n. pl.) Same as Mosasauria.

Pyuria (n.) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.

Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

Pyx (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.

Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

Pyx (n.) Same as Pyxis.

Pyx (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.

Pyxidate (a.) Having a pyxidium.

Pyxidia (pl. ) of Pyxidium

Pyxidium (n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane.

Pyxidium (n.) The theca of mosses.

Pyxle (n.) Same as Pixy.

Pyxis (n.) A box; a pyx.

Pyxis (n.) A pyxidium.

Pyxis (n.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.

Q () the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.

Qua (conj.) In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.

Quab (n.) An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.

Quab (v. i.) See Quob, v. i.

Qua-bird (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.

Quacha (n.) The quagga.

Qvacked (imp. & p. p.) of Quack

Quacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quack

Quack (v. i.) To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender.

Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.

Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan.

Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.

Quackeries (pl. ) of Quackery

Quackery (n.) The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.

Quack grass () See Quitch grass.

Quackish (a.) Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery.

Quackism (n.) Quackery.

Quackled (imp. & p. p.) of Quackle

Quackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quackle

Quackle (v. i. & t.) To suffocate; to choke.

Quacksalver (n.) One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.

Quad (a.) Alt. of Quade

Quade (a.) Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind.

Quad (n.) A quadrat.

Quad (n.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison.

Quadrae (pl. ) of Quadra

Quadra (n.) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.

Quadra (n.) A fillet, or listel.

Quadrable (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.

Quadragenarious (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.

Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.

Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.

Quadragesimal (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.

Quadragesimals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

Quadrangle (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.

Quadrangle (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.

Quadrangular (a.) Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.

Quadrantes (pl. ) of Quadrans

Quadrans (n.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.

Quadrans (n.) The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.

Quadrant (n.) The fourth part; the quarter.

Quadrant (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center.

Quadrant (n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.

Quadrant (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.

Quadrantal (a.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.

Quadrantal (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.

Quadrantal (n.) A cube.

Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.

Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.

Quadrate (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

Quadrate (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.

Quadrate (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.

Quadrate (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.

Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.

Quadrate (a.) The quadrate bone.

Quadrated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadrate

Quadrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadrate

Quadrate (a.) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.

Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

Quadratic (a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.

Quadratic (a.) Tetragonal.

Quadratic (a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.

Quadratics (n.) That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.

Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.

Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.

Quadratojugal (n.) The quadratojugal bone.

-trixes (pl. ) of Quadratrix

-trices (pl. ) of Quadratrix

Quadratrix (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.

Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.

Quadrature (a.) A quadrate; a square.

Quadrature (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.

Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.

Quadrel (n.) A square piece of turf or peat.

Quadrel (n.) A square brick, tile, or the like.

Quadrennial (a.) Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.

Quadrennial (a.) Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.

Quadrennially (adv.) Once in four years.

Quadrennium (n.) A space or period of four years.

Quadri- () A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.

Quadribasic (a.) Same as Tetrabasic.

Quadrible (a.) Quadrable.

Quadric (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.

Quadric (n.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.

Quadric (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.

Quadricapsular (a.) Having four capsules.

Quadriceps (n.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.

Quadricipital (n.) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.

Quadricorn (n.) Any quadricornous animal.

Quadricornous (a.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.

Quadricostate (a.) Having four ribs.

Quadridentate (a.) Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.

Quadriennial (a.) Same as Quadrennial.

Quadrifarious (a.) Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves.

Quadrifid (a.) Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.

Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliate

Quadrifoliate (a.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches.

Quadrigae (pl. ) of Quadriga

Quadriga (n.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

Quadrigeminal (a.) Alt. of Quadrigeminous

Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.

Quadrigenarious (a.) Consisting of four hundred.

Quadrijugate (a.) Same as Quadrijugous.

Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.

Quadrilateral (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.

Quadrilateral (n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.

Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.

Quadrilateralness (n.) The property of being quadrilateral.

Quadriliteral (a.) Consisting of four letters.

Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.

Quadrille (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.

Quadrille (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.

Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

Quadrilobate (a.) Alt. of Quadrilobed

Quadrilobed (a.) Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.

Quadrilocular (a.) Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.

Quadrin (n.) A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.

Quadrinodal (a.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.

Quadrinomial (n.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.

Quadrinomical (a.) Quadrinomial.

Quadrinominal (a.) Quadrinomial.

Quadripartite (a.) Divided into four parts.

Quadripartitely (adv.) In four parts.

Quadripartition (n.) A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.

Quadripennate (a.) Having four wings; -- said of insects.

Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.

Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

Quadrisection (n.) A subdivision into four parts.

Quadrisulcate (a.) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.

Quadrisyllabic () Alt. of Quadri-syllabical

Quadri-syllabical () Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.

Quadrisyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables.

Quadrivalence (n.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.

Quadrivalent (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.

Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.

Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.

Quadrivalvular (a.) Having four valves; quadrivalve.

Quadrivial (a.) Having four ways meeting in a point.

Quadrivial (n.) One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.

Quadrivium (n.) The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.

Quadroon (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.

Quadroxide (n.) A tetroxide.

Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.

Quadrumane (n.) One of the Quadrumana.

Quadrumanous (a.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.

Quadruped (a.) Having four feet.

Quadruped (n.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.

Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.

Quadruple (a.) Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.

Quadruple (n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.

Quadrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruple

Quadrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruple

Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.

Quadruple (v. i.) To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.

Quadruplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Quadruplicate

Quadruplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quadruplicate

Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.

Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.

Quadruplicate (a.) Raised to the fourth power.

Quadruplication (n.) The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.

Quadruply (adv.) To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.

Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.

Quaestor (n.) Same as Questor.

Quaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Quaff

Quaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaff

Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

Quaff (v. i.) To drink largely or luxuriously.

Quaffer (n.) One who quaffs, or drinks largely.

Quag (n.) A quagmire.

Quagga (n.) A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.

Quaggy (a.) Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.

Quagmire (n.) Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

Quahog (n.) Alt. of Quahaug

Quahaug (n.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.

Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaich

Quaich (n.) A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.

Qualled (imp. & p. p.) of Quail

Qualling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quail

Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.

Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.

Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.

Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).

Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).

Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.

Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Quaily (n.) The upland plover.

Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.

Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.

Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.

Quaintise (n.) Craft; subtlety; cunning.

Quaintise (n.) Elegance; beauty.

Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint manner.

Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint.

Quair (n.) A quire; a book.

Quaked (imp. & p. p.) of Quake

Quaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quake

Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.

Quake (v. t.) To cause to quake.

Quake (n.) A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

Quaker (n.) One who quakes.

Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.

Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.

Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.

Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.

Quakeress (n.) A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.

Quakerish (a.) Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.

Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.

Quakerlike (a.) Like a Quaker.

Quakerly (a.) Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.

Quakery (n.) Quakerism.

Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.

Quakness (n.) The state of being quaky; liability to quake.

Quaking () a. & n. from Quake, v.

Quakingly (adv.) In a quaking manner; fearfully.

Quaky (a.) Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

Qualifiable (a.) Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable.

Qualification (n.) The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

Qualification (n.) That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.

Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.

Qualificative (n.) That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.

Qualificator (n.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

Qualified (a.) Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

Qualified (a.) Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.

Qualifiedly (adv.) In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.

Qualifiedness (n.) The state of being qualified.

Qualifier (n.) One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

Qualified (imp. & p. p.) of Qualify

Qualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Qualify

Qualify (v. t.) To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.

Qualify (v. t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.

Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.

Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.

Qualify (v. t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.

Qualify (v. i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.

Qualify (v. i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

Qualitative (a.) Relating to quality; having the character of quality.

Qualitied (a.) Furnished with qualities; endowed.

Qualities (pl. ) of Quality

Quality (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.

Quality (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.

Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.

Quality (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.

Quality (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.

Qualm (n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.

Qualm (n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.

Qualm (n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.

Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Qualmish (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.

Quamash (n.) See Camass.

Quamoclit (n.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.

Quandaries (pl. ) of Quandary

Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.

Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.

Quandong (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.

Quandy (n.) The old squaw.

Quannet (n.) A flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.

Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

Quantic (n.) A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic.

Quantification (n.) Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.

Quantity (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

Quantitative (a.) Relating to quantity.

Quantitive (a.) Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.

Quantitively (adv.) So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.

Quantities (pl. ) of Quantity

Quantity (n.) The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.

Quantity (n.) The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.

Quantity (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.

Quantity (n.) The relative duration of a tone.

Quantity (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.

Quantity (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.

Quantivalence (n.) Valence.

Quantivalent (a.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence.

Quanta (pl. ) of Quantum

Quantum (n.) Quantity; amount.

Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.

Quap (v. i.) To quaver.

Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.

Quar (n.) A quarry.

Quarantine (n.) A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.

Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.

Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

Quarantined (imp. & p. p.) of Quarantine

Quarantining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarantine

Quarantine (v. t.) To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.

Quarl (n.) A medusa, or jellyfish.

Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

Quarrel (n.) Any small square or quadrangular member

Quarrel (n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.

Quarrel (n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.

Quarrel (n.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.

Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.

Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.

Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.

Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.

Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing.

Quarreled (imp. & p. p.) of Quarrel

Quarrelled () of Quarrel

Quarreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarrel

Quarrelling () of Quarrel

Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.

Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.

Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.

Quarrel (v. t.) To quarrel with.

Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.

Quarrel (n.) One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.

Quarrelet (n.) A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2.

Quarreling (a.) Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.

Quarrellous (a.) Quarrelsome.

Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Quarried (a.) Provided with prey.

Quarrier (n.) A worker in a stone quarry.

Quarry (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.

Quarry (a.) Quadrate; square.

Quarries (pl. ) of Quarry

Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

Quarry (n.) A heap of game killed.

Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Quarry (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).

Quarried (imp. & p. p.) of Quarry

Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarry

Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

Quarrymen (pl. ) of Quarry-man

Quarry-man (n.) A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.

Quart (n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

Quart (n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.

Quart (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart.

Quart (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.

Quartan (a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.

Quartan (n.) A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.

Quartane (n.) Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms.

Quartation (n.) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.

Quarte (n.) Same as 2d Carte.

Quartene (n.) Same as Butylene.

Quartenylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid.

Quarter (n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.

Quarter (n.) The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.

Quarter (n.) The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.

Quarter (n.) The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.

Quarter (n.) One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.

Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.

Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.

Quarter (n.) A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.

Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.

Quarter (n.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings.

Quarter (n.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.

Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.

Quarter (v. t.) A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud.

Quarter (v. t.) The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; -- called also quarter point.

Quarter (v. t.) Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.

Quarter (v. t.) A station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.

Quarter (v. t.) Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.

Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.

Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes.

Quarter (v. t.) Friendship; amity; concord.

Quartered (imp. & p. p.) of Quartter

Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter

Quartter (v. t.) To divide into four equal parts.

Quartter (v. t.) To divide; to separate into parts or regions.

Quartter (v. t.) To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.

Quartter (v. t.) To furnish as a portion; to allot.

Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.

Quarter (v. i.) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Quarter (v. i.) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

Quarterage (n.) A quarterly allowance.

Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.

Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.

Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.

Quartering (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

Quartering (n.) A station.

Quartering (n.) Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.

Quartering (n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

Quartering (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

Quartering (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)

Quarterly (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

Quarterly (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.

Quarterlies (pl. ) of Quarterly

Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.

Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.

Quarterly (adv.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.

Quartermaster (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.

Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.

Quartern (n.) A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).

Quartern (n.) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.

Quarteron (n.) A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.

Quarteron (n.) Alt. of Quarteroon

Quarteroon (n.) A quadroon.

Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

Quarter round () An ovolo.

Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaff

Quarterstaff (n.) A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

Quartet (n.) Alt. of Quartette

Quartette (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

Quartette (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.

Quartette (n.) A stanza of four lines.

Quartic (a.) Of the fourth degree.

Quartic (n.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See Quantic.

Quartic (n.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.

Quartile (n.) Same as Quadrate.

Quartine (n.) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.

Quarto (a.) Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.

Quartos (pl. ) of Quarto

Quarto (n.) Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.

Quartridge (n.) Quarterage.

Quartz (n.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.

Quartziferous (a.) Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.

Quartzite (n.) Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.

Quartzoid (n.) A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

Quartzose (a.) Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.

quartzous (a.) Quarzose.

Quartzy (a.) Quartzose.

Quas (n.) A kind of beer. Same as Quass.

Quaschi (n.) Alt. of Quasje

Quasje (n.) The brown coati. See Coati.

Quash (n.) Same as Squash.

Quashed (imp. & p. p.) of Quash

Quashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quash

Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.

Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.

Quash (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.

Quash (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

Quashee (n.) A negro of the West Indies.

Quasi () As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.

Quasimodo (n.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

Quass (n.) A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians.

Quassation (n.) The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken.

Quassia (n.) The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.

Quassin (n.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite.

Quat (n.) A pustule.

Quat (n.) An annoying, worthless person.

Quat (v. t.) To satiate; to satisfy.

Quata (n.) The coaita.

Quatch (a.) Squat; flat.

Quater-cousin (n.) A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.

Quaternary (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.

Quaternary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.

Quaternary (n.) The number four.

Quaternary (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.

Quaternate (a.) Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.

Quaternion (n.) The number four.

Quaternion (n.) A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.

Quaternion (n.) A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.

Quaternion (n.) The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.

Quaternion (v. t.) To divide into quaternions, files, or companies.

Quaternity (n.) The number four.

Quaternity (n.) The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.

Quateron (n.) See 2d Quarteron.

Quatorzain (n.) A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.

Quatorze (n.) The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.

Quatrain (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

Quatre (n.) A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips

Quatrefeuille (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil

Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.

Quatuor (n.) A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.

Quave (n.) See Quaver.

Quave (v. i.) To quaver.

Quavemire (n.) See Quagmire.

Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of Quaver

Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quaver

Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

Quaver (v. i.) Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.

Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

Quaverer (n.) One who quavers; a warbler.

Quay (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.

Quay (v. t.) To furnish with quays.

Quayage (n.) Wharfage.

Quayd () p. p. of Quail.

Que (n.) A half farthing.

Queach (n.) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.

Queach (v. i.) To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i.

Queachy (a.) Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.

Queachy (a.) Like a queach; thick; bushy.

Quean (n.) A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.

Quean (n.) A low woman; a wench; a slut.

Queasily (adv.) In a queasy manner.

Queasiness (n.) The state of being queasy; nausea; qualmishness; squeamishness.

Queasy (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.

Quebec group () The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian system. See the Chart of Geology.

Quebracho (n.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties.

Quebrith (n.) Sulphur.

Quech (v. i.) Alt. of Queck

Queck (v. i.) A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon's Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move.

Queen (n.) The wife of a king.

Queen (n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.

Queen (n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.

Queen (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

Queen (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

Queen (v. i.) To act the part of a queen.

Queened (imp. & p. p.) of Queen

Queening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Queen

Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

Queencraft (n.) Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.

Queendom (n.) The dominion, condition, or character of a queen.

Queenfish (n.) A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.

Queenhood (n.) The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness.

Queening (n.) Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.

Queenliness (n.) The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.

Queenly (a.) Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.

Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.

Queenship (n.) The state, rank, or dignity of a queen.

Queensland nut () The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.

Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.

Queer (a.) At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.

Queer (a.) Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.

Queer (n.) Counterfeit money.

Queerish (a.) Rather queer; somewhat singular.

Queerly (adv.) In a queer or odd manner.

Queerness (n.) The quality or state of being queer.

Queest (n.) The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat.

Quegh (n.) A drinking vessel. See Quaich.

Queint (a.) See Quaint.

Queint () imp. & p. p. of Quench.

Queintise (n.) See Quaintise.

Quelled (imp. & p. p.) of Quell

Quelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quell

Quell (v. i.) To die.

Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.

Quell (v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.

Quell (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.

Quell (v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.

Quell (n.) Murder.

Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller.

Queller (n.) One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.

Quellio (n.) A ruff for the neck.

Quelquechose (n.) A trifle; a kickshaw.

Queme (v. t. & i.) To please.

Quemeful (a.) Kindly; merciful.

Quenched (imp. & p. p.) of Quench

Quenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quench

Quench (v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.

Quench (v. t.) To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

Quench (v. i.) To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.

Quenchable (a.) Capable of being quenched.

Quencher (n.) One who, or that which, quenches.

Quenchless (a.) Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury.

Quenelle (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.

Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.

Quercitannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.

Quercite (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.

Quercitin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.

Quercitrin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron.

Quercitron (n.) The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria, the American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas.

Quercitron (n.) Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.

Quercus (n.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak.

Querele (n.) A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela.

Querent (n.) A complainant; a plaintiff.

Querent (n.) An inquirer.

Quermonious (a.) Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.

Querimony (n.) A complaint or complaining.

Querist (n.) One who inquires, or asks questions.

Querken (v. t.) To stifle or choke.

Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope.

Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse.

Quern (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

Querpo (n.) The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.

Querquedule (n.) A teal.

Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.

Querry (n.) A groom; an equerry.

Querulential (a.) Querulous.

Querulous (v.) Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.

Querulous (v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people.

Querulous (v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.

Queries (pl. ) of Query

Query (n.) A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

Query (n.) A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.

Query (n.) An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

Query (v. i.) To ask questions; to make inquiry.

Query (v. i.) To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.

Queried (imp. & p. p.) of Query

Querying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Query

Query (v. t.) To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.

Query (v. t.) To address questions to; to examine by questions.

Query (v. t.) To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

Query (v. t.) To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.

Quesal (n.) The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and Central America. Called also quetzal, and golden trogon.

Quest (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

Quest (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.

Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

Quest (n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.

Quest (n.) To search for; to examine.

Quest (v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.

Questant (n.) One who undertakes a quest; a seeker.

Quester (n.) One who seeks; a seeker.

Question (n.) The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.

Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.

Question (n.) That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.

Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

Question (n.) Talk; conversation; speech; speech.

Questioned (imp. & p. p.) of Question

Questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Question

Question (n.) To ask questions; to inquire.

Question (n.) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

Question (v. t.) To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.

Question (v. t.) To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.

Question (v. t.) To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.

Question (v. t.) To talk to; to converse with.

Questionability (n.) The state or condition of being questionable.

Questionable (a.) Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

Questionable (a.) Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.

Questionableness (n.) The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.

Questionably (adv.) In a questionable manner.

Questionary (a.) Inquiring; asking questions; testing.

Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.

Questioner (n.) One who asks questions; an inquirer.

Questionist (n.) A questioner; an inquirer.

Questionist (n.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.

Questionless (a.) Unquestioning; incurious.

Questionless (adv.) Beyond a question or doubt; doubtless; certainly.

Questmen (pl. ) of Questman

Questman (n.) One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures.

Questman (n.) A churchwarden's assistant; a sidesman.

Questman (n.) A collector of parish rents.

Questmonger (n.) One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits.

Questor (n.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.

Questorship (n.) The office, or the term of office, of a questor.

Questrist (n.) A seeker; a pursuer.

Questuary (a.) Studious of profit.

Questuary (n.) One employed to collect profits.

Quet (n.) The common guillemot.

Queue (n.) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.

Queue (v. t.) To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

Quey (n.) A heifer.

Quib (n.) A quip; a gibe.

Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.

Quibbled (imp. & p. p.) of Quibble

Quibbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibble

Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.

Quibble (v. i.) To pun; to practice punning.

Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster.

Quibblingly (adv.) Triflingly; evasively.

Quica (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.

Quice (n.) See Queest.

Quich (v. i.) To stir.

Quick (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

Quick (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready.

Quick (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.

Quick (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper.

Quick (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Quick (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.

Quick (superl.) Pregnant; with child.

Quick (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.

Quick (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge.

Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.

Quick (n.) Quitch grass.

Quick (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive.

Quickbeam (n.) See Quicken tree.

quickened (imp. & p. p.) of Quicken

Quickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quicken

Quicken (a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

Quicken (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

Quicken (v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

Quicken (v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

Quickener (n.) One who, or that which, quickens.

Quickening (n.) The act or process of making or of becoming quick.

Quickening (n.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.

Quickens (n.) Quitch grass.

Quicken tree () The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.

Quickhatch (n.) The wolverine.

Quicklime (a.) Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.

Quickly (adv.) Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.

Quickness (n.) The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.

Quickness (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.

Quickness (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.

Quickness (n.) Sharpness; pungency of taste.

Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.

Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.

Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.

Quickset (a.) Made of quickset.

Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch.

Quick-sighted (a.) Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.

Quicksilver (a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil.

Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Quickstep (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.

Quick-witted (a.) Having ready wit

Quick-wittedness (n.) Readiness of wit.

Quickwork (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Quickwork (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.

Quickwork (n.) The short planks between the portholes.

Quid (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

Quid (v. t.) To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses.

Quidam (n.) Somebody; one unknown.

Quiddany (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.

Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.

Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.

Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.

Quiddities (pl. ) of Quiddity

Quiddity (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Quiddled (imp. & p. p.) of Quiddle

Quiddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiddle

Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.

Quiddle (n.) Alt. of Quiddler

Quiddler (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles.

Quidnunc (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on.

Quiesced (imp. & p. p.) of Quiesce

Quiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiesce

Quiesce (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.

Quiescence (n.) Alt. of Quiescency

Quiescency (n.) The state or quality of being quiescent.

Quiescent (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.

Quiescent (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.

Quiescent (a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."

Quiescent (n.) A silent letter.

Quiescently (adv.) In a quiescent manner.

Quiet (a.) In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

Quiet (a.) Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.

Quiet (a.) Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.

Quiet (a.) Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.

Quiet (a.) Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.

Quiet (a.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.

Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.

Quieted (imp. & p. p.) of Quiet

Quieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiet

Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.

Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.

Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.

Quietage (n.) Quietness.

Quieter (n.) One who, or that which, quiets.

Quietism (n.) Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.

Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.

Quietist (n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.

Quietistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.

Quietly (adv.) In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.

Quietly (adv.) Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.

Quietly (adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.

Quietly (adv.) Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.

Quietness (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.

Quietsome (a.) Calm; still.

Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.

Quill (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill.

Quill (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

Quill (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.

Quill (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

Quill (n.) The tube of a musical instrument.

Quill (n.) Something having the form of a quill

Quill (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.

Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.

Quilled (imp. & p. p.) of Quill

Quilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quill

Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.

Quill (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

Quillaia bark () The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.

Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

Quilled (a.) Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills.

Quillet (n.) Subtilty; nicety; quibble.

Quilling (n.) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills.

Quilling (n.) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.

Quillwort (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the shape of the leaves.

Quilt (n.) Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.

Quilted (imp. & p. p.) of Quilt

Quilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quilt

Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat.

Quilt (v. t.) To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.

Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.

Quilter (n.) One who, or that which, quilts.

Quilting (n.) The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.

Quilting (n.) A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.

Quilting (n.) The material used for making quilts.

Quilting (n.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.

Quin (n.) A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.

Quinaldine (n.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline.

Quinary (a.) Consisting of five; arranged by fives.

Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Quinate (n.) A salt of quinic acid.

Quinazol (n.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline.

Quince (n.) The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.

Quince (n.) a quince tree or shrub.

Quincewort (n.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.

Quinch (v. i.) To stir; to wince.

Quincuncial () Having the form of a quincunx.

Quincuncial () Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation.

Quincuncially (adv.) In the manner or order of a quincunx.

Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.

Quincunx (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡.

Quincunx (n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.

Quindecagon (n.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.

Quindecemvirs (pl. ) of Quindecemvir

Quindecemviri (pl. ) of Quindecemvir

Quindecemvir (n.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.

Quindecemvirate (n.) The body or office of the quindecemviri.

Quindecone (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.

Quindecylic (n.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.

Quindem (n.) A fifteenth part.

Quindism (n.) A fifteenth.

Quinhydrone (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.

Quinia (n.) Quinine.

Quinible (n.) An interval of a fifth; also, a part sung with such intervals.

Quinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance.

Quinicine (n.) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.

Quinidine (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge.

Quinine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.

Quininic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.

Quininism (n.) Alt. of Quinism

Quinism (n.) See Cinchonism.

Quinizarin () A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin.

Quinizine (n.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics.

Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.

Quinoa (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.

Quinogen (n.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.

Quinoidine (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.

Quinoline (n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.

Quinologist (n.) One who is versed in quinology.

Quinology (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.

Quinone (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.

Quinovic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark.

Quinovin (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova.

Quinoxaline (n.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones.

Quinoxyl (n.) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.

Quinoyl (n.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.

Quinquagesima (a.) Fiftieth.

Quinquangular (a.) Having five angles or corners.

Quinquarticular (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists.

Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.

Quinqueangled (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular.

Quinquedentate (a.) Alt. of Quinquedentated

Quinquedentated (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.

Quinquefarious (a.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.

Quinquefid (a.) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.

Quinquefoliate (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliated

Quinquefoliated (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

Quinque foliolate (a.) Having five leaflets.

Quinqueliteral (a.) Consisting of five letters.

Quinquelobate (a.) Alt. of Quinquelobared

Quinquelobared (a.) Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.

Quinquelobed (a.) Same as Quinquelobate.

Quinquelocular (a.) Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.

Quinquenerved (a.) Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

Quinquennalia (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years.

Quinquennial (a.) Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.

Quinquennium (n.) Space of five years.

Quinquepartite (a.) Consisting of five parts.

Quinquepartite (a.) Divided into five parts almost to the base.

Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.

Quinquesyllable (n.) A word of five syllables.

Quinquevalve (a.) Alt. of Quinquevalvular

Quinquevalvular (a.) Having five valves, as a pericarp.

Quinquevirs (pl. ) of Quinquevir

Quinqueviri (pl. ) of Quinquevir

Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.

Quinquina (n.) Peruvian bark.

Quinquivalent (a.) Same as Pentavalent.

Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey.

Quint (n.) A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.

Quint (n.) The interval of a fifth.

Quintain (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.

Quintal (n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.

Quintal (n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.

Quintan (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.

Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.

Quintel (n.) See Quintain.

Quintessence (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.

Quintessence (v. t.) To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.

Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.

Quintet (n.) Alt. of Quintette

Quintette (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

Quintic (a.) Of the fifth degree or order.

Quintic (n.) A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.

Quintile (n.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72¡.

Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

Quintin (n.) See Quintain.

Quintine (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

Quintole (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.

Quintuple (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.

Quintupled (imp. & p. p.) of Quintuple

Quintupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quintuple

Quintuple (v. t.) To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.

Quittuple-nerved (a.) Alt. of Quintuple-ribbed

Quintuple-ribbed (a.) The same as Quinquenerved.

Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.

Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.

Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe.

Quipped (imp. & p. p.) of Quip

Quipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quip

Quip (v. t.) To taunt; to treat with quips.

Quip (v. i.) To scoff; to use taunts.

Quipo (n.) Same as Quipu.

Quipus (pl. ) of Quipu

Quipu (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events.

Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor.

Quire (n.) See Choir.

Quire (v. i.) To sing in concert.

Quire (n.) A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.

Quirister (n.) A chorister. See Chorister.

Quiritation (n.) A crying for help.

Quirite (n.) One of the Quirites.

Quirites (n. pl.) Roman citizens.

Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

Quirk (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.

Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

Quirk (n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.

Quirk (n.) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.

Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

Quirked (a.) Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.

Quirkish (a.) Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk.

Quirky (a.) Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

Quirl (n. & v.) See Querl.

Quirpele (n.) The Indian ferret.

Quirt (n.) A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

Quish (n.) See Cuish.

Quit (n.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.

Quit (imp. & p. p.) of Quit

Quitted () of Quit

Quitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quit

Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.

Quit (a.) To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.

Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

Quit (a.) To carry through; to go through to the end.

Quit (a.) To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.

Quit (v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

Quitch (n.) Same as Quitch grass.

Quitch (n.) Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.

Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

Quitclaim (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.

Quitclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Quitclaim

Quitclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quitclaim

Quitclaim (v. t.) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.

Quite (v. t. & i.) See Quit.

Quite (a.) Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.

Quite (a.) To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

Quitly (adv.) Quite.

Quitrent (n.) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service.

Quits (interj.) See the Note under Quit, a.

Quittable (a.) Capable of being quitted.

Quittal (n.) Return; requital; quittance.

Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

Quittance (v. t.) Recompense; return; repayment.

Quittance (v. t.) To repay; to requite.

Quitter (n.) One who quits.

Quitter (n.) A deliverer.

Quittor (n.) A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

Quitture (n.) A discharge; an issue.

Quiver (a.) Nimble; active.

Quivered (imp. & p. p.) of Quiver

Quivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiver

Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

Quiver (n.) The act or state of quivering; a tremor.

Quiver (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.

Quivered (a.) Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver.

Quivered (a.) Sheathed, as in a quiver.

Quiveringly (adv.) With quivering motion.

Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: "Who comes there?"

Quixotic (a.) Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

Quixotically (adv.) In a quixotic way.

Quixotism (n.) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.

Quixotry (n.) Quixotism; visionary schemes.

Quiz (n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

Quiz (n.) One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

Quiz (n.) An odd or absurd fellow.

Quiz (n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.

Quizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Quiz

Quizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quiz

Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

Quiz (v. t.) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

Quiz (v. t.) To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

Quiz (v. i.) To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

Quizzer (n.) One who quizzes; a quiz.

Quizzical (a.) Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.

Quizzism (n.) The act or habit of quizzing.

Quob (v. i.) To throb; to quiver.

Quod (n.) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison.

Quod (v.) Quoth; said. See Quoth.

Quoddies (n. pl.) Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.

Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.

Quodlibet (n.) A medley improvised by several performers.

Quodlibetarian (n.) One who discusses any subject at pleasure.

Quodlibetical (a.) Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.

Quoif (n. & v. t.) See Coif.

Quoifffure (n.) See Coiffure.

Quoil (n.) See Coil.

Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes

Quoin (n.) to support and steady a stone.

Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.

Quoin (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.

Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.

Quoit (n.) A game played with quoits.

Quoit (n.) The discus of the ancients. See Discus.

Quoit (n.) A cromlech.

Quoit (v. i.) To throw quoits; to play at quoits.

Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to pitch.

Quoke () imp. of Quake.

Quoll (n.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.

Quondam (a.) Having been formerly; former; sometime.

Quondam (n.) A person dismissed or ejected from a position.

Quook () imp. of Quake.

Quop (v. i.) See Quob.

Quorum (n.) Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.

Quota (n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

Quotable (a.) Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.

Quotation (n.) The act of quoting or citing.

Quotation (n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.

Quotation (n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.

Quotation (n.) Quota; share.

Quotation (n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.

Quotationist (n.) One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.

Quoted (imp. & p. p.) of Quote

Quoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quote

Quote (v. t.) To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

Quote (v. t.) To name the current price of.

Quote (v. t.) To notice; to observe; to examine.

Quote (v. t.) To set down, as in writing.

Quote (n.) A note upon an author.

Quoter (n.) One who quotes the words of another.

Quoth (v. t.) Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he.

Quotha (interj.) Indeed; forsooth.

Quotidian (a.) Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

Quotidian (n.) Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.

Quotient (n.) The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.

Quotient (n.) The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.

Quotiety (n.) The relation of an object to number.

Quotum (n.) Part or proportion; quota.

Quo warranto () A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.

Quran (n.) See Koran.

R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.

Ra (n.) A roe; a deer.

Ra- () A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.

Raash (n.) The electric catfish.

Rab (n.) A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

Rabate (v.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk.

Rabatine (n.) A collar or cape.

Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.

Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.

Rabbate (n.) Abatement.

Rabbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Rabbet

Rabbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabbet

Rabbet (v. t.) To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.

Rabbet (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.

Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.

Rabbet (n.) Same as Rabbet joint, below.

Rabbis (pl. ) of Rabbi

Rabbies (pl. ) of Rabbi

Rabbi (n.) Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.

Rabbin (n.) Same as Rabbi.

Rabbinic (a.) Alt. of Rabbinical

Rabbinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.

Rabbinic (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.

Rabbinically (adv.) In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.

Rabbinism (n.) A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.

Rabbinism (n.) The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.

Rabbinist (n.) One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.

Rabbinite (n.) Same as Rabbinist.

Rabbit (n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Rabbiting (n.) The hunting of rabbits.

Rabbitry (n.) A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.

Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.

Rabble (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner.

Rabble (v. i.) A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.

Rabble (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.

Rabble (a.) Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.

Rabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Rabble

Rabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabble

Rabble (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.

Rabble (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.

Rabble (v. t.) To rumple; to crumple.

Rabblement (n.) A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.

Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

Rabble-rout (n.) A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.

Rabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.

Rabdology (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.

Rabdomancy (n.) Divination by means of rods or wands.

Rabid (n.) Furious; raging; extremely violent.

Rabid (n.) Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.

Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.

Rabid (n.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

Rabidity (n.) Rabidness; furiousness.

Rabidly (adv.) In a rabid manner; with extreme violence.

Rabidness (n.) The quality or state of being rabid.

Rabies (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

Rabinet (n.) A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.

Rabious (a.) Fierce.

Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.

Raca (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."

Racahout (n.) A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.

Raccoon (n.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

Race (v. t.) To raze.

Race (n.) A root.

Race (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.

Race (n.) Company; herd; breed.

Race (n.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.

Race (n.) Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.

Race (n.) Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.

Race (n.) A progress; a course; a movement or progression.

Race (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.

Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.

Race (n.) Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.

Race (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.

Race (n.) The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.

Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.

Raced (imp. & p. p.) of Race

Racing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Race

Race (v. i.) To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.

Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.

Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.

Race (v. t.) To run a race with.

Racemate (n.) A salt of racemic acid.

Racemation (n.) A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.

Racemation (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.

Raceme (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

Racemed (a.) Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes.

Racemic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.

Racemiferous (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant.

Racemiform (a.) Having the form of a raceme.

Racemose (a.) Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme.

Racemous (a.) See Racemose.

Racemule (n.) A little raceme.

Racemulose (a.) Growing in very small racemes.

Racer (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.

Racer (n.) The common American black snake.

Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

Rach (n.) Alt. of Rache

Rache (n.) A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.

Rachialgia (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.

Rachidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.

Rachilla (n.) Same as Rhachilla.

Rachiodont (a.) Same as Rhachiodont.

Rachises (pl. ) of Rachis

Rachides (pl. ) of Rachis

Rachis (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.

Rachis (n.) Same as Rhachis.

Rachitic (a.) Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.

Rachitis (n.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.

Rachitis (n.) A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.

Rachitome (n.) A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.

Racial (a.) Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.

Racily (adv.) In a racy manner.

Raciness (n.) The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

Racing () a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i.

Rack (n.) Same as Arrack.

Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.

Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.

Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.

Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.

Racked (imp. & p. p.) of Rack

Racking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rack

Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse.

Rack (n.) A fast amble.

Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.

Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something.

Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons.

Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.

Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid.

Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.

Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.

Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot.

Rack (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.

Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.

Rack (a.) A distaff.

Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.

Rack (a.) That which is extorted; exaction.

Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints.

Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.

Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.

Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.

Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.

Rackabones (n.) A very lean animal, esp. a horse.

Racker (n.) One who racks.

Racker (n.) A horse that has a racking gait.

Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.

Racket (n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.

Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket.

Racket (n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

Racket (n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Racketed (imp. & p. p.) of Racket

Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Racket

Racket (v. i.) To make a confused noise or racket.

Racket (v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

Racket (v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.

Racketer (n.) One who makes, or engages in, a racket.

Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.

Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.

Rackety (a.) Making a tumultuous noise.

Racking (n.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes.

Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.

Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.

Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent.

Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent.

Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.

Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.

Racle (a.) See Rakel.

Racleness (n.) See Rakelness.

Raconteur (n.) A relater; a storyteller.

Racoonda (n.) The coypu.

Racovian (n.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.

Racquet (n.) See Racket.

Racy (superl.) Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

Racy (superl.) Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.

Rad () imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede.

Radde () imp. of Read, Rede.

Raddle (n.) A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

Raddle (n.) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.

Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.

Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.

Raddle (n.) A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.

Raddle (v. t.) To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.

Raddock (n.) The ruddock.

Rade (n.) A raid.

Radeau (n.) A float; a raft.

Radial (a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.

Radialia (pl. ) of Radiale

Radiale (n.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.

Radiale (n.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.

Radially (adv.) In a radial manner.

Radian (n.) An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.

Radiance (n.) Alt. of Radiancy

Radiancy (n.) The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.

Radiant (a.) Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.

Radiant (a.) Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.

Radiant (a.) Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.

Radiant (a.) Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.

Radiant (a.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Radiant (n.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.

Radiant (n.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate.

Radiantly (adv.) In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.

Radiary (n.) A radiate.

Radiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.

Radiated (imp. & p. p.) of Radiate

Radiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Radiate

Radiate (v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

Radiate (v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.

Radiate (v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.

Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.

Radiate (a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.

Radiate (a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

Radiate (a.) Belonging to the Radiata.

Radiate (n.) One of the Radiata.

Radiated (a.) Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.

Radiated (a.) Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals.

Radiated (a.) Belonging to the Radiata.

Radiately (adv.) In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.

Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.

Radiatiform (a.) Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower.

Radiation (n.) The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.

Radiative (a.) Capable of radiating; acting by radiation.

Radiator (n.) That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator.

Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

Radical (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.

Radical (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.

Radical (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower.

Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.

Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below.

Radical (n.) A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.

Radical (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.

Radical (n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.

Radical (n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.

Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.

Radical (n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a.

Radical (a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a.

Radicalism (n.) The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.

Radicality (n.) Germinal principle; source; origination.

Radicality (n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.

Radically (adv.) In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.

Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.

Radicalness (n.) Quality or state of being radical.

Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy.

Radicate (a.) Radicated.

Radicate (v. i.) To take root; to become rooted.

Radicated (imp. & p. p.) of Radicate

Radicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Radicate

Radicate (v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.

Radicated (a.) Rooted

Radicated (a.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.

Radicated (a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.

Radication (n.) The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.

Radication (n.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.

Radicel (n.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.

Radiciflorous (a.) Rhizanthous.

Radiciform (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.

Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.

Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.

Radicular (a.) Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a plant.

Radicule (n.) A radicle.

Radiculose (a.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets.

Radii (n.) pl. of Radius.

Radio- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal.

Radio-flagellata (n. pl.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.

Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays.

Radiolaria (n. pl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina.

Radiolarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria.

Radiolarian (n.) One of the Radiolaria.

Radioli (n. pl.) The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.

Radiolite (n.) A hippurite.

Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.

Radiometer (n.) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy.

Radiomicrometer (n.) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.

Radiophone (n.) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.

Radiophony (n.) The art or practice of using the radiophone.

Radious (a.) Consisting of rays, as light.

Radious (a.) Radiating; radiant.

Radish (n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.

Radii (pl. ) of Radius

Radiuses (pl. ) of Radius

Radius (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.

Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Radius (n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2.

Radius (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.

Radius (n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates.

Radius (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.

Radius vector () A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n.

Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite.

Radices (pl. ) of Radix

Radixes (pl. ) of Radix

Radix (n.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.

Radix (n.) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration.

Radix (n.) A finite expression, from which a series is derived.

Radix (n.) The root of a plant.

Radulae (pl. ) of Radula

Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.

Raduliform (a.) Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth.

Raffed (imp. & p. p.) of Raff

Raffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raff

Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.

Raff (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.

Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.

Raff (n.) A low fellow; a churl.

Raffaelesque (a.) Raphaelesque.

Raffia (n.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.

Raffinose (n.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

Raffish (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.

Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

Raffle (v.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

Raffled (imp. & p. p.) of Raffle

Raffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raffle

Raffle (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raffle (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Raffler (n.) One who raffles.

Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.

Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.

Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.

Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.

Raft (n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.

Rafted (imp. & p. p.) of Raft

Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raft

Raft (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.

Rafte () imp. of Reave.

Rafter (n.) A raftsman.

Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.

Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber.

Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house.

Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.

Rafting (n.) The business of making or managing rafts.

Raftsmen (pl. ) of Raftsman

Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.

Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.

Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.

Rag (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.

Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.

Rag (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.

Rag (n.) A ragged edge.

Rag (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

Ragged (imp. & p. p.) of Rag

Ragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rag

Rag (v. i.) To become tattered.

Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Ragabash (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash

Ragabrash (n.) An idle, ragged person.

Ragamuffin (n.) A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.

Ragamuffin (n.) A person who wears ragged clothing.

Ragamuffin (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.

Rage (n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

Rage (n.) Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.

Rage (n.) A violent or raging wind.

Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.

Raged (imp. & p. p.) of Rage

Raging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rage

Rage (n.) To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.

Rage (n.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds.

Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.

Rage (n.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport.

Rage (v. t.) To enrage.

Rageful (a.) Full of rage; expressing rage.

Ragery (n.) Wantonness.

Ragged (n.) Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.

Ragged (n.) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.

Ragged (n.) Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.

Ragged (n.) Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

Ragged (n.) Rough; shaggy; rugged.

Raggie (a.) Alt. of Raggy

Raggy (a.) Ragged; rough.

Raghuvansa (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.

Raging () a. & n. from Rage, v. i.

Ragious (a.) Raging; furious; rageful.

Raglan (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.

Ragmen (pl. ) of Ragman

Ragman (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags.

Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.

Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296.

Ragout (n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.

Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.

Raguled (a.) Alt. of Ragguled

Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.

Ragweed (n.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.

Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.

Ragwort (n.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.

Raia (n.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.

Raiae (n. pl.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii.

Raid (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

Raided (imp. & p. p.) of Raid

Raiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raid

Raid (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Raider (n.) One who engages in a raid.

Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

Rail (v. i.) To flow forth; to roll out; to course.

Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.

Rail (n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.

Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc.

Rail (n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.

Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed.

Railed (imp. & p. p.) of Rail

Railing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rail

Rail (v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing.

Rail (v. t.) To range in a line.

Rail (v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.

Rail (v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on.

Rail (v. t.) To rail at.

Rail (v. t.) To move or influence by railing.

Railer (n.) One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language.

Railing (a.) Expressing reproach; insulting.

Railing (n.) A barrier made of a rail or of rails.

Railing (n.) Rails in general; also, material for making rails.

Railingly (adv.) With scoffing or insulting language.

Raillery (n.) Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.

Railleur (n.) A banterer; a jester; a mocker.

Railroad (n.) Alt. of Railway

Railway (n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.

Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.

Railroading (n.) The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.

Raiment (n.) Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

Raiment (n.) An article of dress.

Rain (n. & v.) Reign.

Rain (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.

Rained (imp. & p. p.) of Rain

Raining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rain

Rain (n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.

Rain (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.

Rain (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.

Rain (v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.

Rainbowed (a.) Formed with or like a rainbow.

Raindeer (n.) See Reindeer.

Raindrop (n.) A drop of rain.

Rainfall (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.

Raininess (n.) The state of being rainy.

Rainless (a.) Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.

Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.

Rainy (a.) Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.

Raip (n.) A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod.

Rais (n.) Same as 2d Reis.

Raisable (a.) Capable of being raised.

Raised (imp. & p. p.) of Raise

Raising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raise

Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

Raise (v. t.) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.

Raise (v. t.) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.

Raise (v. t.) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.

Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.

Raise (v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.

Raise (v. t.) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.

Raise (v. t.) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.

Raise (v. t.) To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.

Raise (v. t.) To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.

Raise (v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.

Raise (v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.

Raise (v. t.) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up.

Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.

Raise (v. t.) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.

Raise (v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.

Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.

Raise (v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.

Raise (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.

Raise (v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.

Raised (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.

Raised (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.

Raiser (n.) One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).

Raisin (n.) A grape, or a bunch of grapes.

Raisin (n.) A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.

Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.

Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

Raisonne (a.) Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne. See under Catalogue.

Raivel (n.) A separator.

Raj (n.) Reign; rule.

Raja (n.) Same as Rajah.

Rajah (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.

Rajahship (n.) The office or dignity of a rajah.

Rajpoot (n.) Alt. of Rajput

Rajput (n.) A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.

Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.

Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.

Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.

Raked (imp. & p. p.) of Rake

Raking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rake

Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.

Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.

Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.

Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.

Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck.

Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.

Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.

Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.

Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue.

Rake (v. i.) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

Rake (v. i.) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.

Rakehell (n.) A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.

Rakehell (a.) Alt. of Rakehelly

Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.

Rakel (a.) Hasty; reckless; rash.

Raker (n.) One who, or that which, rakes

Raker (n.) A person who uses a rake.

Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.

Raker (n.) A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.

Raker (n.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill.

Rakery (n.) Debauchery; lewdness.

Rakeshame (n.) A vile, dissolute wretch.

Rakestale (n.) The handle of a rake.

Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein.

Raking (n.) The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

Raking (n.) A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.

Rakish (a.) Dissolute; lewd; debauched.

Rakish (a.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.

Rakishly (adv.) In a rakish manner.

Rakishness (n.) The quality or state of being rakish.

Raku ware () A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color.

Rale (n.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus.

Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.

Ralliance (n.) The act of rallying.

Rallier (n.) One who rallies.

Ralline (a.) Pertaining to the rails.

Rallied (imp. & p. p.) of Rally

Rallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rally

Rally (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

Rally (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

Rally (v. i.) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Rallies (pl. ) of Rally

Rally (n.) The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).

Rally (n.) A political mass meeting.

Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.

Rally (v. i.) To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.

Rally (n.) Good-humored raillery.

Ralph (n.) A name sometimes given to the raven.

Ralstonite (n.) A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.

Ram (n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Ram (n.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

Ram (n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.

Ram (n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering.

Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.

Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.

Ram (n.) A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

Ram (n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.

Rammed (imp. & p. p.) of Ram

Ramming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ram

Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.

Ram (v. t.) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Ramadan (n.) The ninth Mohammedan month.

Ramadan (n.) The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

Ramage (n.) Boughs or branches.

Ramage (n.) Warbling of birds in trees.

Ramage (a.) Wild; untamed.

Ramagious (a.) Wild; not tame.

Ramal (a.) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.

Ramayana (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.

Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley.

Rambled (imp. & p. p.) of Ramble

Rambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramble

Ramble (v. i.) To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.

Ramble (v. i.) To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.

Ramble (v. i.) To extend or grow at random.

Ramble (n.) A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.

Ramble (n.) A bed of shale over the seam.

Rambler (n.) One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.

Rambling (a.) Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.

Ramblingly (adv.) In a rambling manner.

Rambooze (n.) A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc.

Rambutan (n.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.

Rameal (a.) Same as Ramal.

Ramean (n.) A Ramist.

Ramed (a.) Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks.

Ramee (n.) See Ramie.

Ramekin (n.) See Ramequin.

Rament (n.) A scraping; a shaving.

Rament (n.) Ramenta.

Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

Ramentaceous (a.) Covered with ramenta.

Rameous (a.) Ramal.

Ramequin (n.) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.

Ramie (n.) The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.

Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.

Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.

Ramification (n.) The production of branchlike figures.

Ramiflorous (a.) Flowering on the branches.

Ramiform (a.) Having the form of a branch.

Ramified (imp. & p. p.) of Ramify

Ramifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramify

Ramify (v. t.) To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant.

Ramify (v. i.) To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.

Ramigerous (a.) Bearing branches; branched.

Ramiparous (a.) Producing branches; ramigerous.

Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.

Ramline (n.) A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel.

Rammel (n.) Refuse matter.

Rammer (n.) One who, or that which, rams or drives.

Rammer (n.) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity

Rammer (n.) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod

Rammer (n.) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.

Rammish (a.) Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.

Rammishness (n.) The quality of being rammish.

Rammy (a.) Like a ram; rammish.

Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.

Ramoon (n.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.

Ramose (a.) Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.

Ramous (a.) Ramose.

Ramped (imp. & p. p.) of Ramp

Ramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramp

Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.

Ramp (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.

Ramp (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a robber.

Ramp (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.

Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.

Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.

Ramp (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

Rampacious (a.) High-spirited; rampageous.

Rampage (v.) Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage.

Rampage (v. i.) To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage.

Rampageous (a.) Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.

Rampallian (n.) A mean wretch.

Rampancy (n.) The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.

Rampant (v.) Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious.

Rampant (v.) Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.

Rampant (v.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left.

Rampantly (adv.) In a rampant manner.

Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.

Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampart

Ramparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rampart

Rampart (v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.

Rampe (n.) The cuckoopint.

Rampier (n.) See Rampart.

Rampion (n.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.

Rampire (n.) A rampart.

Rampire (v. t.) To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire.

Rampler (n.) A rambler.

Rampler (a.) Roving; rambling.

Ramrod (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.

Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.

Ramson (n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram.

Ramsted (n.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.

Ramulose (a.) Having many small branches, or ramuli.

Ramulous (a.) Ramulose.

Ramuli (pl. ) of Ramulus

Ramulus (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

Rami (pl. ) of Ramus

Ramus (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

Ramuscule (n.) A small ramus, or branch.

Ran () imp. of Run.

Ran (n.) Open robbery.

Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Rana (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.

Ranal (a.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.

Rance (n.) A prop or shore.

Rance (n.) A round between the legs of a chair.

Rancescent (a.) Becoming rancid or sour.

Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.

Ranch (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.

Rancheros (pl. ) of Ranchero

Ranchero (n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.

Ranchero (n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.

Ranchmen (pl. ) of Ranchman

Ranchman (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.

Ranchos (pl. ) of Rancho

Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.

Rancho (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.

Rancid (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

Rancidity (n.) The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.

Rancidly (adv.) In a rancid manner.

Rancidness (n.) The quality of being rancid.

Rancor (n.) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

Rancorous (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

Rancorously (adv.) In a rancorous manner.

Rand (n.) A border; edge; margin.

Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

Rand (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.

Rand (v. i.) To rant; to storm.

Randall grass () The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.

Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.

Randan (n.) A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.

Randing (n.) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.

Randing (n.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.

Random (n.) Force; violence.

Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.

Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.

Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.

Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.

Randomly (adv.) In a random manner.

Randon (n.) Random.

Randon (v. i.) To go or stray at random.

Ranedeer (n.) See Reindeer.

Ranee (n.) Same as Rani.

Ranforce (n.) See Re/nforce.

Rang () imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.

Ranged (imp. & p. p.) of Range

Ranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Range

Range (n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.

Range (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

Range (n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.

Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

Range (n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.

Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.

Range (v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.

Range (v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.

Range (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

Range (v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.

Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

Range (v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.

Range (v.) A kitchen grate.

Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.

Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.

Range (v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

Range (v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.

Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.

Range (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.

Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.

Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.

Range (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.

Range (v.) See Range of cable, below.

Rangement (n.) Arrangement.

Ranger (n.) One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.

Ranger (n.) That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.

Ranger (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.

Ranger (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.

Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc.

Rangership (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.

Rangle (v. i.) To range about in an irregular manner.

Rani (n.) A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.

Ranine (a.) Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.

Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.

Rank (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

Rank (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.

Rank (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.

Rank (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.

Rank (superl.) Strong to the taste.

Rank (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.

Rank (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.

Rank (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

Rank (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).

Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

Rank (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.

Rank (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.

Rank (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.

Ranked (imp. & p. p.) of Rank

Ranking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rank

Rank (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.

Rank (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.

Rank (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.

Rank (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

Rank (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

Ranker (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.

Rankled (imp. & p. p.) of Rankle

Rankling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rankle

Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.

Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.

Rankle (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.

Rankly (adv.) With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow rankly.

Rankness (n.) The condition or quality of being rank.

Rannel (n.) A prostitute.

Ranny (n.) The erd shrew.

Ransacked (imp. & p. p.) of Ransack

Ransacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransack

Ransack (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

Ransack (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage completely.

Ransack (v. t.) To violate; to ravish; to defiour.

Ransack (v. i.) To make a thorough search.

Ransack (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.

Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.

Ransom (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

Ransomed (imp. & p. p.) of Ransom

Ransoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransom

Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.

Ransom (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

Ransomable (a.) Such as can be ransomed.

Ransomer (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.

Ransomless (a.) Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.

Ranted (imp. & p. p.) of Rant

Ranting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rant

Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.

Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.

Ranter (n.) A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

Ranter (n.) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker.

Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.

Ranterism (n.) The practice or tenets of the Ranters.

Rantingly (adv.) In a ranting manner.

Rantipole (n.) A wild, romping young person.

Rantipole (a.) Wild; roving; rakish.

Rantipole (v. i.) To act like a rantipole.

Rantism (n.) Ranterism.

Ranty (a.) Wild; noisy; boisterous.

Ranula (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

Ranunculaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.

Ranunculuses (pl. ) of Ranunculus

Ranunculi (pl. ) of Ranunculus

Ranunculus (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.

Ranz des vaches () The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung.

Rap (n.) A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of Rap

Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rap

Rap (v. i.) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

Rap (v. t.) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

Rap (v. t.) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Rap (n.) A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of Rap

Rapt () of Rap

Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rap

Rap (v.) To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.

Rap (v.) To hasten.

Rap (v.) To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.

Rap (v.) To exchange; to truck.

Rap (n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

Rapaces (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres.

Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.

Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Raparee (n.) See Rapparee.

Rape (n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

Rape (n.) The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.

Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.

Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Rape (n.) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.

Rape (n.) That which is snatched away.

Rape (n.) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

Rape (v. t.) To commit rape upon; to ravish.

Rape (v. i.) To rob; to pillage.

Rape (n.) One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.

Rape (n.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.

Rapeful (a.) Violent.

Rapeful (a.) Given to the commission of rape.

Rapfully (adv.) Violently.

Raphaelesque (a.) Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.

Raphaelism (n.) The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter.

Raphaelite (n.) One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.

Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.

Raphe (n.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue.

Raphe (n.) Same as Rhaphe.

Raphides (n. pl.) See Rhaphides.

Rapid (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.

Rapid (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

Rapid (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.

Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement.

Rapidly (adv.) In a rapid manner.

Rapidness (n.) Quality of being rapid; rapidity.

Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.

Rapiered (a.) Wearing a rapier.

Rapilli (n. pl.) Lapilli.

Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

Rapine (n.) Ravishment; rape.

Rapine (v. t.) To plunder.

Rapinous (a.) Given to rapine.

Rappage (n.) The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern.

Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary.

Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike.

Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

Rappee (v.) A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.

Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

Rapper (n.) One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.

Rapper (n.) A forcible oath or lie.

Rapport (n.) Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.

Rapscallion (n.) A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.

Rapt () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

Rapt (a.) Snatched away; hurried away or along.

Rapt (a.) Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured.

Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.

Rapt (a.) An ecstasy; a trance.

Rapt (a.) Rapidity.

Rapt (v. t.) To transport or ravish.

Rapt (v. t.) To carry away by force.

Rapter (n.) A raptor.

Raptor (n.) A ravisher; a plunderer.

Raptores (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.

Raptorial (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

Raptorial (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.

Raptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.

Raptorious (a.) Raptorial.

Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

Rapture (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.

Rapture (n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

Raptured (imp. & p. p.) of Rapture

Rapturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rapture

Rapture (v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.

Rapturist (n.) An enthusiast.

Rapturize (v. t. & i.) To put, or be put, in a state of rapture.

Rapturous (a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.

Rapturously (adv.) In a rapturous manner.

Rare (a.) Early.

Rare (superl.) Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.

Rare (superl.) Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.

Rare (superl.) Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.

Rare (superl.) Thinly scattered; dispersed.

Rare (superl.) Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.

Rarebit (n.) A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.

Raree-show (n.) A show carried about in a box; a peep show.

Rarefaction (n.) The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.

Rarefiable (a.) Capable of being rarefied.

Rarefied (imp. & p. p.) of Rarefy

Rarefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rarefy

Rarefy (v. t.) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.

Rarefy (v. i.) To become less dense; to become thin and porous.

Rarely (adv.) In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.

Rarely (adv.) Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.

Rareness (n.) The state or quality of being rare.

Rareripe (a.) Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.

Rareripe (n.) An early ripening fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach.

Rarification (n.) See Rarefaction.

Rarities (pl. ) of Rarity

Rarity (n.) The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

Rarity (n.) That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.

Ras (n.) See 2d Reis.

Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them.

Rascal (v.) One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.

Rascal (v.) A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

Rascal (a.) Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.

Rascaldom (n.) State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively.

Rascaless (n.) A female rascal.

Rascalities (pl. ) of Rascality

Rascality (n.) The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.

Rascallion (n.) A low, mean wretch.

Rascally (a.) Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.

Rased (imp. & p. p.) of Rase

Rasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rase

Rase (v. t.) To rub along the surface of; to graze.

Rase (v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.

Rase (v. t.) To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.

Rase (v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.

Rase (n.) A scratching out, or erasure.

Rase (n.) A slight wound; a scratch.

Rase (n.) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.

Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.

Rash (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.

Rash (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

Rash (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

Rash (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

Rash (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

Rash (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

Rash (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

Rash (v. t.) To prepare with haste.

Rasher (n.) A thin slice of bacon.

Rasher (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).

Rashful (a.) Rash; hasty; precipitate.

Rashling (n.) A rash person.

Rashly (adv.) In a rash manner; with precipitation.

Rashness (n.) The quality or state of being rash.

Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.

Rasores (v. t.) An order of birds; the Gallinae.

Rasorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.

Rasour (n.) Razor.

Rasped (imp. & p. p.) of Rasp

Rasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rasp

Rasp (v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.

Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

Rasp (v.) The raspberry.

Raspatorium (n.) See Raspatory.

Raspatory (v.) A surgeon's rasp.

Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.

Raspberry (n.) The shrub bearing this fruit.

Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper.

Raspis (n.) The raspberry.

Raspy (a.) Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.

Rasse (n.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet.

Rasure (v.) The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.

Rasure (v.) A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure.

Rat (n.) One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.

Rat (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.

Rat (n.) One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.

Ratted (imp. & p. p.) of Rat

Ratting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rat

Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.

Rat (v. i.) To catch or kill rats.

Rata (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.

Ratability (n.) The quality or state of being ratable.

Ratable (a.) Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.

Ratable (a.) Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.

Ratable (a.) Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.

Ratafia (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.

Ratan (n.) See Rattan.

Ratany (n.) Same as Rhatany.

Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

Ratch (n.) Same as Rotche.

Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.

Ratchel (n.) Gravelly stone.

Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

Rate (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.

Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.

Rate (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.

Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.

Rate (n.) Order; arrangement.

Rate (n.) Ratification; approval.

Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.

Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.

Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.

Rated (imp. & p. p.) of Rate

Rating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rate

Rate (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.

Rate (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.

Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.

Rate (v. t.) To ratify.

Rate (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.

Rate (v. i.) To make an estimate.

Rateable (a.) See Ratable.

Ratel (n.) Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.

Ratepayer (n.) One who pays rates or taxes.

Rater (n.) One who rates or estimates.

Rater (n.) One who rates or scolds.

Ratfish (n.) Same as Rat-tail.

Rath (n.) A hill or mound.

Rath (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Rath (a.) Alt. of Rathe

Rathe (a.) Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.

Rath (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

Rathe (adv.) Early; soon; betimes.

Rather (a.) Prior; earlier; former.

Rather (a.) Earlier; sooner; before.

Rather (a.) More readily or willingly; preferably.

Rather (a.) On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.

Rather (a.) Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.

Rather (a.) More properly; more correctly speaking.

Rather (a.) In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.

Rathripe (a.) Rareripe, or early ripe.

Rathripe (n.) A rareripe.

Ratification (n.) The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.

Ratifier (n.) One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.

Ratified (imp. & p. p.) of Ratify

Ratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ratify

Ratify (n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.

Ratihabition (n.) Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.

Ratio (n.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.

Ratio (n.) Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress.

Ratiocinate (v. i.) To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.

Ratiocination (n.) The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.

Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.

Ratiocinatory (a.) Ratiocinative.

Ration (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

Ration (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.

Ration (v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment.

Rational (a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

Rational (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.

Rational (a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.

Rational (a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.

Rational (n.) A rational being.

Rationale (a.) An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.

Rationalism (n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.

Rationalism (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.

Rationalist (n.) One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.

Rationalistic (a.) Alt. of Rationalistical

Rationalistical (a.) Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism.

-ties (pl. ) of Rationality

Rationality (n.) The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

Rationalization (n.) The act or process of rationalizing.

Rationalize (v. t.) To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.

Rationalize (v. t.) To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.

Rationalize (v. t.) To form a rational conception of.

Rationalize (v. t.) To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.

Rationalize (v. i.) To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.

Rationally (adv.) In a rational manner.

Rationalness (n.) The quality or state of being rational; rationality.

Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.

Ratitate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.

Ratite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.

Ratite (n.) One of the Ratitae.

Ratlines (n. pl.) Alt. of Ratlins

Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

Raton (n.) A small rat.

Ratoon (n.) Same as Rattoon, n.

Ratoon (n.) A rattan cane.

Ratoon (v. i.) Same as Rattoon, v. i.

Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison; white arsenic.

Ratsbaned (a.) Poisoned by ratsbane.

Rat-tail (a.) Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.

Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Rat-tail (n.) The California chimaera. See Chimaera.

Rat-tail (n.) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.

Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.

Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

Ratteen (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.

Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.

Ratter (n.) One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.

Ratter (n.) Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.

Rattinet (n.) A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.

Ratting (n.) The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1.

Ratting (v. i.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.

Rattled (imp. & p. p.) of Rattle

Rattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rattle

Rattle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

Rattle (v. i.) To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.

Rattle (v. i.) To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour.

Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.

Rattle (v. t.) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.

Rattle (v. t.) To scold; to rail at.

Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.

Rattle (n.) Noisy, rapid talk.

Rattle (n.) An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.

Rattle (n.) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le.

Rattlebox (n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.

Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.

Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.

Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy; rattle-headed.

Rattlehead (n.) An empty, noisy talker.

Rattle-headed (a.) Noisy; giddy; unsteady.

Rattlemouse (n.) A bat.

Rattlepate (n.) A rattlehead.

Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.

Rattler (n.) One who, or that which, rattles.

Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.

Rattletrap (n.) Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.

Rattleweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.

Rattlewings (n.) The golden-eye.

Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.

Rattlings (n. pl.) Ratlines.

Rattoon (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.

Rattooned (imp. & p. p.) of Rattoon

Rattooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rattoon

Rattoon (v. i.) To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.

Raucid (a.) Hoarse; raucous.

Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.

Raucous (a.) Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone.

Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reach.

Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reck.

Raunch (v. t.) See Ranch.

Raunsoun (n.) Ransom.

Ravage (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

Ravaged (imp. & p. p.) of Ravage

Ravaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravage

Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

Ravager (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.

Rave () imp. of Rive.

Rave (n.) One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Raved (imp. & p. p.) of Rave

Raving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave

Rave (v. i.) To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.

Rave (v. i.) To rush wildly or furiously.

Rave (v. i.) To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.

Rave (v. t.) To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.

Raveled (imp. & p. p.) of Ravel

Ravelled () of Ravel

Raveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravel

Ravelling () of Ravel

Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.

Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

Ravel (v. t.) To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.

Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

Ravel (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.

Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

Raveler (n.) One who ravels.

Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon.

Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.

Raveling (n.) That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.

Raven (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Raven (a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

Raven (n.) Rapine; rapacity.

Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Ravened (imp. & p. p.) of Raven

Ravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raven

Raven (v. t.) To obtain or seize by violence.

Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.

Raven (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

Ravenala (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.

Ravener (n.) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.

Ravener (n.) A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture.

Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves.

Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.

Raven's-duck (n.) A fine quality of sailcloth.

Raver (n.) One who raves.

Ravin (a.) Ravenous.

Ravin (n.) Alt. of Ravine

Ravine (n.) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

Ravin (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Ravine

Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i.

Ravine (n.) A torrent of water.

Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.

Raving (a.) Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.

Ravished (imp. & p. p.) of Ravish

Ravishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravish

Ravish (v. t.) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

Ravish (v. t.) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.

Ravish (v. t.) To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.

Ravisher (n.) One who ravishes (in any sense).

Ravishing (a.) Rapturous; transporting.

Ravishingly (adv.) In a ravishing manner.

Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.

Ravishment (n.) The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.

Ravishment (n.) The act of ravishing a woman; rape.

Ravissant (a.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.

Raw (superl.) Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

Raw (superl.) Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.

Raw (superl.) Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.

Raw (superl.) Not distilled; as, raw water

Raw (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton

Raw (superl.) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits

Raw (superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow

Raw (superl.) Not tanned; as, raw hides

Raw (superl.) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

Raw (superl.) Not covered; bare.

Raw (superl.) Bald.

Raw (superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.

Raw (superl.) Sore, as if by being galled.

Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.

Raw (n.) A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.

Rawbone (a.) Rawboned.

Rawboned (a.) Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.

Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.

Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.

Rawish (a.) Somewhat raw.

Rawly (adv.) In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.

Rawly (adv.) Without proper preparation or provision.

Rawness (n.) The quality or state of being raw.

Ray (v. t.) To array.

Ray (v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.

Ray (n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.

Ray (n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.

Ray (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.

Ray (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.

Ray (n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

Ray (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.

Ray (n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.

Ray (n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

Ray (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.

Rayed (imp. & p. p.) of Ray

Raying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ray

Ray (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.

Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.

Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays.

Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.

Ray (n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.

Rayah (n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.

Ray grass () A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.

Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.

Rayon (n.) Ray; beam.

Rayonnant (a.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.

Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.

Razed (imp. & p. p.) of Raze

Razing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raze

Raze (v. t.) To erase; to efface; to obliterate.

Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.

Razed (a.) Slashed or striped in patterns.

Razee (v. t.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

Razeed (imp. & p. p.) of Razee

Razeeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Razee

Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.

Razor (v. t.) A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.

Razor (v. t.) A tusk of a wild boar.

Razorable (a.) Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved.

Razorback (n.) The rorqual.

Razor-backed (a.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.

Razorbill (n.) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.

Razorbill (n.) See Cutwater, 3.

Razure (n.) The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.

Razure (n.) An erasure; a change made by erasing.

Razzia (n.) A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.

Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.

Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.

Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.

Reabsorption (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.

Reaccess (n.) A second access or approach; a return.

Reaccuse (v. t.) To accuse again.

Reach (v. i.) To retch.

Reach (n.) An effort to vomit.

Reached (imp. & p. p.) of Reach

Raught () of Reach

Reaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reach

Reach (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

Reach (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.

Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.

Reach (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.

Reach (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.

Reach (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.

Reach (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.

Reach (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.

Reach (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.

Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.

Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

Reach (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.

Reach (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

Reach (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.

Reach (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.

Reach (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

Reachable (a.) Being within reach.

Reacher (n.) One who reaches.

Reacher (n.) An exaggeration.

Reachless (a.) Being beyond reach; lofty.

React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.

React (v. i.) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

Reaction (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

Reaction (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.

Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.

Reaction (n.) The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.

Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.

Reactionary (a.) Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.

Reactionaries (pl. ) of Reactionary

Reactionary (n.) One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.

Reactionist (n.) A reactionary.

Reactive (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

Read (n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.

Read (imp. & p. p.) of Read

Reading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read

Read (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.

Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.

Read (v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.

Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

Read (v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

Read (v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

Read (v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

Read (v. i.) To give advice or counsel.

Read (v. i.) To tell; to declare.

Read (v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

Read (v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.

Read (v. i.) To learn by reading.

Read (v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.

Read (v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

Read (v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

Read (v.) Reading.

Read () imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

Read (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

Readability (n.) The state of being readable; readableness.

Readable (a.) Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

Readdress (v. t.) To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.

Readept (v. t.) To regain; to recover.

Readeption (n.) A regaining; recovery of something lost.

Reader (n.) One who reads.

Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.

Reader (n.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects.

Reader (n.) A proof reader.

Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

Reader (n.) One who reads much; one who is studious.

Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.

Readership (n.) The office of reader.

Readily (adv.) In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.

Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

Readiness (n.) The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

Reading (n.) The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

Reading (n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.

Reading (n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.

Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

Reading (n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.

Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.

Reading (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

Reading (a.) Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.

Readjourn (v. t.) To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

Readjournment (n.) The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

Readjust (v. t.) To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

Readjuster (n.) One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.

Readjustment (n.) A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

Readmission (n.) The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

Readmit (v. t.) To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

Readmittance (n.) Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

Readopt (v. t.) To adopt again.

Readorn (v. t.) To adorn again or anew.

Readvance (v. i.) To advance again.

Readvertency (n.) The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing.

Ready (superl.) Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.

Ready (superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.

Ready (superl.) Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.

Ready (superl.) Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.

Ready (superl.) Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.

Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

Ready (superl.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.

Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

Ready (n.) Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.

Ready (v. t.) To dispose in order.

Ready-made (a.) Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

Ready-witted (a.) Having ready wit.

Reaffirm (v. t.) To affirm again.

Reaffirmance (n.) Alt. of Reaffirmation

Reaffirmation (n.) A second affirmation.

Reafforest (v. t.) To convert again into a forest, as a region of country.

Reafforestation (n.) The act or process of converting again into a forest.

Reagent (n.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.

Reaggravation (n.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

Reagree (v. i.) To agree again.

Reak (n.) A rush.

Reak (n.) A prank.

Real (n.) A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

Real (a.) Royal; regal; kingly.

Real (a.) Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.

Real (a.) True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.

Real (a.) Relating to things, not to persons.

Real (a.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

Real (a.) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.

Real (n.) A realist.

Realgar (n.) Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.

Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).

Realism (n.) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

Realism (n.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.

Realist (n.) One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

Realist (n.) An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.

Realistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Realistically (adv.) In a realistic manner.

Realities (pl. ) of Reality

Reality (n.) The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

Reality (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

Reality (n.) Loyalty; devotion.

Reality (n.) See 2d Realty, 2.

Realizable (a.) Capable of being realized.

Realization (n.) The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

Realized (imp. & p. p.) of Realize

Realizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Realize

Realize (v. t.) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

Realize (v. t.) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.

Realize (v. t.) To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.

Realize (v. t.) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.

Realize (v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Realize (v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Realizer (n.) One who realizes.

Realizing (a.) Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred.

Reallege (v. t.) To allege again.

Realliance (n.) A renewed alliance.

Re-ally (v. t.) To bring together again; to compose or form anew.

Really (adv.) Royally.

Really (adv.) In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Realm (n.) A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.

Realmless (a.) Destitute of a realm.

Realness (n.) The quality or condition of being real; reality.

Realty (n.) Royalty.

Realty (n.) Loyalty; faithfulness.

Realty (n.) Reality.

Realty (n.) Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; -- so written in legal language for reality.

Realty (n.) Real estate; a piece of real property.

Ream (n.) Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.

Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.

Ream (v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.

Ream (n.) A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.

Reamed (imp. & p. p.) of Ream

Reaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ream

Ream (v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.

Reame (n.) Realm.

Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.

Reamputation (n.) The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.

Reanimate (v. t.) To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.

Reanimation (n.) The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.

Reannex (v. t.) To annex again or anew; to reunite.

Reannexation (n.) Act of reannexing.

Reanswer (v. t. & i.) To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.

Reaped (imp. & p. p.) of Reap

Reaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reap

Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

Reap (v. t.) To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.

Reap (v. t.) To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

Reap (v. t.) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

Reap (v. i.) To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.

Reap (v.) A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Reaper (n.) One who reaps.

Reaper (n.) A reaping machine.

Reapparel (v. t.) To clothe again.

Reappear (v. i.) To appear again.

Reappearance (n.) A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

Reapplication (n.) The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.

Reapply (v. t. & i.) To apply again.

Reappoint (v. t.) To appoint again.

Reappointment (n.) The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.

Reapportion (v. t.) To apportion again.

Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.

Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To approach again or anew.

Rear (adv.) Early; soon.

Rear (n.) The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.

Rear (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

Rear (a.) Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

Rear (v. t.) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

Reared (imp. & p. p.) of Rear

Rearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rear

Rear (v. t.) To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.

Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.

Rear (v. t.) To lift and take up.

Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.

Rear (v. t.) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

Rear (v. t.) To rouse; to stir up.

Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Reardorse (n.) Alt. of Reardoss

Reardoss (n.) A reredos.

Rearer (n.) One who, or that which, rears.

Reargue (v. t.) To argue anew or again.

Reargument (n.) An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.

Rear-horse (n.) A mantis.

Rearly (adv.) Early.

Rearmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; last.

Rearmouse (n.) Alt. of Reremouse

Reremouse (n.) The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).

Rearrange (v. t.) To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.

Rearrangement (n.) The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.

Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.

Rearward (a. & adv.) At or toward the rear.

Reascend (v. i.) To rise, mount, or climb again.

Reascend (v. t.) To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.

Reascension (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.

Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.

Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.

Reason (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.

Reason (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.

Reason (n.) Ratio; proportion.

Reasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reason

Reasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reason

Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.

Reason (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.

Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.

Reason (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request.

Reason (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.

Reason (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.

Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.

Reasonable (n.) Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.

Reasonable (n.) Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.

Reasonable (adv.) Reasonably; tolerably.

Reasonableness (n.) Quality of being reasonable.

Reasonably (adv.) In a reasonable manner.

Reasonably (adv.) Moderately; tolerably.

Reasoner (n.) One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.

Reasoning (n.) The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.

Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.

Reasonist (n.) A rationalist.

Reasonless (a.) Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.

Reasonless (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.

Reassemblage (n.) Assemblage a second time or again.

Reassemble (v. t. & i.) To assemble again.

Reassert (v. t.) To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.

Reassertion (n.) A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.

Reassessment (n.) A renewed or second assessment.

Reassign (v. t.) To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

Reassignment (n.) The act of reassigning.

Reassimilate (v. t. & i.) To assimilate again.

Reassociate (v. t. & i.) To associate again; to bring again into close relations.

Reassume (v. t.) To assume again or anew; to resume.

Reassurance (n.) Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.

Reassurance (n.) Same as Reinsurance.

Reassure (v. t.) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

Reassure (v. t.) To reinsure.

Reassurer (n.) One who reassures.

Reasty (a.) Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat.

Reata (n.) A lariat.

Reattach (v. t.) To attach again.

Reattachment (n.) The act of reattaching; a second attachment.

Reattain (v. t.) To attain again.

Reattainment (n.) The act of reattaining.

Reattempt (v. t.) To attempt again.

Reaume (n.) Realm.

Reaumur (a.) Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.

Reaumur (n.) A Reaumur thermometer or scale.

Reaved (imp. & p. p.) of Reave

Reft () of Reave

Raft () of Reave

Reaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reave

Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

Reaver (n.) One who reaves.

Reawake (v. i.) To awake again.

Rebanish (v. t.) To banish again.

Rebaptism (n.) A second baptism.

Rebaptization (n.) A second baptism.

Rebaptize (v. t.) To baptize again or a second time.

Rebaptizer (n.) One who rebaptizes.

Rebarbarize (v. t.) To reduce again to barbarism.

Rebate (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

Rebate (v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.

Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.

Rebate (n.) Diminution.

Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.

Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.

Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.

Rebate (n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Rebate (v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

Rebatement (n.) Same as 3d Rebate.

Rebato (n.) Same as Rabato.

Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.

Rebec (n.) A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.

Rebel (v. i.) Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.

Rebel (n.) One who rebels.

Rebelled (imp. & p. p.) of Rebel

Rebelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebel

Rebel (v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.

Rebel (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.

Rebeldom (n.) A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels.

Rebeller (n.) One who rebels; a rebel.

Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

Rebellion (v. i.) Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Rebellious (a.) Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.

Rebellow (v. i.) To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.

Rebiting (n.) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.

Rebloom (v. i.) To bloom again.

Reblossom (v. i.) To blossom again.

Reboant (a.) Rebellowing; resounding loudly.

Reboation (n.) Repetition of a bellow.

Reboil (v. t. & i.) To boil, or to cause to boil, again.

Reboil (v. t. & i.) Fig.: To make or to become hot.

Reborn (p. p.) Born again.

Rebound (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

Rebound (v. i.) To give back an echo.

Rebound (v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

Rebound (v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.

Rebound (n.) The act of rebounding; resilience.

Rebrace (v. t.) To brace again.

Rebreathe (v. t.) To breathe again.

Rebucous (a.) Rebuking.

Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.

Rebuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Rebuff

Rebuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebuff

Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.

Rebuild (v. t.) To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

Rebuilder (n.) One who rebuilds.

Rebukable (a.) Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible.

Rebuked (imp. & p. p.) of Rebuke

Rebuking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebuke

Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.

Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.

Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.

Rebukeful (a.) Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.

Rebuker (n.) One who rebukes.

Rebukingly (adv.) By way of rebuke.

Rebullition (n.) The act of boiling up or effervescing.

Rebury (v. t.) To bury again.

Rebuses (pl. ) of Rebus

Rebus (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.

Rebus (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.

Rebus (v. t.) To mark or indicate by a rebus.

Rebutted (imp. & p. p.) of Rebut

Rebutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebut

Rebut (v. t.) To drive or beat back; to repulse.

Rebut (v. t.) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.

Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Rebut (v. i.) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Rebuttable (a.) Capable of being rebutted.

Rebuttal (n.) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

Rebutter (n.) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

Recalcitrant (a.) Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

Recalcitrate (v. t.) To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.

Recalcitrate (v. i.) To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.

Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

Recall (v. t.) To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.

Recall (v. t.) To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.

Recall (n.) A calling back; a revocation.

Recall (n.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.

Recallable (a.) Capable of being recalled.

Recallment (n.) Recall.

Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recant

Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recant

Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.

Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

Recanter (n.) One who recants.

Recapacitate (v. t.) To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.

Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.

Recapitulate (v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.

Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

Recapitulator (n.) One who recapitulates.

Recapitulatory (a.) Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.

Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Recaption (n.) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.

Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.

Recarbonize (v. t.) To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.

Recarnify (v. t.) To convert again into flesh.

Recarriage (n.) Act of carrying back.

Recarry (v. t.) To carry back.

Recast (v. t.) To throw again.

Recast (v. t.) To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.

Recast (v. t.) To compute, or cast up, a second time.

Recche (v. i.) To reck.

Reccheles (a.) Reckless.

Receded (imp. & p. p.) of Recede

Receding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recede

Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Recede (v. i.) To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.

Recede (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.

Receipt (n.) The act of receiving; reception.

Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality.

Receipt (n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.

Receipt (n.) Place of receiving.

Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place.

Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

Receipt (n.) That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars.

Receipted (imp. & p. p.) of Receipt

Receipting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Receipt

Receipt (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

Receipt (v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

Receipt (v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.

Receiptor (n.) One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.

Receit (n.) Receipt.

Receivability (n.) The quality of being receivable; receivableness.

Receivable (a.) Capable of being received.

Received (imp. & p. p.) of Receive

Receiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Receive

Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

Receive (v. t.) To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

Receive (v. t.) To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

Receive (v. t.) To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

Receive (v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.

Receive (v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

Receive (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

Receivedness (n.) The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.

Receiver (n.) One who takes or receives in any manner.

Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.

Receiver (n.) One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

Receiver (n.) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.

Receiver (n.) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.

Receiver (n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.

Receiver (n.) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.

Receiver (n.) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

Receiver (n.) That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.

Receivership (n.) The state or office of a receiver.

Recelebrate (v. t.) To celebrate again, or anew.

Recency (n.) The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.

Recense (v. t.) To review; to revise.

Recension (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.

Recension (n.) Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

Recension (n.) The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

Recensionist (n.) One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.

Recent (a.) Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.

Recent (a.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.

Recenter (v. t.) To center again; to restore to the center.

Recently (adv.) Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.

Recentness (n.) Quality or state of being recent.

Receptacle (n.) That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

Receptacle (n.) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.

Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.

Receptacle (n.) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.

Receptacle (n.) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.

Receptacular (a.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower.

Receptacula (pl. ) of Receptaculum

Receptaculum (n.) A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.

Receptary (a.) Generally or popularly admitted or received.

Receptary (n.) That which is received.

Receptibility (n.) The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.

Receptibility (n.) A receptible thing.

Receptible (a.) Such as may be received; receivable.

Reception (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

Reception (n.) The state of being received.

Reception (n.) The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.

Reception (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Reception (n.) A retaking; a recovery.

Receptive (a.) Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

Receptiveness (n.) The quality of being receptive.

Receptivity (n.) The state or quality of being receptive.

Receptivity (n.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.

Receptory (n.) Receptacle.

Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

Recess (n.) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.

Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.

Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.

Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.

Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.

Recess (n.) A sinus.

Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Recess

Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recess

Recess (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.

Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.

Rechabite (n.) One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.

Rechange (v. t. & i.) To change again, or change back.

Recharge (v. t. & i.) To charge or accuse in return.

Recharge (v. t. & i.) To attack again; to attack anew.

Recharter (n.) A second charter; a renewal of a charter.

Recharter (v. t.) To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.

Rechase (v. t.) To chase again; to chase or drive back.

Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

Recheat (v. i.) To blow the recheat.

Recherche (a.) Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

Rechless (a.) Reckless.

Rechoose (v. t.) To choose again.

Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.

Recidivation (n.) A falling back; a backsliding.

Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

Recipes (pl. ) of Recipe

Recipe (n.) A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.

Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.

Recipience (n.) Alt. of Recipiency

Recipiency (n.) The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.

Recipient (n.) A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.

Recipient (a.) Receiving; receptive.

Reciprocal (a.) Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

Reciprocal (a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.

Reciprocal (a.) Mutually interchangeable.

Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.

Reciprocal (a.) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.

Reciprocal (n.) That which is reciprocal to another thing.

Reciprocal (n.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.

Reciprocality (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.

Reciprocally (adv.) In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.

Reciprocally (adv.) In the manner of reciprocals.

Reciprocalness (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.

Reciprocated (imp. & p. p.) of Reciprocate

Reciprocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reciprocate

Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Reciprocate (v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.

Reciprocation (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.

Reciprocation (n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.

Reciprocity (n.) Mutual action and reaction.

Reciprocity (n.) Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.

Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.

Reciprocous (a.) Reciprocal.

Reciprok (a.) Reciprocal.

Reciproque (a. & n.) Reciprocal.

Recision (n.) The act of cutting off.

Recital (n.) The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

Recital (n.) A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.

Recital (n.) That which is recited; a story; a narration.

Recital (n.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.

Recital (n.) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.

Recitation (n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

Recitation (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

Recitation (n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

Recitative (n.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.

Recitative (a.) Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.

Recitativo (n.) Recitative.

Recited (imp. & p. p.) of Recite

Reciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recite

Recite (v. t.) To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

Recite (v. t.) To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.

Recite (v. t.) To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.

Recite (v. t.) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.

Recite (v. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

Recite (n.) A recital.

Reciter (n.) One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.

Recked (imp. & p. p.) of Reck

Roughte () of Reck

Recking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reck

Reck (v. t.) To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.

Reck (v. t.) To concern; -- used impersonally.

Reck (v. i.) To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.

Reckless (a.) Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.

Reckless (a.) Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.

Reckling (a.) Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.

Reckling (n.) A weak child or animal.

Reckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reckon

Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reckon

Reckon (v. t.) To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

Reckon (v. t.) To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

Reckon (v. t.) To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

Reckon (v. t.) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.

Reckon (v. i.) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.

Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

Reckoner (n.) One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.

Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.

Reckoning (n.) An account of time

Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.

Reckoning (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.

Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.

Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.

Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclaim

Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclaim

Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.

Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.

Reclaim (v. t.) To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.

Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.

Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.

Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.

Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.

Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.

Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.

Reclaim (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.

Reclaim (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.

Reclaimable (a.) That may be reclaimed.

Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.

Reclaimer (n.) One who reclaims.

Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.

Reclamation (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.

Reclamation (n.) Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.

Reclasp (v. i.) To clasp or unite again.

Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.

Reclination (n.) The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

Reclination (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.

Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.

Reclined (imp. & p. p.) of Recline

Reclining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recline

Recline (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

Recline (v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.

Recline (v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.

Reclined (a.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.

Recliner (n.) One who, or that which, reclines.

Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.

Reclining (a.) Recumbent.

Reclose (v. t.) To close again.

Reclothe (v. t.) To clothe again.

Reclude (v. t.) To open; to unclose.

Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

Recluse (a.) A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

Recluse (a.) The place where a recluse dwells.

Recluse (v. t.) To shut up; to seclude.

Reclusely (adv.) In a recluse or solitary manner.

Recluseness (n.) Quality or state of being recluse.

Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.

Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.

Reclusory (n.) The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.

Recoct (v. t.) To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.

Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.

Recognition (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

Recognitor (n.) One of a jury impaneled on an assize.

Recognitory (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.

Recognizability (n.) The quality or condition of being recognizable.

Recognizable (a.) Capable of being recognized.

Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.

Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.

Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

Recognizance (n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.

Recognization (n.) Recognition.

Recognized (imp. & p. p.) of Recognize

Recognizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recognize

Recognize (v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

Recognize (v. t.) To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

Recognize (v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

Recognize (v. t.) To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

Recognize (v. t.) To review; to reexamine.

Recognize (v. t.) To reconnoiter.

Recognize (v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.

Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.

Recognizer (n.) One who recognizes; a recognizor.

Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.

Recognosce (v. t.) To recognize.

Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoil

Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoil

Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.

Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.

Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.

Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.

Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils.

Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

Recoin (v. t.) To coin anew or again.

Recoinage (n.) The act of coining anew.

Recoinage (n.) That which is coined anew.

Re-collect (v. t.) To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

Recollected (imp. & p. p.) of Recollect

Recollecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recollect

Recollect (v. t.) To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

Recollect (v. t.) Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.

Recollect (n.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.

Recollection (n.) The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.

Recollection (n.) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.

Recollection (n.) That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.

Recollection (n.) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

Recollective (a.) Having the power of recollecting.

Recollet (n.) Same as Recollect, n.

Recolonization (n.) A second or renewed colonization.

Recolonize (v. t.) To colonize again.

Recombination (n.) Combination a second or additional time.

Recombine (v. t.) To combine again.

Recomfort (v. t.) To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.

Recomfortless (a.) Without comfort.

Recomforture (n.) The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.

Recommence (v. i.) To commence or begin again.

Recommence (v. i.) To begin anew to be; to act again as.

Recommence (v. t.) To commence again or anew.

Recommencement (n.) A commencement made anew.

Recommended (imp. & p. p.) of Recommend

Recommending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recommend

Recommend (v. t.) To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.

Recommend (v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

Recommend (v. t.) To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

Recommendable (a.) Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.

Recommendation (n.) The act of recommending.

Recommendation (n.) That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.

Recommendation (n.) The state of being recommended; esteem.

Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.

Recommendatory (a.) Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.

Recommender (n.) One who recommends.

Recommission (v. t.) To commission again; to give a new commission to.

Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.

Recommitment (n.) Alt. of Recommittal

Recommittal (n.) A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.

Recompact (v. t.) To compact or join anew.

Recompensation (n.) Recompense.

Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

Recompensed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompense

Recompensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompense

Recompense (v. t.) To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

Recompense (v. t.) To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.

Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Recompense (v. i.) To give recompense; to make amends or requital.

Recompense (n.) An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return.

Recompensement (n.) Recompense; requital.

Recompenser (n.) One who recompenses.

Recompensive (a.) Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense.

Recompilation (n.) A new compilation.

Recompile (v. t.) To compile anew.

Recompilement (n.) The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws.

Recomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompose

Recomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompose

Recompose (v. t.) To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.

Recompose (v. t.) To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind.

Recomposer (n.) One who recomposes.

Recomposition (n.) The act of recomposing.

Reconcilable (a.) Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.

Reconciled (imp. & p. p.) of Reconcile

Reconciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reconcile

Reconcile (v. t.) To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.

Reconcile (v. t.) To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

Reconcile (v. t.) To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.

Reconcile (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.

Reconcile (v. i.) To become reconciled.

Reconcilement (n.) Reconciliation.

Reconciler (n.) One who reconciles.

Reconciliation (n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.

Reconciliation (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

Reconciliatory (a.) Serving or tending to reconcile.

Recondensation (n.) The act or process of recondensing.

Recondense (v. t.) To condense again.

Recondite (a.) Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

Recondite (a.) Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.

Reconditory (n.) A repository; a storehouse.

Reconduct (v. t.) To conduct back or again.

Reconfirm (v. t.) To confirm anew.

Reconfort (v. t.) To recomfort; to comfort.

Reconjoin (v. t.) To join or conjoin anew.

Reconnoissance (n.) Alt. of Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance (n.) The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.

Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.

Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.

Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.

Reconnoiter (v. t.) Alt. of Reconnoitre

Reconnoitre (v. t.) To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.

Reconnoitre (v. t.) To recognize.

Reconquer (v. t.) To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.

Reconquest (n.) A second conquest.

Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.

Reconsecration (n.) Renewed consecration.

Reconsider (v. t.) To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.

Reconsider (v. t.) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.

Reconsideration (n.) The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

Reconsolate (v. t.) To console or comfort again.

Reconsolidate (v. t.) To consolidate anew or again.

Reconsolidation (n.) The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.

Reconstruct (v. t.) To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

Reconstruction (n.) The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

Reconstruction (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.

Reconstructive (a.) Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.

Recontinuance (n.) The act or state of recontinuing.

Recontinue (v. t. & i.) To continue anew.

Reconvene (v. t. & i.) To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.

Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

Reconversion (n.) A second conversion.

Reconvert (v. t.) To convert again.

Reconvert (n.) A person who has been reconverted.

Reconvertible (a.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.

Reconvey (v. t.) To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.

Reconvey (v. t.) To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.

Reconveyance (n.) Act of reconveying.

Recopy (v. t.) To copy again.

Recorded (imp. & p. p.) of Record

Recording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Record

Record (v. t.) To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

Record (v. t.) To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.

Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.

Record (v. i.) To reflect; to ponder.

Record (v. i.) To sing or repeat a tune.

Record (v. t.) A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.

Record (v. t.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.

Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.

Record (v. t.) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.

Record (v. t.) Testimony; witness; attestation.

Record (v. t.) That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

Record (v. t.) That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

Record (v. t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

Recordance (n.) Remembrance.

Recordation (v. t.) Remembrance; recollection; also, a record.

Recorder (n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.

Recorder (n.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.

Recordership (n.) The office of a recorder.

Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.

Recorporification (n.) The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.

Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.

Recount (v. t.) To count or reckon again.

Recount (n.) A counting again, as of votes.

Recount (v.) To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.

Recountment (n.) Recital.

Recoup (v. t.) Alt. of Recoupe

Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.

Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.

Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.

Recouper (n.) One who recoups.

Recoupment (n.) The act of recouping.

Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.

Recourse (n.) Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.

Recourse (n.) Access; admittance.

Recourse (v. i.) To return; to recur.

Recourse (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort.

Recourseful (a.) Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.

Recover (v. t.) To cover again.

Recovered (imp. & p. p.) of Recover

Recovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recover

Recover (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.

Recover (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.

Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.

Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.

Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.

Recover (v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.

Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.

Recover (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.

Recover (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.

Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

Recover (n.) Recovery.

Recoverable (a.) Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.

Re coverance (n.) Recovery.

Recoveree (n.) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.

Recoverer (n.) One who recovers.

Recoveror (n.) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.

Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

Recovery (n.) Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

Recovery (n.) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.

Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.

Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.

Recreance (n.) Recreancy.

Recreancy (n.) The quality or state of being recreant.

Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.

Recreant (a.) Apostate; false; unfaithful.

Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.

Re-create (v. t.) To create or form anew.

Recreated (imp. & p. p.) of Recreate

Recreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recreate

Recreate (v. t.) To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.

Recreate (v. i.) To take recreation.

Recreation (n.) The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

Re-creation (n.) A forming anew; a new creation or formation.

Re-creative (a.) Creating anew; as, re-creative power.

Recreative (a.) Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.

Recrement (n.) Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.

Recrement (n.) Excrement.

Recrement (n.) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.

Recremental (a.) Recrementitious.

Recrementitial (a.) Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b).

Recrementitious (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.

Recriminate (v. i.) To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.

Recriminate (v. t.) To accuse in return.

Recrimination (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.

Recriminative (a.) Recriminatory.

Recriminator (n.) One who recriminates.

Recriminatory (a.) Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.

Recross (v. t.) To cross a second time.

Recrudency (n.) Recrudescence.

Recrudescence (n.) Alt. of Recrudescency

Recrudescency (n.) The state or condition of being recrudescent.

Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.

Recrudescent (a.) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.

Recruited (imp. & p. p.) of Recruit

Recruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recruit

Recruit (v. t.) To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

Recruit (v. t.) To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.

Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.

Recruit (n.) A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.

Recruit (n.) Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

Recruiter (n.) One who, or that which, recruits.

Recruitment (n.) The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.

Recrystallization (n.) The process or recrystallizing.

Recrystallize (v. i. & t.) To crystallize again.

Rectal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.

Rectangle (n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.

Rectangle (a.) Rectangular.

Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.

Rectangular (a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

Rectangularity (n.) The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.

Recti- () A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.

Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.

Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve.

Rectification (n.) The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

Rectification (n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.

Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.

Rectifier (n.) One who, or that which, rectifies.

Rectifier (n.) Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.

Rectified (imp. & p. p.) of Rectify

Rectifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rectify

Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.

Rectify (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

Rectify (v. t.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinear

Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.

Rectilinearity (n.) The quality or state of being rectilinear.

Rectilineous (a.) Rectilinear.

Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

Rection (n.) See Government, n., 7.

Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.

Rectiserial (a.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.

Rectitis (n.) Proctitis.

Rectitude (n.) Straightness.

Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

Rectitude (n.) Right judgment.

Recto- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.

Recto (n.) A writ of right.

Recto (n.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.

Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.

Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.

Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.

Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.

Rector (n.) The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.

Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.

Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.

Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.

Rectoress (n.) A governess; a rectrix.

Rectoress (n.) The wife of a rector.

Rectorial (a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.

Rectorship (n.) Government; guidance.

Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.

Rectories (pl. ) of Rectory

Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.

Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.

Recto-uterine (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

Rectovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.

Recto-vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.

Rectress (n.) A rectoress.

Rectrices (pl. ) of Rectrix

Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.

Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

Rectum (n.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.

Recti (pl. ) of Rectus

Rectus (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

Recubation (n.) Recumbence.

Recule (v. i.) To recoil.

Recule (n.) Alt. of Reculement

Reculement (n.) Recoil.

Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.

Recumbence (n.) The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.

Recumbency (n.) Recumbence.

Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.

Recuperable (a.) Recoverable.

Recuperated (imp. &. p. p.) of Recuperate

Recuperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recuperate

Recuperate (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

Recuperate (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Recuperation (n..) Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.

Recuperative (a.) Alt. of Recuperatory

Recuperatory (a.) Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

Recuperator (n.) Same as Regenerator.

Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of Recur

Recurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recur

Recur (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

Recur (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.

Recur (v. i.) To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.

Recure (v. t.) To arrive at; to reach; to attain.

Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.

Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.

Recure (v. t.) To be a cure for; to remedy.

Recure (n.) Cure; remedy; recovery.

Recureless (a.) Incapable of cure.

Recurrence (n.) Alt. of Recurrency

Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.

Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.

Recursant (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.

Recursion (n.) The act of recurring; return.

Recurvate (a.) Recurved.

Recurvate (v. t.) To bend or curve back; to recurve.

Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.

Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

Recurved (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.

Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.

Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.

Recurvity (n.) Recurvation.

Recurvous (a.) Recurved.

Recusancy (n.) The state of being recusant; nonconformity.

Recusant (a.) Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.

Recusant (n.) One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

Recusant (n.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.

Recusant (n.) One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Recusation (n.) Refusal.

Recusation (n.) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality.

Recusative (a.) Refusing; denying; negative.

Recuse (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.

Red () . imp. & p. p. of Read.

Red (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.

Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.

Red (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.

Red (n.) A red pigment.

Red (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.

Red (a.) The menses.

Redact (v. t.) To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

Redacteur (n.) See Redactor.

Redaction (n.) The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

Redactor (n.) One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.

Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.

Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.

Redargued (imp. & p. p.) of Redargue

Redarguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redargue

Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.

Redargution (n.) The act of redarguing; refutation.

Redargutory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.

Redback (n.) The dunlin.

Redbelly (n.) The char.

Redbird (n.) The cardinal bird.

Redbird (n.) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).

Redbird (n.) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.

Redbreast (n.) The European robin.

Redbreast (n.) The American robin. See Robin.

Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.

Redbreast (n.) The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.

Redbud (n.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.

Redcap (n.) The European goldfinch.

Redcap (n.) A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland.

Redcoat (n.) One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.

Redde () obs. imp. of Read, or Rede.

Reddened (imp. & p. p.) of Redden

Reddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redden

Redden (a.) To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.

Redden (v. i.) To grow or become red; to blush.

Reddendum (n.) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.

Reddish (a.) Somewhat red; moderately red.

Reddition (n.) Restoration: restitution: surrender.

Reddition (n.) Explanation; representation.

Redditive (a.) Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.

Reddle (n.) Red chalk. See under Chalk.

Reddour (n.) Rigor; violence.

Rede (v. t.) To advise or counsel.

Rede (v. t.) To interpret; to explain.

Rede (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion.

Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.

Redeemed (imp. & p. p.) of Redeem

Redeeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redeem

Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

Redeem (v. t.) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.

Redeem (v. t.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.

Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.

Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Redeem (v. t.) To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.

Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.

Redeemability (n.) Redeemableness.

Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.

Redeemable (a.) Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.

Redeemableness (n.) The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.

Redeemer (n.) One who redeems.

Redeemer (n.) Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

Redeless (a.) Without rede or counsel.

Redeliberate (v. t. & i.) To deliberate again; to reconsider.

Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.

Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or liberate a second time or again.

Redeliver (v. t.) To report; to deliver the answer of.

Redeliverance (n.) A second deliverance.

Redelivery (n.) Act of delivering back.

Redelivery (n.) A second or new delivery or liberation.

Redemand (v. t.) To demand back; to demand again.

Redemand (n.) A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.

Redemise (v. t.) To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.

Redemise (n.) The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise.

Redemonstrate (v. t.) To demonstrate again, or anew.

Redemptible (a.) Redeemable.

Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.

Re-demption (n.) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.

Re-demption (n.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.

Re-demption (n.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Redemptionary (n.) One who is, or may be, redeemed.

Redemptioner (n.) One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.

Redemptioner (n.) Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.

Redemptionist (n.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.

Redemptive (a.) Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.

Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.

Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.

Redempture (n.) Redemption.

Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.

Redeposit (v. t.) To deposit again.

Redescend (v. i.) To descend again.

Redeye (n.) The rudd.

Redeye (n.) Same as Redfish (d).

Redeye (n.) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.

Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.

Redfinch (n.) The European linnet.

Redfish (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).

Redfish (n.) The rosefish.

Redfish (n.) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.

Redfish (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.

Red-gum (n.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.

Red-gum (n.) A name of rust on grain. See Rust.

Red-hand (a. / adv.) Alt. of Red-handed

Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.

Redhead (n.) A person having red hair.

Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.

Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.

Redhead (n.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.

Redhibition (n.) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.

Redhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.

Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.

Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.

Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.

Rediae (pl. ) of Redia

Redias (pl. ) of Redia

Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

Redient (a.) Returning.

Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time.

Rediminish (v. t.) To diminish again.

Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.

Redintegrate (a.) Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.

Redintegrate (v. t.) To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.

Redintegration (n.) Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.

Redintegration (n.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state.

Redintegration (n.) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.

Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.

Redisburse (v. t.) To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back.

Rediscover (v. t.) To discover again.

Redispose (v. t.) To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.

Redisseize (v. t.) To disseize anew, or a second time.

Redisseizin (n.) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.

Redisseizor (n.) One who redisseizes.

Redissolve (v. t.) To dissolve again.

Redistill (v. t.) To distill again.

Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.

Redistribute (v. t.) To distribute again.

Redistrict (v. t.) To divide into new districts.

Redition (n.) Act of returning; return.

Redivide (v. t.) To divide anew.

Redleg (n.) Alt. of Redlegs

Redlegs (n.) The redshank.

Redlegs (n.) The turnstone.

Red-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.

Redly (adv.) In a red manner; with redness.

Redmouth (n.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

Redness (n.) The quality or state of being red; red color.

Redolence (n.) Alt. of Redolency

Redolency (n.) The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.

Redolent (a.) Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.

Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.

Redouble (v. i.) To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.

Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.

Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.

Redoubt (v. t.) To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.

Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.

Redoubting (n.) Reverence; honor.

Redounded (imp. & p. p.) of Redound

Redounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redound

Redound (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.

Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.

Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.

Redound (n.) Rebound; reverberation.

Redowa (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.

Redpole (n.) Same as Redpoll.

Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.

Redpoll (n.) The common European linnet.

Redpoll (n.) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).

Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.

Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.

Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.

Redrew (imp.) of Redraw

Redrawn (p. p.) of Redraw

Redrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redraw

Redraw (v. t.) To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.

Redraw (v. i.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.

Redress (v. t.) To dress again.

Redress (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.

Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.

Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.

Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.

Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

Redressal (n.) Redress.

Redresser (n.) One who redresses.

Redressible (a.) Such as may be redressed.

Redressive (a.) Tending to redress.

Redressless (a.) Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.

Redressment (n.) The act of redressing; redress.

Red-riband (n.) The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.

Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

Redsear (v. i.) To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.

Redshank (n.) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.

Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.

Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.

Red-short (a.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.

Redskin (n.) A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin.

Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India.

Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.

Redstreak (n.) A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple.

Redstreak (n.) Cider pressed from redstreak apples.

Redtail (n.) The red-tailed hawk.

Redtail (n.) The European redstart.

Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail.

Red-tape (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.

Red-tapism (n.) Strict adherence to official formalities.

Red-tapist (n.) One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.

Redthroat (n.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.

Redtop (n.) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.

Redub (v. t.) To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.

Reduced (imp. & p. p.) of Reduce

Reducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reduce

Reduce (n.) To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

Reduce (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat.

Reduce (n.) To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.

Reduce (n.) To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp.

Reduce (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules.

Reduce (n.) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours.

Reduce (n.) To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc.

Reduce (n.) To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; -- opposed to oxidize.

Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia.

Reducement (n.) Reduction.

Reducent (a.) Tending to reduce.

Reducent (n.) A reducent agent.

Reducer (n.) One who, or that which, reduces.

Reducible (a.) Capable of being reduced.

Reducibleness (n.) Quality of being reducible.

Reducing () a & n. from Reduce.

Reduct (v. t..) To reduce.

Reductibility (n.) The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.

Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.

Reduction (n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.

Reduction (v. t.) The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.

Reduction (v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.

Reduction (v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.

Reduction (v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

Reduction (v. t.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.

Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Reductive (a.) Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

Reductive (n.) A reductive agent.

Reductively (adv.) By reduction; by consequence.

Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.

Redundance (n.) Alt. of Redundancy

Redundancy (n.) The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

Redundancy (n.) That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.

Redundancy (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Redundant (a.) Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Redundant (a.) Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.

Redundantly (adv.) In a refundant manner.

Reduplicate (a.) Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.

Reduplicate (a.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the /stivation of certain flowers.

Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

Reduplicate (v. t.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.

Reduplication (n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

Reduplication (n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

Reduplication (n.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.

Reduplicative (a.) Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate.

Reduvid (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.

Redweed (n.) The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).

Redwing (n.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.

Redwithe (n.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.

Redwood (n.) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.

Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.

Ree (n.) See Rei.

Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Reebok (n.) The peele.

Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.

Reecho (v. i.) To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant.

Reecho (n.) The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo.

Reechy (a.) Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt.

Reed (a.) Red.

Reed (v. & n.) Same as Rede.

Reed (n.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

Reed (n.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).

Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.

Reed (n.) An arrow, as made of a reed.

Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.

Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.

Reed (n.) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.

Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.

Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

Reed (n.) Same as Reeding.

Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.

Reedbird (n.) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.

Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.

Reeded (a.) Civered with reeds; reedy.

Reeded (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.

Reeden (a.) Consisting of a reed or reeds.

Reedification (n.) The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.

Reedify (v. t.) To edify anew; to build again after destruction.

Reeding (n.) A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

Reeding (n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.

Reedless (a.) Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.

Reedling (n.) The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

Reed-mace (n.) The cat-tail.

Reedwork (n.) A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.

Reedy (a.) Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.

Reedy (a.) Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices.

Reef (n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.

Reef (v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Reef

Reefing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reef

Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

Reefer (n.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.

Reefer (n.) A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Reefing (n.) The process of taking in a reef.

Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.

Reek (n.) A rick.

Reek (n.) Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

Reeked (imp. & p. p.) of Reek

Reeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reek

Reek (v. i.) To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.

Reeky (a.) Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.

Reeky (a.) Emitting reek.

Reel (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.

Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.

Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

Reeled (imp. & p. p.) of Reel

Reeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reel

Reel (v. t.) To roll.

Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.

Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.

Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

Reel (n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.

Reelect (v. t.) To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor.

Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief.

Reeler (n.) One who reels.

Reeler (n.) The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note.

Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office.

Reem (n.) The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.

Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Reembark (v. t. & i.) To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.

Reembarkation (n.) A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.

Reembody (v. t.) To embody again.

Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.

Reemerge (v. i.) To emerge again.

Reemergence (n.) Act of reemerging.

Reenact (v. t.) To enact again.

Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.

Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.

Reencourage (v. t.) To encourage again.

Reendow (v. t.) To endow again.

Reenforce (v. t.) To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.

Reenforce (v.) Something which reenforces or strengthens.

Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon.

Reenforce (v.) (b)

Reenforce (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.

Reenforcement (n.) The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.

Reenforcement (n.) That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.

Reengage (v. t. & i.) To engage a second time or again.

Reengagement (n.) A renewed or repeated engagement.

Reengrave (v. t.) To engrave anew.

Reenjoy (v. i.) To enjoy anew.

Reenjoyment (n.) Renewed enjoyment.

Reenkindle (v. t.) To enkindle again.

Reenlist (v. t. & i.) To enlist again.

Reenlistment (n.) A renewed enlistment.

Reenslave (v. t.) To enslave again.

Reenter (v. t.) To enter again.

Reenter (v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.

Reenter (v. i.) To enter anew or again.

Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.

Reenthrone (v. t.) To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.

Reenthronement (n.) A second enthroning.

Reentrance (n.) The act entereing again; re/ntry.

Reentrant (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle.

Reentry (n.) A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.

Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.

Reerect (v. t.) To erect again.

Reermouse (n.) See Rearmouse.

Reestablish (v. t.) To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health.

Reestablisher (n.) One who establishes again.

Reestablishment (n.) The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished.

Reestate (v. t.) To reestablish.

Reeve (n.) The female of the ruff.

Rove (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve

Reeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reeve

Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.

Reexaminable (a.) Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered.

Reexamination (n.) A repeated examination. See under Examination.

Reexamine (v. t.) To examine anew.

Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).

Reexchange (n.) A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.

Reexchange (n.) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up.

Reexhibit (v. t.) To exhibit again.

Reexpel (v. t.) To expel again.

Reexperience (n.) A renewed or repeated experience.

Reexport (v. t.) To export again, as what has been imported.

Reexport (n.) Any commodity reexported; -- chiefly in the plural.

Reexportation (n.) The act of reexporting, or of exporting an import.

Reexpulsion (n.) Renewed or repeated expulsion.

Reezed (a.) Grown rank; rancid; rusty.

Refaction (n.) Recompense; atonement; retribution.

Refar (v. t.) To go over again; to repeat.

Refashion (v. t.) To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.

Refashionment (n.) The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.

Refasten (v. t.) To fasten again.

Refect (v. t.) To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh.

Refection (n.) Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.

Refective (a.) Refreshing; restoring.

Refective (n.) That which refreshes.

Refectories (pl. ) of Refectory

Refectory (n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.

Referred (imp. & p. p.) of Refer

Referring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refer

Refer (v. t.) To carry or send back.

Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

Refer (v. t.) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.

Refer (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.

Refer (v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.

Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.

Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.

Referable (a.) Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.

Referee (n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

Reference (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

Reference (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Reference (n.) Relation; regard; respect.

Reference (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to.

Reference (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.

Reference (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.

Reference (n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

Reference (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.

Reference (n.) Appeal.

Referendary (n.) One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.

Referendary (n.) An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.

Referendary (n.) Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

Referendum (n.) A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

Referendum (n.) The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.

Referential (a.) Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use.

Referment (n.) The act of referring; reference.

Re-ferment (v. t. & i.) To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.

Referrer (n.) One who refers.

Referrible (a.) Referable.

Refigure (v. t.) To figure again.

Refill (v. t. & i.) To fill, or become full, again.

Refind (v. t.) To find again; to get or experience again.

Refined (imp. & p. p.) of Refine

Refining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refine

Refine (v. t.) To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.

Refine (v. t.) To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.

Refine (v. i.) To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.

Refine (v. i.) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

Refine (v. i.) To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.

Refined (a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.

Refinement (n.) The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.

Refiner (n.) One who, or that which, refines.

Refineries (pl. ) of Refinery

Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.

Refit (v. t.) To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.

Refit (v. t.) To fit out or supply a second time.

Refit (v. i.) To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit.

Refitment (n.) The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted.

Refix (v. t.) To fix again or anew; to establish anew.

Reflame (v. i.) To kindle again into flame.

Reflected (imp. & p. p.) of Reflect

Reflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reflect

Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.

Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.

Reflect (v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.

Reflect (v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.

Reflect (v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.

Reflected (a.) Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.

Reflected (a.) Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.

Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.

Reflectent (a.) Bending or flying back; reflected.

Reflectent (a.) Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.

Reflectible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.

Reflecting (a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.

Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.

Reflectingly (adv.) With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.

Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.

Reflection (n.) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard.

Reflection (n.) Shining; brightness, as of the sun.

Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection.

Reflection (n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.

Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.

Reflection (n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.

Reflection (n.) Censure; reproach cast.

Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.

Reflective (a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

Reflective (a.) Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.

Reflective (a.) Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.

Reflector (n.) One who, or that which, reflects.

Reflector (n.) Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.

Reflector (n.) A reflecting telescope.

Reflector (n.) A device for reflecting sound.

Reflex (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.

Reflex (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.

Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.

Reflex (v. t.) To reflect.

Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.

Reflexed (a.) Bent backward or outward.

Reflexibility (n.) The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light.

Reflexible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.

Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.

Reflexity (n.) The state or condition of being reflected.

Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Reflexive (a.) Implying censure.

Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective.

Reflexly (adv.) In a reflex manner; reflectively.

Refloat (n.) Reflux; ebb.

Reflorescence (n.) A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.

Reflourish (v. t. & i.) To flourish again.

Reflow (v. i.) To flow back; to ebb.

Reflower (v. i. & t.) To flower, or cause to flower, again.

Refluctuation (n.) A flowing back; refluence.

Refluence (n.) Alt. of Refluency

Refluency (n.) The quality of being refluent; a flowing back.

Refluent (a.) Flowing back; returning; ebbing.

Reflueus (a.) Refluent.

Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

Reflux (n.) A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.

Refocillate (v. t.) To refresh; to revive.

Refocillation (n.) Restoration of strength by refreshment.

Refold (v. t.) To fold again.

Refoment (v. t.) To foment anew.

Reforestization (n.) The act or process of reforestizing.

Reforestize (v. t.) To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.

Reforge (v. t.) To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over.

Reforger (n.) One who reforges.

Reform (v. t.) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.

Reform (v. i.) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.

Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.

Re-formed (imp. & p. p.) of Re-form

Re-forming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Re-form

Re-form (v. t. & i.) To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.

Reformable (a.) Capable of being reformed.

Reformade (n.) A reformado.

Reformado (v. t.) A monk of a reformed order.

Reformado (v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay.

Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.

Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.

Reformation (n.) Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.

Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.

Reformative (a.) Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.

Reformatory (a.) Tending to produce reformation; reformative.

-ries (pl. ) of Reformatory

Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.

Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.

Reformed (a.) Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.

Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.

Reformer (n.) One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

Reformer (n.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.

Reformist (n.) A reformer.

Reformly (adv.) In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.

Refortification (n.) A fortifying anew, or a second time.

Refortify (v. t.) To fortify anew.

Refossion (n.) The act of digging up again.

Refound (v. t.) To found or cast anew.

Refound (v. t.) To found or establish again; to re/stablish.

Refound () imp. & p. p. of Refind, v. t.

Refounder (n.) One who refounds.

Refracted (imp. & p. p.) of Refract

Refracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refract

Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

Refract (n.) To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.

Refractable (a.) Capable of being refracted.

Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

Refracted (a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.

Refracting (a.) Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.

Refraction (n.) The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.

Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.

Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.

Refraction (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.

Refractive (a.) Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.

Refractiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being refractive.

Refractometer (n.) A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.

Refractor (n.) Anything that refracts

Refractor (n.) A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.

Refractorily (adv.) In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.

Refractoriness (n.) The quality or condition of being refractory.

Refractory (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

Refractory (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.

Refractory (n.) A refractory person.

Refractory (n.) Refractoriness.

Refractory (n.) OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone.

Refragable (a.) Capable of being refuted; refutable.

Refragate (v. i.) To oppose.

Refrained (imp. & p. p.) of Refrain

Refraining (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrain

Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Refrain (v. t.) To abstain from

Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

Refrainer (n.) One who refrains.

Refrainment (n.) Act of refraining.

Reframe (v. t.) To frame again or anew.

Refrangibility (n.) The quality of being refrangible.

Refrangible (a.) Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.

Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.

Refreshed (imp. & p. p.) of Refresh

Refreshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refresh

Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

Refresh (a.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

Refresh (n.) The act of refreshing.

Refresher (n.) One who, or that which, refreshes.

Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted.

Refreshful (a.) Full of power to refresh; refreshing.

Refreshing (a.) Reviving; reanimating.

Refreshment (n.) The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

Refreshment (n.) That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.

Refret (n.) Refrain.

Refreyd (v. t.) To chill; to cool.

Refrication (n.) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.

Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.

Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively.

Refrigerated (imp. & p. p.) of Refrigerate

Refrigerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refrigerate

Refrigerate (v. t.) To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

Refrigeration (n.) The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.

Refrigerative (n.) A refrigerant.

Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.

Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.

Refrigerator (n.) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.

Refrigeratory (a.) Mitigating heat; cooling.

-ries (pl. ) of Refrigeratory

Refrigeratory (n.) That which refrigerates or cools.

Refrigeratory (n.) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed.

Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.

Refrigerium (n.) Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.

Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies.

Refringent (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar.

Reft (imp. & p. p.) Bereft.

Reft (n.) A chink; a rift. See Rift.

Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.

Refugee (n.) One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

Refugee (n.) Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.

Refulgence (n.) Alt. of Refulgency

Refulgency (n.) The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

Refulgent (a.) Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams.

Refund (v. t.) To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

Refund (v. t.) To pour back.

Refund (v. t.) To give back; to repay; to restore.

Refund (v. t.) To supply again with funds; to reimburse.

Refunder (n.) One who refunds.

Refundment (n.) The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded.

Refurbish (v. t.) To furbish anew.

Refurnish (v. t.) To furnish again.

Refurnishment (n.) The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.

Refusable (a.) Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.

Refusal (n.) The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

Refusal (n.) The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.

Refused (imp. & p. p.) of Refuse

Refusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refuse

Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.

Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

Refuse (v. t.) To disown.

Refuse (v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.

Refuse (n.) Refusal.

Refuse (n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

Refuse (a.) Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

Refuser (n.) One who refuses or rejects.

Refusion (n.) New or repeated melting, as of metals.

Refusion (n.) Restoration.

Refut (n.) Refuge.

Refutability (n.) The quality of being refutable.

Refutable (a.) Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.

Refutal (n.) Act of refuting; refutation.

Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof.

Refutatory (a.) Tending tu refute; refuting.

Refuted (imp. & p. p.) of Refute

Refuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refute

Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.

Refuter (n.) One who, or that which, refutes.

Regain (v. t.) To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.

Regal (n.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Regale (n.) A prerogative of royalty.

Regaled (imp. & p. p.) of Regale

Regaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regale

Regale (v. t.) To enerta/n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.

Regale (v. i.) To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.

Regale (v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.

Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

Regaler (n.) One who regales.

Regalia (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.

Regalia (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

Regalia (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.

Regalia (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.

Regalian (a.) Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.

Regalism (n.) The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.

Regality (n.) Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.

Regally (adv.) In a regal or royal manner.

Regarded (imp. & p. p.) of Regard

Regarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regard

Regard (v. t.) To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

Regard (v. t.) Hence, to look or front toward; to face.

Regard (v. t.) To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.

Regard (v. t.) To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.

Regard (v. t.) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.

Regard (v. t.) To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.

Regard (v. t.) To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition.

Regard (v. t.) To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.

Regard (v. i.) To look attentively; to consider; to notice.

Regard (v. t.) A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.

Regard (v. t.) Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.

Regard (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.

Regard (v. t.) State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.

Regard (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.

Regard (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.

Regard (v. t.) Respect; relation; reference.

Regard (v. t.) Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.

Regard (v. t.) Supervision; inspection.

Regardable (a.) Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.

Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.

Regardant (v. t.) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.

Regarder (n.) One who regards.

Regarder (n.) An officer appointed to supervise the forest.

Regardful (a.) Heedful; attentive; observant.

Regarding (prep.) Concerning; respecting.

Regardless (a.) Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.

Regardless (a.) Not regarded; slighted.

Regather (v. t.) To gather again.

Regattas (pl. ) of Regatta

Regatta (n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.

Regel (n.) See Rigel.

Regelate (v. i.) To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.

Regelation (n.) The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.

Regence (n.) Rule.

Regencies (pl. ) of Regency

Regency (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

Regency (a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.

Regency (a.) A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.

Regeneracy (n.) The state of being regenerated.

Regenerate (a.) Reproduced.

Regenerate (a.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.

Regenerate (v. t.) To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.

Regenerate (v. t.) To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.

Regenerate (v. t.) Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.

Regenerateness (n.) The quality or state of being rgenerate.

Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.

Regeneration (n.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.

Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.

Regeneration (n.) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.

Regenerative (a.) Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences.

Regeneratively (adv.) So as to regenerate.

Regenerator (n.) One who, or that which, regenerates.

Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.

Regeneratory (a.) Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.

Regenesis (n.) New birth; renewal.

Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.

Regent (a.) Exercising vicarious authority.

Regent (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.

Regent (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.

Regent (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Regent (a.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.

Regentess (n.) A female regent.

Regentship (n.) The office of a regent; regency.

Regerminate (v. i.) To germinate again.

Regermination (n.) A germinating again or anew.

Regest (n.) A register.

Reget (v. t.) To get again.

Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.

Regible (a.) Governable; tractable.

Regicidal (a.) Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide.

Regicide (n.) One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.

Regicide (n.) The killing or the murder of a king.

Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.

Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

Regime (n.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.

Regimen (n.) Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.

Regimen (n.) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation

Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

Regimen (n.) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

Regimen (n.) The word or words governed.

Regiment (n.) Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

Regiment (n.) A region or district governed.

Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

Regimented (imp. & p. p.) of Regiment

Regimenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regiment

Regiment (v. t.) To form into a regiment or into regiments.

Regimental (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing.

Regimentally (adv.) In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.

Regimentals (n. pl.) The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.

Regiminal (a.) Of or relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules.

Region (n.) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.

Region (n.) Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.

Region (n.) The upper air; the sky; the heavens.

Region (n.) The inhabitants of a district.

Region (n.) Place; rank; station.

Regional (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.

Regious (a.) Regal; royal.

Register (n.) A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.

Register (n.) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

Register (n.) One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.

Register (n.) That which registers or records.

Register (n.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.

Register (n.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.

Register (n.) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale.

Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.

Register (n.) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast.

Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet.

Register (n.) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2.

Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register.

Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.

Registered (imp. & p. p.) of Register

Registering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Register

Register (n.) To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service.

Register (n.) To enroll; to enter in a list.

Register (v. i.) To enroll one's name in a register.

Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary.

Registering (a.) Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.

Registership (n.) The office of a register.

Registrant (n.) One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.

Registrar (n.) One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.

Registrarship (n.) The office of a registrar.

Registrary (n.) A registrar.

Registrate (v. t.) To register.

Registration (v.) The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

Registry (n.) The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.

Registry (n.) The place where a register is kept.

Registry (n.) A record; an account; a register.

Regius (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; royal.

Regive (v. t.) To give again; to give back.

Regle (v. t.) To rule; to govern.

Reglement (n.) Regulation.

Reglementary (a.) Regulative.

Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column.

Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like.

Regma (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.

Regmacarp (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit.

Regnal (a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.

Regnancy (n.) The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.

Regnant (a.) Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.

Regnant (a.) Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.

Regnative (a.) Ruling; governing.

Regne (n. & v.) See Reign.

Regorge (v. t.) To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.

Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.

Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.

Regraft (v. t.) To graft again.

Regrant (v. t.) To grant back; to grant again or anew.

Regrant (n.) The act of granting back to a former proprietor.

Regrant (n.) A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.

Regrated (imp. & p. p.) of Regrate

Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regrate

Regrate (v. t.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

Regrate (v. t.) To offend; to shock.

Regrate (v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.

Regrater (n.) One who regrates.

Regratery (n.) The act or practice of regrating.

Regratiatory (n.) A returning or giving of thanks.

Regrator (n.) One guilty of regrating.

Regrede (v. i.) To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.

Regredience (n.) A going back; a retrogression; a return.

Regreet (v. t.) To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.

Regreet (n.) A return or exchange of salutation.

Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

Regress (n.) The power or liberty of passing back.

Regressed (imp. & p. p.) of Regress

Regressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regress

Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.

Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

Regressive (a.) Passing back; returning.

Regressive (a.) Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.

Regressively (adv.) In a regressive manner.

Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.

Regret (v.) Dislike; aversion.

Regretted (imp. & p. p.) of Regret

Regretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regret

Regret (v. t.) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

Regretful (a.) Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.

Regrow (v. i. & t.) To grow again.

Regrowth (n.) The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.

Reguardant (a.) Same as Regardant.

Reguerdon (v. t.) To reward.

Regulable (a.) Capable of being regulated.

Regular (a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

Regular (a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

Regular (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

Regular (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.

Regular (a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

Regular (a.) Same as Isometric.

Regular (a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.

Regular (a.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Regularia (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.

Regularity (n.) The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.

Regularize (v. t.) To cause to become regular; to regulate.

Regularly (adv.) In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.

Regularness (n.) Regularity.

Regulated (imp. & p. p.) of Regulate

Regulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regulate

Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

Regulate (v. t.) To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

Regulate (v. t.) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.

Regulation (n.) The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

Regulation (n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Regulative (a.) Tending to regulate; regulating.

Regulative (a.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty.

Regulator (n.) One who, or that which, regulates.

Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.

Reguline (a.) Of or pertaining to regulus.

Regulize (v. t.) To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony.

Reguluses (pl. ) of Regulus

Reguli (pl. ) of Regulus

Regulus (n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.

Regulus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.

Regurgitate (v. t.) To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

Regurgitate (v. i.) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

Regurgitation (n.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance

Regurgitation (n.) the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.

Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

Rehabilitated (imp. & p. p.) of Rehabilitate

Rehabilitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rehabilitate

Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.

Rehabilitation (n.) The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.

Rehash (v. t.) To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

Rehash (n.) Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

Rehear (v. t.) To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.

Rehearsal (n.) The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.

Rehearsed (imp. & p. p.) of Rehearse

Rehearsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rehearse

Rehearse (v. t.) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

Rehearse (v. t.) To narrate; to relate; to tell.

Rehearse (v. t.) To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

Rehearse (v. t.) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

Rehearse (v. i.) To recite or repeat something for practice.

Rehearser (n.) One who rehearses.

Reheat (v. t.) To heat again.

Reheat (v. t.) To revive; to cheer; to cherish.

Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.

Rehibitory (a.) Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.

Rehire (v. t.) To hire again.

Rehypothecate (v. t.) To hypothecate again.

Reis (pl. ) of Rei

Rei (n.) A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent.

Reichsrath (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

Reichsstand (n.) A free city of the former German empire.

Reichstag (n.) The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath.

Reif (n.) Robbery; spoil.

Reigle (n.) A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate.

Reigle (v. t.) To regulate; to govern.

Reiglement (n.) Rule; regulation.

Reign (n.) Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

Reign (n.) The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.

Reign (n.) The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

Reigned (imp. & p. p.) of Reign

Reigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reign

Reign (n.) To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.

Reign (n.) Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.

Reign (n.) To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.

Reigner (n.) One who reigns.

Reillume (v. t.) To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.

Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.

Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.

Reillumine (v. t.) To illumine again or anew; to reillume.

Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.

Reimbark (v. t. & i.) See Reembark.

Reimbody (v. t. & i.) To imbody again.

Reimbursable (a.) Capable of being repaid; repayable.

Reimbursed (imp. & p. p.) of Reimburse

Reimbursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reimburse

Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation.

Reimbursement (n.) The act reimbursing.

Reimburser (n.) One who reimburses.

Reimplant (v. t.) To implant again.

Reimport (v. t.) To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.

Reimportation (n.) The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

Reimportune (v. t.) To importune again.

Reimpose (v. t.) To impose anew.

Reimpregnate (v. t.) To impregnate again or anew.

Reimpress (v. t.) To impress anew.

Reimpression (n.) A second or repeated impression; a reprint.

Reimprint (v. t.) To imprint again.

Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.

Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.

Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.

Reined (imp. & p. p.) of Rein

Reining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rein

Rein (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.

Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Rein (v. i.) To be guided by reins.

Reinaugurate (v. t.) To inaugurate anew.

Reincit (v. t.) To incite again.

Reincorporate (v. t.) To incorporate again.

Reincrease (v. t.) To increase again.

Reincur (v. t.) To incur again.

Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

Reinduce (v. t.) To induce again.

Reinette (n.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.

Reinfect (v. t.) To infect again.

Reinfectious (a.) Capable of reinfecting.

Reinforce (v. t.) See Reenforce, v. t.

Reinforce (n.) See Reenforce, n.

Reinforcement (n.) See Reenforcement.

Reinfund (v. i.) To flow in anew.

Reingratiate (v. t.) To ingratiate again or anew.

Reinhabit (v. t.) To inhabit again.

Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.

Reinsert (v. t.) To insert again.

Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.

Reinspect (v. t.) To inspect again.

Reinspection (n.) The act of reinspecting.

Reinspire (v. t.) To inspire anew.

Reinspirit (v. t.) To give fresh spirit to.

Reinstall (v. t.) To install again.

Reinstallment (n.) A renewed installment.

Reinstate (v. t.) To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.

Reinstatement (n.) The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.

Reinstation (n.) Reinstatement.

Reinstruct (v. t.) To instruct anew.

Reinsurance (n.) Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.

Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.

Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.

Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.

Reintegrate (v. t.) To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation.

Reintegration (n.) A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.

Reinter (v. t.) To inter again.

Reinterrogate (v. t.) To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.

Reinthrone (v. t.) See Reenthrone.

Reinthronize (v. t.) To enthrone again.

Reintroduce (v. t.) To introduce again.

Reinvest (v. t.) To invest again or anew.

Reinvestigate (v. t.) To investigate again.

Reinvestment (n.) The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

Reinvigorate (v. t.) To invigorate anew.

Reinvolve (v. t.) To involve anew.

Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.

Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

Reissner's membrane () The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

Reissuable (a.) Capable of being reissued.

Reissue (v. t. & i.) To issue a second time.

Reissue (n.) A second or repeated issue.

Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.

Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Reiterant (a.) Reiterating.

Reiterated (imp. & p. p.) of Reiterate

Reiterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reiterate

Reiterate (v. t.) To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

Reiterate (a.) Reiterated; repeated.

Reiteratedly (adv.) Repeatedly.

Reiteration (n.) The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

Reiterative (n.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.

Reiver (n.) See Reaver.

Rejected (imp. & p. p.) of Reject

Rejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reject

Reject (v. t.) To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

Reject (v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Rejectable (a.) Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.

Rejectamenta (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.

Rejectaneous (a.) Not chosen or received; rejected.

Rejecter (n.) One who rejects.

Rejection (n.) Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

Rejectitious (a.) Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.

Rejective (a.) Rejecting, or tending to reject.

Rejectment (n.) Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away.

Rejoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoice

Rejoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoice

Rejoice (v. i.) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

Rejoice (v. t.) To enjoy.

Rejoice (v. t.) To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.

Rejoice (n.) The act of rejoicing.

Rejoicement (n.) Rejoicing.

Rejoicer (n.) One who rejoices.

Rejoicing (n.) Joy; gladness; delight.

Rejoicing (n.) The expression of joy or gladness.

Rejoicing (n.) That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.

Rejoicingly (adv.) With joi or exultation.

Rejoined (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoin

Rejoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoin

Rejoin (v. t.) To join again; to unite after separation.

Rejoin (v. t.) To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.

Rejoin (v. i.) To answer to a reply.

Rejoin (v. i.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

Rejoinder (n.) An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

Rejoinder (n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

Rejoinder (v. i.) To make a rejoinder.

Rejoindure (n.) Act of joining again.

Rejoint (v. t.) To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.

Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather.

Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.

Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or shake again.

Rejourn (v. t.) To adjourn; to put off.

Rejournment (n.) Adjournment.

Rejudge (v. t.) To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.

Rejuvenate (v. t.) To render young again.

Rejuvenation (n.) Rejuvenescence.

Rejuvenescence (n.) A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.

Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc.

Rejuvenescency (n.) Rejuvenescence.

Rejuvenescent (a.) Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

Rejuvenize (v. t.) To rejuvenate.

Rekindle (v. t. & i.) To kindle again.

Rekne (v. t.) To reckon.

Relade (v. t.) To lade or load again.

Relaid () imp. & p. p. of Relay.

Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.

Reland (v. t.) To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.

Reland (v. i.) To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.

Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relapse

Relapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relapse

Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.

Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.

Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.

Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.

Relapser (n.) One who relapses.

Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

Related (imp. & p. p.) of Relate

Relating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relate

Relate (v. t.) To bring back; to restore.

Relate (v. t.) To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.

Relate (v. t.) To recount; to narrate; to tell over.

Relate (v. t.) To ally by connection or kindred.

Relate (v. i.) To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.

Relate (v. i.) To make reference; to take account.

Related (p. p. & a.) Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

Related (p. p. & a.) Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.

Related (p. p. & a.) Narrated; told.

Related (p. p. & a.) Same as Relative, 4.

Relatedness (n.) The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.

Relater (n.) One who relates or narrates.

Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

Relation (n.) The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

Relation (n.) Reference; respect; regard.

Relation (n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

Relation (n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Relation (n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.

Relation (n.) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.

Relational (a.) Having relation or kindred; related.

Relational (a.) Indicating or specifying some relation.

Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation.

Relationship (n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

Relative (a.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.

Relative (n.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.

Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Relative (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".

Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.

Relativeness (n.) The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.

Relativity (n.) The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.

Relator (n.) One who relates; a relater.

Relator (n.) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.

Relatrix (n.) A female relator.

Relaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Relax

Relaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relax

Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.

Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.

Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

Relax (v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

Relax (n.) Relaxation.

Relax (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Relaxable (a.) Capable of being relaxed.

Relaxant (n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

Relaxation (n.) The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

Relaxation (n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.

Relaxative (a.) Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.

Relaxative (n.) A relaxant.

Relaid (imp. & p. p.) of Relay

Relaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relay

Relay (v. t.) To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief.

Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.

Relay (n.) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way.

Relay (n.) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing.

Relbun (n.) The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- used for dyeing crimson.

Releasable (a.) That may be released.

Release (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Released (imp. & p. p.) of Release

Releasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Release

Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.

Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

Release (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.

Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.

Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

Release (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.

Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

Releasee (n.) One to whom a release is given.

Releasement (n.) The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.

Releaser (n.) One who releases, or sets free.

Releasor (n.) One by whom a release is given.

Relegated (imp. & p. p.) of Relegate

Relegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relegate

Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

Relegation (n.) The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.

Relented (imp. & p. p.) of Relent

Relenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relent

Relent (v. i.) To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.

Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.

Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.

Relent (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve.

Relent (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.

Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.

Relentment (n.) The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.

Relesse (v. t.) To release.

Relessee (n.) See Releasee.

Relessor (n.) See Releasor.

Re-let (v. t.) To let anew, as a house.

Relevance (n.) Alt. of Relevancy

Relevancy (n.) The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

Relevancy (n.) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.

Relevant (a.) Relieving; lending aid or support.

Relevant (a.) Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.

Relevant (a.) Sufficient to support the cause.

Relevantly (adv.) In a relevant manner.

Relevation (n.) A raising or lifting up.

Reliability (n.) The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Reliable (a.) Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.

Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.

Reliance (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.

Reliant (a.) Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.

Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

Relic (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.

Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.

Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.

Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.

Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.

Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.

Relief (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.

Relief (n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.

Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.

Relief (n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.

Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.

Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

Relief (n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.

Reliefful (a.) Giving relief.

Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

Relier (n.) One who relies.

Relievable (a.) Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.

Relieved (imp. & p. p.) of Relieve

Relieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relieve

Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

Relieve (v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

Relieve (v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.

Relieve (v. t.) To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.

Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.

Relievement (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.

Reliever (n.) One who, or that which, relieves.

Relieving (a.) Serving or tending to relieve.

Relievo (n.) See Relief, n., 5.

Relight (v. t.) To light or kindle anew.

Religieuse (n. m.) Alt. of Religieux

Religieux (n. m.) A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.

Religion (n.) The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.

Religion (n.) Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.

Religion (n.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.

Religion (n.) Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct.

Religionary (a.) Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.

Religionary (n.) Alt. of Religioner

Religioner (n.) A religionist.

Religionism (n.) The practice of, or devotion to, religion.

Religionism (n.) Affectation or pretense of religion.

Religionist (n.) One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

Religionize (v. t.) To bring under the influence of religion.

Religionless (a.) Destitute of religion.

Religiosity (n.) The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.

Religious (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.

Religious (a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.

Religious (a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

Religious (a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Religiously (adv.) In a religious manner.

Religiousness (n.) The quality of being religious.

Relik (n.) Relic.

Relinquent (a.) Relinquishing.

Relinquent (n.) One who relinquishes.

Relinquished (imp. & p. p.) of Relinquish

Relinquishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relinquish

Relinquish (v. t.) To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

Relinquish (v. t.) To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.

Relinquisher (n.) One who relinquishes.

Relinquishment (n.) The act of relinquishing.

-ries (pl. ) of Reliquary

Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

Relique (n.) See Relic.

Reliquiae (n. pl.) Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

Reliquiae (n. pl.) Same as Induviae.

Reliquian (a.) Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.

Reliquidate (v. t.) To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.

Reliquidation (n.) A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.

Relished (imp. & p. p.) of Relish

Relishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relish

Relish (v. t.) To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.

Relish (v. t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.

Relish (v. i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.

Relish (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.

Relish (n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.

Relish (n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.

Relish (n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

Relish (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Relishable (a.) Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

Relive (v. i.) To live again; to revive.

Relive (v. t.) To recall to life; to revive.

Reload (v. t.) To load again, as a gun.

Reloan (n.) A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

Relocate (v. t.) To locate again.

Relocation (n.) A second location.

Relocation (n.) Renewal of a lease.

Relodge (v. t.) To lodge again.

Relove (v. t.) To love in return.

Relucent (a.) Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Reluctance (n.) Alt. of Reluctancy

Reluctancy (n.) The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.

Reluctant (a.) Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctant (a.) Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.

Reluctantly (adv.) In a reluctant manner.

Reluctate (v. i.) To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Reluctation (n.) Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.

Relumed (imp. & p. p.) of Relume

Reluming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relume

Relume (v. t.) To rekindle; to light again.

Relumined (imp. & p. p.) of Relumine

Relumining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relumine

Relumine (v. t.) To light anew; to rekindle.

Relumine (v. t.) To illuminate again.

Relied (imp. & p. p.) of Rely

Relying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rely

Rely (v. i.) To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.

Remade () imp. & p. p. of Remake.

Remained (imp. & p. p.) of Remain

Remaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remain

Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

Remain (v. t.) To await; to be left to.

Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.

Remain (n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.

Remain (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Remain (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's

Remainder (n.) Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

Remainder (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

Remainder (n.) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

Remainder (a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

Remainder-men (pl. ) of Remainder-man

Remainder-man (n.) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.

Remake (v. t.) To make anew.

Remanded (imp. & p. p.) of Remand

Remanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remand

Remand (v. t.) To recommit; to send back.

Remand (n.) The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Remandment (n.) A remand.

Remanence (a.) Alt. of Remanency

Remanency (a.) The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.

Remanent (a.) That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

Remanent (a.) Remaining; residual.

Remanet (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Re-mark (v. t.) To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.

Remarked (imp. & p. p.) of Remark

Remarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remark

Remark (n.) To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

Remark (n.) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

Remark (n.) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

Remark (v. i.) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Remark (n.) Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

Remark (n.) The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.

Remarkable (a.) Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.

Remarker (n.) One who remarks.

Remarriage (n.) A second or repeated marriage.

Remarry (v. t. & i.) To marry again.

Remast (v. t.) To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

Remasticate (v. t.) To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

Remastication (n.) The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

Remberge (n.) See Ramberge.

Remblai (n.) Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

Remble (v. t.) To remove.

Reme (n.) Realm.

Remean (v. t.) To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

Remeant (a.) Coming back; returning.

Remeasure (v. t.) To measure again; to retrace.

Remede (n.) Remedy.

Remediable (a.) Capable of being remedied or cured.

Remedial (a.) Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

Remedially (adv.) In a remedial manner.

Remediate (a.) Remedial.

Remediless (a.) Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.

Remediless (a.) Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.

Remedies (pl. ) of Remedy

Remedy (n.) That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

Remedy (n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.

Remedy (n.) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

Remedied (imp. & p. p.) of Remedy

Remedying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remedy

Remedy (n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

Remelt (v. t.) To melt again.

Remembered (imp. & p. p.) of Remember

Remembering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remember

Remember (v. t.) To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.

Remember (v. t.) To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.

Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.

Remember (v. t.) To mention.

Remember (v. t.) To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.

Remember (v. i.) To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

Rememberable (a.) Capable or worthy of being remembered.

Rememberer (n.) One who remembers.

Remembrance (n.) The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

Remembrance (n.) The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

Remembrance (n.) Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

Remembrance (n.) That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

Remembrance (n.) Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni//on; instruction.

Remembrance (n.) Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

Remembrancer (n.) One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Remembrancer (n.) A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time.

Rememorate (v. i.) To recall something by means of memory; to remember.

Rememoration (n.) A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.

Rememorative (a.) Tending or serving to remind.

Remenant (n.) A remnant.

Remercie (v. t.) Alt. of Remercy

Remercy (v. t.) To thank.

Remerge (v. i.) To merge again.

Remeve (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Remewe

Remewe (v. t. & i.) To remove.

Remiform (a.) Shaped like an oar.

Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Remigrate (v. i.) To migrate again; to go back; to return.

Remigration (n.) Migration back to the place from which one came.

Remind (v. t.) To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

Reminder (n.) One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

Remindful (a.) Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind.

Reminiscence (n.) The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

Reminiscence (n.) That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.

Reminiscency (n.) Reminiscence.

Reminiscent (a.) Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something.

Reminiscent (n.) One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Reminiscential (a.) Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance.

Remiped (a.) Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.

Remiped (n.) An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans.

Remiped (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

Remised (imp. & p. p.) of Remise

Remising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remise

Remise (v. t.) To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.

Remise (n.) A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.

Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.

Remiss (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Remissful (a.) Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement.

Remissibility (n.) The state or quality of being remissible.

Remissible (a.) Capable of being remitted or forgiven.

Remission (n.) The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

Remission (n.) Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

Remission (n.) The act of sending back.

Remission (n.) Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

Remissive (a.) Remitting; forgiving; abating.

Remissly (adv.) In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Remissness (n.) Quality or state of being remiss.

Remissory (a.) Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.

Remitted (imp. & p. p.) of Remit

Remitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remit

Remit (v. t.) To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

Remit (v. t.) To restore.

Remit (v. t.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.

Remit (v. t.) To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.

Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

Remit (v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.

Remit (v. t.) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.

Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

Remit (v. i.) To send money, as in payment.

Remitment (n.) The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

Remittal (n.) A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

Remittance (n.) The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

Remittance (n.) The sum or thing remitted.

Remittee (n.) One to whom a remittance is sent.

Remittent (a.) Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.

Remitter (n.) One who remits.

Remitter (n.) One who pardons.

Remitter (n.) One who makes remittance.

Remitter (n.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit.

Remittitur (n.) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages.

Remittitur (n.) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.

Remittor (n.) One who makes a remittance; a remitter.

Remix (v. t.) To mix again or repeatedly.

Remnant (a.) Remaining; yet left.

Remnant (a.) That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.

Remnant (a.) A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

Remnant (a.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Remodel (v. t.) To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.

Remodification (n.) The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

Remodify (v. t.) To modify again or anew; to reshape.

Remolade (n.) Alt. of Remoulad

Remoulad (n.) A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

Remold (v. t.) Alt. of Remould

Remould (v. t.) To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.

Remollient (a.) Mollifying; softening.

Remonetization (n.) The act of remonetizing.

Remonetize (v. t.) To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

Remonstrance (n.) The act of remonstrating

Remonstrance (n.) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.

Remonstrance (n.) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

Remonstrance (n.) Same as Monstrance.

Remonstrant (a.) Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Remonstrant (n.) One who remonstrates

Remonstrant (n.) one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

Remonstrantly (adv.) In a remonstrant manner.

Remonstrated (imp. & p. p.) of Remonstrate

Remonstrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remonstrate

Remonstrate (v. t.) To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Remonstrate (v. i.) To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation.

Remonstration (n.) The act of remonstrating; remonstrance.

Remonstrative (a.) Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.

Remonstrator (n.) One who remonstrates; a remonsrant.

Remontant (a.) Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

Remontoir (n.) See under Escapement.

Remora (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance.

Remora (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.

Remora (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places.

Remorate (v. t.) To hinder; to delay.

Remord (v. t.) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

Remord (v. i.) To feel remorse.

Remordency (n.) Remorse; compunction; compassion.

Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

Remorsed (a.) Feeling remorse.

Remorseful (a.) Full of remorse.

Remorseful (a.) Compassionate; feeling tenderly.

Remorseful (a.) Exciting pity; pitiable.

Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.

Remote (superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

Remote (superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.

Remote (superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.

Remote (superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.

Remote (superl.) Separate; abstracted.

Remote (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.

Remote (superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

Remote (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Remotion (n.) The act of removing; removal.

Remotion (n.) The state of being remote; remoteness.

Remould (v. t.) See Remold.

Remount (v. t. & i.) To mount again.

Remount (n.) The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

Removable (a.) Admitting of being removed.

Removal (n.) The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

Removed (imp. & p. p.) of Remove

Removing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remove

Remove (v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

Remove (v. t.) To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.

Remove (v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

Remove (v. i.) To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

Remove (n.) The act of removing; a removal.

Remove (n.) The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.

Remove (n.) The state of being removed.

Remove (n.) That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

Remove (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

Remove (n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Removed (a.) Changed in place.

Removed (a.) Dismissed from office.

Removed (a.) Distant in location; remote.

Removed (a.) Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.

Remover (n.) One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks.

Remuable (a.) That may be removed; removable.

Remue (v. t.) To remove.

Remugient (a.) Rebellowing.

Remunerable (a.) Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.

Remunerated (imp. & p. p.) of Remunerate

Remunerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remunerate

Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Remuneration (n.) The act of remunerating.

Remuneration (n.) That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings.

Remunerative (a.) Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.

Remuneratory (a.) Remunerative.

Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.

Ren (v. t. & i.) See Renne.

Ren (n.) A run.

Renable (a.) Reasonable; also, loquacious.

Renaissance (n.) A new birth, or revival.

Renaissance (n.) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.

Renaissance (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.

Renaissant (a.) Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.

Renal (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.

Renal-portal (a.) Both renal and portal. See Portal.

Rename (v. t.) To give a new name to.

Renard (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.

Renardine (a.) Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.

Renascence (n.) The state of being renascent.

Renascence (n.) Same as Renaissance.

Renascency (n.) State of being renascent.

Renascent (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.

Renascible (a.) Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.

Renate (a.) Born again; regenerate; renewed.

Renavigate (v. t.) To navigate again.

Renay (v. t.) To deny; to disown.

Rencontre (n.) Same as Rencounter, n.

Rencountered (imp. & p. p.) of Rencounter

Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounter

Rencounter (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

Rencounter (v. t.) To attack hand to hand.

Rencounter (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.

Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.

Rent (imp. & p. p.) of Rend

Rending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rend

Rend (v. t.) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.

Rend (v. t.) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.

Rend (v. i.) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Render (n.) One who rends.

Rendered (imp. & p. p.) of Render

Rendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Render

Render (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.

Render (v. t.) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

Render (v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender.

Render (v. t.) Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Render (v. t.) To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

Render (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

Render (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.

Render (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

Render (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.

Render (n.) A surrender.

Render (n.) A return; a payment of rent.

Render (n.) An account given; a statement.

Renderable (a.) Capable of being rendered.

Renderer (n.) One who renders.

Renderer (n.) A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.

Rendering (n.) The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered.

Rendering (n.) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text.

Rendering (n.) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part.

Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.

Rendering (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on.

Rendering (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

Rendezvouses (pl. ) of Rendezvous

Rendezvous (n.) A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

Rendezvous (n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

Rendezvous (n.) A meeting by appointment.

Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.

Rendezvoused (imp. &. p. p.) of Rendezvous

Rendezvousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rendezvous

Rendezvous (v. i.) To assemble or meet at a particular place.

Rendezvous (v. t.) To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.

Rendible (a.) Capable of being rent or torn.

Rendible (a.) Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

Rendition (n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

Rendition (n.) Translation; rendering; version.

Rendrock (n.) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.

Renegade (n.) One faithless to principle or party.

Renegade (n.) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.

Renegade (n.) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.

Renegade (n.) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

Renegado (n.) See Renegade.

Renegat (n.) A renegade.

Renegation (n.) A denial.

Renege (v. t.) To deny; to disown.

Renege (v. i.) To deny.

Renege (v. i.) To revoke.

Renerve (v. t.) To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

Reneved (imp. & p. p.) of Renew

Renewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renew

Renew (v. t.) To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

Renew (v. t.) Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

Renew (v. t.) To begin again; to recommence.

Renew (v. t.) To repeat; to go over again.

Renew (v. t.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

Renew (v. i.) To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Renewability (n.) The quality or state of being renewable.

Renewable (a.) Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.

Renewal (n.) The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

Renewedly (adv.) Again; once more.

Renewedness (n.) The state of being renewed.

Renewer (n.) One who, or that which, renews.

Reneye (v. t.) To deny; to reject; to renounce.

Reng (n.) A rank; a row.

Reng (n.) A rung or round of a ladder.

Renidification (n.) The act of rebuilding a nest.

Reniform (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

Renitence (n.) Alt. of Renitency

Renitency (n.) The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.

Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Renitent (a.) Persistently opposed.

Renne (v. t.) To plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Renne (v. i.) To run.

Renner (n.) A runner.

Rennet (n.) A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.

Rennet (v.) The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk.

Renneted (a.) Provided or treated with rennet.

Renneting (n.) Same as 1st Rennet.

Rennin (n.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.

Renning (n.) See 2d Rennet.

Renomee (n.) Renown.

Renounced (imp. & p. p.) of Renounce

Renouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renounce

Renounce (v. t.) To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.

Renounce (v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.

Renounce (v. t.) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

Renounce (v. i.) To make renunciation.

Renounce (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.

Renounce (n.) Act of renouncing.

Renouncement (n.) The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

Renouncer (n.) One who renounces.

Renovate (v. t.) To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

Renovation (n.) The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.

Renovator (n.) One who, or that which, renovates.

Renovel (v. t.) To renew; to renovate.

Renovelance (n.) Renewal.

Renowme (n.) Renown.

Renowmed (a.) Renowned.

Renown (v.) The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense.

Renown (v.) Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.

Renown (v. t.) To make famous; to give renown to.

Renowned (a.) Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.

Renownedly (adv.) With renown.

Renowner (n.) One who gives renown.

Renownful (a.) Having great renown; famous.

Renownless (a.) Without renown; inglorius.

Rensselaerite (n.) A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.

Rent (v. i.) To rant.

Rent () imp. & p. p. of Rend.

Rent (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.

Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Rent (v. t.) To tear. See Rend.

Rent (n.) Income; revenue. See Catel.

Rent (n.) Pay; reward; share; toll.

Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.

Rented (imp. & p. p.) of Rent

Renting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rent

Rent (n.) To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

Rent (n.) To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

Rent (v. i.) To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Rentable (a.) Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

Rentage (n.) Rent.

Rental (n.) A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

Rental (n.) A sum total of rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year.

Rente (n.) In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.

Renter (n.) One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.

Rentered (imp. & p. p.) of Renter

Rentering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renter

Renter (v. t.) To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.

Renterer (n.) One who renters.

Rentier (n.) One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.

Renumerate (v. t.) To recount.

Renunciation (n.) The act of renouncing.

Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.

Renunciatory (a.) Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.

Renverse (v. t.) To reverse.

Renverse (a.) Alt. of Renverse

Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

Renversement (n.) A reversing.

Renvoy (v. t.) To send back.

Renvoy (n.) A sending back.

Reobtain (v. t.) To obtain again.

Reobtainable (a.) That may be reobtained.

Reoccupy (v. t.) To occupy again.

Reometer (n.) Same as Rheometer.

Reopen (v. t. & i.) To open again.

Reoppose (v. t.) To oppose again.

Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.

Reorder (v. t.) To order a second time.

Reordination (n.) A second ordination.

Reorganization (n.) The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.

Reorganize (v. t. & i.) To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.

Reorient (a.) Rising again.

Reostat (n.) See Rheostat.

Reotrope (n.) See Rheotrope.

Rep (n.) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

Rep (a.) Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.

Repace (v. t.) To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.

Repacify (v. t.) To pacify again.

Repack (v. t.) To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.

Repacker (n.) One who repacks.

Repaganize (v. t.) To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

Repaid () imp. & p. p. of Repay.

Repaint (v. t.) To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

Repair (v. i.) To return.

Repair (v. i.) To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.

Repair (n.) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

Repair (n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.

Repaired (imp. & p. p.) of Repair

Repairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repair

Repair (v. t.) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.

Repair (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

Repair (n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

Repair (n.) Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Repairable (a.) Reparable.

Repairer (n.) One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

Repairment (n.) Act of repairing.

Repand (a.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Reparability (n.) The quality or state of being reparable.

Reparable (a.) Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

Reparably (adv.) In a reparable manner.

Reparation (n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.

Reparation (n.) The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.

Reparative (a.) Repairing, or tending to repair.

Reparative (n.) That which repairs.

Reparel (n.) A change of apparel; a second or different suit.

Repartee (n.) A smart, ready, and witty reply.

Reparteed (imp. & p. p.) of Repartee

Reparteeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repartee

Repartee (v. i.) To make smart and witty replies.

Repartimiento (n.) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.

Repartotion (n.) Another, or an additional, separation into parts.

Repass (v. t.) To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.

Repass (v. i.) To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.

Repassage (n.) The act of repassing; passage back.

Repassant (a.) Counterpassant.

Repast (n.) The act of taking food.

Repast (n.) That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.

Repast (v. t. & i.) To supply food to; to feast; to take food.

Repaster (n.) One who takes a repast.

Repasture (n.) Food; entertainment.

Repatriate (v. t.) To restore to one's own country.

Repatriation (n.) Restoration to one's country.

Repaid (imp. & p. p.) of Repay

Repaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repay

Repay (v. t.) To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

Repay (v. t.) To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.

Repay (v. t.) To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Repayable (a.) Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

Repayment (n.) The act of repaying; reimbursement.

Repayment (n.) The money or other thing repaid.

Repealed (imp. & p. p.) of Repeal

Repealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repeal

Repeal (v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.

Repeal (v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.

Repeal (n.) Recall, as from exile.

Repeal (n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Repealability (n.) The quality or state of being repealable.

Repealable (a.) Capable of being repealed.

Repealer (n.) One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

Repealment (n.) Recall, as from banishment.

Repeated (imp. & p. p.) of Repeat

Repeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repeat

Repeat (v. t.) To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

Repeat (v. t.) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

Repeat (v. t.) To repay or refund (an excess received).

Repeat (n.) The act of repeating; repetition.

Repeat (n.) That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

Repeat (n.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

Repeatedly (adv.) More than once; again and again; indefinitely.

Repeater (n.) One who, or that which, repeats.

Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.

Repeater (n.) A repeating firearm.

Repeater (n.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.

Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.

Repeater (n.) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.

Repeater (n.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

Repeating (a.) Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Repedation (n.) A stepping or going back.

Repelled (imp. & p. p.) of Repel

Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repel

Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.

Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Repellence (n.) Alt. of Repellency

Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.

Repellent (n.) That which repels.

Repellent (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.

Repellent (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth.

Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels.

Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

Repent (a.) Same as Reptant.

Repented (imp. & p. p.) of Repent

Repenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repent

Repent (v. i.) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.

Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.

Repent (v. i.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.

Repent (v. t.) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

Repent (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.

Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.

Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes.

Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.

Repentantly (adv.) In a repentant manner.

Repenter (n.) One who repents.

Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.

Repentless (a.) Unrepentant.

Repeople (v. t.) To people anew.

Reperception (n.) The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.

Repercussed (imp. & p. p.) of Repercuss

Repercussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repercuss

Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.

Repercussion (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

Repercussion (n.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

Repercussive (a.) Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.

Repercussive (a.) Repellent.

Repercussive (a.) Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.

Repercussive (n.) A repellent.

Repertitious (a.) Found; gained by finding.

Repertoire (n.) A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.

Repertory (n.) A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.

Repertory (n.) A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

Repertory (n.) Same as Repertoire.

Reperusal (n.) A second or repeated perusal.

Reperuse (v. t.) To peruse again.

Repetend (n.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283.

Repetition (n.) The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

Repetition (n.) Recital from memory; rehearsal.

Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.

Repetition (n.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Repetitional (a.) Alt. of Repetitionary

Repetitionary (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, repetition.

Repetitioner (n.) One who repeats.

Repetitious (a.) Repeating; containing repetition.

Repetitive (a.) Containing repetition; repeating.

Repetitor (n.) A private instructor.

Repine (v. i.) To fail; to wane.

Repine (v. i.) To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.

Repine (n.) Vexation; mortification.

Repiner (n.) One who repines.

Repiningly (adv.) With repening or murmuring.

Repkie (n.) Any edible sea urchin.

Replace (v. t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

Replace (v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

Replace (v. t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.

Replace (v. t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.

Replace (v. t.) To put in a new or different place.

Replaceability (n.) The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.

Replaceable (a.) Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

Replaceable (a.) Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.

Replaceable (a.) Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.

Replacement (n.) The act of replacing.

Replacement (n.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.

Replait (v. t.) To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.

Replant (v. t.) To plant again.

Replantable (a.) That may be planted again.

Replantation (n.) The act of planting again; a replanting.

Replead (v. t. & i.) To plead again.

Repleader (n.) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.

Replenished (imp. & p. p.) of Replenish

Replenishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replenish

Replenish (v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.

Replenish (v. t.) To finish; to complete; to perfect.

Replenish (v. i.) To recover former fullness.

Replenisher (n.) One who replenishes.

Replenishment (n.) The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

Replenishment (n.) That which replenishes; supply.

Replete (a.) Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.

Replete (v. t.) To fill completely, or to satiety.

Repleteness (n.) The state of being replete.

Repletion (n.) The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.

Repletion (n.) Fullness of blood; plethora.

Repletive (a.) Tending to make replete; filling.

Repletory (a.) Repletive.

Repleviable (a.) Capable of being replevied.

Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.

Replevin (n.) The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.

Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.

Replevisable (a.) Repleviable.

Replevied (imp. & p. p.) of Replevy

Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replevy

Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.

Replevy (v. t.) To bail.

Replevy (n.) Replevin.

Replica (v. & n.) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

Replica (v. & n.) Repetition.

Replicant (n.) One who replies.

Replicate (v. t.) To reply.

Replicate (a.) Alt. of Replicated

Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

Replication (n.) An answer; a reply.

Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.

Replication (n.) Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.

Replication (n.) A repetition; a copy.

Replier (n.) One who replies.

Replum (n.) The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

Replied (imp. & p. p.) of Reply

Replying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reply

Reply (v. i.) To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

Reply (v. i.) To answer a defendant's plea.

Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.

Reply (v. t.) To return for an answer.

Replies (pl. ) of Reply

Reply (v. i.) That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

Replyer (n.) See Replier.

Repolish (v. t.) To polish again.

Repone (v. t.) To replace.

Repopulation (n.) The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.

Reported (imp. & p. p.) of Report

Report (v. t.) To refer.

Report (v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

Report (v. t.) To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.

Report (v. t.) To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

Report (v. t.) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.

Report (v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

Report (v. t.) To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

Report (v. t.) To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

Report (v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

Report (v. i.) To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

Report (v. i.) To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

Report (v. t.) That which is reported.

Report (v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.

Report (v. t.) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

Report (v. t.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.

Report (v. t.) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like.

Report (v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.

Report (v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.

Report (v. t.) Rapport; relation; connection; reference.

Reportable (a.) Capable or admitting of being reported.

Reportage (n.) SAme as Report.

Reporter (n.) One who reports.

Reporter (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates.

Reporter (n.) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.

Reportingly (adv.) By report or common fame.

Reportorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

Reposal (n.) The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.

Reposal (n.) That on which one reposes.

Reposance (n.) Reliance.

Reposed (imp. & p. p.) of Repose

Reposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repose

Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

Repose (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

Repose (v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

Repose (v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.

Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

Repose (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Repose (v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Repose (v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.

Repose (v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

Reposed (a.) Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.

Reposeful (a.) Full of repose; quiet.

Reposer (n.) One who reposes.

Reposited (imp. & p. p.) of Reposit

Repositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reposit

Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.

Reposition (n.) The act of repositing; a laying up.

Repositor (n.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

Repository (n.) A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

Repossess (v. t.) To possess again; as, to repossess the land.

Repossession (n.) The act or the state of possessing again.

Reposure (n.) Rest; quiet.

Repour (v. t.) To pour again.

Repousse (a.) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal.

Repousse (a.) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal.

Repousse (n.) Repousse work.

Reprefe (n.) Reproof.

Reprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Reprehend

Reprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprehend

Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.

Reprehender (n.) One who reprehends.

Reprehensible (a.) Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.

Reprehension (n.) Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

Reprehensive (a.) Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.

Reprehensory (a.) Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.

Re-present (v. t.) To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

Represent (v. t.) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Represent (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

Represent (v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

Represent (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

Represent (v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

Represent (v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

Represent (v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

Represent (v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

Representable (a.) Capable of being represented.

Representance (n.) Representation; likeness.

Representant (a.) Appearing or acting for another; representing.

Representant (n.) A representative.

Representation (n.) The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

Representation (n.) That which represents.

Representation (n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.

Representation (n.) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.

Representation (n.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.

Representation (n.) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.

Representation (n.) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

Representation (n.) The state of being represented.

Re-presentation (n.) The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

Representationary (a.) Implying representation; representative.

Representative (a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

Representative (a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.

Representative (a.) Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.

Representative (a.) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.

Representative (a.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

Representative (n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.

Representative (n.) An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

Representative (n.) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

Representative (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.

Representative (n.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group.

Representative (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.

Representatively (adv.) In a representative manner; vicariously.

Representativeness (n.) The quality or state of being representative.

Representer (n.) One who shows, exhibits, or describes.

Representer (n.) A representative.

Representment (n.) Representation.

Repress (v. t.) To press again.

Repress (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

Repress (n.) The act of repressing.

Represser (n.) One who, or that which, represses.

Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.

Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.

Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.

Reprevable (a.) Reprovable.

Repreve (v. t.) To reprove.

Repreve (n.) Reproof.

Repriefe (n.) Repreve.

Reprieval (n.) Reprieve.

Reprieved (imp. & p. p.) of Reprieve

Reprieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprieve

Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

Reprieve (v. t.) To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

Reprieve (n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.

Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

Reprimanded (imp. & p. p.) of Reprimand

Reprimanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprimand

Reprimand (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

Reprimand (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Reprimander (n.) One who reprimands.

Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

Reprint (v. t.) To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

Reprint (v. t.) To renew the impression of.

Reprint (n.) A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

Reprinter (n.) One who reprints.

Reprisal (n.) The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

Reprisal (n.) Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

Reprisal (n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.

Reprisal (n.) Any act of retaliation.

Reprise (n.) A taking by way of retaliation.

Reprise (n.) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.

Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Reprise (v. t.) To take again; to retake.

Reprise (v. t.) To recompense; to pay.

Repristinate (v. t.) To restore to an original state.

Repristination (n.) Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.

Reprive (v. t.) To take back or away.

Reprive (v. t.) To reprieve.

Reprize (v. t.) See Reprise.

Reprizes (n. pl.) See Reprise, n., 2.

Reproached (imp. & p. p.) of Reproach

Reproaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reproach

Reproach (v. t.) To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.

Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.

Reproach (v.) A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.

Reproach (v.) An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.

Reproachablr (a.) Deserving reproach; censurable.

Reproachablr (a.) Opprobrius; scurrilous.

Reproacher (n.) One who reproaches.

Reproachful (a.) Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

Reproachful (a.) Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Reproachless (a.) Being without reproach.

Reprobacy (n.) Reprobation.

Reprobance (n.) Reprobation.

Reprobate (a.) Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Reprobate (a.) Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.

Reprobate (a.) Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.

Reprobate (n.) One morally abandoned and lost.

Reprobated (imp. & p. p.) of Reprobate

Reprobating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprobate

Reprobate (v. t.) To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Reprobateness (n.) The state of being reprobate.

Reprobater (n.) One who reprobates.

Reprobation (n.) The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

Reprobation (n.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.

Reprobationer (n.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2.

Reprobative (a.) Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

Reprobatory (a.) Reprobative.

Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again.

Reproduce (v. t.) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play.

Reproduce (v. t.) To cause to exist again.

Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation.

Reproduce (v. t.) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

Reproducer (n.) One who, or that which, reproduces.

Reproduction (n.) The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced

Reproduction (n.) the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Reproduction (n.) That which is reproduced.

Reproductive (a.) Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.

Reproductory (a.) Reproductive.

Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

Reproof (n.) An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.

Reprovable (a.) Worthy of reproof or censure.

Re proval (n.) Reproof.

Reproved (imp. & p. p.) of Reprove

Reproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprove

Reprove (v. t.) To convince.

Reprove (v. t.) To disprove; to refute.

Reprove (v. t.) To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

Reprove (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

Reprover (n.) One who, or that which, reproves.

Reprovingly (adv.) In a reproving manner.

Reprune (v. t.) To prune again or anew.

Rep-silver (n.) Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

Reptant (a.) Same as Repent.

Reptant (a.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.

Reptantia (n. pl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

Reptation (n.) The act of creeping.

Reptatory (a.) Creeping.

Reptile (a.) Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

Reptile (a.) Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.

Reptile (n.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.

Reptile (n.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

Reptile (n.) A groveling or very mean person.

Reptilia (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

Reptilian (a.) Belonging to the reptiles.

Reptilian (n.) One of the Reptilia; a reptile.

Republic (a.) Common weal.

Republic (a.) A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.

Republican (a.) Of or pertaining to a republic.

Republican (a.) Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.

Republican (n.) One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

Republican (n.) A member of the Republican party.

Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.

Republican (n.) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.

Republicanism (n.) A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

Republicanism (n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.

Republicanism (n.) The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called

Republicanized (imp. & p. p.) of Republicanize

Republicanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Republicanize

Republicanize (v. t.) To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.

Republicate (v. t.) To make public again; to republish.

Republication (n.) A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.

Republished (imp. & p. p.) of Republish

Republishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Republish

Republish (v. t.) To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re/xecution or codicil.

Republisher (n.) One who republishes.

Repudiable (a.) Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

Repudiated (imp. & p. p.) of Repudiate

Repudiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repudiate

Repudiate (v. t.) To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

Repudiate (v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.

Repudiate (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

Repudiation (n.) The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

Repudiation (n.) One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

Repudiator (n.) One who repudiates.

Repugn (v. t.) To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

Repugnable (a.) Capable of being repugned or resisted.

Repugnance (n.) Alt. of Repugnancy

Repugnancy (n.) The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.

Repugnant (a.) Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.

Repugnantly (adv.) In a repugnant manner.

Repugnate (v. t.) To oppose; to fight against.

Repugner (n.) One who repugns.

Repullulate (v. i.) To bud again.

Repullulation (n.) The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

Repulsed (imp. & p. p.) of Repulse

Repulsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repulse

Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

Repulse (v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.

Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.

Repulse (n.) Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.

Repulseless (a.) Not capable of being repulsed.

Repulser (n.) One who repulses, or drives back.

Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

Repulsion (n.) A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

Repulsion (n.) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.

Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

Repulsive (a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.

Repulsory (a.) Repulsive; driving back.

Repurchase (v. t.) To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

Repurchase (n.) The act of repurchasing.

Repurify (v. t.) To purify again.

Reputable (a.) Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.

Reputation (v. t.) The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

Reputation (v. t.) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

Reputation (v. t.) Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.

Reputation (v. t.) Account; value.

Reputatively (adv.) By repute.

Reputed (imp. & p. p.) of Repute

Reputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repute

Repute (v. t.) To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

Repute (n.) Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.

Repute (n.) Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.

Reputedly (adv.) In common opinion or estimation; by repute.

Reputeless (a.) Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.

Requere (v. t.) To require.

Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

Request (n.) That which is asked for or requested.

Request (n.) A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

Requested (imp. & p. p.) of Request

Requesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Request

Request (v. t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

Request (v. t.) To address with a request; to ask.

Requester (n.) One who requests; a petitioner.

Requicken (v. t.) To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.

Requiem (n.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

Requiem (n.) Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

Requiem (n.) Rest; quiet; peace.

Requietory (n.) A sepulcher.

Requin (n.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

Requirable (a.) Capable of being required; proper to be required.

Required (imp. & p. p.) of Require

Requiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Require

Require (v. t.) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Require (v. t.) To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

Require (v. t.) To ask as a favor; to request.

Requirement (n.) The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

Requirer (n.) One who requires.

Requisite (n.) That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

Requisite (a.) Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.

Requisition (n.) The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.

Requisition (n.) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.

Requisition (n.) A notarial demand of a debt.

Requisition (n.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.

Requisition (n.) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

Requisition (n.) That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

Requisition (n.) A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting.

Requisition (v. t.) To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

Requisition (v. t.) To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate.

Requisitionist (n.) One who makes or signs a requisition.

Requisitive (a.) Expressing or implying demand.

Requisitive (n.) One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist.

Requisitor (n.) One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.

Requisitory (a.) Sought for; demanded.

Requitable (a.) That may be requited.

Requital (n.) The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.

Requited (imp. & p. p.) of Requite

Requiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Requite

Requite (v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.

Requitement (n.) Requital

Requiter (n.) One who requites.

Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.

Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.

Reredos (n.) A screen or partition wall behind an altar.

Reredos (n.) The back of a fireplace.

Reredos (n.) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls.

Rerefief (n.) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.

Rereign (v. i.) To reign again.

Re-reiterate (v. t.) To reiterate many times.

Reremouse (n.) A rearmouse.

Re-resolve (v. t. & i.) To resolve again.

Rereward (n.) The rear guard of an army.

Res (pl. ) of Res

Res (n.) A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.

Resail (v. t. & i.) To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

Resale (n.) A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.

Resalgar (n.) Realgar.

Resalute (v. t.) To salute again.

Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.

Rescat (n.) Ransom; release.

Rescinded (imp. & p. p.) of Rescind

Rescinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rescind

Rescind (v. t.) To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

Rescind (v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.

Rescindable (a.) Capable of being rescinded.

Rescindment (n.) The act of rescinding; rescission.

Rescission (n.) The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

Rescissory (a.) Tending to rescind; rescinding.

Rescous (n.) Rescue; deliverance.

Rescous (n.) See Rescue, 2.

Rescowe (v. t.) To rescue.

Rescribe (v. t.) To write back; to write in reply.

Rescribe (v. t.) To write over again.

Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

Rescript (v. t.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.

Rescript (v. t.) A counterpart.

Rescription (n.) A writing back; the answering of a letter.

Rescriptive (a.) Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

Rescriptively (adv.) By rescript.

Rescuable (a.) That may be rescued.

Rescued (imp. & p. p.) of Rescue

Rescuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rescue

Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.

Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

Rescueless (a.) Without rescue or release.

Rescuer (n.) One who rescues.

Rescussee (n.) The party in whose favor a rescue is made.

Rescussor (n.) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.

Rese (v. i.) To shake; to quake; to tremble.

Re-search (v. t.) To search again; to examine anew.

Research (n.) Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

Research (v. t.) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Researcher (n.) One who researches.

Researchful (a.) Making researches; inquisitive.

Reseat (v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.

Reseat (v. t.) To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

Resected (imp. & p. p.) of Resect

Resecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resect

Resect (v. t.) To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

Resection (n.) The act of cutting or paring off.

Resection (n.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

Reseda (n.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

Reseda (n.) A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

Reseek (v. t.) To seek again.

Reseize (v. t.) To seize again, or a second time.

Reseize (v. t.) To put in possession again; to reinstate.

Reseize (v. t.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.

Reseizer (n.) One who seizes again.

Reseizer (n.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.

Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

Resell (v. t.) To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.

Resemblable (a.) Admitting of being compared; like.

Resemblance (n.) The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

Resemblance (n.) That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

Resemblance (n.) A comparison; a simile.

Resemblance (n.) Probability; verisimilitude.

Resemblant (a.) Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling.

Resembled (imp. & p. p.) of Resemble

Resembling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resemble

Resemble (v. t.) To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

Resemble (v. t.) To liken; to compare; to represent as like.

Resemble (v. t.) To counterfeit; to imitate.

Resemble (v. t.) To cause to imitate or be like.

Resembler (n.) One who resembles.

Resemblingly (adv.) So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.

Reseminate (v. t.) To produce again by means of seed.

Resend (v. t.) To send again; as, to resend a message.

Resend (v. t.) To send back; as, to resend a gift.

Resend (v. t.) To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.

Resented (imp. & p. p.) of Resent

Resenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resent

Resent (v. t.) To be sensible of; to feel

Resent (v. t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

Resent (v. t.) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

Resent (v. t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

Resent (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.

Resent (v. i.) To feel resentment.

Resent (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Resenter (n.) One who resents.

Resentful (a.) Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.

Resentiment (n.) Resentment.

Resentingly (adv.) With deep sense or strong perception.

Resentingly (adv.) With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.

Resentive (a.) Resentful.

Resentment (n.) The act of resenting.

Resentment (n.) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression.

Resentment (n.) In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude.

Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced.

Reserate (v. t.) To unlock; to open.

Reservance (n.) Reservation.

Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

Reservation (n.) Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.

Reservation (n.) A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.

Reservation (n.) The state of being reserved, or kept in store.

Reservation (n.) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.

Reservation (n.) A proviso.

Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

Reservation (n.) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.

Reservative (a.) Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.

Reservatory (v. t.) A place in which things are reserved or kept.

Reserved (imp. & p. p.) of Reserve

Reserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reserve

Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.

Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.

Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

Reserve (n.) That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

Reserve (n.) That which is excepted; exception.

Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Reserve (n.) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

Reserved (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.

Reservee (n.) One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor.

Reserver (n.) One who reserves.

Reservist (n.) A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia.

Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

Reservoir (n.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.

Reservor (n.) One who reserves; a reserver.

Reset (v. t.) To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

Reset (n.) The act of resetting.

Reset (n.) That which is reset; matter set up again.

Reset (n.) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.

Reset (v. t.) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.

Resetter (n.) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.

Resetter (n.) One who resets, or sets again.

Resettle (v. t.) To settle again.

Resettle (v. i.) To settle again, or a second time.

Resettlement (n.) Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.

Reshape (v. t.) To shape again.

Reship (v. t.) To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

Reship (v. i.) To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

Reshipment (n.) The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.

Reshipper (n.) One who reships.

Resiance (n.) Residence; abode.

Resiant (a.) Resident; present in a place.

Resiant (n.) A resident.

Resided (imp. & p. p.) of Reside

Residing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reside

Reside (v. i.) To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.

Reside (v. i.) To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

Reside (v. i.) To sink; to settle, as sediment.

Residence (n.) The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.

Residence (n.) The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.

Residence (n.) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

Residence (n.) The place where anything rests permanently.

Residence (n.) Subsidence, as of a sediment.

Residence (n.) That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

Residency (n.) Residence.

Residency (n.) A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.

Resident (a.) Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

Resident (a.) Fixed; stable; certain.

Resident (n.) One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

Resident (n.) A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.

Residenter (n.) A resident.

Residential (a.) Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.

Residential (a.) Residing; residentiary.

Residentiary (a.) Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian.

Residentiary (n.) One who is resident.

Residentiary (n.) An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.

Residentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a residentiary.

Residentship (n.) The office or condition of a resident.

Resider (n.) One who resides in a place.

Residual (a.) Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

Residual (n.) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.

Residual (n.) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.

Residuary (a.) Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.

Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

Residue (n.) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

Residue (n.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

Residue (n.) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.

Residuous (a.) Remaining; residual.

Residuum (n.) That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.

Resiege (v. t.) To seat again; to reinstate.

Re-sign (v. t.) To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

Resigned (imp. & p. p.) of Resign

Resigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resign

Resign (v. t.) To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.

Resign (v. t.) To relinquish; to abandon.

Resign (v. t.) To commit to the care of; to consign.

Re sign (n.) Resignation.

Resignation (n.) The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

Resignation (n.) The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.

Resigned (a.) Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.

Resignedly (adv.) With submission.

Resignee (n.) One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

Resigner (n.) One who resigns.

Resignment (n.) The act of resigning.

Resiled (imp. & p. p.) of Resile

Resiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resile

Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

Resilience (n.) Alt. of Resiliency

Resiliency (n.) The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

Resiliency (n.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.

Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Resilition (n.) Resilience.

Resin (n.) Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).

Resinaceous (a.) Having the quality of resin; resinous.

Resinate (n.) Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

Resinic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.

Resiniferous (a.) Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.

Resiniform (a.) Having the form of resin.

Resino-electric (a.) Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.

Resinoid (a.) Somewhat like resin.

Resinous (a.) Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin.

Resinously (adv.) By means, or in the manner, of resin.

Resinousness (n.) The quality of being resinous.

Resiny (a.) Like resin; resinous.

Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.

Resisted (imp. & p. p.) of Resist

Resisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resist

Resist (v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

Resist (v. t.) To be distasteful to.

Resist (v. i.) To make opposition.

Resist (n.) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.

Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.

Resistance (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists.

Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.

Resistant (a.) Making resistance; resisting.

Resistant (n.) One who, or that which, resists.

Resister (n.) One who resists.

Resistful (a.) Making much resistance.

Resistibility (n..) The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.

Resistibility (n..) The quality of being resistant; resitstance.

Resistible (a.) Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force.

Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.

Resistive (a.) Serving to resist.

Resistless (a.) Having no power to resist; making no opposition.

Resistless (a.) Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.

Resoluble (a.) Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire.

Resolute (v. t. & i.) Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.

Resolute (v. t. & i.) Convinced; satisfied; sure.

Resolute (v. t. & i.) Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand.

Resolute (n.) One who is resolute; hence, a desperado.

Resolute (n.) Redelivery; repayment.

Resolutely (adv.) In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance.

Resoluteness (n.) The quality of being resolute.

Resolution (n.) The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.

Resolution (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.

Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.

Resolution (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.

Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.

Resolution (n.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

Resolution (n.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

Resolutioner (n.) One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.

Resolutionist (n.) One who makes a resolution.

Resolutive (a.) Serving to dissolve or relax.

Resolutory (a.) Resolutive.

Resolvability (n.) The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.

Resolvable (a.) Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

Resolvableness (n.) The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.

Resolved (imp. & p. p.) of Resolve

Resolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resolve

Resolve (v. i.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.

Resolve (v. i.) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

Resolve (v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

Resolve (v. i.) To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).

Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

Resolve (v. i.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.

Resolve (v. i.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

Resolve (v. i.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

Resolve (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.

Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

Resolve (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

Resolve (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.

Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

Resolve (n.) The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.

Resolve (n.) That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

Resolved (p. p. & a.) Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.

Resolvedly (adv.) So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.

Resolvedly (adv.) Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.

Resolvedness (n.) Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution.

Resolvent (a.) Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.

Resolvent (n.) That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.

Resolvent (n.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

Resolvent (n.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.

Resolver (n.) That which decomposes, or dissolves.

Resolver (n.) That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined.

Resolver (n.) One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.

Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.

Resonancy (n.) Resonance.

Resonant (a.) Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.

Resonantly (adv.) In a resonant manner.

Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.

Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.

Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.

Resorcylic (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.

Resorption (n.) The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.

Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring.

Resorted (imp. & p. p.) of Resort

Resorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resort

Resort (v. i.) To go; to repair; to betake one's self.

Resort (v. i.) To fall back; to revert.

Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.

Resort (v.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.

Resort (v.) A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.

Resort (v.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.

Resorter (n.) One who resorts; a frequenter.

Resoun (n.) Reason.

Resoun (v. i. & t.) To resound.

Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To sound again or anew.

Resounded (imp. & p. p.) of Resound

Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resound

Resound (v. i.) To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

Resound (v. i.) To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.

Resound (v. i.) To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound.

Resound (v. i.) To be mentioned much and loudly.

Resound (v. i.) To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.

Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.

Resound (v. t.) To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.

Resound (n.) Return of sound; echo.

Resource (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

Resource (n.) Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.

Resourceful (a.) Full of resources.

Resourceless (a.) Destitute of resources.

Resow (v. t.) To sow again.

Resown (v.) To resound.

Respeak (v. t.) To speak or utter again.

Respeak (v. t.) To answer; to echo.

Respected (imp. & p. p.) of Respect

Respecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respect

Respect (v. t.) To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

Respect (v. t.) To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor.

Respect (v. t.) To look toward; to front upon or toward.

Respect (v. t.) To regard; to consider; to deem.

Respect (v. t.) To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce.

Respect (v.) The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution.

Respect (v.) Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.

Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.

Respect (v.) Reputation; repute.

Respect (v.) Relation; reference; regard.

Respect (v.) Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects.

Respect (v.) Consideration; motive; interest.

Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.

Respectable (a.) Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.

Respectable (a.) Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.

Respectant (a.) Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.

Respecter (n.) One who respects.

Respectful (a.) Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.

Respecting (prep.) With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

Respection (n.) The act of respecting; respect; regard.

Respective (a.) Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.

Respective (a.) Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.

Respective (a.) Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.

Respective (a.) Fitted to awaken respect.

Respective (a.) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.

Respectively (adv.) As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty.

Respectively (adv.) Relatively; not absolutely.

Respectively (adv.) Partially; with respect to private views.

Respectively (adv.) With respect; regardfully.

Respectless (a.) Having no respect; without regard; regardless.

Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence.

Respectuous (a.) Respectable.

Respell (v. t.) To spell again.

Resperse (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Respersion (n.) The act of sprinkling or scattering.

Respirability (n.) The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.

Respirable (a.) Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.

Respiration (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

Respiration (n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.

Respiration (n.) Interval; intermission.

Respiration (n.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

Respirational (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.

Respirative (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.

Respirator (n.) A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.

Respiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.

Respired (imp. & p. p.) of Respire

Respiring (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Respire

Respire (v. i.) To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

Respire (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.

Respire (v. t.) To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.

Respire (v. t.) To breathe out; to exhale.

Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

Respite (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Respited (imp. & p. p.) of Respite

Respiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respite

Respite (n.) To give or grant a respite to.

Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

Respiteless (a.) Without respite.

Resplendence (n.) Alt. of Resplendency

Resplendency (n.) The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.

Resplendent (a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.

Resplendishant (a.) Resplendent; brilliant.

Resplendishing (a.) Resplendent.

Resplit (v. t. & i.) To split again.

Responded (imp. & p. p.) of Respond

Responding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respond

Respond (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

Respond (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

Respond (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

Respond (v. t.) To answer; to reply.

Respond (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

Respond (n.) An answer; a response.

Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

Respond (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Respondence (n.) Alt. of Respondency

Respondency (n.) The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.

Respondent (a.) Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Respondent (n.) One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.

Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.

Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.

Respondentia (n.) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.

Responsal (a.) Answerable.

Responsal (n.) One who is answerable or responsible.

Responsal (n.) Response.

Response (n.) The act of responding.

Response (n.) An answer or reply.

Response (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.

Response (n.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.

Response (n.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.

Response (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.

Responseless (a.) Giving no response.

-ties (pl. ) of Responsibility

Responsibility (n.) The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

Responsibility (n.) That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.

Responsibility (n.) Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

Responsible (a.) Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

Responsible (a.) Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.

Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.

Responsion (n.) The act of answering.

Responsion (n.) The first university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a.

Responsive (a.) That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

Responsive (a.) Suited to something else; correspondent.

Responsive (a.) Responsible.

Responsorial (a.) Responsory; antiphonal.

Responsory (a.) Containing or making answer; answering.

-ries (pl. ) of Responsory

Responsory (n.) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.

Responsory (n.) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain.

Responsory (n.) An antiphonary; a response book.

Rest (v. t.) To arrest.

Rest (n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.

Rest (n.) Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

Rest (n.) Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.

Rest (n.) That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.

Rest (n.) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.

Rest (n.) A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.

Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.

Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.

Rest (n.) A set or game at tennis.

Rest (n.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.

Rested (imp. & p. p.) of Rest

Resting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rest

Rest (n.) To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

Rest (n.) To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.

Rest (n.) To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.

Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.

Rest (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.

Rest (n.) To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.

Rest (n.) To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

Rest (v. t.) To lay or place at rest; to quiet.

Rest (v. t.) To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.

Rest (n.) That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.

Rest (n.) Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.

Rest (n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.

Rest (v. i.) To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

Restagnant (a.) Stagnant; motionless.

Restagnate (v. i.) To stagnate; to cease to flow.

Restagnation (n.) Stagnation.

Restant (a.) Persistent.

Restate (v. t.) To state anew.

Restaurant (n.) An eating house.

Restaurate (v. t.) To restore.

Restaurateur (n.) The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

Restauration (n.) Restoration.

Restem (v. t.) To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course.

Restem (v. t.) To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.

Restful (a.) Being at rest; quiet.

Restful (a.) Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.

Rest-harrow (n.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.

Restiff (a.) Restive.

Restiff (n.) A restive or stubborn horse.

Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.

Restiform (a.) Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

Restily (adv.) In a resty manner.

Restinction (n.) Act of quenching or extingishing.

Restiness (n.) The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.

Resting () a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i.

Restinguish (v. t.) To quench or extinguish.

Restitute (v. t.) To restore to a former state.

Restitute (n.) That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.

Restitution (v.) The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.

Restitution (v.) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.

Restitution (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.

Restitutor (n.) One who makes restitution.

Restive (a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

Restive (a.) Inactive; sluggish.

Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

Restive (a.) Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.

Restless (a.) Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

Restless (a.) Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects.

Restless (a.) Deprived of rest or sleep.

Restless (a.) Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

Restless (a.) Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.

Restorable (a.) Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land.

Restoral (n.) Restoration.

Restoration (n.) The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war.

Restoration (n.) The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

Restoration (n.) That which is restored or renewed.

Restorationer (n.) A Restorationist.

Restorationism (n.) The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.

Restorationist (n.) One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.

Restorative (a.) Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

Restorative (n.) Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.

Restoratively (adv.) In a restorative manner.

Restorator (n.) A restaurateur.

Restoratory (a.) Restorative.

Re-store (v. t.) To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.

Restored (imp. & p. p.) of Restore

Restoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restore

Restore (v. t.) To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

Restore (v. t.) To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

Restore (v. t.) To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.

Restore (v. t.) To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

Restore (v. t.) To make good; to make amends for.

Restore (v. t.) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc.

Restore (v. t.) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.

Restore (n.) Restoration.

Restorement (n.) Restoration.

Restorer (n.) One who, or that which, restores.

Restrained (imp. & p. p.) of Restrain

Restraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restrain

Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

Restrain (v. t.) To draw back toghtly, as a rein.

Restrain (v. t.) To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

Restrain (v. t.) To limit; to confine; to restrict.

Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.

Restrainable (a.) Capable of being restrained; controllable.

Restrainedly (adv.) With restraint.

Restrainer (n.) One who, or that which, restrains.

Restrainment (n.) The act of restraining.

Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.

Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.

Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.

Restrengthen (v. t.) To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

Restrict (a.) Restricted.

Restricted (imp. & p. p.) of Restrict

Restricting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restrict

Restrict (v. t.) To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Restriction (n.) The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

Restriction (n.) That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.

Restrictionary (a.) Restrictive.

Restrictive (a.) Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

Restrictive (a.) Astringent or styptic in effect.

Restringed (imp. & p. p.) of Restringe

Restringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restringe

Restringe (v. t.) To confine; to contract; to stringe.

Restringency (n.) Quality or state of being restringent; astringency.

Restringent (a.) Restringing; astringent; styptic.

Restringent (n.) A restringent medicine.

Restrive (v. i.) To strive anew.

Resty (a.) Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive.

Resubjection (n.) A second subjection.

Resublime (v. t.) To sublime again.

Resudation (n.) Act of sweating again.

Resulted (imp. & p. p.) of Result

Resulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Result

Result (v. i.) To leap back; to rebound.

Result (v. i.) To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

Result (v. i.) To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Result (n.) A flying back; resilience.

Result (n.) That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

Result (n.) The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Resultance (n.) The act of resulting; that which results; a result.

Resultant (a.) Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

Resultant (n.) That which results.

Resultant (n.) A reultant force or motion.

Resultant (n.) An eliminant.

Resultate (n.) A result.

Resultful (a.) HAving results or effects.

Resultive (a.) Resultant.

Resultless (a.) Being without result; as, resultless investigations.

Resumable (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed.

Resume (n.) A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

Resumed (imp. & p. p.) of Resume

Resuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resume

Resume (v. t.) To take back.

Resume (v. t.) To enter upon, or take up again.

Resume (v. t.) To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.

Resummon (v. t.) To summon again.

Resummons (n.) A second summons.

Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

Resumption (n.) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

Resumptive (a.) Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.

Resupinate (a.) Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.

Resupinated (a.) Resupinate.

Resupination (n.) The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.

Resupine (a.) Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.

Resupply (v. t.) To supply again.

Resurgence (n.) The act of rising again; resurrection.

Resurgent (a.) Rising again, as from the dead.

Resurgent (n.) One who rises again, as from the dead.

Resurrect (v. t.) To take from the grave; to disinter.

Resurrect (v. t.) To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).

Resurrection (n.) A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

Resurrection (n.) Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment.

Resurrection (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.

Resurrection (n.) The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.

Resurrectionist (n.) One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.

Resurrectionize (v. t.) To raise from the dead.

Resurvey (v. t.) To survey again or anew; to review.

Resurvey (n.) A second or new survey.

Resuscitable (a.) Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants.

Resuscitant (n.) One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.

Resuscitate (a.) Restored to life.

Resuscitated (imp. & p. p.) of Resuscitate

Resuscitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resuscitate

Resuscitate (v. t.) To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.

Resuscitate (v. i.) To come to life again; to revive.

Resuscitation (n.) The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

Resuscitative (a.) Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.

Resuscitator (n.) One who, or that which, resuscitates.

Ret (v. t.) See Aret.

Ret (v. t.) To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.

Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.

Retail (v.) The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

Retail (a.) Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

Retailed (imp. & p. p.) of Retail

Retailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retail

Retail (n.) To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

Retail (n.) To sell at second hand.

Retail (n.) To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.

Retailer (n.) One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.

Retailment (n.) The act of retailing.

Retained (imp. & p. p.) of Retain

Retaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retain

Retain (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.

Retain (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.

Retain (v. i.) To belong; to pertain.

Retain (v. i.) To keep; to continue; to remain.

Retainable (a.) Capable of being retained.

Retainal (n.) The act of retaining; retention.

Retainer (n.) One who, or that which, retains.

Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.

Retainer (n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.

Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.

Retainer (n.) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.

Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.

Retainment (n.) The act of retaining; retention.

Retake (v. t.) To take or receive again.

Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

Retaker (n.) One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor.

Retaliated (imp. & p. p.) of Retaliate

Retaliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retaliate

Retaliate (v. t.) To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]

Retaliate (v. i.) To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.

Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Retaliative (a.) Same as Retaliatory.

Retaliatory (a.) Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.

Retarded (imp. & p. p.) of Retard

Retarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retard

Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.

Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.

Retard (v. i.) To stay back.

Retard (n.) Retardation; delay.

Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

Retardation (n.) That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Retardation (n.) The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard.

Retarder (n.) One who, or that which, retards.

Retardment (n.) The act of retarding; retardation.

Retched (imp. & p. p.) of Retch

Retching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retch

Retch (v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

Retch (v. t. & i.) To care for; to heed; to reck.

Retchless (a.) Careless; reckless.

Rete (n.) A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Retecious (a.) Resembling network; retiform.

Retection (n.) Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.

Retell (v. t.) To tell again.

Retene (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

Retent (n.) That which is retained.

Retention (n.) The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

Retention (n.) The power of retaining; retentiveness.

Retention (n.) That which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions.

Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.

Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement.

Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.

Retentive (a.) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

Retentive (n.) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

Retentively (adv.) In a retentive manner.

Retentiveness (n.) The quality of being retentive.

Retentivity (n.) The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

Retentor (n.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

Retepore (n.) Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.

Retex (v. t.) To annual, as orders.

Retexture (n.) The act of weaving or forming again.

Rethor (n.) A rhetorician; a careful writer.

Rethoryke (n.) Rhetoric.

Retiarius (n.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

Retiary (n.) A retiarius.

Retiary (a.) Netlike.

Retiary (a.) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.

Retiary (a.) Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.

Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.

Reticence (n.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

Reticency (n.) Reticence.

Reticent (a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Reticle (n.) A small net.

Reticle (n.) A reticule. See Reticule, 2.

Reticular (a.) Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

Reticular (a.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.

Reticularia (n. pl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.

Reticularian (n.) One of the Reticularia.

Reticularly (adv.) In a reticular manner.

Reticulate (a.) Alt. of Reticulated

Reticulated (a.) Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.

Reticulated (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.

Reticulation (n.) The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.

Reticule (n..) A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.

Reticule (n..) A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

Reticulosa (n. pl.) Same as Reticularia.

Reticulose (a.) Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.

Reticula (pl. ) of Reticulum

Reticulum (n.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.

Reticulum (n.) The neuroglia.

Retiform (a.) Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.

Retina (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

Retinacula (pl. ) of Retinaculum

Retinaculum (n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.

Retinaculum (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

Retinaculum (n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.

Retinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the retina.

Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.

Retinasphalt (n.) Alt. of Retinasphaltum

Retinasphaltum (n.) Retinite.

Retinerved (a.) Having reticulated veins.

Retinea (pl. ) of Retineum

Retineum (n.) That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

Retinic (a.) Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.

Retinite (n.) An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.

Retinitis (n.) Inflammation of the retina.

Retinoid (a.) Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.

Retinol (n.) A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.

Retiniphorae (pl. ) of Retinophora

Retinophora (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Retinophoral (a.) Of or pertaining to retinophorae.

Retinoscopy (n.) The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.

Retinue (n.) The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

Retinulae (pl. ) of Retinula

Retinula (n.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Retinulate (a.) Having, or characterized by, retinul/.

Retiped (n.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.

Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.

Retired (imp. & p. p.) of Retire

Retiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retire

Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

Retire (v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.

Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.

Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.

Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.

Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.

Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Retired (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Retirer (n.) One who retires.

Retiring (a.) Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.

Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.

Retistene (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.

Retitelae (n. pl.) A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.

Retold () imp. & p. p. of Retell.

Retorsion (n.) Same as Retortion.

Retorted (imp. & p. p.) of Retort

Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retort

Retort (n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

Retort (n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.

Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.

Retorter (n.) One who retorts.

Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.

Retortion (v. t.) Retaliation.

Retortive (a.) Containing retort.

Retoss (v. t.) To toss back or again.

Retouch (v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

Retouch (v. t.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.

Retouch (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.

Retoucher (n.) One who retouches.

Retrace (v. t.) To trace back, as a line.

Retrace (v. t.) To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.

Retrace (v. t.) To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.

Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retract

Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retract

Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.

Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.

Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.

Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

Retractible (a.) Retractable.

Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.

Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.

Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.

Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.

Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

Retractive (n.) That which retracts, or withdraws.

Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts.

Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.

Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.

Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

Retraict (n.) Retreat.

Retrait (n.) A portrait; a likeness.

Retransform (v. t.) To transform anew or back.

Retranslate (v. t.) To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.

Retraxit (n.) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.

Retread (v. t. & i.) To tread again.

Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

Retreat (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.

Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.

Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

Retreat (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.

Retreated (imp. & p. p.) of Retreat

Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retreat

Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

Retreatment (n.) The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira.

Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrench

Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrench

Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.

Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.

Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.

Retrench (v. t.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.

Retrench (v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.

Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.

Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.

Retrial (n.) A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.

Retribute (v. t.) To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.

Retributer (n.) One who makes retribution.

Retribution (n.) The act of retributing; repayment.

Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.

Retribution (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

Retributive (a.) Alt. of Retributory

Retributory (a.) Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.

Retrievable (a.) That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.

Retrieval (n.) The act retrieving.

Retrieved (imp. & p. p.) of Retrieve

Retrieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrieve

Retrieve (v. t.) To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

Retrieve (v. t.) To recall; to bring back.

Retrieve (v. t.) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

Retrieve (v. i.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.

Retrieve (n.) A seeking again; a discovery.

Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.

Retrievement (n.) Retrieval.

Retriever (n.) One who retrieves.

Retriever (n.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.

Retrim (v. t.) To trim again.

Retriment (n.) Refuse; dregs.

Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.

Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.

Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward.

Retroaction (n.) Operation on something past or preceding.

Retroactive (a.) Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

Retroactively (adv.) In a retroactive manner.

Retrocede (v. t.) To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.

Retrocede (v. i.) To go back.

Retrocedent (a.) Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.

Retrocession (n.) The act of retroceding.

Retrocession (n.) The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

Retrocession (n.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.

Retrochoir (n.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.

Retrocopulant (a.) Copulating backward, or from behind.

Retrocopulation (n.) Copulation from behind.

Retroduction (n.) A leading or bringing back.

Retroflex (a.) Alt. of Retroflexed

Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Retroflexion (n.) The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

Retrofract (a.) Alt. of Retrofracted

Retrofracted (a.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.

Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.

Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward.

Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.

Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.

Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.

Retrograded (imp. & p. p.) of Retrograde

Retrograding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrograde

Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.

Retrogradingly (adv.) By retrograding; so as to retrograde.

Retrogress (n.) Retrogression.

Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.

Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

Retrogressive (a.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.

Retrogressively (adv.) In a retrogressive manner.

Retromingency (n.) The quality or state of being retromingent.

Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.

Retromingent (n.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.

Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.

Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.

Retrospect (n.) A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past.

Retrospection (n.) The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.

Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.

Retrospective (a.) Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.

Retrospectively (adv.) By way of retrospect.

Retrousse (a.) Turned up; -- said of a pug nose.

Retrovaccination (n.) The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.

Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

Retroverted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrovert

Retroverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrovert

Retrovert (v. t.) To turn back.

Retroverted (a.) In a state of retroversion.

Retruded (imp. & p. p.) of Retrude

Retruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrude

Retrude (v. t.) To thrust back.

Retruse (a.) Abstruse.

Retrusion (n.) The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.

Retry (v. t.) To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.

Rette (v. t.) See Aret.

Rettery (n.) A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret.

Retting (n.) The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See Ret.

Retting (n.) A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Retund (v. t.) To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence.

Re-turn (v. t. & i.) To turn again.

Returned (imp. & p. p.) of Return

Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Return

Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.

Return (v. i.) To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.

Return (v. i.) To revert; to pass back into possession.

Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.

Return (v. t.) To repay; as, to return borrowed money.

Return (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

Return (v. t.) To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.

Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.

Return (v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known.

Return (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.

Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.

Return (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.

Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.

Return (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net.

Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.

Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.

Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.

Return (n.) That which is returned.

Return (n.) A payment; a remittance; a requital.

Return (n.) An answer; as, a return to one's question.

Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.

Return (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.

Return (n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.

Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.

Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.

Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.

Return (n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below.

Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.

Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Returnable (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.

Returnable (a.) Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.

Returner (n.) One who returns.

Returnless (a.) Admitting no return.

Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.

Reule (n.& v.) Rule.

Reume (n.) Realm.

Reunion (n.) A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.

Reunion (n.) An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.

Reunite (v. t. & i.) To unite again; to join after separation or variance.

Reunitedly (adv.) In a reunited manner.

Reunition (n.) A second uniting.

Reurge (v. t.) To urge again.

Revaccinate (v. t.) To vaccinate a second time or again.

Revalescence (n.) The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.

Revalescent (a.) Growing well; recovering strength.

Revaluation (n.) A second or new valuation.

Revamp (v. t.) To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.

Reve (v. t.) To reave.

Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor.

Revealed (imp. & p. p.) of Reveal

Revealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reveal

Reveal (v. t.) To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

Reveal (v. t.) Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).

Reveal (n.) A revealing; a disclosure.

Reveal (n.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.

Revealability (n.) The quality or state of being revealable; revealableness.

Revealable (a.) Capable of being revealed.

Revealer (n.) One who, or that which, reveals.

Revealment (n.) Act of revealing.

Revegetate (v. i.) To vegetate anew.

Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.

Revel (n.) See Reveal.

Revel (v. i.) A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.

Reveled (imp. & p. p.) of Revel

Revelled () of Revel

Reveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revel

Revelling () of Revel

Revel (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.

Revel (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.

Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.

Revelate (v. t.) To reveal.

Revelation (n.) The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

Revelation (n.) That which is revealed.

Revelation (n.) The act of revealing divine truth.

Revelation (n.) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.

Revelation (n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.

Revelator (n.) One who makes a revelation; a revealer.

Reveler (n.) One who revels.

Revellent (v. t.) Causing revulsion; revulsive.

Revellent (n.) A revulsive medicine.

Revelment (n.) The act of reveling.

Revelous (a.) Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.

Revel-rout (n.) Tumultuous festivity; revelry.

Revel-rout (n.) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.

Revelry (n.) The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

Revendicated (imp. & p. p.) of Revendicate

Revendicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revendicate

Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.

Revendication (n.) The act of revendicating.

Revenged (imp. & p. p.) of Revenge

Revenging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revenge

Revenge (v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

Revenge (v. t.) To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

Revenge (v. i.) To take vengeance; -- with

Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Revenge (n.) The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revengeable (a.) Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong.

Revengeance (n.) Vengeance; revenge.

Revengeful (a.) Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.

Revengeless (a.) Unrevenged.

Revengement (n.) Revenge.

Revenger (n.) One who revenges.

Revenging (a.) Executing revenge; revengeful.

Revenue (n.) That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

Reverb (v. t.) To echo.

Reverberant (a.) Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

Reverberate (a.) Reverberant.

Reverberate (a.) Driven back, as sound; reflected.

Reverberated (imp. & p. p.) of Reverberate

Reverberating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverberate

Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.

Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.

Reverberate (v. t.) Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.

Reverberate (v. i.) To resound; to echo.

Reverberate (v. i.) To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.

Reverberation (n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.

Reverberative (a.) Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

Reverberator (n.) One who, or that which, produces reverberation.

Reverberatory (a.) Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.

Reverberatory (n.) A reverberatory furnace.

Reverdure (v. t.) To cover again with verdure.

Revered (imp. & p. p.) of Revere

Revering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revere

Revere (v. t.) To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Reverence (n.) Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

Reverence (n.) The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

Reverence (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

Reverence (n.) A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.

Reverenced (imp. & p. p.) of Reverence

Reverencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverence

Reverence (v. t.) To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Reverencer (n.) One who regards with reverence.

Reverend (a.) Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

Reverendly (adv.) Reverently.

Reverent (a.) Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

Reverent (a.) Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior.

Reverential (a.) Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe.

Reverentially (adv.) In a reverential manner.

Reverently (adv.) In a reverent manner; in respectful regard.

Reverer (n.) One who reveres.

Reveries (pl. ) of Revery

Reverie (n.) Alt. of Revery

Revery (n.) A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

Revery (n.) An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision.

Reversal (a.) Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

Reversal (n.) The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.

Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.

Reverse (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

Reverse (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

Reverse (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

Reverse (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

Reverse (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

Reverse (a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

Reversed (imp. & p. p.) of Reverse

Reversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reverse

Reverse (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

Reverse (a.) To cause to return; to recall.

Reverse (a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

Reverse (a.) To turn upside down; to invert.

Reverse (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.

Reverse (v. i.) To become or be reversed.

Reversed (a.) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

Reversed (a.) Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.

Reversedly (adv.) In a reversed way.

Reverseless (a.) Irreversible.

Reversely (adv.) In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.

Reverser (n.) One who reverses.

Reversibility (n.) The quality of being reversible.

Reversible (a.) Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Reversible (a.) Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics.

Reversibly (adv.) In a reversible manner.

Reversing (a.) Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.

Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return.

Reversion (n.) That which reverts or returns; residue.

Reversion (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.

Reversion (n.) Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.

Reversion (n.) A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.

Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.

Reversionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.

Reversionary (n.) That which is to be received in reversion.

Reversioner (n.) One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.

Reversis (n.) A certain game at cards.

Reverted (imp. & p. p.) of Revert

Reverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revert

Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

Revert (v. t.) To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

Revert (v. t.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.

Revert (v. i.) To return; to come back.

Revert (v. i.) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.

Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.

Revert (n.) One who, or that which, reverts.

Reverted (a.) Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.

Revertent (n.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.

Reverter (n.) One who, or that which, reverts.

Reverter (n.) Reversion.

Revertible (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

Revertive (a.) Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.

Revery (n.) Same as Reverie.

Revest (v. t.) To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.

Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.

Revest (v. i.) To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.

Revestiary (n.) The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.

Revestry (n.) Same as Revestiary.

Revestture (n.) Vesture.

Revetted (imp. & p. p.) of Revet

Revetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revet

Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall.

Revibrate (v. i.) To vibrate back or in return.

Revict (v. t.) To reconquer.

Reviction (n.) Return to life.

Revictual (v. t.) To victual again.

Revie (v. t.) To vie with, or rival, in return.

Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.

Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.

Revie (v. i.) To make a retort; to bandy words.

Review/d (imp. & p. p.) of Review

Reveiwing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Review

Review (n.) To view or see again; to look back on.

Review (n.) To go over and examine critically or deliberately.

Review (n.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.

Review (n.) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.

Review (n.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.

Review (n.) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

Review (n.) To retrace; to go over again.

Review (v. i.) To look back; to make a review.

Review (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

Review (n.) An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

Review (n.) A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

Review (n.) An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

Review (n.) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

Review (n.) A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Reviewable (a.) Capable of being reviewed.

Reviewal (n.) A review.

Reviewer (n.) One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.

Revigorate (a.) Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew.

Revigorate (v. t.) To give new vigor to.

Reviled (imp. & p. p.) of Revile

Reviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revile

Revile (v. t. & i.) To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.

Revile (n.) Reproach; reviling.

Revilement (n.) The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.

Reviler (n.) One who reviles.

Reviling (n.) Reproach; abuse; vilification.

Reviling (a.) Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches.

Revince (v. t.) To overcome; to refute, as error.

Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.

Revirescence (n.) A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.

Revisable (a.) That may be revised.

Revisal (n.) The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.

Revised (imp. & p. p.) of Revise

Revising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revise

Revise (v. t.) To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

Revise (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.

Revise (v. t.) To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

Revise (n.) A review; a revision.

Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Reviser (n.) One who revises.

Revision (n.) The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

Revision (n.) That which is made by revising.

Revisional (a.) Alt. of Revisionary

Revisionary (a.) Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.

Revisit (v. t.) To visit again.

Revisit (v. t.) To revise.

Revisitation (n.) The act of revisiting.

Revisory (a.) Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.

Revitalize (v. t.) To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.

Revivable (a.) That may be revived.

Revival (n.) The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

Revival (n.) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.

Revival (n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.

Revival (n.) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

Revival (n.) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.

Revival (n.) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.

Revival (n.) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

Revival (n.) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.

Revival (n.) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.

Revivalism (n.) The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.

Revivalist (n.) A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively.

Revivalistic (a.) Pertaining to revivals.

Revived (imp. & p. p.) of Revive

Reviving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revive

Revive (v. i.) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

Revive (v. i.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Revive (v. i.) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Revive (v. i.) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

Revive (v. i.) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

Revive (v. i.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Revivement (n.) Revival.

Reviver (n.) One who, or that which, revives.

Revivificate (v. t.) To revive; to recall or restore to life.

Revivification (n.) Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

Revivification (n.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

Revivify (v. t.) To cause to revive.

Reviving (a. & n.) Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.

Reviviscence (n.) Alt. of Reviviscency

Reviviscency (n.) The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

Reviviscent (a.) Able or disposed to revive; reviving.

Revivor (n.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.

Revocability (n.) The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.

Revocable (a.) Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.

Revocate (v. t.) To recall; to call back.

Revocation (n.) The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.

Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license.

Revocatory (a.) Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.

Revoice (v. t.) To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.

Revoked (imp. & p. p.) of Revoke

Revoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revoke

Revoke (v. t.) To call or bring back; to recall.

Revoke (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.

Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.

Revoke (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.

Revoke (v. t.) To call back to mind; to recollect.

Revoke (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.

Revoke (n.) The act of revoking.

Revokement (n.) Revocation.

Revoker (n.) One who revokes.

Revokingly (adv.) By way of revocation.

Revolted (imp. & p. p.) of Revolt

Revolting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revolt

Revolt (n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

Revolt (n.) Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.

Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

Revolt (v. t.) To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

Revolt (v. t.) To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.

Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.

Revolt (n.) A revolter.

Revolter (n.) One who revolts.

Revolting (a.) Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.

Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.

Revolute (a.) Rolled backward or downward.

Revolution (n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.

Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.

Revolution (n.) The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.

Revolution (n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.

Revolution (n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere.

Revolution (n.) A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.

Revolution (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed.

Revolutionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

Revolutionary (n.) A revolutionist.

Revolutioner (n.) One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.

Revolutionism (n.) The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.

Revolutionist (n.) One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.

Revolutioniezed (imp. & p. p.) of Revolutionize

Revolutionizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revolutionize

Revolutionize (v. t.) To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.

Revolutive (a.) Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative.

Revolvable (a.) That may be revolved.

Revolved (imp. & p. p.) of Revolve

Revolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revolve

Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.

Revolve (v. i.) To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.

Revolve (v. i.) To return; to pass.

Revolve (v. t.) To cause to turn, as on an axis.

Revolve (v. t.) Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.

Revolvement (n.) Act of revolving.

Revolvency (n.) The act or state of revolving; revolution.

Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.

Revolving (a.) Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.

Revulse (v. t.) To pull back with force.

Revulsion (n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.

Revulsion (n.) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.

Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.

Revulsive (a.) Causing, or tending to, revulsion.

Revulsive (n.) That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.

Rew (n.) A row.

Rewake (v. t. & i.) To wake again.

Rewarded (imp. & p. p.) of Reward

Rewarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reward

Reward (v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

Reward (n.) Regard; respect; consideration.

Reward (n.) That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.

Reward (n.) Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.

Reward (n.) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.

Rewardable (a.) Worthy of reward.

Rewarder (n.) One who rewards.

Rewardful (a.) Yielding reward.

Rewardless (a.) Having, or affording, no reward.

Rewe (v. t. & i.) To rue.

Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.

Rewet (n.) A gunlock.

Rewful (a.) Rueful.

Rewin (v. t.) To win again, or win back.

Rewle (n. & v.) Rule.

Rewme (n.) Realm.

Reword (v. t.) To repeat in the same words; to reecho.

Reword (v. t.) To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.

Rewrite (v. t.) To write again.

Rewth (n.) Ruth.

Reges (pl. ) of Rex

Rex (n.) A king.

Reyn (n.) Rain or rein.

Reynard (n.) An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.

Reyse (v. t.) To raise.

Reyse (v. i.) To go on a military expedition.

Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.

Rhabarbarin (n.) Alt. of Rhabarbarine

Rhabarbarine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.

Rhabdite (n.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

Rhabdite (n.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.

Rhabdocoela (n. pl.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.

Rhabdocoelous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela.

Rhabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.

Rhabdolith (n.) A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.

Rhabdology (n.) Same as Rabdology.

Rhabdom (n.) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Rhabdomancy (n.) Same as Rabdomancy.

Rhabdomere (n.) One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.

Rhabdophora (n. pl.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.

Rhabdopleura (n.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata

Rhabdosphere (n.) A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.

Rhachialgia (n.) See Rachialgia.

Rhachidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.

Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.

Rhachilla (n.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.

Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.

Rhachises (pl. ) of Rhachis

Rhachides (pl. ) of Rhachis

Rhachis (n.) The spine.

Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.

Rhachis (n.) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.

Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.

Rhachis (n.) The central cord in the stem of a crinoid.

Rhachis (n.) The median part of the radula of a mollusk.

Rhachis (n.) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.

Rhachitis (n.) See Rachitis.

Rhadamanthine (a.) Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.

Rhadamanthus (n.) One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.

Rh/tian (a & n.) Rhetain.

Rh/tic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.

Rh/tizite (n.) A variety of the mineral cyanite.

Rhamadan (n.) See Ramadan.

Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus).

Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.

Rhamphothecae (pl. ) of Rhamphotheca

Rhamphotheca (n.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.

Rhaphe (n.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.

Rhaphides (n. pl.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.

Rhaponticine (n.) Chrysophanic acid.

Rhapsode (n.) A rhapsodist.

Rhapsoder (n.) A rhapsodist.

Rhapsodic (a.) Alt. of Rhapsodic

Rhapsodic (a.) Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.

Rhapsodist (n.) Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.

Rhapsodist (n.) Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.

Rhapsodist (n.) One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.

Rhapsodized (imp. & p. p.) of Rhapsodize

Rhapsodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rhapsodize

Rhapsodize (v. t.) To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody

Rhapsodize (v. i.) To utter rhapsodies.

Rhapsodomancy (n.) Divination by means of verses.

Rhapsodies (pl. ) of Rhapsody

Rhapsody (n.) A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.

Rhapsody (n.) A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.

Rhapsody (n.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."

Rhatany (n.) Alt. of Rhatanhy

Rhatanhy (n.) The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.

Rhea (n.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.

Rhea (n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.

Rheae (n. pl.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.

Rheeboc (n.) The peele.

Rheic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum).

Rhein (n.) Chrysophanic acid.

Rheinberry (n.) One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.

Rhematic (a.) Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.

Rhematic (n.) The doctrine of propositions or sentences.

Rhemish (a.) Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.

Rhenish (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.

Rhenish (n.) Rhine wine.

Rheochord (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.

Rheometer (n.) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.

Rheometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.

Rheometric (a.) Of or pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.

Rheometry (n.) The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.

Rheometry (n.) The calculus; fluxions.

Rheomotor (n.) Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.

Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current.

Rheophore (n.) One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.

Rheoscope (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.

Rheostat (n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.

Rheotome (n.) An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.

Rheotrope (n.) An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.

Rhesus (n.) A monkey; the bhunder.

Rhetian (a.) Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons.

Rhetic (a.) Same as Rhaetic.

Rhetizite (n.) Same as Rhaetizite.

Rhetor (n.) A rhetorician.

Rhetoric (n.) The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

Rhetoric (n.) Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.

Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.

Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.

Rhetorical (a.) Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

Rhetoricate (v. i.) To play the orator.

Rhetorication (n.) Rhetorical amplification.

Rhetorician (n.) One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.

Rhetorician (n.) A teacher of rhetoric.

Rhetorician (n.) An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.

Rhetorician (a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric.

Rhetorized (imp. & p. p.) of Rhetorize

Rhetorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rhetorize

Rhetorize (v. i.) To play the orator.

Rhetorize (v. t.) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.

Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

Rheum (n.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.

Rheumatic (a.) Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

Rheumatic (a.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.

Rheumatic (n.) One affected with rheumatism.

Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.

Rheumatismal (a.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism.

Rheumatismoid (a.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.

Rheumic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.

Rheumides (n. pl.) The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous.

Rheumy (a.) Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.

Rhigolene (n.) A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant.

Rhime (n.) See Rhyme.

Rhinal (a.) Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.

Rhinaster (n.) The borele.

Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.

Rhinencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

Rhinencephala (pl. ) of Rhinencephalon

Rhinencephalon (n.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.

Rhinestone (n.) A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.

Rhinitis (n.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.

Rhino (n.) Gold and silver, or money.

Rhino- () A combining form from Greek //, ///, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.

Rhinocerial (a.) Alt. of Rhinocerical

Rhinocerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.

Rhinoceros (n.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.

Rhinocerote (n.) A rhinoceros.

Rhinocerotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros.

Rhinolite (n.) Alt. of Rhinolith

Rhinolith (n.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

Rhinological (a.) Of or pertaining to rhinology.

Rhinologist (n.) One skilled in rhinology.

Rhinology (n.) The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.

Rhinolophid (n.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

Rhinolophine (a.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.

Rhinophore (n.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.

Rhinoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.

Rhinoplasty (n.) Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.

Rhinopome (n.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.

Rhinoscleroma (n.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.

Rhinoscope (n.) A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.

Rhinoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.

Rhinoscopy (n.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.

Rhinothecae (pl. ) of Rhinotheca

Rhinotheca (n.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.

Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.

Rhipipter (n.) One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.

Rhipipteran (n.) Same as Rhipipter.

Rhizanthous (a.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.

Rhizine (n.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.

Rhizocarpous (a.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs.

Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

Rhizodont (n.) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.

Rhizogan (a.) Prodicing roots.

Rhizogen (n.) One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.

Rhizoid (n.) A rootlike appendage.

Rhizomata (pl. ) of Rhizoma

Rhizoma (n.) SAme as Rhizome.

Rhizomatous (a.) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.

Rhizome (n.) A rootstock. See Rootstock.

Rhizophaga (n. pl.) A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type.

Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding on roots; root-eating.

Rhizophora (n.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove.

Rhizophorous (a.) Bearing roots.

Rhizopod (n.) One of the Rhizopoda.

Rhizopoda (n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.

Rhizopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.

Rhizostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix.

Rhizostome (n.) One of the Rhizostomata.

Rhizotaxis (n.) The arrangement of the roots of plants.

Rhob (n.) See 1st Rob.

Rhodammonium (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds.

Rhodanate (n.) A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate.

Rhodanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts.

Rhodeoretin (n.) Same as Convolvuln.

Rhodian (a.) Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean.

Rhodian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Rhodes.

Rhodic (a.) Of or pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium.

Rhodium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12.

Rhodizonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts.

Rhodochrosite (n.) Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite.

Rhodocrinite (n.) A rose encrinite.

Rhododendron (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.

Rhodomontade (n.) See Rodomontade.

Rhodomontader (n.) See Rodomontador.

Rhodonite (n.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.

Rhodophane (n.) The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See Chromophane.

Rhodopsin (n.) The visual purple. See under Visual.

Rhodosperm (n.) Any seaweed with red spores.

Rhomb (n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square.

Rhomb (n.) A rhombohedron.

Rhombic (a.) Shaped like a rhomb.

Rhombic (a.) Same as Orthorhombic.

Rhomboganoid (n.) A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.

Rhomboganoidei (n. pl.) Same as Ginglymodi.

Rhombogene (n.) A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.

Rhombohedral (a.) Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron.

Rhombohedric (a.) Rhombohedral.

Rhombohedron (n.) A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.

Rhomboid (n.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.

Rhomboid (a.) Same as Rhomboidal.

Rhomboidal (a.) Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.

Rhomboides (n.) A rhomboid.

Rhomboid-ovate (a.) Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.

Rhomb spar () A variety of dolomite.

Rhombus (n.) Same as Rhomb, 1.

Rhonchal (a.) Rhonchial.

Rhonchial (a.) Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.

Rhonchisonant (a.) Making a snorting noise; snorting.

Rhonchi (pl. ) of Rhonchus

Rhonchus (n.) An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to rale in its widest sense. See Rale.

Rhopalic (a.) Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.

Rhopalia (pl. ) of Rhopalium

Rhopalium (n.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora.

Rhopalocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

Rhotacism (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

Rhubarb (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.

Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.

Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.

Rhubarby (a.) Like rhubarb.

Rhumb (n.) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.

Rhus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.

Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides.

Rhyme (n.) An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

Rhyme (n.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.

Rhyme (n.) Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.

Rhyme (n.) A word answering in sound to another word.

Rhymed (imp. & p. p.) of Rhyme

Rhyming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rhyme

Rhyme (n.) To make rhymes, or verses.

Rhyme (n.) To accord in rhyme or sound.

Rhyme (v. t.) To put into rhyme.

Rhyme (v. t.) To influence by rhyme.

Rhymeless (a.) Destitute of rhyme.

Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

Rhymery (n.) The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.

Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.

Rhymic (a.) Pertaining to rhyme.

Rhymist (n.) A rhymer; a rhymester.

Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type.

Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.

Rhynchocoela (n. pl.) Same as Nemertina.

Rhyncholite (n.) A fossil cephalopod beak.

Rhynchonella (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil.

Rhynchophora (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.

Rhynchophore (n.) One of the Rhynchophora.

Rhynchota (n. pl.) Same as Hemiptera.

Rhyolite (n.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.

Rhyparography (n.) In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.

Rhysimeter (n.) An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.

Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.

Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent.

Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.

Rhythm (n.) The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.

Rhythmer (n.) One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter.

Rhythmic (a.) Alt. of Rhythmical

Rhythmical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm

Rhythmically (adv.) In a rhythmical manner.

Rhythmics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.

Rhythming (a.) Writing rhythm; verse making.

Rhythmless (a.) Being without rhythm.

Rhythmometer (n.) An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.

Rhythmus (n.) Rhythm.

Rhytina (n.) See Rytina.

Rial (n.) A Spanish coin. See Real.

Rial (a.) Royal.

Rial (n.) A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth.

Riant (a.) Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.

Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

Rib (n.) That which resembles a rib in form or use.

Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.

Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.

Rib (n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.

Rib (n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.

Rib (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.

Rib (n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.

Rib (n.) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.

Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.

Rib (n.) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.

Rib (n.) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.

Rib (n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.

Rib (n.) A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.

Ribbed (imp. & p. p.) of Rib

Ribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rib

Rib (v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.

Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

Ribald (n./) A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.

Ribald (a.) Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.

Ribaldish (a.) Like a ribald.

Ribaldrous (a.) Of a ribald quality.

Ribaldry (n.) The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.

Riban (n.) See Ribbon.

Riband (n.) See Ribbon.

Riband (n.) See Rib-band.

Ribanded (a.) Ribboned.

Ribaud (n.) A ribald.

Ribaudequin (n.) An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.

Ribaudequin (n.) A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.

Ribaudred (a.) Alt. of Ribaudrous

Ribaudrous (a.) Filthy; obscene; ribald.

Ribaudry (n.) Ribaldry.

Ribaudy (n.) Ribaldry.

Ribauld (n.) A ribald.

Ribband (n.) A ribbon.

Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.

Ribbed (a.) Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.

Ribbed (a.) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.

Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.

Ribbon (n.) A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.

Ribbon (n.) Same as Rib-band.

Ribbon (n.) Driving reins.

Ribbon (n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

Ribbon (n.) A silver.

Ribboned (imp. & p. p.) of Ribbon

Ribboning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ribbon

Ribbon (v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.

Ribbonism (n.) The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.

-men (pl. ) of Ribbonman

Ribbonman (n.) A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.

Ribbonwood (n.) A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

Ribes (n.) A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.

Ribibe (n.) A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.

Ribibe (n.) An old woman; -- in contempt.

Ribibe (n.) A bawd; a prostitute.

Ribible (n.) A small threestringed viol; a rebec.

Ribless (a.) Having no ribs.

Ribroast (v. t.) To beat soundly.

Ribwort (n.) A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.

-ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.

Rice (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

Ricebird (n.) The Java sparrow.

Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.

Rice-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.

Rich (superl.) Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor.

Rich (superl.) Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

Rich (superl.) Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Rich (superl.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.

Rich (superl.) Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.

Rich (superl.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Rich (superl.) Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Rich (superl.) Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Rich (superl.) Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

Rich (v. t.) To enrich.

Riches (a.) That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.

Riches (a.) That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.

Richesse (n.) Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.

Richly (adv.) In a rich manner.

Richness (n.) The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

Richweed (n.) An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.

Ricinelaidic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.

Ricinelaidin (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.

Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.

Ricinine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.

Ricinoleate (n.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Ricinoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.

Ricinolein (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.

Ricinolic (a.) Ricinoleic.

Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.

Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

Rick (v. t.) To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

Ricker (n.) A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

Ricketish (a.) Rickety.

Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.

Rickety (a.) Affected with rickets.

Rickety (a.) Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.

Rickrack (n.) A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

Rickstand (n.) A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

Ricochet (n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.

Ricochetted (imp. & p. p.) of Ricochet

Ricochetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ricochet

Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.

Ricochet (v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.

Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.

Ricture (n.) A gaping.

Rictus (n.) The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.

Rid () imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.

Rid (imp. & p. p.) of Rid

Ridded () of Rid

Ridding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rid

Rid (v. t.) To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.

Rid (v. t.) To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.

Rid (v. t.) To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.

Rid (v. t.) To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.

Ridable (a.) Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.

Riddance (n.) The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

Riddance (n.) The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.

Ridden () p. p. of Ride.

Ridder (n.) One who, or that which, rids.

Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddle

Riddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Riddle

Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.

Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.

Riddle (n.) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.

Riddle (v. t.) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.

Riddle (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).

Riddler (n.) One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.

Riddling (a.) Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.

Rode (imp.) of Ride

Rid () of Ride

Ridden (p. p.) of Ride

Rid () of Ride

Riding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ride

Ride (v. i.) To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

Ride (v. i.) To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.

Ride (v. i.) To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.

Ride (v. i.) To be supported in motion; to rest.

Ride (v. i.) To manage a horse, as an equestrian.

Ride (v. i.) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.

Ride (v. t.) To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.

Ride (v. t.) To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

Ride (v. t.) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

Ride (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.

Ride (n.) The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

Ride (n.) A saddle horse.

Ride (n.) A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.

Riden () imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride.

Rident (a.) Laughing.

Rider (n.) One who, or that which, rides.

Rider (n.) Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.

Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.

Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.

Rider (n.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.

Rider (n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

Rider (n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.

Rider (n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

Rider (n.) A robber.

Riderless (a.) Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.

Ridge (n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest.

Ridge (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.

Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.

Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.

Ridge (n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

Ridged (imp. & p. p.) of Ridge

Ridging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ridge

Ridge (v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.

Ridge (v. t.) To form into ridges with the plow, as land.

Ridge (v. t.) To wrinkle.

Ridgeband (n.) The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.

Ridgebone (n.) The backbone.

Ridgel (n.) Same as Ridgelling.

Ridgelet (n.) A little ridge.

Ridgeling (n.) A half-castrated male animal.

Ridgepiece (n.) Alt. of Ridgeplate

Ridgeplate (n.) See Ridgepole.

Ridgepole (n.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.

Ridgerope (n.) See Life line (a), under Life.

Ridgingly (adv.) So as to form ridges.

Ridgy (a.) Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge.

Ridicle (n.) Ridicule.

Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

Ridicule (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.

Ridicule (n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

Ridiculed (imp. & p. p.) of Ridicule

Ridiculing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ridicule

Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

Ridicule (a.) Ridiculous.

Ridiculer (n.) One who ridicules.

Ridiculize (v. t.) To make ridiculous; to ridicule.

Ridiculosity (n.) The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous.

Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.

Ridiculous (a.) Involving or expressing ridicule.

Riding (n.) One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.

Riding (a.) Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk.

Riding (a.) Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

Riding (a.) Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.

Riding (n.) The act or state of one who rides.

Riding (n.) A festival procession.

Riding (n.) Same as Ride, n., 3.

Riding (n.) A district in charge of an excise officer.

Ridotto (n.) A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves.

Ridotto (v. i.) To hold ridottos.

Rie (n.) See Rye.

Rief (n.) Robbery.

Rietboc (n.) The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok.

Rife (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.

Rife (a.) Having power; active; nimble.

Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

Riffler (n.) A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

Rifled (imp. & p. p.) of Rifle

Rifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifle

Rifle (v. t.) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

Rifle (v. t.) To strip; to rob; to pillage.

Rifle (v. t.) To raffle.

Rifle (v. i.) To raffle.

Rifle (v. i.) To commit robbery.

Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

Rifle (n.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

Rifle (v. t.) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

Riflebird (n.) Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.

Rifleman (pl. ) of Rifleman

Rifleman (n.) A soldier armed with a rifle.

Rifler (n.) One who rifles; a robber.

Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Rift () p. p. of Rive.

Rift (n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

Rift (n.) A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Rifted (imp. & p. p.) of Rift

Rifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rift

Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.

Rift (v. i.) To burst open; to split.

Rift (v. i.) To belch.

Rifter (n.) A rafter.

Rig (n.) A ridge.

Rigged (imp. & p. p.) of Rig

Rigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rig

Rig (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

Rig (v. t.) To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.

Rig (n.) The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Rig (n.) Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.

Rig (n.) A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.

Rig (n.) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.

Rig (n.) A blast of wind.

Rig (v. i.) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.

Rig (v. t.) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.

Rigadoon (n.) A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.

Riga fir () A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.

Rigarion (n.) See Irrigation.

Rigel (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.

Rigescent (a.) Growing stiff or numb.

Rigger (n.) One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

Rigging (n.) DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.

Riggish (a.) Like a rig or wanton.

Riggle (v. i.) See Wriggle.

Riggle (n.) The European lance fish.

Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

Right (a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.

Right (a.) Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.

Right (a.) Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.

Right (a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.

Right (a.) According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.

Right (a.) Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.

Right (a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.

Right (a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

Right (a.) Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.

Right (adv.) In a right manner.

Right (adv.) In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.

Right (adv.) Exactly; just.

Right (adv.) According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

Right (adv.) According to any rule of art; correctly.

Right (adv.) According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.

Right (adv.) In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.

Right (a.) That which is right or correct.

Right (a.) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong.

Right (a.) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.

Right (a.) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.

Right (a.) That to which one has a just claim.

Right (a.) That which one has a natural claim to exact.

Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.

Right (a.) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership.

Right (a.) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.

Right (a.) The right side; the side opposite to the left.

Right (a.) In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.

Right (a.) The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Righted (imp. & p. p.) of Right

Righting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Right

Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

Right (a.) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.

Right (v. i.) To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

Right (v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

Right-about (n.) A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.

Right-angled (a.) Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.

Righten (v. t.) To do justice to.

Righteous (a.) Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.

Righteoused (a.) Made righteous.

Righteously (adv.) In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.

Righteousness (n.) The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

Righteousness (n.) A righteous act, or righteous quality.

Righteousness (n.) The act or conduct of one who is righteous.

Righteousness (n.) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.

Righter (n.) One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

Rightful (a.) Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.

Rightful (a.) Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause.

Rightful (a.) Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.

Rightful (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority.

Rightfully (adv.) According to right or justice.

Rightfulness (n.) The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

Rightfulness (n.) Moral rectitude; righteousness.

Right-hand (a.) Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.

Right-hand (a.) Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.

Right-handed (a.) Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

Right-handed (a.) Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.

Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

Right-handedness (n.) The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

Right-hearted (a.) Having a right heart or disposition.

Rightless (a.) Destitute of right.

Right-lined (a.) Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.

Rightly (adv.) Straightly; directly; in front.

Rightly (adv.) According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.

Rightly (adv.) Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.

Rightly (adv.) According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.

Right-minded (a.) Having a right or honest mind.

Rightness (n.) Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

Rightness (n.) The quality or state of being right; right relation.

Right-running (a.) Straight; direct.

Rightward (adv.) Toward the right.

Right whale () The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained.

Right whale () Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.

Rightwise (a.) Righteous.

Rightwise (v. t.) To make righteous.

Rightwisely (adv.) Righteously.

Rightwiseness (n.) Righteousness.

Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Rigid (a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.

Rigidity (n.) The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.

Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

Rigidity (n.) Severity; rigor.

Rigidly (v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.

Rigidness (n.) The quality or state of being rigid.

Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.

Riglet (n.) See Reglet.

Rigmarole (n.) A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.

Rigmarole (a.) Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.

Rigol (n.) A circle; hence, a diadem.

Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end.

Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.

Rigor (n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

Rigor (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

Rigor (n.) See 1st Rigor, 2.

Rigor (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

Rigor (n.) Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.

Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

Rigor (n.) Violence; force; fury.

Rigorism (n.) Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.

Rigorism (n.) Severity, as of style, or the like.

Rigorist (n.) One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.

Rigorous (a.) Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.

Rigorous (a.) Violent.

Rigsdaler (n.) A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.

Rig-Veda () See Veda.

Riksdaler (n.) A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.

Riled (imp. & p. p.) of Rile

Riling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rile

Rile (v. t.) To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

Rile (v. t.) To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.

Rilievo (n.) Same as Relief, n., 5.

Rill (n.) A very small brook; a streamlet.

Rill (n.) See Rille.

Rill (v. i.) To run a small stream.

Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.

Rillet (n.) A little rill.

Rily (a.) Roily.

Rim (n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.

Rim (n.) The lower part of the abdomen.

Rimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Rim

Rimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rim

Rim (v. t.) To furnish with a rim; to border.

Rimae (pl. ) of Rima

Rima (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

Rimau dahan () The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Rimbase (n.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.

Rime (n.) A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

Rime (n.) White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.

Rimed (imp. & p. p.) of Rime

Riming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rime

Rime (v. i.) To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

Rime (n.) A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

Rime (n.) Rhyme. See Rhyme.

Rime (v. i. & t.) To rhyme. See Rhyme.

Rimer (n.) A rhymer; a versifier.

Rimer (n.) A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Rimey (v. t.) To compose in rhyme; to versify.

Rimmer (n.) An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.

Rimose (a.) Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.

Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.

Rimosely (adv.) In a rimose manner.

Rimosity (n.) State of being rimose.

Rimous (a.) Rimose.

Rimple (n.) A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.

Rimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Rimple

Rimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rimple

Rimple (v. t. & i.) To rumple; to wrinkle.

Rimy (a.) Abounding with rime; frosty.

Rind (n.) The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.

Rind (v. t.) To remove the rind of; to bark.

Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.

Rindle (n.) A small water course or gutter.

Rindless (a.) Destitute of a rind.

Rindy (a.) Having a rind or skin.

Rine (n.) See Rind.

Rined (a.) Having a rind

Rinforzando (a.) Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando.

Rang (imp.) of Ring

Rung () of Ring

Rung (p. p.) of Ring

Ringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ring

Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

Ring (v. t.) To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.

Ring (v. t.) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Ring (v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.

Ring (v. i.) To practice making music with bells.

Ring (v. i.) To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.

Ring (v. i.) To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.

Ring (v. i.) To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.

Ring (n.) A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.

Ring (n.) Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.

Ring (n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

Ring (n.) A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.

Ring (n.) Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring.

Ring (n.) A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.

Ring (n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.

Ring (n.) A circular group of persons.

Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.

Ring (n.) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure.

Ring (n.) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.

Ring (n.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.

Ring (n.) A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.

Ringed (imp. & p. p.) of Ring

Ringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ring

Ring (v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.

Ring (v. t.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.

Ring (v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.

Ring (v. i.) To rise in the air spirally.

Ringbill (n.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.

Ringbird (n.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.

Ringbolt (n.) An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.

Ringbone (n.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.

Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.

Ringed (a.) Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.

Ringed (a.) Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.

Ringent (a.) Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.

Ringer (n.) One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.

Ringer (n.) A crowbar.

Ringer (n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.

Ringhead (n.) An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.

Ringing () a & n. from Ring, v.

Ringingly (adv.) In a ringing manner.

Ringleader (n.) The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.

Ringleader (n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.

Ringlestone (n.) The ringed dotterel, or ring plover.

Ringlet (n.) A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.

Ringlet (n.) A curl; especially, a curl of hair.

Ringmen (pl. ) of Ringman

Ringman (n.) The ring finger.

Ringmaster (n.) One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

Ringneck (n.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover.

Ringneck (n.) The ring-necked duck.

Ring-necked (a.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.

Ringsail (n.) See Ringtail, 2.

Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.

Ring-streaked (a.) Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.

Ringtail (n.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.

Ringtoss (n.) A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

Ringworm (n.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).

Rink (n.) The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.

Rink (n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.

Rinker (n.) One who skates at a rink.

Rinking (n.) Skating in a rink.

Rinsed (imp. & p. p.) of Rinse

Rinsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rinse

Rinse (v. t.) To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

Rinse (v. t.) To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.

Rinse (n.) The act of rinsing.

Rinser (n.) One who, or that which, rinses.

Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

Riot (n.) Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

Riot (n.) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

Rioted (imp. & p. p.) of Riot

Rioting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Riot

Riot (v. i.) To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.

Riot (v. i.) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.

Riot (v. t.) To spend or pass in riot.

Rioter (n.) One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.

Rioter (n.) One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3.

Riotise (n.) Excess; tumult; revelry.

Riotour (n.) A rioter.

Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

Riotous (a.) Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.

Riotry (n.) The act or practice of rioting; riot.

Rip (n.) A wicker fish basket.

Ripped (imp. & p. p.) of Rip

Ripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rip

Rip (v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.

Rip (v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

Rip (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.

Rip (v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

Rip (n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

Rip (n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.

Rip (n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Riparian (a.) Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.

Riparious (a.) Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian.

Ripe (n.) The bank of a river.

Ripe (superl.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

Ripe (superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

Ripe (superl.) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.

Ripe (superl.) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

Ripe (superl.) Ready for action or effect; prepared.

Ripe (superl.) Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

Ripe (superl.) Intoxicated.

Ripe (v. i.) To ripen; to grow ripe.

Ripe (v. t.) To mature; to ripen.

Ripely (adv.) Maturely; at the fit time.

Ripened (imp. & p. p.) of Ripen

Ripening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ripen

Ripen (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

Ripen (v. i.) To approach or come to perfection.

Ripen (v. t.) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.

Ripen (v. t.) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

Ripeness (n.) The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.

Ripidolite (n.) A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore.

Ripienist (n.) A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.

Ripieno (a.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.

Ripler (n.) Alt. of Ripper

Ripper (n.) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

Ripost (n.) In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.

Ripost (n.) A quick and sharp refort; a repartee.

Ripper (n.) One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.

Ripper (n.) A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

Ripper (n.) Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.

Ripple (v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

Ripple (v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.

Rippled (imp. & p. p.) of Ripple

Rippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ripple

Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.

Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.

Ripple (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.

Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.

Ripple (n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.

Ripple (n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.

Ripple (n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.

Ripple-marked (a.) Having ripple marks.

Ripplet (n.) A small ripple.

Ripplingly (adv.) In a rippling manner.

Ripply (a.) Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove.

Riprap (n.) A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom.

Riprapped (imp. & p. p.) of Riprap

Riprapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Riprap

Riprap (v. t.) To form a riprap in or upon.

Ripsaw (v. t.) A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw.

Riptowel (n.) A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.

Ris (n.) A bough or branch; a twig.

Rose (imp.) of Rise

Risen (p. p.) of Rise

Rising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rise

Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.

Rise (v.) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.

Rise (v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.

Rise (v.) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.

Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.

Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.

Rise (v.) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.

Rise (v.) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.

Rise (v.) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.

Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.

Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.

Rise (v.) To have the aspect or the effect of rising.

Rise (v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.

Rise (v.) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.

Rise (v.) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.

Rise (v.) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.

Rise (v.) To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.

Rise (v.) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.

Rise (v.) To become of higher value; to increase in price.

Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.

Rise (v.) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.

Rise (v.) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.

Rise (v.) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.

Rise (v.) In various figurative senses.

Rise (v.) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.

Rise (v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.

Rise (v.) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.

Rise (v.) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

Rise (v.) To come; to offer itself.

Rise (v.) To ascend from the grave; to come to life.

Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.

Rise (v.) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.

Rise (v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

Rise (n.) The act of rising, or the state of being risen.

Rise (n.) The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.

Rise (n.) Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.

Rise (n.) Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.

Rise (n.) Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.

Rise (n.) Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.

Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

Rise (n.) Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.

Rise (n.) The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.

Risen () p. p. & a. from Rise.

Risen (p. p. & a.) Obs. imp. pl. of Rise.

Riser (n.) One who rises; as, an early riser.

Riser (n.) The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.

Riser (n.) Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.

Riser (n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.

Riser (n.) A feed head. See under Feed, n.

Rish (n.) A rush (the plant).

Risibility (n.) The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.

Risible (a.) Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.

Risible (a.) Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.

Risible (a.) Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.

Rising (a.) Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.

Rising (a.) Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.

Rising (a.) Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation.

Rising (prep.) More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age.

Rising (n.) The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).

Rising (n.) That which rises; a tumor; a boil.

Risk (n.) Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

Risk (n.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

Risked (imp. & p. p.) of Risk

Risking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Risk

Risk (n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

Risk (n.) To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

Risker (n.) One who risks or hazards.

Riskful (a.) Risky.

Risky (a.) Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

Risorial (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.

Risotto (n.) A kind of pottage.

Risse () imp. of Rise.

Rissoid (n.) Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.

Rissole (n.) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.

Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth.

Rit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth.

Ritardando (a.) Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.

Rite (n.) The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.

Ritenuto (a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.

Ritornelle (n.) Alt. of Ritornello

Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.

Ritornello (n.) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.

Ritratto (n.) A picture.

Ritual (a.) Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

Ritual (n.) A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.

Ritual (n.) Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.

Ritual (n.) A book containing the rites to be observed.

Ritualism (n.) A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

Ritualism (n.) Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.

Ritualist (n.) One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.

Ritualistic (a.) Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.

Ritually (adv.) By rites, or by a particular rite.

Rivage (n.) A bank, shore, or coast.

Rivage (n.) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Rival (n.) A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Rival (n.) One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.

Rival (a.) Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.

Rivaled (imp. & p. p.) of Rival

Rivalled () of Rival

Rivaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rival

Rivalling () of Rival

Rival (v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.

Rival (v. t.) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.

Rival (v. i.) To be in rivalry.

Rivaless (n.) A female rival.

Rivality (n.) Rivalry; competition.

Rivality (n.) Equality, as of right or rank.

Rivalries (pl. ) of Rivalry

Rivalry (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

Rivalship (n.) Rivalry.

Rived (imp.) of Rive

Rived (p. p.) of Rive

Riven () of Rive

Riving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rive

Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

Rive (v. i.) To be split or rent asunder.

Rive (n.) A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Riveled (imp. & p. p.) of Rivel

Riveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivel

Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.

Rivel (n.) A wrinkle; a rimple.

Riven () p. p. & a. from Rive.

River (n.) One who rives or splits.

River (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.

River (n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

River (v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

Rivered (a.) Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.

Riveret (n.) A rivulet.

Riverhood (n.) The quality or state of being a river.

Riverling (n.) A rivulet.

Riverside (n.) The side or bank of a river.

Rivery (a.) Having rivers; as, a rivery country.

Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.

Riveted (imp. & p. p.) of Rivet

Riveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivet

Rivet (v. t.) To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

Rivet (v. t.) Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

Riveter (n.) One who rivets.

Riveting (n.) The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.

Riveting (n.) The whole set of rivets, collectively.

Rivose (a.) Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.

Rivulet (n.) A small stream or brook; a streamlet.

Rixation (n.) A brawl or quarrel.

Rixatrix (n.) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.

Rixdaler (n.) A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.

Rix-dollar (n.) A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.

Rizzar (v. t.) To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock.

Roach (n.) A cockroach.

Roach (n.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.

Roach (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.

Roach (n.) The redfin, or shiner.

Roach (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.

Roach (v. t.) To cause to arch.

Roach (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.

Road (n.) A journey, or stage of a journey.

Road (n.) An inroad; an invasion; a raid.

Road (n.) A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another.

Road (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.

Roadbed (n.) In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.

Roadless (a.) Destitute of roads.

Roadmaker (n.) One who makes roads.

Roadside (n.) Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

Roadstead (n.) An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.

Roadster (n.) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

Roadster (n.) A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.

Roadster (n.) A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.

Roadster (n.) One who drives much; a coach driver.

Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.

Roadway (n.) A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages.

Roamed (imp. & p. p.) of Roam

Roaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roam

Roam (v. i.) To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

Roam (v. t.) To range or wander over.

Roam (n.) The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.

Roamer (n.) One who roams; a wanderer.

Roan (a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.

Roan (n.) The color of a roan horse; a roan color.

Roan (n.) A roan horse.

Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

Roared (imp. & p. p.) of Roar

Roaring (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Roar

Roar (v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

Roar (v. i.) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.

Roar (v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.

Roar (v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.

Roar (v. i.) To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

Roar (v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.

Roar (v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.

Roar (v. t.) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

Roar (n.) The sound of roaring.

Roar (n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.

Roar (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.

Roar (n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.

Roar (n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.

Roarer (n.) One who, or that which, roars.

Roarer (n.) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.

Roarer (n.) A horse subject to roaring. See Roaring, 2.

Roarer (n.) The barn owl.

Roaring (n.) A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.

Roaring (n.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.

Roaringly (adv.) In a roaring manner.

Roasted (imp. & p. p.) of Roast

Roasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roast

Roast (v. t.) To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.

Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Roast (v. t.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Roast (v. t.) To banter severely.

Roast (v. i.) To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.

Roast (v. i.) To undergo the process of being roasted.

Roast (n.) That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.

Roast (a.) Roasted; as, roast beef.

Roaster (n.) One who roasts meat.

Roaster (n.) A contrivance for roasting.

Roaster (n.) A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting.

Roasting () a. & n., from Roast, v.

Rob (n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.

Robbed (imp. & p. p.) of Rob

Robbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rob

Rob (v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.

Rob (v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.

Rob (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.

Rob (v. i.) To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.

Roband (n.) See Roperand.

Robber (n.) One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.

Robberies (pl. ) of Robbery

Robbery (n.) The act or practice of robbing; theft.

Robbery (n.) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.

Robbin (n.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.

Robbin (n.) See Ropeband.

Robe (v. t.) An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

Robe (v. t.) A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.

Robed (imp. & p. p.) of Robe

Robing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Robe

Robe (v. t.) To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.

Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown.

-men (pl. ) of Robertsman

Roberdsman (n.) Alt. of Robertsman

Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.

Robert (n.) See Herb Robert, under Herb.

Robin (n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

Robin (n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.

Robin (n.) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).

Robin (n.) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.

Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.

Robinet (n.) The European robin.

Robinet (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.

Robing (n.) The act of putting on a robe.

Robin Goodfellow () A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.

Robinia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).

Roborant (a.) Strengthening.

Roborant (n.) A strengthening medicine; a tonic.

Roborate (v. t.) To give strength or support to; to confirm.

Roboration (n.) The act of strengthening.

Roborean (a.) Alt. of Roboreous

Roboreous (a.) Made of oak.

Robust (a.) Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

Robust (a.) Violent; rough; rude.

Robust (a.) Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.

Robustious (a.) Robust.

Robustly (adv.) In a robust manner.

Robustness (n.) The quality or state of being robust.

Roc (n.) A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.

Rocambole (n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.

Roccellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.

Roccellin (n.) A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.

Roche (n.) Rock.

Roche alum () A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum.

Rochelime (n.) Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.

Rochelle (n.) A seaport town in France.

Roche moutonnee () See Sheepback.

Rochet (n.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.

Rochet (n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Rochet (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.

Roching cask () A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

Rock (n.) See Roc.

Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

Rock (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.

Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.

Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

Rock (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.

Rocked (imp. & p. p.) of Rock

Rocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rock

Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.

Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.

Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.

Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.

Rockelay (n.) Alt. of Rocklay

Rocklay (n.) See Rokelay.

Rocker (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

Rocker (n.) One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.

Rocker (n.) Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.

Rocker (n.) A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.

Rocker (n.) A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.

Rocker (n.) A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

Rocker (n.) Same as Rock shaft.

Rockered (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.

Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.

Rocket (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

Rocket (n.) Damewort.

Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.

Rocket (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

Rocket (n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.

Rocketed (imp. & p. p.) of Rocket

Rocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rocket

Rocket (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

Rocketer (n.) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

Rockfish (n.) Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.

Rockfish (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.

Rockfish (n.) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus.

Rockfish (n.) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.

Rockiness (n.) The state or quality of being rocky.

Rocking (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.

Rocking-chair (n.) A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.

Rocking-horse (n.) The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.

Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.

Rockless (a.) Being without rocks.

Rockling (n.) Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.

Rockrose (n.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.

Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.

Rock staff (v. i.) An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.

Rocksucker (n.) A lamprey.

Rockweed (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.

Rockwood (n.) Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.

Rockwork (n.) Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.

Rockwork (n.) A rockery.

Rocky (a.) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

Rocky (a.) Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.

Rocky (a.) Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

Rocoa (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.

Rococo (n.) A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.

Rococo (a.) Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.

Rod (n.) A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.

Rod (n.) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.

Rod (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.

Rod (n.) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.

Rod (n.) An instrument for measuring.

Rod (n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.

Roddy (a.) Full of rods or twigs.

Roddy (a.) Ruddy.

Rode (n.) Redness; complexion.

Rode () imp. of Ride.

Rode (n.) See Rood, the cross.

Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing.

Rodent (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.

Rodent (n.) One of the Rodentia.

Rodentia (a.) An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.

Rodeo (n.) A round-up. See Round-up.

Rodge (n.) The gadwall.

Rodomel (n.) Juice of roses mixed with honey.

Rodomont (n.) A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.

Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.

Rodomontade (n.) Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.

Rodomontade (v. i.) To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

Rodomontadist (n.) One who boasts.

Rodomontado (n.) Rodomontade.

Rodomontador (n.) A rodomontadist.

Rodsmen (pl. ) of Rodsman

Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.

Rody (a.) Ruddy.

Roe (n.) A roebuck. See Roebuck.

Roe (n.) The female of any species of deer.

Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.

Roe (n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

Roed (a.) Filled with roe.

Roedeer (n.) The roebuck.

Roestone (n.) Same as Oolite.

Rogation (n.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.

Rogation (n.) Litany; supplication.

Rogatory (a.) Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission.

Rogue (n.) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Rogue (n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

Rogue (n.) One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

Rogue (n.) An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.

Rogue (n.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.

Rogue (v. i.) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

Rogue (v. t.) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

Rogue (v. t.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).

Roguery (n.) The life of a vargant.

Roguery (n.) The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.

Roguery (n.) Arch tricks; mischievousness.

Rogueship (n.) The quality or state of being a rogue.

Roguish (a.) Vagrant.

Roguish (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.

Roguish (a.) Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.

Roguy (a.) Roguish.

Rohob (n.) An inspissated juice. See Rob.

Roial (a.) Royal.

Roiled (imp. & p. p.) of Roil

Roiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roil

Roil (v.) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

Roil (v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.

Roil (v. i.) To wander; to roam.

Roil (v. i.) To romp.

Roily (a.) Turbid; as, roily water.

Roin (v. t.) See Royne.

Roin (n.) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.

Roinish (a.) See Roynish.

Roint (interj.) See Aroint.

Roist (v. i.) See Roister.

Roister (v. i.) To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.

Roister (n.) See Roisterer.

Roisterer (n.) A blustering, turbulent fellow.

Roisterly (a.) Blustering; violent.

Roisterly (adv.) In a roistering manner.

Rokambole (n.) See Rocambole.

Roke (n.) Mist; smoke; damp

Roke (n.) A vein of ore.

Rokeage (n.) Alt. of Rokee

Rokee (n.) Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage.

Rokelay (n.) A short cloak.

Roky (a.) Misty; foggy; cloudy.

Role (n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.

Rolled (imp. & p. p.) of Roll

Rolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roll

Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.

Roll (n.) To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.

Roll (n.) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.

Roll (n.) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.

Roll (n.) To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.

Roll (n.) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.

Roll (n.) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.

Roll (n.) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

Roll (n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

Roll (n.) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

Roll (v. i.) To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.

Roll (v. i.) To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.

Roll (v. i.) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

Roll (v. i.) To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.

Roll (v. i.) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.

Roll (v. i.) To turn; to move circularly.

Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

Roll (v. i.) To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.

Roll (v. i.) To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.

Roll (v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.

Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

Roll (v. i.) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.

Roll (v.) The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

Roll (v.) That which rolls; a roller.

Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

Roll (v.) One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.

Roll (v.) That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.

Roll (v.) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.

Roll (v.) Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.

Roll (v.) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.

Roll (v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

Roll (v.) A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.

Roll (v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

Roll (v.) A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.

Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

Roll (v.) Part; office; duty; role.

Rollable (a.) Capable of being rolled.

Roller (n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.

Roller (n.) A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.

Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.

Roller (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.

Roller (n.) A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.

Roller (n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.

Roller (n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.

Roller (n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.

Roller (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.

Rolley (n.) A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine.

Rollicked (imp. & p. p.) of Rollic

Rollicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rollic

Rollic (v. i.) To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking.

Rolling (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.

Rolling (a.) Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.

Rolling (a.) Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.

Rolling-pin (n.) A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.

Rollway (n.) A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.

Rolly-poly (n.) A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed.

Rolly-poly (a.) Shaped like a rolly-poly; short and stout.

Rolly-pooly (n.) A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.

Roly-poly (n. & a.) Rolly-poly.

Romage (n. & v.) See Rummage.

Romaic (a.) Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

Romaic (n.) The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic.

Roman (a.) Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.

Roman (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.

Roman (a.) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.

Roman (a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.

Roman (n.) A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.

Roman (n.) Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.

Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.

Romance (n.) An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.

Romance (n.) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.

Romance (n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).

Romance (n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

Romance (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.

Romanced (imp. & p. p.) of Romance

Romancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romance

Romance (v. i.) To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.

Romancer (n.) One who romances.

Romancist (n.) A romancer.

Romancy (a.) Romantic.

Romanesque (a.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.

Romanesque (a.) Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.

Romanesque (n.) Romanesque style.

Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.

Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.

Romanic (n.) Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.

Romanish (a.) Pertaining to Romanism.

Romanism (n.) The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.

Romanist (n.) One who adheres to Romanism.

Romanized (imp. & p. p.) of Romanize

Romanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romanize

Romanize (v. t.) To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.

Romanize (v. t.) To convert to the Roman Catholic religion.

Romanize (v. i.) To use Latin words and idioms.

Romanize (v. i.) To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech.

Romanizer (n.) One who Romanizes.

Romansch (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.

Romant (n.) A romaunt.

Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.

Romantic (a.) Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.

Romantic (a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Romantical (a.) Romantic.

Romanticaly (adv.) In a romantic manner.

Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.

Romanticist (n.) One who advocates romanticism in modern literature.

Romanticly (adv.) Romantically.

Romanticness (n.) The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.

Romany (n.) A gypsy.

Romany (n.) The language spoken among themselves by the gypsies.

Romanza (n.) See Romance, 5.

Romaunt (n.) A romantic story in verse; as, the "Romaunt of the Rose."

Romble (v.& n.) Rumble.

Rombowline (n.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.

Romeine (n.) Alt. of Romeite

Romeite (n.) A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.

Romekin (n.) A drinking cup.

Rome penny () Alt. of Rome scot

Rome scot () See Peter pence, under Peter.

Romeward (adv.) Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.

Romeward (a.) Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.

Romic (n.) A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler.

Romish (a.) Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.

Romist (n.) A Roman Catholic.

Romped (imp. & p. p.) of Romp

Romping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Romp

Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

Romp (n.) A girl who indulges in boisterous play.

Romp (n.) Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.

Romping (a.) Inclined to romp; indulging in romps.

Rompingly (adv.) In a romping manner.

Rompish (a.) Given to rude play; inclined to romp.

Rompu (a.) Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.

Roncador (n.) Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna).

Ronchil (n.) An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.

Ronco (n.) See Croaker, n., 2. (a).

Rondache (n.) A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.

Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.

Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

Rondeau (n.) See Rondo, 1.

Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

Rondel (n.) Same as Rondeau.

Rondel (n.) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth.

Rondeletia (n.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.

Rondle (n.) A rondeau.

Rondle (n.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible.

Rondo (n.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

Rondo (n.) See Rondeau, 1.

Rondure (n.) A round; a circle.

Rondure (n.) Roundness; plumpness.

Rong () imp. & p. p. of Ring.

Rong (n.) Rung (of a ladder).

Rongeur (n.) An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.

Ronion (n.) Alt. of Ronyon

Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.

Ronne () obs. imp. pl.

Ronnen () obs. p. p. of Renne, to run.

Ront (n.) A runt.

Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

Rood (n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.

Rood (n.) The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.

Roodebok (n.) The pallah.

Roody (a.) Rank in growth.

Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.

Roof (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.

Roof (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

Roofed (imp. & p. p.) of Roof

Roofing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roof

Roof (v. t.) To cover with a roof.

Roof (v. t.) To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.

Roofer (n.) One who puts on roofs.

Roofing (n.) The act of covering with a roof.

Roofing (n.) The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.

Roofing (n.) Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter.

Roofing (n.) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.

Roofless (a.) Having no roof; as, a roofless house.

Roofless (a.) Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.

Rooflet (n.) A small roof, covering, or shelter.

Rooftree (n.) The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.

Roofy (a.) Having roofs.

Rook (n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.

Rook (v. i.) To squat; to ruck.

Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.

Rook (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

Rooked (imp. & p. p.) of Rook

Rooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rook

Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

Rookeries (pl. ) of Rookery

Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.

Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.

Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.

Rookery (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.

Rookery (n.) A brothel.

Rooky (a.) Misty; gloomy.

Room (n.) Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.

Room (n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.

Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.

Room (n.) Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.

Room (n.) Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.

Roomed (imp. & p. p.) of Room

Rooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Room

Room (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

Room (a.) Spacious; roomy.

Roomage (n.) Space; place; room.

Roomer (n.) A lodger.

Roomer (a.) At a greater distance; farther off.

Roomful (a.) Abounding with room or rooms; roomy.

Roomfuls (pl. ) of Roomful

Roomful (n.) As much or many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men.

Roomily (adv.) Spaciously.

Roominess (n.) The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

Roomless (a.) Being without room or rooms.

Roommate (n.) One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.

Roomsome (a.) Roomy.

Roomth (n.) Room; space.

Roomthy (a.) Roomy; spacious.

Roomy (a.) Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.

Roon (a. & n.) Vermilion red; red.

Roop (n.) See Roup.

Roorback (n.) Alt. of Roorbach

Roorbach (n.) A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.

Roosa oil () The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass.

Roost (n.) Roast.

Roost (v. t.) See Roust, v. t.

Roost (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.

Roost (n.) A collection of fowls roosting together.

Roosted (imp. & p. p.) of Roost

Roosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roost

Roost (v. i.) To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.

Roost (v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.

Roostcock (n.) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.

Rooster (n.) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.

Root (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.

Root (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.

Root (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.

Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids.

Root (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.

Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.

Root (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.

Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.

Root (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.

Root (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.

Root (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.

Root (n.) The lowest place, position, or part.

Root (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.

Rooted (imp. & p. p.) of Root

Rooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Root

Root (v. i.) To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

Root (v. i.) To be firmly fixed; to be established.

Root (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.

Root (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.

Rootcap (n.) A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.

Rooted (a.) Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart.

Rooter (n.) One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.

Rootery (n.) A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in gardening.

Rootless (a.) Destitute of roots.

Rootlet (n.) A radicle; a little root.

Rootstock (n.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.

Rooty (a.) Full of roots; as, rooty ground.

Ropalic (a.) See Rhopalic.

Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

Rope (n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.

Rope (n.) The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.

Roped (imp. & p. p.) of Rope

Roping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rope

Rope (v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.

Rope (v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.

Rope (v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.

Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.

Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse).

Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.

Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.

Ropeband (n.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.

Ropedancer (n.) One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.

Roper (n.) A maker of ropes.

Roper (n.) One who ropes goods; a packer.

Roper (n.) One fit to be hanged.

Ropery (n.) A place where ropes are made.

Ropery (n.) Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.

Rope's-end (v. t.) To punish with a rope's end.

Ropewalk (a.) A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.

Ropewalker (n.) A ropedancer.

Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

Ropily (adv.) In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.

Ropiness (n.) Quality of being ropy; viscosity.

Ropish (a.) Somewhat ropy.

Ropy (a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

Roquelaure (n.) A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.

Roquet (v. t.) To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.

Roquet (v. i.) To hit another's ball with one's own.

Roral (a.) Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy.

Roration (n.) A falling of dew.

Roric (a.) Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.

Rorid (a.) Dewy; bedewed.

Roriferous (a.) generating or producing dew.

Rorifluent (a.) Flowing with dew.

Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.

Rorulent (a.) Full of, or abounding in, dew.

Rorulent (a.) Having the surface appearing as if dusty, or covered with fine dew.

Rory (a.) Dewy.

Rosaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.

Rosaceous (a.) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.

Rosaceous (a.) Of a pure purpish pink color.

Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.

Rosalgar (n.) realgar.

Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.

Rosaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper.

Rosarian (n.) A cultivator of roses.

Rosaries (pl. ) of Rosary

Rosary (n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.

Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.

Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.

Roscid (a.) Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy.

Roscoelite (n.) A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.

Rose () imp. of Rise.

Rose (n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

Rose (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.

Rose (n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.

Rose (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.

Rose (n.) The erysipelas.

Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.

Rose (n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.

Rose (n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.

Rose (v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.

Rose (v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.

Roseal (a.) resembling a rose in smell or color.

Roseate (a.) Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

Roseate (a.) resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.

Rosebay (n.) the oleander.

Rosebay (n.) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.

Rosebay (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.

Rosebud (n.) The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

Rosebush (n.) The bush or shrub which bears roses.

Rose-colored (a.) Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

Rose-colored (a.) Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.

Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.

Rosedrop (n.) A lozenge having a rose flavor.

Rosedrop (n.) A kind of earring.

Rosedrop (n.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.

Rosefinch (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.

Rosefish (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.

Rosehead (n.) See Rose, n., 4.

Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.

Roseine (n.) See Magenta.

Roselite (n.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.

Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.

Roselle (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.

Rosemaloes (n.) The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.

Rosemary (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.

Rosen (a.) Consisting of roses; rosy.

Rosenmuller's organ () The parovarium.

Roseo- () A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-.

Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.

Rose-pink (a.) Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.

Rose-pink (a.) Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.

Roser (n.) A rosier; a rosebush.

Rose-red (a.) Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.

Rose-rial (n.) A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

Roseroot (n.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.

Rosery (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.

Roset (n.) A red color used by painters.

Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.

Rosetta wood () An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.

Rosette (n.) An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

Rosette (n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

Rosette (n.) A red color. See Roset.

Rosette (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.

Rosette (n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.

Rosette (n.) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

Rose water () Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

Rose-water (a.) Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.

Rosewood (n.) A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.

Roseworm (n.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

Rosewort (n.) Roseroot.

Rosewort (n.) Any plant nearly related to the rose.

Rosicrucian (n.) One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.

Rosicrucian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.

Rosied (a.) Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.

Rosier (n.) A rosebush; roses, collectively.

Rosily (adv.) In a rosy manner.

Rosin (n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.

Rosin (v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.

Rosiness (n.) The quality of being rosy.

Rosinweed (n.) The compass plant. See under Compass.

Rosinweed (n.) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

Rosiny (a.) like rosin, or having its qualities.

Rosland (n.) heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.

Rosmarine (n.) Dew from the sea; sea dew.

Rosmarine (n.) Rosemary.

Rosmarine (n.) A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.

Rosolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin.

Ross (n.) The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.

Ross (v. t.) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.

Rossel (n.) Light land; rosland.

Rossel current () A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.

Rosselly (a.) Loose; light.

Rost (n.) See Roust.

Rostel (n.) same as Rostellum.

Rostellar (a.) Pertaining to a rostellum.

Rostellate (a.) Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.

Rostelliform (a.) Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.

Rostella (pl. ) of Rostellum

Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.

Roster (n.) A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

Rostra (n. pl.) See Rostrum, 2.

Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.

Rostrate (a.) Alt. of Rostrated

Rostrated (a.) Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.

Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.

Rostriform (a.) Having the form of a beak.

Rostrula (pl. ) of Rostrulum

Rostrulum (n.) A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.

Rostra (pl. ) of Rostrum

Rostrums (pl. ) of Rostrum

Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.

Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.

Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.

Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.

Rostrum (n.) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.

Rostrum (n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.

Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.

Rostrum (n.) Same as Rostellum.

Rostrum (n.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.

Rostrum (n.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.

Rosulate (a.) Arranged in little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves and bracts.

Rosy (superl.) Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.

Rotted (imp. & p. p.) of Rot

Rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rot

Rot (v. i.) To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

Rot (v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

Rot (v. t.) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

Rot (v. t.) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Rot (n.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.

Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.

Rota (n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.

Rotacism (n.) See Rhotacism.

Rotal (a.) Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.

Rotalite (n.) Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.

Rotary (a.) Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

Rotascope (n.) Same as Gyroscope, 1.

Rotate (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.

Rotated (imp. & p. p.) of Rotate

Rotating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rotate

Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

Rotate (v. i.) To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

Rotate (v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.

Rotated (a.) Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.

Rotation (n.) The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.

Rotation (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.

Rotation (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.

Rotative (a.) turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.

Rotator (n.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.

Rotator (n.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.

Rotatoria (n. pl.) Same as Rotifera.

Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.

Rotatory (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.

Rotatory (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.

Rotatory (n.) A rotifer.

Rotche (n.) A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.

Rotchet (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

Rote (n.) A root.

Rote (n.) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

Rote (n.) The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.

Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote.

Roted (imp. & p. p.) of Rote

Roting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rote

Rote (v. t.) To learn or repeat by rote.

Rote (v. i.) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.

Rotella (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.

Rotgut (n.) Bad small beer.

Rotgut (n.) Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious.

Rother (a.) Bovine.

Rother (n.) A bovine beast.

Rother (n.) A rudder.

Rotifer (n.) One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Rotifera (n.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.

Rotiform (a.) Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.

Rotiform (a.) Same as Rotate.

Rotta (n.) See Rota.

Rotten (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.

Rotten (a.) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.

Rotten (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.

Rotula (n.) The patella, or kneepan.

Rotular (a.) Of or pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan.

Rotund (a.) Round; circular; spherical.

Rotund (a.) Hence, complete; entire.

Rotund (a.) Orbicular, or nearly so.

Rotund (n.) A rotunda.

Rotunda (a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

Rotundate (a.) Rounded; especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners.

Rotundifolious (a.) Having round leaves.

Rotundity (n.) The state or quality of being rotu/; roundness; sphericity; circularity.

Rotundity (n.) Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.

Rotundness (n.) Roundness; rotundity.

Rotundo (n.) See Rotunda.

Roturer (n.) A roturier.

Roturier (n.) A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.

Roty (v. t.) To make rotten.

Rouble (n.) A coin. See Ruble.

Rouche (n.) See Ruche.

Roue (n.) One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

Rouet (n.) A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.

Rouge (a.) red.

Rouge (n.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.

Rouge (n.) A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.

Rouged (imp. & p. p.) of Rouge

Rouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rouge

Rouge (v. i.) To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.

Rouge (v. t.) To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.

Rougecroix (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.

Rouge dragon (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.

Rough (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

Rough (n.) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.

Rough (n.) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.

Rough (n.) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.

Rough (n.) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.

Rough (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.

Rough (n.) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.

Rough (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.

Rough (n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.

Rough (n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.

Rough (n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.

Rough (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.

Rough (n.) Produced offhand.

Rough (n.) Boisterous weather.

Rough (n.) A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

Rough (adv.) In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

Rough (v. t.) To render rough; to roughen.

Rough (v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.

Rough (v. t.) To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch.

Roughcast (v. t.) To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

Roughcast (v. t.) To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.

Roughcast (v. t.) To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.

Roughcast (n.) A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.

Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.

Roughcaster (n.) One who roughcasts.

Roughdraw (v. t.) To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.

Roughdry (v. t.) in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Roughened (imp. & p. p.) of Roughen

Roughening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roughen

Roughen (v. t.) To make rough.

Roughen (v. i.) To grow or become rough.

Rough-footed (a.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.

Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

Roughhead (n.) The redfin.

Roughhew (v. t.) To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.

Roughhew (v. t.) To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.

Roughhewer (n.) One who roughhews.

Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.

Roughhewn (a.) Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.

Roughing-in (n.) The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

Roughings (n. pl.) Rowen.

Roughish (a.) Somewhat rough.

Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.

Rough-legged (a.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.

Roughly (adv.) In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

Roughness (n.) The quality or state of being rough.

Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.

Roughscuff (n.) A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff.

Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.

Roughshod (a.) Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

Roughstrings (n. pl.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

Rought () imp. of Reach.

Rought () imp. of Reck, to care.

Roughtail (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.

Roughwork (v. t.) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.

Roughwrought (a.) Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.

Rouk (v. i.) See 5th Ruck, and Roke.

Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

Rouleaux (pl. ) of Rouleau

Rouleaus (pl. ) of Rouleau

Rouleau (n.) A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.

Roulette (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.

Roulette (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.

Rouly-pouly (n.) See Rolly-pooly.

Roun (v. i. & t.) Alt. of Rown

Rown (v. i. & t.) To whisper.

Rounce (n.) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.

Rounceval (a.) Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.

Rounceval (n.) A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.

Rouncy (n.) A common hackney horse; a nag.

Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper.

Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.

Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.

Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.

Round (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.

Round (a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.

Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.

Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.

Round (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.

Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.

Round (a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.

Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].

Round (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.

Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

Round (n.) A circular dance.

Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.

Round (n.) Rotation, as in office; succession.

Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.

Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.

Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.

Round (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.

Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.

Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.

Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking.

Round (n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.

Round (n.) See Roundtop.

Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below.

Round (adv.) On all sides; around.

Round (adv.) Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.

Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.

Round (adv.) From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.

Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

Round (adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses.

Round (adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously.

Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.

Rounded (imp. & p. p.) of Round

Rounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Round

Round (v. t.) To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.

Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

Round (v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.

Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

Round (v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

Round (v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard.

Round (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.

Roundabout (a.) Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.

Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round.

Roundabout (n.) A dance performed in a circle.

Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.

Roundabout (n.) A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude.

Roundaboutness (n.) The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.

Round-backed (a.) Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.

Roundel (a.) A rondelay.

Roundel (a.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Roundel (a.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.

Roundel (a.) A bastion of a circular form.

Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel.

Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

Roundelay (n.) A dance in a circle.

Roundelay (n.) Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Rounder (n.) One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

Rounder (n.) A tool for making an edge or surface round.

Rounder (n.) An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football.

Roundfish (n.) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.

Roundfish (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.

Roundhead (n.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Roundheaded (a.) Having a round head or top.

Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.

Roundhouse (n.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.

Roundhouse (n.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.

Roundhouse (n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.

Rounding (a.) Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

Rounding (n.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.

Roundish (a.) Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

Roundlet (n.) A little circle.

Roundly (adv.) In a round form or manner.

Roundly (adv.) Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.

Roundly (adv.) Briskly; with speed.

Roundly (adv.) Completely; vigorously; in earnest.

Roundly (adv.) Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly.

Roundness (n.) The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

Roundness (n.) Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.

Roundness (n.) Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.

Roundridge (v. t.) To form into round ridges by plowing.

Round-shouldered (a.) Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

Roundsmen (pl. ) of Roundsman

Roundsman (n.) A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.

Roundtop (n.) A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.

Round-up (n.) The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.

Roundure (n.) Roundness; a round or circle.

Roundworm (n.) A nematoid worm.

Roundy (a.) Round.

Roup (v. i. & t.) To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.

Roup (n.) An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.

Roup (n.) A disease in poultry. See Pip.

Rousant (a.) Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.

Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

Rouse (n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

Rouse (n.) A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

Roused (imp. & p. p.) of Rouse

Rousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rouse

Rouse (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.

Rouse (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

Rouse (v.) To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.

Rouse (v.) To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

Rouse (v.) To raise; to make erect.

Rouse (v. i.) To get or start up; to rise.

Rouse (v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.

Rouse (v. i.) To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

Rouser (n.) One who, or that which, rouses.

Rouser (n.) Something very exciting or great.

Rouser (n.) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

Rousing (a.) Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.

Rousing (a.) Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie.

Rousingly (adv.) In a rousing manner.

Roussette (n.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.

Roussette (n.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.

Roust (v. t.) To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out.

Roust (n.) A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.

Rout (v. i.) To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

Rout (n.) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.

Rout (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.

Rout (v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine.

Rout (n.) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.

Rout (n.) A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.

Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.

Rout (n.) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.

Rout (n.) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.

Routed (imp. & p. p.) of Rout

Routing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rout

Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.

Rout (v. i.) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

Route (n.) The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

Router (n.) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

Routhe (n.) Ruth; sorrow.

Routinary (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary.

Routine (n.) A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.

Routine (n.) Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.

Routinism (n.) the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.

Routinist (n.) One who habituated to a routine.

Routish (a.) Uproarious; riotous.

Routously (adv.) With that violation of law called a rout. See 5th Rout, 4.

Roux (n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

Rove (v. t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.

Rove (v. t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.

Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

Rove (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.

Roved (imp. & p. p.) of Rove

Roving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rove

Rove (v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.

Rove (v. i.) Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.

Rove (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).

Rove (v. t.) To wander over or through.

Rove (v. t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

Rove (n.) The act of wandering; a ramble.

Rover (v. i.) One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

Rover (v. i.) One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

Rover (v. i.) Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.

Rover (v. i.) Casual marks at uncertain distances.

Rover (v. i.) A sort of arrow.

Roving (n.) The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.

Roving (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.

Roving (n.) The act of one who roves or wanders.

Rovingly (adv.) In a wandering manner.

Rovingness (n.) The state of roving.

Row (a. & adv.) Rough; stern; angry.

Row (n.) A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.

Row (n.) A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.

Rowed (imp. & p. p.) of Row

Rowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Row

Row (v. t.) To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.

Row (v. t.) To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

Row (v. i.) To use the oar; as, to row well.

Row (v. i.) To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.

Row (n.) The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

Rowable (a.) That may be rowed, or rowed upon.

Rowan (n.) Rowan tree.

Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).

Rowboat (n.) A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

Rowdies (pl. ) of Rowdy

Rowdy (n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

Rowdydow (n.) Hubbub; uproar.

Rowdydowdy (a.) Uproarious.

Rowdyish (a.) Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.

Rowdyism (n.) the conduct of a rowdy.

Rowed (a.) Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-rowed ear of corn.

Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.

Rowel (n.) A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.

Rowel (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.

Roweled (imp. & p. p.) of Rowel

Rowelled () of Rowel

Roweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rowel

Rowelling () of Rowel

Rowel (v. t.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).

Rowel bone () See rewel bone.

Rowen (n.) A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.

Rowen (n.) The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath.

Rower (n.) One who rows with an oar.

Rowett (n.) See Rowen.

Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.

Rown (v. i. & t.) see Roun.

Rowport (n.) An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.

Roxburgh (n.) A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.

Roy (n.) A king.

Roy (a.) Royal.

Royal (a.) Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.

Royal (a.) Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.

Royal (n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

Royal (n.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.

Royal (n.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.

Royal (n.) A small mortar.

Royal (n.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.

Royal (n.) An old English coin. See Rial.

Royalet (n.) A petty or powerless king.

Royalism (n.) the principles or conduct of royalists.

Royalist (n.) An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.

Royalization (n.) The act of making loyal to a king.

Royalize (v. t.) to make royal.

Royally (adv.) In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.

Royalties (pl. ) of Royalty

Royalty (n.) The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

Royalty (n.) The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.

Royalty (n.) An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.

Royalty (n.) Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

Royalty (n.) Domain; province; sphere.

Royalty (n.) That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.

Royalty (n.) A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

Royalty (n.) Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.

Royne (v. t.) To bite; to gnaw.

Roynish (a.) Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.

Royster (n.) Alt. of Roysterer

Roysterer (n.) same as Roister, Roisterer.

Royston crow () See Hooded crow, under Hooded.

Roytelet (n.) A little king.

Roytish (a.) Wild; irregular.

Rubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Rub

Rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rub

Rub (v. t.) To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.

Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.

Rub (v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.

Rub (v. t.) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.

Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

Rub (v. i.) To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.

Rub (v. i.) To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.

Rub (v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

Rub (n.) The act of rubbing; friction.

Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.

Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.

Rub (n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.

Rub (n.) Imperfection; failing; fault.

Rub (n.) A chance.

Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.

Ruba-dub (n.) The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.

Rubato (a.) Robbed; borrowed.

Rubbage (n.) Rubbish.

Rubber (n.) One who, or that which, rubs.

Rubber (n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.

Rubber (n.) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.

Rubber (n.) A whetstone; a rubstone.

Rubber (n.) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.

Rubber (n.) The cushion of an electrical machine.

Rubber (n.) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.

Rubber (n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.

Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.

Rubber (n.) India rubber; caoutchouc.

Rubber (n.) An overshoe made of India rubber.

Rubbidge (n.) Rubbish.

Rubbing () a. & n. from Rub, v.

Rubbish (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

Rubbish (a.) Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.

Rubble (n.) Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

Rubble (n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash.

Rubble (n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock.

Rubble (n.) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.

Rubblestone (n.) See Rubble, 1 and 2.

Rubblework (n.) Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

Rubbly (a.) Relating to, or containing, rubble.

Rubedinous (a.) Reddish.

Rubefacient (a.) Making red.

Rubefacient (n.) An external application which produces redness of the skin.

Rubefaction (n.) The act or process of making red.

Rubelet (n.) A little ruby.

Rubella (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.

Rubelle (n.) A red color used in enameling.

Rubellite (n.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.

Rubeola (n.) the measles.

Rubeola (n.) Rubella.

Ruberythrinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.

Rubescence (n.) The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.

Rubescent (a.) Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.

Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.

Rubiacin (n.) A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Rubian (n.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.

Rubianic (a.) pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid.

Ru bible (n.) A ribble.

Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses.

Rubicelle (n.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.

Rubicon (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar.

Rubicund (a.) Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.

Rubicundity (n.) The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.

Rubidic (a.) Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.

Rubidine (n.) A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type.

Rubidium (n.) A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2.

Rubific (a.) Making red; as, rubific rays.

Rubification (n.) The act of making red.

Rubiform (a.) Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun.

Rubify (v. t.) To redden.

Rubiginose (a.) Alt. of Rubiginous

Rubiginous (a.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.

Rubigo (n.) same as Rust, n., 2.

Rubin (n.) A ruby.

Rubious (a.) Red; ruddy.

Rubiretin (n.) One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Ruble (n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.

Rubric (n.) That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

Rubric (n.) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red.

Rubric (n.) The title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.

Rubric (n.) The directions and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.

Rubric (n.) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed.

Rubric (v. t.) To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.

Rubric (a.) Alt. of Rubrical

Rubrical (a.) Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.

Rubrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics.

Rubricate (n.) Marked with red.

Rubricate (v. t.) To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.

Rubrician (n.) Alt. of Rubricist

Rubricist (n.) One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics.

Rubricity (n.) Redness.

Rubstone (n.) A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.

Rubus (n.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

Rubies (pl. ) of Ruby

Ruby (n.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.

Ruby (n.) The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.

Ruby (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.

Ruby (n.) See Agate, n., 2.

Ruby (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

Ruby (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.

Rubied (imp. & p. p.) of Ruby

Rubying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruby

Ruby (v. t.) To make red; to redden.

Rubytail (n.) A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.

Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.

Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).

Rubywood (n.) red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

Rucervine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India.

Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.

Ruche (n.) A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

Ruching (n.) A ruche, or ruches collectively.

Ruck (n.) A roc.

Rucked (imp. & p. p.) of Ruck

Rucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruck

Ruck (v. t. & i.) To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.

Ruck (v. t.) A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

Ruck (v. i.) To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

Ruck (n.) A heap; a rick.

Ruck (n.) The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.

Ructation (n.) The act of belching wind.

Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.

Rud (n.) Redness; blush.

Rud (n.) Ruddle; red ocher.

Rud (n.) The rudd.

Rud (v. t.) To make red.

Rudd (n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.

Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.

Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.

Rudder (n.) Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

Rudderhead (n.) The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached.

Rudderhole (n.) The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.

Rudderless (a.) Without a rudder.

Rudderpost (n.) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other.

Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.

Ruddied (a.) Made ruddy or red.

Ruddily (adv.) In a ruddy manner.

Ruddiness (n.) The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.

Ruddle (v. t.) To raddle or twist.

Ruddle (n.) A riddle or sieve.

Ruddle (n.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.

Ruddle (v. t.) To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.

Ruddock (n.) The European robin.

Ruddock (n.) A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock.

Ruddy (n.) Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame.

Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips.

Ruddy (v. t.) To make ruddy.

Rude (superl.) Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

Rude (superl.) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.

Rude (superl.) Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.

Rude (superl.) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.

Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.

Rude (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.

Rudenture (n.) Cabling. See Cabling.

Ruderary (a.) Of or pertaining to rubbish..

Rudesby (n.) An uncivil, turbulent fellow.

Rudesheimer (n.) A German wine made near Rudesheim, on the Rhine.

Rudiment (n.) That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.

Rudiment (n.) Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.

Rudiment (n.) An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.

Rudiment (v. t.) To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.

Rudimental (a.) Rudimentary.

Rudimentary (a.) Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.

Rudimentary (a.) Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.

Rudish (a.) Somewhat rude.

Rudistes (n. pl.) An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.

Rudity (n.) Rudeness; ignorance.

Rudmasday (n.) Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.

Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.

Rue (n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.

Rued (imp. & p. p.) of Rue

Ruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rue

Rue (v. t.) To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.

Rue (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.

Rue (v. i.) To have compassion.

Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

Rue (v. t.) Sorrow; repetance.

Rueful (a.) Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

Rueful (a.) Expressing sorrow.

Ruell bone () See rewel bone.

Ruelle (n.) A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.

Rufescent (a.) Reddish; tinged with red.

Ruff (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

Ruff (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.

Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump.

Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.

Ruff (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.

Ruff (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.

Ruff (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.

Ruff (n.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.

Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.

Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.

Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.

Ruffed (imp. & p. p.) of Ruff

Ruffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruff

Ruff (v. t.) To ruffle; to disorder.

Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.

Ruff (n.) Alt. of Ruffe

Ruffe (n.) A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch.

Ruffed (a.) Furnished with a ruff.

Ruffian (n.) A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.

Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.

Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.

Ruffian (v. i.) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

Ruffianage (n.) Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians.

Ruffianish (a.) Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.

Ruffianlike (a.) Ruffianly.

Ruffianly (a.) Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.

Ruffianous (a.) Ruffianly.

Ruffin (a.) Disordered.

Ruffled (imp. & p. p.) of Ruffle

Ruffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruffle

Ruffle (v. t.) To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

Ruffle (v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

Ruffle (v. t.) To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

Ruffle (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

Ruffle (v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

Ruffle (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.

Ruffle (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.

Ruffle (v. i.) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

Ruffle (v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

Ruffle (v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.

Ruffle (v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.

Ruffleless (a.) Having no ruffle.

Rufflement (n.) The act of ruffling.

Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.

Ruffler (n.) That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.

Rufigallic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.

Rufiopin (n.) A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.

Rufol (n.) A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.

Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.

Ruft (n.) Eructation; belching.

Rufterhood (n.) A kind of hood for a hawk.

Rug (a.) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.

Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.

Rug (a.) A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.

Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

Rugae (pl. ) of Ruga

Ruga (n.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.

Rugate (a.) Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.

Rugged (n.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.

Rugged (n.) Not neat or regular; uneven.

Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

Rugged (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.

Rugged (n.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

Rugged (n.) Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.

Rugged (n.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.

Rugged (n.) Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.

Rugged (n.) Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.

Rugging (n.) A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.

Rug-gowned (a.) Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.

Ruggy (a.) Rugged; rough.

Rug-headed (a.) Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.

Rugin (n.) A nappy cloth.

Rugine (n.) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.

Rugine (v. t.) To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.

Rugosa (n. pl.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.

Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.

Rugosity (n.) The quality or state of being rugose.

Rugous (a.) Wrinkled; rugose.

Rugulose (a.) Somewhat rugose.

Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction.

Ruin (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.

Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.

Ruin (n.) The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.

Ruin (n.) That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.

Ruined (imp. & p. p.) of Ruin

Ruining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruin

Ruin (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.

Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.

Ruinable (a.) Capable of being ruined.

Ruinate (v. t.) To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.

Ruinate (v. t.) To cause to fall; to cast down.

Ruinate (v. i.) To fall; to tumble.

Ruinate (a.) Involved in ruin; ruined.

Ruination (n.) The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

Ruiner (n.) One who, or that which, ruins.

Ruiniform (a.) Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.

Ruinous (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.

Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

Ruinous (a.) Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.

Rukh (n.) The roc.

Rukh (n.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.

Rulable (a.) That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.

Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.

Rule (a.) Uniform or established course of things.

Rule (a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.

Rule (a.) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.

Rule (a.) Conduct in general; behavior.

Rule (a.) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.

Rule (a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.

Rule (a.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.

Rule (a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.

Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.

Rule (a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.

Rule (a.) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

Rule (a.) A composing rule. See under Conposing.

Ruled (imp. & p. p.) of Rule

Ruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rule

Rule (n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.

Rule (n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.

Rule (n.) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

Rule (n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.

Rule (n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.

Rule (v. i.) To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.

Rule (v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.

Rule (v. i.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.

Ruleless (a.) Destitute of rule; lawless.

Rule-monger (n.) A stickler for rules; a slave of rules

Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

Ruler (n.) A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a).

Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.

Ruling (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.

Ruling (n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.

Ruling (n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.

Rulingly (adv.) In a ruling manner; so as to rule.

Rullichies (n. pl.) Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.

Ruly (a.) Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.

Rum (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.

Rum (a.) Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.

Rum (n.) A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Rumble (v. i.) To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.

Rumble (v. i.) To murmur; to ripple.

Rumble (n.) A noisy report; rumor.

Rumble (n.) A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.

Rumble (n.) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Rumble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.

Rumbler (n.) One who, or that which, rumbles.

Rumbling () a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.

Rumblingly (adv.) In a rumbling manner.

Rumbo (n.) Grog.

Rumbowline (n.) Same as Rombowline.

Rumen (n.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.

Rumen (n.) The cud of a ruminant.

Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

Ruminal (a.) Ruminant; ruminating.

Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Ruminant (n.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Ruminantia (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

Ruminantly (adv.) In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

Ruminated (imp. & p. p.) of Ruminate

Ruminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruminate

Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

Ruminate (v. i.) To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.

Ruminate (v. t.) To chew over again.

Ruminate (v. t.) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Ruminate (a.) Alt. of Ruminated

Ruminated (a.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Rumination (n.) The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

Rumination (n.) The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.

Rumination (n.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

Ruminative (a.) Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

Ruminator (n.) One who ruminates or muses; a meditator.

Rumkin (n.) A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel.

Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.

Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.

Rummaged (imp. & p. p.) of Rummage

Rummaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rummage

Rummage (v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.

Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.

Rummage (v. i.) To search a place narrowly.

Rummager (n.) One who rummages.

Rummager (n.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager.

Rummer (n.) A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.

Rummy (a.) Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

Rummies (pl. ) of Rummy

Rummy (n.) One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.

Rummy (a.) Strange; odd.

Rumney (n.) A sort of Spanish wine.

Rumor (n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

Rumor (n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.

Rumor (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise.

Rumored (imp. & p. p.) of Rumor

Rumoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rumor

Rumor (v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell.

Rumorer (n.) A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.

Rumorous (a.) Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.

Rumorous (a.) Famous; notorious.

Rumorous (a.) Murmuring.

Rump (n.) The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.

Rump (n.) The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.

Rumper (n.) A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament.

Rump-fed (a.) A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered."

Rumpled (imp. & p. p.) of Rumple

Rumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rumple

Rumple (v. t. & i.) To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

Rumple (n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.

Rumpled (a.) Wrinkled; crumpled.

Rumpless (a.) Destitute of a rump.

Rumply (a.) Rumpled.

Rumpus (n.) A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

Rumseller (n.) One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.

Ran (imp.) of Run

Run () of Run

Run (p. p.) of Run

Running (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run

Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.

Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

Run (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.

Run (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.

Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

Run (a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.

Run (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

Run (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.

Run (a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.

Run (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.

Run (a.) To creep, as serpents.

Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.

Run (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.

Run (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

Run (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

Run (a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.

Run (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

Run (a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

Run (a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.

Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.

Run (a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

Run (a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

Run (a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.

Run (a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.

Run (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.

Run (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.

Run (a.) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.

Run (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.

Run (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.

Run (a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.

Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.

Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.

Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

Run (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.

Run (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

Run (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.

Run (v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.

Run (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.

Run (v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.

Run (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.

Run (v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.

Run (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.

Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.

Run (v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

Run (v. i.) To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.

Run (v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.

Run (v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.

Run (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.

Run (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

Run (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

Run (n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.

Run (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.

Run (n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.

Run (n.) A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.

Run (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.

Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.

Run (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

Run (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.

Run (n.) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.

Run (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.

Run (n.) A voyage; as, a run to China.

Run (n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.

Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

Run (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones.

Run (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.

Run (n.) A pair or set of millstones.

Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

Run (a.) Smuggled; as, run goods.

Runagate (n.) A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade.

Runaway (n.) One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

Runaway (n.) The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.

Runaway (a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

Runaway (a.) Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.

Runaway (a.) Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory.

Runaway (a.) Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.

Runcation (n.) A weeding.

Runch (n.) The wild radish.

Runcinate (a.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

Rundel (n.) A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet.

Rundel (n.) A circle.

Rundle (n.) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.

Rundle (n.) A ball.

Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan.

Rundle (n.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Rundlet (n.) A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.

Rune (n.) A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

Rune (n.) Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.

Runer (n.) A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.

Rung () imp. & p. p. of Ring.

Rung (n.) A floor timber in a ship.

Rung (n.) One of the rounds of a ladder.

Rung (n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

Rung (n.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Runghead (n.) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Runic (a.) Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.

Runlet (n.) A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.

Runlet (n.) Same as Rundlet.

Runnel (n.) A rivulet or small brook.

Runner (n.) One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

Runner (n.) A detective.

Runner (n.) A messenger.

Runner (n.) A smuggler.

Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.

Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

Runner (n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

Runner (n.) One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

Runner (n.) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel.

Runner (n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

Runner (n.) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

Runner (n.) Any cursorial bird.

Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

Runner (n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Runnet (n.) See Rennet.

Running (a.) Moving or advancing by running.

Running (a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

Running (a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.

Running (a.) Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.

Running (a.) Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

Running (a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

Running (a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

Running (n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

Running (n.) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.

Running (n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

Runningly (adv.) In a running manner.

Runnion (n.) See Ronion.

Runology (n.) The science of runes.

Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow.

Runt (a.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.

Runt (a.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.

Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.

Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.

Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

Runway (n.) The channel of a stream.

Runway (n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

Rupee (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.

Rupellary (n.) Rocky.

Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.

Rupia (n.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.

Rupial (a.) Of or pertaining to rupia.

Rupicola (n.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.

Rupicoline (a.) Rock-inhabiting.

Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

Ruptuary (n.) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.

Rupture (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.

Rupture (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.

Rupture (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.

Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Rupture

Rupturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rupture

Rupture (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.

Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

Ruptured (a.) Having a rupture, or hernia.

Rupturewort (n.) Same as Burstwort.

Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Rural (a.) Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.

Rural (a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.

Rurales (n. pl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.

Ruralism (n.) The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

Ruralism (n.) A rural idiom or expression.

Ruralist (n.) One who leads a rural life.

ties (pl. ) of Rurality

Rurality (n.) The quality or state of being rural.

Rurality (n.) A rural place.

Ruralized (imp. & p. p.) of Ruralize

Ruralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruralize

Ruralize (v. t.) To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.

Ruralize (v. i.) To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.

Rurally (adv.) In a rural manner; as in the country.

Ruralness (n.) The quality or state of being rural.

Ruricolist (n.) An inhabitant of the country.

Ruridecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.

Rurigenous (a.) Born in the country.

Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

Rush (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

Rush (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.

Rushed (imp. & p. p.) of Rush

Rushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rush

Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.

Rush (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

Rush (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Rush (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.

Rush (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

Rush (n.) A perfect recitation.

Rush (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.

Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.

Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.

Rushed (a.) Abounding or covered with rushes.

Rusher (n.) One who rushes.

Rusher (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

Rushiness (n.) The quality or state of abounding with rushes.

Rushingly (adv.) In a rushing manner.

Rushlight (n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.

Rushlike (a.) Resembling a rush; weak.

Rushy (a.) Abounding with rushes.

Rushy (a.) Made of rushes.

Rusine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.

Rusk (n.) A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.

Rusk (n.) A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.

Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.

Rusma (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.

Russ (n. sing. & pl.) A Russian, or the Russians.

Russ (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Russians.

Russ (a.) Of or pertaining to the Russians.

Russet (a.) Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.

Russet (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic.

Russet (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

Russet (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

Russet (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.

Russet (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

Russeting (n.) See Russet, n., 2 and 4.

Russety (a.) Of a russet color; russet.

Russia (n.) A country of Europe and Asia.

Russian (a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.

Russian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.

Russianize (v. t.) To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.

Russification (n.) The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.

Russify (v. t.) To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.

Russophile (n.) Alt. of Russophilist

Russophilist (n.) One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.

Russophobe () Alt. of Russophobist

Russophobist () One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.

Russophobia (n.) Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.

Rust (n.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.

Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

Rust (n.) That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.

Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.

Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.

Rust (n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.

Rusted (imp. & p. p.) of Rust

Rusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rust

Rust (v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

Rust (v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.

Rust (v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

Rust (v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.

Rust (v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.

Rustful (a.) Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.

Rustic (a.) Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.

Rustic (a.) Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.

Rustic (a.) Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.

Rustic (a.) Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.

Rustic (n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

Rustic (n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.

Rustical (a.) Rustic.

Rusticated (imp. & p. p.) of Rusticate

Rusticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rusticate

Rusticate (v. i.) To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

Rusticated (a.) Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.

Rustication (n.) The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.

Rustication (n.) Rustic work.

Rusticity (n.) The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.

Rusticly (adv.) In a rustic manner; rustically.

Rustily (adv.) In a rusty state.

Rustiness (n.) The quality or state of being rusty.

Rustled (imp. & p. p.) of Rustle

Rustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rustle

Rustle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.

Rustle (v. t.) To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

Rustle (n.) A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

Rustler (n.) One who, or that which, rustles.

Rustler (n.) A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.

Rustless (a.) Free from rust.

Rusty (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.

Rusty (superl.) Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

Rusty (superl.) Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.

Rusty (superl.) Rust-colored; dark.

Rusty (superl.) Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.

Rusty (superl.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Rut (n.) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.

Rutted (imp. & p. p.) of Rut

Rutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rut

Rut (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

Rut (v. t.) To cover in copulation.

Rut (n.) A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

Rut (v. t.) To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

Ruta-baga (n.) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.

Rutaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.

Rutate (n.) A salt of rutic acid.

Ruth (v.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.

Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Ruthenic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.

Ruthenious (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.

Ruthenium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.

Ruthful (a.) Full of ruth

Ruthful (a.) Pitiful; tender.

Ruthful (a.) Full of sorrow; woeful.

Ruthful (a.) Causing sorrow.

Ruthless (a.) Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

Rutic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.

Rutilant (a.) Having a reddish glow; shining.

Rutilate (v. i.) To shine; to emit rays of light.

Rutile (n.) A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.

Rutilian (n.) Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).

Rutin (n.) A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.

Rutinose. () A disaccharide present in glycosides.

Rutter (n.) A horseman or trooper.

Rutter (n.) That which ruts.

Rutterkin (n.) An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.

Ruttier (n.) A chart of a course, esp. at sea.

Ruttish (a.) Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.

Ruttle (n.) A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.

Rutty (a.) Ruttish; lustful.

Rutty (a.) Full of ruts; as, a rutty road.

Rutty (a.) Rooty.

Rutylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.

Ryal (a.) Royal.

Ryal (n.) See Rial, an old English coin.

Ryder (n.) A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.

Ryder (n.) A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.

Rye (n.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.

Rye (n.) A disease in a hawk.

Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Ryot (n.) A peasant or cultivator of the soil.

Rypophagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth.

Rys (n.) A branch.

Rysh (n.) Rush, a plant.

Rysimeter (n.) See Rhysimeter.

Ryth (n.) A ford.

Rytina (n.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow.

S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.

-s () The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.

-s () The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.

-s () An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.

's () A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.

Saadh (n.) See Sadh.

Saan (n. pl.) Same as Bushmen.

Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.

Sabaean (a. & n.) Same as Sabian.

Sabaeanism (n.) Same as Sabianism.

Sabaeism (n.) Alt. of Sabaism

Sabaism (n.) See Sabianism.

Sabal (n.) A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.

Sabaoth (n. pl.) Armies; hosts.

Sabaoth (n. pl.) Incorrectly, the Sabbath.

Sabbat (n.) In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.

Sabbatarian (n.) One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.

Sabbatarian (n.) A strict observer of the Sabbath.

Sabbatarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.

Sabbatarianism (n.) The tenets of Sabbatarians.

Sabbath (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.

Sabbath (n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.

Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

Sabbathless (a.) Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.

Sabbatic (a.) Alt. of Sabbatical

Sabbatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.

Sabbatism (n.) Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.

Sabbaton (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.

Sabean (a. & n.) Same as Sabian.

Sabeism (n.) Same as Sabianism.

Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

Sabellian (a.) Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

Sabellian (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

Sabellianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

Sabelloid (a.) Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.

Saber (n.) Alt. of Sabre

Sabre (n.) A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

Sabered (imp. & p. p.) of Sabre

Sabred () of Sabre

Sabering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sabre

Sabring () of Sabre

Saber (v. t.) Alt. of Sabre

Sabre (v. t.) To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.

Saberbill (n.) Alt. of Sabrebill

Sabrebill (n.) The curlew.

Sabian (a.) Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.

Sabian (a.) Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.

Sabian (n.) An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.

Sabianism (n.) The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.

Sabicu (n.) The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.

Sabine (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.

Sabine (n.) One of the Sabine people.

Sabine (n.) See Savin.

Sable (n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

Sable (n.) The fur of the sable.

Sable (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.

Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Sable (a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Sabled (imp. & p. p.) of Sable

Sabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sable

Sable (v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

Sabot (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

Sabot (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.

Sabotiere (n.) A kind of freezer for ices.

Sabre (n. & v.) See Saber.

Sabretasche (n.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt.

Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc.

Sabulose (a.) Growing in sandy places.

Sabulosity (n.) The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.

Sabulous (a.) Sandy; gritty.

Sac (n.) See Sacs.

Sac (n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

Sac (n.) See 2d Sack.

Sac (n.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.

Sacalait (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.

Sacar (n.) See Saker.

Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.

Saccate (a.) Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.

Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.

Saccharate (n.) A salt of saccharic acid.

Saccharate (n.) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.

Saccharic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.

Sacchariferous (a.) Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.

Saccharified (imp. & p. p.) of Saccharify

Saccharifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saccharify

Saccharify (v. t.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.

Saccharilla (n.) A kind of muslin.

Saccharimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts.

Saccharimetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained by saccharimetry.

Saccharimetry (n.) The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.

Saccharin (n.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).

Saccharinate (n.) A salt of saccharinic acid.

Saccharinate (n.) A salt of saccharine.

Saccharine (a.) Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

Saccharine (n.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.

Saccharinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.

Saccharized (imp. & p. p.) of Saccharize

Saccharizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saccharize

Saccharize (v. t.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.

Saccharoid (a.) Alt. of Saccharoidal

Saccharoidal (a.) Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.

Saccharometer (n.) A saccharimeter.

Saccharomyces (n.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.

Saccharomycetes (n. pl.) A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.

Saccharonate (n.) A salt of saccharonic acid.

Saccharone (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.

Saccharone (n.) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.

Saccharonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.

Saccharose (n.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.

Saccharous (a.) Saccharine.

Saccharum (n.) A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.

Saccholactate (n.) A salt of saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate.

Saccholactic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.

Saccholic (a.) Saccholactic.

Sacchulmate (n.) A salt of sacchulmic acid.

Sacchulmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.

Sacchulmin (n.) An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.

Sacciferous (a.) Bearing a sac.

Sacciform (a.) Having the general form of a sac.

Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.

Saccular (a.) Like a sac; sacciform.

Sacculated (a.) Furnished with little sacs.

Saccule (n.) A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.

Sacculo-cochlear (a.) Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.

Sacculo-utricular (a.) Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.

Sacculi (pl. ) of Sacculus

Sacculus (n.) A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

Sacci (pl. ) of Saccus

Saccus (n.) A sac.

Sacella (pl. ) of Sacellum

Sacellum (n.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.

Sacellum (n.) A small monumental chapel in a church.

Sacerdotal (a.) Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.

Sacerdotalism (m.) The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.

Sacerdotally (adv.) In a sacerdotal manner.

Sachel (n.) A small bag.

Sachem (n.) A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.

Sachemdom (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a sachem.

Sachemship (n.) Office or condition of a sachem.

Sachet (n.) A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.

Saciety (n.) Satiety.

Sack (n.) A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Sack (n.) A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

Sack (n.) Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

Sack (n.) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Sack (n.) See 2d Sac, 2.

Sack (n.) Bed.

Sack (v. t.) To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

Sack (v. t.) To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

Sack (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

Sacked (imp. & p. p.) of Sack

Sacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sack

Sack (v. t.) To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

Sackage (n.) The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack.

Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone.

Sackcloth (n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.

Sackclothed (a.) Clothed in sackcloth.

Sacker (n.) One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.

Sackfuls (pl. ) of Sackful

Sackful (n.) As much as a sack will hold.

Sackful (a.) Bent on plunder.

Sacking (n.) Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.

Sackless (a.) Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.

Sack-winged (a.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.

Sacque (n.) Same as 2d Sack, 3.

Sacral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.

Sacrament (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.

Sacrament (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.

Sacrament (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.

Sacrament (v. t.) To bind by an oath.

Sacramental (a.) Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.

Sacramental (a.) Bound by a sacrament.

Sacramental (n.) That which relates to a sacrament.

Sacramentalism (n.) The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.

Sacramentalist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist.

Sacramentally (adv.) In a sacramental manner.

Sacramentarian (n.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.

Sacramentarian (n.) One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.

Sacramentarian (a.) Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.

Sacramentarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.

Sacramentary (a.) Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.

Sacramentary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.

-ries (pl. ) of Sacramentary

Sacramentary (n.) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.

Sacramentary (n.) Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.

Sacramentize (v. i.) To administer the sacraments.

-ria (pl. ) of Sacrarium

Sacrarium (n.) A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.

Sacrarium (n.) The adytum of a temple.

Sacrarium (n.) In a Christian church, the sanctuary.

Sacrate (v. t.) To consecrate.

Sacration (n.) Consecration.

Sacre (n.) See Saker.

Sacre (v. t.) To consecrate; to make sacred.

Sacred (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.

Sacred (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.

Sacred (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.

Sacred (a.) Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.

Sacred (a.) Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.

Sacred (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

Sacrific (a.) Alt. of Sacrifical

Sacrifical (a.) Employed in sacrifice.

Sacrificable (a.) Capable of being offered in sacrifice.

Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.

Sacrificator (n.) A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice.

Sacrificatory (n.) Offering sacrifice.

Sacrifice (n.) The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.

Sacrifice (n.) Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.

Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.

Sacrifice (n.) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

Sacrificed (imp. & p. p.) of Sacrifice

Sacrificing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sacrifice

Sacrifice (n.) To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.

Sacrifice (n.) Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.

Sacrifice (n.) To destroy; to kill.

Sacrifice (n.) To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

Sacrifice (v. i.) To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.

Sacrificer (n.) One who sacrifices.

Sacrificial (a.) Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.

Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.

Sacrilegious (a.) Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.

Sacrilegist (n.) One guilty of sacrilege.

Sacring () a. & n. from Sacre.

Sacrist (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.

Sacristan (n.) An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

Sacristies (pl. ) of Sacristy

Sacristy (n.) An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.

Sacro- () A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.

Sacrosanct (a.) Sacred; inviolable.

Sacrosciatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.

Sacrovertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.

sacra (pl. ) of Sacrum

Sacrum (n.) That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.

Sacs (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Sad (supperl.) Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

Sad (supperl.) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

Sad (supperl.) Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.

Sad (supperl.) Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.

Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

Sad (supperl.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.

Sad (supperl.) Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.

Sad (v. t.) To make sorrowful; to sadden.

Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.

Saddened (imp. & p. p.) of Sadden

Saddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sadden

Sadden (v. t.) To make sad.

Sadden (v. t.) To render heavy or cohesive.

Sadden (v. t.) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.

Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.

Sadden (v. i.) To become, or be made, sad.

Sadder (n.) Same as Sadda.

Saddle (n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.

Saddle (n.) A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.

Saddle (n.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.

Saddle (n.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.

Saddle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

Saddle (n.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.

Saddled (imp. & p. p.) of Saddle

Saddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saddle

Saddle (v. t.) To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.

Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.

Saddleback (a.) Same as Saddle-backed.

Saddleback (n.) Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.

Saddleback (n.) The harp seal.

Saddleback (n.) The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).

Saddleback (n.) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.

Saddle-backed (a.) Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.

Saddle-backed (a.) Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.

Saddlebags (n. pl.) Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.

Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.

Saddlecloth (n.) A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.

Saddled (a.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.

Saddler (n.) One who makes saddles.

Saddler (n.) A harp seal.

Saddlery (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

Saddlery (n.) The trade or employment of a saddler.

Saddle-shaped (a.) Shaped like a saddle.

Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.

Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.

Saddletree (n.) The frame of a saddle.

Sadducaic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.

Sadducee (n.) One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.

Sadduceeism (n.) Alt. of Sadducism

Sadducism (n.) The tenets of the Sadducees.

Sadducized (imp. & p. p.) of Sadducize

Sadducizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sadducize

Sadducize (v. i.) To adopt the principles of the Sadducees.

Sadh (n.) A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects.

Sadiron (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.

Sadly (adv.) Wearily; heavily; firmly.

Sadly (adv.) Seriously; soberly; gravely.

Sadly (adv.) Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.

Sadness (n.) Heaviness; firmness.

Sadness (n.) Seriousness; gravity; discretion.

Sadness (n.) Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.

Sadr (n.) A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).

Saengerfest (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival.

Safe (superl.) Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.

Safe (superl.) Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.

Safe (superl.) Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

Safe (n.) A place for keeping things in safety.

Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.

Safe (n.) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.

Safe (v. t.) To render safe; to make right.

Safe-conduct (n.) That which gives a safe passage

Safe-conduct (n.) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country

Safe-conduct (n.) a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety.

Safe-conduct (v. t.) To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.

Safeguard (n.) One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.

Safeguard (n.) A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.

Safeguard (n.) A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct.

Safeguard (v. t.) To guard; to protect.

Safe-keeping (n.) The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Safely (adv.) In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences.

Safeness (n.) The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.

Safe-pledge (n.) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.

Safety (n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

Safety (n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.

Safety (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.

Safety (n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below.

Safflow (n.) The safflower.

Safflower (n.) An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.

Safflower (n.) The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.

Safflower (n.) A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).

Saffron (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

Saffron (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.

Saffron (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

Saffron (v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.

Saffrony (a.) Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.

Safranin (n.) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.

Safranin (n.) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.

Safranin (n.) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.

Safranine (n.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.

Sagged (imp. & p. p.) of Sag

Sagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sag

Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

Sag (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

Sag (v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.

Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Sagas (pl. ) of Saga

Saga (n.) A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.

Sagacious (a.) Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

Sagacious (a.) Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.

Sagacity (n.) The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.

Sagamore (n.) The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.

Sagamore (n.) A juice used in medicine.

Sagapen (n.) Sagapenum.

Sagapenum (n.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with.

Sagathy (n.) A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.

Sage (n.) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.

Sage (n.) The sagebrush.

Sage (superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

Sage (superl.) Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

Sage (superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.

Sage (n.) A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

Sagebrush (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

Sagely (adv.) In a sage manner; wisely.

Sagene (n.) A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.

Sageness (n.) The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.

Sagenite (n.) Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.

Sagenitic (a.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.

Sagger (n.) A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.

Sagger (n.) The clay of which such pots or cases are made.

Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.

Saginate (v. t.) To make fat; to pamper.

Sagination (n.) The act of fattening or pampering.

Sagitta (n.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.

Sagitta (n.) The keystone of an arch.

Sagitta (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.

Sagitta (n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

Sagitta (n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.

Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.

Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.

Sagittal (a.) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.

Sagittarius (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.

Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.

Sagittary (n.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.

Sagittary (n.) The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.

Sagittary (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.

Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

Sagittated (a.) Sagittal; sagittate.

Sagittocyst (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

Sago (n.) A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).

Sagoin (n.) A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.

Saga (pl. ) of Sagum

Sagum (n.) The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.

Sagus (n.) A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.

Sagy (a.) Full of sage; seasoned with sage.

Sahib (n.) Alt. of Saheb

Saheb (n.) A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.

Sahibah (n.) A lady; mistress.

Sahidic (a.) Same as Thebaic.

Sahlite (n.) See Salite.

Sahui (n.) A marmoset.

Sai (n.) See Capuchin, 3 (a).

Saibling (n.) A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.

Saic (n.) A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.

Said () imp. & p. p. of Say.

Said (a.) Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.

Saiga (n.) An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.

Saikyr (n.) Same as Saker.

Sail (n.) An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

Sail (n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

Sail (n.) A wing; a van.

Sail (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

Sail (n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

Sail (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

Sailed (imp. & p. p.) of Sail

Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sail

Sail (n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.

Sail (n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

Sail (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

Sail (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.

Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

Sail (v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.

Sail (v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

Sail (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

Sailable (a.) Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.

Sailboat (n.) A boat propelled by a sail or sails.

Sailcloth (n.) Duck or canvas used in making sails.

Sailer (n.) A sailor.

Sailer (n.) A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.

Sailfish (n.) The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)

Sailfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark.

Sailfish (n.) The quillback.

Sailing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.

Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.

Sailless (a.) Destitute of sails.

Sailmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.

Sailor (n.) One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Saily (a.) Like a sail.

Saim (n.) Lard; grease.

Saimir (n.) The squirrel monkey.

Sain (p. p.) Said.

Sain (v. t.) To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.

Sainfoin (n.) A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.

Sainfoin (n.) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).

Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

Saint (n.) One of the blessed in heaven.

Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

Sainted (imp. & p. p.) of Saint

Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saint

Saint (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).

Saint (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.

Saintdom (n.) The state or character of a saint.

Sainted (a.) Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.

Sainted (a.) Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.

Saintess (n.) A female saint.

Sainthood (n.) The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

Sainthood (n.) The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively.

Saintish (a.) Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.

Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.

Saintlike (a.) Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.

Saintliness (n.) Quality of being saintly.

Saintly (superl.) Like a saint; becoming a holy person.

Saintologist (n.) One who writes the lives of saints.

Saintship (n.) The character or qualities of a saint.

Saint-Simonian (n.) A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.

Saint-Simonianism (n.) The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.

Saith () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Say.

Saithe (n.) The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock.

Saiva (n.) One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.

Saivism (n.) The worship of Siva.

Sajene (n.) Same as Sagene.

Sajou (n.) Same as Sapajou.

Sake (n.) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.

Saker (n.) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

Saker (n.) The peregrine falcon.

Saker (n.) A small piece of artillery.

Sakeret (n.) The male of the saker (a).

Saki (n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.

Saki (n.) The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.

Sakti (n.) The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.

Sal (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.

Sal (n.) Salt.

Salaam (n.) Same as Salam.

Salaam (v. i.) To make or perform a salam.

Salability (n.) The quality or condition of being salable; salableness.

Salable (a.) Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.

Salacious (n.) Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.

Salacity (n.) Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.

Salad (n.) A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.

Salad (n.) A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.

Salade (n.) A helmet. See Sallet.

Salading (n.) Vegetables for salad.

Salaeratus (n.) See Saleratus.

Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.

Salal-berry (n.) The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.

Salam (n.) A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.

Salamander (n.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

Salamander (n.) The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

Salamander (n.) A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.

Salamander (n.) A large poker.

Salamander (n.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

Salamandrina (n.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

Salamandrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.

Salamandroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the salamanders.

Salamandroidea (n. pl.) A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.

Salamstone (n.) A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.

Salangana (n.) The salagane.

Salaried (a.) Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.

Salary (a.) Saline

Salaries (pl. ) of Salary

Salary (n.) The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.

Salaried (imp. & p. p.) of Salary

Salarying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salary

Salary (v. t.) To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.

Sale (n.) See 1st Sallow.

Sale (v. t.) The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.

Sale (v. t.) Opportunity of selling; demand; market.

Sale (v. t.) Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.

Saleable (adv.) Alt. of Saleably

Saleably (adv.) See Salable, Salably, etc.

Saleb (n.) See Salep.

Salebrosity (n.) Roughness or ruggedness.

Salebrous (a.) Rough; rugged.

Salep (n.) The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.

Saleratus (n.) Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.

Salesmen (pl. ) of Salesman

Salesman (n.) One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

Saleswomen (pl. ) of Saleswoman

Saleswoman (n.) A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

Salework (n.) Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.

Salian (a.) Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.

Salian (n.) A Salian Frank.

Saliant (a.) Same as Salient.

Saliaunce (a.) Salience; onslaught.

Salic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.

Salicaceous (a.) Belonging or relating to the willow.

Salicin (n.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Salicyl (n.) The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.

Salicylal (n.) A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid.

Salicylate (n.) A salt of salicylic acid.

Salicylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.

Salicylide (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.

Salicylite (n.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.

Salicylol (n.) Same as Salicylal.

Salicylous (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.

Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

Salience (n.) The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.

Saliency (n.) Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.

Salient (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.

Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.

Salient (v. i.) Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.

Salient (v. i.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.

Salient (v. i.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.

Salient (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection.

Saliently (adv.) In a salient manner.

Saliferous (a.) Producing, or impregnated with, salt.

Salifiable (a.) Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.

Salification (n.) The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.

Salified (imp. & p. p.) of Salify

Salifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salify

Salify (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with a salt.

Salify (v. t.) To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.

Saligenin (n.) A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.

Saligot (n.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans).

Salimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.

Salimetry (n.) The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance.

Salina (a.) A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.

Salina (a.) Salt works.

Salina period () The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology.

Salination (n.) The act of washing with salt water.

Saline (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

Saline (a.) Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

Saline (a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

Saline (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.

Saline (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.

Salineness (n.) The quality or state of being salt; saltness.

Saliniferous (a.) Same as Saliferous.

Saliniform (a.) Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.

Salinity (n.) Salineness.

Salinometer (n.) A salimeter.

Salinous (a.) Saline.

Salique (a.) Salic.

Saliretin (n.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.

Salisburia (n.) The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).

Salite (v. t.) To season with salt; to salt.

Salite (n.) A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color.

Saliva (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands.

Salival (a.) Salivary.

Salivant (a.) Producing salivation.

Salivant (n.) That which produces salivation.

Salivary (a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.

Salivated (imp. & p. p.) of Salivate

Salivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salivate

Salivate (v. t.) To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

Salivate (v. i.) To produce saliva, esp. in excess.

Salivation (n.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.

Salivous (a.) Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva.

Salices (pl. ) of Salix

Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.

Salix (n.) A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.

Sallenders (n. pl.) An eruption on the hind leg of a horse.

Sallet (n.) A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.

Sallet (n.) Alt. of Salleting

Salleting (n.) Salad.

Salliance (n.) Salience.

Sallow (n.) The willow; willow twigs.

Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.

Sallow (superl.) Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

Sallow (v. t.) To tinge with sallowness.

Sallowish (a.) Somewhat sallow.

Sallowness (n.) The quality or condition of being sallow.

Sallied (imp. & p. p.) of Sally

Sallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sally

Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

Sallies (pl. ) of Sally

Sally (v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.

Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.

Sally (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.

Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.

Sally (v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.

Sally Lunn () A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.

Sallyman (n.) The velella; -- called also saleeman.

Salm (n.) Psalm.

Salmagundi (n.) A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.

Salmagundi (n.) Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

Salmi (n.) Same as Salmis.

Salmiac (n.) Sal ammoniac. See under Sal.

Salmis (n.) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.

Salmons (pl. ) of Salmon

Salmon (pl. ) of Salmon

Salmon (v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

Salmon (v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.

Salmon (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.

Salmonet (n.) A salmon of small size; a samlet.

Salmonoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.

Salmonoid (n.) Any fish of the family Salmonidae.

Salogen (n.) A halogen.

Salol (n.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.

salometer (n.) See Salimeter.

Salomtry (n.) Salimetry.

Salon (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.

Saloon (n.) Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.

Saloop (n.) An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.

Salp (n.) Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.

Salpae (pl. ) of Salpa

Salpas (pl. ) of Salpa

Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.

Salpian (n.) Alt. of Salpid

Salpid (n.) A salpa.

Salpicon (n.) Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.

Salpingitis (n.) Inflammation of the salpinx.

Salpinx (n.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.

Salsafy (n.) See Salsify.

Salsamentarious (a.) Salt; salted; saline.

Salse (n.) A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.

Salsify (n.) See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.

Salso-acid (a.) Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.

Salsoda (n.) See Sal soda, under Sal.

Salsola (n.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.

salsuginous (a.) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.

Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.

Salt (n.) Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.

Salt (n.) Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.

Salt (n.) A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.

Salt (n.) A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.

Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.

Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.

Salt (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.

Salt (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.

Salt (n.) Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.

Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.

Salt (n.) Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.

Salt (n.) Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.

Salted (imp. & p. p.) of Salt

Salting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salt

Salt (v. t.) To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.

Salt (v. t.) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

Salt (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.

Salt (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.

Saltant (v.) Leaping; jumping; dancing.

Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.

Saltarella (n.) See Saltarello.

Saltarello (n.) A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.

Saltate (v. i.) To leap or dance.

Saltation (n.) A leaping or jumping.

Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.

Saltation (n.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.

Saltatoria (n. pl.) A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.

Saltatorial (a.) Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.

Saltatorial (a.) Same as Saltatorious.

Saltatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.

Saltatorious (a.) Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.

Saltatory (a.) Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.

Saltbush (n.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.

Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.

Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.

Salter (n.) One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.

Saltern (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

Saltfoot (n.) A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.

Salt-green (a.) Sea-green in color.

Saltle (n.) The European dab.

Saltier (n.) See Saltire.

Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.

Saltigrade (a.) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.

Saltimbanco (n.) A mountebank; a quack.

Salting (n.) The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

Salting (n.) A salt marsh.

Saltire (v.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.

Saltish (a.) Somewhat salt.

Saltless (a.) Destitute of salt; insipid.

Saltly (adv.) With taste of salt; in a salt manner.

Saltmouth (n.) A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.

Saltness (n.) The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.

Saltpeter (n.) Alt. of Saltpetre

Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

Saltpetrous (a.) Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.

Salt rheum () A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.

Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Salty (a.) Somewhat salt; saltish.

Salubrious (a.) Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.

Salubrity (n.) The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.

Salue (v. t.) To salute.

Salutary (a.) Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

Salutary (a.) Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.

Salutation (n.) The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.

Salutatorian (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.

Salutatorily (adv.) By way of salutation.

Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.

Salutatory (n.) A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.

Salutatory (n.) The salutatory oration.

Saluted (imp. & p. p.) of Salute

Saluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salute

Salute (v. t.) To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

Salute (v. t.) Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

Salute (v. t.) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.

Salute (v. t.) To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.

Salute (v.) The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

Salute (v.) A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.

Saluter (n.) One who salutes.

Salutiferous (a.) Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.

Salutiferously (adv.) Salutarily.

Salvability (n.) The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness.

Salvable (a.) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.

Salvage (n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

Salvage (n.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.

Salvage (n.) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.

Salvage (a. & n.) Savage.

Salvation (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

Salvation (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.

Salvation (n.) Saving power; that which saves.

Salvationist (n.) An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.

Salvatory (n.) A place where things are preserved; a repository.

Salve (interj.) Hail!

Salve (v. t.) To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.

Salve (n.) An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

Salve (n.) A soothing remedy or antidote.

Salved (imp. & p. p.) of Salve

Salving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salve

Salve (n.) To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.

Salve (n.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.

Salve (v. t. & i.) To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.

Salver (n.) One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.

Salver (n.) A salvor.

Salver (n.) A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.

Salver-shaped (a.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.

Salvia (n.) A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.

Salvific (a.) Tending to save or secure safety.

Salvos (pl. ) of Salvo

Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

Salvo (n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

Salvor (n.) One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.

Sam (a.) Together.

Samara (n.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.

Samare (n.) See Simar.

Samaritan (a.) Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.

Samaritan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.

Samarium (n.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.

Samaroid (a.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.

Samarra (n.) See Simar.

Samarskite (a.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.

Sambo (n.) A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.

Samboo (n.) Same as Sambur.

Sambucus (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.

Sambuke (n.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.

Sambur (n.) An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina).

Same (v. i.) Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

Same (v. i.) Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.

Same (v. i.) Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.

Sameliness (n.) Sameness, 2.

Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.

Sameness (n.) Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.

Samette (n.) See Samite.

Samian (a.) Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.

Samian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.

Samiel (n.) A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.

Samiot (a. & n.) Samian.

Samite (a.) A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.

Samlet (n.) The parr.

Sammier (n.) A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.

Samoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.

Samoan (n.) An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.

Samovar (n.) A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.

Samoyedes (n. pl.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.

Samp (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.

Sampan (n.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.

Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.

Samphire (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.

Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.

Sample (n.) Example; pattern.

Sample (n.) A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.

Sample (v. t.) To make or show something similar to; to match.

Sample (v. t.) To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

Sampler (n.) One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.

Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.

Samshoo (n.) Alt. of Samshu

Samshu (n.) A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.

Samson (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.

Sanability (n.) The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.

Sanable (a.) Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.

Sanableness (n.) The quality of being sanable.

Sanation (n.) The act of healing or curing.

Sanative (a.) Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.

Sanatorium (n.) An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Sanatory (a.) Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.

Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.

Sanbenito (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe.

Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of Sancte bell

Sancte bell (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.

Sanctificate (v. t.) To sanctify.

Sanctification (n.) The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;

Sanctification (n.) the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.

Sanctification (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.

Sanctified (a.) Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.

Sanctifier (n.) One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.

Sanctified (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctify

Sanctifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctify

Sanctify (v. t.) To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.

Sanctify (v. t.) To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

Sanctify (v. t.) To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

Sanctifyingly (adv.) In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.

Sanctiloquent (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.

Sanctimonial (a.) Sanctimonious.

Sanctimonious (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.

Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.

Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.

Sanction (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.

Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.

Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.) of Sanction

Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanction

Sanction (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

Sanctionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.

Sanctitude (n.) Holiness; sacredness; sanctity.

Sanctities (pl. ) of Sanctity

Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.

Sanctity (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.

Sanctity (n.) A saint or holy being.

Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.

Sanctuaries (pl. ) of Sanctuary

Sanctuary (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.

Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.

Sanctuary (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.

Sanctuary (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.

Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.

Sanctum (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.

Sanctus (n.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.

Sanctus (n.) An anthem composed for these words.

Sand (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

Sand (n.) A single particle of such stone.

Sand (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

Sand (n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.

Sand (n.) Courage; pluck; grit.

Sanded (imp. & p. p.) of Sand

Sanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sand

Sand (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.

Sand (v. t.) To drive upon the sand.

Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Sand (v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.

Sandal (n.) Same as Sendal.

Sandal (n.) Sandalwood.

Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.

Sandal (n.) A kind of slipper.

Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

Sandaled (a.) Wearing sandals.

Sandaled (a.) Made like a sandal.

Sandaliform (a.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper.

Sandalwood (n.) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.

Sandalwood (n.) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.

Sandalwood (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).

Sandarach (n.) Alt. of Sandarac

Sandarac (n.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.

Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.

Sandbagger (n.) An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.

Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.

Sanded (a.) Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.

Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.

Sanded (a.) Short-sighted.

Sandemanian (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.

Sandemanianism (n.) The faith or system of the Sandemanians.

Sanderling (n.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.

Sanders (n.) An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

Sanders-blue (n.) See Saunders-blue.

Sandever (n.) See Sandiver.

Sandfish (n.) A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.

Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Sandhiller (n.) A nickname given to any "poor white" living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina.

Sandiness (n.) The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

Sandish (a.) Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.

Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall.

Sandix (n.) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

Sandman (n.) A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.

Sandnecker (n.) A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker.

Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.

Sandpaper (v. t.) To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.

Sandpiper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

Sandpiper (n.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.

Sandpit (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Sandre (n.) A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare.

Sandstone (n.) A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

Sandwich (n.) Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

Sandwiched (imp. & p. p.) of Sandwich

Sandwiching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sandwich

Sandwich (v. t.) To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.

Sandworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.

Sandworm (n.) Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters.

Sandworm (n.) The chigoe, a species of flea.

Sandwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)

Sandy (superl.) Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.

Sandy (superl.) Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.

Sandyx (n.) See Sandix.

Sane (a.) Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

Sane (a.) Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.

Saneness (n.) The state of being sane; sanity.

Sang () imp. of Sing.

Sanga (n.) Alt. of Sangu

Sangu (n.) The Abyssinian ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.

Sangaree (n.) Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.

Sang-froid (n.) Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.

Sangiac (n.) See Sanjak.

Sangraal (n.) Alt. of Sangreal

Sangreal (n.) See Holy Grail, under Grail.

Sanguiferous (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.

Sanguification (n.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.

Sanguifier (n.) A producer of blood.

Sanguifluous (a.) Flowing or running with blood.

Sanguify (v. t.) To produce blood from.

Sanguigenous (a.) Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.

Sanguinaceous (n.) Of a blood-red color; sanguine.

Sanguinaria (n.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

Sanguinaria (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.

Sanguinarily (adv.) In a sanguinary manner.

Sanguinariness (n.) The quality or state of being sanguinary.

Sanguinary (a.) Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

Sanguinary (a.) Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.

Sanguinary (a.) The yarrow.

Sanguinary (a.) The Sanguinaria.

Sanguine (a.) Having the color of blood; red.

Sanguine (a.) Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

Sanguine (a.) Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

Sanguine (a.) Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.

Sanguine (n.) Blood color; red.

Sanguine (n.) Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.

Sanguine (n.) Bloodstone.

Sanguine (n.) Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

Sanguine (v. t.) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Sanguineless (a.) Destitute of blood; pale.

Sanguinely (adv.) In a sanguine manner.

Sanguineness (n.) The quality of being sanguine.

Sanguineous (a.) Abounding with blood; sanguine.

Sanguineous (a.) Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.

Sanguineous (a.) Blood-red; crimson.

sanguinity (n.) The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

Sanguinivorous (a.) Subsisting on blood.

Sanguinolency (n.) The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.

Sanguinolent (a.) Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.

Sanguisuge (n.) A bloodsucker, or leech.

Sanguivorous (a.) Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.

Sanhedrin (n.) Alt. of Sanhedrim

Sanhedrim (n.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.

Sanhedrist (n.) A member of the sanhedrin.

Sanhita (n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.

Sanicle (n.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.

Sanidine (n.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.

Sanies (n.) A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.

Sanious (a.) Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer.

Sanious (a.) Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.

Sanitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.

Sanitarian (n.) An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.

Sanitarist (n.) A sanitarian.

Sanitarium (n.) A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

Sanitary (a.) Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.

Sanitation (n.) The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

Sanity (n.) The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

Sanjak (n.) A district or a subvision of a vilayet.

Sank () imp. of Sink.

Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.

Sankhya (n.) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.

Sannop (n.) Same as Sannup.

Sannup (n.) A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.

Sanny (n.) The sandpiper.

Sans (prep.) Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.

Sanscrit (n.) See Sanskrit.

Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.

Sans-culotte (n.) Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.

Sans-culottic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.

Sans-culottism (n.) Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.

Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.

Sanskrit (a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.

Sanskritic (a.) Sanskrit.

Sanskritist (n.) One versed in Sanskrit.

Sans-souci (adv.) Without care; free and easy.

Santal (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.

Santalaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.

Santalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.

Santalin (n.) Santalic acid. See Santalic.

Santalum (n.) A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.

Santees (n. pl.) One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.

Santer (v. i.) See Saunter.

Santon (n.) A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

Santonate (n.) A salt of santonic acid.

Santonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.

Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

Santoninate (n.) A salt of santoninic acid.

Santoninic (a.) Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.

Sao (n.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

Sap (n.) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

Sap (n.) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

Sap (n.) A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop.

Sapped (imp. & p. p.) of Sap

Sapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sap

Sap (v. t.) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

Sap (v. t.) To pierce with saps.

Sap (v. t.) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

Sap (v. i.) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.

Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Sapadillo (n.) See Sapodila.

Sapajo (n.) The sapajou.

Sapajou (n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.

Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.

Sapful (a.) Abounding in sap; sappy.

Saphead (n.) A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

Saphenous (a.) Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.

Saphenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.

Sapid (a.) Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.

Sapidity (n.) The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

Sapidness (n.) Quality of being sapid; sapidity.

Sapience (n.) The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.

Sapient (a.) Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

Sapiential (a.) Having or affording wisdom.

Sapientious (a.) Sapiential.

Sapientize (v. t.) To make sapient.

Sapiently (adv.) In a sapient manner.

Sapindaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.

Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.

Sapless (a.) Destitute of sap; not juicy.

Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.

sapling (n.) A young tree.

Sapodilla (n.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.

Sapogenin (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

Saponaceous (a.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

Saponacity (n.) The quality or state of being saponaceous.

Saponary (a.) Saponaceous.

Saponifiable (a.) Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.

Saponification (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

Saponifier (n.) That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.

Saponified (imp. & p. p.) of Saponify

Saponifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saponify

Saponify (v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.

Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.

Saponul (n.) A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.

Sapor (n.) Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.

Saporific (a.) Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.

Saporosity (n.) The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.

Saporous (a.) Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.

Sapota (n.) The sapodilla.

Sapotaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.

Sappan wood () Sapan wood.

Sappare (n.) Kyanite.

Sapper (n.) One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.

Sapphic (a.) Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.

Sapphic (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.

Sapphic (n.) A Sapphic verse.

Sapphire (n.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.

Sapphire (n.) The color of the gem; bright blue.

Sapphire (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.

Sapphire (a.) Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.

Sapphirine (n.) Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.

Sappho (n.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.

Sappiness (n.) The quality of being sappy; juiciness.

Sappodilla (n.) See Sapodilla.

Sappy (superl.) Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.

Sappy (superl.) Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.

Sappy (superl.) Weak in intellect.

Sappy (superl.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood.

Sappy (a.) Musty; tainted.

Saprophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.

Saprophagous (a.) Feeding on carrion.

Saprophyte (n.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.

Saprophytic (a.) Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Sapsago (n.) A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.

Sapskull (n.) A saphead.

Sapucaia (n.) A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.

Sapwood (n.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.

Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

Saraband (n.) A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.

Saracen (n.) Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

Saracenic (a.) Alt. of Saracenical

Saracenical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture.

Sarasin (n.) See Sarrasin.

Saraswati (n.) The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.

Sarcasm (n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.

Sarcasmous (a.) Sarcastic.

Sarcastic (a.) Alt. of Sarcastical

Sarcastical (a.) Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.

Sarcastically (adv.) In a sarcastic manner.

Sarcel (n.) One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk.

Sarceled (a.) Cut through the middle.

Sarcelle (n.) The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.

Sarcenet (n.) A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.

Sarcin (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

Sarcina (n.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.

Sarcle (v. t.) To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe.

Sarco- () A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology.

Sarcobases (pl. ) of Sarcobasis

Sarcobasis (n.) A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.

Sarcoblast (n.) A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.

Sarcocarp (n.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Sarcocele (n.) Any solid tumor of the testicle.

Sarcocol (n.) Alt. of Sarcocolla

Sarcocolla (n.) A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.

Sarcode (n.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

Sarcoderm (n.) Alt. of sarcoderma

sarcoderma (n.) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.

sarcoderma (n.) A sarcocarp.

Sarcodic (a.) Of or pertaining to sarcode.

Sarcoid (a.) Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.

Sarcolactic (a.) Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

Sarcolemma (n.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

Sarcoline (a.) Flesh-colored.

Sarcologic (a.) Alt. of Sarcological

Sarcological (a.) Of or pertaining to sarcology.

Sarcology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.

Sarcomata (pl. ) of Sarcoma

sarcomas (pl. ) of Sarcoma

Sarcoma (n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.

Sarcomatous (a.) Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma.

Sarcophaga (n. pl.) A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

Sarcophaga (n.) A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.

Sarcophagan (n.) Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.

Sarcophagan (n.) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.

Sarcophagous (a.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.

Sarcophagi (pl. ) of Sarcophagus

Sarcophaguses (pl. ) of Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.

Sarcophagus (n.) A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.

Sarcophagus (n.) A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.

Sarcophagy (n.) The practice of eating flesh.

Sarcophile (n.) A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.

Sarcoptes (n.) A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.

Sarcoptid (n.) Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.

Sarcoptid (a.) Of or pertaining to the itch mites.

Sarcorhamphi (n. pl.) A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.

Sarcosepta (pl. ) of Sarcoseptum

Sarcoseptum (n.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.

Sarcosin (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

Sarcosis (n.) Abnormal formation of flesh.

Sarcosis (n.) Sarcoma.

Sarcotic (a.) Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.

Sarcotic (n.) A sarcotic medicine.

Sarcous (a.) Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.

Sarculation (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.

Sard (n.) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.

Sardachate (n.) A variety of agate containing sard.

Sardan (n.) Alt. of Sardel

Sardel (n.) A sardine.

Sardel (n.) A precious stone. See Sardius.

Sardine (n.) Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.

Sardine (n.) See Sardius.

Sardinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.

Sardinian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.

Sardius (n.) A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.

Sardoin (n.) Sard; carnelian.

Sardonian (a.) Sardonic.

Sardonic (a.) Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

Sardonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

Sardonyx (n.) A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

Saree (n.) The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.

Sargasso (n.) The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Sargassum (n.) A genus of algae including the gulf weed.

Sargo (n.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.

Sari (n.) Same as Saree.

Sarigue (n.) A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

Sark (n.) A shirt.

Sark (v. t.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Sarkin (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.

Sarlac (n.) Alt. of Sarlyk

Sarlyk (n.) The yak.

Sarmatian (a.) Alt. of Sarmatic

Sarmatic (a.) Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.

Sarment (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.

Sarmentaceous (a.) Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.

Sarmentose (a.) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.

Sarmentose (a.) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.

Sarmentous (a.) Sarmentose.

Sarn (n.) A pavement or stepping-stone.

Sarong (n.) A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.

Saros (n.) A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years.

Sarplar (n.) A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.

Sarplier (n.) A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.

Sarpo (n.) A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).

Sarracenia (n.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

Sarrasin (n.) Alt. of Sarrasine

Sarrasine (n.) A portcullis, or herse.

Sarsa (n.) Sarsaparilla.

Sarsaparilla (n.) Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax.

Sarsaparilla (n.) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.

Sarsaparillin (n.) See Parillin.

Sarse (n.) A fine sieve; a searce.

Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.

Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.

Sarsenet (n.) See Sarcenet.

Sart (n.) An assart, or clearing.

Sartorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.

Sartorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.

Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.

Sarum use () A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.

Sash (n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.

Sash (v. t.) To adorn with a sash or scarf.

Sash (n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.

Sashed (imp. & p. p.) of Sash

Sashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sash

Sash (v. t.) To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.

Sashery (n.) A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.

Sashoon (n.) A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot.

Sasin (n.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.

Sassaby (n.) Alt. of Sassabye

Sassabye (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.

Sassafras (n.) An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste.

Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.

Sassarara (n.) A word used to emphasize a statement.

Sasse (n.) A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.

Sassenach (n.) A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.

Sassolin (n.) Alt. of Sassoline

Sassoline (n.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence.

Sassorol (n.) Alt. of Sassorolla

Sassorolla (n.) The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.

Sassy bark () The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.

Sastra (n.) Same as Shaster.

Sat () imp. of Sit.

Satan (n.) The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.

Satanic (a.) Alt. of Satanical

Satanical (a.) Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.

Satanism (n.) The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.

Satanist (n.) A very wicked person.

Satanophany (n.) An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon.

Satchel (n.) A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag.

Sated (imp. & p. p.) of Sate

Sating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sate

Sate (v. t.) To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.

Sate () imp. of Sit.

Sateen (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

Sateless (a.) Insatiable.

Satellite (n.) An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

Satellite (n.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar.

Satellite (a.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.

Satellitious (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.

Sathanas (n.) Satan.

Satiate (a.) Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.

Satiated (imp. & p. p.) of Satiate

Satiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Satiate

Satiate (v. t.) To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.

Satiate (v. t.) To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.

Satiate (v. t.) To saturate.

Satiation (n.) Satiety.

Satiety (n.) The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.

Satin (n.) A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.

Satinet (n.) A thin kind of satin.

Satinet (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.

Satinwood (n.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.

Satiny (a.) Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.

Sation (n.) A sowing or planting.

Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Satiric (a.) Alt. of Satirical

Satirical (a.) Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.

Satirical (a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.

Satirist (n.) One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.

Satirized (imp. & p. p.) of Satirize

Satirizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Satirize

Satirize (v. t.) To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.

Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.

Satisfaction (n.) That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.

Satisfactive (a.) Satisfactory.

Satisfactory (a.) Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.

Satisfactory (a.) Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.

Satisfiable (a.) That may be satisfied.

Satisfier (n.) One who satisfies.

Satisfied (imp. & p. p.) of Satisfy

Satisfying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Satisfy

Satisfy (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.

Satisfy (a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.

Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.

Satisfy (a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.

Satisfy (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.

Satisfy (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.

Satisfyingly (adv.) So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.

Sative (a.) Sown; propagated by seed.

Satle (v. t. & i.) To settle.

Satrap (n.) The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.

Satrapal (a.) Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.

Satrapess (n.) A female satrap.

Satrapical (a.) Satrapal.

Satrapies (pl. ) of Satrapy

Satrapy (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.

Satsuma ware () A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.

Saturable (a.) Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.

Saturant (a.) Impregnating to the full; saturating.

Saturant (n.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.

Saturant (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.

Saturated (imp. & p. p.) of Saturate

Saturating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saturate

Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

Saturate (v. t.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

Saturate (p. a.) Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.

Saturated (a.) Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.

Saturated (a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.

Saturation (n.) The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.

Saturation (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.

Saturation (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.

Saturator (n.) One who, or that which, saturates.

Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.

Saturity (n.) The state of being saturated; fullness of supply.

Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.

Saturn (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.

Saturn (n.) The metal lead.

Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.

Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.

Saturnalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.

Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

Saturnian (a.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.

Saturnian (a.) Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.

Saturnian (a.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.

Saturnian (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.

Saturnicentric (a.) Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.

Saturnine (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.

Saturnine (a.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.

Saturnism (n.) Plumbism.

Saturnist (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.

Satyr (n.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.

Satyr (n.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.

Satyr (n.) The orang-outang.

Satyriasis (n.) Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.

Satyric (a.) Alt. of Satyrical

Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.

Satyrion (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids.

Sauba ant () A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.

Sauce (n.) A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.

Sauce (n.) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

Sauce (n.) Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.

Sauce (n.) Sauciness; impertinence.

Sauced (imp. & p. p.) of Sauce

Saucing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sauce

Sauce (v. t.) To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.

Sauce (v. t.) To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.

Sauce (v. t.) To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

Sauce (v. t.) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

Sauce (n.) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

Saucebox (n.) A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.

Saucepan (n.) A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.

Saucer (n.) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.

Saucer (n.) A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.

Saucer (n.) Something resembling a saucer in shape.

Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.

Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

Saucily (adv.) In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.

Sauciness (n.) The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.

Saucisson (n.) Alt. of Saucisse

Saucisse (n.) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.

Saucisse (n.) A fascine of more than ordinary length.

Saucy (superl.) Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.

Saucy (superl.) Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.

Sauerkraut (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.

Sauf (a.) Safe.

Sauf (conj. & prep.) Save; except.

Saufly (adv.) Safely.

Sauger (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.

Saugh () Alt. of Sauh

Sauh () imp. sing. of See.

Sauks (n. pl.) Same as Sacs.

Saul (n.) Soul.

Saul (n.) Same as Sal, the tree.

Saulie (n.) A hired mourner at a funeral.

Sault (n.) A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.

Saunders (n.) See Sandress.

Saunders-blue (n.) A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper.

Sauntered (imp. & p. p.) of Saunter

Sauntering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saunter

Saunter (n. & v.) To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.

Saunter (n.) A sauntering, or a sauntering place.

Saunterer (n.) One who saunters.

Saur (n.) Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.

Saurel (n.) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel.

Sauria (n. pl.) A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.

Saurian (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.

Saurian (n.) One of the Sauria.

Saurioid (a.) Same as Sauroid.

Saurobatrachia (n. pl.) The Urodela.

Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici).

Sauroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the saurians.

Sauroid (a.) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.

Sauroidichnite (n.) The fossil track of a saurian.

Sauropoda (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

Sauropsida (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.

Sauropterygia (n. pl.) Same as Plesiosauria.

Saururae (n. pl.) An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.

Sauries (pl. ) of Saury

Saury (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.

Sausage (n.) An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

Sausage (n.) A saucisson. See Saucisson.

Sauseflem (a.) Having a red, pimpled face.

Saussurite (n.) A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.

Saut (n.) Alt. of Saute

Saute (n.) An assault.

Saute () p. p. of Sauter.

Sauter (v. t.) To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.

Sauter (n.) Psalter.

Sauterelle (n.) An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.

Sauterne (n.) A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.

Sautrie (n.) Psaltery.

Sauvegarde (n.) The monitor.

Savable (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, being saved.

Savableness (n.) Capability of being saved.

Savacioun (n.) Salvation.

Savage (a.) Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

Savage (a.) Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

Savage (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.

Savage (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

Savage (n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

Savage (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

Savage (v. t.) To make savage.

Savagely (adv.) In a savage manner.

Savageness (n.) The state or quality of being savage.

Savagery (n.) The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

Savagery (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.

Savagery (n.) Wild growth, as of plants.

Savagism (n.) The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.

Savanilla (n.) The tarpum.

Savanna (n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.

Savants (pl. ) of Savant

Savant (a.) A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.

Save (n.) The herb sage, or salvia.

Saved (imp. & p. p.) of Save

Saving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Save

Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

Save (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

Save (a.) To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

Save (a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Save (a.) Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

Save (conj.) Except; unless.

Saveable (a.) See Savable.

Save-all (n.) Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.

Save-all (n.) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.

Save-all (n.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.

Saveloy (n.) A kind of dried sausage.

Savely (adv.) Safely.

Savement (n.) The act of saving.

Saver (n.) One who saves.

Savin (n.) Alt. of Savine

Savine (n.) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.

Savine (n.) The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)

Saving (a.) Preserving; rescuing.

Saving (a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

Saving (a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

Saving (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

Saving (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

Saving (n.) Exception; reservation.

Savingly (adv.) In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.

Savingly (adv.) So as to be finally saved from eternal death.

Savingness (n.) The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony.

Savingness (n.) Tendency to promote salvation.

Savior (v.) One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

Savior (v.) Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.

Savioress (n.) A female savior.

Savor (a.) That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.

Savor (a.) Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.

Savor (a.) Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.

Savor (a.) Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.

Savored (imp. & p. p.) of Savor

Savoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Savor

Savor (n.) To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.

Savor (n.) To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.

Savor (n.) To use the sense of taste.

Savor (v. t.) To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.

Savor (v. t.) To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.

Savor (v. t.) To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.

Savorily (adv.) In a savory manner.

Savoriness (n.) The quality of being savory.

Savorless (a.) Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.

Savorly (a.) Savory.

Savorly (adv.) In a savory manner.

Savorous (n.) Having a savor; savory.

Savory (a.) Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.

Savory (n.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.

Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.

Savoyard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Savoy.

Saw () imp. of See.

Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.

Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.

Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.

Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

Sawed (imp.) of Saw

Sawed (p. p.) of Saw

Sawn () of Saw

Sawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saw

Saw (v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.

Saw (v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.

Saw (v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.

Saw (v. i.) To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.

Saw (v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.

Saw (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.

Sawarra nut () See Souari nut.

Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.

Sawbill (n.) The merganser.

Sawbones (n.) A nickname for a surgeon.

Sawbuck (n.) A sawhorse.

Sawceflem (a.) See Sauseflem.

Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.

Sawdust (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

Sawer (n.) One who saws; a sawyer.

Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.

Sawfly (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.

Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.

Sawneb (n.) A merganser.

Saw palmetto () See under Palmetto.

Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.

Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.

Saw-toothed (a.) Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.

Sawtry (n.) A psaltery.

Saw-whet (n.) A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.

Saw-wort (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.

Saw-wrest (n.) See Saw-set.

Sawyer (n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.

Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.

Sawyer (n.) The bowfin.

Sax (n.) A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

Saxatile (a.) Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.

Saxhorn (n.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.

saxicavas (pl. ) of Saxicava

Saxicavae (pl. ) of Saxicava

Saxicava (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.

Saxicavid (a.) Of or pertaining to the saxicavas.

Saxicavid (n.) A saxicava.

Saxicavous (a.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.

Saxicoline (a.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.

Saxicolous (a.) Growing on rocks.

Saxifraga (n.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.

Saxifragaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.

Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.

Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.

Saxifrage (n.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.

Saxifragous (a.) Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.

Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.

Saxon (n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.

Saxon (n.) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.

Saxon (n.) The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.

Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.

Saxon (a.) Anglo-Saxon.

Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.

Saxonic (a.) Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.

Saxonism (n.) An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.

Saxonist (n.) One versed in the Saxon language.

Saxonite (n.) See Mountain soap, under Mountain.

Saxophone (n.) A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.

Sax-tuba (n.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.

Say (imp.) Saw.

Say (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

Say (n.) Tried quality; temper; proof.

Say (n.) Essay; trial; attempt.

Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.

Say (n.) A kind of silk or satin.

Say (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.

Said (imp. & p. p.) of Say

Saying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Say

Say (v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.

Say (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.

Say (v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.

Say (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.

Say (v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

Say (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

Sayer (n.) One who says; an utterer.

Sayette (n.) A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.

Saying (n.) That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.

Sayman (n.) One who assays.

Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.

Saynd () p. p. of Senge, to singe.

'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.

Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy.

Scab (n.) The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.

Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).

Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

Scab (n.) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.

Scab (n.) A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike.

Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scab

Scabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scab

Scab (v. i.) To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

Scabbard (v. t.) To put in a scabbard.

Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

Scabbed (a.) Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.

Scabbed (a.) Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.

Scabbedness (n.) Scabbiness.

Scabbily (adv.) In a scabby manner.

Scabbiness (n.) The quality or state of being scabby.

Scabble (v. t.) See Scapple.

Scabby (superl.) Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

Scabby (superl.) Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.

Scabies (n.) The itch.

Scabious (a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.

Scabious (a.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Scabling (n.) A fragment or chip of stone.

Scabredity (n.) Roughness; ruggedness.

Scabrous (a.) Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.

Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.

Scabrousness (n.) The quality of being scabrous.

Scabwort (n.) Elecampane.

Scad (n.) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.

Scad (n.) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.

Scad (n.) The friar skate.

Scad (n.) The cigar fish, or round robin.

Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.

Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.

Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.

Scaffold (v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Scaffoldage (n.) A scaffold.

Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.

Scaffolding (n.) Materials for building scaffolds.

Scaglia (n.) A reddish variety of limestone.

Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.

Scalae (pl. ) of Scala

Scala (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Scala (n.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

Scalable (a.) Capable of being scaled.

Scalade (n.) Alt. of Scalado

Scalado (n.) See Escalade.

Scalar (n.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

Scalariform (a.) Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.

Scalariform (a.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria.

Scalary (a.) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.

Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.

Scalded (imp. & p. p.) of Scald

Scalding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scald

Scald (v. t.) To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

Scald (v. t.) To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

Scald (n.) A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.

Scald (a.) Affected with the scab; scabby.

Scald (a.) Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.

Scald (n.) Scurf on the head. See Scall.

Scald (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.

Scalder (n.) A Scandinavian poet; a scald.

Scaldfish (n.) A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.

Scaldic (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.

Scale (n.) The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.

Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.

Scaled (imp. & p. p.) of Scale

Scaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scale

Scale (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system.

Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.

Scale (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.

Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.

Scale (n.) A scale insect. (See below.)

Scale (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.

Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.

Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.

Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.

Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.

Scale (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.

Scale (v. t.) To scatter; to spread.

Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.

Scale (v. i.) To separate; to scatter.

Scale (n.) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Scale (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.

Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.

Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.

Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.

Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.

Scale (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.

Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.

Scale (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.

Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend.

Scaleback (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.

Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.

Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.

Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.

Scaleboard (n.) A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture, and the like.

Scaled (a.) Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.

Scaled (a.) Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.

Scaled (a.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.

Scaleless (a.) Destitute of scales.

Scalene (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.

Scalene (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.

Scalene (a.) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.

Scalene (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.

Scalene (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

Scalenohedral (a.) Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.

Scalenohedron (n.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.

Scaler (n.) One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.

Scale-winged (a.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

Scaliness (n.) The state of being scaly; roughness.

Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.

Scaling (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.

Scaliola (n.) Same as Scagliola.

Scall (a.) A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.

Scall (a.) Scabby; scurfy.

Scalled (a.) Scabby; scurfy; scall.

Scallion (n.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.

Scallion (n.) Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek.

Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.

Scallop (n.) One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.

Scallop (n.) One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.

Scalloped (imp. & p. p.) of Scallop

Scalloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scallop

Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.

Scallop (n.) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.

Scalloped (a.) Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.

Scalloped (a.) Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2.

Scalloped (n.) Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.

Scalloper (n.) One who fishes for scallops.

Scalloping (n.) Fishing for scallops.

Scalp (n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.

Scalp (n.) That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

Scalp (n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

Scalp (n.) Fig.: The top; the summit.

Scalped (imp. & p. p.) of Scalp

Scalping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scalp

Scalp (v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

Scalp (v. t.) To remove the skin of.

Scalp (v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.

Scalp (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

Scalpel (n.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

Scalper (n.) One who, or that which, scalps.

Scalper (n.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.

Scalper (n.) A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.

Scalper (n.) A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.

Scalper (n.) A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.

Scalping () a. & n. from Scalp.

Scalpriform (a.) Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.

Scaly (a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.

Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

Scaly (a.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.

Scaly (a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

Scaly-winged (a.) Scale-winged.

Scambled (imp. & p. p.) of Scamble

Scambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scamble

Scamble (v. i.) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.

Scamble (v. i.) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.

Scamble (v. t.) To mangle.

Scambler (n.) 1. One who scambles.

Scambler (n.) A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.

Scamblingly (adv.) In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.

Scamell (n.) Alt. of Scammel

Scammel (n.) The female bar-tailed godwit.

Scamilli (pl. ) of Scamillus

Scamillus (n.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.

Scammoniate (a.) Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.

Scammony (n.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).

Scammony (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.

Scamp (n.) A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

Scamp (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.

Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.

Scampered (imp. & p. p.) of Scamper

Scampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scamper

Scamper (v. t.) To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

Scamper (n.) A scampering; a hasty flight.

Scamperer (n.) One who scampers.

Scampish (a.) Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.

Scanned (imp. & p. p.) of Scan

Scanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan

Scan (v. t.) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. () Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.

, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.

Scandal (n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

Scandal (n.) Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

Scandal (n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.

Scandal (v. t.) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.

Scandal (v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.

Scandalized (imp. & p. p.) of Scandalize

Scandalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scandalize

Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.

Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.

Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Scandalous (a.) Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.

Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

Scandalously (adv.) In a manner to give offense; shamefully.

Scandalously (adv.) With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.

Scandalousness (n.) Quality of being scandalous.

Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.

Scandent (a.) Climbing.

Scandia (n.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Scandic (a.) Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.

Scandinavian (a.) Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.

Scandinavian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.

Scandium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.

Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

Scansores (n. pl.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.

Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.

Scansorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.

Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.

Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Scanted (imp. & p. p.) of Scant

Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scant

Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.

Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

Scant (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.

Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.

Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.

Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.

Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.

Scantling (v. t.) A fragment; a bit; a little piece.

Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.

Scantling (v. t.) A small quantity; a little bit; not much.

Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.

Scantling (v. t.) The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.

Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Scantly (adv.) In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.

Scantly (adv.) Scarcely; hardly; barely.

Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

Scanty (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

Scape (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

Scape (n.) The shaft of a column.

Scape (n.) The apophyge of a shaft.

Scaped (imp. & p. p.) of Scape

Scaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scape

Scape (v. t. & i.) To escape.

Scape (n.) An escape.

Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.

Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.

Scape (n.) Loose act of vice or lewdness.

Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.

Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.

Scapeless (a.) Destitute of a scape.

Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3.

Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

Scaphander (n.) The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.

Scaphism (n.) An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.

Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Scaphocephalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.

Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.

Scaphognathite (n.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

Scaphoid (a.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.

Scaphoid (n.) The scaphoid bone.

Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.

Scapholunar (n.) The scapholunar bone.

Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

Scapiform (a.) Resembling a scape, or flower stem.

Scapolite (n.) A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.

Scapple (v. t.) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.

Scapple (v. t.) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.

Scapulae (pl. ) of Scapula

Scapulas (pl. ) of Scapula

Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Scapula (n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.

Scapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

Scapular (n.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.

Scapular (n.) Alt. of Scapulary

Scapulary (n.) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.

Scapulary (n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.

Scapulary (n.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.

Scapulary (a.) Same as Scapular, a.

Scapulary (n.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular.

Scapulet (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.

Scapulo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.

Scapus (n.) See 1st Scape.

Scar (n.) A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

Scar (n.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.

Scarred (imp. & p. p.) of Scar

Scarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scar

Scar (v. t.) To mark with a scar or scars.

Scar (v. i.) To form a scar.

Scar (n.) An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.

Scar (n.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

Scarab (n.) Alt. of Scarabee

Scarabee (n.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).

Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf].

Scarabaeus (n.) Same as Scarab.

Scaraboid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.

Scaraboid (n.) A scaraboid beetle.

Scaramouch (n.) A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.

Scarce (superl.) Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

Scarce (superl.) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.

Scarce (superl.) Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.

Scarce (adv.) Alt. of Scarcely

Scarcely (adv.) With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

Scarcely (adv.) Frugally; penuriously.

Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

Scarceness (n.) Alt. of Scarcity

Scarcity (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.

Scard (n.) A shard or fragment.

Scared (imp. & p. p.) of Scare

Scaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scare

Scare (v. t.) To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.

Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

Scarecrow (n.) A person clad in rags and tatters.

Scarecrow (n.) The black tern.

Scarefire (n.) An alarm of fire.

Scarefire (n.) A fire causing alarm.

Scarf (n.) A cormorant.

Scarfs (pl. ) of Scarf

Scarves (pl. ) of Scarf

Scarf (n.) An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth.

Scarfed (imp. & p. p.) of Scarf

Scarfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scarf

Scarf (v. t.) To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

Scarf (v. t.) To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

Scarf (v. t.) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.

Scarf (v. t.) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Scarf (n.) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece.

Scarf (n.) A scarf joint.

Scarfskin (n.) See Epidermis.

Scarification (n.) The act of scarifying.

Scarificator (n.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.

Scarifier (n.) One who scarifies.

Scarifier (n.) The instrument used for scarifying.

Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface.

Scarified (imp. & p. p.) of Scarify

Scarifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scarify

Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.

Scarify (v. t.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field.

Scariose (a.) Alt. of Scarious

Scarious (a.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green.

Scarlatina (n.) Scarlet fever.

Scarless (a.) Free from scar.

Scarlet (n.) A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.

Scarlet (n.) Cloth of a scarlet color.

Scarlet (a.) Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.

Scarlet (v. t.) To dye or tinge with scarlet.

Scarmage (n.) Alt. of Scarmoge

Scarmoge (n.) A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.

Scarn (n.) Dung.

Scaroid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.

Scarp (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Scarp (n.) A steep descent or declivity.

Scarped (imp. & p. p.) of Scarp

Scarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scarp

Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

Scarring (n.) A scar; a mark.

Scarry (a.) Bearing scars or marks of wounds.

Scarry (a.) Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars.

Scarus (n.) A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.

Scary (n.) Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Scary (a.) Subject to sudden alarm.

Scary (a.) Causing fright; alarming.

Scasely (adv.) Scarcely; hardly.

Scat (interj.) Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.

Scat (n.) Alt. of Scatt

Scatt (n.) Tribute.

Scat (n.) A shower of rain.

Scatch (n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.

Scatches (n. pl.) Stilts.

Scate (n.) See Skate, for the foot.

Scatebrous (a.) Abounding with springs.

Scath (v.) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.

Scathed (imp. & p. p.) of Scath

Scathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scath

Scathe (v. t.) Alt. of Scath

Scath (v. t.) To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.

Scathful (a.) Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.

Scathless (a.) Unharmed.

Scathly (a.) Injurious; scathful.

Scattered (imp. & p. p.) of Scatter

Scattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scatter

Scatter (v. t.) To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

Scatter (v. t.) To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.

Scatter (v. t.) Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.

Scatter (v. i.) To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.

Scatter-brain (n.) A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.

Scatter-brained (a.) Giddy; thoughtless.

Scattered (a.) Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.

Scattered (a.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.

Scattergood (n.) One who wastes; a spendthrift.

Scattering (a.) Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

Scattering (n.) Act of strewing about; something scattered.

Scatteringly (adv.) In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

Scatterling (n.) One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.

Scaturient (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.

Scaturiginous (a.) Abounding with springs.

Scaup (n.) A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.

Scaup (n.) A scaup duck. See below.

Scauper (n.) A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving.

Scaur (n.) A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.

Scavage (n.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.

Scavenge (v. t.) To cleanse, as streets, from filth.

Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.

Scazon (n.) A choliamb.

Scelerat (n.) A villain; a criminal.

Scelestic (a.) Evil; wicked; atrocious.

Scelet (n.) A mummy; a skeleton.

Scena (n.) A scene in an opera.

Scena (n.) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.

Scenario (n.) A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

Scenary (n.) Scenery.

Scene (n.) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.

Scene (n.) So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.

Scene (n.) The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.

Scene (n.) An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.

Scene (n.) A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Scene (n.) An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

Scene (v. t.) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Sceneful (a.) Having much scenery.

Scenemen (pl. ) of Sceneman

Sceneman (n.) The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.

Scenery (n.) Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.

Scenery (n.) Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.

Sceneshifter (n.) One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

Scenic (a.) Alt. of Scenical

Scenical (a.) Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.

Scenograph (n.) A perspective representation or general view of an object.

Scenographic (a.) Alt. of Scenographical

Scenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.

Scenography (n.) The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.

Scented (imp. & p. p.) of Scent

Scenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scent

Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

Scent (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.

Scent (v. i.) To have a smell.

Scent (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Scent (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.

Scent (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.

Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.

Scentful (a.) Full of scent or odor; odorous.

Scentful (a.) Of quick or keen smell.

Scentingly (adv.) By scent.

Scentless (a.) Having no scent.

Scepsis (n.) Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.

Scepter (n.) Alt. of Sceptre

Sceptre (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.

Sceptre (n.) Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.

Sceptered (imp. & p. p.) of Sceptre

Sceptred () of Sceptre

Sceptering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sceptre

Sceptring () of Sceptre

Scepter (v. t.) Alt. of Sceptre

Sceptre (v. t.) To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

Scepterless (a.) Alt. of Sceptreless

Sceptreless (a.) Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.

Sceptic () Alt. of Scepticism

Sceptical () Alt. of Scepticism

Scepticism () etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.

Sceptral (a.) Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.

Scern (v. t.) To discern; to perceive.

Schade (n.) Shade; shadow.

Schah (n.) See Shah.

Schediasm (n.) Cursory writing on a loose sheet.

Schedule (n.) A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.

Schedule (v. t.) To form into, or place in, a schedule.

Scheele's green () See under Green.

Scheelin (n.) Scheelium.

Scheelite (n.) Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.

Scheelium (n.) The metal tungsten.

Scheik (n.) See Sheik.

Schelly (n.) The powan.

Schemata (pl. ) of Schema

Schemas (pl. ) of Schema

Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.

Schematic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.

Schematism (n.) Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.

Schematism (n.) Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.

Schematist (n.) One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer.

Schematize (v. i.) To form a scheme or schemes.

Scheme (n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

Scheme (n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.

Scheme (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.

Scheme (n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

Schemed (imp. & p. p.) of Scheme

Scheming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scheme

Scheme (v. t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

Scheme (v. i.) To form a scheme or schemes.

Schemeful (a.) Full of schemes or plans.

Schemer (n.) One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.

Scheming (a.) Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.

Schemist (n.) A schemer.

Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.

Schenkbeer (n.) A mild German beer.

Scherbet (n.) See Sherbet.

Scherif (n.) See Sherif.

Scherzando (adv.) In a playful or sportive manner.

Scherzo (n.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.

Schesis (n.) General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.

Schesis (n.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.

Schetic (a.) Alt. of Schetical

Schetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.

Schiedam (n.) Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

Schiller (n.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.

Schilerization (n.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.

Schilling (n.) Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.

Schindylesis (n.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.

Schirrhus (n.) See Scirrhus.

Schism (n.) Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause.

Schisma (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Schismatic (a.) Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.

Schismatic (n.) One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.

Schismatical (a.) Same as Schismatic.

Schismatized (imp. & p. p.) of Schismatize

Schismatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Schismatize

Schismatize (v. i.) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Schismless (a.) Free from schism.

Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Schistaceous (a.) Of a slate color.

Schistic (a.) Schistose.

Schistose (a.) Alt. of Schistous

Schistous (a.) Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.

Schistosity (n.) The quality or state of being schistose.

Schizo- () A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.

Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.

Schizocoele (n.) See Enterocoele.

Schizocoelous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.

Schizogenesis (n.) Reproduction by fission.

Schizognath (n.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathae (n. pl.) The schizognathous birds.

Schizognathism (n.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.

Schizomycetes (n. pl.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.

Schizonemertea (n. pl.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

Schizopelmous (a.) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.

Schizophyte (n.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.

Schizopod (n.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.

Schizopod (a.) Alt. of Schizopodous

Schizopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.

Schizopoda (n. pl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.

Scizorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones separate.

Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Schlich (n.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.

Schmelze (n.) A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.

Schnapps (n.) Holland gin.

Schneiderian (a.) Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.

Schoharie grit () The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.

Scholar (n.) One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

Scholar (n.) One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.

Scholar (n.) A man of books.

Scholar (n.) In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Scholarity (n.) Scholarship.

Scholarlike (a.) Scholarly.

Scholarly (a.) Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.

Scholarly (adv.) In a scholarly manner.

Scholarship (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.

Scholarship (n.) Literary education.

Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.

Scholastic (a.) Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.

Scholastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.

Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Scholastic (n.) One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.

Scholastic (n.) See the Note under Jesuit.

Scholastical (a. & n.) Scholastic.

Scholastically (adv.) In a scholastic manner.

Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

Scholia (n. pl.) See Scholium.

Scholiast (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.

Scholiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits.

Scholiaze (v. i.) To write scholia.

Scholical (a.) Scholastic.

Scholion (n.) A scholium.

Scholia (pl. ) of Scholium

Scholiums (pl. ) of Scholium

Scholium (n.) A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.

Scholium (n.) A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.

Scholy (n.) A scholium.

Scholy (v. i. & t.) To write scholia; to annotate.

School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

School (n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.

School (n.) A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.

School (n.) A session of an institution of instruction.

School (n.) One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.

School (n.) The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.

School (n.) An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.

School (n.) The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.

School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school.

School (n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience.

Schooled (imp. & p. p.) of School

Schooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of School

School (v. t.) To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.

School (v. t.) To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to train.

Schoolbook (n.) A book used in schools for learning lessons.

Schoolboy (n.) A boy belonging to, or attending, a school.

Schooldame (n.) A schoolmistress.

Schoolery (n.) Something taught; precepts; schooling.

Schoolfellow (n.) One bred at the same school; an associate in school.

Schoolgirl (n.) A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.

Schoolhouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.

Schooling (n.) Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.

Schooling (n.) Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling.

Schooling (n.) Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.

Schooling (a.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.

Schoolma'am (n.) A schoolmistress.

Schoolmaid (n.) A schoolgirl.

Schoolmen (pl. ) of Schoolman

Schoolman (n.) One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.

Schoolmaster (n.) The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

Schoolmaster (n.) One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.

Schoolmate (n.) A pupil who attends the same school as another.

Schoolmistress (n.) A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

Schoolroom (n.) A room in which pupils are taught.

Schoolship (n.) A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.

School-teacher (n.) One who teaches or instructs a school.

Schoolward (adv.) Toward school.

Schooner (n.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Schooner (n.) A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale.

Schorl (n.) Black tourmaline.

Schorlaceous (a.) Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.

Schorlous (a.) Schorlaceous.

Schorly (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.

Schottish (n.) Alt. of Schottische

Schottische (n.) A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise.

Schreibersite (n.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.

Schrode (n.) See Scrod.

Schwann's sheath () The neurilemma.

Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath.

Schwanpan (n.) Chinese abacus.

Schweitzerkase (n.) Gruyere cheese.

Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldian

Schwenkfeldian (n.) A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.

Sciaenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.

Sciagraph (n.) An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.

Sciagraph (n.) A radiograph.

Sciagraphical (a.) Pertaining to sciagraphy.

Sciagraphy (n.) The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.

Sciagraphy (n.) Same as Sciagraph.

Sciamachy (n.) See Sciomachy.

Sciatheric (a.) Alt. of Sciatherical

Sciatherical (a.) Belonging to a sundial.

Sciatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.

Sciatic (n.) Sciatica.

Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.

Sciatical (a.) Sciatic.

Sciatically (adv.) With, or by means of, sciatica.

Scibboleth (n.) Shibboleth.

Science (n.) Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

Science (n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.

Science (n.) Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.

Science (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.

Science (n.) Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.

Science (v. t.) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

Scient (a.) Knowing; skillful.

Scienter (adv.) Knowingly; willfully.

Sciential (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, science.

Scientific (a.) Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.

Scientific (a.) Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.

Scientific (a.) Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.

Scientifical (a.) Scientific.

Scientifically (adv.) In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science.

Scientist (n.) One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

Scilicet (adv.) To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss.

Scillain (n.) A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.

Scillitin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances.

Scimiter (n.) Alt. of Scimitar

Scimitar (n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.

Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.

Scincoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scincidae, or skinks.

Scincoid (n.) A scincoidian.

Scincoidea (n. pl.) A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.

Scincoidian (n.) Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.

Sciniph (n.) Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like.

Scink (n.) A skink.

Scink (n.) A slunk calf.

Scintilla (n.) A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.

Scintillant (a.) Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.

Scintillated (imp. & p. p.) of Scintillate

Scintillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scintillate

Scintillate (v. i.) To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.

Scintillate (v. i.) To sparkle, as the fixed stars.

Scintillation (n.) The act of scintillating.

Scintillation (n.) A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.

Scintillous (a.) Scintillant.

Scintillously (adv.) In a scintillant manner.

Sciography (n.) See Sciagraphy.

Sciolism (n.) The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.

Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.

Sciolistic (a.) Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.

Sciolous (a.) Knowing superficially or imperfectly.

Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.

Sciomancy (n.) Divination by means of shadows.

Scion (n.) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.

Scion (n.) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.

Scion (n.) Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.

Scioptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.

Sciopticon (n.) A kind of magic lantern.

Scioptics (n.) The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors.

Scioptric (a.) Scioptic.

Sciot (a.) Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).

Sciot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scio.

Sciotheric (a.) Of or pertaining to a sundial.

Scious (a.) Knowing; having knowledge.

Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated.

Scirrhoid (a.) Resembling scirrhus.

Scirrhosity (n.) A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous.

Scirrhous (a.) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease.

Scirrhi (pl. ) of Scirrhus

Scirrhuses (pl. ) of Scirrhus

Scirrhus (n.) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland.

Scirrhus (n.) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.

Sciscitation (n.) The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.

Scise (v. i.) To cut; to penetrate.

Scissel (n.) The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.

Scissel (n.) The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.

Scissible (a.) Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.

Scissil (n.) See Scissel.

Scissile (a.) Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible.

Scission (n.) The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.

Scissiparity (n.) Reproduction by fission.

Scissor (v. t.) To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.

Scissors (n. pl.) A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.

Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

Scitamineous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.

Sciurine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family.

Sciurine (n.) A rodent of the Squirrel family.

Sciuroid (a.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.

Sciuromorpha (n. pl.) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.

Sciurus (n.) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.

Sclaundre (n.) Slander.

Sclav (n.) Alt. of Sclave

Sclave (n.) Same as Slav.

Sclavic (a.) Same as Slavic.

Sclavism (n.) Same as Slavism.

Sclavonian (a. & n.) Same as Slavonian.

Sclavonic (a.) Same as Slavonic.

Sclender (a.) Slender.

Scleragogy (n.) Severe discipline.

Sclerema (n.) Induration of the cellular tissue.

Sclerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.

Sclerenchyma (n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.

Sclerenchymatous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.

Sclerenchyme (n.) Sclerenchyma.

Scleriasis (n.) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid.

Scleriasis (n.) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.

Sclerite (n.) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

Scleritis (n.) See Sclerotitis.

Sclerobase (n.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.

Scleroderm (n.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.

Scleroderm (n.) One of the Sclerodermata.

Scleroderm (n.) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.

Scleroderma (n.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.

Sclerodermata (n. pl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.

Sclerodermic () Alt. of Sclerodermous

Sclerodermous () Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates.

Sclerodermous () Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

Sclerodermite (n.) The hard integument of Crustacea.

Sclerodermite (n.) Sclerenchyma.

Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.

Sclerogenous (a.) Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.

Scleroid (a.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells.

Scleroma (n.) Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.

Sclerometer (n.) An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.

Sclerosed (a.) Affected with sclerosis.

Sclerosis (n.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.

Sclerosis (n.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.

Scleroskeleton (n.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.

Sclerotal (a.) Sclerotic.

Sclerotal (n.) The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye.

Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.

Sclerotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.

Sclerotic (a.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.

Sclerotic (n.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).

Sclerotic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

Sclerotical (a.) Sclerotic.

Sclerotitis (n.) Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.

Sclerotia (pl. ) of Sclerotium

Sclerotium (n.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.

Sclerotium (n.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.

Sclerotome (n.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes.

Sclerous (a.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.

Scoat (v. t.) To prop; to scotch.

Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.

Scobiform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.

Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.

Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals.

Scoff (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Scoff (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Scoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Scoff

Scoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoff

Scoff (n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.

Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.

Scoffer (n.) One who scoffs.

Scoffery (n.) The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.

Scoffingly (adv.) In a scoffing manner.

Scoke (n.) Poke (Phytolacca decandra).

Scolay (v. i.) See Scoley.

Scolded (imp. & p. p.) of Scold

Scolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scold

Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.

Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.

Scold (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.

Scold (n.) A scolding; a brawl.

Scolder (n.) One who scolds.

Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.

Scolder (n.) The old squaw.

Scolding () a. & n. from Scold, v.

Scoldingly (adv.) In a scolding manner.

Scole (n.) School.

Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.

Scolecite (n.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.

Scolecomorpha (n. pl.) Same as Scolecida.

Scoleces (pl. ) of Scolex

Scolex (n.) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus.

Scolex (n.) One of the Scolecida.

Scoley (v. i.) To go to school; to study.

Scoliosis (n.) A lateral curvature of the spine.

Scolithus (n.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

Scollop (n. & v.) See Scallop.

Scolopacine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family.

Scolopendra (n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.

Scolopendra (n.) A sea fish.

Scolopendrine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.

Scolytid (n.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.

Scomber (n.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.

Scomberoid (a. & n.) Same as Scombroid.

Scombriformes (n. pl.) A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.

Scombroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.

Scombroid (n.) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.

Scomfish (v. t. & i.) To suffocate or stifle; to smother.

Scomfit (n. & v.) Discomfit.

Scomm (n.) A buffoon.

Scomm (n.) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.

Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.

Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

Sconce (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.

Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.

Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.

Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.

Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.

Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconce

Sconcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sconce

Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

Sconcheon (n.) A squinch.

Scone (n.) A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.

Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

Scoop (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.

Scoop (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.

Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.

Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.

Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.

Scooped (imp. & p. p.) of Scoop

Scooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoop

Scoop (n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.

Scoop (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.

Scoop (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.

Scooper (n.) One who, or that which, scoops.

Scooper (n.) The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.

Scoot (v. i.) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.

Scoparin (n.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.

Scopate (a.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.

-scope () A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.

Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.

Scope (n.) Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.

Scope (n.) Extended area.

Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.

Scope (v. t.) To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.

Scopeline (a.) Scopeloid.

Scopeloid (a.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent.

Scopeloid (n.) Any fish of the family Scopelidae.

Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.

Scopiform (a.) Having the form of a broom or besom.

Scopiped (n.) Same as Scopuliped.

Scoppet (v. t.) To lade or dip out.

Scops owl () Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).

Scoptic (a.) Alt. of Scoptical

Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing.

Scopulas (pl. ) of Scopula

Scopulae (pl. ) of Scopula

Scopula (n.) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.

Scopula (n.) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.

Scopuliped (n.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.

Scopulous (a.) Full of rocks; rocky.

Scorbute (n.) Scurvy.

Scorbutic (a.) Alt. of Scorbutical

Scorbutical (a.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms.

Scorbutus (n.) Scurvy.

Scorce (n.) Barter.

Scorched (imp. & p. p.) of Scorch

Scorching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorch

Scorch (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.

Scorch (v. t.) To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.

Scorch (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

Scorch (v. i.) To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

Scorch (v. i.) To burn or be burnt.

Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.

Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.

Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

Score (n.) A weight of twenty pounds.

Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

Score (n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.

Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Score

Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Score

Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.

Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

Score (v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield.

Score (v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.

Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

Scorer (n.) One who, or that which, scores.

Scoriae (pl. ) of Scoria

Scoria (n.) The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.

Scoria (n.) Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

Scoriac (a.) Scoriaceous.

Scoriaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

Scorie (n.) The young of any gull.

Scorification (n.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.

Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.

Scoriform (a.) In the form of scoria.

Scorified (imp. & p. p.) of Scorify

Scorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorify

Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

Scorious (a.) Scoriaceous.

Scorn (n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

Scorn (n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.

Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

Scorned (imp. & p. p.) of Scorn

Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorn

Scorn (n.) To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

Scorn (n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

Scorner (n.) One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.

Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Scornful (a.) Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.

Scorny (a.) Deserving scorn; paltry.

Scorodite (n.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron.

Scorpaenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.

Scorpene (n.) A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).

Scorper (n.) Same as Scauper.

Scorpiones (pl. ) of Scorpio

Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

Scorpio (n.) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs.

Scorpio (n.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

Scorpiodea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.

Scorpioid (a.) Alt. of Scorpioidal

Scorpioidal (a.) Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

Scorpion (n.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

Scorpion (n.) The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).

Scorpion (n.) The scorpene.

Scorpion (n.) A painful scourge.

Scorpion (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

Scorpion (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Scorpiones (n. pl.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Scorpionidea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.

Scorpionwort (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.

Scorse (n.) Barter; exchange; trade.

Scorse (v. t.) To barter or exchange.

Scorse (v. t.) To chase.

Scorse (v. i.) To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.

Scortatory (a.) Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.

Scot (n.) A name for a horse.

Scot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.

Scot (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

Scotal (n.) Alt. of Scotale

Scotale (n.) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.

Scotch (a.) Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.

Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.

Scotch (n.) Collectively, the people of Scotland.

Scotched (imp. & p. p.) of Scotch

Scotching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scotch

Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.

Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.

Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.

Scotch (n.) A slight cut or incision; a score.

Scotch-hopper (n.) Hopscotch.

Scotching (n.) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.

Scotchmen (pl. ) of Scotchman

Scotchman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Scoter (n.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

Scot-free (a.) Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.

Scoth (v. t.) To clothe or cover up.

Scotia (n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Scotia (n.) Scotland

Scotist (n.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

Scotograph (n.) An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing.

Scotoma (n.) Scotomy.

Scotomy (n.) Dizziness with dimness of sight.

Scotomy (n.) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

Scotoscope (n.) An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.

Scots (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).

Scotsman (n.) See Scotchman.

Scottering (n.) The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.

Scotticism (n.) An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.

Scotticize (v. t.) To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.

Scottish (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.

Scoundrel (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Scoundrel (a.) Low; base; mean; unprincipled.

Scoundreldom (n.) The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.

Scoundrelism (n.) The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.

Scoured (imp. & p. p.) of Scour

Scouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scour

Scour (v. t.) To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.

Scour (v. t.) To purge; as, to scour a horse.

Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away.

Scour (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.

Scour (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing.

Scour (v. i.) To cleanse anything.

Scour (v. i.) To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.

Scour (v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

Scour (n.) Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.

Scourage (n.) Refuse water after scouring.

Scourer (n.) One who, or that which, scours.

Scourer (n.) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.

Scourge (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

Scourge (n.) Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

Scourged (imp. & p. p.) of Scourge

Scourging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scourge

Scourge (n.) To whip severely; to lash.

Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

Scourge (n.) To harass or afflict severely.

Scourger (n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.

Scourse (v. t.) See Scorse.

Scouse (n.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse.

Scout (n.) A swift sailing boat.

Scout (n.) A projecting rock.

Scout (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.

Scout (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.

Scout (n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.

Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.

Scout (n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

Scouted (imp. & p. p.) of Scout

Scouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scout

Scout (v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

Scout (v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

Scout (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

Scovel (n.) A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

Scow (n.) A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

Scow (v. t.) To transport in a scow.

Scowled (imp. & p. p.) of Scowl

Scowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scowl

Scowl (v. i.) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.

Scowl (v. t.) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

Scowl (v. t.) To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.

Scowl (n.) The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Scowl (n.) Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

Scowlingly (adv.) In a scowling manner.

Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.

Scrabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Scrabble

Scrabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrabble

Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

Scrabble (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.

Scrabble (v. t.) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.

Scrabble (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Scraber (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Scraber (n.) The black guillemot.

Scraffle (v. i.) To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.

Scrag (n.) Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.

Scrag (n.) A rawboned person.

Scrag (n.) A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

Scragged (a.) Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.

Scragged (a.) Lean and rough; scraggy.

Scraggedness (n.) Quality or state of being scragged.

Scraggily (adv.) In a scraggy manner.

Scragginess (n.) The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness.

Scraggy (superl.) Rough with irregular points; scragged.

Scraggy (superl.) Lean and rough; scragged.

Scragly (a.) See Scraggy.

Scrag-necked (a.) Having a scraggy neck.

Scrambled (imp. & p. p.) of Scramble

Scrambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scramble

Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Scramble (v. t.) To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.

Scramble (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.

Scramble (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.

Scrambler (n.) One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.

Scrambling (a.) Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.

Scranched (imp. & p. p.) of Scranch

Scranching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scranch

Scranch (v. t.) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

Scranky (a.) Thin; lean.

Scrannel (a.) Slight; thin; lean; poor.

Scranny (a.) Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.

Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Scrap (v. t.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

Scrap (v. t.) Same as Scrap iron, below.

Scrapbook (n.) A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.

Scraped (imp. & p. p.) of Scrape

Scraping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrape

Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.

Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.

Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.

Scrape (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

Scraper (n.) An instrument with which anything is scraped.

Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.

Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.

Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.

Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.

Scraper (n.) One who scrapes.

Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.

Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

Scraping (n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Scraping (n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.

Scraping (a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.

Scrappily (adv.) In a scrappy manner; in scraps.

Scrappy (a.) Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.

Scrat (v. t.) To scratch.

Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search.

Scrat (n.) An hermaphrodite.

Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratch

Scratching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scratch

Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.

Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.

Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.

Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

Scratch (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.

Scratch (n.) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.

Scratch (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.

Scratch (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.

Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

Scratcher (n.) One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.

Scratchweed (n.) Cleavers.

Scratchwork (n.) See Scratch coat.

Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.

Scraw (n.) A turf.

Scrawl (v. i.) See Crawl.

Scrawled (imp. & p. p.) of Scrawl

Scrawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrawl

Scrawl (v. t.) To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.

Scrawl (v. i.) To write unskillfully and inelegantly.

Scrawl (n.) Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.

Scrawler (n.) One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

Scrawny (a.) Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.

Screable (a.) Capable of being spit out.

Screaked (imp. & p. p.) of Screak

Screaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screak

Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

Screak (n.) A creaking; a screech; a shriek.

Screamed (imp. & p. p.) of Scream

Screaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scream

Scream (v. i.) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.

Screaming (a.) Uttering screams; shrieking.

Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.

Scree (n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.

Screeched (imp. & p. p.) of Screech

Screeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screech

Screech (v.) To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

Screech (n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

Screechers (n. pl.) The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.

Screechy (a.) Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

Screed (n.) A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.

Screed (n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

Screed (n.) A fragment; a portion; a shred.

Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

Screed (n.) An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

Screened (imp. & p. p.) of Screen

Screening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screen

Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

Screenings (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.

Screw (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.

Screw (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.

Screw (n.) A small packet of tobacco.

Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.

Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.

Screwed (imp. & p. p.) of Screw

Screwing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screw

Screw (v. t.) To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.

Screw (v. t.) To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.

Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.

Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.

Screw (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.

Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.

Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.

Screw-driver (n.) A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

Screwer (n.) One who, or that which, screws.

Screwing () a. & n. from Screw, v. t.

Scribable (a.) Capable of being written, or of being written upon.

Scribatious (a.) Skillful in, or fond of, writing.

Scribbet (n.) A painter's pencil.

Scribble (v. t.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

Scribbled (imp. & p. p.) of Scribble

Scribbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scribble

Scribble (v. t.) To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

Scribble (v. t.) To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.

Scribble (v. i.) To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.

Scribble (n.) Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.

Scribblement (n.) A scribble.

Scribbler (n.) One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.

Scribbler (n.) A scribbling machine.

Scribbling (n.) The act or process of carding coarsely.

Scribbling (a.) Writing hastily or poorly.

Scribbling (n.) The act of writing hastily or idly.

Scribblingly (adv.) In a scribbling manner.

Scribe (n.) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

Scribe (n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

Scribed (imp. & p. p.) of Scribe

Scribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scribe

Scribe (v. t.) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Scribe (v. i.) To make a mark.

Scriber (n.) A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.

Scribism (n.) The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.

Scrid (n.) A screed; a shred; a fragment.

Scriggle (v. i.) To wriggle.

Scrim (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.

Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

Scrimer (n.) A fencing master.

Scrimmage (n.) Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

Scrimmage (n.) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Scrimped (imp. & p. p.) of Scrimp

Scrimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrimp

Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

Scrimping () a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t.

Scrimpingly (adv.) In a scrimping manner.

Scrimpness (n.) The state of being scrimp.

Scrimption (n.) A small portion; a pittance; a little bit.

Scrimshaw (v. t.) To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.

Scrimshaw (n.) A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.

Scrine (n.) A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine.

Scringed (imp. & p. p.) of Scrine

Scringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrine

Scrine (v. i.) To cringe.

Scrip (n.) A small bag; a wallet; a satchel.

Scrip (n.) A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.

Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.

Scrip (n.) Paper fractional currency.

Scrippage (n.) The contents of a scrip, or wallet.

Script (n.) A writing; a written document.

Script (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Script (n.) An original instrument or document.

Script (n.) Written characters; style of writing.

Scriptoria (pl. ) of Scriptorium

Scriptorium (n.) In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.

Scriptory (a.) Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.

Scriptural (a.) Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.

Scripturalism (n.) The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.

Scripturalist (n.) One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.

Scripturally (adv.) In a scriptural manner.

Scripturalness (n.) Quality of being scriptural.

Scripture (n.) Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

Scripture (n.) The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.

Scripture (n.) A passage from the Bible;; a text.

Scripturian (n.) A Scripturist.

Scripturist (n.) One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.

Scrit (n.) Writing; document; scroll.

Scritch (n.) A screech.

Scrivener (n.) A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

Scrivener (n.) One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

Scrivener (n.) A writing master.

Scrobiculae (pl. ) of Scrobicula

Scrobicula (n.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.

Scrobicular (a.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles.

Scrobiculate (a.) Alt. of Scrobiculated

Scrobiculated (a.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.

Scrod (n.) Alt. of Scrode

Scrode (n.) A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed.

Scroddled ware () Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.

Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).

Scrofulide (n.) Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Scrofulous (a.) Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.

Scrofulous (a.) Diseased or affected with scrofula.

Scrog (n.) A stunted shrub, bush, or branch.

Scroggy (a.) Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.

Scroll (n.) A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

Scroll (n.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

Scroll (n.) A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal.

Scroll (n.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.

Scrolled (a.) Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.

Scrophularia (n.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.

Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.

Scrotal (a.) Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.

Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.

Scrotocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.

Scrotum (n.) The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.

Scrouge (v. t.) To crowd; to squeeze.

Scrow (n.) A scroll.

Scrow (n.) A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.

Scroyle (n.) A mean fellow; a wretch.

Scrubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scrub

Scrubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrub

Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

Scrub (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

Scrub (n.) Something small and mean.

Scrub (n.) A worn-out brush.

Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.

Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.

Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Scrubbed (a.) Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.

Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.

Scrubboard (n.) A baseboard; a mopboard.

Scrubby (superl.) Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.

Scrubstone (n.) A species of calciferous sandstone.

Scruff (n.) Scurf.

Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.

Scrummage (n.) See Scrimmage.

Scrumptious (a.) Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.

Scrunch (v. t. & v. i.) To scranch; to crunch.

Scruple (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

Scruple (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.

Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.

Scrupled (imp. & p. p.) of Scruple

Skrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scruple

Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.

Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

Scruple (v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

Scrupler (n.) One who scruples.

Scrupulist (n.) A scrupler.

Scruou-lize (v. t.) To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.

Scrupulosity (n.) The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.

Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

Scrupulous (a.) Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.

Scrupulous (a.) Given to making objections; captious.

Scrupulous (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.

Scrutable (a.) Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.

Scrutation (n.) Search; scrutiny.

Scrutator (n.) One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.

Scrutineer (n.) A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.

Scrutinized (imp. & p. p.) of Scrutinize

Scrutinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrutinize

Scrutinize (v. t.) To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.

Scrutinize (v. i.) To make scrutiny.

Scrutinizer (n.) One who scrutinizes.

Scrutinous (a.) Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict.

Scrutiny (n.) Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

Scrutiny (n.) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

Scrutiny (n.) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

Scrutiny (v. t.) To scrutinize.

Scrutoire (n.) A escritoire; a writing desk.

Scruze (v. t.) To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise.

Scry (v. t.) To descry.

Scry (v.) A flock of wild fowl.

Scry (n.) A cry or shout.

Scudded (imp. & p. p.) of Scud

Scudding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scud

Scud (v. i.) To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

Scud (v. i.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.

Scud (v. t.) To pass over quickly.

Scud (n.) The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.

Scud (n.) Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.

Scud (n.) A slight, sudden shower.

Scud (n.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.

Scud (n.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.

Scuddle (v. i.) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Scudi (pl. ) of Scudo

Scudo (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.

Scudo (n.) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.

Scuff (n.) The back part of the neck; the scruff.

Scuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Scuff

Scuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuff

Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

Scuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Scuffle

Scuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuffle

Scuffle (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.

Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.

Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.

Scuffle (n.) A child's pinafore or bib.

Scuffle (n.) A garden hoe.

Scuffler (n.) One who scuffles.

Scuffler (n.) An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.

Scug (v. i.) To hide.

Scug (n.) A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.

Sculk () Alt. of Sculker

Sculker () See Skulk, Skulker.

Scull (n.) The skull.

Scull (n.) A shoal of fish.

Scull (n.) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.

Scull (n.) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.

Scull (n.) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.

Scull (n.) The common skua gull.

Sculled (imp. & p. p.) of Scull

Sculling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scull

Scull (v. t.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.

Scull (v. i.) To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Sculler (n.) A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars.

Sculler (n.) One who sculls.

Sculleries (pl. ) of Scullery

Scullery (n.) A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

Scullery (n.) Hence, refuse; filth; offal.

Scullion (n.) A scalion.

Scullion (n.) A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.

Scullionly (a.) Like a scullion; base.

Sculp (v. t.) To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.

Sculpin (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.

Sculpin (n.) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.

Sculpin (n.) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).

Sculptile (a.) Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images.

Sculptor (n.) One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

Sculptor (n.) Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

Sculptress (n.) A female sculptor.

Sculptural (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture.

Sculpture (n.) The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

Sculpture (n.) Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.

Sculptured (imp. & p. p.) of Sculpture

Sculpturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sculpture

Sculpture (v. t.) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Sculpturesque (a.) After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.

Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.

Scum (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

Scummed (imp. & p. p.) of Scum

Scumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scum

Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.

Scum (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement.

Scumber (n.) Dung.

Scumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Scumble

Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scumble

Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.

Scumbling (n.) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing.

Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.

Scumbling (n.) The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.

Scummer (v. i.) To scumber.

Scummer (n.) Excrement; scumber.

Scummer (n.) An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.

Scumming (n.) The act of taking off scum.

Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Scummy (a.) Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

Scunner (v. t.) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Scunner (v. i.) To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance.

Scunner (n.) A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.

Scup (n.) A swing.

Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.

Scuppaug (n.) See 2d Scup.

Scupper (v.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

Scuppernong (n.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.

Scur (v. i.) To move hastily; to scour.

Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.

Scurf (n.) Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.

Scurf (n.) Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.

Scurf (n.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.

Scurff (n.) The bull trout.

Scurfiness (n.) Quality or state of being scurfy.

Scurfiness (n.) Scurf.

Scurfy (superl.) Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.

Scurrier (n.) One who scurries.

Scurrile (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.

Scurrility (n.) The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.

Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.

Scurrilous (a.) Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.

Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.

Scurrit (n.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).

Scurry (v. i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

Scurry (n.) Act of scurring; hurried movement.

Scurvily (adv.) In a scurvy manner.

Scurviness (n.) The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.

Scurvy (n.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.

Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.

Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.

Scut (n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.

Scuta (n. pl.) See Scutum.

Scutage (n.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.

Scutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a shield.

Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

Scutate (a.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.

Scutched (imp. & p. p.) of Scutch

Scutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scutch

Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.

Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.

Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.

Scutch (n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

Scutcheon (n.) An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

Scutcheon (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Scutcher (n.) One who scutches.

Scutcher (n.) An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.

Scutch grass () A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

Scute (n.) A small shield.

Scute (n.) An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.

Scute (n.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.

Scutella (n. pl.) See Scutellum.

Scutelle (pl. ) of Scutella

Scutella (n.) See Scutellum, n., 2.

Scutellate (a.) Alt. of Scutellated

Scutellated (a.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.

Scutellated (a.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.

Scutellation (n.) the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.

Scutelliform (a.) Scutellate.

Scutelliform (a.) Having the form of a scutellum.

Scutelliplantar (a.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

Scutella (pl. ) of Scutellum

Scutellum (n.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.

Scutellum (n.) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.

Scutellum (n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

Scutibranch (a.) Scutibranchiate.

Scutibranch (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Scutibranchia (n. pl.) Same as Scutibranchiata.

Scutibranchian (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Scutibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.

Scutibranchiate (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.

Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.

Scutiger (n.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

Scutiped (a.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.

Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket.

Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.

Scuttle (n.) A quick pace; a short run.

Scuttle (n.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.

Scuttle (n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.

Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

Scuttle (n.) The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

Scuttled (imp. & p. p.) of Scuttle

Scuttling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuttle

Scuttle (v. t.) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

Scuta (pl. ) of Scutum

Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.

Scutum (n.) A penthouse or awning.

Scutum (n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.

Scutum (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

Scybala (n. pl.) Hardened masses of feces.

Scye (n.) Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment.

Scyle (v. t.) To hide; to secrete; to conceal.

Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.

Scyllaea (n.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.

Scyllarian (n.) One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively.

Scyllite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.

Scymetar (n.) See Scimiter.

Scyphae (pl. ) of Scypha

Scypha (n.) See Scyphus, 2 (b).

Scyphiform (a.) Cup-shaped.

Scyphistomata (pl. ) of Scyphistoma

Scyphistomae (pl. ) of Scyphistoma

Scyphistoma (n.) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.

Scyphobranchii (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families.

Scyphomeduse (n. pl.) Same as Acraspeda, or Discophora.

Scyphophori (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.

Scyphi (pl. ) of Scyphus

Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.

Scyphus (n.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.

Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

Scythe (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

Scythe (n.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

Scythed (a.) Armed scythes, as a chariot.

Scythemen (pl. ) of Scytheman

Scytheman (n.) One who uses a scythe; a mower.

Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.

Scythewhet (n.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note.

Scythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.

Scythian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.

Scythian (n.) The language of the Scythians.

Scytodermata (n. pl.) Same as Holothurioidea.

Sdan (v. & n.) Disdain.

'Sdeath (interj.) An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.

Sdeign (v. t.) To disdain.

Sea (n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

Sea (n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.

Sea (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.

Sea (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

Sea (n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.

Sea (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.

Sea acorn () An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).

Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.

Sea amenone () Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian.

Sea ape () The thrasher shark.

Sea ape () The sea otter.

Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea.

Sea arrow () A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

Sea bank () The seashore.

Sea bank () A bank or mole to defend against the sea.

Sea-bar (n.) A tern.

Sea barrow () A sea purse.

Sea bass () A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.

Sea bass () A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Sea bat () See Batfish (a).

Seabeach (n.) A beach lying along the sea.

Sea bean () Same as Florida bean.

Sea bear () Any fur seal. See under Fur.

Sea bear () The white bear.

Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.

Sea beast () Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.

Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.

Sea blite () A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.

Sea-blubber (n.) A jellyfish.

Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.

Seaboard (a.) Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.

Seaboard (adv.) Toward the sea.

Seaboat () A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.

Seaboat () A chitin.

Seabord (n. & a.) See Seaboard.

Sea-bordering (a.) Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea.

Sea-born (a.) Born of the sea; produced by the sea.

Sea-born (a.) Born at sea.

Seabound (a.) Bounded by the sea.

Sea bow () See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.

Sea boy () A boy employed on shipboard.

Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.

Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife.

Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.

Sea bug () A chiton.

Sea-built (a.) Built at, in, or by the sea.

Sea butterfly () A pteropod.

Sea cabbage () See Sea kale, under Kale.

Sea calf () The common seal.

Sea canary () The beluga, or white whale.

Sea captain () The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Sea card () Mariner's card, or compass.

Sea catfish () Alt. of Sea cat

Sea cat () The wolf fish.

Sea cat () Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.

Sea chart () A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.

Sea chickweed () A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.

Sea clam () Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.

Sea coal () Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.

Seacoast (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

Sea cob () The black-backed gull.

Sea cock () In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

Sea cock () The black-bellied plover.

Sea cock () A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.

Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.

Sea colewort () Sea cabbage.

Sea compass () The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Sea coot () A scoter duck.

Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.

Sea cow () The mantee.

Sea cow () The dugong.

Sea cow () The walrus.

Sea crawfish () Alt. of Sea crayfish

Sea crayfish () Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.

Sea crow () The chough.

Sea crow () The cormorant.

Sea crow () The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls.

Sea crow () The skua.

Sea crow () The razorbill.

Sea crow () The coot.

Sea cucumber () Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa).

Sea dace () The European sea perch.

Sea daffodil () A European amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum).

Sea devil () Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.

Sea devil () Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.

Sea devil () The angler.

Sea dog () The dogfish.

Sea dog () The common seal.

Sea dog () An old sailor; a salt.

Sea dotterel () The turnstone.

Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.

Sea dragon () A dragonet, or sculpin.

Sea dragon () The pegasus.

Sea drake () The pewit gull.

Sea duck () Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.

Sea eagle () Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.

Sea eagle () The eagle ray. See under Ray.

Sea-ear (n.) Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.

Sea eel () The conger eel.

Sea egg () A sea urchin.

Sea elephant () A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.

Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.

Seafarer (n.) One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Seafaring (a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Sea fennel () Samphire.

Sea fern () Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

Sea fight () An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.

Sea fir () A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

Sea flewer () A sea anemone, or any related anthozoan.

Sea foam () Foam of sea water.

Sea foam () Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth.

Sea fowl () Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

Sea fox () The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.

Sea froth () See Sea foam, 2.

Sea-gate (n.) Alt. of Sea-gait

Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea.

Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n.

Sea gherkin () Alt. of Sea girkin

Sea girkin () Any small holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.

Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.

Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.

Seagirt (a.) Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.

Sea god () A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.

Sea goddess () A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.

Seagoing (a.) Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

Sea goose () A phalarope.

Sea gown () A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.

Sea grape () The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Sea grape () A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.

Sea grape () The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo).

Sea grass () Eelgrass.

Sea green () The green color of sea water.

Sea-green (a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.

Sea gudgeon () The European black goby (Gobius niger).

Sea gull () Any gull living on the seacoast.

Seah (n.) A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.

Sea hare () Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.

Sea hawk () A jager gull.

Sea heath () A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

Sea hedgehog () A sea urchin.

Sea hen () the common guillemot; -- applied also to various other sea birds.

Sea hog () The porpoise.

Sea holly () An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

Sea holm () A small uninhabited island.

Sea holm () Sea holly.

Sea horse () A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.

Sea horse () The walrus.

Sea horse () Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.

Sea hulver () Sea holly.

Sea-island (a.) Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.

Sea jelly () A medusa, or jellyfish.

Seak (n.) Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.

Sea kale () See under Kale.

Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.

Seal (n.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

Seal (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

Seal (n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.

Seal (n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

Seal (n.) That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.

Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

Sealed (imp. & p. p.) of Seal

Skaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seal

Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

Seal (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

Seal (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

Seal (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.

Seal (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.

Seal (v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

Seal (v. i.) To affix one's seal, or a seal.

Sea laces () A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

Sea lamprey () The common lamprey.

Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Sea lark () The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).

Sea lark () Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.

Sea lavender () See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.

Sea lawyer () The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

Seal-brown (a.) Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

Sea legs () Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.

Sea lemon () Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.

Sea leopard () Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.

Sealer (n.) One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

Sealer (n.) A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

Sea letter () The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.

Sea lettuce () The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.

Sea level () The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.

Sealgh (n.) Alt. of Selch

Selch (n.) A seal.

Sea lily () A crinoid.

Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

Sea lion () Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.

Sea loach () The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.

Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

Seam (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

Seam (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.

Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

Seam (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

Seamed (imp. & p. p.) of Seam

Seaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seam

Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

Seam (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

Seam (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.

Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.

Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

Seam (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.

Sea-maid (n.) The mermaid.

Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph.

Sea-mail (n.) A gull; the mew.

Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman

Seaman (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.

Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman

Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.

Seamanlike (a.) Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

Seamanship (n.) The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

Sea mantis () A squilla.

Sea marge () Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.

Seamark (n.) Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.

Sea mat () Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.

Sea maw () The sea mew.

Seamed (a.) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.

Sea-mell (n.) The sea mew.

Sea mew () A gull; the mew.

Sea mile () A geographical mile. See Mile.

Sea milkwort () A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.

Seaming (n.) The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.

Seamless (a.) Without a seam.

Sea monk () See Monk seal, under Monk.

Sea monster () Any large sea animal.

Sea moss () Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

Sea mouse () A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides.

Sea mouse () The dunlin.

Seamster (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.

Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

Seamstressy (n.) The business of a seamstress.

Sea mud () A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.

Seamy (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.

Sean (n.) A seine. See Seine.

Seance (n.) A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.

Sea needle () See Garfish (a).

Sea nettle () A jellyfish, or medusa.

Seannachie (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.

Sea onion () The officinal squill. See Squill.

Sea ooze () Same as Sea mud.

Sea orange () A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.

Sea-orb (n.) A globefish.

Sea otter () An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.

Sea owl () The lumpfish.

Sea pad () The puffin.

Sea partridge () The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.

Sea pass () A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

Sea peach () A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.

Sea pear () A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.

Sea-pen (n.) A pennatula.

Sea perch () The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace.

Sea perch () The cunner.

Sea perch () The sea bass.

Sea perch () The name is applied also to other species of fishes.

Sea pheasant () The pintail duck.

Sea pie () The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.

Sea pie () A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.

Seapiece (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.

Sea piet () See 1st Sea pie.

Sea pig () A porpoise or dolphin.

Sea pig () A dugong.

Sea pigeon () The common guillemot.

Sea pike () The garfish.

Sea pike () A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.

Sea pike () The merluce.

Sea pincushion () A sea purse.

Sea pincushion () A pentagonal starfish.

Sea pink () See Thrift.

Sea plover () the black-bellied plover.

Sea poacher () Alt. of Sea poker

Sea poker () The lyrie.

Sea pool () A pool of salt water.

Sea poppy () The horn poppy. See under Horn.

Sea porcupine () Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.

Sea pork () An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.

Seaport (n.) A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.

Seapoy (n.) See Sepoy.

Sea pudding () Any large holothurian.

Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.

Sea purslane () See under Purslane.

Sea pye () See 1st Sea pie.

Sea pyot () See 1st Sea pie.

Sea quail () The turnstone.

Seaquake (n.) A quaking of the sea.

Sear (a.) Alt. of Sere

Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.

Seared (imp. & p. p.) of Sear

Searing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sear

Sear (a.) To wither; to dry up.

Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.

Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Sea rat () A pirate.

Sea rat () The chimaera.

Sea raven () An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.

Sea raven () The cormorant.

Searce (n.) A fine sieve.

Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.

Searcer (n.) A searce, or sieve.

Searched (imp. & p. p.) of Search

Searching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Search

Search (v. t.) To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

Search (v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

Search (v. t.) To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

Search (v. t.) To examine; to try; to put to the test.

Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

Search (v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

Searchable (a.) Capable of being searched.

Searchableness (n.) Quality of being searchable.

Searcher (n.) One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.

Searcher (n.) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.

Searcher (n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.

Searcher (n.) An inspector of leather.

Searcher (n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.

Searcher (n.) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.

Searcher (n.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye.

Searchless (a.) Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.

Searcloth (n.) Cerecloth.

Searcloth (v. t.) To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.

Seared (a.) Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.

Searedness (n.) The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.

Sea reed () The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.

Sea risk () Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.

Sea robber () A pirate; a sea rover.

Sea robin () See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.

Sea rocket () See under Rocket.

Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground.

Sea rover () One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.

Sea-roving (a.) Cruising at random on the ocean.

Sea salmon () A young pollock.

Sea salmon () The spotted squeteague.

Sea salmon () See Sea bass (b).

Sea salt () Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.

Sea sandpiper () The purple sandpiper.

Sea sandwort () See Sea chickweed.

Sea saurian (n.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.

Seascape (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea.

Sea scorpion () A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

Sea scurf () Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.

Sea serpent () Any marine snake. See Sea snake.

Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured.

Seashell (n.) The shell of any marine mollusk.

Seashore (n.) The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.

Seashore (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.

Seasick (a.) Affected with seasickness.

Seasickness (n.) The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

Seaside (n.) The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

Sea slater () Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

Sea slug () A holothurian.

Sea slug () A nudibranch mollusk.

Sea snail () A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.

Sea snail () Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.

Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad.

Sea snipe () A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin.

Sea snipe () The bellows fish.

Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.

Season (n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.

Season (n.) A period of time not very long; a while; a time.

Season (n.) That which gives relish; seasoning.

Seasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Season

Seasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Season

Season (v. t.) To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.

Season (v. t.) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.

Season (v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.

Season (v. t.) To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.

Season (v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.

Season (v. t.) To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.

Season (v. t.) To imbue; to tinge or taint.

Season (v. t.) To copulate with; to impregnate.

Season (v. i.) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.

Season (v. i.) To give token; to savor.

Seasonable (a.) Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain.

Seasonage (n.) A seasoning.

Seasonal (a.) Of or pertaining to the seasons.

Seasoner (n.) One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

Seasoning (n.) The act or process by which anything is seasoned.

Seasoning (n.) That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.

Seasoning (n.) Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation.

Seasonless (a.) Without succession of the seasons.

Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider.

Sea spider () Any pycnogonid.

Sea squirt () An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata.

Sea star () A starfish, or brittle star.

Sea surgeon () A surgeon fish.

Sea swallow () The common tern.

Sea swallow () The storm petrel.

Sea swallow () The gannet.

Sea swallow () See Cornish chough, under Chough.

Seat (n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

Seat (n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

Seat (n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

Seat (n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Seat (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Seat (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

Seated (imp. & p. p.) of Seat

Seating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seat

Seat (v. t.) To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

Seat (v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Seat (v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

Seat (v. t.) To fix; to set firm.

Seat (v. t.) To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

Seat (v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

Seat (v. i.) To rest; to lie down.

Sea tang () A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.

Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.

Sea thief () A pirate.

Sea thongs () A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.

Seating (n.) The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.

Seating (n.) The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.

Sea titling () The rock pipit.

Seatless (a.) Having no seat.

Sea toad () A sculpin.

Sea toad () A toadfish.

Sea toad () The angler.

Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.

Sea trout () The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.

Sea trout () A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock.

Sea trout () A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.

Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long.

Sea trumpet () Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Sea turn () A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.

Sea turtle () Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.

Sea turtle () The sea pigeon, or guillemot.

Sea unicorn () The narwhal.

Sea urchin () Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.

Seave (n.) A rush.

Seavy (a.) Overgrown with rushes.

Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.

Sea-walled (a.) Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall.

Seawan (n.) Alt. of Seawant

Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Seawand () See Sea girdles.

Seaward (a.) Directed or situated toward the sea.

Seaward (adv.) Toward the sea.

Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.

Seaweed (n.) Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

Seaweed (n.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

Sea whip () A gorgonian having a simple stem.

Sea widgeon () The scaup duck.

Sea widgeon () The pintail duck.

Seawives (pl. ) of Seawife

Seawife (n.) A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).

Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Sea wing () A wing shell (Avicula).

Sea withwind () A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

Sea wolf () The wolf fish.

Sea wolf () The European sea perch.

Sea wolf () The sea elephant.

Sea wolf () A sea lion.

Sea woodcock () The bar-tailed godwit.

Sea wood louse () A sea slater.

Sea wormwood () A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.

Seaworthiness (n.) The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.

Seaworthy (a.) Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

Sea wrack () See Wrack.

Sebaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals.

Sebacic (a.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.

Sebat (n.) The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February.

Sebate (n.) A salt of sebacic acid.

Sebesten (n.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.

Sebic (a.) See Sebacic.

Sebiferous (a.) Producing vegetable tallow.

Sebiferous (a.) Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.

Sebiparous (a.) Same as Sebiferous.

Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.

Secale (n.) A genus of cereal grasses including rye.

Secancy (n.) A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another.

Secant (a.) Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.

Secant (a.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

Secco (a.) Dry.

Seceded (imp. & p. p.) of Secede

Seceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secede

Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.

Seceder (n.) One who secedes.

Seceder (n.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called.

Secerned (imp. & p. p.) of Secern

Secerning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secern

Secern (v. t.) To separate; to distinguish.

Secern (v. t.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.

Secernent (a.) Secreting; secretory.

Secernent (n.) That which promotes secretion.

Secernent (n.) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Secernment (n.) The act or process of secreting.

Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.

Secession (n.) The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.

Secession (n.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.

Secessionism (n.) The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.

Secessionist (n.) One who upholds secession.

Secessionist (n.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.

Seche (v. t. & i.) To seek.

Sechium (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.

Seck (a.) Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.

Seckel (n.) A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.

Secle (n.) A century.

Secluded (imp. & p. p.) of Seclude

Secluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seclude

Seclude (v. t.) To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

Seclude (v. t.) To shut or keep out; to exclude.

Seclusion (n.) The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.

Seclusive (a.) Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.

Second (a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

Second (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

Second (a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.

Second (n.) One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.

Second (n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.

Second (n.) Aid; assistance; help.

Second (n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

Second (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.

Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.

Second (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.

Second (n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.

Seconded (imp. & p. p.) of Second

Seconding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Second

Second (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.

Second (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.

Second (a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.

Secondarily (adv.) In a secondary manner or degree.

Secondarily (adv.) Secondly; in the second place.

Secondariness (n.) The state of being secondary.

Secondary (a.) Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.

Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.

Secondary (a.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.

Secondary (a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

Secondary (a.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.

Secondaries (pl. ) of Secondary

Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.

Secondary (n.) A secondary circle.

Secondary (n.) A satellite.

Secondary (n.) A secondary quill.

Second-class (a.) Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.

Seconder (n.) One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

Secondhand (a.) Not original or primary; received from another.

Secondhand (a.) Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.

Secondly (adv.) In the second place.

Secondo (n.) The second part in a concerted piece.

Second-rate (a.) Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.

Second-sight (n.) The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.

Second-sighted (a.) Having the power of second-sight.

Secre (a.) Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret.

Secre (n.) A secret.

Secrecies (pl. ) of Secrecy

Secrecy (n.) The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.

Secrecy (n.) That which is concealed; a secret.

Secrecy (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.

Secrecy (n.) The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.

Secrely (adv.) Secretly.

Secreness (n.) Secrecy; privacy.

Secret (a.) Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.

Secret (a.) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.

Secret (a.) Separate; distinct.

Secret (a.) Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.

Secret (a.) A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.

Secret (a.) The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.

Secret (v. t.) To keep secret.

Secretage (n.) A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.

Secretarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.

Secretariat (n.) Alt. of Secretariate

Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.

Secretaries (pl. ) of Secretary

Secretary (n.) One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.

Secretary (n.) A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.

Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.

Secretary (n.) A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.

Secretary (n.) The secretary bird.

Secretaryship (n.) The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.

Secreted (imp. & p. p.) of Secrete

Secreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secrete

Secrete (v. t.) To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

Secrete (v. t.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.

Secretion (n.) The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.

Secretion (n.) The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions.

Secretion (n.) Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.

Secretist (n.) A dealer in secrets.

Secretitious (a.) Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors.

Secretive (a.) Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

Secretiveness (n.) The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.

Secretiveness (n.) The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.

Secretly (adv.) In a secret manner.

Secretness (n.) The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed.

Secretness (n.) Secretiveness; concealment.

Secrete-metory (a.) Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.

Secretory (a.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves.

Secretory (n.) A secretory vessel; a secernent.

Sect (n.) A cutting; a scion.

Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.

Sectant (n.) One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.

Sectarian (n.) Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.

Sectarian (n.) One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.

Sectarianism (n.) The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.

Sectarianize (v. t.) To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.

Sectarism (n.) Sectarianism.

Sectarist (n.) A sectary.

Sectaries (pl. ) of Sectary

Sectary (n.) A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.

Sectator (n.) A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect.

Sectile (a.) Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.

Sectility (n.) The state or quality of being sectile.

Section (n.) The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

Section (n.) A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.

Section (n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division.

Section (n.) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct.

Section (n.) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.

Section (n.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.

Section (n.) A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /.

Section (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase.

Section (n.) The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.

Sectional (a.) Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.

Sectional (a.) Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.

Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.

Sectionality (n.) The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.

Sectionalize (v. t.) To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.

Sectionally (adv.) In a sectional manner.

Sectionize (v. t.) To form into sections.

Sectism (n.) Devotion to a sect.

Sectist (n.) One devoted to a sect; a soetary.

Sectiuncle (n.) A little or petty sect.

Sector (n.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

Sector (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.

Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.

Sectoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle.

Sectorial (a.) Adapted for cutting.

Sectorial (n.) A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.

Secular (a.) Coming or observed once in an age or a century.

Secular (a.) Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.

Secular (a.) Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.

Secular (a.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.

Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.

Secular (n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

Secular (n.) A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

Secularism (n.) The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.

Secularism (n.) The tenets or principles of the secularists.

Secularist (n.) One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.

Secularity (n.) Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.

Secularization (n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.

Secularized (imp. & p. p.) of Secularize

Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secularize

Secularize (v. t.) To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.

Secularize (v. t.) To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.

Secularize (v. t.) To make worldly or unspiritual.

Secularly (adv.) In a secular or worldly manner.

Secularness (n.) The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.

Secund (a.) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk.

Secundate (v. t.) To make prosperous.

Secundation (n.) Prosperity.

Secundine (n.) The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.

Secundine (n.) The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural.

Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.

Securable (a.) That may be secured.

Secure (a.) Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

Secure (a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.

Secure (a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.

Secure (a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.

Secured (imp. & p. p.) of Secure

Securing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secure

Secure (v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

Secure (v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.

Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.

Secure (v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.

Securely (adv.) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.

Securement (n.) The act of securing; protection.

Secureness (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.

Securer (n.) One who, or that which, secures.

Securifera (n. pl.) The Serrifera.

Securiform (a.) Having the form of an ax hatchet.

Securipalp (n.) One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.

Securities (pl. ) of Security

Security (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.

Security (n.) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.

Security (n.) Freedom from risk; safety.

Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.

Security (n.) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.

Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.

Sedan (n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.

Sedate (a.) Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

Sedation (n.) The act of calming, or the state of being calm.

Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize

Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.

Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.

Sedentarily (adv.) In a sedentary manner.

Sedentariness (n.) Quality of being sedentary.

Sedentary (a.) Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.

Sedentary (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.

Sedentary (a.) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.

Sedentary (a.) Caused by long sitting.

Sedentary (a.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.

Sederunt (n.) A sitting, as of a court or other body.

Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.

Sedge (n.) A flock of herons.

Sedged (a.) Made or composed of sedge.

Sedgy (a.) Overgrown with sedge.

Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

Sediment (n.) The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

Sediment (n.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimental (a.) Sedimentary.

Sedimentary (a.) Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided.

Sedimentation (n.) The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedition (n.) The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.

Sedition (n.) Dissension; division; schism.

Seditionary (n.) An inciter or promoter of sedition.

Seditious (a.) Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.

Seditious (a.) Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens.

Sedlitz (a.) Same as Seidlitz.

Seduced (imp. & p. p.) of Seduce

Seducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seduce

Seduce (v. t.) To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.

Seduce (v. t.) Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.

Seducement (n.) The act of seducing.

Seducement (n.) The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting.

Seducer (n.) One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.

Seducible (a.) Capable of being seduced; corruptible.

Seducing (a.) Seductive.

Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.

Seduction (n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.

Seductive (a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.

Seductively (adv.) In a seductive manner.

Seductress (n.) A woman who seduces.

Sedulity (n.) The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.

Sedulous (a.) Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.

Sedum (n.) A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop.

See (n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.

Saw (imp.) of See

Seen (p. p.) of See

Seeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See

See (v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

See (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.

See (v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

See (v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

See (v. i.) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.

See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

See (v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.

Seed (pl. ) of Seed

Seeds (pl. ) of Seed

Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

Seed (n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

Seed (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

Seed (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

Seed (n.) The principle of production.

Seed (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

Seed (n.) Race; generation; birth.

Seeded (imp. & p. p.) of Seed

Seeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seed

Seed (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

Seed (v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

Seedbox (n.) A capsule.

Seedbox (n.) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

Seedcake (n.) A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.

Seedcod (n.) A seedlip.

Seeder (n.) One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.

Seediness (n.) The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.

Seed-lac (n.) A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.

Seedless (a.) Without seed or seeds.

Seedling (n.) A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like.

Seedlip (n.) Alt. of Seedlop

Seedlop (n.) A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.

Seedman (See) Seedsman.

Seedness (n.) Seedtime.

Seedsmen (pl. ) of Seedsman

Seedsman (n.) A sower; one who sows or scatters seed.

Seedsman (n.) A person who deals in seeds.

Seedtime (n.) The season proper for sowing.

Seedy (superl.) Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.

Seedy (superl.) Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy.

Seedy (superl.) Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat.

Seeing (conj. (but originally a present participle)) In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young.

Seek (a.) Sick.

Sought (imp. & p. p.) of Seek

Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seek

Seek (v. t.) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.

Seek (v. t.) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.

Seek (v. t.) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

Seek (v. t.) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

Seek (v. i.) To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.

Seeker (n.) One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.

Seek-no-further (n.) A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further.

Seek-sorrow (n.) One who contrives to give himself vexation.

Seeled (imp. & p. p.) of Seel

Seeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seel

Seel (v. t.) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.

Seel (v. t.) Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

Seel (v. i.) To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.

Seel (n.) Alt. of Seeling

Seeling (n.) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.

Seel (n.) Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".

Seel (n.) Time; season; as, hay seel.

Seelily (adv.) In a silly manner.

Seely (a.) See Silly.

Seemed (imp. & p. p.) of Seem

Seeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seem

Seem (a.) To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as.

Seem (v. t.) To befit; to beseem.

Seemer (n.) One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.

Seeming (a.) Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.

Seeming (n.) Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.

Seeming (n.) Apprehension; judgment.

Seemingly (adv.) In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.

Seemingness (n.) Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility.

Seemless (a.) Unseemly.

Seemlily (adv.) In a seemly manner.

Seemliness (n.) The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

Seemly (v. i.) Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.

Seemly (superl.) In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.

Seemlyhed (n.) Comely or decent appearance.

Seen () p. p. of See.

Seen (a.) Versed; skilled; accomplished.

Seep (v. i.) Alt. of Sipe

Sipe (v. i.) To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.

Seepage (n.) Alt. of Sipage

Sipage (n.) Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

Seepy (a.) Alt. of Sipy

Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.

Seer (a.) Sore; painful.

Seer (n.) One who sees.

Seer (n.) A person who foresees events; a prophet.

Seeress (n.) A female seer; a prophetess.

Seerfish (n.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).

Seerhand (n.) A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.

Seership (n.) The office or quality of a seer.

Seersucker (n.) A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.

Seerwood (n.) Dry wood.

Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.

Seesaw (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play.

Seesaw (n.) A vibratory or reciprocating motion.

Seesaw (n.) Same as Crossruff.

Seesawad (imp. & p. p.) of Seesaw

Seesawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seesaw

Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Seesaw (a.) Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

Seet (imp.) Sate; sat.

Seeth () imp. of Seethe.

Seethed (imp.) of Seethe

Sod () of Seethe

Seethed (p. p.) of Seethe

Sodden () of Seethe

Seething (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seethe

Seethe (n.) To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.

Seethe (v. i.) To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.

Seether (n.) A pot for boiling things; a boiler.

Seg (n.) Sedge.

Seg (n.) The gladen, and other species of Iris.

Seg (n.) A castrated bull.

Segar (n.) See Cigar.

Seggar (n.) A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin.

Segge (n.) The hedge sparrow.

Segment (n.) One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.

Segment (n.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.

Segment (n.) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.

Segment (n.) A segment gear.

Segment (n.) One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.

Segment (n.) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome.

Segment (v. i.) To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.

Segmental (a.) Relating to, or being, a segment.

Segmental (a.) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae.

Segmental (a.) Of or pertaining to the segmental organs.

Segmentation (n.) The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.

Segmented (a.) Divided into segments or joints; articulated.

Segnitude (n.) Alt. of Segnity

Segnity (n.) Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity.

Segno (n.) A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.

Sego (n.) A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.

Segregate (a.) Separate; select.

Segregate (a.) Separated from others of the same kind.

Segregated (imp. & p. p.) of Segregate

Segregating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Segregate

Segregate (v. t.) To separate from others; to set apart.

Segregate (v. i.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Segregation (n.) The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

Segregation (n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

Seiches (n. pl.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.

Seid (n.) A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.

Seidlitz (a.) Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.

Seigh () obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw.

Seigneurial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.

Seigneurial (a.) Vested with large powers; independent.

Seignior (n.) A lord; the lord of a manor.

Seignior (n.) A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.

Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it.

Seigniorage (n.) A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.

Seignioral (a.) Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial.

Seignioralty (n.) The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.

Seigniorial (a.) Same as Seigneurial.

Seigniorize (v. t.) To lord it over.

-ies (pl. ) of Seigniory

Seigniory (n.) The power or authority of a lord; dominion.

Seigniory (n.) The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.

Seiner (n.) One who fishes with a seine.

Seining (n.) Fishing with a seine.

Seint (n.) A girdle.

Seint (n.) A saint.

Seintuary (n.) Sanctuary.

Seirfish (n.) Same as Seerfish.

Seirospore (n.) One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algae of the genus Callithamnion.

Seise (v. t.) See Seize.

Seisin (n.) See Seizin.

Seismic (a.) Alt. of Seismal

Seismal (a.) Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.

Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

Seismographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.

Seismography (n.) A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.

Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.

Seismological (a.) Of or pertaining to seismology.

Seismology (n.) The science of earthquakes.

Seismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.

Seismometric (a.) Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.

Seismometry (n.) The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space.

Seismoscope (n.) A seismometer.

Seity (n.) Something peculiar to one's self.

Seizable (a.) That may be seized.

Seized (imp. & p. p.) of Seize

Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seize

Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.

Seize (v. t.) To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.

Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.

Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix.

Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.

Seize (v. t.) To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.

Seizer (n.) One who, or that which, seizes.

Seizin (n.) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.

Seizin (n.) The act of taking possession.

Seizin (n.) The thing possessed; property.

Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Seizing (n.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.

Seizing (n.) The cord or lashing used for such fastening.

Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession.

Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

Sejant (a.) Alt. of Sejeant

Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast.

Sejein (v. t.) To separate.

Sejunction (n.) The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.

Sejungible (a.) Capable of being disjoined.

Seke (a.) Sick.

Seke (v. t. & i.) To seek.

Sekes (n.) A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.

Selachian (n.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

Selachii (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.

Selachoidei (n. pl.) Same as Selachii.

Selachostomi (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.

Selaginella (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.

Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song.

Selcouth (n.) Rarely known; unusual; strange.

Seld (a.) Rare; uncommon; unusual.

Seld (adv.) Rarely; seldom.

Selden (adv.) Seldom.

Seldem (superl) Rarely; not often; not frequently.

Seldom (a.) Rare; infrequent.

Seldomness (n.) Rareness.

Seldseen (a.) Seldom seen.

Seldshewn (a.) Rarely shown or exhibited.

Select (a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

Selected (imp. & p. p.) of Select

Selecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Select

Select (v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.

Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.

Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

Selection (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.

Selective (a.) Selecting; tending to select.

Selectmen (pl. ) of Selectman

Selectman (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town.

Selectness (n.) The quality or state of being select.

Selector (n.) One who selects.

Selenate (n.) A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.

Selenhydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.

Selenic (a.) Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.

Selenide (n.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.

Seleniferous (a.) Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.

Selenio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.

Selenious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.

Selenite (n.) A salt of selenious acid.

Selenite (n.) A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

Selenitic (a.) Alt. of Selenitical

Selenitical (a.) Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.

Selenium (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.

Seleniuret (n.) A selenide.

Seleniureted (a.) Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.

Selenecentric (a.) As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.

Selenograph (n.) A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.

Selenographer (n.) One skilled in selenography.

Selenographic (a.) Alt. of Selenographical

Selenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to selenography.

Selenographist (n.) A selenographer.

Selenography (n.) The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.

Selenonium (n.) A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.

Selenology (n.) That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.

Self (a.) Same; particular; very; identical.

Selves (pl. ) of Self

Self (n.) The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.

Self (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

Self (n.) Personification; embodiment.

Self-abased (a.) Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.

Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

Self-abasement (n.) Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

Self-abasing (a.) Lowering or humbling one's self.

Self-abhorrence (n.) Abhorrence of one's self.

Self-abnegation (n.) Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.

Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.

Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.

Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.

Self-accused (a.) Accused by one's self or by one's conscience.

Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.

Self-action (n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.

Self-active (a.) Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.

Self-activity (n.) The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.

Self-adjusting (a.) Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.

Self-admiration (n.) Admiration of one's self.

Self-affairs (n. pl.) One's own affairs; one's private business.

Self-affrighted (a.) Frightened at or by one's self.

Self-aggrandizement (n.) The aggrandizement of one's self.

Self-annihilated (a.) Annihilated by one's self.

Self-annihilation (n.) Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.

Self-applause (n.) Applause of one's self.

Self-applying (a.) Applying to or by one's self.

Self-approving (a.) Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.

Self-asserting (a.) asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.

Self-assertion (n.) The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.

Self-assertive (a.) Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.

Self-assumed (a.) Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.

Self-assured (a.) Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.

Self-banished (a.) Exiled voluntarily.

Self-begetten (a.) Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.

Self-bern (a.) Born or produced by one's self.

Self-centered (a.) Alt. of Self-centred

Self-centred (a.) Centered in itself, or in one's self.

Self-centering (a.) Alt. of Self-centring

Self-centring (a.) Centering in one's self.

Self-centration (n.) The quality or state of being self-centered.

Self-charity (n.) Self-love.

Self-color (n.) A color not mixed or variegated.

Self-celored (a.) Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.

Self-command (n.) Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

Self-commune (n.) Self-communion.

Self-communicative (a.) Imparting or communicating by its own powers.

Self-communion (n.) Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.

Self-complacency (n.) The quality of being self-complacent.

Self-complacent (a.) Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.

Self-conceit (n.) Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.

Self-conceited (a.) Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.

Self-concern (n.) Concern for one's self.

Self-condemnation (n.) Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.

Self-confidence (n.) The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.

Self-confident (a.) Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.

Self-conjugate (a.) Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.

Self-conscious (a.) Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.

Self-conscious (a.) Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.

Self-consciousness (n.) The quality or state of being self-conscious.

Self-considering (a.) Considering in one's own mind; deliberating.

Self-consistency (n.) The quality or state of being self-consistent.

Self-cconsistent (a.) Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.

Self-consuming (a.) Consuming one's self or itself.

Self-contained (a.) Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.

Self-contained (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.

Self-contradiction (n.) The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

Self-contradictory (a.) Contradicting one's self or itself.

Self-control (n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

Self-convicted (a.) Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.

Self-conviction (n.) The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.

Self-created (a.) Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.

Self-culture (n.) Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

Self-deceit (n.) The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.

Self-deceived (a.) Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.

Self-deception (n.) Self-deceit.

Self-defence (n.) See Self-defense.

Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-defensive (a.) Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.

Self-delation (n.) Accusation of one's self.

Self-delusion (n.) The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.

Self-denial (n.) The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

Self-denying (a.) Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.

Self-dependent (a.) Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.

Self-depending (a.) Depending on one's self.

Self-depraved (a.) Corrupted or depraved by one's self.

Self-destroyer (n.) One who destroys himself; a suicide.

Self-destruction (n.) The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.

Self-destructive (a.) Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

Self-determination (n.) Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Self-determining (a.) Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Self-devised (a.) Devised by one's self.

Self-devoted (a.) Devoted in person, or by one's own will.

Self-devotement (n.) Self-devotion.

Self-devotion (n.) The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

Self-devouring (a.) Devouring one's self or itself.

Self-diffusive (a.) Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself.

Self-discipline (n.) Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Self-distrust (n.) Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

Self-educated (a.) Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

Self-elective (a.) Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

Self-enjoyment (n.) Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.

Self-esteem (n.) The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

Self-estimation (n.) The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.

Self-evidence (n.) The quality or state of being self-evident.

Self-evident (a.) Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.

Self-evolution (n.) Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.

Self-exaltation (n.) The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

Self-examinant (n.) One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.

Self-examination (n.) An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

Self-existence (n.) Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God.

Self-existent (a.) Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

self-explaining (a.) Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Self-exposure (n.) The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.

Self-fertilization (n.) The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

Self-fertilized (a.) Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.

Self-glorious (a.) Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.

Self-government (n.) The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

Self-government (n.) Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.

Self-gratulation (n.) Gratulation of one's self.

Self-heal (n.) A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.

Self-healing (a.) Having the power or property of healing itself.

Self-help (n.) The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.

Self-homicide (n.) The act of killing one's self; suicide.

Selfhood (n.) Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.

Self-ignorance (n.) Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-ignorant (a.) Ignorant of one's self.

Self-imparting (a.) Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will.

Self-importance (n.) An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

Self-important (a.) Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Self-imposed (a.) Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.

Self-imposture (n.) Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.

Self-indignation (n.) Indignation at one's own character or actions.

Self-indulgence (n.) Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Self-indulgent (a.) Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

Self-interest (n.) Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

Self-interested (a.) Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.

Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

Selfish (a.) Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.

Selfish (a.) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Selfishly (adv.) In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

Selfishness (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.

Selfism (n.) Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.

Selfist (n.) A selfish person.

Self-justifier (n.) One who excuses or justifies himself.

Self-kindled (a.) Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.

Self-knowing (a.) Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-knowing (a.) Knowing of itself, without help from another.

Self-knowledge (n.) Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

Selfless (a.) Having no regard to self; unselfish.

Selflessness (n.) Quality or state of being selfless.

Self-life (n.) Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.

Self-love (n.) The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.

Self-luminous (a.) Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.

Self-made (a.) Made by one's self.

Self-mettle (n.) Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper.

Self-motion (n.) Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion.

Self-moved (a.) Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

Self-moving (a.) Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

Self-murder (a.) Suicide.

Self-murderer (n.) A suicide.

Self-neglecting (n.) A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.

Selfness (n.) Selfishness.

Self-one (a.) Secret.

Self-opinion (n.) Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.

Self-opinioned (a.) Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.

Self-opininating (a.) Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self.

Self-partiality (n.) That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.

Self-perplexed (a.) Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.

Self-posited (a.) Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.

Self-positing (a.) The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.

Self-possessed (a.) Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

Self-possession (n.) The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

Self-praise (n.) Praise of one's self.

Self-preservation (n.) The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.

Self-propagating (a.) Propagating by one's self or by itself.

Self-registering (a.) Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

Self-regulated (a.) Regulated by one's self or by itself.

Self-regulative (a.) Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.

Self-reliance (n.) Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

Self-reliant (a.) Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

Self-renunciation (n.) The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

Self-repellency (n.) The quality or state of being self-repelling.

Self-repelling (a.) Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.

Self-repetition (n.) Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.

Self-reproach (n.) The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

Self-reproached (a.) Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.

Self-reproaching (a.) Reproaching one's self.

Self-reproof (n.) The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

Self-reproved (a.) Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.

Self-reproving (a.) Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.

Self-reprovingly (adv.) In a self-reproving way.

Self-repugnant (a.) Self-contradictory; inconsistent.

Self-repulsive (a.) Self-repelling.

Self-respect (n.) Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.

Self-restrained (a.) Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Self-restraint (n.) Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

Self-reverence (n.) A reverent respect for one's self.

Self-righteous (a.) Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.

Self-righteousness (n.) The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.

Self-sacrifice (n.) The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.

Self-sacrificing (a.) Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.

Selfsame (a.) Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Self-satisfaction (n.) The quality or state of being self-satisfied.

Self-satisfied (a.) Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.

Self-satisfying (a.) Giving satisfaction to one's self.

Self-seeker (n.) One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

Self-seeking (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

Self-seeking (n.) The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.

Self-slaughter (n.) Suicide.

Self-sufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being self-sufficient.

Self-sufficient (a.) Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.

Self-sufficient (a.) Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.

Self-sufficing (a.) Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient.

Self-suspended (a.) Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.

Self-suspicious (a.) Suspicious or distrustful of one's self.

Self-taught (a.) Taught by one's own efforts.

Self-tormentor (n.) One who torments himself.

Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

Self-trust (n.) Faith in one's self; self-reliance.

Self-uned (a.) One with itself; separate from others.

Self-view (n.) A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests

Self-will (n.) One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.

Self-willed (a.) Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.

Self-willedness (n.) Obstinacy.

Self-worship (n.) The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.

Self-wrong (n.) Wrong done by a person himself.

Selion (n.) A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.

Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century.

Seljuckian (n.) A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.

Sell (n.) Self.

Sell (n.) A sill.

Sell (n.) A cell; a house.

Sell (n.) A saddle for a horse.

Sell (n.) A throne or lofty seat.

Sold (imp. & p. p.) of Sell

Selling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sell

Sell (v. t.) To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money.

Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.

Sell (v. t.) To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.

Sell (v. i.) To practice selling commodities.

Sell (v. i.) To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.

Sell (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

Sellanders (n. pl.) Alt. of Sellenders

Sellenders (n. pl.) See Sallenders.

Seller (n.) One who sells.

Selters water () A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid.

Seltzer water () See Selters water.

Seltzo-gene (n.) A gazogene.

Selvage (n.) Alt. of Selvedge

Selvedge (n.) The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

Selvedge (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.

Selvedge (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.

Selvaged (a.) Alt. of Selvedged

Selvedged (a.) Having a selvage.

Selvagee (n.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.

Selve (a.) Self; same.

Selves (n.) pl. of Self.

Sely (a.) Silly.

Semaeostomata (n. pl.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.

Semaphore (n.) A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.

Semaphoric (a.) Alt. of Semaphorical

Semaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.

Semaphorically (adv.) By means of a semaphore.

Semaphorist (n.) One who manages or operates a semaphore.

Sematology (n.) The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs.

Sematrope (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.

Semblable (a.) Like; similar; resembling.

Semblable (n.) Likeness; representation.

Semblably (adv.) In like manner.

Semblance (a.) Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

Semblance (a.) Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.

Semblant (a.) Like; resembling.

Semblant (a.) Seeming, rather than real; apparent.

Semblant (n.) Show; appearance; figure; semblance.

Semblant (n.) The face.

Semblative (a.) Resembling.

Semble (a.) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.

Semble (a.) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.

Semble (a.) Like; resembling.

Sembling (n.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.

Seme (a.) Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.

Semeiography (n.) Alt. of Semiography

Semiography (n.) A description of the signs of disease.

Semeiological (a.) Alt. of Semiologioal

Semiologioal (a.) Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.

Semeiology (n.) Alt. of Semiology

Semiology (n.) The science or art of signs.

Semiology (n.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.

Semiology (n.) The art of using signs in signaling.

Semeiotic (a.) Alt. of Semiotic

Semiotic (a.) Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.

Semiotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.

Semeiotics (n.) Alt. of Semiotics

Semiotics (n.) Semeiology.

Semele (n.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.

Semina (pl. ) of Semen

Semen (n.) The seed of plants.

Semen (n.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.

Semeniferous (a.) Seminiferous.

Semester (n.) A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.

Semi- () A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.

Semiacid (a.) Slightly acid; subacid.

Semiacidified (a.) Half acidified.

Semiadherent (a.) Adherent part way.

Semiamplexicaul (a.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.

Semiangle (n.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle.

Semiiannual (a.) Half-yearly.

Semiannually (adv.) Every half year.

Semiannular (a.) Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle.

Semi-Arian (n.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.

Semi-Arian (a.) Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.

Semi-Arianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.

Semiaxis (n.) One half of the axis of an /llipse or other figure.

Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.

Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.

Semibarbaric (a.) Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.

Semibarbarism (n.) The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.

Semibarbarous (a.) Half barbarous.

Semibreve (n.) A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use.

Semibrief (n.) A semibreve.

Semibull (n.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.

Semicalcareous (a.) Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.

Semicalcined (a.) Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.

Semicastrate (v. t.) To deprive of one testicle.

Semicentennial (a.) Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.

Semicentennial (n.) A fiftieth anniversary.

Semichaotic (a.) Partially chaotic.

Semichorus (n.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.

Semi-Christianized (a.) Half Christianized.

Semicircle (n.) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.

Semicircle (n.) A semicircumference.

Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.

Semicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles.

Semicircled (a.) Semicircular.

Semicircular (a.) Having the form of half of a circle.

Semi circumference (n.) Half of a circumference.

Semicirque (n.) A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.

Semicolon (n.) The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.

Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.

Semicolumnar (a.) Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.

Semicompact (a.) Half compact; imperfectly indurated.

Semiconscious (a.) Half conscious; imperfectly conscious.

Semicope (n.) A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope.

Semi crustaceous (a.) Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.

Semicrystalline (a.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.

Semicubical (a.) Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.

Semicubium (n.) Alt. of Semicupium

Semicupium (n.) A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.

Semicylindric (a.) Alt. of Semicylyndrical

Semicylyndrical (a.) Half cylindrical.

Semideistical (a.) Half deisticsl; bordering on deism.

Semidemiquaver (n.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.

Semidetached (a.) Half detached; partly distinct or separate.

Semidiameter (n.) Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.

Semidiapason (n.) An imperfect octave.

Semidiapente (n.) An imperfect or diminished fifth.

Semidiaphaneity (n.) Half or imperfect transparency; translucency.

Semidiaphanous (a.) Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.

Semidiatessaron (n.) An imperfect or diminished fourth.

Semiditone (n.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.

Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.

Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.

Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.

Semidouble (n.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.

Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.

Semifable (n.) That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.

Semiflexed (a.) Half bent.

Semifloret (n.) See Semifloscule.

Semifloscular (a.) Semiflosculous.

Semifloscule (n.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.

Semiflosculous (a.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.

Semifluid (a.) Imperfectly fluid.

Semifluid (n.) A semifluid substance.

Semiform (n.) A half form; an imperfect form.

Semiformed (a.) Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.

Semiglutin (n.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.

Semihistorical (a.) Half or party historical.

Semihoral (a.) Half-hourly.

Semiindurated (a.) Imperfectly indurated or hardened.

Semilapidified (a.) Imperfectly changed into stone.

Semilens (n.) The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.

Semilenticular (a.) Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.

Semiligneous (a.) Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.

Semiliquid (a.) Half liquid; semifluid.

Semiliquidity (n.) The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.

Semilogical (a.) Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies.

Semilor (n.) A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.

Semilunar (a.) Shaped like a half moon.

Semilunar (n.) The semilunar bone.

Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.

Semilunate (a.) Semilunar.

Semilune (n.) The half of a lune.

Semimetal (n.) An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.

Semimetallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.

Semimonthly (a.) Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

Semimonthly (n.) Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.

Semimonthly (adv.) In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.

Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.

Semimute (n.) A semimute person.

Seminal (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.

Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.

Seminal (n.) A seed.

Seminality (n.) The quality or state of being seminal.

Seminarian (n.) Alt. of Seminarist

Seminarist (n.) A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.

Seminaries (pl. ) of Seminary

Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.

Seminary (n.) Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.

Seminary (n.) A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.

Seminary (n.) Seminal state.

Seminary (n.) Fig.: A seed bed; a source.

Seminary (n.) A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.

Seminary (a.) Belonging to seed; seminal.

Seminated (imp. & p. p.) of Seminate

Seminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seminate

Seminate (v. t.) To sow; to spread; to propagate.

Semination (n.) The act of sowing or spreading.

Semination (n.) Natural dispersion of seeds.

Semined (a.) Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds.

Seminiferous (a.) Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.

Seminific (a.) Alt. of Semnifical

Semnifical (a.) Forming or producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.

Seminification (n.) Propagation from seed.

Seminist (n.) A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.

Seminoles (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration.

Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.

Seminude (a.) Partially nude; half naked.

Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Semioccasionally (adv.) Once in a while; on rare occasions.

Semiofficial (a.) Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.

Semiography () Alt. of Semiological

Semiology () Alt. of Semiological

Semiological () Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.

Semiopacous (a.) Semiopaque.

Semiopal (n.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.

Semiopaque (a.) Half opaque; only half transparent.

Semiorbicular (a.) Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.

Semiotic (a.) Same as Semeiotic.

Semiotics (n.) Same as Semeiotics.

Semioval (a.) Half oval.

Semiovate (a.) Half ovate.

Semioxygenated (a.) Combined with oxygen only in part.

Semipagan (a.) Half pagan.

Semipalmate (a.) Alt. of Semipalmated

Semipalmated (a.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.

Semiparabola (n.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.

Semiped (n.) A half foot in poetry.

Semipedal (a.) Containing a half foot.

Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.

Semi-Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.

Semi-Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.

Semipellucid (a.) Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

Semipellucidity (n.) The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.

Semipenniform (a.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.

Semopermanent (n.) Half or partly permanent.

Semiperspicuous (a.) Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.

Semiphlogisticated (a.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston.

Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.

Semiprecious (a.) Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.

Semiproof (n.) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.

Semi pupa (n.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.

Semiquadrate (n.) Alt. of Semiquartile

Semiquartile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.

Semiquaver (n.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.

Semiquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.

Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Semiring (n.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.

Semisavage (a.) Half savage.

Semisavage (n.) One who is half savage.

Semi-Saxon (a.) Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250.

Semisextile (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.

Semisolid (a.) Partially solid.

Semisoun (n.) A half sound; a low tone.

Semispheric (a.) Alt. of Semispherical

Semispherical (a.) Having the figure of a half sphere.

Semispheroidal (a.) Formed like a half spheroid.

Semisteel (n.) Puddled steel.

Semitae (pl. ) of Semita

Semita (n.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

Semitangent (n.) The tangent of half an arc.

Semite (n.) One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.

Semiterete (a.) Half terete.

Semitertian (a.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.

Semitertian (n.) An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.

Semitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.

Semitism (n.) A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.

Semitone (n.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.

Semitonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.

Semitransept (n.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.

Semitranslucent (a.) Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

Semitransparency (n.) Imperfect or partial transparency.

Semitransparent (a.) Half or imperfectly transparent.

Semiverticillate (a.) Partially verticillate.

Semivif (a.) Only half alive.

Semivitreous (a.) Partially vitreous.

Semivitrification (n.) The quality or state of being semivitrified.

Semivitrification (n.) A substance imperfectly vitrified.

Semivitrified (a.) Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.

Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.

Semivowel (n.) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.

Semivowel (n.) The sign or letter representing such a sound.

Semiweekly (a.) Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.

Semiweekly (n.) That which comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical.

Semiweekly (adv.) At intervals of half a week each.

Semolella (n.) See Semolina.

Semolina (n.) The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.

Semolino (n.) Same as Semolina.

Semoule (n.) Same as Semolina.

Sempervirent (a.) Always fresh; evergreen.

Sempervive (n.) The houseleek.

Sempervivum (n.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.

Sempiternal (a.) Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end.

Sempiternal (a.) Without beginning or end; eternal.

Sempiterne (a.) Sempiternal.

Sempiternity (n.) Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.

Sempre (adv.) Always; throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft.

Sempster (n.) A seamster.

Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.

Sempstressy (n.) Seamstressy.

Semster (n.) A seamster.

Semuncia (n.) A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.

Sen (n.) A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent.

Sen (adv., prep., & conj.) Since.

Senary (a.) Of six; belonging to six; containing six.

Senate (n.) An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.

Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.

Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons.

Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.

Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.

Senate (n.) In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students.

Senator (n.) A member of a senate.

Senator (n.) A member of the king's council; a king's councilor.

Senatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial dignity.

Senatorial (a.) Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators; as, the senatorial districts of a State.

Senatorially (adv.) In a senatorial manner.

Senatorian (a.) Senatorial.

Senatorious (a.) Senatorial.

Senatorship (n.) The office or dignity of a senator.

Senatusconsult (n.) A decree of the Roman senate.

Sent (imp. & p. p.) of Send

Sending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Send

Send (v. t.) To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

Send (v. t.) To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.

Send (v. t.) To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.

Send (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

Send (v. i.) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

Send (v. i.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.

Send (n.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.

Sendal (n.) A light thin stuff of silk.

Sender (n.) One who sends.

Senecas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations.

Senecio (n.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.

Senectitude (n.) Old age.

Senega (n.) Seneca root.

Senegal (n.) Gum senegal. See under Gum.

Senegin (n.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.

Senescence (n.) The state of growing old; decay by time.

Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Seneschal (n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.

Seneschalship (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal.

Senge (v. t.) To singe.

Sengreen (n.) The houseleek.

Senile (a.) Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.

Senility (n.) The quality or state of being senile; old age.

Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

Senior (a.) Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.

Senior (n.) A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.

Senior (n.) One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.

Senior (n.) An aged person; an older.

Senior (n.) One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.

Seniority (n.) The quality or state of being senior.

Seniorize (v. i.) To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it.

Seniory (n.) Seniority.

Senna (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.

Senna (n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.

Sennachy (n.) See Seannachie.

Sennet (n.) A signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage.

Sennet (n.) The barracuda.

Sennight (n.) The space of seven nights and days; a week.

Sennit (n.) A braided cord or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff.

Sennit (n.) Plaited straw or palm leaves for making hats.

Senocular (a.) Having six eyes.

Senonian (a.) In european geology, a name given to the middle division of the Upper Cretaceous formation.

Se–or (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.

Se–ora (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.

Se–orita (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.

Sens (adv.) Since.

Sensated (imp. & p. p.) of Sensate

Sensating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sensate

Sensate (v. t.) To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.

Sensate (a.) Alt. of Sensated

Sensated (a.) Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.

Sensation (n.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body.

Sensation (n.) A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.

Sensation (n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.

Sensational (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.

Sensational (a.) Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.

Sensational (a.) Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report.

Sensationalism (n.) The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.

Sensationalism (n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.

Sensationalist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.

Sensationalist (n.) One who practices sensational writing or speaking.

Sense (v. t.) A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.

Sense (v. t.) Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.

Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.

Sense (v. t.) Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.

Sense (v. t.) That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.

Sense (v. t.) Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.

Sense (v. t.) Moral perception or appreciation.

Sense (v. t.) One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.

Sensed (imp. & p. p.) of Sense

Sensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sense

Sense (v. t.) To perceive by the senses; to recognize.

Senseful (a.) Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious.

Senseless (a.) Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.

Sensibilities (pl. ) of Sensibility

Sensibility (n.) The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

Sensibility (n.) The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural.

Sensibility (n.) Experience of sensation; actual feeling.

Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer.

Sensible (a.) Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance.

Sensible (a.) Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.

Sensible (a.) Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.

Sensible (a.) Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.

Sensible (a.) Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.

Sensible (a.) Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.

Sensible (n.) Sensation; sensibility.

Sensible (n.) That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.

Sensible (n.) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Sensibleness (n.) The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.

Sensibleness (n.) Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.

Sensibly (adv.) In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.

Sensibly (adv.) With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.

Sensifacient (a.) Converting into sensation.

Sensiferous (a.) Exciting sensation; conveying sensation.

Sensific (a.) Exciting sensation.

Sensificatory (a.) Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a nervous system.

Sensigenous (a.) Causing or exciting sensation.

Sensism (n.) Same as Sensualism, 2 & 3.

Sensist (n.) One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism.

Sensitive (a.) Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

Sensitive (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.

Sensitive (a.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.

Sensitive (a.) Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.

Sensitive (a.) Serving to affect the sense; sensible.

Sensitive (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.

Sensitivity (n.) The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

Sensitize (v. t.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.

Sensitizer (n.) An agent that sensitizes.

Sensitory (n.) See Sensory.

Sensive (a.) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive.

Sensor (a.) Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.

Sensorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers.

Sensoriums (pl. ) of Sensorium

Sensoria (pl. ) of Sensorium

Sensorium (n.) The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.

Sensori-volitional (a.) Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in sensation and volition.

Sensories (pl. ) of Sensery

Sensery (n.) Same as Sensorium.

Sensory (a.) Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.

Sensual (a.) Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.

Sensual (a.) Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.

Sensual (a.) Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.

Sensual (a.) Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.

Sensualism (n.) The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.

Sensualism (n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism.

Sensualism (n.) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.

Sensualist (n.) One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness.

Sensualist (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.

Sensualistic (a.) Sensual.

Sensualistic (a.) Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.

Sensuality (n.) The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness.

Sensualization (n.) The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized.

Sensualized (imp. & p. p.) of Sensualize

Sensualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sensualize

Sensualize (v. t.) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.

Sensually (adv.) In a sensual manner.

Sensualness (n.) Sensuality; fleshliness.

Sensuism (n.) Sensualism.

Sensuosity (n.) The quality or state of being sensuous; sensuousness.

Sensuous (a.) Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense.

Sensuous (a.) Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.

Sent (v. & n.) See Scent, v. & n.

Sent () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.

Sent () imp. & p. p. of Send.

Sentence (n.) Sense; meaning; significance.

Sentence (n.) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature.

Sentence (n.) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.

Sentence (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.

Sentence (n.) A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.

Sentence (n.) A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.

Sentenced (imp. & p. p.) of Sentence

Sentencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sentence

Sentence (v. t.) To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.

Sentence (v. t.) To decree or announce as a sentence.

Sentence (v. t.) To utter sententiously.

Sentencer (n.) One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.

sentential (a.) Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation.

sentential (a.) Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.

Sententially (adv.) In a sentential manner.

Sententiarist (n.) A sententiary.

Sententiary (n.) One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine.

Sententiosity (n.) The quality or state of being sententious.

Sententious (a.) Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.

Sententious (a.) Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.

Sentery (n.) A sentry.

Senteur (n.) Scent.

Sentience (n.) Alt. of Sentiency

Sentiency (n.) The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

Sentient (a.) Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.

Sentient (n.) One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

Sentiently (adv.) In a sentient or perceptive way.

Sentiment (a.) A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression.

Sentiment (a.) Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject.

Sentiment (a.) A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast.

Sentiment (a.) Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.

Sentimental (a.) Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.

Sentimental (a.) Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.

Sentimental (a.) Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.

Sentimentalism (n.) The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.

Sentimentalist (n.) One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling.

Sentimentality (n.) The quality or state of being sentimental.

Sentimentalize (v. t.) To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.

Sentimentalize (v. i.) To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.

Sentimentally (adv.) In a sentimental manner.

Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.

Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry.

Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.

Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

Sentineled (imp. & p. p.) of Sentinel

Sentinelled () of Sentinel

Sentineling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sentinel

Sentinelling () of Sentinel

Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.

Sentinel (v. t.) To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

Sentisection (n.) Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection.

Sentires (pl. ) of Sentry

Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.

Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.

Senza (prep.) Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.

Sepal (n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.

Sepaled (a.) Having one or more sepals.

Sepaline (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.

Sepalody (n.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.

Sepaloid (a.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.

Sepalous (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.

Separability (n.) Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.

Separable (a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.

Separated (imp. & p. p.) of Separate

Separating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Separate

Separate (v. t.) To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

Separate (v. t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.

Separate (v. t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Separate (v. i.) To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

Separate (p. a.) Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.

Separate (p. a.) Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.

Separate (p. a.) Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

Separatical (a.) Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical.

Separating (a.) Designed or employed to separate.

Separation (n.) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

Separation (n.) Chemical analysis.

Separation (n.) Divorce.

Separation (n.) The operation of removing water from steam.

Separatism (n.) The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.

Separatist (n.) One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.

Separatistic (a.) Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.

Separative (a.) Causing, or being to cause, separation.

Separator (n.) One who, or that which, separates.

Separator (n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.

Separator (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.

Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.

Separatory (a.) Separative.

Separatory (n.) An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.

Separatory (n.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.

-trices (pl. ) of Separatrix

-trixes (pl. ) of Separatrix

Separatrix (n.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.

Sepawn (n.) See Supawn.

Sepelible (a.) Admitting of burial.

Sepelition (n.) Burial.

Sephen (n.) A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.

Sepias (pl. ) of Sepia

Sepiae (pl. ) of Sepia

Sepia (n.) The common European cuttlefish.

Sepia (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.

Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.

Sepia (a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.

Sepic (a.) Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.

Sepidaceous (a.) Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.

Sepiment (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.

Sepiolite (n.) Meerschaum. See Meerschaum.

Sepiostare (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

Sepon (n.) See Supawn.

Sepose (v. t.) To set apart.

Seposit (v. t.) To set aside; to give up.

Seposition (n.) The act of setting aside, or of giving up.

Sepoy (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.

Seppuku (n.) Same as Hara-kiri.

Sepsin (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

Sepsis (n.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

Sept (n.) A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

Septaemia (n.) Septicaemia.

Septal (a.) Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.

Septane (n.) See Heptane.

Septangle (n.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.

Septangular (a.) Heptagonal.

Septaria (pl. ) of Septarium

Septarium (n.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.

Septate (a.) Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.

September (n.) The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.

Septemberer (n.) A Setembrist.

Septembrist (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.

Septemfluous (a.) Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.

Septempartite (a.) Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.

Septemtrioun (n.) Septentrion.

Septemvirs (pl. ) of Septemvir

Septemviri (pl. ) of Septemvir

Septemvir (n.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.

Septemvirate (n.) The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.

Septenary (a.) Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number.

Septenary (a.) Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.

Septenary (n.) The number seven.

Septenate (a.) Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.

Septennate (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.

Septennial (a.) Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.

Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.

Septennially (adv.) Once in seven years.

Septentrial (a.) Septentrional.

Septentrio (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.

Septentrion (n.) The north or northern regions.

Septentrion (a.) Alt. of Septentrional

Septentrional (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

Septentrionality (n.) Northerliness.

Septentrionally (adv.) Northerly.

Septentrionate (v. i.) To tend or point toward the north; to north.

Septet (n.) Alt. of Septette

Septette (n.) A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

Septette (n.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.

Septfoil (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.

Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

Septfoil (n.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.

Septi- () A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.

Septic (a.) Of the seventh degree or order.

Septic (n.) A quantic of the seventh degree.

Septic (a.) Alt. of Septical

Septical (a.) Having power to promote putrefaction.

Septic (n.) A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Septicaemia (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

Septically (adv.) In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.

Septicidal (a.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Septicity (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Septifarious (a.) Turned in seven different ways.

Septiferous (a.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.

Septiferous (a.) Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.

Septifluous (a.) Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.

Septifolious (a.) Having seven leaves.

Septiform (a.) Having the form of a septum.

Septifragal (a.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.

Septilateral (a.) Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

Septillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

Septimole (n.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.

Septinsular (a.) Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

Septisyllable (n.) A word of seven syllables.

Septoic (a.) See Heptoic.

Septomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.

Septomaxillary (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.

Septuagenarian (n.) A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.

Septuagenary (a.) Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old.

Septuagenary (n.) A septuagenarian.

Septuagesima (n.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Septuagesimal (a.) Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.

Septuagint (n.) A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.

Septuary (n.) Something composed of seven; a week.

Septulate (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.

Septula (pl. ) of Septulum

Septulum (n.) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.

Septa (pl. ) of Septum

Septum (n.) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.

Septum (n.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.

Septum (n.) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.

Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.

Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Septuor (n.) A septet.

Septuple (a.) Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.

Septupled (imp. & p. p.) of Septuple

Septupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Septuple

Septuple (v. t.) To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.

Sepulcher (n.) Alt. of Sepulchre

Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.

Sepulchered (imp. & p. p.) of Sepulchre

Sepulchred () of Sepulchre

Sepulchering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sepulchre

Sepulchring () of Sepulchre

Sepulcher (v. t.) Alt. of Sepulchre

Sepulchre (v. t.) To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.

Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.

Sepulchral (a.) Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice.

Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.

Sepulture (n.) A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.

Sequacious (a.) Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.

Sequacious (a.) Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.

Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.

Sequaciousness (n.) Quality of being sequacious.

Sequacity (n.) Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness.

Sequel (n.) That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.

Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.

Sequel (n.) Conclusion; inference.

Sequelae (pl. ) of Sequela

Sequela (n.) One who, or that which, follows.

Sequela (n.) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.

Sequela (n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.

Sequela (n.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.

Sequence (n.) The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

Sequence (n.) That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.

Sequence (n.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.

Sequence (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.

Sequence (n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

Sequence (n.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.

Sequence (n.) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.

Sequence (n.) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.

Sequent (a.) Following; succeeding; in continuance.

Sequent (a.) Following as an effect; consequent.

Sequent (n.) A follower.

Sequent (n.) That which follows as a result; a sequence.

Sequential (a.) Succeeding or following in order.

Sequestered (imp. & p. p.) of Sequester

Sequestering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sequester

Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.

Sequester (v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

Sequester (v. t.) To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

Sequester (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.

Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.

Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Sequester (n.) Sequestration; separation.

Sequester (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.

Sequester (n.) Same as Sequestrum.

Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.

Sequestrable (a.) Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.

Sequestral (a.) Of or pertaining to a sequestrum.

Sequestrated (imp. & p. p.) of Sequestrate

Sequestrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sequestrate

Sequestrate (v. t.) To sequester.

Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary.

Seguestration (n.) A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court.

Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with.

Seguestration (n.) The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy.

Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.

Seguestration (n.) Disunion; disjunction.

Sequestrator (n.) One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits.

Sequestrator (n.) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.

Sequestra (pl. ) of Sequestrum

Sequestrum (n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.

Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.

Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.

Sequoiene (n.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).

Seraglio (n.) An inclosure; a place of separation.

Seraglio (n.) The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.

Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.

Serai (n.) A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.

Seralbumen (n.) Serum albumin.

Serang (n.) The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.

Serape (n.) A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.

Seraphs (pl. ) of Seraph

Seraphim (pl. ) of Seraph

Seraph (n.) One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.

Seraphic (a.) Alt. of Seraphical

Seraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined.

Seraphicism (n.) The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.

Seraphim (n.) The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.

Seraphina (n.) A seraphine.

Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.

Serapis (n.) An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.

Seraskier (n.) A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

Seraskierate (n.) The office or authority of a seraskier.

Serbonian (a.) Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.

Sere (a.) Dry; withered. Same as Sear.

Sere (n.) Claw; talon.

Serein (n.) A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset.

Serenade (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.

Serenade (n.) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.

Serenaded (imp. & p. p.) of Serenade

Serenading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serenade

Serenade (v. t.) To entertain with a serenade.

Serenade (v. i.) To perform a serenade.

Serenader (n.) One who serenades.

Serenata (n.) Alt. of Serenate

Serenate (n.) A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.

Serene (a.) Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky.

Serene (a.) Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul.

Serene (n.) Serenity; clearness; calmness.

Serene (n.) Evening air; night chill.

Serene (v. t.) To make serene.

Serenely (adv.) In a serene manner; clearly.

Serenely (adv.) With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.

Sereneness (n.) Serenity.

Serenitude (n.) Serenity.

Serenity (n.) The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.

Serenity (n.) Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.

Serf (v. t.) A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.

Serfage (n.) Alt. of Serfdom

Serfdom (n.) The state or condition of a serf.

Serfhood (n.) Alt. of Serfism

Serfism (n.) Serfage.

Serge (n.) A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.

Serge (n.) A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Sergeancies (pl. ) of Sergeancy

Sergeancy (n.) The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.

Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.

Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.

Sergeant (n.) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.

Sergeant (n.) A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.

Sergeant (n.) The cobia.

Sergeantcy (n.) Same as Sergeancy.

Sergeantry (n.) See Sergeanty.

Sergeantship (n.) The office of sergeant.

Sergeanty (n.) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.

Serial (a.) Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

Serial (a.) Of or pertaining to rows.

Serial (n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

Seriality (n.) The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence.

Serially (adv.) In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.

Seriate (a.) Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.

Seriatim (adv.) In regular order; one after the other; severally.

Seriation (n.) Arrangement or position in a series.

Sericeous (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

Sericeous (a.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.

Sericeous (a.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Sericin (n.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.

Sericite (n.) A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.

Sericterium (n.) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.

Sericulture (n.) The raising of silkworms.

Serie (n.) Series.

Seriema (n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.

Series (n.) A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.

Series (n.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.

Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

Serin (n.) A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.

Serine (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.

Serio-comic (a.) Alt. of Serio-comical

Serio-comical (a.) Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.

Serious (a.) Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Serious (a.) Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

Seriph (n.) See Ceriph.

Serjeant () Alt. of Serjeantcy

Serjeantcy () See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.

Sermocination (n.) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

Sermocinator (n.) One who makes sermons or speeches.

Sermon (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

Sermon (n.) Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.

Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

Sermon (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

Sermon (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

Sermon (v. t.) To tutor; to lecture.

Sermoneer (n.) A sermonizer.

Sermoner (n.) A preacher; a sermonizer.

Sermonet (n.) A short sermon.

Sermonic (a.) Alt. of Sermonical

Sermonical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic.

Sermoning (n.) The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.

Sermonish (a.) Resembling a sermon.

Sermonist (n.) See Sermonizer.

Sermonized (imp. & p. p.) of Sermonize

Sermonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sermonize

Sermonize (v. i.) To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.

Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.

Sermonize (v. t.) To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.

Sermonizer (n.) One who sermonizes.

Serolin (n.) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.

Serolin (n.) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin.

Seron (n.) Alt. of Seroon

Seroon (n.) Same as Ceroon.

Serose (a.) Serous.

Serosity (n.) The quality or state of being serous.

Serosity (n.) A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.

Serotine (n.) The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).

Serotinous (a.) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

Serous (a.) Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids.

Serous (a.) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.

Serow (n.) Alt. of Surrow

Surrow (n.) The thar.

Serpens (n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

Serpent (n.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

Serpent (n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

Serpent (n.) The constellation Serpens.

Serpent (n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.

Serpented (imp. & p. p.) of Serpent

Serpenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serpent

Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.

Serpent (v. t.) To wind; to encircle.

Serpentaria (a.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).

Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

Serpentiform (a.) Having the form of a serpent.

Serpentigenous (a.) Bred of a serpent.

Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.

Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.

Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.

Serpentine (v. i.) To serpentize.

Serpentinely (adv.) In a serpentine manner.

Serpentinian (n.) See 2d Ophite.

Serpentinize (v. t.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.

Serpentinous (a.) Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.

Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.

Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.

Serpentry (n.) A place inhabited or infested by serpents.

Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

Serpet (n.) A basket.

Serpette (n.) A pruning knife with a curved blade.

Serpiginous (a.) Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another.

Serpigo (n.) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.

Serpolet (n.) Wild thyme.

Serpulae (pl. ) of Serpula

Serpulas (pl. ) of Serpula

Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

Serpulian (n.) Alt. of Serpulidan

Serpulidan (n.) A serpula.

Serpulite (n.) A fossil serpula shell.

Serr (v. t.) To crowd, press, or drive together.

Serranoid (n.) Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.

Serranoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Serranidae.

Serrate (a.) Alt. of Serrated

Serrated (a.) Notched on the edge, like a saw.

Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.

Serration (n.) Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.

Serration (n.) One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.

Serratirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.

Serrator (n.) The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).

Serrature (n.) A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.

Serrature (n.) One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.

Serricated (a.) Covered with fine silky down.

Serricorn (a.) Having serrated antenn/.

Serricorn (n.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.

Serried (a.) Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.

Serrifera (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.

Serrirostres (n. pl.) Same as Lamellirostres.

Serrous (a.) Like the teeth off a saw; jagged.

Serrula (n.) The red-breasted merganser.

Serrulate (a.) Alt. of Serrulated

Serrulated (a.) Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.

Serrulation (n.) The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw.

Serrulation (n.) One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.

Serried (imp. & p. p.) of Serry

Serrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serry

Serry (v. t.) To crowd; to press together.

Sertularia (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.

Sertularian (n.) Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively.

Serum (n.) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.

Serum (n.) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.

Servable (a.) Capable of being served.

Servable (a.) Capable of being preserved.

Servage (n.) Serfage; slavery; servitude.

Serval (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.

Servaline (a.) Related to, or resembling, the serval.

Servant (n.) One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.

Servant (n.) One in a state of subjection or bondage.

Servant (n.) A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.

Servant (v. t.) To subject.

Servantess (n.) A maidservant.

Servantry (n.) A body of servants; servants, collectively.

Served (imp. & p. p.) of Serve

Serving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serve

Serve (v. t.) To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.

Serve (v. t.) To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.

Serve (v. t.) To be suitor to; to profess love to.

Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.

Serve (v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.

Serve (v. t.) To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.

Serve (v. t.) To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.

Serve (v. t.) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.

Serve (v. t.) To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.

Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.

Serve (v. t.) To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.

Serve (v. t.) To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.

Serve (v. t.) To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.

Serve (v. t.) To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.

Serve (v. t.) To lead off in delivering (the ball).

Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.

Serve (v. i.) To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.

Serve (v. i.) To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.

Serve (v. i.) To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.

Serve (v. i.) To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.

Serve (v. i.) To lead off in delivering the ball.

Server (n.) One who serves.

Server (n.) A tray for dishes; a salver.

Servian (a.) Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.

Servian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Servia.

Service () Alt. of Service

Service () A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

Service (n.) The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.

Service (n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

Service (n.) Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

Service (n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

Service (n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

Service (n.) Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

Service (n.) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

Service (n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

Service (n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.

Service (n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

Service (n.) The act of serving the ball.

Service (n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.

Serviceable (a.) Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

Serviceable (a.) Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.

Serviceage (n.) Servitude.

Servient (a.) Subordinate.

Serviette (n.) A table napkin.

Servile (a.) Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.

Servile (a.) Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.

Servile (a.) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.

Servile (a.) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.

Servile (n.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.

Servilely (adv.) In a servile manner; slavishly.

Servileness (n.) Quality of being servile; servility.

Servility (n.) The quality or state of being servile; servileness.

Serving () a. & n. from Serve.

Servite (n.) One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.

Servifor (n.) One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent.

Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.

Servitorship (n.) The office, rank, or condition of a servitor.

Servitude (n.) The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.

Servitude (n.) Servants, collectively.

Servitude (n.) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.

Serviture (n.) Servants, collectively.

Servitute (n.) Servitude.

Serye (n.) A series.

Sesame (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.

Sesamoid (a.) Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

Sesamoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.

Sesamoid (n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.

Sesamoidal (a.) Sesamoid.

Sesban (n.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.

Sesqui- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.

Sesquialter (a.) Sesquialteral.

Sesquialter (n.) Alt. of Sesquialtera

Sesquialtera (n.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.

Sesquialteral (a.) Alt. of Sesquialterate

Sesquialterate (a.) Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.

Sesquialterous (a.) Sesquialteral.

Sesquibasic (a.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.

Sesquiduplicate (a.) Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.

Sesquioxide (n.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.

Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalian

Sesquipedalian (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

Sesquipedalianism (n.) Alt. of Sesquipedalism

Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.

Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.

Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.

Sesquiplicate (a.) Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::Ãb3:Ãb'3.

Sesquisalt (n.) A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.

Sesquisulphide (n.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.

Sesquitertial (a.) Sesquitertian.

Sesquitertian (a.) Alt. of Sesquitertianal

Sesquitertianal (a.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).

Sesquitone (n.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.

Sess (v. t.) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Sess (n.) A tax; an assessment. See Cess.

Sessa (interj.) Hurry; run.

Sessile (a.) Attached without any sensible projecting support.

Sessile (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

Sessile (a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.

Sessile-eyed (a.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.

Session (n.) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

Session (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.

Session (n.) Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.

Sessional (a.) Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.

Sesspool (n.) Same as Cesspool.

Sesterce (n.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.

Sestet (n.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.

Sestet (n.) The last six lines of a sonnet.

Sestetto (n.) A sestet.

Sestine (n.) See Sextain.

Sestuor (n.) A sestet.

Set (imp. & p. p.) of Set

Setting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Set

Set (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

Set (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Set (v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

Set (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.

Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

Set (v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

Set (v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

Set (v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.

Set (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

Set (v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

Set (v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

Set (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Set (v. t.) To value; to rate; -- with at.

Set (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.

Set (v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

Set (v. t.) To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.

Set (v. t.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

Set (v. i.) To fit music to words.

Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

Set (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Set (v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.

Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

Set (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.

Set (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

Set (v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.

Set (a.) Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

Set (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

Set (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.

Set (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

Set (a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.

Set (n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed.

Set (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.

Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.

Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.

Set (n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.

Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.

Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.

Set (n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.

Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

Set (n.) In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

Set (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

Set (n.) A young oyster when first attached.

Set (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Set (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

Set (n.) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

Setae (pl. ) of Seta

Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.

Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.

Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.

Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.

Setback (n.) Offset, n., 4.

Setback (n.) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.

Setbolt (n.) A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

Setdown (n.) The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.

Setee (n.) See 2d Settee.

Seten () obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat.

Setewale (n.) See Cetewale.

Set-fair (n.) In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.

Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.

Sethen (adv. & conj.) See Since.

Sethic (a.) See Sothic.

Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles.

Setiform (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.

Setiger (n.) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.

Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.

Setim (n.) See Shittim.

Setiparous (a.) Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Setireme (n.) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.

Setness (n.) The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.

Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

Set-off (n.) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

Set-off (n.) Same as Offset, n., 4.

Set-off (n.) See Offset, 7.

Seton (n.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.

Setose (a.) Alt. of Setous

Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.

Set-stitched (a.) Stitched according to a formal pattern.

Sett (n.) See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.

Settee (n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

Settee (n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.

Setter (n.) One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.

Setter (n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.

Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Setter (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.

Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.

Setting (n.) Something set in, or inserted.

Setting (n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

Settle (n.) A seat of any kind.

Settle (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

Settle (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

Settled (imp. & p. p.) of Settle

Settling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Settle

Settle (n.) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.

Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.

Settle (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.

Settle (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.

Settle (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.

Settle (n.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

Settle (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.

Settle (n.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.

Settle (n.) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

Settle (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.

Settle (v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

Settle (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

Settle (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.

Settle (v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

Settle (v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.

Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

Settle (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation.

Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.

Settledness (n.) The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.

Settlement (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.

Settlement (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.

Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.

Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.

Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.

Settlement (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.

Settlement (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.

Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.

Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.

Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.

Settler (n.) One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

Settler (n.) Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.

Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.

Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Settling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

Settling (n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.

Setulae (pl. ) of Setula

Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.

Setule (n.) A setula.

Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.

Setwall (n.) A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).

Seven (a.) One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

Seven (n.) The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

Seven (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

Sevenfold (a.) Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.

Sevenfold (adv.) Seven times as much or as often.

Sevennight (n.) A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.

Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.

Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.

Seventeen (a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.

Seventeen (n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.

Seventeen (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.

Seventeenth (a.) Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.

Seventeenth (a.) Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Seventeenth (n.) The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

Seventeenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

Seventeenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Seventh (a.) Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

Seventh (a.) Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

Seventh (n.) One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

Seventh (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.

Seventh (n.) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.

Seven-thirties (n. pl.) A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

Seventhly (adv.) In the seventh place.

Seventieth (a.) Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.

Seventieth (a.) Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.

Seventieth (n.) One next in order after the sixty-ninth.

Seventieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.

Seventy (a.) Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

Seventies (pl. ) of Seventy

Seventy (n.) The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.

Seventy (n.) A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.

Seventy-four (n.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.

Seven-up (n.) The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.

Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of Sever

Severing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sever

Sever (v. t.) To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.

Sever (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.

Sever (v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.

Sever (v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

Sever (v. i.) To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.

Sever (v. i.) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

Severable (a.) Capable of being severed.

Several (a.) Separate; distinct; particular; single.

Several (a.) Diverse; different; various.

Several (a.) Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.

Several (adv.) By itself; severally.

Several (n.) Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.

Several (n.) Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.

Several (n.) An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.

Severalities (pl. ) of Severality

Severality (n.) Each particular taken singly; distinction.

Severalize (v. t.) To distinguish.

Severally (adv.) Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.

Severalty (n.) A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.

Severance (n.) The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.

Severance (n.) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate.

Severe (superl.) Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.

Severe (superl.) Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.

Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.

Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.

Severities (pl. ) of Severity

Severity (n.) The quality or state of being severe.

Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.

Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.

Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.

Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.

Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.

Sevocation (n.) A calling aside.

Sevres blue () A very light blue.

Sevres ware () Porcelain manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.

Sew (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

Sew (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.

Sewed (imp.) of Sew

Sewed (p. p.) of Sew

Sewn () of Sew

Sewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sew

Sew (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

Sew (v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Sew (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2.

Sewe (v. i.) To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.

Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.

Sewellel (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.

Sewen (n.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.

Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches.

Sewer (n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

Sewer (n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.

Sewerage (n.) The construction of a sewer or sewers.

Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.

Sewerage (n.) The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.

Sewin (n.) Same as Sewen.

Sewing (n.) The act or occupation of one who sews.

Sewing (n.) That which is sewed with the needle.

Sewster (n.) A seamstress.

Sex- () A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.

Sex (n.) The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.

Sex (n.) One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.

Sex (n.) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.

Sex (n.) One of the groups founded on this distinction.

Sexagenarian (n.) A person who is sixty years old.

Sexagenary (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.

Sexagenary (n.) Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.

Sexagenary (n.) A sexagenarian.

Sexagesima (n.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Sexagesimal (a.) Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.

Sexagesimal (n.) A sexagesimal fraction.

Sexangle (n.) A hexagon.

Sexangled (a.) Alt. of Sexangular

Sexangular (a.) Having six angles; hexagonal.

Sexangularly (adv.) Hexagonally.

Sexavalent (a.) See Sexivalent.

Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

Sexdigitist (n.) One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.

Sexed (a.) Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.

Sexenary (a.) Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.

Sexennial (a.) Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.

Sexennial (n.) A sexennial event.

Sexennially (adv.) Once in six years.

Sexfid (a.) Alt. of Sexifid

Sexifid (a.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.

Sexisyllabic (a.) Having six syllables.

Sexisyllable (n.) A word of six syllables.

Sexivalent (a.) Hexavalent.

Sexless (a.) Having no sex.

Sexlocular (a.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.

Sexly (a.) Pertaining to sex.

Sexradiate (a.) Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.

Sext (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.

Sext (n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.

Sextain (n.) A stanza of six lines; a sestine.

Sextans (n.) A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.

Sextans (n.) A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.

Sextant (n.) The sixth part of a circle.

Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.

Sextant (n.) The constellation Sextans.

Sextaries (pl. ) of Sextary

Sextary (n.) An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.

Sextary (n.) A sacristy.

Sextet (n.) Alt. of Sextetto

Sextetto (n.) See Sestet.

Sexteyn (n.) A sacristan.

Sextic (a.) Of the sixth degree or order.

Sextic (n.) A quantic of the sixth degree.

Sextile (a.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.

Sextile (n.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /.

Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

Sextos (pl. ) of Sexto

Sexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

Sextodecimo (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.

Sextodecimos (pl. ) of Sextodecimo

Sextodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡.

Sextolet (n.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Sexton (n.) An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.

Sextoness (n.) A female sexton; a sexton's wife.

Sextonry (n.) Sextonship.

Sextonship (n.) The office of a sexton.

Sextry (n.) See Sacristy.

Sextuple (a.) Six times as much; sixfold.

Sextuple (a.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.

Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.

Sexualist (n.) One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus.

Sexuality (n.) The quality or state of being distinguished by sex.

Sexualize (v. t.) To attribute sex to.

Sexually (adv.) In a sexual manner or relation.

Sey () Alt. of Seyh

Seyh () imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of See.

Seye () Alt. of Seyen

Seyen () imp. pl. & p. p. of See.

Seynd () p. p. of Senge, to singe.

Seynt (n.) A gridle. See 1st Seint.

Sforzando (a.) Alt. of Sforzato

Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.

Sfumato (a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.

Sgraffito (a.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

Shab (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab.

Shabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Shab

Shabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shab

Shab (v. t.) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.

Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.

Shabbed (a.) Shabby.

Shabbily (adv.) In a shabby manner.

Shabbiness (n.) The quality or state of being sghabby.

Shabble (n.) Alt. of Shabble

Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.

Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Shabby (n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.

Shabby (n.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.

Shabrack (n.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.

Shack (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.

Shack (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.

Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.

Shack (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.

Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Shackatory (n.) A hound.

Shackle (n.) Stubble.

Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.

Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.

Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

Shackle (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.

Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.

Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.

Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackle

Shackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shackle

Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.

Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.

Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.

Shackly (a.) Shaky; rickety.

Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.

Shadbird (n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.

Shadbird (n.) The common European sandpiper.

Shadd (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.

Shadde () obs. imp. of Shed.

Shaddock (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.

Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

Shade (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.

Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.

Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.

Shade (n.) Shadow.

Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.

Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.

Shade (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.

Shade (n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.

Shaded (imp. & p. p.) of Shade

Shading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade

Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.

Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.

Shade (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.

Shade (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.

Shade (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.

Shade (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

Shadeful (a.) Full of shade; shady.

Shadeless (a.) Being without shade; not shaded.

Shader (n.) One who, or that which, shades.

Shadily (adv.) In a shady manner.

Shadiness (n.) Quality or state of being shady.

Shading (n.) Act or process of making a shade.

Shading (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.

Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.

Shadow (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.

Shadow (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.

Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Shadow

Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shadow

Shadow (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

Shadow (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.

Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

Shadow (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

Shadowiness (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.

Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.

Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.

Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.

Shadowy (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.

Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical.

Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

Shad-spirit (n.) See Shadbird (a)

Shad-waiter (n.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.

Shady (superl.) Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

Shady (superl.) Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

Shady (superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.

Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle.

Shaffler (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.

Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.

Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

Shaft (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.

Shaft (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.

Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.

Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.

Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.

Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.

Shaft (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole.

Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.

Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.

Shaft (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.

Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.

Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.

Shaft (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.

Shaft (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

Shaft (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.

Shafted (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.

Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

Shafting (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

Shaftman (n.) Alt. of Shaftment

Shaftment (n.) A measure of about six inches.

Shag (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

Shag (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

Shag (n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

Shag (n.) Any species of cormorant.

Shag (a.) Hairy; shaggy.

Shagged (imp. & p. p.) of Shag

Shagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shag

Shag (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

Shagbark (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.

Shagbark (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

Shagebush (n.) A sackbut.

Shagged (a.) Shaggy; rough.

Shagginess (n.) The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

Shaggy (n.) Rough with long hair or wool.

Shaggy (n.) Rough; rugged; jaggy.

Shag-haired (a.) Having shaggy hair.

Shag-rag (n.) The unkempt and ragged part of the community.

Shagreen (v. t.) To chagrin.

Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

Shagreen (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.

Shagreen (a.) Alt. of Shagreened

Shagreened (a.) Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.

Shagreened (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.

Shah (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.

Shahin (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

Shaik (n.) See Sheik.

Shail (v. i.) To walk sidewise.

Shake () obs. p. p. of Shake.

Shook (imp.) of Shake

Shaken (p. p.) of Shake

Shook () of Shake

Shaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shake

Shake (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

Shake (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

Shake (v.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

Shake (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

Shake (n.) The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

Shake (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.

Shake (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.

Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.

Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

Shaken (a.) Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.

Shaken (n.) Impaired, as by a shock.

Shaker (n.) A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.

Shaker (n.) One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

Shaker (n.) A variety of pigeon.

Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.

Shakerism (n.) Doctrines of the Shakers.

Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.

Shakiness (n.) Quality of being shaky.

Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.

Shako (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.

Shaky (superl.) Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.

Shaky (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.

Shaky (superl.) Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.

Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.

Shale (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Shale (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.

Should (imp.) of Shall

Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.

Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To be obliged; must.

Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. "I shall go" implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, "Shall you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i. e., "Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall go".) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as "You say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or thinks, he shall go." After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.

Shalli (n.) See Challis.

Shallon (n.) An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.

Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.

Shallop (n.) A boat.

Shallot (n.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

Shallow (superl.) Not deep in tone.

Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

Shallow (n.) The rudd.

Shallow (v. t.) To make shallow.

Shallow (v. i.) To become shallow, as water.

Shallow-bodied (a.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.

Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.

Shallow-hearted (a.) Incapable of deep feeling.

Shallowly (adv.) In a shallow manner.

Shallowness (n.) Quality or state of being shallow.

Shallow-pated (a.) Shallow-brained.

Shallow-waisted (a.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.

Shalm (n.) See Shawm.

Shalt () 2d per. sing. of Shall.

Shaly (a.) Resembling shale in structure.

Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

Sham (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

Shammed (imp. & p. p.) of Sham

Shamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sham

Sham (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.

Shaman (n.) A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.

Shamanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shamanism.

Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.

Shamanist (n.) An adherent of Shamanism.

Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.

Shamble (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.

Shambled (imp. & p. p.) of Shamble

Shambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shamble

Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.

Shambling (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.

Shambling (n.) An awkward, irregular gait.

Shame (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.

Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.

Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

Shamed (imp. & p. p.) of Shame

Shaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shame

Shame (v. t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

Shame (v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

Shame (v. t.) To mock at; to deride.

Shame (n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.

Shamefaced (n.) Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

Shamefast (a.) Modest; shamefaced.

Shameful (a.) Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.

Shameful (a.) Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.

Shameless (a.) Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.

Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.

Shame-proof (n.) Shameless.

Shamer (n.) One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.

Shammer (n.) One who shams; an impostor.

Shammy (n.) The chamois.

Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.

Shamois (n.) Alt. of Shamoy

Shamoy (n.) See Shammy.

Shamoying (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.

Shampooed (imp. & p. p.) of Shampoo

Shampooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shampoo

Shampoo (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

Shampoo (v. t.) To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.

Shampoo (n.) The act of shampooing.

Shampooer (n.) One who shampoos.

Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Shandrydan (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle.

Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

Shanghaied (imp. & p. p.) of Shanghai

Shanghaiing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shanghai

Shanghai (v. t.) To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

Shanghai (n.) A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.

Shank (n.) See Chank.

Shank (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.

Shank (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.

Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.

Shank (v.) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.

Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.

Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.

Shank (v.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

Shank (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

Shank (v.) The body of a type.

Shank (v.) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.

Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.

Shankbeer (n.) See Schenkbeer.

Shanked (a.) Having a shank.

Shanker (n.) See Chancre.

Shannies (pl. ) of Shanny

Shanny (n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

Shan't () A contraction of shall not.

Shanty (a.) Jaunty; showy.

Shanties (pl. ) of Shanty

Shanty (n.) A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Shanty (v. i.) To inhabit a shanty.

Shapable (a.) That may be shaped.

Shapable (a.) Shapely.

Shaped (imp.) of Shape

Shaped (p. p.) of Shape

Shapen () of Shape

Shaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shape

Shape (n.) To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

Shape (n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

Shape (n.) To image; to conceive; to body forth.

Shape (n.) To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

Shape (v. i.) To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shape (n.) Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

Shape (n.) That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

Shape (n.) A model; a pattern; a mold.

Shape (n.) Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

Shape (n.) Dress for disguise; guise.

Shape (n.) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Shape (n.) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

Shapeless (a.) Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.

Shapeliness (n.) The quality or state of being shapely.

Shapely (superl.) Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.

Shapely (superl.) Fit; suitable.

Shaper (n.) One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.

Shaper (n.) That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.

Shaper (n.) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.

Shaper (n.) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.

Shapoo (n.) The oorial.

Shard (n.) A plant; chard.

Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.

Shard (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.

Shard (n.) A gap in a fence.

Shard (n.) A boundary; a division.

Shard-borne (a.) Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.

Sharded (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle.

Shardy (a.) Having, or consisting of, shards.

Share (n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

Share (n.) The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

Share (v.) A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

Share (v.) Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

Share (v.) Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

Share (v.) The pubes; the sharebone.

Shared (imp. & p. p.) of Share

Sharing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Share

Share (v. t.) To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Share (v. t.) To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

Share (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

Sharebeam (n.) The part of the plow to which the share is attached.

Sharebone (n.) The public bone.

Sharebroker (n.) A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.

Shareholder (n.) One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

Sharer (n.) One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.

Sharewort (n.) A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.

Shark (v. t. & i.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

Shark (v. t. & i.) Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.

Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Sharked (imp. & p. p.) of Shark

Sharking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shark

Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sharker (n.) One who lives by sharking.

Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.

Sharock (n.) An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.

Sharp (superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

Sharp (superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.

Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.

Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.

Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.

Sharp (superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.

Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.

Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.

Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.

Sharp (superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.

Sharp (superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

Sharp (superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.

Sharp (superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.

Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

Sharp (superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.

Sharp (adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

Sharp (adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.

Sharp (n.) A sharp tool or weapon.

Sharp (n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.

Sharp (n.) A sharp tone or note.

Sharp (n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

Sharp (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.

Sharp (n.) Same as Middlings, 1.

Sharp (n.) An expert.

Sharped (imp. & p. p.) of Sharp

Sharping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharp

Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.

Sharp (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.

Sharp (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Sharp (v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch.

Sharp-cut (a.) Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear.

Sarpened (imp. & p. p.) of Sharpen

Sharpening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpen

Sharpen (a.) To make sharp.

Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.

Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.

Sharpen (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.

Sharpen (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.

Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

Sharpen (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.

Sharpen (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.

Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.

Sharper (n.) A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.

Sharpie (n.) A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.

Sharpling (n.) A stickleback.

Sharply (adv.) In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

Sharpness (n.) The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

Sharpsaw (n.) The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.

Sharp-set (a.) Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.

Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.

Sharptail (n.) The pintail duck.

Sharptail (n.) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.

Sharp-witted (a.) Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.

Shash (n.) The scarf of a turban.

Shash (n.) A sash.

Shaster (n.) Alt. of Shastra

Shastra (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.

Shathmont (n.) A shaftment.

Shattered (imp. & p. p.) of Shatter

Shattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shatter

Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.

Shatter (v. t.) To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

Shatter (v. t.) To scatter about.

Shatter (v. i.) To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

Shatter (n.) A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.

Shatter-brained (a.) Alt. of Shatter-pated

Shatter-pated (a.) Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild.

Shattery (a.) Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.

Shave () obs. p. p. of Shave.

Shaved (imp.) of Shave

Shaved (p. p.) of Shave

Shaven () of Shave

Shaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shave

Shave (v. t.) To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.

Shave (v. t.) To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.

Shave (v. t.) To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

Shave (v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.

Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.

Shave (v. t.) A thin slice; a shaving.

Shave (v. t.) A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.

Shave (v. t.) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.

Shave (v. t.) A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

Shave (v. t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.

Shaveling (n.) A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.

Shaver (n.) One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

Shaver (n.) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.

Shaver (n.) One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

Shaver (n.) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

Shaver (n.) A tool or machine for shaving.

Shaving (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

Shaving (n.) That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.

Shaw (n.) A thicket; a small wood or grove.

Shaw (n.) The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.

Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.

Shawl (n.) A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.

Shawl (v. t.) To wrap in a shawl.

Shawm (n.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.

Shawnees (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.

Shay (n.) A chaise.

She (obj.) This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.

She (obj.) A woman; a female; -- used substantively.

Sheading (v. t.) A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

Sheaf (n.) A sheave.

Sheaves (pl. ) of Sheaf

Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Sheaf (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.

Sheaf (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Sheafy (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.

Sheal (n.) Same as Sheeling.

Sheal (v. t.) To put under a sheal or shelter.

Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.

Sheal (n.) A shell or pod.

Shealing (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.

Shealing (n.) Same as Sheeling.

Sheared (imp.) of Shear

Shore () of Shear

Sheared (p. p.) of Shear

Shorn () of Shear

Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shear

Shear (v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

Shear (v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.

Shear (v. t.) To reap, as grain.

Shear (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.

Shear (v. t.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.

Shear (v. t.) A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.

Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.

Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.

Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

Sheard (n.) See Shard.

Shearer (n.) One who shears.

Shearer (n.) A reaper.

Shearing (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.

Shearing (n.) Same as Shearling.

Shearing (n.) The act or operation of reaping.

Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.

Shearing (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Shearling (n.) A sheep but once sheared.

Shearmen (pl. ) of Shearman

Shearman (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Shearn (n.) Dung; excrement.

Shears (n.) A cutting instrument.

Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.

Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.

Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.

Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.

Shears (n.) A pair of wings.

Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle.

Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.

Sheartail (n.) The common tern.

Sheartail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.

Sheatfish (n.) A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.

Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.

Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.

Sheath (n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

Sheathbill (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.

Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheathe

Sheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheathe

Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

Sheathe (v. t.) To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.

Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.

Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.

Sheathed (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.

Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.

Sheather (n.) One who sheathes.

Sheathfish (n.) Same as Sheatfish.

Sheathing (p. pr. & a.) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.

Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.

Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.

Sheathing (n.) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.

Sheathless (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.

Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.

Sheathy (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case.

Shea tree () An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.

Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.

Sheave (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.

Sheaved (a.) Made of straw.

Shebander (n.) A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.

Shebang (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.

Shebeen (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.

Shechinah (n.) See Shekinah.

Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

Shed (imp. & p. p.) of Shed

Shedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed

Shed (v. t.) To separate; to divide.

Shed (v. t.) To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.

Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

Shed (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

Shed (v. t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shed (v. i.) To fall in drops; to pour.

Shed (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

Shed (n.) A parting; a separation; a division.

Shed (n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

Shed (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.

Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.

Shedder (n.) One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.

Shedding (n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

Shedding (n.) That which is shed, or cast off.

Shelfa (n.) Alt. of Shilfa

Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.

Sheeling (n.) A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.

Sheely (n.) Same as Sheelfa.

Sheen (v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.

Sheen (v. i.) To shine; to glisten.

Sheen (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter.

Sheenly (adv.) Brightly.

Sheeny (a.) Bright; shining; radiant; sheen.

Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow.

Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.

Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.

Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.

Sheepbite (v. i.) To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.

Sheepbiter (n.) One who practices petty thefts.

Sheepcot (n.) Alt. of Sheepcote

Sheepcote (n.) A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

Sheep-faced (a.) Over-bashful; sheepish.

Sheepfold (n.) A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

Sheep-headed (a.) Silly; simple-minded; stupid.

Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.

Sheepish (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep.

Sheepish (a.) Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.

Sheeprack (n.) The starling.

Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.

Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.

Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Sheepshead (n.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.

Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.

Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.

Sheepskin (n.) The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.

Sheepskin (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Sheepy (a.) Resembling sheep; sheepish.

Sheer (v. i.) Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

Sheer (v. i.) Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.

Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.

Sheer (v. t.) To shear.

Sheered (imp. & p. p.) of Sheer

Sheering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheer

Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.

Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

Sheer (n.) A turn or change in a course.

Sheer (n.) Shears See Shear.

Sheerly (adv.) At once; absolutely.

Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.

Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;

Sheet (v. t.) the book itself.

Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.

Sheet (v. t.) A sail.

Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

Sheeted (imp. & p. p.) of Sheet

Sheeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheet

Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.

Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.

Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable.

Sheetfuls (pl. ) of Sheetful

Sheetful (n.) Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.

Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

Sheeting (n.) The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.

Sheik (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.

Sheil (n.) Alt. of Sheiling

Sheiling (n.) See Sheeling.

Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

Shekel (n.) A jocose term for money.

Shekinah (n.) The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.

Sheld (a.) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.

Sheldafle (n.) Alt. of Sheldaple

Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.

Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.

Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.

Sheldrake (n.) Any one of the American mergansers.

Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake.

Shelves (pl. ) of Shelf

Shelf (v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

Shelf (v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

Shelf (v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.

Shelfy (a.) Full of strata of rock.

Shell (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

Shell (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.

Shell (n.) A pod.

Shell (n.) The hard covering of an egg.

Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.

Shell (n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.

Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.

Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.

Shell (n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.

Shell (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.

Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.

Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.

Shell (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.

Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.

Shelled (imp. & p. p.) of Shell

Shelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shell

Shell (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.

Shell (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.

Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.

Shell (v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.

Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.

Shell-lac (n.) Alt. of Shellac

Shellac (n.) See the Note under 2d Lac.

Shellapple (n.) See Sheldafle.

Shellbark (n.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

Shelled (a.) Having a shell.

Sheller (n.) One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.

Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.

Shelling (n.) Groats; hulled oats.

Shell-less (a.) Having no shell.

Shellproof (a.) Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.

Shellwork (n.) Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.

Shelly (a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.

Shelter (n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

Sheltered (imp. & p. p.) of Shelter

Sheltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shelter

Shelter (v. t.) To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.

Shelter (v. t.) To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.

Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.

Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.

Shelterless (a.) Destitute of shelter or protection.

Sheltery (a.) Affording shelter.

Sheltie (n.) Alt. of Shelty

Shelty (n.) A Shetland pony.

Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

Shelve (v. t.) To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.

Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of Shelve

Shelving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shelve

Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Shelving (a.) Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.

Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

Shelving (n.) The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

Shelving (n.) Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

Shelvy (a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.

Shemite (n.) A descendant of Shem.

Shemitic (a.) Alt. of Shemitish

Shemitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.

Shemitism (n.) See Semitism.

Shent (imp. & p. p.) of Shend

Shending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shend

Shend (n.) To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.

Shend (n.) To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.

Shendful (a.) Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.

Shendship (n.) Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace.

Shent () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth.

Shent (v. t.) To shend.

Sheol (n.) The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.

Shepen (n.) A stable; a shippen.

Shepherd (n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

Shepherd (n.) The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.

Shepherded (imp. & p. p.) of Shepherd

Shepherding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shepherd

Shepherd (v. t.) To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

Shepherdess (n.) A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

Shepherdias (pl. ) of Shepherdia

Shepherdia (n.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Shepherdish (n.) Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.

Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.

Shepherdling (n.) A little shepherd.

Shepherdly (a.) Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Shepster (n.) A seamstress.

Sherbet (n.) A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.

Sherbet (n.) A flavored water ice.

Sherbet (n.) A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.

Sherd (n.) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.

Shereef (n.) Alt. of Sherif

Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.

Sheriat (n.) The sacred law of the Turkish empire.

Sheriff (n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.

Sheriffalty (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick

Sheriffdom (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick

Sheriffry (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick

Sheriffship (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick

Sheriffwick (n.) The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.

Shern (n.) See Shearn.

Sherris (n.) Sherry.

Sherry (n.) A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.

Sherryvallies (n. pl.) Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.

Shet (imp.) of Shet

Shette () of Shet

Shet (p. pr.) of Shet

Shetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shet

Shet (v. t. & i.) To shut.

Shete (v. t. & i.) To shoot.

Sheth (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

Shetland pony () One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.

Shew (v. t. & i.) See Show.

Shew (n.) Show.

Shewbread () See Showbread.

Shewel (n.) A scarecrow.

Shewer (n.) One who shews. See Shower.

Shewn () p. p. of Shew.

Shiah (n.) Same as Shiite.

Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.

Shibboleth (n.) Also in an extended sense.

Shibboleth (n.) Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.

Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.

Shie (v. t.) See Shy, to throw.

Shied () imp. & p. p. of Shy.

Shiel (n.) A sheeling.

Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends.

Shield (n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

Shield (n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

Shield (n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.

Shield (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

Shielded (imp. & p. p.) of Shield

Shielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shield

Shield (n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.

Shield (n.) To ward off; to keep off or out.

Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!

Shield-bearer (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield.

Shield-bearer (n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.

Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Shieldless (a.) Destitute of a shield, or of protection.

Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.

Shieling (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.

Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shift

Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shift

Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.

Shift (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

Shift (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.

Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

Shiff (v. i.) To divide; to distribute.

Shiff (v. i.) To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.

Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Shiff (v. i.) To practice indirect or evasive methods.

Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.

Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.

Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.

Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.

Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.

Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

Shiftiness (n.) The quality or state of being shifty.

Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.

Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.

Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.

Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.

Shiite (n.) Alt. of Shiah

Shiah (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.

Shikaree (n.) Alt. of Shikari

Shikari (n.) A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.

Shilf (n.) Straw.

Shill (v. t.) To shell.

Shill (v. t.) To put under cover; to sheal.

Shillalah (n.) Alt. of Shillelah

Shillelah (n.) An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.

Shilling (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.

Shilling (n.) In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.

Shilling (n.) The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.

Shill-I-shall-I (adv.) Alt. of Shilly-shally

Shilly-shally (adv.) In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.

Shilly-shally (v. i.) To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.

Shilly-shally (n.) Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.

Shiloh (n.) A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the city "Shiloh," or as "Rest."

Shily (adv.) See Shyly.

Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.

Shim (n.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.

Shimmered (imp. & p. p.) of Shimmer

Shimmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shimmer

Shimmer (v. i.) To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

Shimmer (n.) A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

Shimmering (n.) A gleam or glimmering.

Shimmy (n.) A chemise.

Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

Shin (n.) A fish plate for rails.

Shinned (imp. & p. p.) of Shin

Shinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shin

Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.

Shin (v. i.) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.

Shin (v. t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing.

Shindle (v. t.) To cover or roof with shindles.

Shindies (pl. ) of Shindy

Shindy (n.) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.

Shindy (n.) Hockey; shinney.

Shindy (n.) A fancy or liking.

Shone (imp. & p. p.) of Shine

Shined () of Shine

Shining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shine

Shine (v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

Shine (v. i.) To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

Shine (v. i.) To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.

Shine (v. i.) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

Shine (v. t.) To cause to shine, as a light.

Shine (v. t.) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.

Shine (n.) The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Shine (n.) Sunshine; fair weather.

Shine (n.) A liking for a person; a fancy.

Shine (n.) Caper; antic; row.

Shine (v. i.) Shining; sheen.

Shiner (n.) That which shines.

Shiner (n.) A luminary.

Shiner (n.) A bright piece of money.

Shiner (n.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.

Shiner (n.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.

Shiness (n.) See Shyness.

Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

Shingle (n.) A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.

Shingle (n.) A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.

Shingled (imp. &. p. p.) of Shingle

Shingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shingle

Shingle (v. t.) To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.

Shingle (v. t.) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.

Shingle (v. t.) To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

Shingler (n.) One who shingles.

Shingler (n.) A machine for shingling puddled iron.

Shingles (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

Shingling (n.) The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

Shingling (n.) The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

Shinhopple (n.) The hobblebush.

Shining (a.) Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.

Shining (a.) Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.

Shining (a.) Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

Shining (n.) Emission or reflection of light.

Shiningness (n.) Brightness.

Shinney (n.) The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.

Shinplaster (n.) Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.

Shinto (n.) Alt. of Shintiism

Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes.

Shintoist (n.) An adherent of Shintoism.

Shinty (n.) A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.

Shiny (superl.) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

-ship (n.) A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.

Ship (n.) Pay; reward.

Ship (n.) Any large seagoing vessel.

Ship (n.) Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

Ship (n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

Shipped (imp. & p. p.) of Ship

Shipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ship

Ship (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

Ship (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

Ship (v. t.) Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

Ship (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

Ship (v. t.) To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

Ship (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

Ship (v. i.) To embark on a ship.

Shipboard (n.) A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.

Shipbuilder (n.) A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.

Shipbuilding (n.) Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.

Shipfuls (pl. ) of Shipful

Shipful (n.) As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.

Shipholder (n.) A shipowner.

Shipless (a.) Destitute of ships.

Shiplet (n.) A little ship.

Shipload (n.) The load, or cargo, of a ship.

Shipmen (pl. ) of Shipman

Shipman (n.) A seaman, or sailor.

Shipmaster (n.) The captain, master, or commander of a ship.

Shipmate (n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

Shipment (n.) The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

Shipment (n.) That which is shipped.

Shipowner (n.) Owner of a ship or ships.

Shippen (n.) A stable; a cowhouse.

Shipper (n.) One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.

Shipping (a.) Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

Shipping (a.) Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.

Shipping (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.

Shipping (n.) The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

Shipping (n.) Navigation.

Shippon (n.) A cowhouse; a shippen.

Ship-rigged (a.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.

Shipshape (a.) Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.

Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

Shipworm (n.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.

Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.

Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwreck

Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwreck

Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.

Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.

Shipwright (n.) One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.

Shipyard (n.) A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.

Shiraz (n.) A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.

Shire (n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.

Shire (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.

Shirked (imp. & p. p.) of Shirk

Shirking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shirk

Shirk (v. t.) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Shirk (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.

Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Shirker (n.) One who shirks.

Shirky (a.) Disposed to shirk.

Shirl (a.) Shrill.

Shirl (n.) See Schorl.

Shirley (n.) The bullfinch.

Shirr (n.) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.

Shirred (a.) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.

Shirred (a.) Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.

Shirt (n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.

Shirted (imp. & p. p.) of Shirt

Shirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shirt

Shirt (v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.

Shirting (n.) Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.

Shirtless (a.) Not having or wearing a shirt.

Shist () Alt. of Shistose

Shistose () See Shist, Schistose.

Shittah (n.) Alt. of Shittah tree

Shittah tree (n.) A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.

Shittim (n.) Alt. of Shittim wood

Shittim wood (n.) The wood of the shittah tree.

Shittle (n.) A shuttle.

Shittle (a.) Wavering; unsettled; inconstant.

Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.

Shittleness (n.) Instability; inconstancy.

Shive (n.) A slice; as, a shive of bread.

Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.

Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

Shiver (n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

Shiver (n.) A thin slice; a shive.

Shiver (n.) A variety of blue slate.

Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

Shiver (n.) A spindle.

Shivered (imp. & p. p.) of Shiver

Shivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shiver

Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

Shiver (v. i.) To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

Shiver (n.) The act of shivering or trembling.

Shiveringly (adv.) In a shivering manner.

Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.

Shivery (a.) Tremulous; shivering.

Shivery (a.) Easily broken; brittle; shattery.

Shoad (n.) A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.

Shoading (n.) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.

Shoal (n.) A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.

Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of Shoal

Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoal

Shoal (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.

Shoal (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.

Shoal (n.) A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

Shoal (n.) A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.

Shoal (v. t.) To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.

Shoaliness (n.) The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.

Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.

Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places.

Shoar (n.) A prop. See 3d Shore.

Shoat (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.

Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

Shock (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.

Shock (n.) A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

Shock (n.) A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.

Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

Shocked (imp. & p. p.) of Shock

Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shock

Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Shock (n.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.

Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

Shockdog (n.) See 7th Shock, 1.

Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed.

Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair.

Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.

Shod (imp. & p. p.) f Shoe.

Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

Shoddy (v. t.) A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.

Shoddy (a.) Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.

Shoddyism (n.) The quality or state of being shoddy.

Shode (v. t.) The parting of the hair on the head.

Shode (v. t.) The top of the head; the head.

Shode () Alt. of Shoding

Shoding () See Shoad, Shoading.

Shoder (n.) A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.

Shoes (pl. ) of Shoe

Shoon (pl. ) of Shoe

Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

Shoe (n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.

Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

Shoe (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

Shoe (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

Shoe (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.

Shod (imp. & p. p.) of Shoe

Shoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoe

Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

Shoe (n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.

Shoeblack (n.) One who polishes shoes.

Shoehorn (n.) Alt. of Shoeing-horn

Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.

Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Shoeless (a.) Destitute of shoes.

Shoemaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

Shoemaker (n.) The threadfish.

Shoemaker (n.) The runner, 12.

Shoemaking (n.) The business of a shoemaker.

Shoer (n.) One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.

Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.

Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.

Shog (v. i.) To jog; to move on.

Shoggle (v. t.) To joggle.

Shogun (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.

Shogunate (n.) The office or dignity of a Shogun.

Shola (n.) See Sola.

Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.

Shole (n.) See Shoal.

Shonde (n.) Harm; disgrace; shame.

Shone () imp. & p. p. of Shine.

Shoo (interj.) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.

Shooi (n.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.

Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.

Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.

Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.

Shook (n.) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook.

Shoon (n.) pl. of Shoe.

Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.

Shot (imp. & p. p.) of Shoot

Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot

Shotten () of Shoot

Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.

Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.

Shoot (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.

Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

Shoot (v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Shoot (v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.

Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Shoot (n.) A shoat; a young hog.

Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

Shooter (n.) That which shoots.

Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter.

Shooter (n.) A shooting star.

Shooting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.

Shop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Shop (n.) A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

Shop (n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

Shopped (imp. & p. p.) of Shop

Shopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shop

Shop (v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

Shopboard (n.) A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.

Shopbook (n.) A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts.

Shopboy (n.) A boy employed in a shop.

Shopen () p. p. of Shape.

Shopgirl (n.) A girl employed in a shop.

Shopkeeper (n.) A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.

Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.

Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

Shoplike (a.) Suiting a shop; vulgar.

Shopmaid (n.) A shopgirl.

Shopmen (pl. ) of Shopman

Shopman (n.) A shopkeeper; a retailer.

Shopman (n.) One who serves in a shop; a salesman.

Shopman (n.) One who works in a shop or a factory.

Shopper (n.) One who shops.

Shoppish (a.) Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.

Shoppy (a.) Abounding with shops.

Shoppy (a.) Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.

Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.

Shopwalker (n.) One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.

Shopwomen (pl. ) of Shopwoman

Shopwoman (n.) A woman employed in a shop.

Shopworn (a.) Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

Shorage (n.) Duty paid for goods brought on shore.

Shore () imp. of Shear.

Shore (n.) A sewer.

Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.

Shored (imp. & p. p.) of Shore

Shoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shore

Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.

Shore (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

Shore (v. t.) To set on shore.

Shoreless (a.) Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.

Shoreling (n.) See Shorling.

Shorer (n.) One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.

Shoreward (adv.) Toward the shore.

Shoring (n.) The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.

Shoring (n.) A system of props; props, collectively.

Shorl (a.) Alt. of Shorlaceous

Shorlaceous (a.) See Schorl, Schorlaceous.

Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.

Shorling (n.) A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.

Shorn () p. p. of Shear.

Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

Short (superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.

Short (superl.) Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

Short (superl.) Not distant in time; near at hand.

Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

Short (superl.) Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.

Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

Short (superl.) Brittle.

Short (superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.

Short (n.) A summary account.

Short (n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

Short (n.) Short, inferior hemp.

Short (n.) Breeches; shortclothes.

Short (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

Short (v. t.) To shorten.

Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.

Shortage (n.) Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

Short-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration.

Short-breathed (a.) Having short life.

Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.

Short circuit () A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.) of Short-circuit

Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circuit

Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.

Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.

Shortcoming (n.) The act of falling, or coming short

Shortcoming (n.) The failure of a crop, or the like.

Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.

Short-dated (a.) Having little time to run from the date.

Shortened / (imp. & p. p.) of Shorten

Shortening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shorten

Shorten (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.

Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

Shortener (n.) One who, or that which, shortens.

Shortening (n.) The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

Shortening (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.

Shorthead (n.) A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.

Shorthorn (a.) One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.

Short-jointed (a.) Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

Short-lived (a.) Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

Shortly (adv.) In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.

Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.

Shortness (n.) The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Shortsighted (a.) Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Shortsighted (a.) Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.

Shortsighted (a.) Having little regard for the future; heedless.

Short-spoken (a.) Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.

Shortstop (n.) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

Short-waisted (a.) Having a short waist.

Short-winded (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.

Shortwing (n.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.

Short-wited (a.) Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

Shory (a.) Lying near the shore.

Shoshones (n. pl.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes.

Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

Shot (v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

Shot (pl. ) of Shot

Shots (pl. ) of Shot

Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

Shot (n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.

Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

Shot (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

Shotted (imp. & p. p.) of Shot

Shotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shot

Shot (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun.

Shot-clog (n.) A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.

Shote (v. t.) A fish resembling the trout.

Shote (v. t.) A young hog; a shoat.

Shot-free (a.) Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.

Shot-free (a.) Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free.

Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

Shot-proof (a.) Impenetrable by shot.

Shots (n. pl.) The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.

Shotted (a.) Loaded with shot.

Shotted (a.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.

Shotten (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.

Shotten (n.) Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Shough (n.) A shockdog.

Shough (interj.) See Shoo.

Should (imp.) Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.

Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.

Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

Shoulder (n.) Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

Shoulder (n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.

Shoulder (n.) The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.

Shoulder (n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

Shoulder (n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.

Shouldered (imp. & p. p.) of Shoulder

Shouldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoulder

Shoulder (v. t.) To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.

Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.

Shouldered (a.) Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man.

Shoulder-shotten (a.) Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse.

Shouted (imp. & p. p.) of Shout

Shouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shout

Shout (v. i.) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

Shout (v. t.) To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.

Shout (v. t.) To treat with shouts or clamor.

Shout (n.) A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.

Shouter (n.) One who shouts.

Shoved (imp. & p. p.) of Shove

Shoving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shove

Shove (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.

Shove (v. t.) To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.

Shove (v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

Shove (v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.

Shove (n.) The act of shoving; a forcible push.

Shove () p. p. of Shove.

Shoveboard (n.) Alt. of Shovegroat

Shovegroat (n.) The same as Shovelboard.

Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.

Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shovel

Shovelled () of Shovel

Shoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shovel

Shovelling () of Shovel

Shovel (v. t.) To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.

Shovel (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel.

Shovelard (n.) Shoveler.

Shovelbill (n.) The shoveler.

Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.

Shoveler (n.) One who, or that which, shovels.

Shoveler (n.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.

Shovelfuls (pl. ) of Shovelful

Shovelful (n.) As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.

Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.

Shovelnose (n.) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).

Shovelnose (n.) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.

Shovel-nosed (a.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.

Shoven () p. p. of Shove.

Showed (imp.) of Show

Shown (p. p.) of Show

Showed () of Show

Showing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Show

Show (v. t.) To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).

Show (v. t.) To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

Show (v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.

Show (v. t.) To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.

Show (v. t.) To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.

Show (v. i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

Show (v. i.) To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

Show (n.) The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

Show (n.) That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.

Show (n.) Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

Show (n.) Semblance; likeness; appearance.

Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Show (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.

Showbread (n.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place.

Shower (n.) One who shows or exhibits.

Shower (n.) That which shows; a mirror.

Shower (n.) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.

Shower (n.) That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.

Shower (n.) A copious supply bestowed.

Showered (imp. & p. p.) of Shower

Showering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shower

Shower (v. t.) To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.

Shower (v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.

Shower (v. i.) To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.

Showerful (a.) Full of showers.

Showeriness (n.) Quality of being showery.

Showerless (a.) Rainless; freo from showers.

Showery (a.) Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.

Showery (a.) Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.

Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

Showing (n.) Appearance; display; exhibition.

Showing (n.) Presentation of facts; statement.

Showish (a.) Showy; ostentatious.

Showmen (pl. ) of Showman

Showman (n.) One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.

Shown () p. p. of Show.

Showroom (n.) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Showroom (n.) A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.

Showy (a.) Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

Shrag (n.) A twig of a tree cut off.

Shrag (v. t.) To trim, as trees; to lop.

Shragger (n.) One who lops; one who trims trees.

Shram (v. t.) To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.

Shrank () imp. of Shrink.

Shrap (n.) Alt. of Shrape

Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

Shrapnel (a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.

Shrapnel (n.) A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.

Shred (n.) A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

Shred (n.) In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.

Shred (imp. & p. p.) of Shred

Shredded () of Shred

Shredding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shred

Shred (n.) To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.

Shred (n.) To lop; to prune; to trim.

Shredcook (n.) The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.

Shredding (n.) The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

Shredding (n.) That which is cut or torn off; a piece.

Shreddy (a.) Consisting of shreds.

Shredless (a.) Having no shreds; without a shred.

Shrew (a.) Wicked; malicious.

Shrew (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.

Shrew (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.

Shrew (a.) To beshrew; to curse.

Shrewd (superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

Shrewd (superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

Shrewd (superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

Shrewish (a.) having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.

Shrewmouse (n.) A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.

Shrieked (imp. & p. p.) of Shriek

Shrieking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shriek

Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

Shriek (v. t.) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Shriek (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

Shrieker (n.) One who utters a shriek.

Shrieval (a.) Of or pertaining to a sheriff.

Shrievalty (n.) The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.

Shrieve (n.) A sheriff.

Shrieve (v. t.) To shrive; to question.

Shrift (n.) The act of shriving.

Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.

Shright () imp. & p. p. of Shriek.

Shright (n.) A shriek; shrieking.

Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.

Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

Shrill (n.) A shrill sound.

Shrilled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrill

Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrill

Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.

Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

Shrimp (v. t.) To contract; to shrink.

Shrimp (v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

Shrimp (v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.

Shrimp (v.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.

Shrimp (v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.

Shrimper (n.) One who fishes for shrimps.

Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

Shrine (n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.

Shrine (n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

Shrine (v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.

Shrank (imp.) of Shrink

Shrunk () of Shrink

Shrunk (p. p.) of Shrink

Shrunken () of Shrink

Shrinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrink

Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.

Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.

Shrink (v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.

Shrink (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.

Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.

Shrinkage (n.) The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.

Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation.

Shrinker (n.) One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.

Shrinking () a. & n. from Shrink.

Shrinkingly (adv.) In a shrinking manner.

Shrivalty (n.) Shrievalty.

Shrived (imp.) of Shrive

Shrove () of Shrive

Shriven (p. p.) of Shrive

Shrived () of Shrive

Shriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrive

Shrive (v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.

Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.

Shriveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrivel

Shrivelled () of Shrivel

Shriveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrivel

Shrivelling () of Shrivel

Shrivel (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.

Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

Shriven () p. p. of Shrive.

Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.

Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.

Shroff (n.) A banker, or changer of money.

Shroffage (n.) The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.

Shrood (v. t.) To trim; to lop.

Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.

Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage.

Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Shroud (n.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shroud

Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shroud

Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.

Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.

Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See Shrood.

Shrouded (a.) Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.

Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.

Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.

Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter.

Shrove () imp. of Shrive.

Shrove (v. i.) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.

Shrovetide (n.) The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

Shroving (n.) The festivity of Shrovetide.

Shrow (n.) A shrew.

Shrowd (v. t.) See Shrood.

Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrub (n.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

Shrub (v. t.) To lop; to prune.

Shrubberies (pl. ) of Shrubbery

Shrubbery (n.) A collection of shrubs.

Shrubbery (n.) A place where shrubs are planted.

Shrubbiness (n.) Quality of being shrubby.

Shrubby (superl.) Full of shrubs.

Shrubby (superl.) Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.

Shrubless (a.) having no shrubs.

Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel.

Shrugged (imp. & p. p.) of Shrug

Shrugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrug

Shrug (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.

Shrug (v. i.) To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.

Shrug (n.) A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt.

Shrunken () p. p. & a. from Shrink.

Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.

Shuck (n.) A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

Shuck (n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.

Shucked (imp. & p. p.) of Shuck

Shucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuck

Shuck (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

Shucker (n.) One who shucks oysters or clams

Shuddered (imp. & p. p.) of Shudder

Shuddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shudder

Shudder (v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.

Shudder (n.) The act of shuddering, as with fear.

Shudderingly (adv.) In a shuddering manner.

Shude (n.) The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.

Shuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Shuffle

Shuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuffle

Shuffle (v. t.) To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

Shuffle (v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.

Shuffle (v. t.) To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.

Shuffle (v. i.) To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.

Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.

Shuffle (n.) The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.

Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.

Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.

Shufflecap (n.) A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.

Shuffler (n.) One who shuffles.

Shuffler (n.) Either one of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.

Shufflewing (n.) The hedg sparrow.

Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step.

Shuffling (a.) Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse.

Shuffling (v.) In a shuffling manner.

Shug (v. i.) To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.

Shug (v. i.) Hence, to crawl; to sneak.

Shumac (n.) Sumac.

Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of Shun

Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shun

Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Shunless (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.

Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of Shunt

Shunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shunt

Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.

Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.

Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.

Shunt (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.

Shunt (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off.

Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.

Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Shut (imp. & p. p.) of Shut

Shutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shut

Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.

Shut (v. t.) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Shut (v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.

Shut (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

Shut (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

Shut (a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.

Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.

Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.

Shut (n.) The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

Shut (n.) A door or cover; a shutter.

Shut (n.) The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot.

Shutter (n.) One who shuts or closes.

Shutter (n.) A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.

Shutter (n.) A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

Shuttered (a.) Furnished with shutters.

Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

Shuttlecock (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.

Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.

Shuttlewise (adv.) Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.

Shwan-pan (n.) See Schwan-pan.

Shy (superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

Shy (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

Shy (superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.

Shied (imp. & p. p.) of Shy

Shying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shy

Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

Shy (n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

Shy (n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

Shyly (adv.) In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.

Shyness (n.) The quality or state of being shy.

Shyster (n.) A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.

Si () A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century.

Siaga (n.) The ahu, or jairou.

Sialogogue (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.

Siamang (n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.

Siamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.

Siamese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.

Siamese (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Siamese.

Sib (n.) A blood relation.

Sib (a.) Related by blood; akin.

Sibbens (n.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.

Siberian (a.) Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.

Siberian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Siberia.

Sibilance (n.) Alt. of Sibilancy

Sibilancy (n.) The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.

Sibilant (a.) Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.

Sibilant (n.) A sibiliant letter.

Sibilate (v. t. & i.) To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

Sibilatory (a.) Hissing; sibilant.

Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.

Sibyl (n.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.

Sibyl (n.) A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.

Sibylist (n.) One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.

Sibylline (a.) Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

Sic (a.) Such.

Sic (adv.) Thus.

Sicamore (n.) See Sycamore.

Sicca (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.

Siccate (v. t.) To dry.

Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.

Siccative (a.) Drying; causing to dry.

Siccative (n.) That which promotes drying.

Siccific (a.) Causing dryness.

Siccity (n.) Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.

Sice (n.) The number six at dice.

Sicer (n.) A strong drink; cider.

Sich (a.) Such.

Sicilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Sicilian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sicily.

Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.

Sicilienne (n.) A kind of rich poplin.

Sick (superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

Sick (superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

Sick (superl.) Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.

Sick (superl.) Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.

Sick (n.) Sickness.

Sick (v. i.) To fall sick; to sicken.

Sick-brained (a.) Disordered in the brain.

Sickened (imp. & p. p.) of Sicken

Sickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sicken

Sicken (v. t.) To make sick; to disease.

Sicken (v. t.) To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.

Sicken (v. t.) To impair; to weaken.

Sicken (v. i.) To become sick; to fall into disease.

Sicken (v. i.) To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.

Sicken (v. i.) To become disgusting or tedious.

Sicken (v. i.) To become weak; to decay; to languish.

Sickening (a.) Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.

Sicker (v. i.) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

Sicker (a.) Alt. of Siker

Siker (a.) Sure; certain; trusty.

Sicker (adv.) Alt. of Siker

Siker (adv.) Surely; certainly.

Sickerly (adv.) Alt. of Sikerly

Sikerly (adv.) Surely; securely.

Sickerness (n.) Alt. of Sikerness

Sikerness (n.) The quality or state of being sicker, or certain.

Sickish (a.) Somewhat sick or diseased.

Sickish (a.) Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.

Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.

Sickle (n.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

Sicklebill (n.) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer.

Sicklebill (n.) A curlew.

Sicklebill (n.) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

Sickled (a.) Furnished with a sickle.

Sicklemen (pl. ) of Sickleman

Sickleman (n.) One who uses a sickle; a reaper.

Sickler (n.) One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

Sickless (a.) Free from sickness.

Sicklewort (n.) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.

Sicklewort (n.) The healall (Brunella vulgaris).

Sicklied (a.) Made sickly. See Sickly, v.

Sickliness (n.) The quality or state of being sickly.

Sickly (superl.) Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.

Sickly (superl.) Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.

Sickly (superl.) Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.

Sickly (superl.) Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.

Sickly (adv.) In a sick manner or condition; ill.

Sickly (v. t.) To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.

Sickness (n.) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

Sickness (n.) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

Sicle (n.) A shekel.

Sida (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.

Siddow (a.) Soft; pulpy.

Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

Side (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

Side (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.

Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

Side (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

Side (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

Side (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

Side (a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

Side (n.) Long; large; extensive.

Sided (imp. & p. p.) of Side

Siding (p. pr.& vb. n.) of Side

Side (v. i.) To lean on one side.

Side (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

Side (v. t.) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

Side (v. t.) To suit; to pair; to match.

Side (v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

Side (v. t.) To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

Sidebone (n.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

Sided (a.) Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.

Sidehill (n.) The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.

Sideling (a.) Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.

Sidelong (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

Sidelong (adv.) On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.

Sidelong (a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.

Sidepiece (n.) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.

Sider (n.) One who takes a side.

Sider (n.) Cider.

Sideral (a.) Relating to the stars.

Sideral (a.) Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.

Siderated (a.) Planet-struck; blasted.

Sideration (n.) The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.

Sidereal (a.) Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.

Sidereal (a.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Siderealize (v. t.) To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.

Sidereous (a.) Sidereal.

Siderite (n.) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron.

Siderite (n.) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.

Siderite (n.) An indigo-blue variety of quartz.

Siderite (n.) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.

Siderite (n.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.

Siderographic (a.) Alt. of Siderographical

Siderographical (a.) Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.

Siderographist (n.) One skilled in siderography.

Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.

Siderolite (n.) A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.

Sideromancy (n.) Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.

Sideroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

Siderosis (n.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

Siderostat (n.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

Sideroxylon (n.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Sidesaddle (n.) A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Sidesmen (pl. ) of Sidesman

Sidesman (n.) A party man; a partisan.

Sidesman (n.) An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Side-taking (n.) A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.

Sidewalk (n.) A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.

Sideways (adv.) Toward the side; sidewise.

Side-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

Sidewinder (n.) See Horned rattler, under Horned.

Sidewinder (n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.

Sidewise (adv.) On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.

Siding (n.) Attaching one's self to a party.

Siding (n.) A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

Siding (n.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

Siding (n.) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.

Sidled (imp. & p. p.) of Sidle

Sidling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sidle

Sidle (v. t.) To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.

Siege (n.) A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

Siege (n.) Hence, place or situation; seat.

Siege (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

Siege (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace.

Siege (n.) A workman's bench.

Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.

Sienite (n.) See Syenite.

Sienitic (a.) See Syenitic.

Sienna (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

Siennese (a.) Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.

Sierra (n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

Sieur (n.) Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.

Sieva (n.) A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).

Sieve (n.) A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.

Sieve (n.) A kind of coarse basket.

Sifac (n.) The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.

Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

Sifilet (n.) The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.

Sifted (imp. & p. p.) of Sift

Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sift

Sift (v. t.) To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.

Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Sifter (n.) One who, or that which, sifts.

Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.

Sig (v. t.) Urine.

Sigaultian (a.) Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.

Sigger (v. i.) Same as

Sighed (imp. & p. p.) of Sigh

Sighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sigh

Sigh (v. i.) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.

Sigh (v. i.) Hence, to lament; to grieve.

Sigh (v. i.) To make a sound like sighing.

Sigh (v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Sigh (v. t.) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Sigh (v. t.) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

Sigh (v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

Sigh (v. i.) Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.

Sigh-born (a.) Sorrowful; mournful.

Sigher (n.) One who sighs.

Sighing (a.) Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting.

Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

Sight (v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

Sight (v. t.) A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

Sight (v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Sight (v. t.) Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

Sight (v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.

Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.

Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.

Sight (v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.

Sight (v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.

Sighted (imp. & p. p.) of Sight

Sighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sight

Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.

Sight (v. t.) To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

Sight (v. t.) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.

Sight (v. i.) To take aim by a sight.

Sighted (a.) Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.

Sightful (a.) Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.

Sightfulness (n.) The state of being sightful; perspicuity.

Sight-hole (n.) A hole for looking through; a peephole.

Sighting () a. & n. from Sight, v. t.

Sightless (a.) Wanting sight; without sight; blind.

Sightless (a.) That can not be seen; invisible.

Sightless (a.) Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains.

Sightliness (n.) The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.

Sightly (a.) Pleasing to the sight; comely.

Sightly (a.) Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.

Sightproof (a.) Undiscoverable to sight.

Sight-seeing (a.) Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.

Sight-seeing (n.) The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.

Sight-seer (n.) One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.

Sight-shot (n.) Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.

Sightsmen (pl. ) of Sightsman

Sightsman (n.) One who reads or performs music readily at first sight.

Sigil (n.) A seal; a signature.

Sigillaria (n. pl.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.

Sigillaria (n.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.

Sigillarid (n.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.

Sigillated (a.) Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.

Sigillative (a.) Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.

Sigilla (pl. ) of Sigillum

Sigillum (n.) A seal.

Sigla (n. pl.) The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.

Sigmas (pl. ) of Sigma

Sigma (n.) The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.

Sigmodont (n.) Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.

Sigmoid (a.) Alt. of Sigmoidal

Sigmoidal (a.) Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /.

Sigmoidally (adv.) In a sigmoidal manner.

Sign (n.) That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

Sign (n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.

Sign (n.) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.

Sign (n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.

Sign (n.) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.

Sign (n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.

Sign (n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.

Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.

Sign (n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.

Sign (n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.

Sign (n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.

Sign (n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division Ö, and the like.

Sign (n.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.

Sign (n.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.

Sign (n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.

Signed (imp. & p. p.) of Sign

Signing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sign

Sign (n.) To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.

Sign (n.) To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.

Sign (n.) To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.

Sign (n.) To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.

Sign (n.) To mark; to make distinguishable.

Sign (v. i.) To be a sign or omen.

Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.

Sign (v. i.) To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.

Signable (a.) Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.

Signal (n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.

Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.

Signal (a.) Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.

Signal (a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.

Signaled (/) or Signalled (imp. & p. p.) of Signal

Signaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Signal

Signalling () of Signal

Signal (v. t.) To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.

Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.

Signalist (n.) One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.

Signality (n.) The quality or state of being signal or remarkable.

Signalized (imp. & p. p.) of Signalize

Signalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Signalize

Signalize (a.) To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

Signalize (a.) To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.

Signalize (a.) To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.

Signally (adv.) In a signal manner; eminently.

-men (pl. ) of Signalman

Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.

Signalment (n.) The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.

Signate (v. t.) Having definite color markings.

Signation (v. t.) Sign given; marking.

Signatory (a.) Relating to a seal; used in sealing.

Signatory (a.) Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.

-ries (pl. ) of Signatory

Signatory (n.) A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.

Signature (v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

Signature (v. t.) Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

Signature (v. t.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.

Signature (v. t.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.

Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.

Signature (v. t.) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.

Signature (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).

Signature (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.

Signaturist (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.

Signboard (n.) A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.

Signer (n.) One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.

Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.

Signeted (a.) Stamped or marked with a signet.

Signifer (a.) Bearing signs.

Significance (n.) Alt. of Significancy

Significancy (n.) The quality or state of being significant.

Significancy (n.) That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

Significancy (n.) Importance; moment; weight; consequence.

Significant (a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.

Significant (a.) Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.

Significant (n.) That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

Significantly (adv.) In a significant manner.

Significate (n.) One of several things signified by a common term.

Signification (n.) The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

Signification (n.) That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

Significative (a.) Betokening or representing by an external sign.

Significative (a.) Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.

Significator (n.) One who, or that which, signifies.

Significatory (a.) Significant.

Significatory (n.) That which is significatory.

Significavit (n.) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.

Signified (imp. & p. p.) of Signify

Signifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Signify

Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.

Signify (n.) To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

Signior (n.) Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Se–or.

Signiorize (v. t.) To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.

Signiorize (v. i.) To exercise dominion; to seigniorize.

Signiorship (n.) State or position of a signior.

Signiory (n.) Same as Seigniory.

Signor (n.) Alt. of Signore

Signore (n.) Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.

Signora (n.) Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.

Signorina (n.) Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.

Signpost (n.) A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.

Sik (a.) Alt. of Sike

Sike (a.) Such. See Such.

Sike (n.) A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.

Sike (n.) A sick person.

Sike (v. i.) To sigh.

Sike (n.) A sigh.

Siker (n.) Alt. of Sikerness

Sikerly (n.) Alt. of Sikerness

Sikerness (n.) See 2d Sicker, Sickerly, etc.

Sikhs (n. pl.) A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th century.

Silage (n. & v.) Short for Ensilage.

Sile (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk.

Sile (v. i.) To drop; to flow; to fall.

Sile (n.) A sieve with fine meshes.

Sile (n.) Filth; sediment.

Sile (n.) A young or small herring.

Silence (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.

Silence (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.

Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.

Silence (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.

Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.

Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of Silence

Silencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silence

Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.

Silence (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.

Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.

Silene (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Silent (a.) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

Silent (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.

Silent (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."

Silent (a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.

Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.

Silentious (a.) Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.

Silently (adv.) In a silent manner.

Silentness (n.) State of being silent; silence.

Silenus (n.) See Wanderoo.

Silesia (n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

Silesia (n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.

Silesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Silesia.

Silesian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Silesia.

Silex (n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.

Silhouette (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Silhouette (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

Silica (n.) Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.

Silicate (n.) A salt of silicic acid.

Silicated (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.

Silicatization (n.) Silicification.

Silicea (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.

Siliceous (a.) Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.

Silicic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.

Silicicalcareous (a.) Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.

Silicide (n.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.

Siliciferous (a.) Producing silica; united with silica.

Silicification (n.) Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.

Silicified (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.

Silicified (imp. & p. p.) of Silicify

Silicifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silicify

Silicify (v. t.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.

Silicify (v. i.) To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.

Silicioidea (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.

Silicious (a.) See Siliceous.

Silicispongiae (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.

Silicited (a.) Silicified.

Silicium (n.) See Silicon.

Siliciureted (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon.

Silicle (n.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.

Silico- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.

Silicofluoric (a.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides.

Silicofluoride (n.) A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.

Silicoidea (n. pl.) An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules.

Silicon (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.

Silicotungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates).

Silicula (n.) A silicle.

Silicule (n.) A silicle.

Siliculose (a.) Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles.

Siliculose (a.) Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky.

Siliginose (a.) Made of fine wheat.

Siling () a. & n. from Sile to strain.

Siliquae (pl. ) of Siliqua

Siliqua (n.) Same as Silique.

Siliqua (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.

Silique (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.

Siliqyiform (a.) Having the form of a silique.

Siliquosa (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.

Siliquose (a.) Alt. of Siliquous

Siliquous (a.) Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.

Silk (n.) The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.

Silk (n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

Silk (n.) That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.

Silken (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.

Silken (a.) Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.

Silken (a.) Dressed in silk.

Silken (v. t.) To render silken or silklike.

Silkiness (n.) The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

Silkiness (n.) Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.

Silkmen (pl. ) of Silkman

Silkman (n.) A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.

Silkness (n.) Silkiness.

Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Silkworm (n.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

Silky (superl.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.

Silky (superl.) Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.

Silky (superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.

Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.

Sill (n.) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.

Sill (n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.

Sill (n.) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.

Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

Sill (n.) The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Sill (n.) A young herring.

Sillabub (n.) A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.

Siller (n.) Silver.

Sillily (adv.) In a silly manner; foolishly.

Sillimanite (n.) Same as Fibrolite.

Silliness (n.) The quality or state of being silly.

Sillock (n.) The pollock, or coalfish.

Sillon (n.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.

Silly (n.) Happy; fortunate; blessed.

Silly (n.) Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.

Silly (n.) Weak; helpless; frail.

Silly (n.) Rustic; plain; simple; humble.

Silly (n.) Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.

Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.

Sillyhow (a.) A caul. See Caul, n., 3.

Silo (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.

Silt (n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

Silted (imp. & p. p.) of Silt

Silting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silt

Silt (v. t.) To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.

Silt (v. i.) To flow through crevices; to percolate.

Silty (a.) Full of silt; resembling silt.

Silure (n.) A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.

Silurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country.

Silurian (n.) The Silurian age.

Siluridan (n.) Any fish of the family Siluridae or of the order Siluroidei.

Siluroid (n.) Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.

Siluroid (n.) A siluroid fish.

Siluroidei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, the Nematognathi.

Silurus (n.) A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.

Silvas (pl. ) of Silva

Silvae (pl. ) of Silva

Silva (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.

Silva (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.

Silvan (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.

Silvan (n.) See Sylvanium.

Silvanite (n.) See Sylvanite.

Silvas (n. pl.) Alt. of Selvas

Selvas (n. pl.) Vast woodland plains of South America.

Silvate (n.) Same as Sylvate.

Silver (n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.

Silver (n.) Coin made of silver; silver money.

Silver (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.

Silver (n.) The color of silver.

Silver (a.) Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.

Silver (a.) Resembling silver.

Silver (a.) Bright; resplendent; white.

Silver (a.) Precious; costly.

Silver (a.) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.

Silver (a.) Sweet; gentle; peaceful.

Silvered (imp. & p. p.) of Silver

Silvering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silver

Silver (v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.

Silver (v. t.) To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.

Silver (v. t.) To make hoary, or white, like silver.

Silver (v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.

Silverback (n.) The knot.

Silverberry (n.) A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.

Silverbill (n.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

Silverboom (n.) See Leucadendron.

Silverfin (n.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).

Silverfish (n.) The tarpum.

Silverfish (n.) A white variety of the goldfish.

Silver-gray (a.) Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.

Silveriness (n.) The state of being silvery.

Silvering (n.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.

Silverized (imp. & p. p.) of Silverize

Silverizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silverize

Silverize (v. t.) To cover with silver.

Silverless (a.) Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.

Silverling (n.) A small silver coin.

Silverly (adv.) Like silver in appearance or in sound.

Silvern (a.) Made of silver.

Silversides (n.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.

Silversmith (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

Silverspot (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.

Silverware (n.) Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

Silverweed (n.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.

Silvery (a.) Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.

Silvery (a.) Besprinkled or covered with silver.

Silvery (a.) Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

Silviculture (n.) See Sylviculture.

Sima (n.) A cyma.

Simagre (n.) A grimace.

Simar (n.) A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.

Simarre () See Simar.

Simblot (n.) The harness of a drawloom.

Simia (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.

Simial (a.) Simian; apelike.

Simian (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.

Simian (n.) Any Old World monkey or ape.

Similar (a.) Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

Similar (a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

Similar (a.) Homogenous; uniform.

Similar (n.) That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

-ties (pl. ) of Similarity

Similarity (n.) The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.

Similarly (adv.) In a similar manner.

Similary (a.) Similar.

Similative (a.) Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.

Similes (pl. ) of Simile

Simile (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.

Similiter (n.) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.

Similitude (n.) The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.

Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.

Similitude (n.) That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.

Similitudinary (a.) Involving or expressing similitude.

Similize (v. t.) To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.

Similor (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.

Semious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.

Simitar (n.) See Scimiter.

Simmered (imp. & p. p.) of Simmer

Simmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simmer

Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.

Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Simnel (n.) A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.

Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday.

Simoniac (n.) One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.

Simoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.

Simonial (a.) Simoniacal.

Simonian (n.) One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.

Simonious (a.) Simoniacal.

Simonist (n.) One who practices simony.

Simony (n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.

Simoom (n.) Alt. of Simoon

Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.

Simous (a.) Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.

Simpai (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.

Simpered (imp. & p. p.) of Simper

Simpering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simper

Simper (v. i.) To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.

Simper (v. i.) To glimmer; to twinkle.

Simper (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.

Simperer (n.) One who simpers.

Simpering () a. &. n. from Simper, v.

Simperingly (adv.) In a simpering manner.

Simple (a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

Simple (a.) Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.

Simple (a.) Mere; not other than; being only.

Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.

Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

Simple (a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

Simple (a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.

Simple (a.) Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.

Simple (a.) Humble; lowly; undistinguished.

Simple (a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

Simple (a.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.

Simple (a.) Homogenous.

Simple (a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.

Simple (a.) Something not mixed or compounded.

Simple (a.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.

Simple (a.) A drawloom.

Simple (a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

Simple (a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Simple (v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

Simple-hearted (a.) Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.

Simple-minded (a.) Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.

Simpleness (n.) The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

Simpler (n.) One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.

Simpless (n.) Simplicity; silliness.

Simpleton (n.) A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

Simplician (n.) One who is simple.

Simplicity (n.) The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

Simplicity (n.) The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.

Simplicity (n.) Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.

Simplicity (n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

Simplicity (n.) Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.

Simplicity (n.) Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.

Simplification (n.) The act of simplifying.

Simplified (imp. & p. p.) of Simplify

Simplifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simplify

Simplify (v. t.) To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

Simplist (n.) One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler.

Simplistic (a.) Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.

Simplity (n.) Simplicity.

Simploce (n.) See Symploce.

Simply (adv.) In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

Simply (adv.) Plainly; without art or subtlety.

Simply (adv.) Weakly; foolishly.

Simulacher (n.) Alt. of Simulachre

Simulachre (n.) See Simulacrum.

Simulacra (pl. ) of Simulacrum

Simulacrum (n.) A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.

Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.

Simular (a.) False; specious; counterfeit.

Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.

Simulated (imp. & p. p.) of Simulate

Simulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simulate

Simulate (v. t.) To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.

Simulation (n.) The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Simulator (n.) One who simulates, or feigns.

Simulatory (a.) Simulated, or capable of being simulated.

Simultaneity (n.) The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

Simultaneous (a.) Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.

Simulty (n.) Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.

Sin (adv., prep., & conj.) Old form of Since.

Sin (n.) Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.

Sin (n.) An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

Sin (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

Sin (n.) An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

Sinned (imp. & p. p.) of Sin

Sinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin

Sin (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against.

Sin (n.) To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.

Sinaic (a.) Alt. of Sinaitic

Sinaitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.

Sinalbin (n.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Sinamine (n.) A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.

Sinapate (n.) A salt of sinapic acid.

Sinapic (a.) Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.

Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.

Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.

Sinapisin (n.) A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.

Sinapism (n.) A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.

Sinapoleic (a.) Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.

Sinapoline (n.) A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.

Sincaline (n.) Choline.

Since (adv.) From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.

Since (adv.) In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.

Since (adv.) When or that.

Since (prep.) From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.

Since (conj.) Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.

Sincere (superl.) Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

Sincere (superl.) Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured.

Sincere (superl.) Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.

Sincere (superl.) Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.

Sincerely (adv.) In a sincere manner.

Sincerely (adv.) Purely; without alloy.

Sincerely (adv.) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.

Sincereness (n.) Same as Sincerity.

Sincerity (n.) The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

Sinch (n.) A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass.

Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.

Sincipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

Sinciput (n.) The fore part of the head.

Sinciput (n.) The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.

Sindon (n.) A wrapper.

Sindon (n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.

Sine (n.) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.

Sine (n.) The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.

Sine (prep.) Without.

Sinecural (a.) Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.

Sinecure (n.) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

Sinecure (n.) Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.

Sinecure (v. t.) To put or place in a sinecure.

Sinecurism (n.) The state of having a sinecure.

Sinecurist (n.) One who has a sinecure.

Sinew (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

Sinew (n.) Muscle; nerve.

Sinew (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.

Sinewed (imp. & p. p.) of Sinew

Sinewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sinew

Sinew (v. t.) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.

Sinewed (a.) Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.

Sinewed (a.) Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.

Sinewiness (n.) Quality of being sinewy.

Sinewish (a.) Sinewy.

Sinewless (a.) Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.

Sinewous (a.) Sinewy.

Sinew-shrunk (a.) Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.

Sinewy (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

Sinewy (a.) Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.

Sinful (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.

Sung (imp.) of Sing

Sang () of Sing

Sung (p. p.) of Sing

Singing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sing

Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.

Sing (v. i.) To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.

Sing (v. i.) To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.

Sing (v. i.) Ti cry out; to complain.

Sing (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

Sing (v. t.) To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.

Sing (v. t.) To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.

Sing (v. t.) To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

Singed (imp. & p. p.) of Singe

Singeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Singe

Singe (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.

Singe (v. t.) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.

Singe (n.) A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Singer (n.) One who, or that which, singes.

Singer (n.) One employed to singe cloth.

Singer (n.) A machine for singeing cloth.

Singer (n.) One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.

Singeress (n.) A songstress.

Singhalese (n. & a.) Same as Cingalese.

Singing () a. & n. from Sing, v.

Singingly (adv.) With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.

Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

Single (a.) Alone; having no companion.

Single (a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

Single (a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

Single (a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.

Singled (imp. & p. p.) of Single

Singling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Single

Single (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Single (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.

Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.

Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.

Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.

Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.

Single (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.

Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.

Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.

Single-handed (a.) Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.

Single-hearted (a.) Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.

Single-minded (a.) Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.

Singleness (n.) The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.

Singleness (n.) Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.

Singles (n. pl.) See Single, n., 2.

Singlestick (n.) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.

Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.

Singlet (n.) An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.

Singleton (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.

Singletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.

Singly (adv.) Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good.

Singly (adv.) Only; by one's self; alone.

Singly (adv.) Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly.

Singly (adv.) Honestly; sincerely; simply.

Singly (adv.) Singularly; peculiarly.

Sing-sing (n.) The kob.

Singsong (n.) Bad singing or poetry.

Singsong (n.) A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

Singsong (a.) Drawling; monotonous.

Singsong (v. i.) To write poor poetry.

Singster (n.) A songstress.

Singular (a.) Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.

Singular (a.) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

Singular (a.) Existing by itself; single; individual.

Singular (a.) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.

Singular (a.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.

Singular (a.) Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.

Singular (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.

Singular (a.) Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure.

Singular (a.) Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.

Singular (n.) An individual instance; a particular.

Singular (n.) The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.

Singularist (n.) One who affects singularity.

Singularities (pl. ) of Singularity

Singularity (n.) The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.

Singularity (n.) Anything singular, rare, or curious.

Singularity (n.) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.

Singularity (n.) Celibacy.

Singularize (v. t.) To make singular or single; to distinguish.

Singularly (adv.) In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others.

Singularly (adv.) Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.

Singularly (adv.) So as to express one, or the singular number.

Singult (n.) A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.

Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough.

Singultus (n.) Hiccough.

Sinical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.

Sinigrin (n.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.

Sinister (a.) On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.

Sinister (a.) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.

Sinister (a.) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.

Sinister (a.) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.

Sinister-handed (a.) Left-handed; hence, unlucky.

Sinisterly (adv.) In a sinister manner.

Sinistrad (adv.) Toward the left side; sinistrally.

Sinistral (a.) Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.

Sinistral (a.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.

Sinistrality (n.) The quality or state of being sinistral.

Sinistrally (adv.) Toward the left; in a sinistral manner.

Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.

Sinistrorsal (a.) Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.

Sinistrorse (a.) Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.

Sinistrous (a.) Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.

Sinistrous (a.) Wrong; absurd; perverse.

Sinistrously (adv.) In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.

Sinistrously (adv.) With a tendency to use the left hand.

Sunk (imp.) of Sink

Sank () of Sink

Sunk (p. p.) of Sink

Sunken () of Sink

Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sink

Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

Sink (v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

Sink (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

Sink (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

Sink (v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.

Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

Sink (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.

Sinker (n.) One who, or that which, sinks.

Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.

Sinker (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

Sinking () a. & n. from Sink.

Sinless (a.) Free from sin.

Sinner (n.) One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.

Sinner (v. i.) To act as a sinner.

Sinneress (n.) A woman who sins.

Sinnet (n.) See Sennit .

Sinological (a.) Relating to the Chinese language or literature.

Sinologist (n.) A sinologue.

Sinologue (n.) A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.

Sinology (n.) That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.

Sinoper (n.) Sinople.

Sinopia (n.) Alt. of Sinopis

Sinopis (n.) A red pigment made from sinopite.

Sinopite (n.) A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.

Sinople (n.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

Sinople (n.) The tincture vert; green.

Sinque (n.) See Cinque.

Sinsring (n.) Same as Banxring.

Sinter (n.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.

Sinto () Alt. of Sintoist

Sintu () Alt. of Sintoist

Sintoism () Alt. of Sintoist

Sintoist () See Shinto, etc.

Sintoc (n.) A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum.

Siniate (a.) Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.

Sinuated (imp. & p. p.) of Sinuate

Sinuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sinuate

Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.

Sinuated (a.) Same as Sinuate.

Sinuation (n.) A winding or bending in and out.

Sinuose (a.) Sinuous.

Sinuosities (pl. ) of Sinuosity

Sinuosity (n.) Quality or state of being sinuous.

Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve.

Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

Sinupalliate (a.) Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.

Sinus (pl. ) of Sinus

Sinuses (pl. ) of Sinus

Sinus (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending.

Sinus (n.) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

Sinus (n.) A cavity; a depression.

Sinus (n.) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.

Sinus (n.) A dilated vessel or canal.

Sinus (n.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.

Sinus (n.) A depression between adjoining lobes.

Sinusoid (n.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.

Sinusoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.

Siogoon (n.) See Shogun.

Siogoonate (n.) See Shogunate.

Sioux (n. sing. & pl.) See Dakotas.

Sipped (imp. & p. p.) of Sip

Sipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sip

Sip (v. t.) To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

Sip (v. t.) To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

Sip (v. t.) To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

Sip (v. i.) To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.

Sip (n.) The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

Sip (n.) A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

Sipage (n.) See Seepage.

Sip (v. i.) See Seep.

Siphilis (n.) Syphilis.

Siphoid (n.) A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n.

Siphon (n.) A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.

Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.

Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Siphon (n.) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.

Siphon (n.) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.

Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.

Siphon (n.) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.

Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.

Siphon (n.) A siphon bottle.

Siphon (v. t.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.

Siphonage (n.) The action of a siphon.

Siphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.

Siphonarid (n.) Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.

Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.

Siphonate (a.) Having a siphon or siphons.

Siphonate (a.) Belonging to the Siphonata.

Siphonet (n.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.

Siphonia (n.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.

Siphoniata (n. pl.) Same as Siphonata.

Siphonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a siphon.

Siphonifer (n.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.

Siphoniferous (a.) Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.

Siphonia (pl. ) of Siphonium

Siphonium (n.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.

Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.

Siphonobranchiate (a.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.

Siphonobranchiate (n.) One of the Siphonobranchiata.

Siphonoglyphe (n.) A gonidium.

Siphonophora (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.

Siphonophoran (a.) Belonging to the Siphonophora.

Siphonophoran (n.) One of the Siphonophora.

Siphonophore (n.) One of the Siphonophora.

Siphonopoda (n. pl.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.

Siphonostomata (n. pl.) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.

Siphonostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.

Siphonostomatous (a.) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.

Siphonostome (n.) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.

Siphonostome (n.) A siphonostomatous shell.

Siphorhinal (a.) Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

Siphorhinian (n.) A siphorhinal bird.

Siphuncle (n.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.

Siphuncled (a.) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.

Siphuncular (a.) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.

Siphunculated (a.) Having a siphuncle.

Sipid (a.) Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid.

Sipper (n.) One whi sips.

Sippet (n.) A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.

Sipple (v. i.) To sip often.

Sippling (a.) Sipping often.

Sipunculacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.

Sipunculoid (a.) Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.

Sipunculoid (n.) One of the Sipunculoidea.

Sipunculoidea (n. pl.) Same as Gephyrea.

Sipunculoidea (n. pl.) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.

Si quis () A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.

Sir (n.) A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.

Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

Sir (n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.

Sir (n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.

Siraskier (n.) See Seraskier.

Siraskierate (n.) See Seraskierate.

Sirbonian (a.) See Serbonian.

Sircar (n.) A Hindoo clerk or accountant.

Sircar (n.) A district or province; a circar.

Sircar (n.) The government; the supreme authority of the state.

Sirdar (n.) A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.

Sire (n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.

Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Sire (n.) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

Sire (n.) The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.

Sired (imp. & p. p.) of Sire

Siring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sire

Sire (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Siredon (n.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.

Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

Siren (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman.

Siren (n.) Something which is insidious or deceptive.

Siren (n.) A mermaid.

Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

Siren (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.

Siren (a.) Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

Sirene (n.) See Siren, 6.

Sirenia (n. pl.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

Sirenian (n.) Any species of Sirenia.

Sirenical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.

Sirenize (v. i.) To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.

Siriasis (n.) A sunstroke.

Siriasis (n.) The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.

Sirius (n.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star.

Sirkeer (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).

Sirloin (n.) A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.

Sirname (n.) See Surname.

Siroc (n.) See Sirocco.

Siroccos (pl. ) of Sirocco

Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.

Sirt (n.) A quicksand.

Sirup (n.) Alt. of Syrup

Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.

Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.

Siruped (a.) Alt. of Syruped

Syruped (a.) Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

Sirupy (a.) Alt. of Syrupy

Syrupy (a.) Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.

Sirvente (n.) A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.

Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

Sis (n.) Six. See Sise.

Sisal grass () Alt. of Sisal hemp

Sisal hemp () The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.

Siscowet (n.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.

Sise (n.) An assize.

Sise (n.) Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.

Sisel (n.) The suslik.

Siser (n.) Cider. See Sicer.

Siserara (n.) Alt. of Siserary

Siserary (n.) A hard blow.

Siskin (n.) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.

Siskin (n.) The American pinefinch (S. pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.

Siskiwit (n.) The siscowet.

Sismograph (n.) See Seismograph.

Sismometer (n.) See Seismometer.

Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.

Siss (n.) A hissing noise.

Sissoo (n.) A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.

Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.

Sist (v. t.) To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court.

Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

Sister (n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

Sister (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sister (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sister (v. t.) To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisterhood (n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

Sisterhood (n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.

Sistering (a.) Contiguous.

Sisters-in-law (pl. ) of Sister-in-law

Sister-in-law (n.) The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.

Sisterly (a.) Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

Sistine (a.) Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

Sistren (n. pl.) Sisters.

Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.

Sisyphean (a.) Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.

Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.

Sit () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

Sat (imp.) of Sit

Sate () of Sit

Sat (p. p.) of Sit

Sitten () of Sit

Sitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sit

Sit (v. t.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.

Sit (v. t.) To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

Sit (v. t.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

Sit (v. t.) To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

Sit (v. t.) To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally.

Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

Sit (v. t.) To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

Sit (v. t.) To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.

Sit (v. t.) To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.

Sit (v. t.) To suit (well / ill); to become.

Site (n.) The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

Site (n.) A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.

Site (n.) The posture or position of a thing.

Sited (a.) Having a site; situated.

Sitfast (a.) Fixed; stationary; immovable.

Sitfast (n.) A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

Sith (prep., adv., & conj.) Since; afterwards; seeing that.

Sith (n.) Alt. of Sithe

Sithe (n.) Time.

Sithe (v. i.) To sigh.

Sithe (n.) A scythe.

Sithe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to scythe.

Sithed (a.) Scythed.

Sitheman (n.) A mower.

Sithen (adv. & conj.) Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.

Sithence (adv. & conj.) Alt. of Sithens

Sithens (adv. & conj.) Since. See Sith, and Sithen.

Siththen (adv. & conj.) See Sithen.

Sitology (n.) A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.

Sitophobia (n.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

Sitten () p. p. of Sit, for sat.

Sitter (n.) One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

Sitter (n.) A bird that sits or incubates.

Sittine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.

Sitting (a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.

Sitting (n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.

Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.

Sitting (n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.

Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

Situate (a.) Alt. of Situated

Situated (a.) Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

Situated (a.) Placed; residing.

Situate (v. t.) To place.

Situation (n.) Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

Situation (n.) Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

Situation (n.) Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

Situation (n.) Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

Situs (n.) The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.

Sitz bath () A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.

Siva (n.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.

Sivan (n.) The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.

Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.

Siver (v. i.) To simmer.

Sivvens (n.) See Sibbens.

Siwin (n.) Same as Sewen.

Six (a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.

Six (n.) The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

Six (n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

Sixfold (a.) Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.

Six-footer (n.) One who is six feet tall.

Sixpences (pl. ) of Sixpence

Sixpence (n.) An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

Sixscore (a. & n.) Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.

Sixteen (a.) Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.

Sixteen (n.) The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

Sixteen (n.) A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.

Sixteenmos (pl. ) of Sixteenmo

Sixteenmo (n.) See Sextodecimo.

Sixteenth (a.) Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

Sixteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

Sixteenth (n.) The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.

Sixth (a.) First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

Sixth (a.) Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

Sixth (n.) The next in order after the fifth.

Sixth (n.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Sixthly (adv.) In the sixth place.

Sixtieth (a.) Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

Sixtieth (a.) Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixtieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

Sixtieth (n.) The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.

Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.

Sixties (pl. ) of Sixty

Sixty (n.) The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Sixty (n.) A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.

Sixty-fourth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Sizable (a.) Of considerable size or bulk.

Sizable (a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.

Sizar (n.) One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.

Sizarship (n.) The position or standing of a sizar.

Size (n.) Six.

Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

Sized (imp. & p. p.) of Size

Sizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Size

Size (v. t.) To cover with size; to prepare with size.

Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

Size (n.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.

Size (n.) Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.

Size (n.) Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.

Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.

Size (n.) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.

Size (v. t.) To fix the standard of.

Size (v. t.) To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.

Size (v. t.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

Size (v. t.) To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Size (v. t.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.

Size (v. i.) To take greater size; to increase in size.

Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

Sized (a.) Adjusted according to size.

Sized (a.) Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.

Sizel (n.) Same as Scissel, 2.

Sizer (n.) See Sizar.

Sizer (n.) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.

Sizer (n.) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.

Siziness (n.) The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

Sizing (n.) Act of covering or treating with size.

Sizing (n.) A weak glue used in various trades; size.

Sizing (n.) The act of sorting with respect to size.

Sizing (n.) The act of bringing anything to a certain size.

Sizing (n.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.

Sizy (a.) Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.

Sizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Sizzle

Sizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sizzle

Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.

Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.

Sizzling () a. & n. from Sizzle.

Skaddle (n.) Hurt; damage.

Skaddle (a.) Hurtful.

Skaddon (n.) The larva of a bee.

Skag (n.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

Skain (n.) See Skein.

Skain (n.) See Skean.

Skainsmate (n.) A messmate; a companion.

Skaith (n.) See Scatch.

Skald (n.) See 5th Scald.

Skaldic (a.) See Scaldic.

Skall (v. t.) To scale; to mount.

Skar (a.) Alt. of Skare

Skare (a.) Wild; timid; shy.

Skart (n.) The shag.

Skate (n.) A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.

Skated (imp. & p. p.) of Skate

Skating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skate

Skate (v. i.) To move on skates.

Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

Skater (n.) One who skates.

Skater (n.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Skatol (n.) A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.

Skayles (n.) [Ã159.] Skittles.

Skean (n.) A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]

Skedaddled (imp. & p. p.) of Skedaddle

Skedaddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skedaddle

Skedaddle (v. i.) To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

Skee (n.) A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.

Skeed (n.) See Skid.

Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of Skeelgoose

Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Skeet (n.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

Skeg (n.) A sort of wild plum.

Skeg (n.) A kind of oats.

Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.

Skegger (n.) The parr.

Skein (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.

Skein (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

Skein (n.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

Skeine (n.) See Skean.

Skelder (v. t. & i.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.

Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.

Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of Skieldrake

Skieldrake (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Skieldrake (n.) The oyster catcher.

Skelet (n.) A skeleton. See Scelet.

Skeletal (a.) Pertaining to the skeleton.

Skeletogenous (a.) Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

Skeletology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

Skeleton (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

Skeleton (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.

Skeleton (n.) A very thin or lean person.

Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.

Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.

Skeleton (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Skeletonized (imp. & p. p.) of Skeletonize

Skeletonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skeletonize

Skeletonize (v. t.) To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.

Skeletonizer (n.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

Skellum (n.) A scoundrel.

Skelly (v. i.) To squint.

Skelly (n.) A squint.

Skelp (n.) A blow; a smart stroke.

Skelp (n.) A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.

Skelp (v. t.) To strike; to slap.

Skelp (n.) A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

Skelter (v. i.) To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.

Sken (v. i.) To squint.

Skene (n.) See Skean.

Skep (n.) A coarse round farm basket.

Skep (n.) A beehive.

Skeptic (n.) One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

Skeptic (n.) A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist.

Skeptic (n.) A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion.

Skeptic (a.) Alt. of Skeptical

Skeptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.

Skeptical (a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.

Skepticism (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

Skepticism (n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

Skerries (pl. ) of Skerry

Skerry (n.) A rocky isle; an insulated rock.

Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.

Sketched (imp. & p. p.) of Sketch

Sketching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sketch

Sketch (n.) To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.

Sketch (n.) To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.

Sketch (v. i.) To make sketches, as of landscapes.

Sketchbook (n.) A book of sketches or for sketches.

Sketcher (n.) One who sketches.

Sketchily (adv.) In a sketchy or incomplete manner.

Sketchiness (n.) The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

Sketchy (a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.

Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.

Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

Skewed (imp. & p. p.) of Skew

Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skew

Skew (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.

Skew (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Skew (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Skew (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely.

Skewbald (a.) Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.

Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of Skewer

Skewering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skewer

Skewer (v. t.) To fasten with skewers.

Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

Skid (n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.

Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.

Skid (n.) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.

Skid (n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

Skidded (imp. & p. p.) of Skid

Skidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skid

Skid (v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

Skiddaw (n.) The black guillemot.

Skidpan (n.) See Skid, n., 1.

Skied () imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t.

Skiey (a.) See Skyey.

Skiff (n.) A small, light boat.

Skiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Skiff

Skiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skiff

Skiff (v. t.) To navigate in a skiff.

Skiffling (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.

Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

Skilful (a.) See Skilful.

Skill (n.) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

Skill (n.) Knowledge; understanding.

Skill (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.

Skill (n.) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Skill (n.) Any particular art.

Skill (v. t.) To know; to understand.

Skill (v. i.) To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.

Skill (v. i.) To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.

Skilled (a.) Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.

Skillet (n.) A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.

Skillful (a.) Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.

Skillful (a.) Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.

Skilligalee (n.) A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.

Skilling (n.) A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.

Skilling (n.) A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck.

Skill-less (a.) Wanting skill.

Skilts (n. pl.) A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.

Skilty (n.) The water rail.

Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Skim

Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim

Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

Skim (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.

Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Skim (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.

Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

Skim (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.

Skim (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

Skim (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.

Skimback (n.) The quillback.

Skimble-scamble (a.) Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

Skimitry (n.) See Skimmington.

Skimmer (n.) One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.

Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.

Skimmer (n.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.

Skimmerton (n.) See Skimmington.

Skimming (n.) The act of one who skims.

Skimming (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.

Skimmingly (adv.) In a skimming manner.

Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.

Skimped (imp. & p. p.) of Skimp

Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skimp

Skimp (v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Skimp (v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.

Skimp (a.) Scanty.

Skin (n.) The external membranous integument of an animal.

Skin (n.) The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.

Skin (n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.

Skin (n.) The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.

Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.

Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

Skinned (imp. & p. p.) of Skin

Skinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skin

Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.

Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

Skin (v. t.) To strip of money or property; to cheat.

Skin (v. i.) To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.

Skin (v. i.) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

Skinbound (a.) Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.

Skinched (imp. & p. p.) of Skinch

Skinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skinch

Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

Skinflint (n.) A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

Skinfuls (pl. ) of Skinful

Skinful (n.) As much as a skin can hold.

Skink (n.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.

Skinked (imp. & p. p.) of Skink

Skinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skink

Skink (v. t.) To draw or serve, as drink.

Skink (v. i.) To serve or draw liquor.

Skink (n.) Drink; also, pottage.

Skinker (n.) One who serves liquor; a tapster.

Skinless (a.) Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.

Skinner (n.) One who skins.

Skinner (n.) One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.

Skinniness (n.) Quality of being skinny.

Skinny (a.) Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

Skip (n.) A basket. See Skep.

Skip (n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

Skip (n.) A charge of sirup in the pans.

Skip (n.) A beehive; a skep.

Skipped (imp. & p. p.) of Skip

Skipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skip

Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.

Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

Skip (v. t.) To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.

Skip (v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.

Skip (n.) A light leap or bound.

Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

Skip (n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Skipjack (n.) An upstart.

Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.

Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Skipper (n.) One who, or that which, skips.

Skipper (n.) A young, thoughtless person.

Skipper (n.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

Skipper (n.) A ship boy.

Skippet (n.) A small boat; a skiff.

Skippet (n.) A small round box for keeping records.

Skippingly (adv.) In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.

Skirl (v. t.& i.) To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.

Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.

Skirlcock (n.) The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.

Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

Skirling (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.

Skirmished (imp. & p. p.) of Skirmish

Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirmish

Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.

Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.

Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes.

Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

Skirr (v. t.) To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.

Skirr (v. i.) To scour; to scud; to run.

Skirr (n.) A tern.

Skirret (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.

Skirrhus (n.) See Scirrhus.

Skirt (n.) The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.

Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything

Skirt (n.) A petticoat.

Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

Skirted (imp. & p. p.) of Skirt

Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirt

Skirt (v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.

Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.

Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

Skirting (n.) A skirting board.

Skirting (n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.

Skit (v. t.) To cast reflections on; to asperse.

Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

Skit (n.) A wanton girl; a light wench.

Skittish (v. t.) Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.

Skittish (v. t.) Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.

Skittle (a.) Pertaining to the game of skittles.

Skittle-dog (n.) The piked dogfish.

Skittles (v. t.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

Skitty (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.

Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Skive (v. t.) To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

Skiver (n.) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

Skiver (n.) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.

Skiving (n.) The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.

Skiving (n.) A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

Sklayre (n.) A vell.

Sklere (v. t.) To shelter; to cover.

Skolecite (n.) Alt. of Skolezite

Skolezite (n.) See Scolecite.

Skonce (n.) See Sconce.

Scopster (n.) The saury.

Skorodite (n.) See Scorodite.

Skout (n.) A guillemot.

Skowitz (n.) The silver salmon.

Skreen (n. & v.) See Screen.

Skrike (v. i. & t.) To shriek.

Skrike (n.) The missel thrush.

Skrimmage (n.) See Scrimmage.

Skrimp (v. t.) See Scrimp.

Skringe (v. i.) See Scringe.

Skrite (n.) The skrike.

Skua (n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

Skue (a. & n.) See Skew.

Skulked (imp. & p. p.) of Skulk

Skulking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skulk

Skulk (v. i.) To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.

Skulk (n.) A number of foxes together.

Skulk (n.) Alt. of Skulker

Skulker (n.) One who, or that which, skulks.

Skulkingly (adv.) In a skulking manner.

Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal.

Skull (n.) The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix.

Skull (n.) The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.

Skull (n.) A covering for the head; a skullcap.

Skull (n.) A sort of oar. See Scull.

Skullcap (n.) A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.

Skullcap (n.) The Lophiomys.

Skullfish (n.) A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.

Skulpin (n.) See Sculpin.

Skun (n. & v.) See Scum.

Skunk (n.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

Skunkball (n.) The surf duck.

Skunkhead (n.) The surf duck.

Skunkhead (n.) A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.

Skunkish (a.) Like the skunk, especially in odor.

Skunktop (n.) The surf duck.

Skunkweed (n.) Skunk cabbage.

Skurry (n. & v.) See Scurry.

Skute (n.) A boat; a small vessel.

Skutterudite (n.) A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.

Skies (pl. ) of Sky

Sky (n.) A cloud.

Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow.

Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.

Sky (n.) The wheather; the climate.

Skied (imp. & p. p.) of Sky

Skyed () of Sky

Skying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sky

Sky (v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.

Sky (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.

Sky-blue (a.) Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.

Skyed (a.) Surrounded by sky.

Skye terrier () See Terrier.

Skyey (a.) Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky.

Sky-high (adv. & a.) Very high.

Skyish (a.) Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal.

Skylark (n.) A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.

Skylarking (n.) The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.

Skylight (n.) A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

Skysail (n.) The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.

Skyward (a. & adv.) Toward the sky.

Slab (n.) A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

Slab (n.) The wryneck.

Slab (n.) The slack part of a sail.

Slab (a.) Thick; viscous.

Slab (n.) That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.

Slabbered (imp. & p. p.) of Slabber

Slabbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slabber

Slabber (v. i.) To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.

Slabber (v. t.) To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.

Slabber (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.

Slabber (n.) Spittle; saliva; slaver.

Slabber (n.) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.

Slabber (n.) A slabbing machine.

Slabberer (n.) One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.

Slabbery (a.) Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.

Slabbiness (n.) Quality of being slabby.

Slabbing (a.) Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.

Slabby (a.) Thick; viscous.

Slabby (a.) Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy.

Slab-sided (a.) Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank.

Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

Slack (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

Slack (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

Slack (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

Slack (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

Slack (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacken

Slackened () of Slacken

Slacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slacken

Slackening () of Slacken

Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacken

Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

Slacken (a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.

Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

Slacken (a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

Slack (v. t.) Alt. of Slacken

Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.

Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.

Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

Slacken (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.

Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.

Slade (n.) A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.

Slade (n.) The sole of a plow.

Slag (v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.

Slag (v. t.) The scoria of a volcano.

Slaggy (a.) Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.

Slaie (n.) A weaver's reed; a sley.

Slaked (imp. & p. p.) of Slake

Slaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slake

Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.

Slake (a.) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.

Slake (v. i.) To go out; to become extinct.

Slake (v. i.) To abate; to become less decided.

Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.

Slake (v. i.) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

Slakeless (a.) Not capable of being slaked.

Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Slammed (imp. & p. p.) of Slam

Slamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slam

Slam (v. t.) To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

Slam (v. t.) To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

Slam (v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.

Slam (v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter.

Slam (v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.

Slam (n.) The act of one who, or that which, slams.

Slam (n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.

Slam (n.) Winning all the tricks of a deal.

Slam (n.) The refuse of alum works.

Slam-bang (adv.) With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.

Slamkin (n.) Alt. of Slammerkin

Slammerkin (n.) A slut; a slatternly woman.

Slander (n.) A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.

Slander (n.) Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.

Slander (n.) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.

Slandered (imp. & p. p.) of Slander

Slandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slander

Slander (v. t.) To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.

Slander (v. t.) To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

Slanderer (n.) One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.

Slanderous (a.) Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.

Slanderous (a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.

Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.

Slang (n.) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

Slang (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

Slanged (imp. & p. p.) of Slang

Slanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slang

Slang (v. t.) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.

Slanginess (n.) Quality of being slangy.

Slangous (a.) Slangy.

Slang-whanger (n.) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.

Slangy (a.) Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.

Slank () imp. & p. p. of Slink.

Slanted (imp. & p. p.) of Slant

Slanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slant

Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

Slant (v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

Slant (n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.

Slanting (a.) Oblique; sloping.

Slantwise (adv.) Alt. of Slantly

Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.

Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

Slapped (imp. & p. p.) of Slap

Slapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slap

Slap (v. t.) To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

Slap (n.) With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.

Slapdash (adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random.

Slapdash (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.

Slapdash (v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.

Slape (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.

Slapeface (n.) A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite.

Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.

Slapper (n.) One who, or that which, slaps.

Slapper (n.) Anything monstrous; a whopper.

Slapper (a.) Alt. of Slapping

Slapping (a.) Very large; monstrous; big.

Slashed (imp. & p. p.) of Slash

Slashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slash

Slash (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

Slash (v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.

Slash (v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.

Slash (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

Slash (n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.

Slash (n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

Slash (n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.

Slashed (a.) Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.

Slashed (a.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.

Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

Slash pine () A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in "slashes."

Slashy (a.) Wet and dirty; slushy.

Slat (n.) A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

Slatted (imp. & p. p.) of Slat

Slatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slat

Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.

Slat (v. t.) To split; to crack.

Slat (v. t.) To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.

Slatch (n.) The period of a transitory breeze.

Slatch (n.) An interval of fair weather.

Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.

Slate (v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

Slate (v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.

Slate (v. t.) A prepared piece of such stone.

Slate (v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.

Slate (v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.

Slate (v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.

Slate (v. t.) A thin plate of any material; a flake.

Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.

Slated (imp. & p. p.) of Slate

Slating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slate

Slate (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.

Slate (v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.

Slate (v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.

Slate-color () A dark bluish gray color.

Slate-gray (a.) Of a dark gray, like slate.

Slater (n.) One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Slater (n.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

Slating (n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.

Slating (n.) Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.

Slatt (n.) A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry.

Slatter (v. i.) To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.

Slattern (n.) A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Slattern (a.) Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny.

Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.

Slatternliness (n.) The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

Slatternly (a.) Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.

Slatternly (adv.) In a slatternly manner.

Slatterpouch (n.) A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.

Slatting () Slats, collectively.

Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.

Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.

Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing.

Slaughter (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.

Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.

Slaughtered (imp. & p. p.) of Slaughter

Slaughtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slaughter

Slaughter (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.

Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.

Slaughterer (n.) One who slaughters.

Slaughterhouse (n.) A house where beasts are butchered for the market.

Slaughtermen (pl. ) of Slaughterman

Slaughterman (n.) One employed in slaughtering.

Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.

Slavs (pl. ) of Slav

Slav (n.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.

Slave (n.) See Slav.

Slave (n.) A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.

Slave (n.) One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.

Slave (n.) A drudge; one who labors like a slave.

Slave (n.) An abject person; a wretch.

Slaved (imp. & p. p.) of Slave

Slaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slave

Slave (v. i.) To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

Slave (v. t.) To enslave.

Slaveborn (a.) Born in slavery.

Slaveholder (n.) One who holds slaves.

Slaveholding (a.) Holding persons in slavery.

Slaveocracy (n.) See Slavocracy.

Slaver (n.) A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

Slaver (n.) A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.

Slavered (imp. & p. p.) of Slaver

Slavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slaver

Slaver (v. i.) To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.

Slaver (v. i.) To be besmeared with saliva.

Slaver (v. t.) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.

Slaver (n.) Saliva driveling from the mouth.

Slaverer (n.) A driveler; an idiot.

Slavering (a.) Drooling; defiling with saliva.

Slaveries (pl. ) of Slavery

Slavery (n.) The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

Slavery (n.) A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.

Slavery (n.) The holding of slaves.

Slavey (n.) A maidservant.

Slavic (a.) Slavonic.

Slavic (n.) The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.

Slavish (a.) Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.

Slavism (n.) The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race.

Slavocracy (n.) The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.

Slavonian (a.) Alt. of Slavonic

Slavonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.

Slavonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.

Slavonian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.

Slavophil (n.) Alt. of Slavophile

Slavophile (n.) One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.

Slaw (n.) Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.

Slaw () Alt. of Slawen

Slawen () p. p. of Slee, to slay.

Slew (imp.) of Slay

Slain (p. p.) of Slay

Slaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slay

Slay (v. t.) To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.

Slayer (n.) One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.

Slazy (a.) See Sleazy.

Sle (v. t.) To slay.

Sleave (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

Sleaved (imp. & p. p.) of Sleave

Sleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleave

Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

Sleaved (a.) Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.

Sleaziness (n.) Quality of being sleazy.

Sleazy (a.) Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.

Sled (n.) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

Sled (n.) A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.

Sledded (imp. & p. p.) of Sled

Sledding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sled

Sled (v. t.) To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.

Sledding (n.) The act of transporting or riding on a sled.

Sledding (n.) The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.

Sledge (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.

Sledge (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.

Sledge (n.) A sleigh.

Sledge (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.

Sledged (imp. & p. p.) of Sledge

Sledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sledge

Sledge (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.

Sledge (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.

Slee (v. t.) To slay.

Sleek (superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.

Sleek (adv.) With ease and dexterity.

Sleek (n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.

Sleeked (imp. & p. p.) of Sleek

Sleeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleek

Sleek (v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.

Sleekly (adv.) In a sleek manner; smoothly.

Sleekness (n.) The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.

Sleeky (a.) Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance.

Sleeky (a.) Fawning and deceitful; sly.

Sleep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.

Slept (imp. & p. p.) of Sleep

Sleeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleep

Sleep (v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.

Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.

Sleep (v. i.) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.

Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.

Sleep (v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.

Sleep (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.

Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.

Sleep-charged (a.) Heavy with sleep.

Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.

Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.

Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.

Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).

Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.

Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.

Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.

Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

Sleepful (a.) Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.

Sleepily (adv.) In a sleepy manner; drowsily.

Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.

Sleeping () a. & n. from Sleep.

Sleepish (a.) Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.

Sleepless (a.) Having no sleep; wakeful.

Sleepless (a.) Having no rest; perpetually agitated.

Sleepmarken (n.) See 1st Hag, 4.

Sleepwaker (n.) On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.

Sleepwaking (n.) The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.

Sleepwalker (n.) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

Sleepwalking (n.) Walking in one's sleep.

Sleepy (n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.

Sleepy (n.) Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.

Sleepy (n.) Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.

Sleepy (n.) Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.

Sleepyhead (n.) A sleepy person.

Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.

Sleer (n.) A slayer.

Sleet (n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Sleet (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.

Sleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Sleet

Sleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleet

Sleet (v. i.) To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.

Sleetch (n.) Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.

Sleetiness (n.) The state of being sleety.

Sleety (a.) Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.

Sleeve (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread.

Sleeve (n.) The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.

Sleeve (n.) A narrow channel of water.

Sleeve (n.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.

Sleeve (n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.

Sleeve (n.) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.

Sleeved (imp. & p. p.) of Sleeve

Sleeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleeve

Sleeve (v. t.) To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

Sleeved (a.) Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.

Sleevefish (n.) A squid.

Sleevehand (n.) The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.

Sleeveless (a.) Having no sleeves.

Sleeveless (a.) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.

Sleided (imp. & p. p.) of Sleid

Sleiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleid

Sleid (v. t.) To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.

Sleigh (a.) Sly.

Sleigh (n.) A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge.

Sleighing (n.) The act of riding in a sleigh.

Sleighing (n.) The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.

Sleight (n.) Cunning; craft; artful practice.

Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

Sleight (n.) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Sleightful (a.) Cunning; dexterous.

Sleightly (adv.) Cinningly.

Sleighty (a.) Cinning; sly.

Slender (superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

Slender (superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.

Slender (superl.) Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.

Slender (superl.) Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.

Slender (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

Slender (superl.) Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.

Slent (n. & v.) See Slant.

Slep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.

Slepez (n.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.

Slept () imp. & p. p. of Sleep.

Sleuth (n.) The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.

Sleuthhound (n.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.

Slew () imp. of Slay.

Slew (v. t.) See Slue.

Slewed (a.) Somewhat drunk.

Slewth (n.) Sloth; idleness.

Sley (v. t.) A weaver's reed.

Sley (v. t.) A guideway in a knitting machine.

Sley (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.

Slibber (a.) Slippery.

Slice (v. t.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

Slice (v. t.) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.

Slice (v. t.) A broad, thin piece of plaster.

Slice (v. t.) A salver, platter, or tray.

Slice (v. t.) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.

Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

Slice (v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.

Sliced (imp. & p. p.) of Slice

Slicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slice

Slice (v. t.) To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.

Slice (v. t.) To cut into parts; to divide.

Slice (v. t.) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.

Slicer (n.) One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

Slich (n.) Alt. of Slick

Slick (n.) See Schlich.

Slick (a.) Sleek; smooth.

Slick (v. t.) To make sleek or smoth.

Slick (n.) A wide paring chisel.

Slicken (a.) Sleek; smooth.

Slickens (n.) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.

Slickensides (n.) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

Slickensides (n.) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.

Slicker (n.) That which makes smooth or sleek.

Slicker (n.) A kind of burnisher for leather.

Slicker (n.) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.

Slicker (n.) A waterproof coat.

Slicking (n.) The act or process of smoothing.

Slicking (n.) Narrow veins of ore.

Slickness (n.) The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.

Slid () imp. & p. p. of Slide.

Slidden () p. p. of Slide.

Slidder (v. t.) To slide with interruption.

Slidder (v. t.) Alt. of Sliddery

Slidderly (v. t.) Alt. of Sliddery

Sliddery (v. t.) Slippery.

Slid (imp.) of Slide

Slidden (p. p.) of Slide

Slid () of Slide

Slidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slide

Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently.

Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

Slide (n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress.

Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.

Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.

Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding.

Slide (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.

Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

Slide (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

Slide (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

Slide (n.) A slide valve.

Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.

Slider (a.) See Slidder.

Slider (n.) One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.

Slider (n.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).

Sliding (a.) That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

Sliding (a.) Slippery; elusory.

Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.

Slight (n.) Sleight.

Slight (v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.

Slight (v. t.) To make even or level.

Slight (v. t.) To throw heedlessly.

Slight (superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.

Slight (superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.

Slight (superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Slighted (imp. & p. p.) of Slight

Slighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slight

Slight (v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.

Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.

Slight (adv.) Slightly.

Slighten (v. t.) To slight.

Slighter (n.) One who slights.

Slightful (a.) See Sleightful.

Slighting (a.) Characterized by neglect or disregard.

Slightingly (adv.) In a slighting manner.

Slightly (adv.) In a slight manner.

Slightly (adv.) Slightingly; negligently.

Slightness (n.) The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.

Slighty (a.) Slight.

Slik (a.) Such.

Silkensides (n.) Same as Slickensides.

Slily (adv.) See Slyly.

Slim (superl.) Worthless; bad.

Slim (superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.

Slim (superl.) Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.

Slime (n.) Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

Slime (n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.

Slime (n.) Bitumen.

Slime (n.) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

Slime (n.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.

Slimed (imp. & p. p.) of Slime

Sliming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slime

Slime (v. t.) To smear with slime.

Slimily (adv.) In a slimy manner.

Sliminess (n.) The quality or state of being slimy.

Slimly (adv.) In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.

Slimness (n.) The quality or state of being slim.

Slimsy (a.) Flimsy; frail.

Slimy (superl.) Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.

Sliness (n.) See Slyness.

Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.

Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.

Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension

Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.

Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.

Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.

Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.

Slung (imp.) of Sling

Slang () of Sling

Slung (p. p.) of Sling

Slinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sling

Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling.

Sling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.

Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.

Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.

Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling.

Slunk (imp.) of Slink

Slank () of Slink

Slunk (p. p.) of Slink

Slinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slink

Slink (a.) To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.

Slink (a.) To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.

Slink (v. t.) To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.

Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.

Slink (a.) Thin; lean.

Slink (n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.

Slink (n.) A thievish fellow; a sneak.

Slinky (a.) Thin; lank.

Slipped (imp. & p. p.) of Slip

Slipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slip

Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

Slip (n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.

Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.

Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.

Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Slip (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.

Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.

Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.

Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Slip (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.

Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.

Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.

Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.

Slip (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.

Slip (n.) A child's pinafore.

Slip (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.

Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.

Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.

Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.

Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.

Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.

Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.

Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

Slip (n.) A fish, the sole.

Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

Slipboard (n.) A board sliding in grooves.

Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.

Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

Slipknot (n.) knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.

Slippage (n.) The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.

Slipper (n.) One who, or that which, slips.

Slipper (n.) A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

Slipper (n.) A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.

Slipper (a.) Slippery.

Slippered (a.) Wearing slippers.

Slipperily (adv.) In a slippery manner.

Slipperiness (n.) The quality of being slippery.

Slipperness (n.) Slipperiness.

Slipperwort (n.) See Calceolaria.

Slippery (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

Slippery (a.) Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

Slippery (a.) Liable to slip; not standing firm.

Slippery (a.) Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.

Slippery (a.) Uncertain in effect.

Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Slippiness (n.) Slipperiness.

Slippy (a.) Slippery.

Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.

Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.

Slipskin (a.) Evasive.

Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.

Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.

Slipthrift (n.) A spendthrift.

Slish (n.) A cut; as, slish and slash.

Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

Slit (imp. & p. p.) of Slit

Slitted () of Slit

Slitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slit

Slit (n.) To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.

Slit (n.) To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.

Slit (n.) To cut; to sever; to divide.

Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.

Slither (v. i.) To slide; to glide.

Slit-shell (n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.

Slitter (n.) One who, or that which, slits.

Slitting () a. & n. from Slit.

Slive (v. i.) To sneak.

Slive (v. t.) To cut; to split; to separate.

Slivered (imp. & p. p.) of Sliver

Slivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sliver

Sliver (v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Sliver (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Sloakan (n.) A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.

Sloam (n.) A layer of earth between coal seams.

Sloat (n.) A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.

Slobber (v. t. & i.) See Slabber.

Slobber (n.) See Slabber.

Slobber (n.) A jellyfish.

Slobber (n.) Salivation.

Slobberer (n.) One who slobbers.

Slobberer (n.) A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor.

Slobbery (a.) Wet; sloppy, as land.

Slock (v. t.) Alt. of Slocken

Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.

Slocking () a. & n. from Slock.

Sloe (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.

Sloggy (a.) Sluggish.

Sloke (n.) See Sloakan.

Sloo (n.) Alt. of Slue

Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

Sloom (n.) Slumber.

Sloomy (a.) Sluggish; slow.

Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.

Slop (n.) Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

Slop (n.) Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.

Slop (n.) Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.

Slopped (imp. & p. p.) of Slop

Slopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slop

Slop (v. t.) To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.

Slop (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.

Slop (v. i.) To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.

Slop (v. i.) Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock.

Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.

Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.

Slope (v. i.) An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

Slope (v. i.) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

Slope (a.) Sloping.

Slope (adv.) In a sloping manner.

Sloped (imp. & p. p.) of Slope

Sloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slope

Slope (v. t.) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

Slope (v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly.

Slopeness (n.) State of being slope.

Slopewise (adv.) Obliquely.

Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.

Sloppiness (n.) The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

Sloppy (superl.) Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

Slopseller (n.) One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.

Slopshop (n.) A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold.

Slopwork (n.) The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.

Slopy (a.) Sloping; inclined.

Slosh () Alt. of Sloshy

Sloshy () See Slush, Slushy.

Slot (n.) A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.

Slot (n.) A bolt or bar for fastening a door.

Slot (n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

Slot (v. t.) To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.

Slot (n.) The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.

Sloth (n.) Slowness; tardiness.

Sloth (n.) Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.

Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.

Sloth (v. i.) To be idle.

Slothful (a.) Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

Slothhound (n.) See Sleuthhound.

Slotted (a.) Having a slot.

Slotting (n.) The act or process of making slots, or mortises.

Slouch (n.) A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

Slouch (n.) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

Slouched (imp. & p. p.) of Slouch

Slouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slouch

Slouch (v. i.) To droop, as the head.

Slouch (v. i.) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

Slouch (v. t.) To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.

Slouching (a.) Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.

Slouchy (a.) Slouching.

Slough (a.) Slow.

Slough (n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of Slough

Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slough

Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

Slough (v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.

Sloughy (a.) Full of sloughs, miry.

Sloughy (a.) Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.

Sloven (n.) A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.

Slovenliness (n.) The quality or state of being slovenly.

Slowenly (a.) Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress.

Slowenly (a.) Characteristic of a solven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as, slovenly dress.

Slovenly (adv.) a slovenly manner.

Slovenness (n.) Slovenliness.

Slovenry (n.) Slovenliness.

Slow () imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

Slow (superl.) Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.

Slow (superl.) Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

Slow (superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

Slow (superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

Slow (superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

Slow (superl.) Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

Slow (superl.) Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.

Slow (adv.) Slowly.

Slowed (imp. & p. p.) of Slow

Slowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slow

Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.

Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

Slow (n.) A moth.

Slowback (n.) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

Slowh () imp. of Slee,to slay.

Slowhound (n.) A sleuthhound.

Slowly (adv.) In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.

Slowness (n.) The quality or state of being slow.

Slows (n.) Milk sickness.

Slow-witted (a.) Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

Slowworm (v. t.) A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.

Slub (n.) A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.

Slubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Slub

Slubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slub

Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Slubbered (imp. & p. p.) of Slubber

Slubbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slubber

Slubber (v. t.) To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.

Slubber (v. t.) To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.

Slubber (n.) A slubbing machine.

Slubberdegullion (n.) A mean, dirty wretch.

Slubberingly (adv.) In a slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner.

Slubbing () a. & n. from Slub.

Sludge (n.) Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.

Sludge (n.) See Slime, 4.

Sludger (n.) A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.

Sludy (a.) Miry; slushy.

Slued (imp. & p. p.) of Slue

Sluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slue

Slue (v. t.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.

Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.

Slue (v. i.) To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.

Slue (n.) See Sloough, 2.

Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

Slug (n.) A hindrance; an obstruction.

Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.

Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.

Slug (n.) A ship that sails slowly.

Slug (n.) An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.

Slug (n.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.

Slug (v. i.) To move slowly; to lie idle.

Slug (v. t.) To make sluggish.

Slugged (imp. & p. p.) of Slug

Slugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slug

Slug (v. t.) To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.

Slug (v. t.) To strike heavily.

Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.

Slugabed (n.) One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard.

Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.

Sluggard (a.) Sluggish; lazy.

Sluggardize (v. t.) To make lazy.

Sluggardy (n.) The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.

Slugger (n.) One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.

Sluggish (a.) Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

Sluggish (a.) Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

Sluggish (a.) Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

Sluggish (a.) Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

Sluggy (a.) Sluggish.

Slug-horn (a.) An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.

Slugs (n. pl.) Half-roasted ore.

Slugworm (n.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.

Sluice (n.) An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.

Sluice (n.) Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.

Sluice (n.) The stream flowing through a flood gate.

Sluice (n.) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.

Sluiced (imp. & p. p.) of Sluice

Sluicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sluice

Sluice (v. t.) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.

Sluice (v. t.) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.

Sluice (v. t.) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.

Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.

Sluicy (a.) Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.

Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.

Slum (n.) Same as Slimes.

Slumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Slumber

Slumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slumber

Slumber (v. i.) To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

Slumber (v. i.) To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.

Slumber (v. t.) To lay to sleep.

Slumber (v. t.) To stun; to stupefy.

Slumber (n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

Slumberer (n.) One who slumbers; a sleeper.

Slumberingly (adv.) In a slumbering manner.

Slumberless (a.) Without slumber; sleepless.

Slumberous (a.) Inviting slumber; soporiferous.

Slumberous (a.) Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.

Slumbery (a.) Sleepy.

Slumbrous (a.) Slumberous.

Slumming (vb. n.) Visiting slums.

Slump (n.) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

Slump (v. t.) To lump; to throw into a mess.

Slumped (imp. & p. p.) of Slump

Slumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slump

Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.

Slump (n.) A boggy place.

Slump (n.) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

Slumpy (a.) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.

Slung () imp. & p. p. of Sling.

Slunk () imp. & p. p. of Slink.

Slurred (imp. & p. p.) of Slur

Slurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slur

Slur (v. t.) To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

Slur (v. t.) To disparage; to traduce.

Slur (v. t.) To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

Slur (v. t.) To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

Slur (v. t.) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

Slur (v. t.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

Slur (v. t.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Slur (n.) A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.

Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.

Slur (n.) A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.

Slur (n.) In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

Slurred (a.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.

Slush (n.) Soft mud.

Slush (n.) A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

Slush (n.) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

Slush (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

Slush (n.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.

Slushed (imp. & p. p.) of Slush

Slushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slush

Slush (v. t.) To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

Slush (v. t.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.

Slushy (a.) Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.

Slut (n.) An untidy woman; a slattern.

Slut (n.) A servant girl; a drudge.

Slut (n.) A female dog; a bitch.

Slutch (n.) Slush.

Slutchy (a.) Slushy.

Sluthhound (n.) Sleuthhound.

Sluttery (n.) The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.

Sluttish (a.) Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.

Sly (v. t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

Sly (v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Sly (v. t.) Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.

Sly (v. t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Sly (adv.) Slyly.

Slyboots (n.) A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.

Slyly (adv.) In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.

Slyness (n.) The quality or state of being sly.

Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.

Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

Smack (v. i.) Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.

Smack (v. i.) A small quantity; a taste.

Smack (v. i.) A loud kiss; a buss.

Smack (v. i.) A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

Smack (v. i.) A quick, smart blow; a slap.

Smack (adv.) As if with a smack or slap.

Smacked (imp. & p. p.) of Smack

Smacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smack

Smack (n.) To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

Smack (n.) To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.

Smack (n.) To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

Smack (n.) To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

Smack (v. t.) To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

Smack (v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.

Smack (v. t.) To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.

Smacking (n.) A sharp, quick noise; a smack.

Smacking (a.) Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.

Small (superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.

Small (superl.) Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

Small (superl.) Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.

Small (superl.) Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.

Small (superl.) Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.

Small (adv.) In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.

Small (adv.) Not loudly; faintly; timidly.

Small (n.) The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

Small (n.) Smallclothes.

Small (n.) Same as Little go. See under Little, a.

Small (v. t.) To make little or less.

Smallage (n.) A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.

Smallclothes (n. pl.) A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

Smallish (a.) Somewhat small.

Smallness (n.) The quality or state of being small.

Smallpox (n.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.

Smalls (n. pl.) See Small, n., 2, 3.

Smallsword (n.) A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.

Smally (adv.) In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness.

Smalt (v. t.) A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.

Smalt-blue (a.) Deep blue, like smalt.

Smaltine (n.) Alt. of Smaltite

Smaltite (n.) A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.

Smaragd (n.) The emerald.

Smaragdine (a.) Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.

Smaragdite (n.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

Smarted (imp. & p. p.) of Smart

Smarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smart

Smart (v. i.) To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

Smart (v. i.) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.

Smart (v. t.) To cause a smart in.

Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.

Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

Smart (v. i.) A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.

Smart (v. i.) Smart money (see below).

Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

Smart (v. i.) Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

Smart (v. i.) Vigorous; sharp; severe.

Smart (v. i.) Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.

Smart (v. i.) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

Smart (v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

Smart (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

Smart (v. i.) Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

Smarten (v. t.) To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up.

Smartle (v. i.) To waste away.

Smartly (adv.) In a smart manner.

Smartness (n.) The quality or state of being smart.

Smartweed (n.) An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.

Smashed (imp. & p. p.) of Smash

Smashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smash

Smash (v. t.) To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

Smash (v. i.) To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

Smash (n.) Hence, bankruptcy.

Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

Smasher (n.) Anything very large or extraordinary.

Smasher (n.) One who passes counterfeit coin.

Smatch (n.) Taste; tincture; smack.

Smatch (v. i.) To smack.

Smatter (v. i.) To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

Smatter (v. i.) To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.

Smatter (v. t.) To talk superficially about.

Smatter (v. t.) To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.

Smatter (n.) Superficial knowledge; a smattering.

Smatterer (n.) One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.

Smattering (n.) A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

Smeared (imp. & p. p.) of Smear

Smearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smear

Smear (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

Smear (n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

Smear (n.) A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

Smear dab () The sand fluke (b).

Smeared (a.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).

Smeary (a.) Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous.

Smeath (n.) The smew.

Smectite (n.) A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.

Smee (n.) The pintail duck.

Smee (n.) The widgeon.

Smee (n.) The poachard.

Smee (n.) The smew.

Smeeth (v. t.) To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.

Smeeth (v. t.) To smooth.

Smegma (n.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.

Smegma (n.) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.

Smegma (n.) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.

Smegmatic (a.) Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.

Smeir (n.) A salt glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to an earthenware glaze.

Smelled (imp. & p. p.) of Smell

Smelt () of Smell

Smelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smell

Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.

Smell (n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.

Smell (n.) To give heed to.

Smell (v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.

Smell (v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.

Smell (v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.

Smell (v. i.) To exercise sagacity.

Smell (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.

Smell (v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.

Smeller (n.) One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.

Smeller (n.) The nose.

Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.

Smell-feast (n.) A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.

Smelling (n.) The act of one who smells.

Smelling (n.) The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.

Smell-less (a.) Destitute of smell; having no odor.

Smelt () imp. & p. p. of Smell.

Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

Smelt (n.) A gull; a simpleton.

Smelted (imp. & p. p.) of Smelt

Smelting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smelt

Smelt (v. i.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.

Smelter (n.) One who, or that which, smelts.

Smeltery (n.) A house or place for smelting.

Smeltie (n.) A fish, the bib.

Smelting () a. & n. from Smelt.

Smerk (n. & v.) See Smirk.

Smerk (a.) Alt. of Smerky

Smerky (a.) Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a.

Smerlin (n.) A small loach.

Smew (n.) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.

Smew (n.) The hooded merganser.

Smicker (a.) To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.

Smicker (v.) Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.

Smickering (n.) Amorous glance or inclination.

Smicket (n.) A woman's under-garment; a smock.

Smickly (adv.) Smugly; finically.

Smiddy (n.) A smithy.

Smift (n.) A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.

Smight (v. t.) To smite.

Smilacin (n.) See Parrilin.

Smilax (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla.

Smilax (n.) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Smiled (imp. & p. p.) of Smile

Smiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smile

Smile (v. i.) To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.

Smile (v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

Smile (v. i.) To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.

Smile (v. i.) To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.

Smile (v. t.) To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.

Smile (v. t.) To affect in a certain way with a smile.

Smile (v. i.) The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.

Smile (v. i.) A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.

Smile (v. i.) Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.

Smile (v. i.) Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.

Smileless (a.) Not having a smile.

Smiler (n.) One who smiles.

Smilet (n.) A little smile.

Smilingly (adv.) In a smiling manner.

Smilingness (n.) Quality or state of being smiling.

Smilodon (n.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.

Smilt (v. i.) To melt.

Sminthurid (n.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.

Smirch (v. t.) To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

Smirch (n.) A smutch; a dirty stain.

Smirked (imp. & p. p.) of Smirk

Smirking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smirk

Smirk (v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.

Smirk (n.) A forced or affected smile; a simper.

Smirk (a.) Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering.

Smirkingly (adv.) With smirking; with a smirk.

Smirky (a.) Smirk; smirking.

Smit () imp. & p. p. of Smite.

Smit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite.

Smote (imp.) of Smite

Smit () of Smite

Smitten (p. p.) of Smite

Smit () of Smite

Smote () of Smite

Smiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smite

Smite (v. t.) To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.

Smite (v. t.) To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.

Smite (v. t.) To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.

Smite (v. t.) To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

Smite (v. t.) To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.

Smite (v. t.) To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

Smite (v. t.) To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.

Smite (v. i.) To strike; to collide; to beat.

Smite (n.) The act of smiting; a blow.

Smiter (n.) One who smites.

Smith (n.) One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.

Smith (n.) One who makes or effects anything.

Smith (n.) To beat into shape; to forge.

Smithcraft (n.) The art or occupation of a smith; smithing.

Smither (n.) Light, fine rain.

Smither (n.) Fragments; atoms; finders.

Smithereens (n. pl.) Fragments; atoms; smithers.

-ies (pl. ) of Smithery

Smithery (n.) The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.

Smithery (n.) Work done by a smith; smithing.

Smithing (n.) The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape.

Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.

Smithsonian (n.) The Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonite (n.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.

Smithy (n.) The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy.

Smitt (v. t.) Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.

Smitten () p. p. of Smite.

Smittle (v. t.) To infect.

Smittle (n.) Infection.

Smittle (a.) Alt. of Smittlish

Smittlish (a.) Infectious; catching.

Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

Smock (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock.

Smock (a.) Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

Smock (v. t.) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.

Smock-faced (a.) Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.

Smock frock () A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers.

Smockless (a.) Wanting a smock.

Smokable (a.) Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.

Smoke (n.) The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.

Smoke (n.) That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.

Smoke (n.) Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk.

Smoke (n.) The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke.

Smoked (imp. & p. p.) of Smoke

Smoking (p. pr. & vb n.) of Smoke

Smoke (n.) To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.

Smoke (n.) Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.

Smoke (n.) To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.

Smoke (n.) To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.

Smoke (n.) To suffer severely; to be punished.

Smoke (v. t.) To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

Smoke (v. t.) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.

Smoke (v. t.) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.

Smoke (v. t.) To ridicule to the face; to quiz.

Smoke (v. t.) To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.

Smoke (v. t.) To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.

Smoke-dry (v. t.) To dry by or in smoke.

Smokehouse (n.) A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.

Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Smokeless (a.) Making or having no smoke.

Smoker (n.) One who dries or preserves by smoke.

Smoker (n.) One who smokes tobacco or the like.

Smoker (n.) A smoking car or compartment.

Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.

Smokily (adv.) In a smoky manner.

Smokiness (n.) The quality or state of being smoky.

Smoking () a. & n. from Smoke.

Smoky (superl.) Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

Smoky (superl.) Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.

Smoky (superl.) Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.

Smoky (superl.) Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.

Smoky (superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.

Smoky (superl.) Suspicious; open to suspicion.

Smoldered (imp. & p. p.) of Smoulder

Smouldered () of Smoulder

Smoldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smoulder

Smouldering () of Smoulder

Smolder (v. i.) Alt. of Smoulder

Smoulder (v. i.) To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.

Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smolder (v. t.) Alt. of Smoulder

Smoulder (v. t.) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.

Smolder (n.) Alt. of Smoulder

Smoulder (n.) Smoke; smother.

Smoldering (a.) Alt. of Smouldering

Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Smolderingness (n.) Alt. of Smoulderingness

Smoulderingness (n.) The state of smoldering.

Smoldry (a.) Alt. of Smouldry

Smouldry (a.) Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.

Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Smooch (v. t.) See Smutch.

Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.

Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

Smooth (superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

Smooth (superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

Smooth (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.

Smooth (superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Smooth (adv.) Smoothly.

Smooth (n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.

Smooth (n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.

Smoothed (imp. & p. p.) of Smooth

Smoothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smooth

Smooth (a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.

Smooth (a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.

Smooth (a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.

Smooth (a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.

Smooth (a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.

Smooth (a.) To ease; to regulate.

Smooth (v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.

Smoothbore (a.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.

Smoothbore (n.) A smoothbore firearm.

Smooth-chinned (a.) Having a smooth chin; beardless.

Smoothen (v. t.) To make smooth.

Smoother (n.) One who, or that which, smooths.

Smoothing (a. & n.) fr. Smooth, v.

Smoothly (adv.) In a smooth manner.

Smoothness (n.) Quality or state of being smooth.

Smooth-spoken (a.) Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Smooth-tongued (a.) Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Smore (v. t.) To smother. See Smoor.

Smorzando (a.) Alt. of Smorsato

Smorsato (a.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.

Smote () imp. (/ rare p. p.) of Smite.

Smoterlich (a.) Dirty; foul.

Smothered (imp. & p. p.) of Smother

Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smother

Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.

Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.

Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.

Smother (v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

Smother (v. t.) A state of suppression.

Smotheriness (n.) The quality or state of being smothery.

Smotheringly (adv.) In a smothering manner.

Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.

Smouch (v. t.) To kiss closely.

Smouch (v. t.) To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.

Smouch (n.) A dark soil or stain; a smutch.

Smoulder (v. i.) See Smolder.

Smouldry (a.) See Smoldry.

Smudge (n.) A suffocating smoke.

Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.

Smudge (n.) That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.

Smudged (imp. & p. p.) of Smudge

Smudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smudge

Smudge (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.

Smudginess (n.) The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.

Smug (a.) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Smugged (imp. & p. p.) of Smug

Smugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smug

Smug (v. t.) To make smug, or spruce.

Smuggled (imp. & p. p.) of Smuggle

Smuggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smuggle

Smuggle (v. t.) To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.

Smuggle (v. t.) Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.

Smuggle (v. i.) To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

Smuggler (n.) One who smuggles.

Smuggler (n.) A vessel employed in smuggling.

Smugly (adv.) In a smug manner.

Smugness (n.) The quality or state of being smug.

Smut (v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

Smut (v. t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

Smutted (imp. & p. p.) of Smut

Smutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smut

Smut (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain.

Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

Smut (v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

Smut (v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

Smut (v. i.) To give off smut; to crock.

Smutch (n.) A stain; a dirty spot.

Smutched (imp. & p. p.) of Smutch

Smutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smutch

Smutch (v. t.) To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.

Smutchin (n.) Snuff.

Smutty (superl.) Soiled with smut; smutted.

Smutty (superl.) Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.

Smutty (superl.) Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.

Smyrniot (a.) Of or pertaining to Smyrna.

Smyrniot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.

Snack (v. t.) A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

Snack (v. t.) A slight, hasty repast.

Snacket (n.) See Snecket.

Snacot (n.) A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.

Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.

Snaffled (imp. & p. p.) of Snaffle

Snaffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snaffle

Snaffle (v. t.) To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.

Snag (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.

Snag (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.

Snag (n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.

Snagged (imp. & p. p.) of Snag

Snagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snag

Snag (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.

Snagged (a.) Full of snags; snaggy.

Snaggy (a.) Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.

Snaggy (a.) Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.

Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.

Snail (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.

Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.

Snail (n.) The pod of the sanil clover.

Snailfish (n.) See Sea snail (a).

Snail-like (a.) Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.

Snail-like (adv.) In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail.

'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).

Snake (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

Snaked (imp. & p. p.) of Snake

Snaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snake

Snake (v. t.) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.

Snake (v. t.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

Snake (v. i.) To crawl like a snake.

Snakebird (n.) Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.

Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.

Snakefish (n.) The band fish.

Snakefish (n.) The lizard fish.

Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.

Snakehead (n.) The turtlehead.

Snakehead (n.) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.

Snakeneck (n.) The snakebird, 1.

Snakeroot (n.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.

Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.

Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

Snakestone (n.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.

Snake's-tongue (n.) Same as Adder's-tongue.

Snakeweed (n.) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).

Snakeweed (n.) The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.

Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.

Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.

Snakewood (n.) Same as Trumpetwood.

Snakewood (n.) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.

Snakewood (n.) Same as Letterwood.

Snakish (a.) Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.

Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Snaky (a.) Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.

Snaky (a.) Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.

Snapped (imp. & p. p.) of Snap

Snapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snap

Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

Snap (n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.

Snap (n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

Snap (n.) To project with a snap.

Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

Snap (v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

Snap (v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

Snap (v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.

Snap (v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

Snap (v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

Snap (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

Snap (v. t.) A greedy fellow.

Snap (v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

Snap (v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.

Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

Snap (v. t.) A snap beetle.

Snap (v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Snap (v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.

Snap (v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

Snapdragon (n.) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

Snapdragon (n.) A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.

Snape (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.

Snaphance (n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.

Snaphead (n.) A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.

Snapper (n.) One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

Snapper (n.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.

Snapper (n.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.

Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.

Snapping () a. & n. from Snap, v.

Snappish (a.) Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.

Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.

Snappy (a.) Snappish.

Snapsack (n.) A knapsack.

Snapweed (n.) See Impatiens.

Snar (v. i.) To snarl.

Snare (n.) A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

Snare (n.) Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.

Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Snare (n.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.

Snared (imp. & p. p.) of Snare

Snaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snare

Snare (v. t.) To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Snarer (n.) One who lays snares, or entraps.

Snarled (imp. & p. p.) of Snarl

Snarling (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Snarl

Snarl (v. t.) To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Snarl (v. t.) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.

Snarl (v. t.) To embarrass; to insnare.

Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Snarl (v. i.) To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Snarler (n.) One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.

Snarler (n.) One who makes use of a snarling iron.

Snarling () a. & n. from Snarl, v.

Snary (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Snast (v. t.) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.

Snatched (imp. & p. p.) of Snatch

Snatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snatch

Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

Snatch (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap.

Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.

Snatch (n.) A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Snatcher (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snatchingly (adv.) By snatching; abruptly.

Snatch (n.) The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Snathe (v. t.) To lop; to prune.

Snattock (n.) A chip; a alice.

Snaw (n.) Snow.

Snead (n.) A snath.

Snead (n.) A line or cord; a string.

Sneaked (imp. & p. p.) of Sneak

Sneaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneak

Sneak (v. i.) To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

Sneak (imp. & p. p.) To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.

Sneak (n.) A mean, sneaking fellow.

Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

Sneak-cup (n.) One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

Sneaker (n.) One who sneaks.

Sneaker (n.) A vessel of drink.

Sneakiness (n.) The quality of being sneaky.

Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

Sneaksby (n.) A paltry fellow; a sneak.

Sneaky (n.) Like a sneak; sneaking.

Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.

Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.

Sneap (n.) A reprimand; a rebuke.

Sneath (n.) Alt. of Sneathe

Sneathe (n.) See Snath.

Sneb (v. t.) To reprimand; to sneap.

Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door.

Sneck (n.) A door latch.

Snecket (n.) A door latch, or sneck.

Sned (v. t.) To lop; to snathe.

Sned (n.) Alt. of Sneed

Sneed (n.) See Snath.

Sneered (imp. & p. p.) of Sneer

Sneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneer

Sneer (v. i.) To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.

Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

Sneer (v. i.) To show mirth awkwardly.

Sneer (v. t.) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.

Sneer (v. t.) To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.

Sneer (n.) The act of sneering.

Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.

Sneerer (n.) One who sneers.

Sneerful (a.) Given to sneering.

Sneeringly (adv.) In a sneering manner.

Sneezed (imp. & p. p.) of Sneeze

Sneezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sneeze

Sneeze (v. i.) To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.

Sneeze (n.) A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

Sneezeweed (n.) A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

Sneezewood (n.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

Sneezewort (n.) A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.

Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

Snell (a.) Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.

Snell (n.) A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.

Snet (n.) The fat of a deer.

Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.

Snew (v. i.) To snow; to abound.

Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.

Snib (n.) A reprimand; a snub.

Snick (n.) A small cut or mark.

Snick (n.) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.

Snick (n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.

Snick (n.) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.

Snicked (imp. & p. p.) of Snick

Snicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snick

Snick (v. t.) To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.

Snick (v. t.) To hit (a ball) lightly.

Snick (n. & v. t.) See Sneck.

Snickered (imp. & p. p.) of Snicker

Snickering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snicker

Snicker (v. i.) To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.

Snicker (n.) A half suppressed, broken laugh.

Snide (a.) Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.

Sniffed (imp. & p. p.) of Sniff

Snift () of Sniff

Sniffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sniff

Sniff (v. t.) To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

Sniff (v. t.) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.

Sniff (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.

Sniff (n.) The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.

Sniffing (n.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

Sniffle (v. i.) To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

Snifted (imp. & p. p.) of Snift

Snifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snift

Snift (v. i.) To snort.

Snift (v. i.) To sniff; to snuff; to smell.

Snift (n.) A moment.

Snift (n.) Slight snow; sleet.

Snifting () a. & n. from Snift.

Snig (v. t.) To chop off; to cut.

Snig (v. i.) To sneak.

Snig (n.) Alt. of Snigg

Snigg (n.) A small eel.

Sniggger (v. i.) See Snicker.

Snigger (n.) See Snicker.

Sniggled (imp. & p. p.) of Sniggle

Sniggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sniggle

Sniggle (v. i.) To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.

Sniggle (v. t.) To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.

Snipped (imp. & p. p.) of Snip

Snipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snip

Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.

Snip (n.) A small shred; a bit cut off.

Snip (n.) A share; a snack.

Snip (n.) A tailor.

Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Snipe (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead.

Snipebill (n.) A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.

Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.

Snipefish (n.) The bellows fish.

Snipefish (n.) A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

Snippack (n.) The common snipe.

Snipper (n.) One who snips.

Snipper-snaper (n.) A small, insignificant fellow.

Snippet (n.) A small part or piece.

Snippety (a.) Ridiculously small; petty.

Snip-snap (n.) A tart dialogue with quick replies.

Snip-snap (a.) Quick; short; sharp; smart.

Snypy (a.) Like a snipe.

Snite (n.) A snipe.

Snite (v. t.) To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.

Snithe (a.) Alt. of Snithy

Snithy (a.) Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind.

Sniveled (imp. & p. p.) of Snivel

Snivelled () of Snivel

Sniveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snivel

Snivelling () of Snivel

Snivel (v. i.) To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

Snivel (v. i.) To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.

Snivel (v. i.) Mucus from the nose; snot.

Sniveler (n.) One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.

Snively (a.) Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.

Snob (n.) A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

Snob (n.) A townsman.

Snob (n.) A journeyman shoemaker.

Snob (n.) A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.

Snobbery (n.) The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.

Snobbish (a.) Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.

Snobbishness (n.) Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

Snobbism (n.) Snobbery.

Snobby (a.) Snobbish.

Snobling (n.) A little snob.

Snobocracy (n.) Snobs, collectively.

Snod (n.) A fillet; a headband; a snood.

Snod (a.) Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.

Snoff (n.) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.

Snood (n.) The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.

Snood (n.) A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Snood (v. t.) To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.

Snooded (a.) Wearing or having a snood.

Snook (v. i.) To lurk; to lie in ambush.

Snook (n.) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.

Snook (n.) The cobia.

Snook (n.) The garfish.

Snooze (n.) A short sleep; a nap.

Snoozed (imp. & p. p.) of Snooze

Snoozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snooze

Snooze (v. i.) To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.

Snored (imp. & p. p.) of Snore

Snoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snore

Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.

Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.

Snorer (n.) One who snores.

Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.

Snorted (imp. & p. p.) of Snort

Snorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snort

Snort (v. i.) To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

Snort (v. i.) To snore.

Snort (v. i.) To laugh out loudly.

Snort (n.) The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

Snort (v. t.) To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.

Snorter (n.) One who snorts.

Snorter (n.) The wheather; -- so called from its cry.

Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.

Snot (n.) A mean, insignificant fellow.

Snot (v. t.) To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.

Snotter (v. i.) To snivel; to cry or whine.

Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Snottery (n.) Filth; abomination.

Snotty (a.) Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.

Snout (n.) The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

Snout (n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.

Snout (n.) The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.

Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.

Snout (v. t.) To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Snouty (a.) Resembling a beast's snout.

Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

Snow (n.) Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.

Snow (n.) Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.

Snowed (imp. & p. p.) of Snow

Snowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snow

Snow (v. i.) To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.

Snow (v. t.) To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.

Snowball (n.) A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.

Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.

Snowballed (imp. & p. p.) of Snowball

Snowballing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snowball

Snowball (v. t.) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Snowball (v. i.) To throw snowballs.

Snowberry (n.) A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.

Snowbird (n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.

Snowbird (n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.

Snowbird (n.) The fieldfare.

Snow-blind (a.) Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.

Snow-bound (a.) Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.

Snow-broth (n.) Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.

Snowcap (n.) A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.

Snow-capped (a.) Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.

Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.

Snowdrop (n.) A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.

Snowflake (n.) A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

Snowflake (n.) See Snowbird, 1.

Snowflake (n.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.

Snowfleck (n.) See Snowbird, 1.

Snowl (n.) The hooded merganser.

Snowless (a.) Destitute of snow.

Snowplow (n.) Alt. of Snowplough

Snowplough (n.) An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

Snowshed (n.) A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Snowshoer (n.) One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.

Snowshoeing (n.) Traveling on snowshoes.

Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.

Snowstorm (n.) A storm with falling snow.

Snow-white (a.) White as snow; very white.

Snowy (a.) White like snow.

Snowy (a.) Abounding with snow; covered with snow.

Snowy (a.) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.

Snub (v. i.) To sob with convulsions.

Snubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Snub

Snubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snub

Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.

Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.

Snub (v. t.) To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.

Snub (n.) A knot; a protuberance; a song.

Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.

Snub-nosed (a.) Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.

Snudge (v. i.) To lie snug or quiet.

Snudge (n.) A miser; a sneaking fellow.

Snuff (v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

Snuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Snuff

Snuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snuff

Snuff (v. t.) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.

Snuff (v. i.) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.

Snuff (v. i.) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.

Snuff (v. i.) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.

Snuff (v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.

Snuff (n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

Snuff (n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.

Snuff (n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.

Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.

Snuffer (n.) One who snuffs.

Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.

Snuffers (n. pl.) An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.

Snuffingly (adv.) In a snuffing manner.

Snuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Snuffle

Snuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snuffle

Snuffle (v. i.) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

Snuffle (n.) The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.

Snuffle (n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.

Snuffle (n.) Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.

Snuffler (n.) One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

Snuffy (a.) Soiled with snuff.

Snuffy (a.) Sulky; angry; vexed.

Snug (superl.) Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.

Snug (superl.) Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

Snug (superl.) Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.

Snug (n.) Same as Lug, n., 3.

Snugged (imp. & p. p.) of Snug

Snugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snug

Snug (v. i.) To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.

Snug (v. t.) To place snugly.

Snug (v. t.) To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.

Snuggeries (pl. ) of Snuggery

Snuggery (n.) A snug, cozy place.

Snuggled (imp. & p. p.) of Snuggle

Snuggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snuggle

Snuggle (v. t.) To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

Snugly (adv.) In a snug manner; closely; safely.

Snugness (n.) The quality or state of being snug.

Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

So (adv.) In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known.

So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.

So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.

So (adv.) Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.

So (adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.

So (adv.) The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.

So (adv.) It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.

So (adv.) Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?

So (adv.) Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?

So (adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.

So (conj.) Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.

So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

Soaked (imp. & p. p.) of Soak

Soaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soak

Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

Soak (v. t.) To drench; to wet thoroughly.

Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

Soak (v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

Soak (v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

Soak (v. i.) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

Soakage (n.) The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.

Soaker (n.) One who, or that which, soaks.

Soaker (n.) A hard drinker.

Soaking (a.) Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.

Soaky (a.) Full of moisture; wet; soppy.

Soal (n.) The sole of a shoe.

Soal (n.) See Sole, the fish.

Soal (n.) A dirty pond.

Soam (n.) A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.

Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.

Soaped (imp. & p. p.) of Soap

Soaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soap

Soap (v. t.) To rub or wash over with soap.

Soap (v. t.) To flatter; to wheedle.

Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.

Soapfish (n.) Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Soapiness (n.) Quality or state of being soapy.

Soaproot (n.) A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

Soapstone (n.) See Steatite, and Talc.

Soapsuds (n. pl.) Suds made with soap.

Soapwort (n.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.

Soapy (superl.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.

Soapy (superl.) Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Soared (imp. & p. p.) of Soar

Soaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soar

Soar (v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

Soar (v. i.) Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

Soar (n.) The act of soaring; upward flight.

Soar (a.) See 3d Sore.

Soar (a.) See Sore, reddish brown.

Soaring () a. & n. from Soar.

Soave (a.) Sweet.

Soavemente (adv.) Sweetly.

Sob (v. t.) To soak.

Sobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Sob

Sobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sob

Sob (v. i.) To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.

Sob (n.) The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.

Sob (n.) Any sorrowful cry or sound.

Sobbing (n.) A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

Sober (superl.) Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

Sober (superl.) Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.

Sober (superl.) Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.

Sober (superl.) Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

Sober (superl.) Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.

Sobered (imp. & p. p.) of Sober

Sobering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sober

Sober (v. t.) To make sober.

Sober (v. i.) To become sober; -- often with down.

Soberize (v. t. & i.) To sober.

Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

Soberly (a.) Grave; serious; solemn; sad.

Sober-minded (a.) Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.

Soberness (n.) The quality or state of being sober.

Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.

Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub.

Soboliferous (a.) Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

Sobriety (n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.

Sobriety (n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.

Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.

Soc (n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.

Soc (n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.

Soc (n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.

Socage (n.) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.

Socager (n.) A tennant by socage; a socman.

So-called (a.) So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

Sociability (n.) The quality of being sociable; sociableness.

SSociable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.

SSociable (a.) Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social.

SSociable (a.) Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.

SSociable (a.) Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party.

SSociable (a.) No longer hostile; friendly.

Sociable (n.) A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable.

Sociable (n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.

Sociableness (n.) The quality of being sociable.

Sociably (adv.) In a sociable manner.

Social (a.) Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.

Social (a.) Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.

Social (a.) Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.

Social (a.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.

Social (a.) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.

Social (a.) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.

Socialism (n.) A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.

Socialist (n.) One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

Socialist (a.) Alt. of Socialistic

Socialistic (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.

Sociality (n.) The quality of being social; socialness.

Socialize (v. t.) To render social.

Socialize (v. t.) To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.

Socially (adv.) In a social manner; sociably.

Socialness (n.) The quality or state of being social.

Sociate (a.) Associated.

Sociate (n.) An associate.

Sociate (v. i.) To associate.

Societarian (a.) Of or pertaining to society; social.

Societary (a.) Societarian.

Societies (pl. ) of Society

Society (n.) The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

Society (n.) Connection; participation; partnership.

Society (n.) A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.

Society (n.) The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.

Society (n.) Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

Socinian (a.) Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.

Socinian (n.) One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.

Socinianism (n.) The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.

Socinianized (imp. & p. p.) of Socinianize

Socinianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Socinianize

Socinianize (v. t.) To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.

Sociologic (a.) Alt. of Sociological

Sociological (a.) Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.

Sociologist (n.) One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.

Sociology (n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

Sock (n.) A plowshare.

Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.

Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

Sock (n.) A warm inner sole for a shoe.

Sockdolager (n.) That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.

Sockdolager (n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.

Socket (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Socket (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

Socketed (a.) Having a socket.

Sockless (a.) Destitute of socks or shoes.

Socky (a.) Wet; soaky.

Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.

Socle (n.) A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.

Socmen (pl. ) of Socman

Socman (n.) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.

Socmanry (n.) Tenure by socage.

Socome (n.) A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Socotrine (a.) Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa.

Socotrine (n.) A native or inhabitant of Socotra.

Socratic (a.) Alt. of Socratical

Socratical (a.) Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.

Socratically (adv.) In the Socratic method.

Socratism (n.) The philosophy or the method of Socrates.

Socratist (n.) A disciple or follower of Socrates.

Sod (n.) The rock dove.

Sod () imp. of Seethe.

Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

Sodden (imp. & p. p.) of Sod

Sodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sod

Sod (v. t.) To cover with sod; to turf.

Soda (n.) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.

Soda (n.) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.

Sodaic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, soda.

Sodalite (n.) A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.

Sodalities (pl. ) of Sodality

Sodality (n.) A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

Sodality (n.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.

Sodamide (n.) A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.

Sodden (p. p.) Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.

Sodden (v. i.) To be seethed; to become sodden.

Sodden (v. t.) To soak; to make heavy with water.

Sodden-witted (a.) Heavy; dull.

Soddy (a.) Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.

Soder (n. & v. t.) See Solder.

Sodic (a.) Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.

Sodio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sodium or one of its compounds.

Sodium (n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.

Sodomite (n.) An inhabitant of Sodom.

Sodomite (n.) One guilty of sodomy.

Sodomitical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.

Sodomy (n.) Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.

Soe (n.) A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.

Soever () A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.

Sofas (pl. ) of Sofa

Sofa (n.) A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

Soffit (n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.

Sofis (pl. ) of Sofi

Sofi (n.) Same as Sufi.

Sofism (n.) Same as Sufism.

Soft (superl.) Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.

Soft (superl.) Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.

Soft (superl.) Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.

Soft (superl.) Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.

Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.

Soft (superl.) Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.

Soft (superl.) Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.

Soft (superl.) Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.

Soft (superl.) Gentle in action or motion; easy.

Soft (superl.) Weak in character; impressible.

Soft (superl.) Somewhat weak in intellect.

Soft (superl.) Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.

Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.

Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.

Soft (superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.

Soft (superl.) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.

Soft (n.) A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Softa (n.) Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.

Softened (imp. & p. p.) of Soften

Softening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soften

Soften (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.

Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.

Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.

Soften (v. t.) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.

Soften (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.

Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.

Soften (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.

Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.

Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.

Soften (v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.

Softener (n.) One who, or that which, softens.

Softening () a. & n. from Soften, v.

Soft-finned (a.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.

Soft-headed (a.) Weak in intellect.

Soft-hearted (a.) Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.

Softish (a.) Somewhat soft.

Softling (n.) A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.

Softly (adv.) In a soft manner.

Softner (n.) See Softener.

Softness (n.) The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

Soft-shell (a.) Alt. of Soft-shelled

Soft-shelled (a.) Having a soft or fragile shell.

Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.

Sogginess (n.) The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.

Soggy (superl.) Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.

Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Soiled (imp. & p. p.) of Soil

Soiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soil

Soil (v. t.) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.

Soil (n.) The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.

Soil (n.) Land; country.

Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.

Soil (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.

Soil (n.) To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.

Soil (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

Soil (v. i.) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.

Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

Soiliness (n.) Stain; foulness.

Soilless (a.) Destitute of soil or mold.

Soilure (n.) Stain; pollution.

Soily (a.) Dirty; soiled.

Soiree (n.) An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.

Soja (n.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.

Sojourned (imp. & p. p.) of Sojourn

Sojourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sojourn

Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.

Sojourn (v. i.) A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.

Sojourner (n.) One who sojourns.

Sojourning (n.) The act or state of one who sojourns.

Sojournment (n.) Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.

Soke (n.) See Soc.

Soke (n.) One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.

Sokeman (n.) See Socman.

Sokemanry (n.) See Socmanry.

Soken (n.) A toll. See Soc, n., 2.

Soken (n.) A district held by socage.

Soko (n.) An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.

Sol (n.) The sun.

Sol (n.) Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.

Sol (n.) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.

Sol (n.) The tone itself.

Sol (n.) A sou.

Sol (n.) A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.

Sola (a.) See Solus.

Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.

Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

Solace (v. t.) Rest; relaxation; ease.

Solaced (imp. & p. p.) of Solace

Solacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solace

Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

Solace (v. i.) To take comfort; to be cheered.

Solacement (n.) The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.

Solacious (a.) Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.

Solanaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

Soland (n.) A solan goose.

Solander (n.) See Sallenders.

Solan goose () The common gannet.

Solania (n.) Solanine.

Solanicine (n.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

Solanidine (n.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

Solanine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.

Solano () A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

Solanoid (a.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.

Solanum (n.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

Solar (a.) A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.

Solar (a.) Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.

Solar (a.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.

Solar (a.) Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.

Solar (a.) Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

Solaria (pl. ) of Solarium

Solarium (n.) An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

Solarium (n.) Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.

Solarization (n.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.

Solarized (imp. & p. p.) of Solarize

Solarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solarize

Solarize (v. t.) To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.

Solarize (v. i.) To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.

Solary (a.) Solar.

Solas (n.) Solace.

Solatium (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.

Sold () imp. & p. p. of Sell.

Sold (n.) Solary; military pay.

Soldan (n.) A sultan.

Soldanel (n.) A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.

Soldanrie (n.) The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan.

Solder (n.) A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.

Solder (n.) anything which unites or cements.

Soldered (imp. & p. p.) of Solder

Soldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solder

Solder (n.) To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.

Solder (n.) To mend; to patch up.

Solderer (n.) One who solders.

Soldering () a. & n. from Solder, v. t.

Soldier (n.) One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

Soldier (n.) Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.

Soldier (n.) A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction.

Soldier (n.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)

Soldier (n.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.

Soldier (v. i.) To serve as a soldier.

Soldier (v. i.) To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.

Soldieress (n.) A female soldier.

Soldiering (n.) The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

Soldiering (n.) The act of feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2.

Soldierlike (a.) Like a soldier; soldierly.

Soldierly (a.) Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.

Soldiership (n.) Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.

Soldierwood (n.) A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

Soldiery (n.) A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.

Soldiery (n.) Military service.

Soldi (pl. ) of Soldo

Soldo (n.) A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.

Sole (n.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.

Sole (n.) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.

Sole (n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.

Sole (n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.

Sole (n.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

Sole (n.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.

Sole (n.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

Sole (n.) The bottom of an embrasure.

Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

Sole (n.) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Soled (imp. & p. p.) of Sole

Soling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sole

Sole (v. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

Sole (a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.

Sole (a.) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Solecism (n.) An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.

Solecism (n.) Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.

Solecist (n.) One who commits a solecism.

Solecistic (a.) Solecistical.

Solecistical (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.

Solecistically (adv.) In a solecistic manner.

Solecize (v. i.) To commit a solecism.

Solely (adv.) Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

Solemn (a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

Solemn (a.) Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.

Solemn (a.) Stately; ceremonious; grand.

Solemn (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.

Solemn (a.) Real; earnest; downright.

Solemn (a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.

Solemn (a.) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.

Solemness (n.) Solemnness.

Solemnities (pl. ) of Solemnity

Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

Solemnity (n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

Solemnity (n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

Solemnity (n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.

Solemnity (n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

Solemnity (n.) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

Solemnizate (v. t.) To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony.

Solemnization (n.) The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

Solemnized (imp. & p. p.) of Solemnize

Solemnizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solemnize

Solemnize (v. t.) To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.

Solemnize (v. t.) To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.

Solemnize (v. t.) To make grave, serious, and reverential.

Solemnize (n.) Solemnization.

Solemnizer (n.) One who solemnizes.

Solemnly (adv.) In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.

Solemnness (n.) The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.

Solempne (a.) Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.

Solen (n.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.

Solen (n.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.

Solenacean (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.

Solenaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.

Soleness (n.) The state of being sole, or alone; singleness.

Solenette (n.) A small European sole (Solea minuta).

Solenoconcha (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.

Solenodon (n.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.

Solenogastra (n. pl.) An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.

Solenoglyph (a.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia.

Solenoglyph (n.) One of the Selenoglypha.

Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.

Solenoid (n.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.

Solenostomi (n. pl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

Soleplate (n.) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine.

Soleplate (n.) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.

Soler (n.) Alt. of Solere

Solere (n.) A loft or garret. See Solar, n.

Solert (a.) Skillful; clever; crafty.

Solertiousness (n.) The quality or state of being solert.

Soleship (n.) The state of being sole, or alone; soleness.

Sol-faed (imp. & p. p.) of Sol-fa

Sol-faing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sol-fa

Sol-fa (v. i.) To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.

Sol-fa (n.) The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Solfanaria (n.) A sulphur mine.

Solfatara (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

Solfeggiare (v. i.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.

Solfeggio (n.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.

Solferino (n.) A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.

Soli (n.) pl. of Solo.

Solicited (imp. & p. p.) of Solicit

Soliciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solicit

Solicit (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

Solicit (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.

Solicit (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.

Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

Solicit (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

Solicitant (n.) One who solicits.

Solicitate (a.) Solicitous.

Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

Soliitation (n.) Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses.

Solicitor (n.) One who solicits.

Solicitor (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney.

Solicitor (n.) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.

Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.

Solicitous (v. t.) Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.

Solicitress (n.) A woman who solicits.

Solicitude (n.) The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.

Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.

Solid (a.) Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.

Solid (a.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.

Solid (a.) Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.

Solid (a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.

Solid (a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.

Solid (a.) Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.

Solid (a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.

Solid (a.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.

Solid (a.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

Solid (a.) United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.

Solid (n.) A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.

Solid (n.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.

Solidago (n.) A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.

Solidare (n.) A small piece of money.

Solidarity (n.) An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.

Solidary (a.) Having community of interests and responsibilities.

Solidate (v. t.) To make solid or firm.

Solidifiable (a.) Capable of being solidified.

Solidification (n.) Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.

Solidified (imp. & p. p.) of Solidify

Solidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solidify

Solidify (v. t.) To make solid or compact.

Solidify (v. i.) To become solid; to harden.

Solidism (n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.

Solidist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.

Solidity (n.) The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.

Solidity (n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.

Solidity (n.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.

Solidly (adv.) In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.

Solidness (n.) State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.

Solidungula (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.

Solidungular (a.) Solipedous.

Solidungulate (n.) Same as Soliped.

Solidungulous (a.) Solipedous.

Solifidian (n.) One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian.

Solifidian (a.) Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.

Solifidianism (n.) The state of Solifidians.

Soliform (a.) Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun.

Solifugae (n. pl.) A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.

Soliloquized (imp. & p. p.) of Soliloquize

Soliloquizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soliloquize

Soliloquize (v. i.) To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.

Soliloquies (pl. ) of Soliloquy

Soliloquy (n.) The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.

Soliloquy (n.) A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.

Soliped (n.) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.

Solipedous (a.) Having single hoofs.

Solipsism (n.) Egotism.

Solipsism (n.) Egoism.

Solisequious (a.) Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants.

Solitaire (n.) A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.

Solitaire (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone.

Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.

Solitaire (n.) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.

Solitaire (n.) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.

Solitarian (n.) A hermit; a solitary.

Soliitariety (n.) The state of being solitary; solitariness.

Solitarily (adv.) In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone.

Solitariness (n.) Condition of being solitary.

Solitary (a.) Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

Solitary (a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

Solitary (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.

Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.

Solitary (a.) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.

Solitary (a.) Not associated with others of the same kind.

Solitary (n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Solitude (a.) state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.

Solitude (a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.

Solitude (a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.

Solivagant (a.) Wandering alone.

Solivagous (a.) Solivagant.

Sollar (n.) See Solar, n.

Sollar (n.) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft.

Sollar (v. t.) To cover, or provide with, a sollar.

Sollein (a.) Sullen; sad.

Solleret (n.) A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor.

Solmization (n.) The act of sol-faing.

Solos (pl. ) of Solo

Soli (pl. ) of Solo

Solo (a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

Soloist (n.) One who sings or plays a solo.

Solomon (n.) One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.

Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.

Solpugid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Solifugae.

Solpugid (n.) One of the Solifugae.

Solpugidea (n. pl.) Same as Solifugae.

Solstice (v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun.

Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion.

Solstice (v. i.) The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.

Solstitial (a.) Of or pertaining to a solstice.

Solstitial (a.) Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.

Solubility (n.) The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.

Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.

Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.

Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.

Soluble (a.) Relaxed; open or readily opened.

Solubleness (n.) Quality or state of being soluble.

Solus (fem. a.) Alt. of Sola

Sola (fem. a.) Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.

Solute (a.) Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation.

Solute (a.) Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful.

Solute (a.) Soluble; as, a solute salt.

Solute (a.) Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.

Solute (v. t.) To dissolve; to resolve.

Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin.

Solution (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.

Solution (n.) The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.

Solution (n.) The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.

Solution (n.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.

Solution (n.) release; deliverance; discharge.

Solution (n.) The termination of a disease; resolution.

Solution (n.) A crisis.

Solution (n.) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.

Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.

Solvability (n.) The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.

Solvability (n.) The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.

Solvable (a.) Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.

Solvable (a.) Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations.

Solvable (a.) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.

Solvableness (n.) Quality of being solvable.

Solved (imp. & p. p.) of Solve

Solving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solve

Solve (v. t.) To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.

Solve (n.) A solution; an explanation.

Solvency (n.) The quality or state of being solvent.

Solvend (n.) A substance to be dissolved.

Solvent (a.) Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.

Solvent (a.) Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.

Solvent (n.) A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.

Solvent (n.) That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.

Solver (n.) One who, or that which, solves.

Solvible (a.) See Solvable.

Soly (adv.) Solely.

Soma (n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

Somaj (n.) Alt. of Samaj

Samaj (n.) A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.

Somali (n.) Alt. of Somal

Somal (n.) A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.

Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.

Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.

Somatical (a.) Somatic.

Somatics (n.) The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.

Somatist (n.) One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.

Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

Somatology (n.) The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.

Somatology (n.) A treatise on the human body; anatomy.

Somatome (n.) See Somite.

Somatopleure (n.) The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.

Somatopleuric (a.) Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.

Somatotropism (n.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.

Somber (a.) Alt. of Sombre

Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.

Somber (v. t.) Alt. of Sombre

Sombre (v. t.) To make somber, or dark; to make shady.

Somber (n.) Alt. of Sombre

Sombre (n.) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.

Somberly (adv.) Alt. of Sombrely

Sombrely (adv.) In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.

Somberness (n.) Alt. of Sombreness

Sombreness (n.) The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

Sombrero (n.) A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.

Sombrous (a.) Gloomy; somber.

-some () A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.

-some (a.) An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.

Some (a.) Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.

Some (a.) A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man.

Some (a.) Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.

Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence.

Some (a.) Considerable in number or quality.

Some (a.) Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.

Some (a.) A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.

Somebody (n.) A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

Somebody (n.) A person of consideration or importance.

Somedeal (adv.) In some degree; somewhat.

Somehow (adv.) In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.

Somersault (n.) Alt. of Somerset

Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.

Something (n.) Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

Something (n.) A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something (n.) A person or thing importance.

Something (adv.) In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.

Sometime (adv.) At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.

Sometime (adv.) At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.

Sometime (adv.) At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.

Sometime (a.) Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.

Sometimes (adv.) Formerly; sometime.

Sometimes (adv.) At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally.

Sometimes (a.) Former; sometime.

Somewhat (n.) More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.

Somewhat (n.) A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

Somewhat (adv.) In some degree or measure; a little.

Somewhen (adv.) At some indefinite time.

Somewhere (adv.) In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.

Somewhile (adv.) Once; for a time.

Somewhither (adv.) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.

Somite (n.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere.

Sommeil (n.) Slumber; sleep.

Sommerset (n.) See Somersault.

Somnambular (a.) Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.

Somnambulate (v. i. & t.) To walk when /sleep.

Somnambulation (n.) The act of walking in sleep.

Somnambulator (n.) A somnambulist.

Somnambule (n.) A somnambulist.

Somnambulic (a.) Somnambulistic.

Somnambulism (n.) A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.

Somnambulist (n.) A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.

Somnambulistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.

Somne (v. t.) To summon.

Somner (n.) A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.

Somnial (a.) Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.

Somniative (a.) Somnial; somniatory.

Somniatory (a.) Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.

Somniculous (a.) Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.

Somniferous (a.) Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion.

Somnific (a.) Causing sleep; somniferous.

Somnifugous (a.) Driving away sleep.

Somniloquence (n.) The act of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism.

Somniloquism (n.) The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.

Somniloquist (n.) One who talks in his sleep.

Somniloquous (a.) Apt to talk in sleep.

Somniloquy (n.) A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.

Somnipathist (n.) A person in a state of somniapathy.

Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.

Somnolence (n.) Alt. of Somnolency

Somnolency (n.) Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

Somnolent (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.

Somnolism (n.) The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism.

Somnopathy (n.) Somnipathy.

Somnour (n.) A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.

Somonaunce (n.) Alt. of Somonce

Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation.

Sommonour (n.) A summoner.

Sompne (v. t.) To summon; to cite.

Sompnour (n.) A summoner.

Son (n.) A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Son (n.) A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

Son (n.) Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.

Son (n.) A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

Son (n.) The produce of anything.

Son (n.) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

Sonance (n.) A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance.

Sonance (n.) The quality or state of being sonant.

Sonant (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.

Sonant (n.) A sonant letter.

Sonata (n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.

Sonatina (n.) A short and simple sonata.

Soncy (a.) Alt. of Sonsy

Sonsy (a.) Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.

Sond (v. t.) Alt. of Sonde

Sonde (v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.

Sondeli (n.) The musk shrew. See under Musk.

Song (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.

Song (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.

Song (n.) A trifle.

Songcraft (n.) The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.

Songful (a.) Disposed to sing; full of song.

Songish (a.) Consisting of songs.

Songless (a.) Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.

Songster (n.) One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.

Songster (n.) A singing bird.

Songstress (n.) A woman who sings; a female singing bird.

Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.

Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.

Sonification (n.) The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.

Sons-in-law (pl. ) of Son-in-law

Son-in-law (n.) The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.

Sonless (a.) Being without a son.

Sonnet (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory.

Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.

Sonnet (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonneteer (n.) A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.

Sonneteer (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonneter (n.) A composer of sonnets.

Sonnetist (n.) A sonneter, or sonneteer.

Sonnetize (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonnish (a.) Like the sun; sunny; golden.

Sonnite (n.) See Sunnite.

Sonometer (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.

Sonometer (n.) An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.

Sonorific (a.) Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body.

Sonority (n.) The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

Sonorous (a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

Sonorous (a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.

Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

Sonorous (a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.

Sonship (n.) The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.

Sonsy (a.) See Soncy.

Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Sonties (n.) Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath.

Soochong (n.) Same as Souchong.

Soodra () Same as Sudra.

Soofee () Alt. of Soofeeism

Soofeeism () Same as Sufi, Sufism.

Soojee (n.) Same as Suji.

Soon (adv.) In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.

Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

Soon (adv.) Promptly; quickly; easily.

Soon (adv.) Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Soon (a.) Speedy; quick.

Soonee (n.) See Sunnite.

Soonly (adv.) Soon.

Soord (n.) Skin of bacon.

Soorma (n.) A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

Sooshong (n.) See Souchong.

Soosoo (n.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.

Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.

Sooted (imp. & p. p.) of Soot

Sooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soot

Soot (v. t.) To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.

Soot (a.) Alt. of Soote

Soote (a.) Sweet.

Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.

Sooth (superl.) True; faithful; trustworthy.

Sooth (superl.) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

Sooth (a.) Truth; reality.

Sooth (a.) Augury; prognostication.

Sooth (a.) Blandishment; cajolery.

Soothed (imp. & p. p.) of Soothe

Soothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soothe

Soothe (a.) To assent to as true.

Soothe (a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.

Soothe (a.) To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.

Soother (n.) One who, or that which, soothes.

Soothfast (a.) Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.

Soothfast (adv.) Soothly; really; in fact.

Soothing () a. & n. from Soothe, v.

Soothingly (adv.) In a soothing manner.

Soothly (adv.) In truth; truly; really; verily.

Soothness (n.) Truth; reality.

Soothsay (v. i.) To foretell; to predict.

Soothsay (n.) A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.

Soothsay (n.) Omen; portent. Having

Soothsayer (n.) One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.

Soothsayer (n.) A mantis.

Soothsaying (n.) A true saying; truth.

Soothsaying (n.) The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.

Soothsaying (n.) A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.

Sootiness (n.) The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.

Sootish (a.) Sooty.

Sooty (superl.) Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.

Sooty (superl.) Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.

Sooty (v. t.) To black or foul with soot.

Sop (v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

Sop (v. t.) Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.

Sop (v. t.) A thing of little or no value.

Sopped (imp. & p. p.) of Sop

Sopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sop

Sop (v. t.) To steep or dip in any liquid.

Sope (n.) See Soap.

Soph (n.) A contraction of Soph ister.

Soph (n.) A contraction of Sophomore.

Sophis (pl. ) of Sophi

Sophi (n.) See Sufi.

Sophic (a.) Alt. of Sophical

Sophical (a.) Teaching wisdom.

Sophime (n.) Sophism.

Sophism (n.) The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.

Sophist (n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt.

Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.

Sophister (n.) A sophist. See Sophist.

Sophister (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.

Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.

Sophistic (a.) Alt. of Sophistical

Sophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.

Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Sophisticate

Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sophisticate

Sophisticate (v. t.) To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

Sophisticate (a.) Alt. of Sophisticated

Sophisticated (a.) Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

Sophistication (n.) The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

Sophisticator (n.) One who sophisticates.

Sophistry (n.) The art or process of reasoning; logic.

Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.

Sophomore (n.) One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman.

Sophomoric (a.) Alt. of Sophomorical

Sophomorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation.

Sophora (n.) A genus of leguminous plants.

Sophora (n.) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.

Sophta (n.) See Softa.

Sopite (v. t.) To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.

Sopition (n.) The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.

Sopor (n.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.

Soporate (v. t.) To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.

Soporiferous (a.) Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific.

Soporific (a.) Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.

Soporific (n.) A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.

Soporose (a.) Alt. of Soporous

Soporous (a.) Causing sleep; sleepy.

Sopper (n.) One who sops.

Soppy (a.) Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.

Sopra (adv.) Above; before; over; upon.

Sopranist (n.) A treble singer.

Sopranos (pl. ) of Soprano

Soprani (pl. ) of Soprano

Soprano (n.) The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.

Soprano (n.) A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.

Sopsavine (n.) See Sops of wine, under Sop.

Sora (n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto.

Sorance (n.) Soreness.

Sorb (n.) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.

Sorb (n.) The fruit of these trees.

Sorbate (n.) A salt of sorbic acid.

Sorbefacient (a.) Producing absorption.

Sorbefacient (n.) A medicine or substance which produces absorption.

Sorbent (n.) An absorbent.

Sorbet (n.) A kind of beverage; sherbet.

Sorbic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Sorbile (a.) Fit to be drunk or sipped.

Sorbin (n.) An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar.

Sorbite (n.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance.

Sorbition (n.) The act of drinking or sipping.

Sorbonical (a.) Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist.

Sorbonist (n.) A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.

Sorcerer (n.) A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.

Sorceress (n.) A female sorcerer.

Sorcering (n.) Act or practice of using sorcery.

Sorcerous (a.) Of or pertaining to sorcery.

Sorceries (pl. ) of Sorcery

Sorcery (n.) Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.

Sord (n.) See Sward.

Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression.

Sordet (n.) A sordine.

Sordid (a.) Filthy; foul; dirty.

Sordid (a.) Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.

Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

Sordidly (n.) Sordidness.

Sordidly (adv.) In a sordid manner.

Sordidness (n.) The quality or state of being sordid.

Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute.

Sore (n.) Reddish brown; sorrel.

Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

Sore (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.

Sore (superl.) Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.

Sore (superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.

Sore (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.

Sore (a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.

Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Sore (a.) In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.

Sore (a.) Greatly; violently; deeply.

Soredia (n.) pl. of Soredium.

Sorediate (a.) Sorediiferous.

Sordiferous (a.) Alt. of Sorediiferous

Sorediiferous (a.) Bearing soredia; sorediate.

Soredia (pl. ) of Soredium

Soredium (n.) A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.

Soree (n.) Same as Sora.

Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.

Sorehon (n.) Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.

Sorel (n.) A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck.

Sorel (n.) A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.

Sorely (adv.) In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.

Sorema (n.) A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.

Soreness (n.) The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

Sorex (n.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.

Sorgne (n.) The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish.

Sorghum (n.) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).

Sorghum (n.) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.

Sorgo (n.) Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.

Sori (n.) pl. of Sorus.

Soricine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).

Sorites (n.) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition

Soritical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.

Sorn (v. i.) To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.

Sorner (n.) One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.

Sororal (a.) Relating to a sister; sisterly.

Sororicide (n.) The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister.

Sororize (v. i.) To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize.

Sorosis (n.) A woman's club; an association of women.

Sorosis (n.) A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.

Sorrage (n.) The blades of green or barley.

Sorrance (n.) Same as Sorance.

Sorrel (a.) Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

Sorrel (n.) A yellowish or redish brown color.

Sorrel (n.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.

Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.

Sorrily (adv.) In a sorry manner; poorly.

Sorriness (n.) The quality or state of being sorry.

Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.

Sorrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Sorrow

Sorrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sorrow

Sorrow (n.) To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.

Sorrowed (a.) Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful.

Sorrowful (a.) Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.

Sorrowful (a.) Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.

Sorrowless (a.) Free from sorrow.

Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.

Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.

Sorry (a.) Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.

Sortes (pl. ) of Sors

Sors (n.) A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots.

Sort (n.) Chance; lot; destiny.

Sort (n.) A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

Sort (n.) Manner; form of being or acting.

Sort (n.) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

Sort (n.) A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.

Sort (n.) A pair; a set; a suit.

Sort (n.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.

Sorted (imp. & p. p.) of Sort

Sorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sort

Sort (v. t.) To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.

Sort (v. t.) To reduce to order from a confused state.

Sort (v. t.) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

Sort (v. t.) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

Sort (v. t.) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

Sort (v. i.) To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

Sort (v. i.) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Sortable (a.) Capable of being sorted.

Sortable (a.) Suitable; befitting; proper.

Sortably (adv.) Suitable.

Sortal (a.) Pertaining to a sort.

Sortance (v. i.) Suitableness; agreement.

Sorter (n.) One who, or that which, sorts.

Sortes (n.) pl. of Sors.

Sortie (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Sortilege (n.) The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.

Sortilegious (a.) Pertaining to sortilege.

Sortilegy (n.) Sortilege.

Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.

Sortment (n.) Assortiment.

Sori (pl. ) of Sorus

Sorus (n.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.

Sorwe (n. & v.) Sorrow.

Sorweful (a.) Sorrowful.

Sory (n.) Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it.

So-so (a.) Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.

So-so (adv.) Tolerably; passably.

Soss (v. i.) To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.

Soss (v. t.) To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.

Soss (n.) A lazy fellow.

Soss (n.) A heavy fall.

Soss (n.) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

Sostenuto (a.) Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.

Sot (n.) A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

Sot (n.) A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.

Sot (a.) Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull.

Sot (v. t.) To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.

Sot (v. i.) To tipple to stupidity.

Sotadean (a.) Sotadic.

Sotadic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades.

Sotadic (n.) A Sotadic verse or poem.

Sote (a.) Sweet.

Sotel (a.) Alt. of Sotil

Sotil (a.) Subtile.

Soteriology (n.) A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.

Soteriology (n.) The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.

Sothe (a.) Sooth.

Sothiac (a.) Alt. of Sothic

Sothic (a.) Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.

Sotilte (n.) Subtlety.

Sotted () a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted.

Sottery (n.) Folly.

Sottish (a.) Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.

Sotto voce () With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone.

Sotto voce () Spoken low or in an undertone.

Sous (pl. ) of Sou

Sou (n.) An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou.

Souari nut () The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut.

Soubah (n.) See Subah.

Soubahdar (n.) See Subahdar.

Soubrette (n.) A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.

Soubriquet (n.) See Sobriquet.

Souce (n.) See 1st Souse.

Souce (v. t. & i.) See Souse.

Souchong (n.) A kind of black tea of a fine quality.

Soudan (n.) A sultan.

Souded (a.) Alt. of Soudet

Soudet (a.) United; consolidated; made firm; strengthened.

Souffle (n.) A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.

Souffle (n.) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.

Sough (n.) A sow.

Sough (n.) A small drain; an adit.

Sough (v. i.) The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.

Sough (v. i.) Hence, a vague rumor or flying report.

Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.

Sough (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind.

Sought () imp. & p. p. of Seek.

Souke (v. t. & i.) To suck.

Soul (a.) Sole.

Soul (a.) Sole.

Soul (v. i.) To afford suitable sustenance.

Soul (n.) The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."

Soul (n.) The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.

Soul (n.) The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.

Soul (n.) Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.

Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.

Soul (n.) A pure or disembodied spirit.

Soul (v. t.) To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

Souled (a.) Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.

Soulili (n.) A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.

Soulless (a.) Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.

Soullessly (adv.) In a soulless manner.

Soun (n. & v.) Sound.

Sound (n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Sound (n.) A cuttlefish.

Sound (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

Sound (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.

Sound (superl.) Firm; strong; safe.

Sound (superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.

Sound (superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.

Sound (superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.

Sound (superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.

Sound (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.

Sound (adv.) Soundly.

Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.

Sounded (imp. & p. p.) of Sound

Sounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sound

Sound (v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.

Sound (v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.

Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.

Sound (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.

Sound (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.

Sound (n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.

Sound (v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.

Sound (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.

Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.

Sound (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.

Sound (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.

Sound (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.

Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.

Sound (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.

Soundable (a.) Capable of being sounded.

Soundage (n.) Dues for soundings.

Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board.

Sounder (n.) One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.

Sounder (n.) A herd of wild hogs.

Sounding (a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.

Sounding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).

Sounding (n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.

Sounding (n.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.

Sounding (n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.

Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.

Soundless (a.) Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.

Soundless (a.) Having no sound; noiseless; silent.

Soundly (adv.) In a sound manner.

Soundness (n.) The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

Soune (v. t. & i.) To sound.

Sounst (a.) Soused. See Souse.

Soup (n.) A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.

Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow.

Soup (v. t.) To breathe out.

Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.

Soupe-maigre (n.) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Souple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain.

Soupy (a.) Resembling soup; souplike.

Sour (superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

Sour (superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.

Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.

Sour (superl.) Afflictive; painful.

Sour (superl.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.

Sour (n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Sour (v. t.) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.

Sour (v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil.

Sour (v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.

Sour (v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.

Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.

Soured (imp. & p. p.) of Sour

Souring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sour

Sour (v. i.) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

Source (n.) The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.

Source (n.) That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.

Sourcrout (n.) See Sauerkraut.

Sourde (v. i.) To have origin or source; to rise; to spring.

Souring (n.) Any sour apple.

Sourish (a.) Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

Sourkrout (n.) Same as Sauerkraut.

Sourly (adv.) In a sour manner; with sourness.

Sourness (n.) The quality or state of being sour.

Sours (n.) Source. See Source.

Soursop (n.) The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.

Sourwood (n.) The sorrel tree.

Sous (n.) Alt. of Souse

Souse (n.) A corrupt form of Sou.

Souse (n.) Pickle made with salt.

Souse (n.) Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

Souse (n.) The ear; especially, a hog's ear.

Souse (n.) The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Soused (imp. & p. p.) of Souse

Sousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Souse

Souse (v. t.) To steep in pickle; to pickle.

Souse (v. t.) To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

Souse (v. t.) To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

Souse (v. t.) To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.

Souse (v. t.) To pounce upon.

Souse (n.) The act of sousing, or swooping.

Souse (adv.) With a sudden swoop; violently.

Souslik (n.) See Suslik.

Sout (n.) Soot.

Soutache (n.) A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Soutage (n.) That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.

Soutane (n.) A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.

Souter (n.) A shoemaker; a cobbler.

Souterly (a.) Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.

Souterrain (n.) A grotto or cavern under ground.

South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.

South (n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.

South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

South (n.) The wind from the south.

South (a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.

South (adv.) Toward the south; southward.

South (adv.) From the south; as, the wind blows south.

Southed (imp. & p. p.) of South

Southing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of South

South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

South (v. i.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

Southcottian (n.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.

Southdown (a.) Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England.

Southdown (n.) A Southdown sheep.

Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

Southeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Southeaster (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.

Southeaster (adv.) Toward the southeast.

Southeastern (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Southeastward (adv.) Alt. of Southeastwardly

Southeastwardly (adv.) Toward the southeast.

Souther (n.) A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.

Southerliness (n.) The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southerly (a.) Southern.

Southern (a.) Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

Southern (n.) A Southerner.

Southerner (n.) An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

Southernliness (n.) Southerliness.

Southernly (a.) Somewhat southern.

Southernly (adv.) In a southerly manner or course; southward.

Southernmost (a.) Farthest south.

Southernwood (n.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Southing (n.) Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.

Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.

Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.

Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.

Southly (adv.) Southerly.

Southmost (a.) Farthest toward the south; southernmost.

Southness (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.

Southren (a.) Southern.

Southron (n.) An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

Southsay (v. i.) See Soothsay.

Southsayer (n.) See Soothsayer.

South southerly () the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.

Southward (adv.) Alt. of Southwards

Southwards (adv.) Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

Southward (a.) Toward the south.

Southward (n.) The southern regions or countries; the south.

Southwardly (adv.) In a southern direction.

Southwest (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

Southwest (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Southwester (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.

Southwester (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.

Southwesterly (a.) To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.

Southwestern (a.) Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Southwestward (adv.) Alt. of Southwestwardly

Southwestwardly (adv.) Toward the southwest.

Souvenance (n.) Alt. of Sovenaunce

Sovenaunce (n.) Remembrance.

Souvenir (n.) That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Sovereign (a.) Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

Sovereign (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.

Sovereign (a.) Princely; royal.

Sovereign (a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Sovereign (a.) Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.

Sovereign (n.) The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

Sovereign (n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.

Sovereign (n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

Sovereignize (v. i.) To exercise supreme authority.

Sovereignly (adv.) In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.

Sovereignties (pl. ) of Sovereignty

Sovereignty (n.) The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.

Sovran (a.) A variant of Sovereign.

Sow (v. i.) To sew. See Sew.

Sow (n.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

Sow (n.) A sow bug.

Sow (n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.

Sow (n.) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.

Sow (n.) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

Sow (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.

Sowed (imp.) of Sow

Sown (p. p.) of Sow

Sowed () of Sow

Sowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sow

Sow (v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.

Sow (v. t.) To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

Sow (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Sowans (n. pl.) See Sowens.

Sowar (n.) In India, a mounted soldier.

Sowbane (n.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

Sowce (n. & v.) See Souse.

Sowdan (n.) Sultan.

Sowdanesse (n.) A sultaness.

Sowens (n. pl.) A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.

Sower (n.) One who, or that which, sows.

Sowins (n. pl.) See Sowens.

Sowl (v. t.) Alt. of Sowle

Sowle (v. t.) To pull by the ears; to drag about.

Sowl (v. i.) See Soul, v. i.

Sown () p. p. of Sow.

Sowne (v. t. & i.) To sound.

Sowse (n. & v.) See Souse.

Sowter (n.) See Souter.

Soy (n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

Soy (n.) The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.

Soyle (v. t.) To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts.

Soyle (n.) Prey.

Soyned (a.) Filled with care; anxious.

Sozzle (v. t.) To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water.

Sozzle (v. t.) To heap up in confusion.

Sozzle (n.) One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.

Sozzle (n.) A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.

Spa (n.) A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

Space (n.) Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

Space (n.) Place, having more or less extension; room.

Space (n.) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.

Space (n.) Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.

Space (n.) A short time; a while.

Space (n.) Walk; track; path; course.

Space (n.) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.

Space (n.) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.

Space (n.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.

Space (n.) To walk; to rove; to roam.

Spaced (imp. & p. p.) of Space

Spacong (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Space

Space (n.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.

Spaceful (a.) Wide; extensive.

Spaceless (a.) Without space.

Spacial (a.) See Spatial.

Spacially (adv.) See Spatially.

Spacious (n.) Extending far and wide; vast in extent.

Spacious (n.) Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.

Spadassin (n.) A bravo; a bully; a duelist.

Spaddle (n.) A little spade.

Spade (n.) A hart or stag three years old.

Spade (n.) A castrated man or beast.

Spade (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.

Spade (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.

Spade (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

Spaded (imp. & p. p.) of Spade

Spading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spade

Spade (v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

Spadebone (n.) Shoulder blade.

Spadefish (n.) An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

Spadefoot (n.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

Spadefuls (pl. ) of Spadeful

Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.

Spader (n.) One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

Spadiceous (a.) Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.

Spadiceous (a.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.

Spadicose (a.) Spadiceous.

Spadille (n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.

Spadices (pl. ) of Spadix

Spadixes (pl. ) of Spadix

Spadix (n.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

Spadix (n.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.

Spadones (pl. ) of Spado

Spado (n.) Same as Spade, 2.

Spado (n.) An impotent person.

Spadroon (n.) A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.

Spaed (imp. & p. p.) of Spae

Spaeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spae

Spae (v. i.) To foretell; to divine.

Spaeman (n.) A prophet; a diviner.

Spaewife (n.) A female fortune teller.

Spaghetti (n.) A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.

Spagyric (a.) Alt. of Spagyrical

Spagyrical (a.) Chemical; alchemical.

Spagyric (n.) A spagyrist.

Spagyrist (n.) A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.

Spagyrist (n.) One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists.

Spahi (n.) Alt. of Spahee

Spahee (n.) Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.

Spahee (n.) An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.

Spaid (n.) See 1st Spade.

Spake () imp. of Speak.

Spakenet (n.) A net for catching crabs.

Spaky (a.) Specky.

Spalding knife () A spalting knife.

Spale (n.) A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

Spale (n.) A strengthening cross timber.

Spall (n.) The shoulder.

Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.

Spall (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.

Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.

Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Spalt (n.) Spelter.

Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.

Spalt (a.) Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.

Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.

Spalting knife () A knife used in splitting codfish.

Span () imp. & p. p. of Spin.

Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Span (v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.

Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.

Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

Span (v. t.) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

Spanned (imp. & p. p.) of Span

Spanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Span

Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.

Span (v. t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.

Span (v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

Span (v. i.) To be matched, as horses.

Spanaemia (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

Spanaemic (a.) Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.

Spancel (n.) A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.

Spanceled (imp. & p. p.) of Spancel

Spancelled () of Spancel

Spanceling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spancel

Spancelling () of Spancel

Spancel (v. t.) To tie or hobble with a spancel.

Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

Spandrel (n.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.

Spandrel (n.) A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture.

Spane (v. t.) To wean.

Spang (v. t.) To spangle.

Spang (v. i.) To spring; to bound; to leap.

Spang (n.) A bound or spring.

Spang (n.) A spangle or shining ornament.

Spangle (n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.

Spangle (n.) Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.

Spangled (imp. & p. p.) of Spangle

Spangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spangle

Spangle (v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.

Spangle (v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.

Spangler (n.) One who, or that which, spangles.

Spangly (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.

Spaniard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Spain.

Spaniel (n.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.

Spaniel (n.) A cringing, fawning person.

Spaniel (a.) Cringing; fawning.

Spaniel (v. i.) To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.

Spaniel (v. t.) To follow like a spaniel.

Spanish (a.) Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.

Spanish (n.) The language of Spain.

Spanked (imp. & p. p.) of Spank

Spanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spank

Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

Spank (n.) A blow with the open hand; a slap.

Spank (v. i.) To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.

Spanker (n.) One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.

Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail.

Spanker (n.) One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.

Spanker (n.) Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.

Spanker (n.) A small coin.

Spanking (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.

Spanking (a.) Large; considerable.

Spanking breeze () a strong breeze.

Spanless (a.) Incapable of being spanned.

Spanner (n.) One who, or that which, spans.

Spanner (n.) The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.

Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.

Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

Span-new (a.) Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.

Spannishing (n.) The full blooming of a flower.

Spanpiece (n.) The collar of a roof; sparpiece.

Spanworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.

Spar (n.) An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

Spar (v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

Spar (v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.

Spar (v. t.) The bar of a gate or door.

Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to bar.

Spar (v. t.) To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

Sparred (imp. & p. p.) of Spar

Sparring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spar

Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

Spar (v. i.) To contest in words; to wrangle.

Spar (n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.

Spar (n.) A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

Sparable (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.

Sparada (n.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

Sparadrap (n.) A cerecloth.

Sparadrap (n.) Any adhesive plaster.

Sparage (n.) Alt. of Sparagrass

Sparagus (n.) Alt. of Sparagrass

Sparagrass (n.) Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.

Sparble (v. t.) To scatter; to disperse; to rout.

Spared (imp. & p. p.) of Spare

Sparing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spare

Spare (a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

Spare (a.) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.

Spare (a.) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

Spare (a.) To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

Spare (v. i.) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

Spare (v. i.) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

Spare (v. i.) To desist; to stop; to refrain.

Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

Spare (v. t.) Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

Spare (v. t.) Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.

Spare (v. t.) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.

Spare (v. t.) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

Spare (v. t.) Slow.

Spare (n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

Spare (n.) Parsimony; frugal use.

Spare (n.) An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

Spare (n.) That which has not been used or expended.

Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

Spareful (a.) Sparing; chary.

Sparely (adv.) In a spare manner; sparingly.

Spareless (a.) Unsparing.

Spareness (n.) The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

Sparer (n.) One who spares.

Sparerib (n.) A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.

Sparge (v. t.) To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

Spargefaction (n.) The act of sprinkling.

Sparger (n.) A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.

Sparhawk (n.) The sparrow hawk.

Spar-hung (a.) Hung with spar, as a cave.

Sparing (a.) Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.

Spark (n.) A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

Spark (n.) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

Spark (n.) That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.

Spark (n.) A brisk, showy, gay man.

Spark (n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau.

Spark (v. i.) To sparkle.

Spark (v. i.) To play the spark, beau, or lover.

Sparker (n.) A spark arrester.

Sparkful (a.) Lively; brisk; gay.

Sparkish (a.) Like a spark; airy; gay.

Sparkish (a.) Showy; well-dresed; fine.

Sparkle (n.) A little spark; a scintillation.

Sparkle (n.) Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

Sparkled (imp. & p. p.) of Sparkle

Sparkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sparkle

Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.

Sparkle (n.) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.

Sparkle (n.) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Sparkle (v. t.) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

Sparkle (v. t.) To disperse.

Sparkle (v. t.) To scatter on or over.

Sparkler (n.) One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.

Sparkler (n.) One who, or that which, sparkles.

Sparkler (n.) A tiger beetle.

Sparklet (n.) A small spark.

Sparkliness (n.) Vivacity.

Sparkling (a.) Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.

Sparling (n.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Sparling (n.) A young salmon.

Sparling (n.) A tern.

Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.

Sparoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.

Sparoid (n.) One of the Sparidae.

Sparpiece (n.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.

Sparpoil (v. t.) To scatter; to spread; to disperse.

Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.

Sparrow (n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.

Sparrowgrass (n.) Asparagus.

Sparrowwort (n.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

Sparry (a.) Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.

Sparse (superl.) Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.

Sparse (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

Sparse (v. t.) To scatter; to disperse.

Sparsedly (adv.) Sparsely.

Sparsely (adv.) In a scattered or sparse manner.

Sparseness (n.) The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

Sparsim (adv.) Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.

Spartan (a.) Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.

Spartan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.

Sparteine (n.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.

parterie (n.) Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses.

Sparth (n.) An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd.

Sparve (n.) The hedge sparrow.

Spary (a.) Sparing; parsimonious.

Spasm (v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.

Spasmatical (a.) Spasmodic.

Spasmodic (a.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.

Spasmodic (a.) Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.

Spasmodic (n.) A medicine for spasm.

Spasmodical (a.) Same as Spasmodic, a.

Spastic (a.) Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Spastically (adv.) Spasmodically.

Spasticity (n.) A state of spasm.

Spasticity (n.) The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.

Spat () imp. of Spit.

Spat (n.) A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

Spat (v. i. & t.) To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

Spat (n.) A light blow with something flat.

Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

Spat (v. i.) To dispute.

Spatted (imp. & p. p.) of Spat

Spatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spat

Spat (v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.

Spatangoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea.

Spatangoid (n.) One of the Spatangoidea.

Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.

Spatangus (n.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.

Spatchcock (n.) See Spitchcock.

Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

Spathae (pl. ) of Spatha

Spatha (n.) A spathe.

Spathaceous (a.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.

Spathal (a.) Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.

Spathe (n.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.

Spathed (a.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.

Spathic (a.) Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.

Spathiform (a.) Resembling spar in form.

Spathose (a.) See Spathic.

Spathose (a.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.

Spathous (a.) Spathose.

Spathulate (a.) See Spatulate.

Spatial (a.) Of or pertaining to space.

Spatially (adv.) As regards space.

Spatiate (v. t.) To rove; to ramble.

Spattered (imp. & p. p.) of Spatter

Spattering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spatter

Spatter (v. t.) To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.

Spatter (v. t.) To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood.

Spatter (v. t.) Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.

Spatter (v. i.) To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.

Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.

Spatterdashes (n. pl.) Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

Spatter-dock (n.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).

Spattle (n.) Spawl; spittle.

Spattle (n.) A spatula.

Spattle (n.) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter

Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.

Spatulate (a.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.

Spauld (n.) The shoulder.

Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.

Spavined (a.) Affected with spavin.

Spaw (n.) See Spa.

Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.

Spawl (n.) Scattered or ejected spittle.

Spawled (imp. & p. p.) of Spawl

Spawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawl

Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.

Spawling (n.) That which is spawled, or spit out.

Spawned (imp. & p. p.) of Spawn

Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawn

Spawn (v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.

Spawn (v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.

Spawn (v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.

Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.

Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

Spawn (v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.

Spawner (n.) A mature female fish.

Spawner (n.) Whatever produces spawn of any kind.

Spayed (imp. & p. p.) of Spay

Spaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spay

Spay (v. t.) To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).

Spay (v. t.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.

Spayad (n.) Alt. of Spayade

Spayade (n.) A spay.

Spoke (imp.) of Speak

Spake () of Speak

Spoken (p. p.) of Speak

Spoke () of Speak

Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speak

Speak (v. i.) To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.

Speak (v. i.) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.

Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.

Speak (v. i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.

Speak (v. i.) To give sound; to sound.

Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.

Speak (v. t.) To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.

Speak (v. t.) To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.

Speak (v. t.) To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.

Speak (v. t.) To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.

Speak (v. t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.

Speakable (a.) Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken.

Speakable (a.) Able to speak.

Speaker (n.) One who speaks.

Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.

Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.

Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.

Speakership (n.) The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.

Speaking (a.) Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.

Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.

Speking (n.) The act of uttering words.

Speking (n.) Public declamation; oratory.

Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman.

Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.

Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.

Spear (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

Speared (imp. & p. p.) of Spear

Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spear

Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

Spear (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.

Spearer (n.) One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.

Spearfish (n.) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.

Spearfish (n.) The carp sucker.

Spearhead (n.) The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

Spearmen (pl. ) of Spearman

Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear.

Spearmint (n.) A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.

Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.

Spearwort (n.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.

Speary (a.) Having the form of a spear.

Spece (n.) Species; kind.

Specht (n.) A woodpecker.

Special (a.) Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.

Special (a.) Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.

Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.

Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.

Special (a.) Chief in excellence.

Special (n.) A particular.

Special (n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion.

Specialism (n.) Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

Specialist (n.) One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.

Specialities (pl. ) of Speciality

Speciality (n.) A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.

Speciality (n.) See Specialty, 3.

Speciality (n.) The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.

Speciality (n.) An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

Specialization (n.) The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.

Specialization (n.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function.

Specialize (v. t.) To mention specially; to particularize.

Specialize (v. t.) To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.

Specialize (v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions.

Specially (adv.) In a special manner; particularly; especially.

Specially (adv.) For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.

Specialties (pl. ) of Specialty

Specialty (n.) Particularity.

Specialty (n.) A particular or peculiar case.

Specialty (n.) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.

Specialty (n.) That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality.

Specie () abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.

Specie (n.) Coin; hard money.

Species (n.) Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.

Species (n.) In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.

Species (n.) A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.

Species (n.) Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.

Species (n.) A public spectacle or exhibition.

Species (n.) A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

Species (n.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.

Species (n.) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Specifiable (a.) Admitting specification; capable of being specified.

Specific (a.) Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.

Specific (a.) Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.

Specific (a.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.

Specific (n.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.

Specific (a.) Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.

Specifical (a.) Specific.

Specifically (adv.) In a specific manner.

Specificalness (n.) The quality of being specific.

Specificate (v. t.) To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.

Specification (n.) The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.

Specification (n.) The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.

Specification (n.) A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.

Soecificness (n.) The quality or state of being specific.

Specified (imp. & p. p.) of Specify

Specifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Specify

Specify (v. t.) To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.

Specollum (n.) See Stylet, 2.

Specimen (n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.

Speciocities (pl. ) of Speciosity

Speciosity (n.) The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.

Speciosity (n.) That which is specious.

Specious (a.) Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.

Specious (a.) Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.

Speck (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

Speck (n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.

Speck (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.

Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

Specked (imp. & p. p.) of Speck

Specking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speck

Speck (v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.

Speckle (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

Speckled (imp. & p. p.) of Speckle

Speckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speckle

Speckle (v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.

Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.

Speckled-belly (n.) The gadwall.

Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

Speckledness (n.) The quality of being speckled.

Specksioneer (n.) The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.

Speckt (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.

Spectacle (n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.

Spectacle (n.) A spy-glass; a looking-glass.

Spectacle (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.

Spectacle (n.) Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.

Spectacled (a.) Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.

Spectacled (a.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.

Spectacular (a.) Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.

Spectacular (a.) Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.

Spectacular (a.) Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

Spectant (a.) Looking forward.

Spectation (n.) Regard; aspect; appearance.

Spectator (n.) One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

Spectatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a spectator.

Spectatorship (n.) The office or quality of a spectator.

Spectatorship (n.) The act of beholding.

Spectatress (n.) Alt. of Spectatrix

Spectatrix (n.) A female beholder or looker-on.

Specter (n.) Alt. of Spectre

Spectre (n.) Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

Spectre (n.) The tarsius.

Spectre (n.) A stick insect.

Spectioneer (n.) Same as Specsioneer.

Spectral (a.) Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.

Spectral (a.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.

Spectrally (adv.) In the form or manner of a specter.

Spectre (n.) See Specter.

Spectrological (a.) Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies or experiments.

Spectrology (n.) The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications.

Spectrometer (n.) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.

Spectrophotometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the spectrum.

Spectroscope (n.) An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.

Spectroscopic (a.) Alt. of Spectroscopical

Spectroscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to a spectroscope, or spectroscopy.

Spectroscopist (n.) One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.

Spectroscopy (n.) The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.

Spectra (pl. ) of Spectrum

Spectrum (n.) An apparition; a specter.

Spectrum (n.) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.

Spectrum (n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.

Specular (a.) Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.

Specular (a.) Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.

Specular (a.) Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.

Specular (a.) Affording view.

Speculated (imp. & p. p.) of Speculate

Speculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speculate

Speculate (v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.

Speculate (v. i.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.

Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.

Speculate (v. t.) To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.

Speculation (n.) The act of speculating.

Speculation (n.) Examination by the eye; view.

Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.

Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.

Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.

Speculation (n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.

Speculation (n.) Power of sight.

Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.

Speculatist (n.) One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.

Speculative (a.) Given to speculation; contemplative.

Speculative (a.) Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration.

Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious.

Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.

Speculator (n.) One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.

Speculator (n.) One who forms theories; a theorist.

Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.

Speculatorial (a.) Speculatory; speculative.

Speculatory (a.) Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight.

Speculatory (a.) Exercising speculation; speculative.

Speculist (n.) One who observes or considers; an observer.

Specula (pl. ) of Speculum

Speculum (pl. ) of Speculum

Speculum (n.) A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.

Speculum (n.) A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.

Speculum (n.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.

Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.

Sped () imp. & p. p. of Speed.

Speece (n.) Species; sort.

Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.

Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.

Speech (n.) Talk; mention; common saying.

Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

Speech (n.) ny declaration of thoughts.

Speech (v. i. & t.) To make a speech; to harangue.

Speechful (a.) Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.

Speechification (n.) The act of speechifying.

Speechifier (n.) One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer.

Speechified (imp. & p. p.) of Speechify

Speechifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speechify

Speechify (v. i.) To make a speech; to harangue.

Speechifying (n.) The act of making a speech or speeches.

Speeching (n.) The act of making a speech.

Speechless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.

Speechmaker (n.) One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.

Speed (n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.

Speed (n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.

Sped (imp. & p. p.) of Speed

Speeded () of Speed

Speeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speed

Speed (n.) To go; to fare.

Speed (n.) To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.

Speed (n.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper.

Speed (n.) To make haste; to move with celerity.

Speed (n.) To be expedient.

Speed (v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.

Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

Speed (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.

Speed (v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

Speeder (n.) One who, or that which, speeds.

Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Speedful (a.) Full of speed (in any sense).

Speedfully (adv.) In a speedful manner.

Speedily (adv.) In a speedy manner.

Speediness (n.) The quality or state of being speedy.

Speedless (a.) Being without speed.

Speedwell (n.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.

Speedy (superl.) Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.

Speer (n.) A sphere.

Speer (v. t.) To ask.

Speet (v. t.) To stab.

Speight (n.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight.

Speir (v. i.) To ask. See Spere.

Speiskobalt (n.) Smaltite.

Speiss (n.) A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.

Spekboom (n.) The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants.

Speke (v. i. & t.) To speak.

Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent.

Spelding (n.) A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.

Spelicans (n. pl.) See Spilikin.

Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter.

Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of Spell

Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spell

Spell (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.

Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.

Spell (n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.

Spell (n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.

Spell (n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.

Spell (n.) A story; a tale.

Spell (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.

Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of Spell

Spelt () of Spell

Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spell

Spell (v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Spell (v. t.) To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure.

Spell (v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

Spell (v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.

Spell (v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.

Spell (v. i.) To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.

Spellable (a.) Capable of being spelt.

Spellbound (a.) Bound by, or as by, a spell.

Speller (n.) One who spells.

Speller (n.) A spelling book.

Spellful (a.) Abounding in spells, or charms.

Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

Spelling (a.) Of or pertaining to spelling.

Spellken (n.) A theater.

Spellwork (n.) Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.

Spelt () imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.

Spelt (n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.

Spelt (n.) Spelter.

Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.

Spelter (n.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

Spelunc (n.) A cavern; a cave.

Spence (n.) A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.

Spence (n.) The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.

Spencer (n.) One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.

Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.

Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].

Spent (imp. & p. p.) of Spend

Spending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spend

Spend (v. t.) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

Spend (v. t.) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.

Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.

Spend (v. t.) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.

Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.

Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.

Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.

Spend (v. i.) To be diffused; to spread.

Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.

Spender (n.) One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

Spending (n.) The act of expending; expenditure.

Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.

Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

Spendthrifty (a.) Spendthrift; prodigal.

Spenserian (a.) Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."

Spent (a.) Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.

Spent (a.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.

Sper (v. t.) Alt. of Sperre

Sperre (v. t.) To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.

Sperable (a.) Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for.

Sperable (n.) See Sperable.

Sperage (n.) Asperagus.

Sperate (a.) Hoped for, or to be hoped for.

Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.

Spere (n.) A sphere.

Sperge (n.) A charge of wash for the still.

Sperling (n.) A smelt; a sparling.

Sperling (n.) A young herring.

Sperm (n.) The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.

Sperm (n.) Spermaceti.

Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.

Spermalist (n.) See Spermist.

Spermaphore (n.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

Spermary (n.) An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.

Spermathecae (pl. ) of Spermatheca

Spermatheca (n.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.

Spermatic (a.) Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.

Spermatical (a.) Spermatic.

Spermatin (n.) A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.

Spermatism (n.) The emission of sperm, or semen.

Spermatia (pl. ) of Spermatium

Spermatium (n.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.

Spermatize (v. i.) To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm.

Spermato- () Alt. of Spermo-

Spermo- () Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.

Spermatoblast (n.) Same as Spermoblast.

Spermatocyte (n.) Same as Spermoblast.

Spermatogemma (n.) Same as Spermosphere.

Spermatogenesis (n.) The development of the spermatozoids.

Spermatogenetic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.

Spermatogenous (a.) Sperm-producing.

Spermatogonium (n.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.

Spermatoid (a.) Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.

Spermatoa (pl. ) of Spermatoon

Spermatoon (n.) A spermoblast.

Spermatophore (n.) Same as Spermospore.

Spermatophore (n.) A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very complex.

Spermatophorous (a.) Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.

Spermatorrhea (n.) Alt. of Spermatorrhoea

Spermatorrhoea (n.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

Spermatospore (n.) Same as Spermospore.

Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.

Spermatozooid (n.) A spermatozoid.

Spermatozoa (pl. ) of Spermatozoon

Spermatozoon (n.) Same as Spermatozoid.

Spermic (a.) Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.

Spermidia (pl. ) of Spermidium

Spermidium (n.) An achenium.

Spermist (n.) A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.

Spermoblast (n.) One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.

Spermococcus (n.) The nucleus of the sperm cell.

Spermoderm (n.) The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa.

Spermogonium (n.) A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.

Spermologist (n.) One who treats of, or collects, seeds.

Spermophile (n.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

Spermophore (n.) A spermatophore.

Spermophyta (n. pl.) Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.

Spermophyte (n.) Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace ph/nogam.

Spermophytic (a.) Capable of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.

Spermoplasma (n.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell.

Spermosphere (n.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.

Spermospore (n.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore.

Spermule (n.) A sperm cell.

Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.

Sperrylite (n.) An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature.

Sperse (v. t.) To disperse.

Spessartite (n.) A manganesian variety of garnet.

Spet (v. t.) To spit; to throw out.

Spet (n.) Spittle.

Spetches (n. pl.) Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.

Spewed (imp. & p. p.) of Spew

Spewing (p. pr.& vb. n.) of Spew

Spew (v. t.) To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

Spew (v. t.) To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.

Spew (v. i.) To vomit.

Spew (v. i.) To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.

Spew (n.) That which is vomited; vomit.

Spewer (n.) One who spews.

Spewiness (n.) The state of being spewy.

Spewy (a.) Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.

Sphacel (n.) Gangrene.

Sphacelated (imp. & p. p.) of Spacelate

Sphacelating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spacelate

Spacelate (v. i.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.

Sphacelate (v. t.) To affect with gangrene.

Sphacelate (a.) Alt. of Sphacelated

Sphacelated (a.) Affected with gangrene; mortified.

Sphacelation (n.) The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.

Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

Sphaerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma.

Sphaeridia (pl. ) of Sphaeridium

Sphaeridium (n.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.

Sphaerospore (n.) One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.

Sphaerulite (n.) Same as Spherulite.

Sphagnicolous (a.) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

Sphagnous (a.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.

Sphagnum (n.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.

Sphalerite (n.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).

Sphene (n.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.

Sphenethmoid (a.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.

Sphenethmoid (n.) The sphenethmoid bone.

Sphenethmoidal (a.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.

Spheniscan (n.) Any species of penguin.

Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.

Sphenodon (n.) Same as Hatteria.

Sphenoethmoidal (a.) Sphenethmoid.

Sphenogram (n.) A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.

Sphenographer (n.) One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.

Sphenographic (a.) Of or pertaining to sphenography.

Sphenographist (n.) A sphenographer.

Sphenography (n.) The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.

Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.

Sphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.

Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid bone.

Sphenoidal (a.) Sphenoid.

Sphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.

Sphenotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.

Sphenotic (n.) The sphenotic bone.

Spheral (a.) Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.

Spheral (a.) Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.

Sphere (n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.

Sphere (n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.

Sphere (n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.

Sphere (n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.

Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence.

Sphere (n.) Rank; order of society; social positions.

Sphere (n.) An orbit, as of a star; a socket.

Sphered (imp. & p. p.) of Sphere

Sphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sphere

Sphere (v. t.) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.

Sphere (v. t.) To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.

Spherical (a.) Alt. of Spheric

Spheric (a.) Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

Spheric (a.) Of or pertaining to a sphere.

Spheric (a.) Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.

Sphericity (n.) The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.

Sphericle (n.) A small sphere.

Spherics (n.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.

Spherobacteria (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.

Spheroconic (n.) A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone.

Spherograph (n.) An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection.

Spheroid (n.) A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.

Spheroidal (a.) Having the form of a spheroid.

Spheroidic (a.) Alt. of Spheroidical

Spheroidical (a.) See Spheroidal.

Spheroidicity (n.) Alt. of Spheroidity

Spheroidity (n.) The quality or state of being spheroidal.

Spheromere (n.) Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal.

Spherometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.

Spherosiderite (n.) Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.

Spherosome (n.) The body wall of any radiate animal.

Spherulate (a.) Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles.

Spherule (n.) A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.

Spherulite (n.) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.

Spherulitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.

Sphery (a.) Round; spherical; starlike.

Sphery (a.) Of or pertaining to the spheres.

Sphex (n.) Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphex and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp, under Sand.

Sphigmometer (n.) See Sphygmometer.

Sphincter (n.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.

Sphincter (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.

Sphingid (n.) A sphinx.

Sphingid (a.) Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.

Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.

Sphinx (n.) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.

Sphinx (n.) Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.

Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.

Sphinx (n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).

Sphragide (n.) Lemnian earth.

Sphragistics (n.) The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

Sphrigosis (n.) A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.

Sphygmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulse.

Sphygmogram (n.) A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.

Sphygmograph (n.) An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.

Sphygmographic (a.) Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing.

Sphygmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.

Sphygmophone (n.) An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.

Sphygmoscope (n.) Same as Sphygmograph.

Sphyraenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.

Spial (n.) A spy; a scout.

Spicae (pl. ) of Spica

Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.

Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

Spicate (a.) Alt. of Spicated

Spicated (a.) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.

Spiccato (a.) Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.

Spice (n.) Species; kind.

Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.

Spice (n.) Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.

Spiced (imp. & p. p.) of Spice

Spicing (p. p. & vb. n.) of Spice

Spice (v. t.) To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.

Spice (v. t.) To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.

Spice (v. t.) To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.

Spicebush (n.) Spicewood.

Spicenut () A small crisp cake, highly spiced.

Spicer (n.) One who seasons with spice.

Spicer (n.) One who deals in spice.

Spicery (n.) Spices, in general.

Spicery (n.) A repository of spices.

Spicewood (n.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.

Spiciferous (a.) Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate.

Spiciform (a.) Spike-shaped.

Spicily (adv.) In a spicy manner.

Spiciness (n.) The quality or state of being spicy.

Spick (n.) A spike or nail.

Spicknel (n.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort.

Spicose (a.) Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.

Spicosity (n.) The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn.

Spicous (a.) See Spicose.

Spiculae (pl. ) of Spicula

Spicula (n.) A little spike; a spikelet.

Spicula (n.) A pointed fleshy appendage.

Spicular (a.) Resembling a dart; having sharp points.

Spiculate (a.) Covered with, or having, spicules.

Spiculate (a.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.

Spiculate (v. t.) To sharpen to a point.

Spicule (n.) A minute, slender granule, or point.

Spicule (n.) Same as Spicula.

Spicule (n.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.

Spiculiform (a.) Having the shape of a spicule.

Spiculigenous (a.) Producing or containing spicules.

Spiculispongiae (n. pl.) A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.

Spicula (pl. ) of Spiculum

Spiculum (n.) Same as Spicule.

Spicy (superl.) Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.

Spicy (superl.) Producing, or abounding with, spices.

Spicy (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.

Spider (n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

Spider (n.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

Spider (n.) An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

Spider (n.) A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.

Spidered (a.) Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.

Spiderlike (a.) Like a spider.

Spider web () Alt. of Spider's web

Spider's web () The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.

Spiderwort (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.

Spied () imp. & p. p. of Spy.

Spiegeleisen (n.) See Spiegel iron.

Spiegel iron () A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.

Spight (n. & v.) Spite.

Spight (n.) A woodpecker. See Speight.

Spignel (n.) Same as Spickenel.

Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.

Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

Spigurnel (n.) Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.

Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

Spike (n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

Spike (n.) An ear of corn or grain.

Spike (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Spiked (imp. & p. p.) of Spike

Spiking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spike

Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

Spike (v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.

Spike (v. t.) To fix on a spike.

Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.

Spike (n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Spikebill (n.) The hooded merganser.

Spikebill (n.) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).

Spiked (a.) Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.

Spikefish (n.) See Sailfish (a)

Spikelet (n.) A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.

Spikenard (n.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India.

Spikenard (n.) A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.

Spiketail (n.) The pintail duck.

Spiky (a.) Like a spike; spikelike.

Spiky (a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.

Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

Spile (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.

Spile (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.

Spile (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins

spilikins (pl. ) of Spilikin

), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.
Spill (n.) A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

Spill (n.) A slender piece of anything.

Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

Spill (n.) A metallic rod or pin.

Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

Spill (n.) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

Spill (n.) A little sum of money.

Spilt (imp. & p. p.) of Spill

Spilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spill

Spill (v. t.) To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

Spilled (imp. & p. p.) of Spill

Spilt () of Spill

Spilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spill

Spill (v. t.) To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.

Spill (v. t.) To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.

Spill (v. t.) To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.

Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.

Spill (v. t.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

Spill (v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.

Spill (v. i.) To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.

Spiller (n.) One who, or that which, spills.

Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

Spillet fishing () Alt. of Spilliard fishing

Spilliard fishing () A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.

Spillikin (n.) See Spilikin.

Spillway (n.) A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

Spilt () imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.

Spilter (n.) Any one of the small branches on a stag's head.

Spilth (n.) Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.

Spun (imp. & p. p.) of Spin

Span (imp.) of Spin

Spinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spin

Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.

Spin (v. t.) To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.

Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.

Spin (v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.

Spin (v. t.) To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.

Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.

Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.

Spin (v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.

Spin (v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

Spin (n.) The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.

Spin (n.) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.

Spinaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.

Spinach (n.) Alt. of Spinage

Spinage (n.) A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.

Spinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.

Spinal (a.) Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.

Spinate (a.) Bearing a spine; spiniform.

Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.

Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.

Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.

Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.

Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.

Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.

Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.

Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.

Spindle (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.

Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of Spindle

Spindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spindle

Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.

Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs.

Spindlelegs (n.) A spindleshanks.

Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs.

Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.

Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle.

Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.

Spindletail (n.) The pintail duck.

Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.

Spindling (a.) Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.

Spine (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

Spine (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.

Spine (n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.

Spine (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.

Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Spineback (n.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

Spinebill (n.) Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.

Spined (a.) Furnished with spines; spiny.

Spine-finned (a.) Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

Spinel (n.) Alt. of Spinelle

Spinelle (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.

Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Spineless (a.) Having no spine.

Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.

Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.

Spinet (n.) A spinny.

Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

Spinetail (n.) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.

Spinetail (n.) The ruddy duck.

Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.

Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.

Spiniferous (a.) Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.

Spiniform (a.) Shaped like a spine.

Spinigerous (a.) Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.

Spininess (n.) Quality of being spiny.

Spinii-spirulate (a.) Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.

Spink (n.) The chaffinch.

Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.

Spinner (n.) One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

Spinner (n.) A spider.

Spinner (n.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.

Spinner (n.) A spinneret.

Spinneret (n.) One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.

Spinnerule (n.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

Spinneys (pl. ) of Spinney

Spinney (n.) Same as Spinny.

Spinning () a. & n. from Spin.

Spinnies (pl. ) of Spinny

Spinny (n.) A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.

Spinny (a.) Thin and long; slim; slender.

Spinose (a.) Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.

Spinosity (n.) The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

Spinous (a.) Spinose; thorny.

Spinous (a.) Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.

Spinozism (n.) The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God.

Spinozist (n.) A believer in Spinozism.

Spinster (n.) A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.

Spinster (n.) A man who spins.

Spinster (n.) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.

Spinster (n.) A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

Spinstress (n.) A woman who spins.

Spinstry (n.) The business of one who spins; spinning.

Spinule (n.) A minute spine.

Spinulescent (a.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.

Spinulose (a.) Alt. of Spinulous

Spinulous (a.) Covered with small spines.

Spiny (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.

Spiny (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.

Spiny (a.) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.

Spiny (n.) See Spinny.

Spiodea (n. pl.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.

Spirable (a.) Capable of being breathed; respirable.

Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.

Spiracle (n.) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.

Spiracle (n.) Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.

Spiracular (a.) Of or pertaining to a spiracle.

Spiraea (n.) A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.

Spiraeic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid.

Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical.

Spiral (a.) Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.

Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.

Spiral (a.) Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.

Spirality (n.) The quality or states of being spiral.

Spirally (adv.) In a spiral form, manner, or direction.

Spiralozooid (n.) One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.

Spirant (n.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.

Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

Spiration (n.) The act of breathing.

Spire (v. i.) To breathe.

Spire (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.

Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.

Spire (n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.

Spire (n.) The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

Spired (imp. & p. p.) of Spire

Spiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spire

Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.

Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

Spire (n.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.

Spired (a.) Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.

Spiricle (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.

Spirifer (n.) Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.

Spirillum (n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.

Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.

Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.

Spirit (n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.

Spirit (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.

Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.

Spirit (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.

Spirit (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.

Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.

Spirit (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.

Spirit (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.

Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.

Spirit (n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.

Spirit (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.

Spirit (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

Spirit (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.

Spirited (imp. & p. p.) of Spirit

Spiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spirit

Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.

Spirit (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.

Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath.

Spirited (a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit.

Spirited (a.) Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.

Spiritful (a.) Full of spirit; spirited.

Spiritism (n.) Spiritualsm.

Spiritist (n.) A spiritualist.

Spiritless (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

Spiritless (a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.

Spiritless (a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead.

Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.

Spiritous (a.) Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.

Spiritous (a.) Ardent; active.

Spiritousness (n.) Quality of being spiritous.

Spiritual (a.) Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.

Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.

Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal.

Spiritual (a.) Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.

Spiritual (n.) A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.

Spiritualism (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual.

Spiritualism (n.) The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.

Spiritualism (n.) A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.

Spiritualist (n.) One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.

Spiritualist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.

Spiritualist (n.) One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.

Spiritualist (a.) Spiritualistic.

Spiritualistic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.

Spiritualities (pl. ) of Spirituality

Spirituality (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

Spirituality (n.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

Spirituality (n.) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

Spiritualization (n.) The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.

Spiritualized (imp. & p. p.) of Spiritualize

Spiritualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spiritualize

Spiritualize (v. t.) To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.

Spiritualize (v. t.) To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.

Spiritualize (v. t.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

Spiritualizer (n.) One who spiritualizes.

Spiritually (adv.) In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.

Spiritual-minded (a.) Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections.

Spiritualness (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.

Spiritualty (n.) An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.

Spiritielle (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.

Spirituosity (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.

Spirituous (a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.

Spirituous (a.) Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.

Spirituous (a.) Lively; gay; vivid; airy.

Spirituousness (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous.

Spirketing (n.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.

Spirling (n.) Sparling.

Spirobacteria (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.

Spirochaeta (n.) Alt. of Spirochaete

Spirochaete (n.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.

Spirograph (n.) An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.

Spirometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.

Spirometry (n.) The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.

Spiroscope (n.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Spiroylic (a.) Alt. of Spiroylous

Spiroylous (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.

Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.

Spirtle (v. t.) To spirt in a scattering manner.

Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.

Spirulate (n.) Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.

Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.

Spiss (a.) Thick; crowded; compact; dense.

Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.

Spissitude (n.) The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.

Spit (n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.

Spit (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.

Spitted (imp. & p. p.) of Spit

Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spit

Spit (n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.

Spit (n.) To spade; to dig.

Spit (v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.

Spit (imp. & p. p.) of Spit

Spat () of Spit

Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spit

Spit (n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.

Spit (n.) To eject; to throw out; to belch.

Spit (n.) The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

Spit (v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.

Spit (v. i.) To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

Spital (n.) A hospital.

Spitalhouse (n.) A hospital.

Spitball (n.) Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.

Spitbox (n.) A vessel to receive spittle.

Spitchcock (v. t.) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.

Spitchcock (n.) An eel split and broiled.

Spitchcocked (a.) Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.

Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.

Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

Spite (n.) Vexation; chargrin; mortification.

Spited (imp. & p. p.) of Spite

Spiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spite

Spite (v. t.) To be angry at; to hate.

Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

Spite (v. t.) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

Spiteful (a.) Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.

Spitfire (n.) A violent, irascible, or passionate person.

Spitfuls (pl. ) of Spitful

Spitful (n.) A spadeful.

Spitous (a.) Having spite; spiteful.

Spitously (adv.) Spitefully.

Spitscocked (a.) Spitchcocked.

Spitted (a.) Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.

Spitted (a.) Shot out long; -- said of antlers.

Spitted () p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit.

Spitter (n.) One who ejects saliva from the mouth.

Spitter (n.) One who puts meat on a spit.

Spitter (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.

Spittle (n.) See Spital.

Spittle (v. t.) To dig or stir with a small spade.

Spittle (n.) A small sort of spade.

Spittle (n.) The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.

Spittly (a.) Like spittle; slimy.

Spittoon (n.) A spitbox; a cuspidor.

Spit-venom (n.) Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth.

Spitz dog () A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.

Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.

Splanchnapophyses (pl. ) of Splanchnapophysis

Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus.

Splanchnic (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

Splanchnography (n.) Splanchnology.

Splanchnology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.

Splanchnopleure (n.) The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.

Splanchno-skeleton (n.) That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.

Splanchnotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.

Splandrel (n.) See Spandrel.

Splashed (imp. & p. p.) of Splash

Splashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splash

Splash (v. t.) To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

Splash (v. t.) To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.

Splash (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.

Splash (n.) Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.

Splash (n.) A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.

Splashboard (n.) A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.

Splasher (n.) One who, or that which, splashes.

Splasher (n.) One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc.

Splasher (n.) A guard to keep off splashes from anything.

Splashy (a.) Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

Splatter (v. i. & t.) To spatter; to splash.

Splatterdash (n .) Uproar.

Splay (v. t.) To display; to spread.

Splay (v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

Splay (v. t.) To spay; to castrate.

Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.

Splay (a.) Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.

Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

Splayfeet (pl. ) of Splayfoot

Splayfoot (n.) A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.

Splayfoot (a.) Alt. of Splayfooted

Splayfooted (a.) Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.

Splaymouths (pl. ) of Splaymouth

Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.

Splaymouthed (a.) Having a splaymouth.

Spleen (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.

Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.

Spleen (n.) A fit of anger; choler.

Spleen (n.) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.

Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.

Spleen (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.

Spleen (v. t.) To dislke.

Spleened (a.) Deprived of the spleen.

Spleened (a.) Angered; annoyed.

Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy.

Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.

Spleenless (a.) Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild.

Spleenwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.

Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.

Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.

Spleget (n.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.

Splenalgia (n.) Pain over the region of the spleen.

Splenculi (pl. ) of Splenculus

Splenculus (n.) A lienculus.

Splendent (a.) Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.

Splendent (a.) Very conspicuous; illustrious.

Splendid (a.) Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.

Splendid (a.) Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.

Splendid (a.) Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.

Splendidious (a.) Splendid.

Splendidly (adv.) In a splendid manner; magnificently.

Splendidness (n.) The quality of being splendid.

Splendidous (a.) Splendid.

Splendiferous (a.) Splendor-bearing; splendid.

Splendor (n.) Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

Splendor (n.) Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like.

Splendor (n.) Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.

Splendrous (a.) Alt. of Splendorous

Splendorous (a.) Splendid.

Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

Splenetic (n.) A person affected with spleen.

Splenetical (a.) Splenetic.

Splenetically (adv.) In a splenetical manner.

Splenial (a.) Designating the splenial bone.

Splenial (a.) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.

Splenial (n.) The splenial bone.

Splenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.

Splenical (a.) Splenic.

Splenish (a.) Spleenish.

Splenitis (n.) Inflammation of the spleen.

Splenitive (a.) Splenetic.

Splenium (n.) The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.

Splenius (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.

Splenization (n.) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.

Splenocele (n.) Hernia formed by the spleen.

Splenography (n.) A description of the spleen.

Splenoid (a.) Resembling the spleen; spleenlike.

Splenology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the spleen.

Splenotomy (n.) Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.

Splenotomy (n.) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.

Splent (n.) See Splent.

Splent (n.) See Splent coal, below.

Spleuchan (n.) A pouch, as for tobacco.

Spliced (imp. & p. p.) of Splice

Splicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splice

Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

Splice (v. t.) To unite in marrige.

Splice (n.) A junction or joining made by splicing.

Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.

Spline (n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.

Splining (a.) Of or pertaining to a spline.

Splint (v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.

Splint (v. t.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.

Splint (v. t.) A splint bone.

Splint (v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

Splint (v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.

Splint (v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.

Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of Splint

Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splint

Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.

Splint (v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

Splintered (imp. & p. p.) of Splinter

Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splinter

Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

Splinter (n.) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

Splinter (v. i.) To become split into long pieces.

Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.

Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.

Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.

Split (imp. & p. p.) of Split

Splitted () of Split

Splitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Split

Split (v. t.) To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.

Split (v. t.) To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

Split (v. t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.

Split (v. t.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

Split (v. i.) To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.

Split (v. i.) To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

Split (v. i.) To separate into parties or factions.

Split (v. i.) To burst with laughter.

Split (v. i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.

Split (n.) A crack, or longitudinal fissure.

Split (n.) A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

Split (n.) Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

Split (n.) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

Split (n.) the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.

Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.

Split (a.) Divided; cleft.

Split (a.) Divided deeply; cleft.

Splitfeet (n. pl.) The Fissipedia.

Split-tail (n.) A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family.

Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck.

Splitter (n.) One who, or that which, splits.

Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

Splotch (n.) A spot; a stain; a daub.

Splotchy (a.) Covered or marked with splotches.

Splurge (n.) A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.

Splurge (v. i.) To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.

Spluttered (imp. & p. p.) of Splutter

Spluttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Splutter

Splutter (v. i.) To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.

Splutter (n.) A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.

Splutterer (n.) One who splutters.

Spodomancy (n.) Divination by means of ashes.

Spodomantic (a.) Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes.

Spodumene (n.) A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite.

Spoffish (a.) Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.

Spoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Spoil

Spoilt () of Spoil

Spoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spoil

Spoil (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

Spoil (v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

Spoil (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

Spoil (v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

Spoil (v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.

Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

Spoil (n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

Spoil (n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.

Spoil (n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.

Spoil (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

Spoil (n.) Corruption; cause of corruption.

Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

Spoilable (a.) Capable of being spoiled.

Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.

Spoiler (n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.

Spoilfive (n.) A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.

Spoilful (a.) Wasteful; rapacious.

Spoilsmen (pl. ) of Spoilsman

Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.

Spoilsmonger (n.) One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.

Spoke () imp. of Speak.

Spoke (n.) The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.

Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

Spoke (n.) A rung, or round, of a ladder.

Spoke (n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.

Spoked (imp. & p. p.) of Spoke

Spoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spoke

Spoke (v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.

Spoken (a.) Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.

Spoken (a.) Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.

Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

Spokesmen (pl. ) of Spokesman

Spokesman (n.) One who speaks for another.

Spoliated (imp. & p. p.) of Spoliate

Spoliating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spoliate

Spoliate (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.

Spoliation (v. t.) The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

Spoliation (v. t.) Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.

Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.

Spoliation (v. t.) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.

Spoliation (v. t.) Injury done to a document.

Spoliative (a.) Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting.

Spoliator (n.) One who spoliates; a spoiler.

Spoliatory (a.) Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.

Spondaic (a.) Alt. of Spondaical

Spondaical (a.) Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.

Spondaical (a.) Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.

Spondee (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.

Spondulics (n.) Money.

Spondyl (n.) Alt. of Spondyle

Spondyle (n.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

Spong (n.) An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.

Sponge (n.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.

Sponge (n.) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.

Sponge (n.) One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.

Sponge (n.) Any spongelike substance.

Sponge (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.

Sponge (n.) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.

Sponge (n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.

Sponge (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.

Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.

Sponged (imp. & p. p.) of Sponge

Sponging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sponge

Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.

Sponge (v. t.) To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.

Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.

Sponge (v. i.) To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.

Sponge (v. i.) Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.

Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.

Spongelet (n.) See Spongiole.

Spongeous (a.) Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.

Sponger (n.) One who sponges, or uses a sponge.

Sponger (n.) One employed in gathering sponges.

Sponger (n.) Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.

Spongiae (n. pl.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.

Spongida (n. pl.) Spongiae.

Spongiform (a.) Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.

Spongilla (n.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.

Spongin (n.) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.

Sponginess (n.) The quality or state of being spongy.

Sponging () a. & n. from Sponge, v.

Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Spongiolite (n.) One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.

Spongiopilin (n.) A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.

Spongiose (a.) Alt. of Spongious

Spongious (a.) Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones.

Spongiozoa (n. pl.) See Sponglae.

Spongoblast (n.) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.

Spongoid (a.) Resembling sponge; like sponge.

Spongy (a.) Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.

Spongy (a.) Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.

Spongy (a.) Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.

Sponk (n.) See Spunk.

Sponsal (a.) Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.

Sponsible (a.) responsible; worthy of credit.

Sponsion (n.) The act of becoming surety for another.

Sponsion (n.) An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority.

Sponsional (a.) Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible.

Sponson (n.) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.

Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.

Sponson (n.) One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.

Sponsor (n.) One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

Sponsor (n.) One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.

Spnsorial (a.) Pertaining to a sponsor.

Sponsorship (n.) State of being a sponsor.

Spontaneities (pl. ) of Spontaneity

Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force.

Spontaneity (n.) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment.

Spontaneity (n.) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment.

Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion.

Spontaneous (a.) Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.

Spontaneous (a.) Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.

Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.

Spook (n.) A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

Spook (n.) The chimaera.

Spool (n.) A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.

Spooled (imp. & p. p.) of Spool

Spooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spool

Spool (v. t.) To wind on a spool or spools.

Spooler (n.) One who, or that which, spools.

Spoom (v. i.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.

Spoon (v. i.) See Spoom.

Spoon (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.

Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.

Spoon (n.) Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.

Spoon (v. t.) To take up in, or as in, a spoon.

Spoon (v. i.) To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.

Spoonbill (n.) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.

Spoonbill (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.

Spoonbill (n.) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.

Spoonbill (n.) The paddlefish.

Spoon-billed (a.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.

Spoondrift (n.) Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.

Spooney (a.) Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.

Spooneye (pl. ) of Spooney

Spooney (n.) A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.

Spoonfuls (pl. ) of Spoonful

Spoonful (n.) The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.

Spoonful (n.) Hence, a small quantity.

Spoonily (adv.) In a spoony manner.

Spoon-meat (n.) Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.

Spoonwood (n.) The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).

Spoonworm (n.) A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis.

Spoonwort (n.) Scurvy grass.

Spoony (a. & n.) Same as Spooney.

Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.

Spoor (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.

Sporades (n. pl.) Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars.

Sporadial (a.) Sporadic.

Sporadic (a.) Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.

Sporadical (a.) Sporadic.

Sporadically (adv.) In a sporadic manner.

Sporangiophore (n.) The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.

Sporangia (pl. ) of Sporangium

Sporangium (n.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.

Spore (n.) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.

Spore (n.) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.

Spore (n.) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.

Spore (n.) One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.

Sporid (n.) A sporidium.

Sporidiferous (a.) Bearing sporidia.

Sporidia (pl. ) of Sporidium

Sporidium (n.) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.

Sporidium (n.) A spore.

Sporiferous (a.) Bearing or producing spores.

Sporification (n.) Spore formation. See Spore formation (b), under Spore.

Sporocarp (n.) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia.

Sporocarp (n.) A sporangium.

Sporocyst (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia.

Sporocyst (n.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.

Sporogenesis (n.) reproduction by spores.

Sporogony (n.) The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.

Sporophore (n.) A placenta.

Sporophore (n.) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore.

Sporophoric (a.) Having the nature of a sporophore.

Sporosac (n.) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under Athecata.

Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.

Sporozoa (n. pl.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.

Sporozoid (n.) Same as Zoospore.

Sporran (n.) A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.

Sport (n.) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

Sport (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.

Sport (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

Sport (n.) Play; idle jingle.

Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.

Sport (n.) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting.

Sport (n.) A sportsman; a gambler.

Sported (imp. & p. p.) of Sport

Sporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sport

Sport (v. i.) To play; to frolic; to wanton.

Sport (v. i.) To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

Sport (v. i.) To trifle.

Sport (v. i.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.

Sport (v. t.) To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.

Sport (v. t.) To represent by any knd of play.

Sport (v. t.) To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.

Sport (v. t.) To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.

Sportability (n.) Sportiveness.

Sportal (a.) Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports.

Sporter (n.) One who sports; a sportsman.

Sportful (a.) Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion.

Sportful (a.) Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.

Sporting (a.) Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.

Sportingly (adv.) In sport; sportively.

Sportive (a.) Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.

Sportless (a.) Without sport or mirth; joyless.

Sportling (n.) A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play.

Sportsmen (pl. ) of Sportsman

Sportsman (n.) One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc.

Sportsmanship (n.) The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.

Sportulae (pl. ) of Sportula

Sportula (n.) A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.

Sportulary (a.) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

Sportule (n.) A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.

Sporulation (n.) The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b.

Sporule (n.) A small spore; a spore.

Sporuliferous (a.) Producing sporules.

Spot (n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

Spot (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

Spot (n.) A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.

Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.

Spot (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.

Spot (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

Spotted (imp. & p. p.) of Spot

Spotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spot

Spot (v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.

Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.

Spot (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.

Spot (v. i.) To become stained with spots.

Spotless (a.) Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.

Spotted (a.) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.

Spottedness (n.) State or quality of being spotted.

Spotter (n.) One who spots.

Spottiness (n.) The state or quality of being spotty.

Spotty (a.) Full of spots; marked with spots.

Spousage (v. t.) Espousal.

Spousal (a.) Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.

Spousal (n.) Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.

Spouse (n.) A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.

Spouse (n.) A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.

Spouse (n.) To wed; to espouse.

Spouse-breach (n.) Adultery.

Spouseless (a.) Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.

Spousess (n.) A wife or bride.

Spouted (imp. & p. p.) of Spout

Spouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spout

Spout (v. t.) To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

Spout (v. t.) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.

Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch.

Spout (v. i.) To issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery.

Spout (v. i.) To eject water or liquid in a jet.

Spout (v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.

Spout (v. t.) That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.

Spout (v. t.) A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.

Spout (v. t.) A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.

Spouter (n.) One who, or that which, spouts.

Spoutfish (n.) A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.

Spoutless (a.) Having no spout.

Spoutshell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.

Sprack (a.) Quick; lively; alert.

Sprad () p. p. of Spread.

Spradde () imp. of Spread.

Sprag (n.) A young salmon.

Sprag (n.) A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

Spragged (imp. & p. p.) of Sprag

Spragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprag

Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.

Sprag (v. t.) To prop or sustain with a sprag.

Sprag (a.) See Sprack, a.

Sprained (imp. & p. p.) of Sprain

Spraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprain

Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.

Sprain (n.) The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

Spraints (v. t.) The dung of an otter.

Sprang () imp. of Spring.

Sprat (n.) A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.

Sprat (n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.

Sprawled (imp. & p. p.) of Sprawl

Sprawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprawl

Sprawl (v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

Sprawl (v. i.) To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.

Sprawl (v. i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.

Srawls (n. pl.) Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.

Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.

Spray (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.

Spray (n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.

Spray (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.

Spray (v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.

Spray (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

Spray (v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.

Spray (v. t.) To let fall in the form of spray.

Spray (v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.

Sprayboard (n.) See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).

Spread (imp. & p. p.) of Spread

Spreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spread

Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.

Spread (v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.

Spread (v. t.) To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.

Spread (v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.

Spread (v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.

Spread (v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.

Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.

Spread (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.

Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.

Spread (v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news.

Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.

Spread (n.) Extent; compass.

Spread (n.) Expansion of parts.

Spread (n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.

Spread (n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.

Spread (n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.

Spread (n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

Spread () imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.

Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.

Spreader (n.) One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.

Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

Spreadingly (adv.) Increasingly.

Sprechery (n.) Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation.

Spree (n.) A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.

Sprenge (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Sprengel pump () A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor.

Sprent () p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.

Sprew (n.) Thrush.

Spreynd () p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.

Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.

Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.

Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail without a head.

Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

Sprigged (imp. & p. p.) of Sprig

Sprigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprig

Sprig (v. t.) To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

Sprigged (a.) Having sprigs.

Spriggy (a.) Full of sprigs or small branches.

Spright (n.) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.

Spright (n.) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.

Spright (n.) A kind of short arrow.

Spright (v. t.) To haunt, as a spright.

Sprightful (a.) Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.

Sprightless (a.) Destitute of life; dull; sluggish.

Sprightliness (n.) The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

Sprightly (superl.) Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.

Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail.

Sprigtail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse.

Sprang (imp.) of Spring

Sprung () of Spring

Sprung (p. p.) of Spring

Springing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spring

Spring (v. i.) To leap; to bound; to jump.

Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.

Spring (v. i.) To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.

Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.

Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out.

Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.

Spring (v. i.) To grow; to prosper.

Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.

Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.

Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.

Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.

Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.

Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.

Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.

Spring (v. i.) A leap; a bound; a jump.

Spring (v. i.) A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.

Spring (v. i.) Elastic power or force.

Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.

Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.

Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.

Spring (v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source;

Spring (v. i.) A race; lineage.

Spring (v. i.) A youth; a springal.

Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.

Spring (v. i.) That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.

Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.

Spring (v. i.) The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.

Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.

Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Springal (a.) Alt. of Springall

Springald (a.) Alt. of Springall

Springall (a.) An active, springly young man.

Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.

Springboard (n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

Springbok (n.) Alt. of Springbuck

Springbuck (n.) A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer.

Springe (v. i.) A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.

Springe (v. t.) To catch in a springe; to insnare.

Springe (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Springer (n.) One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.

Springer (n.) A young plant.

Springer (n.) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.

Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.

Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.

Springer (n.) The grampus.

Springer (n.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.

Springer (n.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.

Springhalt (n.) A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.

Springhead (n.) A fountain or source.

Springiness (n.) The state or quality of being springly.

Springing (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.

Springing (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.

Springle (n.) A springe.

Springlet (n.) A little spring.

Springtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.

Springtide (n.) The time of spring; springtime.

Springtime (n.) The season of spring; springtide.

Springy (superl.) Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.

Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.

Sprinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Sprinkle

Sprinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprinkle

Sprinkle (v. i.) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

Sprinkle (v. i.) To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.

Sprinkle (v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

Sprinkle (v. i.) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.

Sprinkle (v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.

Sprinkle (v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.

Sprinkle (n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.

Sprinkle (n.) A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

Sprinkler (n.) One who sprinkles.

Sprinkler (n.) An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.

Sprinkling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.

Sprinkling (n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.

Sprinkling (n.) Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops.

Sprinted (imp. & p. p.) of Sprint

Sprinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprint

Sprint (v. i.) To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.

Sprint (n.) The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.

Sprinter (n.) One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.

Sprit (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

Sprit (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

Sprit (n.) A shoot; a sprout.

Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.

Sprite (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.

Sprite (n.) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.

Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

Spriteful (a.) Alt. of Spritely

Spritefully (a.) Alt. of Spritely

Spriteliness (a.) Alt. of Spritely

Spritely (a.) See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.

Spritsail (n.) A sail extended by a sprit.

Spritsail (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.

Sprocket wheel () Same as Chain wheel.

Sprod (n.) A salmon in its second year.

Sprong () imp. of Spring. Sprung.

Sprouted (imp. & p. p.) of Sprout

Sprouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprout

Sprout (v. t.) To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.

Sprout (v. t.) To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

Sprout (v. t.) To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.

Sprout (v. i.) Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.

Spruce (a.) Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.

Spruce (a.) The wood or timber of the spruce tree.

Spruce (a.) Prussia leather; pruce.

Spruce (n.) Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.

Spruce (n.) Sprightly; dashing.

Spruced (imp. & p. p.) of Spruce

Sprucing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spruce

Spruce (v. t.) To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

Spruce (v. i.) To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.

Sprue (n.) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

Sprue (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.

Sprue (n.) Same as Sprew.

Sprug (v. t.) To make smart.

Sprung () imp. & p. p. of Spring.

Sprung (a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.

Sprunt (v. i.) To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.

Sprunt (n.) Anything short and stiff.

Sprunt (n.) A leap; a spring.

Sprunt (n.) A steep ascent in a road.

Sprunt (a.) Active; lively; vigorous.

Spruntly (adv.) In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully.

Spry (superl.) Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

Spud (n.) A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.

Spud (n.) A dagger.

Spud (n.) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.

Spue (v. t. & i.) See Spew.

Spuilzie (n.) See Spulzie.

Spuke (n.) See Spook.

Spuller (n.) One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.

Spulzie (n.) Plunder, or booty.

Spume (n.) Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.

Spumed (imp. & p. p.) of Spume

Spuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spume

Spume (v. i.) To froth; to foam.

Spumeous (a.) Spumous.

Spumescence (n.) The state of being foamy; frothiness.

Spumescent (a.) Resembling froth or foam; foaming.

Spumid (a.) Spumous; frothy.

Spumiferous (a.) Producing foam.

Spuminess (n.) The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.

Spumous (a.) Alt. of Spumy

Spumy (a.) Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.

Spun () imp. & p. p. of Spin.

Spunge (n.) A sponge.

Spunk (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

Spunk (n.) An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.

Spunky (superl.) Full of spunk; quick; spirited.

Spur (n.) A sparrow.

Spur (n.) A tern.

Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.

Spur (n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.

Spur (n.) Something that projects; a snag.

Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.

Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.

Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.

Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.

Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.

Spur (n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.

Spur (n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.

Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.

Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.

Spur (n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.

Spur (n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.

Spurred (imp. & p. p.) of Spur

Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spur

Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.

Spur (v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.

Spur (v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.

Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.

Spurgall (n.) A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.

Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.

Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.

Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.

Spurgewort (n.) Any euphorbiaceous plant.

Spurging (n.) A purging.

Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.

Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.

Spurless (a.) Having no spurs.

Spurling (n.) A tern.

Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

Spurned (imp. & p. p.) of Spurn

Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spurn

Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

Spurn (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.

Spurn (v. i.) To kick or toss up the heels.

Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Spurn (n.) A kick; a blow with the foot.

Spurn (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.

Spurn (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.

Spurner (n.) One who spurns.

Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

Spurred (a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.

Spurrer (n.) One who spurs.

Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.

Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.

Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.

Spurry (n.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.

Spur-shell (n.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.

Spurt (v. i.) To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

Spurt (v. t.) To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.

Sourt (n.) A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.

Sourt (n.) A shoot; a bud.

Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.

Spurt (n.) A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.

Spurted (imp. & p. p.) of Spurt

Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spurt

Spurt (v. i.) To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.

Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.

Spurway (n.) A bridle path.

Spur-winged (a.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.

Sput (n.) An annular reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.

Sputation (n.) The act of spitting; expectoration.

Sputative (a.) Inclined to spit; spitting much.

Spute (v. t.) To dispute; to discuss.

Sputtered (imp. & p. p.) of Sputter

Sputtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sputter

Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

Sputter (v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.

Sputter (v. i.) To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.

Sputter (v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.

Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.

Sputterer (n.) One who sputters.

Sputa (pl. ) of Sputum

Sputum (n.) That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.

Spied (imp. & p. p.) of Spy

Spying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spy

Spy (v. t.) To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

Spy (v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.

Spy (v. t.) To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.

Spy (v. i.) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

Spies (pl. ) of Spy

Spy (n.) One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.

Spy (n.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.

Spyboat (n.) A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.

Spyglass (n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

Spyism (n.) Act or business of spying.

Spynace (n.) Alt. of Spyne

Spyne (n.) See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).

Squab (a.) Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Squab (a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.

Squab (n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

Squab (n.) A person of a short, fat figure.

Squab (n.) A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

Squab (adv.) With a heavy fall; plump.

Squab (v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

Squabash (v. t.) To crush; to quash; to squash.

Squabbish (a.) Thick; fat; heavy.

Squabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Squabble

Squabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squabble

Squabble (v. i.) To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

Squabble (v. t.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.

Squabble (n.) A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.

Squabbler (n.) One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.

Squabby (a.) Short and thick; suqabbish.

Squab-chick (n.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged.

Squaccos (pl. ) of Squacco

Squacco (n.) A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.

Squad (n.) A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

Squad (n.) Hence, any small party.

Squad (n.) Sloppy mud.

Squadron (n.) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

Squadron (n.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.

Squadron (n.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.

Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares.

Squail (v. i.) To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.

Squaimous (a.) Squeamish.

Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.

Squalid (a.) Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.

Squalidity (n.) The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.

Squalidly (adv.) In a squalid manner.

Squalidness (n.) Quality or state of being squalid.

Squall (n.) A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

Squalled (imp. & p. p.) of Squall

Squalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squall

Squall (v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

Squall (n.) A loud scream; a harsh cry.

Squaller (n.) One who squalls; a screamer.

Squally (a.) Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.

Squally (a.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.

Squally (a.) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.

Squalodon (n.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.

Squalodont (a.) Pertaining to Squalodon.

Squaloid (a.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.

Squalor (n.) Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

Squamae (pl. ) of Squama

Squama (n.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.

Squamaceous (a.) Squamose.

Squamata (n. pl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.

Squamate (a.) Alt. of Squamated

Squamated (a.) Same as Squamose.

Squamduck () The American eider duck.

Squame (n.) A scale.

Squame (n.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.

Squamellae (pl. ) of Squamella

Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.

Squamellate (a.) Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.

Squamiform (a.) Having the shape of a scale.

Squamigerous (a.) Bearing scales.

Squamipennes (pl. ) of Squamipen

Squamipen (n.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

Squamoid (a.) Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.

Squamosal (a.) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.

Squamosal (a.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.

Squamosal (n.) The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal.

Squamose () Alt. of Squamous

Squamous () Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.

Squamous () Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.

Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls.

Squamozygomatic (n.) A squamozygomatic bone.

Squamulae (pl. ) of Squamula

Squamula (n.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.

Squamulate (a.) Same as Squamulose.

Squamule (n.) Same as Squamula.

Squamulose (a.) Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate.

Squandered (imp. & p. p.) of Squander

Squandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squander

Squander (v. t.) To scatter; to disperse.

Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.

Squander (v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.

Squander (v. i.) To wander at random; to scatter.

Squander (n.) The act of squandering; waste.

Squanderer (n.) One who squanders.

Squanderingly (adv.) In a squandering manner.

Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure.

Square (n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.

Square (n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so

Square (n.) A square piece or fragment.

Square (n.) A pane of glass.

Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

Square (n.) One hundred superficial feet.

Square (n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.

Square (n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.

Square (n.) Hence, a pattern or rule.

Square (n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.

Square (n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

Square (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.

Square (n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

Square (n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

Square (n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.

Square (n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

Square (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.

Square (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.

Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.

Square (a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

Square (a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.

Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.

Square (a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

Squared (imp. & p. p.) of Square

Squaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Square

Square (n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.

Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.

Square (n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Square (n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.

Square (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.

Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.

Square (n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.

Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.

Square (v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

Square (v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Square (v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.

Squarely (adv.) In a square form or manner.

Squareness (n.) The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.

Squarer (n.) One who, or that which, squares.

Squarer (n.) One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow.

Square-rigged (a.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.

Square-toed (n.) Having the toe square.

Square-toes (n.) A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.

Squarish (a.) Nearly square.

Squarrose (a.) Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged

Squarrose (a.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem.

Squarrose (a.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.

Squarrose (a.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.

Squarroso-dentate (a.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.

Squarrous (a.) Squarrose.

Squarrulose (a.) Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose.

Squash (n.) An American animal allied to the weasel.

Squash (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

Squashed (imp. & p. p.) of Squash

Squashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squash

Squash (v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Squash (n.) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

Squash (n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.

Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Squasher (n.) One who, or that which, squashes.

Squashiness (n.) The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.

Squashy (a.) Easily squashed; soft.

Squat (n.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

Squatted (imp. & p. p.) of Squat

Squatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squat

Squat (v. t.) To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

Squat (v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

Squat (v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.

Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

Squat (a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

Squat (n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

Squat (n.) A sudden or crushing fall.

Squat (n.) A small vein of ore.

Squat (n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

Squaterole (n.) The black-bellied plover.

Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.

Squatter (n.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.

Squatty (a.) Squat; dumpy.

Squaw (n.) A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.

Squawberry (n.) A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry.

Squawked (imp. & p. p.) of Squawk

Squawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squawk

Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

Squawk (n.) Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.

Squawk (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.

Squawl (v. i.) See Squall.

Squawroot (n.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.

Squawweed (n.) The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.

Squaked (imp.& p. p.) of Squeak

Squeaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeak

Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.

Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

Squeaker (n.) One who, or that which, squeaks.

Squeaker (n.) The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.

Squeakingly (adv.) In a squeaking manner.

Squealed (imp. & p. p.) of Squeal

Squealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeal

Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.

Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.

Squeal (n.) A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.

Squealer (n.) One who, or that which, squeals.

Squealer (n.) The European swift.

Squealer (n.) The harlequin duck.

Squealer (n.) The American golden plover.

Squeamish (a.) Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties.

Squeamous (a.) Squeamish.

Squeasiness (n.) Queasiness.

Squesy (a.) Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous.

Squeegee (n.) Same as Squilgee.

Squeezed (imp. & p. p.) of Squeeze

Squeezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeeze

Squeeze (v. t.) To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.

Squeeze (v. t.) To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.

Squeeze (v. i.) To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.

Squeeze (n.) The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.

Squeeze (n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.

Squeezer (n.) One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.

Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural.

Squeezer (n.) A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used in the singular.

Squeezing (n.) The act of pressing; compression; oppression.

Squeezing (n.) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.

Squeezing (n.) Same as Squeeze, n., 2.

Squelched (imp. & p. p.) of Squelch

Squelching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squelch

Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.

Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.

Squib (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.

Squib (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.

Squib (a.) A writer of lampoons.

Squib (a.) A paltry fellow.

Squibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Squib

Squibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squib

Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.

Squid (n.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.

Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.

Squier (n.) A square. See 1st Squire.

Squierie (n.) Alt. of Squiery

Squiery (n.) A company of squires; the whole body of squires.

Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.

Squiggle (v. i.) To move about like an eel; to squirm.

Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.

Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.

Squill (n.) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).

Squill (n.) A squilla.

Squill (n.) A mantis.

Squillas (pl. ) of Squilla

Squillae (pl. ) of Squilla

Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Squillitic (a.) Of or pertaining to squills.

Squinance (n.) Alt. of Squinancy

Squinancy (n.) The quinsy. See Quinsy.

Squinancy (n.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.

Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.

Squinsy (n.) See Quinsy.

Squint (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

Squint (n.) Fig.: Looking askance.

Squinted (imp. & p. p.) of Squint

Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squint

Squint (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.

Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.

Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

Squint (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.

Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.

Squint (n.) The act or habit of squinting.

Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.

Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.

Squinter (n.) One who squints.

Squint-eye (n.) An eye that squints.

Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.

Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.

Squintifego (a.) Squinting.

Squinting () a. & n. from Squint, v.

Squiny (v. i.) To squint.

Squinzey (n.) See Quinsy.

Souir (v. t.) To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.

Squiralty (n.) Same as Squirarchy.

Squirarch (n.) One who belongs to the squirarchy.

Squirarchy (n.) The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.

Squire (n.) A square; a measure; a rule.

Squire (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.

Squire (n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

Squire (n.) A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.

squired (imp. & p. p.) of Squire

squiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squire

Squire (v. t.) To attend as a squire.

Squire (v. t.) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.

Squireen (n.) One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.

Squirehood (n.) The rank or state of a squire; squireship.

squireling (n.) A petty squire.

Squirely (a. & adv.) Becoming a squire; like a squire.

squireship (n.) Squirehood.

Squirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Squirm

Squirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirm

Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

Squirr (v. t.) See Squir.

Squirrel (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.

Squirrel (v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

Squirted (imp. & p. p.) of Squirt

Squirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirt

Squirt (v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.

Squirt (v. i.) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.

Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

Squirt (n.) An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.

Squirt (n.) A small, quick stream; a jet.

Squirter (n.) One who, or that which, squirts.

Squiry (n.) The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy.

Squitch grass () Quitch grass.

Squitee (n.) The squeteague; -- called also squit.

Stabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Stab

Stabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stab

Stab (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.

Stab (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

Stab (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

Stab (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

Stab (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.

Stab (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

Stab (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

Stabat Mater () A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).

Stabber (n.) One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.

Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

Stabbingly (adv.) By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.

Stabiliment (a.) The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.

Stabilitate (v. t.) To make stable; to establish.

Stability (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.

Stability (a.) Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.

Stability (a.) Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.

Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

Stable (v. i.) Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

Stable (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

Stable (v. t.) To fix; to establish.

Stable (v. i.) A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

Stabled (imp. & p. p.) of Stable

Stabling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stable

Stable (v. t.) To put or keep in a stable.

Stable (v. i.) To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

Stableboy (n.) Alt. of Stableman

Stableman (n.) A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

Stableness (n.) The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

Stabler (n.) A stable keeper.

Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer.

Stabling (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.

Stabling (n.) A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.

Stablish (v. t.) To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.

Stablishment (n.) Establishment.

Stably (adv.) In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.

Stabulation (n.) The act of stabling or housing beasts.

Stabulation (n.) A place for lodging beasts; a stable.

Staccato (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.

Staccato (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.

Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.

Stack (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.

Stack (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.

Stack (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:

Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.

Stack (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.

Stack (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.

Stacked (imp. & p. p.) of Stack

Stacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stack

Stack (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.

Stackage (n.) Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.

Stackage (n.) A tax on things stacked.

Stacket (n.) A stockade.

Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.

Stacking () a. & n. from Stack.

Stackstand (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.

Stackyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

Stacte (n.) One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.

Staddle (v. i.) Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.

Staddle (v. i.) The frame of a stack of hay or grain.

Staddle (v. i.) A row of dried or drying hay, etc.

Staddle (v. i.) A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.

Staddle (v. t.) To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.

Staddle (v. t.) To form into staddles, as hay.

Stade (n.) A stadium.

Stade (n.) A landing place or wharf.

Stadimeter (n.) A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.

Stadia (pl. ) of Stadium

Stadium (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.

Stadium (n.) Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.

Stadium (n.) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.

Stadtholder (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

Stadtholderate (n.) Alt. of Stadtholdership

Stadtholdership (n.) The office or position of a stadtholder.

Stafette (n.) An estafet.

Staves (pl. ) of Staff

Staffs (pl. ) of Staff

Staffs (pl. ) of Staff

Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.

Staff (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.

Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.

Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Staff (n.) The round of a ladder.

Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

Staff (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.

Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Staff (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.

Staff (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.

Staffier (n.) An attendant bearing a staff.

Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.

Staffmen (pl. ) of Staffman

Staffman (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.

Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

Stag (n.) The male of certain other species of large deer.

Stag (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.

Stag (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.

Stag (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

Stag (n.) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

Stag (n.) The European wren.

Stag (v. i.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.

Stag (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

Stage (n.) A floor or story of a house.

Stage (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.

Stage (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.

Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

Stage (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.

Stage (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.

Stage (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.

Stage (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.

Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.

Stage (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.

Stage (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.

Stage (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.

Stagecoach (n.) A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

Stagecoachmen (pl. ) of Stagecoachman

Stagecoachman (n.) One who drives a stagecoach.

Stagehouse (n.) A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.

Stagely (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.

Stageplay (n.) A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.

Stageplayer (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

Stager (n.) A player.

Stager (n.) One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.

Stager (n.) A horse used in drawing a stage.

Stagery (n.) Exhibition on the stage.

Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.

Stag-evil (n.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.

Staggard (n.) The male red deer when four years old.

Staggered (imp. & p. p.) of Stagger

Staggering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger

Stagger (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.

Stagger (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.

Stagger (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.

Stagger (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.

Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

Stagger (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.

Stagger (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.

Stagger (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.

Stagger (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.

Staggerbush (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.

Staggeringly (adv.) In a staggering manner.

Staggerwort (n.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).

Stag-horn coral () Alt. of Stag-horn fern

Stag-horn fern () See under Stag.

Stag-horned (a.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.

Staghound (n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

Staging (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.

Staging (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.

Stagirite (n.) A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.

Stagnancy (n.) State of being stagnant.

Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.

Stagnant (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.

Stagnantly (adv.) In a stagnant manner.

Stagnated (imp. & p. p.) of Stagnate

Stagnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagnate

Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.

Stagnate (v. t.) To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.

Stagnate (a.) Stagnant.

Stagnation (n.) The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.

Stagnation (n.) The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.

Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.

Stahlian (a.) Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.

Stahlian (n.) A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.

Stahlism (n.) Alt. of Stahlianism

Stahlianism (n.) The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.

Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.

Staid (a.) Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful.

Staidly (adv.) In a staid manner, sedately.

Staidness (n.) The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.

Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale.

Stained (imp. & p. p.) of Stain

Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain

Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.

Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.

Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

Stain (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

Stain (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.

Stain (n.) A natural spot of a color different from the gound.

Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.

Stain (n.) A tincture; a tinge.

Stainer (n.) One who stains or tarnishes.

Stainer (n.) A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.

Stainless (a.) Free from stain; immaculate.

Stainlessly (adv.) In a stainless manner.

Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

Stair (n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.

Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.

Stairhead (n.) The head or top of a staircase.

Stairway (n.) A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.

Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.

Staithman (n.) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.

Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.

Stake (v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.

Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.

Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

Staked (imp. & p. p.) of Stake

Staking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stake

Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.

Stake (v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.

Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.

Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.

Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.

Stakehead (n.) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.

Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.

Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette.

Stal (imp.) Stole.

Stalactic (a.) Alt. of Stalactical

Stalactical (a.) Stalactic.

Stalactoform (a.) Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.

Stalactites (pl. ) of Stalactite

Stalactite (n.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.

Stalactite (n.) In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.

Stalactites (n.) A stalactite.

Stalactitic (a.) Alt. of Stalactitical

Stalactitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite; stalactic.

Stalactitiform (a.) Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.

Stalagmite (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.

Stalagmitic (a.) Alt. of Stalagmitical

Stalagmitical (a.) Having the form or structure of stalagmites.

Stalder (n.) A wooden frame to set casks on.

Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

Stale (v. i.) Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.

Stale (v. i.) Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.

Stale (v. i.) Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.

Stale (v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.

Staled (imp. & p. p.) of Stale

Staling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stale

Stale (v. t.) To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.

Stale (a.) To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.

Stale (v. i.) That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.

Stale (v. i.) A prostitute.

Stale (v. i.) Urine, esp. that of beasts.

Stale (v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.

Stale (v. t.) A stalking-horse.

Stale (v. t.) A stalemate.

Stale (v. t.) A laughingstock; a dupe.

Stalely (adv.) In a state stale manner.

Stalely (adv.) Of old; long since.

Stalemate (n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

Stalemate (v. t.) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.

Staleness (n.) The quality or state of being stale.

Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

Stalk (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Stalk (n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Stalked (imp. & p. p.) of Stalk

Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk

Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.

Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.

Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

Stalk (n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.

Stalked (a.) Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.

Stalker (n.) One who stalks.

Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.

Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.

Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.

Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.

Stalkless (a.) Having no stalk.

Stalky (a.) Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.

Stall (v. i.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

Stall (v. i.) A stable; a place for cattle.

Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

Stall (v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

Stall (v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.

Stall (v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.

Stalled (imp. & p. p.) of Stall

Stalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall

Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

Stall (v. t.) To fatten; as, to stall cattle.

Stall (v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

Stall (v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.

Stall (v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.

Stall (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.

Stall (v. i.) To kennel, as dogs.

Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

Stall (v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

Stallage (n.) The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.

Stallage (n.) Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.

Stallation (n.) Installation.

Stalled (a.) Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted.

Staller (n.) A standard bearer. obtaining

Stall-fed (imp. & p. p.) of Stall-feed

Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall-feed

Stall-feed (v. t.) To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.

Stalling (n.) Stabling.

Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.

Stallmen (pl. ) of Stallman

Stallman (n.) One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books.

Stallon (n.) A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.

Stalwart (a.) Alt. of Stalworth

Stalworth (a.) Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.

Stalwartly (adv.) In a stalwart manner.

Stalwartness (n.) The quality of being stalwart.

Stalworthhood (n.) Alt. of Stalworthness

Stalworthness (n.) The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring.

Stamens (pl. ) of Stamen

Stamina (pl. ) of Stamen

Stamen (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread.

Stamen (n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

Stamened (a.) Furnished with stamens.

Stamin (n.) A kind of woolen cloth.

Stamina (n. pl.) See Stamen.

Stamina (n. pl.) The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.

Stamina (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.

Staminal (a.) Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.

Staminate (a.) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.

Staminate (a.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.

Staminate (v. t.) To indue with stamina.

Stamineal (a.) Alt. of Stamineous

Stamineous (a.) Consisting of stamens or threads.

Stamineous (a.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.

Staminiferous (a.) Bearing or having stamens.

Staminode (n.) A staminodium.

Staminodia (pl. ) of Staminodium

Staminodium (n.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.

Stammel (n.) A large, clumsy horse.

Stammel (n.) A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.

Stammel (n.) A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Stammel (a.) Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.

Stammered (imp. & p. p.) of Stammer

Stammering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer

Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

Stammer (v. t.) To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

Stammer (n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

Stammerer (n.) One who stammers.

Stammering (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

Stammering (n.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

Stamped (imp. & p. p.) of Stamp

Stamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stamp

Stamp (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

Stamp (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.

Stamp (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.

Stamp (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

Stamp (v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.

Stamp (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

Stamp (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.

Stamp (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.

Stamp (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.

Stamp (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.

Stamp (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.

Stamp (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.

Stamp (v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.

Stamp (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.

Stamp (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.

Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

Stamp (v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.

Stamp (v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

Stamp (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.

Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.

Stamp (v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.

Stampede (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.

Stampede (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.

Stampede (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

Stamper (n.) One who stamps.

Stamper (n.) An instrument for pounding or stamping.

Stamping () a. & n. from Stamp, v.

Stance (n.) A stanza.

Stance (n.) A station; a position; a site.

Stanched (imp. & p. p.) of Stanch

Stanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanch

Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

Stanch (v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.

Stanch (v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.

Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.

Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.

Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.

Stanch (v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.

Stanch (v. t.) Close; secret; private.

Stanch (v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

Stanchel (n.) A stanchion.

Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.

Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.

Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.

Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.

Stanchless (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.

Stanchless (a.) Unquenchable; insatiable.

Stanchly (adv.) In a stanch manner.

Stanchness (n.) The quality or state of being stanch.

Stood (imp. & p. p.) of Stand

Standing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand

Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

Stand (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.

Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.

Stand (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

Stand (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.

Stand (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

Stand (n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

Stand (n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

Stand (n.) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.

Stand (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

Stand (n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

Stand (n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

Stand (n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

Stand (n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

Stand (n.) To measure when erect on the feet.

Stand (n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.

Stand (n.) To appear in court.

Stand (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

Stand (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.

Stand (v. t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

Stand (v. t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

Stand (v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.

Stand (v. i.) The act of standing.

Stand (v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.

Stand (v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

Stand (v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.

Stand (v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.

Stand (v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.

Stand (v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.

Stand (v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.

Stand (v. i.) Rank; post; station; standing.

Stand (v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.

Stand (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.

Stand (v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.

Standage (n.) A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.

Standard (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

Standard (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.

Standard (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.

Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

Standard (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.

Standard (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.

Standard (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

Standard (n.) The sheth of a plow.

Standard (n.) A large drinking cup.

Standard (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

Standard (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

Standard (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

Standard (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

Standard-bred (a.) Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.

Standardize (v. t.) To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

Stand-by (n.) One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.

Standel (n.) A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.

Stander (n.) One who stands.

Stander (n.) Same as Standel.

Stander-by (n.) One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.

Standergrass (n.) A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.

Standgale (n.) See Stannel.

Standing (a.) Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.

Standing (a.) Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.

Standing (a.) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.

Standing (a.) Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.

Standing (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).

Standing (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.

Standing (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.

Standing (n.) Place to stand in; station; stand.

Standing (n.) Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.

Standish (n.) A stand, or case, for pen and ink.

Standpipe (n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.

Standpipe (n.) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.

Standpoint (n.) A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

Stane (n.) A stone.

Stang () imp. of Sting.

Stang (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

Stang (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

Stang (v. i.) To shoot with pain.

Stanhope (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.

Staniel (n.) See Stannel.

Stanielry (n.) Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.

Stank (a.) Weak; worn out.

Stank (v. i.) To sigh.

Stank (imp.) Stunk.

Stank (n.) Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.

Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.

Stannary (a.) Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.

Stannaries (pl. ) of Stannary

Stannary (n.) A tin mine; tin works.

Stannate (n.) A salt of stannic acid.

Stannel (n.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.

Stannic (a.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.

Stanniferous (a.) Containing or affording tin.

Stannine (n.) Alt. of Stannite

Stannite (n.) A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.

Stanno- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient.

Stannofluoride (n.) Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.

Stannoso- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds.

Stannotype (n.) A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.

Stannous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.

Stannum (n.) The technical name of tin. See Tin.

Stannyel (n.) Alt. of Stanyel

Stanyel (n.) See Stannel.

Stant (3d pers. sing. pres.) Alt. of Stont

Stont (3d pers. sing. pres.) Stands.

Stanzas (pl. ) of Stanza

Stanza (n.) A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.

Stanza (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

Stanzaic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.

Stapedial (a.) Of or pertaining to stapes.

Stapelia (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

Stapes (n.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.

Staphyline (a.) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

Staphylinid (n.) Any rove beetle.

Staphyloma (n.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.

Staphylomatous (a.) Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.

Staphyloplasty (n.) The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.

Staphyloraphy (n.) Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy

Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.

Staphylotomy (n.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

Staple (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.

Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

Staple (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.

Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

Staple (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.

Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.

Staple (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.

Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.

Staple (n.) A small pit.

Staple (n.) A district granted to an abbey.

Staple (a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.

Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.

Staple (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.

Staple (a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

stapled (imp. & p. p.) of Staple

stapling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Staple

Staple (v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

Stapler (n.) A dealer in staple goods.

Stapler (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.

Star (n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

Star (n.) The polestar; the north star.

Star (n.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.

Star (n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.

Star (n.) Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.

Star (n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

Star (n.) A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.

Starred (imp. & p. p.) of Star

Starring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Star

Star (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.

Star (v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.

Star-blind (a.) Half blind.

Starboard (v. t.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.

Starboard (a.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.

Starboard (v. t.) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.

Starblowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch.

Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Starched (imp. & p. p.) of Starch

Starching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starch

Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch.

Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.

Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.

Starched (a.) Stiff; precise; formal.

Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.

Starcher (n.) One who starches.

Starchly (adv.) In a starched or starch manner.

Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

Starchwort (n.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.

Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

Starcraft (n.) Astrology.

Star-crossed (a.) Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.

Stare (n.) The starling.

stared (imp. & p. p.) of Stare

staring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stare

Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.

Stare (v. i.) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Stare (v. t.) To look earnestly at; to gaze at.

Stare (n.) The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.

Starer (n.) One who stares, or gazes.

Starf (imp.) Starved.

Starfinch (n.) The European redstart.

Starfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.

Starfish (n.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.

Stargaser (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.

Stargaser (n.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.

Stargasing (n.) The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy.

Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.

Staringly (adv.) With a staring look.

Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.

Stark (n.) Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.

Stark (n.) Strong; vigorous; powerful.

Stark (n.) Severe; violent; fierce.

Stark (n.) Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.

Stark (adv.) Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.

Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.

Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.

Starkness (n.) The quality or state of being stark.

Starless (a.) Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.

Starlight (n.) The light given by the stars.

Starlight (a.) Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night.

Starlike (a.) Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.

Starlike (a.) Shining; bright; illustrious.

Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.

Starling (n.) A California fish; the rock trout.

Starling (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.

Starlit (a.) Lighted by the stars; starlight.

Starmonger (n.) A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.

Starn (n.) The European starling.

Starnose (n.) A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.

Starost (n.) A nobleman who possessed a starosty.

Starosty (n.) A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.

Starproof (a.) Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.

Star-read (n.) Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.

Starred (a.) Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.

Starred (a.) Influenced in fortune by the stars.

Starriness (n.) The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.

Starry (a.) Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.

Starry (a.) Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.

Starry (a.) Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.

Starry (a.) Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.

Starshine (n.) The light of the stars.

Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.

Star-spangled (a.) Spangled or studded with stars.

Starstone (n.) Asteriated sapphire.

started (imp. & p. p.) of Start

starting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Start

Start (v. i.) To leap; to jump.

Start (v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

Start (v. i.) To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.

Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.

Start (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.

Start (v. t.) To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.

Start (v. t.) To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.

Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.

Start (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.

Start (n.) The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.

Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.

Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.

Start (n.) The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.

Start (v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.

Start (v. i.) The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.

Start (v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.

Start (v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

Starter (n.) One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

Starter (n.) A dog that rouses game.

Startful (a.) Apt to start; skittish.

Startfulness (n.) Aptness to start.

Starthroat (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

Starting () a. & n. from Start, v.

Startingly (adv.) By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.

Startish (a.) Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.

Startled (imp. & p. p.) of Startle

Startling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Startle

Startle (v. t.) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.

Startle (v. t.) To deter; to cause to deviate.

Startle (n.) A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

Startlingly (adv.) In a startling manner.

Startlish (a.) Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse.

Start-up (n.) One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.

Start-up (n.) A kind of high rustic shoe.

Start-up (a.) Upstart.

Starvation (n.) The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

Starved (imp. & p. p.) of Starve

Starving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starve

Starve (v. i.) To die; to perish.

Starve (v. i.) To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.

Starve (v. i.) To perish or die with cold.

Starve (v. t.) To destroy with cold.

Starve (v. t.) To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.

Starve (v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.

Starve (v. t.) To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.

Starve (v. t.) To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.

Starvedly (adv.) In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.

Starveling (n.) One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.

Starveling (a.) Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Starwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster.

Starwort (n.) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.

Stasmia (pl. ) of Stasimon

Stasimon (n.) In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.

Stasis (n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.

Statable (a.) That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.

Statal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.

Statant (a.) In a standing position; as, a lion statant.

Statarian (a.) Fixed; settled; steady; statary.

Statarianly (adv.) Fixedly; steadly.

Statary (a.) Fixed; settled.

State (n.) The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

State (n.) Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.

State (n.) Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.

State (n.) Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.

State (n.) A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.

State (n.) Estate, possession.

State (n.) A person of high rank.

State (n.) Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.

State (n.) The principal persons in a government.

State (n.) The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.

State (n.) A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.

State (n.) A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.

State (n.) In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.

State (n.) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.

State (a.) Stately.

State (a.) Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.

Stated (imp. & p. p.) of State

Stating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of State

State (v. t.) To set; to settle; to establish.

State (v. t.) To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.

State (n.) A statement; also, a document containing a statement.

Statecraft (n.) The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

Stated (a.) Settled; established; fixed.

Stated (a.) Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.

Statedly (adv.) At stated times; regularly.

Stateful (a.) Full of state; stately.

Statehood (n.) The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.

Statehouse (n.) The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.

Stateless (a.) Without state or pomp.

Statelily (adv.) In a stately manner.

Stateliness (n.) The quality or state of being stately.

Stately (superl.) Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.

Stately (adv.) Majestically; loftily.

Statement (n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

Statement (n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.

Statemonger (n.) One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.

Stateprison () See under State, n.

Stater (n.) One who states.

Stater (n.) The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.

Stateroom (n.) A magnificent room in a place or great house.

Stateroom (n.) A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car.

States-general (n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.

States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.

Statesmen (pl. ) of Statesman

Statesman (n.) A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

Statesman (n.) One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.

Statesman (n.) A small landholder.

Statesmanlike (a.) Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.

Statesmanly (a.) Becoming a statesman.

Statesmanship (n.) The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.

Stateswomen (pl. ) of Stateswoman

Stateswoman (n.) A woman concerned in public affairs.

Stathmograph (n.) A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.

Static (a.) Alt. of Statical

Statical (a.) Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.

Statical (a.) Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.

Statically (adv.) In a statical manner.

Statics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.

Stating (n.) The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.

Station (n.) The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.

Station (n.) A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.

Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.

Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.

Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.

Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.

Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.

Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.

Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.

Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).

Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.

Station (n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

Station (n.) Situation; position; location.

Station (n.) State; rank; condition of life; social status.

Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.

Stationed (imp. & p. p.) of Station

Stationing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Station

Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.

Stational (a.) Of or pertaining to a station.

Stationariness (n.) The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.

Stationary (a.) Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.

Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

Stationary (a.) Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.

-ries (pl. ) of Stationary

Stationary (n.) One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

Stationer (a.) A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.

Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.

Stationery (n.) The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.

Stationery (a.) Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.

Statism (n.) The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.

Statist (n.) A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.

Statist (n.) A statistician.

Statistic (a.) Alt. of Statistical

Statistical (a.) Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.

Statistically (adv.) In the way of statistics.

Statistician (n.) One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.

Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

Statistics (n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.

Statistics (n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

Statistology (n.) See Statistics, 2.

Stative (a.) Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.

Statoblast (n.) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds.

Statocracy (n.) Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power.

Statua (n.) A statue.

Statuaries (pl. ) of Statuary

Statuary (n.) One who practices the art of making statues.

Statuary (n.) The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.

Statuary (n.) A collection of statues; statues, collectively.

Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.

Statue (n.) A portrait.

Statued (imp. & p. p.) of Statue

Statuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Statue

Statue (v. t.) To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Statued (a.) Adorned with statues.

Statueless (a.) Without a statue.

Statuelike (a.) Like a statue; motionless.

Statuesque (a.) Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.

Statuesquely (adv.) In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.

Statuette (n.) A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.

Statuminate (v. t.) To prop or support.

Stature (n.) The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

Statured (a.) Arrived at full stature.

Status (n.) State; condition; position of affairs.

Status in quo () Alt. of Status quo

Status quo () The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.

Statutable (a.) Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.

Statutable (a.) Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable measures.

Statutably (adv.) Conformably to statute.

Statute (n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.

Statute (a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.

Statute (a.) An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.

Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.

Staunch () Alt. of Staunchness

Staunchly () Alt. of Staunchness

Staunchness () See Stanch, Stanchly, etc.

Staurolite (n.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.

Staurolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

Stauroscope (n.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.

Staurotide (n.) Staurolite.

Stave (n.) One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.

Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stave

Stove () of Stave

Staving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stave

Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.

Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off.

Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.

Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.

Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.

Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.

Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.

Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.

Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.

Stavesacre (n.) A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.

Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.

Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.

Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stay

Staid () of Stay

Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stay

Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.

Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.

Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.

Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Stay (v. i.) To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.

Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.

Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.

Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.

Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.

Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.

Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.

Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.

Stayedness (n.) Staidness.

Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.

Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.

Staylace (n.) A lace for fastening stays.

Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.

Staynil (n.) The European starling.

Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.

Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

Stead (n.) Place, or spot, in general.

Stead (n.) Place or room which another had, has, or might have.

Stead (n.) A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

Stead (n.) A farmhouse and offices.

Stead (v. t.) To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.

Stead (v. t.) To fill place of.

Steadfast (a.) Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.

Steadfast (a.) Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.

Steadfastly (adv.) In a steadfast manner; firmly.

Steadfastness (n.) The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.

Steadily (adv.) In a steady manner.

Steadiness (n.) The quality or state of being steady.

Steading (n.) The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.

Steady (n.) Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

Steady (n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.

Steady (n.) Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.

Steadied (imp. & p. p.) of Steady

Steadying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steady

Steady (v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.

Steady (v. i.) To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.

Steak (v. t.) A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.

Steal (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele.

Stole (imp.) of Steal

Stolen (p. p.) of Steal

Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steal

Steal (v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.

Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.

Steal (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

Steal (v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.

Steal (v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.

Steal (v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.

Steal (v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.

Stealer (n.) One who steals; a thief.

Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

Stealing (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Stealingly (adv.) By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion.

Stealth (v. t.) The act of stealing; theft.

Stealth (v. t.) The thing stolen; stolen property.

Stealth (v. t.) The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.

Stealthful (a.) Given to stealth; stealthy.

Stealthily (adv.) In a stealthy manner.

Stealthiness (n.) The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

Stealthlike (a.) Stealthy; sly.

Stealthy (superl.) Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.

Steam (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

Steam (n.) The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.

Steam (n.) Any exhalation.

Steamed (imp. & p. p.) of Steam

Steaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steam

Steam (v. i.) To emit steam or vapor.

Steam (v. i.) To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.

Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.

Steam (v. i.) To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.

Steam (v. t.) To exhale.

Steam (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.

Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

Steamboating (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards.

Steam engine () An engine moved by steam.

Steamer (n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

Steamer (n.) A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.

Steamer (n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.

Steamer (n.) The steamer duck.

Steaminess (n.) The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.

Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

Steamy (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty.

Stean (n. & v.) See Steen.

Steaningp (n.) See Steening.

Steapsin (n.) An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.

Stearate (n.) A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.

Stearic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.

Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.

Stearolic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid.

Stearone (n.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.

Stearoptene (n.) The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; -- contrasted with elaeoptene.

Stearrhea (n.) seborrhea.

Stearyl (n.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.

Steatite (n.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.

Steatitic (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.

Steatoma (n.) A cyst containing matter like suet.

Steatomatous (a.) Of the nature of steatoma.

Steatopyga (n.) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.

Steatopygous (a.) Having fat buttocks.

Sted (adv.) Alt. of Stedfastly

Stedfast (adv.) Alt. of Stedfastly

Stedfastly (adv.) See Stead, Steadfast, etc.

Stee (n.) A ladder.

Steed (n.) A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose.

Steedless (a.) Having no steed; without a horse.

Steek (v. t.) Alt. of Steik

Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten.

Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.

Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel

Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.

Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.

Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.

Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine.

Steeled (imp. & p. p.) of Steel

Steeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steel

Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.

Steel (n.) To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.

Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.

Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.

Steelbow goods () Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord.

Steeler (n.) One who points, edges, or covers with steel.

Steeler (n.) Same as Stealer.

Steelhead (n.) A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.

Steelhead (n.) The ruddy duck.

Steeliness (n.) The quality of being steely.

Steeling (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.

Steely (a.) Made of steel; consisting of steel.

Steely (a.) Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.

Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.

Steem (n. & v.) See Esteem.

Steem (n. & v.) See 1st and 2nd Stem.

Steen (n.) A vessel of clay or stone.

Steen (n.) A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

Steen (v. t.) To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.

Steenbok (n.) Same as Steinbock.

Steening (n.) A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.

Steenkirk (n.) Alt. of Steinkirk

Steinkirk (n.) A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.

Steep (a.) Bright; glittering; fiery.

Steeped (imp. & p. p.) of Steep

Steeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steep

Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.

Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.

Steep (n.) Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.

Steep (n.) A rennet bag.

Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

Steep (v. t.) Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

Steep (v. t.) Excessive; as, a steep price.

Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.

Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.

Steepened (imp. & p. p.) of Steepen

Steepening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steepen

Steepen (v. i.) To become steep or steeper.

Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.

Steepiness (n.) Steepness.

Steepish (a.) Somewhat steep.

Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.

Steeplechasing (n.) The act of riding steeple chases.

Steeple-crowned (a.) Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.

Steeple-crowned (a.) Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.

Steepled (a.) Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.

Steeply (adv.) In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.

Steepness (n.) Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

Steepness (n.) Height; loftiness.

Steep-up (a.) Lofty and precipitous.

Steepy (a.) Steep; precipitous.

Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

Steer (v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.

Steered (imp. & p. p.) of Steer

Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steer

Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.

Steer (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.

Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.

Steer (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.

Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.

Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot.

Steerable (a.) Capable of being steered; dirigible.

Steerage (n.) The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.

Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.

Steerage (n.) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.

Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.

Steerage (n.) Direction; regulation; management; guidance.

Steerage (n.) That by which a course is directed.

Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer.

Steering () a. & n. from Steer, v.

Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.

Steerling (n.) A young small steer.

Steersmen (pl. ) of Steersman

Steersman (n.) One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.

Steersmate (n.) One who steers; steersman.

Steeved (imp. & p. p.) of Steeve

Steeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steeve

Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

Steeve (v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

Steeve (v. t.) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).

Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.

Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.

Steeving (n.) The act or practice of one who steeves.

Steeving (n.) See Steeve, n. (a).

Steg (n.) A gander.

Steganographist (n.) One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.

Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.

Steganophthalmata (n. pl.) The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.

Steganopod (n.) One of the Steganopodes.

Steganopodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.

Steganopodous (a.) Having all four toes webbed together.

Stegnosis (n.) Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.

Stegnotic (a.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.

Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.

Stegocephala (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.

Stegosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.

Stegosaurus (n.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

Steik (v. t.) See Steek.

Stein (n. & v.) See Steen.

Steinbock (n.) The European ibex.

Steinbock (n.) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok.

Steingale (n.) The stannel.

Steining (n.) See Steening.

Steinkirk (n.) Same as Steenkirk.

Steinkle (n.) The wheater.

Stelae (pl. ) of Stela

Stela (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.

Stele (n.) Same as Stela.

Stele (n.) A stale, or handle; a stalk.

Stelene (a.) Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar.

Stell (v. t.) To place or fix firmly or permanently.

Stell (v. t.) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing.

Stell (v. t.) A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle.

Stellar (a.) Alt. of Stellary

Stellary (a.) Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.

Stellary (a.) Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.

Stellate (a.) Alt. of Stellated

Stellated (a.) Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.

Stellated (a.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.

Stellation (n.) Radiation of light.

Stelled (a.) Firmly placed or fixed.

Steller (n.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine.

Stellerid (n.) A starfish.

Stellerida (n. pl.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.

Stelleridan (n.) Alt. of Stelleridean

Stelleridean (n.) A starfish, or brittle star.

Stelliferous (a.) Having, or abounding with, stars.

Stelliform (a.) Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.

Stellify (v. t.) To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven.

Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.

Stellionate (n.) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.

Stellular (a.) Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.

Stellular (a.) Marked with starlike spots of color.

Stellulate (a.) Minutely stellate.

Stelmatopoda (n. pl.) Same as Gymnolaemata.

Stelography (n.) The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.

Stem (v. i.) Alt. of Steem

Steem (v. i.) To gleam.

Stem (n.) Alt. of Steem

Steem (n.) A gleam of light; flame.

Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.

Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.

Stem (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

Stem (n.) A branch of a family.

Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.

Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.

Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.

Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.

Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.

Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.

Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.

Stem (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.

Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

Stemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Stem

Stemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stem

Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.

Stem (v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.

Stemless (a.) Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.

Stemlet (n.) A small or young stem.

Stemmata (pl. ) of Stemma

Stemma (n.) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

Stemmer (n.) One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

Stemmery (n.) A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.

Stemmy (a.) Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.

Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.

Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.

Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.

Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.

Stench (v. t.) To stanch.

Stench (v. i.) A smell; an odor.

Stench (v. i.) An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.

Stench (n.) To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.

Stenchy (a.) Having a stench.

Stencil (n.) A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.

Stenciled (imp. & p. p.) of Stencil

Stencilled () of Stencil

Stenciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stencil

Stencilling () of Stencil

Stencil (v. t.) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.

Stenciler (n.) One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.

Stenoderm (n.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.

Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

Stenographed (imp. & p. p.) of Stenograph

Stenographing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stenograph

Stenograph (v. t.) To write or report in stenographic characters.

Stenograph (n.) A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

Stenographer (n.) One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.

Stenographic (a.) Alt. of Stenographical

Stenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to stenography.

Stenographist (n.) A stenographer.

Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

Stenophyllous (a.) Having narrow leaves.

Stenosis (n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

Stenostome (a.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws.

Stente (Obs. imp.) of Stent

Stent (obs. p. p.) of Stent

Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

Stent (v. i.) To stint; to stop; to cease.

Stent (n.) An allotted portion; a stint.

Stenting (n.) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.

Stentor (n.) A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.

Stentor (n.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.

Stentor (n.) A howling monkey, or howler.

Stentorian (a.) Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs.

Stentorin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2.

Stentorious (a.) Stentorian.

Stentoronic (a.) Stentorian.

Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.

Stepped (imp. & p. p.) of Step

Stepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Step

Step (a.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

Step (a.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.

Step (a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Step (a.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Step (v. t.) To set, as the foot.

Step (v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Step (v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.

Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.

Step (v. i.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.

Step (v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.

Step (v. i.) A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

Step (v. i.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.

Step (v. i.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.

Step (v. i.) Walk; passage.

Step (v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.

Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

Step (v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.

Step (v. i.) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.

Stepbrother (n.) A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.

Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.

Stepdame (n.) A stepmother.

Stepdaughter (n.) A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.

Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.

Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

Stephanite (n.) A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore.

Stephanotis (n.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.

Stephanotis (n.) A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

Stepladder (n.) A portable set of steps.

Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.

Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.

Steppe (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.

Stepped (a.) Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.

Stepper (n.) One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.

Stepping-stone (n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.

Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.

Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.

Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

Stepstone (n.) A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.

-ster () A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster.

Stercobilin (n.) A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.

Stercolin (n.) Same as Serolin (b).

Stercoraceous (a.) Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.

Stercoranism (n.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.

Stercoranist (n.) A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.

Stercorarian (n.) A Stercoranist.

Stercorary (n.) A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.

Stercorate (n.) Excrement; dung.

Stercoration (n.) Manuring with dung.

Stercorianism (n.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.

Stercorin (n.) Same as Serolin (b).

Stercory (n.) Excrement; dung.

Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.

Stere (n.) A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic yards.

Stere (v. t. & i.) To stir.

Stere (n.) A rudder. See 5th Steer.

Stere (n.) Helmsman. See 6th Steer.

Sterelmintha (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

Stereo- () A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.

Stereobate (n.) The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.

Stereo-chemic (a.) Alt. of Stereo-chemical

Stereo-chemical (a.) Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.

Stereo-chemistry (n.) Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.

Stereochrome (n.) Stereochromic picture.

Stereochromic (a.) Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy.

Stereochromy (n.) A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).

Stereoelectric (a.) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.

Stereogram (n.) A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph.

Stereograph (n.) Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.

Stereographic (a.) Alt. of Stereographical

Stereographical (a.) Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth.

Stereographically (adv.) In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.

Stereography (n.) The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.

Stereometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.

Stereometer (n.) An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids.

Stereometric (a.) Alt. of Stereometrical

Stereometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry.

Stereometry (n.) The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.

Stereomonoscope (n.) An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.

Stereoplasm (n.) The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm.

Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.

Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.

Stereoscopic (a.) Alt. of Stereoscopical

Stereoscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.

Stereoscopist (n.) One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.

Stereoscopy (n.) The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.

Stereostatic (a.) Geostatic.

Stereotomic (a.) Alt. of Stereotomical

Stereotomical (a.) Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy.

Stereotomy (n.) The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.

Stereotype (n.) A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.

Stereotype (n.) The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.

Stereotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Stereotype

Stereotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stereotype

Stereotype (v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.

Stereotype (v. t.) Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.

Stereotyped (a.) Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.

Stereotyped (a.) Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions.

Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.

Stereotypery (n.) The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates.

Stereotypery (n.) A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.

Stereotypic (a.) Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates.

Stereotypist (n.) A stereotyper.

Stereotypographer (n.) A stereotype printer.

Stereotypography (n.) The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.

Stereotypy (n.) The art or process of making stereotype plates.

Sterhydraulic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle.

Sterile (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

Sterile (a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.

Sterile (a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.

Sterile (a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Sterility (n.) The quality or condition of being sterile.

Sterility (n.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.

Sterilization (n.) The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.

Sterilized (imp. & p. p.) of Sterilize

Sterilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sterilize

Sterilize (v. t.) To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

Sterilize (v. t.) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.

Sterilize (v. t.) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.

Sterlet (n.) A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.

Sterling (n.) Same as Starling, 3.

Sterling (n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money.

Sterling (n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money.

Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.

Sterling (a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.

Stern (n.) The black tern.

Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.

Stern (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.

Stern (v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

Stern (v. t.) Fig.: The post of management or direction.

Stern (v. t.) The hinder part of anything.

Stern (v. t.) The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.

Stern (a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.

Sternage (n.) Stern.

Sternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.

Sternbergite (n.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.

Sternebrae (pl. ) of Sternebra

Sternebra (n.) One of the segments of the sternum.

Sterned (a.) Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.

Sterner (n.) A director.

Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.

Sternite (n.) The sternum of an arthropod somite.

Sternly (adv.) In a stern manner.

Sternmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.

Sternness (n.) The quality or state of being stern.

Sterno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.

Sternocoracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.

Sternocostal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.

Sternohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.

Sternomastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.

Sternothyroid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.

Sternsman (n.) A steersman.

Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.

Sterna (pl. ) of Sternum

Sternums (pl. ) of Sternum

Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.

Sternum (n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

Sternutation (n.) The act of sneezing.

Sternutative (a.) Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.

Sternutatory (a.) Sternutative.

Sternutatory (n.) A sternutatory substance or medicine.

Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.

Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.

Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.

Sterquilinous (a.) Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry.

Sterre (n.) A star.

Sterrink (n.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.

Sterrometal (n.) Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made.

Stert (p. p.) Started.

Sterte () p. p. of Start.

Stertorious (a.) Stertorous.

Stertorous (a.) Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.

Sterve (v. t. & i.) To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.

Stet (subj. 3d pers. sing.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.

Stetted (imp. & p. p.) of Stet

Stetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stet

Stet (v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.

Stethal (n.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.

Stethograph (n.) See Pneumatograph.

Stethometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.

Stethoscope (n.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.

Stethoscope (v. t.) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.

Stethoscopic (a.) Alt. of Stethoscopical

Stethoscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope.

Stethoscopist (n.) One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.

Stethoscopy (n.) The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.

Steve (v. t.) To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.

Stevedore (n.) One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.

Steven (n.) Voice; speech; language.

Steven (n.) An outcry; a loud call; a clamor.

Stew (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

Stew (n.) An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewed (imp. & p. p.) of Stew

Stewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stew

Stew (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

Stew (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

Stew (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

Stew (v. t.) A prostitute.

Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

Stew (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.

Steward (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.

Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.

Steward (n.) In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

Steward (v. t.) To manage as a steward.

Stewardess (n.) A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

Stewardly (adv.) In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.

Stewardship (n.) The office of a steward.

Stewartry (n.) An overseer or superintendent.

Stewartry (n.) The office of a steward; stewardship.

Stewartry (n.) In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.

Stewish (a.) Suiting a stew, or brothel.

Stewpan (n.) A pan used for stewing.

Stewpot (n.) A pot used for stewing.

Stey (n.) See Stee.

Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.

Stiacciato (n.) The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Stian (n.) A sty on the eye. See Styan.

Stibborn (a.) Stubborn.

Stibial (a.) Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.

Stibialism (n.) Antimonial intoxication or poisoning.

Stibiated (a.) Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).

Stibic (a.) Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.

Stibiconite (n.) A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.

Stibine (n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.

Stibious (a.) Antimonious.

Stibium (n.) The technical name of antimony.

Stibium (n.) Stibnite.

Stibnite (n.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.

Stibonium (n.) The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.

Sticcado (n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.

Stich (n.) A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.

Stich (n.) A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.

Stich (n.) A row, line, or rank of trees.

Stichic (a.) Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.

Stichida (pl. ) of Stichidium

Stichidium (n.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.

Stichomancy (n.) Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.

Stichometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.

Stichometry (n.) Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.

Stichometry (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

Stichwort (n.) A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).

Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.

Stick (v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.

Stick (v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.

Stick (v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.

Stick (v. t.) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

Stuck (imp. & p. p.) of Stick

Sticked () of Stick

Sticking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stick

Stick (n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.

Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.

Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.

Stick (n.) To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.

Stick (n.) To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.

Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.

Stick (n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.

Stick (n.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.

Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.

Stick (n.) To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.

Stick (n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.

Stick (v. i.) To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.

Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.

Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.

Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.

Stick (v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

Sticked (imp.) Stuck.

Sticker (n.) One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

Sticker (n.) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.

Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.

Sticker (n.) Same as Paster, 2.

Stickfuls (pl. ) of Stickful

Stickful (n.) As much set type as fills a composing stick.

Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.

Sticking () a. & n. from Stick, v.

Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.

Stick-lac (n.) See the Note under Lac.

Stickled (imp. & p. p.) of Stickle

Stickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stickle

Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.

Stickle (v. i.) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.

Stickle (v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

Stickle (v. t.) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.

Stickle (v. t. & i.) A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

Stickler (v. t.) One who stickles.

Stickler (v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.

Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.

Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

Sticktail (n.) The ruddy duck.

Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks.

Sticky (superl.) Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.

Stiddy (n.) An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy.

Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.

Stiff (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.

Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.

Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.

Stiff (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.

Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.

Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.

Stiff-backed (a.) Obstinate.

Stiffened (imp. & p. p.) of Stiffen

Stiffening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffen

Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.

Stiffen (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.

Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.

Stiffener (n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

Stiffening (n.) Act or process of making stiff.

Stiffening (n.) Something used to make anything stiff.

Stiff-hearted (a.) Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.

Stiffish (a.) Somewhat stiff.

Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.

Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.

Stiff-neckedness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.

Stiffness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

Stifftail (n.) The ruddy duck.

Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

Stifle (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.

Stifled (imp. & p. p.) of Stifle

Stifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stifle

Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.

Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.

Stifle (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.

Stifle (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

Stifled (a.) Stifling.

Stifler (n.) One who, or that which, stifles.

Stifler (n.) See Camouflet.

Stigmas (pl. ) of Stigma

Stigmata (pl. ) of Stigma

Stigma (v. t.) A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

Stigma (v. t.) Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.

Stigma (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.

Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.

Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.

Stigma (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.

Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.

Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.

Stigma (v. t.) A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.

Stigma (v. t.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.

Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

Stigmata (n.) pl. of Stigma.

Stigmatic (n.) A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

Stigmatic (n.) A person who is marked or deformed by nature.

Stigmatic (n.) A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; -- for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness.

Stigmatic (a.) Alt. of Stigmatical

Stigmatical (a.) Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.

Stigmatical (a.) Impressing with infamy or reproach.

Stigmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.

Stigmatically (adv.) With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.

Stigmatist (n.) One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.

Stigmatization (n.) The act of stigmatizing.

Stigmatization (n.) The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8.

Stigmatized (imp. & p. p.) of Stigmatize

Stigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stigmatize

Stigmatize (v. t.) To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

Stigmatize (v. t.) To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.

Stigmatose (a.) Same as Stigmatic.

Stigonomancy (n.) Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.

Stike (n.) Stanza.

Stilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.

Stilbene (n.) A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.

Stilbite (n.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.

Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.

Stile (n.) Mode of composition. See Style.

Stile (v. i.) A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.

Stile (v. i.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.

Stilet (n.) A stiletto.

Stilet (n.) See Stylet, 2.

Stilettos (pl. ) of Stiletto

Stiletto (n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.

Stiletto (n.) A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.

Stiletto (n.) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

Stilettoed (imp. & p. p.) of Stiletto

Stilettoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiletto

Stiletto (v. t.) To stab or kill with a stiletto.

Still (adv.) Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

Still (adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.

Still (adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.

Still (adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.

Still (adv.) Constant; continual.

Still (adv.) Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.

Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.

Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.

Still (a.) To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.

Still (a.) In the future as now and before.

Still (a.) In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.

Still (a.) In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.

Still (a.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.

Still (a.) After that; after what is stated.

Stilled (imp. & p. p.) of Still

Stilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Still

Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.

Still (a.) To stop, as noise; to silence.

Still (a.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.

Still (v.) A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.

Still (v.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Still (v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.

Still (v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

Still (v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.

Stillage (n.) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.

Stillatitious (a.) Falling in drops; drawn by a still.

-ries (pl. ) of Stillatory

Stillatory (a.) An alembic; a vessel for distillation.

Stillatory (a.) A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed.

Stillbirth (n.) The birth of a dead fetus.

Stillborn (a.) Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

Stillborn (a.) Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.

Still-burn (p. pr. & vb. n.) To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Still-closing (a.) Ever closing.

Stiller (n.) One who stills, or quiets.

Stillhouse (n.) A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.

Still-hunt (n.) A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.

Stillicide (n.) A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.

Stillicidious (a.) Falling in drops.

Stilliform (a.) Having the form of a drop.

Stilling (n.) A stillion.

Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.

Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

Stillroom (n.) A room for distilling.

Stillroom (n.) An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept.

Stillstand (n.) A standstill.

Stilly (a.) Still; quiet; calm.

Stilly (adv.) In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.

Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.

Stilt (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.

Stilt (n.) A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.

Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.

Stilted (imp. & p. p.) of Stilt

Stilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stilt

Stilt (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.

Stiltbird (n.) See Stilt, n., 3.

Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.

Stiltify (v. t.) To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.

Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.

Stime (n.) A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.

Stimulant (a.) Serving to stimulate.

Stimulant (a.) Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.

Stimulant (n.) That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.

Stimulant (n.) An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; -- sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant.

Stimulated (imp. & p. p.) of Stimulate

Stimulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stimulate

Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.

Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.

Stimulation (n.) The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.

Stimulation (n.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.

Stimulative (a.) Having the quality of stimulating.

Stimulative (n.) That which stimulates.

Stimulator (n.) One who stimulates.

Stimulatress (n.) A woman who stimulates.

Stimulism (n.) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.

Stimulism (n.) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.

Stimuli (pl. ) of Stimulus

Stimulus (v. t.) A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.

Stimulus (v. t.) That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ.

Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

Sting (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.

Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.

Sting (v. t.) The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.

Sting (v. t.) A goad; incitement.

Sting (v. t.) The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.

Stung (imp. & p. p.) of Sting

Stang () of Sting

Stinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting

Sting (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.

Sting (v. t.) To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Stingaree (n.) Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.

Stingbull (n.) The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.

Stinger (n.) One who, or that which, stings.

Stingfish (n.) The weever.

Stingily (adv.) In a stingy manner.

Stinginess (n.) The quality or state of being stingy.

Stinging (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.

Stingless (a.) Having no sting.

Stingo (n.) Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.

Stingtail (n.) A sting ray.

Stingy (a.) Stinging; able to sting.

Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

Stunk (imp. & p. p.) of Stink

Stank () of Stink

Stinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stink

Stink (v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Stink (v. t.) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stink (n.) A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Stinkard (n.) A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.

Stinkard (n.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.

Stinkball (n.) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

Stinker (n.) One who, or that which, stinks.

Stinker (n.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.

Stinkhorn (n.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.

Stinking () a. & n. from Stink, v.

Stinkingly (adv.) In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.

Stinkpot (n.) An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.

Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

Stinkpot (n.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.

Stinkstone (n.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.

Stinkweed (n.) Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.

Stinkwood (n.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

Stint (n.) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.

Stint (n.) A phalarope.

Stinted (imp. & p. p.) of Stint

Stinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stint

Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.

Stint (v. t.) To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.

Stint (v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.

Stint (v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

Stint (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

Stintedness (n.) The state of being stinted.

Stinter (n.) One who, or that which, stints.

Stintless (a.) Without stint or restraint.

Stipe (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

Stipe (n.) The stalk of a pistil.

Stipe (n.) The trunk of a tree.

Stipe (n.) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Stipel (n.) The stipule of a leaflet.

Stipellate (a.) Having stipels.

Stipend (n.) Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.

Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.

Stipendiarian (a.) Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.

Stipendiary (a.) Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.

Stipendiaries (pl. ) of Stipendiary

Stipendiary (n.) One who receives a stipend.

Stipendiate (v. t.) To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.

Stipendless (a.) Having no stipend.

Stipites (pl. ) of Stipes

Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.

Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.

Stipitate (a.) Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Stipitiform (a.) Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

Stippled (imp. & p. p.) of Stipple

Stippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipple

Stipple (v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

Stipple (v. t.) To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.

Stipple (n.) Alt. of Stippling

Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

Stippling (n.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

Stiptic (a. & n.) See Styptic.

Stipulas (pl. ) of Stipula

Stipulae (pl. ) of Stipula

Stipula (n.) A stipule.

Stipula (n.) A newly sprouted feather.

Stipulaceous (a.) Alt. of Stipular

Stipular (a.) Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils.

Stipulary (a.) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.

Stipulate (a.) Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

Stipulated (imp. & p. p.) of Stipulate

Stipulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipulate

Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France.

Stipulation (n.) The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

Stipulation (n.) That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.

Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

Stipulation (n.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.

Stipule (n.) An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Stipuled (a.) Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

Stirred (imp. & p. p.) of Stir

Stirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stir

Stir (v. t.) To change the place of in any manner; to move.

Stir (v. t.) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.

Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

Stir (v. t.) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.

Stir (v. i.) To move; to change one's position.

Stir (v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

Stir (v. i.) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

Stir (v. i.) To rise, or be up, in the morning.

Stir (n.) The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Stir (n.) Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Stir (n.) Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Stirabout (n.) A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.

Stiriated (a.) Adorned with pendants like icicles.

Stirious (a.) Resembling icicles.

Stirk (n.) A young bullock or heifer.

Stirless (a.) Without stirring; very quiet; motionless.

Stirp (n.) Stock; race; family.

Stirpiculture (n.) The breeding of special stocks or races.

Stirpes (pl. ) of Stirps

Stirps (n.) Stock; race; family.

Stirps (n.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.

Stirrage (n.) The act of stirring; stir; commotion.

Stirrer (n.) One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer.

Stirring (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.

Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.

Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.

Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.

Stirt (v. i.) Started; leaped.

Stirte () imp. of Start, v. i. & t.

Stitch (v. i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.

Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist.

Stitch (v. i.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.

Stitch (v. i.) A furrow.

Stitched (imp. & p. p.) of Stitch

Stitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stitch

Stitch (v. t.) To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.

Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

Stitch (v. t.) To form land into ridges.

Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework.

Stitchel (n.) A kind of hairy wool.

Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.

Stitchery (n.) Needlework; -- in contempt.

Stitching (n.) The act of one who stitches.

Stitching (n.) Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively.

Stitchwort (n.) See Stichwort.

Stith (a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.

Stith (n.) An anvil; a stithy.

Stithy (n.) An anvil.

Stithy (n.) A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge.

Stithy (v. t.) To forge on an anvil.

Stived (imp. & p. p.) of Stive

Stiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stive

Stive (v. t.) To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.

Stive (v. i.) To be stifled or suffocated.

Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.

Stiver (n.) A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.

Stives (n. pl.) Stews; a brothel.

Stoak (v. t.) To stop; to choke.

Stoat (n.) The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.

Stocah (n.) A menial attendant.

Stoccade (n. & v.) See Stockade.

Stoccado (n.) A stab; a thrust with a rapier.

Stochastic (a.) Conjectural; able to conjecture.

Stock (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

Stock (n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.

Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

Stock (n.) Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

Stock (n.) The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.

Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.

Stock (n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.

Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.

Stock (n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.

Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.

Stock (n.) The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.

Stock (n.) Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.

Stock (n.) Same as Stock account, below.

Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.

Stock (n.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.

Stock (n.) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.

Stock (n.) A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).

Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.

Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.

Stock (n.) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

Stock (n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

Stock (n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).

Stock (n.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.

Stock (n.) A race or variety in a species.

Stock (n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

Stock (n.) The beater of a fulling mill.

Stock (n.) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.

Stocked (imp. & p. p.) of Stock

Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stock

Stock (v. t.) To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.

Stock (v. t.) To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.

Stock (v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.

Stock (v. t.) To put in the stocks.

Stock (a.) Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon.

Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.

Stockade (v. t.) An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.

Stockaded (imp. & p. p.) of Stockade

Stockading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stockade

Stockade (v. t.) To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.

Stock-blind (a.) Blind as a stock; wholly blind.

Stockbroker (n.) A broker who deals in stocks.

Stockdove (n.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees.

Stocker (n.) One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.

Stockfish (n.) Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.

Stockfish (n.) Young fresh cod.

Stockholder (n.) One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.

Stockinet (n.) An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

Stocking (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

Stocking (v. t.) To dress in GBs.

Stockinger (n.) A stocking weaver.

Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.

Stockjobber (n.) One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.

Stockjobbing (n.) The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.

Stockmen (pl. ) of Stockman

Stockman (n.) A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock.

Stock-still (a.) Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.

Stockwork (n.) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

Stockwork (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.

Stocky (a.) Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.

Stocky (a.) Headstrong.

Stodgy (a.) Wet.

Stoechiology (n.) Alt. of Stoechiometry

Stoechiometry (n.) See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.

Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.

Stoic (n.) Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Stoic (n.) Alt. of Stoical

Stoical (n.) Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.

Stoical (n.) Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.

Stoichiological (a.) Of or pertaining to stoichiology.

Stoichiology (n.) That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues.

Stoichiology (n.) The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought.

Stoichiology (n.) The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.

Stoichiometric (a.) Alt. of Stoichiometrical

Stoichiometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.

Stoichiometry (n.) The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds.

Stoicism (n.) The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.

Stoicism (n.) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

Stoicity (n.) Stoicism.

Stoke (v. t.) To stick; to thrust; to stab.

Stoke (v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.

Stoke (v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

Stokehole (n.) The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.

Stoker (v. t.) A fire poker.

Stokey (a.) Close; sultry.

Stolae (pl. ) of Stola

Stola (n.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.

Stole () imp. of Steal.

Stole (n.) A stolon.

Stole (n.) A long, loose garment reaching to the feet.

Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions.

Stoled (a.) Having or wearing a stole.

Stolen () p. p. of Steal.

Stolid (a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.

Stolidity (n.) The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.

Stolidness (n.) Same as Stolidity.

Stolon (n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

Stolon (n.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.

Stoloniferous (a.) Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.

Stomata (pl. ) of Stoma

Stoma (n.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.

Stoma (n.) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.

Stoma (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.

Stoma (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).

Stomach (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.

Stomach (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.

Stomach (n.) Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.

Stomach (n.) Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.

Stomach (n.) Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.

Stomached (imp. & p. p.) of Stomach

Stomaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stomach

Stomach (v. t.) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.

Stomach (v. t.) To bear without repugnance; to brook.

Stomach (v. i.) To be angry.

Stomachal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.

Stomachal (a.) Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.

Stomachal (n.) A stomachic.

Stomacher (n.) One who stomachs.

Stomacher (n.) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated.

Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.

Stomachic (a.) Alt. of Stomachical

Stomachical (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.

Stomachical (a.) Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial.

Stomachic (n.) A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.

Stomaching (n.) Resentment.

Stomachless (a.) Being without a stomach.

Stomachless (a.) Having no appetite.

Stomachous (a.) Stout; sullen; obstinate.

Stomachy (a.) Obstinate; sullen; haughty.

Stomapod (n.) One of the Stomapoda.

Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.

Stomate (n.) A stoma.

Stomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.

Stomatic (n.) A medicine for diseases of the mouth.

Stomatiferous (a.) Having or producing stomata.

Stomatitis (n.) Inflammation of the mouth.

Stomatoda (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.

Stomatodaeum (n.) Same as Stomodaeum.

Stomatode (a.) Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.

Stomatode (n.) One of the Stomatoda.

Stomatogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.

Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.

Stomatopod (n.) One of the Stomatopoda.

Stomatopoda (n. pl.) Same as Stomapoda.

Stomatopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda.

Stomatoscope (n.) An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.

Stomatous (a.) Having a stoma.

Stomodaeum (n.) A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.

Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.

Stomp (v. i.) To stamp with the foot.

Stond (n.) Stop; halt; hindrance.

Stond (n.) A stand; a post; a station.

Stond (v. i.) To stand.

Stone (n.) Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.

Stone (n.) A precious stone; a gem.

Stone (n.) Something made of stone. Specifically: -

Stone (n.) The glass of a mirror; a mirror.

Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.

Stone (n.) One of the testes; a testicle.

Stone (n.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Stone (n.) A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.

Stone (n.) Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.

Stone (n.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone.

Stoned (imp. & p. p.) of Stone

Stoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stone

Stone (n.) To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.

Stone (n.) To make like stone; to harden.

Stone (n.) To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.

Stone (n.) To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.

Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.

Stonebird (n.) The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.

Stone-blind (a.) As blind as a stone; completely blind.

Stonebow (n.) A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.

Stonebrash (n.) A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.

Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

Stonebuck (n.) See Steinbock.

Stonechat (n.) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.

Stonechat (n.) The wheatear.

Stonechat (n.) The blue titmouse.

Stone-cold (a.) Cold as a stone.

Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.

Stonecrop (n.) A sort of tree.

Stonecrop (n.) Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.

Stonecutter (n.) One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.

Stonecutting (n.) Hewing or dressing stone.

Stone-dead (a.) As dead as a stone.

Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

Stonegall (n.) See Stannel.

Stonehatch (n.) The ring plover, or dotterel.

Stone-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.

Stonehenge (n.) An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.

Stone-horse (n.) Stallion.

Stoner (n.) One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.

Stoner (n.) One who walls with stones.

Stoneroot (n.) A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.

Stonerunner (n.) The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel.

Stonerunner (n.) The dotterel.

Stonesmickle (n.) The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch.

Stone-still (a.) As still as a stone.

Stoneware (n.) A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.

Stoneweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.

Stonework (n.) Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.

Stonewort (n.) Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.

Stonily (adv.) In a stony manner.

Stoniness (n.) The quality or state of being stony.

Stonish (a.) Stony.

Stont () 3d pers. sing. present of Stand.

Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

Stony (superl.) Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Stood () imp. & p. p. of Stand.

Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.

Stooked (imp. & p. p.) of Stook

Stooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stook

Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.

Stool (n.) A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.

Stool (n.) A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.

Stool (n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.

Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.

Stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.

Stool (n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.

Stool (n.) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.

Stoolball (n.) A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women.

Stoom (v. t.) To stum.

Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.

Stoop (n.) A vessel of liquor; a flagon.

Stoop (n.) A post fixed in the earth.

Stooped (imp. & p. p.) of Stoop

Stooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoop

Stoop (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

Stoop (v. i.) To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

Stoop (v. i.) To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.

Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.

Stoop (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.

Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.

Stoop (v. t.) To cause to submit; to prostrate.

Stoop (v. t.) To degrade.

Stoop (n.) The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.

Stoop (n.) Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.

Stoop (n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

Stooper (n.) One who stoops.

Stooping () a. & n. from Stoop.

Stoor (v. i.) To rise in clouds, as dust.

Stoor (a.) Alt. of Stor

Stor (a.) Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious.

Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Stop

Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stop

Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

Stop (v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.

Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.

Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.

Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.

Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate.

Stop (v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.

Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.

Stop (v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action.

Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.

Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.

Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.

Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.

Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.

Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.

Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

Stop (n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.

Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

Stop (n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.

Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.

Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.

Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.

Stope (v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

Stoped (imp. & p. p.) of Stope

Stoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stope

Stope (v. t.) To excavate in the form of stopes.

Stope (v. t.) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Stope (p. p.) Alt. of Stopen

Stopen (p. p.) Stepped; gone; advanced.

Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.

Stoping (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes.

Stopless (a.) Not to be stopped.

Stop-over (a.) Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.

Stoppage (n.) The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.

Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.).

Stopper (n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

Stopper (n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.

Stopper (n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.

Stoppered (imp. & p. p.) of Stopper

Stoppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopper

Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.

Stopping (n.) Material for filling a cavity.

Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.

Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.

Stopple (v. t.) That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

Stoppled (imp. & p. p.) of Stopple

Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopple

Stopple (v. t.) To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.

Stopship (n.) A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

Stor (a.) See Stoor.

Storage (n.) The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.

Storage (n.) Space for the safe keeping of goods.

Storage (n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store.

Storax (n.) Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.

Store (v. t.) That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

Store (v. t.) A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.

Store (v. t.) Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.

Store (v. t.) Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.

Store (a.) Accumulated; hoarded.

Stored (imp. & p. p.) of Store

Storing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Store

Store (v. t.) To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.

Store (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.

Store (v. t.) To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

Stored (a.) Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity.

Storehouse (n.) A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.

Storehouse (n.) A mass or quality laid up.

Storekeeper (n.) A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.

Storekeeper (n.) One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3.

Storer (n.) One who lays up or forms a store.

Storeroom (n.) Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.

Storeship (n.) A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.

Storey (n.) See Story.

Storge (n.) Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.

Storial (a.) Historical.

Storied (a.) Told in a story.

Storied (a.) Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.

Storied (a.) Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house.

Storier (n.) A relater of stories; an historian.

Storify (v. t.) To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.

Stork (n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Stork-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of the stork.

Storm (n.) A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

Storm (n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

Storm (n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

Storm (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

Stormed (imp. & p. p.) of Storm

Storming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Storm

Storm (v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

Storm (v. i.) To raise a tempest.

Storm (v. i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.

Storm (v. i.) To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.

Storm-beat (a.) Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms.

Stormcock (n.) The missel thrush.

Stormcock (n.) The fieldfare.

Stormcock (n.) The green woodpecker.

Stormfinch (n.) The storm petrel.

Stormful (a.) Abounding with storms.

Stormglass (n.) A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.

Stormily (adv.) In a stormy manner.

Storminess (n.) The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.

Storming () a. & n. from Storm, v.

Stormless (a.) Without storms.

Stormwind (n.) A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm.

Stormy (superl.) Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week.

Stormy (superl.) Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.

Stormy (superl.) Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.

Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.

Storven () p. p. of Starve.

Stories (pl. ) of Story

Story (v. t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.

Story (n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.

Story (n.) The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.

Story (n.) A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.

Storied (imp. & p. p.) of Story

Storying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Story

Story (v. t.) To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.

Storybook (n.) A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.

Story-teller (n.) One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.

Story-teller (n.) An historian; -- in contempt.

Story-teller (n.) A euphemism or child's word for

Story-telling (a.) Being accustomed to tell stories.

Story-telling (n.) The act or practice of telling stories.

Story-writer (n.) One who writes short stories, as for magazines.

Story-writer (n.) An historian; a chronicler.

Stot (n.) A horse.

Stot (n.) A young bull or ox, especially one three years old.

Stote (n.) See Stoat.

Stound (v. i.) To be in pain or sorrow.

Stound (v. i.) Stunned.

Stound (n.) A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.

Stound (n.) Astonishment; amazement.

Stound (n.) Hour; time; season.

Stound (n.) A brief space of time; a moment.

Stound (n.) A vessel for holding small beer.

Stoup (n.) A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.

Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.

Stour (n.) A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.

Stour (a.) Tall; strong; stern.

Stout (superl.) Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.

Stout (superl.) Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.

Stout (superl.) Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.

Stout (superl.) Large; bulky; corpulent.

Stout (n.) A strong malt liquor; strong porter.

Stout-hearted (a.) Having a brave heart; courageous.

Stoutish (a.) Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.

Stoutly (adv.) In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.

Stoutness (n.) The state or quality of being stout.

Stove () imp. of Stave.

Stove (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.

Stove (n.) An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.

Stoved (imp. & p. p.) of Stove

Stoving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stove

Stove (v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.

Stove (v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.

Stovehouse (n.) A hothouse.

Stovepipe (n.) Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.

Stover (n.) Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.

Stowed (imp. & p. p.) of Stow

Stowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stow

Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.

Stow (v. t.) To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.

Stow (v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.

Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.

Stowage (n.) Room in which things may be stowed.

Stowage (n.) The state of being stowed, or put away.

Stowage (n.) Things stowed or packed.

Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.

Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.

Stowboard (n.) A place into which rubbish is put.

Stowce (n.) A windlass.

Stowce (n.) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.

Stowing (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

Stowre (a.) See Stour, a.

Stowre (n.) See Stour, n.

Strabism (n.) Strabismus.

Strabismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.

Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.

Strabotomy (n.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

Straddled (imp. & p. p.) of Straddle

Straddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straddle

Straddle (v. i.) To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

Straddle (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

Straddle (v. t.) To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

Straddle (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

Straddle (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.

Straddling (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.

Stradometrical (a.) Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.

Straggled (imp. & p. p.) of Straggle

Straggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straggle

Straggle (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.

Straggle (v. t.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.

Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.

Straggle (v. t.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.

Straggle (n.) The act of straggling.

Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.

Straggler (n.) A roving vagabond.

Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.

Straggler (n.) Something that stands alone or by itself.

Straggling () a. & n. from Straggle, v.

Stragglingly (adv.) In a straggling manner.

Stragula (pl. ) of Stragulum

Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.

Straight (a.) A variant of Strait, a.

Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.

Straight (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.

Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.

Straight (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.

Straight (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.

Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.

Straight (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.

Straight (n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.

Straight (v. t.) To straighten.

Straightedge (n.) A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.

Straighted (imp. & p. p.) of Straighten

Straighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straighten

Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

Straighten (v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.

Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Straightener (n.) One who, or that which, straightens.

Straightforth (adv.) Straightway.

Straightforward (a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

Straightforward (adv.) In a straightforward manner.

Straighthorn (n.) An orthoceras.

Straight-joint (a.) Having straight joints.

Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.

Straight-lined (a.) Having straight lines.

Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.

Straightly (adv.) A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.

Straightness (n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

Straightness (n.) A variant of Straitness.

Straight-out (a.) Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.

Straight-pight (a.) Straight in form or upright in position; erect.

Straight-spoken (a.) Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.

Straightway (adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.

Straightways (adv.) Straightway.

Straik (n.) A strake.

Strain (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

Strain (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

Strain (n.) Rank; a sort.

Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strain

Straining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strain

Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.

Strain (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.

Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.

Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.

Strain (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.

Strain (a.) To squeeze; to press closely.

Strain (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.

Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.

Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.

Strain (v. i.) To make violent efforts.

Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.

Strain (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.

Strain (n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.

Strain (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.

Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.

Strain (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.

Strainable (a.) Capable of being strained.

Strainable (a.) Violent in action.

Strainably (adv.) Violently.

Strained (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.

Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.

Strainer (n.) One who strains.

Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

Straining () a. & n. from Strain.

Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.

Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

Straits (pl. ) of Strait

Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.

Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.

Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.

Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.

Straitened (imp. & p. p.) of Straiten

Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straiten

Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.

Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.

Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.

Straitly (adv.) Closely; intimately.

Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.

Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

Strake () imp. of Strike.

Strake (n.) A streak.

Strake (n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.

Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.

Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

Strale (n.) Pupil of the eye.

Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat.

Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.

Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.

Stramazoun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.

Stramineous (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw.

Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.

Stramonium (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.

Stramony (n.) Stramonium.

Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).

Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

Stranded (imp. & p. p.) of Strand

Stranding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strand

Strand (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

Strang (a.) Strong.

Strange (superl.) Belonging to another country; foreign.

Strange (superl.) Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.

Strange (superl.) Not before known, heard, or seen; new.

Strange (superl.) Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.

Strange (superl.) Reserved; distant in deportment.

Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.

Strange (superl.) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

Strange (adv.) Strangely.

Strange (v. t.) To alienate; to estrange.

Strange (v. i.) To be estranged or alienated.

Strange (v. i.) To wonder; to be astonished.

Strangely (adv.) As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.

Strangely (adv.) In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.

Strangely (adv.) In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.

Strangeness (n.) The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

Stranger (n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

Stranger (n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.

Stranger (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.

Stranger (n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.

Stranger (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.

Stranger (v. t.) To estrange; to alienate.

Strangled (imp. & p. p.) of Strangle

Strangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strangle

Strangle (v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.

Strangle (v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.

Strangle (v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated.

Strangleable (a.) Capable of being strangled.

Strangler (n.) One who, or that which, strangles.

Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.

Strangulate (a.) Strangulated.

Strangulated (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.

Strangulated (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

Strangulation (n.) The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

Strangulation (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.

Strangurious (a.) Of or pertaining to strangury.

Strangury (n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.

Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.

Strany (n.) The guillemot.

Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

Strap (n.) Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.

Strap (n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

Strap (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

Strap (n.) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

Strap (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

Strap (n.) A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

Strapped (imp. & p. p.) of Strap

Strapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strap

Strap (v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.

Strap (v. t.) To fasten or bind with a strap.

Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

Strappadoes (pl. ) of Strappado

Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated.

Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

Strapper (n.) One who uses strap.

Strapper (n.) A person or thing of uncommon size.

Strapping (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow.

Strapple (v. t.) To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.

Strap-shaped (a.) Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.

Strapwork (n.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.

Strass (n.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.

Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.

Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle.

Stratarithmetry (n.) The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.

Strategetic (a.) Alt. of Strategetical

Strategetical (a.) Strategic.

Strategetics (n.) Strategy.

Strategic (a.) Alt. of Strategical

Strategical (a.) Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.

Strategics (n.) Strategy.

Strategist (n.) One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.

Strategi (pl. ) of Strategus

Strategus (n.) The leader or commander of an army; a general.

Strategy (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.

Strath (n.) A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.

Strathspey (n.) A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.

Straticulate (a.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.

Stratification (n.) The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

Stratification (n.) The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.

Stratified (a.) Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.

Stratiform (a.) Having the form of strata.

Stratified (imp. & p. p.) of Stratify

Stratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stratify

Stratify (v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of Stratigraphical

Stratigraphical (a.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence.

Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of -ical

-ical (a.) See Stratographic.

Stratigraphy (n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.

Stratocracy (n.) A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.

Stratographic (a.) Alt. of Stratographical

Stratographical (a.) Of or pertaining to stratography.

Stratography (n.) A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.

Stratonic (a.) Of or pertaining to an army.

Stratotic (a.) Warlike; military.

Stratums (pl. ) of Stratum

Strata (pl. ) of Stratum

Stratum (n.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.

Stratum (n.) A bed or layer artificially made; a course.

Stratus (n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.

Straught () imp. & p. p. of Stretch.

Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight.

Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.

Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

Strawberry (n.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.

Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

Straw-colored (a.) Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.

Straw-cutter (n.) An instrument to cut straw for fodder.

Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.

Strawworm (n.) A caddice worm.

Strawy (a.) Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw.

Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stray

Straying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stray

Stray (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

Stray (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

Stray (v. t.) To cause to stray.

Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.

Strayer (n.) One who strays; a wanderer.

Stre (n.) Straw.

Streak (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Streak (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

Streak (n.) A strake.

Streak (n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.

Streak (n.) The rung or round of a ladder.

Streaked (imp. & p. p.) of Streak

Streaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Streak

Streak (v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.

Streak (v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly.

Streaked (a.) Marked or variegated with stripes.

Streaked (a.) Uncomfortable; out of sorts.

Streaky (a.) Same as Streaked, 1.

Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

Stream (n.) A beam or ray of light.

Stream (n.) Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.

Stream (n.) A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.

Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.

Streamed (imp. & p. p.) of Stream

Streaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stream

Stream (v. i.) To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.

Stream (v. i.) To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.

Stream (v. i.) To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

Stream (v. t.) To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.

Stream (v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

Stream (v. t.) To unfurl.

Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.

Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.

Streamer (n.) A searcher for stream tin.

Streamful (a.) Abounding in streams, or in water.

Streaminess (n.) The state of being streamy; a trailing.

Streaming (a.) Sending forth streams.

Streaming (n.) The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.

Streaming (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.

Streamless (a.) Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.

Streamlet (n.) A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

Streamy (a.) Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful.

Streamy (a.) Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.

Stree (n.) Straw.

Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak.

Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.

Streen (n.) See Strene.

Street (a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.

Streetwalker (n.) A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

Streetward (n.) An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets.

Streetward (a.) Facing toward the street.

Streight (a., n., & adv.) See 2nd Strait.

Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten.

Strein (v. t.) To strain.

Streit (a.) Drawn.

Streit (a.) Close; narrow; strict.

Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.

Strelitz (n. sing. & pl.) A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.

Strelitzia (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.

Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.

Strenger () Alt. of Strengest

Strengest () the original compar. & superl. of Strong.

Strength (n.) The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.

Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.

Strength (n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

Strength (n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

Strength (n.) One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

Strength (n.) Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

Strength (n.) Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.

Strength (n.) Intensity; -- said of light or color.

Strength (n.) Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

Strength (n.) A strong place; a stronghold.

Strength (v. t.) To strengthen.

Strengthened (imp. & p. p.) of Strengthen

Strengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strengthen

Strengthen (v. t.) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

Strengthen (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.

Strengthen (v. i.) To grow strong or stronger.

Strengthener (n.) One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.

Strengthening (a.) That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.

Strengthful (a.) Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong.

Strengthing (n.) A stronghold.

Strengthless (a.) Destitute of strength.

Strengthner (n.) See Strengthener.

Strengthy (a.) Having strength; strong.

Strenuity (n.) Strenuousness; activity.

Strenuous (a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.

Strepent (a.) Noisy; loud.

Streperous (a.) Loud; boisterous.

Strepitores (n. pl.) A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.

Strepsipter (n.) Alt. of Strepsipteran

Strepsipteran (n.) One of the Strepsiptera.

Strepsiptera (n. pl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.

Strepsipterous (a.) Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera.

Strepsorhina (n. pl.) Same as Lemuroidea.

Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.

Strepsorhine (n.) One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.

Streptobacteria (n. pl.) A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.

Streptococci (pl. ) of Streptococcus

Streptococcus (n.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.

Streptoneura (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.

Streptothrix (n.) A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.

Stress (n.) Distress.

Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.

Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.

Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.

Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stress (v. t.) To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

Stress (v. t.) To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

Stressful (a.) Having much stress.

Stretched (imp. & p. p.) of Stretch

Stretching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretch

Stretch (v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

Stretch (v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.

Stretch (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.

Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.

Stretch (v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.

Stretch (v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.

Stretch (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.

Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.

Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.

Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.

Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.

Stretch (n.) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.

Stretch (n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.

Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.

Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.

Stretcher (n.) One who, or that which, stretches.

Stretcher (n.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.

Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.

Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.

Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.

Stretcher (n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.

Stretcher (n.) An overstretching of the truth; a lie.

Stretcher (n.) One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.

Stretcher (n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.

Stretcher (n.) The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.

Stretching () a. & n. from Stretch, v.

Stretto (n.) The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue.

Stretto (n.) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.

Strewed (imp. & p. p.) of Strew

strewn (p. p.) of Strew

Strewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strew

Strew (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

Strew (v. t.) To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.

Strew (v. t.) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Strewing (n.) The act of scattering or spreading.

Strewing (n.) Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Strewment (n.) Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration.

Strewn () p. p. of Strew.

Striae (pl. ) of Stria

Stria (n.) A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.

Stria (n.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.

Striated (imp. & p. p.) of Striate

Striating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Striate

Striate (a.) To mark with striaae.

Striate (a.) Alt. of Striated

Striated (a.) Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.

Striation (n.) The quality or condition of being striated.

Striation (n.) A stria; as, the striations on a shell.

Striatum (n.) The corpus striatum.

Striature (n.) A stria.

Strich (n.) An owl.

Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

Stricken (p. p. & a.) Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.

Stricken (n.) Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.

Stricken (v. t.) Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.

Strickle (n.) An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.

Strickle (n.) An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.

Strickle (n.) An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.

Strickle (n.) A templet; a pattern.

Strickle (n.) An instrument used in dressing flax.

Strickler (n.) See Strickle.

Strickless (n.) See Strickle.

Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

Strict (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.

Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.

Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.

Strict (a.) Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.

Strict (a.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

Striction (n.) The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.

Strictly (adv.) In a strict manner; closely; precisely.

Strictness (n.) Quality or state of being strict.

Stricture (n.) Strictness.

Stricture (n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch.

Stricture (n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.

Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.

Strictured (a.) Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.

Strid (n.) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.

Strode (imp.) of Stride

Strid () of Stride

Stridden (p. p.) of Stride

Strid () of Stride

Striding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stride

Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

Stride (v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Stride (v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.

Stride (v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.

Stride (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.

Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Stridor (n.) A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.

Stridulate (v. t.) To make a shrill, creaking noise

Stridulate (v. t.) to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.

Stridulation (n.) The act of stridulating.

Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.

Stridulation (n.) The noise itself.

Stridulator (n.) That which stridulates.

Stridulatory (a.) Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.

Stridulous (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound.

Strife (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.

Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.

Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Strifeful (a.) Contentious; discordant.

Strigate (a.) Having transverse bands of color.

Striges (n. pl.) The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.

Strigil (n.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.

Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles.

Strigine (a.) Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.

Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.

Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.

Strigous (a.) Strigose.

Struck (imp.) of Strike

Struck (p. p.) of Strike

Stricken () of Strike

Stroock () of Strike

Strucken () of Strike

Striking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strike

Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.

Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.

Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.

Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

Strike (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.

Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.

Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.

Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.

Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.

Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.

Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.

Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.

Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.

Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

Strike (v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.

Strike (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.

Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.

Strike (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.

Strike (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.

Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.

Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.

Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.

Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.

Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.

Strike (v. i.) To steal money.

Strike (n.) The act of striking.

Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.

Strike (n.) A bushel; four pecks.

Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels.

Strike (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

Strike (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

Strike (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.

Strike (n.) A puddler's stirrer.

Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.

Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner.

Striker (n.) A wencher; a lewd man.

Striker (n.) A workman who is on a strike.

Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.

Striking () a. & n. from Strike, v.

Striking (a.) Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.

Strikle (n.) See Strickle.

String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.

String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.

String (n.) The line or cord of a bow.

String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.

String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

String (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

String (n.) Same as Stringcourse.

String (n.) The points made in a game.

Strung (imp.) of String

Strung (p. p.) of String

Stringed () of String

Stringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of String

String (v. t.) To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.

String (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

String (v. t.) To make tense; to strengthen.

String (v. t.) To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.

Stringboard (n.) Same as Stringpiece.

Stringcourse (n.) A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

Stringed (a.) Having strings; as, a stringed instrument.

Stringed (a.) Produced by strings.

Stringency (n.) The quality or state of being stringent.

Stringendo (a.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.

Stringent (a.) Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.

Stringer (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

Stringer (n.) A libertine; a wencher.

Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.

Stringer (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.

Stringer (n.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.

Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.

Stringiness (n.) Quality of being stringy.

Stringless (a.) Having no strings.

Stringpiece (n.) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:

Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.

Stringy (a.) Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

Stringy (a.) Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.

Stripped (imp. & p. p.) of Strip

Stripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strip

Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.

Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.

Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.

Strip (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.

Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.

Strip (v. t.) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses.

Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.

Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.

Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.

Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.

Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.

Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.

Strip (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.

Strip (n.) A trough for washing ore.

Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Stripe (n.) A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.

Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

Stripe (n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.

Stripe (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.

Stripe (n.) A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.

Stripe (n.) Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.

Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.

Striped (imp. & p. p.) of Stripe

Striping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stripe

Stripe (v. t.) To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.

Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.

Striped (a.) Having stripes of different colors; streaked.

Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

Stripling (n.) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

Stripper (n.) One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.

Strippet (n.) A small stream.

Stripping (n.) The act of one who strips.

Stripping (n.) The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.

Strisores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.

Strove (imp.) of Strive

Striven (p. p.) of Strive

Strove () of Strive

Striving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strive

Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.

Strive (v. i.) To vie; to compete; to be a rival.

Strive (n.) An effort; a striving.

Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Strived (p. p.) Striven.

Striven () p. p. of Strive.

Striver (n.) One who strives.

Striving () a. & n. from Strive.

Strix (n.) One of the flutings of a column.

Stroam (v. i.) To wander about idly and vacantly.

Stroam (v. i.) To take long strides in walking.

Strobilae (pl. ) of Strobila

Strobila (n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.

Strobila (n.) A mature tapeworm.

Strobilaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.

Strobilaceous (a.) Producing strobiles.

Strobilation (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.

Strobile (n.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.

Strobile (n.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.

Strobile (n.) Same as Strobila.

Strobiliform (a.) Shaped like a strobile.

Strobiline (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.

Stroboscope (n.) An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

Stroboscope (n.) An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.

Strockle (n.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc.

Strode (n.) See Strude.

Strode () imp. of Stride.

Stroke (imp.) Struck.

Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.

Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Stroke (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.

Stroke (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.

Stroke (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.

Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.

Stroke (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart.

Stroke (v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.

Stroke (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.

Stroke (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.

Stroke (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.

Stroke (v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.

Stroke (v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.

Stroke (v. t.) Power; influence.

Stroke (v. t.) Appetite.

Strokeed (imp. & p. p.) of Stroke

Strokeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroke

Stroke (v. t.) To strike.

Stroke (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.

Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.

Stroke (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.

Stroke (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.

Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.

Strokesman (pl. ) of Strokesman

Strokesman (n.) The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest.

Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

Stroking (n.) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.

Stroking (n.) See Stripping, 2.

Strolled (imp. & p. p.) of Stroll

Strolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroll

Stroll (v. i.) To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

Stroll (n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

Stroller (n.) One who strolls; a vagrant.

Stromata (pl. ) of Stroma

Stroma (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

Stroma (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.

Stroma (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

Stromatic (a.) Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.

Stromatology (n.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.

Stromb (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.

Strombite (n.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.

Stromboid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus.

Strombuliform (a.) Formed or shaped like a top.

Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

Strombus (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.

Stromeyerite (n.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

Strond (n.) Strand; beach.

Strong (superl.) Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

Strong (superl.) Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.

Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.

Strong (superl.) Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

Strong (superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.

Strong (superl.) Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.

Strong (superl.) Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.

Strong (superl.) Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.

Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.

Strong (superl.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.

Strong (superl.) Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.

Strong (superl.) Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.

Strong (superl.) Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.

Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.

Strong (superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.

Strong (superl.) Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.

Strong (superl.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.

Strong (superl.) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.

Strong (superl.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.

Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.

Stronghand (n.) Violence; force; power.

Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Strongish (a.) Somewhat strong.

Strongly (adv.) In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.

Strong-minded (a.) Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women.

Strong-water (n.) An acid.

Strong-water (n.) Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.

Strongylid (a. & n.) Strongyloid.

Strongyloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious.

Strongyloid (n.) A strongyloid worm.

Strontia (n.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.

Strontian (n.) Strontia.

Strontianite (n.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

Strontic (a.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.

Strontitic (a.) Strontic.

Strontium (n.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.

Strontium (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years.

Strook () imp. of Strike.

Strook (n.) A stroke.

Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.

Strop (n.) A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

Stropped (imp. & p. p.) of Strop

Stropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strop

Strop (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.

Strop (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

Strophes (pl. ) of Strophe

Strophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.

Strophic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.

Strophiolate (a.) Alt. of Strophiolated

Strophiolated (a.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it.

Strophiole (n.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.

Strophulus (n.) See Red-gum, 1.

Stroud (n.) A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.

Strouding (n.) Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.

Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.

Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

Strove () imp. of Strive.

Strowed (imp.) of Strow

Strown (p. p.) of Strow

Strowed () of Strow

Strow (v. t.) Same as Strew.

Strowl (v. i.) To stroll.

Strown () p. p. of Strow.

Stroy (v. i.) To destroy.

Struck () imp. & p. p. of Strike.

Strucken () p. p. of Strike.

Structural (a.) Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

Structural (a.) Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.

Structure (n.) The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

Structure (n.) Manner of building; form; make; construction.

Structure (n.) Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.

Structure (n.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.

Structure (n.) That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.

Structured (a.) Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.

Structureless (a.) Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.

Structurist (n.) One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor.

Strude (n.) A stock of breeding mares.

Struggled (imp. & p. p.) of Struggle

Struggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Struggle

Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

Struggle (v. i.) To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.

Struggle (v. i.) To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.

Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

Struggle (n.) Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.

Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Struggler (n.) One who struggles.

Strull (n.) A bar so placed as to resist weight.

Strummed (imp. & p. p.) of Strum

Strumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strum

Strum (v. t. & i.) To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

Struma (n.) Scrofula.

Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.

Strumatic (a.) Scrofulous; strumous.

Strumose (a.) Strumous.

Strumose (a.) Having a struma.

Strumous (a.) Scrofulous; having struma.

Strumousness (n.) The state of being strumous.

Strumpet (n.) A prostitute; a harlot.

Strumpet (a.) Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.

Strumpet (v. t.) To debauch.

Strumpet (v. t.) To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.

Strumstrum (n.) A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern.

Strung () imp. & p. p. of String.

Strunt (n.) Spirituous liquor.

Struntian (n.) A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad.

Struse (n.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.

Strutted (imp. & p. p.) of Strut

Strutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strut

Strut (v. t.) To swell; to bulge out.

Strut (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.

Strut (n.) The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.

Strut (n.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.

Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.

Strut (v. t.) To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.

Strut (a.) Protuberant.

Struthian (a.) Struthious.

Struthiones (pl. ) of Struthio

Struthio (n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

Struthioidea (n. pl.) Same as Struthiones.

Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.

Struthiones (n. pl.) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae.

Struthionine (a.) Struthious.

Struthious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.

Strutter (n.) One who struts.

Strutting () a. & n. from Strut, v.

Struvite (n.) A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.

Strychnia (n.) Strychnine.

Strychnic (a.) Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning

Strychnic (a.) used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.

Strychnine (n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.

Strychnos (n.) A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica.

Stryphnic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.

Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.

Stub (n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.

Stub (n.) The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.

Stub (n.) A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.

Stub (n.) A pen with a short, blunt nib.

Stub (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.

Stubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Stub

Stubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stub

Stub (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.

Stub (v. t.) To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.

Stub (v. t.) To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

Stubbed (a.) Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

Stubbed (a.) Abounding in stubs; stubby.

Stubbed (a.) Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged.

Stubbedness (n.) The quality or state of being stubbed.

Stubbiness (n.) The state of being stubby.

Stubble (n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

Stubbled (a.) Covered with stubble.

Stubbled (a.) Stubbed; as, stubbled legs.

Stubbly (a.) Covered with stubble; stubbled.

Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.

Stubby (a.) Abounding with stubs.

Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.

Stuccoes (pl. ) of Stucco

Stuccos (pl. ) of Stucco

Stucco (n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.

Stucco (n.) Work made of stucco; stuccowork.

Stuccoed (imp. & p. p.) of Stucco

Stuccoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stucco

Stucco (v. t.) To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.

Stuccoer (n.) One who stuccoes.

Stuccowork (n.) Work done in stucco.

Stuck () imp. & p. p. of Stick.

Stuck (n.) A thrust.

Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

Stuck-up (a.) Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant.

Stud (n.) A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.

Stud (n.) A stem; a trunk.

Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.

Stud (n.) An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.

Stud (n.) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

Stud (n.) A stud bolt.

Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Studded (imp. & p. p.) of Stud

Studding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stud

Stud (v. t.) To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.

Stud (v. t.) To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.

Studbook (n.) A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud.

Studding (n.) Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.

Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail.

Student (n.) A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.

Student (n.) One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

Studentry (n.) A body of students.

Studentship (n.) The state of being a student.

Studfish (n.) Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.

Stud-horse (n.) A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.

Studied (a.) Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.

Studied (a.) Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.

Studied (a.) Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult.

Studied (a.) Intent; inclined.

Studiedly (adv.) In a studied manner.

Studier (n.) A student.

Studios (pl. ) of Studio

Studio (n.) The working room of an artist.

Studious (a.) Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.

Studious (a.) Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.

Studious (a.) Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.

Studious (a.) Planned with study; deliberate; studied.

Studious (a.) Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.

Studies (pl. ) of Study

Study (v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.

Study (v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.

Study (v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.

Study (v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.

Study (v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude.

Studied (imp. & p. p.) of Study

Studying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Study

Study (n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.

Study (n.) To apply the mind to books or learning.

Study (n.) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

Study (v. t.) To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.

Study (v. t.) To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.

Study (v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.

Study (v. t.) To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.

Stufa (n.) A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.

Stuff (v. t.) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

Stuff (v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.

Stuff (v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.

Stuff (v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

Stuff (v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.

Stuff (v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.

Stuff (v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

Stuff (v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.

Stuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Stuff

Stuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stuff

Stuff (n.) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.

Stuff (n.) To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.

Stuff (n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.

Stuff (n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.

Stuff (n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.

Stuff (n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.

Stuff (n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.

Stuff (n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.

Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).

Stuff (v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.

Stuffer (n.) One who, or that which, stuffs.

Stuffiness (n.) The quality of being stuffy.

Stuffing (n.) That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.

Stuffing (n.) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.

Stuffing (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Stuffy (a.) Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

Stuffy (a.) Angry and obstinate; sulky.

Stuffy (a.) Ill-ventilated; close.

Stuke (n.) Stucco.

Stull (n.) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones.

Stulm (n.) A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.

Stulp (n.) A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.

Stultification (n.) The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.

Stultifier (n.) One who stultifies.

Stultified (imp. & p. p.) of Stultify

Stultifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stultify

Stultify (v. t.) To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

Stultify (v. t.) To regard as a fool, or as foolish.

Stultify (v. t.) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.

Stultiloquence (n.) Silly talk; babbling.

Stultiloquent (a.) Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.

Stultiloquy (n.) Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling.

Stulty (a.) Foolish; silly.

Stum (n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must.

Stum (n.) Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must.

Stummed (imp. & p. p.) of Stum

Stumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stum

Stum (v. t.) To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.

Stumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Stumble

Stumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stumble

Stumble (v. i.) To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

Stumble (v. i.) To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner.

Stumble (v. i.) To fall into a crime or an error; to err.

Stumble (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against.

Stumble (v. t.) To cause to stumble or trip.

Stumble (v. t.) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.

Stumble (n.) A trip in walking or running.

Stumble (n.) A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.

Stumbler (n.) One who stumbles.

Stumbling-block (n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.

Stumblingly (adv.) In a stumbling manner.

Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.

Stump (n.) The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.

Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.

Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

Stumped (imp. & p. p.) of Stump

Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stump

Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.

Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.

Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus.

Stump (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.

Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.

Stump (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.

Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.

Stumpage (n.) Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared.

Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber.

Stumper (n.) One who stumps.

Stumper (n.) A boastful person.

Stumper (n.) A puzzling or incredible story.

Stumpiness (n.) The state of being stumpy.

Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail.

Stumpy (a.) Full of stumps; hard; strong.

Stumpy (a.) Short and thick; stubby.

Stunned (imp. & p. p.) of Stun

Stunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stun

Stun (v. t.) To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.

Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.

Stun (v. t.) To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.

Stun (n.) The condition of being stunned.

Stung () imp. & p. p. of Sting.

Stunk () imp. & p. p. of Stink.

Stunner (n.) One who, or that which, stuns.

Stunner (n.) Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence.

Stunning (a.) Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.

Stunning (a.) Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry.

Stunsail (n.) A contraction of Studding sail.

Stunted (imp. & p. p.) of Stunt

Stunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stunt

Stunt (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.

Stunt (n.) Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.

Stunted (a.) Dwarfed.

Stuntness (n.) Stuntedness; brevity.

Stupa (n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.

Stupa (n.) See 1st Stupe.

Stupe (v. t.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.

Stuped (imp. & p. p.) of Stupe

Stuping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stupe

Stupe (v. t.) To foment with a stupe.

Stupe (n.) A stupid person.

Stupefacient (a.) Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.

Stupefacient (n.) Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

Stupefaction (n.) The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.

Stupefactive (a. & n.) Same as Stupefacient.

Stupefied (a.) Having been made stupid.

Stupefiedness (n.) Quality of being stupid.

Stupefier (n.) One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.

Stupefied (imp. & p. p.) of Stupefy

Stupefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stupefy

Stupefy (v. t.) To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.

Stupefy (v. t.) To deprive of material mobility.

Stupendous (a.) Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile.

Stupeous (a.) Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.

Stupid (a.) Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

Stupid (a.) Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.

Stupidity (n.) The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

Stupidity (n.) Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction.

Stupify (v. t.) See Stupefy.

Stupor (n.) Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

Stupor (n.) Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

Stupose (a.) Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.

Stuprate (v. t.) To ravish; to debauch.

Stupration (n.) Violation of chastity by force; rape.

Stuprum (n.) Stupration.

Sturb (v. t.) To disturb.

Sturdily (adv.) In a sturdy manner.

Sturdiness (n.) Quality of being sturdy.

Sturdy (superl.) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.

Sturdy (superl.) Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.

Sturdy (superl.) Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout.

Sturdy (superl.) Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak.

Sturdy (n.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.

Sturgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.

Sturiones (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the sturgeons.

Sturionian (n.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.

Sturk (n.) See Stirk.

Sturnoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the starlings.

Sturt (v. i.) To vex; to annoy; to startle.

Sturt (n.) Disturbance; annoyance; care.

Sturt (n.) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.

Sturtion (n.) A corruption of Nasturtion.

Stut (v. i.) To stutter.

Stuttered (imp. & p. p.) of Stutter

Stuttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stutter

Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Stutter (n.) The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.

Stutter (n.) One who stutters; a stammerer.

Stutterer (n.) One who stutters; a stammerer.

Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering.

Stuttering (a.) Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering.

Sties (pl. ) of Sty

Sty (v. i.) A pen or inclosure for swine.

Sty (v. i.) A place of bestial debauchery.

Stied (imp. & p. p.) of Sty

Stying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sty

Sty (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty.

Sty (v. i.) To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.

Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

Styan (n.) See Sty, a boil.

Styca (n.) An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing.

Stycerin (n.) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also phenyl glycerin.

Stye (n.) See Sty, a boil.

Stygial (a.) Stygian.

Stygian (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.

Stylagalmaic (a.) Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images.

Stylar (a.) See Stilar.

Stylaster (n.) Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.

Style (v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.

Style (v. t.) Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.

Style (v. t.) A pen; an author's pen.

Style (v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

Style (v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

Style (v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.

Style (v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.

Style (v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.

Style (v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.

Style (v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.

Style (v. t.) Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.

Style (v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.

Style (v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

Styled (imp. & p. p.) of Style

Styling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Style

Style (v. t.) To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.

Stylet (n.) A small poniard; a stiletto.

Stylet (n.) An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.

Stylet (n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.

Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.

Styliferous (a.) Bearing one or more styles.

Styliform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.

Stylish (a.) Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

Stylist (n.) One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.

Stylistic (a.) Of or pertaining to style in language.

Stylite (n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.

Stylo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.

Stylobate (n.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

Styloglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.

Stylograph (n.) A stylographic pen.

Stylographic (a.) Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.

Stylographic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.

Stylographical (a.) Same as Stylographic, 1.

Stylography (n.) A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.

Stylohyal (n.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.

Stylohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.

Styloid (a.) Styliform; as, the styloid process.

Styloid (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.

Stylomastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.

Stylometer (n.) An instrument for measuring columns.

Stylommata (n. pl.) Same as Stylommatophora.

Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.

Stylommatophorous (a.) Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.

Stylopodia (pl. ) of Stylopodium

Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.

Stylops (n.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.

Stylus (n.) An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.

Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.

Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.

Stylus (n.) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.

Styphnate (n.) A salt of styphnic acid.

Styphnic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.

Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

Styptic (n.) A styptic medicine.

Styptical (a.) Styptic; astringent.

Stypticity (n.) The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.

Styracin (n.) A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.

Styrax (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.

Styrax (n.) Same as Storax.

Styrol (n.) See Styrolene.

Styrolene (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene.

Styrone (n.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol.

Styryl (n.) A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.

Stythe (n.) Choke damp.

Stythy (n. & v.) See Stithy.

Styx (n.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.

Suability (n.) Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.

Suable (a.) Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court.

Suade (v. t.) To persuade.

Suadible (a.) Suasible.

Suage (v. t.) To assuage.

Suant (a.) Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even.

Suasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.

Suasion (n.) The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.

Suasive (a.) Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory.

Suasory (a.) Tending to persuade; suasive.

Suave (a.) Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.

Suavified (imp. & p. p.) of Suavify

Suavifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suavify

Suavify (v. t.) To make affable or suave.

Suaviloquent (a.) Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.

Suaviloquy (n.) Sweetness of speech.

Suavity (n.) Sweetness to the taste.

Suavity (n.) The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.

Sub- () A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).

Sub- () A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate.

Sub (n.) A subordinate; a subaltern.

Subacid (a.) Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices.

Subacid (n.) A substance moderately acid.

Subacrid (a.) Moderalely acrid or harsh.

Subacromial (a.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.

Subact (v. t.) To reduce; to subdue.

Subaction (n.) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely.

Subacute (a.) Moderalely acute.

Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

Subadvocate (n.) An under or subordinate advocate.

Subaerial (a.) Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

Subagency (n.) A subordinate agency.

Subagent (n.) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.

Subagitation (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse.

Subash (n.) A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.

Subashdar (n.) A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.

Subashdary (n.) Alt. of Subashship

Subashship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.

Subaid (v. t.) To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.

Subalmoner (n.) An under almoner.

Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Subaltern (a.) Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.

Subaltern (a.) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

Subaltern (n.) A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

Subaltern (n.) A subaltern proposition.

Subalternant (n.) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2.

Subalternate (a.) Succeeding by turns; successive.

Subalternate (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

Subalternate (n.) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.

Subalternating (a.) Subalternate; successive.

Subalternation (n.) The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.

Subangular (a.) Slightly angular.

Subapennine (a.) Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

Subapical (a.) Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

Subaquaneous (a.) Subaqueous.

Subaquatic (a.) Alt. of Subaqueous

Subaqueous (a.) Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

Subaqueous (a.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.

Subarachnoid (a.) Alt. of Subarachnoidal

Subarachnoidal (a.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

Subarctic (a.) Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.

Subarcuate (a.) Alt. of Subarcuated

Subarcuated (a.) Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.

Subarration (n.) The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

Subarytenoid (a.) Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.

Subastral (a.) Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial.

Subastringent (a.) Somewhat astringent.

Subatom (n.) A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule.

Subaud (v. t.) To understand or supply in an ellipsis.

Subaudition (n.) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied.

Subaxillary (a.) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.

Subaxillary (a.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.

Subbasal (a.) Near the base.

Sub-base (n.) The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.

Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.

Subbeadle (n.) An under beadle.

Subbrachial (a.) Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.

Subbrachiales (n. pl.) A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Subbrachian (n.) One of the Subbrachiales.

Subbreed (n.) A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.

Subbronchial (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.

Subcaliber (a.) Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.

Subcarboniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.

Subcarboniferous (n.) The Subcarboniferous period or formation.

Subcarbureted (a.) United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion.

Subcartilaginous (a.) Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.

Subcartilaginous (a.) Partially cartilaginous.

Subcaudal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Subcelestial (a.) Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.

Subcentral (a.) Under the center.

Subcentral (a.) Nearly central; not quite central.

Subchanter (n.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Subcircular (a.) Nearly circular.

Subclass (n.) One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

Subclavian (a.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Subcolumnar (a.) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

Subcommittee (n.) An under committee; a part or division of a committee.

Subcompressed (a.) Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Subconcave (a.) Slightly concave.

Subconformable (a.) Partially conformable.

Subconical (a.) Slightly conical.

Subconjunctival (a.) Situated under the conjunctiva.

Subconscious (a.) Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

Subconscious (a.) Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

Subconstellation (n.) A subordinate constellation.

Subcontract (n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

Subcontracted (a.) Contracted after a former contract.

Subcontracted (a.) Betrothed for the second time.

Subcontractor (n.) One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

Subcontrary (a.) Contrary in an inferior degree.

Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.

Subcontrary (a.) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.

Subcontraries (pl. ) of Subcontrary

Subcontrary (n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Subcoracoid (a.) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

Subcordate (a.) Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.

Subcorneous (a.) Situated under a horny part or layer.

Subcorneous (a.) Partially horny.

Subcostal (a.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.

Subcostal (n.) A subcostal muscle.

Subcostal (n.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.

Subcranial (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.

Subcrustaceous (a.) Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.

Subcrystalline (a.) Imperfectly crystallized.

Subcultrate (a.) Alt. of Subcultrated

Subcultrated (a.) Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.

Subcutaneous (a.) Situated under the skin; hypodermic.

Subcuticular (a.) Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin.

Subcylindrical (a.) Alt. of Subcylindric

Subcylindric (a.) Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.

Subdeacon (n.) One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.

Subdeaconry (n.) Alt. of Subdeaconship

Subdeaconship (n.) The order or office of subdeacon.

Subdean (n.) An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.

Subdeanery (n.) Office or rank of subdean.

Subdecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.

Subdecuple (a.) Containing one part of ten.

Subdelegate (n.) A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.

Subdelegate (v. t.) To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.

Subdented (a.) Indented beneath.

Subdepartment (n.) A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.

Subdeposit (n.) That which is deposited beneath something else.

Subderisorious (a.) Ridiculing with moderation.

Subderivative (n.) A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative, being derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."

Subdiaconate (a.) Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.

Subdiaconate (n.) The office or rank of a subdeacon.

Subdial (a.) Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.

Subdialect (n.) A subordinate dialect.

Subdichotomy (n.) A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.

Subdilated (a.) Partially dilated.

Subdititious (a.) Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.

Subdiversify (v. t.) To diversify aggain what is already diversified.

Subdivided (imp. & p. p.) of Subdivide

Subdividing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subdivide

Subdivide (v. t.) To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

Subdivide (v. i.) To be, or to become, subdivided.

Subdivine (a.) Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.

Subdivisible (a.) Susceptible of subdivision.

Subdivision (n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

Subdivision (n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.

Subdolous (a.) Sly; crafty; cunning; artful.

Subdominant (n.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.

Subduable (a.) Able to be subdued.

Subdual (n.) Act of subduing.

Subduce (v. t.) Alt. of Subduct

Subduct (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away.

Subduct (v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.

Subduction (n.) The act of subducting or taking away.

Subduction (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.

Subdued (imp. & p. p.) of Subdue

Subduing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subdue

Subdue (v. t.) To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

Subdue (v. t.) To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

Subdue (v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

Subdue (v. t.) To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.

Subdue (v. t.) To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

Subdue (v. t.) To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

Subdue (v. t.) To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

Subdue (v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

Subdued (a.) Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

Subdued (a.) Not glaring in color; soft in tone.

Subduement (n.) Subdual.

Subduer (n.) One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

Subdulcid (a.) Somewhat sweet; sweetish.

Subduple (a.) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.

Subduplicate (a.) Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.

Subdural (a.) Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.

Subeditor (n.) An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.

Subelongate (a.) Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.

Subendocardial (a.) Situated under the endocardium.

Subendymal (a.) Situated under the endyma.

Subepidermal (a.) Situated immediately below the epidermis.

Subepiglottic (a.) Situated under the epiglottis.

Subepithelial (a.) Situated under the epithelium.

Subequal (a.) Nearly equal.

Suberate (n.) A salt of suberic acid.

Subereous (a.) Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

Suberic (a.) Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.

Suberin (n.) A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.

Suberite (n.) Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.

Suberone (n.) The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid.

Suberone (n.) A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.

Suberose (a.) Alt. of Suberous

Suberous (a.) Having a corky texture.

Subesophageal (a.) Situated beneath the esophagus.

Subfamily (n.) One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.

Subfibrous (a.) Somewhat fibrous.

Subfuscous (a.) Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.

Subfusk (a.) Subfuscous.

Subgelatinous (a.) Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.

Subgeneric (a.) Of or pertaining to a subgenus.

Subgenera (pl. ) of Subgenus

Subgenus (n.) A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.

Subglacial (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams.

Subglobose (a.) Not quite globose.

Subglobular (a.) Nearly globular.

Subglossal (a.) Situated under the tongue; sublingual.

Subglottic (a.) Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.

Subglumaceous (a.) Somewhat glumaceous.

Subgovernor (n.) A subordinate or assistant governor.

Subgranular (a.) Somewhat granular.

Subgroup (n.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals.

Subhastation (n.) A public sale or auction.

Subhepatic (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Subhornblendic (a.) Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.

Subhumerate (v. t.) To place the shoulders under; to bear.

Subhyaloid (a.) Situated under the hyaliod membrane.

Subhyoidean (a.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.

Subimago (n.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.

Subincusation (n.) A slight charge or accusation.

Subindices (pl. ) of Subindex

Subindex (n.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.

Subindicate (v. t.) To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly.

Subindication (n.) The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication.

Subindividual (n.) A division of that which is individual.

Subinduce (v. t.) To insinuate; to offer indirectly.

Subibfer (v. t. & i.) To infer from an inference already made.

Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure.

Subinfeudation (n.) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.

Subingression (n.) Secret entrance.

Subintestinal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.

Subinvolution (n.) Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.

Subitaneous (a.) Sudden; hasty.

Subitany (a.) Subitaneous; sudden; hasty.

Subito (adv.) In haste; quickly; rapidly.

Subjacent (a.) Lying under or below.

Subjacent (a.) Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.

Subject (a.) Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

Subject (a.) Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.

Subject (a.) Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.

Subject (a.) Obedient; submissive.

Subject (a.) That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.

Subject (a.) Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.

Subject (a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.

Subject (a.) That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.

Subject (a.) The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.

Subject (a.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.

Subject (a.) That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.

Subject (a.) Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.

Subject (n.) The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.

Subject (n.) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.

Subjected (imp. & p. p.) of Subject

Subjecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subject

Subject (v. t.) To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.

Subject (v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.

Subject (v. t.) To submit; to make accountable.

Subject (v. t.) To make subservient.

Subject (v. t.) To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.

Subjected (a.) Subjacent.

Subjected (a.) Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.

Subjected (a.) Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.

Subjection (a.) The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

Subjection (a.) The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.

Subjectist (n.) One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.

Subjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a subject.

Subjective (a.) Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

Subjective (a.) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.

Subjectivism (n.) Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

Subjectivist (n.) One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

Subjectivity (n.) The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.

Subjectless (a.) Having no subject.

Subject-matter (n.) The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.

Subjectness (n.) Quality of being subject.

Subjicible (a.) Capable of being subjected.

Subjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Subjoin

Subjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subjoin

Subjoin (v. t.) To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

Subjoinder (n.) An additional remark.

Sub judice () Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration.

Subjugated (imp. & p. p.) of Subjugate

Subjugating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subjugate

Subjugate (v. t.) To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.

Subjugation (n.) The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.

Subjugator (n.) One who subjugates; a conqueror.

Subjunction (n.) Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.

Subjunction (n.) Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence.

Subjunctive (a.) Subjoined or added to something before said or written.

Subjunctive (n.) The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood.

Subkingdom (n.) One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.

Sublapsarian (n. & a.) Same as Infralapsarian.

Sublapsarianism (n.) Infralapsarianism.

Sublapsary (a.) Sublapsarian.

Sublate (v. t.) To take or carry away; to remove.

Sublation (n.) The act of taking or carrying away; removal.

Sublative (a.) Having power, or tending, to take away.

Sublease (n.) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.

Sublessee (n.) A holder of a sublease.

Sublet (imp. & p. p.) of Sublet

Subletting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sublet

Sublet (v. t.) To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.

Sublevation (n.) The act of raising on high; elevation.

Sublevation (n.) An uprising; an insurrection.

Sublibrarian (n.) An under or assistant librarian.

Sublieutenant (n.) An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.

Subligation (n.) The act of binding underneath.

Sublimable (v. t.) Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.

Sublimated (imp. & p. p.) of Sublimate

Sublimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sublimate

Sublimate (v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

Sublimate (v. t.) To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

Sublimate (n.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.

Sublimate (a.) Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

Sublimated (a.) Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.

Sublimation (n.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

Sublimation (n.) The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.

Sublimation (n.) That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.

Sublimatory (a.) Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels.

Sublimatory (n.) A vessel used for sublimation.

Sublime (superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

Sublime (superl.) Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.

Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.

Sublime (superl.) Elevated by joy; elate.

Sublime (superl.) Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.

Sublime (n.) That which is sublime; -- with the definite article

Sublime (n.) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.

Sublime (n.) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.

Sublimed (imp. & p. p.) of Sublime

Subliming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sublime

Sublime (v. t.) To raise on high.

Sublime (v. t.) To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.

Sublime (v. t.) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

Sublime (v. t.) To dignify; to ennoble.

Sublime (v. i.) To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.

Sublimed (a.) Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified.

Sublimely (adv.) In a sublime manner.

Sublimeness (n.) The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.

Sublimification (n.) The act of making sublime, or state of being made sublime.

Sublimities (pl. ) of Sublimity

Sublimity (n.) The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).

Sublimity (n.) That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.

Sublineation (n.) A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.

Sublinguae (pl. ) of Sublingua

Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.

Sublingual (a.) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.

Sublingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia.

Sublition (n.) The act or process of laying the ground in a painting.

Sublittoral (a.) Under the shore.

Sublobular (a.) Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver.

Sublumbar (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.

Sublunar (a.) Alt. of Sublunary

Sublunary (a.) Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.

Sublunary (n.) Any worldly thing.

Subluxation (n.) An incomplete or partial dislocation.

Submammary (a.) Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation.

Submarine (a.) Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

Submarine (n.) A submarine plant or animal.

Submarshal (n.) An under or deputy marshal.

Submaxillary (a.) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.

Submaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.

Submedial (a.) Lying under the middle.

Submedian (a.) Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.

Submediant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.

Submental (a.) Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.

Submenta (pl. ) of Submentum

Submentum (n.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.

Submerged (imp. & p. p.) of Submerge

Submerging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Submerge

Submerge (v. t.) To put under water; to plunge.

Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.

Submerge (v. i.) To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.

Submergence (n.) The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.

Submerse (a.) Submersed.

Submersed (a.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.

Submersion (n.) The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.

Submetallic (a.) Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.

Subminister (v. t.) To supply; to afford.

Subminister (v. i.) To be subservient; to be useful.

Subministrant (a.) Subordinate; subservient.

Subministrate (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to subminister.

Subministration (n.) The act of subministering.

Submiss (a.) Submissive; humble; obsequious.

Submiss (a.) Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices.

Submission (n.) The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.

Submission (n.) The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.

Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.

Submission (n.) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.

Submissive (a.) Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

Submissive (a.) Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.

Submissly (adv.) In a submissive manner; with a submission.

Submissness (n.) Submissiveness.

Submitted (imp. & p. p.) of Submit

Submitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Submit

Submit (v. t.) To let down; to lower.

Submit (v. t.) To put or place under.

Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.

Submit (v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.

Submit (v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.

Submit (v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.

Submit (v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.

Submitter (n.) One who submits.

Submonish (v. t.) To suggest; to prompt.

Submonition (n.) Suggestion; prompting.

Submucous (a.) Situated under a mucous membrane.

Submultiple (n.) A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.

Submultiple (a.) Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.

Submuscular (a.) Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.

Subnarcotic (a.) Moderately narcotic.

Subnasal (a.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.

Subnascent (a.) Growing underneath.

Subnect (v. t.) To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath.

Subnex (v. t.) To subjoin; to subnect.

Subnormal (n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

Subnotation (n.) A rescript.

Subnotochordal (a.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.

Subnuvolar (a.) Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy.

Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.

Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.

Suboccipital (a.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.

Suboctave (a.) Alt. of Suboctuple

Suboctuple (a.) Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight.

Subocular (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.

Subofficer (n.) An under or subordinate officer.

Subopercular (a.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.

Subopercular (n.) The suboperculum.

Suboperculum (n.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.

Suborbicular (a.) Alt. of Suborbiculate

Suborbiculate (a.) Almost orbiculate or orbicular.

Suborbital (a.) Alt. of Suborbitar

Suborbitar (a.) Situated under or below the orbit.

Suborder (n.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.

Subordinacy (n.) The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason.

Subordinance (a.) Alt. of Subordinancy

Subordinancy (a.) Subordinacy; subordination.

Subordinary (n.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.

Subordinate (a.) Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

Subordinate (a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.

Subordinate (n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

Subordinated (imp. & p. p.) of Subordinate

Subordinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subordinate

Subordinate (v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.

Subordinate (v. t.) To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.

Subordination (n.) The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

Subordination (n.) The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.

Subordination (n.) Place of inferior rank.

Subordinative (a.) Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction.

Suborned (imp. & p. p.) of Suborn

Suborning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suborn

Suborn (v. t.) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.

Suborn (v. t.) To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.

Subornation (n.) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury.

Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.

Suborner (n.) One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.

Suboval (a.) Somewhat oval; nearly oval.

Subovate (a.) Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.

Subovated (a.) Subovate.

Suboxide (n.) An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O.

Subpeduncular (a.) Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

Subpedunculate (a.) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

Subpellucid (a.) Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Subpena (n. & v. t.) See Subpoena.

Subpentangular (a.) Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

Subpericardial (a.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium.

Subperiosteal (a.) Situated under the periosteum.

Subperitoneal (a.) Situated under the peritoneal membrane.

Subpetiolar (a.) Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree.

Subpleural (a.) Situated under the pleural membrane.

Subpodophyllous (a.) Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.

Subpoena (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill.

Subpoenaed (imp. & p. p.) of Subpoena

Subpoenaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subpoena

Subpoena (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience.

Subpoenal (a.) Required or done under penalty.

Subpolar (a.) Situated below the poles.

Subpolygonal (a.) Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.

Subprehensile (a.) Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

Subprior (n.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.

Subpubic (a.) Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.

Subpulmonary (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.

Subpurchaser (n.) A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.

Subpyriform (a.) Somewhat pyriform.

Subquadrate (a.) Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Subquadruple (a.) Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion.

Subquinquefid (a.) Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.

Subquintuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.

Subreader (n.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.

Subrector (n.) An assistant restor.

Subreligion (n.) A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration.

Subreption (n.) The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.

Subreptitious (a.) Surreptitious.

Subreptive (a.) Surreptitious.

Subrigid (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff.

Subriguous (a.) Watered or wet beneath; well-watered.

Subrogate (v. t.) To put in the place of another; to substitute.

Subrogation (n.) The act of subrogating.

Subrogation (n.) The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor.

Subrotund (a.) Somewhat rotund.

Subsacral (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.

Subsaline (a.) Moderately saline or salt.

Subsalt (n.) A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.

Subsannation (n.) Derision; mockery.

Subscapular (a.) Alt. of Subscapulary

Subscapulary (a.) Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.

Subscribable (a.) Capable of being subscribed.

Subscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Subscribe

Subscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subscribe

Subscribe (v. t.) To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

Subscribe (v. t.) To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

Subscribe (v. t.) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.

Subscribe (v. t.) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

Subscribe (v. t.) To declare over one's signature; to publish.

Subscribe (v. i.) To sign one's name to a letter or other document.

Subscribe (v. i.) To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.

Subscribe (v. i.) To become surely; -- with for.

Subscribe (v. i.) To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.

Subscribe (v. i.) To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

Subscribe (v. i.) To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.

Subscriber (n.) One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

Subscriber (n.) One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like.

Subscript (a.) Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.

Subscript (n.) Anything written below.

Subscription (n.) The act of subscribing.

Subscription (n.) That which is subscribed.

Subscription (n.) A paper to which a signature is attached.

Subscription (n.) The signature attached to a paper.

Subscription (n.) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name.

Subscription (n.) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.

Subscription (n.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.

Subscription (n.) Submission; obedience.

Subscription (n.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

Subscription (n.) A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.

Subscriptive (a.) Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.

Subsecute (v. t.) To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.

Subsecutive (a.) Following in a train or succession.

Subsellia (pl. ) of Subsellium

Subsellium (n.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall.

Subsemitone (n.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.

Subsensible (a.) Deeper than the reach of the senses.

Subseptuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to seven.

Subsequence (n.) Alt. of Subsequency

Subsequency (n.) The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

Subsequent (a.) Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

Subsequent (a.) Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.

Subsequently (adv.) At a later time; afterwards.

Subserous (a.) Situated under a serous membrane.

Subserved (imp. & p. p.) of Subserve

Subserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subserve

Subserve (v. t.) To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

Subserve (v. i.) To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.

Subservience (n.) Alt. of Subserviency

Subserviency (n.) The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.

Subservient (a.) Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

Subserviently (adv.) In a subservient manner.

Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.

Subsextuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion.

Subsided (imp. & p. p.) of Subside

Subsiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subside

Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.

Subsidence (n.) Alt. of Subsidency

Subsidency (n.) The act or process of subsiding.

Subsidiarily (adv.) In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.

Subsidiary (a.) Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

Subsidiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.

Subsidiaries (pl. ) of Subsidiary

Subsidiary (n.) One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.

Subsidized (imp. & p. p.) of Subsidize

Subsidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsidize

Subsidize (v. t.) To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.

Subsidies (pl. ) of Subsidy

Subsidy (n.) Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.

Subsidy (n.) Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.

Subsidy (n.) A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.

Subsigned (imp. & p. p.) of Subsign

Subsigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsign

Subsign (v. t.) To sign beneath; to subscribe.

Subsinnation (n.) The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation.

Subsilicate (n.) A basic silicate.

Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsist

Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsist

Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.

Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.

Subsist (v. i.) To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.

Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.

Subsistence (n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

Subsistence (n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.

Subsistence (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Subsistency (n.) Subsistence.

Subsistent (a.) Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.

Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.

Subsizar (n.) An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.

Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.

Subsoil (v. t.) To turn up the subsoil of.

Subsolary (a.) Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane.

Subspecies (n.) A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.

Subsphenoidal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Subspherical (a.) Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.

Subspinous (a.) Subvertebral.

Subspinous (a.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.

Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.

Substance (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.

Substance (n.) Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.

Substance (n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Substance (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Substance (v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.

Substanceless (a.) Having no substance; unsubstantial.

Substant (a.) Substantial; firm.

Substantial (a.) Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.

Substantial (a.) Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.

Substantial (a.) Corporeal; material; firm.

Substantial (a.) Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

Substantial (a.) Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.

Substantiality (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

Substantialized (imp. & p. p.) of Substantialize

Substantializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantialize

Substantialize (v. t.) To make substantial.

Substantially (adv.) In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.

Substantialness (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

Substantials (n. pl.) Essential parts.

Substantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Substantiate

Substantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantiate

Substantiate (v. t.) To make to exist; to make real.

Substantiate (v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.

Substantiation (n.) The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

Substantival (a.) Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.

Substantive (a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

Substantive (a.) Depending on itself; independent.

Substantive (a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

Substantive (a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.

Substantive (n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.

Substantive (v. t.) To substantivize.

Substantively (adv.) In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.

Substantively (adv.) As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.

Substantiveness (n.) The quality or state of being substantive.

Substantivize (v. t.) To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective.

Substile (n.) See Substyle.

Substituent (n.) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

Substitute (n.) One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

Substitute (n.) a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.

Substituted (imp. & p. p.) of Substitute

Substituting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substitute

Substitute (n.) To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.

Substituted (a.) Exchanged; put in the place of another.

Substituted (a.) Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia.

Substitution (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

Substitution (n.) The state of being substituted for another.

Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.

Substitution (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.

Substitution (n.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.

Substitution (n.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.

Substitutional (a.) Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted.

Substitutionary (a.) Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.

Substitutive (a.) Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted.

Substract (v. t.) To subtract; to withdraw.

Substraction (n.) Subtraction; deduction.

Substraction (n.) See Subtraction, 3.

Substractor (n.) One who subtracts.

Substractor (n.) A detractor; a slanderer.

Substrate (n.) A substratum.

Substrate (a.) Having very slight furrows.

Substrate (v. t.) To strew or lay under anything.

Substrata (pl. ) of Substratum

Substratum (n.) That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.

Substratum (n.) The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance.

Substruct (v. t.) To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.

Substruction (n.) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.

Substructure (n.) Same as Substruction.

Substructure (n.) An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.

Substylar (a.) Pertaining to the substyle.

Substyle (n.) A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.

Subsulphate (n.) A sulphate with an excess of the base.

Subsulphide (n.) A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal.

Subsultive (a.) Subsultory.

Subsultory (a.) Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.

Subsultus (n.) A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.

Subsumable (a.) Capable of being subsumed.

Subsume (v. t.) To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.

Subsumption (n.) The act of subsuming, or of including under another.

Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.

Subsumptive (a.) Relating to, or containing, a subsumption.

Subtangent (n.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.

Subtartarean (a.) Being or living under Tartarus; infernal.

Subtectacle (n.) A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling.

Subtegulaneous (a.) Under the roof or eaves; within doors.

Subtenant (n.) One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.

Subtended (imp. & p. p.) of Subtend

Subtending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subtend

Subtend (v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.

Subtense (a.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc.

Subtepid (a.) Slightly tepid.

Subterete (a.) Somewhat terete.

Subterfluent (a.) Alt. of Subterfluous

Subterfluous (a.) Running under or beneath.

Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.

Subterrane (n.) A cave or room under ground.

Subterraneal (a.) Subterranean.

Subterranean (a.) Alt. of Subterraneous

Subterraneous (a.) Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage.

Subterranity (n.) A place under ground; a subterrany.

Subterrany (a.) Subterranean.

Subterrany (n.) A subterranean place.

Subterrene (a.) Subterraneous.

Subterrestrial (a.) Subterranean.

Subthalamic (a.) Situated under the optic thalamus.

Subtile (a.) Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

Subtile (a.) Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.

Subtile (a.) Acute; piercing; searching.

Subtile (a.) Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.

Subtile (a.) Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.

Subtiliate (v. t.) To make thin or rare.

Subtilism (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.

Subtility (n.) Subtilty.

Subtilization (n.) The act of making subtile.

Subtilization (n.) The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.

Subtilization (n.) Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.

Subtilized (imp. & p. p.) of Subtilize

Subtilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subtilize

Subtilize (v. t.) To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

Subtilize (v. t.) To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.

Subtilize (v. i.) To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.

Subtilizer (n.) One who subtilizes.

Subtilty (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.

Subtilty (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.

Subtilty (n.) Cunning; skill; craft.

Subtilty (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.

Subtle (superl.) Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.

Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.

Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.

Subtle (superl.) Smooth and deceptive.

Subtleness (n.) The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.

Subtleties (pl. ) of Subtlety

Subtlety (n.) The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

Subtlety (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

Subtlety (n.) Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.

Subtly (adv.) In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.

Subtly (adv.) Nicely; delicately.

Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully; delusively.

Subtonic (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.

Subtonic (n.) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.

Subtonic (n.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.

Subtorrid (a.) Nearly torrid.

Subtracted (imp. & p. p.) of Subtract

Subtracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subtract

Subtract (v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.

Subtracter (n.) One who subtracts.

Subtracter (n.) The subtrahend.

Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

Subtraction (n.) The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.

Subtractive (a.) Tending, or having power, to subtract.

Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus.

Subtrahend (n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.

Subtranslucent (a.) Not perfectly translucent.

Subtransparent (a.) Not perfectly transparent.

Subtreasurer (n.) The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.

Subtreasuries (pl. ) of Subtreasury

Subtreasury (n.) A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.

Subtriangular (a.) Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular.

Subtribe (n.) A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.

Subtrihedral (a.) Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth.

Subtriple (a.) Containing a third, or one part to three.

Subtriplicate (a.) Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios.

Subtropical (a.) Nearly tropical.

Subtruded (imp. & p. p.) of Subtrude

Subtruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subtrude

Subtrude (v. t.) To place under; to insert.

Subturriculate (a.) Somewhat turriculate.

Subtutor (n.) An under tutor.

Subtypical (a.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.

Subulate (a.) Alt. of Subulated

Subulated (a.) Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.

Subulicornes (n. pl.) A division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.

Subuliform (a.) Subulate.

Subulipalp (n.) One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.

Subumbonal (a.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.

Subumbrella (n.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.

Subundation (n.) A flood; a deluge.

Subungual (a.) Under the nail or hoof.

Suburb (n.) An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.

Suburb (n.) Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.

Suburban (a.) Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city.

Suburban (n.) One who dwells in the suburbs.

Suburbed (a.) Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.

Suburbial (a.) Alt. of Suburbian

Suburbian (a.) Suburban.

Suburbicarian (a.) Alt. of Suburbicary

Suburbicary (a.) Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.

Suburethral (a.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.

Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.

-ties (pl. ) of Subvariety

Subvariety (n.) A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.

Subvened (imp. & p. p.) of Subvene

Subvening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subvene

Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.

Subventaneous (a.) Produced by the wind.

Subvention (n.) The act of coming under.

Subvention (n.) The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.

Subvention (n.) A government aid or bounty.

Subvention (v. t.) To subventionize.

Subventionize (v. t.) To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.

Subventitious (a.) Helping; aiding; supporting.

Subverse (v. t.) To subvert.

Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.

Subversionary (a.) Promoting destruction.

Subversive (a.) Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.

Subverted (imp. & p. p.) of Subvert

Subverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subvert

Subvert (v. t.) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Subvert (v. t.) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

Subvert (v. i.) To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.

Subverant (a.) Reserved.

Subvertebral (a.) Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.

Subverter (n.) One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower.

Subvertible (a.) That may be subverted.

Subvitalized (a.) Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.

Subvocal (a. & n.) Same as Subtonic.

Subway (n.) An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.

Subworker (n.) A subordinate worker or helper.

Subzonal (a.) Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.

Subzigomatic (a.) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.

Succade (n.) A sweetmeat.

Succade (n.) Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections.

Succedane (n.) A succedaneum.

Succedaneous (a.) Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.

Succedanea (pl. ) of Succedaneum

Succedaneum (n.) One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute

Succedaneum (n.) a remedy used as a substitute for another.

Succeeded (imp. & p. p.) of Succeed

Succeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succeed

Succeed (v. t.) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.

Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.

Succeed (v. t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Succeed (v. t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.

Succeed (v. i.) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.

Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

Succeed (v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

Succeed (v. i.) To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.

Succeed (v. i.) To go under cover.

Succeedant (a.) Succeeding one another; following.

Succeeder (n.) A successor.

Succeeding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence.

Succentor (n.) A subchanter.

Success (n.) Act of succeeding; succession.

Success (n.) That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.

Success (n.) The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.

Success (n.) That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.

Successary (n.) Succession.

Successful (a.) Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.

Succession (n.) The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.

Succession (n.) A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.

Succession (n.) An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.

Succession (n.) The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.

Succession (n.) The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order.

Succession (n.) The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Successional (a.) Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.

Successionist (n.) A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.

Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer.

Successive (a.) Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.

Successively (adv.) In a successive manner.

Successiveness (n.) The quality or state of being successive.

Successless (a.) Having no success.

Successor (n.) One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.

Succiduous (a.) Ready to fall; falling.

Succiferous (a.) Producing or conveying sap.

Succinamate (n.) A salt of succinamic acid.

Succinamic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.

Succinate (n.) A salt of succinic acid.

Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Succinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

Succinimide (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.

Succinite (n.) Amber.

Succinite (n.) A garnet of an amber color.

Succinous (a.) Succinic.

Succinurate (n.) A salt of succinuric acid.

Succinuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.

Succinyl (n.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Succise (a.) Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.

Succision (n.) The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.

Succored (imp. & p. p.) of Succor

Succoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succor

Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.

Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.

Succor (v. t.) The person or thing that brings relief.

Succorable (a.) Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.

Succorer (n.) One who affords succor; a helper.

Succorless (a.) Destitute of succor.

Succory (n.) A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.

Succotash (n.) Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.

Succoteague (n.) The squeteague.

Succubae (pl. ) of Succuba

Succuba (n.) A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.

Succubine (a.) Of or pertaining to succuba.

Succubous (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila.

Succubi (pl. ) of Succubus

Succubus (n.) A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.

Succubus (n.) The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.

Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.

Succulence (n.) Alt. of Succulency

Succulency (n.) The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.

Succulent (a.) Full of juice; juicy.

Succulently (adv.) In a succulent manner.

Succulous (a.) Succulent; juicy.

Succumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Succumb

Succumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succumb

Succumb (v. t.) To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

Succumbent (a.) Submissive; yielding.

Succursal (v. t.) Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.

Succi (pl. ) of Succus

Succus (n.) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.

Succussation (n.) A trot or trotting.

Succussation (n.) A shaking; succussion.

Succussion (n.) The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.

Succussive (a.) Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.

Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better.

Such (a.) Having the particular quality or character specified.

Such (a.) The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed.

Such (a.) Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

Suchospondylous (a.) Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.

Suchwise (adv.) In a such a manner; so.

Sucked (imp. & p. p.) of Suck

Sucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suck

Suck (v. t.) To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.

Suck (v. t.) To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.

Suck (v. t.) To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.

Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.

Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.

Suck (v. i.) To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.

Suck (v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

Suck (v. i.) To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.

Suck (n.) The act of drawing with the mouth.

Suck (n.) That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.

Suck (n.) A small draught.

Suck (n.) Juice; succulence.

Suckanhock (n.) A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.

Suckatash (n.) See Succotash.

Sucken (n.) The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.

Sucker (n.) One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

Sucker (n.) A suckling; a sucking animal.

Sucker (n.) The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

Sucker (n.) A pipe through which anything is drawn.

Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything.

Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant.

Sucker (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel.

Sucker (n.) The remora.

Sucker (n.) The lumpfish.

Sucker (n.) The hagfish, or myxine.

Sucker (n.) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also bagre.

Sucker (n.) A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.

Sucker (n.) A hard drinker; a soaker.

Sucker (n.) A greenhorn; one easily gulled.

Sucker (n.) A nickname applied to a native of Illinois.

Suckered (imp. & p. p.) of Sucker

Suckering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sucker

Sucker (v. t.) To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.

Sucker (v. i.) To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.

Sucket (v. t.) A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.

Suckfish (n.) A sucker fish.

Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.

Suckle (n.) A teat.

Suckled (imp. & p. p.) of Suckle

Suckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suckle

Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

Suckle (v. i.) To nurse; to suck.

Suckler (n.) An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.

Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.

Suckling (v. t.) A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.

Sucrate (n.) A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate.

Sucre (n.) A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.

Sucrose (n.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.

Suction (v. t.) The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.

Suctoria (n. pl.) Same as Rhizocephala.

Suctorial (a.) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.

Suctorial (a.) Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.

Suctorian (n.) A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.

Suctorian (n.) One of the Suctoria.

Suctorious (a.) Suctorial.

Sudamina (n. pl) Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.

Sudarium (n.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.

Sudary (n.) A napkin or handkerchief.

Sudation (n.) A sweating.

Sudatoria (pl. ) of Sudatorium

Sudatorium (n.) A sudatory.

Sudatory (a.) Sweating; perspiring.

Sudatories (pl. ) of Sudatory

Sudatory (n.) A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath.

Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.

Sudden (a.) Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.

Sudden (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

Sudden (adv.) Suddenly; unexpectedly.

Sudden (n.) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

Suddenty (n.) Suddenness; a sudden.

Sudoral (a.) Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions.

Sudoriferous (a.) Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.

Sudorific (a.) Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs.

Sudorific (n.) A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic.

Sudoriparous (a.) Same as Sudoriferous.

Sudorous (a.) Consisting of sweat.

Sudra (n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.

Suds (n. pl.) Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.

Sued (imp. & p. p.) of Sue

Suing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sue

Sue (v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

Sue (v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

Sue (v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

Sue (v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

Sue (v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

Sue (v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

Sue (v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

Sue (v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

Sue (v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

Suent (a.) Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant.

Suently (adv.) Evenly; smoothly.

Suer (n.) One who sues; a suitor.

Suet (n.) The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.

Suety (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.

Suf- () A form of the prefix Sub-.

Suffered (imp. & p. p.) of Suffer

Suffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffer

Suffer (v. t.) To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.

Suffer (v. t.) To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.

Suffer (v. t.) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

Suffer (v. i.) To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.

Suffer (v. i.) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.

Suffer (v. i.) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

Sufferable (a.) Able to suffer or endure; patient.

Sufferable (a.) That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.

Sufferance (n.) The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.

Sufferance (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.

Sufferance (n.) Loss; damage; injury.

Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.

Sufferance (n.) A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.

Sufferer (n.) One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.

Sufferer (n.) One who permits or allows.

Suffering (n.) The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.

Suffering (a.) Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.

Sufficed (imp. & p. p.) of Suffice

Sufficing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffice

Suffice (v. i.) To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.

Suffice (v. t.) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

Suffice (v. t.) To furnish; to supply adequately.

Sufficience (n.) Sufficiently.

Sufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

Sufficiency (n.) Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.

Sufficiency (n.) Adequate substance or means; competence.

Sufficiency (n.) Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

Sufficiency (n.) Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.

Sufficient (a.) Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.

Sufficient (a.) Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.

Sufficient (a.) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.

Sufficient (a.) Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.

Sufficiently (adv.) To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

Sufficing (a.) Affording enough; satisfying.

Suffisance (n.) Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment.

Suffisant (a.) Sufficient.

Suffix (n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

Suffix (n.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.

Suffixed (imp. & p. p.) of Suffix

Suffixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffix

Suffix (v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Suffixion (n.) The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.

Suffixment (n.) Suffixion.

Sufflaminate (v. t.) To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise.

Sufflaminate (v. t.) Hence, to stop; to impede.

Sufflate (v. t.) To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.

Sufflation (n.) The act of blowing up or inflating.

Suffocate (a.) Suffocated; choked.

Suffocated (imp. & p. p.) of Suffocate

Suffocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffocate

Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

Suffocate (v. t.) To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suffocate (v. i.) To become choked, stifled, or smothered.

Suffocating () a. & n. from Suffocate, v.

Suffocation (n.) The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

Suffocative (a.) Tending or able to choke or stifle.

Suffossion (n.) A digging under; an undermining.

Suffragan (a.) Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

Suffragan (a.) An assistant.

Suffragan (a.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

Suffraganship (n.) The office of a suffragan.

Suffragant (a. & n.) Suffragan.

Suffragated (imp. & p. p.) of Suffragate

Suffragating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffragate

Suffragate (a.) To vote or vote with.

Suffragator (n.) One who assists or favors by his vote.

Suffrage (n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.

Suffrage (n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Suffrage (n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

Suffrage (n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.

Suffrage (n.) Aid; assistance.

Suffrage (n.) The right to vote; franchise.

Suffrage (v. t.) To vote for; to elect.

Sufragette. (n.) A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.

Suffraginous (a.) Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.

Suffragist (n.) One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.

Suffragist (n.) One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist.

Suffrago (n.) The heel joint.

Suffrance (n.) Sufferance.

Suffrutescent (a.) Slightly woody at the base.

Suffruticose (a.) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.

Suffruticous (a.) Suffruticose.

Suffumigated (imp. & p. p.) of Suffumigate

Suffumigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffumigate

Suffumigate (v. t.) To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part.

Suffumigation (n.) The operation of suffumigating.

Suffumige (n.) A medical fume.

Suffused (imp. & p. p.) of Suffuse

Suffusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffuse

Suffuse (v. t.) To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.

Suffusion (n.) The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.

Suffusion (n.) That with which a thing is suffused.

Suffusion (n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

Sufi (n.) A title or surname of the king of Persia.

Sufi (n.) One of a certain order of religious men in Persia.

Sufism (n.) A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.

Sug (n.) A kind of worm or larva.

Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below.

Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.

Sugar (n.) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.

Sugar (v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off.

Sugared (imp. & p. p.) of Sugar

Sugaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sugar

Sugar (v. t.) To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with.

Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.

Sugared (a.) Sweetened.

Sugared (a.) Also used figuratively; as, sugared kisses.

Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

Sugariness (n.) The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

Sugaring (n.) The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used.

Sugaring (n.) The act or process of making sugar.

Sugarless (a.) Without sugar; free from sugar.

Sugarplum (n.) A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.

Sugary (a.) Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

Sugary (a.) Fond of sugar or sweet things; as, a sugary palate.

Sugescent (a.) Of or pertaining to sucking.

Suggested (imp. & p. p.) of Suggest

Suggesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suggest

Suggest (v. t.) To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

Suggest (v. t.) To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.

Suggest (v. t.) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Suggest (v. t.) To inform secretly.

Suggest (v. i.) To make suggestions; to tempt.

Suggester (n.) One who suggests.

Suggestion (n.) The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

Suggestion (n.) That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.

Suggestion (n.) Charge; complaint; accusation.

Suggestion (n.) Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.

Suggestion (n.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.

Suggestive (a.) Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.

Suggestment (n.) Suggestion.

Suggestress (n.) A woman who suggests.

Suggil (v. t.) To defame.

Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue.

Suggillation (n.) A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.

Suicidal (a.) Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.

Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.

Suicide (adv.) One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.

Suicide (adv.) Ruin of one's own interests.

Suicidical (a.) Suicidal.

Suicidism (n.) The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering.

Suicism (n.) Selfishness; egoism.

Sui generis () Of his or its own kind.

Suillage (n.) A drain or collection of filth.

Suilline (a.) Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae).

Suine (n.) A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine.

Suing (n.) The process of soaking through anything.

Suingly (adv.) In succession; afterwards.

Suint (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.

Suigothus (n. pl.) The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths.

Suist (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.

Suit (n.) The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

Suit (n.) The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.

Suit (n.) The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.

Suit (n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.

Suit (n.) That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.

Suit (n.) Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.

Suit (n.) A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.

Suit (n.) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.

Suit (n.) Regular order; succession.

Suited (imp. & p. p.) of Suit

Suiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suit

Suit (v. t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.

Suit (v. t.) To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.

Suit (v. t.) To dress; to clothe.

Suit (v. t.) To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.

Suit (v. i.) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.

Suitability (n.) The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.

Suitable (a.) Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject.

Suite (n.) A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

Suite (n.) A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6.

Suite (n.) One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.

Suiting (n.) Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.

Suitor (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.

Suitor (n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.

Suitor (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.

Suitor (n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.

Suitress (n.) A female supplicant.

Suji (n.) Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina.

Sula (n.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.

Sulcate (a.) Alt. of Sulcated

Sulcated (a.) Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.

Sulcation (n.) A channel or furrow.

Sulciform (a.) Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings.

Sulci (pl. ) of Sulcus

Sulcus (n.) A furrow; a groove; a fissure.

Suleah fish () A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.

Sulk (n.) A furrow.

Sulk (v. i.) To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate.

Sulker (n.) One who sulks.

Sulkily (adv.) In a sulky manner.

Sulkiness (n.) The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

Sulks (n. pl.) The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.

Sulky (n.) Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

Sulkies (pl. ) of Sulky

Sulky (a.) A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.

Sull (n.) A plow.

Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.

Sullage (n.) That which sullies or defiles.

Sullage (n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.

Sullage (n.) Silt; mud deposited by water.

Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

Sullen (a.) Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

Sullen (a.) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

Sullen (a.) Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.

Sullen (a.) Obstinate; intractable.

Sullen (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.

Sullen (n.) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

Sullen (n.) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens.

Sullen (v. t.) To make sullen or sluggish.

Sullevate (v. t.) To rouse; to excite.

Sulliage (v. t.) Foulness; filth.

Sullied (imp. & p. p.) of Sully

Sullying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sully

Sully (v. t.) To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

Sully (v. i.) To become soiled or tarnished.

Sullies (pl. ) of Sully

Sully (n.) Soil; tarnish; stain.

Sulphacid (n.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2.

Sulphamate (n.) A salt of sulphamic acid.

Sulphamic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.

Sulphamide (n.) Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.

Sulphanilic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Sulphantimonate (n.) A salt of sulphantimonic acid.

Sulphantimonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid.

Sulphantimonious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.

Sulphantimonite (n.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid.

Sulpharsenate (n.) A salt of sulpharsenic acid.

Sulpharsenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts.

Sulpharsenious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts.

Sulpharsenite (n.) A salt of sulpharsenious acid.

Sulphate (n.) A salt of sulphuric acid.

Sulphatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.

Sulphato- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate.

Sulphaurate (n.) A salt of sulphauric acid.

Sulphauric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts.

Sulphide (n.) A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret.

Sulphinate (n.) A salt of a sulphinic acid.

Sulphindigotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.

Sulphine (n.) Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium.

Sulphinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid.

Sulphinide (n.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates).

Sulphion (n.) A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts.

Sulphionide (n.) A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a sulphionide.

Sulphite (n.) A salt of sulphurous acid.

Sulpho- () A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. Cf. Thio-.

Sulphoarsenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.

Sulphocarbonate (n.) A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate.

Sulphocarbonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.

Sulphocyanate (n.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide.

Sulphocyanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.

Sulphocyanide (n.) See Sulphocyanate.

Sulphocyanogen (n.) See Persulphocyanogen.

Sulphonal (n.) A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.

Sulphonate (n.) A salt of sulphonic acid.

Sulphone (n.) Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/.

Sulphonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.

Sulphonium (n.) A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines.

Sulphophosphate (n.) A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.

Sulphophosphite (n.) A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.

Sulphophosphoric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphophosphorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphosalt (n.) A salt of a sulphacid.

Sulphostannate (n.) A salt of sulphostannic acid.

Sulphostannic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.

Sulphotungstate (n.) A salt of sulphotungstic acid.

Sulphotungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphovinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.

Sulphur (n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.

Sulphur (n.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.

Sulphurate (a.) Sulphureous.

Sulphurated (imp. & p. p.) of Sulphurate

Sulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sulphurate

Sulphurate (v. t.) To sulphurize.

Sulphuration (n.) The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.

Sulphurator (n.) An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.

Sulphur-bottom (n.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.

Sulphureity (n.) The quality or state of being sulphureous.

Sulphureous (a.) Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.

Sulphuret (n.) A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.

Sulphureted (a.) Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.

Sulphuric (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.

Sulphuric (a.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.

Sulphurine (a.) Sulphureous.

Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.

Sulphurize (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.

Sulphurous (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur.

Sulphurous (a.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.

Sulphurous (a.) Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.

Sulphurwort (n.) The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.

Sulphury (a.) Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.

Sulphuryl (n.) The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon.

Sulphydrate (n.) A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.

Sulphydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

Sulpician (n.) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States.

Sultan (n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.

Sultana (n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.

Sultana (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.

Sultanate (n.) The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.

Sultaness (n.) A sultana.

Sultanic (a.) Pertaining to a sultan.

Sultan-red (a.) Having a deep red color.

Sultanry (n.) The dominions of a sultan.

Sultanship (n.) The office or dignity of a sultan.

Sultany (n.) Sultanry.

Sultryly (adv.) In a sultry manner.

Sultriness (n.) The quality or state of being sultry.

Sultry (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

Sultry (superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.

Sum (n.) The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.

Sum (n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.

Sum (n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.

Sum (n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.

Sum (n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.

Summed (imp. & p. p.) of Sum

Summing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sum

Sum (v. t.) To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.

Sum (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.

Sum (v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.

Sumac (n.) Alt. of Sumach

Sumach (n.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.

Sumach (n.) The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

Sumatran (a.) Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants.

Sumatran (n.) A native of Sumatra.

Sumbul (n.) The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Sumless (a.) Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable.

Summarily (adv.) In a summary manner.

Summarist (n.) One who summarized.

Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

Summary (a.) Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.

Summaries (pl. ) of Summary

Summary (a.) A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Summation (v. t.) The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.

Summer (v.) One who sums; one who casts up an account.

Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.

Summer (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.

Summered (imp. & p. p.) of Summer

Summering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Summer

Summer (v. i.) To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.

Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

Summer-fallow (v. t.) To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.

Summerhouses (pl. ) of Summerhouse

Summerhouse (n.) A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer.

Summerliness (n.) The quality or state of being like summer.

Summersault (n.) Alt. of Summerset

Summerset (n.) See Somersault, Somerset.

Summerstir (v. t.) To summer-fallow.

Summertide (n.) Summer time.

Summertree (n.) A summer. See 2d Summer.

Summery (a.) Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.

Summist (n.) One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.

Summit (n.) The top; the highest point.

Summit (n.) The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

Summit (n.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Summitless (a.) Having no summit.

Summity (n.) The height or top of anything.

Summity (n.) The utmost degree; perfection.

Summoned (imp. & p. p.) of Summon

Summoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Summon

Summon (v. t.) To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

Summon (v. t.) To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses.

Summon (v. t.) To call upon to surrender, as a fort.

Summoner (v. t.) One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.

Summonses (pl. ) of Summons

Summons (v.) The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

Summons (v.) A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.

Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.

Summons (v. t.) To summon.

Sumner (n.) A summoner.

Sumoom (n.) See Simoom.

Sump (n.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.

Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.

Sump (n.) A pond of water for salt works.

Sump (n.) A puddle or dirty pool.

Sumph (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

Sumpitan (n.) A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Sumpter (n.) The driver of a pack horse.

Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.

Sumpter (n.) An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.

Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.

Sumption (n.) A taking.

Sumption (n.) The major premise of a syllogism.

Sumptuary (a.) Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

Sumptuosity (n.) Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.

Sumptuous (a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

Sun (n.) See Sunn.

Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.

Sun (n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.

Sun (n.) The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.

Sun (n.) That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.

Sunned (imp. & p. p.) of Sun

Sunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sun

Sun (v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.

Sunbeam (n.) A beam or ray of the sun.

Sunbird (n.) Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines).

Sunbird (n.) The sun bittern.

Sunblink (n.) A glimpse or flash of the sun.

Sunbonnet (n.) A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

Sunbow (n.) A rainbow; an iris.

Sunburned (imp. & p. p.) of Sunburn

Sunburnt () of Sunburn

Sunburning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sunburn

Sunburn (v. t.) To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.

Sunburn (n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.

Sun-burner (n.) A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.

Sunburning (n.) Sunburn; tan.

Sunburst (n.) A burst of sunlight.

Sundart (n.) Sunbeam.

Sunday (n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.

Sunday (a.) Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Sundered (imp. & p. p.) of Sunder

Sundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sunder

Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.

Sunder (v. i.) To part; to separate.

Sunder (v. t.) A separation into parts; a division or severance.

Sunder (v. t.) To expose to the sun and wind.

Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.

Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.

Sundog (n.) A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.

Sundown (n.) The setting of the sun; sunset.

Sundown (n.) A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.

Sun-dried (a.) Dried by the heat of the sun.

Sundries (n. pl.) Many different or small things; sundry things.

Sundrily (adv.) In sundry ways; variously.

Sundry (v. t.) Several; divers; more than one or two; various.

Sundry (v. t.) Separate; diverse.

Sundrymen (pl. ) of Sundryman

Sundryman (n.) One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.

Sunfish (n.) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail.

Sunfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish.

Sunfish (n.) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.

Sunfish (n.) The opah.

Sunfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark.

Sunfish (n.) Any large jellyfish.

Sunflower (n.) Any plant of the genus Helianthus; -- so called probably from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is Helianthus annuus, a native of America.

Sung () imp. & p. p. of Sing.

Sunglasses (pl. ) of Sunglass

Sunglass (n.) A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.

Sunglow (n.) A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.

Sunk () imp. & p. p. of Sink.

Sunken (a.) Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.

Sunless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.

Sunlight (n.) The light of the sun.

Sunlike (a.) Like or resembling the sun.

Sunlit (a.) Lighted by the sun.

Sunn (n.) An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp.

Sunna (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

Sunniah (n.) One of the sect of Sunnites.

Sunniness (n.) The quality or state of being sunny.

Sunnite (n.) One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.

Sunnud (n.) A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift.

Sunny (superl.) Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant.

Sunny (superl.) Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill.

Sunny (superl.) Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.

Sunny (n.) See Sunfish (b).

Sunproof (a.) Impervious to the rays of the sun.

Sunrise (n.) Alt. of Sunrising

Sunrising (n.) The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise.

Sunrising (n.) Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.

Sunset (n.) Alt. of Sunsetting

Sunsetting (n.) The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

Sunsetting (n.) Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.

Sunshade (n.) Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.

Sunshade (n.) A small parasol.

Sunshade (n.) An awning.

Sunshine (n.) The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.

Sunshine (n.) Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.

Sunshine (a.) Sunshiny; bright.

Sunshiny (a.) Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.

Sunshiny (a.) Bright like the sun; resplendent.

Sunshiny (a.) Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.

Sunsquall (n.) Any large jellyfish.

Sun star () See Sun star, under Sun.

Sunsted (n.) Solstice.

Sunstone (n.) Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.

Sunstroke (n.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

Sunup (n.) Sunrise.

Sunward (adv.) Toward the sun.

Sunwise (adv.) In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.

Supped (imp. & p. p.) of Sup

Supping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sup

Sup (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.

Sup (n.) A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.

Sup (v. i.) To eat the evening meal; to take supper.

Sup (v. t.) To treat with supper.

Supawn (n.) Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.

Supe (n.) A super.

Super- () A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.

Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.

Super (n.) A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.

Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.

Superabound (v. i.) To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn.

Superabundance (n.) The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.

Superabundant (a.) Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal.

Superacidulated (a.) Acidulated to excess.

Superadded (imp. & p. p.) of Superadd

Superadding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superadd

Superadd (v. t.) To add over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex, as something extrinsic.

Superaddition (n.) The act of adding something in excess or something extraneous; also, something which is added in excess or extraneously.

Superadvenient (a.) Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something.

Superalimentation (n.) The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it.

Superaltar (n.) A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.

Superangelic (a.) Superior to the angels in nature or rank.

Superannuated (imp. & p. p.) of Superannuate

Superannuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superannuate

Superannuate (v. t.) To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.

Superannuate (v. t.) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.

Superannuate (v. i.) To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.

Superannuation (n.) The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.

Superb (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.

Superb (a.) Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.

Superb (a.) Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.

Superbiate (v. t.) To make (a person) haughty.

Supercarbonate (n.) A bicarbonate.

Supercarbureted (a.) Bicarbureted.

Supercargo (n.) An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.

Supercarpal (a.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.

Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.

Supercelestial (a.) Higher than celestial; superangelic.

Supercharged (imp. & p. p.) of Supercharge

Supercharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supercharge

Supercharge (v. t.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

Supercharge (n.) A bearing charged upon another bearing.

Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.

Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.

Superciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.

Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.

Supercilious (a.) Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.

Supercilium (n.) The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.

Supercolumniation (n.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.

Superconception (n.) Superfetation.

Superconsequence (n.) Remote consequence.

Supercrescence (n.) That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.

Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

Supercretaceous (a.) Same as Supracretaceous.

Supercurious (a.) Excessively curious or inquisitive.

Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

Supereminence (n.) Alt. of Supereminency

Supereminency (n.) The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman.

Supereminent (a.) Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.

Supererogant (a.) Supererogatory.

Supererogated (imp. & p. p.) of Supererogate

Supererogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supererogate

Supererogate (v. i.) To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.

Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

Supererogative (a.) Supererogatory.

Supererogatory (a.) Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.

Superessential (a.) Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.

Superethical (a.) More than ethical; above ethics.

Superexalted (imp. & p. p.) of Superexalt

Superexalting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superexalt

Superexalt (v. t.) To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.

Superexaltation (n.) Elevation above the common degree.

Superexcellence (n.) Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.

Superexcellent (a.) Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.

Superexcination (n.) Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.

Superexcrescence (n.) Something growing superfluously.

Superfamily (n.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.

Superfecundation (n.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition.

Superfecundity (n.) Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.

Superfetate (v. i.) To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.

Superfete (v. i.) To superfetate.

Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.

Superfice (n.) A superficies.

Superficial (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.

Superficial (a.) Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.

Superficialist (n.) One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.

Superficiality (n.) The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.

Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way.

Superficiary (n.) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.

Superficiary (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial.

Superficiary (a.) Situated or built on another man's land, as a house.

Superficies (n.) The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

Superficies (n.) Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.

Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.

Superfine (a.) Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

Superfine (a.) Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.

Superfineness (n.) The state of being superfine.

Superfinical (a.) Extremely finical.

Superfluence (n.) Superfluity.

Superfluitant (a.) Floating above or on the surface.

Superfluities (pl. ) of Superfluity

Superfluity (n.) A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.

Superfluity (n.) The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.

Superfluity (n.) Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.

Superfluous (a.) More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.

Superflux (n.) Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.

Superfoetation (n.) Superfetation.

Superfoliation (n.) Excess of foliation.

Superfrontal (n.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.

Superfuse (a.) To pour (something) over or on something else.

Superheated (imp. & p. p.) of Superheat

Superheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superheat

Superheat (v. t.) To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.

Superheat (v. t.) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.

Superheat (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

Superheater (n.) An apparatus for superheating steam.

Superhive (n.) A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.

Superhuman (a.) Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.

Superimposed (imp. & p. p.) of Superimpose

Superimposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superimpose

Superimpose (v. t.) To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.

Superinpregnation (n.) The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior impregnation; superfetation.

Superincumbence (n.) Alt. of Superincumbency

Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.

Superinduced (imp. & p. p.) of Superinduce

Superinducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superinduce

Superinduce (v. t.) To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.

Superinducement (n.) Superinduction.

Superinduction (n.) The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced.

Superinfuse (v. t.) To infuse over.

Superinjection (n.) An injection succeeding another.

Superinspect (v. t.) To over see; to superintend by inspection.

Superinstitution (n.) One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another.

Superintellectual (a.) Being above intellect.

Superintended (imp. & p. p.) of Superintend

Superintending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superintend

Superintend (v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.

Superintendence (n.) The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.

-cies (pl. ) of Superintendency

Superintendency (n.) The act of superintending; superintendence.

Superintendent (a.) Overseeing; superintending.

Superintendent (n.) One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.

Superintender (n.) A superintendent.

Superinvestiture (n.) An outer vestment or garment.

Superior (a.) More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

Superior (a.) Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.

Superior (a.) Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.

Superior (a.) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.

Superior (a.) More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.

Superior (a.) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

Superior (a.) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

Superior (a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.

Superior (n.) One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.

Superior (n.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.

Superioress (n.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.

Superiority (n.) The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

Superiorly (adv.) In a superior position or manner.

Superjacent (a.) Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.

Superlation (n.) Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.

Superlative (a.) Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.

Superlative (a.) Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.

Superlative (n.) That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.

Superlative (n.) The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives.

Superlucration (n.) Excessive or extraordinary gain.

Superlunar (a.) Alt. of Superlunary

Superlunary (a.) Being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary.

Supermaterial (a.) Being above, or superior to, matter.

Supermaxilla (n.) The supermaxilla.

Supermaxillary (a.) Supermaxillary.

Supermedial (a.) Above the middle.

Supermundane (a.) Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane.

Supermundial (a.) Supermundane.

Supernacular (a.) Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine.

Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers.

Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail.

Supernal (a.) Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.

Supernal (a.) Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.

Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.

Supernatant (n.) The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.

Supernatation (n.) The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.

Supernatural (a.) Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

Supernaturalism (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.

Supernaturalism (n.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case.

Supernaturalist (n.) One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.

Supernaturalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.

Supernaturality (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernaturalize (v. t.) To treat or regard as supernatural.

Supernaturally (adv.) In a supernatural manner.

Supernaturalness (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernumerary (a.) Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

Supernumerary (a.) Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.

Supernumeraries (pl. ) of Supernumerary

Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond the number stated.

Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

Superoccipital (a.) Supraoccipital.

Superorder (n.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.

Superordination (n.) The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.

Superoxide (n.) See Peroxide.

Superparticular (a.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4.

Superpartient (a.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.

Superphosphate (n.) An acid phosphate.

Superphysical (a.) Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.

Superplant (n.) A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.

Superplease (v. t.) To please exceedingly.

Superplus (n.) Surplus.

Superplusage (n.) Surplusage.

Superpolitic (a.) More than politic; above or exceeding policy.

Superponderate (v. t.) To wiegh over and above.

Superposable (a.) Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.

Superposed (imp. & p. p.) of Superpose

Superposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superpose

Superpose (v. t.) To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.

Superpose (v. t.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.

Superposition (n.) The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry.

Superpraise (v. t.) To praise to excess.

Superproportion (n.) Overplus or excess of proportion.

Superpurgation (n.) Excessive purgation.

Superreflection (n.) The reflection of a reflected image or sound.

Superregal (a.) More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king.

Superreward (v. t.) To reward to an excessive degree.

Superroyal (a.) Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.

Supersacral (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.

Supersaliency (n.) The act of leaping on anything.

Supersalient (a.) Leaping upon.

Supersalt (n.) An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.

Supersaturate (v. t.) To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.

Supersaturation (n.) The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.

Superscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Superscribe

Superscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superscribe

Superscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter.

Superscript (n.) Superscription.

Superscription (n.) The act of superscribing.

Superscription (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.

Superscription (n.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /.

Supersecular (a.) Being above the world, or secular things.

Superseded (imp. & p. p.) of Supersede

Superseding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supersede

Supersede (v. t.) To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.

Supersede (v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.

Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.

Supersede (v. t.) To omit; to forbear.

Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ.

Supersedure (n.) The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury.

Superseminate (v. t.) To sow, as seed, over something previously sown.

Supersemination (n.) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.

Supersensible (a.) Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.

Supersensitive (a.) Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.

Supersensual (a.) Supersensible.

Supersensuous (a.) Supersensible.

Supersensuous (a.) Excessively sensuous.

Superserviceable (a.) Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.

Supersession (n.) The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.

Supersolar (a.) Above the sun.

Supersphenoidal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Superspinous (a.) Supraspinuos.

Superstition (n.) An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.

Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.

Superstition (n.) The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.

Superstition (n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.

Superstition (n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.

Superstitionist (n.) One addicted to superstition.

Superstitious (a.) Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.

Superstitious (a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.

Superstitious (a.) Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.

Superstrain (v. t.) To overstrain.

Superstrata (pl. ) of Superstatum

Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another.

Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.

Superstruction (n.) The act of superstructing, or building upon.

Superstruction (n.) That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.

Superstructive (a.) Built or erected on something else.

Superstructor (n.) One who builds a superstructure.

Superstructure (n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

Superstructure (n.) all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.

Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

Supersubstantial (a.) More than substantial; spiritual.

Supersubtle (a.) To subtle.

Supersulphate (n.) An acid sulphate.

Supersulphureted (a.) Supersulphurized.

Supersulphurize (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.

Supertemporal (n.) That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal.

Superterranean (a.) Being above ground.

Superterrene (a.) Being above ground, or above the earth.

Superterrestrial (a.) Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth.

Supertonic (n.) The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.

Supertragical (a.) Tragical to excess.

Supertuberation (n.) The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.

Supervacaneous (a.) Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.

Supervened (imp. & p. p.) of Supervene

Supervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervene

Supervene (v. i.) To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.

Supervenient (a.) Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.

Supervention (n.) The act of supervening.

Supervisal (n.) Supervision.

Supervised (imp. & p. p.) of Supervise

Supervising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervise

Supervise (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

Supervise (v. t.) To look over so as to read; to peruse.

Supervise (n.) Supervision; inspection.

Supervision (n.) The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

Supervisive (a.) Supervisory.

Supervisor (n.) One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

Supervisor (n.) A spectator; a looker-on.

Supervisory (a.) Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

Supervive (v. t.) To survive; to outlive.

Supervolute (a.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.

Supination (n.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.

Supination (n.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Supinator (n.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.

Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

Supine (a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

Supine (n.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

Supinity (n.) Supineness.

Suppage (n.) What may be supped; pottage.

Suppalpation (n.) The act of enticing by soft words; enticement.

Supparasitation (n.) The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.

Supparasite (v. t.) To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.

Suppawn (n.) See Supawn.

Suppedaneous (a.) Being under the feet.

Suppeditate (v. t.) To supply; to furnish.

Suppeditation (n.) Supply; aid afforded.

Supper (n.) A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Supper (v. i.) To take supper; to sup.

Supper (v. t.) To supply with supper.

Supperless (a.) Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.

Supping (n.) The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

Supping (n.) That which is supped; broth.

Supplace (v. t.) To replace.

Supplanted (imp. & p. p.) of Supplant

Supplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplant

Supplant (n.) To trip up.

Supplant (n.) To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.

Supplant (n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.

Supplantation (n.) The act of supplanting or displacing.

Supplanter (n.) One who supplants.

Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.

Supple (a.) Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.

Suppled (imp. & p. p.) of Supple

Suppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supple

Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Supple (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.

Supple-chapped (a.) Having a limber tongue.

Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.

Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.

Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.

Supplement (v. t.) That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

Supplement (v. t.) That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.

Supplement (v. t.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180¡; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.

Supplemented (imp. & p. p.) of Supplement

Supplementing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplement

Supplement (v. t.) To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.

Supplemental (a.) Alt. of Supplementary

Supplementary (a.) Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.

Supplementation (n.) The act of supplementing.

Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

Suppletive (a.) Alt. of Suppletory

Suppletory (a.) Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

Suppletories (pl. ) of Suppletory

Suppletory (n.) That which is to supply what is wanted.

Supplial (n.) The act of supplying; a supply.

Suppliance (n.) That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.

Suppliance (n.) Supplication; entreaty.

Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

Suppliant (a.) Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.

Suppliant (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

Supplicancy (n.) Supplication.

Supplicant (a.) Entreating; asking submissively.

Supplicant (n.) One who supplicates; a suppliant.

Supplicat (n.) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.

Supplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Supplicate

Supplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplicate

Supplicate (v. t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.

Supplicate (v. t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.

Supplicate (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.

Supplicatingly (adv.) In a supplicating manner.

Supplication (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

Supplication (n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

Supplication (n.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.

Supplicator (n.) One who supplicates; a supplicant.

Supplicatory (a.) Containing supplication; humble; earnest.

Supplier (n.) One who supplies.

Supplied (imp. & p. p.) of Supply

Supplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supply

Supply (v. t.) To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.

Supply (v. t.) To serve instead of; to take the place of.

Supply (v. t.) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.

Supply (v. t.) To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.

Supplies (pl. ) of Supply

Supply (n.) The act of supplying; supplial.

Supply (n.) That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.

Supply (n.) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.

Supply (n.) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.

Supply (n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.

Supply (n.) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.

Supply (a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.

Supplyant (a.) Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.

Supplyment (n.) A supplying or furnishing; supply.

Supported (imp. & p. p.) of Support

Supporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Support

Support (v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.

Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.

Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.

Support (v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.

Support (v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.

Support (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.

Support (v. t.) To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

Support (v. t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.

Support (v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.

Support (v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.

Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.

Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.

Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

Supportable (a.) Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.

Supportance (n.) Support.

Supportation (n.) Maintenance; support.

Supporter (n.) One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

Supporter (n.) Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.

Supporter (n.) A knee placed under the cathead.

Supporter (n.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.

Supporter (n.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

Supportful (a.) Abounding with support.

Supportless (a.) Having no support.

Supportment (n.) Support.

Supportress (n.) A female supporter.

Supposable (a.) Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.

Supposal (n.) The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

Supposed (imp. & p. p.) of Suppose

Supposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppose

Suppose (v. t.) To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?

Suppose (v. t.) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

Suppose (v. t.) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.

Suppose (v. t.) To put by fraud in the place of another.

Suppose (v. i.) To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.

Suppose (n.) Supposition.

Supposeer (n.) One who supposes.

Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

Supposition (n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.

Suppositional (a.) Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.

Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.

Supposititious (a.) Suppositional; hypothetical.

Suppositive (a.) Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.

Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc.

Suppositor (n.) An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.

Suppositories (pl. ) of Suppository

Suppository (n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

Supposure (n.) Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture.

Suppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Suppress

Suppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppress

Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

Suppress (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.

Suppress (v. t.) To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.

Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Suppressible (a.) That may be suppressed.

Suppression (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.

Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.

Suppression (n.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

Suppressive (a.) Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.

Suppressor (n.) One who suppresses.

Supprise (v. t.) To surprise.

Suppurant (n.) A suppurative.

Suppurated (imp. & p. p.) of Suppurate

Suppurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppurate

Suppurate (v. i.) To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

Suppurate (v. t.) To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.

Suppuration (n.) The act or process of suppurating.

Suppuration (n.) The matter produced by suppuration; pus.

Suppurative (a.) Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.

Suppurative (n.) A suppurative medicine.

Supputate (v. t.) To suppute.

Supputation (n.) Reckoning; account.

Suppute (v. t.) To reckon; to compute; to suppose; to impute.

Supra (adv.) Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.

Supra-acromial (a.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.

Supra-angular (a.) See Surangular.

Supra-auricular (a.) Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

Supra-auricular (n.) A supra-auricular feather.

Supra-axillary (a.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous.

Suprabranchial (a.) Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.

Suprachoroid (a.) Alt. of Suprachoroidal

Suprachoroidal (a.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.

Supraciliary (a.) Superciliary.

Supraclavicle (n.) A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

Supraclavicular (a.) Situated above the clavicle.

Supraclavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.

Supracondylar (a.) Alt. of Supracondyloid

Supracondyloid (a.) Situated above a condyle or condyles.

Supracostal (a.) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.

Supracranial (a.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.

Supracretaceous (a.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Supradecompound (a.) More than decompound; divided many times.

Supra-esophagal (a.) Alt. of Supra-esophageal

Supra-esophageal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea.

Supra-ethmoid (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

Suprafoliaceous (a.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.

Supraglotic (a.) Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.

Suprahepatic (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.

Suprahyoid (a.) Hyomental.

Supra-ilium (n.) The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.

Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian.

Supralapsarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.

Supralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.

Supralapsary (a.) Supralapsarian.

Supralapsary (n.) A Supralapsarian.

Supraloral (a.) Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird.

Supraloral (n.) A supraloral feather.

Supralunar (a.) Alt. of Supralunary

Supralunary (a.) Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty.

Supramaxillae (pl. ) of Supramaxilla

Supramaxilla (n.) The upper jaw or maxilla.

Supramaxillary (a.) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve.

Supramaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.

Supramundane (a.) Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

Supranaturalism (n.) The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.

Supranaturalist (n.) A supernaturalist.

Supranaturalist (a.) Alt. of Supranaturalistic

Supranaturalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.

Supraoccipital (a.) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone.

Supraoccipital (n.) The supraoccipital bone.

Supraocular (a.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Supra-oesophagal (a.) See Supra-esophagal.

Supraorbital (a.) Alt. of Supraorbitar

Supraorbitar (a.) Situated above the orbit of the eye.

Suprapedal (a.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

Supraprotest (n.) An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee.

Suprapubian (a.) Alt. of Suprapubic

Suprapubic (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Suprarenal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys.

Suprarenal (n.) A suprarenal capsule.

Suprascalpular (a.) Alt. of Suprascalpulary

Suprascalpulary (a.) Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Supraspinal (a.) Situated above the vertebral column.

Supraspinal (a.) Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

Supraspinate (a.) Alt. of Supraspinous

Supraspinous (a.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

Suprastapedial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.

Suprastapedial (n.) The suprastapedial part of the columella.

Suprasternal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

Supratemporal (a.) Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa.

Supratemporal (n.) A supratemporal bone.

Supratrochlear (a.) Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Supravaginal (a.) Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

Supravision (n.) Supervision.

Supravisor (n.) A supervisor.

Supravulgar (a.) Being above the vulgar or common people.

Supremacy (n.) The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.

Supreme (a.) Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

Supreme (a.) Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.

Supreme (a.) Situated at the highest part or point.

Supremely (adv.) In a supreme manner.

Supremity (n.) Supremacy.

Sur- () A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.

Sura (n.) One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

Suradanni (n.) A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

Suraddition (n.) Something added or appended, as to a name.

Surah (n.) A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

Sural (a.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.

Surance (n.) Assurance.

Surangular (a.) Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.

Surangular (n.) The surangular bone.

Surbase (n.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.

Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.

Surbased (a.) Having a surbase, or molding above the base.

Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.

Surbated (imp. & p. p.) of Surbate

Surbating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surbate

Surbate (v. t.) To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel.

Surbate (v. t.) To harass; to fatigue.

Surbeat (v. t.) Same as Surbate.

Surbedded (imp. & p. p.) of Surbed

Surbedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surbed

Surbed (v. t.) To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

Surbet (v. t.) Same as Surbate.

Surbet (a.) Surbated; bruised.

Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.

Surcease (v. t.) To cause to cease; to end.

Surcease (v. i.) To cease.

Surceaseance (n.) Cessation.

Surcharged (imp. & p. p.) of Surcharge

Surcharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surcharge

Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

Surcharge (v. t.) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.

Surcharge (v. t.) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

Surcharge (n.) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.

Surcharge (n.) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.

Surchargement (n.) The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus.

Surcharger (n.) One who surcharges.

Surcingle (n.) A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.

Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.

Surcingled (a.) Bound with the surcingle.

Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.

Surcloyed (imp. & p. p.) of Surcloy

Surcloying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surcloy

Surcloy (v. t.) To surfeit.

Surcoat (n.) A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.

Surcoat (n.) A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.

Surcrew (n.) Increase; addition; surplus.

Surculate (v. t.) To purne; to trim.

Surculation (n.) Act of purning.

Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.

Surd (a.) Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.

Surd (a.) Unheard.

Surd (a.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.

Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.

Surd (n.) A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.

Surd (n.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

Surdal (a.) Same as Surd, a., 3.

Surdiny (n.) A sardine.

Surdity (n.) Deafness.

Sure (superl.) Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

Sure (superl.) Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.

Sure (superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.

Sure (superl.) Betrothed; engaged to marry.

Sure (superl.) Free from danger; safe; secure.

Sure (adv.) In a sure manner; safely; certainly.

Sure-footed (a.) Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

Surely (adv.) In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.

Surely (adv.) Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.

Surement (n.) A making sure; surety.

Sureness (n.) The state of being sure; certainty.

Suresby (n.) One to be sure of, or to be relied on.

Suretiship (n.) Suretyship.

Sureties (pl. ) of Surety

Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.

Surety (n.) That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.

Surety (n.) Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act.

Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.

Surety (n.) Hence, a substitute; a hostage.

Surety (n.) Evidence; confirmation; warrant.

Surety (v. t.) To act as surety for.

Suretyship (n.) The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.

Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

Surf (n.) The bottom of a drain.

Surface (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.

Surface (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance.

Surface (n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.

Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

Surfaced (imp. & p. p.) of Surface

Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surface

Surface (v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.

Surface (v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.

Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.

Surfboat (n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

Surfeit (n.) Excess in eating and drinking.

Surfeit (n.) Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.

Surfeit (n.) Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

Surfeit (v. i.) To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.

Surfeit (v. i.) To indulge to satiety in any gratification.

Surfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Surfeit

Surfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surfeit

Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.

Surfeit (v. t.) To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.

Surfeiter (n.) One who surfeits.

Surfeit-water (n.) Water for the cure of surfeits.

Surfel (v. t.) Alt. of Surfle

Surfle (v. t.) To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.

Surfer (n.) The surf duck.

Surmen (pl. ) of Surfman

Surfman (n.) One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.

Surfoot (a.) Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.

Surfy (a.) Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.

Surge (n.) A spring; a fountain.

Surge (n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

Surge (n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

Surge (v. i.) To slip along a windlass.

Surged (imp. & p. p.) of Surge

Surging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surge

Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Surgeful (a.) Abounding in surges; surgy.

Surgeless (a.) Free from surges; smooth; calm.

Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood.

Surgeon (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

Surgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.

Surgeoncy (n.) The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.

Surgeonry (n.) Surgery.

Surgery (n.) The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.

Surgery (n.) A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

Surgical (a.) Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.

Surgically (adv.) By means of surgery.

Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.

Suricat (n.) Same as Zenick.

Surinam toad () A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.

Surintendant (n.) Superintendent.

Surlily (adv.) In a surly manner.

Surliness (n.) The quality or state of being surly.

Surling (n.) A sour, morose fellow.

Surloin (n.) A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.

Surly (a.) Arrogant; haughty.

Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.

Surly (a.) Rough; dark; tempestuous.

Surmark (n.) A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.

Surmisable (a.) Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.

Surmisal (n.) Surmise.

Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

Surmise (n.) Reflection; thought.

Surmised (imp. & p. p.) of Surmise

Surmising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmise

Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.

Surmiser (n.) One who surmises.

Surmising () a. & n. from Surmise, v.

Surmounted (imp. & p. p.) of Surmount

Surmounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmount

Surmount (v. i.) To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

Surmount (v. i.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.

Surmount (v. i.) To surpass; to exceed.

Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.

Surmounted (a.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

Surmounted (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.

Surmounter (n.) One who, or that which, surmounts.

Surmullet (a.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.

Surmulot (n.) The brown, or Norway, rat.

Surname (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.

Surname (n.) An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.

Surnamed (imp. & p. p.) of Surname

Surnaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surname

Surname (v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.

Surnominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.

Suroxidate (v. t.) To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.

Suroxide (n.) A peroxide.

Surpassed (imp. & p. p.) of Surpass

Surpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surpass

Surpass (v. t.) To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

Surpassable (a.) That may be surpassed.

Surpassing (a.) Eminently excellent; exceeding others.

Surphul (v. t.) To surfel.

Surplice (n.) A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.

Surpliced (a.) Wearing a surplice.

Surplus (n.) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

Surplus (n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

Surplus (a.) Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.

Surplusage (n.) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.

Surplusage (n.) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

Surprisal (n.) The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.

Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

Surprise (n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.

Surprise (n.) Anything that causes such a state or emotion.

Surprise (n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.

Surprised (imp. & p. p.) of Surprise

Surprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surprise

Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

Surprise (n.) To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.

Surprise (n.) To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.

Surprise (n.) To hold possession of; to hold.

Surprisement (n.) Surprisal.

Surpriser (n.) One who surprises.

Surprising (a.) Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.

Surquedous (a.) Alt. of Surquedrous

Surquedrous (a.) Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.

Surquedry (n.) Alt. of Surquidry

Surquidry (n.) Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence.

Surrebound (v. i.) To give back echoes; to reecho.

Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

Surrein (v. t.) To override; to exhaust by riding.

Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

Surrejoinder (n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

Surrendered (imp. & p. p.) of Surrender

Surrendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surrender

Surrender (v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.

Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.

Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.

Surrender (v. t.) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.

Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.

Surrender (n.) The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.

Surrender (n.) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.

Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.

Surrender (n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.

Surrenderee (n.) The person to whom a surrender is made.

Surrenderer (n.) One who surrenders.

Surrenderor (n.) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.

Surrendry (n.) Surrender.

Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.

Surreption (n.) A coming unperceived or suddenly.

Surreptitious (a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods.

Surrey (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.

Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

Surrogate (n.) The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.

Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

Surrogate (v. t.) To put in the place of another; to substitute.

Surrogateship (n.) The office of a surrogate.

Surrogation (n.) The act of substituting one person in the place of another.

Surrounded (imp. & p. p.) of Surround

Surrounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surround

Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Surround (v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.

Surround (v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.

Surround (v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.

Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.

Surrounding (a.) Inclosing; encircling.

Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.

Surrounding (n.) The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

Surroyal (n.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.

Sursanure (n.) A wound healed or healing outwardly only.

Surseance (n.) Peace; quiet.

Sursolid (n.) The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.

Surstyle (v. t.) To surname.

Surtax (n.) An additional or extra tax.

Surtax (v. t.) To impose an additional tax on.

Surtout (n.) A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.

Surturbrand (n.) A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

Surucucu (n.) See Bush master, under Bush.

Surveillance (n.) Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.

Surveillants (pl. ) of Surveillant

Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.

Surveillant (a.) Overseeing; watchful.

Survened (imp. & p. p.) of Survene

Survening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survene

Survene (v. t.) To supervene upon; to come as an addition to.

Survenue (n.) A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on.

Surveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Survey

Surveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survey

Survey (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

Survey (v. t.) To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.

Survey (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.

Survey (v. t.) To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.

Survey (v. t.) To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.

Survey (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.

Survey (n.) A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.

Survey (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.

Surveyal (n.) Survey.

Surveyance (n.) Survey; inspection.

Surveying (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.

Surveyor (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.

Surveyor (n.) One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.

Surveyor (n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.

Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.

Surveyor (n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.

Surveyorship (n.) The office of a surveyor.

Surview (v. t.) To survey; to make a survey of.

Surview (n.) A survey.

Survise (v. t.) To look over; to supervise.

Survival (n.) A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

Survival (n.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.

Survivance (n.) Alt. of Survivancy

Survivancy (n.) Survivorship.

Survived (imp. & p. p.) of Survive

Surviving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survive

Survive (v. t.) To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

Survive (v. i.) To remain alive; to continue to live.

Survivency (n.) Survivorship.

Surviver (n.) One who survives; a survivor.

Surviving (a.) Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.

Survivor (n.) One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.

Survivor (n.) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.

Survivorship (n.) The state of being a survivor.

Survivorship (n.) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other.

Susceptibilities (pl. ) of Susceptibility

Susceptibility (n.) The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.

Susceptibility (n.) Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.

Susceptible (a.) Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.

Susceptible (a.) Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.

Susception (n.) The act of taking; reception.

Susceptive (a.) Susceptible.

Susceptivity (n.) Capacity for receiving; susceptibility.

Susceptor (n.) One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.

Suscipiency (n.) Admission.

Suscipient (a.) Receiving; admitting.

Suscipient (n.) One who takes or admits; one who receives.

Suscitability (n.) Capability of being suscitated; excitability.

Suscitated (imp. & p. p.) of Suscitate

Suscitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suscitate

Suscitate (v. t.) To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

Suscitation (n.) The act of raising or exciting.

Suslik (n.) A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches.

Suspect (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted.

Suspect (a.) Suspicion.

Suspect (a.) One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspect

Suspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspect

Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

Suspect (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

Suspect (v. t.) To look up to; to respect.

Suspect (v. i.) To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Suspectable (a.) That may be suspected.

Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted.

Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.

Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others.

Suspection (n.) Suspicion.

Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.

Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.

Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted.

Suspended (imp. & p. p.) of Suspend

Suspending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspend

Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

Suspend (n.) To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

Suspend (n.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.

Suspend (n.) To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.

Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.

Suspend (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

Suspend (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).

Suspender (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

Suspensation (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.

Suspense (a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

Suspense (a.) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

Suspense (a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.

Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

Suspense (a.) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.

Suspensely (adv.) In suspense.

Suspensibility (n.) The quality or state of being suspensible.

Suspensible (a.) Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.

Suspension (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation

Suspension (n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc.

Suspension (n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.

Suspension (n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.

Suspension (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.

Suspension (n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.

Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.

Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.

Suspension (n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.

Suspension (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.

Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Suspension (n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.

Suspensive (a.) Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful.

Suspensor (n.) A suspensory.

Suspensor (n.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Suspensoria (pl. ) of Suspensorium

Suspensorium (n.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.

Suspensory (a.) Suspended; hanging; depending.

Suspensory (a.) Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.

Suspensory (a.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.

Suspensory (n.) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss

Suspensory (n.) a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

Suspicable (v. t.) Liable to suspicion; suspicious.

Suspiciency (v. t.) Suspiciousness; suspicion.

Suspicion (n.) The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.

Suspicion (n.) Slight degree; suggestion; hint.

Suspicion (v. t.) To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.

Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

Suspicious (a.) Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.

Suspicious (a.) Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.

Suspiral (n.) A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.

Suspiral (n.) A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.

Suspiration (n.) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.

Suspire (v. i.) To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

Suspire (n.) A long, deep breath; a sigh.

Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.

Sustained (imp. & p. p.) of Sustain

Sustaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sustain

Sustain (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.

Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.

Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.

Sustain (v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.

Sustain (v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.

Sustain (v. t.) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.

Sustain (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.

Sustainable (a.) Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

Sustained (a.) Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

Sustainer (n.) One who, or that which, sustains.

Sustainment (n.) The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.

Sustaltic (a.) Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.

Sustenance (n.) The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

Sustenance (n.) That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.

Sustentacle (n.) Sustenance.

Sustentacular (a.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.

Sustentate (v. t.) To sustain.

Sustentation (n.) The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.

Sustentation (n.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.

Sustentative (a.) Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.

Sustention (n.) Sustentation.

Susters (pl. ) of Sustre

Sustres (pl. ) of Sustre

Sustren (pl. ) of Sustre

Suster (n.) Alt. of Sustre

Sustre (n.) Sister.

Susu (n.) See Soosoo.

Susurrant (a.) Whispering.

Susurration (n.) A whispering; a soft murmur.

Susurringly (adv.) In the manner of a whisper.

Susurrous (a.) Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.

Susurrus (n.) The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.

Sutile (a.) Done by stitching.

Sutler (n.) A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.

Sutlership (n.) The condition or occupation of a sutler.

Sutling (a.) Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.

Sutor (n.) A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).

Sutras (pl. ) of Sutra

Sutra (n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

Sutra (n.) A collection of such aphorisms.

Sutra (n.) A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.

Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.

Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.

Suttle (n.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed.

Suttle (v. i.) To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam.

Sutural (a.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de/iscence.

Suturally (adv.) In a sutural manner.

Suturated (a.) Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.

Suture (n.) The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.

Suture (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.

Suture (n.) The stitch by which the parts are united.

Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.

Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.

Suture (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.

Sutured (a.) Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together.

Suwarrow (n.) The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.

Suzerain (n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.

Suzerainty (n.) The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.

Swa (adv.) So.

Swabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Swab

Swabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swab

Swab (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.

Swab (n.) A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.

Swab (n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.

Swab (n.) An epaulet.

Swab (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.

Swab (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.

Swabber (v. t.) To swab.

Swabber (n.) One who swabs a floor or desk.

Swabber (n.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.

Swabber (n.) Same as Swobber, 2.

Swad (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.

Swad (n.) A clown; a country bumpkin.

Swad (n.) A lump of mass; also, a crowd.

Swad (n.) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

Swaddle (n.) Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.

Swaddled (imp. & p. p.) of Swaddle

Swaddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swaddle

Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.

Swaddle (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.

Swaddlebill (n.) The shoveler.

Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.

Swaddling () a. & n. from Swaddle, v.

Swagged (imp. & p. p.) of Swag

Swagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swag

Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.

Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion.

Swag (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.

Swag-bellied (a.) Having a prominent, overhanging belly.

Swagbelly (n.) A prominent, overhanging belly.

Swagbelly (n.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous.

Swaged (imp. & p. p.) of Swage

Swaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swage

Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.

Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge.

Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape.

Swaggered (imp. & p. p.) of Swagger

Swaggering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swagger

Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

Swagger (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

Swagger (v. t.) To bully.

Swagger (n.) The act or manner of a swaggerer.

Swaggerer (n.) One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow.

Swaggy (a.) Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight.

Swain (n.) A servant.

Swain (n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.

Swainish (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.

Swainling (n.) A little swain.

Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury.

Swainship (n.) The condition of a swain.

Swaip (v. i.) To walk proudly; to sweep along.

Swal (imp.) Swelled.

Swale (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.

Swale (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.

Swale (n.) A gutter in a candle.

Swallet (n.) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.

Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.

Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.

Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallow

Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow

Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.

Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.

Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.

Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.

Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.

Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.

Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.

Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.

Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.

Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.

Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.

Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.

Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton.

Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.

Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.

Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.

Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.

Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.

Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe.

Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.

Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.

Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.

Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.

Swam () imp. of Swim.

Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of Swamp

Swamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swamp

Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.

Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

Swampy (a.) Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.

Swan (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.

Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.

Swan (n.) The constellation Cygnus.

Swang () imp. of Swing.

Swang (n.) A swamp.

Swanherd (n.) One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.

Swan-hopping (n.) A corruption of Swan-upping.

Swanimote (n.) See Swainmote.

Swankie (n.) Alt. of Swanky

Swanky (n.) An active and clever young fellow.

Swanlike (a.) Resembling a swan.

Swanmark (n.) A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan.

Swannery (n.) A place where swans are bred.

Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck.

Swanpan (n.) The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.

Swan's-down (n.) Alt. of Swans-down

Swans-down (n.) The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.

Swans-down (n.) A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.

Swanskin (n.) The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.

Swanskin (n.) A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.

Swan-upping (n.) A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping.

Swapped (imp. & p. p.) of Swap

Swapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swap

Swap (v. i.) To strike; -- with off.

Swap (v. i.) To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.

Swap (v. t.) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.

Swap (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

Swap (n.) A blow; a stroke.

Swap (n.) An exchange; a barter.

Swap (n.) Hastily.

Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12.

Sward (n.) Skin; covering.

Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.

Swarded (imp. & p. p.) of Sward

Swarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sward

Sward (v. t. & i.) To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.

Sward-cutter (n.) A plow for turning up grass land.

Sward-cutter (n.) A lawn mower.

Swarded (a.) Covered with sward.

Swardy (a.) Covered with sward or grass.

Sware () imp. of Swear.

Swarf (v. i.) To grow languid; to faint.

Swarf (n.) The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.

Swarm (v. i.) To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

Swarm (n.) A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.

Swarm (n.) Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive.

Swarm (n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.

Swarmed (imp. & p. p.) of Swarm

Swarming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swarm

Swarm (v. i.) To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.

Swarm (v. i.) To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.

Swarm (v. i.) To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.

Swarm (v. i.) To abound; to be filled (with).

Swarm (v. i.) To breed multitudes.

Swarm (v. t.) To crowd or throng.

Swarmspore (n.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore.

Swarmspore (n.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.

Swart (n.) Sward.

Swart (a.) Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

Swart (a.) Gloomy; malignant.

Swart (v. t.) To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.

Swartback (n.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.

Swarth (a.) Swart; swarthy.

Swarth (n.) An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.

Swarth (n.) Sward; short grass.

Swarth (n.) See Swath.

Swarthily (adv.) In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily.

Swarthiness (n.) The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.

Swarthness (n.) Swarthiness.

Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.

Swarthy (v. t.) To make swarthy.

Swartiness (n.) Swarthiness.

Swartish (a.) Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny.

Swartness (n.) The quality or state of being swart.

Swarty (a.) Swarthy; tawny.

Swarve (v. i.) To swerve.

Swarve (v. i.) To climb.

Swash (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

Swash (v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

Swashed (imp. & p. p.) of Swash

Swashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swash

Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.

Swash (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.

Swash (v. i.) To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.

Swash (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

Swash (n.) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

Swash (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.

Swash (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

Swasher (n.) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.

Swashing (a.) Swaggering; hectoring.

Swashing (a.) Resounding; crushing.

Swashway (n.) Same as 4th Swash, 2.

Swashy (a.) Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.

Swat () imp. of Sweat.

Swatch (n.) A swath.

Swatch (n.) A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth.

Swate () imp. of Sweat.

Swath (v. t.) A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.

Swath (v. t.) A band or fillet; a swathe.

Swathed (imp. & p. p.) of Swathe

Swathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swathe

Swathe (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.

Swathe (n.) A bandage; a band; a swath.

Swather (n.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

Swatte () imp. of Sweat.

Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of Sway

Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sway

Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.

Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.

Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.

Sway (v. i.) To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

Sway (v. i.) To have weight or influence.

Sway (v. i.) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

Sway (n.) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.

Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

Sway (n.) Rule; dominion; control.

Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.

Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying.

Swayed (a.) Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse.

Swayful (a.) Able to sway.

Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

Swealed (imp. & p. p.) of Sweal

Swealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweal

Sweal (v. i.) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.

Sweal (v. t.) To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.

Swore (imp.) of Swear

Sware () of Swear

Sworn (p. p.) of Swear

Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swear

Swear (v. i.) To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc.

Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.

Swear (v. i.) To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse.

Swear (v. t.) To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath.

Swear (v. t.) To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office.

Swear (v. t.) To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend.

Swear (v. t.) To appeal to by an oath.

Swearer (n.) One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.

Swearer (n.) A profane person; one who uses profane language.

Swearing () a. & n. from Swear, v.

Sweat (imp. & p. p.) of Sweat

Sweated () of Sweat

Swat () of Sweat

Sweating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweat

Sweat (v. i.) To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.

Sweat (v. i.) Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.

Sweat (v. i.) To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.

Sweat (v. t.) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

Sweat (v. t.) To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.

Sweat (v. t.) To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

Sweat (v. t.) To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.

Sweat (v. i.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.

Sweat (v. i.) The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.

Sweat (v. i.) Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.

Sweat (v. i.) The sweating sickness.

Sweat (v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Sweater (n.) One who sweats.

Sweater (n.) One who, or that which, causes to sweat

Sweater (n.) A sudorific.

Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.

Sweater (n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.

Sweatily (adv.) In a sweaty manner.

Sweatiness (n.) Quality or state of being sweaty.

Sweating () a. & n. from Sweat, v.

Sweaty (superl.) Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.

Sweaty (superl.) Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.

Sweaty (superl.) Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult.

Swede (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sweden.

Swede (n.) A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.

Swedenborgian (n.) One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world, through the opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord Jesus Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the Scriptures, which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw the correspondence between natural and spiritual things.

Swedenborgian (a.) Of or pertaining to Swedenborg or his views.

Swedenborgianism (n.) The doctrines of the Swedenborgians.

Swedish (a.) Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.

Swedish (n.) The language of Swedes.

Sweeny (n.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses.

Swept (imp. & p. p.) of Sweep

Sweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweep

Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.

Sweep (v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.

Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.

Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.

Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.

Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.

Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.

Sweep (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.

Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.

Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.

Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.

Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.

Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.

Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.

Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.

Sweepage (n.) The crop of hay got in a meadow.

Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.

Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.

Sweepings (n. pl.) Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.

Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.

Sweepstake (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes.

Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.

Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.

Sweepwasher (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.

Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.

Sweet (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Sweet (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Sweet (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Sweet (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

Sweet (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Sweet (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

Sweet (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

Sweet (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

Sweet (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

Sweet (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.

Sweet (adv.) Sweetly.

Sweet (v. t.) To sweeten.

Sweetbread (n.) Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.

Sweetbread (n.) The pancreas.

Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6.

Sweetbrier (n.) A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

Sweetened (imp. & p. p.) of Sweeten

Sweetening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweeten

Sweeten (a.) To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

Sweeten (a.) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.

Sweeten (a.) To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.

Sweeten (a.) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.

Sweeten (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

Sweeten (a.) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.

Sweeten (a.) To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.

Sweeten (a.) To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.

Sweeten (v. i.) To become sweet.

Sweetener (n.) One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

Sweetening (n.) The act of making sweet.

Sweetening (n.) That which sweetens.

Sweetheart (n.) A lover of mistress.

Sweethearting (n.) Making love.

Sweeting (n.) A sweet apple.

Sweeting (n.) A darling; -- a word of endearment.

Sweetish (a.) Somewhat sweet.

Sweetly (adv.) In a sweet manner.

Sweetmeat (n.) Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

Sweetmeat (n.) The paint used in making patent leather.

Sweetmeat (n.) A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.

Sweetness (n.) The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

Sweetroot (n.) Licorice.

Sweet-scented (a.) Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.

Sweet-sop (n.) A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.

Sweetwater (n.) A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.

Sweetweed (n.) A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.

Sweetwood (n.) The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.)

Sweetwood (n.) The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.

Sweetwort (n.) Any plant of a sweet taste.

Sweigh (n.) Sway; movement.

Sweinmote (n.) See Swainmote.

Swelled (imp.) of Swell

Swelled (p. p.) of Swell

Swollen () of Swell

Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swell

Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.

Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.

Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.

Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.

Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.

Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.

Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.

Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.

Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.

Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.

Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.

Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.

Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

Swell (n.) Gradual increase.

Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.

Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.

Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.

Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.

Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.

Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy.

Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.

Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.

Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.

Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.

Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominence

Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.

Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.

Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.

Swelt () imp. of Swell.

Swelt (v. i.) To die; to perish.

Swelt (v. i.) To faint; to swoon.

Swelt (v. t.) To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.

Sweltered (imp. & p. p.) of Swelter

Sweltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swelter

Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.

Swelter (v. i.) To welter; to soak.

Swelter (v. t.) To oppress with heat.

Swelter (v. t.) To exude, like sweat.

Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.

Swept () imp. & p. p. of Sweep.

Swerd (n. & v.) See Sward, n. & v.

Swerd (n.) Sword.

Swerved (imp. & p. p.) of Swerve

Swerving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swerve

Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.

Swerve (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

Swerve (v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to incline.

Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

Swerve (v. t.) To turn aside.

Sweven (n.) A vision seen in sleep; a dream.

Swich (a.) Such.

Swietenia (n.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.

Swift (v. i.) Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.

Swift (v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.

Swift (adv.) Swiftly.

Swift (n.) The current of a stream.

Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

Swift (n.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

Swift (n.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Swift (n.) The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Swifter (n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.

Swifter (n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

Swiftfoot (a.) Nimble; fleet.

Swiftfoot (n.) The courser.

Swiftlet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

Swiftly (adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

Swiftness (n.) The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

Swig (v. t.) To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

Swig (v. t.) To suck.

Swig (n.) A long draught.

Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

Swig (n.) A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.

Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.

Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Swilled (imp. & p. p.) of Swill

Swilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swill

Swill (v. t.) To wash; to drench.

Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

Swill (n.) To inebriate; to fill with drink.

Swill (v. i.) To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.

Swill (n.) The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.

Swill (n.) Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

Swiller (n.) One who swills.

Swillings (n. pl.) See Swill, n., 1.

Swam (imp.) of Swim

Swum () of Swim

Swum (p. p.) of Swim

Swimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swim

Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.

Swim (v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

Swim (v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

Swim (v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.

Swim (v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

Swim (n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

Swim (n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

Swim (n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

Swim (v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

Swimbel (n.) A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.

Swimmer (n.) One who swims.

Swimmer (n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

Swimmer (n.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Swimmeret (n.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.

Swimming (a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

Swimming (a.) Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

Swimming (n.) The act of one who swims.

Swimming (a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

Swimming (n.) Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.

Swimmingly (adv.) In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.

Swimmingness (n.) Act or state of swimming; suffusion.

Swinck (v. & n.) See Swink.

Swindled (imp. & p. p.) of Swindle

Swindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swindle

Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

Swindle (n.) The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

Swindlery (n.) Swindling; rougery.

Swine (n.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.

Swinebread (n.) The truffle.

Swinecase (n.) A hogsty.

Swinecote (n.) A hogsty.

Swinecrue (n.) A hogsty.

Swinefish (n.) The wolf fish.

Swineherd (n.) A keeper of swine.

Swinepipe (n.) The European redwing.

Swine-pox (n.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox.

Swineery (n.) Same as Piggery.

Swinestone (n.) See Stinkstone.

Swinesty (n.) A sty, or pen, for swine.

Swung (imp. & p. p.) of Swing

Swang (Archaic imp.) of Swing

Swinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swing

Swing (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

Swing (n.) To be hanged.

Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

Swing (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Swingdevil (n.) The European swift.

Swinge (v. & n.) See Singe.

Swinged (imp. & p. p.) of Swinge

Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swinge

Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.

Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.

Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.

Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.

Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.

Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.

Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

Swinger (n.) One who swings or whirls.

Swinger (n.) One who swinges.

Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.

Swinger (n.) A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos.

Swinger (n.) A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.

Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.

Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.

Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingle

Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swingle

Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.

Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

Swinglebar (n.) A swingletree.

Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.

Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

Swinish (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.

Swank (imp.) of Swink

Swonk () of Swink

Swonken (p. p.) of Swink

Swinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swink

Swink (v. i.) To labor; to toil; to salve.

Swink (v. t.) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Swink (v. t.) To acquire by labor.

Swink (n.) Labor; toil; drudgery.

Swinker (n.) A laborer.

Swinney (n.) See Sweeny.

Swipe (n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

Swipe (n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer.

Swiped (imp. & p. p.) of Swipe

Swiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swipe

Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.

Swipe (v. t.) To pluck; to snatch; to steal.

Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.

Swipper (a.) Nimble; quick.

Swirled (imp. & p. p.) of Swirl

Swirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swirl

Swirl (n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

Swirl (n.) A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.

Swish (v. t.) To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.

Swish (v. t.) To flog; to lash.

Swish (v. i.) To dash; to swash.

Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.

Swish (n.) Light driven spray.

Swiss (n.sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.

Swiss (a.) Of or pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland.

Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod.

Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

Switched (imp. & p. p.) of Switch

Switching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Switch

Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge.

Switch (v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

Switch (v. i.) To walk with a jerk.

Switchel (n.) A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.

Switching () a. & n. from Switch, v.

Switchmen (pl. ) of Switchman

Switchman (n.) One who tends a switch on a railway.

Switchy (a.) Whisking.

Swithe (adv.) Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.

Switzer (n.) A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.

Swive (v. t.) To copulate with (a woman).

Swivel (a.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.

Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

Swivel-eyed (a.) Squint-eyed.

Swizzle (v. t.) To drink; to swill.

Swizzle (n.) Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally.

Swob (n. & v.) See Swab.

Swobber (n.) See Swabber.

Swobber (n.) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist.

Swollen () p. p. of Swell.

Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.

Swoln () Contraction of Swollen, p. p.

Swom () imp. of Swim.

Swooned (imp. & p. p.) of Swoon

Swooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swoon

Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.

Swoon (n.) A fainting fit; syncope.

Swooning () a. & n. from Swoon, v.

Swooped (imp. & p. p.) of Swoop

Swooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swoop

Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

Swoop (v. i.) To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.

Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.

Swoop (n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.

Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.

Swoopstake (adv.) Altogether; indiscriminately.

Swop (v. & n.) Same as Swap.

Sword (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.

Sword (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.

Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.

Sword (n.) The military power of a country.

Sword (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.

Sworded (a.) Girded with a sword.

Sworder (n.) One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.

Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long.

Swordfish (n.) The gar pike.

Swordfish (n.) The cutlass fish.

Swordfish (n.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.

Swordick (n.) The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).

Swording (n.) Slashing with a sword.

Swordless (a.) Destitute of a sword.

Swordmen (pl. ) of Swordman

Swordman (n.) A swordsman.

Swordplay (n.) Fencing; a sword fight.

Swordplayer (n.) A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.

Swordsmen (pl. ) of Swordsman

Swordsman (n.) A soldier; a fighting man.

Swordsman (n.) One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.

Swordsmanship (n.) The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.

Swordtail (n.) The limulus.

Swordtail (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.

Swore () imp. of Swear.

Sworn () p. p. of Swear.

Swough (n.) A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.

Swough (n.) A swoon.

Swound (v. & n.) See Swoon, v. & n.

'Swounds (interj.) An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.

Swown (v. & n.) Swoon.

Swum () imp. & p. p. of Swim.

Swung () imp. & p. p. of Swing.

Swythe (adv.) Quickly. See Swithe.

Sy (imp.) Saw.

Syb (a.) See Sib.

Sybarite (n.) A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

Sybaritic (a.) Alt. of Sybaritical

Sybaritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.

Sybaritism (n.) Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

Sycamine (n.) See Sycamore.

Sycamore (n.) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.

Sycamore (n.) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.

Sycamore (n.) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).

Syce (n.) A groom.

Sycee (n.) Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.

Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

Sycite (n.) A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.

Sycoceric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.

Sycoceryl (n.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.

Sycock (n.) The missel thrush.

Sycones (n. pl.) A division of calcareous sponges.

Syconium (n.) Alt. of Syconus

Syconus (n.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

Sycophancy (n.) The character or characteristic of a sycophant.

Sycophancy (n.) False accusation; calumniation; talebearing.

Sycophancy (n.) Obsequious flattery; servility.

Sycophant (n.) An informer; a talebearer.

Sycophant (n.) A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.

Sycophant (v. t.) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

Sycophant (v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Sycophant (v. i.) To play the sycophant.

Sycophantcy (n.) Sycophancy.

Sycophantic (a.) Alt. of Sycophantical

Sycophantical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.

Sycophantish (a.) Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.

Sycophantism (n.) Sycophancy.

Sycophantize (v. i.) To play the sycophant.

Sycophantry (n.) Sycophancy.

Sycosis (n.) A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

Syderolite (n.) A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

Sye (imp.) Saw.

Syenite (n.) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.

Syenite (n.) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.

Syenitic (a.) Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

Syenitic (a.) Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.

Syke (n. & v.) See Sike.

Syker (a. & adv.) See Sicker.

Syle (n.) A young herring (Clupea harengus).

Syllabaria (pl. ) of Syllabarium

Syllabarium (n.) A syllabary.

Syllabary (n.) A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.

Syllabe (n.) Syllable.

Syllabic (a.) Alt. of Syllabical

Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

Syllabical (a.) Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.

Syllabically (adv.) In a syllabic manner.

Syllabicated (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabicate

Syllabicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabicate

Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

Syllabication (n.) The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.

Syllabification (n.) Same as Syllabication.

Syllabified (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabify

Syllabifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabify

Syllabify (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables.

Syllabism (n.) The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.

Syllabist (n.) One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.

Syllabize (v. t.) To syllabify.

Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275.

Syllable (n.) In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.

Syllable (n.) A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.

Syllable (v. t.) To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.

Syllabub (n.) Same as Syllabub.

Syllabuses (pl. ) of Syllabus

Syllabi (pl. ) of Syllabus

Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

Syllepsis (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

Syllepsis (n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

Sylleptic (a.) Alt. of Sylleptical

Sylleptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.

Syllidian (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.

Syllogism (n.) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration

Syllogistic (a.) Alt. of Syllogistical

Syllogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.

Syllogistically (adv.) In a syllogistic manner.

Syllogization (n.) A reasoning by syllogisms.

Syllogized (imp. & p. p.) of Syllogize

Syllogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllogize

Syllogize (v. i.) To reason by means of syllogisms.

Syllogizer (n.) One who syllogizes.

Sylph (n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

Sylph (n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

Sylph (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).

Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.

Sylphine (a.) Like a sylph.

Sylphish (a.) Sylphlike.

Sylphlike (a.) Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

Sylvae (pl. ) of Sylva

Sylva (n.) Same as Silva.

Sylvan (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

Sylvan (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

Sylvan (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

Sylvan (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

Sylvanite (n.) A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.

Sylvanium (n.) An old name for tellurium.

Sylvate (n.) A salt of sylvic acid.

Sylvatic (a.) Sylvan.

Sylvestrian (a.) Sylvan.

Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).

Sylvicoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.

Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

Sylviculturist (n.) One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.

Sylvine (n.) Alt. of Sylvite

Sylvite (n.) Native potassium chloride.

Sym- () See Syn-.

Symar (n.) Alt. of Symarr

Symarr (n.) See Simar.

Symbal (n.) See Cimbal.

Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.

Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

Symbol (n.) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.

Symbol (n.) Share; allotment.

Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.

Symbol (v. t.) To symbolize.

Symbolic (a.) See Symbolics.

Symbolic (a.) Alt. of Symbolical

Symbolical (a.) Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.

Symbolics (n.) The study of ancient symbols

Symbolics (n.) that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.

Symbolism (n.) The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.

Symbolism (n.) A system of symbols or representations.

Symbolism (n.) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.

Symbolism (n.) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.

Symbolist (n.) One who employs symbols.

Symbolistic (a.) Alt. of Symbolistical

Symbolistical (a.) Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.

Symbolization (n.) The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

Symbolized (imp. & p. p.) of Symbolize

Symbolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Symbolize

Symbolize (v. i.) To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.

Symbolize (v. i.) To hold the same faith; to agree.

Symbolize (v. i.) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

Symbolize (v. t.) To make to agree in properties or qualities.

Symbolize (v. t.) To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.

Symbolize (v. t.) To represent by a symbol or symbols.

Symbolizer (n.) One who symbolizes.

Symbological (a.) Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.

Symbologist (n.) One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.

Symbology (n.) The art of expressing by symbols.

Symbranchii (n. pl.) An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.

Symmetral (a.) Commensurable; symmetrical.

Symmetrian (n.) One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.

Symmetric (a.) Symmetrical.

Symmetrical (a.) Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

Symmetrical (a.) Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2.

Symmetrical (a.) Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.

Symmetrical (a.) Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.

Symmetrical (a.) Having a common measure; commensurable.

Symmetrical (a.) Having corresponding parts or relations.

Symmetrician (n.) Same as Symmetrian.

Symmetrist (n.) One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.

Symmetrized (imp. & p. p.) of Symmetrize

Symmetrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Symmetrize

Symmetrize (v. t.) To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.

Symmetry (n.) A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

Symmetry (n.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.

Symmetry (n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.

Symmetry (n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

Sympathetic (a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

Sympathetic (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.

Sympathetic (a.) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.

Sympathetic (a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.

Sympathetical (a.) Sympathetic.

Sympathetically (adv.) In a sympathetic manner.

Sympathist (n.) One who sympathizes; a sympathizer.

Sympathized (imp. & p. p.) of Sympathize

Sympathizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sympathize

Sympathize (v. i.) To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

Sympathize (v. i.) To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.

Sympathize (v. i.) To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Sympathize (v. t.) To experience together.

Sympathize (v. t.) To ansew to; to correspond to.

Sympathizer (n.) One who sympathizes.

Sympathies (pl. ) of Sympathy

Sympathy (n.) Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.

Sympathy (n.) An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Sympathy (n.) The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.

Sympathy (n.) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.

Sympathy (n.) A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.

Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like.

Sympetalous (a.) Having the petals united; gamopetalous.

Symphonic (a.) Symphonious.

Symphonic (a.) Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition.

Symphonious (a.) Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious.

Symphonious (a.) Symphonic.

Symphonist (n.) A composer of symphonies.

Symphonized (imp. & p. p.) of Symphonize

Symphonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Symphonize

Symphonize (v. i.) To agree; to be in harmony.

Symphonies (pl. ) of Symphony

Symphony (n.) A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.

Symphony (n.) A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.

Symphony (n.) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.

Symphony (n.) An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.

Symphyla (n. pl.) An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.

Symphyseal (a.) Of or pertaining to to symphysis.

Symphyseotomy (n.) The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.

Symphyses (pl. ) of Symphysis

Symphysis (n.) An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.

Symphysis (n.) The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.

Symphysotomy (n.) Symphyseotomy.

Symphytism (n.) Coalescence; a growing into one with another word.

Sympiesometer (n.) A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.

Symplectic (a.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.

Symplectic (n.) The symplectic bone.

Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.

Sympode (n.) A sympodium.

Sympodial (a.) Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

Sympodia (pl. ) of Sympodium

Sympodium (n.) An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.

Symposiac (a.) Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.

Symposiac (n.) A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.

Symposiarch (n.) The master of a feast.

Symposiast (n.) One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.

Symposion (n.) A drinking together; a symposium.

Symposia (pl. ) of Symposium

Symposium (n.) A drinking together; a merry feast.

Symposium (n.) A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

Symptom (n.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

Symptom (n.) A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

Symptomatic (a.) Alt. of Symptomatical

Symptomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.

Symptomatical (a.) According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.

Symptomatology (n.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

Syn- () A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.

Synacme (n.) Alt. of Synacmy

Synacmy (n.) Same as Synanthesis.

Synaeresis (n.) Alt. of Syneresis

Syneresis (n.) The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis.

Synagogical (a.) Of or pertaining to a synagogue.

Synagogue (n.) A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

Synagogue (n.) The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

Synagogue (n.) The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

Synagogue (n.) A congregation in the early Christian church.

Synagogue (n.) Any assembly of men.

Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.

Synallagmatic (a.) Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.

Synallaxine (a.) Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

Synaloepha (n.) Same as Synalepha.

Synangia (pl. ) of Synangium

Synangium (n.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.

Synantherous (a.) Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.

Synanthesis (n.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.

Synanthous (a.) Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.

Synanthrose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.

Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.

Synaptase (n.) A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.

Synapticulae (pl. ) of Synapticula

Synapticula (n.) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.

Synarchy (n.) Joint rule or sovereignity.

Synartesis (n.) A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union.

Synarthrodia (n.) Synarthrosis.

Synarthroses (pl. ) of Synarthrosis

Synarthrosis (n.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.

Synastry (n.) Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.

Synaxis (n.) A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper.

Syncarp (n.) A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

Syncarpia (pl. ) of Syncarpium

Syncarpium (n.) Same as Syncarp.

Syncarpous (a.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

Syncategorematic (a.) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

Synchondroses (pl. ) of Synchondrosis

Synchondrosis (n.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.

Synchondrotomy (n.) Symphyseotomy.

Synchoresis (n.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

Synchronal (a.) Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous.

Synchronal (n.) A synchronal thing or event.

Synchronical (a.) Happening at the same time; synchronous.

Synchronism (n.) The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.

Synchronism (n.) The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.

Synchronism (n.) A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.

Synchronistic (a.) Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.

Synchronization (n.) The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.

Synchronized (imp. & p. p.) of Synchronize

Synchronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Synchronize

Synchronize (v. i.) To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

Synchronize (v. t.) To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.

Synchronize (v. t.) To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

Synchronology (n.) Contemporaneous chronology.

Synchronous (a.) Happening at the same time; simultaneous.

Synchrony (n.) The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.

Synchysis (n.) A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.

Synclastic (a.) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic.

Synclinal (a.) Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

Synclinal (a.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.

Synclinal (n.) A synclinal fold.

Syncline (n.) A synclinal fold.

Synclinical (a.) Synclinal.

Synclinoria (pl. ) of Synclinorium

Synclinorium (n.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.

Syncopal (a.) Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.

Syncopated (imp. & p. p.) of Syncopate

Syncopating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syncopate

Syncopate (v. t.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.

Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.

Syncope (n.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.

Syncope (n.) Same as Syncopation.

Syncope (n.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.

Syncopist (n.) One who syncopates.

Syncopize (v. t.) To syncopate.

Syncotyledonous (a.) Having united cotyledonous.

Syncretic (a.) Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.

Syncretism (n.) Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

Syncretist (n.) One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;

Syncretist (n.) an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.

Syncretistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.

Syncretistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Syncretists.

Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.

Syncitia (pl. ) of Syncytium

Syncytium (n.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.

Syncytium (n.) The ectoderm of a sponge.

Syndactyle (n.) Any bird having syndactilous feet.

Syndactylic (a.) Syndactilous.

Syndactylous (a.) Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.

Syndesmography (n.) A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.

Syndesmology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.

Syndesmoses (pl. ) of Syndesmosis

Syndesmosis (n.) An articulation formed by means of ligaments.

Syndetic (a.) Alt. of Syndetical

Syndetical (a.) Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary.

Syndic (n.) An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

Syndic (n.) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.

Syndicate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.

Syndicate (n.) An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.

Syndicate (v. t.) To judge; to censure.

Syndrome (n.) Concurrence.

Syndrome (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.

Syndyasmian (a.) Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.

Syne (adv.) Afterwards; since; ago.

Syne (adv.) Late, -- as opposed to soon.

Syne (conj.) Since; seeing.

Synecdoche (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

Synecdochical (a.) Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

Synecdochically (adv.) By synecdoche.

Synechia (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.

Synecphonesis (n.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.

Synedral (a.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.

Synentognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.

Synepy (n.) The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.

Syneresis (n.) Same as Synaeresis.

Synergetic (a.) Working together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles.

Synergism (n.) The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man.

Synergist (n.) One who holds the doctrine of synergism.

Synergist (n.) A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it.

Synergistic (a.) Of or pertaining to synergism.

Synergistic (a.) Cooperating; synergetic.

Synergy (n.) Combined action

Synergy (n.) the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.

Synergy (n.) An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also synergism.

Syngenesia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.

Syngenesian (a.) Alt. of Syngenesious

Syngenesious (a.) Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.

Syngenesis (n.) A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.

Syngnathi (n. pl.) A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples.

Syngraph (n.) A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.

Synizesis (n.) An obliteration of the pupil of the eye.

Synizesis (n.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

Synneuroses (pl. ) of Synneorosis

Synneorosis (n.) Syndesmosis.

Synocha (n.) See Synochus.

Synochal (a.) Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.

Synochus (n.) A continuous fever.

Synocil (n.) A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.

Synod (n.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Synod (n.) An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.

Synod (n.) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

Synodal (a.) Synodical.

Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.

Synodal (n.) A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

Synodic (a.) Alt. of Synodical

Synodical (a.) Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.

Synodical (a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.

Synodically (adv.) In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.

Synodist (n.) An adherent to a synod.

Synoecious (a.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.

Synomocy (n.) Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.

Synonyms (pl. ) of Synonym

Synonym (n.) One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

Synonyma (n. pl.) Synonyms.

Synonymal (a.) Synonymous.

Synonymally (adv.) Synonymously.

Synonyme (n.) Same as Synonym.

Synonymic (n.) The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.

Synonymic (a.) Alt. of Synonymical

Synonymical (a.) Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.

Synonymicon (n.) A dictionary of synonyms.

Synonymist (n.) One who collects or explains synonyms.

Synonymized (imp. & p. p.) of Synonymize

Synonymizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Synonymize

Synonymize (v. t.) To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.

Synonymous (a.) Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.

Synonymy (n.) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

Synonymy (n.) A system of synonyms.

Synonymy (n.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

Synopses (pl. ) of Synopsis

Synopsis (n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

Synoptic (a.) Alt. of Synoptical

Synoptical (a.) Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.

Synoptic (n.) One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.

Synoptist (n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.

Synosteology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.

Synosteoses (pl. ) of Synosteosis

Synosteosis (n.) Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

Synostosis (n.) Same as Synosteosis.

Synovia (n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.

Synovial (a.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.

Synovitis (n.) Inflammation of the synovial membrane.

Synpelmous (a.) Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.

Synsepalous (a.) Having united sepals; gamosepalous.

Syntactic (a.) Alt. of Syntactical

Syntactical (a.) Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.

Syntax (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

Syntax (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

Syntaxis (n.) Syntax.

Synteresis (n.) Prophylaxis.

Synteresis (n.) Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.

Synteretic (a.) Preserving health; prophylactic.

Synteretics (n.) That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.

Synthermal (a.) Having the same degree of heat.

Syntheses (pl. ) of Synthesis

Synthesis (n.) Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

Synthesis (n.) The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.

Synthesis (n.) The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis.

Synthesist (n.) One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

Synthesize (v. t.) To combine by synthesis; to unite.

Synthesize (v. t.) To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.

Synthetic (a.) Alt. of Synthetical

Synthetical (a.) Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.

Synthetical (a.) Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.

Synthetical (a.) Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.

Synthetically (adv.) In a synthetic manner.

Synthetize (v. t.) To combine; to unite in regular structure.

Syntomy (n.) Brevity; conciseness.

Syntonin (n.) A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.

Syphering (n.) The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

Syphilide (n.) A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.

Syphilis (n.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.

Syphilitic (a.) Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.

Syphilitic (n.) A syphilitic patient.

Syphilitically (adv.) In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.

Syphilization (n.) Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.

Syphilize (v. t.) To inoculate with syphilis.

Syphiloderm (n.) A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.

Syphilodermatous (a.) Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.

Syphiloid (a.) Resembling syphilis.

Syphilologist (n.) One skilled in syphilology.

Syphilology (n.) That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

Syphon (n.) See Syphon.

Syracuse (n.) A red wine of Italy.

Syren (n.) See Siren.

Syriac (a.) Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch.

Syriac (n.) The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.

Syriacism (n.) A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.

Syrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.

Syrian (n.) A native of Syria.

Syrianism (n.) A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.

Syriasm (n.) A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.

Syringa (n.) A genus of plants; the lilac.

Syringa (n.) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

Syringe (n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.

Syringed (imp. & p. p.) of Syringe

Syringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syringe

Syringe (v. t.) To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.

Syringe (v. t.) To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

Syringeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.

Syringin (n.) A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin.

Syringocoele (n.) The central canal of the spinal cord.

Syringotome (n.) A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.

Syringotomy (n.) The operation of cutting for anal fistula.

Syringes (pl. ) of Syrinx

Syrinx (n.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

Syrinx (n.) The lower larynx in birds.

Syrma (n.) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.

Syrphian (a.) Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.

Syrphian (n.) A syrphus fly.

Syrphus fly () Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.

Syrt (n.) A quicksand; a bog.

Syrtic (a.) Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand.

Syrtes (pl. ) of Syrtis

Syrtis (n.) A quicksand.

Syrup (a.) Alt. of Syrupy

Syrupy (a.) Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

Syssarcosis (n.) The junction of bones by intervening muscles.

Systaltic (a.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.

Systasis (n.) A political union, confederation, or league.

System (n.) An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.

System (n.) Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.

System (n.) Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.

System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.

System (n.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.

System (n.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.

Systematic (a.) Alt. of Systematical

Systematical (a.) Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study.

Systematical (a.) Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.

Systematical (a.) Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.

Systematical (a.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.

Systematically (adv.) In a systematic manner; methodically.

Systematism (n.) The reduction of facts or principles to a system.

Systematist (n.) One who forms a system, or reduces to system.

Systematist (n.) One who adheres to a system.

Systematization (n.) The act or operation of systematizing.

Systematized (imp. & p. p.) of Systematize

Systematizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Systematize

Systematize (v. t.) To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.

Systematizer (n.) One who systematizes.

Systematology (n.) The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems.

Systemic (a.) Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.

Systemic (a.) Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.

Systemization (n.) The act or process of systematizing; systematization.

Systemized (imp. & p. p.) of Systemize

Systemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Systemize

Systemize (v. t.) To reduce to system; to systematize.

Systemizer (n.) One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.

Systemless (a.) Being without system.

Systemless (a.) Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.

Systemless (a.) Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.

Systole (n.) The shortening of the long syllable.

Systole (n.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.

Systolic (a.) Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.

Systyle (a.) Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation.

Systyle (n.) A systyle temple or other edifice.

Syth (prep., adv., conj. & n.) Alt. of Sythe

Sythe (prep., adv., conj. & n.) See Sith, Sithe.

Sythe (n.) Scythe.

Syzygial (a.) Pertaining to a syzygy.

Syzygies (pl. ) of Syzygy

Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.

Syzygy (n.) The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.

Syzygy (n.) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.

T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.

Ta (v. t.) To take.

Taas (n.) A heap. See Tas.

Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

Tab (n.) A tag. See Tag, 2.

Tab (n.) A loop for pulling or lifting something.

Tab (n.) A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.

Tab (n.) A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.

Tabacco (n.) Tobacco.

Tabanus (n.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.

Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.

Tabarder (n.) One who wears a tabard.

Tabarder (n.) A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.

Tabaret (n.) A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.

Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.

Tabbinet (n.) A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.

Tabbies (pl. ) of Tabby

Tabby (n.) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.

Tabby (n.) A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.

Tabby (n.) An old maid or gossip.

Tabby (a.) Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

Tabby (a.) Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

Tabbied (imp. & p. p.) of Tabby

Tabbying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabby

Tabby (v. t.) To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.

Tabefaction (n.) A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

Tabefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tabefy

Tabefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabefy

Tabefy (v. t.) To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.

Tabellion (n.) A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.

Taber (v. i.) Same as Tabor.

Taberd (n.) See Tabard.

Tabernacle (n.) A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.

Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.

Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.

Tabernacle (n.) Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.

Tabernacle (n.) Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.

Tabernacle (n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.

Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.

Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.

Tabernacle (n.) A tryptich for sacred imagery.

Tabernacle (n.) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.

Tabernacle (n.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.

Tabernacled (imp. & p. p.) of Tabernacle

Tabernacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabernacle

Tabernacle (v. i.) To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.

Tabernacular (a.) Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.

Tabernacular (a.) Formed in latticework; latticed.

Tabernacular (a.) Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low.

Tabes (n.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.

Tabescent (a.) Withering, or wasting away.

Tabetic (a.) Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid.

Tabetic (n.) One affected with tabes.

Tabid (a.) Affected by tabes; tabetic.

Tabific (a.) Alt. of Tabifical

Tabifical (a.) Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.

Tabinet (n.) See Tabbinet.

Tablature (n.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.

Tablature (n.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.

Tablature (n.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.

Table (n.) A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

Table (n.) A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet

Table (n.) a memorandum book.

Table (n.) Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.

Table (n.) Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.

Table (n.) A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.

Table (n.) A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.

Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.

Table (n.) The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.

Table (n.) An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.

Table (n.) Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.

Table (n.) The company assembled round a table.

Table (n.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.

Table (n.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.

Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.

Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.

Table (n.) A circular plate of crown glass.

Table (n.) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.

Table (n.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.

Table (n.) The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.

Tableed (imp. & p. p.) of Table

Tableing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Table

Table (v. t.) To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.

Table (v. t.) To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.

Table (v. t.) To supply with food; to feed.

Table (v. t.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.

Table (v. t.) To lay or place on a table, as money.

Table (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

Table (v. t.) To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.

Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

Table (v. i.) To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.

Tableaux (pl. ) of Tableau

Tableau (n.) A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

Tableau (n.) A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.

Tableaux vivants (pl. ) of Tableau vivant

Tableau vivant () Same as Tableau, n., 2.

Tablebook (n.) A tablet; a notebook.

Tablecloth (n.) A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.

Tables d'hote (pl. ) of Table d'hote

Table d'hote () A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.

Table-land (n.) A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.

Tablemen (pl. ) of Tableman

Tableman (n.) A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10.

Tablement (n.) A table.

Tabler (n.) One who boards.

Tabler (n.) One who boards others for hire.

Tablespoon (n.) A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.

Tablespoonfuls (pl. ) of Tablespoonful

Tablespoonful (n.) As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.

Tablet (n.) A small table or flat surface.

Tablet (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.

Tablet (n.) Hence, a small picture; a miniature.

Tablet (n.) A kind of pocket memorandum book.

Tablet (n.) A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.

Tablet (n.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.

Tableware (n.) Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.

Tabling (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.

Tabling (n.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail.

Tabling (n.) Board; support.

Tabling (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10.

Taboo (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.

Tabooed (imp. & p. p.) of Taboo

Tabooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taboo

Taboo (v. t.) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.

Tabor (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.

Tabored (imp. & p. p.) of Tabor

Taboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabor

Tabor (v. i.) To play on a tabor, or little drum.

Tabor (v. i.) To strike lightly and frequently.

Tabor (v. t.) To make (a sound) with a tabor.

Taborer (n.) One who plays on the tabor.

Taboret (n.) A small tabor.

Taborine (n.) A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

Taborite (n.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.

Tabour (n. & v.) See Tabor.

Tabouret (n.) Same as Taboret.

Tabouret (n.) A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.

Tabouret (n.) An embroidery frame.

Tabrere (n.) A taborer.

Tabret (n.) A taboret.

Tabu (n. & v.) See Taboo.

Tabulae (pl. ) of Tabula

Tabula (n.) A table; a tablet.

Tabula (n.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.

Tabular (a.) Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).

Tabular (a.) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.

Tabular (a.) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.

Tabular (a.) Set in squares.

Tabular (a.) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.

Tabular (a.) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.

Tabularization (n.) The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.

Tabularized (imp. & p. p.) of Tabularize

Tabularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabularize

Tabularize (v. t.) To tabulate.

Tabulata (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.

Tabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Tabulate

Tabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabulate

Tabulate (v. t.) To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.

Tabulate (v. t.) To shape with a flat surface.

Tabulation (n.) The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.

Tac (n.) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.

Tacamahac (n.) Alt. of Tacamahaca

Tacamahaca (n.) A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

Tacamahaca (n.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).

Tacaud (n.) The bib, or whiting pout.

Tace (n.) The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n.

Tace (n.) See Tasse.

Tacet (v.impers.) It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.

Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.

Tache (n.) A spot, stain, or blemish.

Tachhydrite (n.) A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.

Tachinae (pl. ) of Tachina

Tachina (n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.

Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.

Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork.

Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial.

Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a haematachometer.

Tachydidaxy (n.) A short or rapid method of instructing.

Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

Tachygraphic (a.) Alt. of Tachygraphical

Tachygraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.

Tachygraphy (n.) The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

Tachylyte (n.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.

Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.

Taciturn (a.) Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

Tack (n.) A stain; a tache.

Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.

Tack (n.) A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.

Tack (n.) That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.

Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail).

Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.

Tack (v. t.) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.

Tack (v. t.) Confidence; reliance.

Tacked (imp. & p. p.) of Tack

Tacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tack

Tack (v. t.) To fasten or attach.

Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.

Tack (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to.

Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.

Tack (v. i.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.

Tacker (n.) One who tacks.

Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail.

Tackey (a. & n.) See Tacky.

Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.

Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.

Tackle (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.

Tackle (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.

Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of Tackle

Tackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tackle

Tackle (n.) To supply with tackle.

Tackle (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.

Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.

Tackle (n.) To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.

Tackled (a.) Made of ropes tacked together.

Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.

Tackling (n.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling.

Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.

Tacksmen (pl. ) of Tacksman

Tacksman (n.) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.

Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.

Taconic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.

Tact (n.) The sense of touch; feeling.

Tact (n.) The stroke in beating time.

Tact (n.) Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.

Tactable (a.) Capable of being touched; tangible.

Tactic (a.) Alt. of Tactical

Tactical (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.

Tactic (n.) See Tactics.

Tactician (n.) One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.

Tactics (n.) The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.

Tactics (n.) Hence, any system or method of procedure.

Tactile (a.) Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.

Tactility (n.) The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.

Taction (n.) The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.

Tactless (a.) Destitute of tact.

Tactual (a.) Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.

Tadpole (n.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.

Tadpole (n.) The hooded merganser.

Taedium (n.) See Tedium.

Tael (n.) A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.

Taen () Alt. of Ta'en

Ta'en () p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken.

Taeniae (pl. ) of Taenia

Taenia (n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

Taenia (n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

Taenia (n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

Taeniada (n. pl.) Same as Taenioidea.

Taeniata (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.

Taenidia (pl. ) of Taenidium

Taenidium (n.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.

Taenioglossa (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water.

Taenioglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa.

Taenioid (a.) Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.

Taenioid (a.) Like or pertaining to Taenia.

Taenioidea (n. pl.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.

Taeniolae (pl. ) of Taeniola

Taeniola (n.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.

Taeniosomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.

Tafferer (n.) See Taffrail.

Taffeta (n.) Alt. of Taffety

Taffety (n.) A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.

Taffrail (n.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.

Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.

Taffy (n.) Flattery; soft phrases.

Tafia (n.) A variety of rum.

Tag (n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

Tag (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

Tag (n.) Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

Tag (n.) A sheep of the first year.

Tag (n.) A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.

Tagged (imp. & p. p.) of Tag

Tagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tag

Tag (v. t.) To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

Tag (v. t.) To join; to fasten; to attach.

Tag (v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

Tag (v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.

Tag (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Tagbelt (n.) Same as Tagsore.

Tagger (n.) One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.

Tagger (n.) That which is pointed like a tag.

Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.

Tagger (n.) A device for removing taglocks from sheep.

Taglet (n.) A little tag.

Taglia (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys.

Tagliacotain (a.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him.

Taglioni (n.) A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.

Taglock (n.) An entangled lock, as of hair or wool.

Tagnicate (n.) The white-lipped peccary.

Tag-rag (n. & a.) The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.

Tagsore (n.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt.

Tagtail (n.) A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

Tagtail (n.) A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.

Taguan (n.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

Taguicati (n.) The white-lipped peccary.

Taha (n.) The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

Tahaleb (n.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

Tahitian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.

Tahitian (n.) A native inhabitant of Tahiti.

Tahr (n.) Same as Thar.

Tail (n.) Limitation; abridgment.

Tail (a.) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

Tail (n.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

Tail (n.) Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.

Tail (n.) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.

Tail (n.) A train or company of attendants; a retinue.

Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.

Tail (n.) The distal tendon of a muscle.

Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

Tail (n.) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing.

Tail (n.) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.

Tail (n.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.

Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.

Tail (n.) Same as Tailing, 4.

Tail (n.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.

Tail (n.) See Tailing, n., 5.

Tail (v. t.) To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

Tail (v. t.) To pull or draw by the tail.

Tail (v. i.) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.

Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.

Tailage (n.) See Tallage.

Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.

Tail-bay (n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.

Tailboard (n.) The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.

Tailing (n.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

Tailing (n.) Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).

Tailing (n.) Sexual intercourse.

Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

Tailing (n.) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.

Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.

Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.

Taille (n.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.

Tailless (a.) Having no tail.

Taillie (n.) Same as Tailzie.

Tailor (n.) One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

Tailor (n.) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.

Tailor (n.) The silversides.

Tailor (n.) The goldfish.

Tailored (imp. & p. p.) of Tailor

Tailoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tailor

Tailor (v. i.) To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.

Tailoress (n.) A female tailor.

Tailoring (adv.) The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.

Tailpiece (n.) A piece at the end; an appendage.

Tailpiece (n.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.

Tailpiece (n.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.

Tailpiece (n.) A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.

Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

Tailrace (n.) See Race, n., 6.

Tailrace (n.) The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

Tail-water (n.) Water in a tailrace.

Tailzie (n.) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.

Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

Taint (n.) An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

Tainted (imp. & p. p.) of Taint

Tainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taint

Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

Taint (v. t.) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

Taint (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.

Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.

Taint (n.) A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

Taintless (a.) Free from taint or infection; pure.

Taintlessly (adv.) In a taintless manner.

Tainture (n.) Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.

Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Taira (n.) Same as Tayra.

Tairn (n.) See Tarn.

Tait (n.) A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.

Tajacu (n.) Alt. of Tajassu

Tajassu (n.) The common, or collared, peccary.

Take (p. p.) Taken.

Took (imp.) of Take

Takend (p. p.) of Take

Taking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Take

Take (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.

Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.

Take (v. t.) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.

Take (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.

Take (v. t.) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.

Take (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person.

Take (v. t.) To draw; to deduce; to derive.

Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.

Take (v. t.) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.

Take (v. t.) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery.

Take (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

Take (v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.

Take (v. t.) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

Take (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.

Take (v. t.) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.

Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.

Take (v. t.) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.

Take (v. t.) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.

Take (v. i.) To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.

Take (v. i.) To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

Take (v. i.) To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

Take (v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.

Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.

Take (n.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Take-in (n.) Imposition; fraud.

Taken () p. p. of Take.

Take-off (n.) An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

Taker (n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

Taking (a.) Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

Taking (a.) Infectious; contageous.

Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.

Taking (n.) Malign influence; infection.

Taking-off (n.) Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.

Talapoin (n.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

Talaria (n. pl.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.

Talbot (n.) A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.

Talbotype (n.) Same as Calotype.

Talc (n.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

Talcose (a.) Alt. of Talcous

Talcous (a.) Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.

Tale (n.) See Tael.

Tale (v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

Tale (v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.

Tale (v. i.) A count or declaration.

Tale (v. i.) To tell stories.

Talebearer (n.) One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.

Talebearing (a.) Telling tales officiously.

Talebearing (n.) The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.

Taled (n.) A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.

Taleful (a.) Full of stories.

Talegalla (n.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.

Talent (v. t.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.

Talent (v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

Talent (v. t.) Inclination; will; disposition; desire.

Talent (v. t.) Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).

Talented (a.) Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.

Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.

Tales (syntactically sing.) The writ by which such persons are summoned.

Talesmen (pl. ) of Talesman

Talesman (n.) A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.

Taleteller (n.) One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.

Talewise (adv.) In a way of a tale or story.

Taliacotian (a.) See Tagliacotian.

Taliation (n.) Retaliation.

Talion (n.) Retaliation.

Talipes (n.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.

Talismans (pl. ) of Talisman

Talisman (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence.

Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases.

Talismanic (a.) Alt. of Talismanical

Talismanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.

Talked (imp. & p. p.) of Talk

Talking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Talk

Talk (n.) To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

Talk (n.) To confer; to reason; to consult.

Talk (n.) To prate; to speak impertinently.

Talk (v. t.) To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

Talk (v. t.) To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.

Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.

Talk (v. t.) To cause to be or become by talking.

Talk (n.) The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

Talk (n.) Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.

Talk (n.) Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.

Talkative (a.) Given to much talking.

Talker (n.) One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

Talker (n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.

Talking (a.) That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.

Talking (a.) Given to talk; loquacious.

Tall (superl.) High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.

Tall (superl.) Brave; bold; courageous.

Tall (superl.) Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

Tallage (n.) Alt. of Talliage

Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.

Tallage (v. t.) To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.

Tallier (n.) One who keeps tally.

Tallness (n.) The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

Tallow (n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.

Tallow (n.) The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.

Tallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Tallow

Tallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tallow

Tallow (v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.

Tallow (v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.

Tallower (n.) An animal which produces tallow.

Tallow-face (n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion.

Tallow-faced (a.) Having a sickly complexion; pale.

Tallowing (n.) The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.

Tallowish (a.) Having the qualities of tallow.

Tallowy (a.) Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

Tallwood (n.) Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.

Tallies (pl. ) of Tally

Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Tally (n.) Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.

Tally (n.) One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.

Tally (n.) A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.

Tallied (imp. & p. p.) of Tally

Tallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tally

Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.

Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Tally (v. i.) To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.

Tally (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.

Tally (a.) Stoutly; with spirit.

Tallyho (interj. & n.) The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.

Tallyho (interj. & n.) A tallyho coach.

Tallymen (pl. ) of Tallyman

Tallyman (n.) One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.

Tallyman (n.) One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.

Talmas (pl. ) of Talma

Talma (n.) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.

Talma (n.) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.

Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

Talmudic (a.) Alt. of Talmudical

Talmudical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases.

Talmudist (n.) One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

Talmudistic (a.) Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.

Talon (n.) The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.

Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

Talon (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.

Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Talook (n.) Alt. of Taluk

Taluk (n.) A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.

Talookdar (n.) Alt. of Talukdar

Talukdar (n.) A proprietor of a talook.

Talpa (n.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

Tali (pl. ) of Talus

Talus (n.) The astragalus.

Talus (n.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.

Talus (n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

Talus (n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Tamability (n.) The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

Tamable (a.) Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.

Tamandu (n.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

Tamanoir (n.) The ant-bear.

Tamarack (n.) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.

Tamarack (n.) The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.

Tamaric (n.) A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.

Tamarin (n.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.

Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.

Tamarind (n.) One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.

Tamarisk (n.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.

Tambac (n.) See Tombac.

Tambour (n.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.

Tambour (n.) A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work.

Tambour (n.) Same as Drum, n., 2(d).

Tambour (n.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.

Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.

Tamboured (imp. & p. p.) of Tambour

Tambouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tambour

Tambour (v. t.) To embroider on a tambour.

Tambourin (n.) A tambourine.

Tambourin (n.) An old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.

Tambourine (n.) A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

Tambreet (n.) The duck mole.

Tamburin (n.) See Tambourine.

Tame (v. t.) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

Tame (superl.) Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.

Tame (superl.) Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

Tame (superl.) Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

Tamed (imp. & p. p.) of Tame

Taming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tame

Tame (a.) To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.

Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.

Tameable (a.) Tamable.

Tameless (a.) Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.

Tamely (adv.) In a tame manner.

Tameness (n.) The quality or state of being tame.

Tamer (n.) One who tames or subdues.

Tamias (n.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.

Tamil (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.

Tamil (n.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.

Tamil (n.) The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

Tamilian (a. & n.) Tamil.

Tamine (n.) Alt. of Taminy

Taminy (n.) A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

Tamis (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.

Tamis (n.) The cloth itself; tammy.

Tamkin (n.) A tampion.

Tammies (pl. ) of Tammy

Tammy (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

Tammy (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

Tamped (imp. & p. p.) of Tamp

Tamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tamp

Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

Tamp (v. t.) To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

Tampan (n.) A venomous South African tick.

Tampeon (n.) See Tampion.

Tamper (n.) One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

Tamper (n.) An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

Tampered (imp. & p. p.) of Tamper

Tampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tamper

Tamper (v. i.) To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

Tamper (v. i.) To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

Tamper (v. i.) To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.

Tamperer (n.) One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

Tampico fiber () Alt. of fibre

fibre () A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

Tamping (n.) The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.

Tamping (n.) The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.

Tampion (n.) A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

Tampion (n.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.

Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

Tampon (n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

Tampon (v. t.) To plug with a tampon.

Tampoon (n.) The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.

Tam-tam (n.) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.

Tamul (a. & n.) Tamil.

Tan (n.) See Picul.

Tan (n.) The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

Tan (n.) A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

Tan (n.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Tan (a.) Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

Tanned (imp. & p. p.) of Tan

Tanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tan

Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

Tan (n.) To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

Tan (v. i.) To get or become tanned.

Tana (n.) Same as Banxring.

Tanager (n.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.

Tanagrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

Tanagroid (a.) Tanagrine.

Tanate (n.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.

Tandem (adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

Tandem (n.) A team of horses harnessed one before the other.

Tang (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

Tang (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.

Tang (n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.

Tang (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.

Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.

Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.

Tang (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.

Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.

Tang (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

Tanged (imp. & p. p.) of Tang

Tanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tang

Tang (v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.

Tang (v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Tangalung (n.) An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

Tangence (n.) Tangency.

Tangency (n.) The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

Tangent (v. t.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

Tangent (a.) Touching; touching at a single point

Tangent (a.) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.

Tangental (a.) Tangential.

Tangential (a.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

Tangentially (adv.) In the direction of a tangent.

Tangerine (n.) A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.

Tangfish (n.) The common harbor seal.

Tanghinia (n.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

Tangibility (n.) The quality or state of being tangible.

Tangible (a.) Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

Tangible (a.) Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.

Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of Tangle

Tangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tangle

Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

Tangle (n.) To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.

Tangle (v. i.) To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.

Tangle (v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.

Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.

Tanglefish (n.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.

Tanglingly (adv.) In a tangling manner.

Tangly (a.) Entangled; intricate.

Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed.

Tangram (n.) A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

Tangue (n.) The tenrec.

Tangun (n.) A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.

Tangwhaup (n.) The whimbrel.

Tanier (n.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.

Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.

Tanistry (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

Tanite (n.) A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Tankard (n.) A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.

Tankia (n.) See Tanka.

Tankling (n.) A tinkling.

Tanling (n.) One tanned by the sun.

Tannable (a.) That may be tanned.

Tannage (n.) A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.

Tannate (n.) A salt of tannic acid.

Tanner (n.) One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Tanneries (pl. ) of Tannery

Tannery (n.) A place where the work of tanning is carried on.

Tannery (n.) The art or process of tanning.

Tannic (a.) Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.

Tannier (n.) See Tanier.

Tannin (n.) Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.

Tanning (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.

Tanrec (n.) Same as Tenrec.

Tansy (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

Tansy (n.) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish.

Tant (n.) A small scarlet arachnid.

Tantalate (n.) A salt of tantalic acid.

Tantalic (a.) Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.

Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.

Tantalite (n.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.

Tantalization (n.) The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.

Tantalized (imp. & p. p.) of Tantalize

Tantalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tantalize

Tantalize (v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

Tantalizer (n.) One who tantalizes.

Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing or teasing manner.

Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.

Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.

Tantalus (n.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.

Tantamount (a.) Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.

Tantamount (v. i.) To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.

Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.

Tantivy (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.

Tantivy (v. i.) To go away in haste.

Tantrum (n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.

Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.

Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.

Taoism (n.) One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.

Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Tap

Tapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap

Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tap (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.

Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.

Tap (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.

Tap (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.

Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

Tap (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

Tapa (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.

Tapayaxin (n.) A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.

Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

Tape (n.) A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.

Tapeline (n.) A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.

Taper (n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

Taper (a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

Tapered (imp. & p. p.) of Taper

Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taper

Taper (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.

Tapered (a.) Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.

Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.

Taperness (n.) The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.

Tapestries (pl. ) of Tapestry

Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.

Tapestried (imp. & p. p.) of Tapestry

Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestry

Tapestry (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.

Tapet (n.) Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.

Tapetis (pl. ) of Tapeti

Tapeti (n.) A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).

Tapetum (n.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.

Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.

Taphouse (n.) A house where liquors are retailed.

Taphrenchyma (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma.

Tapinage (n.) A lurking or skulking.

Tapioca (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.

Tapir (n.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.

Tapiroid (a.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.

Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.

Tapis (v. t.) To cover or work with figures like tapestry.

Tapiser (n.) A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.

Tapish (v. i.) To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.

Taplash (n.) Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.

Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

Tapoa tafa () A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.

Tappen (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.

Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.

Tappester (n.) A female tapster.

Tappet (n.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.

Tappice (v. i.) Alt. of Tappis

Tappis (v. i.) See Tapish.

Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.

Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.

Taproom (n.) A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.

Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

Tapster (n.) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.

Taqua-nut (n.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.

Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.

Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Tarred (imp. & p. p.) of Tar

Tarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tar

Tar (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Taranis (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

Tarantass (n.) A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.

Tarantella (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.

Tarantella (n.) Music suited to such a dance.

Tarantism (n.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.

Tarantulas (pl. ) of Tarantula

Tarantulae (pl. ) of Tarantula

Tarantula (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.

Tarantulated (a.) Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.

Tarbogan (n. & v.) See Toboggan.

Tarboosh (n.) A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.

Tardation (n.) The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.

Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.

Tardigrada (a.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.

Tardigrade (a.) Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.

Tardigrade (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.

Tardigrade (n.) One of the Tardigrada.

Tardigradous (a.) Moving slowly; slow-paced.

Tardily (adv.) In a tardy manner; slowly.

Tardiness (n.) The quality or state of being tardy.

Tarditation (n.) Tardiness.

Tardity (n.) Slowness; tardiness.

Tardo (a.) Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.

Tardo (n.) A sloth.

Tardy (superl.) Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.

Tardy (superl.) Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments.

Tardy (superl.) Unwary; unready.

Tardy (superl.) Criminal; guilty.

Tardy (v. t.) To make tardy.

Tare (imp.) Tore.

Tare (n.) A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.

Tare (n.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.

Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.

Tared (imp. & p. p.) of Tare

Taring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tare

Tare (v. t.) To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.

Tarente (n.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

Tarentism (n.) See Tarantism.

Tarentula (n.) See Tarantula.

Targe (n.) A shield or target.

Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

Target (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

Target (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

Target (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Targeted (a.) Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield.

Targums (pl. ) of Targum

Targumim (pl. ) of Targum

Targum (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Targumist (n.) The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

Tariff (n.) A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).

Tariff (n.) The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.

Tariff (n.) Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.

Tariffed (imp. & p. p.) of Tariff

Tariffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tariff

Tariff (v. t.) To make a list of duties on, as goods.

Tarin (n.) The siskin.

Taring (n.) The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock.

Tarlatan (n.) A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.

Tarn (n.) A mountain lake or pool.

Tarnished (imp. & p. p.) of Tarnish

Tarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarnish

Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.

Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.

Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.

Tarnish (n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.

Tarnisher (n.) One who, or that which, tarnishes.

Taro (n.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

Tarot (n.) A game of cards; -- called also taroc.

Tarpan (n.) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.

Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

Tarpaulin (n.) A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.

Tarpon (n.) Same as Tarpum.

Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.

Tarquinish (a.) Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.

Tarrace (n.) See Trass.

Tarragon (n.) A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.

Tarras (n.) See Trass.

Tarre (v.) To set on, as a dog; to incite.

Tarriance (n.) The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.

Tarrier (n.) One who, or that which, tarries.

Tarrier (n.) A kind of dig; a terrier.

Tarrock (n.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.

Tarrock (n.) The common guillemot.

Tarrock (n.) The common tern.

Tarry (n.) Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

Tarried (imp. & p. p.) of Tarry

Tarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarry

Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.

Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.

Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Tarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).

Tarsal (n.) A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.

Tarsal (n.) Same as Tercel.

Tarsalia (pl. ) of Tarsale

Tarsale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.

Tarse (n.) The male falcon.

Tarse (n.) tarsus.

Tarsectomy (n.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

Tarsel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.

Tarsi (n.) pl. of Tarsus.

Tarsia (n.) Alt. of Tarsiatura

Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.

Tarsier (n.) See Tarsius.

Tarsius (n.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

Tarso- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.

Tarsometatarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.

Tarsometatarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.

Tarsometatarsi (pl. ) of Tarsometatarsus

Tarsometatarsus (n.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.

Tarsorrhaphy (n.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.

Tarsotomy (n.) The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.

Tarsi (pl. ) of Tarsus

Tarsus (n.) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.

Tarsus (n.) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

Tarsus (n.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.

Tart (v. t.) Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.

Tart (n.) A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.

Tartan (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.

Tartar (n.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.

Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.

Tartar (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.

Tartar (n.) A person of a keen, irritable temper.

Tartar (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Tartar (n.) See Tartarus.

Tartarated (a.) Tartrated.

Tartarean (a.) Alt. of Tartareous

Tartareous (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.

Tartareous (a.) Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.

Tartareous (a.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous.

Tartarian (a.) Alt. of Tartaric

Tartaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Tartarian (n.) The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.

Tartaric (a.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.

Tartarine (n.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.

Tartarized (imp. & p. p.) of Tartarize

Tartarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tartarize

Tartarize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.

Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.

Tartarous (a.) Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.

Tartarous (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

Tartarum (n.) See 1st Tartar.

Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

Tartary (n.) Tartarus.

Tartini's tones () See the Note under Tone.

Tartish (a.) Somewhat tart.

Tartlet (n.) A small tart.

Tartly (adv.) In a tart manner; with acidity.

Tartness (n.) The quality or state of being tart.

Tartralic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.

Tartramate (n.) A salt of tartramic acid.

Tartramic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

Tartramide (n.) An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Tartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid.

Tartrated (a.) Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.

Tartrazine (n.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.

Tartrelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.

Tartro- () A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.

Tartronate (n.) A salt of tartronic acid.

Tartronic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

Tartronyl (n.) A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Tartrovinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.

Tartuffe (n.) Alt. of Tartufe

Tartufe (n.) A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Tartuffish (a.) Alt. of Tartufish

Tartufish (a.) Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.

Tarweed (n.) A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

Tas (n.) A heap.

Tas (v. t.) To tassel.

Tasco (n.) A kind of clay for making melting pots.

Tasimer (n.) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.

Task (v.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

Task (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor.

Tasked (imp. & p. p.) of Task

Tasking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Task

Task (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.

Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Task (v. t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault.

Tasker (n.) One who imposes a task.

Tasker (n.) One who performs a task, as a day-laborer.

Tasker (n.) A laborer who receives his wages in kind.

Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.

Taskwork (n.) Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

Taslet (n.) A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.

Tasmanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.

Tasse (n.) A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

Tassel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel.

Tassel (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

Tassel (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

Tassel (n.) The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.

Tassel (n.) A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

Tassel (n.) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.

Tasseled (imp. & p. p.) of Tassel

Tasselled () of Tassel

Tasseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tassel

Tasselling () of Tassel

Tassel (v. i.) To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

Tassel (v. t.) To adorn with tassels.

Tasset (n.) A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.

Tastable (a.) Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

Tasted (imp. & p. p.) of Taste

Tasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taste

Taste (v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

Taste (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.

Taste (v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

Taste (v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.

Taste (v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

Taste (v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

Taste (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.

Taste (v. i.) To take sparingly.

Taste (v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.

Taste (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.

Taste (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.

Taste (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.

Taste (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.

Taste (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

Taste (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.

Taste (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

Taste (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.

Taste (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Tasteful (a.) Having a high relish; savory.

Tasteful (a.) Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.

Tasteless (a.) Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

Tasteless (a.) Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age.

Tasteless (a.) Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.

Taster (n.) One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.

Taster (n.) That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.

Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora.

Tastily (adv.) In a tasty manner.

Tasting (n.) The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.

Tasto (n.) A key or thing touched to produce a tone.

Tasty (superl.) Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

Tasty (n.) Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.

Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.

Tat (n.) A pony.

Tataupa (n.) A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).

Tatch (n.) A spot or stain; also, a trick.

Tath (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take.

Tath (n.) Dung, or droppings of cattle.

Tath (n.) The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.

Tath (v. t.) To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.

Tatou (n.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.

Tatouay (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.

Tatouhou (n.) The peba.

Tatt (v. t. & i.) To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging.

Tatta (n.) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Tatter (n.) One who makes tatting.

Tatter (n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Tattered (p. p.) of Tatter

Tatter (v. t.) To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.

Tatterdemalion (n.) A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

Tatting (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.

Tattled (imp. & p. p.) of Tattle

Tattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattle

Tattle (v. i.) To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

Tattle (v. i.) To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

Tattle (n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

Tattler (n.) One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.

Tattler (n.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.

Tattlery (n.) Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.

Tattling (a.) Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.

Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.

Tattooed (imp. & p. p.) of Tattoo

Tattooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattoo

Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.

Tattoos (pl. ) of Tattoo

Tattoo (n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

Tatu (n.) Same as Tatou.

Tatusiid (n.) Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.

Tau (n.) The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).

Taught (a.) See Taut.

Taught () imp. & p. p. of Teach.

Taunt (a.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

Taunted (imp. & p. p.) of Taunt

Taunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taunt

Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.

Taunt (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

Taunter (n.) One who taunts.

Taunting () a. & n. from Taunt, v.

Tauntingly (adv.) In a taunting manner.

Tauntress (n.) A woman who taunts.

Taur (n.) The constellation Taurus.

Tauricornous (a.) Having horns like those of a bull.

Tauridor (n.) A bullfighter; a toreador.

Tauriform (a.) Having the form of a bull.

Taurine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.

Taurine (n.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.

Taurocholate (n.) A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.

Taurocholic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.

Taurocol (n.) Alt. of Taurocolla

Taurocolla (n.) Glue made from a bull's hide.

Tauromachian (a.) Of or pertaining to bullfights.

Tauromachian (n.) A bullfighter.

Tauromachy (n.) Bullfighting.

Taurus (n.) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.

Taurus (n.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.

Taurus (n.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.

Taurylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.

Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Taut (a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.

Tautegorical (a.) Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.

Tautochrone (n.) A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.

Tautochronous (a.) Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.

Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.

Tautologic (a.) Tautological.

Tautological (a.) Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.

Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.

Tautologized (imp. & p. p.) of Tautologize

Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologize

Tautologize (v. i.) To repeat the same thing in different words.

Tautologous (a.) Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.

Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.

Tautomeric (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.

Tautomerism (n.) The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.

Tautoousian (a.) Alt. of Tautoousious

Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.

Tautophonical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.

Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.

Tautozonal (a.) Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.

Tavern (n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

Taverner (n.) One who keeps a tavern.

Taverning (n.) A feasting at taverns.

Tavernmen (pl. ) of Tavernman

Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.

Taw (n.) Tow.

Taw (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.

Tawed (imp. & p. p.) of Taw

Tawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taw

Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.

Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.

Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

Tawdrily (adv.) In a tawdry manner.

Tawdriness (n.) Quality or state of being tawdry.

Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

Tawdry (superl.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.

Tawdries (pl. ) of Tawdry

Tawdry (n.) A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.

Tawer (n.) One who taws; a dresser of white leather.

Tawery (n.) A place where skins are tawed.

Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.

Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.

Taws (n.) A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.

Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

Tax (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.

Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

Tax (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

Tax (n.) Charge; censure.

Tax (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task.

Taxed (imp. & p. p.) of Tax

Taxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tax

Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.

Tax (n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.

Tax (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.

Taxability (n.) The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.

Taxable (a.) Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.

Taxable (a.) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs.

Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

Taxation (n.) The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.

Taxation (n.) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.

Taxation (n.) Tax; sum imposed.

Taxation (n.) Charge; accusation.

Taxel (n.) The American badger.

Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

Taxer (n.) One who taxes.

Taxer (n.) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.

Taxgatherer (n.) One who collects taxes or revenues.

Taxiarch (n.) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.

Taxicorn (n.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Taxidermic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.

Taxidermist (n.) A person skilled in taxidermy.

Taxidermy (v. t.) The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.

Taxine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.

Taxis (n.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

Taxless (a.) Free from taxation.

Taxology (n.) Same as Taxonomy.

Taxonomic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.

Taxonomist (n.) One skilled in taxonomy.

Taxonomy (n.) That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

Taxor (n.) Same as Taxer, n., 2.

Taxpayer (n.) One who is assessed and pays a tax.

Tayra (n.) A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.

Tazel (n.) The teasel.

Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.

Tchawytcha (n.) The quinnat salmon.

T cart () See under T.

Tea (n.) The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

Tea (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

Tea (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

Tea (v. i.) To take or drink tea.

Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

Taught (imp. & p. p.) of Teach

Teaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teach

Teach (v. t.) To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.

Teach (v. t.) To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class.

Teach (v. t.) To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.

Teach (v. i.) To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.

Teachable (a.) Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

Teachableness (n.) Willingness to be taught.

Teache (n.) One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.

Teacher (n.) One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

Teacher (n.) One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.

Teaching (n.) The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.

Teachless (a.) Not teachable.

Teacup (n.) A small cup from which to drink tea.

Teacupfuls (pl. ) of Teacupful

Teacupful (n.) As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.

Tead (n.) Alt. of Teade

Teade (n.) A torch.

Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.

Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

Teak (n.) A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.

Teakettle (n.) A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.

Teal (n.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.

Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.

Team (n.) Hence, a number of animals moving together.

Team (n.) Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like.

Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.

Team (n.) A flock of wild ducks.

Team (n.) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.

Team (v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.

Team (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber.

Teamed (a.) Yoked in, or as in, a team.

Teaming (n.) The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.

Teaming (n.) Contract work.

Teamster (n.) One who drives a team.

Teamwork (n.) Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

Teapot (n.) A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.

Teapoy (n.) An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.

Tear (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

Tear (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

Tear (n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Tore (imp.) of Tear

Tare () of Tear

Torn (p. p.) of Tear

Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tear

Tear (v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.

Tear (v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

Tear (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.

Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

Tear (v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tear (n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Tearer (n.) One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.

Tear-falling (a.) Shedding tears; tender.

Tearful (a.) Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

Tearless (a.) Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.

Tearpit (n.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

Teary (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.

Teary (a.) Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

Tea-saucer (n.) A small saucer in which a teacup is set.

Teased (imp. & p. p.) of Tease

Teasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tease

Tease (v. t.) To comb or card, as wool or flax.

Tease (v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

Tease (v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

Tease (v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

Tease (n.) One who teases or plagues.

Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.

Teasel (n.) A bur of this plant.

Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Teaseled (imp. & p. p.) of Teasel

Teaselled () of Teasel

Teaseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teasel

Teaselling () of Teasel

Teasel (v. t.) To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.

Teaseler (n.) One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.

Teaseling (n.) The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.

Teaser (n.) One who teases or vexes.

Teaser (n.) A jager gull.

Teasle (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.

Teaspoon (n.) A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

Teaspoonfuls (pl. ) of Teaspoonful

Teaspoonful (n.) As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.

Teat (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.

Teat (n.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Teated (a.) Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.

Teathe (n. & v.) See Tath.

Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.

Teaze-hole (n.) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

Teazel (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.

Teazer (n.) The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.

Teazle (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.

Tebeth (n.) The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.

Techily (adv.) In a techy manner.

Techiness (n.) The quality or state of being techy.

Technic (a.) Technical.

Technic (a.) The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.

Technic (a.) Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.

Technical (a.) Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.

Technicalities (pl. ) of Technicality

Technicality (n.) The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.

Technicality (n.) That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.

Technically (adv.) In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.

Technicalness (n.) The quality or state of being technical; technicality.

Technicals (n. pl.) Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.

Technicist (n.) One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.

Technicological (a.) Technological; technical.

Technicology (n.) Technology.

Technics (n.) The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.

Technique (n.) Same as Technic, n.

Technism (n.) Technicality.

Technologic (a.) Technological.

Technological (a.) Of or pertaining to technology.

Technologist (n.) One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.

Technology (n.) Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.

Tectibranch (n.) One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

Tectibranchia (n. pl.) Same as Tectibranchiata.

Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.

Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.

Tectibranchiate (n.) A tectibranchiate mollusk.

Tectly (adv.) Covertly; privately; secretly.

Tectology (n.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.

Tectonic (a.) Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

Tectonics (n.) The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

Tectorial (a.) Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

Tectrices (n. pl.) The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.

Tecum (n.) See Tucum.

Tedded (imp. & p. p.) of Ted

Tedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ted

Ted (v. t.) To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Tedder (n.) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.

Tedder (n.) Same as Tether.

Teddered (imp. & p. p.) of Tedder

Teddering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tedder

Tedder (v. t.) Same as Tether.

Te Deum () An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise thee, O God," it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.

Te Deum () A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.

Tedge (n.) The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.

Tediosity (n.) Tediousness.

Tedious (a.) Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.

Tedium (n.) Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

Tee (n.) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

Tee (n.) The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.

Tee (n.) A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

Tee iron () See T iron, under T.

Teek (n.) See Teak.

Teel (n.) Sesame.

Teelseed (n.) The seed of sesame.

Teem (v. t.) To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.

Teem (v. t.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.

Teem (a.) To think fit.

Teemed (imp. & p. p.) of Teem

Teeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teem

Teem (v. i.) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

Teem (v. i.) To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.

Teem (v. t.) To produce; to bring forth.

Teemer (n.) One who teems, or brings forth.

Teemful (a.) Pregnant; prolific.

Teemful (a.) Brimful.

Teeming (a.) Prolific; productive.

Teemless (a.) Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.

Teen (n.) Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

Teen (n.) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.

Teen (v. t.) To hedge or fence in; to inclose.

Teenage (n.) The longer wood for making or mending fences.

Teend (v. t. & i.) To kindle; to burn.

Teenful (a.) Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.

Teens (n. pl.) The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

Teeny (a.) Very small; tiny.

Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.

Teeong (n.) The mino bird.

Teest (n.) A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil.

Teetan (n.) A pipit.

Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.

Teetee (n.) A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).

Teetered (imp. & p. p.) of Teeter

Teetering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teeter

Teeter (v. i. & t.) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.

Teeter-tail (n.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.

Teeth (n.) pl. of Tooth.

Teethed (imp. & p. p.) of Teeth

Teething (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teeth

Teeth (v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.

Teething (n.) The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.

Teetotal (a.) Entire; total.

Teetotaler (n.) One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

Teetotalism (n.) The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Teetotally (adv.) Entirely; totally.

Teetotum (n.) A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.

Teetuck (n.) The rock pipit.

Teeuck (n.) The lapwing.

Teewit (n.) The pewit.

Teg (n.) A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.

Tegmina (pl. ) of Tegmen

Tegmen (n.) A tegument or covering.

Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.

Tegmen (n.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.

Tegmen (n.) Same as Tectrices.

Tegmental (a.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.

Tegmenta (pl. ) of Tegmentum

Tegmentum (n.) A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.

Teguexin (n.) A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

Tegulae (pl. ) of Tegula

Tegula (n.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

Tegular (a.) Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement.

Tegulated (a.) Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor.

Tegument (n.) A cover or covering; an integument.

Tegument (n.) Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

Tegumentary (a.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.

Te-hee (n. & interj.) A tittering laugh; a titter.

Te-hee (v. i.) To titter; to laugh derisively.

Teil (n.) The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.

Teind (n.) A tithe.

Teine (n.) See Teyne.

Teinland (n.) Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.

Teinoscope (n.) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.

Teint (n.) Tint; color; tinge, See Tint.

Teinture (n.) Color; tinge; tincture.

Tek (n.) A Siberian ibex.

Telamones (n. pl.) Same as Atlantes.

Telangiectasis (n.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.

Telangiectasy (n.) Telangiectasis.

Telarly (adv.) In a weblike manner.

Telary (a.) Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.

Teledu (n.) An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.

Telegram (n.) A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Telegrammic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.

Telegraph (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.

Telegraphed (imp. & p. p.) of Telegraph

Telegraphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Telegraph

Telegraph (v. t.) To convey or announce by telegraph.

Telegrapher (n.) One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

Telegraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Telegraphical (a.) Telegraphic.

Telegraphist (n.) One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.

Telegraphy (n.) The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

Telemeter (n.) An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

Teleocephial (n. pl.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.

Teleological (a.) Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.

Teleologist (n.) One versed in teleology.

Teleology (n.) The doctrine of the final causes of things

Teleology (n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

Teleophore (n.) Same as Gonotheca.

Teleorganic (a.) Vital; as, teleorganic functions.

Teleosaur (n.) Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.

Teleosaurus (n.) A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

Teleost (n.) One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

Teleostean (a.) Of or pertaining to the teleosts.

Teleostean (n.) A teleostean fish.

Teleostei (n. pl.) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

Teleostomi (n. pl.) An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

Teleozoic (a.) Having tissued composed of cells.

Teleozoon (n.) A metazoan.

Telepathy (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

Telepheme (n.) A message by a telephone.

Telephone (n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

Telephone (v. t.) To convey or announce by telephone.

Telephonic (a.) Conveying sound to a great distance.

Telephonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.

Telephonically (adv.) By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.

Telephony (n.) The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

Telepolariscope (n.) A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.

Telerythin (n.) A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.

Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

Telescoped (imp. & p. p.) of Telescope

Telescoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Telescope

Telescope (a.) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.

Telescope (v. t.) To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.

Telescopic (a.) Alt. of Telescopical

Telescopical (a.) Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

Telescopical (a.) Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

Telescopical (a.) Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.

Telescopically (adv.) In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.

Telescopist (n.) One who uses a telescope.

Telescopy (n.) The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

Telesm (n.) A kind of amulet or magical charm.

Telesmatic (a.) Alt. of Telesmatical

Telesmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.

Telespectroscope (n.) A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.

Telestereoscope (n.) A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

Telestic (a.) Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.

Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

Teleutospore (n.) The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.

Telic (a.) Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic.

Told (imp. & p. p.) of Tell

Telling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tell

Tell (v. t.) To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

Tell (v. t.) To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.

Tell (v. t.) To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.

Tell (v. t.) To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.

Tell (v. t.) To order; to request; to command.

Tell (v. t.) To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.

Tell (v. t.) To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.

Tell (v. i.) To give an account; to make report.

Tell (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.

Tell (n.) That which is told; tale; account.

Tell (n.) A hill or mound.

Tellable (a.) Capable of being told.

Tellen (n.) Any species of Tellina.

Teller (n.) One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.

Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.

Teller (n.) One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.

Tellership (n.) The office or employment of a teller.

Tellina (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.

Telling (a.) Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.

Telltale (a.) Telling tales; babbling.

Telltale (n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

Telltale (n.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.

Telltale (n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.

Telltale (n.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.

Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.

Telltale (n.) The tattler. See Tattler.

Tellural (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth.

Tellurate (n.) A salt of telluric acid.

Telluret (n.) A telluride.

Tellureted (n.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.

Tellurhydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

Tellurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth.

Tellurian (n.) A dweller on the earth.

Tellurian (n.) An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.

Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.

Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.

Telluride (n.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

Tellurism (n.) An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.

Tellurite (n.) A salt of tellurous acid.

Tellurite (n.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.

Tellurium (n.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.

Tellurize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.

Tellurous (a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.

Telodynamic (a.) Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

Teloogoo (n.) See Telugu.

Telotrochae (pl. ) of Telotrocha

Telotrocha (n.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.

Telotrochal (a.) Alt. of Telotrochous

Telotrochous (a.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.

Telotype (n.) An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.

Telpher (n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Telpherage (n.) The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Telsons (pl. ) of Telson

Telson (n.) The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.

Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.

Telugu (n.) One of the people speaking the Telugu language.

Telugu (a.) Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.

Temerarious (a.) Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

Temeration (n.) Temerity.

Temerity (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

Temerous (a.) Temerarious.

Tempean (a.) Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

Tempered (imp. & p. p.) of Temper

Tempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper

Temper (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.

Temper (v. t.) To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.

Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.

Temper (v. t.) To govern; to manage.

Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

Temper (v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

Temper (n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.

Temper (n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.

Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.

Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.

Temper (n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium.

Temper (n.) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

Temper (v. i.) To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.

Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Temperable (a.) Capable of being tempered.

Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.

Temperament (v. t.) The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.

Temperament (v. t.) Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C/ becoming identical with D/, and so on.

Temperament (v. t.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.

Temperamental (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

Temperance (v. t.) Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

Temperance (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Temperancy (n.) Temperance.

Temperate (v. t.) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

Temperate (v. t.) Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.

Temperate (v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.

Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.

Temperate (v. t.) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

Temperately (adv.) In a temperate manner.

Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

Temperative (a.) Having power to temper.

Temperature (n.) Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

Temperature (n.) Freedom from passion; moderation.

Temperature (n.) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.

Temperature (n.) Mixture; compound.

Tempered (a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

Temperer (n.) One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

Tempering (n.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.

Tempest (n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

Tempest (v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.

Tempest (v. i.) To storm.

Tempestive (a.) Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers.

Tempestivily (n.) The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.

Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.

Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.

Templar (n.) A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple.

Templar (n.) One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.

Templar (a.) Of or pertaining to a temple.

Template (n.) Same as Templet.

Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Temple (n.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.

Temple (n.) One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.

Temple (n.) A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.

Temple (n.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.

Temple (n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.

Temple (n.) Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.

Temple (v. t.) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.

Templed (a.) Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.

Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.

Tempo (n.) The rate or degree of movement in time.

Temporal (a.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

Temporal (n.) Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

Temporal (n.) Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

Temporal (n.) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Temporalities (pl. ) of Temporality

Temporality (n.) The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

Temporality (n.) The laity; temporality.

Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Temporally (adv.) In a temporal manner; secularly.

Temporalness (n.) Worldliness.

Temporalty (n.) The laity; secular people.

Temporalty (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.

Temporaneous (a.) Temporarity.

Temporarily (adv.) In a temporary manner; for a time.

Temporariness (n.) The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

Temporary (a.) Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

Temporist (n.) A temporizer.

Temporization (n.) The act of temporizing.

Temporized (imp. & p. p.) of Temporize

Temporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temporize

Temporize (v. t.) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.

Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.

Temporize (v. t.) To comply; to agree.

Temporizer (n.) One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

Temporizingly (adv.) In a temporizing or yielding manner.

Temporo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial.

Temporo-auricular (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve.

Temporofacial (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.

Temporomalar (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.

Temporomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.

Temps (n.) Time.

Tempse (n.) See Temse.

Tempted (imp. & p. p.) of Tempt

Tempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tempt

Tempt (v. t.) To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

Tempt (v. t.) To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.

Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.

Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.

Temptability (n.) The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.

Temptable (a.) Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

Temptation (n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

Temptation (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.

Temptation (n.) That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.

Temptationless (a.) Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.

Temptatious (a.) Tempting.

Tempter (n.) One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

Tempting (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.

Temptress (n.) A woman who entices.

Temse (n.) A sieve.

Temulence (n.) Alt. of Temulency

Temulency (n.) Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.

Temulent (a.) Intoxicated; drunken.

Temulentive (a.) Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink.

Ten (a.) One more than nine; twice five.

Ten (n.) The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.

Ten (n.) A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

Tenability (n.) The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.

Tenableness (n.) Same as Tenability.

Tenace (n.) The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

Tenacious (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

Tenacious (a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.

Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.

Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.

Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

Tenacula (pl. ) of Tenaculum

Tenaculums (pl. ) of Tenaculum

Tenaculum (n.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.

Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

Tenacies (pl. ) of Tenancy

Tenancy (n.) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.

Tenancy (n.) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.

Tenant (n.) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.

Tenant (n.) One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.

Tenanted (imp. & p. p.) of Tenant

Tenanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenant

Tenant (v. t.) To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

Tenantable (a.) Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.

Tenantless (a.) Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.

Tenantry (n.) The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.

Tenantry (n.) Tenancy.

Tenant saw () See Tenon saw, under Tenon.

Tench (n.) A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.

Tend (v. t.) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

Tended (imp. & p. p.) of Tend

Tending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tend

Tend (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.

Tend (v. t.) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Tend (v. i.) To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.

Tend (v. i.) To await; to expect.

Tend (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

Tend (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.

Tendance (n.) The act of attending or waiting; attendance.

Tendance (n.) Persons in attendance; attendants.

Tendence (n.) Tendency.

Tendencies (pl. ) of Tendency

Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

Tender (n.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.

Tender (n.) A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.

Tendered (imp. & p. p.) of Tender

Tendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tender

Tender (v. t.) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.

Tender (v. t.) To offer in words; to present for acceptance.

Tender (n.) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.

Tender (n.) Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.

Tender (n.) The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.

Tender (superl.) Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

Tender (superl.) Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Tender (superl.) Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.

Tender (superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.

Tender (superl.) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

Tender (superl.) Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.

Tender (superl.) Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.

Tender (superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.

Tender (superl.) Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.

Tender (superl.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

Tender (n.) Regard; care; kind concern.

Tender (v. t.) To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

Tenderfoot (n.) A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.

Tender-hearted (a.) Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.

Tender-hefted (a.) Having great tenderness; easily moved.

Tenderling (n.) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.

Tenderling (n.) One of the first antlers of a deer.

Tenderloin (n.) A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.

Tenderly (adv.) In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.

Tenderness (n.) The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

Tendinous (a.) Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

Tendinous (a.) Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.

Tendment (n.) Attendance; care.

Tendon (n.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Tendonous (a.) Tendinous.

Tendosynovitis (n.) See Tenosynovitis.

Tendrac (n.) Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

Tendril (a.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

Tendril (a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

Tendriled (a.) Alt. of Tendrilled

Tendrilled (a.) Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils.

Tendron (n.) A tendril.

Tendry (n.) A tender; an offer.

Tene (n. & v.) See 1st and 2d Teen.

Tenebrae (n.) The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.

Tenebricose (a.) Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.

Tenebrific (a.) Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.

Tenebrificous (a.) Tenebrific.

Tenebrious (a.) Tenebrous.

Tenebrose (a.) Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.

Tenebrosity (n.) The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.

Tenebrous (a.) Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.

Tenement (n.) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.

Tenement (n.) Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements.

Tenement (n.) A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented.

Tenement (n.) Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.

Tenemental (a.) Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.

Tenementary (a.) Capable of being leased; held by tenants.

Tenent (n.) A tenet.

Teneral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.

Teneriffe (n.) A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia.

Tenerity (a.) Tenderness.

Tenesmic (a.) Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.

Tenesmus (n.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.

Tenet (n.) Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

Tenfold (a. & adv.) In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.

Tenia (n.) See Taenia.

Tenioid (a.) See Taenoid.

Tennantite (n.) A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.

Tenne (n.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.

Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.

Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.

Tennu (n.) The tapir.

Ten-o'clock (n.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

Tenon (n.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.

Tenon (v. t.) To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

Tenonian (a.) Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.

Tenor (n.) A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Tenor (n.) Stamp; character; nature.

Tenor (n.) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

Tenor (n.) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.

Tenor (n.) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.

Tenosynovitis (n.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

Tenotome (n.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.

Tenotomy (n.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

Tenpenny (a.) Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.

Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

Tenpins (n.) A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.

Ten-pounder (n.) A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

Tenrec (n.) A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.

Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

Tensibility (n.) The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.

Tensible (a.) Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.

Tensile (a.) Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

Tensile (a.) Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.

Tensiled (a.) Made tensile.

Tensility (n.) The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.

Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.

Tension (a.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.

Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.

Tension (a.) Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.

Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.

Tensioned (a.) Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.

Tensity (n.) The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.

Tensor (n.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

Tensor (n.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.

Ten-strike (n.) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.

Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act.

Tensure (n.) Tension.

Tent (n.) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

Tent (n.) Attention; regard, care.

Tent (n.) Intention; design.

Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

Tent (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

Tent (n.) A probe for searching a wound.

Tent (n.) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.

Tent (n.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Tented (imp. & p. p.) of Tent

Tenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tent

Tent (v. i.) To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.

Tentacle (n.) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.

Tentacled (a.) Having tentacles.

Tentacular (a.) Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.

Tentaculata (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.

Tentaculate (a.) Alt. of Tentaculated

Tentaculated (a.) Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.

Tentaculifera (n. pl.) Same as Suctoria, 1.

Tentaculiferous (a.) Producing or bearing tentacles.

Tentaculiform (a.) Shaped like a tentacle.

Tentaculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.

Tentaculocyst (n.) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.

Tentacula (pl. ) of Tentaculum

Tentaculum (n.) A tentacle.

Tentaculum (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.

Tentage (n.) A collection of tents; an encampment.

Tentation (n.) Trial; temptation.

Tentation (n.) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.

Tentative (a.) Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

Tentative (n.) An essay; a trial; an experiment.

Tented (a.) Covered with tents.

Tenter (n.) One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

Tenter (n.) A kind of governor.

Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

Tentered (imp. & p. p.) of Tenter

Tentering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenter

Tenter (v. i.) To admit extension.

Tenter (v. t.) To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Tentfuls (pl. ) of Tentful

Tentful (n.) As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.

Tenth (a.) Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

Tenth (a.) Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth (n.) The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.

Tenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth (n.) The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.

Tenth (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

Tenth (n.) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.

Tenth (n.) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.

Tenthly (adv.) In a tenth manner.

Tenthmeter (n.) Alt. of Tenthmetre

Tenthmetre (n.) A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.

Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

Tentif (a.) Attentive.

Tentifly (adv.) Attentively.

Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Tentiginous (a.) Lustful, or pertaining to lust.

Tentmaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make tents.

Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.

Tentory (n.) The awning or covering of a tent.

Tentwort (n.) A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.

Tenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Tenuate

Tenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenuate

Tenuate (v. t.) To make thin; to attenuate.

Tenuifolious (a.) Having thin or narrow leaves.

Tenuious (a.) Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.

Tenuirosters (pl. ) of Tenuiroster

Tenuiroster (n.) One of the Tenuirostres.

Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.

Tenuirostres (n. pl.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.

Tenues (pl. ) of Tenuis

Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

Tenuity (n.) The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.

Tenuity (n.) Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.

Tenuity (n.) Poverty; indigence.

Tenuity (n.) Refinement; delicacy.

Tenuous (a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.

Tenuous (a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.

Tenure (n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.

Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Tenure (n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.

Tenure (n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.

Teocallis (pl. ) of Teocalli

Teocalli (n.) Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.

Teosinte (n.) A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Tepal (n.) A division of a perianth.

Tepee (n.) An Indian wigwam or tent.

Tepefaction (n.) Act of tepefying.

Tepefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tepefy

Tepefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tepefy

Tepefy (v. t. & i.) To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.

Tephramancy (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

Tephrite (n.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.

Tephroite (n.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.

Tephrosia (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.

Tepid (a.) Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.

Tepidity (n.) The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.

Tepor (n.) Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.

Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.

Ter- () A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.

Teraconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.

Teracrylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.

Teraphs (pl. ) of Teraph

Teraph (n.) See Teraphim.

Teraphim (n. pl.) Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.

Terapin (n.) See Terrapin.

Teratical (a.) Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.

Teratogeny (n.) The formation of monsters.

Teratoid (a.) Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.

Teratological (a.) Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.

Teratology (n.) That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.

Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

Teratoma (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.

Terbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.

Terbium (n.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.

Terce (n.) See Tierce.

Tercel (n.) See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel.

Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.

Tercellene (n.) A small male hawk.

Tercentenary (a.) Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.

Tercentenary (n.) The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.

Tercet (n.) A triplet.

Tercet (n.) A triplet; a group of three lines.

Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

Terebate (n.) A salt of terebic acid.

Terebene (n.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.

Terebenthene (n.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Terebic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.

Terebilenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.

Terebinth (n.) The turpentine tree.

Terebinthic (a.) Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.

Terebinthinate (a.) Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.

Terebinthine (a.) Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

Terebras (pl. ) of Terebra

Terebrae (pl. ) of Terebra

Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

Terebra (n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.

Terebrantia (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

Terebrate (v. t.) To perforate; to bore; to pierce.

Terebrating (a.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.

Terebrating (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.

Terebration (n.) The act of terebrating, or boring.

Terebratulae (pl. ) of Terebratula

Terebratula (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

Terebratulid (n.) Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.

Terebratuliform (a.) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.

Teredine (n.) A borer; the teredo.

Teredos (pl. ) of Teredo

Teredines (pl. ) of Teredo

Teredo (n.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App.

Terephthalate (n.) A salt of terephthalic acid.

Terephthalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic.

Teret (a.) Round; terete.

Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.

Teretial (a.) Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.

Teretous (a.) Terete.

Tergal (a.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.

Tergant (a.) Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant.

Tergeminal (a.) Alt. of Tergeminate

Tergeminate (a.) Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.

Tergeminous (a.) Threefold; thrice-paired.

Tergiferous (a.) Carrying or bearing upon the back.

Tergite (n.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

Tergiversation (n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

Tergiversation (n.) Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.

Tergiversator (n.) One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.

Terga (pl. ) of Tergum

Tergum (n.) The back of an animal.

Tergum (n.) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.

Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Terin (n.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.

Term (n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

Term (n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

Term (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.

Term (n.) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration

Term (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.

Term (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.

Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.

Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

Term (n.) A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.

Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.

Term (n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

Term (n.) The menses.

Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

Term (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Termed (imp. & p. p.) of Term

Terming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Term

Term (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.

Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.

Termagancy (n.) The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.

Termagant (n.) An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.

Termagant (n.) A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.

Termagant (a.) Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.

Termatarium (n.) Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.

Termatary (n.) Same as Termatarium.

Termer (n.) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.

Termer (n.) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.

Termites (pl. ) of Termes

Termes (n.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.

Terminable (a.) Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.

Terminal (n.) Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

Terminal (n.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.

Terminal (n.) That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.

Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.

Terminalia (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.

Terminant (n.) Termination; ending.

Terminated (imp. & p. p.) of Terminate

Terminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terminate

Terminate (v. t.) To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

Terminate (v. t.) Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

Terminate (v. i.) To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.

Terminate (v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

Termination (n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

Termination (n.) That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.

Termination (n.) End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.

Termination (n.) End; conclusion; result.

Termination (n.) Last purpose of design.

Termination (n.) A word; a term.

Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.

Terminational (a.) Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.

Terminative (a.) Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.

Terminator (n.) One who, or that which, terminates.

Terminator (n.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.

Terminatory (a.) Terminative.

Termine (v. t.) To terminate.

Terminer (n.) A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.

Terminism (n.) The doctrine held by the Terminists.

Terminist (n.) One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.

Terminological (a.) Of or pertaining to terminology.

Terminology (n.) The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.

Terminology (n.) The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.

Termini (pl. ) of Terminus

Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.

Terminus (n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.

Terminus (n.) Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.

Termites (pl. ) of Termite

Termite (n.) Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.

Termless (a.) Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.

Termless (a.) Inexpressible; indescribable.

Termly (a.) Occurring every term; as, a termly fee.

Termly (adv.) Term by term; every term.

Termonology (n.) Terminology.

Termor (n.) Same as Termer, 2.

Tern (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.

Tern (a.) Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.

Tern (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.

Ternary (a.) Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.

Ternary (a.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

Ternaries (pl. ) of Ternary

Ternary (n.) A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.

Ternate (a.) Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.

Terneplate (a.) Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.

Ternion (a.) The number three; three things together; a ternary.

Terpene (n.) Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.

Terpentic (a.) Terpenylic.

Terpenylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (called also terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.

Terpilene (n.) A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.

Terpin (n.) A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.

Terpinol (n.) Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.

Terpsichore (n.) The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.

Terpsichorean (a.) Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.

Terra (n.) The earth; earth.

Terrace (v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

Terrace (v.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

Terrace (v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

Terrace (v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

Terrace (v.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

Terraced (imp. & p. p.) of Terrace

Terracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terrace

Terrace (v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

Terraculture (n.) Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.

Terrane (n.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.

Terrapin (n.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.

Terraqueous (a.) Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.

Terrar (n.) See 2d Terrier, 2.

Terras (n.) See /rass.

Terreen (n.) See Turren.

Terreity (n.) Quality of being earthy; earthiness.

Terrel (n.) A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.

Terremote (n.) An earthquake.

Terrene (n.) A tureen.

Terrene (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.

Terrene (a.) Earthy; terrestrial.

Terrene (n.) The earth's surface; the earth.

Terrene (n.) The surface of the ground.

Terrenity (n.) Earthiness; worldliness.

Terreous (a.) Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.

Terreplein (n.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.

Terrestre (a.) Terrestrial; earthly.

Terrestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.

Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.

Terrestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.

Terrestrial (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.

Terrestrial (a.) Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.

Terrestrial (n.) An inhabitant of the earth.

Terrestrify (v. t.) To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.

Terrestrious (a.) Terrestrial.

Terret (n.) One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.

Terre-tenant (n.) One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.

Terre-verte (n.) An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.

Terrible (a.) Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.

Terrible (a.) Excessive; extreme; severe.

Terricolae (n. pl.) A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.

Terrienniak (n.) The arctic fox.

Terrier (n.) An auger or borer.

Terrier (n.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

Terrier (n.) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.

Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.

Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.

Terrifical (a.) Terrific.

Terrifically (adv.) In a terrific manner.

Terrified (imp. & p. p.) of Terrify

Terrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terrify

Terrify (v. t.) To make terrible.

Terrify (v. t.) To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

Terrigenous (a.) Earthborn; produced by the earth.

Territorial (a.) Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

Territorial (a.) Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.

Territorial (a.) Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.

Territorialized (imp. & p. p.) of Territorialize

Territorializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Territorialize

Territorialize (v. t.) To enlarge by extension of territory.

Territorialize (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a territory.

Territorially (adv.) In regard to territory; by means of territory.

Territoried (a.) Possessed of territory.

Territories (pl. ) of Territory

Territory (n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

Territory (n.) The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

Territory (n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

Terror (n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

Terrorism (n.) The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.

Terrorism (n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

Terrorist (n.) One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Terrorize (v. t.) To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

Terrorless (a.) Free from terror.

Terry (n.) A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.

Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, "Sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion.

Terse (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

Terse (superl.) Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.

Terse (superl.) Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.

Tersulphide (n.) A trisulphide.

Tersulphuret (n.) A trisulphide.

Ter-tenant (n.) See Terre-tenant.

Tertial (a. & n.) Same as Tertiary.

Tertian (a.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.

Tertian (n.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.

Tertian (n.) A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.

Tertiary (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.

Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.

Tertiary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.

Tertiary (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Tertiaries (pl. ) of Tertiary

Tertiary (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.

Tertiary (n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.

Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Tertiate (v. t.) To do or perform for the third time.

Tertiate (v. t.) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.

Terutero (n.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

Terza rima () A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.

Terzetto (n.) A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.

Tesselar (a.) Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic.

Tessellata (n. pl.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.

Tessellated (imp. & p. p.) of Tessellate

Tessellating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tessellate

Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

Tessellate (a.) Tessellated.

Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.

Tessellated (a.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.

Tessellation (n.) The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.

Tesserae (pl. ) of Tessera

Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.

Tesseraic (a.) Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.

Tesseral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesserae.

Tesseral (a.) Isometric.

Tessular (a.) Tesseral.

Test (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Test (n.) Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

Test (n.) Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

Test (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Test (n.) Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Test (n.) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Test (n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

Tested (imp. & p. p.) of Test

Testing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Test

Test (v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

Test (v. t.) To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

Test (v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

Test (n.) A witness.

Test (v. i.) To make a testament, or will.

Tests (pl. ) of Testa

Testae (pl. ) of Testa

Test (n.) Alt. of Testa

Testa (n.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

Testa (n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.

Testable (a.) Capable of being tested or proved.

Testable (a.) Capable of being devised, or given by will.

Testacea (n. pl.) Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.

Testacean (n.) Onr of the Testacea.

Testaceography (n.) The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.

Testaceology (n.) The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.

Testaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.

Testaceous (a.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.

Testacy (n.) The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.

Testament (n.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.

Testament (n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.

Testamental (a.) Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.

Testamentary (a.) Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.

Testamentary (a.) Bequeathed by will; given by testament.

Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age.

Testamentation (n.) The act or power of giving by testament, or will.

Testamentize (v. i.) To make a will.

Testamur (n.) A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.

Testate (a.) Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate.

Testate (n.) One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.

Testation (n.) A witnessing or witness.

Testator (n.) A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.

Testatrix (n.) A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.

Teste (n.) A witness.

Teste (n.) The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.

Tester (n.) A headpiece; a helmet.

Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.

Tester (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.

Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.

Testern (n.) A sixpence; a tester.

Testern (v. t.) To present with a tester.

Testes (n.) pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

Testicardines (n. pl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

Testicle (n.) One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

Testicond (a.) Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.

Testicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the testicle.

Testiculate (a.) Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.

Testiculate (a.) Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.

Testiere (n.) A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

Testif (a.) Testy; headstrong; obstinate.

Testification (n.) The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God.

Testificator (n.) A testifier.

Testifier (n.) One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.

Testified (imp. & p. p.) of Testify

Testifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Testify

Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.

Testify (v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

Testify (v. t.) To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

Testify (v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Testimonial (a.) A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.

Testimonial (a.) Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.

Testimonial (a.) Relating to, or containing, testimony.

Testimonies (pl. ) of Testimony

Testimony (n.) A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

Testimony (n.) Open attestation; profession.

Testimony (n.) Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

Testimony (n.) The two tables of the law.

Testimony (n.) Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre/ Scriptures.

Testimony (v. t.) To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.

Testiness (n.) The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

Testing (n.) The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

Testing (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.

Testes (pl. ) of Testis

Testis (n.) A testicle.

Teston (n.) A tester; a sixpence.

Testone (n.) A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.

Testoon (n.) An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.

Testudinal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.

Testudinarious (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.

Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.

Testudinate (a.) Alt. of Testudinated

Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Testudineous (a.) Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

Testudines (pl. ) of Testudo

Testudo (n.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.

Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

Tetanic (a.) Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.

Tetanic (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.

Tetanic (n.) A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.

Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

Tetanization (n.) The production or condition of tetanus.

Tetanize (v. t.) To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.

Tetanoid (a.) Resembling tetanus.

Tetanomotor (n.) An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.

Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.

Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.

Tetany (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.

Tetard (n.) A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.

Tetartohedral (a.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.

Tetartohedrism (n.) The property of being tetartohedral.

Tetaug (n.) See Tautog.

Tetchiness (n.) See Techiness.

Tetchy (a.) See Techy.

Tete (n.) A kind of wig; false hair.

Tete-a-tete (n.) Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.

Tete-a-tete (n.) A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.

Tete-a-tete (a.) Private; confidential; familiar.

Tete-a-tete (adv.) Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.

Tetes-de-pont (pl. ) of Tete-de-pont

Tete-de-pont (n.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.

Tetel (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.

Tether (n.) A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

Tethered (imp. & p. p.) of Tether

Tethering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tether

Tether (v. t.) To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.

Tethydan (n.) A tunicate.

Tethyodea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.

Tethys (n.) A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.

Tetra- () A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.

Tetra- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.

Tetrabasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.

Tetraboric (a.) Same as Pyroboric.

Tetrabranchiata (n. pl.) An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.

Tetrabranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata.

Tetrabranchiate (n.) One of the Tetrabranchiata.

Tetracarpel (a.) Composed of four carpels.

Tetrachord (n.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.

Tetrachotomous (a.) Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of fours.

Tetracid (a.) Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.

Tetracoccous (a.) Having four cocci, or carpels.

Tetracolon (n.) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.

Tetracoralla (n. pl.) Same as Rugosa.

Tetractinellid (n.) Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.

Tetractinellida (n. pl.) A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.

Tetrad (n.) The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.

Tetrad (n.) A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.

Tetradactyl (a.) Alt. of Tetradactyle

Tetradactyle (a.) Tetradactylous.

Tetradactylous (a.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.

Tetradecane (n.) A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.

Tetradecapoda (n. pl.) Same as Arthrostraca.

Tetradic (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.

Tetradite (n.) A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.

Tetradon (n.) See Tetrodon.

Tetradont (a. & n.) See Tetrodont.

Tetradrachm (n.) Alt. of Tetradrachma

Tetradrachma (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.

Tetradymite (n.) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.

Tetradynamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.

Tetradynamian (n.) A plant of the order Tetradynamia.

Tetradynamian (a.) Alt. of Tetradynamous

Tetradynamous (a.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.

Tetragon (n.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.

Tetragon (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.

Tetragonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.

Tetragonal (a.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.

Tetragonal (a.) Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.

Tetragrammaton (n.) The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.

Tetragynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having four styles.

Tetragynian (a.) Alt. of Tetragynous

Tetragynous (a.) Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.

Tetrahedral (a.) Having, or composed of, four sides.

Tetrahedral (a.) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.

Tetrahedral (a.) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.

Tetrahedrally (adv.) In a tetrahedral manner.

Tetrahedrite (n.) A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.

Tetrahedron (n.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

Tetrahexahedral (a.) Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.

Tetrahexahedron (n.) A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube.

Tetrakishexahedron (n.) A tetrahexahedron.

Tetrakosane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.

Tetralogy (n.) A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.

Tetramera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.

Tetramerous (a.) Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower.

Tetramerous (a.) Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.

Tetrameter (n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.

Tetramethylene (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.

Tetramethylene (n.) Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.

Tetramorph (n.) The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)

Tetrandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens.

Tetrandrian (a.) Alt. of Tetrandrous

Tetrandrous (a.) Belonging to the class Tetrandria.

Tetraonid (n.) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.

Tetrapetalous (a.) Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.

Tetrapharmacom (n.) Alt. of Tetrapharmacum

Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.

Tetraphenol (n.) Furfuran.

Tetraphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.

Tetrapla (sing.) A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.

Tetraneumona (n. pl.) A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale.

Tetrapnuemonian (n.) One of the Tetrapneumona.

Tetrapod (n.) An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.

Tetrapody (n.) A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.

Tetrapteran (n.) An insect having four wings.

Tetrapterous (a.) Having four wings.

Tetraptote (n.) A noun that has four cases only.

Tetrarch (a.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.

Tetrarch (a.) Four.

Tetrarchate (n.) A tetrarchy.

Tetrarchical (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.

Tetrarchies (pl. ) of Tetrarchy

Tetrarchy (n.) The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.

Tetraschistic (a.) Characterized by division into four parts.

Tetrasepalous (a.) Having four sepals.

Tetraspaston (n.) A machine in which four pulleys act together.

Tetraspermous (a.) Having four seeds.

Tetraspore (n.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.

Tetrastich (n.) A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.

Tetrastyle (a.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.

Tetrastyle (n.) A tetrastyle building.

Tetrasyllabic (a.) Alt. of Tetrasyllabical

Tetrasyllabical (a.) Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.

Terrasyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.

Tetrathecal (a.) Having four loculaments, or thecae.

Tetrathionate (n.) A salt of tetrathionic acid.

Tetrathionic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H/S/O/, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.

Tetratomic (a.) Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.

Tetratomic (a.) Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.

Tetravalence (n.) The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.

Tetravalent (a.) Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.

Tetraxile (a.) Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.

Tetrazo- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.

Tetrazone (n.) Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.

Tetric (a.) Alt. of Tetrical

Tetrical (a.) Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.

Tetricity (n.) Crabbedness; perverseness.

Tetricous (a.) Tetric.

Tetrinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.

Tetrodon (n.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.

Tetrodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons.

Tetrodont (n.) A tetrodon.

Tetrol (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H4, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

Tetrolic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C3H3.CO2H, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Tetroxide (n.) An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO/.

Tetryl (n.) Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

Tetrylene (n.) Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

Tetter (n.) A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.

Tettered (imp. & p. p.) of Tetter

Tettering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tetter

Tetter (v. t.) To affect with tetter.

Tetterous (a.) Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.

Tetter-totter (n.) A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter.

Tetterwort (n.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.

Tettigonian (n.) Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to Tettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper.

Tettish (a.) Captious; testy.

Tettix (n.) The cicada.

Tettix (n.) A genus of small grasshoppers.

Tetty (a.) Testy; irritable.

Teufit (n.) The lapwing; -- called also teuchit.

Teuk (n.) The redshank.

Teutons (pl. ) of Teuton

Teutones (pl. ) of Teuton

Teuton (n.) One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.

Teuton (n.) A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.

Teutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.

Teutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.

Teutonic (n.) The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.

Teutonicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.

Tewed (imp. & p. p.) of Tew

Tewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tew

Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

Tew (v.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.

Tew (v. i.) To work hard; to strive; to fuse.

Tew (v. t.) To tow along, as a vessel.

Tew (n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.

Tewan (n.) A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.

Tewed (a.) Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship.

Tewel (n.) A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke.

Tewel (n.) The tuyere of a furnace.

Tewhit (n.) The lapwing; -- called also teewheep.

Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp.

Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.

Text (n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.

Text (n.) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.

Text (n.) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Text (n.) Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

Text (n.) A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

Text (v. t.) To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Text-book (n.) A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

Text-book (n.) A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.

Text-hand (n.) A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

Textile (a.) Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

Textile (n.) That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.

Textmen (pl. ) of Textman

Textman (n.) One ready in quoting texts.

Textorial (a.) Of or pertaining to weaving.

Textrine (a.) Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.

Textual (a.) Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.

Textual (a.) Serving for, or depending on, texts.

Textual (a.) Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.

Textualist (n.) A textman; a textuary.

Textually (adv.) In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.

Textuarist (n.) A textuary.

Textuary (a.) Contained in the text; textual.

Textuary (a.) Serving as a text; authoritative.

Textuary (n.) One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.

Textuary (n.) One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.

Textuel (a.) Textual.

Textuist (n.) A textualist; a textman.

Textural (a.) Of or pertaining to texture.

Texture (n.) The act or art of weaving.

Texture (n.) That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.

Texture (n.) The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.

Texture (n.) The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.

Texture (n.) A tissue. See Tissue.

Textured (imp. & p. p.) of Texture

Texturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Texture

Texture (v. t.) To form a texture of or with; to interweave.

Textury (n.) The art or process of weaving; texture.

Teyne (n.) A thin plate of metal.

Th () In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.

Thack () Alt. of Thacker

Thacker () See Thatch, Thatcher.

Thak (v. t.) To thwack.

Thalamencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.

Thalamic (a.) Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.

Thalamifloral (a.) Alt. of Thalamiflorous

Thalamiflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Thalamocoele (n.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.

Thalamophora (n. pl.) Same as Foraminifera.

Thalami (pl. ) of Thalamus

Thalamus (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.

Thalamus (n.) Same as Thallus.

Thalamus (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.

Thalassian (n.) Any sea tortoise.

Thalassic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

Thalassinian (n.) Any species of Thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

Thalassography (n.) The study or science of the life of marine organisms.

Thaler (n.) A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.

Thalia (n.) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.

Thalia (n.) One of the three Graces.

Thalia (n.) One of the Nereids.

Thaliacea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.

Thalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.

Thallate (n.) A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.

Thallene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.

Thallic (a.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.

Thalline (a.) Consisting of a thallus.

Thalline (n.) An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.

Thallious (a.) See Thallous.

Thallium (n.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.

Thallogen (n.) One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.

Thalloid (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.

Thallophyte (n.) Same as Thallogen.

Thallous (a.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.

Thalli (pl. ) of Thallus

Thallus (n.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

Thammuz (n.) Alt. of Tammuz

Tammuz (n.) A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.

Tammuz (n.) The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

Thamnophile (n.) A bush shrike.

Thamyn (n.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.

Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.

Than (adv.) Then. See Then.

Thanage (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Thanatoid (a.) Deathlike; resembling death.

Thanatology (n.) A description, or the doctrine, of death.

Thanatopsis (n.) A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

Thanedom (n.) The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

Thanehood (n.) The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

Thaneship (n.) The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

Thanks (pl. ) of Thank

Thank (n.) A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.

Thanked (imp. & p. p.) of Thank

Thanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thank

Thank (n.) To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.

Thankful (a.) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

Thankful (a.) Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

Thankless (a.) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

Thankless (a.) Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

Thankly (adv.) Thankfully.

Thanksgive (v. t.) To give or dedicate in token of thanks.

Thanksgiver (n.) One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.

Thanksgiving (n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Thanksgiving (n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

Thankworthiness (n.) The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Thankworthy (a.) Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.

Thar (v. impersonal, pres.) It needs; need.

Tharms (n. pl.) Twisted guts.

Tharos (n.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.

Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

Thatch (n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

Thatched (imp. & p. p.) of Thatch

Thatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thatch

Thatch (n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

Thatcher (n.) One who thatches.

Thatching (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.

Thatching (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch.

Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

Thaumatolatry (n.) Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.

Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Thaumaturge (n.) A magician; a wonder worker.

Thaumaturgic (a.) Alt. of Thaumaturgical

Thaumaturgical (a.) Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.

Thaumaturgics (n.) Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

Thaumaturgist (n.) One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.

Thaumaturgus (n.) A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.

Thaumaturgy (n.) The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

Thave (n.) Same as Theave.

Thawed (imp. & p. p.) of Thaw

Thawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thaw

Thaw (v. i.) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

Thaw (v. i.) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

Thaw (v. i.) Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

Thaw (v. t.) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Thaw (n.) The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

Thawy (a.) Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

The (v. i.) See Thee.

The (definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

The (adv.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

Thea (n.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Theandric (a.) Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.

Theanthropic (a.) Alt. of Theanthropical

Theanthropical (a.) Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.

Theanthropism (n.) A state of being God and man.

Theanthropism (n.) The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.

Theanthropist (n.) One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

Theanthropy (n.) Theanthropism.

Thearchic (a.) Divinely sovereign or supreme.

Thearchy (n.) Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

Theater (n.) Alt. of Theatre

Theatre (n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

Theatre (n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.

Theatre (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.

Theatre (n.) A sphere or scheme of operation.

Theatre (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.

Theatin (n.) Alt. of Theatine

Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

Theatine (n.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.

Theatral (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.

Theatric (a.) Theatrical.

Theatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

Theatricals (n. pl.) Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

Theave (n.) A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.

Thebaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.

Thebaid (n.) A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.

Thebaine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

Theban (a.) Of or pertaining to Thebes.

Theban (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

Thecae (pl. ) of Theca

Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

Theca (n.) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.

Theca (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.

Theca (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.

Thecal (a.) Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

Thecaphore (n.) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.

Thecaphore (n.) See Basigynium.

Thecasporous (a.) Having the spores in thecae, or cases.

Thecata (n. pl.) Same as Thecophora.

Thecla (n.) Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.

Thecodactyl (n.) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

Thecodont (a.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

Thecodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.

Thecodont (n.) One of the Thecodontia.

Thecodontia (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

Thecophora (n. pl.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

Thecosomata (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.

Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.

Thee (a.) To thrive; to prosper.

Thee (pron.) The objective case of thou. See Thou.

Theft (n.) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

Theft (n.) The thing stolen.

Theftbote (n.) The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.

Thegn (n.) Thane. See Thane.

Thegnhood (n.) Thanehood.

Theiform (a.) Having the form of tea.

Theine (n.) See Caffeine. Called also theina.

Their (pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.

Theism (n.) The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

Theist (n.) One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.

Theistic (a.) Alt. of Theistical

Theistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

Thelphusian (n.) One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

Thelytokous (a.) Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

Them (pron.) The objective case of they. See They.

Thematic (a.) Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

Thematic (n.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.

Theme (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

Theme (n.) Discourse on a certain subject.

Theme (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil.

Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.

Theme (n.) That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.

Theme (n.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

Themis (n.) The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.

Themselves (pron.) The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.

Then (adv.) At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).

Then (adv.) Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.

Then (adv.) At another time; later; again.

Then (conj.) Than.

Then (conj.) In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.

Thenadays (adv.) At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.

Thenal (a.) Alt. of Thenar

Thenar (a.) Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

Thenar (n.) The palm of the hand.

Thenar (n.) The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Thenardite (n.) Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.

Thence (adv.) From that place.

Thence (adv.) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

Thence (adv.) For that reason; therefore.

Thence (adv.) Not there; elsewhere; absent.

Thenceforth (adv.) From that time; thereafter.

Thenceforward (adv.) From that time onward; thenceforth.

Thencefrom (adv.) From that place.

Theobroma (n.) A genus of small trees. See Cacao.

Theobromic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.

Theobromine (n.) An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.

Theochristic (a.) Anointed by God.

Theocracy (n.) Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

Theocracy (n.) The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

Theocrasy (n.) A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.

Theocrasy (n.) An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.

Theocrat (n.) One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.

Theocratic (a.) Alt. of Theocratical

Theocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.

Theodicy (n.) A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

Theodicy (n.) That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.

Theodolite (n.) An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.

Theodolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.

Theogonic (a.) Of or relating to theogony.

Theogonism (n.) Theogony.

Theogonist (n.) A writer on theogony.

Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.

Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

Theologer (n.) A theologian.

Theologian (n.) A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.

Theologic (a.) Theological.

Theological (a.) Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise.

Theologics (n.) Theology.

Theologist (n.) A theologian.

Theologized (imp. & p. p.) of Theologize

Theologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theologize

Theologize (v. t.) To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.

Theologize (v. i.) To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.

Theologizer (n.) One who theologizes; a theologian.

Theologue (n.) A theologian.

Theologue (n.) A student in a theological seminary.

Theologies (pl. ) of Theology

Theology (n.) The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

Theomachist (n.) One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.

Theomachy (n.) A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.

Theomachy (n.) A battle or strife among the gods.

Theomachy (n.) Opposition to God or the divine will.

Theomancy (n.) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

Theopathetic (a.) Alt. of Theopathic

Theopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to a theopathy.

Theopathy (n.) Capacity for religious affections or worship.

Theophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.

-nies (pl. ) of Theophany

Theophany (n.) A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

Theophilanthropic (a.) Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.

Theophilanthropism (n.) The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

Theophilanthropist (n.) A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.

Theophilanthropy (n.) Theophilanthropism.

Theophilosophic (a.) Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.

Theopneusted (a.) Divinely inspired; theopneustic.

Theopneustic (a.) Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.

Theopneusty (n.) Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.

Theorbist (n.) One who plays on a theorbo.

Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

Theorem (n.) That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.

Theorem (n.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.

Theorem (v. t.) To formulate into a theorem.

Theorematic (a.) Alt. of Theorematical

Theorematical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.

Theorematist (n.) One who constructs theorems.

Theoremic (a.) Theorematic.

Theoretic (a.) Alt. of Theoretical

Theoretical (a.) Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

Theoretics (n.) The speculative part of a science; speculation.

Theoric (a.) Of or pertaining to the theorica.

Theoric (a.) Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.

Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory.

Theorica (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.

Theorical (a.) Theoretic.

Theorically (adv.) In a theoretic manner.

Theorist (n.) One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.

Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.

Theorized (imp. & p. p.) of Theorize

Theorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theorize

Theorize (v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

Theorizer (n.) One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.

Theories (pl. ) of Theory

Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

Theory (n.) An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.

Theory (n.) The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.

Theory (n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.

Theosoph (n.) Alt. of Theosopher

Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

Theosophic (a.) Alt. of Theosophical

Theosophical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy.

Theosophism (n.) Belief in theosophy.

Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.

Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.

Theosophized (imp. & p. p.) of Theosophize

Theosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theosophize

Theosophize (v. i.) To practice theosophy.

Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.

Therapeutae (n. pl.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.

Therapeutic (a.) Alt. of Therapeutical

Therapeutical (a.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.

Therapeutic (n.) One of the Therapeutae.

Therapeutics (n.) That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

Therapeutist (n.) One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.

Therapy (n.) Therapeutics.

There (pron.) In or at that place.

There (pron.) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

There (pron.) To or into that place; thither.

Thereabout (adv.) Alt. of Thereabouts

Thereabouts (adv.) Near that place.

Thereabouts (adv.) Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.

Thereabouts (adv.) Concerning that; about that.

Thereafter (adv.) After that; afterward.

Thereafter (adv.) According to that; accordingly.

Thereafter (adv.) Of that sort.

Thereagain (adv.) In opposition; against one's course.

There-anent (adv.) Concerning that.

Thereat (adv.) At that place; there.

Thereat (adv.) At that occurrence or event; on that account.

Therebefore (adv.) Alt. of Therebiforn

Therebiforn (adv.) Before that time; beforehand.

Thereby (adv.) By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

Thereby (adv.) Annexed to that.

Thereby (adv.) Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.

Therefor (adv.) For that, or this; for it.

Therefore (adv.) For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.

Therefore (adv.) Consequently; by consequence.

Therefrom (adv.) From this or that.

Therein (adv.) In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.

Thereinto (adv.) Into that or this, or into that place.

Thereof (adv.) Of that or this.

Thereology (n.) Therapeutios.

Thereon (adv.) On that or this.

Thereout (adv.) Out of that or this.

Thereout (adv.) On the outside; out of doors.

Thereto (adv.) To that or this.

Thereto (adv.) Besides; moreover.

Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.

Thereunder (adv.) Under that or this.

Thereunto (adv.) Unto that or this; thereto; besides.

Thereupon (adv.) Upon that or this; thereon.

Thereupon (adv.) On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.

Thereupon (adv.) Immediately; at once; without delay.

Therewhile (adv.) At that time; at the same time.

Therewith (adv.) With that or this.

Therewith (adv.) In addition; besides; moreover.

Therewith (adv.) At the same time; forthwith.

Therewithal (adv.) Over and above; besides; moreover.

Therewithal (adv.) With that or this; therewith; at the same time.

Therf (a.) Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.

Theriac (n.) Alt. of Theriaca

Theriaca (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.

Theriaca (n.) Treacle; molasses.

Theriac (a.) Alt. of Theriacal

Theriacal (a.) Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.

Therial (a.) Theriac.

Theriodont (n.) One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.

Theriodonta (n. pl.) Same as Theriodontia.

Theriodontia (n. pl.) An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.

Theriotomy (n.) Zootomy.

Thermae (n. pl.) Springs or baths of warm or hot water.

Thermal (a.) Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

Thermally (adv.) In a thermal manner.

Thermetograph (n.) A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.

Thermic (a.) Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

Thermidor (n.) The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire.

Thermifugine (n.) An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.

Thermo- () A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.

Thermobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

Thermobattery (n.) A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

Thermocautery (n.) Cautery by the application of heat.

Thermochemic (a.) Alt. of Thermochemical

Thermochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.

Thermochemistry (n.) That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

Thermochrosy (n.) The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Thermocurrent (n.) A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

Thermodynamic (a.) Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.

Thermodynamics (n.) The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

Thermoelectric (a.) Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

Thermoelectricity (n.) Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

Thermoelectrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.

Thermogen (n.) Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.

Thermogenic (a.) Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.

Thermogenous (a.) Producing heat; thermogenic.

Thermograph (n.) An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.

Thermology (n.) A discourse on, or an account of, heat.

Thermolysis (n.) The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.

Thermolyze (v. t.) To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.

Thermomagnetism (n.) Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.

Thermometer (n.) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

Thermometric (a.) Alt. of Thermometrical

Thermometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.

Thermometrical (a.) Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.

Thermometrically (adv.) In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.

Thermometrograph (n.) An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.

Thermometry (n.) The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.

Thermomultiplier (n.) Same as Thermopile.

Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.

Thermoscope (n.) An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

Thermoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.

Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.

Thermostatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.

Thermosystaltic (a.) Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.

Thermotaxic (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.

Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

Thermotic (a.) Alt. of Thermotical

Thermotical (a.) Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.

Thermotics (n.) The science of heat.

Thermotropic (a.) Manifesting thermotropism.

Thermotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.

Thermotype (n.) A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

Thermotypy (n.) The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.

Thermovoltaic (a.) Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.

Theromorpha (n. pl.) See Theriodonta.

Theropoda (n. pl.) An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.

Thesauri (pl. ) of Thesaurus

Thesaurus (n.) A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

These (pron.) The plural of this. See This.

Thesicle (n.) A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.

Theses (pl. ) of Thesis

Thesis (n.) A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

Thesis (n.) Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.

Thesis (n.) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

Thesis (n.) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.

Thesis (n.) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.

Thesmothete (n.) A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.

Thespian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.

Thespian (n.) An actor.

Thessalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.

Thessalian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.

Thessalonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.

Thessalonian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.

Theta (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.

Thetical (a.) Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.

Thetine (n.) Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.

Theurgic (a.) Alt. of Theurgical

Theurgical (a.) Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.

Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.

Theurgy (n.) A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.

Theurgy (n.) A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.

Theurgy (n.) In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.

Thew (n.) Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.

Thew (n.) Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.

Thewed (a.) Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.

Thewed (a.) Accustomed; mannered.

Thewy (a.) Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

They (obj.) The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.

Thialdine (n.) A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.

Thialol (n.) A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

Thibetan (a.) Of or pertaining to Thibet.

Thibetan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thibet.

Thibet cloth () A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.

Thibet cloth () A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.

Thibetian (a. & n.) Same as Thibetan.

Thible (n.) A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.

Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.

Thick (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.

Thick (superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.

Thick (superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.

Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

Thick (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

Thick (superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.

Thick (superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.

Thick (superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.

Thick (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

Thick (n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.

Thick (adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.

Thick (adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

Thick (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.

Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.

Thickbill (n.) The bullfinch.

Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicken

Thickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thicken

Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).

Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.

Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.

Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

Thicken (v. i.) To become thick.

Thickening (n.) Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

Thicket (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

Thickhead (n.) A thick-headed or stupid person.

Thickhead (n.) Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.

Thick-headed (a.) Having a thick skull; stupid.

Thickish (a.) Somewhat thick.

Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.

Thickly (adv.) In a thick manner; deeply; closely.

Thickness (n.) The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thickset (a.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.

Thickset (a.) Having a short, thick body; stout.

Thickset (n.) A close or thick hedge.

Thickset (n.) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

Thickskin (n.) A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

Thick-skinned (a.) Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.

Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.

Thick-skulled (a.) Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.

Thick-winded (a.) Affected with thick wind.

Thider (adv.) Thither.

Thiderward (adv.) Thitherward.

Thieves (pl. ) of Thief

Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.

Thienone (n.) A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.

Thienyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.

Thieved (imp. & p. p.) of Thieve

Thieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thieve

Thieve (v. t. & i.) To practice theft; to steal.

Thievery (n.) The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

Thievery (n.) That which is stolen.

Thievish (a.) Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.

Thievish (a.) Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.

Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.

Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Thilk (pron.) That same; this; that.

Thill (n.) One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

Thill (n.) The floor of a coal mine.

Thiller (n.) The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.

Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.

Thimble (n.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.

Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.

Thimble (n.) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.

Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.

Thimble (n.) A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.

Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.

Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimbleful

Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.

Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.) of Thimblerig

Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimblerig

Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.

Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.

Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.

Thin (superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

Thin (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

Thin (superl.) Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

Thin (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

Thin (superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

Thin (superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Thin (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

Thin (adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Thinned (imp. & p. p.) of Thin

Thinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thin

Thin (v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thin (v. i.) To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

Thing (n.) Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

Thing (n.) An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

Thing (n.) A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

Thing (n.) A portion or part; something.

Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.

Thing (n.) Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

Thing (n.) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.

Thing (n.) In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

Thought (imp. & p. p.) of Think

Thinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Think

Think (v. t.) To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

Think (v. t.) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.

Think (v. t.) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

Think (v. t.) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.

Think (v. t.) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.

Think (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.

Think (v. t.) To presume; to venture.

Think (v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.

Think (v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

Think (v. t.) To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Thinkable (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

Thinker (n.) One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

Thinking (a.) Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.

Thinking (n.) The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.

Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

Thinner (n.) One who thins, or makes thinner.

Thinness (n.) The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

Thinnish (a.) Somewhat thin.

Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.

Thin-skinned (a.) Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

Thio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See Sulpho-.

Thiocarbonate (n.) A sulphocarbonate.

Thiocarbonic (a.) Same as Sulphocarbonic.

Thiocyanate (n.) Same as Sulphocyanate.

Thiocyanic (a.) Same as Sulphocyanic.

Thionaphthene (n.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.

Thionic (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.

Thionine (n.) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet.

Thionol (n.) A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.

Thionoline (n.) A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.

Thionyl (n.) The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.

Thiophene (n.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.

Thiophenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.

Thiophenol (n.) A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.

Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.

Thiosulphate (n.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.

Thiosulphuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.

Thiotolene (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.

Thioxene (n.) Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.

Third (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

Third (a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

Third (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

Third (n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.

Third (n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

Third-borough (n.) An under constable.

Thirdings (n. pl.) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.

Thirdly (adv.) In the third place.

Third-penny (n.) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

Thirled (imp. & p. p.) of Thirl

Thirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thirl

Thirl (v. t.) To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.

Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.

Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

Thirst (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.

Thirsted (imp. & p. p.) of Thirst

Thirsting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thirst

Thirst (n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

Thirst (n.) To have a vehement desire.

Thirst (v. t.) To have a thirst for.

Thirster (n.) One who thirsts.

Thirstily (adv.) In a thirsty manner.

Thirstiness (n.) The state of being thirsty; thirst.

Thirstle (n.) The throstle.

Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

Thirsty (n.) Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

Thirteen (a.) One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.

Thirteen (n.) The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.

Thirteen (n.) A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.

Thirteenth (a.) Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.

Thirteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Thirteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Thirteenth (n.) The next in order after the twelfth.

Thirteenth (n.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.

Thirtieth (a.) Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.

Thirtieth (a.) Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Thirtieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.

Thirty (a.) Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.

Thirties (pl. ) of Thirty

Thirty (n.) The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.

Thirty (n.) A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.

Thirty-second (a.) Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.

These (pl. ) of This

This (pron. & a.) As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.

This (pron. & a.) As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.

Thistly (a.) Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.

Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

Thither (adv.) To that place; -- opposed to hither.

Thither (adv.) To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.

Thither (a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.

Thither (a.) Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.

Thitherto (adv.) To that point; so far.

Thitherward (adv.) To ward that place; in that direction.

Thitsee (n.) The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).

Thitsee (n.) A black varnish obtained from the tree.

Thlipsis (n.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

Tho (def. art.) The.

Tho (pron. pl.) Those.

Tho (adv.) Then.

Tho (conj.) Though.

Thole (n.) A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.

Thole (n.) The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.

Tholed (imp. & p. p.) of Thole

Tholing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thole

Thole (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to undergo.

Thole (v. i.) To wait.

Thomaean (n.) Alt. of Thomean

Thomean (n.) A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.

Thomism (n.) Alt. of Thomaism

Thomaism (n.) The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.

Thomist (n.) A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.

Thomite (n.) A Thomaean.

Thomsenolite (n.) A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.

Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.

Thomsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism.

Thomsonian (n.) A believer in Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.

Thomsonianism (n.) An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.

Thomsonite (n.) A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.

Thong (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.

Thooid (a.) Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.

Thor (n.) The god of thunder, and son of Odin.

Thoracentesis (n.) The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.

Thoracic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.

Thoracic (n.) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

Thoracica (n. pl.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.

Thoracometer (n.) Same as Stethometer.

Thoracoplasty (n.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.

Thoracostraca (a.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.

Thoracotomy (n.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

Thoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a bed.

Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.

Thorax (n.) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.

Thorax (n.) The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.

Thorax (n.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.

Thoria (n.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.

Thoric (a.) Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.

Thorite (n.) A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium.

Thorium (n.) A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.

Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

Thorn (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

Thorn (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.

Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.

Thornback (n.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).

Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.

Thornbird (n.) A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.

Thornbut (n.) The turbot.

Thorn-headed (a.) Having a head armed with thorns or spines.

Thornless (a.) Destitute of, or free from, thorns.

Thornset (a.) Set with thorns.

Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

Thorny (superl.) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

Thorny (superl.) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.

Thoro (a.) Thorough.

Thorough (prep.) Through.

Thorough (a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.

Thorough (a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

Thorough (adv.) Thoroughly.

Thorough (adv.) Through.

Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Thorough bass () The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.

Thorough-brace (n.) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.

Thoroughbred (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.

Thoroughbred (n.) A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.

Thoroughfare (n.) A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street.

Thoroughfare (n.) A passing or going through; passage.

Thoroughgoing (a.) Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

Thoroughgoing (a.) Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense.

Thorough-lighted (a.) Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building.

Thoroughly (adv.) In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

Thoroughness (n.) The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.

Thoroughpaced (a.) Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.

Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

Thoroughsped (a.) Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced.

Thoroughstitch (adv.) So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.

Thoroughwax (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.

Thoroughwax (n.) Thoroughwort.

Thoroughwort (n.) Same as Boneset.

Thorow (prep.) Through.

Thorow (a.) Thorough.

Thorp (n.) Alt. of Thorpe

Thorpe (n.) A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.

Those (pron.) The plural of that. See That.

Thoth (n.) The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb.

Thoth (n.) The Egyptian sacred baboon.

Thou (obj.) The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.

Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.

Thou (v. i.) To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.

Though (conj.) Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

Though (adv.) However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

Thought () imp. & p. p. of Think.

Thought (n.) The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

Thought (n.) Meditation; serious consideration.

Thought (n.) That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.

Thought (n.) Solicitude; anxious care; concern.

Thought (n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.

Thoughtful (a.) Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

Thoughtful (a.) Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.

Thoughtful (a.) Anxious; solicitous; concerned.

Thoughtless (adv.) Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

Thoughtless (adv.) Giddy; gay; dissipated.

Thoughtless (adv.) Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.

Thousand (n.) The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

Thousand (n.) Hence, indefinitely, a great number.

Thousand (n.) A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/.

Thousand (a.) Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

Thousand (a.) Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.

Thousandfold (a.) Multiplied by a thousand.

Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

Thousandth (a.) Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.

Thousandth (a.) Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

Thousandth (a.) Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.

Thousandth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

Thowel (n.) Alt. of Thowl

Thowl (n.) A thole pin.

Thowl (n.) A rowlock.

Thracian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.

Thracian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thrace.

Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property.

Thrackscat (n.) Metal still in the mine.

Thraldom (n.) The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.

Thrall (n.) A slave; a bondman.

Thrall (n.) Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.

Thrall (n.) A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.

Thrall (a.) Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.

Thrall (v. t.) To enslave.

Thralldom (n.) Thraldom.

Thrall-less (a.) Having no thralls.

Thrall-less (a.) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.

Thrall-like (a.) Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

Thranite (n.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

Thrapple (n.) Windpipe; throttle.

Thrashed (imp. & p. p.) of Thresh

Thrashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thresh

Thrash (v. t.) Alt. of Thresh

Thresh (v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.

Thresh (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.

Thrash (v. t.) Alt. of Thresh

Thresh (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

Thresh (v. t.) Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.

Thrashel (n.) An instrument to thrash with; a flail.

Thrasher (n.) Alt. of Thresher

Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.

Thresher (n.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.

Thrashing () a. & n. from Thrash, v.

Thrasonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.

Thraste (imp.) of Thraste

Thrast (p. p.) of Thraste

Thraste (v. t.) To thrust.

Thrave (n.) Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.

Thrave (n.) The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.

Thraw (n. & v.) See Throse.

Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

Thread (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

Thread (n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.

Thread (n.) Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

Threaded (imp. & p. p.) of Thread

Threading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thread

Thread (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

Thread (v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

Threadbare (a.) Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.

Threadbare (a.) Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

Threadbareness (n.) The state of being threadbare.

Threaden (a.) Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.

Threader (n.) A device for assisting in threading a needle.

Threader (n.) A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

Threadfin (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

Threadfish (n.) The cutlass fish.

Threadfish (n.) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.

Threadiness (n.) Quality of being thready.

Thread-shaped (a.) Having the form of a thread; filiform.

Threadworm (n.) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

Thready (a.) Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

Thready (a.) Containing, or consisting of, thread.

Threaped (imp. & p. p.) of Threap

Threaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Threap

Threap (v. t.) To call; to name.

Threap (v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.

Threap (v. t.) To beat, or thrash.

Threap (v. t.) To cozen, or cheat.

Threap (v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.

Threap (n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

Threat (n.) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

Threat (n.) To threaten.

Threatened (imp. & p. p.) of Threaten

Threatening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Threaten

Threaten (v. t.) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.

Threaten (v. t.) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.

Threaten (v. i.) To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

Threatener (n.) One who threatens.

Threatening () a. & n. from Threaten, v.

Threatful (a.) Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.

Threave (n.) Same as Thrave.

Three (a.) One more than two; two and one.

Three (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

Three (n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

Three-cornered (a.) Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

Three-cornered (a.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.

Three-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

Three-flowered (a.) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

Threefold (a.) Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

Three-leafed (a.) Alt. of Three-leaved

Three-leaved (a.) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.

Three-leaved (a.) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

Three-lobed (a.) Having three lobes.

Three-nerved (a.) Having three nerves.

Three-parted (a.) Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

Threepence (n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

Three-piled (a.) Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.

Three-piled (a.) Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.

Three-piled (a.) Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.

Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

Three-pointed (a.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.

Three-sided (a.) Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Three-valved (a.) Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.

Three-way (a.) Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.

Threne (n.) Lamentation; threnody; a dirge.

Threnetic (a.) Alt. of Threnetical

Threnetical (a.) Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.

Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.

Threnodist (n.) One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.

Threnody (n.) A song of lamentation; a threnode.

Threpe (v. t.) To call; to term.

Threpsology (n.) The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

Threshed (imp. & p. p.) of Thresh

Threshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thresh

Thresh (v. t. & i.) Same as Thrash.

Thresher (n.) Same as Thrasher.

Thresh-fold (n.) Threshold.

Threshold (n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

Threshold (n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

Threshwold (n.) Threshold.

Threste (imp.) of Threste

Threst (p. p. &) of Threste

Threste (v. t.) To thrust.

Thretteen (a.) Thirteen.

Thretty (a.) Thirty.

Threw () imp. of Throw.

Thribble (a.) Triple; treble; threefold.

Thrice (adv.) Three times.

Thrice (adv.) In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.

Thricecock (n.) The missel thrush.

Thrid (a.) Third.

Thridded (imp. & p. p.) of Thrid

Thridding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrid

Thrid (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

Thrid (v. t.) To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

Thrid (n.) Thread; continuous line.

Thrifallow (v. t.) See Thryfallow, and Trifallow.

Thrift (n.) A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

Thrift (n.) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.

Thrift (n.) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Thrift (n.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Thriftily (adv.) In a thrifty manner.

Thriftily (adv.) Carefully; properly; becomingly.

Thriftiness (n.) The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

Thriftless (a.) Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.

Thrifty (superl.) Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.

Thrifty (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

Thrifty (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

Thrifty (superl.) Secured by thrift; well husbanded.

Thrifty (superl.) Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

Thrill (n.) A warbling; a trill.

Thrill (v. t.) A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

Thrilled (imp. & p. p.) of Thrill

Thrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrill

Thrill (v. t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.

Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.

Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.

Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.

Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.

Thrill (n.) A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.

Thrill (n.) A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.

Thrillant (a.) Piercing; sharp; thrilling.

Thrilling (a.) Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.

Throng (imp.) of Thring

Thring (v. t. & i.) To press, crowd, or throng.

Thrips (n.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).

Thrist (n.) Thrist.

Thrittene (a.) Thirteen.

Throve (imp.) of Thrive

Thrived () of Thrive

Thrived (p. p.) of Thrive

Thriven () of Thrive

Thriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrive

Thrive (v. i.) To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

Thrive (v. i.) To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.

Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

Thriven () p. p. of Thrive.

Thriver (n.) One who thrives, or prospers.

Thrivingly (adv.) In a thriving manner.

Thrivingness (n.) The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.

Thro' () A contraction of Through.

Throat (n.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

Throat (n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.

Throat (n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

Throat (n.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

Throat (n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Throat (n.) The inside of a timber knee.

Throat (n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Throat (v. t.) To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.

Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

Throatband (n.) Same as Throatlatch.

Throatboll (n.) The Adam's apple in the neck.

Throating (n.) A drip, or drip molding.

Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.

Throatwort (n.) A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.

Throaty (a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.

Throbbed (imp. & p. p.) of Throb

Throbbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throb

Throb (v. i.) To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:

Throdden (v. i.) To grow; to thrive.

Throe (n.) Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.

Throe (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

Throe (v. i.) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Throe (v. t.) To put in agony.

Thrombosis (n.) The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.

Thrombi (pl. ) of Thrombus

Thrombus (n.) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.

Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Throne (n.) A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

Throne (n.) Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.

Throne (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Throned (imp. & p. p.) of Throne

Throning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throne

Throne (v. t.) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

Throne (v. t.) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

Throne (v. i.) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Throneless (a.) Having no throne.

Throng (n.) A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

Throng (n.) A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

Thronged (imp. & p. p.) of Throng

Thronging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throng

Throng (v. i.) To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

Throng (v. t.) To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Throng (v. t.) To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.

Throng (a.) Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

Throngly (adv.) In throngs or crowds.

Throp (n.) A thorp.

Thropple (n.) The windpipe.

Thropple (v. t.) To throttle.

Throstle (n.) The song thrush. See under Song.

Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.

Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.

Throttle (n.) The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

Throttle (n.) The throttle valve.

Throttled (imp. & p. p.) of Throttle

Throttling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throttle

Throttle (v. t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.

Throttle (v. t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.

Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.

Throttle (v. i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

Throttle (v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

Throttler (n.) One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.

Throttler (n.) See Flasher, 3 (b).

Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.

Through (prep.) Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.

Through (prep.) By means of; by the agency of.

Through (prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.

Through (prep.) Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.

Through (prep.) From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.

Through (adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.

Through (adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.

Through (adv.) To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.

Through (a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.

Throughly (adv.) Thoroughly.

Throughout (prep.) Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

Throughout (adv.) In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.

Throve () imp. of Thrive.

Throw (n.) Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

Throw (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.

Threw (imp.) of Throw

Thrown (p. p.) of Throw

Throwing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throw

Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

Throw (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

Throw (v. t.) To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

Throw (v. t.) To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

Throw (v. t.) To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

Throw (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

Throw (v. t.) To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

Throw (v. t.) To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

Throw (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

Throw (n.) The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

Throw (n.) A stroke; a blow.

Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

Throw (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

Throw (n.) An effort; a violent sally.

Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

Throw (n.) A turner's lathe; a throwe.

Throw (n.) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

Throwe (n.) A turning lathe.

Thrower (n.) One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

Throwing () a. & n. from Throw, v.

Thrown () a. & p. p. from Throw, v.

Throw-off (n.) A start in a hunt or a race.

Throwster (n.) One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

Thru (prep., adv. & a.) Through.

Thrum (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

Thrum (n.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Thrum (n.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Thrummed (imp. & p. p.) of Thrum

Thrumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrum

Thrum (v. t.) To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

Thrum (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.

Thrum (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Thrum (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.

Thrum (v. t.) To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

Thrum (v. t.) Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Thrum-eyed (a.) Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

Thrummy (a.) Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.

Thrumwort (n.) A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).

Thruout () Throughout.

Thrush (n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

Thrush (n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.

Thrush (n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.

Thrush (n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

Thrushel (n.) The song thrush.

Thrusher (n.) The song thrush.

Thrust (n. & v.) Thrist.

Thrust (imp. & p. p.) of Thrust

Thrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrust

Thrust (v. t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Thrust (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

Thrust (v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Thrust (v. i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.

Thrust (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.

Thrust (n.) An attack; an assault.

Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Thruster (n.) One who thrusts or stabs.

Thrusting (n.) The act of pushing with force.

Thrusting (n.) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.

Thrusting (n.) The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

Thrustle (n.) The throstle, or song thrust.

Thryes (a.) Thrice.

Thryfallow (v. t.) To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.

Thud (n.) A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.

Thug (n.) One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.

Thuggee (n.) The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.

Thuggery (n.) Alt. of Thuggism

Thuggism (n.) Thuggee.

Thuja (n.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.

Thule (n.) The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.

Thulia (n.) Oxide of thulium.

Thulium (n.) A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.

Thumb (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

Thumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Thumb

Thumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thumb

Thumb (v. t.) To handle awkwardly.

Thumb (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.

Thumb (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.

Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

Thumbbird (n.) The goldcrest.

Thumbed (a.) Having thumbs.

Thumbed (a.) Soiled by handling.

Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Thumbless (a.) Without a thumb.

Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

Thummie (n.) The chiff-chaff.

Thummim (n. pl.) A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.

Thump (n.) The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

Thump (n.) A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.

Thumped (imp. & p. p.) of Thump

Thumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thump

Thump (v. t.) To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.

Thump (v. i.) To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

Thumper (n.) One who, or that which, thumps.

Thumping (a.) Heavy; large.

Thunder (n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Thunder (n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

Thunder (n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

Thunder (n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

Thundered (imp. & p. p.) of Thunder

Thundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thunder

Thunder (n.) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.

Thunder (n.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.

Thunder (n.) To utter violent denunciation.

Thunder (v. t.) To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.

Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

Thunderbolt (n.) Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.

Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

Thunderbolt (n.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.

Thunderburst (n.) A burst of thunder.

Thunderclap (n.) A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Thundercloud (n.) A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

Thunderer (n.) One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.

Thunderfish (n.) A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).

Thunderhead (n.) A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.

Thundering (a.) Emitting thunder.

Thundering (a.) Very great; -- often adverbially.

Thundering (n.) Thunder.

Thunderless (a.) Without thunder or noise.

Thunderous (a.) Producing thunder.

Thunderous (a.) Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.

Thunderproof (a.) Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

Thundershower (n.) A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Thunderstone (n.) A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.

Thunderstone (n.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.

Thunderstorm (n.) A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Thunderstruck (imp.) of Thunderstrike

Thunderstruck (p. p.) of Thunderstrike

-strucken () of Thunderstrike

Thunderstriking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thunderstrike

Thunderstrike (v. t.) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.

Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Thunderworm (n.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.

Thundery (a.) Accompanied with thunder; thunderous.

Thundrous (a.) Thunderous; sonorous.

Thunny (n.) The tunny.

Thurgh (prep.) Through.

Thurghfare (n.) Thoroughfare.

Thurible (n.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.

Thuriferous (a.) Producing or bearing frankincense.

Thurification (n.) The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.

Thuringian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people.

Thuringian (n.) A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.

Thuringite (n.) A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

Thurl (n.) A hole; an aperture.

Thurl (n.) A short communication between adits in a mine.

Thurl (n.) A long adit in a coalpit.

Thurl (v. t.) To cut through; to pierce.

Thurl (v. t.) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

Thurling (n.) Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).

Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink.

Thursday (n.) The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.

Thurst (n.) The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.

Thus (n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

Thus (adv.) In this or that manner; on this wise.

Thus (adv.) To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.

Thussock (n.) See Tussock.

Thuya (n.) Same as Thuja.

Thuyin (n.) A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.

Thwacked (imp. & p. p.) of Thwack

Thwacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwack

Thwack (v. t.) To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.

Thwack (v. t.) To fill to overflow.

Thwack (n.) A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.

Thwaite (n.) The twaite.

Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.

Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.

Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwart

Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwart

Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.

Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.

Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.

Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

Thwartingly (adv.) In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

Thwartness (n.) The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.

Thwite (v. t.) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

Thwittle (v. t.) To cut or whittle.

Thwittle (n.) A small knife; a whittle.

Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.

Thyine wood () The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.

Thylacine (n.) The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.

Thymate (n.) A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.

Thyme (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Thymene (n.) A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.

Thymiatechny (n.) The art of employing perfumes in medicine.

Thymic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thymus gland.

Thymic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.

Thymol (n.) A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.

Thymus (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.

Thymus (n.) The thymus gland.

Thymy (a.) Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.

Thyro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.

Thyroarytenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.

Thyrohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

Thyroid (a.) Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

Thyroid (a.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

Thyroideal (a.) Thyroid.

Thyrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.

Thyrse (n.) A thyrsus.

Thyrsoid (a.) Alt. of Thyrsoidal

Thyrsoidal (a.) Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

Thyrsi (pl. ) of Thyrsus

Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites.

Thyrsus (n.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

Thysanopter (n.) One of the Thysanoptera.

Thysanoptera (n. pl.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips.

Thysanopteran (n.) One of the Thysanoptera.

Thysanopterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera.

Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.

Thysanuran (n.) One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.

Thysanurous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura.

Thysbe (n.) A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).

Thyself (pron.) An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.

Tiar (n.) A tiara.

Tiara (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.

Tiaraed (a.) Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara.

Tib-cat (n.) A female cat.

Tibiae (pl. ) of Tibia

Tibia (n.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

Tibia (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

Tibia (n.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

Tibial (a.) Of or pertaining to a tibia.

Tibial (a.) Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.

Tibial (n.) A tibial bone; a tibiale.

Tibialia (pl. ) of Tibiale

Tibiale (n.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

Tibicinate (v. i.) To play on a tibia, or pipe.

Tibio- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular.

Tibiotarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal articulation.

Tibiotarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tibiotarsus.

Tibiotarsi (pl. ) of Tibiotarsus

Tibiotarsus (n.) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.

Tibrie (n.) The pollack.

Tic (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.

Tical (n.) A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy.

Tical (n.) A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.

Tice (v. t.) To entice.

Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

Ticement (n.) Enticement.

Tichorrhine (n.) A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.

Tick (n.) Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

Tick (v. i.) To go on trust, or credit.

Tick (v. i.) To give tick; to trust.

Tick (n.) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.

Tick (n.) Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).

Tick (n.) The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

Tick (n.) Ticking. See Ticking, n.

Ticked (imp. & p. p.) of Tick

Ticking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tick

Tick (v. i.) To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

Tick (v. i.) To strike gently; to pat.

Tick (n.) A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.

Tick (n.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.

Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

Ticken (n.) See Ticking.

Ticker (n.) One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.

Ticket (v.) A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

Ticket (v.) A little note or notice.

Ticket (v.) A tradesman's bill or account.

Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.

Ticket (v.) A label to show the character or price of goods.

Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.

Ticket (v.) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.

Ticketed (imp. & p. p.) of Ticket

Ticketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ticket

Ticket (v. t.) To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.

Ticket (v. t.) To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.

Ticketing (n.) A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

Ticking (n.) A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.

Tickled (imp. & p. p.) of Tickle

Tickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tickle

Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.

Tickle (v. t.) To please; to gratify; to make joyous.

Tickle (v. i.) To feel titillation.

Tickle (v. i.) To excite the sensation of titillation.

Tickle (a.) Ticklish; easily tickled.

Tickle (a.) Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.

Tickle (a.) Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.

Tickle-footed (a.) Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.

Ticklenburg (n.) A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.

Tickleness (n.) Unsteadiness.

Tickler (n.) One who, or that which, tickles.

Tickler (n.) Something puzzling or difficult.

Tickler (n.) A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their maturity.

Tickler (n.) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.

Ticklish (a.) Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.

Ticklish (a.) Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.

Ticklish (a.) Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.

Tickseed (n.) A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.

Tickseed (n.) Same as Coreopsis.

Tickseed (n.) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.

Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.

Ticktack (adv.) With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

Ticpolonga (n.) A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.

Tid (a.) Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.

Tidal (a.) Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.

Tidbit (n.) A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.

Tidde (obs.) imp. of Tide, v. i.

Tidder (v. t.) Alt. of Tiddle

Tiddle (v. t.) To use with tenderness; to fondle.

Tide (prep.) Time; period; season.

Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.

Tide (prep.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.

Tide (prep.) Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

Tide (prep.) Violent confluence.

Tide (prep.) The period of twelve hours.

Tide (v. t.) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

Tide (n.) To betide; to happen.

Tide (n.) To pour a tide or flood.

Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Tided (a.) Affected by the tide; having a tide.

Tideless (a.) Having no tide.

Tide-rode (a.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

Tidesmen (pl. ) of Tidesman

Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.

Tideway (n.) Channel in which the tide sets.

Tidife (n.) The blue titmouse.

Tidily (adv.) In a tidy manner.

Tidiness (n.) The quality or state of being tidy.

Tiding (n.) Tidings.

Tidings (n.) Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.

Tidley (n.) The wren.

Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.

Tidology (n.) A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.

Tidy (n.) The wren; -- called also tiddy.

Tidy (superl.) Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.

Tidy (superl.) Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.

Tidies (pl. ) of Tidy

Tidy (n.) A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.

Tidy (n.) A child's pinafore.

Tidied (imp. & p. p.) of Tidy

Tidying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tidy

Tidy (v. t.) To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.

Tidy (v. i.) To make things tidy.

Tidytips (n.) A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.

Ties (pl. ) of Tie

Tie (v. t.) A knot; a fastening.

Tie (v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

Tie (v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

Tie (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

Tie (v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Tied (imp. & p. p.) of Tie

Tight () of Tie

Tying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tie

Tie (v. t.) To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.

Tie (v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.

Tie (v. t.) To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

Tie (v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

Tie (v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Tiebar (n.) A flat bar used as a tie.

Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.

Tier (n.) One who, or that which, ties.

Tier (n.) A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.

Tier (v. t.) A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.

Tierce (n.) A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

Tierce (n.) A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

Tierce (n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

Tierce (n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.

Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

Tierce (a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.

Tiercel (n.) Alt. of Tiercelet

Tiercelet (n.) The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.

Tierce-major (n.) See Tierce, 4.

Tiercet (n.) A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.

Tie-rod (n.) A rod used as a tie. See Tie.

Tiers etat () The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

Tietick (n.) The meadow pipit.

Tiewig (n.) A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.

Tiff (n.) Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.

Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Tiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Tiff

Tiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tiff

Tiff (v. i.) To be in a pet.

Tiff (v. t.) To deck out; to dress.

Tiffany (n.) A species of gause, or very silk.

Tiffin (n.) A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.

Tiffish (a.) Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.

Tift (n.) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.

Tig (n.) A game among children. See Tag.

Tig (n.) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

Tigella (n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

Tigelle (n.) Same as Tigella.

Tiger (n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

Tiger (n.) Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.

Tiger (n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

Tiger (n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.

Tiger (n.) A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Tiger-eye (n.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

Tiger-foot (n.) Same as Tiger's-foot.

Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.

Tigerine (a.) Tigerish; tigrine.

Tigerish (a.) Like a tiger; tigrish.

Tiger's-foot (n.) A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.

Tigh (n.) A close, or inclosure; a croft.

Tight () p. p. of Tie.

Tight (superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Tight (superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Tight (superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Tight (superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.

Tight (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Tight (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Tight (v. t.) To tighten.

Tightened (imp. & p. p.) of Tighten

Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighten

Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Tightener (n.) That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

Tighter (n.) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Tightly (adv.) In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Tightness (n.) The quality or condition of being tight.

Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

Tiglic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.

Tigress (n.) The female of the tiger.

Tigrine (a.) Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.

Tigrine (a.) Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.

Tigrish (a.) Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

Tike (n.) A tick. See 2d Tick.

Tike (n.) A dog; a cur.

Tike (n.) A countryman or clown; a boorish person.

Tikus (n.) The bulau.

Til (prep. & conj.) See Till.

Tilburies (pl. ) of Tilbury

Tilbury (n.) A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.

Tilde (n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, –, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

Tile (v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Tile (n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

Tile (n.) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

Tile (n.) A plate of metal used for roofing.

Tile (n.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

Tile (n.) A draintile.

Tile (n.) A stiff hat.

Tiled (imp. & p. p.) of Tile

Tiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tile

Tile (v. t.) To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

Tile (v. t.) Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.

Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

Tilefish (n.) A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

Tiler (n.) A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.

Tiler (n.) A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.

Tileries (pl. ) of Tilery

Tilery (n.) A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.

Tilestone (n.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

Tilestone (n.) A tile of stone.

Tiliaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.

Tiling (n.) A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.

Tiling (n.) Tiles, collectively.

Till (n.) A vetch; a tare.

Till (n.) A drawer.

Till (n.) A tray or drawer in a chest.

Till (n.) A money drawer in a shop or store.

Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.

Till (n.) A kind of coarse, obdurate land.

Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.

Till (conj.) As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.

Tilled (imp. & p. p.) of Till

Tilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Till

Till (prep.) To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.

Till (prep.) To prepare; to get.

Till (v. i.) To cultivate land.

Tillable (a.) Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.

Tillage (n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

Tillage (n.) A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.

Tiller (v. t.) One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.

Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

Tiller (n.) A young timber tree.

Tillered (imp. & p. p.) of Tiller

Tillering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tiller

Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.

Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.

Tiller (n.) The handle of anything.

Tiller (n.) A small drawer; a till.

Tilley () Alt. of Tilley seed

Tilley seed () The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.

Tillmen (pl. ) of Tillman

Tillman (n.) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.

Tillodont (n.) One of the Tillodontia.

Tillodontia (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.

Tillet (n.) A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.

Tillow (v. i.) See 3d Tiller.

Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.

Tilmus (n.) Floccillation.

Tilt (n.) A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Tilt (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

Tilted (imp. & p. p.) of Tilt

Tilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tilt

Tilt (v. t.) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt (v. t.) To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance.

Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust a weapon at.

Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

Tilt (v. i.) To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

Tilt (n.) A thrust, as with a lance.

Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

Tilt (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.

Tilter (n.) One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.

Tilter (n.) One who operates a tilt hammer.

Tilth (n.) The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

Tilth (n.) That which is tilled; tillage ground.

Tilt hammer () A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

Tilting (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt.

Tilting (n.) The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.

Til tree () See Teil.

Tilt-up (n.) Same as Tip-up.

Tilt-yard (n.) A yard or place for tilting.

Timal (n.) The blue titmouse.

Timaline (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.

Timbal (n.) A kettledrum. See Tymbal.

Timber (n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.

Timber (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.

Timber (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.

Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.

Timber (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

Timber (n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.

Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.

Timber (n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.

Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.

Timbered (imp. & p. p.) of Timber

Timbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Timber

Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Timber (v. i.) To light on a tree.

Timber (v. i.) To make a nest.

Timbered (a.) Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.

Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.

Timbered (a.) Massive, like timber.

Timbered (a.) Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.

Timberhead (n.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.

Timbering (n.) The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.

Timberling (n.) A small tree.

Timbermen (pl. ) of Timberman

Timberman (n.) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.

Timberwork (n.) Work made of timbers.

Timbre (n.) See 1st Timber.

Timbre (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.

Timbre (n.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.

Timbrel (n.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.

Timbreled (a.) Alt. of Timbrelled

Timbrelled (a.) Sung to the sound of the timbrel.

Timburine (n.) A tambourine.

Times (pl. ) of Time

Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.

Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

Time (n.) The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.

Time (n.) A proper time; a season; an opportunity.

Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.

Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.

Time (n.) The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.

Time (n.) Tense.

Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.

Timed (imp. & p. p.) of Time

Timing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Time

Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.

Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.

Time (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony.

Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Time (v. i.) To pass time; to delay.

Timeful (a.) Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early.

Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.

Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.

Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.

Timekeeper (n.) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.

Timekeeper (n.) One who marks the time in musical performances.

Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.

Timeless (a.) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

Timeless (a.) Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave.

Timeless (a.) Having no end; interminable; unending.

Timelessly (adv.) In a timeless manner; unseasonably.

Timeliness (n.) The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.

Timeling (n.) A timeserver.

Timely (superl.) Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.

Timely (superl.) Keeping time or measure.

Timely (adv.) Early; soon; in good season.

Timenoguy (n.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

Timeous (a.) Timely; seasonable.

Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.

Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.

Timesaving (a.) Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.

Timeserver (n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.

Timeserving (a.) Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

Timeserving (n.) An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.

Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

Time-table (n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.

Time-table (n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.

Timid (a.) Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Timidity (n.) The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

Timidous (a.) Timid.

Timist (n.) A performer who keeps good time.

Timist (n.) A timeserver.

Timmer (n.) Same as 1st Timber.

Timocracy (n.) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.

Timocracy (n.) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Timocratic (a.) Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.

Timoneer (n.) A helmsman.

Timorous (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Timorous (a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.

Timorsome (a.) Easily frightened; timorous.

Timothy () Alt. of Timothy grass

Timothy grass () A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

Timous (a.) Timely; seasonable.

Timpani (pl. ) of Timpano

Timpano (n.) See Tympano.

Tim-whiskey (n.) A kind of carriage. See Whiskey.

Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

Tin (n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

Tin (n.) Money.

Tinned (imp. & p. p.) of Tin

Tinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tin

Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

Tinamides (n. pl.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

Tinamou (n.) Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

Tincal (n.) Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

Tinchel (n.) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.

Tinct (a.) Tined; tinged.

Tinct (n.) Color; tinge; tincture; tint.

Tinct (v. t.) To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.

Tinctorial (a.) Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.

Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

Tincture (n.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.

Tincture (n.) The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.

Tincture (n.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.

Tincture (n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.

Tincture (n.) A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.

Tinctured (imp. & p. p.) of Tincture

Tincturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tincture

Tincture (v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

Tincture (v. t.) To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.

Tind (v. t.) To kindle.

Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

Tindal (n.) An attendant on an army.

Tinder (n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

Tine (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.

Tine (v. t.) To kindle; to set on fire.

Tine (v. i.) To kindle; to rage; to smart.

Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose.

Tine (n.) A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

Tinea (n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.

Tinean (n.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.

Tined (a.) Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.

Tineid (n.) Same as Tinean.

Tinemen (pl. ) of Tineman

Tineman (n.) An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.

Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.

Ting (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

Ting (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.

Ting (n.) The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Tinged (imp. & p. p.) of Tinge

Tingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinge

Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.

Tinge (n.) A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.

Tingent (a.) Having the power to tinge.

Tinger (n.) One who, or that which, tinges.

Tingid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.

Tingis (n.) A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.

Tingled (imp. & p. p.) of Tingle

Tingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tingle

Tingle (v. i.) To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

Tingle (v. i.) To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.

Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.

Tink (v. i.) To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

Tink (n.) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Tinker (n.) A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.

Tinker (n.) One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

Tinker (n.) A small mortar on the end of a staff.

Tinker (n.) A young mackerel about two years old.

Tinker (n.) The chub mackerel.

Tinker (n.) The silversides.

Tinker (n.) A skate.

Tinker (n.) The razor-billed auk.

Tinkered (imp. & p. p.) of Tinker

Tinkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinker

Tinker (v. t.) To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.

Tinker (v. i.) To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

Tinkering (n.) The act or work of a tinker.

Tinkerly (a.) After the manner of a tinker.

Tinkershire (n.) Alt. of Tinkle

Tinkle (n.) The common guillemot.

Tinkle (v. i.) To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.

Tinkle (v. i.) To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.

Tinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Tinkle

Tinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinkle

Tinkle (v. t.) To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

Tinkle (n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.

Tinkler (n.) A tinker.

Tinkling (n.) A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.

Tinkling (n.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.

Tinmen (pl. ) of Tinman

Tinman (n.) A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.

Tinmouth (n.) The crappie.

Tinned (a.) Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.

Tinned (a.) Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats.

Tinnen (a.) Made or consisting of tin.

Tinner (n.) One who works in a tin mine.

Tinner (n.) One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.

Tinnient (a.) Emitting a clear sound.

Tinning (n.) The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.

Tinning (n.) The covering or lining of tin thus put on.

Tinnitus (n.) A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

Tinnock (n.) The blue titmouse.

Tinny (a.) Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.

Tinsel (n.) A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.

Tinsel (n.) Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

Tinsel (a.) Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

Tinseled (imp. & p. p.) of Tinsel

Tinselled () of Tinsel

Tinseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinsel

Tinselling () of Tinsel

Tinsel (v. t.) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

Tinselly (a.) Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.

Tinselly (adv.) In a showy and cheap manner.

Tinsmith (n.) One who works in tin; a tinner.

Tinstone (n.) Cassiterite.

Tint (n.) A slight coloring.

Tint (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.

Tint (n.) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

Tint (n.) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

Tinted (imp. & p. p.) of Tint

Tinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tint

Tint (v. t.) To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

Tintamar (n.) A hideous or confused noise; an uproar.

Tinternell (n.) A certain old dance.

Tintle (n.) The wren.

Tintinnabular (a.) Alt. of Tintinnabulary

Tintinnabulary (a.) Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.

Tintinnabulation (n.) A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

Tintinnabulous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular.

Tinto (n.) A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.

Tintype (n.) Same as Ferrotype.

Tinware (n.) Articles made of tinned iron.

Tiny (superl.) Very small; little; puny.

Tip (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

Tip (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

Tip (n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Tipped (imp. & p. p.) of Tip

Tipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tip

Tip (v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

Tip (v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.

Tip (v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

Tip (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

Tip (v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side.

Tip (n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.

Tip (n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee.

Tip (n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

Tipcart (n.) A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.

Tipcat (n.) A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.

Tipper (n.) A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

Tippet (n.) A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.

Tippet (n.) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.

Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.

Tipping (n.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.

Tippled (imp. & p. p.) of Tipple

Tippling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tipple

Tipple (v. i.) To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.

Tipple (v. t.) To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.

Tipple (v. t.) To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.

Tipple (n.) Liquor taken in tippling; drink.

Tippled (a.) Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk.

Tippler (n.) One who keeps a tippling-house.

Tippler (n.) One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.

Tippling-house (n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.

Tipsify (v. t.) To make tipsy.

Tipsily (adv.) In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.

Tipsiness (n.) The state of being tipsy.

Tipstaff (pl. ) of Tipstaff

Tipstaff (n.) A staff tipped with metal.

Tipstaff (n.) An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.

Tipsy (superl.) Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.

Tipsy (superl.) Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

Tiptoes (pl. ) of Tiptoe

Tiptoe (n.) The end, or tip, of the toe.

Tiptoe (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.

Tiptoe (a.) Noiseless; stealthy.

Tiptoe (v. i.) To step or walk on tiptoe.

Tiptop (n.) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.

Tiptop (a.) Very excellent; most excellent; perfect.

Tipulae (pl. ) of Tipula

Tipulas (pl. ) of Tipula

Tipula (n.) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.

Tipulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the tipulas.

Tip-up (n.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.

Tirade (n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.

Tire (n.) A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

Tire (n.) Attire; apparel.

Tire (n.) A covering for the head; a headdress.

Tire (n.) A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

Tire (n.) Furniture; apparatus; equipment.

Tire (n.) A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.

Tire (v. t.) To adorn; to attire; to dress.

Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

Tire (v. i.) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Tired (imp. & p. p.) of Tire

Tiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tire

Tire (v. i.) To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.

Tire (v. t.) To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.

Tired (a.) Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

Tiredness (n.) The state of being tired, or weary.

Tireless (a.) Untiring.

Tireling (a.) Tired; fatigued.

Tiresome (a.) Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

Tire-women (pl. ) of Tire-woman

Tire-woman (n.) A lady's maid.

Tire-woman (n.) A dresser in a theater.

Tiring-house (n.) A tiring-room.

Tiring-room (n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage.

Tirma (n.) The oyster catcher.

Tiro (n.) Same as Tyro.

T iron () See under T.

Tironian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.

Tirralirra (n.) A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.

Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.

Tirwit (n.) The lapwing.

'T is () A common contraction of it is.

Tisane (n.) See Ptisan.

Tisar (n.) The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven.

Tisic (a.) Alt. of Tisical

Tisical (a.) Consumptive, phthisical.

Tisic (n.) Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.

Tisicky (a.) Consumptive, phthisical.

Tisri (n.) The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.

Tissue (n.) A woven fabric.

Tissue (n.) A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

Tissue (n.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.

Tissue (n.) Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.

Tissued (imp. & p. p.) of Tissue

Tissuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tissue

Tissue (v. t.) To form tissue of; to interweave.

Tissued (a.) Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers.

Tit (n.) A small horse.

Tit (n.) A woman; -- used in contempt.

Tit (n.) A morsel; a bit.

Tit (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.

Tit (n.) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.

Titan (a.) Titanic.

Titanate (n.) A salt of titanic acid.

Titanic (a.) Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.

Titanic (a.) Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.

Titaniferous (a.) Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.

Titanite (n.) See Sphene.

Titanitic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.

Titanium (n.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.

Titano- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.

Titanotherium (n.) A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.

Titanous (a.) Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.

Titbit (n.) Same as Tidbit.

Tith (a.) Tight; nimble.

Tithable (a.) Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.

Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.

Tithe (n.) Hence, a small part or proportion.

Tithe (a.) Tenth.

Tithed (imp. & p. p.) of Tithe

Tithing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tithe

Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

Tithe (v. i.) Tp pay tithes.

Tither (n.) One who collects tithes.

Tither (n.) One who pays tithes.

Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

Tithing (n.) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.

Tithingmen (pl. ) of Tithingman

Tithingman (n.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.

Tithingman (n.) A peace officer; an under constable.

Tithingman (n.) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.

Tithly (a.) Tightly; nimbly.

Tithonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.

Tithonicity (n.) The state or property of being tithonic; actinism.

Tithonographic (a.) Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.

Tithonometer (n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.

Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.

Titi (n.) Same as Teetee.

Titillated (imp. & p. p.) of Titillate

Titillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titillate

Titillate (v. t. & i.) To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.

Titillation (n.) The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.

Titillation (n.) Any pleasurable sensation.

Titillative (a.) Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.

Titlark (n.) Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

Title (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

Title (n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

Title (n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

Title (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

Title (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

Title (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.

Title (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.

Title (n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.

Title (n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

Title (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

Titled (imp. & p. p.) of Title

Titling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Title

Title (n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Titled (a.) Having or bearing a title.

Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.

Title-page (n.) The page of a book which contains it title.

Titler (n.) A large truncated cone of refined sugar.

Titling (n.) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.

Titling (n.) The meadow pipit.

Titling (n.) Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

Titmal (n.) The blue titmouse.

Titmice (pl. ) of Titmouse

Titmouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.

Titrated (imp. & p. p.) of Titrate

Titrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titrate

Titrate (n.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.

Titrated (a.) Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.

Titration (n.) The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.

Tittered (imp. & p. p.) of Titter

Tittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titter

Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

Titter (n.) A restrained laugh.

Titter (v. i.) To seesaw. See Teeter.

Titterel (n.) The whimbrel.

Titter-totter (v. i.) See Teeter.

Tittimouse (n.) Titmouse.

Tittle (n.) A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.

Tittlebat (n.) The three-spined stickleback.

Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.

Tittle-tattle (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate.

Tittle-tattling (n.) The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.

Titty (n.) A little teat; a nipple.

Titubate (v. i.) To stumble.

Titubate (v. i.) To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.

Titubation (n.) The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.

Titular (a.) Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

Titular (n.) A titulary.

Titularity (n.) The quality or state of being titular.

Titularly (adv.) In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

Titularies (pl. ) of Titulary

Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

Titulary (a.) Consisting in a title; titular.

Titulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a title.

Tituled (a.) Having a title.

Tiver (n.) A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.

Tiver (v. t.) To mark with tiver.

Tivy (adv.) With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.

Tiza (n.) See Ulexite.

Tmesis (n.) The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.

To (prep.) The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from.

To (prep.) Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.

To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.

To (prep.) As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).

To (prep.) In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically.

To (prep.) Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.

To (prep.) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.

To (prep.) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.

To (prep.) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.

To (prep.) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.

To (prep.) Addition; union; accumulation.

To (prep.) Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.

To (prep.) Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled.

Toad (n.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.

Toadeater (n.) A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.

Toadfish (n.) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo.

Toadfish (n.) The angler.

Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.

Toadflax (n.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.

Toadhead (n.) The golden plover.

Toadish (a.) Like a toad.

Toadlet (n.) A small toad.

Toadstone (n.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.

Toadstone (n.) Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.

Toadstool (n.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

Toadies (pl. ) of Toady

Toady (n.) A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

Toady (n.) A coarse, rustic woman.

Toadied (imp. & p. p.) of Toady

Toadying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toady

Toady (v. t.) To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.

Toadyism (n.) The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

Toasted (imp. & p. p.) of Toast

Toasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toast

Toast (v. t.) To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

Toast (v. t.) To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

Toast (v. t.) To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

Toast (v.) Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

Toast (v.) A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

Toast (v.) Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

Toaster (n.) One who toasts.

Toaster (n.) A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.

Toasting () a. & n. from Toast, v.

Toastmaster (n.) A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

Toat (n.) The handle of a joiner's plane.

Tobacco (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

Tobacco (n.) The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.

Tobacconing (n.) Smoking tobacco.

Tobacconist (n.) A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

Tobacconist (n.) A smoker of tobacco.

To-beat (v. t.) To beat thoroughly or severely.

Tobias fish () The lant, or sand eel.

Tobine (n.) A stout twilled silk used for dresses.

Tobit (n.) A book of the Apocrypha.

Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.

Tobogganed (imp. & p. p.) of Toboggan

Tobogganing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toboggan

Toboggan (v. i.) To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.

Tobogganer (n.) Alt. of Tobogganist

Tobogganist (n.) One who practices tobogganing.

To-break (v. t.) To break completely; to break in pieces.

To-brest (v. t.) To burst or break in pieces.

Toccata (n.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

Tocher (n.) Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.

Tockay (n.) A spotted lizard native of India.

Toco (n.) A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.

Tocology (n.) The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

Tocororo (n.) A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.

Tocsin (n.) An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.

Tod (n.) A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.

Tod (n.) An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.

Tod (n.) A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.

Tod (v. t. & i.) To weigh; to yield in tods.

To-day (prep.) On this day; on the present day.

To-day (n.) The present day.

Toddled (imp. & p. p.) of Toddle

Toddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toddle

Toddle (v. i.) To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

Toddle (n.) A toddling walk.

Toddler (n.) One who toddles; especially, a young child.

Toddy (n.) A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

Toddy (n.) A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.

To-do (n.) Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.

Tody (n.) Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.

Toe (n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

Toe (n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

Toe (n.) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.

Toe (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

Toe (n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.

Toe (n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

Toed (imp. & p. p.) of Toe

Toeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toe

Toe (v. t.) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.

Toe (v. i.) To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).

Toed (a.) Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

To-fall (n.) A lean-to. See Lean-to.

Toffee (n.) Alt. of Toffy

Toffy (n.) Taffy.

Tofore (prep.) Alt. of Toforn

Toforn (prep.) Before.

Toft (n.) A knoll or hill.

Toft (n.) A grove of trees; also, a plain.

Toft (n.) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Toftmen (pl. ) of Toftman

Toftman (n.) The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.

Tofus (n.) Tophus.

Tofus (n.) Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph.

Togas (pl. ) of Toga

Togae (pl. ) of Toga

Toga (n.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.

Togated (a.) Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.

Toged (a.) Togated.

Together (prep.) In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.

Together (prep.) In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together.

Together (prep.) In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together.

Toggery (n.) Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery.

Toggle (n.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.

Toggle (n.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.

Toght (a.) Taut.

Togider (adv.) Alt. of Togidres

Togidres (adv.) Together.

Togue (n.) The namaycush.

Tohew (v. t.) To hew in pieces.

Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

Toiled (imp. & p. p.) of Toil

Toiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toil

Toil (v. i.) To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

Toil (v. t.) To weary; to overlabor.

Toil (v. t.) To labor; to work; -- often with out.

Toil (v.) Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.

Toiler (n.) One who toils, or labors painfully.

Toilet (n.) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

Toilet (n.) A dressing table.

Toilet (n.) Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.

Toilette (n.) See Toilet, 3.

Toilful (a.) Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care.

Toilinette (n.) A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.

Toilless (a.) Free from toil.

Toilsome (a.) Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.

Toise (a.) An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Tokay (n.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

Tokay (n.) A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

Token (n.) Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.

Token (n.) A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.

Token (n.) Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.

Token (n.) A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

Token (n.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.

Token (n.) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

Token (n.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

Token (n.) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

Tokened (imp. & p. p.) of Token

Tokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Token

Token (n.) To betoken.

Tokened (a.) Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence.

Tokenless (a.) Without a token.

Tokin (n.) A tocsin.

Tol (v. t.) To take away. See Toll.

Tola (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

Tolane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.

Tolbooth (n.) See Tollbooth.

Told () imp. & p. p. of Tell.

Toled (imp. & p. p.) of Tole

Toling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tole

Tole (v. t.) To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait.

Toledo (n.) A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.

Tolerabolity (n.) The quality or state of being tolerable.

Tolerable (a.) Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.

Tolerance (n.) The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

Tolerance (n.) The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

Tolerance (n.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

Tolerant (a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

Tolerated (imp. & p. p.) of Tolerate

Tolerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tolerate

Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.

Toleration (n.) The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

Toleration (n.) Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief.

Toleration (n.) Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.

Toll (v. t.) To take away; to vacate; to annul.

Toll (v. t.) To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.

Toll (v. t.) To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.

Toll (v. t.) To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.

Tolled (imp. & p. p.) of Toll

Tolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toll

Toll (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.

Toll (n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

Toll (n.) A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

Toll (n.) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

Toll (n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Toll (v. i.) To pay toll or tallage.

Toll (v. i.) To take toll; to raise a tax.

Toll (v. t.) To collect, as a toll.

Tollable (a.) Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods.

Tollage (n.) Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.

Tollbooth (n.) A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.

Tollbooth (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail.

Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.

Toller (n.) A toll gatherer.

Toller (n.) One who tolls a bell.

Tolletane (a.) Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo.

Tollgate (n.) A gate where toll is taken.

Tollhouses (pl. ) of Tollhouse

Tollhouse (n.) A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.

Tollmen (pl. ) of Tollman

Tollman (n.) One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer.

Tolmen (n.) See Dolmen.

Tolsester (n.) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale.

Tolsey (n.) A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.

Tolt (n.) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.

Toltec (n.) One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico.

Tolu (n.) A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.

Toluate (n.) A salt of any one of the toluic acids.

Toluene (n.) A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.

Toluenyl (n.) Tolyl.

Toluic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid.

Toluid (n.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Toluidine (n.) Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Toluol (n.) Alt. of Toluole

Toluole (n.) Same as Toluene.

Toluric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.

Tolutation (n.) A pacing or ambling.

Toluyl (n.) Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.

Toluylene (n.) Same as Stilbene.

Toluylene (n.) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.

Tolyl (n.) The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.

Tolylene (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.

Tolypeutine (n.) The apar.

Tom (n.) The knave of trumps at gleek.

Tomahawk (n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.) of Tomahawk

Tomahawking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomahawk

Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

Tomaley (n.) The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.

Toman (n.) A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.

Tomatoes (pl. ) of Tomato

Tomato (n.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.

Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.

Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of Tomb

Tombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tomb

Tomb (v. t.) To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.

Tombester (n.) A female dancer.

Tombless (a.) Destitute of a tomb.

Tomboy (n.) A romping girl; a hoiden.

Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

Tomcat (n.) A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.

Tomcod (n.) A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.

Tomcod (n.) The kingfish. See Kingfish (a).

Tomcod (n.) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c).

Tome (n.) As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.

Tomelet (n.) All small tome, or volume.

Tomentose (a.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.

Tometous (a.) Tomentose.

Tomenta (pl. ) of Tomentum

Tomentum (n.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.

Tomfool (n.) A great fool; a trifler.

Tomfoolery (n.) Folly; trifling.

Tomia (pl. ) of Tomium

Tomium (n.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.

Tomjohn (n.) A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.

Tommy (n.) Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.

Tommy (n.) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.

Tomnoddy (n.) A sea bird, the puffin.

Tomnoddy (n.) A fool; a dunce; a noddy.

Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.

Tomorn (adv.) To-morrow.

Tomorrow (adv.) On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.

Tomorrow (n.) The day after the present; the morrow.

Tompion (n.) A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

Tompion (n.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.

Tompion (n.) The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.

Tompon (n.) An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

Tomrig (n.) A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy.

Tomtit (n.) A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse.

Tomtit (n.) The wren.

Tom-tom (n.) See Tam-tam.

Ton () pl. of Toe.

Ton (n.) The common tunny, or house mackerel.

Ton (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.

Ton (n.) A measure of weight or quantity.

Ton (n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.

Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.

Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

Tonality (n.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.

To-name (n.) A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.

Tonca bean () See Tonka bean.

Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

Tone (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.

Tone (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.

Tone (n.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.

Tone (n.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.

Tone (n.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tone (n.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

Tone (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.

Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

Tone (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

Toned (imp. & p. p.) of Tone

Toning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tone

Tone (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone.

Tone (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.

Tone (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

Toned (a.) Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.

Toneless (a.) Having no tone; unmusical.

Tong (n.) Alt. of Tonge

Tonge (n.) Tongue.

Tonga (n.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.

Tongkang (n.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.

Tongo (n.) The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.

Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.

Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.

Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.

Tongue (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.

Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language.

Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.

Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect.

Tongue (n.) Any small sole.

Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.

Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.

Tongue (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.

Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.

Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.

Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongue

Tonguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue

Tongue (v. t.) To speak; to utter.

Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.

Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

Tongue (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.

Tongue (v. i.) To talk; to prate.

Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.

Tongued (a.) Having a tongue.

Tonguefish (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.

Tongueless (a.) Having no tongue.

Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute.

Tongueless (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of.

Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.

Tongue-pad (n.) A great talker.

Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

Tongue-shell (n.) Any species of Lingula.

Tonguester (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.

Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.

Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.

Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.

Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.

Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.

Tonguy (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.

Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."

Tonic (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.

Tonic (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.

Tonic (n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

Tonic (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.

Tonic (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.

Tonical (a.) Tonic.

Tonicity (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

Tonight (adv.) On this present or coming night.

Tonight (adv.) On the last night past.

Tonight (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.

Tonite (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.

Tonka bean () The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean.

Tonnage (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.

Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).

Tonnage (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.

Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.

Tonne (n.) A tun.

Tonnihood (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.

Tonnish (a.) In the ton; fashionable; modish.

Tonometer (n.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.

Tonometer (n.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.

Tonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.

Tonometry (n.) The act of measuring with a tonometer;

Tonometry (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.

Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.

Tonous (a.) Abounding in tone or sound.

Tonquin bean () See Tonka bean.

Tonsil (n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.

Tonsilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.

Tonsile (a.) Capable of being clipped.

Tonsilitic (a.) Tonsilar.

Tonsilitis (n.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.

Tonsilotome (n.) An instrument for removing the tonsils.

Tonsilotomy (n.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.

Tonsor (n.) A barber.

Tonsorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.

Tonsure (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.

Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.

Tonsure (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.

Tonsured (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.

Tonus (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

Tonies (pl. ) of Tony

Tony (n.) A simpleton.

Too (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.

Too (adv.) Likewise; also; in addition.

Took () imp. of Take.

Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.

Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.

Tool (n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.

Tool (n.) A weapon.

Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.

tooled (imp. & p. p.) of Tool

tooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tool

Tool (v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.

Tool (v. t.) To drive, as a coach.

Tooling (n.) Work performed with a tool.

Tool-post (n.) Alt. of Tool-stock

Tool-stock (n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.

Tool-rest (n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.

Toom (a.) Empty.

Toom (v. t.) To empty.

Toon () pl. of Toe.

Toon (n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

Toonwood (n.) Same as Toon.

Toot (v. i.) To stand out, or be prominent.

Toot (v. i.) To peep; to look narrowly.

Toot (v. t.) To see; to spy.

Tooted (imp. & p. p.) of Toot

Tooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toot

Toot (v. i.) To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown.

Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.

Tooter (n.) One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn.

Teeth (pl. ) of Tooth

Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

Tooth (n.) Fig.: Taste; palate.

Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.

Tooth (n.) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.

Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk.

Tooth (n.) An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant

Tooth (n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.

Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.

Toothed (imp. & p. p.) of Tooth

Toothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tooth

Tooth (v. t.) To furnish with teeth.

Tooth (v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.

Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4.

Toothache (n.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.

Toothback (n.) Any notodontian.

Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.

Toothbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the teeth.

Toothdrawer (n.) One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.

Toothed (a.) Having teeth; furnished with teeth.

Toothed (a.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.

Toothful (a.) Toothsome.

Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Toothing (n.) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.

Toothless (a.) Having no teeth.

Toothlet (n.) A little tooth, or like projection.

Toothleted (a.) Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.

Toothpick (n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.

Toothpicker (n.) A toothpick.

Toothshell (n.) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.

Toothsome (a.) Grateful to the taste; palatable.

Toothwort (n.) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

Toothy (a.) Toothed; with teeth.

Toozoo (n.) The ringdove.

Top (n.) A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.

Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

Top (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.

Top (n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

Top (n.) The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.

Top (n.) The chief person; the most prominent one.

Top (n.) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

Top (n.) The head, or upper part, of a plant.

Top (n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.

Top (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

Top (n.) Eve; verge; point.

Top (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

Top (n.) Top-boots.

Topped (imp. & p. p.) of Top

Topping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top

Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.

Top (v. i.) To predominate; as, topping passions.

Top (v. i.) To excel; to rise above others.

Top (v. t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Top (v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.

Top (v. t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.

Top (v. t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop.

Top (v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before.

Top (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

Toparchies (pl. ) of Toparchy

Toparchy (n.) A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.

Top-armor (n.) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

Topau (n.) The rhinocerous bird (a).

Topaz (n.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.

Topaz (n.) Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.

Topazolite (n.) A topaz-yellow variety of garnet.

Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.

Top-boots (n. pl.) High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.

Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.

Top-cloth (n.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

Topcoat (n.) An outer coat; an overcoat.

Top-drain (v. t.) To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.

Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

Top-dressed (imp. & p. p.) of Top-dress

Top-dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top-dress

Top-dress (v. t.) To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.

Top-dressing (n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.

Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

Tope (n.) A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope.

Tope (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.

Tope (n.) The wren.

Toped (imp. & p. p.) of Tope

Toping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tope

Tope (v. i.) To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

Toper (n.) One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

Topet (n.) The European crested titmouse.

Topful (a.) Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull.

Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.

Topgallant (a.) Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid.

Topgallant (n.) A topgallant mast or sail.

Topgallant (n.) Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.

Toph (n.) kind of sandstone.

Tophaceous (a.) Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.

Top-hamper (n.) The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.

Top-heavy (a.) Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.

Tophet (n.) A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.

Tophin (n.) Same as Toph.

Tophi (pl. ) of Tophus

Tophus (n.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.

Tophus (n.) Calcareous tufa.

Topiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening.

Topiary (a.) Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.

Topic (n.) One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.

Topic (n.) A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.

Topic (n.) An argument or reason.

Topic (n.) The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.

Topic (n.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.

Topic (a.) Topical.

Topical (n.) Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

Topical (n.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

Topical (n.) Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.

Topically (adv.) In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.

Topknot (n.) A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.

Topknot (n.) A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species.

Topless (a.) Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled.

Top-light (n.) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

Topmem (pl. ) of Topman

Topman (n.) See Topsman, 2.

Topman (n.) A man stationed in the top.

Topmast (n.) The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.

Topmost (a.) Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.

Topographer (n.) One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.

Topographic () Alt. of Topographical

Topographical () Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.

Topographist (n.) A topographer.

Topography (n.) The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.

Topology (n.) The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.

Toponomy (n.) The designation of position and direction.

Toppiece (n.) A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.

Topping (a.) Rising above; surpassing.

Topping (a.) Hence, assuming superiority; proud.

Topping (a.) Fine; gallant.

Topping (n.) The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

Topping (n.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

Topping (n.) That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.

Toppingly (adv.) In a topping or proud manner.

Toppingly (a.) Same as Topping, a., 3.

Toppled (imp. & p. p.) of Topple

Toppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Topple

Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

Topple (v. t.) To throw down; to overturn.

Top-proud (a.) Proud to the highest degree.

Top-rope (n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.

Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

Tops-and-bottoms (n. pl.) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.

Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.

Top-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochidae.

Topsmen (pl. ) of Topsman

Topsman (n.) The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.

Topsman (n.) The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.

Topsoil (n.) The upper layer of soil; surface soil.

Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Topstone (n.) A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.

Topsy-turvy (adv.) In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

Top-tackle (n.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

Top-timbers (n.) The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.

Top-tool (n.) A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.

Toque (n.) A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.

Toque (n.) A variety of the bonnet monkey.

Toquet (n.) See Toque, 1.

Tor (n.) A tower; a turret.

Tor (n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.

Torace (v. t.) Alt. of Torase

Torase (v. t.) To scratch to pieces.

Torbernite (n.) A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.

Torc (n.) Same as Torque, 1.

Torch (n.) A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

Torch (n.) A flashlight.

Torchbearer (n.) One whose office it is to carry a torch.

Torcher (n.) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.

Torchlight (n.) The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.

Torchon lace () a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.

Torchwood (n.) The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.

Torchwort (n.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.

Tore () imp. of Tear.

Tore (n.) The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.

Tore (n.) Same as Torus.

Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.

Tore (n.) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Toreador (n.) A bullfighter.

To-rent (imp. & p. p.) of To-rend

To-rend (v. t.) To rend in pieces.

Toret (n.) A Turret.

Toret (n.) A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc.

Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.

Toreumatology (n.) The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography.

Toreutic (a.) In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.

Torgoch (n.) The saibling.

Torilto (n.) A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.

Torinese (a.) Of or pertaining to Turin.

Torinese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.

Torment (n.) An engine for casting stones.

Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.

Torment (n.) That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

tormented (imp. & p. p.) of Torment

tormenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Torment

Torment (v. t.) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.

Torment (v. t.) To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Torment (v. t.) To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.

Torment (v. t.) To put into great agitation.

Tormenter (n.) One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.

Tormenter (n.) An executioner.

Tormentful (a.) Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating.

Tormentil (n.) A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.

Tormenting (a.) Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream.

Tormentise (n.) Torture; torment.

Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.

Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.

Tormentress (n.) A woman who torments.

Tormentry (n.) Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.

Tormina (n. pl.) acute, colicky pains; gripes.

Torminous (a.) Affected with tormina; griping.

Torn () p. p. of Tear.

Tornadoes (pl. ) of Tornado

Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.

Tornariae (pl. ) of Tornaria

Tornaria (n.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.

Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

Torosity (n.) The quality or state of being torose.

Torous (a.) Torose.

Torpedinous (a.) Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.

Torpedoes (pl. ) of Torpedo

Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

Torpedo (n.) An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.

Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.

Torpedo (n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.

Torpedo (n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.

Torpedo (n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.

Torpedo (n.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.

Torpedo (n.) A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

Torpedo (v. t.) to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.

Torpent (a.) Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.

Torpescence (n.) The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.

Toppescent (a.) Becoming torpid or numb.

Torpid (a.) Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.

Torpid (a.) Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.

Torpidity (n.) Same as Torpidness.

Torpidly (adv.) In a torpid manner.

Torpidness (n.) The qualityy or state of being torpid.

Torpified (imp. & p. p.) of Torpify

Torpifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Torpify

Torpify (v. t.) To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.

Torpitude (n.) Torpidness.

Torpor (n.) Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.

Torpor (n.) Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.

Torporific (a.) Tending to produce torpor.

Torquate (a.) Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.

torquated (a.) Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.

Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

Torque (n.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.

Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

Torqued (a.) Wreathed; twisted.

Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.

Torques (n.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

Torrefaction (n.) The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.

Torrefied (imp. & p. p.) of Torrefy

Torrefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Torrefy

Torrefy (v. t.) To dry by a fire.

Torrefy (v. t.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.

Torrefy (v. t.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.

Torrent (n.) A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

Torrent (n.) Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.

Torrent (n.) Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

Torrential (a.) Alt. of Torrentine

Torrentine (a.) Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .

Torricellian (a.) Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.

Torrid (a.) Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.

Torrid (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.

Torridity (n.) Torridness.

Torridness (n.) The quality or state of being torrid or parched.

Torril (n.) A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse.

Torrock (n.) A gull.

Torsal (n.) A torsel.

Torse (n.) A wreath.

Torse (n.) A developable surface. See under Developable.

Torsel (n.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

Torsibillty (n.) The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.

Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.

Torsional (a.) Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.

Torsk (n.) The cusk. See Cusk.

Torsk (n.) The codfish. Called also tusk.

Torsos (pl. ) of Torso

Torsi (pl. ) of Torso

Torso (n.) The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.

Tort (n.) Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury.

Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Torta (n.) a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.

Torteaus (pl. ) of Torteau

Torteau (n.) A roundel of a red color.

Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.

Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.

Tortility (n.) The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.

Tortilla (n.) An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.

Tortion (n.) Torment; pain.

Tortious (a.) Injurious; wrongful.

Tortious (a.) Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.

Tortiously (adv.) In a tortous manner.

Tortive (a.) Twisted; wreathed.

Tortoise (n.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

Tortoise (n.) Same as Testudo, 2.

Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color.

Tortoise (n.) a tortoise-shell cat.

Tortricid (a.) Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidae.

Tortrix (n.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.

Tortrix (n.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.

Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.

Tortuose (a.) Wreathed; twisted; winding.

Tortuoslty (n.) the quality or state of being tortuous.

Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

Tortuous (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Tortuous (a.) Injurious: tortious.

Tortuous (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.

Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.

Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.

Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Torture

Torturing. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Torture

Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.

Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow.

Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.

Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.

Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture.

Torulae (pl. ) of Torula

Torula (n.) A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.

Torulaform (a.) Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci.

Torulose (a.) Same as Torose.

Torulous (a.) Same as Torose.

Tori (pl. ) of Torus

Torus (n.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.

Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

Torus (n.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.

Torus (n.) See 3d Tore, 2.

Torved (a.) Stern; grim. See Torvous.

Torvity (a.) Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness.

Torvous (a.) Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.

Tories (pl. ) of Tory

Tory (n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

Tory (n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.

Tory (a.) Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

Toryism (n.) The principles of the Tories.

Toscatter (v. t.) To scatter in pieces; to divide.

Tose (v. t.) To tease, or comb, as wool.

Tosh (a.) Neat; trim.

Toshred (v. t.) To cut into shreads or pieces.

Tossed (imp. & p. p.) of Toss

Tost () of Toss

Tossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toss

Toss (v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

Toss (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

Toss (v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.

Toss (v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.

Toss (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

Toss (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

Toss (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

Toss (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

Toss (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Tossel (n.) See Tassel.

Tosser (n.) Ohe who tosser.

Tossily (adv.) In a tossy manner.

Tossing (n.) The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

Tossing (n.) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.

Tossing (n.) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Tosspot (n.) A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.

Tossy (a.) Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace.

Tost () imp. & p. p. of Toss.

Tosto (a.) Quick; rapid.

Toswink (v. i.) To labor excessively.

Tot (n.) Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

Tot (n.) A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.

Tot (n.) A foolish fellow.

Tota (n.) The grivet.

Total (a.) Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

Total (n.) The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

Totality (n.) The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

Totality (n.) The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge.

Totalize (v. t.) To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.

Totally (adv.) In a total manner; wholly; entirely.

Totalness (n.) The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.

Toted (imp. & p. p.) of Tote

Toting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tote

Tote (v. t.) To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

Tote (n.) The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote.

Totear (v. t.) To tear or rend in pieces.

Totem (n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.

Totemic (a.) Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.

Totemism (n.) The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.

Totemism (n.) Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.

Totemist (n.) One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.

Toter (n.) The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.

T'other () A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2.

Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.

Totipalmi (n.pl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.

Totipresence (n.) Omnipresence.

Totipresent (a.) Omnipresence.

Tottered (imp. & p. p.) of Totter

Tottering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Totter

Totter (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age.

Totter (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.

Totterer (n.) One who totters.

Totteringly (adv.) In a tottering manner.

Tottery (a.) Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking.

Tottled (imp. & p. p.) of Totly

Tottling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Totly

Totly (v. i.) To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.

Tottlish (a.) Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.

Totty (a.) Unsteady; dizzy; tottery.

Toty (a.) Totty.

Toty (n.) A sailor or fisherman; -- so called in some parts of the Pacific.

Toucan (n.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.

Toucan (n.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.

Toncanet (n.) A small toucan.

Touched (imp. & p. p.) of Touch

Touching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Touch

Touch (v. t.) To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

Touch (v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling.

Touch (v. t.) To come to; to reach; to attain to.

Touch (v. t.) To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

Touch (v. t.) To relate to; to concern; to affect.

Touch (v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

Touch (v. t.) To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.

Touch (v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.

Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

Touch (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.

Touch (v. t.) To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

Touch (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.

Touch (v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play.

Touch (v. t.) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress.

Touch (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Touch (v. t.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

Touch (a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

Touch (v. i.) To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.

Touch (v. i.) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

Touch (v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.

Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

Touch (v.) The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

Touch (v.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.

Touch (v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.

Touch (v.) An emotion or affection.

Touch (v.) Personal reference or application.

Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Touch (v.) Feature; lineament; trait.

Touch (v.) The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

Touch (v.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

Touch (v.) A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

Touch (v.) A slight and brief essay.

Touch (v.) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

Touch (v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

Touch (v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.

Touch (v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.

Touch (n.) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.

Touch (n.) A boys' game; tag.

Touchable (a.) Capable of being touched; tangible.

Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

Touch-box (n.) A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.

Touchdown (n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .

Touchhole (n.) The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.

Touchily (adv.) In a touchy manner.

Touchiness (n.) The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.

Touching (a.) Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.

Touching (prep.) Concerning; with respect to.

Touching (n.) The sense or act of feeling; touch.

Touch-me-not (n.) See Impatiens.

Touch-me-not (n.) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.

Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.

Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.

Touchstone (n.) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.

Touchwood (n.) Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

Touchwood (n.) Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

Touchy (a.) Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.

Tough (superl.) Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.

Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.

Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.

Tough (superl.) Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.

Tough-cake (n.) See Tough-pitch (b).

Toughened (imp. & p. p.) of Toughen

Toughening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toughen

Toughen (v. i. & t.) To grow or make tough, or tougher.

Tough-head (n.) The ruddy duck.

Toughish (a.) Tough in a slight degree.

Toughly (adv.) In a tough manner.

Toughness (n.) The quality or state of being tough.

Tough-pitch (n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.

Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.

Touite (n.) The wood warbler.

Toupee (n.) Alt. of Toupet

Toupet (n.) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.

Toupet (n.) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.

Toupettit (n.) The crested titmouse.

Tour (n.) A tower.

Tour (v. t.) A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.

Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.

Tour (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.

Toured (imp. & p. p.) of Tour

Touring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tour

Tour (v. i.) To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.

Touraco (n.) Same as Turacou.

Tourbillion (n.) An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.

Tourist (n.) One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

Tourmaline (n.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels.

Tourn (n.) A spinning wheel.

Tourn (n.) The sheriff's turn, or court.

Tournament (n.) A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.

Tournament (n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.

Tournery (n.) Work turned on a lathe; turnery.

Tourney (v. t.) A tournament.

Tourney (n.) To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

Tournois (n.) A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.

Tournure (n.) Turn; contour; figure.

Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

Toused (imp. & p. p.) of Touze

Tousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Touze

Touse (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Touze

Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.

Touse (n.) A pulling; a disturbance.

Tousel (v. t.) Same as Tousle.

Touser (n.) One who touses.

Tousle (v. t.) To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.

Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.

Tout (v. i.) To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

Tout (v. i.) To ply or seek for customers.

Tout (n.) One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.

Tout (v. i.) To toot a horn.

Tout (n.) The anus.

Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.

Touter (n.) One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.

Touze (v.t & i.) See Touse.

Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Towed (imp. & p. p.) of Tow

Towing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tow

Tow (v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

Tow (v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

Tow (v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

Tow (v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

Towage (v.) The act of towing.

Towage (v.) The price paid for towing.

Towall (n.) A towel.

Toward (prep.) Alt. of Towards

Towards (prep.) In the direction of; to.

Towards (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.

Towards (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.

Toward (adv.) Alt. of Towards

Towards (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

Toward (prep.) Approaching; coming near.

Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.

Toward (prep.) Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.

Towardliness (n.) The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.

Towardly (a.) Same as Toward, a., 2.

Towardness (n.) Quality or state of being toward.

Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

Towboat (n.) A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

Towboat (n.) A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.

Towel (v. t.) To beat with a stick.

Toweling (n.) Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.

Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.

Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.

Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.

Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.

Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.

towered (imp. & p. p.) of Tower

towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tower

Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.

Tower (v. t.) To soar into.

Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.

Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.

Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.

Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.

Tow-head (n.) An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.

Tow-head (n.) The hooded merganser.

Towhee (n.) The chewink.

Towilly (n.) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry.

Towline (v. t.) A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.

Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Town (adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

Town (adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

Town (adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.

Town (adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Town (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Town-crier (n.) A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.

Towned (a.) Having towns; containing many towns.

Townhall (n.) A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.

Townhouse (n.) A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.

Townish (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.

Townless (a.) Having no town.

Townlet (n.) A small town.

Townsfolk (n.) The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.

Township (n.) The district or territory of a town.

Township (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

Township (n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Townsmen (pl. ) of Townsman

Townsman (n.) An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.

Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.

Townpeople (n.) The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.

Townward (adv.) Alt. of Townwards

Townwards (adv.) Toward a town.

Towpath (n.) A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.

Towrope (n.) A rope used in towing vessels.

Towser (n.) A familiar name for a dog.

Towy (a.) Composed of, or like, tow.

Tox/mia (a.) Blood poisoning. See under Blood.

Toxic (a.) Alt. of Toxical

Toxical (a.) Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.

Toxicant (n.) A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.

Toxicological (a.) Of or pertaining to toxicology.

Toxicologist (n.) One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.

Toxicology (n.) The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

Toxicomania (n.) Toxiphobia.

Toxicomania (n.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.

Toxifera (n.pl.) Same as Toxoglossa.

Toxin (n.) Alt. of Toxine

Toxine (n.) A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.

Toxiphobia (n.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.

Toxodon (n.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

Toxodonta (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.

Toxoglossa (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.

Toxophilite (n.) A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.

Toxotes (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.

Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.

Toy (v. t.) A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.

Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.

Toy (v. t.) Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime.

Toy (v. t.) An old story; a silly tale.

Toy (v. t.) A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch.

toyed (imp. & p. p.) of Toy

toying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toy

Toy (v. i.) To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

Toy (v. t.) To treat foolishly.

Toyear (adv.) This year.

Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

Toyful (a.) Full of trifling play.

Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.

Toyingly (adv.) In a toying manner.

Toyish (a.) Sportive; trifling; wanton.

Toyish (a.) Resembling a toy.

Toyman (n.) One who deals in toys.

Toyshop (n.) A shop where toys are sold.

Toysome (a.) Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton.

Toze (v. t.) To pull violently; to touse.

Tozy (a.) Soft, like wool that has been teased.

Trabeae (pl. ) of Trabea

Trabea (n.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.

Trabeated (a.) Furnished with an entablature.

Trabeation (n.) Same as Entablature.

Trabeculae (pl. ) of Trabecula

Trabecula (n.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.

Trabecular (a.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae.

Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.

Trabu (n.) Same as Trubu.

Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Trace (v. t.) A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.

Trace (v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

Trace (v. t.) A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

Trace (v. t.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Trace (v. t.) The ground plan of a work or works.

traced (imp. & p. p.) of Trace

tracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trace

Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

Trace (v. t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Trace (v. t.) Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

Trace (v. t.) To copy; to imitate.

Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Trace (v. i.) To walk; to go; to travel.

Traceable (a.) Capable of being traced.

Tracer (n.) One who, or that which, traces.

Traceries (pl. ) of Tracer/y

Tracer/y (n.) Ornamental work with rambled lines.

Tracer/y (n.) The decorative head of a Gothic window.

Tracer/y (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.

Tracheae (pl. ) of Trachea

Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

Trachea (n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

Trachea (n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

Tracheal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

Trachearia (n.pl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

Tracheary (a.) Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.

Tracheary (n.) One of the Trachearia.

Tracheata (n.pl.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.

Tracheate (a.) Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.

Tracheate (n.) Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.

Tracheid (n.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.

Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.

Trachelidan (n.) Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

Trachelipod (n.) One of the Trachelipoda.

Trachelipoda (n.pl.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Trachelipodous (a.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.

Trachelobranchiate (a.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.

Trachelorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.

Trachenchyma (n.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.

Tracheobranchlae (pl. ) of Tracheobranchia

Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

Tracheobronchial (a.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.

Tracheocele (n.) Goiter.

Tracheocele (n.) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.

Tracheophonae (n. pl.) A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.

Tracheoscopy (n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Tracheotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

Trachinoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever.

Trachitis (n.) Tracheitis.

Trachycarpous (a.) Rough-fruited.

Trachymedusae (n. pl.) A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.

Trachyspermous (a.) Rough-seeded.

Trachystomata (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.

Trachyte (n.) An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.

Trachytic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.

Trachytoid (a.) Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.

Tracing (n.) The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

Tracing (n.) A regular path or track; a course.

Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

Track (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

Track (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.

Track (n.) A road; a beaten path.

Track (n.) Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

Track (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Track (n.) The permanent way; the rails.

Track (n.) A tract or area, as of land.

tracked (imp. & p. p.) of Track

tracking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Track

Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.

Tracker (n.) One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

Tracker (n.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

Trackless (a.) Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.

Trackmaster (n.) One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.

Track-road (n.) A towing path.

Trackscout (n.) See Trackschuyt.

Tract (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

Tract (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

Tract (v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

Tract (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.

Tract (v.) The footprint of a wild beast.

Tract (v.) Track; trace.

Tract (v.) Treatment; exposition.

Tract (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.

Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.

Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.

Tractability (n.) The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.

Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.

Tractarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.

Tractarianism (n.) The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."

Tractate (n.) A treatise; a tract; an essay.

Tractation (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.

Tractator (n.) One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.

Tractile (a.) Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

Tractility (n.) The quality of being tractile; ductility.

Traction (n.) The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.

Traction (n.) Attraction; a drawing toward.

Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.

Tractite (n.) A Tractarian.

Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.

Tractive (a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.

Tractor (n.) That which draws, or is used for drawing.

Tractor (n.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

Tractoration (n.) See Perkinism.

Tractory (n.) A tractrix.

Tractrix (n.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.

Trad () imp. of Tread.

Trade (v.) A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

Trade (v.) Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.

Trade (v.) Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.

Trade (v.) Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

Trade (v.) Instruments of any occupation.

Trade (v.) A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

Trade (v.) The trade winds.

Trade (v.) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

Traded (imp. & p. p.) of Trade

Trading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trade

Trade (v. i.) To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

Trade (v. i.) To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

Trade (v. i.) To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.

Trade (v. t.) To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

Trade () imp. of Tread.

Traded (a.) Professional; practiced.

Tradeful (a.) Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial.

Tradeless (a.) Having no trade or traffic.

Trade-mark (n.) A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.

Trader (n.) One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

Trader (n.) A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.

Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

Tradesfolk (n.) People employed in trade; tradesmen.

Tradesmen (pl. ) of Tradesman

Tradesman (n.) One who trades; a shopkeeper.

Tradesman (n.) A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.

Tradespeople (n.) People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.

trades union () Alt. of Trade union

Trade union () An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

Trades-unionist (n.) Alt. of Trade-unionist

Trade-unionist (n.) A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

Tradeswomen (pl. ) of Tradeswoman

Tradeswoman (n.) A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.

Trading (a.) Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

Trading (a.) Frequented by traders.

Trading (a.) Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.

Tradition (n.) The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

Tradition (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.

Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.

Tradition (n.) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.

Tradition (n.) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing.

Tradition (v. t.) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

Traditional (a.) Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

Traditional (a.) Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.

Traditionlism (n.) A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.

Traditionalist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.

Traditionally (adv.) In a traditional manner.

Traditionarily (adv.) By tradition.

Traditionary (a.) Traditional.

Traditionaries (pl. ) of Traditionary

Traditionary (n.) One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.

Traditioner (n.) Alt. of Traditionist

Traditionist (n.) One who adheres to tradition.

Traditive (a.) Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional.

Traditor (n.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.

Traduced (imp. & p. p.) of Traduce

Traducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Traduce

Traduce (v. t.) To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.

Traduce (v. t.) To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.

Traduce (v. t.) To increase or distribute by propagation.

Traduce (v. t.) To draw away; to seduce.

Traduce (v. t.) To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.

Traduce (v. t.) To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.

Traducement (n.) The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

Traducent (a.) Slanderous.

Traducer (n.) One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

Traducer (n.) One who derives or deduces.

Traducian (n.) A believer in traducianism.

Traducianism (n.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.

Traducible (a.) Capable of being derived or propagated.

Traducible (a.) Capable of being traduced or calumniated.

Traducingly (adv.) In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.

Traduct (v. t.) To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer.

Traduct (n.) That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation.

Traduction (n.) Transmission from one to another.

Traduction (n.) Translation from one language to another.

Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Traduction (n.) The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation.

Traduction (n.) Transition.

Traduction (n.) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to.

Traductive (a.) Capable of being deduced; derivable.

Trafficked (imp. & p. p.) of Traffic

Trafficking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Traffic

Traffic (v. i.) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

Traffic (v. i.) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

Traffic (v. t.) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Traffic (v.) Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.

Traffic (v.) Commodities of the market.

Traffic (v.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.

Trafficable (a.) Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.

Trafficker (n.) One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.

Trafficless (a.) Destitute of traffic, or trade.

Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.

Tragedian (n.) A writer of tragedy.

Tragedian (n.) An actor or player in tragedy.

Tragedienne (n.) A woman who plays in tragedy.

Tragedious (a.) Like tragedy; tragical.

Tragedies (pl. ) of Tragedy

Tragedy (n.) A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.

Tragedy (n.) A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.

Tragic (a.) Alt. of Tragical

Tragical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

Tragical (a.) Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

Tragical (a.) Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.

Tragic (n.) A writer of tragedy.

Tragic (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Tragi-comedy (n.) A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.

Tragi-comic (a.) Alt. of Tragi-comical

Tragi-comical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.

Tragi-comi-pastoral (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry.

Tragopan (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.

Tragus (n.) The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.

T rail () See under T.

Trailed (imp. & p. p.) of Trail

Trailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trail

Trail (v. t.) To hunt by the track; to track.

Trail (v. t.) To draw or drag, as along the ground.

Trail (v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trail (v. t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

Trail (v. t.) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trail (v. i.) To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

Trail (v. i.) To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

Trail (n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Trail (n.) Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

Trail (n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Trail (n.) Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

Trail (n.) A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

Trail (n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

Trail (n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

Trailer (n.) One who, or that which, trails.

Trailer (n.) A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.

Trailing () a. & vb. n. from Trail.

Trained (imp. & p. p.) of Train

Training (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Train

Train (v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.

Train (v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

Train (v. t.) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

Train (v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.

Train (v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

Train (v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

Train (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

Train (v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.

Train (v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.

Train (v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.

Train (v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

Train (v.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.

Train (v.) The tail of a bird.

Train (v.) A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

Train (v.) A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.

Train (v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

Train (v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

Train (v.) A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

Train (v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

Train (v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

Train (v.) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

Trainable (a.) Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.

Trainbands (pl. ) of Trainband

Trainband (n.) A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.

Trainbearer (n.) One who holds up a train, as of a robe.

Trainel (n.) A dragnet.

Trainer (n.) One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

Trainer (n.) A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.

Training (n.) The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.

Train oil () Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.

Trainy (a.) Belonging to train oil.

Traipse (v. i.) To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.

Trais (n. pl.) Alt. of Trays

Trays (n. pl.) Traces.

Trait (v.) A stroke; a touch.

Trait (v.) A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.

Traiteur (n.) The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.

Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason.

Traitor (n.) Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.

Traitor (a.) Traitorous.

Traitor (v. t.) To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Traitoress (n.) A traitress.

Traitorly (a.) Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous.

Traitorous (a.) Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject.

Traitorous (a.) Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme.

Traitory (n.) Treachery.

Traitress (n.) A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.

Trajected (imp. & p. p.) of Traject

Trajecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Traject

Traject (v. t.) To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms.

Traject (v. t.) A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.

Traject (v. t.) The act of trajecting; trajection.

Traject (v. t.) A trajectory.

Trajection (n.) The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.

Trajection (n.) Transposition.

Trajectories (pl. ) of Trajectory

Trajectory (n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.

Trajet (n.) Alt. of Trajetry

Trajetour (n.) Alt. of Trajetry

Trajetry (n.) See Treget, Tregetour, and Tregetry.

Tralation (n.) The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.

Tralatition (n.) A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.

Tralatitious (a.) Passed along; handed down; transmitted.

Tralatitious (a.) Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.

Tralatitiously (adv.) In a tralatitious manner; metephorically.

Tralineate (v. i.) To deviate; to stray; to wander.

Tralucency (n.) Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem.

Tralucent (a.) Translucent.

Tram (n.) A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

Tram (n.) The shaft of a cart.

Tram (n.) One of the rails of a tramway.

Tram (n.) A car on a horse railroad.

Tram (n.) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

Tramble (v. t.) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose.

Trammel (n.) A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

Trammel (n.) A net for confining a woman's hair.

Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.

Trammel (n.) An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.

Trammel (n.) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.

Trammel (n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.

Trammeled (imp. & p. p.) of Trammel

Trammelled () of Trammel

Trammeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trammel

Trammelling () of Trammel

Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch.

Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

Trammeled (a.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse.

Trammeler (n.) One who uses a trammel net.

Trammeler (n.) One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.

Tramming (n.) The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram.

Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.

Tramontane (n.) One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.

Tramped (imp. & p. p.) of Tramp

Tramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tramp

Tramp (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

Tramp (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.

Tramp (v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.

Tramp (v. i.) To travel; to wander; to stroll.

Tramp (n.) A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.

Tramp (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.

Tramp (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.

Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.

Tramp (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

Tramper (n.) One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

Trampled (imp. & p. p.) of Trample

Trampling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trample

Trample (v. t.) To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

Trample (v. t.) Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.

Trample (v. i.) To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

Trample (v. i.) To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

Trample (n.) The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.

Trampler (n.) One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law.

Trampoose (v. i.) To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp.

Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron.

Tramway (n.) Same as Tramroad.

Tramway (n.) A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.

Tranation (n.) The act of swimming over.

Trance (n.) A tedious journey.

Trance (n.) A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of being, or to be rapt into visions; an ecstasy.

Trance (n.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible.

Tranced (imp. & p. p.) of Trance

Trancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trance

Trance (v. t.) To entrance.

Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.

Trance (v. i.) To pass; to travel.

Tranect (n.) A ferry.

Trangram (n.) Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.

Trannel (n.) A treenail.

Tranquil (a.) Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.

Tranquilization (n.) Alt. of Tranquillization

Tranquillization (n.) The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.

Tranquilized (imp. & p. p.) of Tranquillize

Tranquilliized () of Tranquillize

Tranquilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tranquillize

Tranquillizing () of Tranquillize

Tranquilize (v. t.) Alt. of Tranquillize

Tranquillize (v. t.) To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.

Tranquilizer (n.) Alt. of Tranquillizer

Tranquillizer (n.) One who, or that which, tranquilizes.

Tranquilizing (a.) Alt. of Tranquillizing

Tranquillizing (a.) Making tranquil; calming.

Tranquillity (n.) The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.

Tranquilly (adv.) In a tranquil manner; calmly.

Tranquilness (n.) Quality or state of being tranquil.

Trans- () A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure.

Transacted (imp. & p. p.) of Transact

Transacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transact

Transact (v. t.) To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

Transact (v. i.) To conduct matters; to manage affairs.

Transaction (n.) The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.

Transaction (n.) That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.

Transaction (n.) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.

Transactor (n.) One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business.

Transalpine (a.) Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine.

Transalpine (n.) A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.

Transanimated (imp. & p. p.) of Transanimate

Transanimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transanimate

Transanimate (v. t.) To animate with a soul conveyed from another body.

Transanimation (n.) The conveyance of a soul from one body to another.

Transatlantic (a.) Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.

Transatlantic (a.) Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Transaudient (a.) Permitting the passage of sound.

Transcalency (n.) The quality or state of being transcalent.

Transcalent (a.) Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.

Transcended (imp. & p. p.) of Transcend

Transcending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transcend

Transcend (v. t.) To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

Transcend (v. t.) To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.

Transcend (v. t.) To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.

Transcend (v. i.) To climb; to mount.

Transcend (v. i.) To be transcendent; to excel.

Transcendence () Alt. of Transcendency

Transcendency () The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.

Transcendency () Elevation above truth; exaggeration.

Transcendent (a.) Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.

Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Trancscendent (n.) That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.

Trancscendental (a.) Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities.

Trancscendental (a.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience.

Trancscendental (a.) Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction.

Transcendental (n.) A transcendentalist.

Transcendentalism (n.) The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

Transcendentalism (n.) Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.

Transcendentalist (n.) One who believes in transcendentalism.

Transcendentality (n.) The quality or state of being transcendental.

Transcendentally (adv.) In a transcendental manner.

Transcendently (adv.) In a transcendent manner.

Transcendentness (n.) Same as Transcendence.

Transcension (n.) The act of transcending, or surpassing; also, passage over.

Transcolated (imp. & p. p.) of Transcolate

Transcolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transcolate

Transcolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as through a sieve.

Transcolation (n.) Act of transcolating, or state of being transcolated.

Transcontinental (a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.

Transcorporate (v. i.) To transmigrate.

Transcribbler (n.) A transcriber; -- used in contempt.

Transcribed (imp. & p. p.) of Transcribe

Transcribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transcribe

Transcribe (v. t.) To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

Transcriber (n.) One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.

Transcript (n.) That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

Transcript (n.) A copy of any kind; an imitation.

Transcript (n.) A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial.

Transcription (n.) The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

Transcription (n.) A copy; a transcript.

Transcription (n.) An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.

Transcriptive (a.) Done as from a copy; having the style or appearance of a transcription.

Transcur (v. i.) To run or rove to and fro.

Transcurrence (n.) A roving hither and thither.

Transcursion (n.) A rambling or ramble; a passage over bounds; an excursion.

Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.

Transduction (n.) The act of conveying over.

Transe (n.) See Trance.

Transelement (v. t.) Alt. of Transelementate

Transelementate (v. t.) To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate.

Transelementation (n.) Transubstantiation.

Transenne (n.) A transom.

Transept (n.) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.

Transexion (n.) Change of sex.

Transfeminate (v. t.) To change into a woman, as a man.

Transferred (imp. & p. p.) of Transfer

Transferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transfer

Transfer (v. t.) To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

Transfer (v. t.) To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.

Transfer (v. t.) To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.

Transfer (n.) The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.

Transfer (n.) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.

Transfer (n.) That which is transferred.

Transfer (n.) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another.

Transfer (n.) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.

Transfer (n.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.

Transfer (n.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.

Transferability (n.) The quality or state of being transferable.

Transferable (a.) Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.

Transferable (a.) Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable; some tickets are not transferable.

Transferee (n.) The person to whom a transfer in made.

Transference (n.) The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

Transferography (n.) The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers.

Transferrence (n.) See Transference.

Transferrer (n.) One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

Transferrible (a.) Capable of being transferred; transferable.

Transfigurate (v. t.) To transfigure; to transform.

Transfiguratien (n.) A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.

Transfiguratien (n.) A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

Transfigured (imp. & p. p.) of Transfigure

Transfiguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transfigure

Transfigure (v. t.) To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.

Transfigure (v. t.) Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to.

Transfixed (imp. & p. p.) of Transfix

Transfixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transfix

Transfix (v. t.) To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

Transfixion (n.) The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced.

Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream.

Transfluent (a.) Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water.

Transflux (n.) A flowing through, across, or beyond.

Transforate (v. t.) To bore through; to perforate.

Transformed (imp. & p. p.) of Transform

Transforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transform

Transform (v. t.) To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Transform (v. t.) To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

Transform (v. t.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transform (v. i.) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.

Transformable (a.) Capable of being transformed or changed.

Transformation (n.) The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.

Transformation (n.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.

Transformation (n.) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.

Transformation (n.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.

Transformation (n.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.

Transformative (a.) Having power, or a tendency, to transform.

Transformer (n.) One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.

Transformism (n.) The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.

Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

Transfrete (v. i.) To pass over a strait or narrow sea.

Transfuge (n.) Alt. of Transfugitive

Transfugitive (n.) One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate.

Transfund (v. t.) To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse.

Transfused (imp. & p. p.) of Transfuse

Transfusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transfuse

Transfuse (v. t.) To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

Transfuse (v. t.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.

Transfuse (v. t.) To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.

Transfusible (a.) Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.

Transfusion (n.) The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another.

Transfusion (n.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.

Transfusive (a.) Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.

Transgressed (imp. & p. p.) of Transgress

Transgressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transgress

Transgress (v. t.) To pass over or beyond; to surpass.

Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.

Transgress (v. t.) To offend against; to vex.

Transgress (v. i.) To offend against the law; to sin.

Transgression (n.) The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin.

Transgressional (a.) Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.

Transgressive (a.) Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -

Transgressor (n.) One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.

Transhape (v. t.) To transshape.

Tranship (v. t.) Same as Transship.

Transhipment (n.) Same as Transshipment.

Transhuman (a.) More than human; superhuman.

Transhumanize (v. t.) To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity.

Transience (n.) Alt. of Transiency

Transiency (n.) The quality of being transient; transientness.

Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.

Transient (a.) Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.

Transient (n.) That which remains but for a brief time.

Transilience (n.) Alt. of Transiliency

Transiliency (n.) A leap across or from one thing to another.

Transire (n.) A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.

Transit (n.) The act of passing; passage through or over.

Transit (n.) The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.

Transit (n.) A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.

Transit (n.) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.

Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.

Transit (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.

Transit (v. t.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

Transition (n.) Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

Transition (n.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

Transition (n.) A passing from one subject to another.

Transition (n.) Change from one form to another.

Transitional (a.) Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.

Transitionary (a.) Transitional.

Transitive (a.) Having the power of making a transit, or passage.

Transitive (a.) Effected by transference of signification.

Transitive (a.) Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book.

Transitorily (adv.) In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.

Transitoriness (n.) The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Translatable (a.) Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.

Translated (imp. & p. p.) of Translate

Translating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Translate

Translate (v. t.) To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.

Translate (v. t.) To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.

Translate (v. t.) To remove to heaven without a natural death.

Translate (v. t.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another.

Translate (v. t.) To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words.

Translate (v. t.) To change into another form; to transform.

Translate (v. t.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease.

Translate (v. t.) To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.

Translate (v. i.) To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

Translation (n.) The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.

Translation (n.) The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.

Translation (n.) That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.

Translation (n.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.

Translation (n.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.

Translation (n.) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

Translatitious (a.) Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic.

Translative (a.) tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense.

Translator (n.) One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

Translator (n.) A repeating instrument.

Translatorship (n.) The office or dignity of a translator.

Translatory (a.) Serving to translate; transferring.

Translatress (n.) A woman who translates.

Translavation (n.) A laving or lading from one vessel to another.

Transliterate (v. t.) To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.

Transliteration (n.) The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.

Translocation (n.) removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.

Translucence (n.) Alt. of Translucency

Translucency (n.) The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency.

Translucent (a.) Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

Translucent (a.) Transparent; clear.

Translucently (adv.) In a translucent manner.

Translucid (a.) Translucent.

Translunary (a.) Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary.

Transmarine (a.) Lying or being beyond the sea.

Transmeable (a.) Alt. of Transmeatable

Transmeatable (a.) Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable.

Transmeate (v. t.) To pass over or beyond.

Transmeation (n.) The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond.

Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.

Transmigrant (a.) Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another.

Transmigrant (n.) One who transmigrates.

Transmigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Transmigrate

Transmigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmigrate

Transmigrate (v. i.) To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.

Transmigrate (v. i.) To pass from one body or condition into another.

Transmigration (n.) The act of passing from one country to another; migration.

Transmigration (n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

Transmigrator (n.) One who transmigrates.

Transmigratory (a.) Passing from one body or state to another.

Transmissibility (n.) The quality of being transmissible.

Transmissible (a.) Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

Transmission (n.) The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

Transmission (n.) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Transmissive (a.) Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.

Transmitted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmit

Transmitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmit

Transmit (v. t.) To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another.

Transmit (v. t.) To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.

Transmittal (n.) Transmission.

Transmittance (n.) Transmission.

Transmitter (n.) One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver.

Transmittible (a.) Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.

Transmogrification (n.) The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation.

Transmogrify (v. t.) To change into a different shape; to transform.

Transmove (v. t.) To move or change from one state into another; to transform.

Transmutability (n.) The quality of being transmutable.

Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.

Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

Transmutation (n.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square.

Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.

Transmutationist (n.) One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.

Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmute

Transmuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmute

Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.

Transmuter (n.) One who transmutes.

Transmutual (a.) Reciprocal; commutual.

Transnatation (n.) The act of swimming across, as a river.

Transnature (v. t.) To transfer or transform the nature of.

Transom (n.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion.

Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.

Transom (n.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Transom (n.) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Transpadane (a.) Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.

Transpalatine (a.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

Transpare (v. t. & i.) To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.

Transparence (n.) The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.

Transparencies (pl. ) of Transparency

Transparency (n.) The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

Transparency (n.) That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.

Transparent (a.) Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque.

Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil.

Transpass (v. t.) To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river.

Transpass (v. i.) To pass by; to pass away.

Transpassable (a.) Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over.

Transpatronize (v. t.) To transfer the patronage of.

Transpeciate (v. t.) To change from one species to another; to transform.

Transpicuous (a.) Transparent; pervious to the sight.

Transpierced (imp. & p. p.) of Transpierce

Transpiercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transpierce

Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.

Transpirable (a.) Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.

Transpiration (n.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration.

Transpiration (n.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.

Transpiration (n.) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.

Transpiratory (a.) Of or relating to transpiration.

Transpired (imp. & p. p.) of Transpire

Transpiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transpire

Transpire (v. i.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

Transpire (v. i.) To evaporate from living cells.

Transpire (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.

Transpire (v. i.) To happen or come to pass; to occur.

Transpire (v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

Transpire (v. t.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Transplaced (imp. & p. p.) of Transplace

Transplacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transplace

Transplace (v. t.) To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place.

Transplanted (imp. & p. p.) of Transplant

Transplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transplant

Transplant (v. t.) To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

Transplant (v. t.) To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.

Transplantation (n.) The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

Transplantation (n.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty.

Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

Transplanter (n.) One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

Transplendency (n.) Quality or state of being transplendent.

Transplendent (a.) Resplendent in the highest degree.

Transported (imp. & p. p.) of Transport

Transporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transport

Transport (v. t.) To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

Transport (v. t.) To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.

Transport (v. t.) To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.

Transport (v.) Transportation; carriage; conveyance.

Transport (v.) A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.

Transport (v.) Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.

Transport (v.) A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.

Transportability (n.) The quality or state of being transportable.

Transportable (a.) Capable of being transported.

Transportable (a.) Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.

Transportal (n.) Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another.

Transportance (n.) Transportation.

Transportant (a.) Transporting; /avishing; as, transportant love.

Transportation (n.) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

Transportation (n.) Transport; ecstasy.

Transported (a.) Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced.

Transporter (n.) One who transports.

Transporting (a.) That transports; fig., ravishing.

Transportingly (adv.) So as to transport.

Transportment (n.) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation.

Transposable (a.) That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase.

Transposal (n.) The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition.

Transposed (imp. & p. p.) of Transpose

Transposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transpose

Transpose (v. t.) To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.

Transpose (v. t.) To change; to transform; to invert.

Transpose (v. t.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.

Transpose (v. t.) To change the natural order of, as words.

Transpose (v. t.) To change the key of.

Transposer (n.) One who transposes.

Transposition (n.) The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.

Transposition (n.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation.

Transposition (n.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.

Transposition (n.) A change of a composition into another key.

Transpositional (a.) Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.

Transpositive (a.) Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable.

Transprint (v. t.) To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place.

Transprose (v. t.) To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose.

Transregionate (a.) Foreign.

Transshaped (imp. & p. p.) of Transshape

Transshaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transshape

Transshape (v. t.) To change into another shape or form; to transform.

Transship (v. t.) To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another.

Transshipment (n.) The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another.

Transubstantiate (v. t.) To change into another substance.

Transubstantiate (v. t.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

Transubstantiation (n.) A change into another substance.

Transubstantiation (n.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

Transubstantiator (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation.

Transudation (n.) The act or process of transuding.

Transudation (n.) Same as Exosmose.

Transudatory (a.) Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.

Transuded (imp. & p. p.) of Transude

Transuding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transude

Transude (v. i.) To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

Transume (v. t.) To change; to convert.

Transsummer (n.) See Transom, 2.

Transumpt (n.) A copy or exemplification of a record.

Transumption (n.) Act of taking from one place to another.

Transumptive (a.) Taking from one to another; metaphorical.

Transvasate (v. t.) To pour out of one vessel into another.

Transvasation (n.) The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.

Transvection (n.) The act of conveying or carrying over.

Transverberate (v. t.) To beat or strike through.

Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.

Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.

Transverse (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.

Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

Transverse (n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Transversed (imp. & p. p.) of Transverse

Transversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transverse

Transverse (v. t.) To overturn; to change.

Transverse (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

Transversely (adv.) In a transverse manner.

Transversion (n.) The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

Transvert (v. t.) To cause to turn across; to transverse.

Transvertible (a.) Capable of being transverted.

Transvolation (n.) The act of flying beyond or across.

Trant (v. i.) To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle.

Tranter (n.) One who trants; a peddler; a carrier.

Trapped (imp. & p. p.) of Trap

Trapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trap

Trap (v. t.) To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

Trap (n.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.

Trap (a.) Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

Trap (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.

Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

Trap (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.

Trap (n.) The game of trapball.

Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.

Trap (n.) A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

Trap (n.) A wagon, or other vehicle.

Trap (n.) A kind of movable stepladder.

Trap (v. t.) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

Trap (v. t.) Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.

Trap (v. i.) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

Trapan (n.) A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan.

Trapanned (imp. & p. p.) of Trapan

Trapanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trapan

Trapan (v. t.) To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.

Trapanner (n.) One who trapans, or insnares.

Trapball (n.) An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4.

Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

Trapdoor (n.) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.

Trape (v. i.) To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse.

Trapes (n.) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.

Trapes (v. i.) To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse.

Trapezate (a.) Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.

Trapeze (n.) A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1.

Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts.

Trapeziform (a.) Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.

Trapeziums (pl. ) of Trapezium

Trapezia (pl. ) of Trapezium

Trapezium (n.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

Trapezium (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.

Trapezium (n.) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

Trapezohedral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.

Trapezohedron (n.) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron.

Trapezohedron (n.) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.

Trapezoid (n.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other.

Trapezoid (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.

Trapezoid (a.) Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle.

Trapezoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line.

Trapezoidal (a.) Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.

Trapezoidal (a.) Trapezohedral.

Traphole (n.) See Trou-de-loup.

Trappean (a.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.

Trapper (n.) One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.

Trapper (n.) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.

Trappings (n. pl.) That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.

Trappings (n. pl.) Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.

Trappist (n.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.

Trappous (n.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.

Trappures (n. pl.) Trappings for a horse.

Trappy (a.) Same as Trappous.

Traps (n. pl.) Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things.

Trapstick (n.) A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg.

Trash (n.) That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

Trash (n.) Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.

Trash (n.) A worthless person.

Trash (n.) A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

Trashed (imp. & p. p.) of Trash

Trashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trash

Trash (v. t.) To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.

Trash (v. t.) To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.

Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

Trash (v. i.) To follow with violence and trampling.

Trashily (adv.) In a trashy manner.

Trashiness (n.) The quality or state of being trashy.

Trashy (superl.) Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.

Traulism (n.) A stammering or stuttering.

Traumatic (a.) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.

Traumatic (a.) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.

Traumatic (a.) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.

Traumatic (n.) A traumatic medicine.

Traumatism (n.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism.

Traunce (n. & v.) See Trance.

Traunt (v. i.) Same as Trant.

Traunter (n.) Same as Tranter.

Travail (n.) Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

Travail (n.) Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.

Travailed (imp. & p. p.) of Travail

Travailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Travail

Travail (n.) To labor with pain; to toil.

Travail (n.) To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.

Travail (v. t.) To harass; to tire.

Travailous (a.) Causing travail; laborious.

Trave (n.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists.

Trave (n.) A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.

Traveled (imp. & p. p.) of Travel

Travelled () of Travel

Traveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Travel

Travelling () of Travel

Travel (v. i.) To labor; to travail.

Travel (v. i.) To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

Travel (v. i.) To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.

Travel (v. i.) To pass; to go; to move.

Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.

Travel (v. t.) To force to journey.

Travel (n.) The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

Travel (n.) An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.

Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

Travel (n.) Labor; parturition; travail.

Traveled (a.) Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.

Traveler (n.) One who travels; one who has traveled much.

Traveler (n.) A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.

Traveler (n.) A traveling crane. See under Crane.

Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.

Traveler (n.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.

Travel-tainted (a.) Harassed; fatigued with travel.

Travers (a.) Across; athwart.

Traversable (a.) Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region.

Traversable (a.) Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment.

Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses.

Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.

Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like.

Traverse (a.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.

Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.

Traverse (a.) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows.

Traverse (a.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.

Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.

Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.

Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.

Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.

Traversed (imp. & p. p.) of Traverse

Traversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Traverse

Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.

Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.

Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe.

Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.

Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.

Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.

Traverse (a.) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.

Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.

Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.

Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.

Traverser (n.) One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.

Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies.

Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n.

Traversing (a.) Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.

Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.

Travesty (a.) Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.

Travesties (pl. ) of Travesty

Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.

Travestied (imp. & p. p.) of Travesty

Travesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Travesty

Travesty (v. t.) To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.

Trawl (v. t.) To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.

Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.

Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.

Trawlboat (n.) A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

Trawler (n.) One who, or that which, trawls.

Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.

Trawlermen (pl. ) of Trawlerman

Trawlerman (n.) A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.

Trawlnet (n.) Same as Trawl, n., 2.

Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.

Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive.

Trays (pl. ) of Tray

Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.

Tray (n.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.

Tray (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.

Trayfuls (pl. ) of Trayful

Trayful (n.) As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.

Trays (n. pl.) See Trais.

Tray-trip (n.) An old game played with dice.

Treacher (n.) A traitor; a cheat.

Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.

Treachery (n.) Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.

Treachetour (n.) Alt. of Treachour

Treachour (n.) A traitor.

Treacle (n.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

Treacle (n.) A sovereign remedy; a cure.

Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

Treacly (a.) Like, or composed of, treacle.

Trod (imp.) of Tread

Trodden (p. p.) of Tread

Trod () of Tread

Treading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tread

Tread (v. i.) To set the foot; to step.

Tread (v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.

Tread (v. i.) To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.

Tread (v. t.) To step or walk on.

Tread (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.

Tread (v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.

Tread (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

Tread (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.

Tread (n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.

Tread (n.) Way; track; path.

Tread (n.) The act of copulation in birds.

Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.

Tread (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

Tread (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.

Tread (n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

Tread (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

Tread (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.

Treadboard (n.) See Tread, n., 5.

Treader (n.) One who treads.

Treadfowl (n.) A cock.

Treadle (n.) The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

Treadle (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.

Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

Tread-softly (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.

Treadwheel (n.) A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

Treague (n.) A truce.

Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.

Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.

Treasonable (a.) Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt.

Treasonous (a.) Treasonable.

Treasure (n.) Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.

Treasure (n.) A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.

Treasure (n.) That which is very much valued.

Treasured (imp. & p. p.) of Treasure

Treasuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Treasure

Treasure (v. t.) To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.

Treasure-house (n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.

Treasurer (n.) One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.

Treasurership (n.) The office of treasurer.

Treasuress (n.) A woman who is a treasurer.

Treasure-trove (n.) Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.

Treasuries (pl. ) of Treasury

Treasury (n.) A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.

Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.

Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

Treasury (n.) Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."

Treasury (n.) A treasure.

Treated (imp. & p. p.) of Treat

Treating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Treat

Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

Treat (v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

Treat (v. t.) To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.

Treat (v. t.) To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.

Treat (v. t.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.

Treat (v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.

Treat (v. t.) To entreat; to beseech.

Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.

Treat (v. i.) To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.

Treat (v. i.) To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.

Treat (n.) A parley; a conference.

Treat (n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.

Treat (n.) That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.

Treatable (a.) Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent.

Treatably (adv.) In a treatable manner.

Treater (n.) One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.

Treatise (n.) A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract.

Treatise (n.) Story; discourse.

Treatiser (n.) One who writes a treatise.

Treatment (n.) The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

Treatment (n.) Entertainment; treat.

Treature (n.) Treatment.

Treaties (pl. ) of Treaty

Treaty (n.) The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.

Treaty (n.) An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.

Treaty (n.) A proposal tending to an agreement.

Treaty (n.) A treatise; a tract.

Treble (a.) Threefold; triple.

Treble (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.

Treble (a.) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

Treble (adv.) Trebly; triply.

Treble (n.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

Trebled (imp. & p. p.) of Treble

Trebling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Treble

Treble (v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

Treble (v. t.) To utter in a treble key; to whine.

Treble (v. i.) To become threefold.

Trebleness (n.) The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness of tones.

Treblet (n.) Same as Triblet.

Trebly (adv.) In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.

Trebuchet (n.) Alt. of Trebucket

Trebucket (n.) A cucking stool; a tumbrel.

Trebucket (n.) A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.

Trebucket (n.) A kind of balance for weighing.

Trechometer (n.) An odometer for vehicles.

Treckschuyt (n.) A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals.

Treddle (n.) See Treadle.

Treddle (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Treddle (n.) The dung of sheep or hares.

Tredille (n.) A game at cards for three.

Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

Tree (n.) Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.

Tree (n.) A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.

Tree (n.) A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.

Tree (n.) Wood; timber.

Tree (n.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead.

Treed (imp. & p. p.) of Tree

Treeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tree

Tree (v. t.) To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel.

Tree (v. t.) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.

Treebeard (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.

Treefuls (pl. ) of Treeful

Treeful (n.) The quantity or number which fills a tree.

Treeless (a.) Destitute of trees.

Treen (a.) Made of wood; wooden.

Treen (a.) Relating to, or drawn from, trees.

Treen () pl. of Tree.

Treenail (n.) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.

Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.

Trefle (a.) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing.

Trefoil (n.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic.

Trefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.

Trefoil (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.

Trefoiled (a.) Same as Trefle.

Treget (n.) Guile; trickery.

Tregetour (n.) A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery.

Tregetry (n.) Trickery; also, a trick.

Trehala (n.) An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.

Trehalose (n.) Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.

Treillage (n.) Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.

Trellis (n.) A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.

Trellised (a.) Having a trellis or trellises.

Tremando (a.) Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

Trematode (n.) One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.

Trematoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in Appendix.

Trembled (imp. & p. p.) of Tremble

Trembling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tremble

Tremble (v. i.) To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.

Tremble (v. i.) To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.

Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.

Tremble (n.) An involuntary shaking or quivering.

Trembler (n.) One who trembles.

Trembling (a.) Shaking; tottering; quivering.

Tremella (n.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.

Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.

Tremex (n.) A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.

Tremolando (a.) Same as Tremando.

Tremolite (n.) A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.

Tremolo (n.) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.

Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant.

Tremor (v.) A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

Tremulant (a.) Alt. of Tremulent

Tremulent (a.) Tremulous; trembling; shaking.

Tremulous (a.) Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.

Tremulous (a.) Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.

Tren (n.) A fish spear.

Trenail (n.) Same as Treenail.

Trenched (imp. & p. p.) of Trench

Trenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trench

Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.

Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.

Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.

Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.

Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.

Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.

Trench (v. t.) An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.

Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.

Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

Trenchant (v. t.) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.

Trenchantly (adv.) In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.

Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.

Trencher (v. t.) A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.

Trencher (v. t.) The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.

Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-man

Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.

Trencher-man (n.) A cook.

Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.

Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance.

Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.

Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-plough

Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

Trended (imp. & p. p.) of Trend

Trending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trend

Trend (v. i.) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

Trend (v. t.) To cause to turn; to bend.

Trend (n.) Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.

Trend (v. t.) To cleanse, as wool.

Trend (n.) Clean wool.

Trender (n.) One whose business is to free wool from its filth.

Trendle (v. i.) A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.

Trental (n.) An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.

Trental (n.) Hence, a dirge; an elegy.

Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology.

Trepan (n.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.

Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

Trepanned (imp. & p. p.) of Trepan

Trepanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trepan

Trepan (v. t. & i.) To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

Trepan (n.) A snare; a trapan.

Trepan (n.) a deceiver; a cheat.

Trepan (v. t.) To insnare; to trap; to trapan.

Trepang (n.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug.

Trepanize (v. t.) To trepan.

Trepanner (n.) One who trepans.

Trepeget (n.) A trebuchet.

Trephine (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.

Trephined (imp. & p. p.) of Trephine

Trephining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trephine

Trephine (v. t.) To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

Trepid (a.) Trembling; quaking.

Trepidation (n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

Trepidation (n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.

Trepidation (n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

Trepidity (n.) Trepidation.

Tresayle (n.) A grandfather's grandfather.

Tresor (n.) Treasure.

Trespassed (imp. & p. p.) of Trespass

Trespassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trespass

Trespass (v. i.) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

Trespass (v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.

Trespass (v. i.) To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.

Trespass (v. i.) To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.

Trespass (v.) Any injury or offence done to another.

Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.

Trespass (v.) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.

Trespass (v.) An action for injuries accompanied with force.

Trespasser (n.) One who commits a trespass

Trespasser (n.) One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights.

Trespasser (n.) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.

Tress (n.) A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

Tress (n.) Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Tressed (a.) Having tresses.

Tressed (a.) Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled.

Tressel (n.) A trestle.

Tressful (a.) Tressy.

Tressure (n.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.

Tressured (a.) Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.

Tressy (a.) Abounding in tresses.

Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.

Trestle (n.) The frame of a table.

Trestletree (n.) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.

Trestlework (n.) A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.

Tres-tyne (n.) In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine.

Tret () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth.

Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.

Tretable (a.) Tractable; moderate.

Trething (n.) A tax; an impost.

Tretis (n.) Alt. of Tretys

Tretys (n.) A treatise; also, a treaty.

Tretis (a.) Alt. of Tretys

Tretys (a.) Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.

Trevat (n.) A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the pile threads of velvet.

Trevet (n.) A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.

Trew (a.) Alt. of Trewe

Trewe (a.) True.

Trews (n. pl.) Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders.

Trewth (n.) Truth.

Trey (n.) Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.

Tri- () A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate.

Tri- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.

Triable (a.) Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test.

Triable (a.) Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.

Triableness (n.) Quality or state of being triable.

Triacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base.

Triacle (n.) See Treacle.

Triacontahedral (a.) Having thirty sides.

Triaconter (n.) A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers.

Triad (n.) A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

Triad (n.) A chord of three notes.

Triad (n.) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.

Triad (n.) An element or radical whose valence is three.

Triadelphous (a.) Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.

Triadic (a.) Having the characteristics of a triad; as, boron is triadic.

Triakisoctahedron (n.) A trigonal trisoctahedron.

Trial (n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.

Trial (n.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.

Trial (n.) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

Trial (n.) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.

Trial (n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.

Trial (n.) That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.

Trial (n.) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.

Triality (n.) Three united; state of being three.

Trialogue (n.) A discourse or colloquy by three persons.

Triamide (n.) An amide containing three amido groups.

Triamine (n.) An amine containing three amido groups.

Triander (n.) Any one of the Triandria.

Triandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens.

Triandrian (a.) Alt. of Triandrous

Triandrous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower.

Triangle (n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.

Triangle (n.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod.

Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.

Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.

Triangle (n.) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.

Triangled (a.) Having three angles; triangular.

Triangular (a.) Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.

Triangular (a.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.

Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider.

Triangularity (n.) The quality or state of being triangular.

Triangularly (adv.) In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle.

Triangulated (imp. & p. p.) of Triangulate

Triangulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triangulate

Triangulate (v. t.) To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.

Triangulate (v. t.) To make triangular, or three-cornered.

Triangulation (n.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them.

Triarchies (pl. ) of Triarchy

Triarchy (n.) Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers.

Triarian (a.) Occupying the third post or rank.

Triarticulate (a.) Having three joints.

Trias (n.) The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.

Triassic (a.) Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias.

Triassic (n.) The Triassic formation.

Triatic (a.) A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.

Triatomic (a.) Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or radicals.

Triatomic (a.) Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.

Tribal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.

Tribalism (n.) The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics.

Tribasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.

Tribble (n.) A frame on which paper is dried.

Tribe (n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

Tribe (n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.

Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

Tribe (n.) A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.

Tribe (n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

Tribe (v. t.) To distribute into tribes or classes.

Triblet (n.) Alt. of Tribolet

Tribolet (n.) A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.

Tribolet (n.) A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes.

Tribolet (n.) A tapering mandrel.

Tribometer (n.) An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.

Tribrach (n.) A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.

Tribracteate (a.) Having three bracts.

Tribual (a.) Alt. of Tribular

Tribular (a.) Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship.

Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

Tribunal (n.) The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

Tribunal (n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.

Tribunary (a.) Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.

Tribunate (n.) The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.

Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.

Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.

Tribuneship (n.) The office or power of a tribune.

Tribunician (a.) Alt. of Tribunitian

Tribunitial (a.) Alt. of Tribunitian

Tribunitian (a.) Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority.

Tribunitious (a.) Tribunician; tribunitial.

Trubutarily (adv.) In a tributary manner.

Tributariness (n.) The quality or state of being tributary.

Tributary (a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Tributary (a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

Tributary (a.) Paid in tribute.

Tributary (a.) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Tributaries (pl. ) of Tributary

Tributary (n.) A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

Tributary (n.) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

Tribute (n.) An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

Tribute (n.) A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.

Tribute (n.) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense.

Tributed (imp. & p. p.) of Tribute

Tributing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tribute

Tribute (v. i.) To pay as tribute.

Tributer (n.) One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.

Tricae (pl. ) of Trica

Trica (n.) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

Tricarballylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.

Tricarbimide (n.) See under Cyanuric.

Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

Trice (v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

Trice (n.) A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Tricennarious (a.) Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial.

Tricennial (a.) Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

Tricentenary (a.) Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred years; tercentenary.

Tricentenary (n.) A period of three centuries, or three hundred years, also, the three-hundredth anniversary of any event; a tercentenary.

Triceps (n.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.

Trichiasis (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids.

Trichinae (pl. ) of Trichina

Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.

Trichiniasis (n.) Trichinosis.

Trichinize (v. t.) To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork.

Trichinoscope (n.) An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine.

Trichinosis (n.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.

Trichinous (a.) Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat.

Trichite (n.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.

Trichite (n.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.

Trichiuriform (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails.

Trichiuroid (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus.

Trichiurus (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.

Trichloride (n.) A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.

Trichobranchia (n.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.

Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.

Trichogyne (n.) The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.

Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States.

Trichomatose (a.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1.

Trichome (n.) A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes.

Trichophore (n.) The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne.

Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Trichopter (n.) One of the Trichoptera.

Trichoptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order.

Trichopteran () One of the Trichoptera.

Trichopterous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera.

Trichord (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.

Trichoscolices (n. pl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.

Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem.

Trichotomy (n.) Division into three parts.

Trichroic (a.) Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism.

Trichroism (n.) The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions.

Trichromatic (a.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

Trichromatism (n.) The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic.

Trichromic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations.

Trichromic (a.) Containing three atoms of chromium.

Tricipital (a.) Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.

Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

Trick (a.) A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.

Trick (a.) Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys.

Trick (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.

Trick (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

Trick (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.

Trick (a.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.

Trick (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

Tricked (imp. & p. p.) of Trick

Tricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trick

Trick (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.

Trick (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out.

Trick (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.

Tricker (n.) One who tricks; a trickster.

Tricker (n.) A trigger.

Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

Trickiness (n.) The quality of being tricky.

Tricking (a.) Given to tricks; tricky.

Tricking (n.) Dress; ornament.

Trickish (a.) Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.

Trickled (imp. & p. p.) of Trickle

Trickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trickle

Trickle (v. t.) To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

Trickment (n.) Decoration.

Tricksiness (n.) The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness.

Trickster (n.) One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

Tricksy (a.) Exhibiting artfulness; trickish.

Tricktrack (n.) An old game resembling backgammon.

Tricky (a.) Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

Triclinate (a.) Triclinic.

Tricliniary (a.) Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table.

Triclinic (a.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.

Triclinia (pl. ) of Triclinium

Triclinium (n.) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.

Triclinium (n.) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.

Tricoccous (a.) Having three cocci, or roundish carpels.

Tricolor (n.) The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.

Tricolor (n.) Hence, any three-colored flag.

Tricolored (a.) Having three colors.

Tricornigerous (a.) Having three horns.

Tricorporal (a.) Alt. of Tricorporate

Tricorporate (a.) Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a lion.

Tricostate (a.) Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.

Tricot (n.) A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.

Tricrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.

Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.

Tricrotous (a.) Tricrotic.

Tricurvate (a.) Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).

Tricuspid (a.) Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.

Tricuspid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.

Tricuspidate (a.) Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf.

Tricycle (n.) A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.

Tridacna (n.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.

Tridactyl (a.) Alt. of Tridactyle

Tridactyle (a.) Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.

Tridactylous (a.) Tridactyl.

Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.

Tride (a.) Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen.

Tridecane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.

Tridecatoic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance.

Tridecatylene (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene.

Trident (n.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

Trident (n.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.

Trident (n.) A three-pronged fish spear.

Trident (n.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

Trident (a.) Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

Tridentate (a.) Alt. of Tridentated

Tridentated (a.) Having three teeth; three-toothed.

Tridented (a.) Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace.

Tridentiferous (a.) Bearing a trident.

Tridentine (a.) Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.

Tridiapason (n.) A triple octave, or twenty-second.

Tridimensional (a.) Having three dimensions; extended in three different directions.

Triding (n.) A riding. See Trithing.

Triduan (a.) Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day.

Tridymite (n.) Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.

Tried () imp. & p. p. of Try.

Tried (adj.) Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend.

Triedral (a.) See Trihedral.

Triennial (a.) Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.

Triennial (a.) Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation.

Triennial (n.) Something which takes place or appears once in three years.

Triennially (adv.) Once in three years.

Triens (n.) A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d As, 2.

Trier (n.) One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.

Trier (n.) One who tries judicially.

Trier (n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.

Trier (n.) That which tries or approves; a test.

Trierarch (n.) The commander of a trireme.

Trierarch (n.) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.

Trierarchises (pl. ) of Trierarchy

Trierarchy (n.) The office duty of a trierarch.

Trieterical (a.) Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial.

Trieterics (n. pl.) Festival games celebrated once in three years.

Triethylamine (n.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.

Trifacial (a.) See Trigeminal.

Trifallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Trifallow

Trifallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifallow

Trifallow (v. t.) To plow the third time before sowing, as land.

Trifarious (a.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum.

Trifasciated (a.) Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands.

Trifid (a.) Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

Trifistulary (a.) Having three pipes.

Trifle (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

Trifle (n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

Trifled (imp. & p. p.) of Trifle

Trifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifle

Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

Trifle (v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

Trifle (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

Trifler (n.) One who trifles.

Trifling (a.) Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.

Trifloral (a.) Alt. of Triflorous

Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

Trifluctuation (n.) A concurrence of three waves.

Trifoliate (a.) Alt. of Trifoliated

Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.

Trifoliolate (a.) Having three leaflets.

Trifolium (n.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.

Trifoly (n.) Sweet trefoil.

Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.

Triform (a.) Having a triple form or character.

Triformity (n.) The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.

Trifurcate (a.) Alt. of Trifurcated

Trifurcated (a.) Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.

Trig (v. t.) To fill; to stuff; to cram.

Trig (a.) Full; also, trim; neat.

Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.

Trigamist (n.) One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time.

Trigamous (a.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.

Trigamy (n.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.

Trigastric (a.) Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle.

Trigeminal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.

Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold.

Trigenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret.

Trigesimo-secundo (a.) Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

Trigesimo-secundo (n.) A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32¡, and called thirty-twomo.

Trigger (n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

Trigger (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.

Trigintal (n.) A trental.

Triglyceride (n.) A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.

Triglyph (n.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.

Triglyphic (a.) Alt. of Triglyphical

Triglyphical (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.

Triglyphical (a.) Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.

Trigness (n.) The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.

Trigon (n.) A figure having three angles; a triangle.

Trigon (n.) A division consisting of three signs.

Trigon (n.) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.

Trigon (n.) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.

Trigon (n.) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.

Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.

Trigone (n.) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.

Trigonia (n.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.

Trigonocerous (a.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats.

Trigonometric () Alt. of Trigonometrical

Trigonometrical () Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry.

-tries (pl. ) of Trigonometry

Trigonometry (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.

Trigonometry (n.) A treatise in this science.

Trigonous (a.) Same as Trigonal.

Trigram (n.) Same as Trigraph.

Trigrammatic (a.) Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters.

Trigrammic (a.) Same as Trigrammatic.

Trigraph (n.) Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.

Trigyn (n.) Any one of the Trigynia.

Trigynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.

Trigynian (a.) Alt. of Trigynous

Trigynous (a.) Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.

Trihedral (a.) Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.

Trihedron (n.) A figure having three sides.

Trihoral (a.) Occurring once in every three hours.

Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

Trijugous (a.) Same as Trijugate.

Trikosane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.

Trilateral (a.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.

Trilemma (n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.

Trilemma (n.) A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.

Trilinear (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates.

Trilingual (a.) Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.

Trilinguar (a.) See Trilingual.

Triliteral (a.) Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word.

Triliteral (n.) A triliteral word.

Triliteralism (n.) Same as Triliterality.

Triliterality (n.) Alt. of Triliteralness

Triliteralness (n.) The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots.

Trilith (n.) Same as Trilithon.

Trilithic (a.) Pertaining to a trilith.

Trilithons (pl. ) of Trilithon

Trilithon (n.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.

Trill (v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

Trill (v. t.) To turn round; to twirl.

Trilled (imp. & p. p.) of Trill

Trilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trill

Trill (v. t.) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

Trill (n.) A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.

Trill (n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d

Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.

Trillachan (n.) The oyster catcher.

Trilling (n.) One of tree children born at the same birth.

Trilling (n.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.

Trillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

Trillium (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.

Trillo (n.) A trill or shake. See Trill.

Trilobate (a.) Having three lobes.

Trilobation (n.) The state of being trilobate.

Trilobed (a.) Same as Trilobate.

Trilobita (n. pl.) An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.

Trilobite (n.) Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.

Trilobitic (a.) Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks.

Trilocular (a.) Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.

Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.

Triluminar (a.) Alt. of Triluminous

Triluminous (a.) Having three lights

Trimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Trim

Trimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trim

Trim (v. t.) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

Trim (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.

Trim (v. t.) To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.

Trim (v. t.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.

Trim (v. t.) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.

Trim (v. t.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.

Trim (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.

Trim (v. i.) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.

Trim (n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.

Trim (n.) Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.

Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.

Trim (n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.

Trim (v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.

Trimaculated (a.) Marked with three spots, or maculae.

Trimellic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.

Trimembral (a.) Having, or consisting of, three members.

Trimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.

Trimeran (n.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.

Trimerous (a.) Having the parts in threes.

Trimesitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.

Trimester (n.) A term or period of three months.

Trimestral (a.) Trimestrial.

Trimestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.

Trimeter (a.) Consisting of three poetical measures.

Trimeter (n.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.

Trimethyl () A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.

Trimethylamine (n.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.

Trimethylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.

Trimetric (a.) Same as Orthorhombic.

Trimetrical (a.) Same as Trimeter.

Trimly (adv.) In a trim manner; nicely.

Trimmer (n.) One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

Trimmer (n.) One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver.

Trimmer (n.) An instrument with which trimming is done.

Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.

Trimming () a. from Trim, v.

Trimming (n.) The act of one who trims.

Trimming (n.) That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.

Trimming (n.) The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.

Trimmingly (adv.) In a trimming manner.

Trimness (n.) The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.

Trimorph (n.) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1.

Trimorphic (a.) Alt. of Trimorphous

Trimorphous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.

Trimorphism (n.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.

Trimorphism (n.) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism.

Trimurti (n.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.

Trimyarian (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

Trinal (a.) Threefold.

Trindle (v. t. & n.) See Trundle.

Trine (a.) Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.

Trine (n.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.

Trine (n.) A triad; trinity.

Trine (v. t.) To put in the aspect of a trine.

Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.

Trinerve (a.) Alt. of Trinerved

Trinerved (a.) Same as Trinervate.

Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.

Tringle (n.) A curtain rod for a bedstead.

Tringoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.

Trinitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.

Trinitarian (n.) One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.

Trinitarian (n.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.

Trinitarianism (n.) The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.

Trinitrocellulose (n.) Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.

Trinitrophenol (n.) Picric acid.

Trinity (n.) The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

Trinity (n.) Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.

Trinity (n.) Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.

Triniunity (n.) Triunity; trinity.

Trink (n.) A kind of fishing net.

Trinket (n.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

Trinket (v. t.) A knife; a cutting tool.

Trinket (v. t.) A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.

Trinket (v. t.) A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.

Trinket (v. i.) To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.

Trinketer (n.) One who trinkets.

Trinketry (n.) Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.

Trinkle (v. i.) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

Trinoctial (a.) Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.

Trinodal (a.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.

Trinodal (a.) Having three nodal points.

Trinomial (n.) A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.

Trinomial (a.) Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.

Trinominal (n. & a.) Trinomial.

Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.

Trio (n.) Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

Trio (n.) A composition for three parts or three instruments.

Trio (n.) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments.

Triobolar (a.) Alt. of Triobolary

Triobolary (a.) Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless.

Trioctile (n.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.

Tri/cia (n. pl.) The third order of the Linnaean class Polygamia.

Tri/cious (a.) Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.

Triole (n.) Same as Triplet.

Triolein (n.) See Olein.

Triolet (n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.

Trionychoidea (n. pl.) A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.

Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

Trior (n.) Same as Trier, 2 and 3.

Trioxide (n.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

Tripped (imp. & p. p.) of Trip

Tripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trip

Trip (n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

Trip (n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.

Trip (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.

Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.

Trip (v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.

Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.

Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

Trip (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

Trip (n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

Trip (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.

Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

Trip (n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.

Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.

Trip (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.

Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.

Trip (n.) A troop of men; a host.

Trip (n.) A flock of widgeons.

Tripalmitate (n.) A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

Tripalmitin (n.) See Palmitin.

Tripang (n.) See Trepang.

Triparted (a.) Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces; -- said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted.

Triparted (a.) Divided nearly to the base into three segments or lobes.

Tripartible (a.) Divisible into three parts.

Tripartient (a.) Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.

Tripartite (v. i.) Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

Tripartite (v. i.) Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite.

Tripartite (v. i.) Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.

Tripartitely (adv.) In a tripartite manner.

Tripartition (n.) A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.

Tripaschal (a.) Including three passovers.

Tripe (n.) The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

Tripe (n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.

Tripedal (a.) Having three feet.

Tripe-de-roche (n.) Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.

Tripel (n.) Same as Tripoli.

-men (pl. ) of Tripeman

Tripeman (n.) A man who prepares or sells tripe.

Tripennate (a.) Same as Tripinnate.

Tripersonal (a.) Consisting of three persons.

Tripersonalist (n.) A Trinitarian.

Tripersonality (n.) The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.

Tripery (n.) A place where tripe is prepared or sold.

Tripestone (n.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.

Tripetaloid (a.) Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.

Tripetalous (a.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

Trip hammer () A tilt hammer.

Triphane (n.) Spodumene.

Triphthong (n.) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.

Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

Triphyline (n.) Triphylite.

Triphylite (n.) A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.

Triphyllous (a.) Having three leaves; three-leaved.

Tripinnate (a.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.

Triplasian (a.) Three-fold; triple; treble.

Triple (a.) Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.

Triple (a.) Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.

Triple (a.) One of three; third.

Tripled (imp. & p. p.) of Triple

Tripling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triple

Triple (a.) To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

Triple-crowned (a.) Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

Triple-headed (a.) Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

Triplet (n.) A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.

Triplet (n.) Three verses rhyming together.

Triplet (n.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two.

Triplet (n.) Three children or offspring born at one birth.

Triple-tail (n.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

Triplicate (v. t.) Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

Triplicate (n.) A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.

Triplicate-ternate (a.) Triternate.

Triplication (n.) The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together.

Triplication (n.) Same as Surrejoinder.

Triplicity (a.) The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.

Triplicostate (a.) Three-ribbed.

Triplite (n.) A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese.

Triploblastic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.

Triploidite (n.) A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.

Triply (adv.) In a triple manner.

Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.

Tripod (n.) Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.

Tripod (n.) A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument.

Tripodian (n.) An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.

Tripody (n.) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.

Tripoli (n.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

Tripoline (a.) Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan.

Tripoline (a.) Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.

Tripolitan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline.

Tripolitan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.

Triposes (pl. ) of Tripos

Tripos (n.) A tripod.

Tripos (n.) A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.

Trippant (a.) See Tripping, a., 2.

Tripper (n.) One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

Tripper (n.) An excursionist.

Trippet (n.) A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly.

Tripping (a.) Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.

Tripping (n.) Act of one who, or that which, trips.

Tripping (n.) A light dance.

Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

Trippingly (adv.) In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly.

Tripsis (n.) Trituration.

Tripsis (n.) Shampoo.

Triptote (n.) A noun having three cases only.

Triptych (n.) Anything in three parts or leaves.

Triptych (n.) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part.

Triptych (n.) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.

Tripudiary (a.) Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing.

Tripudiate (v. i.) To dance.

Tripudiation (n.) The act of dancing.

Triquadrantal (a.) Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.

Triquetral (a.) Triquetrous.

Triquetrous (a.) Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.

Triquetra (pl. ) of Triquetrum

Triquetrum (n.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

Triradiate (a.) Alt. of Triradiated

Triradiated (a.) Having three rays.

Trirectangular (a.) Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.

Trireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

Trirhomboidal (a.) Having three rhombic faces or sides.

Trisacramentarian (n.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.

Trisagion (n.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.

Trisected (imp. & p. p.) of Trisect

Trisecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trisect

Trisect (v. t.) To cut or divide into three parts.

Trisect (v. t.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.

Trisected (a.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.

Trisection (n.) The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.

Triseralous (a.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.

Triserial (a.) Alt. of Triseriate

Triseriate (a.) Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.

Trismus (n.) The lockjaw.

Trisnitrate (n.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth.

Trisoctahedron (n.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.

Trispast (n.) Alt. of Trispaston

Trispaston (n.) A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights.

Trispermous (a.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.

Trisplanchnic (a.) Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.

Triste (imp.) of Trist

Trist (v. t. & i.) To trust.

Trist (n.) Trust.

Trist (n.) A post, or station, in hunting.

Trist (n.) A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst.

Trist (a.) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

Triste (n.) A cattle fair.

Tristearate (n.) Tristearin.

Tristearin (n.) See Stearin.

Tristtul (a.) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

Tristfully (adv.) In a tristful manner; sadly.

Tristichous (a.) Arranged in three vertical rows.

Tristigmatic (a.) Alt. of Tristigmatose

Tristigmatose (a.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas.

Tristitiate (v. t.) To make sad.

Tristoma (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.

Tristy (a.) See Trist, a.

Trisuls (n.) Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident.

Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved.

Trisulphide (n.) A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.

Trisyllabic (a.) Alt. of Trisyllabical

Trisyllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word.

Trisyllable (n.) A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger.

Trite (a.) Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.

Triternate (a.) Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.

Tritheism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.

Tritheist (n.) One who believes in tritheism.

Tritheistic (a.) Alt. of Tritheistical

Tritheistical (a.) Of or pertaining to tritheism.

Tritheite (n.) A tritheist.

Trithing (n.) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding.

Trithionate (n.) A salt of trithionic acid.

Trithionic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.

Tritical (a.) Trite.

Triticin (n.) A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.

Triticum (n.) A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.

Triton (n.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.

Triton (n.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.

Triton (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.

Tritone (n.) A superfluous or augmented fourth.

Tritorium (n.) Same as Triturium.

Tritova (pl. ) of Tritovum

Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

Tritozooid (n.) A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.

Triturable (a.) Capable of being triturated.

Triturated (imp. & p. p.) of Triturate

Triturating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triturate

Triturate (v. t.) To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

Triturate (v. t.) To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.

Trituration (n.) The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc.

Triture (n.) A rubbing or grinding; trituration.

Triturium (n.) A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.

Trityl (n.) Propyl.

Tritylene (n.) Propylene.

Triumph (n.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.

Triumph (n.) A state of joy or exultation for success.

Triumph (n.) Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.

Triumph (n.) A trump card; also, an old game at cards.

Triumphed (imp. & p. p.) of Triumph

Triumphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Triumph

Triumph (n.) To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

Triumph (n.) To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.

Triumph (n.) To be prosperous; to flourish.

Triumph (n.) To play a trump card.

Triumph (v. t.) To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph.

Triumphal (a.) Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.

Triumphal (n.) A token of victory.

Triumplant (v. i.) Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant.

Triumplant (v. i.) Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode.

Triumplant (v. i.) Graced with conquest; victorious.

Triumplant (v. i.) Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal.

Triumphantly (adv.) In a triumphant manner.

Triumpher (n.) One who was honored with a triumph; a victor.

Triumpher (n.) One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.

Triumphing (a.) Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant.

Triumviri (pl. ) of Triumvir

Triumvirs (pl. ) of Triumvir

Triumvir (n.) One of tree men united in public office or authority.

Triumvirate (n.) Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.

Triumvirate (n.) A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

Triumviry (n.) A triumvirate.

Triune (a.) Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.

Triunguli (pl. ) of Triungulus

Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil.

Triunity (n.) The quality or state of being triune; trinity.

Trivalence (n.) The quality or state of being trivalent.

Trivalent (a.) Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.

Trivalve (n.) Anything having three valves, especially a shell.

Trivalvular (a.) Having three valves; three-valved.

Trivant (n.) A truant.

Triverbial (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti.

Trivet (n.) A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.

Trivet (n.) A weaver's knife. See Trevat.

Trivial (a.) Found anywhere; common.

Trivial (a.) Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.

Trivial (a.) Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.

Trivial (a.) Of or pertaining to the trivium.

Trivial (n.) One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Trivialism (n.) A trivial matter or method; a triviality.

Trivialities (pl. ) of Triviality

Triviality (n.) The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

Triviality (n.) That which is trivial; a trifle.

Trivially (adv.) In a trivial manner.

Trivialness (n.) Quality or state of being trivial.

Trivium (n.) The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

Trivium (n.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

Triweekly (a.) Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper.

Triweekly (adv.) Three times a week.

Triweekly (n.) A triweekly publication.

Troad (n.) See Trode.

Troat (v. i.) To cry, as a buck in rutting time.

Troat (n.) The cry of a buck in rutting time.

Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.

Trochaic (n.) A trochaic verse or measure.

Trochaic (a.) Alt. of Trochaical

Trochaical (a.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

Trochal (a.) Resembling a wheel.

Trochanter (n.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

Trochanter (n.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

Trochanteric (a.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.

Trochantine (n.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa.

Trochar (n.) See Trocar.

Troche (n.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.

Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

Trochil (n.) The crocodile bird.

Trochilic (a.) OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.

Trochilics (n.) The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work.

Trochili (n. pl.) A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

Trochilidist (n.) One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidae.

Trochilos (n.) The crocodile bird, or trochil.

Trochili (pl. ) of Trochilus

Trochilus (n.) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species.

Trochilus (n.) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.

Trochilus (n.) The crocodile bird.

Trochilus (n.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.

Troching (n.) One of the small branches of a stag's antler.

Trochisci (pl. ) of Trochiscus

Trochiscus (n.) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.

Trochisk (n.) See Trochiscus.

Trochite (n.) A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.

Trochlea (n.) A pulley.

Trochlea (n.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.

Trochlear (n.) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.

Trochleary (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.

Trochoid (n.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids.

Trochoid (a.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.

Trochoid (a.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.

Trochoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidae.

Trochoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of a trochoid.

Trochoidal (a.) See Trochoid, a.

Trochometer (n.) A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

Trochosphere (n.) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.

Trochi (pl. ) of Trochus

Trochus (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidae. Some of the species are called also topshells.

Troco (n.) An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards.

Trod () imp. & p. p. of Tread.

Trodden () p. p. of Tread.

Trode () imp. of Tread.

Trode (n.) Tread; footing.

Troglodyte (n.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.

Troglodyte (n.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.

Troglodyte (n.) The wren.

Troglodytes (n.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.

Troglodytes (n.) A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.

Troglodytic (a.) Alt. of Troglodytical

Troglodytical (a.) Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.

Trogon (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidae. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.

Trogonoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the trogons.

Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain.

Troic (a.) Pertaining to Troy; Trojan.

Troilite (n.) Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.

Troili (pl. ) of Troilus

Troiluses (pl. ) of Troilus

Troilus (n.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.

Trojan (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.

Trojan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Troy.

Troll (n.) A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

Trolled (imp. & p. p.) of Troll

Trolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Troll

Troll (v. t.) To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

Troll (v. t.) To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.

Troll (v. t.) To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.

Troll (v. t.) To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

Troll (v. t.) To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.

Troll (v. i.) To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.

Troll (v. i.) To move rapidly; to wag.

Troll (v. i.) To take part in trolling a song.

Troll (v. i.) To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.

Troll (n.) The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

Troll (n.) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.

Troll (n.) A trolley.

Troller (n.) One who trolls.

Trolley (n.) Alt. of Trolly

Trolly (n.) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.

Trolly (n.) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal.

Trolly (n.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.

Trolly (n.) A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.

Trollmydames (n.) The game of nineholes.

Trollop (n.) A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.

Trollopee (n.) A kind of loose dress for women.

Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.

Trombone (n.) The common European bittern.

Trommel (n.) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.

Tromp (n.) A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.

Tromp (n.) Alt. of Trompe

Trompe (n.) A trumpet; a trump.

Trompil (n.) An aperture in a tromp.

Tron (n.) See 3d Trone, 2.

Trona (n.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.

Tronage (n.) A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool.

Tronator (n.) An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool.

Trone (n.) A throne.

Trone (n.) A small drain.

Trone (n.) Alt. of Trones

Trones (n.) A steelyard.

Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.

Troop (n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

Troop (n.) Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.

Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.

Troop (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.

Troop (n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

Trooped (imp. & p. p.) of Troop

Trooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Troop

Troop (v. i.) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.

Troop (v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste.

Troopbird (n.) Any troupial.

Trooper (n.) A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

Troopfowl (n.) The American scaup duck.

Troopial (n.) Same as Troupial.

Troopmeal (adv.) By troops; in crowds.

Troopship (n.) A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.

Troostite (n.) Willemite.

Tropaeolin (n.) A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum).

Trope (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.

Trope (n.) The word or expression so used.

Tropeine (n.) Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.

Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages.

Trophic (a.) Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.

Trophied (a.) Adorned with trophies.

Trophonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle.

Trophosome (n.) The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

Trophosperm (n.) The placenta.

Trophies (pl. ) of Trophy

Trophy (n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.

Trophy (n.) The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.

Trophy (n.) Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.

Trophy (n.) Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.

Tropic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

Tropic (n.) One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23¡ 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.

Tropic (n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names.

Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side.

Tropic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.

Tropical (n.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.

Tropical (n.) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

Tropically (adv.) In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.

Tropidine (n.) An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.

Tropilidene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with dipropargyl.

Tropine (n.) A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.

Tropist (n.) One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

Tropologic (a.) Alt. of Tropological

Tropological (a.) Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical.

Tropologize (v. t.) To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of.

Tropology (n.) A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.

Trossers (n. pl.) Trousers.

Trotted (imp. & p. p.) of Trot

Trotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trot

Trot (v. i.) To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

Trot (n.) Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.

Trot (v. t.) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Trot (v. i.) The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.

Trot (v. i.) Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

Trot (v. i.) One who trots; a child; a woman.

Troth (n.) Belief; faith; fidelity.

Troth (n.) Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth.

Troth (n.) Betrothal.

Trothless (a.) Faitless; false; treacherous.

Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.

Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.

Trothplight (n.) The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing.

Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.

Trotter (n.) One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

Trotter (n.) The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.

Trottoir (n.) Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.

Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain.

Troublable (a.) Causing trouble; troublesome.

Troubled (imp. & p. p.) of Trouble

Troubling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trouble

Trouble (v. t.) To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

Trouble (v. t.) To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

Trouble (a.) Troubled; dark; gloomy.

Trouble (v. t.) The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.

Trouble (v. t.) That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.

Trouble (v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Troubler (n.) One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.

Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.

Troublous (a.) Full of trouble; causing trouble.

Trous-de-loup (pl. ) of Trou-de-loup

Trou-de-loup (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

Trough (n.) A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

Trough (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.

Trough-shell (n.) Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See Mactra.

Troul (v. t. & i.) See Troll.

Trounced (imp. & p. p.) of Trounce

Trouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trounce

Trounce (v. t.) To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

Troupe (n.) A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.

Troupial (n.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America.

Trouse (n.) Trousers.

Trousering (n.) Cloth or material for making trousers.

Trousers (n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.

Trousseau (n.) The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.

Trout (n.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity.

Trout (n.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.

Troutbird (n.) The American golden plover.

Trout-colored (a.) White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.

Troutlet (n.) A little trout; a troutling.

Troutling (n.) A little trout; a troutlet.

Trouvere (n.) Alt. of Trouveur

Trouveur (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.

Trover (n.) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means.

Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.

Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.

Trow (v. i. & t.) To believe; to trust; to think or suppose.

Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

Trowel (n.) A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

Trowel (n.) A tool used for smoothing a mold.

Troweled () Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.

Trowelfuls (pl. ) of Trowelful

Trowelful (n.) As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

Trowl (n.) See Troll.

Trowsed (a.) Wearing trousers.

Trowsers (n. pl.) Same as Trousers.

Troy (n.) Troy weight.

Troyounce (n.) See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce.

Truage (n.) A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax.

Truage (n.) A tax or impost; tribute.

Truancy (n.) The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.

Truand (n. & a.) See Truant.

Truant (n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

Truant (a.) Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.

Truant (v. i.) To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.

Truant (v. t.) To idle away; to waste.

Truantly (adv.) Like a truant; in idleness.

Truantship (n.) The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy.

Trub (n.) A truffle.

Trubtall (n.) A short, squat woman.

Trubu (n.) An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.

Truce (n.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.

Truce (n.) Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.

Trucebreaker (n.) One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.

Truceless (a.) Without a truce; unforbearing.

Truchman (n.) An interpreter. See Dragoman.

Trucidation (n.) The act of killing.

Truck (v. i.) A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

Truck (v. i.) A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.

Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.

Truck (v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.

Truck (v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.

Truck (v. i.) A freight car.

Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

Truck (v. t.) To transport on a truck or trucks.

Trucked (imp. & p. p.) of Truck

trucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Truck

Truck (v. t.) To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

Truck (v. i.) To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.

Truck (n.) Exchange of commodities; barter.

Truck (n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.

Truck (n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.

Truckage (n.) The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.

Truckage (n.) Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.

Trucker (n.) One who trucks; a trafficker.

Trucking (n.) The business of conveying goods on trucks.

Truckle (n.) A small wheel or caster.

Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.

Truckled (imp. & p. p.) of Truckle

Truckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Truckle

Truckle (v. t.) To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

Truckle-bed (n.) A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed.

Truckler (n.) One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.

Truckmen (pl. ) of Truckman

Truckman (n.) One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.

Truckman (n.) One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.

Truculence (n.) Alt. of Truculency

Truculency (n.) The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.

Truculent (a.) Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.

Truculent (a.) Cruel; destructive; ruthless.

Truculently (adv.) In a truculent manner.

Trudged (imp. & p. p.) of Trudge

Trudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trudge

Trudge (v. i.) To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

Trudgeman (n.) A truchman.

True (n.) Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

True (n.) Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.

True (n.) Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.

True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.

True (adv.) In accordance with truth; truly.

True-blue (a.) Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.

True-blue (n.) A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.

True-born (a.) Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

True-bred (a.) Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.

True-bred (a.) Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.

True-hearted (a.) Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend.

Truelove (n.) One really beloved.

Truelove (n.) A plant. See Paris.

Truelove (n.) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.

Trueness (n.) The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.

True-penny (n.) An honest fellow.

Truffle (n.) Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.

Truffled (a.) Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.

Trug (n.) A trough, or tray.

Trug (n.) A hod for mortar.

Trug (n.) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.

Trug (n.) A concubine; a harlot.

Trugging-house (n.) A brothel.

Truism (n.) An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism.

Truismatic (a.) Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms.

Trull (n.) A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop.

Trull (n.) A girl; a wench; a lass.

Trullization (n.) The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.

Truly (adv.) In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.

Truly (adv.) Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence.

Truly (adv.) Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country.

Truly (adv.) Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.

Truly (adv.) In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.

Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

Trump (v. i.) To blow a trumpet.

Trump (n.) A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff.

Trump (n.) A good fellow; an excellent person.

Trumped (imp. & p. p.) of Trump

Trumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trump

Trump (v. i.) To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.

Trump (v. t.) To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.

Trump (v. t.) To trick, or impose on; to deceive.

Trump (v. t.) To impose unfairly; to palm off.

Trumpery (n.) Deceit; fraud.

Trumpery (n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.

Trumpery (a.) Worthless or deceptive in character.

Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.

Trumpet (n.) A trumpeter.

Trumpet (n.) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

Trumpet (n.) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

Trumpeted (imp. & p. p.) of Trumpet

Trumpeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trumpet

Trumpet (v. t.) To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.

Trumpet (v. i.) To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Trumpeter (n.) One who sounds a trumpet.

Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.

Trumpeter (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik.

Trumpeter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Trumpeter (n.) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.

Trumpeter (n.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

Trumpeting (n.) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.

Trumpets (n. pl.) A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.

Trumpet-shaped (a.) Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.

Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

Trumpetweed (n.) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads.

Trumpetweed (n.) The sea trumpet.

Trumpetwood (n.) A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet tree.

Trumpie (n.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).

Trumplike (a.) Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice.

Truncal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.

Truncated (imp. & p. p.) of Truncate

Truncating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Truncate

Truncate (v. t.) To cut off; to lop; to maim.

Truncate (a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.

Truncated (a.) Cut off; cut short; maimed.

Truncated (a.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

Truncated (a.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

Truncation (n.) The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.

Truncation (n.) The state of being truncated.

Truncation (n.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.

Trunch (n.) A stake; a small post.

Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

Truncheon (n.) A baton, or military staff of command.

Truncheon (n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

Truncheon (v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.

Truncheoned (a.) Having a truncheon.

Truncheoneer (n.) A person armed with a truncheon.

Truncus (n.) The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5.

Trundle (v. i.) A round body; a little wheel.

Trundle (v. i.) A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.

Trundle (v. i.) A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.

Trundle (v. i.) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern.

Trundle (v. i.) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.

Trundled (imp. & p. p.) of Trundle

Trundling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trundle

Trundle (v. t.) To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.

Trundle (v. t.) To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball.

Trundle (v. i.) To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.

Trundle (v. i.) To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.

Trundle-bed (n.) A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels.

Trundlehead (n.) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.

Trundlehead (n.) The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis.

Trundletail (n.) A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail.

Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

Trunk (n.) The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.

Trunk (n.) The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.

Trunk (n.) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.

Trunk (n.) That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.

Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.

Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an insect.

Trunk (n.) A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.

Trunk (n.) A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.

Trunk (n.) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.

Trunk (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.

Trunk (n.) A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.

Trunk (v. t.) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.

Trunk (v. t.) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.

Trunkback (n.) The leatherback.

Trunked (a.) Having (such) a trunk.

Trunkfish (n.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.

Trunkfuls (pl. ) of Trunkful

Trunkful (n.) As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.

Trunkwork (n.) Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.

Trunnel (n.) A trundle.

Trunnel (n.) See Treenail.

Trunnion (n.) A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.

Trunnion (n.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.

Trunnioned (a.) Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.

Trusion (n.) The act of pushing or thrusting.

Truss (n.) A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

Truss (n.) A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.

Trussed (imp. & p. p.) of Truss

Trussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Truss

Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.

Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

Truss (n.) To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.

Trussing (n.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.

Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.

Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air.

Trust (n.) Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.

Trust (n.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

Trust (n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.

Trust (n.) That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

Trust (n.) The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

Trust (n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

Trust (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

Trust (n.) An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.

Trust (a.) Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

Trusted (imp. & p. p.) of Trust

Trusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trust

Trust (n.) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.

Trust (n.) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trust (n.) To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

Trust (n.) to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

Trust (n.) To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

Trust (n.) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

Trust (n.) To risk; to venture confidently.

Trust (v. i.) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

Trust (v. i.) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

Trust (v. i.) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Trustee (n.) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Trustee (v. t.) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.

Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Trusteeship (n.) The office or duty of a trustee.

Truster (n.) One who trusts, or credits.

Truster (n.) One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee.

Trustful (a.) Full of trust; trusting.

Trustful (a.) Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.

Trustily (adv.) In a trusty manner.

Trustiness (n.) The quality or state of being trusty.

Trusting (a.) Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.

Trustless (a.) That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful.

Trustworthy (a.) Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.

Trusty (superl.) Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.

Trusty (superl.) Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.

Trusty (superl.) Involving trust; as, a trusty business.

Truths (pl. ) of Truth

Truth (n.) The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

Truth (n.) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.

Truth (n.) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.

Truth (n.) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.

Truth (n.) That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.

Truth (n.) A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.

Truth (n.) Righteousness; true religion.

Truth (v. t.) To assert as true; to declare.

Truthful (a.) Full of truth; veracious; reliable.

Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.

Truth-lover (n.) One who loves the truth.

Truthness (n.) Truth.

Truth-teller (n.) One who tells the truth.

Truthy (a.) Truthful; likely; probable.

Trutination (n.) The act of weighing.

Truttaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind.

tried (imp. & p. p.) of Try

Trying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Try

Try (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.

Try (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

Try (v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.

Try (v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

Try (v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.

Try (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

Try (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

Try (v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.

Try (v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

Try (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

Try (v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

Try (v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!

Try (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

Try (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

Try (v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.

Trygon (n.) Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to Trygon and allied genera.

Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.

Trypsin (n.) A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.

Trypsinogen (n.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.

Tryptic (a.) Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as, trypsin digestion.

Tryptone (n.) The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.

Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

Try-square (n.) An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.

Tryst (n.) Trust.

Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.

Tryst (n.) To trust.

Tryst (n.) To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.

Tryst (v. i.) To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.

Tryster (n.) One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.

Trysting (n.) An appointment; a tryst.

Tsar (n.) The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.

Tsarina (n.) Alt. of Tsaritsa

Tsaritsa (n.) The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.

Tschakmeck (n.) The chameck.

Tschego (n.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.

Tsebe (n.) The springbok.

Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.

T square () See under T.

Tuatera (n.) See Hatteria.

Tub (n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.

Tub (n.) The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.

Tub (n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.

Tub (n.) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

Tub (n.) A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

Tub (n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Tubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Tub

Tubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tub

Tub (v. t.) To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

Tub (i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

Tuba (n.) An ancient trumpet.

Tuba (n.) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.

Tubal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.

Tubbing (n.) The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.

Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.

Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.

Tube (n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

Tube (n.) A telescope.

Tube (n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.

Tube (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.

Tube (n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.

Tube (n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.

Tube (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.

Tubed (imp. & p. p.) of Tube

Tubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tube

Tube (v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Tubeform (a.) In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.

Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.

Tube-nosed (a.) Belonging to the Tubinares.

Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.

Tuber (n.) A genus of fungi. See Truffle.

Tuber (n.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.

Tubercle (n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.

Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.

Tubercled (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.

Tubercular (a.) Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.

Tubercular (a.) Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.

Tubercular (a.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis.

Tuberculate (a.) Alt. of Tuberculated

Tuberculated (a.) Tubercled; tubercular.

Tuberculin (n.) A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.

Tuberculization (n.) The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.

Tuberculose (a.) Alt. of Tuberculous

Tuberculous (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.

Tuberculosis (n.) A constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption.

Tubercula (pl. ) of Tuberculum

Tuberculum (n.) A tubercle.

Tuberiferous (a.) Producing or bearing tubers.

Tuberose (n.) A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.

Tuberose (a.) Tuberous.

Tuberosities (pl. ) of Tuberosity

Tuberosity (n.) The state of being tuberous.

Tuberosity (n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.

Tuberous (a.) Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.

Tuberous (a.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.

Tube-shell (n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.

Tubeworm (n.) Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolae.

Tubfish (n.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.

Tubfuls (pl. ) of Tubful

Tubful (n.) As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.

Tubicinate (v. i.) To blow a trumpet.

Tubicolae (n. pl.) A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.

Tubicolar (a.) Tubicolous.

Tubicole (n.) One of the Tubicolae.

Tubicolous (a.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.

Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

Tubicornous (a.) Having hollow horns.

Tubiform (a.) Having the form of a tube; tubeform.

Tubinares (n. pl.) A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.

Tubing (n.) The act of making tubes.

Tubing (n.) A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.

Tubipora (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Tubipore (n.) Any species of the genus Tubipora.

Tubiporite (n.) Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.

Tubivalve (n.) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.

Tubmen (pl. ) of Tubman

Tubman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2.

Tubular (a.) Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes.

Tubularia (n.) A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles.

Tubulariae (n. pl.) See Tubularida.

Tubularian (n.) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.

Tubularian (a.) Of or pertaining to the tubularians.

Tubularida (n. pl.) An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.

Tubulate (a.) Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.

Tubulated (a.) Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening.

Tubulation (n.) The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort.

Tubulature (n.) A tubulure.

Tubule (n.) A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

Tubule (n.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

Tubulibranchian (n.) One of the Tubulibranchiata.

Tubulibranchiata (n. pl.) A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell. Vermetus is an example.

Tubulicole (n.) Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems.

Tubulidentate (a.) Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

Tubuliform (a.) Having the form of a small tube.

Tubulipore (n.) Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.

Tubulose (a.) Alt. of Tubulous

Tubulous (a.) Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.

Tubulous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically (Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.

Tubulure (n.) A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.

Tucan (n.) The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza.

Tucet (n.) See Tucket, a steak.

Tuch (n.) A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone.

Tuck (n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

Tuck (n.) The beat of a drum.

Tucked (imp. & p. p.) of Tuck

Tucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuck

Tuck (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.

Tuck (v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.

Tuck (v. t.) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.

Tuck (v. t.) To full, as cloth.

Tuck (v. i.) To contract; to draw together.

Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

Tuck (n.) A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.

Tuck (n.) A pull; a lugging.

Tuck (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

Tuck (n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.

Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.

Tucker (n.) One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

Tucker (n.) A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.

Tucker (v. t.) A fuller.

Tucker (v. t.) To tire; to weary; -- usually with out.

Tucket (n.) A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.

Tucket (n.) A steak; a collop.

Tuck-net (n.) See Tuck, n., 2.

Tucum (n.) A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

Tucuma (n.) A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum Tucuma) which furnishes an edible fruit.

Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.

Tue (n.) The parson bird.

Tuefall (n.) See To-fall.

Tue-iron (n.) See Tuyere.

Tue-irons (n. pl.) A pair of blacksmith's tongs.

Tuesday (n.) The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.

Tuet (n.) The lapwing.

Tufa () A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.

Tufa () A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.

Tufaceous (a.) Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.

Tuff (n.) Same as Tufa.

Tuffoon (n.) See Typhoon.

Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.

Tuft (n.) A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.

Tuft (n.) A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them.

Tufted (imp. & p. p.) of Tuft

Tufting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuft

Tuft (v. t.) To separate into tufts.

Tuft (v. t.) To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

Tuft (v. i.) To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

Tuf-taffeta (n.) A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.

Tufted (a.) Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.

Tufted (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.

Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.

Tufthunting (n.) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.

Tufty (a.) Abounding with tufts.

Tufty (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters.

Tugged (imp. & p. p.) of Tug

Tugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tug

Tug (v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

Tug (v. t.) To pull; to pluck.

Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

Tug (v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.

Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

Tug (n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

Tug (n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

Tugan (n.) Same as Tucan.

Tugboat (n.) See Tug, n., 3.

Tugger (n.) One who tugs.

Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.

Tulle (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.

Tuition (n.) Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

Tuition (n.) Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.

Tuition (n.) The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.

Tuitionary (a.) Of or pertaining to tuition.

Tuko-tuko (n.) A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.

Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia.

Tule (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.

Tulip (n.) Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.

Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.

Tulipist (n.) A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.

Tulipomania (n.) A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.

Tulipomaniac (n.) One who is affected with tulipomania.

Tulip-shell (n.) A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.

Tulipwood (n.) The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.

Tull (v. t.) To allure; to tole.

Tulle (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.

Tullian (a.) Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).

Tullibee (n.) A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.

Tumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Tumble

Tumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tumble

Tumble (v. i.) To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.

Tumble (v. i.) To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.

Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.

Tumble (v. t.) To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.

Tumble (n.) Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Tumblebug (n.) See Tumbledung.

Tumble-down (a.) Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.

Tumbledung (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.

Tumbler (n.) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.

Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.

Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

Tumbler (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

Tumbler (n.) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.

Tumblerfuls (pl. ) of Tumblerful

Tumblerful (n.) As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.

Tumbleweed (n.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.

Tumbling () a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.

Tumbrel (n.) Alt. of Tumbril

Tumbril (n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.

Tumbril (n.) A rough cart.

Tumbril (n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.

Tumbril (n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.

Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.

Tumefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tumefy

Tumefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tumefy

Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.

Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

Tumid (a.) Rising above the level; protuberant.

Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.

Tumidity (n.) The quality or state of being tumid.

Tummals (n.) A great quantity or heap.

Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.

Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.

Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.

Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.

Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.

Tump (n.) A little hillock; a knoll.

Tumped (imp. & p. p.) of Tump

Tumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tump

Tump (v. t.) To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.

Tump (v. t.) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

Tumpline (n.) A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.

Tum-tum (n.) A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.

Tumular (a.) Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.

Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.

Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.

Tumulose (a.) Tumulous.

Tumulosity (n.) The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness.

Tumulous (a.) Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

Tumult (n.) The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.

Tumult (n.) Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.

Tumult (n.) Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.

Tumult (v. i.) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

Tumulter (n.) A maker of tumults.

Tumultuarily (adv.) In a tumultuary manner.

Tumultuariness (n.) The quality or state of being tumultuary.

Tumultuary (a.) Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous.

Tumultuary (a.) Restless; agitated; unquiet.

Tumultuate (v. i.) To make a tumult.

Tumultuation (n.) Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid.

Tumultuous (a.) Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.

Tumultuous (a.) Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.

Tumultuous (a.) Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.

Tumultuous (a.) Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Tumuli (pl. ) of Tumulus

Tumulus (n.) An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

Tun (n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

Tun (n.) A fermenting vat.

Tun (n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.

Tun (n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

Tun (n.) An indefinite large quantity.

Tun (n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.

Tun (n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

Tunned (imp. & p. p.) of Tun

Tunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tun

Tun (v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks.

Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

Tuna (n.) The tunny.

Tuna (n.) The bonito, 2.

Tunable (a.) Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.

Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.

Tun-dish (n.) A tunnel.

Tundra (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

Tune (n.) A sound; a note; a tone.

Tune (n.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.

Tune (n.) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.

Tune (n.) Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

Tuned (imp. & p. p.) of Tune

Tuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tune

Tune (v. t.) To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.

Tune (v. t.) To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

Tune (v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.

Tune (v. t.) To put into a proper state or disposition.

Tune (v. i.) To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

Tune (v. i.) To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

Tuneful (a.) Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes.

Tuneless (a.) Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.

Tuneless (a.) Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.

Tuneless (a.) Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.

Tuner (n.) One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.

Tun-great (a.) Having the circumference of a tun.

Tungstate (n.) A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.

Tungsten (n.) A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.

Tungsten (n.) Scheelite, or calcium tungstate.

Tungstenic (a.) Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.

Tungstic (a.) Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.

Tungstite (n.) The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.

Tunguses (n. pl.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.

Tungusic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.

Tunhoof (n.) Ground ivy; alehoof.

Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.

Tunic (n.) Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.

Tunic (n.) Same as Tunicle.

Tunic (n.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

Tunic (n.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.

Tunic (n.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a).

Tunicaries (pl. ) of Tunicary

Tunicary (n.) One of the Tunicata.

Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.

Tunicate (a.) Alt. of Tunicated

Tunicated (a.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.

Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata.

Tunicated (a.) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.

Tunicate (n.) One of the Tunicata.

Tunicin (n.) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.

Tunicle (n.) A slight natural covering; an integument.

Tunicle (n.) A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.

Tuning () a. & n. from Tune, v.

Tunk (n.) A sharp blow; a thump.

Tunker (n.) Same as Dunker.

Tunnage (n.) See Tonnage.

Tunnel (n. .) A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

Tunnel (n. .) The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.

Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.

Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.

Tunneled (imp. & p. p.) of Tunnel

Tunnelled () of Tunnel

Tunneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tunnel

Tunnelling () of Tunnel

Tunnel (v. t.) To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.

Tunnel (v. t.) To catch in a tunnel net.

Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.

Tunnies (pl. ) of Tunny

Tunny (n.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.

Tup (v. t. & i.) To butt, as a ram does.

Tup (v. t. & i.) To cover; -- said of a ram.

Tup (n.) A ram.

Tupal (n.) Any one of the tupaiids.

Tupaiid (n.) Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed.

Tupelo (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.

Tupmen (pl. ) of Tupman

Tupman (n.) A man who breeds, or deals in tups.

Tur (n.) The urus.

Turacin (n.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

Turacou (n.) Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.

Turacoverdin (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

Turanian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.

Turanian (n.) One of the Turanians.

Turanians (n. pl.) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.

Turanians (n. pl.) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.

Turatt (n.) The hare kangaroo.

Turban (n.) A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

Turban (n.) A kind of headdress worn by women.

Turban (n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Turband (n.) A turban.

Turbaned (a.) Wearing a turban.

Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

Turbant (n.) A turban.

Turban-top (n.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.).

Turbaries (pl. ) of Turbary

Turbary (n.) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

Turbellaria (n. pl.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.

Turbellarian (n.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

Turbeth (n.) See Turpeth.

Turbid (a.) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

Turbid (a.) Disturbed; confused; disordered.

Turbidity (n.) Turbidness.

Turbidly (adv.) In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.

Turbidly (adv.) Proudly; haughtily.

Turbidness (n.) The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.

Turbillion (n.) A whirl; a vortex.

Turbinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.

Turbinal (a.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.

Turbinal (n.) A turbinal bone or cartilage.

Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

Turbinate (a.) Alt. of Turbinated

Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.

Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

Turbinated (a.) Turbinal.

Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.

Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.

Turbinella (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Turbinite (n.) A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.

Turbinoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.

Turbit (n.) The turbot.

Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.

Turbite (n.) A fossil turbo.

Turbith (n.) See Turpeth.

Turbo (n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.

Turbot (n.) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke.

Turbot (n.) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.

Turbot (n.) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.

Turbot (n.) The trigger fish.

Turbulence (n.) The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.

Turbulency (n.) Turbulence.

Turbulent (a.) Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

Turbulent (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.

Turbulent (a.) Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.

Turbulently (adv.) In a turbulent manner.

Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.

Turcomans (pl. ) of Turcoman

Turcoman (n.) A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea.

Turcoman (n.) A Turcoman carpet.

Turdiformes (n. pl.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.

Turdus (n.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.

Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table.

Tureenfuls (pl. ) of Tureenful

Tureenful (n.) As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.

Turfs (pl. ) of Turf

Turves (pl. ) of Turf

Turf (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.

Turf (n.) Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.

Turf (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.

Turfed (imp. & p. p.) of Turf

Turfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turf

Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.

Turfen (a.) Made of turf; covered with turf.

Turfiness (n.) Quality or state of being turfy.

Turfing (n.) The act or process of providing or covering with turf.

Turfite (n.) A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.

Turfless (a.) Destitute of turf.

Turfmen (pl. ) of Turfman

Turfman (n.) A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.

Turfy (superl.) Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.

Turfy (superl.) Having the nature or appearance of turf.

Turfy (superl.) Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.

Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.

Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.

Turgesced (imp. & p. p.) of Turgesce

Turgescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turgesce

Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.

Turgescence (n.) Alt. of Turgescency

Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.

Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.

Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.

Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.

Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.

Turgidity (n.) The quality or state of being turgid.

Turgidous (a.) Turgid.

Turiones (pl. ) of Turio

Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.

Turiole (n.) The golden oriole.

Turion (n.) Same as Turio.

Turioniferous (a.) Producing shoots, as asparagus.

Turk (n.) A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.

Turk (n.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

Turk (n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.

Turk (n.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.

Turkeis (a.) Turkish.

Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

Turkeys (pl. ) of Turkey

Turkey (n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

Turkeys (a.) Turkish.

Turkic (a.) Turkish.

Turkis (n.) Turquois.

Turkish (a.) Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.

Turkish (n.) The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.

Turkism (n.) Same as Turcism.

Turkle (n.) A turtle.

Turkos (pl. ) of Turko

Turko (n.) One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk.

Turkois (n. & a.) Turquoise.

Turkomans (pl. ) of Turkoman

Turkoman (n.) Same as Turcoman.

Turlupin (n.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.

Turm (n.) A troop; a company.

Turmaline (n.) See Tourmaline.

Turmeric (n.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.

Turmeric (n.) The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

Turmeric (a.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.

Turmerol (n.) Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.

Turmoil (n.) Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.

Turmoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Turmoil

Turmoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turmoil

Turmoil (v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

Turmoil (v. i.) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

Turned (imp. & p. p.) of Turn

Turning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turn

Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.

Turn (v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.

Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.

Turn (v. t.) To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.

Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.

Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.

Turn (v. t.) Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.

Turn (v. t.) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.

Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.

Turn (v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.

Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.

Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

Turn (v. i.) To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.

Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.

Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.

Turn (v. i.) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.

Turn (v. i.) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.

Turn (v. i.) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.

Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.

Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.

Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

Turn (n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.

Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.

Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.

Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.

Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.

Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.

Turn (n.) Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.

Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.

Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.

Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Turn (n.) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.

Turn (n.) Monthly courses; menses.

Turn (n.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.

Turnbroach (n.) A turnspit.

Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.

Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.

Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.

Turncoat (n.) One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.

Turnep (n.) See Turnip.

Turner (n.) One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.

Turner (n.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

Turner (n.) A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Turnerite (n.) A variety of monazite.

Turnery (n.) The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.

Turnery (n.) Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.

Turney (n. & v.) Tourney.

Turnhalle (n.) A building used as a school of gymnastics.

Turnicimorphae (n. pl.) A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.

Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.

Turning (n.) The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.

Turning (n.) Deviation from the way or proper course.

Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.

Turning (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.

Turning (n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.

Turningness (n.) The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.

Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.

Turnip-shell (n.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.

Turnix (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.

Turnkeys (pl. ) of Turnkey

Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.

Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist.

Turn-outs (pl. ) of Turn-out

Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.

Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.

Turn-out (n.) That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.

Turn-out (n.) The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.

Turn-out (n.) Net quantity of produce yielded.

Turnover (n.) The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.

Turnover (n.) A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.

Turnover (n.) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Turnover (a.) Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.

Turnpike (n.) A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.

Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.

Turnpike (n.) A turnpike road.

Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.

Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

Turnpiked (imp. & p. p.) of Turnpike

Turnpiking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turnpike

Turnpike (v. t.) To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

Turnplate (n.) A turntable.

Turn-sick (a.) Giddy.

Turn-sick (n.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.

Turnsole (a.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.

Turnsole (a.) The sunflower.

Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

Turnsole (a.) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.

Turnsole (a.) Litmus.

Turnsole (a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).

Turnspit (n.) One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.

Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

Turnstile (n.) A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.

Turnstile (n.) A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.

Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.

Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.

Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.

Turnverein (n.) A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

Turnwrest (n.) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.

Turnwrest (n.) designating a kind of hillside plow.

Turonian (n.) One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.

Turpentine (n.) A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

Turpeth (n.) The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.

Turpeth (n.) A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.

Turpin (n.) A land tortoise.

Turpitude (n.) Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.

Turquoise (n.) Alt. of Turquois

Turquois (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.

Turquoise (a.) Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.

Turrel (n.) A certain tool used by coopers.

Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.

Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.

Turret (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.

Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.

Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.

Turribant (n.) A turban.

Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.

Turriculate (a.) Alt. of Turriculated

Turriculated (a.) Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.

Turrilite (n.) Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.

Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.

Turritelloid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.

Turtle (n.) The turtledove.

Turtle (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.

Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Turtledove (n.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.

Turtledove (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).

Turtle-footed (a.) Slow-footed.

Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.

Turtler (n.) One who catches turtles or tortoises.

Turtle-shell (n.) The turtle cowrie.

Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.

Turves () pl. of Turf.

Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.

Tuscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.

Tuscaroras (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.

Tuscor (n.) A tush of a horse.

Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

Tush (n.) A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.

Tusk (n.) Same as Torsk.

Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.

Tusk (n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.

Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.

Tusk (v. i.) To bare or gnash the teeth.

Tusked (a.) Furnished with tusks.

Tusker (n.) An elephant having large tusks.

Tusk-shell (n.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2.

Tusky (a.) Having tusks.

Tussac grass () Tussock grass.

Tussah silk () A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.

Tussah silk () The silk fiber itself.

Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.

Tussle (v. i. & t.) To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.

Tussle (n.) A struggle; a scuffle.

Tussock (n.) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.

Tussock (n.) Same as Tussock grass, below.

Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.

Tussocky (a.) Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.

Tussuck (n.) See Tussock.

Tut () Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.

Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.

Tut (n.) A hassock.

Tutelage (n.) The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

Tutelage (n.) The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.

Tutelar (a.) Alt. of Tutelary

Tutelary (a.) Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.

Tutele (n.) Tutelage.

Tutenag (n.) Crude zinc.

Tutenag (n.) Packfong.

Tut-mouthed (a.) Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous.

Tut-nose (n.) A snub nose.

Tutor (n.) One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.

Tutor (n.) A treasurer; a keeper.

Tutor (n.) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

Tutor (n.) A private or public teacher.

Tutor (n.) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.

Tutor (n.) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.

Tutored (imp. & p. p.) of Tutor

Tutoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tutor

Tutor (v. t.) To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.

Tutor (v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.

Tutorage (n.) The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.

Tutoress (n.) A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress.

Tutorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Tutorism (n.) Tutorship.

Tutorize (v. t.) To teach; to instruct.

Tutorship (n.) The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.

Tutory (n.) Tutorage.

Tutress (n.) Tutoress.

Tutrix (n.) A female guardian; a tutoress.

Tutsan (n.) A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves.

Tutti (n. pl.) All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together.

Tutty (n.) A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and consisting of a crude zinc oxide.

Tut-work (n.) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.

Tut-workmen (pl. ) of Tut-workman

Tut-workman (n.) One who does tut-work.

Tu-whit (n. & interj.) Alt. of Tu-whoo

Tu-whoo (n. & interj.) Words imitative of the notes of the owl.

Tuyere (n.) A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.

Tuz (n.) A lock or tuft of hair.

Tuza (n.) The tucan.

Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

Twaddle (n.) Silly talk; gabble; fustian.

Twaddler (n.) One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.

Twaddling () a. & n. from Twaddle, v.

Twaddy (n.) Idle trifling; twaddle.

Twagger (n.) A lamb.

Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

Twaite (n.) A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.

Twaite (n.) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.

Twang (n.) A tang. See Tang a state.

Twanged (imp. & p. p.) of Twang

Twanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twang

Twang (v. i.) To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.

Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.

Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.

Twang (n.) An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

Twangle (v. i. & t.) To twang.

Twank (v. t.) To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.

Twankay (n.) See Note under Tea, n., 1.

'T was () A contraction of it was.

Twattle (v. i.) To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.

Twattle (v. t.) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.

Twattle (n.) Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.

Twattler (n.) One who twattles; a twaddler.

Tway (a. & n.) Two; twain.

Twayblade (n.) Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.

Tweag (v. t.) To tweak.

Tweag (n.) Alt. of Tweague

Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.

Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.

Tweak (n.) Trouble; distress; tweag.

Tweak (n.) A prostitute.

Tweed (n.) A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

Tweedle (v. t.) To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

Tweedle (v. t.) To twist.

Tweel (n. & v.) See Twill.

Tweer (n.) Same as Tuyere.

Tweese (n.) Alt. of Tweeze

Tweeze (n.) A surgeon's case of instruments.

Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

Twelfth (a.) Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.

Twelfth (a.) Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.

Twelfth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

Twelfth (n.) The next in order after the eleventh.

Twelfth (n.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.

Twelfth-cake (n.) An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.

Twelfth-day (n.) See Twelfthtide.

Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.

Twelfth-second (n.) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.

Twelfthtide (n.) The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

Twelve (a.) One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.

Twelve (n.) The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

Twelve (n.) A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.

Twelvemo (a. & n.) See Duodecimo.

Twelvemonth (n.) A year which consists of twelve calendar months.

Twelvepence (n.) A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.

Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.

Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

Twentieth (a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.

Twentieth (a.) Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Twentieth (n.) The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.

Twentieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.

Twenty (a.) One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.

Twenty (a.) An indefinite number more or less that twenty.

Twenties (pl. ) of Twenty

Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

Twenty (n.) A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.

Twentyfold (a.) Twenty times as many.

Twenty-fourmo (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

Twenty-fourmo (n.) A book composed of sheets, each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 24mo, or 24¡.

Twey (a.) Two.

Tweyfold (a.) Twofold.

Twibil (n.) A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.

Twibil (n.) A tool for making mortises.

Twibil (n.) A reaping hook.

Twibilled (a.) Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.

Twice (adv.) Two times; once and again.

Twice (adv.) Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

Twiddle (v. t.) To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

Twiddle (n.) A slight twist with the fingers.

Twiddle (n.) A pimple.

Twifallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Twifallow

Twifallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twifallow

Twifallow (v. t.) To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed).

Twifold (a.) Twofold; double.

Twigged (imp. & p. p.) of Twig

Twigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twig

Twig (v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

Twig (v. t.) To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?

Twig (v. t.) To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

Twig (n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.

Twig (v. t.) To beat with twigs.

Twiggen (a.) Made of twigs; wicker.

Twigger (n.) A fornicator.

Twiggy (a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

Twight (v. t.) To twit.

Twight () p. p. of Twitch.

Twighte () imp. of Twitch.

Twigless (a.) Having no twigs.

Twigsome (a.) Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.

Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

Twilight (n.) faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.

Twilight (a.) Seen or done by twilight.

Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.

Twilled (imp. & p. p.) of Twill

Twilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twill

Twill (v. i.) To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

Twill (v. t.) An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.

Twill (v. t.) A fabric women with a twill.

Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn.

Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy.

Twilt (n.) A quilt.

Twin (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

Twin (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.

Twin (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.

Twin (a.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

Twin (n.) One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.

Twin (n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.

Twin (n.) A person or thing that closely resembles another.

Twin (n.) A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.

Twinned (imp. & p. p.) of Twin

Twinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twin

Twin (v. i.) To bring forth twins.

Twin (v. i.) To be born at the same birth.

Twin (v. t.) To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.

Twin (v. t.) To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.

Twin (v. i.) To depart from a place or thing.

Twinborn (a.) Born at the same birth.

Twine (n.) A twist; a convolution.

Twine (n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.

Twined (imp. & p. p.) of Twine

Twining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twine

Twine (n.) To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.

Twine (n.) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

Twine (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

Twine (n.) To change the direction of.

Twine (n.) To mingle; to mix.

Twine (v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.

Twine (v. i.) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

Twine (v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.

Twine (v. i.) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

Twiner (n.) Any plant which twines about a support.

Twinged (imp. & p. p.) of Twinge

Twinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinge

Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

Twining (a.) The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

Twink (v. i.) To twinkle.

Twink (n.) A wink; a twinkling.

Twink (n.) The chaffinch.

Twinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Twinkle

Twinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinkle

Twinkle (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

Twinkle (n.) A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.

Twinkle (n.) The time of a wink; a twinkling.

Twinkler (n.) One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.

Twinkling (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

Twinkling (n.) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.

Twinkling (n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.

Twinleaf (n.) See Jeffersonia.

Twinlike (a.) Closely resembling; being a counterpart.

Twinling (n.) A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

Twinned (a.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

Twinner (n.) One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.

Twinning (n.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.

Twinter (n.) A domestic animal two winters old.

Twire (n.) A twisted filament; a thread.

Twire (v. i.) To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer.

Twire (v. i.) To twinkle; to glance; to gleam.

Twire (v. i.) To sing, or twitter.

Twire-pipe (n.) A vagabond musician.

Twirled (imp. & p. p.) of Twirl

Twirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twirl

Twirl (v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

Twirl (v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

Twirl (n.) A twist; a convolution.

Twisted (imp. & p. p.) of Twist

Twisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twist

Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.

Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.

Twist (v. t.) To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.

Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.

Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.

Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.

Twist (v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.

Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

Twist (n.) The form given in twisting.

Twist (n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.

Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.

Twist (n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.

Twist (n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.

Twist (n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked.

Twist (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.

Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.

Twist (n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.

Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Twist (n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.

Twist (v. t.) A twig.

Twiste () imp. of Twist.

Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.

Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

Twister (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.

Twister (n.) A girder.

Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.

Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.

Twitted (imp. & p. p.) of Twit

Twitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twit

Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

Twitched (imp. & p. p.) of Twitch

Twitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitch

Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.

Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.

Twitch (n.) A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.

Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches.

Twitch grass () See Quitch grass.

Twite (n.) The European tree sparrow.

Twite (n.) The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris).

Twitlark (n.) The meadow pipit.

Twitter (n.) One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

Twittered (imp. & p. p.) of Twitter

Twittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitter

Twitter (v. i.) To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.

Twitter (v. i.) To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

Twitter (v. i.) To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

Twitter (v. t.) To utter with a twitter.

Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.

Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.

Twitter (n.) A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.

Twittering (n.) The act of one who, or that which, twitters.

Twittering (n.) A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.

Twittingly (adv.) In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.

Twittle-twattle (n.) Tattle; gabble.

'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.

'Twixt-brain (n.) The thalamen/cephalon.

Two (n.) One and one; twice one.

Two (n.) The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

Two (n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

Two-capsuled (a.) Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.

Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

Two-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

Two-edged (a.) Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.

Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.

Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.

Two-foot (a.) Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.

Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.

Two-hand (a.) Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

Two-handed (a.) Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.

Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.

Two-handed (a.) Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.

Two-lipped (a.) Having two lips.

Two-lipped (a.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.

Two-parted (a.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Twopence (n.) A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.

Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.

Two-ply (a.) Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.

Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.

Two-ranked (a.) Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.

Two-sided (a.) Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.

Two-sided (a.) Symmetrical.

Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Twyblade (n.) See Twayblade.

Ty-all (n.) Something serving to tie or secure.

Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.

Tychonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.

Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

Tydy (n.) Same as Tidy.

Tye (n.) A knot; a tie.

Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

Tye (n.) A trough for washing ores.

Tye (v. t.) See Tie, the proper orthography.

Tyer (n.) One who ties, or unites.

Tyfoon (n.) See Typhoon.

Tyger (n.) A tiger.

Tying () p. pr. of Tie.

Tying (n.) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Tyke (n.) See 2d Tike.

Tylari (pl. ) of Tylarus

Tylarus (n.) One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.

Tyler (n.) See 2d Tiler.

Tylopoda (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.

Tyloses (pl. ) of Tylosis

Tylosis (n.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.

Tymbal (n.) A kind of kettledrum.

Tymp (n.) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.

Tympan (n.) A drum.

Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum.

Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.

Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.

Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

Tympanic (n.) The tympanic bone.

Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.

Tympanites (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.

Tympanitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.

Tympanitis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.

Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.

Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympanize

Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympanize

Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.

Tympani (pl. ) of Tympano

Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.

Tympano- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.

Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.

Tympanohyal (n.) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.

Tympanums (pl. ) of Tympanum

Tympana (pl. ) of Tympanum

Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.

Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.

Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.

Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

Tympany (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

Tynd (v. t.) To shut; to close.

Tyne (v. t.) To lose.

Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.

Tyne (n.) A prong or point of an antler.

Tyne (n.) Anxiety; tine.

Tyny (a.) Small; tiny.

Typal (a.) Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.

-type (n.) A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.

Type (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

Type (n.) Form or character impressed; style; semblance.

Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.

Type (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.

Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.

Type (n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

Type (n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

Type (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.

Typed (imp. & p. p.) of Type

Typing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Type

Type (v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

Type (v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.

Typesetting (n.) The act or art of setting type.

Typewrite (v. t. & i.) To write with a typewriter.

Typewriter (n.) An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper.

Typewriter (n.) One who uses such an instrument.

Typewriting (n.) The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.

Typhlitis (n.) Inflammation of the caecum.

Typhlosole (n.) A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals.

Typhoean (a.) Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t/*f/"/s), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.

Typhoid (a.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.

Typhomalarial (a.) Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever.

Typhomania (n.) A low delirium common in typhus fever.

Typhon (n.) According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.

Typhon (n.) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.

Typhoon (n.) A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

Typhos (n.) Typhus.

Typhotoxin (n.) A basic substance, C7H17NO2, formed from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.

Typhous (a.) Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus.

Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.

Typic (a.) Typical.

Typical (a.) Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

Typical (a.) Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.

Typification (n.) The act of typifying, or representing by a figure.

Typifier (n.) One who, or that which, typifies.

Typified (imp. & p. p.) of Typify

Typifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Typify

Typify (v. t.) To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

Typo (n.) A compositor.

Typocosmy (n.) A representation of the world.

Typographer (n.) A printer.

Typographic (a.) Alt. of Typographical

Typographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.

Typographical (a.) Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art.

Typography (n.) The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.

Typography (n.) The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.

Typolite (n.) A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.

Typology (n.) A discourse or treatise on types.

Typology (n.) The doctrine of types.

Typothetae (n. pl.) Printers; -- used in the name of an association of the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United Typothetae of America.

Tyran (n.) A tyrant.

Tyranness (n.) A female tyrant.

Tyrannic (a.) Alt. of Tyrannical

Tyrannical (a.) Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.

Tyrannicidal (a.) Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.

Tyrannicide (n.) The act of killing a tyrant.

Tyrannicide (n.) One who kills a tyrant.

Tyrannish (a.) Like a tyrant; tyrannical.

Tyrannized (imp. & p. p.) of Tyrannize

Tyrannizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tyrannize

Tyrannize (v. i.) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.

Tyrannize (v. t.) To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.

Tyrannous (a.) Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.

Tyranny (n.) The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.

Tyranny (n.) Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.

Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.

Tyrant (n.) An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.

Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.

Tyrant (n.) Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.

Tyrant (v. i.) To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.

Tyre () Curdled milk.

Tyre (n. & v.) Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.

Tyre (v. i.) To prey. See 4th Tire.

Tyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.

Tyrian (a.) Being of the color called Tyrian purple.

Tyrian (n.) A native of Tyre.

Tyros (pl. ) of Tyro

Tyro (n.) A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.

Tyrociny (n.) The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship.

Tyrolite (n.) A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.

Tyronism (n.) The state of being a tyro, or beginner.

Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative.

Tyrotoxicon (n.) A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol.

Tyrotoxine (n.) Same as Tyrotoxicon.

Tysonite (n.) A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal crystals of a pale yellow color. Cf. Fluocerite.

Tystie (n.) The black guillemot.

Tythe (n.) See Tithe.

Tything (n.) See Tithing.

Tzar (n.) The emperor of Russia. See Czar.

Tzarina (n.) Alt. of Tzaritza

Tzaritza (n.) The empress of Russia. See Czarina.

Tzetze (n.) Same as Tsetse.

U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.

Uakari (n.) Same as Ouakari.

Uberous (a.) Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful.

Uberty (n.) Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty.

Ubication (n.) Alt. of Ubiety

Ubiety (n.) The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness.

Ubiquarian (a.) Ubiquitous.

Ubiquitist (n.) Alt. of Ubiquitarian

Ubiquitarian (n.) One of a school of Lutheran divines which held that the body of Christ is present everywhere, and especially in the eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. Called also ubiquitist, and ubiquitary.

Ubiquitariness (n.) Quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous.

Ubiquitary (a.) Ubiquitous.

Ubiquitaries (pl. ) of Ubiquitary

Ubiquitary (n.) One who exists everywhere.

Ubiquitary (n.) A ubiquist.

Ubiquitist (n.) Same as Ubiquist.

Ubiquitous (a.) Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent.

Ubiquity (n.) Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence.

Ubiquity (n.) The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.

Uchees (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians belonging to the Creek confederation.

Uckewallist (n.) One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland.

Udal (n.) In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.

Udal (a.) Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial.

Udaler (n.) Alt. of Udalman

Udalman (n.) In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right.

Udder (n.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

Udder (n.) One of the breasts of a woman.

Uddered (a.) Having an udder or udders.

Udderless (a.) Destitute or deprived of an udder.

Udderless (a.) Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs.

Udometer (n.) A rain gauge.

Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.

Uglesome (a.) Ugly.

Uglify (v. t.) To disfigure; to make ugly.

Uglily (adv.) In an ugly manner; with deformity.

Ugliness (n.) The quality or state of being ugly.

Ugly (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

Ugly (superl.) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.

Ugly (superl.) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.

Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.

Ugly (v. t.) To make ugly.

Ugrian (n. pl.) A Mongolian race, ancestors of the Finns.

Ugsome (a.) Ugly; offensive; loathsome.

Uhlan (n.) One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.

Uhlan (n.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.

Uintatherium (n.) An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.

Ukase (n.) In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.

Ulan (n.) See Uhlan.

Ularburong (n.) A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous.

Ulcer (n.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

Ulcer (n.) Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulcer (v. t.) To ulcerate.

Ulcerable (a.) Capable of ulcerating.

Ulcerated (imp. & p. p.) of Ulcerate

Ulcerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ulcerate

Ulcerate (v. i.) To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

Ulcerate (v. t.) To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers.

Ulcerated (a.) Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.

Ulceration (n.) The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

Ulcerative (a.) Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.

Ulcered (a.) Ulcerous; ulcerated.

Ulcerous (a.) Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

Ulcerous (a.) Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.

Ulcuscle (n.) Alt. of Ulcuscule

Ulcuscule (n.) A little ulcer.

Ule (n.) A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.

Ulema (n.) A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

Ulexite (n.) A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.

Uliginose (a.) Alt. of Uliginous

Uliginous (a.) Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places.

Ullage (n.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.

Ullet (n.) A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.

Ullmannite (n.) A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.

Ulluco (n.) See Melluc/o.

Ulmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.

Ulmate (n.) A salt of ulmic acid.

Ulmic (a.) Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

Ulmin (n.) A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin.

Ulmus (n.) A genus of trees including the elm.

Ulna (n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.

Ulna (n.) An ell; also, a yard.

Ulnage (n.) Measurement by the ell; alnage.

Ulnar (a.) Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.

Ulnaria (pl. ) of Ulnare

Ulnare (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.

Ulodendron (n.) A genus of fossil trees.

Ulonata (n. pl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.

Ulotrichan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi.

Ulotrichan (n.) One of the Ulotrichi.

Ulotrichi (n. pl.) The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

Ulotrichous (a.) Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.

Ulster (n.) A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland.

Ulterior (a.) Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

Ulterior (a.) Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.

Ulterior (n.) Ulterior side or part.

Ulteriorly (adv.) More distantly or remotely.

Ultima (a.) Most remote; furthest; final; last.

Ultima (n.) The last syllable of a word.

Ultimate (a.) Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.

Ultimate (a.) Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

Ultimate (a.) Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter.

Ultimated (imp. & p. p.) of Ultimate

Ultimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ultimate

Ultimate (v. t. & i.) To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.

Ultimate (v. t. & i.) To come or bring into use or practice.

Ultimately (adv.) As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.

Ultimation (n.) State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum.

Ultimatums (pl. ) of Ultimatum

Ultimata (pl. ) of Ultimatum

Ultimatum (n.) A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.

Ultime (a.) Ultimate; final.

Ultimity (n.) The last stage or consequence; finality.

Ultimo () In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.

Ultion (n.) The act of taking vengeance; revenge.

Ultra- (a.) A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

Ultra (a.) Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.

Ultra (n.) One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.

Ultrage (n.) Outrage.

Ultraism (n.) The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.

Ultraist (n.) One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.

Ultramarine (a.) Situated or being beyond the sea.

Ultramarine (n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.

Ultramontane () Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

Ultramontane (n.) One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.

Ultramontane (n.) One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.

Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.

Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.

Ultramundane (a.) Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.

Ultrared (a.) Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.

Ultratropical (a.) Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

Ultraviolet (a.) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.

Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

Ultroneous (a.) Spontaneous; voluntary.

Ulula (n.) A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.

Ululant (a.) Howling; wailing.

Ululated (imp. & p. p.) of Ululate

Ululating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ululate

Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.

Ululation (n.) A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.

Ulva (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.

Umbe (prep.) About.

Umbecast (v. i.) To cast about; to consider; to ponder.

Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

Umbellar (a.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.

Umbellate (a.) Alt. of Umbellated

Umbellated (a.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

Umbellet (n.) A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.

Umbellic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.

Umbellifer (n.) A plant producing an umbel or umbels.

Umbelliferone (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin.

Umbelliferous (a.) Producing umbels.

Umbelliferous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Umbellularia (n.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Umbellule (n.) An umbellet.

Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.

Umber (n.) An umbrere.

Umber (n.) See Grayling, 1.

Umber (n.) An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.

Umber (a.) Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.

Umber (v. t.) To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.

Umbery (a.) Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.

Umbilic (n.) The navel; the center.

Umbilic (n.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b).

Umbilic (a.) See Umbilical, 1.

Umbilical (n.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

Umbilical (n.) Pertaining to the center; central.

Umbilicate (a.) Alt. of Umbilicated

Umbilicated (a.) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.

Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Umbilication (n.) A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.

Umbilicus (n.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

Umbilicus (n.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

Umbilicus (n.) The hilum.

Umbilicus (n.) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

Umbilicus (n.) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.

Umbilicus (n.) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.

Umble pie () A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble.

Umbles (n. pl.) The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.

Umbones (pl. ) of Umbo

Umbos (pl. ) of Umbo

Umbo (n.) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

Umbo (n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.

Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Umbonate (a.) Alt. of Umbonated

Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.

Umbrae (pl. ) of Umbra

Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

Umbra (n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.

Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Umbra (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.

Umbraculiferous (a.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.

Umbraculiform (a.) Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.

Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.

Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.

Umbrageous (a.) Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure.

Umbrageous (a.) Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious.

Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.

Umbratic (a.) Alt. of Umbratical

Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.

Umbratile (a.) Umbratic.

Umbratious (a.) Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage.

Umbre (n.) See Umber.

Umbrel (n.) An umbrella.

Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.

Umbrella (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.

Umbrella (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.

Umbrere (n.) Alt. of Umbriere

Umbriere (n.) In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.

Umbrette (n.) See Umber, 4.

Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.

Umbril (n.) A umbrere.

Umbrine (n.) See Umbra, 2.

Umbrose (a.) Shady; umbrageous.

Umbrosity (n.) The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.

Umhofo (n.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, / Rhinoceros, simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.

Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.

Umlauted (a.) Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.

Umpirage (n.) The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

Umpirage (n.) The act of umpiring; arbitrament.

Umpire (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

Umpire (n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.

Umpired (imp. & p. p.) of Umpire

Umpiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Umpire

Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

Umpire (v. t.) To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.

Umpire (v. i.) To act as umpire or arbitrator.

Umpireship (n.) Umpirage; arbitrament.

Umpress (n.) Female umpire.

Umquhile (adv.) Some time ago; formerly.

Umquhile (a.) Former.

Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.

Un- (adv.) An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseless.

Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively.

Un- (adv.) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective

Un- (adv.) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them

Un- (adv.) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, - ---- and the like.

Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like.

Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like.

Un- (adv.) Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like.

Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.

Unability (n.) Inability.

Unable (a.) Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.

Unabled (a.) Disabled.

Unableness (n.) Inability.

Una boat () The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.

Unabridged (a.) Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.

Unabsorbable (a.) Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.

Unacceptability (n.) The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.

Unacceptable (a.) Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.

Unaccessible (a.) Inaccessible.

Unaccomplished (a.) Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.

Unaccomplishment (n.) The state of being unaccomplished.

Unaccountability (n.) The quality or state of being unaccountable.

Unaccountable (a.) Not accountable or responsible; free from control.

Unaccountable (a.) Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious.

Unaccurate (a.) Inaccurate.

Unaccurateness (n.) Inaccuracy.

Unaccustomed (a.) Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to.

Unaccustomed (a.) Not usual; uncommon; strange; new.

Unacquaintance (n.) The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.

Unacquainted (a.) Not acquainted.

Unacquainted (a.) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.

Unacquaintedness (n.) Unacquaintance.

Unactive (a.) Inactive; listless.

Unactive (v. t.) To render inactive or listless.

Unactiveness (n.) Inactivity.

Unadmissible (a.) Alt. of Unadmittable

Unadmittable (a.) Inadmissible.

Unadulterate (a.) Alt. of Unadulterated

Unadulterated (a.) Not adulterated; pure.

Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.

Unadvised (a.) Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised.

Unadvised (a.) Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding.

Unaffected (a.) Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced.

Unaffected (a.) Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow.

Unafiled (a.) Undefiled.

Unagreeable (a.) Disagreeable.

Unagreeable (a.) Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable.

Unaidable (a.) Incapable of being aided.

Unalienable (a.) Inalienable; as, unalienable rights.

Unalist (n.) An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist.

Unallied (a.) Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera.

Unalloyed (a.) Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.

Unalmsed (a.) Not having received alms.

Unambiguity (n.) Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.

Unambition (n.) The absence of ambition.

Unamiability (n.) The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.

Unamiable (a.) Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.

Unanchor (v. t.) To loose from the anchor, as a ship.

Unaneled (a.) Not aneled; not having received extreme unction.

Unanimate (a.) Unanimous.

Unanimity (n.) The quality or state of being unanimous.

Unanimous (a.) Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.

Unanimous (a.) Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote.

Unanswerability (n.) The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.

Unanswerable (a.) Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument.

Unanswered (a.) Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.

Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.

Unanswered (a.) Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.

Unappalled (a.) Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted.

Unapparel (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to strip.

Unappealable (a.) Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.

Unappealable (a.) Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled.

Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable.

Unapplicable (a.) Inapplicable.

Unappropriate (a.) Inappropriate; unsuitable.

Unappropriate (a.) Not appropriated.

Unappropriate (v. t.) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly.

Unappropriated (a.) Not specially appropriate; having not special application.

Unappropriated (a.) Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.

Unappropriated (a.) Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.

Unapproved (a.) Not approved.

Unapproved (a.) Not proved.

Unapt (a.) Inapt; slow; dull.

Unapt (a.) Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate.

Unapt (a.) Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.

Unaquit (a.) Unrequited.

Unargued (a.) Not argued or debated.

Unargued (a.) Not argued against; undisputed.

Unargued (a.) Not censured.

Unarm (v. t.) To disarm.

Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor.

Unarmed (a.) Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.

Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.

Unarted (a.) Ignorant of the arts.

Unarted (a.) Not artificial; plain; simple.

Unartful (a.) Lacking art or skill; artless.

Unartistic (a.) Inartistic.

Unascried (a.) Not descried.

Unaserved (a.) Not served.

Unassuming (a.) Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.

Unassured (a.) Not assured; not bold or confident.

Unassured (a.) Not to be trusted.

Unassured (a.) Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.

Unatonable (a.) Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable.

Unatonable (a.) Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.

Unattached (a.) Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

Unattached (a.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.

Unattached (a.) Not taken or arrested.

Unattentive (a.) Inattentive; careless.

Unattire (v. t.) To divest of attire; to undress.

Unau (n.) The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of South America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.

Unaudienced (a.) Not given an audience; not received or heard.

Unauspicious (a.) Inauspicious.

Unauthorize (v. t.) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

Unavoidable (a.) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

Unavoided (a.) Not avoided or shunned.

Unavoided (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Unaware (a.) Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.

Unaware (adv.) Unawares.

Unawares (adv.) Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.

Unbacked (a.) Never mounted by a rider; unbroken.

Unbacked (a.) Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.

Unbag (v. t.) To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.

Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.

Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.

Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind.

Unballast (v. t.) To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from.

Unballast (a.) Not ballasted.

Unballasted (a.) Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

Unballasted (a.) Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.

Unbaned (a.) Wanting a band or string; unfastened.

Unbank (v. t.) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.

Unbar (v. t.) To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.

Unbarbed (a.) Not shaven.

Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather.

Unbark (v. t.) To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree.

Unbark (v. t.) To cause to disembark; to land.

Unbarrel (v. t.) To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.

Unbarricadoed (a.) Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets.

Unbashful (a.) Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless.

Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

Unbe (v. t.) To cause not to be; to cause to be another.

Unbear (v. t.) To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

Unbeat (v. t.) To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.

Unbecome (v. t.) To misbecome.

Unbecoming (a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.

Unbed (v. t.) To raise or rouse from bed.

Unbedinned (a.) Not filled with din.

Unbefool (v. t.) To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.

Unbeget (v. t.) To deprive of existence.

Unbegilt (a.) Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold.

Unbegot (a.) Alt. of Unbegotten

Unbegotten (a.) Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal.

Unbeguiled (imp. & p. p.) of Unbeguile

Unbeguiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbeguile

Unbeguile (v. t.) To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.

Unbegun (a.) Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.

Unbehovely (a.) Not behooving or becoming; unseemly.

Unbeing (a.) Not existing.

Unbeknown (a.) Not known; unknown.

Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Unbelief (n.) Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.

Unbelieved (a.) Not believed; disbelieved.

Unbeliever (n.) One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.

Unbeliever (n.) A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.

Unbelieving (a.) Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.

Unbelieving (a.) Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person.

Unbelt (v. t.) To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

Unbent (imp. & p. p.) of Unbend

Unbending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbend

Unbend (v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.

Unbend (v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.

Unbend (v. t.) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.

Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

Unbend (v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Unbending (a.) Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

Unbending (a.) Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

Unbending (a.) Devoted to relaxation or amusement.

Unbenevolence (n.) Absence or want of benevolence; ill will.

Unbenign (a.) Not benign; malignant.

Unbenumb (v. t.) To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to.

Unbereaven (a.) Unbereft.

Unbereft (a.) Not bereft; not taken away.

Unbeseem (v. t.) To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.

Unbeseeming (a.) Unbecoming; not befitting.

Unbespeak (v. t.) To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel.

Unbethink (v. t.) To change the mind of (one's self).

Unbeware (adv.) Unawares.

Unbewitch (v. t.) To free from a spell; to disenchant.

Unbias (v. t.) To free from bias or prejudice.

Unbiased (a.) Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial.

Unbid (a.) Alt. of Unbidden

Unbidden (a.) Not bidden; not commanded.

Unbidden (a.) Uninvited; as, unbidden guests.

Unbidden (a.) Being without a prayer.

Unbound (imp. & p. p.) of Unbind

Unbinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbind

Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

Unbishop (v. t.) To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights.

Unbitted (imp. & p. p.) of Unbit

Unbitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbit

Unbit (v. t.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.

Unblemished (a.) Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life.

Unbless (v. t.) To deprive of blessings; to make wretched.

Unblessed (a.) Alt. of Unblest

Unblest (a.) Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched.

Unblestful (a.) Unblessed.

Unblind (v. t.) To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open the eyes of.

Unblindfold (v. t.) To free from that which blindfolds.

Unbloody (a.) Not bloody.

Unblushing (a.) Not blushing; shameless.

Unbody (v. t.) To free from the body; to disembody.

Unbody (v. i.) To leave the body; to be disembodied; -- said of the soul or spirit.

Unbolt (v. t.) To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.

Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.

Unbone (v. t.) To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.

Unbone (v. t.) To twist about, as if boneless.

Unbonnet (v. t.) To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head.

Unbooked (a.) Not written in a book; unrecorded.

Unboot (v. t.) To take off the boots from.

Unborn (a.) Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear; future.

Unborrowed (a.) Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.

Unbosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Unbosom

Unbosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbosom

Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self.

Unbosomer (n.) One who unbosoms, or discloses.

Unbottomed (a.) Deprived of a bottom.

Unbottomed (a.) Having no bottom; bottomless.

Unbound () imp. & p. p. of Unbind.

Unboundably (adv.) Infinitely.

Unbounded (a.) Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition.

Unbow (v. t.) To unbend.

Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.

Unboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Unbowel

Unbowelled () of Unbowel

Unboweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbowel

Unbowelling () of Unbowel

Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.

Unbox (v. t.) To remove from a box or boxes.

Unboy (v. t.) To divest of the traits of a boy.

Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.

Unbraid (v. t.) To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.

Unbreast (v. t.) To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom.

Unbreathed (a.) Not breathed.

Unbreathed (a.) Not exercised; unpracticed.

Unbred (a.) Not begotten; unborn.

Unbred (a.) Not taught or trained; -- with to.

Unbred (a.) Not well-bred; ill-bred.

Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreech

Unbreching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbreech

Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.

Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.

Unbrewed (a.) Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine.

Unbridle (v. t.) To free from the bridle; to set loose.

Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.

Unbroken (a.) Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.

Unbuild (v. t.) To demolish; to raze.

Unbundle (v. t.) To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.

Unbung (v. t.) To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.

Unburden (v. t.) To relieve from a burden.

Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload.

Unburiable (a.) Not ready or not proper to be buried.

Unburrow (v. t.) To force from a burrow; to unearth.

Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.

Unbury (v. t.) To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.

Unbusied (a.) Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.

Unbutton (v. t.) To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

Unbuxom (a.) Disobedient.

Uncage (v. t.) To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.

Uncalled-for (a.) Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.

Uncalm (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet.

Uncamp (v. t.) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.

Uncanny (a.) Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.

Uncanonize (v. t.) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Uncap (v. t.) To remove a cap or cover from.

Uncapable (a.) Incapable.

Uncape (v. t.) To remove a cap or cape from.

Uncapper (n.) An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell.

Uncardinal (v. t.) To degrade from the cardinalship.

Uncared (a.) Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for.

Uncarnate (a.) Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate.

Uncarnate (v. t.) To divest of flesh.

Uncart (v. t.) To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.

Uncase (v. t.) To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.

Uncase (v. t.) To strip; to flay.

Uncase (v. t.) To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.

Uncastle (v. t.) To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.

Uncaused (a.) Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.

Uncautelous (a.) Incautious.

Uncautious (a.) Incautious.

Uncautiously (adv.) Incautiously.

Unce (n.) A claw.

Unce (n.) An ounce; a small portion.

Unceasable (a.) Not capable of being ended; unceasing.

Uncenter (v. t.) Alt. of Uncentre

Uncentre (v. t.) To throw from its center.

Uncentury (v. t.) To remove from its actual century.

Uncertain (a.) Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

Uncertain (a.) Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.

Uncertain (a.) Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.

Uncertain (a.) Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.

Uncertain (a.) To make uncertain.

Uncertainly (adv.) In an uncertain manner.

Uncertainties (pl. ) of Uncertainty

Uncertainty (n.) The quality or state of being uncertain.

Uncertainty (n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown.

Uncessant (a.) Incessant.

Unchain (v. t.) To free from chains or slavery; to let loose.

Unchancy (a.) Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.

Unchancy (a.) Ill-fated; unlucky.

Unchancy (a.) Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous.

Unchaplain (v. t.) To remove from a chaplaincy.

Uncharge (v. t.) To free from a charge or load; to unload.

Uncharge (v. t.) To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.

Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot.

Uncharitable (a.) Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal.

Uncharity (n.) Uncharitableness.

Uncharm (v. t.) To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant.

Uncharneled (imp. & p. p.) of Uncharnel

Uncharneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Uncharnel

Uncharnel (v. t.) To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.

Unchaste (a.) Not chaste; not continent; lewd.

Unchastity (n.) The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.

Uncheckable (a.) Not capable of being checked or stopped.

Unchild (v. t.) To bereave of children; to make childless.

Unchild (v. t.) To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.

Unchristen (v. t.) To render unchristian.

Unchristened (a.) Not christened; as, an unchristened child.

Unchristian (a.) Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.

Unchristian (a.) Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.

Unchristian (v. t.) To make unchristian.

Unchristianize (v. t.) To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.

Unchristianly (a.) Unchristian.

Unchristianly (adv.) In an unchristian manner.

Unchristianness (n.) The quality or state of being unchristian.

Unchurch (v. t.) To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

Unchurch (v. t.) To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church.

Unciae (pl. ) of Uncia

Uncia (n.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.

Uncia (n.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem.

Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.

Uncial (n.) An uncial letter.

Unciatim (adv.) Ounce by ounce.

Unciform (a.) Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.

Unciform (n.) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.

Uncinata (n. pl.) A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.

Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.

Uncinatum (n.) The unciform bone.

Uncini (pl. ) of Uncinus

Uncinus (n.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.

Uncipher (v. t.) To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter.

Uncircumcised (n.) Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites.

Uncircumcision (n.) The absence or want of circumcision.

Uncircumcision (n.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.

Uncircumstandtial (a.) Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.

Uncircumstandtial (a.) Not important; not pertinent; trivial.

Uncity (v. t.) To deprive of the rank or rights of a city.

Uncivil (a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.

Uncivil (a.) Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

Uncivility (n.) Incivility.

Uncivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.

Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.

Uncivilized (a.) Not civil; coarse; clownish.

Uncivilty (adv.) In an uncivil manner.

Unclasp (v. t.) To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.

Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.

Uncle (n.) A pawnbroker.

Unclean (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

Unclean (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.

Unclean (a.) Morally impure.

Uncleansable (a.) Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.

Unclench (v. t.) Same as Unclinch.

Uncleship (n.) The office or position of an uncle.

Unclew (v. t.) To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin.

Unclinch (v. t.) To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist.

Uncling (v. i.) To cease from clinging or adhering.

Uncloak (v. t.) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.

Uncloak (v. i.) To remove, or take off, one's cloak.

Unclog (v. t.) To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty.

Uncloister (v. t.) To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.

Unclose (v. t. & i.) To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes.

Unclose (v. t. & i.) To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.

Unclosed (a.) Not separated by inclosures; open.

Unclosed (a.) Not finished; not concluded.

Unclosed (a.) Not closed; not sealed; open.

Unclothe (v. t.) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

Unclothed (a.) Divested or stripped of clothing.

Unclothed (a.) Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked.

Uncloud (v. t.) To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like.

Unclue (v. t.) To unwind; to untangle.

Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut.

Unclutch (v. t.) To disengage, as a clutch.

Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved.

Unco (adv.) In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very.

Unco (n.) A strange thing or person.

Uncoach (v. t.) To detach or loose from a coach.

Uncock (v. t.) To let down the cock of, as a firearm.

Uncock (v. t.) To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc.

Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.

Uncoffle (v. t.) To release from a coffle.

Uncoif (v. t.) To deprive of the coif or cap.

Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.

Uncoined (a.) Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver.

Uncoined (a.) Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural.

Uncolt (v. t.) To unhorse.

Uncombine (v. t.) To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union.

Uncomeatable (a.) Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible.

Uncomely (a.) Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner.

Uncomfortable (a.) Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.

Uncomfortable (a.) Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation.

Uncommon (a.) Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

Uncomplete (a.) Incomplete.

Uncomprehend (v. t.) To fail to comprehend.

Uncomprehensive (a.) Unable to comprehend.

Uncomprehensive (a.) Incomprehensible.

Uncompromising (a.) Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.

Unconceivable (a.) Inconceivable.

Unconcern (n.) Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.

Unconcerned (a.) Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future.

Unconcerning (a.) Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one.

Unconcernment (n.) The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness.

Unconcludent (a.) Alt. of Unconcluding

Unconcluding (a.) Inconclusive.

Unconclusive (a.) Inconclusive.

Unconditional (a.) Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.

Unconditioned (a.) Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

Unconditioned (a.) Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable.

Unconfidence (n.) Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.

Uncoform (a.) Unlike.

Uncoformability (n.) The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness.

Uncoformability (n.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.

Unconformable (a.) Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.

Unconformable (a.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata.

Unconformist (n.) A nonconformist.

Unconformity (n.) Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.

Unconformity (n.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.

Unconfound (v. t.) To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded.

Unconfounded (a.) Not confounded.

Uncongeal (v. i.) To thaw; to become liquid again.

Unconning (a.) Not knowing; ignorant.

Unconning (n.) Ignorance.

Unconquerable (a.) Not conquerable; indomitable.

Unconscionable (a.) Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.

Unconscionable (a.) Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience.

Unconscious (a.) Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.

Unconscious (a.) Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration.

Unconscious (a.) Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke.

Unconsecrate (v. t.) To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.

Unconsequential (a.) Inconsequential.

Unconsiderate (a.) Inconsiderate; heedless; careless.

Unconsidered (a.) Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling.

Unconsonant (a.) Incongruous; inconsistent.

Unconspicuous (a.) Inconspicuous.

Unconstancy (n.) Inconstancy.

Unconstant (a.) Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable.

Unconstitutional (a.) Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer.

Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease.

Unconsummate (a.) Not consummated; not accomplished.

Uncontestable (a.) Incontestable.

Uncontinent (a.) Not continent; incontinent.

Uncontrollable (a.) Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.

Uncontrollable (a.) Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.

Uncontroversory (a.) Not involving controversy.

Uncontrovertible (a.) Incontrovertible.

Uncontrovertibly (adv.) Incontrovertibly.

Unconvenient (a.) Inconvenient.

Unconversion (n.) The state of being unconverted; impenitence.

Unconverted (a.) Not converted or exchanged.

Unconverted (a.) Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another.

Unconverted (a.) Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish.

Unconverted (a.) Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent.

Uncord (v. t.) To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.

Uncork (v. t.) To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.

Uncorrect (a.) Incorrect.

Uncorrigible (a.) Incorrigible; not capable of correction.

Uncorrupt (a.) Incorrupt.

Uncorruptible (a.) Incorruptible.

Uncorruption (n.) Incorruption.

Uncouple (v. t.) To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.

Uncouple (v. i.) To roam at liberty.

Uncourtliness (n.) Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity.

Uncous (a.) Hooklike; hooked.

Uncouth (a.) Unknown.

Uncouth (a.) Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.

Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.

Uncovenable (a.) Not covenable; inconvenient.

Uncovenanted (a.) Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract.

Uncovenanted (a.) Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.

Uncovenanted (a.) Not having entered into relationship with God through the appointed means of grace; also, not promised or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies.

Uncovered (imp. & p. p.) of Uncover

Uncovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Uncover

Uncover (v. t.) To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

Uncover (v. t.) To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

Uncover (v. t.) To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.

Uncover (v. i.) To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect.

Uncover (v. i.) To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.

Uncowl (v. t.) To divest or deprive of a cowl.

Uncreate (v. t.) To deprive of existence; to annihilate.

Uncreate (a.) Uncreated; self-existent.

Uncreated (a.) Deprived of existence; annihilated.

Uncreated (a.) Not yet created; as, misery uncreated.

Uncreated (a.) Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being.

Uncreatedness (n.) The quality or state of being uncreated.

Uncredible (a.) Incredible.

Uncredit (v. t.) To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit.

Uncreditable (a.) Discreditable.

Uncrown (v. t.) To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone.

Uncrudded (a.) Not cruddled, or curdled.

Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.

Unction (n.) That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.

Unction (n.) Divine or sanctifying grace.

Unction (n.) That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.

Unctious (a.) Unctuous.

Unctuosity (n.) Quality or state of being unctuous.

Unctuous (a.) Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.

Unctuous (a.) Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.

Unctuous (a.) Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.

Unculpable (a.) Inculpable; not blameworthy.

Uncult (a.) Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.

Unculture (n.) Want of culture.

Uncunning (a.) Ignorant.

Uncunningly (adv.) Ignorantly.

Uncunningness (n.) Ignorance.

Uncurable (a.) Incurable.

Uncurably (adv.) In an uncurable manner.

Uncurbable (a.) Not capable of being curbed.

Uncurl (v. t.) To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly.

Uncurl (v. i.) To become uncurled, or straight.

Uncurrent (a.) Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes.

Uncurse (v. t.) To free from a curse or an execration.

Uncurtain (v. t.) To remove a curtain from; to reveal.

Unci (pl. ) of Uncus

Uncus (n.) A hook or claw.

Uncustomable (a.) Not customable, or subject to custom duties.

Uncustomed (a.) Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs.

Uncut (a.) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.

Uncut (a.) Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an uncut diamond.

Uncuth (a.) Unknown; strange.

Uncuth (n.) A stranger.

Uncypher (v. t.) See Uncipher.

Undam (v. t.) To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction.

Undampned (a.) Uncondemned.

Undated (a.) Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved.

Undated (a.) Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter.

Undauntable (a.) Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.

Undaunted (a.) Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.

Unde (a.) Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines.

Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.

Undeaf (v. t.) To free from deafness; to cause to hear.

Undecagon (n.) A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.

Undecane (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule.

Undeceive (v. t.) To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake.

Undecency (n.) Indecency.

Undecennary (a.) Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.

Undecennial (a.) Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival.

Undecent (a.) Indecent.

Undecide (v. t.) To reverse or recant, as a previous decision.

Undecisive (a.) Indecisive.

Undeck (v. t.) To divest of ornaments.

Undecked (a.) Not decked; unadorned.

Undecked (a.) Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel.

Undecolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance.

Undecreed (a.) Not decreed.

Undecreed (a.) Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed.

Undecyl (n.) The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid.

Undecylenic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.

Undecylic (a.) Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2.

Undeeded (a.) Not deeded or transferred by deed; as, undeeded land.

Undeeded (a.) Not made famous by any great action.

Undefatigable (a.) Indefatigable.

Undefeasible (a.) Indefeasible.

Undefine (v. t.) To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.

Undeify (v. t.) To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.

Undeniable (a.) Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.

Undeniable (a.) Unobjectionable; unquestionably excellent; as, a person of undeniable connections.

Undeniably (adv.) In an undeniable manner.

Undepartable (a.) Incapable of being parted; inseparable.

Under (prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house.

Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.

Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short.

Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.

Under (prep.) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion.

Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.

Under (a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.

Underact (v. t.) To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

Underaction (n.) Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

Underactor (n.) A subordinate actor.

Under-age (a.) Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish.

Underagent (n.) A subordinate agent.

Underaid (v. t.) To aid clandestinely.

Under-arm (a.) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.

Underback (n.) A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.

Underbear (v. t.) To support; to endure.

Underbear (v. t.) To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel.

Underbearer (n.) One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

Underbid (v. t.) To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

Underbind (v. t.) To bind beneath.

Underboard (adv.) Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.

Underbranch (n.) A lower branch.

Underbranch (n.) A twig or branchlet.

Underbred (a.) Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

Underbrush (n.) Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

Underbuilder (n.) A subordinate or assistant builder.

Underbuilding (n.) Same as Substruction.

Underbuy (v. t.) To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.

Undercast (v. t.) To cast under or beneath.

Underchamberlain (n.) A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.

Underchanter (n.) Same as Subchanter.

Underchaps (n. pl.) The lower chaps or jaw.

Undercharge (v. t.) To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.

Undercharge (v. t.) To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.

Undercharge (n.) A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.

Underclay (n.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

Undercliff (n.) A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.

Underclothes (n. pl.) Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.

Underclothing (n.) Same as Underclothes.

Undercoat (n.) A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

Undercoat (n.) A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.

Underconduct (n.) A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit.

Underconsumption (n.) Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.

Undercraft (n.) A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.

Undercreep (v. i.) To creep secretly or privily.

Undercrest (v. t.) To support as a crest; to bear.

Undercroft (n.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.

Undercry (v. i.) To cry aloud.

Undercurrent (n.) A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.

Undercurrent (n.) Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.

Undercurrent (a.) Running beneath the surface; hidden.

Undercut (n.) The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

Undercut (v. t.) To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.

Underdealing (n.) Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery.

Underdelve (v. t.) To delve under.

Underdig (v. t.) To dig under or beneath; to undermine.

Underditch (v. t.) To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.

Underdo (v. i.) To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.

Underdo (v. t.) To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

Underdoer (n.) One who underdoes; a shirk.

Underdolven () p. p. of Underdelve.

Underdose (n.) A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose.

Underdose (v. t. & i.) To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.

Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.

Underdrain (v. t.) To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.

Underdressed (a.) Not dresses enough.

Underestimate (v. t.) To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.

Underestimate (n.) The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.

Underfaction (n.) A subordinate party or faction.

Underfaculty (n.) An inferior or subordinate faculty.

Underfarmer (n.) An assistant farmer.

Underfeed (v. t.) To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.

Underfellow (n.) An underling // mean, low fellow.

Underfilling (n.) The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building.

Underfollow (v. t.) To follow closely or immediately after.

Underfong (v. t.) To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.

Underfong (v. t.) To insnare; to circumvent.

Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.

Underfoot (adv.) Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.

Underfoot (a.) Low; base; abject; trodden down.

Underfringe (n.) A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

Underfurnish (v. t.) To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.

Underfurrow (v. t.) To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.

Under-garment (n.) A garment worn below another.

Underget (v. t.) To get under or beneath; also, to understand.

Undergird (v. t.) To blind below; to gird round the bottom.

Underglaze (a.) Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.

Underwent (imp.) of Undergo

Undergone (p. p.) of Undergo

Undergoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undergo

Undergo (v. t.) To go or move below or under.

Undergo (v. t.) To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion.

Undergo (v. t.) To be the bearer of; to possess.

Undergo (v. t.) To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.

Undergo (v. t.) To be subject or amenable to; to underlie.

Undergod (n.) A lower or inferio/ god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.

Undergore (v. t.) To gore underneath.

Undergown (n.) A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Undergraduate (n.) A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.

Undergraduate (a.) Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.

Undergraduateship (n.) The position or condition of an undergraduate.

Undergroan (v. t.) To groan beneath.

Underground (n.) The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

Underground (a.) Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.

Underground (a.) Done or occurring out of sight; secret.

Underground (adv.) Beneath the surface of the earth.

Undergrove (n.) A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

Undergrow (v. i.) To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.

Undergrow (a.) Undergrown.

Undergrown (a.) Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.

Undergrowth (n.) That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.

Underhand (a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.

Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

Underhand (adv.) By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.

Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.

Underhanded (a.) Underhand; clandestine.

Underhanded (a.) Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.

Underhandedly (adv.) In an underhand manner.

Underhang (v. t. & i.) To hang under or down; to suspend.

Underhangman (n.) An assistant or deputy hangman.

Underhead (n.) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.

Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.

Underhew (v. t.) To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain.

Underhonest (a.) Not entirely honest.

Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.

Underhung (a.) Having the lower jaw projecting.

Underjaw (n.) The lower jaw.

Underjoin (v. t.) To join below or beneath; to subjoin.

Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress.

Underkeeper (n.) A subordinate keeper or guardian.

Underkind (n.) An inferior kind.

Underkingdom (n.) A subordinate or dependent kingdom.

Underlaborer (n.) An assistant or subordinate laborer.

Underlaid (a.) Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

Underlay (v. t.) To lay beneath; to put under.

Underlay (v. t.) To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

Underlay (n.) To put a tap on (a shoe).

Underlay (v. i.) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Underlay (n.) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.

Underlay (n.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.

Underlayer (n.) One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.

Underlayer (n.) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

Underleaf (n.) A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.

Underlease (n.) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease.

Underlet (v. t.) To let below the value.

Underlet (v. t.) To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.

Underletter (n.) A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.

Underlie (v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

Underlie (v. t.) To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

Underlie (v. t.) To be subject or amenable to.

Underlie (v. i.) To lie below or under.

Underlie (n.) See Underlay, n., 1.

Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

Underline (v. t.) To influence secretly.

Underling (n.) An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

Underlip (n.) The lower lip.

Underlock (n.) A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.

Underlocker (n.) A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.

Underlying (a.) Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

Undermanned (a.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Undermasted (a.) Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.

Undermaster (n.) A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.

Undermatch (n.) One who is not a match for another.

Undermeal (n.) The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.

Undermeal (n.) Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.

Undermine (v. t.) To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.

Undermine (v. t.) Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.

Underminer (n.) One who undermines.

Underminister (v. t.) To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation.

Underministry (n.) A subordinate or inferior ministry.

Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.

Undermoneyed (a.) Bribed.

Undermost (a.) Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.

Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.

Underneath (adv.) Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.

Underneath (prep.) Under; beneath; below.

Underniceness (n.) A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.

Undernom (imp.) of Undernime

Undernime (v. t.) To receive; to perceive.

Undernime (v. t.) To reprove; to reprehend.

Underofficer (n.) A subordinate officer.

Underpart (n.) A subordinate part.

Underpay (v. t.) To pay inadequately.

Underpeep (v. t.) To peep under.

Underpeer (v. t.) To peer under.

Underpeopled (a.) Not fully peopled.

Underpight () imp. of Underpitch.

Underpinned (imp. & p. p.) of Underpin

Underpinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Underpin

Underpin (v. t.) To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

Underpin (v. t.) To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.

Underpinning (n.) The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.

Underpinning (n.) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed.

Underpinning (n.) The foundation, esp. of a frame house.

Underpight (imp.) of Underpitch

Underpitch (v. t.) To fill underneath; to stuff.

Underplay (v. i.) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

Underplay (v. i.) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

Underplay (n.) The act of underplaying.

Underplot (n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.

Underplot (n.) A clandestine scheme; a trick.

Underpoise (v. t.) To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue.

Underpossessor (n.) One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another.

Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.

Underprize (v. t.) To undervalue; to underestimate.

Underproduction (n.) The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply.

Underproof (a.) Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit.

Underprop (v. t.) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.

Underproportioned (a.) Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.

Underproper (n.) One who, or that which, underprops or supports.

Underpull (v. i.) To exert one's influence secretly.

Underpuller (n.) One who underpulls.

Underput (v. t.) To put or send under.

Underrate (v. t.) To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue.

Underrate (n.) A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate.

Underreckon (v. t.) To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.

Underrun (v. t.) To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.

Undersail (v. i.) To sail alongshore.

Undersailed (a.) Inadequately equipped with sails.

Undersaturated (a.) Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.

Undersay (v. t.) To say by way of derogation or contradiction.

Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

Undersecretary (n.) A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

Undersell (v. t.) To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.

Underservant (n.) An inferior servant.

Underset (v. t.) To prop or support.

Underset (n.) Undercurrent.

Undersetter (n.) One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.

Undersetting (n.) Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.

Undershapen (a.) Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish.

Undersheriff (n.) A sheriff's deputy.

Undersheriffry (n.) Undershrievalty.

Undershirt (n.) A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

Undershoot (v. t.) To shoot short of (a mark).

Undershot (a.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

Undershot (a.) Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

Undershrievalty (n.) The office or position of an undersheriff.

Undershrieve (n.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.

Undershrub (a.) Partly shrublike.

Undershut (a.) Closed from beneath.

Underside (n.) The lower or lowest side of anything.

Undersign (v. t.) To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument.

Undersized (a.) Of a size less than is common.

Underskinker (n.) Undertapster.

Underskirt (n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.

Undersky (n.) The lower region of the sky.

Undersleeve (n.) A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,

Undersoil (n.) The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.

Undersold () p. p. of Undersell.

Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.

Undersparred (a.) Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.

Underspend (v. t.) To spend less than.

Undersphere (n.) A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite.

Undersphere (n.) An inferior sphere, or field of action.

Underspore (v. t.) To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever.

Understair (a.) Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.

Understairs (n.) The basement or cellar.

Understood (imp. & p. p.) of Understand

Understanded () of Understand

Understanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Understand

Understand (v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.

Understand (v. t.) To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.

Understand (v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.

Understand (v. t.) To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.

Understand (v. t.) To stand under; to support.

Understand (v. i.) To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.

Understand (v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.

Understandable (a.) Capable of being understood; intelligible.

Understander (n.) One who understands, or knows by experience.

Understanding (a.) Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.

Understanding (n.) The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.

Understanding (n.) An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another.

Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.

Understanding (n.) Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.

Understandingly (adv.) In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.

Understate (v. t.) To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

Understatement (n.) The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

Understock (v. t.) To supply insufficiently with stock.

Understood () imp. & p. p. of Understand.

Understrapper (n.) A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.

Understrapping (a.) Becoming an understrapper; subservient.

Understrata (pl. ) of Understratum

Understratums (pl. ) of Understratum

Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.

Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.

Understudy (v. t. & i.) To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.

Understudy (n.) One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.

Undersuit (n.) A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.

Undertakable (a.) Capable of being undertaken; practicable.

Undertook (imp.) of Undertake

Undertaken (p. p.) of Undertake

Undertaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undertake

Undertake (v. t.) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

Undertake (v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.

Undertake (v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.

Undertake (v. t.) To assume, as a character.

Undertake (v. t.) To engage with; to attack.

Undertake (v. t.) To have knowledge of; to hear.

Undertake (v. t.) To take or have the charge of.

Undertake (v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

Undertake (v. i.) To venture; to hazard.

Undertake (v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.

Undertaker (n.) One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.

Undertaker (n.) One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor.

Undertaker (n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.

Undertaking (n.) The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

Undertaking (n.) That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

Undertaking (n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

Undertapster (n.) Assistant to a tapster.

Undertaxed (a.) Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.

Undertenancy (n.) Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.

Undertenant (n.) The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.

Underthing (n.) Something that is inferior and of little worth.

Undertide (n.) Alt. of Undertime

Undertime (n.) The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.

Undertone (n.) A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

Undertook () imp. of Undertake.

Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

Undertreasurer (n.) An assistant treasurer.

Underturn (v. t.) To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.

Undervaluation (n.) The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.

Undervalue (v. t.) To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.

Undervalue (v. t.) To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.

Undervalue (n.) A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.

Undervaluer (n.) One who undervalues.

Underverse (n.) The lower or second verse.

Undervest (n.) An undershirt.

Underviewer (n.) See Underlooker.

Underwear (n.) That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.

Underween (v. t.) To undervalue.

Underwent () imp. of Undergo.

Underwing (n.) One of the posterior wings of an insect.

Underwing (n.) Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called red underwing.

Underwitted (a.) Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly.

Underwood (n.) Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

Underworked (imp. & p. p.) of Underwork

Underwrought () of Underwork

Underworking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Underwork

Underwork (v. t.) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.

Underwork (v. t.) To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting.

Underwork (v. t.) To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.

Underwork (v. i.) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.

Underwork (v. i.) To do less work than is proper or suitable.

Underwork (v. i.) To do work for a less price than current rates.

Underwork (n.) Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.

Underworker (n.) One who underworks.

Underworker (n.) An inferior or subordinate workman.

Underworld (n.) The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.

Underworld (n.) The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.

Underworld (n.) The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.

Underworld (n.) The inferior part of mankind.

Underwrote (imp.) of Underwrite

Underwrit () of Underwrite

Underwritten (p. p.) of Underwrite

Underwrit () of Underwrite

Underwriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Underwrite

Underwrite (v. t.) To write under something else; to subscribe.

Underwrite (v. t.) To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance.

Underwrite (v. i.) To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

Underwriter (n.) One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

Underwriting (n.) The business of an underwriter,

Underyoke (v. t.) To subject to the yoke; to make subject.

Undeserve (v. t.) To fail to deserve.

Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.

Undesigning (a.) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.

Undestroyable (a.) Indestructible.

Undeterminable (a.) Not determinable; indeterminable.

Undeterminate (a.) Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.

Undetermination (n.) Indetermination.

Undevil (v. t.) To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.

Undevotion (n.) Absence or want of devotion.

Undid () imp. of Undo.

Undifferentiated (a.) Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.

Undigenous (a.) Generated by water.

Undigestible (a.) Indigestible.

Undight (v. t.) To put off; to lay aside, as a garment.

Undigne (a.) Unworthy.

Undine (n.) One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.

Undiocesed (a.) Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese.

Undirect (v. t.) To misdirect; to mislead.

Undirect (a.) Indirect.

Undirected (a.) Not directed; not guided; left without direction.

Undirected (a.) Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.

Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.

Undirectly (adv.) Indirectly.

Undiscerning (n.) Want of discernment.

Undisclose (v. t.) To keep close or secret.

Undiscreet (a.) Indiscreet.

Undispensable (a.) Indispensable.

Undispensable (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Undispensable (a.) Not to be freed by dispensation.

Undispensed (a.) Not dispensed.

Undispensed (a.) Not freed by dispensation.

Undisposedness (n.) Indisposition; disinclination.

Undisputable (a.) Indisputable.

Undistinctive (a.) Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.

Undistinctly (adv.) Indistinctly.

Undivided (a.) Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

Undivided (a.) Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him.

Undivided (a.) Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection.

Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.

Undividual (a.) Indivisible.

Undivisible (a.) Indivisible.

Undo (v. t.) To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle.

Undo (v. t.) To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.

Undock (v. t.) To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.

Undoer (n.) One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

Undoing (n.) The reversal of what has been done.

Undoing (n.) Ruin.

Undomesticate (v. t.) To make wild or roving.

Undone () p. p. of Undo.

Undone (a.) Not done or performed; neglected.

Undouble (v. t.) To unfold, or render single.

Undoubtable (a.) Indubitable.

Undoubted (a.) Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero.

Undrape (v. t.) To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.

Undraw (v. t.) To draw aside or open; to draw back.

Undreamed (a.) Alt. of Undreamt

Undreamt (a.) Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th/ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of.

Undress (v. t.) To divest of clothes; to strip.

Undress (v. t.) To divest of ornaments to disrobe.

Undress (v. t.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.

Undress (n.) A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

Undress (n.) An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.

Undubitable (a.) Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle.

Undue (a.) Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.

Undue (a.) Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding.

Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.

Undueness (n.) The quality of being undue.

Unduke (v. t.) To deprive of dukedom.

Undulant (a.) Undulating.

Undulary (a.) Moving like waves; undulatory.

Undulate (a.) Same as Undulated.

Undulated (imp. & p. p.) of Undulate

Undulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undulate

Undulate (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.

Undulate (v. i.) To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

Undulated (a.) Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory.

Undulated (a.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy.

Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell.

Undulating (a.) Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.

Undulation (n.) The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.

Undulation (n.) A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.

Undulation (n.) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.

Undulation (n.) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.

Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.

Undulationist (n.) One who advocates the undulatory theory of light.

Undulative (a.) Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.

Undulatory (a.) Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves.

Undull (v. t.) To remove the dullness of; to clear.

Undulous (a.) Undulating; undulatory.

Unduly (adv.) In an undue manner.

Undumpish (v. t.) To relieve from the dumps.

Undust (v. t.) To free from dust.

Undwellable (a.) Uninhabitable.

Undwelt (a.) Not lived (in); -- with in.

Undying (a.) Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.

Uneared (a.) Not eared, or plowed.

Unearned (a.) Not earned; not gained by labor or service.

Unearthed (imp. & p. p.) of Unearth

Unearthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unearth

Unearth (v. t.) To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.

Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound.

Unease (n.) Want of ease; uneasiness.

Uneasity (adv.) In an easy manner.

Uneasiness (n.) The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.

Uneasiness (n.) The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road.

Uneasy (a.) Not easy; difficult.

Uneasy (a.) Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.

Uneasy (a.) Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.

Uneasy (a.) Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.

Uneath (a.) Not easy; difficult; hard.

Uneath (adv.) Not easily; hardly; scarcely.

Unedge (v. t.) To deprive of the edge; to blunt.

Unefectual (a.) Ineffectual.

Unelastic (a.) Not elastic; inelastic.

Unelasticity (n.) Inelasticity.

Unelegant (a.) Inelegant.

Uneligible (a.) Ineligible.

Unembarrassed (a.) Not embarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.

Unembarrassment (n.) Freedom from embarrassment.

Unembodied (a.) Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits.

Unembodied (a.) Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.

Unempirically (adv.) Not empirically; without experiment or experience.

Unemployed (a.) Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

Unemployed (a.) Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.

Unencumber (v. t.) To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.

Unendly (a.) Unending; endless.

Unentangle (v. t.) To disentangle.

Unequal (a.) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.

Unequal (a.) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

Unequal (a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.

Unequal (a.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.

Unequalable (a.) Not capable of being equaled or paralleled.

Unequaled (a.) Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.

Unequally (adv.) In an unequal manner.

Unequalness (n.) The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.

Unequitable (a.) Inequitable.

Unequity (n.) Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.

Unequivocal (a.) Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.

Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.

Unerringly (adv.) In an unerring manner.

Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.

Unessential (a.) Void of essence, or real being.

Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.

Unessentially (adv.) In an unessential manner.

Unestablish (v. t.) To disestablish.

Ubeth (adv.) Alt. of Unethes

Unethes (adv.) With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.

Uneven (a.) Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

Uneven (a.) Not equal; not of equal length.

Uneven (a.) Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.

Unevitable (a.) Inevitable.

Unexact (a.) Not exact; inexact.

Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.

Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.

Unexcusable (a.) Inexcusable.

Unexhaustible (a.) Inexhaustible.

Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.

Unexpected (a.) Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.

Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.

Unexpensive (a.) Inexpensive.

Unexperience (n.) Inexperience.

Unexperienced (a.) Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.

Unexperienced (a.) Untried; -- applied to things.

Unexperient (a.) Inexperienced.

Unexpert (a.) Not expert; inexpert.

Unexpertly (adv.) In an unexpert manner.

Unexpressible (a.) Inexpressible.

Unexpressive (a.) Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.

Unexpressive (a.) Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable.

Unextinguishable (a.) Inextinguishable.

Unextricable (a.) Not extricable; inextricable.

Unface (v. t.) To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.

Unfailable (a.) Infallible.

Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.

Unfair (v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.

Unfair (a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.

Unfaith (n.) Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.

Unfaithful (a.) Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.

Unfaithful (a.) Not possessing faith; infidel.

Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked.

Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished.

Unfallible (a.) Infallible.

Unfasten (v. t.) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.

Unfathered (a.) Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature.

Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.

Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Unfeather (v. t.) To deprive of feathers; to strip.

Unfeatured (a.) Wanting regular features; deformed.

Unfeaty (a.) Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.

Unfeeling (a.) Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.

Unfeeling (a.) Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.

Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.

Unfellow (v. t.) To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever.

Unfellowed (a.) Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated.

Unfence (v. t.) To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.

Unfertile (a.) Not fertile; infertile; barren.

Unfestlich (a.) Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn.

Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.

Unfeudalize (v. t.) To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.

Unfile (v. t.) To remove from a file or record.

Unfiled (a.) Not defiled; pure.

Unfilial (a.) Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child.

Unfinished (a.) Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.

Unfirm (a.) Infirm.

Unfirmness (n.) Infirmness.

Unfit (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.

Unfit (a.) Not fit; unsuitable.

Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.

Unfix (v. t.) To make fluid; to dissolve.

Unfledged (a.) Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature.

Unflesh (v. t.) To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton.

Unfleshly (a.) Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.

Unflexible (a.) Inflexible.

Unflinching (a.) Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.

Unflower (v. t.) To strip of flowers.

Unfold (v. t.) To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.

Unfold (v. t.) To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.

Unfold (v. i.) To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.

Unfolder (n.) One who, or that which, unfolds.

Unfoldment (n.) The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.

Unfool (v. t.) To restore from folly, or from being a fool.

Unforesee (v. t.) To fail to foresee.

Unforeseeable (a.) Incapable of being foreseen.

Unforeskinned (a.) Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised.

Unforgettable (a.) Not forgettable; enduring in memory.

Unform (v. t.) To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake.

Unformed (a.) Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.

Unformed (a.) Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.

Unformed (a.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.

Unfortunate (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.

Unfortunate (n.) An unfortunate person.

Unfounded (a.) Not founded; not built or established.

Unfounded (a.) Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations.

Unframe (v. t.) To take apart, or destroy the frame of.

Unfrangible (a.) Infrangible.

Unfrankable (a.) Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.

Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.

Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded.

Unfree (a.) Not free; held in bondage.

Unfreeze (v. t.) To thaw.

Unfrequency (n.) Infrequency.

Unfrequent (a.) Infrequent.

Unfrequent (v. t.) To cease to frequent.

Unfrequented (a.) Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest.

Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.

Unfriend (n.) One not a friend; an enemy.

Unfriended (a.) Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported.

Unfriendly (a.) Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

Unfriendly (a.) Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.

Unfriendship (n.) The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity.

Unfrock (v. t.) To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.

Unfruitful (a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.

Unfumed (a.) Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated.

Unfurl (v. t. & i.) To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.

Unfurnish (v. t.) To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.

Unfusible (a.) Infusible.

Ungain (a.) Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.

Ungainliness (n.) The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.

Ungainly (a.) Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.

Ungainly (a.) Unsuitable; unprofitable.

Ungainly (adv.) In an ungainly manner.

Ungear (v. t.) To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.

Ungeld (n.) A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him.

Ungenerous (a.) Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

Ungenerously (adv.) In an ungenerous manner.

Ungenitured (a.) Destitute of genitals; impotent.

Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.

Unget (v. t.) To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.

Ungifted (a.) Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments.

Ungird (v. t.) To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.

Ungive (v. t. & i.) To yield; to relax; to give way.

Ungka (n.) The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.

Ungka-puti (n.) The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See Gibbon.

Unglaze (v. t.) To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window.

Unglorify (v. t.) To deprive of glory.

Unglorious (a.) Inglorious.

Unglove (v. t.) To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand.

Unglue (v. t.) To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.

Ungod (v. t.) To deprive of divinity; to undeify.

Ungod (v. t.) To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical.

Ungodly (a.) Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.

Ungodly (a.) Polluted by sin or wickedness.

Ungored (a.) Not stained with gore; not bloodied.

Ungored (a.) Not gored or pierced.

Ungot (a.) Alt. of Ungotten

Ungotten (a.) Not gotten; not acquired.

Ungotten (a.) Not begotten.

Ungovernable (a.) Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.

Ungown (v. t.) To strip of a gown; to unfrock.

Ungowned (a.) Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.

Ungowned (a.) Not having, or not wearing, a gown.

Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech.

Ungracious (a.) Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling.

Ungracious (a.) Having no grace; graceless; wicked.

Ungracious (a.) Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.

Ungrate (a.) Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate.

Ungrateful (a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.

Ungrateful (a.) Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.

Ungrave (v. t.) To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume.

Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one.

Ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.

Unguard (v. t.) To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected.

Ungueal (a.) Ungual.

Unguent (n.) A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.

Unguentary (a.) Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.

Unguentous (a.) Unguentary.

Unguestlike (adv.) In a manner not becoming to a guest.

Unguical (a.) Ungual.

Unguicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.

Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata).

Unguiculate (n.) One of the Unguiculata.

Unguiculate (a.) Alt. of Unguiculated

Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.

Unguiferous (a.) Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.

Unguiform (a.) Having the form of a claw or claws.

Unguinous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous.

Ungues (pl. ) of Unguis

Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.

Unguis (n.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

Ungulae (pl. ) of Ungula

Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon.

Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.

Ungula (n.) Same as Unguis, 3.

Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.

Ungulata (n. pl.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.

Ungulate (a.) Shaped like a hoof.

Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.

Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.

Unguligrade (a.) Having, or walking on, hoofs.

Ungulous (a.) Same as Ungulate.

Unhair (v. t.) To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.

Unhallow (v. t.) To profane; to desecrate.

Unhallowed (a.) Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

Unhand (v. t.) To loose from the hand; to let go.

Unhandsome (a.) Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.

Unhandsome (a.) Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.

Unhandsome (a.) Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.

Unhandy (a.) Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.

Unhang (v. t.) To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.

Unhang (v. t.) To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.

Unhap (n.) Ill luck; misfortune.

Unhappied (a.) Made unhappy.

Unhappy (a.) Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

Unhappy (a.) In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

Unhappy (a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.

Unhappy (a.) Mischievous; wanton; wicked.

Unharbor (v. t.) To drive from harbor or shelter.

Unharbored (a.) Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.

Unharmonious (a.) Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.

Unharness (v. t.) To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen.

Unharness (v. t.) To disarm; to divest of armor.

Unhasp (v. t.) To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.

Unhat (v. t. & i.) To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.

Unhead (v. t.) To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.

Unhead (v. t.) To decapitate; to behead.

Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.

Unheal (v. t.) To uncover. See Unhele.

Unhealth (n.) Unsoundness; disease.

Unheard (a.) Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present.

Unheard (a.) Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard.

Unheard (a.) Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.

Unheard-of (a.) New; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Unheart (v. t.) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.

Unheedy (a.) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.

Unheired (a.) Destitute of an heir.

Unhele (n.) Same as Unheal, n.

Unhele (v. t.) To uncover.

Unhelm (v. t.) To deprive of the helm or helmet.

Unhelmed (a.) Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.

Unhelmed (a.) Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.

Unhelmet (v. t.) To deprive of the helmet.

Unhide (v. t.) To bring out from concealment; to discover.

Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.

Unhinge (v. t.) To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.

Unhingement (n.) The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

Unhitch (v. t.) To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

Unhive (v. t. v. t.) To drive or remove from a hive.

Unhive (v. t. v. t.) To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.

Unhoard (v. t.) To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.

Unhold (v. t.) To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.

Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

Unhonest (a.) Dishonest; dishonorable.

Unhood (v. t.) To remove a hood or disguise from.

Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

Unhoop (v. t.) To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

Unhoped (a.) Not hoped or expected.

Unhoped-for (a.) Unhoped; unexpected.

Unhorse (v. t.) To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.

Unhosed (a.) Without hose.

Unhospitable (a.) Inhospitable.

Unhouse (v. t.) To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.

Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.

Unhouseled (a.) Not having received the sacrament.

Unhuman (a.) Not human; inhuman.

Unhumanize (v. t.) To render inhuman or barbarous.

Unhusked (a.) Not husked; having the husk on.

Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.

Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular.

Uniat (n.) Alt. of Uniate

Uniate (n.) A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.

Uniaxal (a.) Uniaxial.

Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.

Uniaxially (adv.) In a uniaxial manner.

Unibranchiate (a.) Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.

Unicameral (a.) Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.

Unicapsular () Having but one capsule to each flower.

Unicarinated (a.) Having one ridge or keel.

Unicelled (a.) Unicellular.

Unicellular (a.) Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.

Unicentral (a.) Having a single center of growth.

Unicity (n.) The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Uniclinal (a.) See Nonoclinal.

Unicolorous (a.) Having the surface of a uniform color.

Unicorn (n.) A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

Unicorn (n.) A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

Unicorn (n.) The larva of a unicorn moth.

Unicorn (n.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

Unicorn (n.) A howitzer.

Unicornous (a.) Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.

Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Unicursal (a.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.

Unideaed (a.) Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous.

Unideal (a.) Not ideal; real; unimaginative.

Unideal (a.) Unideaed.

Unidimensional (a.) Having but one dimension. See Dimension.

Unifacial (a.) Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.

Unific (a.) Making one or unity; unifying.

Unification (n.) The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

Unifier (n.) One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena.

Unifilar (a.) Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.

Uniflagellate (a.) Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.

Uniflorous (a.) Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.

Unifolliate (a.) Having only one leaf.

Unifollilate (a.) Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.

Uniform (a.) Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.

Uniform (a.) Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.

Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.

Uniform (v. t.) To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

Uniform (v. t.) To make conformable.

Uniformal (a.) Uniform.

Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.

Uniformitarian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.

Uniformitarian (n.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.

Uniformitarianism (n.) The uniformitarian doctrine.

Uniformity (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.

Uniformity (n.) Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.

Uniformity (n.) Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.

Uniformity (n.) Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

Uniformity (n.) Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.

Uniformly (adv.) In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.

Unifromness (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.

Unified (imp. & p. p.) of Unify

Unifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unify

Unify (v. t.) To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

Unigeniture (n.) The state of being the only begotten.

Unigenous (a.) Being of one kind; being of the same genus.

Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Unilabiate (a.) Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.

Unilateral (a.) Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

Unilateral (a.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.

Uniliteral (a.) Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.

Unilobar (a.) Consisting of a single lobe.

Unilocular (a.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.

Unimitable (a.) Inimitable.

Unimpairable (a.) That can not be impaired.

Unimpeachable (a.) Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony.

Unimplicate (a.) Not implicated.

Unimportance (n.) Want of importance; triviality.

Unimproved (a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

Unimproved (a.) Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.

Unimproved (a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.

Unimuscular (a.) Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.

Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.

Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.

Uninfringible (a.) That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

Unintelligence (n.) Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance.

Uninteressed (a.) Uninterested; unaffected.

Uninterested (a.) Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

Uninterested (a.) Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.

Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.

Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.

Unio (n.) Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.

Uniocular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.

Union (n.) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Union (n.) Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

Union (n.) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.

Union (n.) A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

Union (n.) A large, fine pearl.

Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.

Union (n.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.

Union (n.) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

Unionism (n.) The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.

Unionism (n.) The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

Unionist (n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.

Unionist (n.) A member or supporter of a trades union.

Unionistic (a.) Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.

Uniovulate (a.) Containing but one ovule.

Unipara (n.) A woman who has borne one child.

Uniparous (a.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.

Uniparous (a.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.

Uniped (a.) Having only one foot.

Unipersonal (a.) Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.

Unipersonal (a.) Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal.

Unipersonalist (n.) One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.

Uniphonous (a.) Having but one sound, as the drum.

Uniplicate (a.) Having, or consisting of, but one fold.

Unipolar (a.) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

Unipolar (a.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.

Unique (a.) Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.

Unique (n.) A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.

Uniquity (n.) The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness.

Uniradiated (a.) Having but one ray.

Uniramous (a.) Having but one branch.

Uniseptate (a.) Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.

Uniserial (a.) Having only one row or series.

Uniseriate (a.) Having one line or series; uniserial.

Unisexual (a.) Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di/cious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di/cious.

Unisilicate (n.) A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2.

Unison (n.) Harmony; agreement; concord; union.

Unison (n.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.

Unison (n.) A single, unvaried.

Unison (n.) Sounding alone.

Unison (n.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.

Unisonal (a.) Being in unison; unisonant.

Unisonance (n.) Accordance of sounds; unison.

Unisonant (a.) Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.

Unisonous (a.) Being in unison; unisonant.

Unit (n.) A single thing or person.

Unit (n.) The least whole number; one.

Unit (n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.

Unit (n.) Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.

Unit (n.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.

Unitable (a.) Capable of union by growth or otherwise.

Unitarian (n.) One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief.

Unitarian (n.) One who rejects the principle of dualism.

Unitarian (n.) A monotheist.

Unitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines.

Unitarianism (n.) The doctrines of Unitarians.

Unitarianized (imp. & p. p.) of Unitarianize

Unitarianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unitarianize

Unitarianize (v. t. & i.) To change or turn to Unitarian views.

Unitary (a.) Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.

Unitary (a.) Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.

United (imp. & p. p.) of Unite

Uniting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unite

Unite (v. t.) To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.

Unite (v. t.) Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.

Unite (v. i.) To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.

Unite (v. i.) To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all parties united in signing the petition.

Unite (v. t.) United; joint; as, unite consent.

United (a.) Combined; joined; made one.

Unitedly (adv.) In an united manner.

Uniter (n.) One who, or that which, unites.

Uniterable (a.) Not iterable; incapable of being repeated.

Unition (v. t.) The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction.

Unitive (a.) Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union.

Unitively (adv.) In a unitive manner.

Unitized (imp. & p. p.) of Unitize

Unitizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unitize

Unitize (v. t.) To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.

Unitude (n.) Unity.

Unities (pl. ) of Unity

Unity (n.) The state of being one; oneness.

Unity (n.) Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

Unity (n.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.

Unity (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

Unity (n.) Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.

Unity (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Univalence (n.) The quality or state of being univalent.

Univalent (a.) Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.

Univalve (a.) Alt. of Univalved

Univalved (a.) Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.

Univalvia (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.

Univalvular (a.) Same as Univalve, a.

Universal (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.

Universal (a.) Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.

Universal (a.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.

Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.

Universal (n.) The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.

Universal (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.

Universal (n.) A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.

Universalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist.

Universalism (n.) The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.

Universalist (n.) One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.

Universalist (n.) One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.

Universalist (a.) Of or pertaining to Unversalists of their doctrines.

Universalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the whole; universal.

Universalties (pl. ) of Universality

Universality (n.) The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.

Universalized (imp. & p. p.) of Universalize

Universalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Universalize

Universalize (v. t.) To make universal; to generalize.

Universally (adv.) In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.

Universalness (n.) The quality or state of being universal; universality.

Universe (n.) All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.

Universities (pl. ) of University

University (n.) The universe; the whole.

University (n.) An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.

University (n.) An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning.

Universological (a.) Of or pertaining to universology.

Universologist (n.) One who is versed in universology.

Universology (n.) The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.

Univocacy (n.) The quality or state of being univocal.

Univocal (a.) Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

Univocal (a.) Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.

Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

Univocal (n.) Unequivocal; indubitable.

Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

Univocal (n.) A word having but one meaning.

Univocally (adv.) In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.

Univocation (n.) Agreement of name and meaning.

Unjoin (v. t.) To disjoin.

Unjoint (v. t.) To disjoint.

Unjointed (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent.

Unjointed (a.) Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.

Unjust (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

Unjust (a.) Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.

Unjustice (n.) Want of justice; injustice.

Unkard (a.) See Unked.

Unke (n.) A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.

Unked (a.) Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.

Unked (a.) Lonely; dreary; unkard.

Unkemmed (a.) Unkempt.

Unkempt (a.) Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

Unkempt (a.) Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

Unkennel (v. t.) To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.

Unkennel (v. t.) Fig.: To discover; to disclose.

Unkent (a.) Unknown; strange.

Unketh (a.) Uncouth.

Unkind (a.) Having no race or kindred; childless.

Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural.

Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.

Unkindliness (n.) Unkindness.

Unkindly (a.) Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

Unkindly (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature.

Unkindly (a.) Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.

Unkindred (a.) Not kindred; not of the same kin.

Unking (v. t.) To cause to cease to be a king.

Unkingship (n.) The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy.

Unkiss (v. t.) To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.

Unkle (n.) See Uncle.

Unknight (v. t.) To deprive of knighthood.

Unknit (v. t.) To undo or unravel what is knitted together.

Unknot (v. t.) To free from knots; to untie.

Unknow (v. t.) To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of.

Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.

Unknow (a.) Unknown.

Unknowledged (a.) Not acknowledged or recognized.

Unknown (a.) Not known; not apprehended.

Unlabored (a.) Not produced by labor or toil.

Unlabored (a.) Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.

Unlabored (a.) Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work.

Unlace (v. t.) To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

Unlace (v. t.) To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.

Unlace (v. t.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.

Unlade (v. t.) To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.

Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.

Unlaid (a.) Not laid or placed; not fixed.

Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.

Unlaid (a.) Not laid out, as a corpse.

Unland (v. t.) To deprive of lands.

Unlap (v. t.) To unfold.

Unlash (v. t.) To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.

Unlatched (imp. & p. p.) of Unlatch

Unlatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unlatch

Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.

Unlaugh (v. t.) To recall, as former laughter.

Unlaw (v. t.) To deprive of the authority or character of law.

Unlaw (v. t.) To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw.

Unlaw (v. t.) To impose a fine upon; to fine.

Unlaw (n.) Any transgression or offense against the law.

Unlaw (n.) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.

Unlawed (a.) Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.

Unlawful (a.) Not lawful; contrary to law.

Unlawlike (a.) Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful.

Unlay (v. t.) To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.

Unlearn (v. t.) To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

Unlearn (v. t.) To fail to learn.

Unlearned (a.) Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

Unlearned (a.) Not gained by study; not known.

Unlearned (a.) Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.

Unleash (v. t.) To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.

Unless (conj.) Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.

Unlicked (a.) Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v.

Unlike (a.) Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.

Unlike (a.) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

Unlikelihood (n.) Absence of likelihood.

Unlikeliness (n.) The quality or state of being unlikely.

Unlikely (a.) Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

Unlikely (a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.

Unlikely (a.) Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.

Unlikely (adv.) In an unlikely manner.

Unliken (v. t.) To make unlike; to dissimilate.

Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.

Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.

Unlimitable (a.) Illimitable.

Unlimited (a.) Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

Unlimited (a.) Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms.

Unlimited (a.) Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.

Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse.

Unlink (v. t.) To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.

Unliquidated (a.) Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.

Unliquored (a.) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.

Unliquored (a.) Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.

Unlive (v. t.) To //ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to.

Unlived (a.) Bereft or deprived of life.

Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

Unload (v. t.) Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.

Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.

Unload (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.

Unload (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.

Unload (v. i.) To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.

Unloader (n.) One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.

Unlocated (a.) Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.

Unlocated (a.) Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.

Unlock (v. t.) To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

Unlock (v. t.) To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.

Unlodge (v. t.) To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment.

Unlook (v. t.) To recall or retract, as a look.

Unlooked (a.) Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.

Unlooked-for (a.) Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.

Unloose (v. t.) To make loose; to loosen; to set free.

Unloose (v. i.) To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.

Unloosen (v. t.) To loosen; to unloose.

Unlord (v. t.) To deprive of the rank or position of a lord.

Unlorded (a.) Deprived of the rank of a lord.

Unlorded (a.) Not raised to the rank of a lord.

Unlove (v. t.) To cease to love; to hate.

Unlovely (a.) Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.

Unluckily (adv.) In an unlucky manner.

Unluckiness (n.) Quality or state of being unlucky.

Unlucky (a.) Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

Unlucky (a.) Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.

Unlucky (a.) Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.

Unlust (n.) Listlessness; disinclination.

Unlute (v. t.) To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from.

Unmade (a.) Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave.

Unmade (a.) Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.

Unmagistrate (v. t.) To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate.

Unmaiden (v. t.) To ravish; to deflower.

Unmake (v. t.) To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.

Unman (v. t.) To emasculate; to deprive of virility.

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.

Unmanacle (v. t.) To free from manacles.

Unmanhood (n.) Absence or lack of manhood.

Unmanned (a.) Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.

Unmanned (a.) Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.

Unmanned (a.) Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship.

Unmannerly (a.) Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.

Unmannerly (adv.) Uncivilly; rudely.

Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Unmarry (v. t.) To annul the marriage of; to divorce.

Unmartyr (v. t.) To degrade from the rank of a martyr.

Unmasculate (v. t.) To emasculate.

Unmask (v. t.) To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

Unmask (v. i.) To put off a mask.

Unmasterable (a.) Incapable of being mastered or subdued.

Unmaterial (a.) Not material; immaterial.

Unmeaning (a.) Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.

Unmeaning (a.) Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.

Unmeant (a.) Not meant or intended; unintentional.

Unmeasurable (a.) Immeasurable.

Unmechanize (v. t.) To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure.

Unmechanized (a.) Not mechanized.

Unmeet (a.) Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for.

Unmember (v. t.) To deprive of membership, as in a church.

Unmentionables (n. pl.) The breeches; trousers.

Unmerchantable (a.) Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable.

Unmercied (a.) Unmerciful; merciless.

Unmerciful (a.) Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.

Unmerciless (a.) Utterly merciless.

Unmew (v. t.) To release from confinement or restraint.

Unmingle (v. t.) To separate, as things mixed.

Unmistakable (a.) Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.

Unmiter (v. t.) Alt. of Unmitre

Unmitre (v. t.) To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.

Unmold (v. t.) Alt. of Unmould

Unmould (v. t.) To change the form of; to reduce from any form.

Unmoneyed (a.) Destitute of money; not rich.

Unmonopolize (v. t.) To recover or release from the state of being monopolized.

Unmoor (v. t.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.

Unmoor (v. t.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.

Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor.

Unmoral (a.) Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral.

Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.

Unmorrised (a.) Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer.

Unmortise (v. t.) To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together.

Un-Mosaic (a.) Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

Unmothered () Deprived of a mother; motherless.

Unmovable (a.) Immovable.

Unmovably (adv.) Immovably.

Unmoved (a.) Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic.

Unmuffle (v. t.) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.

Unmuffle (v. t.) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.

Unmutable (a.) Immutable.

Unmuzzle (v. t.) To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.

Unnail (v. t.) To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.

Unnapped (a.) Finished without a nap.

Unnatural (a.) Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

Unnaturalize (v. t.) To make unnatural.

Unnature (v. t.) To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.

Unnature (n.) The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural.

Unnear (prep.) Not near; not close to; at a distance from.

Unnesessary (a.) Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor.

Unnecessity (n.) The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary.

Unneighbored (a.) Being without neigbors.

Unneighborly (a.) Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.

Unneighborly (adv.) Not in a neighborly manner.

Unnervate (a.) Enervate.

Unnerve (v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

Unnest (v. t.) To eject from a nest; to unnestle.

Unnestle (v. t.) Same as Unnest.

Unnethe (adv.) Alt. of Unnethes

Unnethes (adv.) With difficulty. See Uneath.

Unnoble (a.) Ignoble.

Unnobly (adv.) Ignobly.

Unhooked (a.) Without nooks and corners; guileless.

Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.

Unnumbered (a.) Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable.

Unnumerable (a.) Innumerable.

Unnun (v. t.) To remove from condition of being a nun.

Unobedience (n.) Disobedience.

Unobedient (a.) Disobedient.

Unobservance (n.) Want or neglect of observance; inobservance.

Unobtrusive (a.) Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.

Unoffensive (a.) Inoffensive.

Unoften (adv.) Not often.

Unoil (v. t.) To remove the oil from.

Unoperative (a.) Producing no effect; inoperative.

Unoperculated (a.) Destitute of an operculum, or cover.

Unorder (v. t.) To countermand an order for.

Unorderly (a.) Disorderly.

Unordinate (a.) Disorderly; irregular; inordinate.

Unorganized (a.) Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.

Unoriginated (a.) Not originated; existing from all eternity.

Unoriginated (a.) Not yet caused to be, or to be made; as, possible inventions still unoriginated.

Unoriginately (adv.) Without origin.

Unossified (a.) Destitute of a bony structure.

Unowed (a.) Ownerless.

Unowed (a.) Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.

Unowned (a.) Not owned; having no owner.

Unowned (a.) Not acknowledged; not avowed.

Unpack (v. t.) To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.

Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.

Unpacker (n.) One who unpacks.

Unpaganize (v. t.) To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.

Unpaint (v. t.) To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting.

Unpaired (a.) Not paired; not suited or matched.

Unpalped (a.) Destitute of a palp.

Unpannel (v. t.) To take the saddle off; to unsaddle.

Unparadise (v. t.) To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy.

Unparagoned (a.) Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless.

Unparalleled (a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.

Unparched (a.) Dried up; withered by heat.

Unparented (a.) Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent.

Unparliamentary (a.) Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.

Unpartial (a.) Impartial.

Unpassable (a.) Impassable.

Unpassionate (a.) Not passionate; dispassionate.

Unpastor (v. t.) To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship.

Unpathed (a.) Not having a path.

Unpathwayed (a.) Pathless.

Unpatience (n.) Impatience.

Unpatient (a.) Impatient.

Unpaved (a.) Not paved; not furnished with a pavement.

Unpaved (a.) Castrated.

Unpay (v. t.) To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.

Unpeace (n.) Absence or lack of peace.

Unpedigreed (a.) Not distinguished by a pedigree.

Unpeeled (a.) Thoroughly stripped; pillaged.

Unpeeled (a.) Not peeled.

Unpeerable (a.) Incapable of having a peer, or equal.

Unpeered (a.) Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled.

Unpeg (v. t.) To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.

Unpen (v. t.) To release from a pen or from confinement.

Unpenetrable (a.) Impenetrable.

Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Unpeople (v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.

Unperegal (a.) Unequal.

Unperfect (v. t.) To mar or destroy the perfection of.

Unperfect (a.) Imperfect.

Unperfection (n.) Want of perfection; imperfection.

Unperishable (a.) Imperishable.

Unperishably (adv.) Imperishably.

Unperplex (v. t.) To free from perplexity.

Unpersuasion (n.) The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.

Unpervert (v. t.) To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to reconvert.

Unphilosophize (v. t.) To degrade from the character of a philosopher.

Unpick (v. t.) To pick out; to undo by picking.

Unpicked (a.) Picked out; picked open.

Unpicked (a.) Not picked.

Unpin (v. t.) To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.

Unpinion (v. t.) To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.

Unpitied (a.) Not pitied.

Unpitied (a.) Pitiless; merciless.

Unpitious (a.) Impious; wicked.

Unpitious (a.) Destitute of pity; pitiless.

Unpitousty (n.) Impiety.

Unpity (n.) Want of piety.

Unplacable (a.) Implacable.

Unplaced (a.) Not placed.

Unplaid (v. t.) To deprive of a plaid.

Unplained (a.) Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented.

Unplat (v. t.) To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.

Unplausive (a.) Not approving; disapproving.

Unpleaded (a.) Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.

Unpleaded (a.) Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.

Unpleasant (a.) Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

Unpleasantries (pl. ) of Unpleasantry

Unpleasantry (n.) Want of pleasantry.

Unpleasantry (n.) A state of disagreement; a falling out.

Unpleasive (a.) Unpleasant.

Unpleat (v. t.) To remove the plaits of; to smooth.

Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.

Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin.

Unplume (v. t.) To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.

Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.

Unpoised (a.) Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating.

Unpoison (v. t.) To remove or expel poison from.

Unpolicied (a.) Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.

Unpolicied (a.) Impolitic; imprudent.

Unpolish (v. t.) To deprive of polish; to make impolite.

Unpolite (a.) Not polite; impolite; rude.

Unpolitic (a.) Impolitic; imprudent.

Unpolled (a.) Not polled.

Unpolled (a.) Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter.

Unpolled (a.) Not plundered.

Unpope (v. t.) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.

Unpope (v. t.) To deprive of a pope.

Unportunate (a.) Importunate; troublesome with requests.

Unportuous (a.) Having no ports.

Unpossess (v. t.) To be without, or to resign, possession of.

Unpossibility (n.) Impossibility.

Unpossible (a.) Impossible.

Unpower (n.) Want of power; weakness.

Unpowerful (a.) Not powerful; weak.

Unpracticable (a.) Impracticable; not feasible.

Unpractical (a.) Not practical; impractical.

Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.

Unpray (v. t.) To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for.

Unprayable (a.) Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate.

Unprayed (a.) Not prayed for.

Unpreach (v. t.) To undo or overthrow by preaching.

Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.

Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.

Unprejudiced (a.) Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.

Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment.

Unprelated (a.) Deposed from the office of prelate.

Unprevented (a.) Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows.

Unprevented (a.) Not preceded by anything.

Unpriced (a.) Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also, priceless.

Unpriest (v. t.) To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.

Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.

Unprinciple (v. t.) To destroy the moral principles of.

Unprincipled (a.) Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle.

Unprison (v. t.) To take or deliver from prison.

Unprizable (a.) Not prized or valued; being without value.

Unprizable (a.) Invaluable; being beyond estimation.

Unprobably (adv.) Improbably.

Unprobably (adv.) In a manner not to be approved of; improperly.

Unproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency or improvement.

Unprofit (n.) Want of profit; unprofitableness.

Unprofited (a.) Profitless.

Unpromise (v. t.) To revoke or annul, as a promise.

Unprop (v. t.) To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.

Unproper (a.) Not proper or peculiar; improper.

Unproselyte (v. t.) To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.

Unprotestantize (v. t.) To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic.

Unprovide (v. t.) To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.

Unprovident (a.) Improvident.

Unprudence (n.) Imprudence.

Unprudent (a.) Imprudent.

Unprudential (a.) Imprudent.

Unpucker (v. t.) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.

Unpure (a.) Not pure; impure.

Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money.

Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.

Unqualify (v. t.) To disqualify; to unfit.

Unqualitied (a.) Deprived of the usual faculties.

Unqueen (v. t.) To divest of the rank or authority of queen.

Unquestionable (a.) Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.

Unquestionable (a.) Not inviting questions or conversation.

Unquestioned (a.) Not called in question; not doubted.

Unquestioned (a.) Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into.

Unquestioned (a.) Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.

Unquick (a.) Not quick.

Unquiet (v. t.) To disquiet.

Unquiet (a.) Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed.

Unquietude (n.) Uneasiness; inquietude.

Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

Unravel (v. t.) Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.

Unravel (v. t.) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

Unravel (v. i.) To become unraveled, in any sense.

Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.

Unrazored (a.) Not shaven.

Unread (a.) Not read or perused; as, an unread book.

Unread (a.) Not versed in literature; illiterate.

Unreadiness (n.) The quality or state of being unready.

Unready (a.) Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.

Unready (a.) Not dressed; undressed.

Unready (v. t.) To undress.

Unreal (a.) Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

Unreality (n.) The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.

Unrealize (v. t.) To make unreal; to idealize.

Unreally (adv.) In an unreal manner; ideally.

Unreason (n.) Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

Unreason (v. t.) To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning.

Unreasonable (a.) Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.

Unreasoned (a.) Not supported by reason; unreasonable.

Unreave (v. t.) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.

Unreaved (a.) Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces.

Unrebukable (a.) Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless.

Unrecuring (a.) Incurable.

Unredeemed (a.) Not redeemed.

Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.

Unreformation (n.) Want of reformation; state of being unreformed.

Unregeneracy (n.) The quality or state of being unregenerate.

Unregenerate (a.) Alt. of Unregenerated

Unregenerated (a.) Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

Unregeneration (n.) Unregeneracy.

Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.

Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.

Unreliable (a.) Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.

Unreligious (a.) Irreligious.

Unremembrance (n.) Want of remembrance; forgetfulness.

Unremitting (a.) Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions.

Unremorseless (a.) Utterly remorseless.

Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence.

Unreproachable (a.) Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.

Unreprievable (a.) Not capable of being reprieved.

Unreproved (a.) Not reproved.

Unreproved (a.) Not having incurred reproof, blameless.

Unreputable (a.) Disreputable.

Unreserve (n.) Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication.

Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

Unresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance.

Unresisted (a.) Not resisted; unopposed.

Unresisted (a.) Resistless; as, unresisted fate.

Unresistible (a.) Irresistible.

Unrespect (n.) Disrespect.

Unresponsible (a.) Irresponsible.

Unrest (n.) Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.

Unrestraint (n.) Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

Unresty (a.) Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows.

Unrevenued (a.) Not furnished with a revenue.

Unreverence (n.) Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence.

Unreverend (a.) Not reverend.

Unreverend (a.) Disrespectful; irreverent.

Unreverent (a.) Irreverent.

Unreverently (adv.) Irreverently.

Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery.

Unriddler (n.) One who unriddles.

Unrig (v. t.) To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship.

Unright (a.) Not right; wrong.

Unright (n.) A wrong.

Unright (v. t.) To cause (something right) to become wrong.

Unrighteous (a.) Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.

Unrightwise (a.) Unrighteous.

Unringed (a.) Not having a ring, as in the nose.

Unrioted (a.) Free from rioting.

Unrip (v. t.) To rip; to cut open.

Unripe (a.) Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

Unripe (a.) Developing too early; premature.

Unripeness (n.) Quality or state of being unripe.

Unrivaled (a.) Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless.

Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.

Unrobe (v. t. & i.) To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.

Unroll (v. t.) To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

Unroll (v. t.) To display; to reveal.

Unroll (v. t.) To remove from a roll or register, as a name.

Un-Romanized (a.) Not subjected to Roman arms or customs.

Un-Romanized (a.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.

Unroof (v. t.) To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house.

Unroofed (a.) Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.

Unroofed (a.) Not yet roofed.

Unroost (v. t.) To drive from the roost.

Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.

Unroot (v. i.) To be torn up by the roots.

Unrude (a.) Not rude; polished.

Unrude (a.) Excessively rude.

Unruffle (v. i.) To cease from being ruffled or agitated.

Unruffled (a.) Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.

Unruinate (a.) Alt. of Unruinated

Unruinated (a.) Not ruined or destroyed.

Unruled (a.) Not governed or controlled.

Unruled (a.) Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.

Unruliment (n.) Unruliness.

Unruliness (n.) Quality or state unruly.

Unruly (superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.

Unrumple (v. t.) To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,

Unsacrament (v. t.) To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism.

Unsad (a.) Unsteady; fickle.

Unsadden (v. t.) To relieve from sadness; to cheer.

Unsaddle (v. t.) To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.

Unsaddle (v. t.) To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.

Unsadness (n.) Infirmity; weakness.

Unsafety (n.) The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity.

Unsaint (v. t.) To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to.

Unsaintly (a.) Unbecoming to a saint.

Unsalable (a.) Not salable; unmerchantable.

Unsalable (n.) That which can not be sold.

Unsanctification (n.) Absence or lack of sanctification.

Unsatiability (n.) Quality of being unsatiable; insatiability.

Unsatiable (a.) Insatiable.

Unsatiate (a.) Insatiate.

Unsatisfaction (n.) Dissatisfaction.

Unsaturated (a.) Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

Unsaturated (a.) Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated.

Unsaturation (n.) The quality or state of being unsaturated.

Unsay (v. t.) To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.

Unscale (v. t.) To divest of scales; to remove scales from.

Unscapable (a.) Not be escaped; inevitable.

Unsceptered (a.) Alt. of Unsceptred

Unsceptred (a.) Having no scepter.

Unsceptred (a.) Deprived of a scepter.

Unscience (n.) Want of science or knowledge; ignorance.

Unscrew (v. t.) To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.

Unscrupulous (a.) Not scrupulous; unprincipled.

Unscrutable (a.) Inscrutable.

Unsoutcheoned (a.) Destitute of an escutcheon.

Unseal (v. t.) To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.

Unseal (v. t.) To disclose, as a secret.

Unseam (v. t.) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.

Unsearchable (a.) Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

Unseason (v. t.) To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.

Unseason (v. t.) To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably.

Unseasonable (a.) Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food.

Unseasoned (a.) Not seasoned.

Unseasoned (a.) Untimely; ill-timed.

Unseat (v. t.) To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

Unseat (v. t.) Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.

Unseconded (a.) Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.

Unseconded (a.) Not exemplified a second time.

Unsecret (v. t.) To disclose; to divulge.

Unsecret (a.) Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet.

Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.

Unsecure (a.) Insecure.

Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten.

Unseem (v. i.) Not to seem.

Unseeming (a.) Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming.

Unseemliness (n.) The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.

Unseemly (a.) Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.

Unseemly (adv.) In an unseemly manner.

Unseen (a.) Not seen or discovered.

Unseen (a.) Unskilled; inexperienced.

Unseldom (adv.) Not seldom; frequently.

Unsely (a.) Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate.

Unseminared (a.) Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.

Unsensed (a.) Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification.

Unsensible (a.) Insensible.

Unsensualize (v. t.) To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.

Unseparable (a.) Inseparable.

Unservice (n.) Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence.

Unset (a.) Not set; not fixed or appointed.

Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

Unsettle (v. i.) To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.

Unsettledness (n.) The quality or state of being unsettled.

Unsettlement (n.) The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance.

Unseven (v. t.) To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven.

Unsew (v. t.) To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.

Unsexed (imp. & p. p.) of Unsex

Unsexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unsex

Unsex (v. t.) To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

Unsexual (a.) Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes.

Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.

Unshakable (a.) Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed.

Unshaked (a.) Unshaken.

Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover.

Unshape (v. t.) To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange.

Unshaped (a.) Alt. of Unshapen

Unshapen (a.) Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.

Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

Unshed (a.) Not parted or divided, as the hair.

Unshed (a.) Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears.

Unshell (v. t.) To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.

Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a shelf.

Unshent (a.) Not shent; not disgraced; blameless.

Unsheriff (v. t.) To depose from the office of sheriff.

Unshet (v. t.) To unshut.

Unshiftable (a.) That may /ot be shifted.

Unshiftable (a.) Shiftless; helpless.

Unship (v. t.) To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.

Unship (v. t.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.

Unshipment (n.) The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.

Unshot (v. t.) To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.

Unshot (a.) Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.

Unshout (v. t.) To recall what is done by shouting.

Unshroud (v. t.) To remove the shroud from; to uncover.

Unshrubbed (a.) Being without shrubs.

Unshut (v. t.) To open, or throw open.

Unshutter (v. t.) To open or remove the shutters of.

Unsight (a.) Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.

Unsightable (a.) Invisible.

Unsighted (a.) Not sighted, or seen.

Unsighted (a.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.

Unsignificant (a.) Insignificant.

Unsilly (a.) See Unsely.

Unsimplicity (n.) Absence of simplicity; artfulness.

Unsin (v. t.) To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.

Unsincere (a.) Not sincere or pure; insincere.

Unsincerity (n.) The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.

Unsinew (v. t.) To deprive of sinews or of strength.

Unsister (v. t.) To separate, as sisters; to disjoin.

Unsisterly (a.) Not sisterly.

Unsisting (a.) Unresisting.

Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.

Unskill (n.) Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness.

Unskillful (a.) Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

Unskillful (a.) Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.

Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.

Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.

Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings.

Unsluice (v. t.) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.

Unsociability (n.) The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.

Unsociable (a.) Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.

Unsocket (v. t.) To loose or take from a socket.

Unsoft (a.) Not soft; hard; coarse; rough.

Unsoft (adv.) Not softly.

Unsolder (v. t.) To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder.

Unsoldiered (a.) Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike.

Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.

Unsonable (a.) Incapable of being sounded.

Unsonsy (a.) Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate.

Unsoot (a.) Not sweet.

Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticated

Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.

Unsorrowed (a.) Not sorrowed for; unlamented.

Unsorted (a.) Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.

Unsorted (a.) Not well selected; ill-chosen.

Unsoul (v. t.) To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle.

Unsound (a.) Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

Unspar (v. t.) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.

Unsparing (a.) Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.

Unsparing (a.) Not merciful or forgiving.

Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay.

Unspeakable (a.) Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.

Unspecialized (a.) Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism.

Unsped (a.) Not performed; not dispatched.

Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.

Unsphere (v. t.) To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb.

Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.

Unspilt (a.) Not spilt or wasted; not shed.

Unspin (v. t.) To untwist, as something spun.

Unspirit (v. t.) To dispirit.

Unspiritalize (v. t.) To deprive of spiritually.

Unspleened (a.) Deprived of a spleen.

Unspotted (a.) Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.

Unsquire (v. t.) To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.

Unstable (a.) Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

Unstack (v. t.) To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.

Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.

Unstate (v. t.) To deprive of state or dignity.

Unsteel (v. t.) To disarm; to soften.

Unstep (v. t.) To remove, as a mast, from its step.

Unstick (v. t.) To release, as one thing stuck to another.

Unstill (a.) Not still; restless.

Unsting (v. t.) To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.

Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam.

Unstock (v. t.) To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.

Unstock (v. t.) To remove from the stocks, as a ship.

Unstockinged (a.) Destitute of stockings.

Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.

Unstop (v. t.) To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.

Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.

Unstrain (v. t.) To relieve from a strain; to relax.

Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference.

Unstratified (a.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.

Unstrength (n.) Want of strength; weakness; feebleness.

Unstriated (a.) Nonstriated; unstriped.

Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.

Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.

Unstriped (a.) Not striped.

Unstriped (a.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.

Unstudied (a.) Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.

Unstudied (a.) Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.

Unstudied (a.) Not spent in study.

Unsubstantial (a.) Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

Unsubstantialize (v. t.) To make unsubstantial.

Unsubstantiation (n.) A divesting of substantiality.

Unsucceedable (a.) Not able or likely to succeed.

Unsuccess (n.) Want of success; failure; misfortune.

Unsuccessful (a.) Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

Unsufferable (a.) Insufferable.

Unsuffering (n.) Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.

Unsufficience (n.) Alt. of Unsufficiency

Unsufficiency (n.) Insufficiency.

Unsufficient (a.) Insufficient.

Unsuit (v. t.) Not to suit; to be unfit for.

Unsupportable (a.) Insupportable; unendurable.

Unsured (a.) Not made sure.

Unsurety (n.) Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.

Unsurmountable (a.) Insurmountable.

Unsuspicion (n.) The quality or state of being unsuspecting.

Unswaddle (v. t.) To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.

Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.

Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.

Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.

Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.

Unsweat (v. t.) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.

Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.

Unsymmetrically (adv.) Not symmetrically.

Unsympathy (n.) Absence or lack of sympathy.

Untack (v. t.) To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.

Untackle (v. t.) To unbitch; to unharness.

Untalked (a.) Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of.

Untangibility (n.) Intangibility.

Untangible (a.) Intangible.

Untangibly (adv.) Intangibly.

Untangle (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

Untappice (v. i.) to come out of concealment.

Untaste (v. t.) To deprive of a taste for a thing.

Unteach (v. t.) To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.

Unteach (v. t.) To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned.

Unteam (v. t.) To unyoke a team from.

Untemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft.

Untemperate (a.) Intemperate.

Untemperately (adv.) Intemperately.

Untempter (n.) One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter.

Untenant (v. t.) To remove a tenant from.

Untent (v. t.) To bring out of a tent.

Untented (a.) Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field.

Untented (a.) Not tended; not dressed. See 4th Tent.

Unthank (n.) No thanks; ill will; misfortune.

Unthink (v. t.) To recall or take back, as something thought.

Unthinker (n.) A person who does not think, or does not think wisely.

Unthinking (a.) Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

Unthinking (a.) Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.

Unthread (v. t.) To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.

Unthread (v. t.) To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.

Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.

Untrift (n.) Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.

Untrift (n.) An unthrifty.

Unthrift (a.) Unthrifty.

Unthriftfully (adv.) Not thriftily.

Unthriftihead (n.) Alt. of Unthriftihood

Unthriftihood (n.) Untriftiness.

Unthriftily (adv.) Not thriftily.

Unthriftily (adv.) Improperly; unbecomingly.

Unthriftiness (n.) The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness.

Unthrifty (a.) Not thrifty; profuse.

Unthrone (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone.

Untidy (a.) Unseasonable; untimely.

Untidy (a.) Not tidy or neat; slovenly.

Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

Untie (v. t.) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Untie (v. t.) To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

Untie (v. i.) To become untied or loosed.

Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

Until (prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.

Until (prep.) To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.

Until (conj.) As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.

Untile (v. t.) To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.

Untime (n.) An unseasonable time.

Untimeliness (n.) Unseasonableness.

Untimely (a.) Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.

Untimely (adv.) Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.

Untimeous (a.) Untimely.

Untimeously (adv.) Untimely; unseasonably.

Untithed (a.) Not subjected tithes.

Untitled (a.) Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction.

Untitled (a.) Being without title or right; not entitled.

Unto (prep.) To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.

Unto (prep.) Until; till.

Unto (conj.) Until; till.

Untold (a.) Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.

Untold (a.) Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.

Untolerable (a.) Intolerable.

Untomb (v. t.) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.

Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.

Untooth (v. t.) To take out the teeth of.

Untoward (prep.) Toward.

Untoward (a.) Froward; perverse.

Untoward (a.) Awkward; ungraceful.

Untoward (a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.

Untowardly (a.) Perverse; froward; untoward.

Untraded (a.) Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.

Untraded (a.) Unpracticed; inexperienced.

Untraded (a.) Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common.

Untrained (a.) Not trained.

Untrained (a.) Not trainable; indocile.

Untrammeled (a.) Not hampered or impeded; free.

Untraveled (a.) Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

Untraveled (a.) Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman.

Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.

Untreasure (v. t.) To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured.

Untreasured (a.) Deprived of treasure.

Untreasured (a.) Not treasured; not kept as treasure.

Untreatable (a.) Incapable of being treated; not practicable.

Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.

Untressed (a.) Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair.

Untrowable (a.) Incredible.

Untrue (a.) Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.

Untrue (a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.

Untrue (adv.) Untruly.

Untruism (n.) Something not true; a false statement.

Untrunked (a.) Separated from its trunk or stock.

Untruss (v. t.) To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.

Untruss (n.) Alt. of Untrusser

Untrusser (n.) One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.

Untrust (n.) Distrust.

Untrustful (a.) Not trustful or trusting.

Untrustful (a.) Not to be trusted; not trusty.

Untruth (n.) The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

Untruth (n.) That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.

Untruthful (a.) Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.

Untuck (v. t.) To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.

Untune (v. t.) To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.

Unturned (a.) Not turned; not revolved or reversed.

Untwain (v. t.) To rend in twain; to tear in two.

Untwine (v. t.) To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.

Untwine (v. i.) To become untwined.

Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo.

Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.

Untwist (v. t.) To untie; to open; to disentangle.

Unty (v. t.) To untie.

Unusage (n.) Want or lack of usage.

Unused (a.) Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

Unused (a.) Not habituated; unaccustomed.

Unusual (a.) Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

Unusuality (n.) Unusualness.

Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.

Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.

Unvaluable (a.) Invaluable; being beyond price.

Unvaluable (a.) Not valuable; having little value.

Unvalued (a.) Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate.

Unvalued (a.) Having inestimable value; invaluable.

Unvariable (a.) Invariable.

Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.

Unveil (v. i.) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.

Unveiler (n.) One who removes a veil.

Unveracity (n.) Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.

Unvessel (v. t.) To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.

Unvicar (v. t.) To deprive of the position or office a vicar.

Unviolable (a.) Inviolable.

Unvisard (v. t.) To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.

Unvisible (a.) Invisible.

Unvisibly (adv.) Invisibly.

Unvitiated (a.) Not vitiated; pure.

Unvoluntary (a.) Involuntary.

Unvote (v. t.) To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.

Unvoweled (a.) Having no vowel sounds or signs.

Unvulgarize (v. t.) To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar.

Unvulnerable (a.) Invulnerable.

Unware (a.) Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.

Unware (a.) Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.

Unwares (adv.) Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at.

Unwarily (adv.) In an unwary manner.

Unwariness (n.) The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.

Unwarm (v. t.) To lose warmth; to grow cold.

Unwarp (v. t.) To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.

Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.

Unwarrantable (a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.

Unwarranted (a.) Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.

Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.

Unwary (a.) Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.

Unwashed (a.) Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.

Unwashen (a.) Not washed.

Unwayed (a.) Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed.

Unwayed (a.) Having no ways or roads; pathless.

Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable.

Unweary (v. t.) To cause to cease being weary; to refresh.

Unweave (v. t.) To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

Unwedgeable (a.) Not to be split with wedges.

Unweeting (a.) Unwitting.

Unweighed (a.) Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement.

Unweighing (a.) Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate.

Unweld (a.) Alt. of Unweldy

Unweldy (a.) Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy.

Unwell (a.) Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.

Unwell (a.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

Unwellness (n.) Quality or state of being unwell.

Unwemmed (a.) Not blemished; undefiled; pure.

Unwhole (a.) Not whole; unsound.

Unwieldy (a.) Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

Unwild (v. t.) To tame; to subdue.

Unwill (v. t.) To annul or reverse by an act of the will.

Unwilled (a.) Deprived of the faculty of will or volition.

Unwilling (a.) Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

Unwind (v. t.) To disentangle.

Unwind (v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

Unwisdom (n.) Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.

Unwise (a.) Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.

Unwisely (adv.) In an unwise manner; foolishly.

Unwish (v. t.) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.

Unwist (a.) Not known; unknown.

Unwist (a.) Not knowing; unwitting.

Unwit (v. t.) To deprive of wit.

Unwit (n.) Want of wit or understanding; ignorance.

Unwitch (v. t.) To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft.

Unwitting (a.) Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.

Unwoman (v. t.) To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex.

Unwonder (v. t.) To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.

Unwont (a.) Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed.

Unwonted (a.) Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers.

Unwonted (a.) Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes.

Unwork (v. t.) To undo or destroy, as work previously done.

Unworldly (a.) Not worldly; spiritual; holy.

Unwormed (a.) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.

Unworship (v. t.) To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor.

Unworship (n.) Lack of worship or respect; dishonor.

Unworth (a.) Unworthy.

Unworth (n.) Unworthiness.

Unworthy (a.) Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.

Unwrap (v. t.) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

Unwray (v. t.) See Unwrie.

Unwreathe (v. t.) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.

Unwrie (v. t.) To uncover.

Unwrinkle (v. t.) To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth.

Unwrite (v. t.) To cancel, as what is written; to erase.

Unwritten (a.) Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.

Unwritten (a.) Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.

Unwroken (a.) Not revenged; unavenged.

Unyoke (v. t.) To loose or free from a yoke.

Unyoke (v. t.) To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.

Unyoked (a.) Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.

Unyoked (a.) Freed or loosed from a yoke.

Unyoked (a.) Licentious; unrestrained.

Unyolden (a.) Not yielded.

Unzoned (a.) Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.

Up (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

Up (adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.

Up (adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.

Up (adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.

Up (adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.

Up (adv.) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.

Up (prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.

Up (prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.

Up (prep.) Upon.

Up (n.) The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.

Up (a.) Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.

Upas (n.) A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.

Upas (n.) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).

Upbar (v. t.) To fasten with a bar.

Upbar (v. t.) To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under.

Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

Upbind (v. t.) To bind up.

Upblow (v. t.) To inflate.

Upblow (v. i.) To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea.

Upbraided (imp. & p. p.) of Upbraid

Upbraiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Upbraid

Upbraid (v. t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.

Upbraid (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Upbraid (v. t.) To treat with contempt.

Upbraid (v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.

Upbraid (v. i.) To utter upbraidings.

Upbraid (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.

Upbreak (v. i.) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Upbreak (n.) A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Upbreathe (v. r.) To breathe up or out; to exhale.

Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.

Upbrought (a.) Brought up; educated.

Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.

Upcast (a.) Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.

Upcast (n.) A cast; a throw.

Upcast (n.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

Upcast (n.) An upset, as from a carriage.

Upcast (n.) A taunt; a reproach.

Upcast (v. t.) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.

Upcast (v. t.) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

Upcaught (a.) Seized or caught up.

Upcheer (v. t.) To cheer up.

Upclimb (v. t. & i.) To climb up; to ascend.

Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.

Upcountry (adv.) In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry.

Upcountry (a.) Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence.

Upcountry (n.) The interior of the country.

Upcurl (v. t.) To curl up.

Updive (v. i.) To spring upward; to rise.

Updraw (v. t.) To draw up.

Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask.

Upeygan (n.) The borele.

Upfill (v. t.) To fill up.

Upflow (v. i.) To flow or stream up.

Upflung (a.) Flung or thrown up.

Upgather (v. t.) To gather up; to contract; to draw together.

Upgaze (v. i.) To gaze upward.

Upgive (v. t.) To give up or out.

Upgrow (v. i.) To grow up.

Upgrowth (n.) The process or result of growing up; progress; development.

Upgush (n.) A gushing upward.

Upgush (v. i.) To gush upward.

Uphaf () imp. of Upheave.

Uphand (a.) Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge.

Uphang (v. t.) To hang up.

Uphasp (v. t.) To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.

Upheaped (a.) Piled up; accumulated.

Upheaval (n.) The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

Upheave (v. t.) To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

Upheld () imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

Upher (n.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split.

Uphill (adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.

Uphill (a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.

Uphill (a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.

Uphilt (v. t.) To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy.

Uphoard (v. t.) To hoard up.

Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

Uphold (v. t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.

Upholder (n.) A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals.

Upholder (n.) An upholsterer.

Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.

Upholster (n.) A broker.

Upholster (n.) An upholsterer.

Upholsterer (n.) One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.

Upholstery (n.) The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

Uphroe (n.) Same as Euphroe.

Upland (n.) High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.

Upland (n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.

Upland (a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.

Upland (a.) Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.

Uplander (n.) One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic.

Uplander (n.) The upland sandpiper.

Uplandish (a.) Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands.

Uplandish (a.) Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized.

Uplay (v. t.) To hoard.

Uplead (v. t.) To lead upward.

Uplean (v. i.) To lean or incline upon anything.

Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplift

Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.

Uplock (v. t.) To lock up.

Uplook (v. i.) To look or gaze up.

Upmost (a.) Highest; topmost; uppermost.

Upokororo (n.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.

Upon (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.

Uppent (a.) A Pent up; confined.

Upper (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.

Upper (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.

Uppermost (a.) Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.

Uppertendom (n.) The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.

Uppile (v. t.) To pile, or heap, up.

Uppish (a.) Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.

Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.

Uppluck (v. t.) To pull or pluck up.

Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.

Upprop (v. t.) To prop up.

Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.

Uprear (v. t.) To raise; to erect.

Upridged (a.) Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.

Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

Upright (a.) Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

Upright (a.) Conformable to moral rectitude.

Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Upright (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Uprighteously (adv.) In an upright or just manner.

Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.

Uprightness (n.) the quality or state of being upright.

Uprise (v. i.) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

Uprise (v. i.) To have an upward direction or inclination.

Uprise (n.) The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

Uprising (n.) Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.

Uprising (n.) An insurrection; a popular revolt.

Uprist (n.) Uprising.

Uprist () imp. of Uprise. Uprose.

Uproar (n.) Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.

Uproar (v. t.) To throw into uproar or confusion.

Uproar (v. i.) To make an uproar.

Uproarious (a.) Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.

Uproll (v. t.) To roll up.

Uproot (v. t.) To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

Uprouse (v. t.) To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse.

Uprun (v. i.) To run up; to ascend.

Uprush (v. i.) To rush upward.

Uprush (n.) Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava.

Upsarokas (n. pl.) See Crows.

Upseek (v. i.) To seek or strain upward.

Upsend (v. t.) To send, cast, or throw up.

Upset (v. t.) To set up; to put upright.

Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

Upset (v. t.) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.

Upset (v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.

Upset (v. i.) To become upset.

Upset (a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.

Upset (n.) The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.

Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow.

Upshoot (v. i.) To shoot upward.

Upshot (n.) Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

Upside (n.) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

Upsidown (adv.) See Upsodown.

Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.

Upskip (n.) An upstart.

Upsnatch (v. t.) To snatch up.

Upsoar (v. i.) To soar or mount up.

Upsodown (adv.) Upside down.

Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass.

Upspring (v. i.) To spring up.

Upspring (n.) An upstart.

Upspring (n.) A spring or leap into the air.

Upspurner (n.) A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.

Upstairs (adv.) Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.

Upstairs (a.) Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.

Upstand (v. i.) To stand up; to be erected; to rise.

Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.

Upstart (v. i.) To start or spring up suddenly.

Upstart (n.) One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.

Upstart (n.) The meadow saffron.

Upstart (a.) Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.

Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

Upsterte () imp. & p. p. of Upstart.

Upstir (n.) Insurrection; commotion; disturbance.

Upstream (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

Upstreet (adv.) Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet.

Upstroke (n.) An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.

Upsun (n.) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Upswarm (v. i. & i.) To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms.

Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club.

Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.

Upsyturvy (adv.) Upside down; topsy-turvy.

Uptails all () An old game at cards.

Uptails all () Revelers; roysterers.

Uptails all () Revelry; confusion; frolic.

Uptake (v. t.) To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

Uptake (n.) Understanding; apprehension.

Uptear (v. t.) To tear up.

Upthrow (v. t.) To throw up.

Upthrow (n.) See Throw, n., 9.

Upthunder (v. i.) To send up a noise like thunder.

Uptie (v. t.) To tie up.

Uptill (prep.) To; against.

Uptown (adv.) To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown.

Uptown (a.) Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.

Uptrace (v. t.) To trace up or out.

Uptrain (v. t.) To train up; to educate.

Up-train () A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus.

Up-train () A train going in the direction conventionally called up.

Upturn (v. t.) To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.

Upupa (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

Upwaft (v. t.) To waft upward.

Upward (adv.) Alt. of Upwards

Upwards (adv.) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.

Upwards (adv.) In the upper parts; above.

Upwards (adv.) Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

Upward (a.) Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

Upward (n.) The upper part; the top.

Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

Upwind (v. t.) To wind up.

Upwreath (v. i.) To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.

Upyat () imp. of Upgive.

Ur (n.) Alt. of Ure

Ure (n.) The urus.

Urachus (n.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.

Uraemia (n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

Uraemic (a.) Of or pertaining to uraemia; as, uraemic convulsions.

Uraeum (n.) The posterior half of an animal.

Ural (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.

Ural-Altaic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.

Urali (n.) See Curare.

Uralian (a.) Alt. of Uralic

Uralic (a.) Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.

Uralite (n.) Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.

Uralitization (n.) The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.

Uramil (n.) Murexan.

Uranate (n.) A salt of uranic acid.

Urania (n.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.

Urania (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.

Uranian (a.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.

Uranic (a.) Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.

Uranic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.

Uranin (n.) An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.

Uraninite (n.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.

Uraniscoplasty (n.) The process of forming an artificial palate.

Uraniscoraphy (n.) Alt. of Uraniscorrhaphy

Uraniscorrhaphy (n.) Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.

Uranite (n.) A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.

Uranitic (a.) Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.

Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.

Uran-ocher (n.) Alt. of Uran-ochre

Uran-ochre (n.) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.

Uranographic (a.) Alt. of Uranographical

Uranographical (a.) Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.

Uranographist (n.) One practiced in uranography.

Uranography (n.) A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.

Uranolite (n.) A meteorite or aerolite.

Uranology (n.) A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

Uranometria (n.) A uranometry.

Uranometry (n.) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.

Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

Uranoscopy (n.) Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.

Uranoso- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.

Uranous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.

Uranus (n.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

Uranus (n.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.

Uran-utan () The orang-utang

Uranyl (n.) The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.

Urao (n.) See Trona.

Urare (n.) Alt. of Urari

Urari (n.) See Curare.

Urate (n.) A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.

Uratic () Of or containing urates; as, uratic calculi.

Urban (a.) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.

Urban (a.) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.

Urbane (a.) Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.

Urbaniste (n.) A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin.

Urbanity (n.) The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.

Urbanity (n.) Polite wit; facetiousness.

Urbanize (v. t.) To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.

Urbicolae (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers (Hesperiadae).

Urbicolous (a.) Of or pertaining to a city; urban.

Urceolar (a.) Urceolate.

Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.

Urceole (n.) A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.

Urceoli (pl. ) of Urceolus

Urceolus (n.) Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.

Urchin (n.) A hedgehog.

Urchin (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

Urchin (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.

Urchin (n.) A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.

Urchin (n.) One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.

Urchon (n.) The urchin, or hedgehog.

Urdu (n.) The language more generally called Hindustanee.

Ure (n.) Use; practice; exercise.

Ure (v. t.) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.

Urea (a.) A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc.

Ureal (a.) Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, ureal deposits.

Ureameter (n.) An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.

Urechitin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Urechitoxin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Uredo (n.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement.

Uredo (n.) Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

Uredospore (n.) The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales, Heter/cious, etc.

Ureide (n.) Any one of the many complex derivatives of urea; thus, hydantoin, and, in an extended dense, guanidine, caffeine, et., are ureides.

-uret () A suffix with the same meaning as -ide. See -ide.

Ureter (n.) The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

Ureteritis (n.) Inflammation of the ureter.

Urethane (n.) A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.

Urethra (n.) The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

Urethral (a.) Of or pertaining to the urethra.

Urethritis (n.) Inflammation of the urethra.

Urethroplasty (n.) An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra.

Urethroscope (n.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.

Urethroscopy (n.) Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.

Urethrotome (n.) An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.

Urethrotomy (n.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.

Uretic (a.) Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.

Urged (imp. & p. p.) of Urge

Urging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urge

Urge (v. t.) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Urge (v. t.) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

Urge (v. t.) To provoke; to exasperate.

Urge (v. t.) To press hard upon; to follow closely

Urge (v. t.) To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.

Urge (v. t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

Urge (v. i.) To press onward or forward.

Urge (v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Urgence (n.) Urgency.

Urgency (n.) The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.

Urgently (adv.) In an urgent manner.

Urger (n.) One who urges.

Uric (a.) Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid.

Urim (n.) A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures.

Urinal (n.) A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection.

Urinal (n.) A place or convenience for urinating purposes.

Urinarium (n.) A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure.

Urinary (a.) Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.

Urinary (a.) Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.

Urinary (n.) A urinarium; also, a urinal.

Urinate (v. i.) To discharge urine; to make water.

Urination (n.) The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.

Urinative (a.) Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic.

Urinator (n.) One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.

Urine (n.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.

Urine (v. i.) To urinate.

Uriniferous (a.) Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.

Uriniparous (a.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.

Urinogenital (a.) Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.

Urinometer (n.) A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.

Urinometry (n.) The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.

Urinose (a.) Alt. of Urinous

Urinous (a.) Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine.

Urite (n.) One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.

Urith (n.) The bindings of a hedge.

Urn (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn.

Urn (n.) Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.

Urn (n.) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.

Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

Urn (n.) A tea urn. See under Tea.

Urn (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.

Urnal (a.) Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns.

Urnfuls (pl. ) of Urnful

Urnful (n.) As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.

Urn-shaped (a.) Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.

Uro- () A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.

Uro- () A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity.

Urobilin (n.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.

Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.

Urocerata (n. pl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.

Urochord (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.

Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.

Urochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.

Urochrome (n.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.

Urochs (n.) See Aurochs.

Urocord (n.) See Urochord.

Urocyst (n.) The urinary bladder.

Urodela (n. pl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

Urodele (n.) One of the Urodela.

Urodelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urodela.

Urodelian (n.) One of the Urodela.

Uroerythrin (n.) A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.

Urogastric (a.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.

Urogenital (a.) Same as Urinogenital.

Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.

Urohaematin (n.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.

Urohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.

Urohyal (n.) A urohyal bone or cartilage.

Urology (n.) See Uronology.

Uromere (n.) Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.

Uronology (n.) That part of medicine which treats of urine.

Uropod (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.

Uropodal (a.) Of or pertaining to a uropod.

Uropoetic (a.) Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.

Uropoetic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.

Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds.

Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.

Urosacral (a.) Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds.

Uroscopy (n.) The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine.

Urosome (n.) The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.

Urostege (n.) One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.

Urostea (pl. ) of Urosteon

Urosteons (pl. ) of Urosteon

Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Urosternite (n.) The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

Urox (n.) The aurochs.

Uroxanate (n.) A salt of uroxanic acid.

Uroxanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.

Uroxanthin (n.) Same as Indican.

Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.

Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.

Ursa (n.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.

Ursal (n.) The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.

Ursiform (a.) Having the shape of a bear.

Ursine (a.) Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.

Urson (n.) The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.

Ursuk (n.) The bearded seal.

Ursula (n.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.

Ursuline (n.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.

Ursuline (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.

Ursus (n.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.

Urtica (n.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.

Urticaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

Urtical (a.) Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.

Urticaria (n.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.

Urticated (imp. & p. p.) of Urticate

Urticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urticate

Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.

Urtication (n.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

Urubu (n.) The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.

Urus (n.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.

Urva (n.) The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.

Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.

Usable (a.) Capable of being used.

Usage (n.) The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

Usage (n.) Manners; conduct; behavior.

Usage (n.) Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.

Usage (n.) Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.

Usage (n.) Experience.

Usager (n.) One who has the use of anything in trust for another.

Usance (v. t.) Use; usage; employment.

Usance (v. t.) Custom; practice; usage.

Usance (v. t.) Interest paid for money; usury.

Usance (v. t.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.

Usant (a.) Using; accustomed.

Usbegs (n. pl.) Alt. of Usbeks

Usbeks (n. pl.) A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.

Use (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.

Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.

Use (v. t.) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.

Use (v. t.) Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.

Use (v. t.) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

Use (v. t.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

Use (v. t.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.

Use (v. t.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Used (imp. & p. p.) of Use

Using (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Use

Use (v. t.) To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.

Use (v. t.) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.

Use (v. t.) To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.

Use (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.

Use (v. i.) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."

Use (v. i.) To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.

Useful (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.

Usefully (adv.) In a useful manner.

Usefulness (n.) The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

Useless (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.

User (n.) One who uses.

User (n.) Enjoyment of property; use.

Usher (n.) An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc.

Usher (n.) An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.

Ushered (imp. & p. p.) of Usher

Ushering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usher

Usher (v. t.) To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.

Usherance (n.) The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in.

Usherdom (n.) The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively.

Usherless (a.) Destitute of an usher.

Ushership (n.) The office of an usher; usherdom.

Usitative (a.) Denoting usual or customary action.

Usnea (n.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.

Usnic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).

Usquebaugh (a.) A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky.

Usquebaugh (a.) A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices.

Usself (n. pl.) Ourselves.

Ustion (n.) The act of burning, or the state of being burned.

Ustorious (a.) Having the quality of burning.

Ustulate (a.) Blackened as if burned.

Ustulation (n.) The act of burning or searing.

Ustulation (n.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.

Ustulation (n.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.

Ustulation (n.) The burning of wine.

Ustulation (n.) Lascivious passion; concupiscence.

Usual (n.) Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

Usucaption (n.) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

Usufruct (n.) The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.

Usufructuary (n.) A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.

Usufructuary (a.) Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.

Usurarious (a.) Alt. of Usurary

Usurary (a.) Usurious.

Usured (imp. & p. p.) of Usure

Usuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usure

Usure (v. i.) To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.

Usure (n.) Usury.

Usurer (n.) One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender.

Usurer (n.) One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.

Usurious (a.) Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.

Usurious (a.) Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract.

Usurped (imp. & p. p.) of Usurp

Usurping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Usurp

Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.

Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.

Usurpant (a.) Usurping; encroaching.

Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.

Usurpation (n.) Use; usage; custom.

Usurpatory (a.) Marked by usurpation; usurping.

Usurpature (n.) Usurpation.

Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

Usurpingly (adv.) In a usurping manner.

Usury (v. t.) A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.

Usury (v. t.) The practice of taking interest.

Usury (v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.

Ut (n.) The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.

Utas (n.) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael.

Utas (n.) Hence, festivity; merriment.

Utensil (v. t.) That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.

Uterine (a.) Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.

Uterine (a.) Born of the same mother, but by a different father.

Uterogestation (n.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.

Uterovaginal (n.) Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.

Uterus (n.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.

Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.

Utia (n.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.

Utica (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.

Utile (v. t.) Profitable; useful.

Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.

Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.

Utilitarian (n.) One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.

Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe.

Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.

Utility (n.) The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.

Utility (n.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

Utility (n.) Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.

Utilizable (a.) Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.

Utilization (n.) The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

Utilized (imp. & p. p.) of Utilize

Utilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Utilize

Utilize (v. t.) To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

Uti possidetis () The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.

Uti possidetis () A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.

Utis (n.) See Utas.

Utlary (n.) Outlawry.

Utmost (a.) Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.

Utmost (a.) Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.

Utmost (n.) The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.

Utopia (n.) An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Utopia (n.) Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

Utopian (a.) Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.

Utopian (n.) An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.

Utopianism (n.) The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.

Utopianist (n.) An Utopian; an optimist.

Utopical (a.) Utopian; ideal.

Utopist (n.) A Utopian.

Utraquist (n.) One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.

Utricle (n.) A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.

Utricle (n.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.

Utricle (n.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.

Utricle (n.) A utriculus.

Utricular (a.) Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.

Utricular (a.) Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.

Utricularia (n.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,

Utriculate (a.) Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.

Utriculoid (a.) Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.

Utriculus (n.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.

Utro () - (/). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.

Utter (a.) Outer.

Utter (a.) Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.

Utter (a.) Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.

Utter (a.) Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.

Uttered (imp. & p. p.) of Utter

Uttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Utter

Utter (a.) To put forth or out; to reach out.

Utter (a.) To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.

Utter (a.) hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.

Utter (a.) To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.

Utterable (a.) Capable of being uttered.

Utterance (n.) The act of uttering.

Utterance (n.) Sale by offering to the public.

Utterance (n.) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.

Utterance (n.) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.

Utterance (n.) Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.

Utterance (n.) The last extremity; the end; death; outrance.

Utterer (n.) One who utters.

Utterest (superl.) Uttermost.

Utterless (a.) Incapable of being uttered.

Utterly (adv.) In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.

Uttermore (a.) Further; outer; utter.

Uttermost (a.) Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.

Uttermost (n.) The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.

Utterness (n.) The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.

Uva (n.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

Uvate (n.) A conserve made of grapes.

Uva-ursi (n.) The bearberry.

Uvea (n.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

Uveous (a.) Resembling a grape.

Uvic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

Uvitic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.

Uvitonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.

Uvrou (n.) See Euphroe.

Uvula (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

Uvular (a.) Of or pertaining to a uvula.

Uvulatome (n.) An instrument for removing the uvula.

Uvulatomy (n.) The operation of removing the uvula.

Uwarowite (n.) Ouvarovite.

Uxorial (a.) Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.

Uxoricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.

Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.

Uxoricide (n.) One who murders his wife.

Uxorious (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.

Uzema (n.) A Burman measure of twelve miles.

V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.

V () As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.

Vaagmer (n.) The dealfish.

Vacancies (pl. ) of Vacancy

Vacancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

Vacancy (n.) That which is vacant.

Vacancy (n.) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.

Vacancy (n.) An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.

Vacancy (n.) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.

Vacancy (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc.

Vacant (a.) Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

Vacant (a.) Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.

Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.

Vacant (a.) Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.

Vacant (a.) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.

Vacantly (adv.) In a vacant manner; inanely.

Vacated (imp. & p. p.) of Vacate

Vacating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vacate

Vacate (v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.

Vacate (v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.

Vacate (v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.

Vacation (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

Vacation (n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.

Vacation (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.

Vacation (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.

Vacation (n.) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.

Vaccary (n.) A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture.

Vaccina (n.) Vaccinia.

Vaccinal (a.) Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.

Vaccinated (imp. & p. p.) of Vaccinate

Vaccinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaccinate

Vaccinate (v. t.) To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.

Vaccination (n.) The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.

Vaccinator (n.) One who, or that which, vaccinates.

Vaccine (a.) Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.

Vaccine (n.) The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.

Vaccine (n.) any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.

Vaccinia (n.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

Vaccinist (n.) A vaccinator.

Vaccinium (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.

Vacher (n.) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.

Vachery (n.) An inclosure for cows.

Vachery (n.) A dairy.

Vacillancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering.

Vacillant (a.) Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.

Vacillated (imp. & p. p.) of Vacillate

Vacillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vacillate

Vacillate (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

Vacillate (v. t.) To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.

Vacillating (a.) Inclined to fluctuate; wavering.

Vacillation (n.) The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.

Vacillatory (a.) Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.

Vacuate (v. t.) To make void, or empty.

Vacuation (n.) The act of emptying; evacuation.

Vacuist (n.) One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.

Vacuity (n.) The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.

Vacuity (n.) Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.

Vacuity (n.) Want of reality; inanity; nihility.

Vacuna (n.) The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.

Vacuolated (a.) Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.

Vacuolation (n.) Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.

Vacuole (n.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.

Vacuous (a.) Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

Vacuousness (n.) The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.

Vacuums (pl. ) of Vacuum

Vacua (pl. ) of Vacuum

Vacuum (n.) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.

Vacuum (n.) The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.

Vadantes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.

Vade (v. i.) To fade; hence, to vanish.

Vade mecum () A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.

Vadimony (n.) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.

Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.

Vae (n.) See Voe.

Vafrous (a.) Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks.

Vagabond (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

Vagabond (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Vagabond (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.

Vagabond (n.) One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.

Vagabond (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.

Vagabondage (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.

Vagabondism (n.) Vagabondage.

Vagabondize (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.

Vagabondry (n.) Vagabondage.

Vagal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.

Vagancy (n.) A wandering; vagrancy.

Vagantes (p. pl.) A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.

Vagarious (a.) Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.

Vagaries (pl. ) of Vagary

Vagary (n.) A wandering or strolling.

Vagary (n.) Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.

Vagient (a.) Crying like a child.

Vaginae (pl. ) of Vagina

Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.

Vagina (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.

Vagina (n.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.

Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.

Vagina (n.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.

Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.

Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.

Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.

Vaginate (a.) Alt. of Vaginated

Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.

Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.

Vaginervose (a.) Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.

Vaginicola (n.) A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.

Vaginismus (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.

Vaginitis (n.) Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.

Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.

Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.

Vaginula (n.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.

Vaginule (n.) A vaginula.

Vagissate (v. i.) To caper or frolic.

Vagous (a.) Wandering; unsettled.

Vagrancy (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.

Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

Vagrant (a.) Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.

Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.

Vagrantly (adv.) In a vagrant manner.

Vagrantness (n.) State of being vagrant; vagrancy.

Vague (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.

Vague (v. i.) Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.

Vague (n.) An indefinite expanse.

Vague (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

Vague (n.) A wandering; a vagary.

Vaguely (adv.) In a vague manner.

Vagueness (n.) The quality or state of being vague.

Vagus (a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.

Vagus (n.) The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.

Vail (n. & v. t.) Same as Veil.

Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.

Vail (n.) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.

Vail (v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.

Vail (v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.

Vail (v. i.) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.

Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.

Vailer (n.) One who vails.

Vaimure (n.) An outer, or exterior. wall. See Vauntmure.

Vain (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

Vain (superl.) Showy; ostentatious.

Vain (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

Vainglorious (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.

Vainly (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.

Vainness (n.) The quality or state of being vain.

Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.

Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.

Vaishnava (n.) A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

Vaishnavism (n.) The worship of Vishnu.

Vaisya (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.

Vaivode (n.) See Waywode.

Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.

Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.

Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

Valanced (imp. & p. p.) of Valance

Valancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Valance

Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

Vale (n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.

Vale (n.) See 2d Vail, 3.

Valediction (n.) A farewell; a bidding farewell.

Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.

Valedictory (a.) Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

Valedictories (pl. ) of Valedictory

Valedictory (n.) A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.

Valence (n.) The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.

Valencia (n.) A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.

Valenciennes lace () A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.

Valencies (pl. ) of Valency

Valency (n.) See Valence.

Valency (n.) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

Valentia (n.) See Valencia.

Valentine (n.) A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.

Valentinian (n.) One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.

Valeramide (n.) The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Valerate (n.) A salt of valeric acid.

Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.

Valerianate (n.) A valerate.

Valerianic (a.) Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.

Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.

Valeridine (n.) A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.

Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.

Valeritrine (n.) A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.

Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.

Valerone (n.) A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.

Valeryl (n.) The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.

Valerylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine.

Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.

Valet (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.

Valetudinarian (a.) Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.

Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.

Valetudinarianism (n.) The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.

Valetudinary (a.) Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.

Valetudinary (n.) A valetudinarian.

Valetudinous (a.) Valetudinarian.

Valhalla (n.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.

Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.

Valiance (n.) Alt. of Valiancy

Valiancy (n.) The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor.

Valiant (a.) Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.

Valiant (a.) Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.

Valiant (a.) Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.

Valid (a.) Strong; powerful; efficient.

Valid (a.) Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.

Valid (a.) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.

Validate (v. t.) To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.

Validation (n.) The act of giving validity.

Validity (n.) The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.

Validity (n.) Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.

Validity (n.) Value.

Validly (adv.) In a valid manner; so as to be valid.

Validness (n.) The quality or state of being valid.

Valinch (n.) A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.

Valise (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.

Valkyria (n.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.

Valkyrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle.

Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.

Vallar (a.) Of or pertaining to a rampart.

Vallar (n.) A vallar crown.

Vallary (a.) Same as Vallar.

Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

Vallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reads.

Valleculae (pl. ) of Vallecula

Vallecula (n.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

Vallecula (n.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Vallet's pills () Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass.

Valleys (pl. ) of Valley

Valley (n.) The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

Valley (n.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.

Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

Valla (pl. ) of Vallum

Vallums (pl. ) of Vallum

Vallum (n.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.

Valonia (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

Valonia (n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

Valor (n.) Value; worth.

Valor (n.) Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

Valor (n.) A brave man; a man of valor.

Valorous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.

Valsalvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.

Valuable (a.) Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

Valuable (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.

Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.

Valuableness (n.) The quality of being valuable.

Valuably (adv.) So as to be of value.

Valuation (n.) The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.

Valuation (n.) Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.

Valuator (n.) One who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser.

Value (n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.

Value (n.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.

Value (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

Value (n.) Esteem; regard.

Value (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/].

Value (n.) In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.

Value (n.) Valor.

Valued (imp. & p. p.) of Value

Valuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Value

Value (v. t.) To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.

Value (v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.

Value (v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.

Value (v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.

Valued (a.) Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.

Valueless (a.) Being of no value; having no worth.

Valuer (n.) One who values; an appraiser.

Valure (n.) Value.

Valvasor (n.) See Vavasor.

Valvata (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.

Valvate (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.

Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.

Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.

Valve (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.

Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.

Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.

Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.

Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

Valved (a.) Having a valve or valve; valvate.

Valvelet (n.) A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.

Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.

Valvulae (pl. ) of Valvula

Valvula (n.) A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.

Valvular (a.) Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.

Valvular (a.) Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.

Valvule (n.) A little valve; a valvelet.

Valvule (n.) A small valvelike process.

Valylene (n.) A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree. It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds. It has a garlic odor.

Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

Vamose (v. i. & t.) To depart quickly; to depart from.

Vamp (v. i.) To advance; to travel.

Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

Vamp (n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.

Vamped (imp. & p. p.) of Vamp

Vamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vamp

Vamp (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.

Vamper (n.) One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.

Vamper (v. i.) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.

Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Vampire (n.) Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

Vampire (n.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.

Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.

Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand.

Vamure (n.) See Vauntmure.

Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.

Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.

Van (v. t.) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Van (n.) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods.

Van (n.) A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.

Van (n.) A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.

Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

Van (n.) A wing with which the air is beaten.

Van (v. t.) To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.

Vanadate (n.) A salt of vanadic acid.

Vanadic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, vanadium; containing vanadium; specifically distinguished those compounds in which vanadium has a relatively higher valence as contrasted with the vanadious compounds; as, vanadic oxide.

Vanadinite (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride.

Vanadious (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, vanadium; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a lower valence as contrasted with the vanadic compounds; as, vanadious acid.

Vanadite (n.) A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite.

Vanadium (n.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.

Vanadous (a.) Of or pertaining to vanadium; obtained from vanadium; -- said of an acid containing one equivalent of vanadium and two of oxygen.

Vanadyl (n.) The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characterized residue of certain vanadium compounds.

Van-courier (n.) One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.

Vandal (n.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.

Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature.

Vandal (a.) Alt. of Vandalic

Vandalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.

Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments.

Vandyke (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.

Vandyke (n.) A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.

Vandyke (v. t.) fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.

Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.

Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.

Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.

Vanessa (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.

Vanessian (n.) A vanessa.

Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.

Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Vanglo (n.) Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.

Vanguard (n.) The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.

Vanilla (n.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

Vanilla (n.) The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.

Vanillate (n.) A salt of vanillic acid.

Vanillic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.

Vanillin (n.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.

Vanilloes (n. pl.) An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.

Vanillyl (n.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.

Vaniloquence (n.) Vain or foolish talk.

Vanished (imp. & p. p.) of Vanish

Vanishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vanish

Vanish (v. i.) To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.

Vanish (v. i.) To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.

Vanish (n.) The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.

Vanishing () a. & n. from Vanish, v.

Vanishment (n.) A vanishing.

Vanities (pl. ) of Vanity

Vanity (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

Vanity (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.

Vanity (n.) That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Vanity (n.) One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.

Vanjas (n.) The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.

Vanner (n.) A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.

Vanner hawk () The kestrel.

Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.

Vanquished (imp. & p. p.) of Vanquish

Vanquishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vanquish

Vanquish (v. t.) To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.

Vanquish (n.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

Vanquishable (a.) That may be vanquished.

Vanquisher (n.) One who, or that which, vanquishes.

Vanquishment (n.) The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished.

Vansire (n.) An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.

Vant (v. i.) See Vaunt.

Vantage (n.) superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

Vantage (n.) The first point after deuce.

Vantage (v. t.) To profit; to aid.

Vantbrace (n.) Alt. of Vantbrass

Vantbrass (n.) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

Vant-courier (n.) An avant-courier. See Van-courier.

Vanward (a.) Being on, or towards, the van, or front.

Vap (n.) That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.

Vapid (a.) Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.

Vapidity (n.) The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.

Vapor (n.) Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

Vapor (n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

Vapor (n.) Wind; flatulence.

Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

Vapor (n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.

Vapored (imp. & p. p.) of Vapor

Vaporing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vapor

Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.

Vapor (n.) To emit vapor or fumes.

Vapor (n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.

Vapor (v. t.) To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.

Vaporability (n.) The quality or state of being vaporable.

Vaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.

Vaporate (v. i.) To emit vapor; to evaporate.

Vaporation (n.) The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.

Vapored (a.) Wet with vapors; moist.

Vapored (a.) Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.

Vaporer (n.) One who vapors; a braggart.

Vaporiferous (a.) Conveying or producing vapor.

Vaporific (a.) Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.

Vaporiform (a.) Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance.

Vaporimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.

Vaporing (a.) Talking idly; boasting; vaunting.

Vaporish (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.

Vaporish (a.) Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.

Vaporizable (a.) Capable of being vaporized into vapor.

Vaporization (n.) The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.

Vaporized (imp. & p. p.) of Vaporize

Vaporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaporize

Vaporize (v. t.) To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

Vaporize (v. i.) To pass off in vapor.

Vaporizer (n.) One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.

Vaporose (a.) Full of vapor; vaporous.

Vaporous (a.) Having the form or nature of vapor.

Vaporous (a.) Full of vapors or exhalations.

Vaporous (a.) Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.

Vaporous (a.) Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.

Vaporousness (n.) The quality of being vaporous.

Vapory (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.

Vapory (a.) Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.

Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.

Vaquero (n.) One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman.

Vara (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.

Varan (n.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3.

Varangian (n.) One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.

Varanus (n.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.

Vare (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice.

Vare (n.) A weasel.

Varec (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.

Vari (n.) The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.

Variability (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variableness.

Variability (n.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.

Variable (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

Variable (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

Variable (n.) That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.

Variable (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.

Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

Variable (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Variableness (n.) The quality or state of being variable; variability.

Variably (adv.) In a variable manner.

Variance (n.) The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

Variance (n.) Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.

Variance (n.) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.

Variant (a.) Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

Variant (a.) Changeable; changing; fickle.

Variant (n.) Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.

Variate (v. t. & i.) To alter; to make different; to vary.

Variation (n.) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.

Variation (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.

Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.

Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.

Variation (n.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.

Varicella (n.) Chicken pox.

Varices (n. pl.) See Varix.

Variciform (a.) Resembling a varix.

Varicocele (n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.

Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.

Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.

Varicosity (n.) The quality or state of being varicose.

Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.

Varicous (a.) Varicose.

Varied (a.) Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.

Variegated (imp. & p. p.) of Variegate

Variegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Variegate

Variegate (v. t.) To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.

Variegated (a.) Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.

Variegation (n.) The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.

Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.

Varietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.

Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.

Varieties (pl. ) of Variety

Variety (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

Variety (n.) That which is various.

Variety (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.

Variety (n.) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.

Variety (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.

Variety (n.) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

Variform (a.) Having different shapes or forms.

Variformed (a.) Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.

Varify (v. t.) To make different; to vary; to variegate.

Variola (n.) The smallpox.

Variolar (a.) Variolous.

Variolation (n.) Inoculation with smallpox.

Variolic (a.) Variolous.

Variolite (n.) A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.

Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.

Variolitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.

Varioloid (a.) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.

Varioloid (a.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

Variolous (a.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.

Variorum (a.) Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.

Various (a.) Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.

Various (a.) Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.

Various (a.) Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.

Variously (adv.) In various or different ways.

Variscite (n.) An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.

Varisse (n.) An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size.

Varices (pl. ) of Varix

Varix (n.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.

Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

Vark (n.) The bush hog, or boshvark.

Varlet (n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.

Varlet (n.) Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.

Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.

Varletry (n.) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.

Varnish (n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.

Varnish (n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.

Varnish (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.

Varnished (imp. & p. p.) of Varnish

Varnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Varnish

Varnish (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.

Varnish (n.) To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.

Varnisher (n.) One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

Varnisher (n.) One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.

Varnishing (n.) The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.

Vartabed (n.) A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions.

Varuna (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.

Varvel (n.) In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.

Varveled (a.) Having varvels, or rings.

Varied (imp. & p. p.) of Vary

Varying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vary

Vary (v. t.) To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.

Vary (v. t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.

Vary (v. t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.

Vary (v. i.) To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.

Vary (v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.

Vary (v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.

Vary (v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.

Vary (v. i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.

Vary (n.) Alteration; change.

Varying () a. & n. from Vary.

Vasa (pl. ) of Vas

Vas (n.) A vessel; a duct.

Vasa deferentia (pl. ) of Vas

Vascular (a.) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.

Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.

Vascular (a.) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.

Vascular (a.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.

Vascularities (pl. ) of Vascularity

Vascularity (n.) The quality or state of being vascular.

Vasculose (n.) One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media.

Vascula (pl. ) of Vasculum

Vasculum (n.) Same as Ascidium, n., 1.

Vasculum (n.) A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants.

Vase (n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.

Vase (n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.

Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.

Vase (n.) The calyx of a plant.

Vaseline (n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.

Vase-shaped (a.) Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.

Vasiform (a.) Having the form of a vessel, or duct.

Vasoconstrictor (a.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.

Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

Vasodentine (n.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.

Vasodilator (a.) Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.

Vasoformative (a.) Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.

Vaso-inhibitory (a.) See Vasodilator.

Vasomotor (a.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.

Vassal (n.) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

Vassal (n.) A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.

Vassal (a.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

Vassalage (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.

Vassalage (n.) A territory held in vassalage.

Vassalage (n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry.

Vassalage (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.

Vassaless (n.) A female vassal.

Vassalry (n.) The body of vassals.

Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Vast (superl.) Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.

Vast (superl.) Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.

Vast (superl.) Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.

Vast (n.) A waste region; boundless space; immensity.

Vastation (n.) A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.

Vastel (n.) See Wastel.

Vastidity (n.) Vastness; immensity.

Vastitude (n.) Vastness; immense extent.

Vastitude (n.) Destruction; vastation.

Vastity (n.) Vastness.

Vastly (adv.) To a vast extent or degree; very greatly; immensely.

Vastness (n.) The quality or state of being vast.

Vasty (a.) Vast; immense.

Vasum (n.) A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.

Vat (n.) A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.

Vat (n.) A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

Vat (n.) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

Vat (n.) A vessel for holding holy water.

Vatted (imp. & p. p.) of Vat

Vatting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vat

Vat (v. t.) To put or transfer into a vat.

Vatfuls (pl. ) of Vatful

Vatful (n.) As much as a vat will hold; enough to fill a vat.

Vatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.

Vatican (n.) A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.

Vaticanism (n.) The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.

Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.

Vaticide (n.) The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet.

Vaticinal (a.) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.

Vaticinate (v. i. & t.) To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.

Vaticinator (n.) One who vaticinates; a prophet.

Vaticine (n.) A prediction; a vaticination.

Vaudeville (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.

Vaudeville (n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.

Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud.

Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) A modern name of the Waldenses.

Vaudoux (n. & a.) See Voodoo.

Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

Vault (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

Vault (n.) A leap or bound.

Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

Vaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Vault

Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vault

Vault (v. t.) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar.

Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof.

Vaulted (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault.

Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.

Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.

Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.

Vaunce (v. i.) To advance.

Vaunted (imp. & p. p.) of Vaunt

Vaunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaunt

Vaunt (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.

Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.

Vaunt (n.) The first part.

Vaunt (v. t.) To put forward; to display.

Vaunt-courier (n.) See Van-courier.

Vaunter (n.) One who vaunts; a boaster.

Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.

Vauntingly (adv.) In a vaunting manner.

Vauntmure (n.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.

Vauquelinite (n.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.

Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.

Vauty (a.) Vaulted.

Vavasor (n.) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron.

Vavasory (n.) The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.

Vaward (n.) The fore part; van.

Vaza parrot () Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot.

Veadar (n.) The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year.

Veal (n.) The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.

Vection (n.) Vectitation.

Vectitation (n.) The act of carrying, or state of being carried.

Vector (n.) Same as Radius vector.

Vector (n.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.

Vecture (n.) The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.

Veda (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.

Vedanta (n.) A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance.

Vedantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vedas.

Vedantist (n.) One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas.

Vedette (n.) A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.

Vedro (n.) A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons.

Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Veer

Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veer

Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.

Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel.

Veering (a.) Shifting.

Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush.

Vega (n.) A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.

Vegetability (n.) The quality or state of being vegetable.

Vegetable (v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.

Vegetable (v.) Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.

Vegetable (v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.

Vegetable (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division.

Vegetable (n.) A plant. See Plant.

Vegetable (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.

Vegetal (a.) Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.

Vegetal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.

Vegetal (n.) A vegetable.

Vegetality (n.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable.

Vegetality (n.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2.

Vegetarian (n.) One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.

Vegetarian (a.) Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.

Vegetarianism (n.) The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.

Vegetated (imp. & p. p.) of Vegetate

Vegetating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vegetate

Vegetate (v. i.) To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

Vegetate (v. i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.

Vegetate (v. i.) To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.

Vegetation (n.) The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Vegetation (n.) The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

Vegetation (n.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

Vegetative (a.) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.

Vegetative (a.) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.

Vegetative (a.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.

Vegete (a.) Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.

Vegetive (a.) Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.

Vegetive (n.) A vegetable.

Vegeto-animal (a.) Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.

Vegetous (a.) Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.

Vehemence (n.) The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

Vehemence (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.

Vehemency (n.) Vehemence.

Vehement (a.) Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

Vehement (a.) Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.

Vehemently (adv.) In a vehement manner.

Vehicle (n.) That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

Vehicle (n.) That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

Vehicle (n.) A substance in which medicine is taken.

Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

Vehicled (a.) Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle.

Vehicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.

Vehiculary (a.) Vehicular.

Vehiculate (v. t. & i.) To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.

Vehiculation (n.) Movement of vehicles.

Vehiculatory (a.) Vehicular.

Vehmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.

Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.

Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

Veil (n.) The calyptra of mosses.

Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

Veil (n.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.

Veil (n.) Same as Velum, 3.

Veiled (imp. & p. p.) of Veil

Veiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veil

Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.

Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.

Veilless (a.) Having no veil.

Vein (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

Vein (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

Vein (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

Vein (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

Vein (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.

Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.

Veined (imp. & p. p.) of Vein

Veining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vein

Vein (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

Veinal (a.) Pertaining to veins; venous.

Veined (a.) Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.

Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf.

Veinless (a.) Having no veins; as, a veinless leaf.

Veinlet (n.) A small vein.

Veinous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; veiny.

Veinstone (n.) The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.

Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble.

Velar (a.) Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.

Velar (a.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.

Velaria (pl. ) of Velarium

Velarium (n.) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.

Velate (a.) Having a veil; veiled.

Vele (n.) A veil.

Velella (n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

Veliferous (a.) Carrying or bearing sails.

Veliger (n.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.

Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.

Velivolant (a.) Flying with sails; passing under full sail.

Vell (n.) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.

Vell (n.) To cut the turf from, as for burning.

Velleity (n.) The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.

Vellet (n.) Velvet.

Vellicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vellicate

Vellicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vellicate

Vellicate (v. t.) To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

Vellicate (v. i.) To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.

Vellication () The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.

Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.

Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication.

Vellon (n.) A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under Its Real.

Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.

Vellumy (a.) Resembling vellum.

Velocimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.

Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.

Velecipedist (n.) One who rides on a velocipede.

Velocities (pl. ) of Velocity

Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.

Velocity (n.) Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed.

Velours (n.) One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.

Veltfare (n.) The fieldfare.

Vela (pl. ) of Velum

Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

Velum (n.) See Veil, n., 3 (b).

Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).

Velum (n.) A veil-like organ or part.

Velum (n.) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.

Velum (n.) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.

Velure (n.) Velvet.

Velutina (n.) Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.

Velutinous (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.

Velverd (n.) The veltfare.

Velveret (n.) A kind of velvet having cotton back.

Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

Velvet (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

Velvet (v. i.) To pain velvet.

Velvet (v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Velvetbreast (n.) The goosander.

Velveteen (n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.

Velveting (n.) The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

Velvetleaf (n.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.

Velvety (a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.

Venae (pl. ) of Vena

Vena (n.) A vein.

Venae cavae (pl. ) of Vena

VenAe portae (pl. ) of Vena

Venada (N.) The pudu.

Venal (a.) Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.

Venal (a.) Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.

Venality (n.) The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.

Venally (adv.) In a venal manner.

Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.

Venary (a.) Of or, pertaining to hunting.

Venatic (a.) Alt. of Venatical

Venatical (a.) Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting.

Venatica (n.) See Vinatico.

Venation (n.) The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.

Venation (n.) The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.

Venatorial (a.) Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.

Vended (imp. & p. p.) of Vend

Vending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vend

Vend (v. t.) To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.

Vend (n.) The act of vending or selling; a sale.

Vend (n.) The total sales of coal from a colliery.

Vendace (n.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis.

Vendee (n.) The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor.

Vendemiaire (n.) The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.

Vender (n.) One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.

Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.

Vendibility (n.) The quality or state of being vendible, or salable.

Vendible (a.) Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.

Vendible (n.) Something to be sold, or offered for sale.

Venditate (v. t.) To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon.

Venditation (n.) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.

Vendition (n.) The act of vending, or selling; sale.

Vendor (n.) A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

Vends (n. pl.) See Wends.

Vendue (n.) A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction.

Veneered (imp. & p. p.) of Veneer

Veneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veneer

Veneer (v. t.) To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.

Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.

Veneering (n.) The act or art of one who veneers.

Veneering (n.) Thin wood or other material used as a veneer.

Venefical (a.) Veneficial.

Venefice (n.) The act or practice of poisoning.

Veneficial (a.) Alt. of Veneficious

Veneficious (a.) Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery.

Venemous (a.) Venomous.

Venenate (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison.

Venenate (a.) Poisoned.

Vennation (n.) The act of poisoning.

Vennation (n.) Poison; venom.

Venene (a.) Poisonous; venomous.

Venenose (a.) Poisonous.

Venerability (n.) The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness.

Venerable (a.) Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.

Venerable (a.) Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.

Veneracea (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.

Venerated (imp. & p. p.) of Venerate

Venerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venerate

Venerate (v. t.) To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

Veneration (n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.

Venerator (n.) One who venerates.

Venereal (a.) Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.

Venereal (a.) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.

Venereal (a.) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.

Venereal (a.) Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.

Venereal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.

Venereal (n.) The venereal disease; syphilis.

Venerean (a.) Devoted to the offices of Venus, or love; venereal.

Venereous (a.) Venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac.

Venereous (a.) Lustful; lascivious; libidinous.

Venerous (a.) Venereous.

Venery (n.) Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.

Venery (n.) The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.

Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.

Venetian (a.) Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.

Venetian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Venice.

Venew (n.) A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.

Veney (n.) A bout; a thrust; a venew.

Venge (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.

Vengeable (a.) Revengeful; deserving revenge.

Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.

Vengeance (n.) Harm; mischief.

Vengeancely (adv.) Extremely; excessively.

Vengeful (a.) Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.

Vengement (n.) Avengement; penal retribution; vengeance.

Venger (n.) An avenger.

Veniable (a.) Venial; pardonable.

Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.

Venial (a.) Allowed; permitted.

Veniality (n.) The quality or state of being venial; venialness.

Venire facias () A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court.

Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.

Venison (n.) Beasts of the chase.

Venison (n.) Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.

Venite (n.) The 95th Psalm, which is said or sung regularly in the public worship of many churches. Also, a musical composition adapted to this Psalm.

Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.

Venom (n.) Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.

Venom (n.) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.

Venomous (a.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.

Venomous (a.) Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.

Venose (a.) Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny; as, a venose frond.

Venosity (n.) The quality or state of being venous.

Venosity (n.) A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.

Venous (a.) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood.

Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial.

Venous (a.) Marked with veins; veined; as, a venous leaf.

Vent (n.) Sale; opportunity to sell; market.

Vent (v. t.) To sell; to vend.

Vent (n.) A baiting place; an inn.

Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.

Vent (n.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.

Vent (n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.

Vent (n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

Vent (n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

Vented (imp. & p. p.) of Vent

Venting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vent

Vent (v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.

Vent (v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.

Vent (v. t.) To utter; to report; to publish.

Vent (v. t.) To scent, as a hound.

Vent (v. t.) To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.

Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.

Ventail (n.) That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.

Venter (n.) One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

Venter (n.) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.

Venter (n.) The uterus, or womb.

Venter (n.) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.

Venter (n.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.

Venter (n.) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.

Venthole (n.) A touchhole; a vent.

Ventiduct (n.) A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.

Ventilated (imp. & p. p.) of Ventilate

Ventilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ventilate

Ventilate (v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.

Ventilate (v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.

Ventilate (v. t.) To change or renew, as the air of a room.

Ventilate (v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.

Ventilate (v. t.) To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.

Ventilate (v. t.) To give vent; to utter; to make public.

Ventilation (n.) The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.

Ventilation (n.) The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood.

Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain.

Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure.

Ventilation (n.) The act of giving vent or expression.

Ventilative (a.) Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus.

Ventilator (n.) A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.

Ventose (n.) A ventouse.

Ventose (a.) Windy; flatulent.

Ventose (a.) The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend/miaire.

Ventosity (n.) Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride.

Ventouse (n.) A cupping glass.

Ventouse (v. t. & i.) To cup; to use a cupping glass.

Ventrad (adv.) Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; -- opposed to dorsad.

Ventral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.

Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.

Ventral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.

Ventricle (n.) A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and forces it out from the heart. See Heart.

Ventricle (n.) The stomach.

Ventricle (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating.

Ventricose (a.) Alt. of Ventricous

Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla.

Ventricular (a.) Of or pertaining to a ventricle; bellied.

Ventriculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

Ventriculous (a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.

Ventriculi (pl. ) of Ventriculus

Ventriculus (n.) One of the stomachs of certain insects.

Ventriculus (n.) The body cavity of a sponge.

Ventrilocution (n.) Ventriloquism.

Ventriloquial (a.) Ventriloquous.

Ventriloquism (n.) The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.

Ventriloquist (n.) One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism.

Ventriloquized (imp. & p. p.) of Ventriloquize

Ventriloquizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ventriloquize

Ventriloquize (v. i.) To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.

Ventriloquous (a.) Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism.

Ventriloquy (n.) Same as Ventriloquism.

Ventrimeson (n.) See Meson.

Ventro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal.

Ventro-inguinal (a.) Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia.

Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

Venture (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.

Venture (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

Ventured (imp. & p. p.) of Venture

Venturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venture

Venture (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.

Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

Venture (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

Venture (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

Venturer (n.) One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

Venturer (n.) A strumpet; a prostitute.

Venturesome (a.) Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.

Venturine (n.) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.

Venturous (n.) Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.

Ventuse (v. t. & i.) See Ventouse.

Venue (n.) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

Venue (n.) A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew.

Venule (n.) A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

Venulose (a.) Full of venules, or small veins.

Venus (n.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.

Venus (n.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.

Venus (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.

Venus (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food.

Venust (a.) Beautiful.

Veracious (a.) Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.

Veracious (a.) Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative.

Veraciously (adv.) In a veracious manner.

Veracity (n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.

Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.

Veratralbine (n.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.

Veratrate (n.) A salt of veratric acid.

Veratria (n.) Veratrine.

Veratric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.

Veratrina (n.) Same as Veratrine.

Veratrine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.

Veratrol (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.

Veratrum (n.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.

Verb (n.) A word; a vocable.

Verb (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.

Verbal (a.) Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.

Verbal (a.) Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.

Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.

Verbal (a.) Abounding with words; verbose.

Verbal (a.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.

Verbal (n.) A noun derived from a verb.

Verbalism (n.) Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.

Verbalist (n.) A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.

Verbality (n.) The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.

Verbalization (n.) The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.

Verbalized (imp. & p. p.) of Verbalize

Verbalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbalize

Verbalize (v. t.) To convert into a verb; to verbify.

Verbalize (v. i.) To be verbose.

Verbally (adv.) In a verbal manner; orally.

Verbally (adv.) Word for word; verbatim.

Verbarian (a.) Of or pertaining to words; verbal.

Verbarian (n.) One who coins words.

Verbarium (n.) A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.

Verbatim (adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.

Verbena (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.

Verbenaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.

Verbenated (imp. & p. p.) of Verbenate

Verbenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbenate

Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.

Verberate (v. t.) To beat; to strike.

Verberation (n.) The act of verberating; a beating or striking.

Verberation (n.) The impulse of a body; which causes sound.

Verbiage (n.) The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.

Verify (v. t.) To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

Verbose (a.) Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.

Verbosities (pl. ) of Verbosity

Verbosity (n.) The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.

Verd (n.) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.

Verd (n.) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.

Verd (n.) Greenness; freshness.

Verdancy (n.) The quality or state of being verdant.

Verdant (a.) Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.

Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth.

Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.

Verd antique () A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.

Verdantly (adv.) In a verdant manner.

Verderer (n.) Alt. of Verderor

Verderor (n.) An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses.

Verdict (n.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.

Verdict (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.

Verdigris (n.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.

Verdigris (n.) The green rust formed on copper.

Verdigris (v. t.) To cover, or coat, with verdigris.

Verdin (n.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.

Verdine (n.) A commercial name for green aniline dye.

Verdingale (n.) See Farthingale.

Verdit (n.) Verdict.

Verditer (n.) Verdigris.

Verditer (n.) Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite.

Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.

Verdoy (a.) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of a border.

Verdure (n.) Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June.

Verdured (a.) Covered with verdure.

Verdureless (a.) Destitute of verdure.

Verdurous (a.) Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures.

Verecund (a.) Rashful; modest.

Verecundious (a.) Verecund.

Verecundity (n.) The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.

Veretillum (n.) Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.

Vergalien (n.) Alt. of Vergaloo

Vergaloo (n.) See Virgalieu.

Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.

Verge (n.) A virgate; a yardland.

Verge (n.) A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.

Verge (n.) A circumference; a circle; a ring.

Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

Verge (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.

Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.

Verge (n.) The edge or outside of a bed or border.

Verge (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.

Verge (n.) The penis.

Verge (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Verged (imp. & p. p.) of Verge

Verging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verge

Verge (v. i.) To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.

Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.

Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.

Vergency (n.) The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.

Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.

Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.

Verger (n.) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc.

Verger (n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.

Verger (n.) A garden or orchard.

Vergette (a.) Divided by pallets, or pales; paly.

Vergette (n.) A small pale.

Veridical (a.) Truth-telling; truthful; veracious.

Verifiable (a.) Capable of being verified; confirmable.

Verfication (n.) The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication.

Verfication (n.) Confirmation by evidence.

Verfication (n.) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.

Verificative (a.) Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.

Verifier (n.) One who, or that which, verifies.

Verified (imp. & p. p.) of Verify

Verifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verify

Verify (v. t.) To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

Verify (v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.

Verify (v. t.) To maintain; to affirm; to support.

Veriloquent (a.) Speaking truth; truthful.

Verily (adv.) In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.

Verine (n.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.

Verisimilar (a.) Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely.

Verisimilitude (n.) The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.

Verisimility (n.) Verisimilitude.

Versimilous (a.) Verisimilar.

Veritable (a.) Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.

Veritas (n.) The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.

Verities (pl. ) of Verity

Verity (n.) The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality.

Verity (n.) That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.

Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.

Verjuice (n.) Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.

Vermeil (n.) Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red.

Vermeil (n.) Silver gilt or gilt bronze.

Vermeil (n.) A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.

Vermeologist (n.) One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.

Vermeology (n.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.

Vermes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers.

Vermes (n. pl.) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders.

Vermetid (n.) Any species of vermetus.

Vermetus (n.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.

Vermicelli (n.) The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.

Vermicide (n.) A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

Vermicious (a.) Of or pertaining to worms; wormy.

Vermicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic.

Vermiculated (imp. & p. p.) of Vermiculate

Vermiculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vermiculate

Vermiculate (v. t.) To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.

Vermiculate (a.) Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut.

Vermiculate (a.) Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical.

Vermiculated (a.) Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate.

Vermiculation (n.) The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.

Vermiculation (n.) The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.

Vermiculation (n.) Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.

Vermiculation (n.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.

Vermicule (n.) A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body.

Vermiculite (n.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.

Vermiculose (a.) Alt. of Vermiculous

Vermiculous (a.) Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms.

Vermiform (a.) Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.

Vermiformia (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.

Vermifugal (a.) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Vermifuge (n.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

Vermil (n.) See Vermeil.

Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name.

Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.

Vermilion (n.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.

Vermilion (n.) Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.

Vermilion (v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.

Vermily (n.) Vermeil.

Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general.

Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.

Vermin (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.

Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.

Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.

Vermination (n.) A griping of the bowels.

Verminly (a. & adv.) Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin.

Verminous (a.) Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.

Verminous (a.) Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.

Verminously (adv.) In a verminous manner.

Vermiparous (a.) Producing or breeding worms.

Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.

Vermuth (n.) A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite.

Vernacle (n.) See Veronica, 1.

Vernacular (a.) Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.

Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.

Vernacularism (n.) A vernacular idiom.

Vernacularization (n.) The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular.

Vernacularly (adv.) In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.

Vernaculous (a.) Vernacular.

Vernaculous (a.) Scoffing; scurrilous.

Vernage (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Italy.

Vernal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

Vernal (a.) Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life.

Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.

Vernate (v. i.) To become young again.

Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.

Vernicle (n.) A Veronica. See Veronica, 1.

Vernicose (a.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.

Vernier (n.) A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument.

Vernile (a.) Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious.

Vernility (n.) Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.

Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.

Vernish (n. & v.) Varnish.

Vernonin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic.

Veronese (a.) Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy.

Veronese (n. sing. & pl.) A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona.

Veronica (n.) A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.

Veronica (n.) A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.

Verray (a.) Very; true.

Verrayment (adv.) Verily; truly.

Verrel (n.) See Ferrule.

Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches.

Verruciform (a.) Shaped like a wart or warts.

Verrucose (a.) Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.

Verrucous (a.) Verrucose.

Verruculose (a.) Minutely verrucose; as, a verruculose leaf or stalk.

Vers (n. sing. & pl.) A verse or verses. See Verse.

Versability (n.) The quality or state of being versable.

Versable (a.) Capable of being turned.

Versableness (n.) Versability.

Versal (a.) Universal.

Versant (a.) Familiar; conversant.

Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.

Versatile (a.) Capable of being turned round.

Versatile (a.) Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.

Versatile (a.) Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.

Versatile (a.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird.

Versatility (n.) The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.

Vers de societe () See Society verses, under Society.

Verse (n.) A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

Verse (n.) Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

Verse (n.) A short division of any composition.

Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

Verse (n.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

Verse (n.) A piece of poetry.

Versed (imp. & p. p.) of Verse

Versing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verse

Verse (v. t.) To tell in verse, or poetry.

Verse (v. i.) To make verses; to versify.

Versed (a.) Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced.

Versed (a.) Turned.

Verseman (n.) Same as Versemonger.

Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.

Verser (n.) A versifier.

Verset (n.) A verse.

Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people.

Versicolor (a.) Alt. of Versicolored

Versicolored (a.) Having various colors; changeable in color.

Versicular (a.) Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.

Versification (n.) The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

Versificator (n.) A versifier.

Versifier (n.) One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet.

Versifier (n.) One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.

Versified (imp. & p. p.) of Versify

Versifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Versify

Versify (v. i.) To make verses.

Versify (v. t.) To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.

Versify (v. t.) To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms.

Version (n.) A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.

Version (n.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.

Version (n.) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.

Version (n.) A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.

Version (n.) An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.

Versionist (n.) One who makes or favors a version; a translator.

Verso (n.) The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.

Versor (n.) The turning factor of a quaternion.

Verst (n.) A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.

Versual (a.) Of or pertaining to a verse.

Versus (prep.) Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.

Versute (a.) Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.

Vert (n.) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer.

Vert (n.) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.

Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.

Verteber (n.) A vertebra.

Vertebrae (pl. ) of Vertebra

Vertebra (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.

Vertebra (n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.

Vertebral (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian.

Vertebral (a.) Vertebrate.

Vertebral (n.) A vertebrate.

Vertebrally (adv.) At or within a vertebra or vertebrae; -- distinguished from interverterbrally.

Vertebrarterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.

Vertebrata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.

Vertebrate (n.) One of the Vertebrata.

Vertebrate (a.) Alt. of Vertebrated

Vertebrated (a.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.

Vertebrated (a.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in animals.

Vertebrated (a.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.

Vertebrated (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; -- used only in the form vertebrate.

Vertebre (n.) A vertebra.

Vertebro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal.

Vertebro-iliac (a.) Iliolumbar.

Vertexes (pl. ) of Vertex

Vertices (pl. ) of Vertex

Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.

Vertex (n.) The top, or crown, of the head.

Vertex (n.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead.

Vertex (n.) The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.

Vertical (a.) Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

Vertical (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

Vertical (n.) Vertical position; zenith.

Vertical (n.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.

Verticality (n.) The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness.

Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.

Verticalness (n.) Quality or state of being vertical.

Verticil (n.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.

Verticillaster (a.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl.

Verticillate (a.) Alt. of Verticillated

Verticillated (a.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.

Verticillus (n.) A whorl; a verticil.

Verticity (n.) The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation.

Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.

Vertiginate (a.) Turned round; giddy.

Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion.

Vertiginous (a.) Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.

Vertigoes (pl. ) of Vertigo

Vertigines (pl. ) of Vertigo

Vertigo (n.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.

Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture.

Vertilinear (a.) Straight; rectilinear.

Vertu (n.) Virtue; power. See Virtue.

Vertu (n.) See Virtu.

Vertuous (a.) Virtuous; powerful.

Verumontanum (n.) An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it.

Vervain (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbena.

Verve (n.) Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.

Vervel (n.) See Varvel.

Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.

Very (v. t.) True; real; actual; veritable.

Very (adv.) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.

Vesbium (n.) A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.

Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.

Vesica (n.) A bladder.

Vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder.

Vesicant (n.) A vesicatory.

Vesicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vesicate

Vesicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vesicate

Vesicate (v. t.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.

Vesication (n.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.

Vesicatory (a.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.

Vesicatory (n.) A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

Vesicle (n.) A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

Vesicle (n.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.

Vesicle (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.

Vesicle (n.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.

Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.

Vesicle (n.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.

Vesico- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.

Vesicoprostatic (a.) Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.

Vesicouterine (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.

Vesicovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.

Vesiculae (pl. ) of Vesicula

Vesicula (n.) A vesicle.

Vesicular (a.) Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.

Vesicular (a.) Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.

Vesicular (a.) Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.

Vesicularia (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.

Vesiculata (n. pl.) The campanularian medusae.

Vesiculate (a.) Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.

Vesiculate (v. t.) To form vesicles in, as lava.

Vesiculation (n.) The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.

Vesiculose (a.) Alt. of Vesiculous

Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell.

Vespa (n.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.

Vesper (n.) The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.

Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.

Vesperal (a.) Vesper; evening.

Vespers (n.) One of the little hours of the Breviary.

Vespers (n.) The evening song or service.

Vespertilio (n.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.

Vespertiliones (n. pl.) A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.

Vespertilionine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.

Vespertinal (a.) Vespertine.

Vespertine (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.

Vespertine (a.) Blossoming in the evening.

Vespiary (n.) A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.

Vespilloes (pl. ) of Vespillo

Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.

Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.

Vessel (n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.

Vessel (n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.

Vessel (v. t.) To put into a vessel.

Vesselfuls (pl. ) of Vesselful

Vesselful (n.) As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.

Vesses (n.) Alt. of Vessets

Vessets (n.) A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth.

Vessicnon (n.) Alt. of Vessignon

Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.

Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

Vest (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.

Vest (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.

Vested (imp. & p. p.) of Vest

Vesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vest

Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

Vest (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.

Vest (n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.

Vest (n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.

Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.

Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.

Vesta (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.

Vesta (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.

Vesta (n.) A wax friction match.

Vestal (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.

Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.

Vestal (a.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.

Vestales (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.

Vested (a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.

Vested (a.) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

Vestiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.

Vestiary (n.) A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry.

Vestiary (a.) Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.

Vestibular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.

Vestibule (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

Vestibula (pl. ) of Vestibulum

Vestibulum (n.) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.

Vestigate (v. t.) To investigate.

Vestige (n.) The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.

Vestigial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.

Vesting (n.) Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.

Vestiture (n.) In vestiture.

Vestlet (n.) Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.

Vestment (n.) A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress

Vestment (n.) any priestly garment.

Vestries (pl. ) of Vestry

Vestry (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.

Vestry (n.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.

Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.

Vestrymen (pl. ) of Vestryman

Vestryman (n.) A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.

Vesture (v. t.) A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

Vesture (v. t.) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.

Vesture (v. t.) Seizin; possession.

Vestured (a.) Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.

Vesuvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.

Vesuvian (a.) Vesuvianite.

Vesuvianite (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.

Vesuvine (n.) A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.

Vetch (n.) Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.

Vetchling (n.) Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.

Vetchy (a.) Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.

Vetchy (a.) Abounding with vetches.

Veteran (a.) Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.

Veteran (n.) One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.

Veteranize (v. i.) To reenlist for service as a soldier.

Veterinarian (n.) One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.

Veterinary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.

Vetoes (pl. ) of Veto

Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.

Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.

Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.

Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Veto

Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Veto

Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.

Vetoist (n.) One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.

Vetture (pl. ) of Vettura

Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.

Vetturini (pl. ) of Vetturino

Vetturino (n.) One who lets or drives a vettura.

Vetturino (n.) A vettura.

Vetust (a.) Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.

Vexed (imp. & p. p.) of Vex

Vexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vex

Vex (v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

Vex (v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.

Vex (v. t.) To twist; to weave.

Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.

Vexation (n.) The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.

Vexation (n.) A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.

Vexatious (a.) Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.

Vexatious (a.) Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.

Vexed (a.) Annoyed; harassed; troubled.

Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.

Vexer (n.) One who vexes or troubles.

Vexil (n.) A vexillum.

Vexillar () Alt. of Vexillary

Vexillary () Of or pertaining to an ensign or standard.

Vexillary () Of or pertaining to the vexillum, or upper petal of papilionaceous flowers.

Vexillary (n.) A standard bearer.

Vexillation (n.) A company of troops under one vexillum.

Vexilla (pl. ) of Vexillum

Vexillum (n.) A flag or standard.

Vexillum (n.) A company of troops serving under one standard.

Vexillum (n.) A banner.

Vexillum (n.) The sign of the cross.

Vexillum (n.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.

Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate.

V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.

Via (n.) A road way.

Via (prep.) By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.

Viability (n.) The quality or state of being viable.

Viability (n.) The capacity of living after birth.

Viability (n.) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.

Viable (a.) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.

Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.

Viage (n.) A voyage; a journey.

Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine.

Vialed (imp. & p. p.) of Vial

Vialled () of Vial

Vialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vial

Vialling () of Vial

Vial (v. t.) To put in a vial or vials.

Viameter (n.) An odometer; -- called also viatometer.

Viand (n.) An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Viander (n.) A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host.

Vi-apple (n.) See Otaheite apple.

Viary (a.) Of or pertaining to roads; happening on roads.

Viatecture (n.) The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc.

Viatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a journey or traveling.

Viaticum (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.

Viaticum (n.) Provisions for a journey.

Viaticum (n.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death.

Viatometer (n.) A viameter.

Vibices (n. pl.) More or less extensive patches of subcutaneous extravasation of blood.

Vibracula (pl. ) of Vibraculum

Vibraculum (n.) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia.

Vibrancy (n.) The state of being vibrant; resonance.

Vibrant (a.) Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.

Vibrate (imp. & p. p.) of Vibrate

Vibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vibrate

Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.

Vibrate (v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.

Vibrate (v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

Vibrate (v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.

Vibrate (v. i.) To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.

Vibrate (v. i.) To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.

Vibrate (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.

Vibratile (a.) Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.

Vibratility (n.) The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation.

Vibration (n.) The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.

Vibration (n.) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.

Vibratiuncle (a.) A small vibration.

Vibrative (a. Vibrating) ; vibratory.

Vibratory (a.) Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.

Vibrios (pl. ) of Vibrio

Vibriones (pl. ) of Vibrio

Vibrio (n.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.

Vibrissae (pl. ) of Vibrissa

Vibrissa (n.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.

Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

Vibroscope (n.) An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.

Vibroscope (n.) An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.

Viburnum (n.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.

Vicar (n.) One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Vicarage (n.) The benefice of a vicar.

Vicarage (n.) The house or residence of a vicar.

Vicarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes.

Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.

Vicarian (n.) A vicar.

Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.

Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.

Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.

Vicarious (prep.) Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.

Vicarious (prep.) Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.

Vicarious (prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.

Vicariously (adv.) In a vicarious manner.

Vicarship (n.) The office or dignity of a vicar.

Vicary (n.) A vicar.

Vice (n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.

Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.

Vice (n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.

Vice (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.

Vice (n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.

Viced (imp. & p. p.) of Vice

Vicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vice

Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.

Vice (prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.

Vice (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.

Viced (a.) Vicious; corrupt.

Vicegerency (n.) The office of a vicegerent.

Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.

Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.

Vicegerent (n.) An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar.

Vicemen (pl. ) of Viceman

Viceman (n.) A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.

Vicenary (a.) Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.

Vicennial (a.) Lasting or comprising twenty years.

Vicennial (a.) Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.

Vice-regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty.

Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.

Viceroyalty (n.) The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

Viceroyship (n.) Viceroyalty.

Vicety (n.) Fault; defect; coarseness.

Vichy water () A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.

Viciate (v. t.) See Vitiate.

Viinage (n.) The place or places adjoining or near; neighborhood; vicinity; as, a jury must be of the vicinage.

Vicinal (a.) Near; vicine.

Vicine (a.) Near; neighboring; vicinal.

Vicine (n.) An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.

Vicinity (n.) The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.

Vicinity (n.) That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.

Viciosity (n.) Vitiosity.

Vicious (a.) Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

Vicious (a.) Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.

Vicious (a.) Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.

Vicious (a.) Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.

Vicious (a.) Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.

Vicious (a.) Bitter; spiteful; malignant.

Vicissitude (n.) Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.

Vicissitude (n.) Irregular change; revolution; mutation.

Vicissitudinary (a.) Subject to vicissitudes.

Vicissitudinous (a.) Full of, or subject to, changes.

Vicissy duck () A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated.

Vicontiel (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.

Vicontiels (n. pl.) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.

Vicount (n.) See Viscount.

Victim (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

Victim (n.) A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.

Victim (n.) A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.

Victim (n.) Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.

Victimate (v. t.) To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate.

Victimized (imp. & p. p.) of Victimize

Victimizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victimize

Victimize (v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of.

Victor (n.) A destroyer.

Victor (a.) Victorious.

Victoress (n.) A victress.

Victoria (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.

Victoria (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.

Victoria (n.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also Clio.

Victorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.

Victorine (n.) A woman's fur tippet.

Victorious (a.) Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day.

Victories (pl. ) of Victory

Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.

Victress (n.) A woman who wins a victory; a female victor.

Victrice (n.) A victress.

Victrix (n.) Victress.

Victual (n.) Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.

Victual (n.) Grain of any kind.

Victualed (imp. & p. p.) of Victual

Victualled () of Victual

Victualing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Victual

Victualling () of Victual

Victual (v. t.) To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.

Victualage (n.) Victuals; food.

Victualer (n.) One who furnishes victuals.

Victualer (n.) One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.

Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.

Victualer (n.) One who deals in grain; a corn factor.

Victualing (a.) Of or pertaining to victuals, or provisions; supplying provisions; as, a victualing ship.

Victuals (n. pl.) Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

Victus (n.) Food; diet.

Vicu–a (n.) Alt. of Vicugna

Vicugna (n.) A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.

Vida finch () The whidah bird.

Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

Vide () imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.

Videlicet (adv.) To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.

Vidette (n.) Same Vedette.

Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.

Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively.

Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.

Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.

Viduity (n.) Widowhood.

Vied (imp. & p. p.) of Vie

Vying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vie

Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.

Vie (v. t.) To stake; to wager.

Vie (v. t.) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.

Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.

Vielle (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.

Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.

Viennese (a.) Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna.

Viennese (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.

View (n.) The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case.

View (n.) Power of seeing, either physically or mentally; reach or range of sight; extent of prospect.

View (n.) That which is seen or beheld; sight presented to the natural or intellectual eye; scene; prospect; as, the view from a window.

View (n.) The pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George.

View (n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued.

View (n.) That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.

View (n.) Appearance; show; aspect.

Viewed (imp. & p. p.) of View

Viewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of View

View (v. t.) To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore.

View (v. t.) To survey or examine mentally; to consider; as, to view the subject in all its aspects.

Viewer (n.) One who views or examines.

Viewer (n.) A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same.

Viewer (n.) The superintendent of a coal mine.

Viewiness (n.) The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views.

Viewless (a.) Not perceivable by the eye; invisible; unseen.

Viewly (a.) Alt. of Viewsome

Viewsome (a.) Pleasing to the sight; sightly.

Viewy (a.) Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person.

Viewy (a.) Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination.

Vifda (n.) In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted.

Vigesimal (a.) Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts.

Vigesimation (n.) The act of putting to death every twentieth man.

Vigesimo-quarto (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc.

-tos (pl. ) of Vigesimo-quarto

Vigesimo-quarto (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24¡.

Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.

Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.

Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.

Vigil (v. i.) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.

Vigil (v. i.) A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.

Vigilance (n.) The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.

Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.

Vigilance (n.) Guard; watch.

Vigilancy (n.) Vigilance.

Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.

Vigilantly (adv.) In a vigilant manner.

Vigily (n.) A vigil.

Vigintivirate (n.) The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri.

Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

Vignette (v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.

Vigonia (a.) Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a; -- said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other purposes.

Vigor (n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.

Vigor (n.) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.

Vigor (n.) Strength; efficacy; potency.

Vigor (v. t.) To invigorate.

Vigorite (n.) An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.

Vigoroso (a. & adv.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force.

Vigorous (a.) Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.

Vigorous (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.

Viking (n.) One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.

Vilany (n.) Villainy.

Vilayet (n.) One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.

Vild (a.) Vile.

Vile (superl.) Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.

Vile (superl.) Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad.

Viled (a.) Abusive; scurrilous; defamatory; vile.

Vileyns (a.) Villainous.

Vilification (n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

Vilifier (n.) One who vilifies or defames.

Vilified (imp. & p. p.) of Vilify

Vilifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vilify

Vilify (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.

Vilify (v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.

Vilify (v. t.) To treat as vile; to despise.

Vilipend (v. t.) To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.

Vilipendency (n.) Disesteem; slight; disparagement.

Vility (n.) Vileness; baseness.

Vill (n.) A small collection of houses; a village.

Villas (pl. ) of Villa

Villa (n.) A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.

Village (n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

Villager (n.) An inhabitant of a village.

Villagery (n.) Villages; a district of villages.

Villain (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

Villain (n.) A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.

Villain (n.) A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.

Villain (a.) Villainous.

Villain (v. t.) To debase; to degrade.

Villainous (a.) Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

Villainous (a.) Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

Villainous (a.) Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.

Villainies (pl. ) of Villainy

Villainy (n.) The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

Villainy (n.) Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.

Villainy (n.) The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.

Villakin (n.) A little villa.

Villan (n.) A villain.

Villanage (n.) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord.

Villanage (n.) Baseness; infamy; villainy.

Villanel (n.) A ballad.

Villanelle (pl. ) of Villanella

Villanella (n.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.

Villanelle (n.) A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close.

Villanette (n.) A small villa.

Villanized (imp. & p. p.) of Villanize

Villanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Villanize

Villanize (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.

Villanizer (n.) One who villanizes.

Villanous (n.) Alt. of Villanousness

Villanously (n.) Alt. of Villanousness

Villanousness (n.) See Villainous, etc.

Villany (n.) See Villainy.

Villatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a farm or a village; rural.

Villein (n.) See Villain, 1.

Villenage (n.) Villanage.

Villenous (a.) Of or pertaining to a villein.

Villi (n.) pl. of Villus.

Villiform (a.) Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.

Villose (a.) See Villous.

Villosity (n.) State of being villous.

Villosity (n.) A coating of long, slender hairs.

Villosity (n.) A villus.

Villous (a.) Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.

Villous (a.) Furnished or clothed with villi.

Villi (pl. ) of Villus

Villus (n.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.

Villus (n.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.

Vim (n.) Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch.

Viminal (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.

Vimineous (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs.

Vimineous (a.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots.

Vinaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.

Vinaceous (a.) Of the color of wine, especially of red wine.

Vinaigrette (n.) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats.

Vinaigrette (n.) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.

Vinaigrette (n.) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.

Vinagrous (a.) Resembling vinegar; sour.

Vinagrous (a.) Fig.: Unamiable; morose.

Vinasse (n.) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate.

Vinatico (n.) Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica.

Vincentian (a.) Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him.

Vincentian (n.) Same as Lazarist.

Vincentian (n.) A member of certain charitable sisterhoods.

Vincetoxin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin.

Vincibility (n.) The quality or state of being vincible, vincibleness.

Vincible (a.) Capable of being overcome or subdued; conquerable.

Vincibleness (n.) The quality or state of being vincible.

Vincture (n.) A binding.

Vincula (pl. ) of Vinculum

Vinculums (pl. ) of Vinculum

Vinculum (n.) A bond of union; a tie.

Vinculum (n.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.

Vinculum (n.) A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.

Vinculum (n.) A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.

Vindemial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest.

Vindemiate (v. i.) To gather the vintage.

Vindemiation (n.) The operation of gathering grapes.

Vindicable (a.) Capable of being vindicated.

Vindicated (imp. & p. p.) of Vindicate

Vindicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vindicate

Vindicate (v. t.) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.

Vindicate (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.

Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.

Vindicate (v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

Vindicate (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.

Vindication (n.) The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete.

Vindication (n.) The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.

Vindicative (a.) Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.

Vindicative (a.) Revengeful; vindictive.

Vindicator (n.) One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.

Vindicatory (a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.

Vindicatory (a.) Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.

Vindictive (a.) Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.

Vindictive (a.) Punitive.

Vine (n.) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.

Vineal (a.) Of or pertaining to vines; containing vines.

Vine-clad (a.) Covered with vines.

Vined (a.) Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine leaves.

Vinedresser (n.) One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard.

Vinegar (a.) A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.

Vinegar (a.) Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.

Vinegar (v. t.) To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.

Vinegarette (n.) See Vinaigrette, n., 2.

Vinegary (a.) Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.

Viner (n.) A vinedresser.

Vinery (n.) A vineyard.

Vinery (n.) A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery.

Vinette (n.) A sprig or branch.

Vinewed (a.) Same as Vinnewed.

Vineyard (n.) An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.

Vineyardist (n.) One who cultivates a vineyard.

Vingt et un () A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it.

Vingtun (n.) Contraction for Vingt et un.

Vinic (a.) Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol.

Viniculture (n.) The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture.

Vinnewed (a.) Moldy; musty.

Vinny (a.) Vinnewed.

Vinolency (n.) Drunkennes.

Vinolent (a.) Given to wine; drunken; intemperate.

Vinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine by measuring its density.

Vin ordinaire () A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.

Vinose (a.) Vinous.

Vinosity (n.) The quality or state of being vinous.

Vinous (a.) Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste.

Vinquish (n.) See Vanquish, n.

Vintage (n.) The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.

Vintage (n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.

Vintager (n.) One who gathers the vintage.

Vintaging (n.) The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes.

Vintner (n.) One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant.

Vintry (n.) A place where wine is sold.

Viny (a.) Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines.

Vinyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous.

Viol (n.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings.

Viol (n.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.

Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.

Violable (a.) Capable of being violated, broken, or injured.

Violaceous (a.) Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

Violaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.

Violaniline (n.) A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

Violantin (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid.

Violaquercitrin (n.) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.

Violascent (a.) Violescent.

Violates (imp. & p. p.) of Violate

Violating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Violate

Violate (v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.

Violate (v. t.) To disturb; to interrupt.

Violate (v. t.) To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

Violation (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.

Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.

Violation (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.

Violation (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.

Violation (n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.

Violative (a.) Violating, or tending to violate.

Violator (n.) One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher.

Viole (n.) A vial.

Violence (n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

Violence (n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.

Violence (n.) Ravishment; rape; constupration.

Violence (v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.

Violent (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.

Violent (a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.

Violent (a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.

Violent (n.) An assailant.

Violent (v. t.) To urge with violence.

Violent (v. i.) To be violent; to act violently.

Violently (adv.) In a violent manner.

Violescent (a.) Tending to a violet color; violascent.

Violet (n.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).

Violet (n.) The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.

Violet (n.) In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.

Violet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

Violet (n.) Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

Violet-tip (n.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

Violin (n.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

Violine (n.) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola).

Violine (n.) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.

Violinist (n.) A player on the violin.

Violist (n.) A player on the viol.

Violoncellist (n.) A player on the violoncello.

Violoncello (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin.

Violone (n.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass.

Violous (a.) Violent.

Violuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts.

Viper (a.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae.

Viper (a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

Viperina (n. pl.) See Viperoidea.

Viperine (a.) Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.

Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.

Viperoidea (n. pl.) Alt. of Viperoides

Viperoides (n. pl.) A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.

Viperous (a.) Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue.

Viraginian (a.) Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.

Viraginity (n.) The qualities or characteristics of a virago.

Viragoes (pl. ) of Virago

Virago (n.) A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.

Virago (n.) Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.

Vire (n.) An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton.

Virelay (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.

Virent (a.) Green; not withered.

Vireo (n.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.

Virescence () The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.

Virescent (a.) Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

Virgalieu (n.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne.

Virgate (a.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.

Virgate (n.) A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.

Virgated (a.) Striped; streaked.

Virge (n.) A wand. See Verge.

Virger (n.) See Verger.

Virgilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil.

Virgin (n.) A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

Virgin (n.) A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.

Virgin (n.) See Virgo.

Virgin (n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

Virgin (n.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

Virgin (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.

Virgin (a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.

Virgin (a.) Not yet pregnant; impregnant.

Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.

Virginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

Virginal (n.) An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.

Virginal (v. i.) To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.

Virginhood (n.) Virginity; maidenhood.

Virginia (n.) One of the States of the United States of America.

Virginia (a.) Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.

Virginity (n.) The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.

Virginity (n.) The unmarried life; celibacy.

Virgo (n.) A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs.

Virgo (n.) A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.

Virgouleuse (n.) An old French variety of pear, of little value.

Virgularian (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.

Virgulate (a.) Shaped like a little twig or rod.

Virgule (n.) A comma.

Virial (n.) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics.

Virid (a.) Green.

Viridescence (n.) Quality or state of being viridescent.

Viridescent (a.) Slightly green; greenish.

Viridine (n.) A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine.

Viridite (n.) A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.

Viridity (n.) Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.

Viridity (n.) Freshness; soundness.

Viridness (n.) Viridity; greenness.

Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.

Virility (n.) The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.

Viripotent (a.) Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.

Virmilion (n.) See Vermilion.

Virole (n.) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.

Viroled (a.) Furnished with a virole or viroles; -- said of a horn or a bugle when the rings are of different tincture from the rest of the horn.

Virose (a.) Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.

Virtu (n.) A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

Virtual (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.

Virtual (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.

Virtuality (n.) The quality or state of being virtual.

Virtuality (n.) Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence.

Virtually (adv.) In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.

Virtuate (v. t.) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.

Virtue (n.) Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

Virtue (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.

Virtue (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.

Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

Virtue (n.) Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.

Virtue (n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.

Virtue (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.

Virtue (n.) One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

Virtueless (a.) Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.

Virtuosity (n.) The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or aesthetic cultivation takes the place of religious character; sentimentalism.

Virtuosity (n.) Virtuosos, collectively.

Virtuosity (n.) An art or study affected by virtuosos.

Virtuosos (pl. ) of Virtuoso

Virtuosi (pl. ) of Virtuoso

Virtuoso (n.) One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.

Virtuoso (n.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.

Virtuosoship (n.) The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso.

Virtuous (a.) Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

Virtuous (a.) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.

Virtuous (a.) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.

Virtuous (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.

Virtuous (a.) Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.

Virulence (n.) Alt. of Virulency

Virulency (n.) The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.

Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.

Virulent (a.) Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.

Virulent (a.) Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective.

Virulented (a.) Made virulent; poisoned.

Virulently (adv.) In a virulent manner.

Virus (v. i.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.

Virus (v. i.) The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.

Virus (v. i.) Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.

Vis (n.) Force; power.

Vis (n.) Physical force.

Vis (n.) Moral power.

Visa (n.) See Vis/.

Visaed (imp. & p. p.) of Visa

Visaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Visa

Visa (v. t.) To indorse, after examination, with the word vise, as a passport; to vise.

Visage (n.) The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

Visage (v. t.) To face.

Visaged (a.) Having a visage.

Visard (n.) A mask. See Visor.

Visard (v. t.) To mask.

Vis-a-vis (n.) One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.

Vis-a-vis (n.) A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.

Vis-a-vis (adv.) Face to face.

Viscacha (n.) Alt. of Viz-cacha

Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.

Viscera (n.) pl. of Viscus.

Visceral (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.

Visceral (a.) Fig.: Having deep sensibility.

Viscerated (imp. & p. p.) of Viscerate

Viscerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Viscerate

Viscerate (v. t.) To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Visceroskeletal (a.) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles.

Viscid (a.) Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.

Viscidity (n.) The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.

Viscin (n.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.

Viscoidal (a.) Somewhat viscous. Cf. Mobile, a., 2.

Viscosimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.

Viscosity (n.) The quality or state of being viscous.

Viscosity (n.) A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.

Viscount (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

Viscount (a.) A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3.

Viscountcy (n.) The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.

Viscountess (n.) The wife of a viscount.

Viscountship (n.) Alt. of Viscounty

Viscounty (n.) The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

Viscous (a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.

Viscum (n.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.

Viscum (n.) Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.

Viscera (pl. ) of Viscus

Viscus (n.) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.

Vise (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.

Vise (n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.

Viseed (imp. & p. p.) of Vise

Viseing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vise

Vise (v. t.) To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.

Vishnu (n.) A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

Visibility (n.) The quality or state of being visible.

Visible (a.) Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.

Visible (a.) Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous.

Visigoth (n.) One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth.

Vision (v.) The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

Vision (v.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

Vision (v.) That which is seen; an object of sight.

Vision (v.) Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.

Vision (v.) Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

Visioned (imp. & p. p.) of Vision

Visioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vision

Vision (v. t.) To see in a vision; to dream.

Visional (a.) Of or pertaining to a vision.

Visionariness (n.) The quality or state of being visionary.

Visionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.

Visionary (a.) Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities.

Visionary (a.) Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.

Visionaries (pl. ) of Visionary

Visionary (n.) One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.

Visionary (n.) One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

Visioned (a.) Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions.

Visionist (n.) A visionary.

Visionless (a.) Destitute of vision; sightless.

Visited (imp. & p. p.) of Visit

Visiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Visit

Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.

Visit (v. t.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.

Visit (v. i.) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.

Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.

Visit (v. t.) The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.

Visitable (a.) Liable or subject to be visited or inspected.

Visitant (n.) One who visits; a guest; a visitor.

Visitant (a.) Visiting.

Visitation (n.) The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

Visitation (n.) Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.

Visitation (n.) The object of a visit.

Visitation (n.) The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.

Visitation (n.) Special dispensation; communication of divine favor and goodness, or, more usually, of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive calamity; retribution; judgment.

Visitation (n.) A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July.

Visitatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial.

Visite (n.) A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.

Visiter (n.) A visitor.

Visiting () a. & vb. n. from Visit.

Visitor () One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship.

Visitor () A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2.

Visitorial (a.) Same as Visitatorial.

Visive (a.) Of or pertaining to the sight; visual.

Visne (n.) Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue.

Visnomy (n.) Face; countenance.

Vison (n.) The mink.

Visor (n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

Visor (n.) A mask used to disfigure or disguise.

Visor (n.) The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.

Visored (a.) Wearing a visor; masked.

Vistas (pl. ) of Vista

Vista (n.) A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.

Visto (n.) A vista; a prospect.

Visual (a.) Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.

Visual (a.) That can be seen; visible.

Visualize (v. t.) To make visual, or visible; to see in fancy.

Vitaille (n.) Food; victuals.

Vital (a.) Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

Vital (a.) Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.

Vital (a.) Containing life; living.

Vital (a.) Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.

Vital (a.) Very necessary; highly important; essential.

Vital (a.) Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

Vital (n.) A vital part; one of the vitals.

Vitalic (a.) Pertaining to life; vital.

Vitalism (n.) The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.

Vitalist (n.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.

Vitalistic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.

Vitality (n.) The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise.

Vitalization (n.) The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle.

Vitalized (imp. & p. p.) of Vitalize

Vitalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitalize

Vitalize (v. t.) To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood.

Vitally (adv.) In a vital manner.

Vitals (n. pl.) Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.

Vitals (n. pl.) Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state.

Vitellary (a.) Vitelline.

Vitelligenous (a.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.

Vitellin (n.) An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form.

Vitelline (a.) Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus.

Vitellogene (n.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.

Vitellus (n.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.

Vitellus (n.) Perisperm in an early condition.

Vitiated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitiate

Vitiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitiate

Vitiate (v. t.) To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.

Vitiate (v. t.) To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.

Vitiation (n.) The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.

Viticulose (a.) Having long and slender trailing stems.

Viticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to viticulture.

Viticulture (n.) The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.

Viticulturist (n.) One engaged in viticulture.

Vitiligo (n.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.

Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.

Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.

Vitiosity (n.) Viciousness; depravity.

Vitious (n.) Alt. of Vitiousness

Vitiously (n.) Alt. of Vitiousness

Vitiousness (n.) See Vicious, Viciously, Viciousness.

Vitis (n.) A genus of plants including all true grapevines.

Vitoe (a.) See Durukuli.

Vitrella (n.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.

Vitre-o-electic (a.) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.

Vitreous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.

Vitreous (a.) Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.

Vitreousness (n.) The quality or state of being vitreous.

Vitrescence (n.) The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.

Vitrescent (a.) Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.

Vitrescible (a.) That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.

Vitric (a.) Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.

Vitrifaction (n.) The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified.

Vitrifacture (n.) The manufacture of glass and glassware.

Vitrifiable (a.) Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable.

Vitrificable (a.) Vitrifiable.

Vitrificate (v. t.) To convert into glass; to vitrify.

Vitrification (n.) Same as Vitrifaction.

Vitrified (a.) Converted into glass.

Vitriform (a.) Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.

Vitrified (imp. & p. p.) of Vitrify

Vitrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitrify

Vitrify (v. t.) To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.

Vitrify (v. t.) To become glass; to be converted into glass.

Vitrina (n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.

Vitriol (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

Vitriol (n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.

Vitriolated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitriolate

Vitriolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitriolate

Vitriolate (v. t.) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.

Vitriolate (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.

Vitriolate (a.) Vitriolated.

Vitriolate (n.) A sulphate.

Vitriolated (a.) Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.

Vitriolation (n.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating.

Vitriolic (a.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.

Vitriolizable (a.) Capable of being converted into a vitriol.

Vitriolization (n.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation.

Vitriolize (v. t.) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.

Vitriolous (a.) See Vitriolic.

Vitrite (n.) A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.

Vitruvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.

Vittae (pl. ) of Vitta

Vitta (n.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Vitta (n.) A band, or stripe, of color.

Vittate (a.) Bearing or containing vittae.

Vittate (a.) Striped longitudinally.

Vituline (a.) Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.

Vituperable (a.) Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.

Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

Vituperation (n.) The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.

Vituperative (a.) Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive.

Vituperator (n.) One who vituperates, or censures abusively.

Vituperrious (a.) Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful.

Vivace (a. & adv.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.

Vivacious (a.) Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.

Vivacious (a.) Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.

Vivacious (a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.

Vivacity (n.) The quality or state of being vivacious.

Vivacity (n.) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor.

Vivacity (n.) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance.

Vivandiere (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

Vivariums (pl. ) of Vivarium

Vivaria (pl. ) of Vivarium

Vivarium (n.) A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.

Vivaries (pl. ) of Vivary

Vivary (n.) A vivarium.

Viva voce () By word of mouth; orally.

Vivda (n.) See Vifda.

Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.

Vive (a.) Lively; animated; forcible.

Vively (adv.) In a lively manner.

Vivency (n.) Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation.

Viverra (n.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.

Viverrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Viverridae, or Civet family.

Vivers (n. pl.) Provisions; victuals.

Vives (n.) A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

Vivianite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.

Vivid (a.) True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.

Vivid (a.) Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.

Vividity (n.) The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.

Vivific (a.) Alt. of Vivifical

Vivifical (a.) Giving life; reviving; enlivening.

Vivificate (v. t.) To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.

Vivificate (v. t.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce.

Vivification (n.) The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.

Vivification (n.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.

Vivification (n.) The act or process of vivificating.

Vivificative (a.) Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.

Vivified (imp. & p. p.) of Vivify

Vivifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vivify

Vivify (v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

Vivipara (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

Viviparity (n.) The quality or condition of being viviparous.

Viviparous (a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.

Viviparously (adv.) In a viviparous manner.

Viviparousness (n.) The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.

Vivisect (v. t.) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Vivisectional (a.) Of or pertaining to vivisection.

Vivisectionist (n.) One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.

Vivisector (n.) A vivisectionist.

Vixen (n.) A female fox.

Vixen (n.) A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman.

Vixenish (a.) Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.

Vixenly (a.) Like a vixen; vixenish.

Viz (adv.) To wit; that is; namely.

Vizard (n.) A mask; a visor.

Vizarded (a.) Wearing a vizard.

Vizcacha (n.) Same as Viscacha.

Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

Vizierate (n.) The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.

Vizier-azem (n.) A grand vizier. See under Vizier.

Vizierial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier.

Vizir (n.) See Vizier.

Vizor (n.) See Visor.

Vlissmaki (n.) The diadem indris. See Indris.

V moth () A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.

Vocable (n.) A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.

Vocabularies (pl. ) of Vocabulary

Vocabulary (n.) A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.

Vocabulary (n.) A sum or stock of words employed.

Vocabulist (n.) The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.

Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

Vocal (a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.

Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.

Vocal (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.

Vocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.

Vocal (n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.

Vocal (n.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

Vocalic (a.) Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.

Vocalism (n.) The exercise of the vocal organs; vocalization.

Vocalism (n.) A vocalic sound.

Vocalist (n.) A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

Vocality (n.) The quality or state of being vocal; utterableness; resonance; as, the vocality of the letters.

Vocality (n.) The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Vocalization (n.) The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

Vocalization (n.) The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.

Vocalized (imp. & p. p.) of Vocalize

Vocalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vocalize

Vocalize (v. t.) To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

Vocalize (v. t.) To practice singing on the vowel sounds.

Vocally (adv.) In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.

Vocally (adv.) In words; verbally; as, to express desires vocally.

Vocalness (n.) The quality of being vocal; vocality.

Vocation (n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

Vocation (n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

Vocation (n.) A calling by the will of God.

Vocation (n.) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.

Vocation (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

Vocative (a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.

Vocative (n.) The vocative case.

Vociferance (n.) Vociferation; noise; clamor.

Vociferant (a.) Noisy; clamorous.

Vociferate (v. i.) To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.

Vociferated (imp. & p. p.) of Vociferate

Vociferating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vociferate

Vociferate (v. t.) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.

Vociferation (n.) The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

Vociferator (n.) One who vociferates, or is clamorous.

Vociferous (a.) Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds.

Vocule (n.) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.

Vodanium (n.) A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.

Vodka (n.) A Russian drink distilled from rye.

Voe (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Vogle (n.) Same as Vugg.

Vogue (n.) The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.

Vogue (n.) Influence; power; sway.

Voice (n.) Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

Voice (n.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.

Voice (n.) The tone or sound emitted by anything.

Voice (n.) The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.

Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.

Voice (n.) Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.

Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.

Voice (n.) One who speaks; a speaker.

Voice (n.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Voiced (imp. & p. p.) of Voice

Voicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Voice

Voice (v. t.) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

Voice (v. t.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

Voice (v. t.) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

Voice (v. t.) To vote; to elect; to appoint.

Voice (v. i.) To clamor; to cry out.

Voiced (a.) Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.

Voiced (a.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.

Voiceful (a.) Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding.

Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.

Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.

Void (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Void (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

Void (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.

Void (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Void (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

Void (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.

Void (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.

Voided (imp. & p. p.) of Void

Voiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Void

Void (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.

Void (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.

Void (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.

Void (v. i.) To be emitted or evacuated.

Voidable (a.) Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

Voidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.

Voidance (n.) The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

Voidance (n.) A ejection from a benefice.

Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.

Voidance (n.) Evasion; subterfuge.

Voided (a.) Emptied; evacuated.

Voided (a.) Annulled; invalidated.

Voided (a.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.

Voider (n.) One who, or that which, voids, /mpties, vacates, or annuls.

Voider (n.) A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.

Voider (n.) A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal.

Voider (n.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.

Voiding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, v/ids.

Voiding (n.) That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.

Voiding (a.) Receiving what is ejected or voided.

Voidness (n.) The quality or state of being void; /mptiness; vacuity; nullity; want of substantiality.

Voir dire () An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence.

Voiture (n.) A carriage.

Voivode (n.) See Waywode.

Volacious (a.) Apt or fit to fly.

Volador (n.) A flying fish of California (Exoc/tus Californicus): -- called also volator.

Volador (n.) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.

Volage (a.) Light; giddy.

Volant (a.) Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.

Volant (a.) Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid.

Volant (a.) Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant.

Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.

Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.

Volapukist (n.) One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapuk.

Volar (a.) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

Volary (n.) See Volery.

Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Volatile (a.) Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.

Volatile (a.) Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.

Volatile (n.) A winged animal; wild fowl; game.

Volatileness (n.) Alt. of Volatility

Volatility (n.) Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

Volatilizable (a.) Capable of being volatilized.

Volatilization (n.) The act or process of volatilizing, or rendering volatile; the state of being volatilized.

Volatilized (imp. & p. p.) of Volatilize

Volatilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volatilize

Volatilize (v. t.) To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor.

Volator (n.) Same as Volador, 1.

Vol-au-vent (n.) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.

Volborthite (n.) A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime.

Volcanian (a.) Volcanic.

Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.

Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.

Volcanic (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

Volcanically (adv.) Like a volcano.

Volcanicity (n.) Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.

Volcanism (n.) Volcanic power or action; volcanicity.

Volcanist (n.) One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes.

Volcanist (n.) One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist.

Volcanity (n.) The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin; volcanicity.

Volcanization (n.) The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it.

Volcanized (imp. & p. p.) of Volcanize

Volcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volcanize

Volcanize (v. t.) To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action.

Volcanoes (pl. ) of Volcano

Volcano (n.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.

Vole (n.) A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.

Vole (v. i.) To win all the tricks by a vole.

Vole (n.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.

Volery (n.) A flight of birds.

Volery (n.) A large bird cage; an aviary.

Volge (n.) The common sort of people; the crowd; the mob.

Volitable (a.) Volatilizable.

Volitation (n.) The act of flying; flight.

Volitient (a.) Exercising the will; acting from choice; willing, or having power to will.

Volition (n.) The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.

Volition (n.) The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice.

Volition (n.) The power of willing or determining; will.

Volitional (a.) Belonging or relating to volition.

Volitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the will; originating in the will; having the power to will.

Volitive (a.) Used in expressing a wish or permission as, volitive proposition.

Volkslieder (pl. ) of Volkslied

Volkslied (n.) A popular song, or national air.

Volleys (pl. ) of Volley

Volley (n.) A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

Volley (n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.

Volley (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.

Volley (n.) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Volleyed (imp. & p. p.) of Volley

Volleying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volley

Volley (v. t.) To discharge with, or as with, a volley.

Volley (v. i.) To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.

Volley (v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.

Volley (v. i.) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Volleyed (a.) Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.

Volow (v. t.) To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.

Volt (n.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.

Volt (n.) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

Volt (n.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.

Volte (pl. ) of Volta

Volta (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.

Volta-electric (a.) Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.

Volta-electrometer (n.) An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.

Voltage (n.) Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts.

Voltagraphy (n.) In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.

Voltaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity.

Voltaic (a.) Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.

Voltairean (a.) Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author.

Voltairism (n.) The theories or practice of Voltaire.

Voltaism (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.

Voltameter (n.) An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte.

Voltaplast (n.) A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping.

Voltatype (n.) An electrotype.

Volti (imperative.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.

Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.

Voltigeur (n.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.

Voltmeter (n.) An instrument for measuring in volts the differences of potential between different points of an electrical circuit.

Voltzite (n.) An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine.

Volubilate (a.) Alt. of Volubile

Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble.

Volubility (n.) The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Voluble (a.) Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.

Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.

Voluble (a.) Changeable; unstable; fickle.

Voluble (a.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.

Volume (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

Volume (n.) Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.

Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

Volume (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.

Volume (n.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.

Volumed (a.) Having the form of a volume, or roil; as, volumed mist.

Volumed (a.) Having volume, or bulk; massive; great.

Volumenometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air.

Volumenometry (n.) The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer.

Volumescope (n.) An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, and the like.

Volumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity.

Volumetric (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.

Volumetrical (a.) Volumetric.

Voluminous (a.) Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.

Voluminous (a.) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.

Voluminous (a.) Of great volume, or bulk; large.

Voluminous (a.) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.

Volumist (n.) One who writes a volume; an author.

Voluntarily (adv.) In a voluntary manner; of one's own will; spontaneously.

Voluntariness (n.) The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise of one's will.

Voluntary (v. t.) Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

Voluntary (v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.

Voluntary (v. t.) Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.

Voluntary (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.

Voluntary (v. t.) Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.

Voluntary (v. t.) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.

Voluntary (v. t.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.

Voluntaries (pl. ) of Voluntary

Voluntary (n.) One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.

Voluntary (n.) A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.

Voluntary (n.) One who advocates voluntaryism.

Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.

Volunteer (a.) One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

Volunteer (a.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.

Volunteer (a.) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.

Volunteer (a.) Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

Volunteered (imp. & p. p.) of Volunteer

Volunteering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volunteer

Volunteer (v. t.) To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

Volunteer (v. i.) To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.

Volupere (n.) A woman's cap.

Voluptuaries (pl. ) of Voluptuary

Voluptuary (n.) A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.

Voluptuary (a.) Voluptuous; luxurious.

Voluptuous (a.) Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.

Voluptuous (a.) Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.

Volupty (n.) Voluptuousness.

Volutas (pl. ) of Voluta

Volutae (pl. ) of Voluta

Voluta (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

Volutation (n.) A rolling of a body; a wallowing.

Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.

Volute (n.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.

Volute (n.) Any voluta.

Voluted (a.) Having a volute, or spiral scroll.

Volution (n.) A spiral turn or wreath.

Volution (n.) A whorl of a spiral shell.

Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.

Volvox (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.

Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.

Volyer (n.) A lurcher.

Vomer (n.) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.

Vomer (n.) The pygostyle.

Vomerine (a.) Of or pertaining to the vomer.

Vomica (n.) An abscess cavity in the lungs.

Vomica (n.) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.

Vomicine (n.) See Brucine.

Vomic nut () Same as Nux vomica.

Vomited (imp. & p. p.) of Vomit

Vomiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vomit

Vomit (n.) To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

Vomit (v. t.) To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out.

Vomit (v. t.) Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.

Vomit (n.) Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

Vomit (n.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.

Vomiting (n.) The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.

Vomition (n.) The act or power of vomiting.

Vomitive (a.) Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

Vomito (n.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit.

Vomitory (a.) Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.

Vomitories (pl. ) of Vomitory

Vomitory (n.) An emetic; a vomit.

Vomitory (n.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.

Vomiturition (n.) An ineffectual attempt to vomit.

Vomiturition (n.) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort.

Vondsira (n.) Same as Vansire.

Voodoo (n.) See Voodooism.

Voodoo (n.) One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

Voodoo (a.) Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.

Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.

Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.

Voracity (n.) The quality of being voracious; voraciousness.

Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring.

Vortexes (pl. ) of Vortex

Vortices (pl. ) of Vortex

Vortex (n.) A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.

Vortex (n.) A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.

Vortex (n.) Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.

Vortical (a.) Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.

Vorticel (n.) A vorticella.

Vorticellas (pl. ) of Vorticella

Vorticellae (pl. ) of Vorticella

Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.

Vorticose (a.) Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion.

Vortiginous (a.) Moving rapidly round a center; vortical.

Votaress (n.) A woman who is a votary.

Votarist (n.) A votary.

Votary (a.) Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.

Votaries (pl. ) of Votary

Votary (n.) One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.

Vote (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

Vote (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

Vote (n.) That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.

Vote (n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.

Vote (n.) Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

Voted (imp. & p. p.) of Vote

Voting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vote

Vote (v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.

Vote (v. t.) To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.

Vote (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

Vote (v. t.) To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.

Vote (v. t.) To condemn; to devote; to doom.

Voter (n.) One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, an independent voter.

Voting () a. & n. from Vote, v.

Votist (n.) One who makes a vow.

Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet.

Votress (n.) A votaress.

Vouched (imp. & p. p.) of Vouch

Vouching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vouch

Vouch (v. t.) To call; to summon.

Vouch (v. t.) To call upon to witness; to obtest.

Vouch (v. t.) To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.

Vouch (v. t.) To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.

Vouch (v. t.) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.

Vouch (v. i.) To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.

Vouch (v. i.) To assert; to aver; to declare.

Vouch (n.) Warrant; attestation.

Vouchee (n.) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.

Voucher (n.) One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.

Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

Voucher (n.) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.

Voucher (n.) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers.

Vouchment (n.) A solemn assertion.

Vouch/or (n.) Same as Voucher, 3 (b).

Vouchsafed (imp. & p. p.) of Vouchsafe

Vouchsafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vouchsafe

Vouchsafe (v. t.) To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

Vouchsafe (v. t.) To receive or accept in condescension.

Vouchsafe (v. i.) To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.

Vouchsafement (n.) The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.

Voussoir (n.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

Vow (n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.

Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.

Vowed (imp. & p. p.) of Vow

Vowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vow

Vow (n.) To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.

Vow (n.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

Vow (v. i.) To make a vow, or solemn promise.

Vowel (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149.

Vowel (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.

Voweled (a.) Furnished with vowels.

Vowelish (a.) Of the nature of a vowel.

Vowelism (n.) The use of vowels.

Vowelize (v. t.) To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

Vower (n.) One who makes a vow.

Vow-fellow (n.) One bound by the same vow as another.

Vox (n.) A voice.

Voyage (n.) Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country.

Voyage (n.) The act or practice of traveling.

Voyage (n.) Course; way.

Voyaged (imp. & p. p.) of Voyage

Voyaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Voyage

Voyage (v. i.) To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.

Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.

Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.

Voyager (n.) One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.

Voyageur (n.) A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.

Voyol (n.) See Viol, 2.

Voyol (n.) The block through which a messenger passes.

Vraisemblance (n.) The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.

Vugg (n.) Alt. of Vugh

Vugh (n.) A cavity in a lode; -- called also vogle.

Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.

Vulcanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals.

Vulcanian (a.) Volcanic.

Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.

Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists.

Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.

Vulcanism (n.) Volcanism.

Vulcanist (n.) A volcanist.

Vulcanite (n.) Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.

Vulcanization (n.) The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.

Vulcanized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulcanize

Vulcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulcanize

Vulcanize (v. t.) To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.

Vulcanizer (n.) One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc.

Vulcano (n.) A volcano.

Vulcanology (n.) The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc.

Vulgar (a.) Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

Vulgar (a.) Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.

Vulgar (a.) Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.

Vulgar (n.) One of the common people; a vulgar person.

Vulgar (n.) The vernacular, or common language.

Vulgarian (n.) A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.

Vulgarism (n.) Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.

Vulgarism (n.) A vulgar phrase or expression.

Vulgarity (n.) The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.

Vulgarity (n.) Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.

Vulgarization (n.) The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

Vulgarized (imp. & p. p.) of Vulgarize

Vulgarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulgarize

Vulgarize (v. t. & i.) To make vulgar, or common.

Vulgarly (adv.) In a vulgar manner.

Vulgarness (n.) The quality of being vulgar.

Vulgate (a.) An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from its common use in the Latin Church.

Vulgate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.

Vulnerability (n.) The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

Vulnerable (a.) Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.

Vulnerable (a.) Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation.

Vulnerableness (n.) The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability.

Vulnerary (a.) Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions.

Vulnerary (n.) A vulnerary remedy.

Vulnerate (v. t.) To wound; to hurt.

Vulneration (n.) The act of wounding, or the state of being wounded.

Vulnerose (a.) Full of wounds; wounded.

Vulnific (a.) Alt. of Vulnifical

Vulnifical (a.) Causing wounds; inflicting wounds; wounding.

Vulnose (a.) Having wounds; vulnerose.

Vulpes (n.) A genus of Carnivora including the foxes.

Vulpic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.

Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox.

Vulpine (a.) Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.

Vulpinic (a.) Same as Vulpic.

Vulpinism (n.) The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness.

Vulpinite (n.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.

Vultern (n.) The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.

Vulture (n.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.

Vulturine (a.) Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.

Vulturish (a.) Vulturous.

Vulturism (n.) The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.

Vulturous (a.) Like a vulture; rapacious.

Vulva (n.) The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.

Vulva (n.) The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.

Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.

Vulvitis (n.) Inflammation of the vulva.

Vulvo-uterine (a.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the uterus.

Vulvovaginal (a.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.

Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Vying () a. & n. from Vie.

W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 266-268.

Waag (n.) The grivet.

Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.

Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.

Wabble (n.) A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.

Wabbly (a.) Inclined to wabble; wabbling.

Wacke (n.) Alt. of Wacky

Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.

Wad (n.) Woad.

Wad (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.

Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.

Wad (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.

Waded (imp. & p. p.) of Wad

Wadding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wad

Wad (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.

Wad (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

Wad (n.) Alt. of Wadd

Wadd (n.) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.

Wadd (n.) Plumbago, or black lead.

Wadding (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.

Wadding (n.) Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.

Waddled (imp. & p. p.) of Waddle

Waddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waddle

Waddle (v. i.) To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.

Waddle (v. t.) To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.

Waddler (n.) One who, or that which, waddles.

Waddlingly (adv.) In a waddling manner.

Wade (n.) Woad.

Waded (imp. & p. p.) of Wade

Wading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wade

Wade (v. i.) To go; to move forward.

Wade (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.

Wade (v. i.) Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.

Wade (v. t.) To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.

Wade (n.) The act of wading.

Wader (n.) One who, or that which, wades.

Wader (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.

Wading () a. & n. from Wade, v.

Wadmol (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.

Wadset (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.

Wadsetter (n.) One who holds by a wadset.

Wadies (pl. ) of Wady

Wady (n.) A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season.

Wae (n.) A wave.

Waeg (n.) The kittiwake.

Wafer (n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

Wafer (n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.

Wafer (n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.

Wafered (imp. & p. p.) of Wafer

Wafering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wafer

Wafer (v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.

Waferer (n.) A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.

Waffle (n.) A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

Waffle (n.) A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron.

Wafted (imp. & p. p.) of Waft

Wafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waft

Waft (v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.

Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

Waft (n.) A wave or current of wind.

Waft (n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.

Waft (n.) An unpleasant flavor.

Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.

Waftage (n.) Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.

Wafter (n.) One who, or that which, wafts.

Wafter (n.) A boat for passage.

Wafture (n.) The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.

Wagged (imp. & p. p.) of Wag

Wagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wag

Wag (v. t.) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.

Wag (v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.

Wag (v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.

Wag (v. i.) To go; to depart; to pack oft.

Wag (v.) The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.

Wag (v.) A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.

Wagati (n.) A small East Indian wild cat (Felis wagati), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.

Waged (imp. & p. p.) of Wage

Waging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage

Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

Wage (v. t.) To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

Wage (v. t.) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.

Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

Wage (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.

Wage (v. t.) To give security for the performance of.

Wage (v. i.) To bind one's self; to engage.

Wage (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

Wage (v. t.) That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.

Wagel (n.) See Waggel.

Wagenboom (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.

Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

Wager (v. t.) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.

Wager (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.

Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of Wager

Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wager

Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet.

Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.

Wagerer (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet.

Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.

Wages (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.

Waggel (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.

Waggeries (pl. ) of Waggery

Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.

Waggie (n.) The pied wagtail.

Waggish (a.) Like a wag; mischievous in sport; roguish in merriment or good humor; frolicsome.

Waggish (a.) Done, made, or laid in waggery or for sport; sportive; humorous; as, a waggish trick.

Waggle (v. i.) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.

Waggled (imp. & p. p.) of Waggle

Waggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waggle

Waggle (v. t.) To move frequently one way and the other; to wag; as, a bird waggles his tail.

Wag-halter (n.) One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.

Wagnerite (n.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.

Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.

Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.

Wagon (n.) A chariot

Wagon (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain.

Wagoned (imp. & p. p.) of Wagon

Wagoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wagon

Wagon (v. t.) To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.

Wagon (v. i.) To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.

Wagonage (n.) Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.

Wagonage (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.

Wagoner (n.) One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.

Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

Wagonette (n.) A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.

Wagonfuls (pl. ) of Wagonful

Wagonful (n.) As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.

Wagon-headed (a.) Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling.

Wagonload (n.) Same as Wagonful.

Wagon-roofed (a.) Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.

Wagonry (n.) Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.

Wagonwright (n.) One who makes wagons.

Wagtail (n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.

Wah (n.) The panda.

Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.

Waid (a.) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.

Waift (n.) A waif.

Wail (v. t.) To choose; to select.

Wailed (imp. & p. p.) of Wail

Wailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wail

Wail (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.

Wail (v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.

Wail (n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.

Wailer (n.) One who wails or laments.

Waileress (n.) A woman who wails.

Wailful (a.) Sorrowful; mournful.

Wailingly (adv.) In a wailing manner.

Wailment (n.) Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing.

Waiment (v. & n.) See Wayment.

Wain (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.

Wain (n.) A chariot.

Wainable (a.) Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable.

Wainage (n.) A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.

Wainage (n.) See Gainage, a.

Wainbote (n.) See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote.

Wainscot (n.) Oaken timber or boarding.

Wainscot (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.

Wainscot (n.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.

Wainscoted (imp. & p. p.) of Wainscot

Wainscoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wainscot

Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.

Wainscoting (n.) The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

Wainscoting (n.) The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork.

Wainwright (n.) Same as Wagonwright.

Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.

Waist (n.) That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.

Waist (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.

Waist (n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.

Waist (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.

Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.

Waistband (n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.

Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.

Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

Waistcoat (n.) A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.

Waistcoat (n.) A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.

Waistcoateer (n.) One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.

Waistcoating (n.) A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.

Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war.

Waited (imp. & p. p.) of Wait

Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wait

Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.

Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.

Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.

Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.

Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

Wait (v. i.) Ambush.

Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.

Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.

Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

Waiter (n.) One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.

Waiter (n.) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.

Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v.

Waitingly (adv.) By waiting.

Waitress (n.) A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

Waive (v. t.) A waif; a castaway.

Waive (v. t.) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

Waived (imp. & p. p.) of Waive

Waiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waive

Waive (v. t.) To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

Waive (v. t.) To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.

Waive (v. t.) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

Waive (v. t.) To desert; to abandon.

Waive (v. i.) To turn aside; to recede.

Waiver (n.) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

Waivure (n.) See Waiver.

Waiwode (n.) See Waywode.

Wake (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

Waked (imp. & p. p.) of Wake

Woke () of Wake

Waking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wake

Wake (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

Wake (v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Wake (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

Wake (v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

Wake (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.

Wake (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

Wake (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

Wake (n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

Wake (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.

Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

Wakened (imp. & p. pr.) of Waken

Wakening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waken

Waken (v. i.) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

Waken (v. t.) To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.

Waken (v. t.) To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.

Wakener (n.) One who wakens.

Wakening (n.) The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to sleep; an awakening.

Wakening (n.) The revival of an action.

Waker (n.) One who wakes.

Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).

Waketime (n.) Time during which one is awake.

Waking (n.) The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.

Waking (n.) A watch; a watching.

Walaway (interj.) See Welaway.

Wald (n.) A forest; -- used as a termination of names. See Weald.

Waldenses (n. pl.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.

Waldensian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.

Waldensian (n.) One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.

Waldgrave (n.) In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.

Waldheimia (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.

Wale (n.) A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.

Wale (n.) A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.

Wale (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.

Wale (n.) A wale knot, or wall knot.

Wale (v. t.) To mark with wales, or stripes.

Wale (v. t.) To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it.

Walhalla (n.) See Valhalla.

Waling (n.) Same as Wale, n., 4.

Walked (imp. & p. p.) of Walk

Walking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Walk

Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground.

Walk (v. i.) To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.

Walk (v. i.) To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.

Walk (v. i.) To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.

Walk (v. i.) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.

Walk (v. i.) To move off; to depart.

Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets.

Walk (v. t.) To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses.

Walk (v. t.) To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full.

Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping.

Walk (n.) The act of walking for recreation or exercise; as, a morning walk; an evening walk.

Walk (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk.

Walk (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.

Walk (n.) A frequented track; habitual place of action; sphere; as, the walk of the historian.

Walk (n.) Conduct; course of action; behavior.

Walk (n.) The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.

Walkable (a.) Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over.

Walker (n.) One who walks; a pedestrian.

Walker (n.) That with which one walks; a foot.

Walker (n.) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

Walker (v. t.) A fuller of cloth.

Walker (v. t.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.

Walking () a. & n. from Walk, v.

Walk-mill (n.) A fulling mill.

Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.

Walkyr (n.) See Valkyria.

Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.

Wall (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.

Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.

Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.

Wall (n.) The country rock bounding a vein laterally.

Walled (imp. & p. p.) of Wall

Walling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wall

Wall (v. t.) To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.

Wall (v. t.) To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.

Wall (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

Wallaba (n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.

Wallabies (pl. ) of Wallaby

Wallaby (n.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.

Wallah (n.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.

Wallaroo (n.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.

Wallbird (n.) The spotted flycatcher.

Waller (n.) One who builds walls.

Waller (n.) The wels.

Wallerian degeneration () A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.

Wallet (n.) A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.

Wallet (n.) A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.

Walleteer (n.) One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.

Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.

Wall-eye (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch.

Wall-eye (n.) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).

Wall-eye (n.) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

Wall-eyed (a.) Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.

Wallflower (n.) A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.

Wallflower (n.) A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.

Wallhick (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).

Walling (n.) The act of making a wall or walls.

Walling (n.) Walls, in general; material for walls.

Walloons (n. pl.) A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.

Wallop (v. i.) To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.

Wallop (n.) A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.

Walloped (imp. & p. p.) of Wallop

Walloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wallop

Wallop (v. i.) To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.

Wallop (v. i.) To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.

Wallop (v. i.) To be slatternly.

Wallop (v. t.) To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.

Wallop (v. t.) To wrap up temporarily.

Wallop (v. t.) To throw or tumble over.

Wallop (n.) A thick piece of fat.

Wallop (n.) A blow.

Wallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wallow

Wallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wallow

Wallow (n.) To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

Wallow (n.) To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.

Wallow (n.) To wither; to fade.

Wallow (v. t.) To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

Wallow (n.) A kind of rolling walk.

Wallower (n.) One who, or that which, wallows.

Wallower (n.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.

Wallowish (a.) Flat; insipid.

Wall-plat (n.) The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.

Wall-sided (a.) Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).

Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).

Walm (v. i.) To roll; to spout; to boil up.

Walnut (n.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.

Walrus (n.) A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.

Walter (v. i.) To roll or wallow; to welter.

Waltron (n.) A walrus.

Walty (a.) Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.

Waltz (n.) A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.

Waltzed (imp. & p. p.) of Waltz

Waltzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waltz

Waltz (v. i.) To dance a waltz.

Waltzer (n.) A person who waltzes.

Walwe (v.) To wallow.

Waly (interj.) An exclamation of grief.

Wamble (v. i.) To heave; to be disturbed by nausea; -- said of the stomach.

Wamble (v. i.) To move irregularly to and fro; to roll.

Wamble (n.) Disturbance of the stomach; a feeling of nausea.

Wamble-cropped (a.) Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected.

Wammel (v. i.) To move irregularly or awkwardly; to wamble, or wabble.

Wamp (n.) The common American eider.

Wampee (n.) A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor.

Wampee (n.) The pickerel weed.

Wampum (n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.

Wan (imp.) Won.

Wan (a.) Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.

Wan (n.) The quality of being wan; wanness.

Wan (v. i.) To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.

Wand (n.) A small stick; a rod; a verge.

Wand (n.) A staff of authority.

Wand (n.) A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc.

Wandered (imp. & p. p.) of Wander

Wandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wander

Wander (v. i.) To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.

Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.

Wander (v. i.) To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.

Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

Wanderer (n.) One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

Wandering () a. & n. from Wander, v.

Wanderingly (adv.) In a wandering manner.

Wanderment (n.) The act of wandering, or roaming.

Wanderoo (n.) A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.

Wandy (a.) Long and flexible, like a wand.

Waned (imp. & p. p.) of Wane

Waning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wane

Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

Wane (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.

Wane (v. t.) To cause to decrease.

Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.

Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.

Wane (n.) An inequality in a board.

Waney (n.) A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.

Wang (n.) The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.

Wang (n.) A slap; a blow.

Wang (n.) See Whang.

Wangan (n.) A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen.

Wanger (n.) A pillow for the cheek; a pillow.

Wanghee (n.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks.

Wango (n.) A boomerang.

Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Wanhorn (n.) An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.

Waniand (n.) The wane of the moon.

Waning (n.) The act or process of waning, or decreasing.

Wanion (n.) A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance, with a plague, or with misfortune.

Wankle (a.) Not to be depended on; weak; unstable.

Wanly (adv.) In a wan, or pale, manner.

Wanned (a.) Made wan, or pale.

Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever.

Wannish (a.) Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

Want (v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.

Want (v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

Want (v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.

Want (v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

Wanted (imp. & p. p.) of Want

Wanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Want

Want (v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.

Want (v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.

Want (v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.

Want (v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.

Wantage (n.) That which is wanting; deficiency.

Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.

Wantless (a.) Having no want; abundant; fruitful.

Wanton (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

Wanton (v. t.) Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.

Wanton (v. t.) Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

Wanton (v. t.) Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

Wanton (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.

Wanton (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

Wanton (n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

Wantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Wanton

Wantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wanton

Wanton (v. i.) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

Wanton (v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

Wantonize (v. i.) To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton.

Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.

Wantonly (adv.) Unintentionally; accidentally.

Wantonness (n.) The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.

Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.

Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope.

Wany (v. i.) To wane.

Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.

Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.

Wanze (v. i.) To wane; to wither.

Wap (v. t. & i.) To beat; to whap.

Wap (n.) A blow or beating; a whap.

Wapacut (n.) The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.

Wapatoo (n.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.

Waped (a.) Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected.

Wapentake (n.) In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.

Wapinschaw (n.) An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.

Wapiti (n.) The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

Wapp (n.) A fair-leader.

Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Wappato (n.) See Wapatoo.

Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.

Wapper (v. t. & i.) To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.

Wapper (n.) A gudgeon.

Wappet (n.) A small yelping cur.

Wapping (n.) Yelping.

War (a.) Ware; aware.

War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.

War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

War (n.) Instruments of war.

War (n.) Forces; army.

War (n.) The profession of arms; the art of war.

War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.

Warred (imp. & p. p.) of War

Warring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War

War (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.

War (v. i.) To contend; to strive violently; to fight.

War (v. t.) To make war upon; to fight.

War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

War-beaten (a.) Warworn.

Warble (n.) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.

Warble (n.) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.

Warble (n.) See Wormil.

Warbled (imp. & p. p.) of Warble

Warbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warble

Warble (v. t.) To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.

Warble (v. t.) To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.

Warble (v. t.) To cause to quaver or vibrate.

Warble (v. i.) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

Warble (v. i.) To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.

Warble (v. i.) To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.

Warble (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

Warbler (n.) One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.

Warbler (n.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.

Warbler (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.

Warblingly (adv.) In a warbling manner.

Warburg's tincture () A preparation containing quinine and many other ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.

-ward (v. i.) Alt. of -wards

-wards (v. i.) Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.

Ward (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.

Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.

Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.

Ward (n.) A division of a county.

Ward (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Ward (n.) A division of a forest.

Ward (n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

Ward (n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.

Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

Warded (imp. & p. p.) of Ward

Warding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ward

Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.

Ward (n.) To defend; to protect.

Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.

Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.

Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.

Wardcorps (n.) Guardian; one set to watch over another.

Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.

Warden (n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.

Warden (n.) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.

Warden (n.) A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.

Wardenry (n.) Alt. of Wardenship

Wardenship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

Warder (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.

Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.

Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.

Wardrobe (v. t.) A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.

Wardrobe (v. t.) Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.

Wardrobe (v. t.) A privy.

Wardroom (n.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.

Wardroom (n.) A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc.

-wards () See -ward.

Wardship (n.) The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.

Wardship (n.) The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.

Wardsmen (pl. ) of Wardsman

Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.

Ware (imp.) Wore.

Ware (v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear.

Ware (n.) Seaweed.

Ware (a.) Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise.

Ware (a.) A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware.

Ware (n.) The state of being ware or aware; heed.

Ware (v. t.) To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.

Wareful (a.) Wary; watchful; cautious.

Warefulness (n.) Wariness; cautiousness.

Warega fly () A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.

Warehouses (pl. ) of Warehouse

Warehouse (n.) A storehouse for wares, or goods.

Warehoused (imp. & p. p.) of Warehouse

Warehousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warehouse

Warehouse (v. t.) To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

Warehouse (v. t.) To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

Warehousemen (pl. ) of Warehouseman

Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.

Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.

Warehousing (n.) The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.

Wareless (n.) Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware.

Warely (adv.) Cautiously; warily.

Warence (n.) Madder.

Wareroom (n.) A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.

Wares (n. pl.) See 4th Ware.

Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.

Warfare (n.) Contest; struggle.

Warfare (v. i.) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Warfarer (n.) One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier; a warrior.

Warhable (a.) Fit for war.

Wariangle (n.) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also wurger, worrier, and throttler.

Warily (adv.) In a wary manner.

Wariment (n.) Wariness.

Warine (n.) A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.

Wariness (n.) The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.

Warish (v. t.) To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.

Warish (v. i.) To be cured; to recover.

Warison (v. t.) Preparation; protection; provision; supply.

Warison (v. t.) Reward; requital; guerdon.

Wark (n.) Work; a building.

Warkloom (n.) A tool; an implement.

Warlike (a.) Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Warlike (a.) Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

Warlikeness (n.) Quality of being warlike.

Warling (n.) One often quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling.

Warlock (n.) A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.

Warlock (a.) Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.

Warlockry (n.) Impishness; magic.

Warly (a.) Warlike.

Warm (superl.) Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

Warm (superl.) Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

Warm (superl.) Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

Warm (superl.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

Warm (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

Warm (superl.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.

Warm (superl.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.

Warm (superl.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

Warmed (imp. & p. p.) of Warm

Warming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warm

Warm (a.) To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

Warm (a.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.

Warm (v. i.) To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

Warm (v. i.) To become ardent or animated; as, the speake/ warms as he proceeds.

Warm (n.) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

Warm-blooded (a.) Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.

Warmer (n.) One who, or that which, warms.

Warmful (a.) Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment.

Warm-hearted (a.) Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.

Warming () a. & n. from Warm, v.

Warmly (adv.) In a warm manner; ardently.

Warmness (n.) Warmth.

Warmonger (n.) One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary.

Warmouth (n.) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream.

Warmth (n.) The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth.

Warmth (n.) A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth.

Warmth (n.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color.

Warmthless (a.) Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold.

Warn (v. t.) To refuse.

Warned (imp. & p. p.) of Warn

Warning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warn

Warn (v. t.) To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house.

Warn (v. t.) To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.

Warn (v. t.) To ward off.

Warner (n.) One who warns; an admonisher.

Warner (n.) A warrener.

Warning (a.) Giving previous notice; cautioning; admonishing; as, a warning voice.

Warning (n.) Previous notice.

Warning (n.) Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.

Warningly (adv.) In a warning manner.

Warnstore (v. t.) To furnish.

Warped (imp. & p. p.) of Warp

Warping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warp

Warp (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.

Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

Warp (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.

Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

Warp (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

Warp (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.

Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

Warp (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.

Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.

Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.

Warp (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.

Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.

Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.

Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.

Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.

Warpath (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.

Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape.

Warper (n.) One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom.

Warping (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.

Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.

Warragal (n.) The dingo.

Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty.

Warrant (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority.

Warrant (n.) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.

Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.

Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.

Warrant (n.) That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.

Warrant (n.) That which attests or proves; a voucher.

Warrant (n.) Right; legality; allowance.

Warranted (imp. & p. p.) of Warrant

Warranting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Warrant

Warrant (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.

Warrant (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.

Warrant (n.) To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.

Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.

Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.

Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.

Warrant (n.) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.

Warrantable (a.) Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.

Warrantee (n.) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

Warranter (n.) One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.

Warranter (n.) One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse.

Warrantise (n.) Authority; security; warranty.

Warrantise (v. t.) To warrant.

Warrantor (n.) One who warrants.

Warranties (pl. ) of Warranty

Warranty (n.) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant.

Warranty (n.) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor.

Warranty (n.) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties.

Warranty (n.) Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.

Warranty (n.) Security; warrant; guaranty.

Warranty (v. t.) To warrant; to guarantee.

Warray (v. t.) To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Warre (a.) Worse.

Warren (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren.

Warren (n.) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission.

Warren (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.

Warren (n.) A place for keeping flash, in a river.

Warrener (n.) The keeper of a warren.

Warriangle (n.) See Wariangle.

Warrie (v. t.) See Warye.

Warrin (n.) An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.

Warrior (n.) A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.

Warrioress (n.) A female warrior.

Warry (v. t.) See Warye.

Warsaw (n.) The black grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) of the southern coasts of the United States.

Warsaw (n.) The jewfish; -- called also guasa.

Wart (n.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

Wart (n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.

Warted (a.) Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule.

Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.

Wartless (a.) Having no wart.

Wartweed (n.) Same as Wartwort.

Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).

Warty (a.) Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.

Warty (a.) Of the nature of warts; as, a warty excrescence.

Warwickite (n.) A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.

Warworn (a.) Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat.

Wary (a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

Wary (a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

Warye (v. t.) To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex.

Was (v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.

Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.

Washed (imp. & p. p.) of Wash

Washing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wash

Wash (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.

Wash (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore.

Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands.

Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.

Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.

Wash (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution.

Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water.

Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash.

Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc.

Wash (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.

Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire.

Wash (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc.

Wash (n.) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs.

Wash (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.

Wash (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.

Wash (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface.

Wash (n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.

Wash (n.) A liquid dentifrice.

Wash (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash.

Wash (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.

Wash (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color.

Wash (n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.

Wash (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water.

Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.

Wash (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.

Wash (n.) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.

Wash (a.) Washy; weak.

Wash (a.) Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods.

Washable (a.) Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.

Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.

Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.

Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.

Washdish (n.) A washbowl.

Washdish (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2.

Washed (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.

Washen () p. p. of Wash.

Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes.

Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.

Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.

Washer (n.) The common raccoon.

Washer (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2.

Washermen (pl. ) of Washerman

Washerman (n.) A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.

Washerwomen (pl. ) of Washerwoman

Washerwoman (n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.

Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.

Washhouse (n.) An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

Washiness (n.) The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.

Washing (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.

Washingtonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy.

Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence.

Washingtonian (n.) A member of the Washingtonian Society.

Wash-off (a.) Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.

Washout (n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

Washpot (n.) A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.

Washpot (n.) A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.

Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.

Washtub (n.) A tub in which clothes are washed.

Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.

Washy (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions.

Washy (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse.

Wasite (n.) A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.

Wasium (n.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.

Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

Waspish (a.) Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.

Waspish (a.) Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.

Wassail (n.) An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

Wassail (n.) An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.

Wassail (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.

Wassail (n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.

Wassail (a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

Wassail (v. i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse.

Wassailer (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.

Wast () The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.

Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.

Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.

Waste (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.

Wasted (imp. & p. p.) of Waste

Wasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waste

Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.

Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.

Waste (a.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.

Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.

Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.

Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc.

Waste (v.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness.

Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.

Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.

Waste (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.

Wastebasket (n.) A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.

Wasteboard (n.) See Washboard, 3.

Wastebook (n.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.

Wasteful (a.) Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.

Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.

Wastel (n.) A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake.

Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.

Wasteness (n.) That which is waste; a desert; a waste.

Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.

Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.

Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

Wasting (a.) Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.

Wastorel (n.) See Wastrel.

Wastrel (n.) Any waste thing or substance

Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.

Wastrel (n.) A profligate.

Wastrel (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab.

Wastrel (n.) Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.

Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.

Watch (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.

Watch (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.

Watch (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

Watch (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.

Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

Watched (imp. & p. p.) of Watch

Watching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watch

Watch (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.

Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.

Watcher (n.) One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.

Watchet (a.) Pale or light blue.

Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.

Watchhouses (pl. ) of Watchhouse

Watchhouse (n.) A house in which a watch or guard is placed.

Watchhouse (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

Watchmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

Watchmen (pl. ) of Watchman

Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

Watchman (n.) Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.

Watchword (n.) A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.

Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

Water (n.) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.

Water (n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.

Water (n.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.

Water (n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.

Water (n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.

Water (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."

Watered (imp. & p. p.) of Water

Watering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water

Water (v. t.) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.

Water (v. t.) To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.

Water (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.

Water (n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.

Water (v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.

Water (v. i.) To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.

Water adder () The water moccasin.

Water adder () The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.

Waterage (n.) Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water.

Water agrimony () A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.

Water aloe () See Water soldier.

Water antelope () See Water buck.

Water arum () An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.

Water back () See under 1st Back.

Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.

Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

Water barometer () A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

Water bath () A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.

Water battery () A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.

Water battery () A battery nearly on a level with the water.

Water bear () Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.

Water-bearer (n.) The constellation Aquarius.

Water bed () A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.

Water beech () The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

Water beetle () Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.

Water bellows () Same as Tromp.

Water bird () Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.

Water blackbird () The European water ousel, or dipper.

Waterboard (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

Water boatman () A boat bug.

Waterbok (n.) A water buck.

Water-bound (a.) Prevented by a flood from proceeding.

Water brain () A disease of sheep; gid.

Water brash () See under Brash.

Water breather () Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

Water bridge () See Water table.

Water buck () A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.

Water buffalo () The European buffalo.

Water bug () The Croton bug.

Water bug () Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.

Water butt () A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.

Water caltrop () The water chestnut.

Water can () Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock.

Water canker () See Canker, n., 1.

Water carriage () Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.

Water carriage () A vessel or boat.

Water cart () A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.

Water cavy () The capybara.

Water celery () A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.

Water cell () A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.

Water cement () Hydraulic cement.

Water chestnut () The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.

Water chevrotain () A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

Water chicken () The common American gallinule.

Water chickweed () A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

Water chinquapin () The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

Water clock () An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

Water-closet (n.) A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.

Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

Water color () A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.

Water color () A picture painted with such colors.

Water-colorist (n.) One who paints in water colors.

Water course () A stream of water; a river or brook.

Water course () A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.

Water course () A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.

Water craft () Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.

Water crake () The dipper.

Water crake () The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.

Water crake () The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.

Water crane () A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.

Water cress () A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.

Water crow () The dipper.

Water crow () The European coot.

Water crowfoot () An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.

Water cure () Hydropathy.

Water cure () A hydropathic institution.

Water deck () A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.

Water deer () A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks.

Water deer () The water chevrotain.

Water deerlet () See Water chevrotain.

Water devil () The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

Water dock () A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.

Water doctor () One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine.

Water doctor () A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.

Water dog () A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained.

Water dog () The menobranchus.

Water dog () A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.

Water dog () A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt.

Water drain () A drain or channel for draining off water.

Water drainage () The draining off of water.

Water dressing () The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.

Water dropwort () A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

Water eagle () The osprey.

Water elder () The guelder-rose.

Water elephant () The hippopotamus.

Water engine () An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.

Waterer (n.) One who, or that which, waters.

Waterfall (n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.

Waterfall (n.) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.

Waterfall (n.) A certain kind of neck scarf.

Water feather () Alt. of Water feather-foil

Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.

Water flag () A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

Water flannel () A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

Water flea () Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.

Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.

Water flounder () The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).

Waterfowl (n.) Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.

Water fox () The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.

Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

Water furrow () A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.

Water-furrow (v. t.) To make water furrows in.

Water gage () See Water gauge.

Water gall () A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.

Water gall () A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow.

Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.

Water gas () See under Gas.

Water gate () A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.

Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back.

Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge.

Water gavel () A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.

Water germander () A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.

Water gilding () The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.

Water glass () See Soluble glass, under Glass.

Water god () A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.

Water gruel () A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.

Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer.

Water hammer () A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.

Water hare () A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.

Water hemlock () A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus.

Water hemlock () A poisonous plant (/nanthe crocata) resembling the above.

Water hemp () See under Hemp.

Water hen () Any gallinule.

Water hen () The common American coot.

Water hog () The capybara.

Water horehound () Bugleweed.

Waterhorse (n.) A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

Water hyacinth () Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.

Water ice () Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.

Waterie (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.

Water inch () Same as Inch of water, under Water.

Wateriness (n.) The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

Watering () a. & n. from Water, v.

Waterish (a.) Resembling water; thin; watery.

Waterish (a.) Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.

Waterishness (n.) The quality of being waterish.

Water joint () A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

Water junket () The common sandpiper.

Water-laid (a.) Having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.

Waterlander (n.) Alt. of Waterlandian

Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.

Water laverock () The common sandpiper.

Waterleaf (n.) Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.

Water leg () See Leg, 7.

Water lemon () The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.

Waterless (a.) Destitute of water; dry.

Water lettuce () A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.

Water level () The level formed by the surface of still water.

Water level () A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.

Water lily () A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.

Water lime () Hydraulic lime.

Water line () Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.

Water line () Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.

Water lizard () Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

Water locust () A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

Water-logged (a.) Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

Watermen (pl. ) of Waterman

Waterman (n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

Waterman (n.) An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.

Waterman (n.) A water demon.

Watermark (n.) A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

Watermark (n.) A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.

Watermark (n.) See Water line, 2.

Water meadow () A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

Water measure () A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.

Water measurer () Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.

Watermelon (n.) The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.

Water meter () A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.

Water milfoil () Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

Water mill () A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.

Water mint () A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.

Water mite () Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider.

Water moccasin () A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.

Water mole () The shrew mole. See under Shrew.

Water mole () The duck mole. See under Duck.

Water monitor () A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.

Water motor () A water engine.

Water motor () A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.

Water mouse () Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia.

Water murrain () A kind of murrain affecting cattle.

Water newt () Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

Water nymph () A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.

Water nymph () A water lily (Nymphaea).

Water oat () Indian rice. See under Rice.

Water opossum () See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.

Water ordeal () Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.

Water ousel () Alt. of Water ouzel

Water ouzel () Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.

Water parsnip () Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.

Water partridge () The ruddy duck.

Water pennywort () Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

Water pepper () Smartweed.

Water pepper () Waterwort.

Water pheasant () The pintail. See Pintail, n., 1.

Water pheasant (n.) The goosander.

Water pheasant (n.) The hooded merganser.

Water piet () The water ousel.

Water pig () The capybara.

Water pig () The gourami.

Water pillar () A waterspout.

Water pimpernel () A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.

Water pipe () A pipe for conveying water.

Water pitcher () A pitcher for water.

Water pitcher () One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.

Water plant () A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

Water plantain () A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.

Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

Water poa () Meadow reed grass. See under Reed.

Water poise () A hydrometer.

Water pore () A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.

Water pore () One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata.

Waterpot (n.) A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.

Water power () The power of water employed to move machinery, etc.

Water power () A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.

Water pox () A variety of chicken pox, or varicella.

Water privilege () The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege.

Waterproof (a.) Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

Waterproof (n.) A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.

Waterproof (n.) Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material.

Waterproof (v. t.) To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.

Waterproofing (n.) The act or process of making waterproof.

Waterproofing (n.) Same as Waterproof, n., 1.

Water purslane () See under Purslane.

Water qualm () See Water brash, under Brash.

Water rabbit () See Water hare.

Water radish () A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.

Water rail () Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.

Water ram () An hydraulic ram.

Water rat () The water vole. See under Vole.

Water rat () The muskrat.

Water rat () The beaver rat. See under Beaver.

Water rat () A thief on the water; a pirate.

Water rate () A rate or tax for a supply of water.

Water rattle () Alt. of Water rattler

Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.

Water-retted (imp. & p. p.) of Water-ret

Water-retting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water-ret

Water-ret (v. t.) To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

Water rice () Indian rice. See under Rice.

Water rocket () A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.

Water rocket () A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.

Water-rotted (imp. & p. p.) of Water-rot

Water-rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water-rot

Water-rot (v. t.) To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.

Water sail () A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.

Water sapphire () A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.

Waterscape (n.) A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape.

Water scorpion () See Nepa.

Water screw () A screw propeller.

Watershed (n.) The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.

Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

Water shield () An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.

Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.

Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.

Water snail () Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.

Water snail () The Archimedean screw.

Water snake () A common North American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water.

Water snake () Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.

Water-soak (v. t.) To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.

Water soldier () An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.

Water souchy () A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.

Water spaniel () A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.

Water sparrow () The reed warbler.

Water sparrow () The reed bunting.

Water speedwell () A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.

Water spider () An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider.

Water spider () A water mite.

Water spider () Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.

Water spinner () The water spider.

Waterspout (n.) A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.

Water sprite () A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.

Water-standing (a.) Tear-filled.

Water star grass () An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.

Water starwort () See under Starwort.

Water supply () A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.

Water tabby () A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.

Water table () A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

Watertath (n.) A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.

Water thermometer () A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.

Water thief () A pirate.

Water thrush () A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).

Water thrush () The European water ousel.

Water thrush () The pied wagtail.

Water thyme () See Anacharis.

Water tick () Same as Water mite.

Water tiger () A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.

Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.

Water torch () The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.

Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

Water tree () A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.

Water trefoil () The buck bean.

Water tube () One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.

Water tupelo () A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.

Water turkey () The American snakebird. See Snakebird.

Water tu tuyere () A tuyere kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.

Water tu twist () Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.

Water vine () Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.

Water violet () See under Violet.

Water viper () See Water moccasin.

Water vole () See under Vole.

Water wagtail () See under Wagtail.

Waterway (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed.

Water way () Same as Water course.

Waterweed (n.) See Anacharis.

Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc.

Water wheel () The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

Water wheel () A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.

Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.

Water witch () The dabchick.

Water witch () The stormy petrel.

Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.

Waterwork (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.

Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Waterworn (a.) Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.

Waterwort (n.) Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.

Watery (a.) Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

Watery (a.) Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

Watery (a.) Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.

Watery (a.) Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Watt (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.

Wattmeter (n.) An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.

Wattle (n.) A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.

Wattle (n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.

Wattle (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.

Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.

Wattle (n.) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.

Wattle (n.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.

Wattled (imp. & p. p.) of Wattle

Wattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wattle

Wattle (v. t.) To bind with twigs.

Wattle (v. t.) To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.

Wattle (v. t.) To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.

Wattlebird (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.

Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

Wattled (a.) Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.

Wattling (n.) The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.

Waucht (n.) Alt. of Waught

Waught (n.) A large draught of any liquid.

Waul (v. i.) To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail.

Waur (a.) Worse.

Wave (v. t.) See Waive.

Waved (imp. & p. p.) of Wave

Waving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wave

Wave (v. i.) To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.

Wave (v. i.) To be moved to and fro as a signal.

Wave (v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.

Wave (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to brandish.

Wave (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.

Wave (v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

Wave (v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.

Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.

Wave (v. i.) Water; a body of water.

Wave (v. i.) Unevenness; inequality of surface.

Wave (v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.

Wave (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.

Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.

Waved (a.) Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.

Waved (a.) Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.

Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.

Waveless (a.) Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.

Wavelet (n.) A little wave; a ripple.

Wavellite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.

Wavered (imp. & p. p.) of Waver

Wavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waver

Waver (v. i.) To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

Waver (v. i.) To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.

Waver (v.) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

Waverer (n.) One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.

Waveringly (adv.) In a wavering manner.

Waveringness (n.) The quality or state of wavering.

Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.

Waveworn (a.) Worn by the waves.

Wavey (n.) The snow goose.

Waviness (n.) The quality or state of being wavy.

Wavure (n.) See Waivure.

Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.

Wavy (a.) Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.

Wavy (a.) Undulating on the border or surface; waved.

Wawaskeesh (n.) The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.

Wave (n.) Woe.

Wawe (n.) A wave.

Wawl (v. i.) See Waul.

Waxed (imp.) of Wax

Waxed (p. p.) of Wax

Waxen () of Wax

Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wax

Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

Wax (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.

Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.

Wax (n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.

Wax (n.) Cerumen, or earwax.

Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.

Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.

Wax (n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.

Wax (n.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.

Wax (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.

Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of Wax

Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wax

Wax (v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.

Waxberry (n.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.

Waxbill (n.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.

Waxbird () The waxwing.

Waxen (a.) Made of wax.

Waxen (a.) Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.

Waxen (a.) Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.

Waxiness (n.) Quality or state of being waxy.

Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.

Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

Waxwork (n.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.

Waxworker (n.) One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.

Waxworker (n.) A bee that makes or produces wax.

Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

Way (adv.) Away.

Way (n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.

Way (n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.

Way (n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.

Way (n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.

Way (n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

Way (n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.

Way (n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.

Way (n.) Sphere or scope of observation.

Way (n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.

Way (n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.

Way (n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.

Way (n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.

Way (n.) Right of way. See below.

Way (v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

Way (v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.

Waybill (n.) A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.

Waybread (n.) The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major).

Waybung (n.) An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.

Wayed (a.) Used to the way; broken.

Wayfare (v. i.) To journey; to travel; to go to and fro.

Wayfare (n.) The act of journeying; travel; passage.

Wayfarer (n.) One who travels; a traveler; a passenger.

Wayfaring (a.) Traveling; passing; being on a journey.

Waygate (n.) The tailrace of a mill.

Way-going (a.) Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.

Way-goose (n.) See Wayz-goose, n., 2.

Wayk (a.) Weak.

Waylaid (imp. & p. p.) of Waylay

Waylaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waylay

Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.

Waylayer (n.) One who waylays another.

Wayless (a.) Having no road or path; pathless.

Wayleway (interj.) See Welaway.

Waymaker (n.) One who makes a way; a precursor.

Waymark (n.) A mark to guide in traveling.

Waymented (imp. & p. p.) of Wayment

Waymenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wayment

Wayment (v. i.) To lament; to grieve; to wail.

Wayment (n.) Grief; lamentation; mourning.

Way shaft () A rock shaft.

Way shaft () An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels.

-ways () A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.

Wayside (n.) The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.

Wayside (a.) Of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers.

Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.

Way-wise (a.) Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.

Waywiser (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.

Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.

Waywodeship (n.) The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.

Wayworn (a.) Wearied by traveling.

Wayz-goose (n.) A stubble goose.

Wayz-goose (n.) An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing office.

We (obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb.

Weak (v. i.) Wanting physical strength.

Weak (v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.

Weak (v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.

Weak (v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.

Weak (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.

Weak (v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.

Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.

Weak (v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.

Weak (v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.

Weak (v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.

Weak (v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.

Weak (v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

Weak (v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.

Weak (v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.

Weak (v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.

Weak (v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.

Weak (v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.

Weak (v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

Weak (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.

Weak (v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.

Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).

Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).

Weak (a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.

Weakened (imp. & p. p.) of Weaken

Weakening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weaken

Weaken (v. t.) To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.

Weaken (v. t.) To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination.

Weakener (n.) One who, or that which, weakens.

Weakfish (n.) Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.

Weak-hearted (a.) Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.

Weakish (a.) Somewhat weak; rather weak.

Weakishness (n.) Quality or state of being weakish.

Weak-kneed (a.) Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution.

Weakling (n.) A weak or feeble creature.

Weakling (a.) Weak; feeble.

Weakly (adv.) In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.

Weakly (superl.) Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.

Weak-minded (a.) Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.

Weakness (n.) The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

Weakness (n.) That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.

Weal (n.) The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

Weal (v. t.) To mark with stripes. See Wale.

Weal (adv.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.

Weal (adv.) The body politic; the state; common wealth.

Weal (v. t.) To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.

Weal-balanced (a.) Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.

Weald (n.) A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.

Wealden (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.

Wealden (n.) The Wealden group or strata.

Wealdish (a.) Of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of Kent, England.

Wealful (a.) Weleful.

Wealsmen (pl. ) of Wealsman

Wealsman (n.) A statesman; a politician.

Wealth (n.) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.

Wealth (n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.

Wealthful (a.) Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous.

Wealthily (adv.) In a wealthy manner; richly.

Wealthiness (n.) The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.

Wealthy (superl.) Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.

Wealthy (superl.) Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.

Weaned (imp. & p. p.) of Wean

Weaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wean

Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.

Wean (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.

Wean (n.) A weanling; a young child.

Weanedness (n.) Quality or state of being weaned.

Weanel (n.) A weanling.

Weanling () a. & n. from Wean, v.

Weanling (n.) A child or animal newly weaned; a wean.

Weanling (a.) Recently weaned.

Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.

Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.

Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.

Weaponed (a.) Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.

Weaponless (a.) Having no weapon.

Weaponry (n.) Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

Wear (n.) Same as Weir.

Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.

Wore (imp.) of Wear

Worn (p. p.) of Wear

Wearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wear

Weared (imp. & p. p.) of Wear

Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.

Wear (v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.

Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.

Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.

Wear (v. t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.

Wear (v. t.) To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.

Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.

Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.

Wear (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.

Wear (n.) The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.

Wearable (a.) Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

Wearer (n.) One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.

Wearer (n.) That which wastes or diminishes.

Weariable (a.) That may be wearied.

Weariful (a.) Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.

Weariless (a.) Incapable of being wearied.

Wearily (adv.) In a weary manner.

Weariness (n.) The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.

Wearing (n.) The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.

Wearing (n.) That which is worn; clothes; garments.

Wearing (a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.

Wearish (a.) Weak; withered; shrunk.

Wearish (a.) Insipid; tasteless; unsavory.

Wearisome (a.) Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.

Weary (superl.) Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

Weary (superl.) Causing weariness; tiresome.

Weary (superl.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.

Wearied (imp. & p. p.) of Weary

Wearying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weary

Weary (v. t.) To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.

Weary (v. t.) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.

Weary (v. t.) To harass by anything irksome.

Weary (v. i.) To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.

Weasand (n.) The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil.

Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.

Weasel-faced (a.) Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.

Weaser (n.) The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.

Weasiness (n.) Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence.

Weasy (a.) Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.

Weather (n.) The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.

Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.

Weather (n.) Storm; tempest.

Weather (n.) A light rain; a shower.

Weathered (imp. & p. p.) of Weather

Weathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weather

Weather (v. t.) To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.

Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

Weather (v. t.) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.

Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.

Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.

Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.

Weather-bitten (a.) Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.

Weatherboard (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.

Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.

Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath.

Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.

Weatherboarding (n.) The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.

Weatherboarding (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.

Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.

Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.

Weathercock (n.) Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

Weathercock (v. t.) To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.

Weather-driven (a.) Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.

Weathered (a.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.

Weathered (a.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.

Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.

Weatherglass (n.) An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.

Weathering (n.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.

Weatherliness (n.) The quality of being weatherly.

Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship.

Weathermost (a.) Being farthest to the windward.

Weatherproof (a.) Proof against rough weather.

Weatherwise (a.) Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather.

Weatherwiser (n.) Something that foreshows the weather.

Weatherworn (a.) Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.

Wove (imp.) of Weave

Woven (p. p.) of Weave

Wove () of Weave

Weaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weave

Weaved (imp. & p. p.) of Weave

Weave (v. t.) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.

Weave (v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.

Weave (v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.

Weave (v. i.) To become woven or interwoven.

Weave (n.) A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.

Weaver (n.) One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.

Weaver (n.) A weaver bird.

Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.

Weaverfish (n.) See Weever.

Weaving (n.) The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.

Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle.

Weazand (n.) See Weasand.

Weazen (a.) Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face.

Weazeny (a.) Somewhat weazen; shriveled.

Web (n.) A weaver.

Web (n.) That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.

Web (n.) A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.

Web (n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.

Web (n.) Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.

Web (n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.

Web (n.) A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.

Web (n.) The blade of a sword.

Web (n.) The blade of a saw.

Web (n.) The thin, sharp part of a colter.

Web (n.) The bit of a key.

Web (n.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.

Web (n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.

Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.

Web (n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.

Web (n.) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.

Web (n.) Pterygium; -- called also webeye.

Web (n.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.

Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather.

Webbed (imp. & p. p.) of Web

Webbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Web

Web (v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.

Webbed (a.) Provided with a web.

Webbed (a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls.

Webber (n.) One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster.

Webbing (n.) A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.

Webby (a.) Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs.

Weber (n.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re.

Webeye (n.) See Web, n., 8.

Web-fingered (a.) Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.

Webfeet (pl. ) of Webfoot

Webfoot (n.) A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.

Webfoot (n.) Any web-footed bird.

Web-footed (a.) Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.

Webster (n.) A weaver; originally, a female weaver.

Websterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.

Web-toed (a.) Having the toes united by a web for a considerable part of their length.

Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding.

Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.

Wedded (imp.) of Wed

Wedded (p. p.) of Wed

Wed () of Wed

Wedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wed

Wed (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

Wed (n.) To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

Wed (n.) Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

Wed (n.) To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

Wed (v. i.) To contact matrimony; to marry.

Weddahs (n. pl.) See Veddahs.

Wedded (a.) Joined in wedlock; married.

Wedded (a.) Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage.

Wedder (n.) See Wether.

Wedding (n.) Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.

Weder (n.) Weather.

Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.

Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.

Wedge (n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.

Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.

Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of Wedge

Wedging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wedge

Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.

Wedge (v. t.) To force or drive as a wedge is driven.

Wedge (v. t.) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.

Wedge (v. t.) To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.

Wedge (v. t.) To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.

Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.

Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives.

Wedge-formed (a.) Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform.

Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.

Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.

Wedge-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.

Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.

Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.

Wedgwood ware () A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels.

Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.

Wedlock (v. i.) The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

Wedlock (v. i.) A wife; a married woman.

Wedlock (v. t.) To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.

Wednesday (a.) The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

Wee (n.) A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.

Wee (a.) Very small; little.

Weech-elm (n.) The wych-elm.

Weed (n.) A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

Weed (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.

Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.

Weed (n.) Underbrush; low shrubs.

Weed (n.) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.

Weed (n.) Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Weed (n.) An animal unfit to breed from.

Weed (n.) Tobacco, or a cigar.

Weeded (imp. & p. p.) of Weed

Weeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weed

Weed (v. t.) To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.

Weed (v. t.) To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate.

Weed (v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.

Weed (v. t.) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

Weeder (n.) One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.

Weedery (n.) Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds.

Weeding () a. & n. from Weed, v.

Weeding-rhim (n.) A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows.

Weedless (a.) Free from weeds or noxious matter.

Weedy (superl.) Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.

Weedy (superl.) Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.

Weedy (superl.) Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.

Weedy (a.) Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.

Week (n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.

Weekly (a.) Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.

Weekly (a.) Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette.

Weeklies (pl. ) of Weekly

Weekly (n.) A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.

Weekly (adv.) Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.

Weekwam (n.) See Wigwam.

Weel (a. & adv.) Well.

Weel (n.) A whirlpool.

Weel () Alt. of Weely

Weely () A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.

Ween (v. i.) To think; to imagine; to fancy.

Weep (n.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

Weep () imp. of Weep, for wept.

Wept (imp. & p. p.) of Weep

Weeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weep

Weep (v. i.) Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.

Weep (v. i.) To lament; to complain.

Weep (v. i.) To flow in drops; to run in drops.

Weep (v. i.) To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

Weep (v. i.) To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.

Weep (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

Weep (v. t.) To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.

Weeper (n.) One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

Weeper (n.) A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.

Weeper (n.) The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a).

Weepful (a.) Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving.

Weeping (n.) The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.

Weeping (a.) Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.

Weeping (a.) Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.

Weeping (a.) Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.

Weeping (a.) Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.

Weepingly (adv.) In a weeping manner.

Weeping-ripe (a.) Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.

Weerish (a.) See Wearish.

Weesel (n.) See Weasel.

Weet (a. & n.) Wet.

Wot (imp.) of Weet

Weet (v. i.) To know; to wit.

Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

Weetingly (adv.) Knowingly.

Weetless (a.) Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.

Weet-weet (n.) The common European sandpiper.

Weet-weet (n.) The chaffinch.

Weever (n.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.

Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.

Weevily (a.) Having weevils; weeviled.

Weezel (n.) See Weasel.

Weft () imp. & p. p. of Wave.

Weft (n.) A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.

Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Weft (n.) A web; a thing woven.

Weftage (n.) Texture.

Wegotism (n.) Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.

Wehrgeld (n.) Alt. of Wehrgelt

Wehrgelt (n.) See Weregild.

Wehrwolf (n.) See Werewolf.

Weigela (n.) Alt. of Weigelia

Weigelia (n.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.

Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

Weighed (imp. & p. p.) of Weigh

Weighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weigh

Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.

Weigh (v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.

Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

Weigh (v. t.) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

Weigh (v. t.) To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.

Weigh (v. t.) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Weigh (v. i.) To have weight; to be heavy.

Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Weigh (v. i.) To bear heavily; to press hard.

Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to estimate.

Weigh (n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Weighable (a.) Capable of being weighed.

Weighage (n.) A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.

Weighbeam (n.) A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Weighboard (n.) Clay intersecting a vein.

Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

Weigher (n.) One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.

Weigh-houses (pl. ) of Weigh-house

Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.

Weighing () a. & n. from Weigh, v.

Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.

Weighmaster (n.) One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.

Weight (v. t.) The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.

Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.

Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.

Weight (v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.

Weight (v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.

Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.

Weight (v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.

Weight (v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Weighted (imp. & p. p.) of Weight

Weighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weight

Weight (v. t.) To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.

Weight (v. t.) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.

Weightily (adv.) In a weighty manner.

Weightiness (n.) The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

Weightless (a.) Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

Weighty (superl.) Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

Weighty (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.

Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Weir (n.) Alt. of Wear

Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.

Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.

Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.

Weird (n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

Weird (n.) A spell or charm.

Weird (a.) Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

Weird (a.) Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.

Weird (v. t.) To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

Weirdness (n.) The quality or state of being weird.

Weism (n.) Same as Wegotism.

Weive (v. t.) See Waive.

Weka (n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.

Wekau (n.) A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.

Wekeen (n.) The meadow pipit.

Welaway (interj.) Alas!

Wel-begone (a.) Surrounded with happiness or prosperity.

Welch (a.) See Welsh.

Welcher (n.) See Welsher.

Welchman (n.) See Welshman.

Welcome (n.) Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

Welcome (n.) Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.

Welcome (n.) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.

Welcome (n.) Salutation to a newcomer.

Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.

Welcomed (imp. & p. p.) of Welcome

Welcoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welcome

Welcome (v. t.) To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.

Welcomely (adv.) In a welcome manner.

Welcomeness (n.) The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

Welcomer (n.) One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer.

Weld (v. t.) To wield.

Weld (n.) An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color.

Weld (n.) Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Welded (imp. & p. p.) of Weld

Welding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weld

Weld (v. t.) To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.

Weld (v. t.) Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.

Weld (n.) The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.

Weldable (a.) Capable of being welded.

Welder (n.) One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.

Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields.

Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.

Weldon's process () A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor.

Wele (n.) Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal.

Weleful (a.) Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed.

Welew (v. t.) To welk, or wither.

Welfare (n.) Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.

Welfaring (a.) Faring well; prosperous; thriving.

Welked (imp. & p. p.) of Welk

Welking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welk

Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.

Welk (v. t.) To cause to wither; to wilt.

Welk (v. t.) To contract; to shorten.

Welk (v. t.) To soak; also, to beat severely.

Welk (n.) A pustule. See 2d Whelk.

Welk (n.) A whelk.

Welked (v. t.) See Whelked.

Welkin (n.) The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

Well (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

Well (v. i.) A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.

Well (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

Well (v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.

Well (v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.

Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.

Well (v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.

Well (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.

Well (v. i.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

Well (v. i.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

Well (v. i.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

Welled (imp. & p. p.) of Well

Welling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Well

Well (v. i.) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

Well (v. t.) To pour forth, as from a well.

Well (v. t.) In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.

Well (v. t.) Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.

Well (v. t.) Fully or about; -- used with numbers.

Well (v. t.) In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.

Well (v. t.) Considerably; not a little; far.

Well (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.

Well (a.) Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.

Well (a.) Being in favor; favored; fortunate.

Well (a.) Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.

Welladay (interj.) Alas! Welaway!

Wellat (n.) The king parrakeet See under King.

Well-being (n.) The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.

Well-born (a.) Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.

Well-bred (a.) Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.

Welldoer (n.) One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.

Welldoing (n.) A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.

Welldrained (imp. & p. p.) of Welldrain

Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welldrain

Welldrain (v. t.) To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.

Wellfare (n.) See Welfare.

Well-favored (a.) Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.

Wellhead (n.) A source, spring, or fountain.

Wellhole (n.) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.

Wellhole (n.) The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.

Wellhole (n.) A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes.

Well-informed (a.) Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

Wellingtonia (n.) A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.

Wellingtons (n. pl.) A kind of long boots for men.

Well-intentioned (a.) Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.

Well-known (a.) Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.

Well-liking (a.) Being in good condition.

Well-mannered (a.) Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.

Well-meaner (n.) One whose intention is good.

Well-meaning (a.) Having a good intention.

Well-natured (a.) Good-natured; kind.

Well-nigh (adv.) Almost; nearly.

Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.

Well-read (a.) Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.

Well-seen (a.) Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced.

Well-set (a.) Properly or firmly set.

Well-set (a.) Well put together; having symmetry of parts.

Well-sped (a.) Having good success.

Well-spoken (a.) Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.

Well-spoken (a.) Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.

Wellspring (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

Well-willer (n.) One who wishes well, or means kindly.

Well-wish (n.) A wish of happiness.

Wellwisher (n.) One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

We'll () Contraction for we will or we shall.

Wels (n.) The sheatfish; -- called also waller.

Welsh (a.) Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants.

Welsh (n.) The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people.

Welsh (n.) The natives or inhabitants of Wales.

Welsher (n.) One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it.

Welshmen (pl. ) of Welshman

Welshman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh.

Welshman (n.) A squirrel fish.

Welshman (n.) The large-mouthed black bass. See Black bass.

Welsome (a.) Prosperous; well.

Welt (n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

Welt (n.) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.

Welt (n.) A hem, border, or fringe.

Welt (n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.

Welt (n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.

Welt (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

Welt (n.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

Welted (imp. & p. p.) of Welt

Welting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welt

Welt (v. t.) To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

Welt (v. t.) To wilt.

Welte () imp. of Weld, to wield.

Weltered (imp. & p. p.) of Welter

Weltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welter

Welter (v. i.) To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

Welter (v. i.) To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.

Welter (v. i.) To wither; to wilt.

Welter (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.

Welter (n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.

Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.

Welwitschia (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

Wem (n.) The abdomen; the uterus; the womb.

Wem (n.) Spot; blemish; harm; hurt.

Wem (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt.

Wemless (a.) Having no wem, or blemish; spotless.

Wem (n.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.

Wench (n.) A young woman; a girl; a maiden.

Wench (n.) A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.

Wench (n.) A colored woman; a negress.

Wenched (imp. & p. p.) of Wench

Wenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wench

Wench (v. i.) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

Wencher (n.) One who wenches; a lewd man.

Wenchless (a.) Being without a wench.

Wend () p. p. of Wene.

Wended (imp. & p. p.) of Wend

Went () of Wend

Wending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wend

Wend (v. i.) To go; to pass; to betake one's self.

Wend (v. i.) To turn round.

Wend (v. t.) To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.

Wend (n.) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.

Wende () imp. of Wene.

Wendic (a.) Alt. of Wendish

Wendish (a.) Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language.

Wendic (n.) The language of the Wends.

Wends (n. pl.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.

Wene (v. i.) To ween.

Wenlock group () The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.

Wennel (n.) See Weanel.

Wennish (a.) Alt. of Wenny

Wenny (a.) Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence.

Wenona (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae.

Went () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.

Went (n.) Course; way; path; journey; direction.

Wentletrap (n.) Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.

Wep () imp. of Weep.

Wepen (n.) Weapon.

Wept () imp. & p. p. of Weep.

Werche (v. t. & i.) To work.

Were (v. t. & i.) To wear. See 3d Wear.

Were (n.) A weir. See Weir.

Were (v. t.) To guard; to protect.

Were () The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

Were (n.) A man.

Were (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.

Werewolves (pl. ) of Werewolf

Werewolf (n.) A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.

Werk (v.) Alt. of Werke

Werke (v.) See Work.

Wern (v. t.) To refuse.

Wernerian (a.) Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system.

Wernerite (n.) The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.

Weroole (n.) An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet.

Werre (n.) War.

Werrey (v. t.) To warray.

Werst (n.) See Verst.

Wert () The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic style.

Wert (n.) A wart.

Weryangle (n.) See Wariangle.

Wesand (n.) See Weasand.

Wesh (imp.) Washed.

Wesil (n.) See Weasand.

Wesleyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.

Wesleyan (n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.

Wesleyanism (n.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.

West (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.

West (n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.

West (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.

West (n.) Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.

West (a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.

West (adv.) Westward.

West (v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.

West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

Westering (a.) Passing to the west.

Westerly (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.

Westerly (adv.) Toward the west; westward.

Western (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.

Western (a.) Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.

Westerner (n.) A native or inhabitant of the west.

Westernmost (a.) Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

West India () Alt. of West Indian

West Indian () Belonging or relating to the West Indies.

West Indian () A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies.

Westing (n.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.

Westling (n.) A westerner.

Westminster Assembly () See under Assembly.

Westmost (a.) Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

Westward (adv.) Alt. of Westwards

Westwards (adv.) Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.

Westward (a.) Lying toward the west.

Westward (n.) The western region or countries; the west.

Westwardly (adv.) In a westward direction.

Westy (a.) Dizzy; giddy.

Wet (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.

Wet (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.

Wet (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.

Wet (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.

Wet (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

Wet (a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

Wet (a.) A dram; a drink.

Wet (imp. & p. p.) of Wet

Wetted () of Wet

Wetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wet

Wet (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.

Wetbird (n.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.

Wether (n.) A castrated ram.

Westness (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.

Westness (n.) A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.

Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

Wet-shod (a.) Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.

Wettish (a.) Somewhat wet; moist; humid.

Wevil (n.) See Weevil.

Wex (v. t. & i.) To grow; to wax.

Wex (imp.) Waxed.

Wex (n.) Wax.

Wey (n.) Way; road; path.

Wey (v. t. & i.) To weigh.

Wey (n.) A certain measure of weight.

Weyle (v. t. & i.) To wail.

Weyleway (interj.) See Welaway.

Weyve (v. t.) To waive.

Wezand (n.) See Weasand.

Whaap (n.) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.

Whaap (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.

Whacked (imp. & p. p.) of Whack

Whacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whack

Whack (v. t.) To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.

Whack (v. i.) To strike anything with a smart blow.

Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.

Whacker (n.) One who whacks.

Whacker (n.) Anything very large; specif., a great lie; a whapper.

Whacking (a.) Very large; whapping.

Whahoo (n.) An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata).

Whaled (imp. & p. p.) of Whala

Whaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whala

Whala (v. t.) To lash with stripes; to wale; to thrash; to drub.

Whale (n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

Whaleboat (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.

Whalemen (pl. ) of Whaleman

Whaleman (n.) A man employed in the whale fishery.

Whaler (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Whaler (n.) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.

Whaling (n.) The hunting of whales.

Whaling (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.

Whall (n.) A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.

Whally (a.) Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.

Whame (n.) A breeze fly.

Whammel (v. t.) To turn over.

Whan (adv.) When.

Whang (n.) A leather thong.

Whang (v. t.) To beat.

Whanghee (n.) See Wanghee.

Whap (v. i.) Alt. of Whop

Whop (v. i.) To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over.

Whapped (imp. & p. p.) of Whop

Whapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whop

Whap (v. t.) Alt. of Whop

Whop (v. t.) To beat or strike.

Whap (n.) Alt. of Whop

Whop (n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke.

Whapper (n.) Alt. of Whopper

Whopper (n.) Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.

Whapping (a.) Alt. of Whopping

Whopping (a.) Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.

Wharfs (pl. ) of Wharf

Wharves (pl. ) of Wharf

Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.

Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Wharf

Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wharf

Wharf (v. t.) To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.

Wharf (v. t.) To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.

Wharfage (n.) The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.

Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.

Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively.

Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.

Wharl (n.) Alt. of Wharling

Wharling (n.) A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See Burr, n., 6.

Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.

What (pron., a., & adv.) As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?

What (pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following.

What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!

What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!

What (pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun

What (pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.

What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.

What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.

What (pron., a., & adv.) Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely.

What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.

What (n.) Something; thing; stuff.

What (interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?

Whate'er (pron.) A contraction of what-ever; -- used in poetry.

Whatever (pron.) Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.

Whatnot (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere.

Whatso (indef. pron.) Whatsoever; whosoever; whatever; anything that.

Whatsoe'er (pron.) A contraction of whatsoever; -- used in poetry.

Whatsoever (pron. & a.) Whatever.

Whaul (n.) Same as Whall.

Whaup (n.) See Whaap.

Wheal (n.) A pustule; a whelk.

Wheal (n.) A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.

Wheal (n.) Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.

Wheal (n.) A mine.

Whealworm (n.) The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite.

Wheat (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.

Wheatbird (n.) A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.

Wheatear (n.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.

Wheaten (a.) Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.

Wheatsel bird () The male of the chaffinch.

Wheatstone's bridge () See under Bridge.

Wheatworm (n.) A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.

Wheder (pron. & conj.) Whether.

Wheedled (imp. & p. p.) of Wheedle

Wheedling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wheedle

Wheedle (v. t.) To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

Wheedle (v. t.) To grain, or get away, by flattery.

Wheedle (v. i.) To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.

Wheel (n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.

Wheel (n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.

Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.

Wheel (n.) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.

Wheel (n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.

Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.

Wheel (n.) A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.

Wheel (n.) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

Wheel (n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

Wheeled (imp. & p. p.) of Wheel

Wheeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wheel

Wheel (v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

Wheel (v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.

Wheel (v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.

Wheel (v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.

Wheel (v. i.) To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.

Wheel (v. i.) To roll forward.

Wheelband (n.) The tire of a wheel.

Wheelbarrow (n.) A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

Wheelbird (n.) The European goatsucker.

Wheeled (a.) Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage.

Wheeler (n.) One who wheels, or turns.

Wheeler (n.) A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.

Wheeler (n.) A wheel horse. See under Wheel.

Wheeler (n.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

Wheeler (n.) A worker on sewed muslin.

Wheeler (n.) The European goatsucker.

Wheelhouse (n.) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

Wheelhouse (n.) A paddle box. See under Paddle.

Wheeling (n.) The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.

Wheeling (n.) The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.

Wheeling (n.) Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.

Wheeling (n.) A turning, or circular movement.

Wheelmen (pl. ) of Wheelman

Wheelman (n.) One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

Wheel-shaped (a.) Shaped like a wheel.

Wheel-shaped (a.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.

Wheelswarf (n.) See Swarf.

Wheelwork (n.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

Wheel-worn (a.) Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.

Wheelwright (n.) A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

Wheely (a.) Circular; suitable to rotation.

Wheen (n.) A quantity; a goodly number.

Wheezed (imp. & p. p.) of Wheeze

Wheezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wheeze

Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Wheeze (n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

Wheezy (a.) Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.

Wheft (n.) See Waft, n., 4.

Whelk (n.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.

Whelk (n.) A papule; a pustule; acne.

Whelk (n.) A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Whelked (a.) Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.

Whelky (a.) Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.

Whelky (a.) Shelly.

Whelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Whelm

Whelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whelm

Whelm (v. t.) To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

Whelm (v. t.) Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

Whelm (v. t.) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Whelp (n.) One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

Whelp (n.) A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

Whelp (n.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.

Whelp (n.) One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

Whelped (imp. & p. p.) of Whelp

Whelping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whelp

Whelp (v. i.) To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

Whelp (v. t.) To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

When (adv.) At what time; -- used interrogatively.

When (adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively.

When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds.

When (adv.) Which time; then; -- used elliptically as a noun.

Whenas (conj.) Whereas; while

Whence (adv.) From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.

Whence (adv.) From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.

Whenceever (adv. & conj.) Whencesoever.

Whenceforth (adv.) From, or forth from, what or which place; whence.

Whencesoever (adv. & conj.) From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.

Whene'er (adv. & conj.) Whenever.

Whenever (adv. & conj.) At whatever time.

Whennes (adv.) Whence.

Whensoever (adv. & conj.) At what time soever; at whatever time; whenever.

Where (pron. & conj.) Whether.

Where (adv.) At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.

Where (adv.) At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively.

Where (adv.) To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?

Where (conj.) Whereas.

Where (n.) Place; situation.

Whereabout (adv.) Alt. of Whereabouts

Whereabouts (adv.) About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?

Whereabouts (adv.) Concerning which; about which.

Whereabout (n.) Alt. of Whereabouts

Whereabouts (n.) The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.

Whereas (adv.) At which place; where.

Whereas (conj.) Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.

Whereas (conj.) When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent.

Whereat (adv.) At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.

Whereat (adv.) At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?

Whereby (adv.) By which; -- used relatively.

Whereby (adv.) By what; how; -- used interrogatively.

Where'er (adv.) Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form.

Wherefore (adv. & conj.) For which reason; so; -- used relatively.

Wherefore (adv. & conj.) For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.

Wherefore (n.) the reason why.

Whereform (adv.) From which; from which or what place.

Wherein (adv.) In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively.

Wherein (adv.) In what; -- used interrogatively.

Whereinto (adv.) Into which; -- used relatively.

Whereinto (adv.) Into what; -- used interrogatively.

Whereness (n.) The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position.

Whereof (adv.) Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively.

Whereof (adv.) Of what; -- used interrogatively.

Whereon (adv.) On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live.

Whereon (adv.) On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand?

Whereout (adv.) Out of which.

Whereso (adv.) Wheresoever.

Wheresoe'er (adv.) Wheresoever.

Wheresoever (adv.) In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever.

Wherethrough (adv.) Through which.

Whereto (adv.) To which; -- used relatively.

Whereto (adv.) To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.

Whereunto (adv.) Same as Whereto.

Whereupon (adv.) Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.

Wherever (adv.) At or in whatever place; wheresoever.

Wherewith (adv.) With which; -- used relatively.

Wherewith (adv.) With what; -- used interrogatively.

Wherewith (n.) The necessary means or instrument.

Wherewithal (adv. & n.) Wherewith.

Whereret (v. t.) To hurry; to trouble; to tease.

Whereret (v. t.) To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as, to wherret a child.

Wherret (n.) A box on the ear.

Wherries (pl. ) of Wherry

Wherry (n.) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.

Wherry (n.) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.

Wherry (n.) A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.

Wherso (adv.) Wheresoever.

Whetted (imp. & p. p.) of Whet

Whetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whet

Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.

Whet (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.

Whet (n.) The act of whetting.

Whet (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.

Whether (pron.) Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively.

Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.

Whethering (n.) The retention of the afterbirth in cows.

Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle.

Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.

Whetter (n.) One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.

Whetter (n.) A tippler; one who drinks whets.

Whettlebones (n. pl.) The vertebrae of the back.

Whew (n. & interj.) A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike.

Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.

Whewellite (n.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

Whewer (n.) The European widgeon.

Whey (n.) The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.

Wheyey (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, whey; resembling whey; wheyish.

Wheyface (n.) One who is pale, as from fear.

Whey-faced (a.) Having a pale or white face, as from fright.

Wheyish (a.) Somewhat like whey; wheyey.

Which (a.) Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.

Which (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1.

Which (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.

Which (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.

Whichever (pron. & a.) Alt. of Whichsoever

Whichsoever (pron. & a.) Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.

Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.

Whider (adv.) Whither.

Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

Whiff (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.

Whiff (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke.

Whiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Whiff

Whiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiff

Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

Whiff (v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.

Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.

Whiffing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.

Whiffing (n.) A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.

Whiffled (imp. & p. p.) of Whiffle

Whiffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiffle

Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.

Whiffle (v. i.) To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.

Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.

Whiffle (v. t.) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.

Whiffle (n.) A fife or small flute.

Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.

Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.

Whiffler (n.) An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.

Whiffler (n.) The golden-eye.

Whiffletree (n.) Same as Whippletree.

Whig (n.) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.

Whig (n.) A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist.

Whig (n.) One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.

Whig (a.) Of or pertaining to the Whigs.

Whiggamore (n.) A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.

Whiggarchy (n.) Government by Whigs.

Whiggery (n.) The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.

Whiggish (a.) Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.

Whiggishly (adv.) In a Whiggish manner.

Whiggism (n.) The principles of the Whigs.

Whigling (n.) A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.

While (n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.

While (n.) That which requires time; labor; pains.

Whiled (imp. & p. p.) of While

Whiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of While

While (v. t.) To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.

While (v. i.) To loiter.

While (conj.) During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.

While (conj.) Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.

While (prep.) Until; till.

Whilere (adv.) A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile.

Whiles (n.) Meanwhile; meantime.

Whiles (n.) sometimes; at times.

Whiles (conj.) During the time that; while.

Whilk (n.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk.

Whilk (n.) The scoter.

Whilk (pron.) Which.

Whilom (n.) Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times.

Whilst (adv.) While.

Whim (n.) The European widgeon.

Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.

Whim (n.) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.

Whim (v. i.) To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.

Whimbrel (n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.

Whimling (n.) One given to whims; hence, a weak, childish person; a child.

Whimmy (a.) Full of whims; whimsical.

Whimpered (imp. & p. p.) of Whimper

Whimpering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whimper

Whimper (v. i.) To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.

Whimper (v. t.) To utter in alow, whining tone.

Whimper (n.) A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

Whimperer (n.) One who whimpers.

Whimple (v. t.) See Wimple.

Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.

Whimseys (pl. ) of Whimsy

Whimsies (pl. ) of Whimsy

Whimsey (n.) Alt. of Whimsy

Whimsy (n.) A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.

Whimsy (n.) A whim.

Whimsey (v. t.) To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

Whimsical (a.) Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.

Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.

Whimsicality (n.) The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.

Whimsically (adv.) In a whimsical manner; freakishly.

Whimsicalness (n.) The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.

Whimsy (n.) A whimsey.

Whimwham (n.) A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.

Whimwham (n.) A whim, or whimsey; a freak.

Whin (n.) Gorse; furze. See Furze.

Whin (n.) Woad-waxed.

Whin (n.) Same as Whinstone.

Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.

Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

Whined (imp. & p. p.) of Whine

Whining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whine

Whine (v. i.) To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.

Whine (v. t.) To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.

Whine (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.

Whiner (n.) One who, or that which, whines.

Whinge (v. i.) To whine.

Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.

Whiningly (adv.) In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.

Whinner (v. i.) To whinny.

Whinnied (imp. & p. p.) of Whinny

Whinnying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whinny

Whinny (v. i.) To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.

Whinnies (pl. ) of Whinny

Whinny (n.) The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.

Whinny (a.) Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.

Whinock (n.) The small pig of a litter.

Whinstone (n.) A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.

Whinyard (n.) A sword, or hanger.

Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.

Whinyard (n.) The poachard.

Whipped (imp. & p. p.) of Whip

Whipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whip

Whip (v. t.) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

Whip (v. t.) To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

Whip (v. t.) To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

Whip (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

Whip (v. t.) To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.

Whip (v. t.) To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.

Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.

Whip (v. t.) To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over.

Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.

Whip (v. t.) To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like.

Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

Whip (v. t.) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

Whip (v. t.) To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

Whip (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

Whip (v. t.) An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.

Whip (v. t.) A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.

Whip (v. t.) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

Whip (v. t.) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

Whip (v. t.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

Whip (v. t.) The long pennant. See Pennant (a)

Whip (v. t.) A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

Whip (v. t.) A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.

Whip (v. t.) A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken.

Whipcord (n.) A kind of hard-twisted or braided cord, sometimes used for making whiplashes.

Whipgrafted (imp. & p. p.) of Whipgraft

Whipgrafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whipgraft

Whipgraft (v. t.) To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.

Whiplash (n.) The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.

Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail.

Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.

Whipper (n.) One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.

Whipper (n.) One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.

Whipper (n.) A kind of simple willow.

Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.

Whipperin (n.) Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.

Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.

Whipping () a & n. from Whip, v.

Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree.

Whippletree (n.) The cornel tree.

Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.

Whip-shaped (a.) Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.

Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.

Whipstalk (n.) A whipstock.

Whipster (n.) A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.

Whipstick (n.) Whip handle; whipstock.

Whipstitch (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Whipstitch (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.

Whipstitch (n.) The act or process of whipstitching.

Whipstitch (v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.

Whipstock (n.) The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Whipt (imp. & p. p.) Whipped.

Whip-tom-kelly (n.) A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.

Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.

Whirred (imp. & p. p.) of Whir

Whirring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir

Whir (v. i.) To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.

Whir (v. t.) To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.

Whir (n.) A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.

Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of Whirl

Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whirl

Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

Whirl (v. t.) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.

Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

Whirl (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.

Whirl (v. t.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.

Whirl (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.

Whirl (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.

Whirlabout (n.) Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.

Whirlbat (n.) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.

Whirl-blast (n.) A whirling blast or wind.

Whirlbone (n.) The huckle bone.

Whirlbone (n.) The patella, or kneepan.

Whirler (n.) One who, or that which, whirls.

Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.

Whirligig (n.) A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.

Whirligig (n.) Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.

Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.

Whirligig (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.

Whirling () a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.

Whirlpit (n.) A whirlpool.

Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.

Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.

Whirlwig (n.) A whirligig.

Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.

Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

Whirry (v. i.) To whir.

Whirtle (n.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.

Whisk (n.) A game at cards; whist.

Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

Whisk (n.) A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.

Whisk (n.) A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.

Whisk (n.) A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

Whisk (n.) An impertinent fellow.

Whisk (n.) A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

Whisked (imp. & p. p.) of Whisk

Whisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisk

Whisk (n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.

Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

Whisk (v. i.) To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.

Whisker (n.) Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.

Whisker (n.) That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.

Whisker (n.) A hair of the beard.

Whisker (n.) One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.

Whiskered (a.) Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.

Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks.

Whiskerless (a.) Being without whiskers.

Whisket (n.) A basket; esp., a straw provender basket.

Whisket (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

Whiskey (n.) Same as Whisky, a liquor.

Whiskeys (pl. ) of Whisky

Whiskies (pl. ) of Whisky

Whiskey (n.) Alt. of Whisky

Whisky (n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.

Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.

Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.

Whisking (a.) Large; great.

Whisky (n.) Alt. of Whiskey

Whiskey (n.) An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.

Whiskyfied (a.) Alt. of Whiskeyfied

Whiskeyfied (a.) Drunk with whisky; intoxicated.

Whisp (n.) See Wisp.

Whisp (n.) A flock of snipe.

Whispered (imp. & p. p.) of Whisper

Whispering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whisper

Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.

Whisper (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.

Whisper (n.) To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.

Whisper (v. t.) To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.

Whisper (v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice.

Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.

Whisper (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.

Whisper (n.) A cautious or timorous speech.

Whisper (n.) Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.

Whisper (n.) A low, sibilant sound.

Whisperer (n.) One who whispers.

Whisperer (n.) A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly.

Whispering () a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.

Whisperingly (adv.) In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers.

Whisperously (adv.) Whisperingly.

Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.

Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.

Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.

Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.

Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistle

Whistling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whistle

Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.

Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.

Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.

Whistle (v. t.) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air.

Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.

Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.

Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup.

Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam).

Whistle (v. i.) The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling.

Whistlefish (n.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.

Whistler (n.) One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.

Whistler (n.) The ring ousel.

Whistler (n.) The widgeon.

Whistler (n.) The golden-eye.

Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.

Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus).

Whistler (n.) The whistlefish.

Whistlewing (n.) The American golden-eye.

Whistlewood (n.) The moosewood, or striped maple. See Maple.

Whistling () a. & n. from Whistle, v.

Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.

Whistly (adv.) In a whist manner; silently.

Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.

White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.

White (superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.

White (superl.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.

White (superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.

White (superl.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.

White (n.) The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.

White (n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.

White (n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.

White (n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.

White (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.

Whited (imp. & p. p.) of White

Whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of White

White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

Whiteback (n.) The canvasback.

Whitebait (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.

Whitebait (n.) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

Whitebeam (n.) The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.

Whitebeard (n.) An old man; a graybeard.

Whitebelly (n.) The American widgeon, or baldpate.

Whitebelly (n.) The prairie chicken.

Whitebill (n.) The American coot.

White-blaze (n.) See White-face.

Whiteblow (n.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

Whiteboy (n.) A favorite.

Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.

Whiteboyism (n.) The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.

Whitecap (n.) The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.

Whitecap (n.) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.

Whitecap (n.) The European tree sparrow.

Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.

Whitecoat (n.) The skin of a newborn seal; also, the seal itself.

White-ear (n.) The wheatear.

White-eye (n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.

White-face (n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

Whitefish (n.) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass.

Whitefish (n.) The menhaden.

Whitefish (n.) The beluga, or white whale.

Whiteflaw (n.) A whitlow.

White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

White-fronted (a.) Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.

Whitehead (n.) The blue-winged snow goose.

Whitehead (n.) The surf scoter.

White-heart (n.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.

White-hot (a.) White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime.

White-livered (a.) Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.

Whitely (a.) Like, or coming near to, white.

Whitened (imp. & p. p.) of Whiten

Whitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiten

Whiten (v. i.) To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.

Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.

Whiteness (n.) The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

Whiteness (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.

Whiteness (n.) Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.

Whiteness (n.) Nakedness.

Whiteness (n.) A flock of swans.

Whitening (n.) The act or process of making or becoming white.

Whitening (n.) That which is used to render white; whiting.

White-pot (n.) A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot.

Whiterump (n.) The American black-tailed godwit.

Whites (n. pl.) Leucorrh/a.

Whites (n. pl.) The finest flour made from white wheat.

Whites (n. pl.) Cloth or garments of a plain white color.

Whiteside (n.) The golden-eye.

Whitesmith (n.) One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.

Whitesmith (n.) A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

Whitester (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.

Whitetail (n.) The Virginia deer.

Whitetail (n.) The wheatear.

Whitethorn (n.) The hawthorn.

Whitethroat (n.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).

Whitetop (n.) Fiorin.

Whitewall (n.) The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.

Whitewash (n.) Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.

Whitewash (n.) A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.

Whitewashed (imp. & p. p.) of Whitewash

Whitewashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whitewash

Whitewash (v. t.) To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.

Whitewash (v. t.) To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.

Whitewasher (n.) One who whitewashes.

White-water (n.) A dangerous disease of sheep.

Whiteweed (n.) A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

Whitewing (n.) The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.

Whitewing (n.) The velvet duck.

Whitewood (n.) The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Whitewort (n.) Wild camomile.

Whitewort (n.) A kind of Solomon's seal (Polygonum officinale).

Whitflaw (n.) Whitlow.

Whither (adv.) To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?

Whither (adv.) To what or which place; -- used relatively.

Whither (adv.) To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.

Whithersoever (adv.) To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.

Whitherward (adv.) In what direction; toward what or which place.

Whitile (v.) The yaffle.

Whiting (n.) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.

Whiting (n.) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.

Whiting (n.) Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.

Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.

Whiting-mop (n.) A young whiting.

Whiting-mop (n.) A fair lass.

Whitish (a.) Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.

Whitish (a.) Covered with an opaque white powder.

Whitishness (n.) The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.

Whitleather (n.) Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.

Whitleather (n.) The paxwax. See Paxwax.

Whitling (n.) A young full trout during its second season.

Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone.

Whitlow (a.) An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected.

Whitlow-wort (n.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

Whitmonday (n.) The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.

Whitneyite (n.) an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.

Whitson (a.) See Whitsun.

Whitsour (n.) A sort of apple.

Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.

Whitsun (a.) Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.

Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.

Whitsunday (n.) See the Note under Term, n., 12.

Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.

Whitten tree () Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches.

Whitterick (n.) The curlew.

Whittle (n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Whittle (n.) Same as Whittle shawl, below.

Whittle (n.) A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.

Whittled (imp. & p. p.) of Whittle

Whittling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whittle

Whittle (v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.

Whittle (v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

Whittle (v. i.) To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.

Whittlings (n. pl.) Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.

Whittret (n.) A weasel.

Whittuesday (n.) The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.

Whitwall (n.) Same as Whetile.

Whitworth ball () A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.

Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.

Whity-brown (a.) Of a color between white and brown.

Whizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Whiz

Whizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiz

Whiz (v. i.) To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.

Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.

Whizzingly (adv.) With a whizzing sound.

Who (object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.

Who (pron.) One; any; one.

Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2.

Whobub (n.) Hubbub.

Whoever (pron.) Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.

Whole (a.) Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.

Whole (a.) Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.

Whole (a.) Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.

Whole (n.) The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.

Whole (n.) A regular combination of parts; a system.

Whole-hoofed (a.) Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.

Whole-length (a.) Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue.

Whole-length (n.) A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.

Wholeness (n.) The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.

Wholesale (n.) Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.

Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.

Wholesale (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.

Wholesome (superl.) Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.

Wholesome (superl.) Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.

Wholesome (superl.) Sound; healthy.

Whole-souled (a.) Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.

Wholly (adv.) In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.

Wholly (adv.) To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.

Whom (pron.) The objective case of who. See Who.

Whomsoever (pron.) The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever.

Whoobub (n.) Hubbub.

Whoop (n.) The hoopoe.

Whooped (imp. & p. p.) of Whoop

Whooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whoop

Whoop (v. i.) To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.

Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Whoop (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

Whoop (n.) A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.

Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Whooper (n.) One who, or that which, whooops.

Whooping () a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.

Whoot (v. i.) To hoot.

Whop (v. t.) Same as Whap.

Whop (n.) Same as Whap.

Whopper (n.) One who, or that which, whops.

Whopper (n.) Same as Whapper.

Whore (n.) A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

Whored (imp. & p. p.) of Whore

Whoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whore

Whore (n.) To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.

Whore (n.) To worship false and impure gods.

Whore (v. t.) To corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.

Whoredom (n.) The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.

Whoredom (n.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.

Wheremaster (n.) A man who practices lewdness; a lecher; a whoremonger.

Wheremaster (n.) One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.

Whoremasterly (a.) Having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.

Whoremonger (n.) A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.

Whoreson (n.) A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.

Whorish (a.) Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.

Whorl (n. & v.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

Whorl (n. & v.) The fly of a spindle.

Whorled (a.) Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.

Whorler (n.) A potter's wheel.

Whort (n.) The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).

Whortle (n.) The whortleberry, or bilberry.

Whortleberry (n.) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.

Whortleberry (n.) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.

Whose (pron.) The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.

Whosesoever (pron.) The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.

Whoso (pron.) Whosoever.

Whosoever (pron.) Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.

Whot (a.) Hot.

Whur (v. i.) To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr.

Whur (v. i.) To snarl or growl, as a dog.

Whur (n.) A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.

Whurry (v. t.) To whisk along quickly; to hurry.

Whurt (n.) See Whort.

Why (adv.) For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.

Why (adv.) For which; on account of which; -- used relatively.

Why (adv.) The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative.

Why (n.) A young heifer.

Whydah bird () Alt. of Whydah finch

Whydah finch () The whidah bird.

Why-not (n.) A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.

Wich (n.) A variant of 1st Wick.

Wichitas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.

Wick (n.) Alt. of Wich

Wich (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.

Wich (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.

Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Wicke (a.) Wicked.

Wicked (a.) Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Wicked (a.) Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.

Wicked (a.) Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.

Wicked (a.) Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

Wickedly (adv.) In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.

Wickedness (n.) The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.

Wickedness (n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.

Wicken tree () Same as Quicken tree.

Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Wicker (n.) Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.

Wicker (n.) Same as 1st Wike.

Wicker (a.) Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.

Wickered (a.) Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.

Wickerwork (n.) A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.

Wicket (n.) A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.

Wicket (n.) A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.

Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.

Wicket (n.) The ground on which the wickets are set.

Wicket (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.

Wicket (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.

Wicking (n.) the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.

Wiclifite (n.) Alt. of Wickliffite

Wickliffite (n.) See Wyclifite.

Wicopy (n.) See Leatherwood.

Widdy (n.) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

Wide (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.

Wide (superl.) Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.

Wide (superl.) Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.

Wide (superl.) Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.

Wide (superl.) Remote; distant; far.

Wide (superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

Wide (superl.) On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.

Wide (adv.) To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.

Wide (adv.) So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.

Wide (n.) That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

Wide (n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Wide-awake (a.) Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.

Wide-awake (n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.

Widegap (n.) The angler; -- called also widegab, and widegut.

Widely (adv.) In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.

Widely (adv.) Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.

Widened (imp. & p. p.) of Widen

Widening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Widen

Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

Widen (v. i.) To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Wideness (n.) The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.

Wideness (n.) Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean.

Widespread (a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

Widewhere (adv.) Widely; far and wide.

Widgeon (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.

Widish (a.) Moderately wide.

Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.

Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

Widow (a.) Widowed.

Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Widow

Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Widow

Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of.

Widow bird () See Whidan bird.

Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again.

Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Widowhood (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.

Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.

Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.

Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.

Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

Width (n.) The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

Widual (a.) Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.

Widwe (n.) A widow.

Wielded (imp. & p. p.) of Wield

Wielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wield

Wield (v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

Wield (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

Wield (v. t.) To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.

Wieldable (a.) Capable of being wielded.

Wieldance (n.) The act or power of wielding.

Wielder (n.) One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.

Wielding (n.) Power; authority; rule.

Wieldless (a.) Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.

Wieldsome (a.) Admitting of being easily wielded or managed.

Wieldy (a.) Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.

Wier (n.) Same as Weir.

Wierangle (n.) Same as Wariangle.

Wiery (a.) Wet; moist; marshy.

Wiery (a.) Wiry.

Wives (pl. ) of Wife

Wife (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.

Wife (n.) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.

Wifehood (n.) Womanhood.

Wifehood (n.) The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.

Wifeless (a.) Without a wife; unmarried.

Wifelike (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman.

Wifely (a.) Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.

Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

Wig (n.) An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.

Wigged (imp. & p. p.) of Wig

Wigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wig

Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.

Wigeon (n.) A widgeon.

Wigg (n.) Alt. of Wig

Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.

Wigged (a.) Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.

Wiggery (n.) A wig or wigs; false hair.

Wiggery (n.) Any cover or screen, as red-tapism.

Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.

Wiggle (n.) Act of wiggling; a wriggle.

Wiggler (n.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.

Wigher (v. i.) To neigh; to whinny.

Wight (n.) Weight.

Wight (n.) A whit; a bit; a jot.

Wight (n.) A supernatural being.

Wight (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.

Wight (a.) Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.

Wightly (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.

Wigless (a.) Having or wearing no wig.

Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.

Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.

Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker.

Wike (n.) A home; a dwelling.

Wikke (a.) Wicked.

Wild (superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.

Wild (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.

Wild (superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.

Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.

Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.

Wild (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.

Wild (superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.

Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.

Wild (adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.

Wild-cat (a.) Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.

Wild-cat (a.) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.

Wildebeest (n.) The gnu.

Wilded (a.) Become wild.

Wildered (imp. & p. p.) of Wilder

Wildering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wilder

Wilder (a.) To bewilder; to perplex.

Wildering (n.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.

Wilderment (n.) The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.

Wilderness (v. t.) A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.

Wilderness (v. t.) A disorderly or neglected place.

Wilderness (v. t.) Quality or state of being wild; wildness.

Wildfire (n.) A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.

Wildfire (n.) An old name for erysipelas.

Wildfire (n.) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

Wildgrave (n.) A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave.

Wilding (n.) A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.

Wilding (a.) Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild.

Wildish (a.) Somewhat wild; rather wild.

Wildly (adv.) In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

Wildness (n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

Wildwood (n.) A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.

Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

Wile (v. t.) To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.

Wile (v. t.) To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.

Wileful (a.) Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.

Wilful (n.) Alt. of Wilfulness

Wilfully (n.) Alt. of Wilfulness

Wilfulness (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.

Wiliness (n.) The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.

Wilk (n.) See Whelk.

Will (v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

Will (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Will (v.) Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

Will (v.) That which is strongly wished or desired.

Will (v.) Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

Will (v.) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.

Would (imp.) of Will

Will (adv.) To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

Will (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.

Will (v. i.) To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

Willed (imp. & p. p.) of Will

Willing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Will

Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.

Will (n.) To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.

Will (v. i.) To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

Willemite (n.) A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.

Willer (n.) One who wills.

Willet (n.) A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.

Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.

Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse.

Willier (n.) One who works at a willying machine.

Willing (v. t.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.

Willing (v. t.) Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.

Willing (v. t.) Spontaneous; self-moved.

Willingly (adv.) In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.

Willingness (n.) The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

Williwaw (n.) Alt. of Willywaw

Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.

Willock (n.) The common guillemot.

Willock (n.) The puffin.

Will-o'-the-wisp (n.) See Ignis fatuus.

Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.

Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.

Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.

Willowed (a.) Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.

Willower (n.) A willow. See Willow, n., 2.

Willow-herb (n.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.

Willowish (a.) Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.

Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).

Willow-weed (n.) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.

Willow-wort (n.) Same as Willow-weed.

Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.

Willowy (a.) Abounding with willows.

Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.

Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate.

Willsome (a.) Fat; indolent.

Willsome (a.) Doubtful; uncertain.

Willy (n.) A large wicker basket.

Willy (n.) Same as 1st Willow, 2.

Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.

Willy nilly () See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.

Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to desire.

Wilt () 2d pers. sing. of Will.

Wilting (imp. & p. p.) of Wilt

Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.

Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant.

Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of.

Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.

Wilwe (n.) Willow.

Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.

Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.

Wimble (n.) A gimlet.

Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.

Wimble (n.) An auger used for boring in earth.

Wimbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimble

Wimbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimble

Wimble (v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.

Wimble (a.) Active; nimble.

Wimbrel (n.) The whimbrel.

Wimple (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.

Wimple (n.) A flag or streamer.

Wimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimple

Wimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimple

Wimple (v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

Wimple (v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.

Wimple (v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

Won (imp. & p. p.) of Win

Wan () of Win

Winning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win

Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.

Win (a.) To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

Win (a.) To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

Win (a.) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.

Win (a.) To extract, as ore or coal.

Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

Winced (imp. & p. p.) of Wince

Wincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wince

Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.

Wince (n.) The act of one who winces.

Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.

Wincer (n.) One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.

Wincey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.

Winch (v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Winch (n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.

Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.

Winch (n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.

Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.

Winch (n.) A wince.

Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.

Wincopipe (n.) A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.

Wound (imp. & p. p.) of Wind

Winded () of Wind

Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind

Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.

Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.

Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.

Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.

Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.

Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.

Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

Wind (n.) Power of respiration; breath.

Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.

Wind (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent.

Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.

Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

Wind (n.) The dotterel.

Winded (imp. & p. p.) of Wind

Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind

Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.

Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.

Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

Wound (imp. & p. p.) of Wind

Winded () of Wind

Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind

Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.

Windage (n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

Windage (n.) The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.

Windas (n.) See 3d Windlass.

Windbore (n.) The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.

Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.

Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.

Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.

Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse.

Winder (n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.

Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.

Winder (v. t. & i.) To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

Winder (n.) A blow taking away the breath.

Winder (v. i.) To wither; to fail.

Windfall (n.) Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.

Windfall (n.) An unexpected legacy, or other gain.

Windfallen (a.) Blown down by the wind.

Wind-fertilized (a.) Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

Windflower (n.) The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.

Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

Windhover (n.) The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.

Windiness (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.

Windiness (n.) Fullness of wind; flatulence.

Windiness (n.) Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables.

Windiness (n.) Tumor; puffiness.

Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.

Winding (n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.

Windingly (adv.) In a winding manner.

Windlace (n. & v.) See Windlass.

Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Windlass (v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.

Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

Windlass (v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

Windle (n.) The redwing.

Windless (a.) Having no wind; calm.

Windless (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.

Windlestrae (n.) Alt. of Windlestraw

Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis.

Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.

Windore (n.) A window.

Window (n.) An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

Window (n.) A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

Windowed (imp. & p. p.) of Window

Windowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Window

Window (v. t.) To furnish with windows.

Window (v. t.) To place at or in a window.

Windowed (a.) Having windows or openings.

Windowless (a.) Destitute of a window.

Windowpane (n.) See Pane, n., (3) b.

Windowpane (n.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.

Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.

Windpipe (n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

Wind-plant (n.) A windflower.

Wind-rode (a.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

Windrow (n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.

Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them.

Windrow (n.) The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it.

Windrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Windrow

Windrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Windrow

Windrow (v. t.) To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made.

Windsor (n.) A town in Berkshire, England.

Windstorm (n.) A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

Wind-sucker (n.) A horse given to wind-sucking

Wind-sucker (n.) The kestrel.

Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.

Windtight (a.) So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.

Windward (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.

Windward (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.

Windward (adv.) Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

Windy (superl.) Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.

Windy (superl.) Next the wind; windward.

Windy (superl.) Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.

Windy (superl.) Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.

Windy (superl.) Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.

Windy (superl.) Fig.: Empty; airy.

Wine (n.) The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.

Wine (n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.

Wine (n.) The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.

Wineberry (n.) The red currant.

Wineberry (n.) The bilberry.

Wineberry (n.) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.

Winebibber (n.) One who drinks much wine.

Wineglass (n.) A small glass from which to drink wine.

Wineglassfuls (pl. ) of Wineglassful

Wineglassful () As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.

Wineless (a.) destitute of wine; as, wineless life.

Winery (n.) A place where grapes are converted into wine.

Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.

Wing (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.

Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.

Wing (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.

Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.

Wing (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

Wing (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.

Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

Wing (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

Wing (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.

Wing (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.

Wing (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.

Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

Wing (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.

Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

Wing (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.

Winged (imp. & p. p.) of Wing

Winging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wing

Wing (v. t.) To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

Wing (v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces.

Wing (v. t.) To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

Wing (v. t.) To move through in flight; to fly through.

Wing (v. t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

Winged (a.) Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.

Winged (a.) Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.

Winged (a.) Swift; rapid.

Winged (a.) Wounded or hurt in the wing.

Winged (a.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.

Winged (a.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.

Winged (a.) Fanned with wings; swarming with birds.

Winger (n.) One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.

Wingfish (n.) A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.

Wing-footed (a.) Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.

Wing-footed (a.) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.

Wing-footed (a.) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.

Wing-leaved (a.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

Wingless (a.) Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.

Winglet (n.) A little wing; a very small wing.

Winglet (n.) A bastard wing, or alula.

Wingmanship (n.) Power or skill in flying.

Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.

Wing-shell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.

Wing-shell (n.) Any pteropod shell.

Wingy (a.) Having wings; rapid.

Wingy (a.) Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy.

Winked (imp. & p. p.) of Wink

Winking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wink

Wink (v. i.) To nod; to sleep; to nap.

Wink (v. i.) To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

Wink (v. i.) To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

Wink (v. i.) To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

Wink (v. i.) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.

Wink (v. i.) To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

Wink (v. t.) To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Wink (n.) The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

Wink (n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

Winker (n.) One who winks.

Winker (n.) A horse's blinder; a blinker.

Winkingly (adv.) In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed.

Winkle (n.) Any periwinkle.

Winkle (n.) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).

Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.

Winnard 2 (n.) The redwing.

Winnebagoes (n.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.

Winner (n.) One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

Winning (a.) Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address.

Winning (n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.

Winning (n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.

Winning (n.) A new opening.

Winning (n.) The portion of a coal field out for working.

Winningly (adv.) In a winning manner.

Winningness (n.) The quality or state of being winning.

Winninish (n.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon.

Winnowed (imp. & p. p.) of Winnew

Winnowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winnew

Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.

Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good.

Winnew (n.) To beat with wings, or as with wings.

Winnow (v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.

Winnower (n.) One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.

Winnowing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, winnows.

Winrow (n.) A windrow.

Winsing (a.) Winsome.

Winsome (a.) Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.

Winsome (a.) Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.

Winsomeness (n.) The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.

Winter (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

Winter (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of Winter

Wintering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winter

Winter (v. i.) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

Winter-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter.

Wintergreen (n.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.

Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.

Winterkilled (imp. & p. p.) of Winterkill

Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winterkill

Winterkill (v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled.

Winterly (a.) Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news.

Winter-proud (a.) Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.

Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.

Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

Wintertide (n.) Winter time.

Winterweed (n.) A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter.

Wintery (a.) Wintry.

Wintry (a.) Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

Winy (a.) Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.

Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.

Wipe (n.) The lapwing.

Wiped (imp. & p. p.) of Wipe

Wiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wipe

Wipe (v. t.) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.

Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.

Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.

Wipe (n.) Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.

Wipe (n.) A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.

Wipe (n.) A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.

Wipe (n.) A handkerchief.

Wipe (n.) Stain; brand.

Wiper (n.) One who, or that which, wipes.

Wiper (n.) Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.

Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.

Wiper (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.

Wirbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wirble

Wirbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wirble

Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.

Wirche (v. i. & t.) To work

Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.

Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.

Wired (imp. & p. p.) of Wire

Wiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wire

Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.

Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.

Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires.

Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph.

Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.

Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message.

Wiredrew (imp.) of Wiredraw

Wiredrawn (p. p.) of Wiredraw

Wiredrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wiredraw

Wiredraw (v. t.) To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.

Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to draw by art or violence.

Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.

Wiredraw (v. t.) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.

Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire.

Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.

Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.

Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

Wirework (n.) Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.

Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire.

Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.

Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.

Wiriness (n.) The quality of being wiry.

Wiry (a.) Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.

Wiry (a.) Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.

Wis (adv.) Certainly; really; indeed.

Wis (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.

Wisard (n.) See Wizard.

Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

Wisdom (a.) The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.

Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

Wise (v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

Wise (v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

Wise (v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.

Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.

Wise (v.) Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

Wiseacre (v.) A learned or wise man.

Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.

Wise-hearted (a.) Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.

Wise-like (a.) Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.

Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.

Wisely (adv.) In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.

Wiseness (n.) Wisdom.

Wished (imp. & p. p.) of Wish

Wishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wish

Wish (v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

Wish (v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.

Wish (v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

Wish (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.

Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

Wish (n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.

Wishable (a.) Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.

Wishbone (n.) The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.

Wishedly (adv.) According to wish; conformably to desire.

Wisher (n.) One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish.

Wishful (a.) Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.

Wishful (a.) Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.

Wishful (a.) Desirable; exciting wishes.

Wishing () a. & n. from Wish, v. t.

Wishly (adv.) According to desire; longingly; with wishes.

Wishtonwish (n.) The prairie dog.

Wish-wash (n.) Any weak, thin drink.

Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.

Wishy-washy (n.) A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

Wisket (n.) A whisket, or basket.

Wisly (adv.) Certainly.

Wisp (n.) A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

Wisp (n.) A whisk, or small broom.

Wisp (n.) A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.

Wisped (imp. & p. p.) of Wisp

Wisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wisp

Wisp (v. t.) To brush or dress, an with a wisp.

Wisp (v. t.) To rumple.

Wispen (a.) Formed of a wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom.

Wisse (a.) To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct.

Wist (v.) Knew.

Wistaria (n.) A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long, pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers.

Wistful (a.) Longing; wishful; desirous.

Wistful (a.) Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative.

Wistit (n.) A small South American monkey; a marmoset.

Wistly (adv.) Attentively; observingly.

Wistonwish (n.) See Wishtonwish.

Wit (inf.) of Wit

Wot (pres. sing.) of Wit

Wite (pl.) of Wit

Wist(e) (imp.) of Wit

Wist (p. p.) of Wit

Wit(t)ing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wit

Wit (n.) To know; to learn.

Wit (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

Wit (v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.

Wit (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.

Wit (v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.

Witch (n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

Witch (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.

Witch (n.) An ugly old woman; a hag.

Witch (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.

Witch (n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

Witch (n.) The stormy petrel.

Witched (imp. & p. p.) of Witch

Witching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Witch

Witch (v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.

Witchcraft (n.) The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.

Witchcraft (n.) Power more than natural; irresistible influence.

Witch-elm (n.) See Wych-elm.

Witcheries (pl. ) of Witchery

Witchery (n.) Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.

Witchery (n.) Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.

Witch-hazel (n.) The wych-elm.

Witch-hazel (n.) An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn.

Witching (a.) That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching.

Witch-tree (n.) The witch-hazel.

Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow.

Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.

Witcraft (n.) Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit.

Witcraft (n.) The art of reasoning; logic.

Wite (v.) To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame.

Wite (v.) Blame; reproach.

Witeless (a.) Blameless.

Witen () pl. pres. of Wit.

Witenagemote (n.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

Witfish (n.) The ladyfish (a).

Witful (a.) Wise; sensible.

With (n.) See Withe.

With (prep.) With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like.

With (prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.

With (prep.) To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.

With (prep.) To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.

With (prep.) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.

With (prep.) To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.

With (prep.) To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.

With (prep.) To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.

Withal (adv.) With this; with that.

Withal (adv.) Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in addition; also.

Withal (prep.) With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or clause in which it stands.

Withamite (n.) A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.

Withdrew (imp.) of Withdraw

Withdrawn (p. p.) of Withdraw

Withdrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withdraw

Withdraw (v. t.) To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.

Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

Withdraw (v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.

Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.

Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.

Withdrawment (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawal.

Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.

Withe (n.) A band consisting of a twig twisted.

Withe (n.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.

Withe (n.) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Withed (imp. & p. p.) of Withe

Withing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withe

Withe (v. t.) To bind or fasten with withes.

Withered (imp. & p. p.) of Wither

Withering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wither

Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

Wither (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies.

Wither (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.

Wither (v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry.

Wither (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.

Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.

Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.

Withered (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.

Withering (a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

Witherite (n.) Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.

Witherling (n.) A withered person; one who is decrepit.

Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return.

Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

Wither-wrung (a.) Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.

Withheld (imp.) of Withhold

Withheld (p. p.) of Withhold

Withholden () of Withhold

Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhold

Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.

Withholder (n.) One who withholds.

Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.

Within (prep.) In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors.

Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income.

Within (prep.) Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like.

Within (adv.) In the inner part; inwardly; internally.

Within (adv.) In the house; in doors; as, the master is within.

Withinforth (adv.) Within; inside; inwardly.

Withinside (adv.) In the inner parts; inside.

Without (prep.) On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.

Without (prep.) Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.

Without (prep.) Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.

Without (conj.) Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.

Without (adv.) On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.

Without (adv.) Outside of the house; out of doors.

Without-door (a.) Outdoor; exterior.

Withouten (prep.) Without.

Withoutforth (adv.) Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth.

Withsay (v. t.) To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce.

Withset (v. t.) To set against; to oppose.

Withstood (imp. & p. p.) of Withstand

Withstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withstand

Withstand (prep.) To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.

Withstander (n.) One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.

Withstood (imp. & p. p.) o/ Withstand.

Withvine (n.) Quitch grass.

Withwind (n.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

Withwine (n.) Same as Withvine.

Withies (pl. ) of Withy

Withy (n.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).

Withy (n.) A withe. See Withe, 1.

Withy (a.) Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes.

Witing (v.) Knowledge.

Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.

Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

Witness (v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

Witness (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.

Witness (v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.

Witness (v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.

Witness (v. i.) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.

Witnessed (imp. & p. p.) of Witness

Witnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Witness

Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.

Witness (v. t.) To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.

Witness (v. t.) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.

Witness (v. i.) To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

Witnesser (n.) One who witness.

Wit-snapper (n.) One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker.

Wit-starved (a.) Barren of wit; destitute of genius.

Witted (a.) Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.

Witticaster (n.) A witling.

Witticism (n.) A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

Wittified (a.) Possessed of wit; witty.

Witily (adv.) In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas.

Wittiness (n.) The quality of being witty.

Wittingly (v.) Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.

Wittol (n.) The wheatear.

Wittol (n.) A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.

Wittolly (a.) Like a wittol; cuckoldly.

Witts (n.) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.

Witty (n.) Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.

Witty (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.

Witwal (n.) Alt. of Witwall

Witwall (n.) The golden oriole.

Witwall (n.) The greater spotted woodpecker.

Witworm (n.) One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit.

Wived (imp. & p. p.) of Wive

Wiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wive

Wive (v. i.) To marry, as a man; to take a wife.

Wive (v. t.) To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.

Wive (v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.

Wivehood (n.) Wifehood.

Wiveless (a.) Wifeless.

Wively (a.) Wifely.

Wiver (n.) Alt. of Wivern

Wivern (n.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs.

Wivern (n.) The weever.

Wives (n.) pl. of Wife.

Wizard (n.) A wise man; a sage.

Wizard (n.) One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.

Wizard (a.) Enchanting; charming.

Wizard (a.) Haunted by wizards.

Wizardly (a.) Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird.

Wizardry (n.) The character or practices o/ wizards; sorcery; magic.

Wizen (v. i.) To wither; to dry.

Wizen (a.) Wizened; thin; weazen; withered.

Wizen (n.) The weasand.

Wizened (a.) Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.

Wizen-faced (a.) Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

Wlatsome (a.) Loathsome; disgusting; hateful.

Wo (n. & a.) See Woe.

Woad (n.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.

Woad (n.) A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.

Woaded (a.) Colored or stained with woad.

Woad-waxen (n.) A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.

Woald (n.) See Weld.

Wobble (v. i.) See Wabble.

Wode (a.) Mad. See Wood, a.

Wode (n.) Wood.

Wodegeld (n.) A geld, or payment, for wood.

Woden (n.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.

Woe (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

Woe (n.) A curse; a malediction.

Woe (a.) Woeful; sorrowful.

Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Woeful (a.) Alt. of Woful

Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want.

Woful (a.) Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

Woefully (adv.) Alt. of Wofully

Wofully (adv.) In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

Woefulness (n.) Alt. of Wofulness

Wofulness (n.) The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.

Woesome (a.) Woeful.

Woke (imp. & p. p.) Wake.

Wol (v. t. & i.) See 2d Will.

Wold (n.) A wood; a forest.

Wold (n.) A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.

Wold (n.) See Weld.

Wolde () imp. of Will. See Would.

Wolves (pl. ) of Wolf

Wolf (a.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

Wolf (a.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolf (a.) An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.

Wolf (a.) A willying machine.

Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.

Wolffian (a.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.

Wolfish (a.) Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.

Wolfkin (n.) A little or young wolf.

Wolfling (n.) A young wolf.

Wolfram (n.) Same as Wolframite.

Wolframate (n.) A salt of wolframic acid; a tungstate.

Wolframic (a.) Of or pertaining to wolframium. See Tungstic.

Wolframite (n.) Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram.

Wolframium (n.) The technical name of the element tungsten. See Tungsten.

Wolfsbane (n.) A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus Aconitum. See Aconite.

Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.

Wolf's-foot (n.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.

Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.

Woll (v. t. & i.) See 2d Will.

Wollastonite (n.) A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.

Wolle (n.) Wool.

Wolverene (n.) Alt. of Wolverine

Wolverine (n.) The glutton.

Wolverine (n.) A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan.

Wolves (n.) pl. of Wolf.

Wolvish (a.) Wolfish.

Women (pl. ) of Woman

Woman (n.) An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

Woman (n.) The female part of the human race; womankind.

Woman (n.) A female attendant or servant.

Woman (v. t.) To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.

Woman (v. t.) To make effeminate or womanish.

Woman (v. t.) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

Womanhead (n.) Alt. of Womanhede

Womanhede (n.) Womanhood.

Womanhood (n.) The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

Womanhood (n.) Women, collectively; womankind.

Womanish (a.) Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate.

Womanize (v. t.) To make like a woman; to make effeminate.

Womankind (n.) The females of the human race; women, collectively.

Womanless (a.) Without a woman or women.

Womanlike (a.) Like a woman; womanly.

Womanliness (n.) The quality or state of being womanly.

Womanly (a.) Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior.

Womanly (adv.) In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman.

Womb (n.) The belly; the abdomen.

Womb (n.) The uterus. See Uterus.

Womb (n.) The place where anything is generated or produced.

Womb (n.) Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

Womb (v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

Wombat (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.

Womby (a.) Capacious.

Women (n.) pl. of Woman.

Won () imp. & p. p. of Win.

Won (v. i.) To dwell or abide.

Won (n.) Dwelling; wone.

Wonder (n.) That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.

Wonder (n.) A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.

Wondered (imp. & p. p.) of Wonder

Wondering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wonder

Wonder (v. i.) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.

Wonder (v. i.) To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.

Wonder (a.) Wonderful.

Wonder (adv.) Wonderfully.

Wondered (a.) Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.

Wonderer (n.) One who wonders.

Wonderful (a.) Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.

Wonderingly (adv.) In a wondering manner.

Wonderland (n.) A land full of wonders, or marvels.

Wonderly (adv.) Wonderfully; wondrously.

Wonderment (n.) Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.

Wonderous (a.) Same as Wondrous.

Wonders (adv.) See Wondrous.

Wonderstruck (a.) Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise.

Wonderwork (n.) A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.

Wonder-worker (n.) One who performs wonders, or miracles.

Wonder-working (a.) Doing wonders or surprising things.

Wondrous (n.) In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.

Wondrous (a.) Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.

Wone (a.) To dwell; to abide.

Wone (a.) Dwelling; habitation; abode.

Wone (a.) Custom; habit; wont; use; usage.

Wong (n.) A field.

Wonger (n.) See Wanger.

Woning (n.) Dwelling.

Won't () A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will.

Wont (a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.

Wont (n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.

Wont (imp.) of Wont

Wont (p. p.) of Wont

Wonted () of Wont

Wonting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wont

Wont (v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

Wont (v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.

Wonted (a.) Accustomed; customary; usual.

Wontedness (n.) The quality or state of being accustomed.

Wontless (a.) Unaccustomed.

Wooed (imp. & p. p.) of Woo

Wooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Woo

Woo (v. t.) To solicit in love; to court.

Woo (v. t.) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.

Woo (v. i.) To court; to make love.

Wood (a.) Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

Wood (v. i.) To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.

Wood (n.) A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.

Wood (n.) The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.

Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.

Wood (n.) Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.

Wooded (imp. & p. p.) of Wood

Wooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wood

Wood (v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.

Wood (v. i.) To take or get a supply of wood.

Woodbind (n.) Woodbine.

Woodbine (v. t.) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle.

Woodbine (v. t.) The Virginia creeper. See Virginia creeper, under Virginia.

Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.

Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.

Woodbury-type (n.) A print from such a plate.

Woodchat (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath.

Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white.

Woodchuck (n.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog.

Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.

Woodcock (n.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.

Woodcock (n.) Fig.: A simpleton.

Woodcracker (n.) The nuthatch.

Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.

Woodcut (n.) An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

Woodcutter (n.) A person who cuts wood.

Woodcutter (n.) An engraver on wood.

Woodcutting (n.) The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.

Woodcutting (n.) The act or art of engraving on wood.

Wooded (a.) Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.

Wooden (a.) Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.

Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

Woodenness (n.) Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.

Woodhack (n.) Alt. of Woodhacker

Woodhacker (n.) The yaffle.

Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.

Woodhole (n.) A place where wood is stored.

Woodhouse (n.) A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.

Woodiness (n.) The quality or state of being woody.

Woodknacker (n.) The yaffle.

Woodland (n.) Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.

Woodland (a.) Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

Woodlander (n.) A dweller in a woodland.

Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.

Woodless (a.) Having no wood; destitute of wood.

Woodly (adv.) In a wood, mad, or raving manner; madly; furiously.

Woodmen (pl. ) of Woodman

Woodman (n.) A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester.

Woodman (n.) A sportsman; a hunter.

Woodman (n.) One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Woodman (n.) One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

Woodmeil (n.) See Wadmol.

Woodmonger (n.) A wood seller.

Woodness (n.) Anger; madness; insanity; rage.

Wood-note (n.) A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.

Woodpeck (n.) A woodpecker.

Woodpecker (n.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.

Woodrock (n.) A compact woodlike variety of asbestus.

Woodruff (n.) Alt. of Woodroof

Woodroof (n.) A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of Whorl.

Wood-sare (n.) A kind of froth seen on herbs.

Wood-sere (n.) The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.

Woodsmen (pl. ) of Woodsman

Woodsman (n.) A woodman; especially, one who lives in the forest.

Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible.

Woodstone (n.) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.

Woodsy (a.) Of or pertaining to the woods or forest.

Wood tick () Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.

Woodwall (n.) The yaffle.

Woodward (n.) An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.

Woodwardia (n.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.

Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxen

Wood-wax (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxen

Wood-waxen (n.) Same as Woadwaxen.

Woodwork (n.) Work made of wood; that part of any structure which is wrought of wood.

Woodworm (n.) See Wood worm, under Wood.

Woody (a.) Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

Woody (a.) Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.

Woody (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.

Wooer (v. t.) One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Woof (n.) Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof.

Woofell (n.) The European blackbird.

Woofy (a.) Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud.

Woohoo (n.) The sailfish.

Wooingly (adv.) In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.

Wook (imp.) Woke.

Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Wool (n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Wool (n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Woolded (imp. & p. p.) of Woold

Woolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Woold

Woold (v. t.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.

Woolder (n.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.

Woolder (n.) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st Top, 2.

Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.

Woolding (n.) A rope used for binding masts and spars.

Wool-dyed (a.) Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.

Wooled (a.) Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.

Woolen (a.) Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.

Woolen (a.) Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.

Woolen (n.) Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.

Woolenet (n.) A thin, light fabric of wool.

Woolert (n.) The barn owl.

Woolfell (n.) A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.

Woolgathering (a.) Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.

Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.

Wool-hall (n.) A trade market in the woolen districts.

Woolhead (n.) The buffel duck.

Woolliness (n.) The quality or state of being woolly.

Woolly (a.) Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.

Woolly (a.) Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.

Woolly (a.) Clothed with wool.

Woolly (a.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.

Woolly-head (n.) A negro.

Woolmen (pl. ) of Woolman

Woolman (n.) One who deals in wool.

Woolpack (n.) A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.

Woolsack (n.) A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.

Woolsey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.

Woolstock (n.) A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.

Woolward (adv.) In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin.

Woolward-going (n.) A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.

Woon (n.) Dwelling. See Wone.

Woorali (n.) Same as Curare.

Woosy (a.) Oozy; wet.

Wootz (n.) A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.

Wooyen (n.) See Yuen.

Wopen (p. p.) Wept.

Worble (n.) See Wormil.

Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.

Word (n.) Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.

Word (n.) Talk; discourse; speech; language.

Word (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.

Word (n.) Signal; order; command; direction.

Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Word (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.

Word (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.

Worded (imp. & p. p.) of Word

Wording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Word

Word (v. t.) To express in words; to phrase.

Word (v. t.) To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.

Word (v. t.) To flatter with words; to cajole.

Wordbook (n.) A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.

Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.

Worder (n.) A speaker.

Wordily (adv.) In a wordy manner.

Wordiness (n.) The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.

Wording (n.) The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing.

Wordish (a.) Respecting words; full of words; wordy.

Wordle (n.) One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc.

Wordless (a.) Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless.

Wordsman (n.) One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.

Wordy (superl.) Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.

Wordy (superl.) Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.

Wordy (superl.) Containing many words; full of words.

Wore () imp. of Wear.

Wore () imp. of Ware.

Work (n.) Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically labor.

Work (n.) The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.

Work (n.) That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.

Work (n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.

Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.

Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.

Work (n.) Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.

Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.

Work (n.) Ore before it is dressed.

Work (n.) Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.

Worked (imp. & p. p.) of Work

Wrought () of Work

Working (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Work

Work (n.) To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.

Work (n.) Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.

Work (n.) Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.

Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.

Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.

Work (n.) To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.

Work (n.) To ferment, as a liquid.

Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.

Work (v. t.) To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.

Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.

Work (v. t.) To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.

Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.

Work (v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor.

Workable (a.) Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.

Workaday (n.) See Workyday.

Workbag (n.) A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.

Workbasket (n.) A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.

Workbench (n.) A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.

Workbox (n.) A box for holding instruments or materials for work.

Workday (n. & a.) A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.

Worker (n.) One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

Worker (n.) One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.

Workfellow (n.) One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.

Workfolk (n.) People that labor.

Workful (a.) Full of work; diligent.

Workhouses (pl. ) of Workhouse

Workhouse (n.) A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

Workhouse (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.

Working () a & n. from Work.

Working-day (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.

Workingmen (pl. ) of Workingman

Workingman (n.) A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.

Workless (a.) Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless.

Workless (a.) Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact; as, workless faith.

Workmen (pl. ) of Workman

Workman (n.) A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.

Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.

Workmanlike (a.) Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.

Workmanly (a.) Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.

Workmanly (adv.) In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman.

Workmanship (n.) The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.

Workmanship (n.) That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.

Workmaster (n.) The performer of any work; a master workman.

Workroom (n.) Any room or apartment used especially for labor.

Workship (n.) Workmanship.

Workshop (n.) A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

Worktable (n.) A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.

Workwomen (pl. ) of Workwoman

Workwoman (n.) A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.

Workyday (n.) A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively.

World (n.) The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

World (n.) Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.

World (n.) The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.

World (n.) In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.

World (n.) The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.

World (n.) Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.

World (n.) The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.

World (n.) The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.

World (n.) As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.

Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Worldling () A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

Worldly (a.) Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.

Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.

Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical.

Worldly (adv.) With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.

Worldly-minded (a.) Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns.

World-wide (a.) Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.

Worldlywise (a.) Wise in regard to things of this world.

Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

Worm (n.) Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.

Worm (n.) Any helminth; an entozoon.

Worm (n.) Any annelid.

Worm (n.) An insect larva.

Worm (n.) Same as Vermes.

Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

Worm (n.) A being debased and despised.

Worm (n.) Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm

Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.

Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.

Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.

Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.

Worm (n.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.

Wormed (imp. & p. p.) of Worm

Worming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worm

Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.

Worm (v. t.) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.

Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).

Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.

Wormal (n.) See Wormil.

Worm-eaten (a.) Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.

Worm-eaten (a.) Worn-out; old; worthless.

Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.

Wormhole (n.) A burrow made by a worm.

Wormian (a.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.

Wormil (n.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.

Wormil (n.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).

Wormling (n.) A little worm.

Wormseed (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.

Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.

Worm-shell (n.) Any species of Vermetus.

Wormul (n.) See Wornil.

Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.

Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.

Wormy (superl.) Containing a worm; abounding with worms.

Wormy (superl.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.

Worn () p. p. of Wear.

Wornil (n.) See Wormil.

Worn-out (a.) Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.

Worral (n.) Alt. of Worrel

Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.

Worrier (n.) One who worries.

Worriment (n.) Trouble; anxiety; worry.

Worrisome (a.) Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

Worrit (v. t.) To worry; to annoy.

Worrit (n.) Worry; anxiety.

Worried (imp. & p. p.) of Worry

Worrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worry

Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.

Worry (v. t.) To harass with labor; to fatigue.

Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.

Worries (pl. ) of Worry

Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.

Worryingly (adv.) In a worrying manner.

Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense.

Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

Worse (n.) That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.

Worse (a.) In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.

Worse (v. t.) To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.

Worsen (v. t.) To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.

Worsen (v. i.) To grow or become worse.

Worser (a.) Worse.

Worship (a.) Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.

Worship (a.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.

Worship (a.) The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.

Worship (a.) Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.

Worship (a.) An object of worship.

Worshiped (imp. & p. p.) of Worship

Worshipped () of Worship

Worshiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worship

Worshipping () of Worship

Worship (v. t.) To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.

Worship (v. t.) To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.

Worship (v. t.) To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

Worship (v. i.) To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.

Worshipability (n.) The quality of being worthy to be worshiped.

Worshipable (a.) Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship.

Worshiper (n.) One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores.

Worshipful (a.) Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.

Worst (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

Worst (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.

Worsted (imp. & p. p.) of Worst

Worsting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worst

Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.

Worst (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.

Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.

Wort (n.) A plant of any kind.

Wort (n.) Cabbages.

Wort (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.

Worth (v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

Worth (a.) Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.

Worth (a.) Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.

Worth (a.) Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.

Worth (a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.

Worth (a.) That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.

Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.

Worthful (a.) Full of worth; worthy; deserving.

Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.

Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.

Worthless (a.) Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate.

worthwhile (adj.) Worth the time or effort spent.

Worthy (n.) Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

Worthy (n.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.

Worthy (n.) Of high station; of high social position.

Worthies (pl. ) of Worthy

Worthy (n.) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.

Worthy (v. t.) To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.

Wost () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know.

Wot () 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v.

Wotest () Alt. of Wottest

Wottest () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know.

Woteth () Alt. of Wotteth

Wotteth () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know.

Woul (v. i.) To howl.

Would (v. t.) Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.

Would (n.) See 2d Weld.

Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

Woulding (n.) Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity.

Wouldingness (n.) Willingness; desire.

Woulfe bottle (n.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.

Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.

Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.

Wound (n.) Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.

Wound (n.) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.

Wounded (imp. & p. p.) of Wound

Wounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wound

Wound (n.) To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.

Wound (n.) To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.

Woundable (a.) Capable of being wounded; vulnerable.

Wounder (n.) One who, or that which, wounds.

Woundily (adv.) In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy.

Woundless (a.) Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable.

Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys.

Woundy (a.) Excessive.

Woundy (adv.) Excessively; extremely.

Wourali (n.) Same as Curare.

Wou-wou (n.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon.

Wove () p. pr. & rare vb. n. of Weave.

Woven () p. p. of Weave.

Wowe (v. t. & i.) To woo.

Wowf (a.) Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged.

Wowke (n.) Week.

Wow-wow (n.) See Wou-wou.

Wox () imp. of Wax.

Woxen () p. p. of Wax.

Wrack (n.) A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

Wrack (v. t.) To rack; to torment.

Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.

Wrack (n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.

Wrack (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.

Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.

Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.

Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.

Wraith (n.) An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

Wraith (n.) Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.

Wrangled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrangle

Wrangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrangle

Wrangle (v. i.) To argue; to debate; to dispute.

Wrangle (v. i.) To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.

Wrangle (v. t.) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.

Wrangle (n.) An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.

Wrangler (n.) An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.

Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.

Wranglership (n.) The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.

Wranglesome (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.

Wrannock (n.) Alt. of Wranny

Wranny (n.) The common wren.

Wrap (v. t.) To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

Wrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Wrap

Wrapt () of Wrap

Wrapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrap

Wrap (v. t.) To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.

Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.

Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.

Wrap (n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Wrappage (n.) The act of wrapping.

Wrappage (n.) That which wraps; envelope; covering.

Wrapper (n.) One who, or that which, wraps.

Wrapper (n.) That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.

Wrapper (n.) Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.

Wraprascal (n.) A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn.

Wrasse (n.) Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.

Wrastle (v. i.) To wrestle.

Wrath (a.) Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

Wrath (a.) The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.

Wrath (a.) See Wroth.

Wrath (v. t.) To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally.

Wrathful (a.) Full of wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man.

Wrathful (a.) Springing from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance.

Wrathily (adv.) In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully.

Wrathless (a.) Free from anger or wrath.

Wrathy (a.) Very angry.

Wraw (a.) Angry; vexed; wrathful.

Wrawful (a.) Ill-tempered.

Wrawl (v. i.) To cry, as a cat; to waul.

Wrawness (n.) Peevishness; ill temper; anger.

Wray (v. t.) To reveal; to disclose.

Wreak (v. i.) To reck; to care.

Wreaked (imp. & p. p.) of Wreak

Wreaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreak

Wreak (v. t.) To revenge; to avenge.

Wreak (v. t.) To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

Wreak (v. t.) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.

Wreaken () p. p. of Wreak.

Wreaker (n.) Avenger.

Wreakful (a.) Revengeful; angry; furious.

Wreakless (a.) Unrevengeful; weak.

Wreaths (pl. ) of Wreath

Wreath (n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers.

Wreath (n.) A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.

Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.

Wreathed (imp.) of Wreathe

Wreathed (p. p.) of Wreathe

Wreathen (Archaic) of Wreathe

Wreathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreathe

Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Wreathe (n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.

Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.

Wreathe (n.) To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.

Wreathe (v. i.) To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.

Wreathen (a.) Twisted; made into a wreath.

Wreathless (a.) Destitute of a wreath.

Wreath-shell (n.) A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.

Wreathy (a.) Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths.

Wrecche (n.) A wretch.

Wrecche (a.) Wretched.

Wreche (n.) Wreak.

Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.

Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.

Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.

Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.

Wreck (v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.

Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.

Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wreck

Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreck

Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.

Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.

Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.

Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.

Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.

Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.

Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

Wrecker (n.) One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West.

Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.

Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.

Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.

Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v.

Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.

Wreke (v. t.) Alt. of Wreeke

Wreeke (v. t.) See 2d Wreak.

Wren (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.

Wren (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.

Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

Wrench (v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

Wrench (v. t.) Means; contrivance.

Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

Wrench (v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

Wrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Wrench

Wrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrench

Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

Wrench (n.) To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

Wrested (imp. & p. p.) of Wrest

Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrest

Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Wrest (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key.

Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.

Wrest (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Wrester (n.) One who wrests.

Wrestled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrestle

Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrestle

Wrestle (v. t.) To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

Wrestle (v. t.) To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Wrestle (n.) A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

Wrestler (n.) One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.

Wretch (v. t.) A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.

Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Wretched (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

Wretched (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Wretchedly (adv.) In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.

Wretchedness (n.) The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.

Wretchedness (n.) A wretched object; anything despicably.

Wretchful (a.) Wretched.

Wretchless (a.) Reckless; hence, disregarded.

Wrey (v. t.) See Wray.

Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.

Wrig (v. i.) To wriggle.

Wriggled (imp. & p. p.) of Wriggle

Wriggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wriggle

Wriggle (v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

Wriggle (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

Wriggle (a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.

Wriggler (n.) One who, or that which, wriggles.

Wright (n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.

Wrightine (n.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.

Wrung (imp. & p. p.) of Wring

Wringed () of Wring

Wringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wring

Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.

Wring (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.

Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.

Wring (v. t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.

Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.

Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.

Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.

Wringer (n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.

Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.

Wringing () a. & n. from Wring, v.

Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaff

Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.

Wrinkle (n.) A winkle.

Wrinkle (n.) A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.

Wrinkle (n.) hence, any roughness; unevenness.

Wrinkle (n.) A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.

Wrinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrinkle

Wrinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrinkle

Wrinkle (v. t.) To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.

Wrinkle (v. t.) Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

Wrinkle (v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Wrinkly (a.) Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered.

Wrist (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.

Wrist (n.) A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.

Wristband (n.) The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.

Wrister (n.) A covering for the wrist.

Wristlet (n.) An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.

Writ (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

Writ () imp. & p. p. of Write.

Writ (n.) That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.

Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

Writability (n.) Ability or capacity to write.

Writable (a.) Capable of, or suitable for, being written down.

Writative (a.) Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative.

Wrote (imp.) of Write

Written (p. p.) of Write

Writ (Archaic imp. & p. p.) of Write

Writing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Write

Write (v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.

Write (v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

Write (v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

Write (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

Write (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.

Write (v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.

Write (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.

Write (v. i.) To compose or send letters.

Writer (n.) One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

Writer (n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.

Writer (n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.

Writership (n.) The office of a writer.

Writhed (imp.) of Writhe

Writhed (p. p.) of Writhe

Writhen () of Writhe

Writhing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Writhe

Writhe (v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.

Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.

Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.

Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.

Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.

Writhle (v. t.) To wrinkle.

Writing (n.) The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.

Writing (n.) Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters

Writing (n.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.

Writing (n.) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.

Writing (n.) An inscription.

Writing (n.) Handwriting; chirography.

Written () p. p. of Write, v.

Wrizzle (v. t.) To wrinkle.

Wroken () p. p. of Wreak.

Wrong () imp. of Wring. Wrung.

Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.

Wrong (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.

Wrong (a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.

Wrong (a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.

Wrong (a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.

Wrong (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.

Wrong (a.) That which is not right.

Wrong (a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.

Wrong (a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.

Wrong (a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.

Wronged (imp. & p. p.) of Wrong

Wronging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrong

Wrong (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.

Wrong (v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.

Wrongdoer (n.) One who injures another, or who does wrong.

Wrongdoer (n.) One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor.

Wrongdoing (n.) Evil or wicked behavior or action.

Wronger (n.) One who wrongs or injures another.

Wrongful (a.) Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing.

Wronghead (n.) A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character.

Wronghead (a.) Wrongheaded.

Wrongheaded (a.) Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.

Wrongless (a.) Not wrong; void or free from wrong.

Wrongly (adv.) In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives.

Wrongness (n.) The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault.

Wrongous (a.) Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.

Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment.

Wrong-timed (a.) Done at an improper time; ill-timed.

Wroot () imp. of Write. Wrote.

Wrote (v. i.) To root with the snout. See 1st Root.

Wrote () imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.

Wroth (a.) Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.

Wrought () imp. & p. p. of Work.

Wrought (a.) Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.

Wrung () imp. & p. p. of Wring.

Wry (v. t.) To cover.

Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.

Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

Wried (imp. & p. p.) of Wry

Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wry

Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.

Wrymouth (n.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.

Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.

Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted.

Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.

Wulfenite (n.) Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore.

Wull (v. t. & i.) See 2d Will.

Wung-out (a.) Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.

Wurbagool (n.) A fruit bat (Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.

Wurmal (n.) See Wormil.

Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

Wust () Alt. of Wuste

Wuste () imp. of Wit.

Wyandots (n. pl.) Same as Hurons.

Wych-elm (n.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.

Wych-hazel (n.) The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

Wyclifite (n.) Alt. of Wycliffite

Wycliffite (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.

Wyd (a.) Wide.

Wyes (pl. ) of Wye

Wye (n.) The letter Y.

Wye (n.) A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).

Wyke (n.) Week.

Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.

Wynd (n.) A narrow lane or alley.

Wynkernel (n.) The European moor hen.

Wynn (n.) A kind of timber truck, or carriage.

Wype (n.) The wipe, or lapwing.

Wythe (n.) Same as Withe, n., 4.

Wys (a.) Wise.

Wyte () Alt. of Wyten

Wyten () pl. pres. of Wit.

Wyvern (n.) Same as Wiver.

X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271.

Xanthamide (n.) An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide.

Xanthate (n.) A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.

Xanthelasma (n.) See Xanthoma.

Xanthian (a.) Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum.

Xanthic (a.) Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc.

Xanthic (a.) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid.

Xanthic (a.) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic.

Xanthic (a.) Of or pertaining to xanthin.

Xanthide (n.) A compound or derivative of xanthogen.

Xanthidia (pl. ) of Xanthidium

Xanthidium (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.

Xanthin (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous body closely related to both uric acid and hypoxanthin, present in muscle tissue, and occasionally found in the urine and in some urinary calculi. It is also present in guano. So called from the yellow color of certain of its salts (nitrates).

Xanthin (n.) A yellow insoluble coloring matter extracted from yellow flowers; specifically, the coloring matter of madder.

Xanthin (n.) One of the gaseous or volatile decomposition products of the xanthates, and probably identical with carbon disulphide.

Xanthinine (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine.

Xanthium (n.) A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.

Xantho- () A combining form from Gr. xanqo`s yellow; as in xanthocobaltic salts. Used also adjectively in chemistry.

Xanthocarpous (a.) Having yellow fruit.

Xanthochroi (n. pl.) A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the lighter-colored members.

Xanthochroic (a.) Having a yellowish or fair complexion; of or pertaining to the Xanthochroi.

Xanthodontous (a.) Having yellow teeth.

Xanthogen (n.) The hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.

Xanthogen (n.) Persulphocyanogen.

Xanthogenate (n.) A salt of xanthic acid.

Xanthogenic (a.) Producing a yellow color or compound; xanthic. See Xanthic acid, under Xanthic.

Xanthoma (n.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma.

Xanthophane (n.) The yellow pigment present in the inner segments of the retina in animals. See Chromophane.

Xanthophyll (n.) A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin.

Xanthopous (a.) Having a yellow stipe, or stem.

Xanthoproteic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, xanthoprotein; showing the characters of xanthoprotein; as, xanthoproteic acid; the xanthoproteic reaction for albumin.

Xanthoprotein (n.) A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia.

Xanthopuccine (n.) One of three alkaloids found in the root of the yellow puccoon (Hydrastis Canadensis). It is a yellow crystalline substance, and resembles berberine.

Xanthorhamnin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellow crystalline powder, used as a dyestuff.

Xanthorhiza (n.) A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America, including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots of a deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic.

Xanthorhoea (n.) A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves. See Grass tree.

Xanthose (n.) An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.

Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.

Xanthospermous (a.) Having yellow seeds.

Xanthous (a.) Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

Xanthoxylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an aromatic oil.

Xanthoxylum (n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.

Xebec (n.) A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed and used by corsairs.

Xeme (n.) An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii).

Xenelasia (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve the national simplicity of manners.

Xenia (pl. ) of Xenium

Xenium (n.) A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.

Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.]

Xenodochy (n.) Reception of strangers; hospitality.

Xenogamy (n.) Cross fertilization.

Xenogenesis (n.) Same as Heterogenesis.

Xenogenesis (n.) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another.

Xenogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to xenogenesis; as, the xenogenetic origin of microzymes.

Xenomania (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.

Xenomi (n. pl.) A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which the blackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type.

Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales.

Xenotime (n.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.

Xenurine (n.) A cabassou.

Xenyl (n.) The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds.

Xenylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido compounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl.

Xeraphim (n.) An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

Xeres (n.) Sherry. See Sherry.

Xerif (n.) A shereef.

Xeriff (n.) A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat.

Xeroderma (n.) Ichthyosis.

Xeroderma (n.) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.

Xeronate (n.) A salt of xeronic acid.

Xeronic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance having a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to form its anhydride.

Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.

Xerophilous (a.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.

Xerophthalmia (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

Xerophthalmy (n.) Xerophthalmia.

Xiphias (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.

Xiphias (n.) The constellation Dorado.

Xiphias (n.) A comet shaped like a sword

Xiphidium (n.) A genus of plants of the order Haemodraceae, having two-ranked, sword-shaped leaves.

Xiphioid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidae.

Xiphiplastra (pl. ) of Xiphiplastron

Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.

Xiphisterna (pl. ) of Xiphisternum

Xiphisternum (n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.

Xiphisternum (n.) The xiphiplastron.

Xiphius (n.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw.

Xiphodon (n.) An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth.

Xiphoid (a.) Like a sword; ensiform.

Xiphoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the xiphoid process; xiphoidian.

Xiphoidian (a.) Xiphoid.

Xiphophyllous (a.) Having sword-shaped leaves.

Xiphosura (n. pl.) See Xiphura.

Xiphura (n. pl.) Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura.

Xylamide (n.) An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Xylanthrax (n.) Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal.

Xylate (n.) A salt of xylic acid.

Xylem (n.) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.

Xylene (n.) Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol.

Xylenol (n.) Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene, obtained as crystalline substances, (CH3)2.C6H3.OH.

Xyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related to mesitylenic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol.

Xylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene; specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids produced by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene.

Xylidic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct acids which are derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and are metameric with uvitic acid.

Xylidine (n.) Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2, resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derived from metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are called the amido xylenes.

Xylindein (n.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.

Xylite (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.

Xylitone (n.) A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil.

Xylo- () A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen, xylograph.

Xylobalsamum (n.) The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).

Xylocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit which becomes hard or woody.

Xylocopa (n.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter.

Xylogen (n.) Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.

Xylogen (n.) Lignin.

Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.

Xylographer (n.) One who practices xylography.

Xylographic (a.) Alt. of Xylographical

Xylographical (a.) Of or pertaining to xylography, or wood engraving.

Xylography (n.) The art of engraving on wood.

Xylography (n.) The art of making prints from the natural grain of wood.

Xylography (n.) A method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of house decoration.

Xyloid (a.) Resembling wood; having the nature of wood.

Xyloidin (n.) A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.

Xylol (n.) Same as Xylene.

Xylonite (n.) See Zylonite.

Xylophaga (n.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.

Xylophagan (n.) Any species of Xylophaga.

Xylophagan (n.) Any one of the Xylophagides.

Xylophagides (n. pl.) A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

Xylophagous (a.) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks.

Xylophagous (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.

Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

Xylophilous (a.) Of or pertaining to the xylophilans.

Xylophone (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.

Xylophone (n.) An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.

Xyloplastic (a.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.

Xylopyrography (n.) The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot iron; -- called also poker painting. See Poker picture, under Poker.

Xyloquinone (n.) Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.

Xylorcin (n.) A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin.

Xylostein (n.) A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

Xylotile (n.) Same as Parkesine.

Xylotrya (n.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Xylyl (n.) Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.

Xylylene (n.) Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2, derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as, xylylene alcohol.

Xyridaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyrideae) of endogenous plants, of which Xyris is the type.

Xyris (n.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.

Xyst (n.) Alt. of Xystus

Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather.

Xystarch (n.) An office/ having the superintendence of the xyst.

Xyster (n.) An instrument for scraping bones.

Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272.

Y's (pl. ) of Y

Ys (pl. ) of Y

Y (n.) Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.

Y (n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.

Y (n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.

Y (n.) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.

Y (pron.) I.

Y- () Alt. of I-

Y- () A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use.

Ya (adv.) Yea.

Yacare (n.) A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman.

Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.

Yacht (n.) A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.

Yacht (v. i.) To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.

Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.

Yachting (n.) Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.

Yachtman (n.) See Yachtsman.

Yachtsmen (pl. ) of Yachtsman

Yachtsman (n.) One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter.

Yaf (imp.) Gave. See Give.

Yaffingale (n.) The yaffle.

Yaffle (n.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.

Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.

Yaguarundi (n.) Same as Jaguarondi.

Yajur-Veda (n.) See Veda.

Yak (n.) A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.

Yakamilk (n.) See Trumpeter, 3 (a).

Yakare (n.) Same as Yacare.

Yakin (n.) A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.

Yakoots (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits.

Yaksha (n.) A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.

Yalah (n.) The oil of the mahwa tree.

Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.

Yama (n.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.

Yamma (n.) The llama.

Yamp (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.

Yang (n.) The cry of the wild goose; a honk.

Yang (v. i.) To make the cry of the wild goose.

Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.

Yanked (imp. & p. p.) of Yank

Yanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yank

Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.

Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.

Yankee (n.) A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.

Yankee (a.) Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.

Yankee-Doodle (n.) The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.

Yankee-Doodle (n.) Humorously, a Yankee.

Yankeeism (n.) A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like.

Yaourt (n.) A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.

Yap (v. i.) To bark; to yelp.

Yap (n.) A bark; a yelp.

Yapock (n.) A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.

Yapon (n.) Same as Yaupon.

Yarage (a.) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.

Yard (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.

Yard (v. i.) A branch; a twig.

Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.

Yard (v. i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.

Yard (v. i.) The penis.

Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

Yard (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.

Yard (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.

Yard (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

Yardarm (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.

Yardfuls (pl. ) of Yardful

Yardful (n.) As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.

Yardland (n.) A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate.

Yardstick (n.) A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

Yardwand (n.) A yardstick.

Yare (n.) Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.

Yare (adv.) Soon.

Yarely (adv.) In a yare manner.

Yark (v. t. & i.) To yerk.

Yarke (n.) Same as Saki.

Yarn (n.) Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

Yarn (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

Yarnen (a.) Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.

Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.

Yarr (v. i.) To growl or snarl as a dog.

Yarrish (a.) Having a rough, dry taste.

Yarrow (n.) An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.

Yarwhip (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.

Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.

Yate (n.) A gate. See 1st Gate.

Yaud (n.) See Yawd.

Yaul (n.) See Yawl.

Yaulp (v. i.) To yaup.

Yaup (v. i.) To cry out like a child; to yelp.

Yaup (n.) A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain.

Yaup (n.) The blue titmouse.

Yauper (n.) One who, or that which, yaups.

Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.

Yawed (imp. & p. p.) of Yaw

Yawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yaw

Yaw (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

Yaw (v. i. & t.) To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.

Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Yawd (n.) A jade; an old horse or mare.

Yawl (n.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

Yawl (v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.

Yawl-rigged (a.) Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix.

Yawned (imp. & p. p.) of Yawn

Yawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yawn

Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

Yawn (v. i.) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.

Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.

Yawn (n.) An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.

Yawn (n.) The act of opening wide, or of gaping.

Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

Yawningly (adv.) In a yawning manner.

Yawp (v. & n.) See Yaup.

Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

Yaw-weed (n.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.

Ybe (p. p.) Been.

Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.

Ydo (p. p.) Done.

Ydrad (p. p.) Dreaded.

Ye () Alt. of Ye

Ye () an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.

Yen (pl. ) of Ye

Ye (n.) An eye.

Ye (pron.) The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

Ye (adv.) Yea; yes.

Yea (adv.) Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.

Yea (adv.) More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.

Yea (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.

Yead (v. i.) Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede.

Yeaned (imp. & p. p.) of Yean

Yeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yean

Yean (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean.

Yeanling (n.) A lamb or a kid; an eanling.

Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).

Year (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.

Year (n.) Age, or old age; as, a man in years.

Yeara (n.) The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.

Yearbook (n.) A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.

Yearbook (n.) A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.

Yeared (a.) Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.

Yearling (n.) An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.

Yearling (a.) Being a year old.

Yearly (a.) Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

Yearly (a.) Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.

Yearly (a.) Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.

Yearly (adv.) Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.

Yearned (imp. & p. p.) of Yearn

Yearning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yearn

Yearn (v. t.) To pain; to grieve; to vex.

Yearn (v. i.) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

Yearn (v. i. & t.) To curdle, as milk.

Yearn (v. i.) To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Yearnful (a.) Desirous.

Yearningly (adv.) With yearning.

Yearnings (n. pl.) The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.

Yearth (n.) The earth.

Yeast (n.) The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.

Yeast (n.) Spume, or foam, of water.

Yeast (n.) A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.

Yeast-bitten (a.) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.

Yeastiness (n.) The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.

Yeasty (a.) Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.

Yedding (n.) The song of a minstrel; hence, any song.

Yede (imp.) Went. See Yode.

Yeel (n.) An eel.

Yeldhall (n.) Guildhall.

Yeldrin (n.) Alt. of Yeldrine

Yeldrine (n.) The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin.

Yelk (n.) Same as Yolk.

Yelled (imp. & p. p.) of Yell

Yelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yell

Yell (v. i.) To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

Yell (v. t.) To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.

Yell (n.) A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.

Yellow (superl.) Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

Yellow (n.) A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

Yellow (n.) A yellow pigment.

Yellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Yellow

Yellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yellow

Yellow (v. t.) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

Yellow (v. i.) To become yellow or yellower.

Yellowammer (n.) See Yellow-hammer.

Yellowbill (n.) The American scoter.

Yellowbird (n.) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch.

Yellowbird (n.) The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a.

Yellow-covered (a.) Covered or bound in yellow paper.

Yellow-eyed (a.) Having yellow eyes.

Yellowfin (n.) A large squeteague.

Yellowfish (n.) A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.

Yellow-golds (n.) A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye.

Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark.

Yellowhammer (n.) The flicker.

Yellowing (n.) The act or process of making yellow.

Yellowish (a.) Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.

Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.

Yellowness (n.) The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.

Yellowness (n.) Jealousy.

Yellowroot (n.) Any one of several plants with yellow roots.

Yellowroot (n.) See Xanthorhiza.

Yellowroot (n.) Same as Orangeroot.

Yellows (n.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.

Yellows (n.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.

Yellows (n.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.

Yellowseed (n.) A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).

Yellowshanks (n.) Alt. of Yellowshins

Yellowshins (n.) See Yellolegs.

Yellowtail (n.) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon.

Yellowtail (n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch.

Yellowtail (n.) The menhaden.

Yellowtail (n.) The runner, 12.

Yellowtail (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).

Yellowtail (n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).

Yellowthroat (n.) Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.

Yellowtop (n.) A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.

Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.

Yellowwort (n.) A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.

Yelped (imp. & p. p.) of Yelp

Yelping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yelp

Yelp (v. i.) To boast.

Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.

Yelp (n.) A sharp, quick cry; a bark.

Yelper (n.) An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.

Yelper (n.) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry.

Yelper (n.) The tattler.

Yeman (n.) A yeoman.

Yen (n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.

Yend (v. t.) To throw; to cast.

Yenite (n.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite.

Yeomen (pl. ) of Yeoman

Yeoman (n.) A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.

Yeoman (n.) A servant; a retainer.

Yeoman (n.) A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.

Yeoman (n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.

Yeomanlike (a.) Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.

Yeomanly (a.) Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike.

Yeomanry (n.) The position or rank of a yeoman.

Yeomanry (n.) The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.

Yeomanry (n.) The yeomanry cavalry.

Yeorling (n.) The European yellow-hammer.

Yer (prep.) Ere; before.

Yerba (n.) An herb; a plant.

Yerd (n.) See 1st & 2d Yard.

Yerked (imp. & p. p.) of Yerk

Yerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yerk

Yerk (v. t.) To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.

Yerk (v. t.) To strike or lash with a whip.

Yerk (v. i.) To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.

Yerk (v. i.) To move a quick, jerking motion.

Yerk (n.) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

Yern (v. i.) See 3d Yearn.

Yern (a.) Eager; brisk; quick; active.

Yerne (a.) Eagerly; briskly; quickly.

Yernut (n.) An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d).

Yerst (adv.) See Erst.

Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.

Yest (n.) See Yeast.

Yester (a.) Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.

Yesterday (n.) The day last past; the day next before the present.

Yesterday (n.) Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.

Yesterday (adv.) On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.

Yestereve (n.) Alt. of Yester-evening

Yester-evening (n.) The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.

Yestermorn (n.) Alt. of Yester-morning

Yester-morning (n.) The morning of yesterday.

Yestern (a.) Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

Yesternight (n.) The last night; the night last past.

Yesternight (adv.) On the last night.

Yesternoon (n.) The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

Yesterweek (n.) The week last past; last week.

Yesteryear (n.) The year last past; last year.

Yestreen (n.) Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.

Yesty (a.) See Yeasty.

Yet (n.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.

Yet (adv.) In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.

Yet (adv.) At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.

Yet (adv.) Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj.

Yet (conj.) Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time.

Yet (conj.) Even; -- used emphatically.

Yet (conj.) Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

Yeve (v. i.) To give.

Yeven (p. p.) Given.

Yew (v. i.) See Yaw.

Yew (n.) An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.

Yew (n.) The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

Yew (a.) Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.

Yewen (a.) Made of yew; as, yewen bows.

Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.

Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.

Yezdegerdian (a.) Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.

Yezdi (n.) Same as Izedi.

Yezidee (n.) Alt. of Yezidi

Yezidi (n.) Same as Izedi.

Yfere (adv.) Together. See Ifere.

Ygdrasyl (n.) See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Yghe (n.) Eye.

Ygo (p. p.) Gone.

Yground () p. p. of Grind.

Yholde () p. p. of Hold.

Yielded (imp. & p. p.) of Yield

Yold (obs. p. p.) of Yield

Yielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yield

Yield (v. t.) To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

Yield (v. t.) To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

Yield (v. t.) To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

Yield (v. t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Yield (v. t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

Yield (v. t.) To give a reward to; to bless.

Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

Yield (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

Yield (v. i.) To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Yield (n.) Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Yieldable (a.) Disposed to yield or comply.

Yieldance (n.) The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth.

Yieldance (n.) The act of yielding; concession.

Yielder (n.) One who yields.

Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

Yieldless (a.) Without yielding; unyielding.

Yift (n.) Gift.

Yin (n.) A Chinese weight of 2/ pounds.

Yis (adv.) Yes.

Yit (conj.) Yet.

Yite (n.) The European yellow-hammer.

Yive (v. t. & i.) To give.

-yl () A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.

Yle (n.) Isle.

Y level () See under Y, n.

Yliche (a. & adv.) Alt. of Ylike

Ylike (a. & adv.) Like; alike.

Yllanraton (n.) The agouara.

Ymaked (p. p.) Made.

Ymel (prep.) Among.

Ynambu (n.) A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.

Ynough (a.) Alt. of Ynow

Ynow (a.) Enough.

Yockel (n.) The yaffle.

Yode (imp.) Went; walked; proceeded.

Yodeled (imp. & p. p.) of Yodle

Yodled () of Yodle

Yodeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yodle

Yodling () of Yodle

Yodel (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Yodle

Yodle (v. t. & i.) To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.

Yodel (n.) Alt. of Yodle

Yodle (n.) A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

Yodler (n.) One who yodels.

Yoga (n.) A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.

Yogi (n.) A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.

Yoicks (interj.) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.

Yoit (n.) The European yellow-hammer.

Yojan (n.) A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.

Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

Yoke (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.

Yoke (n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.

Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.

Yoke (n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.

Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.

Yoke (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.

Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.

Yoke (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.

Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.

Yoke (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.

Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.

Yoke (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.

Yoke (n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.

Yoked (imp. & p. p.) of Yoke

Yoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yoke

Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.

Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.

Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Yoke (v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

Yokeage (n.) See Rokeage.

Yokefellow (n.) An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage.

Yokel (n.) A country bumpkin.

Yokelet (n.) A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.

Yokemate (n.) Same as Yokefellow.

Yoke-toed (a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

Yold (p. p.) Yielded.

Yolden (p. p.) Yielded.

Yolk (n.) The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.

Yolk (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Yoll (v. i.) To yell.

Yon (a.) At a distance, but within view; yonder.

Yon (adv.) Yonder.

Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

Yond (a.) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.

Yond (a.) Yonder.

Yonder (adv.) At a distance, but within view.

Yonder (a.) Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.

Yoni (n.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.

Yonker (n.) A young fellow; a younker.

Yore (adv.) In time long past; in old time; long since.

Yorker (n.) A tice.

Yorkshire (n.) A county in the north of England.

York use () The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6.

Yot (v. t.) To unite closely.

Yote (v. t.) To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water.

You (dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.

Youl (v. i.) To yell; to yowl.

Young (superl.) Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.

Young (superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

Young (superl.) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Young (n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

Youngger (n.) One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.

Youngish (a.) Somewhat young.

Youngling (n.) A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life.

Youngling (a.) Young; youthful.

Youngly (a.) Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.

Youngly (adv.) In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.

Youngly (adv.) Ignorantly; weakly.

Youngness (n.) The quality or state of being young.

Youngster (n.) A young person; a youngling; a lad.

Youngth (n.) Youth.

Youngthly (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful.

Younker (a.) A young person; a stripling; a yonker.

Youpon (n.) Same as Yaupon.

Your (pron. & a.) The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

Yours (pron.) See the Note under Your.

Yourselves (pl. ) of Yourself

Yourself (pron.) An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself.

Youths (pl. ) of Youth

Youth (pl. ) of Youth

Youth (n.) The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.

Youth (n.) The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.

Youth (n.) A young person; especially, a young man.

Youth (n.) Young persons, collectively.

Youthful (a.) Not yet mature or aged; young.

Youthful (a.) Also used figuratively.

Youthful (a.) Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports.

Youthful (a.) Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.

Youthhood (n.) The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.

Youthly (a.) Young; youthful.

Youthsome (a.) Youthful.

Youthy (a.) Young.

Youze (n.) The cheetah.

Yow (pron.) You.

Yowe (n.) A ewe.

Yowl (v. i.) To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.

Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl.

Yowley (n.) The European yellow-hammer.

Yox (v. i.) See Yex.

Ypight (p. p.) See Pight.

Ypocras (n.) Hippocras.

Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.

Ypsiliform (a.) Resembling the / in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.

Ypsiloid (a.) In the form of the letter Y; Y-shaped.

Yraft (p. p.) Bereft.

Yren (n.) Iron.

Yronne (p. p.) Run.

Ysame (adv.) Together.

Yt () Alt. of Yt

Yt () an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (/). Cf. Ye, the.

Ythrowe () p. p. of Throw.

Ytterbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium.

Ytterbium (n.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium.

Yttria (n.) The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium.

Yttric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium.

Yttriferous (a.) Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.

Yttrious (a.) Same as Yttric.

Yttrium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89.

Yttro-cerite (n.) A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.

Yttro-columbite (n.) Alt. of Yttro-tantalite

Yttro-tantalite (n.) A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.

Yu (n.) Jade.

Yucca (n.) See Flicker, n., 2.

Yucca (n.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Yuck (v. i.) To itch.

Yuck (v. t.) To scratch.

Yuckel (n.) Same as Yockel.

Yuen (n.) The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.

Yufts (n.) Russia leather.

Yug (n.) Alt. of Yuga

Yuga (n.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.

Yuke (v. i. & t.) Same as Yuck.

Yulan (n.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.

Yule (n.) Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

Yuletide (n.) Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.

Yumas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.

Yunx (n.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.

Yupon (n.) Same as Yaupon.

Yux (n. & v.) See Yex, n.

Yvel (a. & adv.) Evil; ill.

Ywar (a.) Aware; wary.

Ywis (adv.) Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.

Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.

Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.

Zabaism (n.) Alt. of Zabism

Zabism (n.) See Sabianism.

Zabian (a. & n.) See Sabian.

Zacco (n.) See Zocco.

Zachun (n.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.

Zaerthe (n.) Same as Z/rthe.

Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.

Zaim (n.) A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.

Zaimet (n.) A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.

Zain (n.) A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.

Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

Zalambdodont (n.) One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.

Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.

Zambos (pl. ) of Zambo

Zambo (n.) The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

Zamia (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.

Zamindary (n.) Alt. of Zamindari

Zamindari (n.) The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.

Zamite (n.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.

Zampogna (n.) A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.

Zander (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

Zandmole (n.) The sand mole.

Zante (n.) See Zantewood.

Zante currant () A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zantewood (n.) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.

Zantewood (n.) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).

Zantiot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zanies (pl. ) of Zany

Zany (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Zany (v. t.) To mimic.

Zanyism (n.) State or character of a zany; buffoonery.

Zaphara (n.) Zaffer.

Zaphrentis (n.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.

Zapotilla (n.) See Sapodilla.

Zaptiah (n.) A Turkish policeman.

Zarathustrian (a.) Alt. of Zarathustric

Zarathustric (a.) Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.

Zarathustrism (n.) See Zoroastrianism.

Zaratite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.

Zareba (n.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.

Zarnich (n.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

Zarthe (n.) A European bream (Abramis vimba).

Zati (n.) A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.

Zauschneria (n.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.

Zayat (n.) A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

Zea (n.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Zeal (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

Zeal (n.) A zealot.

Zeal (v. i.) To be zealous.

Zealant (n.) One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.

Zealed (a.) Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.

Zealful (a.) Full of zeal.

Zealless (a.) Wanting zeal.

Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Zealotical (a.) Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.

Zealotism (n.) The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

Zealotist (n.) A zealot.

Zealotry (n.) The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

Zealous (a.) Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

Zealous (a.) Filled with religious zeal.

Zebec (n.) See Xebec.

Zebra (n.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

Zebrawood (n.) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.

Zebrine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

Zebub (n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Zechin (n.) See Sequin.

Zechstein (n.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

Zed (n.) The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.

Zedoary (n.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Zeekoe (n.) A hippopotamus.

Zehner (n.) An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

Zein (n.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.

Zemindar (n.) Same as Zamindar.

Zemindary (n.) Alt. of Zemindari

Zemindari (n.) Same as Zamindary.

Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

Zenana (n.) The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.

Zend (n.) Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.

Zend-Avesta (n.) The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

Zendik (n.) An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.

Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.

Zenik (n.) See Zenick.

Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.

Zenithal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zenith.

Zeolite (n.) A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.

Zeolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.

Zeolitiform (a.) Having the form of a zeolite.

Zephyr (n.) The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.

Zephyrus (n.) The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

Zequin (n.) See Sequin.

Zerda (n.) The fennec.

Zeriba (n.) Same as Zareba.

Zeros (pl. ) of Zero

Zeroes (pl. ) of Zero

Zero (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.

Zero (n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Zest (n.) A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Zest (n.) Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Zested (imp. & p. p.) of Zest

Zesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zest

Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Zest (v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

Zeta (n.) A Greek letter corresponding to our z.

Zetetic (a.) Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.

Zetetic (n.) A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

Zetetics (a.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.

Zeuglodon (n.) A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.

Zeuglodont () Any species of Zeuglodonta.

Zeuglodonta (n. pl.) Same as Phocodontia.

Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Zeugmatic (a.) Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.

Zeugobranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Zygobranchia.

Zeus (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.

Zeuzerian (n.) Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth is an example.

Zeylanite (n.) See Ceylanite.

Zibet (n.) Alt. of Zibeth

Zibeth (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

Ziega (n.) Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.

Zietrisikite (n.) A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.

Zif (n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.

Zigger (v. i.) Alt. of Zighyr

Zighyr (v. i.) Same as Sicker.

Zigzag (n.) Something that has short turns or angles.

Zigzag (n.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.

Zigzag (n.) See Boyau.

Zigzag (a.) Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.

Zigzagged (imp. & p. p.) of Zigzag

Zigzagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zigzag

Zigzag (v. t.) To form with short turns.

Zigzag (v. i.) To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.

Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

Zigzaggy (a.) Having sharp turns.

Zilla (n.) A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

Zillah (n.) A district or local division, as of a province.

Zimb (n.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.

Ziment-water (n.) A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.

Zincked (imp. & p. p.) of Zinc

Zinced () of Zinc

Zincking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zinc

Zincing () of Zinc

Zinc (v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

Zincane (n.) Zinc chloride.

Zincic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous.

Zincide (n.) A binary compound of zinc.

Zinciferous (a.) Containing or affording zinc.

Zincification (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.

Zincify (v. t.) To coat or impregnate with zinc.

Zincite (n.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.

Zincking (n.) Alt. of Zincing

Zincing (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.

Zincky (a.) Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance.

Zinco- () A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.

Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.

Zincographer (n.) An engraver on zinc.

Zincongraphic (a.) Alt. of Zincongraphical

Zincongraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.

Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.

Zincoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.

Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.

Zincous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts.

Zincous (a.) Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.

Zincous (a.) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.

Zingari (pl. ) of Zingaro

Zingaro (n.) A gypsy.

Zingel (n.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.

Zingiberaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous.

Zink (n.) See Zinc.

Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Zinky (a.) See Zincky.

Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

Zinnwaldite (n.) A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

Zinsang (n.) The delundung.

Zinziberaceous (a.) Same as Zingiberaceous.

Zion (n.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.

Zion (n.) Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.

Zion (n.) The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.

Ziphioid (n.) See Xiphioid.

Zirco- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating zirconium as an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as in zircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride.

Zircofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium.

Zircon (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

Zircona (n.) Zirconia.

Zirconate (n.) A salt of zirconic acid.

Zirconia (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.

Zirconic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds.

Zirconium (n.) A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.

Zircono () See Zirco-.

Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.

Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]

Zittern (n.) See Cittern.

Zizania (n.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

Zizel (n.) The suslik.

Zoanthacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.

Zoantharia (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.

Zoantharian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.

Zoantharian (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Zoanthodeme (n.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.

Zoanthoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.

Zoanthropy (n.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.

Zoanthus (n.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.

Zobo (n.) A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.

Zocle (n.) Same as Socle.

Zocco (n.) Alt. of Zoccolo

Zoccolo (n.) Same as Socle.

Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Zodiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.

Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.

Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.

Zohar (n.) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

Zoic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.

Zoide (n.) See Meride.

Zoilean (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.

Zokor (n.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.

Zollverein (n.) Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.

Zomboruk (n.) See Zumbooruk.

Zonae (pl. ) of Zona

Zona (n.) A zone or band; a layer.

Zonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.

Zonar (n.) A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.

Zonaria (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

Zonate (a.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae.

Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.

Zone (n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.

Zone (n.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.

Zone (n.) A band or stripe extending around a body.

Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.

Zone (n.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

Zone (n.) Circuit; circumference.

Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.

Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle.

Zoned (a.) Having zones, or concentric bands; striped.

Zoned (a.) Zonate.

Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.

Zonnar (n.) See Zonar.

Zonular (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped.

Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle.

Zonulet (n.) A zonule.

Zonure (n.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.

Zoo- () A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc.

Zoochemical (a.) Pertaining to zoochemistry.

Zoochemistry (n.) Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Zoochemy (n.) Animal chemistry; zoochemistry.

Zoochlorella (n.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.

Zoocyst (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

Zoocytia (pl. ) of Zoocytium

Zoocytium (n.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.

Zoodendria (pl. ) of Zoodendrium

Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.

Zooecia (pl. ) of Zooecium

Zooecium (n.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.

Zooerythrine (n.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Zoogamous (a.) Of or pertaining zoogamy.

Zoogamy (n.) The sexual reproduction of animals.

Zoogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoogeny, animal production.

Zoogeny (n.) Alt. of Zoogony

Zoogony (n.) The doctrine of the formation of living beings.

Zoogeography (n.) The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.

Zoogeographical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoography.

Zoogloea (n.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

Zoographer (n.) One who describes animals, their forms and habits.

Zoographic (a.) Alt. of Zoographical

Zoographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of animals.

Zoographist (n.) A zoographer.

Zoography (n.) A description of animals, their forms and habits.

Zooid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

Zooid (n.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.

Zooid (n.) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

Zooidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form.

Zoolatry (n.) The worship of animals.

Zoologer (n.) A zoologist.

Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals.

Zoologically (adv.) In a zoological manner; according to the principles of zoology.

Zoologist (n.) One who is well versed in zoology.

Zoologies (pl. ) of Zoology

Zoology (n.) That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Zoology (n.) A treatise on this science.

Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Zoomorphic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoomorphism.

Zoomorphism (n.) The transformation of men into beasts.

Zoomorphism (n.) The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament.

Zoomorphism (n.) The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.

Zoa (pl. ) of Zoon

Zoon (n.) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid.

Zoon (n.) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Zoonic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.

Zoonite (n.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.

Zoonite (n.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.

Zoonomy (n.) The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.

Zoonule (n.) Same as Zoonite.

Zoopathology (n.) Animal pathology.

Zoophaga (n. pl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

Zoophagan (n.) A animal that feeds on animal food.

Zoophagous (a.) Feeding on animals.

Zoophilist (n.) A lover of animals.

Zoophily (n.) Love of animals.

Zoophite (n.) A zoophyte.

Zoophoric (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column.

Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Zoophyta (n. pl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of the Zoophyta.

Zoophytic (a.) Alt. of Zoophytical

Zoophytical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytes.

Zoophytoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoophyte.

Zoophytological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytology; as, zoophytological observations.

Zoophytology (n.) The natural history zoophytes.

Zoopraxiscope (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Zoopsychology (n.) Animal psychology.

Zoosperm (n.) One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid.

-sporangia (pl. ) of Zoosporangium

Zoosporangium (n.) A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores.

Zoospore (n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

Zoospore (n.) See Swarmspore.

Zoosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoospores; of the nature of zoospores.

Zootic (a.) Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Zootomical (a.) Of or pertaining to zootomy.

Zootomist (n.) One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy.

Zootomy (n.) The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.

Zootrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.

Zoozoo (n.) The wood pigeon.

Zope (n.) A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus).

Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture.

Zoril (n.) Same as Zorilla.

Zorilla (n.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

Zoroastrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.

Zoroastrian (n.) A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism (n.) The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee.

Zoroastrism (n.) Same as Zoroastrianism.

Zoster (n.) Shingles.

Zostera (n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.

Zosterops (n.) A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes. See White-eye.

Zouave (n.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.

Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.

Zounds (interj.) An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.

Zoutch (v. t.) To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.

Zubr (n.) The aurochs.

Zuche (n.) A stump of a tree.

Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.

Zufolo (n.) A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.

Zuisin (n.) The American widgeon.

Zulus (n. pl.) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.

Zumic (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumological (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumology (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumometer (n.) See Zymic, Zymological, etc.

Zu/is (n. pl.) A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River.

Zunyite (n.) A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zu/i mine in Colorado.

Zwanziger (n.) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.

Zygantra (pl. ) of Zygantrum

Zygantrum (n.) See under Zygosphene.

Zygapophyses (pl. ) of Zygapophysis

Zygapophysis (n.) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra.

Zygenid (n.) Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.

Zygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.

Zygobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia.

Zygodactyl (n.) Alt. of Zygodactyle

Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.

Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.

Zygodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Scansores.

Zygodactylic (a.) Alt. of Zygodactylous

Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Zygoma (n.) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

Zygoma (n.) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Zygoma (n.) The whole zygomatic arch.

Zygomatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Zygomorphic (a.) Alt. of Zygomorphous

Zygomorphous (a.) Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Zyophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.

Zygosis (n.) Same as Conjugation.

Zygosperm (n.) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.

Zygosphene (n.) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.

Zygospore (n.) Same as Zygosperm.

Zygospore (n.) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.

Zylonite (n.) Celluloid.

Zymase (n.) A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme.

Zyme (n.) A ferment.

Zyme (n.) The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.

Zymic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.

Zymogen (n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

Zymogene (n.) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Zymologic (a.) Alt. of Zymological

Zymological (a.) Of or pertaining to zymology.

Zymologist (n.) One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

Zymology (n.) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

Zymome (n.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

Zymometer (n.) Alt. of Zymosimeter

Zymosimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Zymophyte (n.) A bacteroid ferment.

Zymose (n.) Invertin.

Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymosis (n.) A zymotic disease.

Zymotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymotic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zythem (n.) See Zythum.

Zythepsary (n.) A brewery.

Zythum (n.) A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.